United Grand Lodge Of England.

UNITED GRAND LODGE OF ENGLAND .

THE Installation Meeting of Grand Lodge was held on Wednesday last , at Freemasons' Hall , W . C . For tho first timo since his ] nstallation at tho Albert Hall , tho Grand Master II . R . II . tho Princo of Wales occupied tho chair , and' was supported by Lord Carnarvon Pro Grand Master , Lord Skelmersdale Deputy Grand Master . Their

Royal Highnesses tho Grand Wardens not being present , their positions wero filled by Bro . Captain Piatt , who acted as S . G . W ., and Bro . Rev . Dr . J . E . Cox as J . G . W . Grand Lodgo being formally opened , the Most Worshipful tho Grand Master rose and informed tho brethren thafc ho had tho pleasure of announcing that H . R . H . the Crown Princo of Denmark , Graud Master of that country , was in attendance

as a visitor . Ho therefore called npon tho Grand Director of Ceremonies to seo that ho was received in regular form . A deputation was immediately formed , and shortly returned , introducing His Royal Highness , who was most warmly received by tho brethren assembled . After formally saluting tho Grand Master of England , tho Crown Princo of Denmark took tho seat at tho left of

the throne , which Lord Carnarvon vacated for tho purpose . The Grand Master now rose and said : Wo aro assembled in Grand Lodgo this evening , Brethren , for tho purpoae of investing the Grand Officers of tho year with tho insignia of their positions . But , besides tho performance of that duty , wo

are here assembled to give welcome to tho distinguished guest who las to-night honoured us with his presence—my near relative , his Royal Highness the Crown Princo of Denmark , who is tho Grand Master of tlio Diun ' sh Freemasons . I feel sure that yon will give his Royal Highness the most hearty welcome . For my own part ,

I can assure you that it gives mo the greatest satisfaction to see jim on this occasion . The Brethren present having saluted their visitor in duo form , he replied as follows;—Brethren , receive ray warmest thanks for the kind manner in which yon have received mo as a visitor to your famons Grand Lodge of

England . I feel indeed proud of being received so well and welcomed so warmly by my brother Freemasons of England . I trust that the bonds of friendship and brotherhood between England and Denmark , bonds which havo been for generations of the strongest and kindest , ¦ will draw closer and closer , and thafc onr friendship will increase

more and more . I wish you collectively and individually health , happiness , and prosperity . On the proposition of tho Pro G . M . the minutes of last Grand Lodge were put for , and unanimously received confirmation . His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales having been proclaimed by the Grand Director of Ceremonies as Grand Master for

the ensuing year , received the regular salute of tho brethren , and then said : —Brethren , I am glad to have this opportunity of expressing to you , however inadequately , tho great gratification I feel at yonr having again elected me as your Grand Master . I can assure yon that it has been a source of the deepest regret to mo that I have

been unable to attend in Grand Lodgo at your gatherings for somo years . That this long timo has elapsed since I last had the pleasure of being in Grand Lodge is owing to circumstances over which I had no control , and I sincerely trust that ; so long a timo will not elapse before I again occupy this throne . Let mo assure you ,

however , that though I have not had the opportunity of being with you for ^ so long a time , though I havo not had tho time to work so activel y in ifc as I shonld have wished , yet you may be assured I havo done my best to uphold your interests , which are near to my heart . I thank yon again , Brethren , for your kind and

cordial reception to-day , and for my re-election as your Grand Master . The Earl of Carnarvon and Lord Skelmersdale having been reinvested as Pro G . M . and Deputy G . M . respectively , tbo Grand Master proceeded to nominate the following as Grand Officers for the year : —

Lord Henniker Senior Grand Warden . bir Harcourt Johnstone , M . P . ... Junior Grand Warden . The Rev . H . A . Pieard ... ) r . The Rev . W . A . Hill ... , ' .. j Grancl Chaplains . iEneas J . Mclntyre , Q . C ... " . " \\\ Grand Registrar . John Hervey Grand Secretary .

E . E . Wendt S Grand Secretary for German _ , I Correspondence . Erasmus Wilson ... ) Col . Shad well H . Gierke ... '" j Scnior GrancI Deacons . J . M . P . Montagu .. . ' ,. ' . •) Raphael Costa .. ' t Juu ' or Grand Deacous .

f , , i W iv 7 n , Grand Superintendent of Works . Su A . W . Woods , Garter ... Grand Director of Ceremonies . wxf ^ . 13 a b 0 maa Assistant Grand D . of C . J 7- * ^ " ? Grand Sword Bearer .

C . E . Willing Graud Organist . wm ' , r s Assistant Grand Socrctarv . ww-i ° Grand Pursuivant . W . Wilson Assistant do . C B . Iaync Grand Tyler .

r w ^\ , FmiWV 1 , T - GrcctI >™> 2 , H . R . Macintosh 4 , F . Xcvvton 5 W T Marriott , Q . C , G , J . T . C . Winkfield 3 , C . II . Turner 1-1 , J K otead . il 1 . Douglas 23 , W . Fickns 20 , S . J . Horapath 29 , J . H Jw ? P- n «« ' ? : I' V"g sford 5 « ' - Stowinl 60 , T . 11 . Marshall i ) l , L . Ga nu i ) i ) G . Findlay 107 J . Aird 2 . 31 ) Grand StewardsBroS ( i

, , . . . i ' oxall received authority to assume the rank of Past Grand Pursuivant , and Grand Lodge was then closed . The usual banquet followed in the largo hall of Freemasons' Tavern ± lir ; !!^ . h , " cl Mast ? ' ° <™ P i « l tho chair , proposet tne Health of the It

Queen . required bufc few words of his to introduce the toast , as he knew it was always received with enthusiasm by every Englishman , and by none more enthusiastically thanireemasons Tho toast was followed by the National Anthem , nnrff v •n uext r P ° P ^ ecl tho Crown Prince of Denmark and the l oreigu Grand Lodges iu the following words ,-The toast

United Grand Lodge Of England.

which it is now my pleasure to give you is ouo which is not usually given afc our annual festivals , but it is ono which I feel convinced will always bo received by tho English members of the Craft with tho utmost honour—it is that of tho Foreign Grand Lodges . That tho greatest good feeling exists between tho Forei"ii Graud Lodges and our own is well known , and I think

it is most desirable that that good fooling should continue and bo cemented in every way . Tho interchange of goodwill and courtesies between ourselves ' and foreign countries should , I think , bo encouraged , and it affords mo the deepest gratifu cation to-night to bo enabled to conplo this toast with tho name of my esteemed relative , His Royal Highness tho Grand Master of

Denmark . Besides tho pleasure which this gives mo , I know that ifc gives you , Brethren , p leasure to welcome tho Graud Master of Denmark , for you know that it must bo peculiarly agreeable to mo to propose his health and to receive him afc our gatherings . It was under the auspices of his father-in-law , tho lato King of Sweden , that I was initiated into the Craft , and it is now about ton years ago

that I was received by the Grand Lodgo of Denmark . My illustrious relative was not then a Freemason , and I told him then that I hoped tho day would not bo long before ho became one , and would preside over tho destinies of the Craft in his country . He has fulfilled my then hopes , and thus wo aro able to greet him here to-night as the Grand Master of our Danish brethren . There is much I should like

to say of him , but in his presence I must refrain from the full expression of my sentiments ; but I am sure , from tho cordial manner in which you havo greeted him in Grand Lodge , and hero—with outbursts of tho greatest good feeling—he will feel welcomed to tho Craft in this country , and I can assure him that this reception of him would bo followed by all the other Masonic Lodges of England .

II . R . II . tho Crown Princo of Denmark replied as follows : —Most W . Grand Master and Brethren , —I have to thank you for the kind way in which this toast has been pi'oposed and received . I have been very much touched indeed by tho way in which you havo received tho mention of my beloved and lamented father-in-law , whose pleasure it was to initiate the Grancl Master of England , who , on his part , as my

beloved brother has said , expressed the hope that I should cuter tho Craft . I acted upon his example , and I have had many reasons to bo glad thafc I did so . I havo always been happy among my brother Freemasons , aud I feel especially proud to-day afc being associated with the English Grand Lodgo , and with the brothers holding allegiance to the Grand Lodge of England . Yon will , I know , brethren ,

excuse me if , as a foreigner speaking a tongue now which is nofc my mother tongue , I am unable to express all I feel in my heart ; but I assure you that tho remembrance of to-day—the ceremonies of your Grand Lodge , and your reception of me—will never bo forgotten by me . I cannot sit down without expressing an earnest wish thafc the relations between our Danish aud English Freemasons will

always bo as cordial and as hearty as aro tho relations between my brother-in-law and myself . Brethren , permit me to propose the toast of His Royal Highness tho Prince of Wales and tho Princess of Wales . The toast having been heartily responded to , tho Most Wor . Grand Master , said , —I thank my illustrious relative most sincerely for tho excessively kind manner in which he has been good enough

to propose my health , and you , Brethren , for thus receiving it . This is not the first by many times that I havo had the pleasure of meeting my Brethren in tho , ' Craft , and it is an additional pleasure to meet them in tho company of my brother , as I do on this occasion . I havo had frequent opportunities of expressing tho great interest

I take in everything connected with the Craft , and I have now only to reiterate those expressions . I havo said before—speaking in Grand Lodge—that I have not been able to be among yon so froquently as I could wish ; but my interest in the work of Grand Lodge is never lacking . I have now the pleasure to propose tho toast of the Grand Officers Past and Present . The Pro Grand

Master and the Deputy Grand Master I havo especially to thank for the manner in which they have discharged my duties in my enforced absence , and I could not leave those duties in better hands , The Earl of Carnarvon , in acknowledging the toast , ? aid : Looking around at the blaze of purple and the multitude of insignia which distinguished those for whom he had to respond , he could not bufc

think that they spoke for themselves the work they had clone for tho Craft . They represent two classes at least . First , with those who had that day been appointed to office , ho was sure that tho positions would be tho more highly valued from the fact that His Royal Hi g h , ness the Grand Master had himself conferred the dignities . Second , the Past Grancl Officers , and to them Grand Lodge was often deeply

indebted for their experience , knowledge , and judgment brought to bear upon any occasion of difficulty . His lordship took occasion to say that all tho brethren felt highly honoured by the presence that ; day of their illustrious Grand Master , and of tho guest whom ifc had been their privilege to welcome . His Royal Highness the Grand Master of Denmark had known full well how to take advantage of

the opportunity he had had of addressing the assemblage , and jusfc as his ancestors , centuries and centuries ago conquered England by force of arms , ho now , by his graces of address , charms of manner , and mastery of our own language , had conquered and stolen away the affections of his English brother Freemasons . Lord Henniker S . G . W . proposed the Provincial Grand Masters . Ho

wished tho duty had fallen to some brother better known than himself . Ifc was a toast that was always well received , both in Grand Lodgo and at Provincial gatherings . Although the Graud Master was really the ruler of tho Craft , aud this the Provincial Masons were pleased to acknowledge , and ready to obey tho dictates of Grand Lodge , they would not place themselves secoud iu enthusiasm for the

benefit of Masonry to thoso who rule the Craft iu honour . Jfu life as a Mason had been that of a Provincial one , and he returned his hearty thanks to the Grand Master for placing him iu the position ho now occupied . He considered it a great compliment , and it would bo his aim to show thafc ho fully appreciated it . Ho was gratified to know that another member of his Province ( Bro . Lucia ) had been selected by His Royal Highness for Grand Office , and ho felt sure