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Lewis Thomas , P . G . A . D . C ; G . Smith , P . G . A . D . C ; Dr . W . R . Woodman , P . G . S . B . ; G . Lambert , P . G . S . B . ; Col . J . Peters , P . G . S . B . ; S . Mullens , P . G . S . B . ; W . Gam , P . G . O .-, C . E . Willi ™**; , P . G . O .-, T . Cubitt , P . G P . ; L . F . Littell , P . G . P . ; A . M . B-wdley , P . D D . G . M . Malta ; Capt . Colvill , P . G . S . W . Cornwall ; E . Baxter , F . W . Binckes , P . G . Stwd . ; W . H . Kempster , M . D ., C . Dairy , J . G . Langton , G . Coop , C . Belton , C . H . Webb , E . F . Storr , P . VI . 22 ; E . M . Money , VV . M . 2 S ; C . F . H-. ja .-d , P . M . 203 ; } . Moon , P . M . 40 . ; T . Minstrell , W . M . S 7 ; G . Dawson ,

P . M . 1 S 5- ; | . L . Mather , W . M . 1910 ; C F . Matier , P . M . 1910 ; H . Mass » y , P . M . 192 S ; Nfvil ' e Green , P . M . 1962 ; Col . Haldane , P . M . 1615 ; J . S . Cumberland , P . G . W . West Yorks ; Dr . W . Spark , P . P . G . O . West Yorks ; D . W . Pearce , P . M . I 29 j ; W . Lake , P . P . G . Reg . Cornwall ; T . J . Railing , P . G . Sec . Essex ; A . F . God-inn , D . P . G . M . Worcester ; Major-General Boswell , P . D . D . G . M . Punjab ; W . A , Scurrah , VV . M . 204 S ; and many other Masters , Past Masters , and Wardens of private lodges .

Grind Lodge having been formally opened , the minutes of the March Communication , as far as related to the election of Grand Master and Grand Treasurer , were read by Col . Shadwell H . Clerke , Grand Secretary , and confirmed .

Sir ALBERT W . WOODS ( Garter ) G . D . C then proclaimed the reinstallation of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales as M . W . G . M . The Earl of LATHOM having informed the brethren that the Prince of Wales had again appointed the Earl of Carnarvon as Pro Grand Master , Sir ALBERT WOODS proclaimed that the Earl of Carnarvon was duly installed as Pro Grand Master .

The Earl of LATHOM then announced that the Prince of Wales had been pleased to reappoint him as Deputy Grand Master , and his lordship was then saluted according to ancient custom . The following brethren were then announced as the Grand Officers for trie ensuing year , and they were invested and saluted accordingly * , —

Bro . The Lord Chancellor ( Lord Herschell ) ... G . S . W . „ Right Hon . Lord Charles Beresfotd , C . B ., M . P . G . J W . ,, Rev . James Nelson Palmer ... ... G . Chap . „ Rev . William Mortimer Heath ... ... G . Chap . „ Dorabjee Pestonjee Cama ... ... G . Treas . ,, Frederick Adolphus Philbrick , O . C . ... G . Reg .

„ Colonel Shadwell H . Clerke ... ... G . Sec . „ Ernest Emil Wendt . D . C . L . ... ... G . Sec . Ger . Cor . „ Sir Bruce Maxwell Seton , Bart . ... ... G . S . D . ,, Samuel Pope , O . C . ... ... ... G . S . D . „ Ralph Glutton ~ ... ... ... G . J . D . „ John E . Le Feuvre ... ... ... G . J . D . „ Horace Jones ... ... ... G . S . of W . „ Sir Albert W . Woods ( Garter ) ... ... G . D . of C .

,, Rudolph Glover ... ... ... D . G . D . C . ,, Henry Trueman Wood ... ... ... G . A . D . C . ,, William Roebuck ... ... ... G . Swd . Br . „ Edward Dean Davis ... ... ... G . Std . Br . „ Henry Greene ... ... ... G . Sid . Br . „ Walter Parratt ... ... ... G . Org . „ Albert Lucking ... ... ... G . Purst . „ William Henry Perryman ... ... G . A . Purst . „ Henry Sadler ... ... ... G . Tyler .

Col . SHADWELL H . CLERKE afterwards read the following nominations of Grand Stewards for the year , of which the Grand Master had approved : — Name No . of Lodge . Bro . Major G . C . D'Albiac ... ... ... 1 ,, F . P . Shipp ... ... ... ... 2 „ H . P . Hughes , jun . ... ... ... 4 „ H . F . Pollock ... ... ... ... 5

„ R . E . Johnston ... ... ... ... 6 „ J . Russell ... ... ... ... 8 „ A . Williams ... ... ... ... 14 . „ M . R . Sewill ... ... ... ... 21

„ E . C . Mather ... ... ... ... 23 „ F . W . Macan ... ... ... ... 26 „ J . R . Dunlop ... ... ... ... 29 „ R . Plum . be ... ... ... ... 4 6

„ Henry Carter ... ... ... ... 58 ,, A . Layton ... ... ... ... 60 „ H . M . Bates ... ... ... ... 91 „ C . E . Wilson ... ... ... ... 99 ,, R . Grantham ... ... ... ... 1 97 ,, E . T . G . Darell ... ... ... 259

Grand Lodge was tnereafler closed , and the brethren adjourned to Freemasons' Tavern , where a banquet , which washighly creditable to Messrs . Spiers and Pond , was furnished by the outgoing Grand Stewards . The Lord Chancellor , Lord Charles Berestord , the Earl of Milltown , and several other Grand Officers were unable to be present , but there was a very large attendance , both of Grand Officers , Grand Stewards , and lay brethren . The usual toasts followed the banquet .

lhe EARL oi- LATHOM first gave "The Queen , the Patroness of our Order , " which having been dulv honoured , his lordship gave "The M . W . G . M ., H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , the Princess of Wales , and the other members of the Royal Family . " The toast , he said , had been frequently given in that room , and in other places . The Prince of Wales was a true Mason , and whenever he possibly could he attended among the

brethren , and did his duty among them . Unfortunately , his Royal Highness was unable to be present that day , as he would like much to have been , but he ( Lord Lathom ) was happy to think there was a probability—he could not say more than that—that in a very short space of time they would see him perform a most interesting Masonic ceremony , viz ., that of installing his Royal brother , H . R . H . the Duke of Connaught , as Grand Master of

Sussex * . Additional interest would be felt on the occasion considering that H . R . H . the Duke of Connaught also bore the title of Dukeof Sussex . ( Cheers . ) It was often extremely difficult for the Grand Master to choose those who ought to rule over the different provinces of this country , but he must say that he thought the Grand Master ' s choice , hitherto , had fallen without exception in the right place . ( Hear , hear . ) He had never heard a single word of exception taken to his appointments , and he had little doubt

that in ihe future it would be the same . He could assure the brethren that his Royal Highness not only took a deep interest in Masonry , but also that the work of Masonry took up , as the Grand Secretary would tell them , a great deal of his time . He asked them to drink the Prince of Wales ' s heiltli , and with that the health of the Princess of Wales , whom they all loved so much , and who , he was perfectly certain he was right in saying , everyone present would be glad to hear was restored to health again , i he toast having been duly honoured ,

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Bro . the Earl of LATHOM said he now proposed the toast of " The Sister Grand Lodges . " Grand Lodge was extremely fortunate that evening in having representatives from three of the Sister Grand Lodges , viz ., from Nova Scotia , from Canada , and from New York . There was no doubt that , much as Masonry had increased in this country , it had been ably backed and followed up by those who lived , not actually in this country , but at the

same time were related to it . ( Hear , hear . ) The way that Masonry had increased throughout , he might say , the whole world in the last few years had been something perfectly extraordinary . He only wished that a census could be taken of Freemasons . Comparing their number with what it was 25 years ago , if that could be done , he had very little doubt—indeed , he should be ready to make a small wager—that the number of Freemasons in

the world had very nearly doubled in that time . ( Cries of " More . " ) He was glad to hear it , for then he should have won his wager . ( Laughter . ) He was not speaking without some authority on the subject , but if that was the case it showed how much the } ' ought to encourage and back up those Sister Grand Lodges and to help them as they helped us in carrying Freemasonry to that perfection which the } ' always hoped it would reach . ( Cheers . )

Bro . Major-General LAURIE , G . M . of Nova Scotia , in reply , said this was not the first occasion on which he had had the honour of receiving an invitation for the Masonic festivals there , nor the first occasion that he had had the gratification of attending and enjoying the hospitality of Grand Lodge , but the greater gratification to him and the other brethren supporting him now was that it was not in their personal character , but as

representatives of bodies , great , or small , to which they respectively belonged . The noble earl had spoken of the spread of Masonry throughout the world ; but although it was a well-worn theme , he believed that Masonry , as they specially understood it , was mainly confined to the Anglo-Saxon race , and more specially the English speaking portion of that race . They would see he was almost unable to touch upon colonial matters without referring to

that Colonial Exhibition which was about to take place . In a very few days they would see a large advent of colonists to their shores—visitors whom , he was sure , they would all welcome as they always welcomed visitors ; they would show them the same hospitality as they had already shown to those who like himself came among them . They would find that these visitors were very much like Englishmen in appearance , and that

their great desire was to be taken for Englishmen , and if they could examine their hearts , their feelings , and not simply studied their outside appearance , they would find they were in their hearts as thorough Englishmen as any one sitting at that board . ( Hear , hear . ) Need he say more of the colonists ? But he must say a word in connection with the Masons of their great offspring , the United States . It was his pleasure eleven

years ago to be present at a great assembly held in the city of New York , at the dedication of a Masonic Temple , when there was a procession of 35 , 000 Masons , who took part in the ceremony . But it was not to that he wished to allude , as that was only one of the incidents . In the course of the banquet which took place the name of H . R . H . the Prince of Wales was mentioned , and it was received by the whole assembly upstanding and

with shouts . ( Cheers . ) He mentioned this to show that though allegiance was changed , the sentiment of brotherhood remained , and proved the truth of the saying , that "blood is thicker than water . " It was pleasant to see that brotherhood and the good-hearted feeling of Masonry prevailed as much among the Freemasons of the United States as it did amoigthe

Masons of the British Colonies . If they stood together , the brethren of the old country and those of the colonies , it was a federation which could stand against the world . He looked to such a federation to give a very great future to Masonry , but their efforts would be in the future , as in the past , to uphold the dignity of Masonry , to follow the example set them by the great Grand Lodge of England . ( Cheers . )

Bto . HUGH D . SANDEMAN , P . D . G . M . of Bengal , in proposing "The Health of the Pro G . M . the Earl of Carnarvon , " said he treated it as a great compliment to be asked to propose that toast . He would like to enter into a panegyric as to the excellence of that worth } ' nobleman and distinguished brother , but as he had not the ability to do so he would refrain from saying much about him . It was a satisfaction to every brother present

to see that a portrait of the Earl of Carnarvon was now in Grand Lodge , because he had exerted himself very much in the cause of Masonry . They could not as Mason *; enter into any question of politics , but he did not think he was entering into that region when he said that the Earl of Carnarvon was now absent , because he was recruiting his health , which had suffered in the service of the Crown at a time when that service was very greatly needed . ( Hear , hear . ) As a true Mason , when the Earl of Carnarvon felt that his

services were needed , although he was in delicate health , he at once consented to take the office for which he was selected , and , if necessary , to surrender his health or his life for the benefit of his country . He did so and had paid the penalty , and he was now seeking his health abroad . For these as well as for other reasons his name would always be venerated by Masons . They all admired him as a statesman and a brother , and they hoped they would yet see him frequently among them . ( Hear , hear . )

Bro . Lord KENSINGTON * proposed " The Deputy Grand Master and Chairman . " For himself ( Lord Kensington ) he wished he had been a more constant attendant at the meetings of Grand Lodge than he had been when he was apppointed to office . But he had not had a very idle time for the last six years . He hoped , however , he might now look forward to a little more leisure , and he would attend Grand Lodge more frequently . There

were many present who could speak with more authority as regarded the Earl of Lathom and his work in Masonry than he ( Lord Kensington ) , but , as one who had known him intimately from the time they were at school together , he could speak of him in the highest terms . He knew the good work he had done in Masonry , and that no time or trouble was spared by

him when his presence was requisite . Only that morning he had come up from his home in North Lancashire on purpose to be present with the brethren that evening , and about 15 months ago he underwent a still more trying journey in order to instal him ( Lord Kensington ) in Pembrokeshire as Master of his pi ovince . Lord Lathom had done right good work for Masonry , and he was one of the pillars of the Order . ( Cheers . )

The Earl of LATHOM , in replying , said that was not the first time by a good many that the brethren had welcomed him in the same hearty manner , and he thanked thi m fiom the very bottom of his heart . What little he had done for Masonry had been done Irom a thorough conviction of the

usefulness of Masonry . It was now , he was sorry to say , 30 years since he was initiated by Bro . Pickard , and he looked back to that day again and again , and thanked the day when he became a Mason . He became a Mason because he rjad heard enough of it to think theie was a great deal in it , and when he had entered it he found that what he had thought was a reality .