Result Of The Girls' Election.

from 1779 to 2934 votes ; No . 16 , Punjab and Somersetshire , and a new case , being close at her heels with 2925 votes . The next stood No . 1 on the approved List and having 2735 votes in hand , had no difficulty in obtaining further support to the extent of 18 4 votes , and so improving her total to 2919 . No . 18 , whose

father was initiated in a lodge in New Brunswick when under the Grand Lodge of England , and afterwards joined lodges in Kent and Suffolk , increased her credit of 228 3 to 288 9 votes , and No . 19 , one of two candidates from Lincolnshire , obtained 2842 votes ,

in of them being brought forward . No . 20 , one of two Staffordshire girls polled 2814 and obtained the twentieth place , while Nos . 21 and 22 , both of whom derived their claims from London and were new cases , polled 2807 and 2795 votes respectively .

As to the unsuccessful candidates , a N . and E . Yorkshire girl who had 1173 to the good at starting , and polled in all 2593 votes , headed the list , a West Yorkshire candidate being next with 2470 votes and then two from Norfolk with 2273 votes and 2141 votes respectively . The next , but following at a long interval ,

scored 1542 , which she obtained from her Province of Warwickshire , but unfortunately her name will be removed from the list in accordance with the law which limits the maximum age for admission to candidates under 11 years . No . 30 on the approved List , and hailing from London , obtained 1531 votes ,

and No . 6 from Malta , 1517 votes , another London girl , with 1124 votes , bringing up the rear of those who polled over 1000 . Out of the seven cases who had only this one chance of success allowed to them , we are glad to see that six have gained

admission , the girl we have mentioned above as having 1542 votes being the only absolute failure . The total number of votes polled was 86 , 774 , of which 31 , 8 44 were brought forward from the last election , the number of unused and spoilt votes being 5081 .

Grand Lodge And Grand Festival.

GRAND LODGE AND GRAND FESTIVAL .

The Grand Festival of English Freemasons was held on Wednesday evening last , at Freemasons' Tavern , and was very numerously attended . But previously a Grand Lodge was held at Freemasons' Hall , for the installation of the M . W . G . M . and the investiture of his officers for the year . The Earl of Lathom , D . G . M ., was to have presided , but his lordship was unavoidably prevented from attending . In his absence the chair was occupied by Bro . Sir Francis Burdett , Prov . G . M . of Middlesex . Bro . the Earl of Euston , P . G . M . for Norths and Hunts , acted as

D . G . M . ; Bro . Hugh D . Sandeman , Past Dist . G . M . of Bengal , as P . G . M . ; Bro . the Earl of Milltown , P . S . G . W ., as S . G . W . ; Bro . Sir John B . Monckton , P . J . G . W ., as J . G . W . ; and numerous other Grand and Past Grand Oflicers were present . After the reading and confirmation of the minutes of the March Quarterl y Communication , so far as related to the election of the M . W . G . M . and the Grand

Treasurer , H . R . H . the Prince of Wales was proclaimed by Bro . THOMAS FENN to be again duly installed M . W . G . M . Bro . Sir FRANCIS BURDETT announced that his Royal Highness had again appointed the Earl of Carnarvon as Pro Grand Master and the Earl of Lathom as Deputy Grand Master . The other brethren appointed as Grand Officers for the year were—Bro . Admiral Lord Alcester , G . C . B . ... ... S . G . W .

„ Lord Alfred Churchill ... ... ... J . G . W . „ The Rev . Dr . Currie ( Dean of Battle , Sussex ) ... | r r , , . „ The Rev . Dr . Randall ( Warwickshire ) ... _ J U . Chaplains . „ Augustus Harris ... ... ... ... G . Treasurer . „ F . A . Philbrick , Q . C . ... ... ... G . Registrar .

„ Thomas Fenn ... ... ... ... Pres . B . of G . P . „ Col . Shadwell H . Clerke ... ... ... G . Secretary . „ Dr . E . E . Wendt ... ... ... ... G . Sec . for Ger . Cor . „ Robert Grey ... ... ... ... Pres . Bd . of Ben . „ Sir George Harris ... ... . ••) SG n . . . „ R . Loveland Loveland ( Hants ) ... _ j b . U . Deacons .

„ Sir I . R . Somers Vine ... ... ... 1 , „ ,-. ,, W . F . Smithson ( Leeds ) ... ... J J . G . Deacons . „ Weaver Barry ... ... ... ... G . Supt . of Works . „ Sir Albert W . Woods , C . B . ( Garter ) ... ... G . D . of C . „ Sheriff Harris ... ... ... ... D . G . D . of C . „ W . G . Lemon ... ... ... ... A . G . D . of C . „ T . B . Whytehead ( York ) ... ... ... G . S . B . „ R . J . Emmerson ( Kent ) ... ... ... ) „ „ „ R . Clay Sudlow ... ... ... __ jt _ t . btd . Lirs .

,, Herr Meyer Lutz ... ... ... ... G . Org . „ A . A . Pendlebury ... ... ... ... A . G . Sec . „ D . D . Mercer ... ... ... ... G . Purst . „ S . Valentine ... ... ... ... A . G . Purst . „ Henry Sadler ... ... ... ... G . T yler . Bro . Sir FRANCIS BURDETT made afurther announcement to the effect that the

Grand Master had been pleased to confer the rank of P . J . G . W . on Bro . Sir H . A . Issacs , Lord Mayor of London , and Master of the Drury Lane Lodge , and that of P . D . G . D . of C . upon Bro . J . H . Matthews , P . G . Std . Br . Bro . Col . SHADWELL H . CLERKE then read the following list of brethren who had been nominated as Grand Stewards for the year : Bros . J . C . Dimsdale , I ;

Capt . hrancis Dale lagart , 2 ; Herbert de Stern , 4 ; Fredk . Pattison , 5 ; Wm . Wightman Wood , 6 ; Ed . Ernest Cooper , 8 ; Walter J . Ebbetts , 14 ; H . O . Brunning , 21 ; Ernest M . Money , 23 ; Malcolm A . Morris , 26 ; Henry Langridge , 29 ; George Haydon , 46 ; Ernest J . Humphery , 58 ; Horace Slade , 60 ; Thos . G . Nicholson , 91 ; Walter Hughes , 99 ; Chas . H . Mason , 197 ; and Chas . Jas . Lucas , 259 .

Bro . Col . SHADWELL H . CLERKE informed the Acting Grand Master and the brethren that he had received a letter from Bro . Sir Albert Woods , asking him to express to Grand Lodge his great regret , that , owing to illness , he was unable to be present , and stating that that was only the second time he had been absent from his post at Grand Festival for the last 39 years .

Grand Lodge was then closed , and the brethren proceeded to Freemasons ' Tavern , where a splendid banquet , provided by the Grand Stewards , awaited them . Bro . Francis Burdett presided , having on his ri g ht Bro , the Earl of Euston , and on his left Bro . Sandeman .

Grand Lodge And Grand Festival.

During the banquet a beautiful programme of music was performed by the London Military Band , president , Sir A . Sullivan , conductor , Bro . Dan Godfrey , R . C . M . ( Licentiate , R . A . M . ) The usual toasts followed . Bro . Sir FRANCIS BURDETT , in proposing "The Health of Her Most Gracious

Majesty the Queen , " said it was with the greatest pleasure , when Masons were assembled together , to drink the health of the Queen . During the time that her Majesty had been the reigning Sovereign of Great Britain she had performed the duties of a Sovereign with the deepest sense of her responsibilities as a Sovereign . For the last 50 years she had been the reigning Sovereign of the country , and he trusted that they might all look forward to her reign for many years to come .

Bro . Sir F . BURDETT , in proposing Her Royal Hig hness the Princess of Wales , and the other members of the Royal Family , " said her Royal Highness had now been for several years among the English people , and she had endeared herself to all those people by her kindness of disposition and her condescension . She was enthroned in the hearts of the English people , and he trusted she might long be with them . All the brethren , in drinking her health , would feel that as the wife of the Heir Apparent she was a fit consort for the M . W . G . M . With that toast he associated the other members of the Royal Family .

Bro . Sir F . BURDETT , in proposing the toast of " His Royal Highness , the M . W . G . M ., " said that was a toast which concerned all Masons . The Prince of Wales had for a great number of years been connected with the Freemasons of England , and had become their Grand Master . His Royal Highness was not only

a Prince in himself , but he was a Prince in Masonry . He was thoroughly informed of everything which concerned the Craft , and made himself entirely acquainted with the duties of a Freemason . The Prince of Wales was a thorough Mason . He had endeared himself to the whole Craft , and he would continue to do so and to propagate the principles of Freemasonry throughout the United Kingdom .

In proposing the toast of "The Pro Grand Master , the Deputy Grand Master , the Grand Wardens , and the other Grand Officers , Present and Past , " Bro . Sir F . BURDETT said that although the Prince of Wales was so hi ghly appreciated by all the brethren , he was not one who secured all the honours and glory of Freemasonry . His Royal Highness was truly at the head of the Order , but still there were others associated with him who assisted in the grand work of Freemasonry .

It was almost impossible for one individual to carry out the whole of the duties of the head of so large a body as that of P ' reemasons , and , therefore , his Royal Highness was very ably and properly supported by a large body of brethren , many of whom were now present . The Pro Grand Master , the Earl of Carnarvon , who was a host in himself , had done much for the ancient Order , and was always ready , whenever he was able , to come to Grand Lodge to preside over their

meetings in Grand Lodge . The noble earl would have been present on that occasion , but he was away in the country , and was not able to attend . The Pro Grand Master was ably assisted by a nobleman who was to have presided over the brethren on the present occasion—the Earl of Lathom , the Deputy Grand Master . The Earl of Lathom was always anxious to attend the meetings of Grand Lodge , but his lordship had not been able to be present that ni ght . He was a Provincial Grand Master of a very large province , and he was thoroughly up to all the work

of Freemasonry . He need not say more about the Earl ot Lathom , but he would go to the other Grand Officers . The Grand Officers were always anxious to promote the good of Freemasonry , both those who were Present Grand Officers and those who were Past Grand Officers . The Past Grand Officers had done the work faithfully and honestly , and to the satisfaction of the brethren at large . He was quite sure that the Present Grand Officers would do the same , and , fully conscious of that fact , he proposed the health of the Pro Grand Master , the Deputy Grand Master , and the rest of the Grand Officers , Present and Past .

Bro . Lord ALFRED CHURCHILL , J . G . W ., in responding , said he had hoped that the arduous duty of responding to that toast would have devolved upon the Senior Grand Warden , Lord Alcester , but his lordship had not been able to stop to the banquet . It was an unfortunate circumstance for the brethren generally , more especially as he ( Lord A . Churchill ) had been called upon at so short a notice to respond . Nevertheless , it was with the greatest possible pleasure that he did

respond , although it was difficult for him to reply in suitable terms . It was but a week ago he became aware he was to be a Grand Officer , ; he had not the slightest idea of it before he received a letter from the Grand Secretary that the Prince of Wales had selected him for the high and distinguished office . On behalf of himself and his colleagues , he begged to return his best thanks for the toast they had so kindly drunk .

The Earl of EUSTON , in proposing "The Chairman , " said the toast was one which he was certain they would welcome most heartil y , because Masons always welcomed a man who had proved himself one who throughout his life did everything with his heart and soul . When he mentioned the name of Sir Francis Burdett , the Provincial Grand Master of Middlesex , it needed no words to obtain from the brethren their hearty approval . All that Sir Francis Burdett had done

during his long career of office , whether as a Past Grand Officer , or as Provincial Grand Master of Middlesex , or in any other Degree in Freemasonry , the brethren knew he had done his work with the sincerest desire to perform his duty . Everything that Sir Francis Burdett had done he had done well , and therefore the brethren could not pass over a toast such as that without giving it their most hearty approval . Sir Francis Burdett had been connected with Masonry for very

many years , and that evening they were very glad to find him presiding over them . Bro . Sir F . BURDETT , in reply , said that it gave him the greatest pleasure to find himself that evening among such a large number of very old Masons . He had been with them many years , and his being there that evening revived a great many old recollections—remembrances of times which he had spent among Freemasons in this part of England . It had been his lot during the last few years to

be located in various parts of the country , but as far as he was able whenever he could come to this locality it was his wish to do all in his power to support the interests of Freemasonry in it . All the brethren were aware that his time' was very much occupied in the country ; but still at the same time he did not forget the many happy days he had spent in the Grand Hall of the Grand Lodge . He could not forget the many kindnesses he had received from members of lodges in

the London district and from all the brethren he saw around him . He was now advancing in age , and he might not be able to go on much longer , but he could say this , that as long as he was able to struggle to do his duty he would always be willing to do what he could for the interests of Freemasonry . He was happy to be present that night because on many occasions he was obliged to be away . Still he hoped to live long enough to see many occasions of

that sort . The brethren would perhaps allow him to trespass a little longer on their attention , because he wished to state that at the next Festival of the Girls' School he had consented to take the chair , and he felt very proud of having the opportunity of holding so distinguished a position . He looked upon the Girls' School as one of the most elegant and useful of all the Institutions that there were in the whole country . He had been associated with a great many institutions and schools , but he did not think there was one

institution in the whole land which would come up to the Masonic Girls' School at Battersea-rise . It was one he was very proud of . He had long been associated with it ; he was connected with it officially and personally , and it would afford him a great deal of pleasure to see it supported on the occasion of its festival by a great many friends . The festival would be held on the 20 th May , and they hoped to see not only a very strong body of Stewards , but to see a subscription list which would be an honour to Freemasons , and show that they felt a deep interest in that Institution . Bro . Sir H . A . ISAACS , P . J . G . W ., Lord Mayor of London , proposed the next