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without pain , but without the deep sense of pain they now feel . I move that we present addresses to the Queen , to the Prince of Wales , and to the princess of Wales , emphasising most deeply our sympathy in their sorrow and bereavement , and may God g ive them strength to get out of it well and safely in due course of time . Bro . Col . A . B . COOK then read the three following addresses :

To the Queen ' s Most Excellent Majesty . May it please your Majesty . We , the Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons of England and Wales and the Colonies and Dependencies of the British Crown in Grand Lodge assembled , humbly beg to approach your Majesty with the expression of our most sincere has sustained b

sympathy and deep grief at the loss which your Majesty y the untimely death of our dearly beloved and much lamented brother , his Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence and Avondale . During his connection with the Degree of Mark Master Mason , his Royal Highness always took a most lively interest therein , and by his gracious and brotherly kindness had endeared himself to every member .

We humbly pray that the Great Overseer of the Universe may bestow on your Majesty fortitude to support you in the hour of your affliction , and that he may vouchsafe to you a continuance of that health and strength which is so precious to all the loyal and faithful subjects of your Most Gracious Majesty . PRO GRAND MASTER .

GRAND S ECRETARY . To his Royal Highness Albert Edward , Prince of Wales , K . G ., & c , & c , & c , & c . Most Worshipful Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons of England and Wales , and the Colonies and Dependencies of the British Crown .

We , the Pro Grand Master , Deputy Grand Master , Grand Officers , and members in Grand Lodge assembled , crave permission to approach your Royal Highness with our heartfelt expression of the deepest sorrow at the untimely death of your Royal Highness ' s beloved son , the Duke of Clarence and Avondale ,

K . G ., Past Grand Warden , and our most sincere and loyal sympathy with your Royal Highness . We are deeply conscious of the great loss which the whole nation has sustained in the premature removal from amongst us of one whose most earnest desire was to promote the welfare of his fellow men , and who ever took a lively interest in the Degree of Mark Master Mason .

We humbly pray that the Great Overseer of the Universe may soften this crushing blow to your Royal Highness , and that He may ever protect your Royal Highness and the members of your Royal house . PRO GRAND MASTER , DEP . GRAND MASTER .

GRAND SECRETARY . To Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales . May it please your Royal Highness , We , the Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons of England and Wales

and the Colonies and Dependencies of the British Crown in Grand Lodge assembled , beg to express to your Royal Highness our profound sorrow at the great loss you have sustained by the untimely death of your beloved son , our much esteemed and greatly lamented brother , his Royal Highnesi the Duke of Clarence and Avondale , K . G .

In this sad hour of your grief we humbly beg to oner you our most sincere condolence on that loss which we as Mark Master Masons most deeply deplore . And we pray that the Great Overseer of the Universe may support and comfort your Royal Hig hness in this the time of your great affliction . PRO GRAND MASTER .

GRAND SECRETARY . Bro . T . F . HALSEY : Most Worship ful Grand Master in the chair , —I rise to second the motion which you , sir , have proposed from the chair , and 1 do so with the very great sense of responsibility that falls upon me to do this . But , at the same time , feeling as I do the difficulty to express in adequate language the sentiments which animate , I may say not only my

breast , but the breast of every brother present and every Mark Mason throughout the world , I feel there are occasions of sorrow when we can hardly adequately express that feeling . We feel most deeply the sorrowand the distress which our Royal Family and our Most Worship ful Grand Master are suffering at this moment—a distress which is shared , I may venture to say , by the whole count : ) ' at large--a grief which falls in the first place upon them , and

secondl y upon the whole nation , in a manner in which we at any rate in our recollection have no remembrance of , and I trust no person will in future ¦ have . I am well aware that no words of ours can really bring comfort and consolation to our Most Worshi p ful Grand Master , our Queen , and the Royal Famil y in the loss from which they are suffering ; but this at least one may venture to hope , 1 think , that the universal expression of sympathy from ; l n classes of the subjects of the Otieen , and not the least from this

\ - " ° uy which I have now the honour to address , may alford them in the future as tunc passes on , some slig ht consolation and some feeling that their grief ' shared by the whole nation . I cannot do better in concluding these cw re'Tiarks than say we hope after this sorrow brighter days ma ) ' dawn upon the Royal Family , that having sown in tears they may reap in joy , and go on their way rejoicing more and more . 1 he motion was put and unanimously agreed to . Grand Lod ge was then closed .

The Late Duke Of Clarence And Avondale.

THE LATE DUKE OF CLARENCE AND AVONDALE .

MKMORIAL SERVICES AND MASONIC MEETINGS , &< . - ., IN HONOUR OF HIS LATE ROYAL HIGHNESS . ¦ ' in SPCCml " lcet " y of t , ic Provincial Grand Lodge of West Lancashire 7 « ' "' be held in the Town Hall , l . ivcrnool , to-day ( Friday ) at 12 noon , for

' . ' . 1 P P oseof considering and resolving upon addresses of condolence on - ^ tne death of H . R . H . the Duke of Clarence , Prov . G . M . of Berkshire , and f last S . G . W . of England .

- ' Rutt SP | | ' mccting of lhe Provincial Grand Lodge of Leicestershire and 1 Free < hCC " CnUcd for to-ni ° ° w ( Saturday ) , and will be held in masons' Hall , Leicester , at 4 p . m ., for the purpose of considering and

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resolving upon an address of condolence with H . R . H . the Prince of Wales M . W . G . M ., on the death of his son , the Duke of Clarence and Avondalpj P . G . M . Berkshire , and P . S . G . W . England , and to arrange for its presentation .

A special meeting , on the 20 th instant , of the Prov . Grand Lodo - c of the Isle of Man was held in Douglas , under the presidency of Bro . T . H .

Nesbitt , I own Clerk of Douglas , Dep . Prov . Grand Master , who occupied the chair in tbe unavoidable absence through indisposition of Bro . Major J . S . Goldie-Taudman , Prov . Grand Master . There was a numerous gathering of the brethren who all wore the customary mourning , and when Prov . Grand Lodge had been opened , the Dep . P . G . M ., in moving resolutions of condolence with the Prince of Wales , M . W . Grand Master , and

the Princess of Wales , her Majesty the Queen , and her Serene Hi ghnes s Princess Victoria of Teck , spoke in eloquent and feeling terms of the great loss which the British Empire at large and English PYeemasonry had ' sustained by the lamented death of the Duke of Clarence and Avondale , P . G . M . Berkshire , and P . S . G . Warden of England . These resolutions , which were in each case seconded by the Prov . S . G . Warden , and carried unanimously , were as follows :

To the Prince and Princess of Wales . That the members of this Provincial Grand Lodge of the Isle of Man of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of England , in special meeting assembled , tender their most respectful sympathy to , and their sincere condolence with , his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales , Most Worshi pful Grand Master of ' the Order , and her Royal Hi ghness the Princess of Wales , in the great bereavement

which a dispensation of Divine Providence has called upon their Royal Highnesses to sustain in the premature death of his Royal Highness the Duke of Clarenre and Avondale , K . G ., Provincial Grand Master of Berkshire , and Past Grand Warden of England , and in respectfully expressing the deep sorrow and regret which pervades their hearts , the members of this Provincial Grand Lodge , in indissoluble bonds of respectful loyalty and fraternal affection , sincerely pray that the Architect and

Almighty Supreme Ruler of the Universe , of His unbounded wisdom and goodness , will afford relief and consolation in tPie time of severe tribulation , and they further express the fervent hope that the present dark hour of deep affliction will be the forerunner of a more brilliant light , which shall assuredly follow at the resurrection of the just , when these mortal bodies , which have been long slumbering in the dust , shall be re-united to their kindred spirit , and clothed with immortality .

To her Majesty the Queen . That the members of this Provincial Grand Lodge of the Isle of Man of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of England , her Majesty ' s faithful and attached subjects , in special meeting assembled , humbly beg to give loyal and respectful expression to the profound feeling of sorrow and sympathy , which the sad death of her Majesty ' s beloved and promising grandsonthe Duke of Clarence

, and Avondale , K . G ., and the affecting circumstances surrounding the mournful event have awakened in their hearts , and in dutifully tendering their respectful condolence to her Majesty , they sincerely trust the Almighty Creator in His great goodness and mercy may accord her Majesty the comfort and consolation afforded to those who sorrow not ivithout hope , and that the universal expressions

of respectful sympathy and loyal affection which have emanated from all classes of her Majesty ' s subjects in the lamentable loss to her Majesty , and to the illustrious parents and relatives of the deceased Prince , may in some slight degree , alleviate the sorrowand affliction caused by the sad bereavement , exhibiting as they do , the high esteem , and loyal , and dutiful feeling entertained for her Majesty and all the members of the Royal Family .

To the Princess Victoria of Teck . That the members of this Provincial Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of England , in special meeting assembled , respectfully express their deep sorrow and heartfelt sympathy with her Serene Hi ghness Princess Victoria Mary of Teck , in the sad bereavement her Serene Highness has Mist . 'iined in the lamented death of his Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence and Avondale ; and they fervently trust that the Almighty Architect of the Universe will endue her Royal Highness with fortitude to be . tr the afflicting trial .

Ihe brethren then marched in procession to St . George ' s Church , where a most admirable sermon was preached by the Bishop of Sudor and Man , after which the brethren returned to their hall , and after passing a vote of sympathy with the Provincial Grand Master in his illness , and one of thanks to Bro . Rev . R . B . Bason , vicar of St . Ge . irge ' s , for providing accommodation for the brethren , the proceedings terminated , and Provincial Grand Lodge was closed .

The Prov . Grand Master ( Bro . the Earl of Zetland ) of North and East Yorkshire has intimated his intention of holding a Special Prov . Grand Lodge for the like purpose . Nevertheless our brethren of the four York lodges—the York , the Eboracum , the Agricola , and the Albert Victor , of which the late Duke was a founder and honorary member having previously obtained a dispensation from the Prov . Grand Master , assembled al their

hall in Duncombe-placc , under the D . P . G . M ., Bro . the Hon . W . T . Ordc-Powlett , P . G . W ., and under the able directions ol" Bros . J . Todd , P . P . S . G . W . ; T . 13 . Whytehead , P . G . S . B . ; W . 13 . Dyson , & c ., ' marched in procession to the Minster , where a special service was held , and the Very Rev . the Dean ( Bro . Purey-Cusl , P . G . Chap . ) offered up the special prayers prepared by the Archbishop of the Diocese , and invoked the Divine blessing on ihcOuccn and the Royal Family in their affliction .

In order to commemorate the same event , the brethren of Leeds held a Lodge of Sorrow , the Prov . Grand Master of West Yorkshire being-absent through illness , but being represented b y his worthy and able D . P . G . M ., Bro . Henry Smith , P . G . D ., who offered a few remarks , after which an

eloquent tribute of allcctionale respect was paid to the late illustrious Prince by Bro . C . Letch Mason . A procession was then formed of about 200 members of the Fidelity , Philanthropic , Alfred , Excelsior , Goder ' ch , Defence , Zetland , and Prudence Lodges , who marched in their clothing , Ike ., to the parish church , and took part in the memorial service . The members of the Stockport Lodge , under the direction of Bro . James Cookson , P . P . G . Treas . Cheshire , having previousl y obtained the necessary