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PERRIER=JOUET&Cos. CHAMPAGNES. FINEST VINTAGE RESERVE-CUVEES . THE FAVOURITE MASONIC BRAND . Agent—A . BOURSOT , 9 , Hart Street , flark Lane , London .
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Installation Of His Royal Highness The Duke Of Connaught.
Installation of His Royal Highness the Duke of Connaught .
HIS Royal Highness the DUKE OF COXXAUGHT having fixed Wednesday , the 17 th July , for his Installation as M . W . Grand Master , the Grand Secretary has , with commendable promptitude , issued "Important and Urgent "
Circulars to the Grand Officers and the qualified members of Grand Lodge , so that suitable arrangements may be made for that impressive Ceremony and the Meeting be the successful function that all desire . The Masters of lodges , it is hoped , will carefully observe
the precise instructions printed and circulated for thenguidance , for they may be assured that if these are followed , the Assembly at the Royal Albert Hall , South Kensington , on the clay named , will not be surpassed in brilliancy and impressiveness by any of its predecessors . Those to whom
the preparations will be entrusted are Past Masters in the art of providing for the accommodation of thousands of brethren , and will so arrange matters that all the Proceedings will be conducted without a hitch and as smoothly as any ordinary Quarterly Communication . We venture to prognosticate that it will be an event that
will never be forgotten by the participants and long live in the memory of the Craft as a triumph as respects attendance and management . It is not possible at present to form an exact estimate of the number who will desire to avail themselves of the privilege to attend , or what number
of seats it may be possible to allot to each lodge . We fear the Craft will have to resign itself to " an equitable distribution of Tickets" through the qualified applicants exceeding the room at the disposal of the authorities . Under existing circumstances there does not seem any probability of other than the actual qualified
Members of Grand Lodge having the opportunity to witness the Ceremony , as , to a limited extent , was permitted at the Installation of H . R . H . the PRINCE OF WALES ( His Majesty the King ) in 1875 . Towards the end of 1874 , when H . R . H . the PRINCE
OF WALES became the Grand Master , there were some 230 lodges meeting in the Metropolis and 850 in the Provinces , making a total held in England of 1 , 080 . Now there are fully 500 in London and over 1 , 3 80 in the Counties , thus exceeding 1 , 880 lodges in this country alone ,
leaving out of the calculation the 500 or so in the Colonies and Abroad . These figures are startling in their magnitude , and of themselves suggest that the possibility hinted at by the Grand Secretary , of there being a lack of space , is not so improbable as some think , and at any rate they make one
believe that the Grand Secretary ' s office and adjacent rooms will be a busy part for some weeks , and test the capacity of all the officials , and the additional staff , to the utmost .
It is remarkable that H . R . H . the DUKE OF CONNAUGHT was initiated in the " Prince of Wales' Lodge , " No . 259 , London , by H . R . H . the PRINCE OF WALES , W . M ., in 1874 , in the presence of the Most Noble the MARQUIS OF RIPON , MAV . Grand Master , who resigned that office a few months later , and was himself succeeded by the PRINCE OF WALES ,
who at the time was a Past Grand Master . Now the DUKE OF CONNAUGHT succeeds his brother , KING EDWARD VII ., as the Grand Master , and His MAJESTY becomes Protector of the Craft , so that , whilst we lose our beloved SOVEREIGN as Head of the English Fraternity , we have the KING ' first
initiate as His MAJESTY ' S successor , who from 18 91 has been a Past Grand Master of the Grand Lodge , having His MAJESTY OSCAR II ., KING OF SWEDEN AND NORWAY , as his senior , and followed by H . R . H . PRINCE FREDERICK LEOPOLD
OF PRUSSIA from 18 94 , and H . R . H . the CROWN PRINCE OF DENMARK from 18 97 . Notwithstanding the exalted rank of H . R . H ., the DUKE OF CONNAUGHT was " Passed " and " Raised " at two separate Lodge meetings ; but soon afterwards made rapid progress , and , as we know , was appointed Senior Grand Warden in
1877 , his lamented Brother , H . R . H . the DUKE OF ALBANY , being Junior Grand Warden at the same Grand Lodge . The appointment of H . R . H . as Provincial Grand Master of Sussex in 1886 , was very popular in that County , and the members are now regretting that owing to the acceptance of the Grand Mastership , the lesser office has had to be
resigned . H . R . H . was also District Grand Master of Bombay from 1887 , and in many other ways has testified his attachment to the Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons , exhibiting a most gratifying desire to do his utmost to advance the highest interests and well being of the Society . So recently as last year , H . R . H . the DUKE OF CONNAUGHT
laid the Foundation Stone of the New School for the " Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , " at Bushey , and undoubtedl y enters on his duties as M . W . Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of England—the oldest and largest in the worldadmirably prepared b y reason of his knowledge of the Brotherhood and actual service for years past as Provincial
Grand Master , in succession to His MAJESTY KING EDWARD VII ., who so ably presided over the English Fraternity for over a quarter of a century , and witnessed greater progress during his beneficent Rule than has ever been known before . In all heartiness and sincerity we say , God bless the Grand Master of England , and grant that the prosperity of
the Fraternity in this country , as well as in Scotland , Ireland , and the other Grand Lodges assembling under the Protection ( jf His MAJESTY KING EDWARD VII ., may be continued , and that especially under H . R . H . the DUKE OF CONNAUGHT , the work may be continued in Peace and Harmony , as hitherto has prevailed under such gracious and Royal Patronage .
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PERRIER=JOUET&Cos. CHAMPAGNES. FINEST VINTAGE RESERVE-CUVEES . THE FAVOURITE MASONIC BRAND . Agent—A . BOURSOT , 9 , Hart Street , flark Lane , London .
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Installation Of His Royal Highness The Duke Of Connaught.
Installation of His Royal Highness the Duke of Connaught .
HIS Royal Highness the DUKE OF COXXAUGHT having fixed Wednesday , the 17 th July , for his Installation as M . W . Grand Master , the Grand Secretary has , with commendable promptitude , issued "Important and Urgent "
Circulars to the Grand Officers and the qualified members of Grand Lodge , so that suitable arrangements may be made for that impressive Ceremony and the Meeting be the successful function that all desire . The Masters of lodges , it is hoped , will carefully observe
the precise instructions printed and circulated for thenguidance , for they may be assured that if these are followed , the Assembly at the Royal Albert Hall , South Kensington , on the clay named , will not be surpassed in brilliancy and impressiveness by any of its predecessors . Those to whom
the preparations will be entrusted are Past Masters in the art of providing for the accommodation of thousands of brethren , and will so arrange matters that all the Proceedings will be conducted without a hitch and as smoothly as any ordinary Quarterly Communication . We venture to prognosticate that it will be an event that
will never be forgotten by the participants and long live in the memory of the Craft as a triumph as respects attendance and management . It is not possible at present to form an exact estimate of the number who will desire to avail themselves of the privilege to attend , or what number
of seats it may be possible to allot to each lodge . We fear the Craft will have to resign itself to " an equitable distribution of Tickets" through the qualified applicants exceeding the room at the disposal of the authorities . Under existing circumstances there does not seem any probability of other than the actual qualified
Members of Grand Lodge having the opportunity to witness the Ceremony , as , to a limited extent , was permitted at the Installation of H . R . H . the PRINCE OF WALES ( His Majesty the King ) in 1875 . Towards the end of 1874 , when H . R . H . the PRINCE
OF WALES became the Grand Master , there were some 230 lodges meeting in the Metropolis and 850 in the Provinces , making a total held in England of 1 , 080 . Now there are fully 500 in London and over 1 , 3 80 in the Counties , thus exceeding 1 , 880 lodges in this country alone ,
leaving out of the calculation the 500 or so in the Colonies and Abroad . These figures are startling in their magnitude , and of themselves suggest that the possibility hinted at by the Grand Secretary , of there being a lack of space , is not so improbable as some think , and at any rate they make one
believe that the Grand Secretary ' s office and adjacent rooms will be a busy part for some weeks , and test the capacity of all the officials , and the additional staff , to the utmost .
It is remarkable that H . R . H . the DUKE OF CONNAUGHT was initiated in the " Prince of Wales' Lodge , " No . 259 , London , by H . R . H . the PRINCE OF WALES , W . M ., in 1874 , in the presence of the Most Noble the MARQUIS OF RIPON , MAV . Grand Master , who resigned that office a few months later , and was himself succeeded by the PRINCE OF WALES ,
who at the time was a Past Grand Master . Now the DUKE OF CONNAUGHT succeeds his brother , KING EDWARD VII ., as the Grand Master , and His MAJESTY becomes Protector of the Craft , so that , whilst we lose our beloved SOVEREIGN as Head of the English Fraternity , we have the KING ' first
initiate as His MAJESTY ' S successor , who from 18 91 has been a Past Grand Master of the Grand Lodge , having His MAJESTY OSCAR II ., KING OF SWEDEN AND NORWAY , as his senior , and followed by H . R . H . PRINCE FREDERICK LEOPOLD
OF PRUSSIA from 18 94 , and H . R . H . the CROWN PRINCE OF DENMARK from 18 97 . Notwithstanding the exalted rank of H . R . H ., the DUKE OF CONNAUGHT was " Passed " and " Raised " at two separate Lodge meetings ; but soon afterwards made rapid progress , and , as we know , was appointed Senior Grand Warden in
1877 , his lamented Brother , H . R . H . the DUKE OF ALBANY , being Junior Grand Warden at the same Grand Lodge . The appointment of H . R . H . as Provincial Grand Master of Sussex in 1886 , was very popular in that County , and the members are now regretting that owing to the acceptance of the Grand Mastership , the lesser office has had to be
resigned . H . R . H . was also District Grand Master of Bombay from 1887 , and in many other ways has testified his attachment to the Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons , exhibiting a most gratifying desire to do his utmost to advance the highest interests and well being of the Society . So recently as last year , H . R . H . the DUKE OF CONNAUGHT
laid the Foundation Stone of the New School for the " Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , " at Bushey , and undoubtedl y enters on his duties as M . W . Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of England—the oldest and largest in the worldadmirably prepared b y reason of his knowledge of the Brotherhood and actual service for years past as Provincial
Grand Master , in succession to His MAJESTY KING EDWARD VII ., who so ably presided over the English Fraternity for over a quarter of a century , and witnessed greater progress during his beneficent Rule than has ever been known before . In all heartiness and sincerity we say , God bless the Grand Master of England , and grant that the prosperity of
the Fraternity in this country , as well as in Scotland , Ireland , and the other Grand Lodges assembling under the Protection ( jf His MAJESTY KING EDWARD VII ., may be continued , and that especially under H . R . H . the DUKE OF CONNAUGHT , the work may be continued in Peace and Harmony , as hitherto has prevailed under such gracious and Royal Patronage .