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six others for a Chapter to be attached to the Duke of Connaught Lodge No . 1524 , Dalston , to be called "The Duke of Connaught Chapter , " and to meet afc Anderton ' s Hotel , Fleet-streefc , in the City of London . These Petitions being in all respects regular , the Committee recommend thafc the prayers thereof be respectively granted .

They have also received a Petition from Companions William Alexander Barrett as Z ., Charles Goolden as H ., Wilhelm Ganz as J ., and six others for a Chapter to be attached to the Orpheus Lodge No . 1706 , to be called " The Orpheus Chapter , " ancl to meet at tho Freemasons' Hall , Great Queen-street , London . This Petition is regular in form , but as the Lodge has not yet

been in existence for two years , the Committee bearing thoir resolution in mind thafc three years should elapse before a Charter to be attached to a Lodge be granted , except in very exceptionable cases , cannot recommend thafc the prayer of the Petition be yet complied with . A letter dated 14 th March Last , from Companion the Honourable

Henry Thoby Prinsep , Grand Superintendent of Bengal , was read , pointing out the very great inconveniences which arise from Superintendents not being able to issue provisional Charters pending the applications to Grand Chapter . Tho Committee feeling fully satisfied that tho complaint is well grounded , beg to recommend that the Supreme Grand Chapter

authorise the Most Excellent First Grand Principal to grant powers to such Superintendents as ho may think fit , to issue dispensations for the meeting of Chapters in cases of necessity , pending the applications for Charters to the Supreme Grand Chapter . The Committee beg further to state that on 1 st November 1876 , a Charter was granted to be attached to the Fitzalan Lodge No . 1432 ,

Oswestry , which has nofc been taken up , and from information they have received they have reason to conclude that it never will be taken up . Under these circumstances , the Committee recommend that the Charter be cancelled . ( Signed ) J OHN CEEATON , President . Freemasons' Hall , London , W . C . 16 th April 1879 . Election of tho Committee of General Purposes for tho ensuing twelve months .

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THE Annual Festival of Grand Lodgo was held on Wednesday , at Freemasons' Hall , London . In the absence of tho M . W . G . M ., the Pro . G . M . occupied the throne . After the usual formal business had been transacted , the following brethren wero appointed as Grand Officers for tho year : — H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , K . G .... M . W . G . M .

Tho Rt . Hon . Earl of Carnarvon ... Pro G . M . Tho Rt . Hon . Earl of Skelmorsdalo ... Deputy G . M . The Rt . Hon . Lord Kensington , M . P . Senior Grand Warden . Major Gen * Hon . S . J . G . Calthorpe Junior Grand Warden . Rev . William Alfred Hill , M . A . ... " ) ,, , „ , .. . Rev . C . W . Spencer Stanhope , M . A . ] Grand Cha P lains - Lieut .-Col . John Creaton Grand Treasurer .

iEneas J . Mclntyre , Q . C . Grand Registrar . John Hervey Grand Secretary . Ernst Emil Wendfc G . Seo . German Correspondence . Reginald Bird } Senior Grand Deacons . George Mel lor j

? r ^ p 7 i [ Junior Grand Deacons . Matthew Clark J John Gibson Grand Superintendent of Works . Sir Albert A . Woods , Garter P . G . W . Grand Director of Ceremonies . Geo . Burt Assistant Grand Dir . of Cer . Samuel Millions Grand Sword Bearer .

Christopher Edwin Willing ... Grand Organist . Henry Gnstavus Buss Assistant Grand Secretary . William Wilson Grand Pursuivant . James Kench Assistant do . Charles Bryant Payne Grand Tyler .

Alderman John Whittaker Ellis 1 , John Batley 2 , Horace James Browne 4 , Henry James 5 , Captain William Robert G . Farmer 6 , Edward John Beale 8 , John Nidd Smith 14 , Robert Paulson Spice 21 , Edward Charles Davies 23 , William Coppard Beaumont 26 , Hilton C . Barker 29 , Thomas Birch Dyer , M . D ., 46 , Thomas Reynolds 58 , John Thornton Chancellor 60 , Robert Winter Sprague 91 , Arthur

Rteains 99 , Edward Cutler 197 , George Plncknetfc ] un . 259 , Grand Stewards . Permission was accorded to Bro . W . T . Howe , the retiring Grand Pursuivant , to take the rank and wear the clothing of P . G . P . The Rt . Hon . the Earl of Carnarvon announced thafc Bro . W . J . Hughan , of Cornwall , had presented to Grand Lodge a copy of the

work he had just compiled ou English Masonic Numismatics . The thanks of Grand Lodge was given to Bro . Hughan for his present , and then Grand Lodge was closed . After the banquet , which took place in the Hall of Freemasons ' Tavern , under the presidency of the Pro Grand Master , the health of the Qneen was proposed . The noble chairman observed thafc this

was a toast which would never be wanting from any assembly of Englishmen ; the name of her Majesty was ever loyally and affectionately received , and by none more so than Freemasons . The toast was received with enthusiasm , and was followed by the National Anthem . In proposing the toast of H . R . H . the Princess of Wales ,

and the other members of the Royal Family , the Earl of Carnarvon remarked thafc in the old days—and he supposed he might say in the present—ifc was almost treason to introduce the name erf a woman into Freemasonry . But as the wife of their Most Worshipful Grand Master they all reverenced the name of the Princess Alexandra . It waa now some years since she came to this

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country , during the time sho had been amongst us we havo learned to love and respect her . The next toast was that of H . R . H . the Most Worshipfnl Grand Master , and in proposing it the noble Earl said doubtless many he saw around him wero present afc the Festival last year , and wonld remember thafc H . R . H . presided on that occasion . The terra daring which the Prince of Wales had

rnlod over the Craft had been one of continual and increasing prosperity . Lodges had beon added , and the roll of membership largely extended . Tho accession of the Heir Apparent to the supreme head of English Freemasonry had given a marvellous impetus to the Craft , which must ever continue to become in . creasingly popular and prosperous . Lieut .-Col . Sir Henry Edwards ,

Bart ., Prov . G . M . of West Yorkshire , said it was with extreme diffidence that he rose to propose tho health of tho M . W . the Pro Grand Master . The Earl of Carnarvon was well known in all parts of the country , and every one wonld admit that the more they saw of him the better they liked him . He was equally well known in private life , whilst as a statesman he had earned the respect

of every man in the kingdom . The toast was received most enthusiastically , and in responding , the Earl of Carnarvon said he hardly knew how to thank them sufficiently for the manner in which they had received the mention of his name . He had grown so familiar with their kindness on so many previous occasions , that he conld only reiterate the thanks he had

tendered them so often in times gone by . Still , the words he used were no mere idle expressions , and he begged to assure them he was deeply sensible of the honour they had paid him . The last timo he had the pleasure of listening to tha words of his esteemed friend who had proposed this toasfc was in his ( Sir Henry Edwards ' s ) own Province , where he

was universally esteemed and beloved . Ho took this opportunity of saying that the more frequently London and Country brethren were brought together , the more they would under , stand each other , and appreciate thafc unity which was one of the primary objects of Freemasonry . Ifc had beon his lot to pass through yarious phases of Masonry during his connection with the

Craf fc , a period which extended over a larger number of years than he cared to look back npon . Thoy had been presented that evening with a book in which woro recorded the doings of some of the ancient Lodges ; but how many had been added to the lists since the time to which that book referred , and howmany were the changes they had gone through ? There was another toast which he conld not permit any one

to take from him to propose . Ho asked them to join heartily with him in drinking the health of the R . W . the Depnty Grand Master . All regretted the absence of Lord Skelmersdale from this annual gathering , and would sincerely wish for him a speedy and complete restoration to health . Bro . John Whifcwell , M . P ., P . G . W ., Dep . Prov . G . M . of Cumberland and Westmoreland , now proposed the toast of

the Grand Lodges of Scotland and Ireland . Although in respect to the government of Freemasonry in the United Kingdom , there was a divisibility , tho three Grand Lodges worked in unity ono with another . Whatever part of the world they might visit , they always found Scotch and Irish Masons ready to grasp the hand of friendship . Bro . iEneas J . Mclntyre Grand Registrar said the next toast , which

he was called npon to propose , was always received with the greatest satisfaction , knowing thafc the tribute was fully deserved . The toasfc was that of the Prov . Grand Masters of England . They had amongst them one who held the position in one of the most important in the country , namely , the Wesfc Riding of Yorkshire ; and when he asked them to drink to the health of Sir Henry Edwards he would

say thafc brother was a fair specimen of what the Prov . Grand Masters were—a body of men to whom Freemasonry was deeply indebted . Sir Henry Edwards , in responding , said ifc was with peculiar pleasure that he did so . Whatever the country might think of the Prov . Grand Masters , Masons in the respective counties were under great obligations to those men who took the trouble to

attend to the duties of Freemasonry in their Province . The Pro Grand Master , in giving the next toasfc , said when they met afc such Festivals as the present ifc was nofc only to take stock , as ifc were , of tho past , but also to appoint Grand Officera for tho ensuing year . They wished the Officers appointed to-day all success in tho performance of their duties , in which he

was sure they would receive the hearty and cordial support of Grand Lodge . He proposed the health of the newly-appointed Grand Wardens and other Grand Officers , both Present and Past . Lord Kensington responded , in doing which he said he laboured under some disadvantage , as this was the first timo he had had the pleasure of attending Grand Lodge . When he looked round , and

saw so many Officers , Past and Present , ha felt that tho Pro Grand Master could have found some one better qualified to return thanks for this toast . Ho might say thafc the Province to which he had tho honour to belong—the "Western Division of South Wales—claimed some credit to itself on his being placed on tho list as Senior Grand Warden . Brother the Rev . C . J .

Martyn ventured to think thafc fche toast he had to propose was really the toasfc of the evening . They talked a great deal of what Masonry did , but really the Charities were the brightest gem in their crown . He asked them one and all to put their hands in their pockets , and help to support the Masonic Charities . Bro . Hedges , in responding , said he could nofc but

be deeply sensible of fche great hononr which had been conferred npon the Charities by this kindly recognition of Grand Lodge . He reminded them that the Festival of the Girls' School took place on the 14 th of this month , and he had the satisfaction to announce that thoir highly-esteemed Grand Treasurer , Colonel Creaton , had consented to preside on thafc occasion . It wonld then be proved , as ifc had been on

so many occasions previously , how great an interest was taken by tho Craffc in its noble Charities . Bro . F . Binckes was then londly called for , and also briefly responded on behalf of tho Boys' School . Tho toast of the Grand Stewards terminated the proceedings in the Hall , after which tho cempany adjourned to the Temple , where a select im of music waa given .