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Entertainment By The Lord Mayor.
ENTERTAINMENT BY THE LORD MAYOR .
THE Lord Mayor , on Friday evening , the 20 th alt ., entertained at the Mansion House the Grand Officers and the Officers and many of tho members of tho Grand Master's Lodge , of which his Lordship is the present Worshipful Master . Upwards of 150 guests were present , including Bros . Lord Carrington , Sir John Monckton , Sir Francis Burdett , Sir George Elliot , M . P ., General the Hon .
Somerset Calthorpe , Sir Francis Trnscott , Colonel Stevenson , Sir Albert Woods , M . Mclntyro , M . P ., Colonel Shadwell Clerke , Justice Prinsep , Lieut . Colonel Lyne , H . D . Sandeman , Alderman Hadley , W . Lake , Colonel Creaton , Eev . T . Robinson , W . G . Harrison , Q . C ., Philbrick , Q . C ., Sir John Bennett , the Rev . A . W . Hall , Dr . Wendt , W . Bristowe , Major Fernter , H . G . Buss , and Littell
The Lord Mayor proposed , amidst great enthusiasm , The Queen and the Craft , The Health of the Prince of Wales , as Grand Master , and the other principal Grand Officers , remarking , in giving the former , that the way in which her Majesty was pleased to receive the address of congratulation voted by Grand Lodge npon her escape from assassination wonld never be forgotten by those
brethren who were privileged to be present . In giving the toast The Provincial and District Grand Officers , the Lord Mayor remarked upon the very heavy dnties that those gentlemen performed . Their dnties , too , were of a very responsible character , and they were discharged in a manner that gave the greatest satisfaction to the Craft generally . It was with the greatest possible regret
that they heard of the death of Lord Tenterden , Provincial Grand Master of Essex . All who had bad the opportunity of seeing him recognised the fact that he was a true and hearty Mason ! They deeply regretted his loss—a loss which was felt by the country at large . Sir Francis Burdett , replying , remarked that they had present the Past Grand Master of Canada , who ruled over a
district 400 miles in extent , and the District Grand Master of Bengal , whose power extended over 1200 miles of country . Before such brethren the Provincial Grand Masters of England must feel themselves very small indeed ; but , nevertheless , they successfully rallied around the brethren . The Lord Mayor next gave The Sister Grand Lodges , observing upon the great pleasure he experienced in having
present snch important Officers as the Past Grand Master of Canada and the District Grand Master of Bengal . As they were all aware , the great principles of Freemasonry were brotherly love and loyalty to the State to which each Mason belonged . And , in his opinion , very much of the loyalty which happily they found existing in this country and throughout our Dependencies was due to Craft Masonry .
It was with extreme pleasure , therefore , that they found that at this moment the number of Freemasons was greater than it had ever been at any period in the past . Canada was a country not only large in extent , but it possessed great arid free institutions , and it waa with extreme pleasure that , notwithstanding evil elements , they fonnd it still loyal to the Mother Country . As in England , so in Canada , he
believed that very mnoh of the loyalty was duo to Freemasonry . He referred in humorous terms to the fact that Colonel Stevenson , Past Grand Master of Canada , was an Alderman of the City of Montreal , where they had 27 Aldermen and no Common Conncilmon . Colonel Stevenson had also the proud honour of firing tho salute when their Grand Master the Prince of Wales visited Canada .
Colonel Stevenson in responding , referred to the universality of the Craft , stating that it wns really the most important body , and had more influence on the government of the world than perhaps many of the so-called Governments really had . It was based on goodwill towards all men , and he was proud to say that there were no material differences existing between any of the Grand Lodges , and
certainly none which should separate the Grand Lodges of Canada . They were striving to bnild np that territory on the same principles as governed that of Great Britain , and were determined to demonstrate , without question or cavil , that even by the side of one of the greatest Republics the world hnd ever seen , how a people conld enjoy as mnoh civil and religious liberty nnder a limited Monarchy
as existed in a great Republic itself . At present the government of Canada cost Great Britain not a single sixpence ; bnt they were pleased to enjoy the great privilege and satisfaction of having at their head a nobleman , the Marquis of Lome , and the Princess Lonise . At the same time , Canada enjoyed the protection of the British army , and if Great Britain continued as trne to Canada ns
Canada was true to Great Britain , Great Britain would find on the snores _ of America a nation which wonld be a source of strength to the British Empire . The Lord Mayor proposed the health of the Grand Officers , and Lord Carrington Grand Senior Warden responded to the toast . He said that for tho last few years it had been customary that the office of Senior Grand Warden shonld be held by
a member of the House of Peers . He was happy to say that , though •* ¦ member of that House , he was a descendant of a member of a great banking house not n hundred yards distant , ancl was proud to be a citizen of the great City of London . The Lord Mayor next proposed tne tcast of the Grand Master ' s Lodge , No . 1 , and coupled with it tho name of Bro . Richard Herve Giraud , the Treasurer oftho Lodge for
more than fifty years . The Hon . Bro . Justice Princep , District «>* and Master of Bengal , proposed the health of the Lord Mayor . As an eminent example of tho Faying that nothing succeeded like Recess , he adduced the case of the ' honourable host of the evening . Whether in private life , in his Civic Office , as a Brother Mason , or as
a Ji Englishman , he had been equally successful , and in all these omces he was recognised as a thorough Englishman . The npprecin-•jo audience before him were fully acquainted with , and fnllv reco ? - n ; 3 ed tho high qualities which had enabled the Lord Mayor to fill '' 3 various offices , to which he had risen by sheer ability " ; and Her ijest y had been glad to rccocniso that ability bv conferrin " nnnn
« 'm an hereditary hononr . They all hoped that future descendants f his would recollect that the year in which the honour was con-¦ erred on the Lord Mayor was the year iu which ho held high office 1 bratld Loc ; e . Although not Masonic , he coupled with " le to : U .
Entertainment By The Lord Mayor.
the health of the Lady Mayoress . Tho Lord Mayor , in reply , referring to Burn ' s lines : —
" Oh ! wad some power the giftie gie us , To see oursels as ithers see us , " said he wished he could see himself in the same colours as thoso in which he had been depicted by others , and he should be tho happiest man alive . But even when a Chief Justice proposed his health in
such glowing terms , he was not so foolish as to believe anything he said . His case was a very simple and plain one—in fact , nothing could be better than a letter which he received from Lord Derby when he ( the Lord Mayor ) was made a baronet , in which his Lordship said that the baronetcy was the reward of labour . He ( the Lord
Mayor ) believed that was a true statement at least , and that ho deserved no decoration for anything he had done in this world except for labour . He would , as long as health and strength lasted , go on labouring in several interests , among which would be the interest of Freemasonry , and the interests of his country and the City of London . After thanking Mr . Justice Prinsep for including the Lady
Mayoress in the toast , his Lordship said that no entertainment given by him in that Hall had afforded him greater pleasure than entertain , ing his Masonio brethren that evening . The company shortly afterwards separated . During the dinner , the Coldstream Guards Band , conducted by Bro . C . Thomas , played a charming selection of musio , and between the toasts Bros . Winn , Coates , and Seymour Smith sang several songs , accompanied by Bro . Fountain Meen .
Prince Edward Of Saxe-Weimar Lodge, No. 1903.
PRINCE EDWARD OF SAXE-WEIMAR LODGE , No . 1903 .
PRESENTATION TO LORD CHARLES BERESFORD . A SPECIAL meeting of this Lodge was held at the Masonic Hall , Highbury-street , Portsmouth , on Tuesday afternoon , for the purpose of presenting an address of congratulation and welcome to Captain Lord Charles Beresford , R . N ., the Immediate Past Master of the Lodgo , on his return to this country from Egypt . Brother Thomas Page W . M . presided , and was supported by a large number of
members of the Craft , including the following : —Sir H . Keppel , G . C . B ., Admiral of the Fleet , Lord Charles Beresford I . P . M ., J . R . Martyr J . W ., Rev . P . H . Good Chaplain , A . Leon Emanuel Secretary , Lieutenant W . Latham Cox S . D ., John McLeod J . D ., Major H . E . Brunker M . C ., H . J . Long I . G ., G . Sylvester Org ., H . W . Townsend
P . M . P . G . D ., James Johns P . M . P . P . G . S . B ., R . J . Rastrick P . M ., Frank Bevis , J . Knowlton , T . H . Woods , G . Backler , Dr . W . Royaton Pike , T . F . Wilton P . P . G . O ., A . J . Wright , W . A . Marshallsay , Lieut . Southwell G . T . Bourko , R . N ., VMA , G . A . Lacey , H . Chaloraft
G . M . Nelder , Lieutenant Sackvillo H . Garden , R . N ., C . J . E . Mumby J . W . 1069 , Lieutenant Rogers , R . N ., Charles Reader , W . C . Primmei ' , J . Smith , Lieutenant W . H . Montressor , R . N ., J . G . Livesay , J . R . Willson P . M ., W . Maybour , E . Davis , and Carter Tyler . Visitors- Bros . H . Cawte P . M . 342 P . P . G . W ., Irvine Harlo P . M . 1780
P . P . G . P ., S . S . Pearco P . M . 319 P . P . G . D ., R . W . Mitchell P . M . 903 , A . R . Holbrook P . M . 309 , T . H . Williams P . M . 1776 , F . Powell W . M . 903 , J . Brickwood W . M . 342 , Captain Wonham , Il . N . ; Rev . Dr . Ring , R . N . ; C . Trivess S . W . 142 S , H . Crouchor J . W . 342 , R . King , J . Russell , P . H . Emanuel , T . W . Holdstock , T . Scaddan , Adams , G . Attrill , J . Grsen , George Young , Arthnr Jolliffe , C . A , Pates , G . Barnden , J . H . Bridle , & c . Letters of apology were read
from Bro . W . W . B . Beach , M . P ., Provincial Grand Master , Sir H . D Wolf , M . P ., the Deputy Provincial Grand Master , the Provincial Grand Secretary , Lord Carrington Grand Senior Warden of England , Colonel Hay Gordon Highlanders , Colonel Shadwell Clerke Grand Secretary , Captain Haldane , Fredk . Binckes , & c . Tho business of the Lodge was admirably conducted by the Worshipful
Master , who , on its conclusion , said that before closing the Lodge he had the most pleasing duty to perform that would fall to his lot during his year of office , namely , that of presenting to Brother Past Master the Right Honourable Lord Charles Beresford an address of congratulation on his success and gallant conduct at the bombardment of Alexandria , when in command of Her
Majesty's ship Condor . The founders of the Lodgo were fully aware tbat when his lordship gave consent to be the first Worshipful Master , he informed them that there existed a probability tbat his services would be required before his year of office had expired . Unfortunately for the Lodge those services were required , he having been appointed to take command of H . M . S . Condor . The war in Egypt
afforded the opportunity for displaying that energy , zeal , and truo British pluck which was characteristic of the noble family whoso name his lordship bore , and that lie had shown himself possessed of all those qualities was universally admitted . From the timo tho signal was made , " Well done , Condor , " to the termination of his Lordship's services in Egypt , whether afloat or on shore , bis career was most
anxiously watched , but by none more anxiously than tho brethren of the Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar Lodge . At tho regular meeting , held iu August , a proposition was made , seconded , and carried nnanimously , that an address of congratulation should be presented on his Lordship ' s return , and tho Worshipful Master felt sure it would bo highly prized by his lordship , convoying as it did tho brethren's high appreciation of those services so
gallantly and cheerfully rendered to their beloved Quean and country . They congratulated his lordship most heartily on his promotion , nu : l prayed that the Great Architect of tho Universe might grant him long life , which ho ( tho W . M . ) felt sure would bo devoted to tho service of hi , ? country , and last , but nor , least , to the benefit and welfare of the Craft . The Secretary then read tho following address , which was most handsomely illuminated by Mr . J . Robertson , C jmmercir ' -rcad , Landport , f > d fr- ' led ' * a neat oak and gold frame : —
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Entertainment By The Lord Mayor.
ENTERTAINMENT BY THE LORD MAYOR .
THE Lord Mayor , on Friday evening , the 20 th alt ., entertained at the Mansion House the Grand Officers and the Officers and many of tho members of tho Grand Master's Lodge , of which his Lordship is the present Worshipful Master . Upwards of 150 guests were present , including Bros . Lord Carrington , Sir John Monckton , Sir Francis Burdett , Sir George Elliot , M . P ., General the Hon .
Somerset Calthorpe , Sir Francis Trnscott , Colonel Stevenson , Sir Albert Woods , M . Mclntyro , M . P ., Colonel Shadwell Clerke , Justice Prinsep , Lieut . Colonel Lyne , H . D . Sandeman , Alderman Hadley , W . Lake , Colonel Creaton , Eev . T . Robinson , W . G . Harrison , Q . C ., Philbrick , Q . C ., Sir John Bennett , the Rev . A . W . Hall , Dr . Wendt , W . Bristowe , Major Fernter , H . G . Buss , and Littell
The Lord Mayor proposed , amidst great enthusiasm , The Queen and the Craft , The Health of the Prince of Wales , as Grand Master , and the other principal Grand Officers , remarking , in giving the former , that the way in which her Majesty was pleased to receive the address of congratulation voted by Grand Lodge npon her escape from assassination wonld never be forgotten by those
brethren who were privileged to be present . In giving the toast The Provincial and District Grand Officers , the Lord Mayor remarked upon the very heavy dnties that those gentlemen performed . Their dnties , too , were of a very responsible character , and they were discharged in a manner that gave the greatest satisfaction to the Craft generally . It was with the greatest possible regret
that they heard of the death of Lord Tenterden , Provincial Grand Master of Essex . All who had bad the opportunity of seeing him recognised the fact that he was a true and hearty Mason ! They deeply regretted his loss—a loss which was felt by the country at large . Sir Francis Burdett , replying , remarked that they had present the Past Grand Master of Canada , who ruled over a
district 400 miles in extent , and the District Grand Master of Bengal , whose power extended over 1200 miles of country . Before such brethren the Provincial Grand Masters of England must feel themselves very small indeed ; but , nevertheless , they successfully rallied around the brethren . The Lord Mayor next gave The Sister Grand Lodges , observing upon the great pleasure he experienced in having
present snch important Officers as the Past Grand Master of Canada and the District Grand Master of Bengal . As they were all aware , the great principles of Freemasonry were brotherly love and loyalty to the State to which each Mason belonged . And , in his opinion , very much of the loyalty which happily they found existing in this country and throughout our Dependencies was due to Craft Masonry .
It was with extreme pleasure , therefore , that they found that at this moment the number of Freemasons was greater than it had ever been at any period in the past . Canada was a country not only large in extent , but it possessed great arid free institutions , and it waa with extreme pleasure that , notwithstanding evil elements , they fonnd it still loyal to the Mother Country . As in England , so in Canada , he
believed that very mnoh of the loyalty was duo to Freemasonry . He referred in humorous terms to the fact that Colonel Stevenson , Past Grand Master of Canada , was an Alderman of the City of Montreal , where they had 27 Aldermen and no Common Conncilmon . Colonel Stevenson had also the proud honour of firing tho salute when their Grand Master the Prince of Wales visited Canada .
Colonel Stevenson in responding , referred to the universality of the Craft , stating that it wns really the most important body , and had more influence on the government of the world than perhaps many of the so-called Governments really had . It was based on goodwill towards all men , and he was proud to say that there were no material differences existing between any of the Grand Lodges , and
certainly none which should separate the Grand Lodges of Canada . They were striving to bnild np that territory on the same principles as governed that of Great Britain , and were determined to demonstrate , without question or cavil , that even by the side of one of the greatest Republics the world hnd ever seen , how a people conld enjoy as mnoh civil and religious liberty nnder a limited Monarchy
as existed in a great Republic itself . At present the government of Canada cost Great Britain not a single sixpence ; bnt they were pleased to enjoy the great privilege and satisfaction of having at their head a nobleman , the Marquis of Lome , and the Princess Lonise . At the same time , Canada enjoyed the protection of the British army , and if Great Britain continued as trne to Canada ns
Canada was true to Great Britain , Great Britain would find on the snores _ of America a nation which wonld be a source of strength to the British Empire . The Lord Mayor proposed the health of the Grand Officers , and Lord Carrington Grand Senior Warden responded to the toast . He said that for tho last few years it had been customary that the office of Senior Grand Warden shonld be held by
a member of the House of Peers . He was happy to say that , though •* ¦ member of that House , he was a descendant of a member of a great banking house not n hundred yards distant , ancl was proud to be a citizen of the great City of London . The Lord Mayor next proposed tne tcast of the Grand Master ' s Lodge , No . 1 , and coupled with it tho name of Bro . Richard Herve Giraud , the Treasurer oftho Lodge for
more than fifty years . The Hon . Bro . Justice Princep , District «>* and Master of Bengal , proposed the health of the Lord Mayor . As an eminent example of tho Faying that nothing succeeded like Recess , he adduced the case of the ' honourable host of the evening . Whether in private life , in his Civic Office , as a Brother Mason , or as
a Ji Englishman , he had been equally successful , and in all these omces he was recognised as a thorough Englishman . The npprecin-•jo audience before him were fully acquainted with , and fnllv reco ? - n ; 3 ed tho high qualities which had enabled the Lord Mayor to fill '' 3 various offices , to which he had risen by sheer ability " ; and Her ijest y had been glad to rccocniso that ability bv conferrin " nnnn
« 'm an hereditary hononr . They all hoped that future descendants f his would recollect that the year in which the honour was con-¦ erred on the Lord Mayor was the year iu which ho held high office 1 bratld Loc ; e . Although not Masonic , he coupled with " le to : U .
Entertainment By The Lord Mayor.
the health of the Lady Mayoress . Tho Lord Mayor , in reply , referring to Burn ' s lines : —
" Oh ! wad some power the giftie gie us , To see oursels as ithers see us , " said he wished he could see himself in the same colours as thoso in which he had been depicted by others , and he should be tho happiest man alive . But even when a Chief Justice proposed his health in
such glowing terms , he was not so foolish as to believe anything he said . His case was a very simple and plain one—in fact , nothing could be better than a letter which he received from Lord Derby when he ( the Lord Mayor ) was made a baronet , in which his Lordship said that the baronetcy was the reward of labour . He ( the Lord
Mayor ) believed that was a true statement at least , and that ho deserved no decoration for anything he had done in this world except for labour . He would , as long as health and strength lasted , go on labouring in several interests , among which would be the interest of Freemasonry , and the interests of his country and the City of London . After thanking Mr . Justice Prinsep for including the Lady
Mayoress in the toast , his Lordship said that no entertainment given by him in that Hall had afforded him greater pleasure than entertain , ing his Masonio brethren that evening . The company shortly afterwards separated . During the dinner , the Coldstream Guards Band , conducted by Bro . C . Thomas , played a charming selection of musio , and between the toasts Bros . Winn , Coates , and Seymour Smith sang several songs , accompanied by Bro . Fountain Meen .
Prince Edward Of Saxe-Weimar Lodge, No. 1903.
PRINCE EDWARD OF SAXE-WEIMAR LODGE , No . 1903 .
PRESENTATION TO LORD CHARLES BERESFORD . A SPECIAL meeting of this Lodge was held at the Masonic Hall , Highbury-street , Portsmouth , on Tuesday afternoon , for the purpose of presenting an address of congratulation and welcome to Captain Lord Charles Beresford , R . N ., the Immediate Past Master of the Lodgo , on his return to this country from Egypt . Brother Thomas Page W . M . presided , and was supported by a large number of
members of the Craft , including the following : —Sir H . Keppel , G . C . B ., Admiral of the Fleet , Lord Charles Beresford I . P . M ., J . R . Martyr J . W ., Rev . P . H . Good Chaplain , A . Leon Emanuel Secretary , Lieutenant W . Latham Cox S . D ., John McLeod J . D ., Major H . E . Brunker M . C ., H . J . Long I . G ., G . Sylvester Org ., H . W . Townsend
P . M . P . G . D ., James Johns P . M . P . P . G . S . B ., R . J . Rastrick P . M ., Frank Bevis , J . Knowlton , T . H . Woods , G . Backler , Dr . W . Royaton Pike , T . F . Wilton P . P . G . O ., A . J . Wright , W . A . Marshallsay , Lieut . Southwell G . T . Bourko , R . N ., VMA , G . A . Lacey , H . Chaloraft
G . M . Nelder , Lieutenant Sackvillo H . Garden , R . N ., C . J . E . Mumby J . W . 1069 , Lieutenant Rogers , R . N ., Charles Reader , W . C . Primmei ' , J . Smith , Lieutenant W . H . Montressor , R . N ., J . G . Livesay , J . R . Willson P . M ., W . Maybour , E . Davis , and Carter Tyler . Visitors- Bros . H . Cawte P . M . 342 P . P . G . W ., Irvine Harlo P . M . 1780
P . P . G . P ., S . S . Pearco P . M . 319 P . P . G . D ., R . W . Mitchell P . M . 903 , A . R . Holbrook P . M . 309 , T . H . Williams P . M . 1776 , F . Powell W . M . 903 , J . Brickwood W . M . 342 , Captain Wonham , Il . N . ; Rev . Dr . Ring , R . N . ; C . Trivess S . W . 142 S , H . Crouchor J . W . 342 , R . King , J . Russell , P . H . Emanuel , T . W . Holdstock , T . Scaddan , Adams , G . Attrill , J . Grsen , George Young , Arthnr Jolliffe , C . A , Pates , G . Barnden , J . H . Bridle , & c . Letters of apology were read
from Bro . W . W . B . Beach , M . P ., Provincial Grand Master , Sir H . D Wolf , M . P ., the Deputy Provincial Grand Master , the Provincial Grand Secretary , Lord Carrington Grand Senior Warden of England , Colonel Hay Gordon Highlanders , Colonel Shadwell Clerke Grand Secretary , Captain Haldane , Fredk . Binckes , & c . Tho business of the Lodge was admirably conducted by the Worshipful
Master , who , on its conclusion , said that before closing the Lodge he had the most pleasing duty to perform that would fall to his lot during his year of office , namely , that of presenting to Brother Past Master the Right Honourable Lord Charles Beresford an address of congratulation on his success and gallant conduct at the bombardment of Alexandria , when in command of Her
Majesty's ship Condor . The founders of the Lodgo were fully aware tbat when his lordship gave consent to be the first Worshipful Master , he informed them that there existed a probability tbat his services would be required before his year of office had expired . Unfortunately for the Lodge those services were required , he having been appointed to take command of H . M . S . Condor . The war in Egypt
afforded the opportunity for displaying that energy , zeal , and truo British pluck which was characteristic of the noble family whoso name his lordship bore , and that lie had shown himself possessed of all those qualities was universally admitted . From the timo tho signal was made , " Well done , Condor , " to the termination of his Lordship's services in Egypt , whether afloat or on shore , bis career was most
anxiously watched , but by none more anxiously than tho brethren of the Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar Lodge . At tho regular meeting , held iu August , a proposition was made , seconded , and carried nnanimously , that an address of congratulation should be presented on his Lordship ' s return , and tho Worshipful Master felt sure it would bo highly prized by his lordship , convoying as it did tho brethren's high appreciation of those services so
gallantly and cheerfully rendered to their beloved Quean and country . They congratulated his lordship most heartily on his promotion , nu : l prayed that the Great Architect of tho Universe might grant him long life , which ho ( tho W . M . ) felt sure would bo devoted to tho service of hi , ? country , and last , but nor , least , to the benefit and welfare of the Craft . The Secretary then read tho following address , which was most handsomely illuminated by Mr . J . Robertson , C jmmercir ' -rcad , Landport , f > d fr- ' led ' * a neat oak and gold frame : —