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Grand Lodge Of Massachusetts.
Lodges and the brethren throughout the jurisdiction , as evinced by the number of Lodges which had commuted tho tax in full for the whole number of their members , aud also by tho number of individual commutations . He read a list of those Lodges which had paid the tax in full , and
also gave the number of brethren , members of Lodges which had not commuted , who had individually paid the tax . Tho former numbers fifty-one Lodges , which , between them , have paid on 0 , 505 members a sum of G 5 , 050 dols . The individual brethren who havo commuted the tax
number 980 , and they have paid a sum of 9 , 800 dollars , so that a total of 74 , 850 dollars has been raised by this means . The individual brethren who appear on tho list represent fifty-four Lodges , so that there are very few outstanding wherein some at least of the members have
not made an effort to raise the funds needed to clear off the debt of the Grand Lodge in this way . It was then proposed that the time for the payment of the commutation be extended to 25 th November , next , and that , in the meantime , a statement of the names of the Lodges and
the number of brethren who had already paid the same be sent to all the Lodges , which proposition was duly carried . The Grand Master then announced that the library of the Grand Lodge had received a most valuable addition at the
hands of Bro . William Sutton , who had presented the whole of his valuable Masonic library . In consequence of this beneficent gift it had become necessary to enlarge the accommodation hitherto afforded for the books , and
this end had been accomplished by making various alterations in the Grand Master's and other officials' rooms . Other matters , including the reports of several committees , were then discussed , and in due course the Grand Lodge was closed in ample form .
Grand Banquet At The Mansion House.
GRAND BANQUET AT THE MANSION HOUSE .
THE Prince of Wales and the Dnke of Connaught , were on Monday night entertained by the Lord Mayor ( Sir F . Wyatt Trnscott ) at a Masonic banquet at the Mansion House , to which a highly distinguished company were invited to meet them . The Lord Mayor , who is himself an old Freemason , a Past Master , and the present Worshipful Master of the Grand Master ' s Lodge , No . 1 , ia also Grand Junior Warden for the year , and he determined not to let his Mayor .
alty close without at least endeavouring to have the Most Worshipful Grand Master for his guest . In this endeavour he succeeded , and Monday- night witnessed the most brilliant gathering of Masons that has yet attended a Masonio banquet . Above 300 brethren assembled . Amongst those present were H . R . H . the Prince of Wales M . W . G . M ., H . E . H . the Duke of Connaught , H . H . Prince John of Glucksburg ,
Earl of Saltoun , Lord Leigh , Eari of Mount-Edgcumbe , Earl of Onslow , Lord Methnen , Lord Tenterden , Marquis of Londonderry , Marquis of Hamilton , Earl of Hardvvicke , Earl of Jersey , Lord Henniker , Lord Suffield , Colonel M . de Cartaret , Colonel Sir Francis Burdett , Bart ., Colonel C . Lyne , Colonel Lloyd Phillips , General Hon . S . Calthorpe , Sir Joseph Bailey , M . P ., Sir Edmund Lechmere , M . P .,
Sir Watkin Wynn , M . P ., Bro . W . W . B . Beach , M . P ., Sir Walter Burrell , M . P ., Bro . Montague Guest , M . P ., Colonel Le Gendre Starkie , Gen . Brownrigg , Sir Henry Edwards , Sir George Elliott , General Duncan . Col . Wemyss , Sir Albert Woods , Sir John Monckton , Bro . M'Intyre , M . P ., Captain Piatt , Bro . J . Scott , Colonel Burney , Bro . P . Roxburgh , Q . C ., Bro . Walter Wood , Bro . Saul Isaac , Alderman Sir B . S .
Phillips , Colonel Stratton Gregory , Bro . Locock Webb , Q . C ., Bro . P . Knollys , C . B ., Admiral Hon . Sir H . A . Keppel , Captain A . Egerton , Colonel Croll , Bro . Alderman Ellis , Colonel Shadwell Clarke , Grand Secretary , Bro . Alderman Nottage , Rev . W . K . H . Bedford , Captain Sewell , Dr . Rhys Williams , Sir P . Perkins , Bro . Sheriff Fowler , M . P ., Bro . Sheriff Waterlow , Bro . Jekyll Grand Organist ,
Lt .-Col . Creaton G . Treasurer , Col . G . Vernon , Major Woodall , Colonel Cole , Rev . C . J . Martyn , Sir John Bennett , Rev . P . Bent , Dr . Gooding , Bro . Alderman Hadley , & c . Before the proceedings commenced , his Royal Highness the Grand Master , in the private room set apart for his reception , appointed and invested Prince John of Glucksburg as Past Grand Senior Warden of England . Subsequently his Royal
Highness proceeded to the drawing-room , where every one in attendance was presented , Sir Albert W . Woods ( Garter ) and Colonel Shad - well H . Gierke making the presentations . The whole company then sat down to the banquet , Mr . H . Sibbold ' s City of London band playing a selection of music . The Lord Mayor , after the banquet , proposed the toast of the " Queen and the Craft . " He said , wo Masons
of England are loyal men—loyal to the Queen we serve , and we honour and are loyal to the Craft we love . I give you the first toast of English Freemasons— "The Queen and the Graft . " The toast having been drunk , the Lord Mayor said : Brethren , our loyalty as Masons is not limited by tho toast which we have just now celebrated . We also owe allegiance , and we gladly and dutifully render it , to our illustrious
chief , H . R . H . the Grand Master , who since the great and memorable ceremony of installation in the Albert Hall , now nearly six years ago , has ruled our Order so wisely and so well . His Royal Highness , by his ready acquiescence in my earnest wish that this grand and unprecedented gathering should have the grace and sanction of his presence , has added another red-letter day to those already marked by him in the calendar of English Masonry . It is not long since I
Grand Banquet At The Mansion House.
enjoyed tho privilege—one shared by many now present—of assisting at a Masonio ceremony of high importance to present and future Renerations , kindly ancl ably performed by the Duke of Cornwall in Trnro , my native city ; and this , brethren , is but one of many evidences of the true and hearty interest evinced by his Royal Highness in the ancient Craft of which he is in this country the distinguished head .
I propose the health of His Royal Highness the Most Worshipful Grand Master . The Prince of Wales , in reply said : My Lord Mayor and Brethren , —You , my lord , havo conferred a great honour on tho Grand Lodge of England in entertaining them at this magnificent banquet this evening , and in their name and my own I beg to return yon ouv thanks for this kindness and hospitality on your part . It is
thirty years since the Grand Master of England and Grand Lodgo havo been entertained here , and it is particularly gratifying to them , as it is , I assure you , my Lord Mayor , to me , to have been entertained by yon during your mayoralty as a member of the Grand Lodge itself . You have , my lord , been kind enough to allude to the laying the foundation stones of Truro Cathedral . I believe I am right ia saying
that such a ceremony has not before taken place in the annals of Masonry , viz ., the laying of the foundation-stone of a Cathedral with Masonic honours . I can only say how gratifying ifc was to me to per . form thafc ceremony , and to have been so well supported on thafc occasion by Grand Lodge , many of whom came from a long distance to be present . I only trust that the Cathedral may be completed before
many years are over , and thafc ifc may be a credit to the country in which it is built , and to the Craft who were present , and who took part in the initiating ceremony . You , my Lord Mayor , have especiall y taken great interest and concern in it , having started a fund whioh , I trust , before your present year of office is over may become still more largely increased , and I hope that as £ 5 , 000 or £ 6 , 000 are needed
for the choir of the Cathedral thafc the sum may before long be found . With regard to Masonry , I have always been received with the greatest possible kindness on fche occasions when I have come amongst you . I regret that the many duties I have to perform do not enable me to see so much of my brethren as I should like ; but of one thing you may be assured , thafc I shall always take the deepest interest iu
everything that concerns the welfare of the Craft . I have felt that interest from the day I became one of yon . I hope to do so till the day of my death . Brethren , I think we have every reason to say that the Craft has flourished , that Lodges are increasing year by year , and that Masons are being initiated in great and increasing numbers , When my lamented grand-nnole—who was your Grand Master—died
in 1843 there were not more than 500 Lodges . There are now 1 , 900 . There are upwards of 400 in foreign countries , bnt still under my jurisdiction , and as many as 10 , 000 Masons have been made every year during the last ten years . Then again our Craft has especially gone forth into the world as the greatest charitable society that exists . We have been charged with being a secret society , but the great tenet
of the Craft is that we do not mix in politics , or in anything that may be detrimental to the country . We may say thafc the three great charitable institutions , those wbich maintain and educate the boys and girls of Masons , and maintain the old and decayed Masons and their widows are the three principal Charities which are supported by all the Masons of this country , and I think I am nofc wrong in
stating thafc annually fche sum subscribed to those Charities amounts to more than £ 40 , 000 . That speaks enough for the name which I trust we have got for charity , and which is one which I hope we shall always keep . There are several speeches to follow mine , therefore I will not weary you with more remarks , but before sitting down I wish to express the plaasure it gives me , as I know it does the Lord Mayor ,
and I am sure it does also to the Masons here present , to have the honour of the presence of a relation of the Princess of Wales ' s family here to-day . In Sweden I was first initiated into Freemasonry . On my return to Denmark I was first received into a Lodge , and I shall always look upon my connection with Freemasonry as being a binding link between Sweden , Denmark , and England . Sir , I thank you once
more for the kind way in which you have received my health , and I thank you , Sir , for fche great and high compliment yon have paid me and the Grand Lodge of England . The Lord Mayor : Most Worshipful Grand Master and Brethren , —Any difference or difficulty I may experience in asking you now to toasfc my worshipfnl colleagues the Grand Officers will disappear if those present who are not yet of that
distingnished body will but bear in mind their many and excellent Masonic virtues and qualifications . I myself owe to them a debt of gratitude , because I am aware that nofc a few of their number have traversed the length and breadth of the land in order to be present this evening . I thank them heartily for this proof of their earnest zeal and fraternal goodwill ; and in extending to them , as I do to you
all , the rig ht hand of welcome and fellowship , I am sure that I only echo the sentiments of Freemasons at large when I say that to the Grand Officers of England the fullest recognition of their important services is due from the brethren of the Order . Such recognition we gladly accord , and in that spirit I propose to you that we drink to the health of the Grand Officers present and past , and I connect with
the toast the name of H . R . H . the Dnke of Connaught Pasfc Grand S . Warden , who has been good enough to honour me with his presence this evening . The Duke of Connaught and Strathearo , in reply , said : My Lord Mayor , Mosfc Worshipful Grand Master , and Brethren , —It is with great diffidence thafc I rise to return thanks for the very important toasfc which has just been given . I have served the office of
Senior Grand Warden , and I am very proud to have held thafc position . I only regret that my military duties have nofc enabled me to do as mnch as I would in that office . All I wish is—that my brethren will believe that my heart is most fully in all that concerns the happiness and welfare of the Craft . My Lord Mayor has referred in most eulogistic terms to the Grand Officers and their duties . I am sure
that from the beginning they have always taken a leading part in Freemasonry , and have always done their utmost to show how fully alive they were to the importance of their duties . One of the most pleasurable of those was to take a leading part in all that promotes the good of the Charities . I am sure , Sir , if you will allow me only to repeat the words of the Grand Master , I would say how much wej
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Grand Lodge Of Massachusetts.
Lodges and the brethren throughout the jurisdiction , as evinced by the number of Lodges which had commuted tho tax in full for the whole number of their members , aud also by tho number of individual commutations . He read a list of those Lodges which had paid the tax in full , and
also gave the number of brethren , members of Lodges which had not commuted , who had individually paid the tax . Tho former numbers fifty-one Lodges , which , between them , have paid on 0 , 505 members a sum of G 5 , 050 dols . The individual brethren who havo commuted the tax
number 980 , and they have paid a sum of 9 , 800 dollars , so that a total of 74 , 850 dollars has been raised by this means . The individual brethren who appear on tho list represent fifty-four Lodges , so that there are very few outstanding wherein some at least of the members have
not made an effort to raise the funds needed to clear off the debt of the Grand Lodge in this way . It was then proposed that the time for the payment of the commutation be extended to 25 th November , next , and that , in the meantime , a statement of the names of the Lodges and
the number of brethren who had already paid the same be sent to all the Lodges , which proposition was duly carried . The Grand Master then announced that the library of the Grand Lodge had received a most valuable addition at the
hands of Bro . William Sutton , who had presented the whole of his valuable Masonic library . In consequence of this beneficent gift it had become necessary to enlarge the accommodation hitherto afforded for the books , and
this end had been accomplished by making various alterations in the Grand Master's and other officials' rooms . Other matters , including the reports of several committees , were then discussed , and in due course the Grand Lodge was closed in ample form .
Grand Banquet At The Mansion House.
GRAND BANQUET AT THE MANSION HOUSE .
THE Prince of Wales and the Dnke of Connaught , were on Monday night entertained by the Lord Mayor ( Sir F . Wyatt Trnscott ) at a Masonic banquet at the Mansion House , to which a highly distinguished company were invited to meet them . The Lord Mayor , who is himself an old Freemason , a Past Master , and the present Worshipful Master of the Grand Master ' s Lodge , No . 1 , ia also Grand Junior Warden for the year , and he determined not to let his Mayor .
alty close without at least endeavouring to have the Most Worshipful Grand Master for his guest . In this endeavour he succeeded , and Monday- night witnessed the most brilliant gathering of Masons that has yet attended a Masonio banquet . Above 300 brethren assembled . Amongst those present were H . R . H . the Prince of Wales M . W . G . M ., H . E . H . the Duke of Connaught , H . H . Prince John of Glucksburg ,
Earl of Saltoun , Lord Leigh , Eari of Mount-Edgcumbe , Earl of Onslow , Lord Methnen , Lord Tenterden , Marquis of Londonderry , Marquis of Hamilton , Earl of Hardvvicke , Earl of Jersey , Lord Henniker , Lord Suffield , Colonel M . de Cartaret , Colonel Sir Francis Burdett , Bart ., Colonel C . Lyne , Colonel Lloyd Phillips , General Hon . S . Calthorpe , Sir Joseph Bailey , M . P ., Sir Edmund Lechmere , M . P .,
Sir Watkin Wynn , M . P ., Bro . W . W . B . Beach , M . P ., Sir Walter Burrell , M . P ., Bro . Montague Guest , M . P ., Colonel Le Gendre Starkie , Gen . Brownrigg , Sir Henry Edwards , Sir George Elliott , General Duncan . Col . Wemyss , Sir Albert Woods , Sir John Monckton , Bro . M'Intyre , M . P ., Captain Piatt , Bro . J . Scott , Colonel Burney , Bro . P . Roxburgh , Q . C ., Bro . Walter Wood , Bro . Saul Isaac , Alderman Sir B . S .
Phillips , Colonel Stratton Gregory , Bro . Locock Webb , Q . C ., Bro . P . Knollys , C . B ., Admiral Hon . Sir H . A . Keppel , Captain A . Egerton , Colonel Croll , Bro . Alderman Ellis , Colonel Shadwell Clarke , Grand Secretary , Bro . Alderman Nottage , Rev . W . K . H . Bedford , Captain Sewell , Dr . Rhys Williams , Sir P . Perkins , Bro . Sheriff Fowler , M . P ., Bro . Sheriff Waterlow , Bro . Jekyll Grand Organist ,
Lt .-Col . Creaton G . Treasurer , Col . G . Vernon , Major Woodall , Colonel Cole , Rev . C . J . Martyn , Sir John Bennett , Rev . P . Bent , Dr . Gooding , Bro . Alderman Hadley , & c . Before the proceedings commenced , his Royal Highness the Grand Master , in the private room set apart for his reception , appointed and invested Prince John of Glucksburg as Past Grand Senior Warden of England . Subsequently his Royal
Highness proceeded to the drawing-room , where every one in attendance was presented , Sir Albert W . Woods ( Garter ) and Colonel Shad - well H . Gierke making the presentations . The whole company then sat down to the banquet , Mr . H . Sibbold ' s City of London band playing a selection of music . The Lord Mayor , after the banquet , proposed the toast of the " Queen and the Craft . " He said , wo Masons
of England are loyal men—loyal to the Queen we serve , and we honour and are loyal to the Craft we love . I give you the first toast of English Freemasons— "The Queen and the Graft . " The toast having been drunk , the Lord Mayor said : Brethren , our loyalty as Masons is not limited by tho toast which we have just now celebrated . We also owe allegiance , and we gladly and dutifully render it , to our illustrious
chief , H . R . H . the Grand Master , who since the great and memorable ceremony of installation in the Albert Hall , now nearly six years ago , has ruled our Order so wisely and so well . His Royal Highness , by his ready acquiescence in my earnest wish that this grand and unprecedented gathering should have the grace and sanction of his presence , has added another red-letter day to those already marked by him in the calendar of English Masonry . It is not long since I
Grand Banquet At The Mansion House.
enjoyed tho privilege—one shared by many now present—of assisting at a Masonio ceremony of high importance to present and future Renerations , kindly ancl ably performed by the Duke of Cornwall in Trnro , my native city ; and this , brethren , is but one of many evidences of the true and hearty interest evinced by his Royal Highness in the ancient Craft of which he is in this country the distinguished head .
I propose the health of His Royal Highness the Most Worshipful Grand Master . The Prince of Wales , in reply said : My Lord Mayor and Brethren , —You , my lord , havo conferred a great honour on tho Grand Lodge of England in entertaining them at this magnificent banquet this evening , and in their name and my own I beg to return yon ouv thanks for this kindness and hospitality on your part . It is
thirty years since the Grand Master of England and Grand Lodgo havo been entertained here , and it is particularly gratifying to them , as it is , I assure you , my Lord Mayor , to me , to have been entertained by yon during your mayoralty as a member of the Grand Lodge itself . You have , my lord , been kind enough to allude to the laying the foundation stones of Truro Cathedral . I believe I am right ia saying
that such a ceremony has not before taken place in the annals of Masonry , viz ., the laying of the foundation-stone of a Cathedral with Masonic honours . I can only say how gratifying ifc was to me to per . form thafc ceremony , and to have been so well supported on thafc occasion by Grand Lodge , many of whom came from a long distance to be present . I only trust that the Cathedral may be completed before
many years are over , and thafc ifc may be a credit to the country in which it is built , and to the Craft who were present , and who took part in the initiating ceremony . You , my Lord Mayor , have especiall y taken great interest and concern in it , having started a fund whioh , I trust , before your present year of office is over may become still more largely increased , and I hope that as £ 5 , 000 or £ 6 , 000 are needed
for the choir of the Cathedral thafc the sum may before long be found . With regard to Masonry , I have always been received with the greatest possible kindness on fche occasions when I have come amongst you . I regret that the many duties I have to perform do not enable me to see so much of my brethren as I should like ; but of one thing you may be assured , thafc I shall always take the deepest interest iu
everything that concerns the welfare of the Craft . I have felt that interest from the day I became one of yon . I hope to do so till the day of my death . Brethren , I think we have every reason to say that the Craft has flourished , that Lodges are increasing year by year , and that Masons are being initiated in great and increasing numbers , When my lamented grand-nnole—who was your Grand Master—died
in 1843 there were not more than 500 Lodges . There are now 1 , 900 . There are upwards of 400 in foreign countries , bnt still under my jurisdiction , and as many as 10 , 000 Masons have been made every year during the last ten years . Then again our Craft has especially gone forth into the world as the greatest charitable society that exists . We have been charged with being a secret society , but the great tenet
of the Craft is that we do not mix in politics , or in anything that may be detrimental to the country . We may say thafc the three great charitable institutions , those wbich maintain and educate the boys and girls of Masons , and maintain the old and decayed Masons and their widows are the three principal Charities which are supported by all the Masons of this country , and I think I am nofc wrong in
stating thafc annually fche sum subscribed to those Charities amounts to more than £ 40 , 000 . That speaks enough for the name which I trust we have got for charity , and which is one which I hope we shall always keep . There are several speeches to follow mine , therefore I will not weary you with more remarks , but before sitting down I wish to express the plaasure it gives me , as I know it does the Lord Mayor ,
and I am sure it does also to the Masons here present , to have the honour of the presence of a relation of the Princess of Wales ' s family here to-day . In Sweden I was first initiated into Freemasonry . On my return to Denmark I was first received into a Lodge , and I shall always look upon my connection with Freemasonry as being a binding link between Sweden , Denmark , and England . Sir , I thank you once
more for the kind way in which you have received my health , and I thank you , Sir , for fche great and high compliment yon have paid me and the Grand Lodge of England . The Lord Mayor : Most Worshipful Grand Master and Brethren , —Any difference or difficulty I may experience in asking you now to toasfc my worshipfnl colleagues the Grand Officers will disappear if those present who are not yet of that
distingnished body will but bear in mind their many and excellent Masonic virtues and qualifications . I myself owe to them a debt of gratitude , because I am aware that nofc a few of their number have traversed the length and breadth of the land in order to be present this evening . I thank them heartily for this proof of their earnest zeal and fraternal goodwill ; and in extending to them , as I do to you
all , the rig ht hand of welcome and fellowship , I am sure that I only echo the sentiments of Freemasons at large when I say that to the Grand Officers of England the fullest recognition of their important services is due from the brethren of the Order . Such recognition we gladly accord , and in that spirit I propose to you that we drink to the health of the Grand Officers present and past , and I connect with
the toast the name of H . R . H . the Dnke of Connaught Pasfc Grand S . Warden , who has been good enough to honour me with his presence this evening . The Duke of Connaught and Strathearo , in reply , said : My Lord Mayor , Mosfc Worshipful Grand Master , and Brethren , —It is with great diffidence thafc I rise to return thanks for the very important toasfc which has just been given . I have served the office of
Senior Grand Warden , and I am very proud to have held thafc position . I only regret that my military duties have nofc enabled me to do as mnch as I would in that office . All I wish is—that my brethren will believe that my heart is most fully in all that concerns the happiness and welfare of the Craft . My Lord Mayor has referred in most eulogistic terms to the Grand Officers and their duties . I am sure
that from the beginning they have always taken a leading part in Freemasonry , and have always done their utmost to show how fully alive they were to the importance of their duties . One of the most pleasurable of those was to take a leading part in all that promotes the good of the Charities . I am sure , Sir , if you will allow me only to repeat the words of the Grand Master , I would say how much wej