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Grand Banquet At The Mansion House.
the Grand Officers , appreciate the great kindness and the great honour you have done ns in asking us here this evening . Yon have , indeed , as you have said , held out to ns the right hand of friendship and of hospitality . In conclusion , therefore , I beg in tho name of the Grand Officers to thank you most sincerely for tho honour you havo done ns this evening . Tho Earl of Lathom then said : —
My Lord Mayor , your Royal Highnesses , your Highness , ancl Brethren , —The toast which has been entrusted to mo I am sure yon will all agree with . It is that of " Tho Foreign Grand Lodges with whioh we are connected , " coupled with tho name of the illustrious guest whom tho Lord Mayor has had tho honour of entertaining here to-night—his Highness Prince John of Glucksburg . As regards our foreign brethren ,
I can only say that the more we see of them , the better we are pleased , and the more intimately we are connected with them , the more it will tend towards tho great work of Masonry ; and I am suro , brethren , you will all agree with mo that wherever we go we aro well received in foreign Lodges . Onr principles are to promote , as far as we can , peace and goodwill among mankind . The more , therefore , we see of
our foreign brethren , the more we shall help to promote thafc feeling and to bring forth peace among nations . We aro always glad , whether in Masonry or in any other assembly , to seo any relatives of the Worshipfnl Grand Master or of her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales among us ; but on this occasion the pleasure is enhanced because Prince John of Glucksburg is ono of ourselves—one of our
Craft . As his Royal Highness has already told you , he is a Pro Grand Master of Denmark , and I say that he is far more than that , for he is a member now of our own Grand Lodge . His Royal Highness has conferred npon him this day the dignity of a Past Grand Warden of England . Brethren , it needs no other words from me to give Prince John of Glucksburg a cordial welcome among us .
Prince John of Glucksburg , in reply , said : —My Lord Mayor , Mosfc Worshipful Grand Master , and Brethren , —I thank yon most warmly in my own name as well as in that of the members of foreign Lodges , for the toast which has just been given , and for the cordial manner in which you have been so good as to welcome it . It will be , I am sure , a source of the greatest satisfaction to them to hear that
this toast has been so kindly received , and I feel proud in being called upon to respond on behalf of so important and numerous a body . I must take advantage of this opportunity to thank my illustrious relative the Most Worshipful Grand Master for the compliment which he has paid me by appointing me a Past Senior Grand Warden of England . I can assure you I highly appreciate the honour , ancl I
know ifc will be equally valued by the brethren abroad , and especially by those residing in my own country of Denmark , and in the Scandinavian kingdom , as tending to draw still closer than hereto , fore the intimate relations which already exist between the Masonic bodies of those countries and of England . In conclusion , my Lord Mayor and brethren , allow me to state tho great pleasure which ifc
has afforded me to be present on this interesting occasion , and to be able to meet so many of my English brethren holding such high positions in the Craft . I once more return you my hearty acknowledgmenfc for your kind reception , aud beg you to believe I shall never forget it . The Prince of Wales then said : —Brethren , the last toast which is to be given here this evening has been kindly entrusted
to my care . Though it is the last it is by no means the least , and it is one which I know you , brethren and members of the Grand Lodge , will all drink mosfc cordially and mosfc heartily with me—the Health of the Lord Mayor . The Lord Mayor will , I am sure , allow me to say that I feel convinced that in fche last weeks of the remainder of his tenure of office it has given him pleasure to receive the Grand Lodge
this evening . Therefore , on their part , and on my own , I beg again to thank him for the compliment he has paid us , and assure him how much we appreciate being here in the Mansion House , more especially as I have the pleasure and privilege on many occasions of partaking of the well-known hospitality of the Lord Mayor , and he will , I know , allow me to say , that I accept that hospitality always with tho
greatest pleasure , nofc only for the compliment he has always paid me , and his predecessors have paid me individually , but as a citizen of this great city . I now , brethren , call upon yon most cordially to drink with me to the " Health of the Lord Mayor . " The Right Hon . the Lord Mayor , who was received with lond and long-continued cheering , said , —May ifc please yonr Royal Highness ,
Mosfc Worshipful Grand Master , and brethren , —The great ancl distinguished honour whioh has been conferred upon me to-night I never can forget , because it is not only an honour conferred npon me , but it is also an honour conferred upon the City of London . Your Royal Highness has been pleased , in proposing my health , to allude to one or two circumstances which to me have been
great memorials . In the year 1863 I was called upon by my brother fellow-citizens to preside over a committee which received your Royal Highness and the Princess ; and later on , in St . Paul's Cathedral , on thafc great day of thanksgiving , I had the honour , in conjnnction with my co-Sheriff , Sir John Bennett , of receiving your Royal Highness and her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen ; and now , as
Lord Mayor of London , I am permitted the proud and distinguished honour of receiving your Royal Highness as Grand Master in this ancient ball . I need not say , therefore , what my feelings are on this occasion . I dare not express them , but I must at least say that it will ever be to me and my family a proud remembrance that as Lord Mayor of this great City I have been permitted not only to entertain
his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales , and this is the first time that name has been used in this hall this evening , but also tho Most Worshipfnl the Grand Master of our Craft . A selection of music was performed during the evening , nnder the direction of Worshipful Bro . Wilhelm Ganz P . G . O ., assisted by Miss Jose Sherrington , Miss Alice Fairman , Mr . Wm . Shakespeare and Bro . Thurley Beale .
The City Press says that on Monday night it was a subject of ( perhaps not very serious ) conversation in City and Masonic circles whether the Government would not institute an investigation into the funds of Grand Lodge . It was presumed that this new duty would not be undertaken before the Livery Companies' Commission had finished their inquisition .
Ladbroke Hall.
LADBROKE HALL .
TIME was—and not so very many years ago—when London and its environs afforded but tho poorest possible accommodation for parties or individuals who wero desirous of amusing themselves , or satisfying the often pressing requirements of what is known as tho " inner man . " An idea apparently prevailed that , save in one ' s own houso or a clnb , or in somo of the best appointed , and therefore expensive , hostelries , a man had no just reason to expect anything but
the most ordinary accommodation . And as ifc was with tho place of entertainment , so was ifc with the refreshment that was obtainable . We need hardly , however , bo at tho pains of repeating the terrible grumblings that were heard on all sides respecting thoso matters in former days . Wo rejoice to say wo havo during these latter years mended onr ways very considerably and considerately . Something
else than the time-honoured sandwich and pork-pio may be had comfortably in most parts of the metropolis , and it is not necessary we shonld become a member of some club in order to enjoy the agrdments of life , outside our own homos . Wo may not , perhaps , have attained tho ideal of Paris in theso respects , but not a fow among onr public caterers sufficiently understand and appreciate tho
requirements of tho ago wo live in , and havo wisely devoted thoir intelligence ancl energies to tho not unthankful task of ministering to tho comforts of the community . Twonty years ago , for Instancemore or less—tlio neighbourhood of Notting Hill was , as ifc is now , a mosfc deservedly popular placo of residonco . Tho houses woro wellbuilfc and convenient , and there were , as times wont then ,
considerable facilities for reaching the City . But we cannot call to mind that it was favoured with anything in tho way of accommodation for those who might bo desirous of giving modest , but enjoyable , entertainments of a private character . There may havo been Institutes of a more or less formal character , but to tho best of our recollection—and we aro sorry to say it extends back beyond thirty rather
than twenty years—thero wore no such places as the Ladbroke Hall , which is situated close by tho Notting Hill Station of tho Metropolitan Railway , ancl which we havo had the pleasure of visiting—not for the first time—in the course of the last few clays . Of this Hall our worthy Bro . Linscott is the proprietor , and as the number of those among our brethren who have been brought into contact with him may , without
exaggeration , bo set down as legion , we need not dwell on his fitness for fche position he occupies . But if it should bo ruled by those who know him not , or but slightly , that such a course would be desirable , we should content ourselves with advising them to follow our oxample , and , taking train to Notting Hill , inspect tho premises for themselves . Had this advice been offered them a year ago ,
and they had followed it , we know well they would have been delighted with tho excellent and extensive accommodation tho Hall affords for every description of gathering . But if thoy should go thither now , this sense of pleasure must be largely increased , by reason of the many improvements which havo been added , the enlargement of the premises , and the admirable taste
with which theso improvements ancl changes have been carried out . Ladbroke Hall , as ifc is now constitnted , contains several spacions apartments , in any one of which private parties , balls , concerts , & c , may bo given , and the guests will feel themselves at home . The hall proper , which is necessarily the largest room , is fitted with a stage , which may be used for dramatic representations or will
serve the purpose of an orchestra for balls or concerts , whilo the body of tho room will suffice for the presence of five hundred people , either as an audience or as guests . For a local meeting , too , ifc is found mosfc useful , and with the room at side , which is only separated by movable partitions , ifc is possible , on extraordinary occasions , to obtain additional space sufficient to meet all
probable requirements . On tho floor above is a large snpper or dining room , which possesses what , in the eyes of our readers , will prove the still greater advantage of being convertible into an excellent and commodious Lodge room , where , indeed , at this present time , the Earl of Carnarvon Lodge , No . 1642 , has its quarters established . These rooms furnish the principal accommodation , but they
are further supplemented by a number of smaller rooms—retiring rooms for ladies ancl gentlemen—together with every convenience in the way of lavatories , & c . & c . The premises throughout are tastefully decorated , ancl the appointments and furnishing harmonise well with the decorations . In short ; , Ladbroke Hall is one of the best buildings of its kind we have seen , and better premises for
holding Lodge meetings could not possibly have been designed . There is one other point , however , to which it is desirable we shonld refer , namely , the provision and conveniences that are available for Lodge banquets , ball suppers , dinner parties , & c . & c . As we have said before , to those who know Bro . Linscott , and have had opportunities of judging of him as a public caterer , it is
unnecessary we shonld address any remarks . But to them who know him nofc we will take upon ourselves to say that no one who may trust him with the duty of providing dinner , snpper , breakfast , or light refreshment , need be under any alarm as to his thorough and satisfactory fulfilment of the trust . He has an excellent cellar of wines ; his adjoining premises enable him to serve a banqneb thafc will ensure commendation from the most fastidious ; aud in Mrs .
Linscott and his numerous attendants , ho has , as regards the former , ono who will take a delight in seconding her husband ' s efforts to please , and in the latter an experienced and willing staff who will not spare themselves in their desire to satisfy either their employer or tho guests who may delight to favour him with their patronage . We sincerely trust that Bro . Linscott will reap the full benefit of his recent large expenditure in the shape of that increased support and patronage he has so assiduously endeavoured to secure .
The installation Festival of the Earl of Chester Lodge , No . 1565 , will be held at Lymm , Cheshire , on Thursday , the 4 th proximo . Bro . John Bowes P . BI . P . P . G . J . W . Cumberland and Westmoreland will instal Bro . George Richardson W . M . elect on the occasion
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Grand Banquet At The Mansion House.
the Grand Officers , appreciate the great kindness and the great honour you have done ns in asking us here this evening . Yon have , indeed , as you have said , held out to ns the right hand of friendship and of hospitality . In conclusion , therefore , I beg in tho name of the Grand Officers to thank you most sincerely for tho honour you havo done ns this evening . Tho Earl of Lathom then said : —
My Lord Mayor , your Royal Highnesses , your Highness , ancl Brethren , —The toast which has been entrusted to mo I am sure yon will all agree with . It is that of " Tho Foreign Grand Lodges with whioh we are connected , " coupled with tho name of the illustrious guest whom tho Lord Mayor has had tho honour of entertaining here to-night—his Highness Prince John of Glucksburg . As regards our foreign brethren ,
I can only say that the more we see of them , the better we are pleased , and the more intimately we are connected with them , the more it will tend towards tho great work of Masonry ; and I am suro , brethren , you will all agree with mo that wherever we go we aro well received in foreign Lodges . Onr principles are to promote , as far as we can , peace and goodwill among mankind . The more , therefore , we see of
our foreign brethren , the more we shall help to promote thafc feeling and to bring forth peace among nations . We aro always glad , whether in Masonry or in any other assembly , to seo any relatives of the Worshipfnl Grand Master or of her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales among us ; but on this occasion the pleasure is enhanced because Prince John of Glucksburg is ono of ourselves—one of our
Craft . As his Royal Highness has already told you , he is a Pro Grand Master of Denmark , and I say that he is far more than that , for he is a member now of our own Grand Lodge . His Royal Highness has conferred npon him this day the dignity of a Past Grand Warden of England . Brethren , it needs no other words from me to give Prince John of Glucksburg a cordial welcome among us .
Prince John of Glucksburg , in reply , said : —My Lord Mayor , Mosfc Worshipful Grand Master , and Brethren , —I thank yon most warmly in my own name as well as in that of the members of foreign Lodges , for the toast which has just been given , and for the cordial manner in which you have been so good as to welcome it . It will be , I am sure , a source of the greatest satisfaction to them to hear that
this toast has been so kindly received , and I feel proud in being called upon to respond on behalf of so important and numerous a body . I must take advantage of this opportunity to thank my illustrious relative the Most Worshipful Grand Master for the compliment which he has paid me by appointing me a Past Senior Grand Warden of England . I can assure you I highly appreciate the honour , ancl I
know ifc will be equally valued by the brethren abroad , and especially by those residing in my own country of Denmark , and in the Scandinavian kingdom , as tending to draw still closer than hereto , fore the intimate relations which already exist between the Masonic bodies of those countries and of England . In conclusion , my Lord Mayor and brethren , allow me to state tho great pleasure which ifc
has afforded me to be present on this interesting occasion , and to be able to meet so many of my English brethren holding such high positions in the Craft . I once more return you my hearty acknowledgmenfc for your kind reception , aud beg you to believe I shall never forget it . The Prince of Wales then said : —Brethren , the last toast which is to be given here this evening has been kindly entrusted
to my care . Though it is the last it is by no means the least , and it is one which I know you , brethren and members of the Grand Lodge , will all drink mosfc cordially and mosfc heartily with me—the Health of the Lord Mayor . The Lord Mayor will , I am sure , allow me to say that I feel convinced that in fche last weeks of the remainder of his tenure of office it has given him pleasure to receive the Grand Lodge
this evening . Therefore , on their part , and on my own , I beg again to thank him for the compliment he has paid us , and assure him how much we appreciate being here in the Mansion House , more especially as I have the pleasure and privilege on many occasions of partaking of the well-known hospitality of the Lord Mayor , and he will , I know , allow me to say , that I accept that hospitality always with tho
greatest pleasure , nofc only for the compliment he has always paid me , and his predecessors have paid me individually , but as a citizen of this great city . I now , brethren , call upon yon most cordially to drink with me to the " Health of the Lord Mayor . " The Right Hon . the Lord Mayor , who was received with lond and long-continued cheering , said , —May ifc please yonr Royal Highness ,
Mosfc Worshipful Grand Master , and brethren , —The great ancl distinguished honour whioh has been conferred upon me to-night I never can forget , because it is not only an honour conferred npon me , but it is also an honour conferred upon the City of London . Your Royal Highness has been pleased , in proposing my health , to allude to one or two circumstances which to me have been
great memorials . In the year 1863 I was called upon by my brother fellow-citizens to preside over a committee which received your Royal Highness and the Princess ; and later on , in St . Paul's Cathedral , on thafc great day of thanksgiving , I had the honour , in conjnnction with my co-Sheriff , Sir John Bennett , of receiving your Royal Highness and her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen ; and now , as
Lord Mayor of London , I am permitted the proud and distinguished honour of receiving your Royal Highness as Grand Master in this ancient ball . I need not say , therefore , what my feelings are on this occasion . I dare not express them , but I must at least say that it will ever be to me and my family a proud remembrance that as Lord Mayor of this great City I have been permitted not only to entertain
his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales , and this is the first time that name has been used in this hall this evening , but also tho Most Worshipfnl the Grand Master of our Craft . A selection of music was performed during the evening , nnder the direction of Worshipful Bro . Wilhelm Ganz P . G . O ., assisted by Miss Jose Sherrington , Miss Alice Fairman , Mr . Wm . Shakespeare and Bro . Thurley Beale .
The City Press says that on Monday night it was a subject of ( perhaps not very serious ) conversation in City and Masonic circles whether the Government would not institute an investigation into the funds of Grand Lodge . It was presumed that this new duty would not be undertaken before the Livery Companies' Commission had finished their inquisition .
Ladbroke Hall.
LADBROKE HALL .
TIME was—and not so very many years ago—when London and its environs afforded but tho poorest possible accommodation for parties or individuals who wero desirous of amusing themselves , or satisfying the often pressing requirements of what is known as tho " inner man . " An idea apparently prevailed that , save in one ' s own houso or a clnb , or in somo of the best appointed , and therefore expensive , hostelries , a man had no just reason to expect anything but
the most ordinary accommodation . And as ifc was with tho place of entertainment , so was ifc with the refreshment that was obtainable . We need hardly , however , bo at tho pains of repeating the terrible grumblings that were heard on all sides respecting thoso matters in former days . Wo rejoice to say wo havo during these latter years mended onr ways very considerably and considerately . Something
else than the time-honoured sandwich and pork-pio may be had comfortably in most parts of the metropolis , and it is not necessary we shonld become a member of some club in order to enjoy the agrdments of life , outside our own homos . Wo may not , perhaps , have attained tho ideal of Paris in theso respects , but not a fow among onr public caterers sufficiently understand and appreciate tho
requirements of tho ago wo live in , and havo wisely devoted thoir intelligence ancl energies to tho not unthankful task of ministering to tho comforts of the community . Twonty years ago , for Instancemore or less—tlio neighbourhood of Notting Hill was , as ifc is now , a mosfc deservedly popular placo of residonco . Tho houses woro wellbuilfc and convenient , and there were , as times wont then ,
considerable facilities for reaching the City . But we cannot call to mind that it was favoured with anything in tho way of accommodation for those who might bo desirous of giving modest , but enjoyable , entertainments of a private character . There may havo been Institutes of a more or less formal character , but to tho best of our recollection—and we aro sorry to say it extends back beyond thirty rather
than twenty years—thero wore no such places as the Ladbroke Hall , which is situated close by tho Notting Hill Station of tho Metropolitan Railway , ancl which we havo had the pleasure of visiting—not for the first time—in the course of the last few clays . Of this Hall our worthy Bro . Linscott is the proprietor , and as the number of those among our brethren who have been brought into contact with him may , without
exaggeration , bo set down as legion , we need not dwell on his fitness for fche position he occupies . But if it should bo ruled by those who know him not , or but slightly , that such a course would be desirable , we should content ourselves with advising them to follow our oxample , and , taking train to Notting Hill , inspect tho premises for themselves . Had this advice been offered them a year ago ,
and they had followed it , we know well they would have been delighted with tho excellent and extensive accommodation tho Hall affords for every description of gathering . But if thoy should go thither now , this sense of pleasure must be largely increased , by reason of the many improvements which havo been added , the enlargement of the premises , and the admirable taste
with which theso improvements ancl changes have been carried out . Ladbroke Hall , as ifc is now constitnted , contains several spacions apartments , in any one of which private parties , balls , concerts , & c , may bo given , and the guests will feel themselves at home . The hall proper , which is necessarily the largest room , is fitted with a stage , which may be used for dramatic representations or will
serve the purpose of an orchestra for balls or concerts , whilo the body of tho room will suffice for the presence of five hundred people , either as an audience or as guests . For a local meeting , too , ifc is found mosfc useful , and with the room at side , which is only separated by movable partitions , ifc is possible , on extraordinary occasions , to obtain additional space sufficient to meet all
probable requirements . On tho floor above is a large snpper or dining room , which possesses what , in the eyes of our readers , will prove the still greater advantage of being convertible into an excellent and commodious Lodge room , where , indeed , at this present time , the Earl of Carnarvon Lodge , No . 1642 , has its quarters established . These rooms furnish the principal accommodation , but they
are further supplemented by a number of smaller rooms—retiring rooms for ladies ancl gentlemen—together with every convenience in the way of lavatories , & c . & c . The premises throughout are tastefully decorated , ancl the appointments and furnishing harmonise well with the decorations . In short ; , Ladbroke Hall is one of the best buildings of its kind we have seen , and better premises for
holding Lodge meetings could not possibly have been designed . There is one other point , however , to which it is desirable we shonld refer , namely , the provision and conveniences that are available for Lodge banquets , ball suppers , dinner parties , & c . & c . As we have said before , to those who know Bro . Linscott , and have had opportunities of judging of him as a public caterer , it is
unnecessary we shonld address any remarks . But to them who know him nofc we will take upon ourselves to say that no one who may trust him with the duty of providing dinner , snpper , breakfast , or light refreshment , need be under any alarm as to his thorough and satisfactory fulfilment of the trust . He has an excellent cellar of wines ; his adjoining premises enable him to serve a banqneb thafc will ensure commendation from the most fastidious ; aud in Mrs .
Linscott and his numerous attendants , ho has , as regards the former , ono who will take a delight in seconding her husband ' s efforts to please , and in the latter an experienced and willing staff who will not spare themselves in their desire to satisfy either their employer or tho guests who may delight to favour him with their patronage . We sincerely trust that Bro . Linscott will reap the full benefit of his recent large expenditure in the shape of that increased support and patronage he has so assiduously endeavoured to secure .
The installation Festival of the Earl of Chester Lodge , No . 1565 , will be held at Lymm , Cheshire , on Thursday , the 4 th proximo . Bro . John Bowes P . BI . P . P . G . J . W . Cumberland and Westmoreland will instal Bro . George Richardson W . M . elect on the occasion