Grand Lodge And Grand Festival.

Bro . kuJKard C . Clowes' ... ... ••- '" ] G . Std . Brs . ¦ GeorVe J . McKay ... - •••¦••••) - EdWard Cutler " , Q . C . ... - - G . Organist . -, Alfred A . P ' ertdlebtfry ... ••••••Asst G . Sec . ' „ Samuel Vallentine ... ... ••••••G * Purst , - Samuel Victor Abraham ... •••¦¦•. Asst . G . Purst .. ,,- Henry Sadler ... - •¦¦ G . Tyler . , The Earl of LATHOM informed the brethren that the Prince of Wales had con- j

ferred the rank of Past Grand Superintendent of Works on Bro . Henry Arthur j rfunt for ' services'in connection vvith the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls . Bro . Hu ' nt wars then invested , and was loudly applau ded . j GRA ' -N ' - SECRETARY read the following list of brethren , proposed by their re- j Spe ' ctive lodges ,- as' Grand Stewards for the year ¦ Bros . Robert Willonghby , 23 ; Walter Ernest Sampson , 14 ; William Carter , jun ., 58 ; Thomas Poultney

Griffin , I ; John jupe , 2 . William Stevenson Hoyte , 4 ; Hugh Wyatt , 5 ; Bttnamy Dobree , jun ., 6 ; Arthur Pullman , S ; Rig ht Hon . Joseph Savory , Lord . ; Mayor , 21 ; : William Barrett M . Bird , 26 ; Philip Hickson Waterlow , 29 ; George : | Wood ' , ' 46 ;¦ William Henry Kempster , M . D ., 60 ; John Thomas Bolding , 91 * \ William Oldham Rew , 99 ; Arthur Mainley Cope , 197 ; and Clement Godson ,, j -M . tr :, 259 ' . - , !

Grand Lodge vvas then closed , and the brethren adjourned to Freemasons ; Tavern , where , under the presidency of the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe , they partook j of a choice banquet liberally provided by the Grand Stewards . The toasts , followed . The Earl of MOUNT E DGCUMBE , in proposing the first toast , " The Queen and , tne' Craft , " said as that vvas the first time he had presided at one of the brethren ' s .

' Grand Festivals , and almost the first time he had been at one , he hardly knew what was expected of a Chairman in the way of speeches in proposing the toasts ,, but he thought he should be rig ht in saying that they would desire to have them sfiort after the long ceremony they had already had , and in view of the musical ; entertainment yet to come . He also knew this , that they must not omit to express . \ their devotion to the gracious lady whom they hoped to welcome back with \

renewed health to her dominions to-morrow . ( Cheers . ) The unfailing loyalty of the Fraternity was shown in words vvhich would strike home to the hearts of all its members in the time-honoured toast which coupled inseparably the name of the Sovereign vvith the familiar title of the Society with vvhich they associated them- j selves—the Queen and the Craft . The toast was duly honoured .

The Earl of MOUNT EDGCUMBE said , although their organisation precluded the Queen from taking any active part in the Craft , they must all recognise with gratitude that she had g iven them her sons and her grandsons , he might say on the both sides of the North Sea , and foremost among them in English Masonry stood his Royal Highness , their Grand Master , whose genial presence they all knew so well , but whom / from unavoidable circumstances , they missed that night , and whose

influence during the 16 years he had held the high office of Grand Master , had done so much to bring Freemasonry to the hig h and powerful position which it held in this country at the present moment , and who was so well qualified to represent worthily British Masonry among their brethren in foreign lands , and to welcome Masons here as he did in the Jubilee year when the King of S weeden vvas on our shores . If any doubt had even come into their minds as to the wisdom of that law of Masonry

vvhich wasasinexorableas the laws of the Medes and Persians , not permitting them to admit to their ranks any of the gentler sex , it vvas when they thought , with some measure of regret , that when the Prince of Wales was obliged to come to their meetings they had not the opportunity as Masons of rendering their homage to the Princess of Wales , whose personality he knew was always in their minds

when they drank the health of their Grand Master . Before giving them the toast he might perhaps be just allowed to say that he could not drink it himself without the recollection coming into his mind of many acts of personal kindness received by him from his Royal Hig hness , not the least of them being that which had placed him in the chair that evening . He gave them the toast of " The M . W . G . M ., H . R . H . the Prince of Wales . "

Bro . Dr . EGAN , Dist . G . M . of the Eastern Division of South Africa , proposed " The R . W . Dep . G . M ., and the rest of the Grand Officers . " The Earl of MOUNT EDGCUMBE , in reply , thanked the brethren very much for their kind reception of him , and he hoped they would give him their support and assistance in case he should have to perform any duty in the absence of his superiors in Grand Lodge . He vvas glad to respond to that toast , because his reply really struck out one of the toasts on the list—the toast of "The Chairman . " Bro . Admiral INGLEFIELD , S . G . W ., also said a few words in reply .

Bro . the Rev . C . J . MARTYN , P . G . C , Deputy Prov . G . M . Suffolk , proposed " The Masonic Charities , " slating that in Masonry it vvas one of the most important toasts , and the grandest toast ever proposed in that room . He need not here dilate upon its excellence , for they vvere well known to the brethren , but he asked them to think vvhat grand and magnificent Institutions they vvere . Only a little while ago the Benevolent Institution had its Festival , which resulted in a subscription of more than . £ 13 , 000 . Very shortly under Lord Carrington

the Girls School would have a Festival , and in June the Boys' School would have one , which would be presided over by the most deservedly appointed Pro Grand Master . He hoped all the brethren would rally round those noble brethren and the Institutions whose Festivals vvere yet to come , and that they would try to do their best to help the cause they advocated . One thing he wished to say to the brethren when talking of the Masonic Charities—do not let the brethren be content vvith saying vvhat magnificent Charities the Masonic Institutions were , but let them each say he would do what he could and endeavour to make them successful .

Bro . J . MORRISON MCLEOD , Secretary of the Boys' School , in reply , said very few words were needed from him in replying after the advocacy of the Masonic Charities by so liberal an exponent of Charity as Bro . Martyn . The brethren knew what the Institutions had done in the past , and he trusted that they would continue in the good path they had followed . The Institutions vvere always vvith the brethren . They endeavoured to show a good work , and whether they failed or whether they succeeded they would endeavour to do their best . Bro . Lord

Carrington , Prov . G . M . for Buckinghamshire , would take the chair for the Girls ' School on the 12 th May , and he hoped the Festival would be successful . But one word for the unfortunate Boys' School , vvhich was always pleading to the brethren ' s generosity for further support . It needed help very badly , but he hoped the Festival would be a great success , and he thought it would be . At least let all the brethren do as they had done in the past , and it would always deserve that help vvhich had been so freely accorded to it .

Bro . the Earl of MOUNT EDGCUMBE proposed "The Grand Stewards , " and said if the brethren would look around they would see how well those brethren had performed their functions . Chcumspice ; look round and see the magnificent gathering which , as far as he could see , was only limited b y the capacity of the hall . He thought all the brethren vvere satisfied vvith the efforts of the Grand Stewards .

Bro . E . M . MONEY , President of the Grand Stewards , replied . He said the Grand Stewards for 130 years more or less had had the honour and pleasure of providing this annual festival for Grand Lodge , and the Grand Stewards and the lodges which had the privilege of having Grand Stewards hoped and trusted this

vvas a custom vvhich would never die out . All were proud of holding the office of Grand Steward . That ni ght they considered it a great honour to have been presided over by Lord Mount Edgcumbe , whom they were deli ghted to see elevated to the very high position of Deputy Grand Master . They had had a great and goodly gathering of brethren . The Grand Lod ge of England was increasing and

Grand Lodge And Grand Festival.

multiply ing so much that he feared the dais would not hold them soon ; they were overflowing into the body of the hall . He only hoped that all the brethren who had been present that evening had met vvith every comfort which was within the power of the Grand Stewards to provide , and he was quite sure that the ladies upstairs had been very effectually and satisfactorily entertained . Bro . PHILBRICK , Q . C , Grand Registrar , proposed "The Ladies . " Bro . E . LETCHWORTH , P . G . D ., responded .

The brethren then adjourned to the Temple , where a grand concert was given under the direction of Bro . W . Meyer Lutz , Past Grand Organist . During the banquet a selection of music was performed by Bro . Lutz ' s Bijou Concert Band , selected from the Gaiety orchestra ; leader , Mr . Knott . In the Temple , where the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe also presided , the Meister Glee Singers , Miss Alice Hill , Miss Hettie Carpenter ( violin solo ) , Mr . Maybrick , Mdlle . Antoinette Trebelli , Herr Leo Stern ( violoncello ) , Miss Alice Aynsley Cook , and Bro . W . Meyer Lutz vvere the performers .

The New Grand Officers.

THE NEW GRAND OFFICERS .

PRO GRAND MASTER . The Right Hon . the Earl of LATHOM , whose Masonic career has been more than once described in these columns , is so generally known and admired that vve feel it need not be repeated .

DEPUTY GRAND MASTER . The Right Hon . the Earl of MOUNT EDGCUMBE vvas initiated into Freemasonry as Viscount Valletort in the lifetime of his father , and is a P . M . of the Meridian Lodge , No . 8 93 , Millbrook , and was exalted in the Royal Cornubian Chapter , No . 331 , Truro . He is also one of the founders of the Cornish Lodge , No . 2369 , and at

the time of its consecration he accepted the post of acting Past Master . He is a Life Governor of our two Masonic Schools and a Vice-President of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , and has served as Steward once for the Girls ' School and twice for the Benevolent Institution . He has been Prov . Grand Master of Cornwall since 1872 , ' and its G . Superintendent since 18 77 , and on the occasion

of the Prince of Wales , as M . W . Grand Master , laying the foundation-stones of Truro Cathedral , his lordship vvas present in his two-fold capacity of Lord Lieutenant of the county and Prov . Grand Master . His popularity and the respect in which he is held in Cornwall is very great , and we are certain his lordship vvill prove a grata persona throughout the Craft generally .

SENIOR GRAND WARDEN . Bro . Lord WANTAGE , V . C , K . C . B ., on whom , for his services at the battle of the Alma , the Queen vvas pleased to confer the distinction of the Victoria Cross , joined the Windsor Castle Lodge , No . 771 , Windsor , on the nth July , i 860 , and was exalted in the Windsor Castle Chapter , No . 771 , on the 3 rd May , 1865 . He is a Life-Subscriber of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls .

JUNIOR GRAND WARDEN . Bro . Admiral Sir E . A . INGLEFIELD , K . C . B ., the distinguished Arctic explorer , upon whom the Grand Master has been p leased to confer the office of Junior Grand Warden , vvas initiated under the Scottish Constitution . In 1885 he became a founder of the Drury Lane Lodge , and after successively occupying the Junior and Senior Wardens' chairs , vvas in February , 1889 , installed as Worship ful Master in succession to Bro . Sir John E . Gorst , Q . C , M . P .

GRAND CHAPLAINS : Bro . the Rev . OLIVER J . GRACE , M . A ., vvas initiated in the Scientific Lodge , No . 88 , Cambridge , then No . 105 , on the 12 th February , 1855 . A few months later he joined the Buckingham Lodge . No . 591 , and has thrice occupied its chair of Worshipful Master , namely , in 1860 , 186 7 , and 18 7 6 . He has also served as Provincial Grand Chaplain of the late Province of Berks and Bucks , and in

the year of the Queen ' s jubilee as Provincial Senior Grand Warden . He vvas exalted in the Prince of Wales Chapter , No . 259 , and has been installed as First Principal Z . in the Buckingham Chapter , No . 591 , firstly in 1871 , and a second time in 18 79 . In the late Provincial Grand Chapter he had held the appointment of Provincial Grand Treasurer . He has served Stewardships at different times in behalf of the several Masonic Institutions .

Bro . the Rev . HENRY LANSDELL , D . D ., a most adventurous traveller , is a member of the Royal Asiatic Society , a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society , and author of " Through Siberia , " " Russian Central Asia , " and " Through Central Asia . " He was initiated in the Royal Somerset House and Inverness Lodge , No . 4 , on the 27 th January , 18 73 , and having served as Junior Warden in the

years 1880 and 1881 , was installed Master the year following , and concurrently represented his lodge on the Board of Grand Stewards . He joined the Loyi Lodgeof Industry , No . 431 . South Molton , in 1870 , and was appointed Provincial Grand Chaplain of Devonshire in 18 7 6 . During the period from 1880 to 1882 ne acted as Steward for , and constituted himself a Life Governor of , both our Schools and the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution .

GRAND TREASURER . Bro . GEORGE EVERETT , who was elected Grand Treasurer at the March Quarterly Communication of United Grand Lodge , was initiated in the Westbourne Lodge , No . 733 , on the 19 th August , 1858 . The following year he joined the Domatic Lodge , No . 177 , and after passing through the various offices , vvas ultimately elected and installed in the chair of Master . In 1879 the brethren uninter

elected him to the post of Treasurer , a post which he has since held - ruptedly—except by the slight formality of annual re-election—to the very great advantage of the lodge and to his own credit . In 1 * 83 J members presented him vvith a silver tea and coffee service , and i » ' Everett with a brooch and earrings , as a mark of their respect and esteem for hini . and in token of the many valuable services he had rendered . He is also a found e , ^ P . M ., and present Treasurer of the Kennington Lodge , No . 1381 , established 1

1072 ; a lounder , P . M ., and for the first seven years of its existence l reasurc the Kilburn Lodge , No . 1608 ; a founder and first W . M . of the Cbisvvic Lodge , No . 2012 , and founder and acting I . P . M . of the Duke of Fife Long-No . 2345 . In Royal Arch Masonry he is a P . Z . of the Domatic Chal A ' No . 177 , and of the Rose of Denmark Chapter , No . 975 , and a foun ^ * first M . E . Z ., and present Treasurer of the Kennington Chapter , No . ' 3 J . He is also a member of the Corresoondence Circle of the Q ,.

Coronati Lodge , No . 2076 , and served as a Special Steward a' the installation in the Royal Albert HaU in April , 1875 , of H . R-H * ^ Prince of Wales as Most Worshipful Grand Master . But his work nas ^ no means been confined-Jo his lodge and chapter duties . He has been a gene ^ supporter of our three Masonic Institutions and it was at his instance tha ua i | y Domatic and Kilburn Lodges determined on appropriating 25 guineas antl '' f to the funds of one or other of them , each in turn receiving its full meaS , erv , ( l support . He has constituted himself a Vice-President of the three and has s ^ in their behalf many Stewardships , the lists he has taken up having been