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j 3 ro . J . D . Langton ... ... Dep . G . D . of C . F . Gordon Brown ... ... " ) ' I \ V . E . Chapman ... ... j- A . G . D . of Cs . Ernest St . Clair ... ... J

Henry Lovegrove ... ... G . S . B . Richard Newhouse ... ... Dep . G . S . B . Major F . R . Newman ... ¦••" Ir Qi ^ R ^ - " , ir , v A c i •G . bid . brs . William A . Scurrah ... ... J

Henry R . Rose ... ... G . Organist . William Lake ... ... A . G . Sec C . Kupferschmidt ... ... A . G . Sec for G . C . James Boulton ... ... G . Purst . James Kew ... ... A . G . Purst .

Henry Sadler ... ... G . Tyler . The customary salutes having been given , Bro . the Earl of LATHOM said : It has pleased the Most Worshipful the Grand Master lo make 2 r appointments to Past Grand Rank , in commemoration of this occasion being the 2 ist anniversary of his installation as Grand Master .

Bro . L ETCHWORTH said he had been desired by the Speaker of the House of Commons , to express his extreme regret at not being present on this occasion . The Right Hon . Brother had to be in the House of Commons until six o ' clock . He had also to express the regret of the Lord Mayor at his absence , owing to his having to attend the Festival of the Sons of the Clergy . Rro . E . LETCHWORTH read the followine * list of GRAND

STEWARDS for the year , approved of by the Grand Master : Hros . Edgar Morris Brandon , 23 , President ; Alexander Stewart Brown , F . K . C . S ., •I , Treas . ; John Tliomas Cotton , ( 10 , Sec . ; Thomas Dimviddy , 1 ; Rev . Chas . J . lliilgway , 2 ; Edwin T . Hall , 5 ; Fredk . Willes Grookslmiik , G ; Morris Bilbie lOvans , 8 ; William Sidney Penlcy , 11 ; William Sutton , M . A ., 21 ; Clias . Montague llnmllield Jones , 20 ; John H . Stark , 29 ; George Pitt-Lewis , ( J . C , 46 ; Edwin Fox , 58 ; Horace Arthur Lomer , 91 ; Joseph Harrison , 99 ; Montague Hovntir ) Mostyn , 197 ; Turtle Pigott , M . A ., ll . C . L . ; and Gerald Stanhope Hanson , 259 .

Grand Lodge was closed in ample form , and the brethren adjourned to the Freemasons' Tavern , where the Grand Stewards had provided a sumptuous banquet . The Earl of LATHOM presided . The usual toasts followed . After the toast of " Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen " had been duly honoured , Bro . the Earl of LATHOM said he now rose to propose the second toast on the list— "The Health of H . R . H . the Prince of

Wales and the other Members of the Royal Family . " It was a toast he knew they would all drink most cordially , and he was quite sure they would endorse what he said—that he hoped from the bottom of his heart that the sadness and gloom which

overshadowed the Royal Family at the beginning of the year might not continue , but that there might be a bright gleam of sunshine in the marriage of the daughter of the Grand Master and her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales , to whom they wished all happiness , health , and long life .

Bro . the Earl of LATHOM next said he hoped the brethren would forgive him if he rather hurried on the toasts . His excuse was that there was an admirable musical entertainment going on in the Temple , and he thought it was a pity they should lose it for the sake of hearing each other ' s voices . In proposing the toast of " The M . W . G . M ., " he remarked that , if he might be

allowed to say so , that was rather a momentous occasion on which Ihey were met together—the twenty-first anniversary of his Koyal Hi ghness occupying the chair of Grand Master by the unanimous vole year by year of the brethren of ( he Grand Lodge "f England . They would all rejoice that they had such a Grand Master as the Prince of Wales . It was quite true they did not

s ,, e him among them as often as they would like , but he thought •hat , considering the enormous amount of work he had to go throug h in thc year , it was wonderful that he had been able lo give so much time and attention to Masons as he had done , for [ ney must remember that although he did not appear in public

''¦ a Masonic character so much , everything passed through his 'lands , and the brethren might be quite certain there was no "'•in in England better versed in everything that was going on 111 the Craft than his Royal Highness . They would all wish him many years to continue to rule over that great Fraternity .

Bro . Lord EGERTON OE TATTON proposed " The M . W . the ¦ o Grand Master , and thc R . W . the Deputy Grand Master . " e had great pleasure in receiving that permission from thc ( 1 * 'iir , for h ( . l , a ( i known both the Pro Grand Master and the cputy Grand Master for more than 40 years , and hc had filched their Masonic career with thc greatest interest . He | s sure the brethren would agree wilh him that there were no ,, iren niorc ; qualified to fill those two important posts than

; P ^ sent occupiers of the office . The Pro Grand Master ' s j .. ' *' ' 1 distinguished Masonic career . For twenty-one years he •l ( i been either Deputy or Pro Grand Masters , and during that ' ¦^ Masonry had flourished under the guidance of the Grand : , :, ter , his Pro Grand Master , and his Deputy Grand Master . ' onl y in the capacity of Deputy and Pro Grand Master had

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Lord Lathom acted , but he had for a great number of years had to preside over one of the largest Provinces in England , and so had Earl Amherst , and they had shown in their own localities an

admirable example to Masons in England in all the work that belonged particularly to Masons , the work of Masonic charity . Nothing more was necessary to say to enlist the cordial support of that toast .

bro . the Earl of LATHOM , in his reply , said it was a very pleasant thing to think that after twenty-one years' service , one still had the esteem of one ' s brotherhood . It was a painful thing to think that years rolled by so quickly ; at the same time he had great consolation in thinking it had been said of a Mason who

was an old man that hc lived a good life , he lived a hardy life , he lived the life of his brethren , and he lived to a good old age . He was much rejoiced that once more he had been welcomed in that room by his father in Masonry . Bro . the Rev . H . Adair Pickard initiated him in Freemasonry in the vear 1856 . No

doubt that sounded a great many years , and a long time ago—a lifetime ; it was a lifetime probably , but it had been a happy , a joyful lifetime , and he must say from the bottom of his heart that he had never for a single moment since he was initiated in Masonry regretted it , and the more so that during those old

days Masonry was nothing like it was now , for since his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales first became Grand Master , the stride made in Masonry , to his mind , was marvellous—he did not mean merely in number , but in the thorough good class of the

body of men who came into it—men who were ready to act up to the principles of Masonry , and support the Charities . They had only to look back to the record of the Charities to sec how year by year they had gone on , and what good Masonic work had been done .

Bro . Earl AMHERST replied as Deputy Grand Master , and thanked the brethren for the heartiness with which they had received him . He was afraid Lord Lathom had carried him back

a long way when he mentioned the old Mason , because when he looked back to his Provincial Grand Mastership , he found it was 36 years , and he was afraid he was not looking quite so young as he did then , but still , he felt healthy and hearty , and he hoped that now that he was Deputy Grand Master , he would have

power to give counsel to the Grand Master in the office hc now held , and he trusted that that counsel would be such as to promote the true interests of the Craft , and such as not to make thc Grand Master regret his appointment . Hc saw many familiar faces from the County of Kent present . He could not help

thinking that the vitality of that province was enormous ; the work it had done had been great , great in Masonic Charity . The work it had done on behalf of the Masonic Charities in the past it would do in the future ; its works had been numerous , frequent , and marvellous , and hc could not but think that when

the Grand Master appointed the Provincial Grand Master of Kent as Deputy Grand Master , the compliment was to the province and not to himself . He thanked the brethren very much for their cordial reception , and he hoped to thank them in lhat hall for many years to come .

Bro . Earl AMHERST proposed " The Sister Grand Lodges . " Bro . CHARLES PEPPER , Prov . G . Master of Meath , responded for the Grand Lodge of Ireland . Bro . W . McCULLOUGH , of North Island , N . Z . ( S . C ) , said the Grand Lodge of Scotland had paid great attention to its

duties in New Zealand , and there was the most brotherly love between the Grand Lodges of England and Scotland over there . It gave him extreme pleasure to be there that night ; he had been treated so kindly by the Grand Officers , and when he returned to New Zealand he should be only loo delighted to tell

them of his reception , and he was sure that they would be much interested to know something of the proceedings of the Grand Lodge of England . They in the Colonies had great veneration for the Grand Lodges of thc old country , and the Grand Lodge

of England held the premier position m the Colony of New Zealand as far as the age of some of the lodges went . I le had the extreme pleasure of being W . M . of an English lodge at the present time , therefore , hc was among the brethren in a double capacity .

Bro . the Rev . C . J . MARTYN , P . G . C , proposed " The R . W . Provincial and District Grand Masters . " He had himself been 20 years a Deputy Provincial Grand Master , and he knew something of the work of Provincial Grand Masters . He coupled with the loast the name of Bro . Lord Egerton of Tatton . Lord

Egerton and he had known the Pro Grand Master 40 years . He ( Bro . Martyn ) was initiated just two months bjfore Lord Lathom his father in Masonry being Bro . Beach . As Lord Lathom had met his father in Masonry in Grand Lodge thai night , so he ( Bro . Martyn ) had met his father in Masonry on the same

. Bro . Lord EGERTON OF TATTON , Prov . G . M . for Cheshire , responded . 11 had given him great pleasure to support his two