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Royal Order Of Scotland.
Bro Frank Richardson ... ... ... Deputy Governor . Col . Noe ! Money , C . B . ... * ... ... S . G . W . " ~ t ** ' Sir Geo . Harris ... ... ... J . G . W . " " ; £ ™
C . F . Matier ... ... ... ... G . Sec . * 2 " I " Charles Belton ... ... ... G . Treas . | _ J ' , Sir Reginald Hanson , Bart . ... ... G . S . B . i * 2 Tjl \ t Sir Lionel Darell , Bart . ... ... ... G . Std . Br . " ~ fj . Col . Malet de Carteret ... ... ... G . Marshal . * ~
" Col . A . B . Cook ... ... ... Dep . G . Marshal . „ Frederick Mead ... ... ... G . Steward . „ Dr . Belgrave Ninnis ... ... ... G . Guarder . Dr . Lott ... ... ... ... G . Organist .
The brethren afterwards dined together at the Cafe Royal , and the following were present : Bros . Earl of Euston , Earl of Haddington , L . Mackersy , Sir R . Hanson , Bart ., Sir J . Buchanan , Bart ., General Crossland Hay , Capt . N . G . Philips , Lord Saltoun , Col . Malet ile Carteret , A . Mitchell , Col . Ramsay , D . Murray Lyon , Baron de Ferrieres , 1 . E . Le
Feuvre , C . Pelham Bum , Dr . Stewart , G . Christie , Dr . Mickley , Major Probyn , A . R . Carter , H . P . Hay , Horatio Ward , Major Carrell , Col . Noel Money , R . J . Jamieson , C . Belton , Major Allan , J . B . Cockburn , Dr . Mackintosh , R . Shaw Stewart , J . M . Martin , Dr . Lott , H . Baxter , Harris Hills , T . C . Walls , James Moon , Jabez Church , C . H . Driver , R . Berridge , C . F . Matier , H . Massey , F . S . Knyvett , Dr . Lawrance , F . Mead , Rudolph Glover , Frank Richardson , and Sir George D . Harris .
The brethren afterwards adjourned to a charming banquet , which was presided over by the Earl of Euston , who had the Earl of Haddington on his right , and Capt . Philips on his left . At the conclusion of the banquet after grace , the Earl of EUSTON gave the time-honoured toast , " The Immortal Memory of King Robert the Bruce . " Subsequently the toast , " Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen and Empress , long may she reign over us ; as she has in the past , so may she in the future , ever conduce to our welfare , happiness , and prosperity , " was given by the Earl of Euston .
Bro . the Earl of EUSTON next gave " The Health of our Deputy Grand Master , and Governor of the Order , the R . W . Bro . the Earl of Haddington , " and asked the brethren to treat the toast with enthusiasm . The brethren
from Scotland would naturally do so , and the brethren under his rule in England would give him a hearty welcome and their best thanks for coming down from Scotland to perform the ceremony of the day . He ( the Earl of Euston ) tendered him his personal thanks for coming , and his wish was that whenever he came he would receive the same hearty welcome in London as he received in Scotland . They all knew what Lord Haddington had done in the way of Masonry ; whatever he took up he did thoroughly , and whatever position he filled he occupied with honour .
Bro . the Earl of HADDINGTON , in reply , said he could not but feel that the way in which the brethren had received the toast was due to no merits of his own but to something higher , to those principles which guided and guarded Freemasons' actions . Although he came almost as a stranger from the other side of the border he , with all Scotchmen , recognised the fact that whether English or Scotch they were all of one brotherhood . It
was not the first time he had had the honour of performing a Masonic function , but on no occasion had it given him greater pleasure or had he felt it a greater honour to himself than it had been thatevening to install Lord Euston as Provincial Grand Master of London . He felt he was doing agood work not only for this Provincial Grand Lodge , but , remembering how great and how earnest had been Lord Euston ' s work in promoting Freemasonry in all
the various Degrees , he felt he was conferring a benefit in advancing Lord Euston another stage on the ladder of Freemasonry in general . But though this was his first personal visit to any English lodge , it was not the first time by any means that the Grand Lodge of Scotland had appeared in London , In the year 1872 a large and important influential deputation from Scotland inaugurated this Provincial Grand Lodge , and installed Dr . Hamilton .
Among the Grand Officers present at that time one at least was present from Scotland now—Bro . Mitchell , J . G . W . Of the candidates present in July , 1872 , one at least—Captain Philips—was now with them . Though 18 72 was the date of what he might call the resuscitation of this Provincial Grand Lodge , they must remember that the original date of its inauguration ivas almost unknown , but it was known that it existed at least 150 years ago .
He had almost forgotten to mention that before 1872—perhaps Bro . Murray Lyon could tell him the time—there had been an unsuccessful effort to reestablish the Provincial Grand Lodge of London and the Metropolitan Counties , but for 150 years at least London had not only been one of the quarters in which the Royal Order of Scotland had a footing , but it was absolutely almost the head-quarters , and he was informed by one most
worth y of credence , their worthy Secretary , that some of the most important documents and most valuable papers they had received had been received from the old lodge , the original Royal Order Lodge in London . It might n ° ti perhaps , be known to everyone how very widely spread this Royal wder was . It existed in many , many countries of the Continent . It was onl y recently that in the Netherlands and in France , where during the last
< -cntury there were many lodges in active operation , it had been abandoned , hi Canada , in the United States , in India , in China , and in other countries were were at the present moment Prov . Grand Lodges , whilst in England 'hey had in the great cities , such as York and Manchester , and Glasgow in Scotland , lodges where the Royal Order flourished and the principle was earned out . Whilst sincerely congratulating the brethren upon what he eheved to be an auspicious occasion for this Prov . Grand Lodge in the ¦ '
' stallation ° f f-ord Euston , he could not help referring to a well ••iiown fact which must have caused a pang of regret to all 1 fainted with onc whom he did not personally know , but who was I known as a high charactered Freemason—Colonel Shadwell II . Clerke . was a loss to Freemasonry , not only in this , but in all its branches . onl y was Col . Shadwell Clerke a man of world-wide fame , but he was f wno had achieved his fame not from words , not from talking , not from m S at the head of anything , but from real , sheer , downright work in the
Royal Order Of Scotland.
interest of the Craft . His death must be deplored by those who took an interest in the Craft in any of its Degrees . Before concluding , he wished to express his personal thanks , and the thanks of those who were there to do honour to the newly-installed Prov . Grand Master . He was afraid he had brought rather a large contingent with him , but that was only a proof of thc interest which Scotchmen felt in the beautiful Order of thc Royal Order of
Scotland , and in the prosperity of English lodges . In Scotland they had recently had a visit from the Supreme Council of England , who saw the working of many of the higher Degrees , and he believed Capt . Philips would tell the brethren that he and others who accompanied him expressed themselves as more than satisfied—as gratified—with the working of the various Degrees in Scotland . He and his Grand Officers had come up that dav to do donour to one whom they thought worthy of the brethren's
honour ; they had come to support an Order which they considered worthy of their support , and which they could not do too much to support , and he could not help thinking that if these reunions of brethren on both sides of the border were a little more frequent than they had been—if they were annual—not only would this tend to an extension of that good feeling that ought to exist between brethren on both sides of the border , but to increase and improve the spirit of Masonic fraternity and brotherhood .
Bro . the Earl of EUSTON proposed " lhe Deputy Governor , Bro . Mackersy , and the rest of the Grand Officers of Scotland , " and thanked them for the trouble they had taken in coming from Scotland on that occasion . He hoped they had enjoyed themselves , and that they would pay this Provincial Grand Lodge another visit . Bro . MACKERSY , in acknowledging the toast , said he flattered himself that
he was no stranger among the brethren in London . Not many months since he was with them in two different Degrees , and on both those occasions he had to reply . The pleasure he had then only enhanced the pleasure he had in coming again . He was speaking the sentiments of all his brethren from Scotland when he said he was much pleased in being present , and that it would give them pleasure to come in future . There was an old Scotch
i saying that " gif . gaf . makes good friends , and , therefore , they hoped that all the pleasure was not to be confined to the Scotch side of the border , and that they would have the pleasure of seeing many members of the London Order among them in Scotland . They were going to meet on July 4 th—not because that date was connected with America , but ( perhaps he ought not to mention itin London ) because it was connected with Bannockburn . That was
an old story now , and they had forgotten all about it , but they would be delighted to see the English brethren there . He agreed with a great deal that had been said by the Earl of Haddington ; he believed that nothing could tend more to promote the interest of thc Royal Order and all thc Degrees of Freemasonry than a cordial interchange of visits between thc brethren of the two countries , which were geographically the same ; it would
tend to sweeten the affairs of Masonry in the two countries . They , perhaps , did not know much of each other's working before , but they were getting a glimmer of it now . There was no reason why if Scotchmen saw in London any great improvement in the working they should not carry it back—he did not think the English brethren would grudge them that ; and if the English
brethren should happen to see on the Scotch side of the border something good , the Scotch brethren would not be in the least jealous if they carried it to England . He agreed with the noble Chairman that they had come to show how greatly they appreciated the occasion on which they were asked to visit the brethren in England .
Bro . thc Earl of HADDINGTON proposed "The Newly-installed Provincial Grand Master . " He had already spoken of Lord Euston as onc he believed to be in every sense of the word admirably fitted for his office . Hc was onc of those who would not seek office for the prestige or honour of attaching * to it , but from an earnest desire to fulfil the obligations connected with it , audio discharge to the very best of his ability every duly of it . Lord Euston was
known to them all as a Freemason in the fullest acceptation of the wordonc who was actuated by thc true spirit of fraternity and goodwill and all that constituted model Masons ; one who had given up his time to Masonry and had shown his interest not in one Degree only but in all the Degrees of the Craft . In Scotland when they drank a health they did it with musical honours and sang " For he ' s a jolly good fellow . " Jolly and good were two
attributes almost essential to the character of a Freemason in the position of Lord Euston , but , mark , Jet the good come first and the jolly afterwards . A good man might be good natured , a bad man could not be , and a good Freemason could not be a bad man and a bad citizen . Therefore the good should come first , and when all the good and jollity that could be instilled into a man , then they had a jolly good Mason . Such a man was Lord
Euston . Bro . thc Earl EUSTON , in reply , after thanking the Earl of Haddington for his flattering remarks , said of course there were Masons who were satisfied with attending lodges and banquets , but did not also take part in the real work of Masonry—Charity . Others threw themselves solidly into it , and he hoped he was one of these . He hoped he had been able to prove
that whatever work he undertook to do he did to thc best of his ability . He was very proud that he had been honoured by the presence of Lord Haddington along with his Grand Officers to install him . He assured the Scotch brethren that they would always be welcome in the Provincial Grand Lodge of London .
Bro . FRANK RICHARDSON , Deputy Provincial Grand Master , and Bro . C . F . MATIER , Grand Secretary , replied to the toast specially proposed in their honour by Bro . the Earl of EUSTON . Bro . Capt . PHILIPS responded to a toast proposed specially in his honour by Bro . the Earl of HADDINGTON . In his reply he referred to his having attended every meeting of the Order since he was initiated in it 20 years ago . He afterwards thanked the Scotch brethren for the warm welcome he and others received on their visit to Scotland .
Bro . Major ALLAN responded to the toast of " The Visitors , " and Bro . Sir REGINALD HANSON to that of "The Initiates , " and the meeting shortly afterwards closed .
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Royal Order Of Scotland.
Bro Frank Richardson ... ... ... Deputy Governor . Col . Noe ! Money , C . B . ... * ... ... S . G . W . " ~ t ** ' Sir Geo . Harris ... ... ... J . G . W . " " ; £ ™
C . F . Matier ... ... ... ... G . Sec . * 2 " I " Charles Belton ... ... ... G . Treas . | _ J ' , Sir Reginald Hanson , Bart . ... ... G . S . B . i * 2 Tjl \ t Sir Lionel Darell , Bart . ... ... ... G . Std . Br . " ~ fj . Col . Malet de Carteret ... ... ... G . Marshal . * ~
" Col . A . B . Cook ... ... ... Dep . G . Marshal . „ Frederick Mead ... ... ... G . Steward . „ Dr . Belgrave Ninnis ... ... ... G . Guarder . Dr . Lott ... ... ... ... G . Organist .
The brethren afterwards dined together at the Cafe Royal , and the following were present : Bros . Earl of Euston , Earl of Haddington , L . Mackersy , Sir R . Hanson , Bart ., Sir J . Buchanan , Bart ., General Crossland Hay , Capt . N . G . Philips , Lord Saltoun , Col . Malet ile Carteret , A . Mitchell , Col . Ramsay , D . Murray Lyon , Baron de Ferrieres , 1 . E . Le
Feuvre , C . Pelham Bum , Dr . Stewart , G . Christie , Dr . Mickley , Major Probyn , A . R . Carter , H . P . Hay , Horatio Ward , Major Carrell , Col . Noel Money , R . J . Jamieson , C . Belton , Major Allan , J . B . Cockburn , Dr . Mackintosh , R . Shaw Stewart , J . M . Martin , Dr . Lott , H . Baxter , Harris Hills , T . C . Walls , James Moon , Jabez Church , C . H . Driver , R . Berridge , C . F . Matier , H . Massey , F . S . Knyvett , Dr . Lawrance , F . Mead , Rudolph Glover , Frank Richardson , and Sir George D . Harris .
The brethren afterwards adjourned to a charming banquet , which was presided over by the Earl of Euston , who had the Earl of Haddington on his right , and Capt . Philips on his left . At the conclusion of the banquet after grace , the Earl of EUSTON gave the time-honoured toast , " The Immortal Memory of King Robert the Bruce . " Subsequently the toast , " Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen and Empress , long may she reign over us ; as she has in the past , so may she in the future , ever conduce to our welfare , happiness , and prosperity , " was given by the Earl of Euston .
Bro . the Earl of EUSTON next gave " The Health of our Deputy Grand Master , and Governor of the Order , the R . W . Bro . the Earl of Haddington , " and asked the brethren to treat the toast with enthusiasm . The brethren
from Scotland would naturally do so , and the brethren under his rule in England would give him a hearty welcome and their best thanks for coming down from Scotland to perform the ceremony of the day . He ( the Earl of Euston ) tendered him his personal thanks for coming , and his wish was that whenever he came he would receive the same hearty welcome in London as he received in Scotland . They all knew what Lord Haddington had done in the way of Masonry ; whatever he took up he did thoroughly , and whatever position he filled he occupied with honour .
Bro . the Earl of HADDINGTON , in reply , said he could not but feel that the way in which the brethren had received the toast was due to no merits of his own but to something higher , to those principles which guided and guarded Freemasons' actions . Although he came almost as a stranger from the other side of the border he , with all Scotchmen , recognised the fact that whether English or Scotch they were all of one brotherhood . It
was not the first time he had had the honour of performing a Masonic function , but on no occasion had it given him greater pleasure or had he felt it a greater honour to himself than it had been thatevening to install Lord Euston as Provincial Grand Master of London . He felt he was doing agood work not only for this Provincial Grand Lodge , but , remembering how great and how earnest had been Lord Euston ' s work in promoting Freemasonry in all
the various Degrees , he felt he was conferring a benefit in advancing Lord Euston another stage on the ladder of Freemasonry in general . But though this was his first personal visit to any English lodge , it was not the first time by any means that the Grand Lodge of Scotland had appeared in London , In the year 1872 a large and important influential deputation from Scotland inaugurated this Provincial Grand Lodge , and installed Dr . Hamilton .
Among the Grand Officers present at that time one at least was present from Scotland now—Bro . Mitchell , J . G . W . Of the candidates present in July , 1872 , one at least—Captain Philips—was now with them . Though 18 72 was the date of what he might call the resuscitation of this Provincial Grand Lodge , they must remember that the original date of its inauguration ivas almost unknown , but it was known that it existed at least 150 years ago .
He had almost forgotten to mention that before 1872—perhaps Bro . Murray Lyon could tell him the time—there had been an unsuccessful effort to reestablish the Provincial Grand Lodge of London and the Metropolitan Counties , but for 150 years at least London had not only been one of the quarters in which the Royal Order of Scotland had a footing , but it was absolutely almost the head-quarters , and he was informed by one most
worth y of credence , their worthy Secretary , that some of the most important documents and most valuable papers they had received had been received from the old lodge , the original Royal Order Lodge in London . It might n ° ti perhaps , be known to everyone how very widely spread this Royal wder was . It existed in many , many countries of the Continent . It was onl y recently that in the Netherlands and in France , where during the last
< -cntury there were many lodges in active operation , it had been abandoned , hi Canada , in the United States , in India , in China , and in other countries were were at the present moment Prov . Grand Lodges , whilst in England 'hey had in the great cities , such as York and Manchester , and Glasgow in Scotland , lodges where the Royal Order flourished and the principle was earned out . Whilst sincerely congratulating the brethren upon what he eheved to be an auspicious occasion for this Prov . Grand Lodge in the ¦ '
' stallation ° f f-ord Euston , he could not help referring to a well ••iiown fact which must have caused a pang of regret to all 1 fainted with onc whom he did not personally know , but who was I known as a high charactered Freemason—Colonel Shadwell II . Clerke . was a loss to Freemasonry , not only in this , but in all its branches . onl y was Col . Shadwell Clerke a man of world-wide fame , but he was f wno had achieved his fame not from words , not from talking , not from m S at the head of anything , but from real , sheer , downright work in the
Royal Order Of Scotland.
interest of the Craft . His death must be deplored by those who took an interest in the Craft in any of its Degrees . Before concluding , he wished to express his personal thanks , and the thanks of those who were there to do honour to the newly-installed Prov . Grand Master . He was afraid he had brought rather a large contingent with him , but that was only a proof of thc interest which Scotchmen felt in the beautiful Order of thc Royal Order of
Scotland , and in the prosperity of English lodges . In Scotland they had recently had a visit from the Supreme Council of England , who saw the working of many of the higher Degrees , and he believed Capt . Philips would tell the brethren that he and others who accompanied him expressed themselves as more than satisfied—as gratified—with the working of the various Degrees in Scotland . He and his Grand Officers had come up that dav to do donour to one whom they thought worthy of the brethren's
honour ; they had come to support an Order which they considered worthy of their support , and which they could not do too much to support , and he could not help thinking that if these reunions of brethren on both sides of the border were a little more frequent than they had been—if they were annual—not only would this tend to an extension of that good feeling that ought to exist between brethren on both sides of the border , but to increase and improve the spirit of Masonic fraternity and brotherhood .
Bro . the Earl of EUSTON proposed " lhe Deputy Governor , Bro . Mackersy , and the rest of the Grand Officers of Scotland , " and thanked them for the trouble they had taken in coming from Scotland on that occasion . He hoped they had enjoyed themselves , and that they would pay this Provincial Grand Lodge another visit . Bro . MACKERSY , in acknowledging the toast , said he flattered himself that
he was no stranger among the brethren in London . Not many months since he was with them in two different Degrees , and on both those occasions he had to reply . The pleasure he had then only enhanced the pleasure he had in coming again . He was speaking the sentiments of all his brethren from Scotland when he said he was much pleased in being present , and that it would give them pleasure to come in future . There was an old Scotch
i saying that " gif . gaf . makes good friends , and , therefore , they hoped that all the pleasure was not to be confined to the Scotch side of the border , and that they would have the pleasure of seeing many members of the London Order among them in Scotland . They were going to meet on July 4 th—not because that date was connected with America , but ( perhaps he ought not to mention itin London ) because it was connected with Bannockburn . That was
an old story now , and they had forgotten all about it , but they would be delighted to see the English brethren there . He agreed with a great deal that had been said by the Earl of Haddington ; he believed that nothing could tend more to promote the interest of thc Royal Order and all thc Degrees of Freemasonry than a cordial interchange of visits between thc brethren of the two countries , which were geographically the same ; it would
tend to sweeten the affairs of Masonry in the two countries . They , perhaps , did not know much of each other's working before , but they were getting a glimmer of it now . There was no reason why if Scotchmen saw in London any great improvement in the working they should not carry it back—he did not think the English brethren would grudge them that ; and if the English
brethren should happen to see on the Scotch side of the border something good , the Scotch brethren would not be in the least jealous if they carried it to England . He agreed with the noble Chairman that they had come to show how greatly they appreciated the occasion on which they were asked to visit the brethren in England .
Bro . thc Earl of HADDINGTON proposed "The Newly-installed Provincial Grand Master . " He had already spoken of Lord Euston as onc he believed to be in every sense of the word admirably fitted for his office . Hc was onc of those who would not seek office for the prestige or honour of attaching * to it , but from an earnest desire to fulfil the obligations connected with it , audio discharge to the very best of his ability every duly of it . Lord Euston was
known to them all as a Freemason in the fullest acceptation of the wordonc who was actuated by thc true spirit of fraternity and goodwill and all that constituted model Masons ; one who had given up his time to Masonry and had shown his interest not in one Degree only but in all the Degrees of the Craft . In Scotland when they drank a health they did it with musical honours and sang " For he ' s a jolly good fellow . " Jolly and good were two
attributes almost essential to the character of a Freemason in the position of Lord Euston , but , mark , Jet the good come first and the jolly afterwards . A good man might be good natured , a bad man could not be , and a good Freemason could not be a bad man and a bad citizen . Therefore the good should come first , and when all the good and jollity that could be instilled into a man , then they had a jolly good Mason . Such a man was Lord
Euston . Bro . thc Earl EUSTON , in reply , after thanking the Earl of Haddington for his flattering remarks , said of course there were Masons who were satisfied with attending lodges and banquets , but did not also take part in the real work of Masonry—Charity . Others threw themselves solidly into it , and he hoped he was one of these . He hoped he had been able to prove
that whatever work he undertook to do he did to thc best of his ability . He was very proud that he had been honoured by the presence of Lord Haddington along with his Grand Officers to install him . He assured the Scotch brethren that they would always be welcome in the Provincial Grand Lodge of London .
Bro . FRANK RICHARDSON , Deputy Provincial Grand Master , and Bro . C . F . MATIER , Grand Secretary , replied to the toast specially proposed in their honour by Bro . the Earl of EUSTON . Bro . Capt . PHILIPS responded to a toast proposed specially in his honour by Bro . the Earl of HADDINGTON . In his reply he referred to his having attended every meeting of the Order since he was initiated in it 20 years ago . He afterwards thanked the Scotch brethren for the warm welcome he and others received on their visit to Scotland .
Bro . Major ALLAN responded to the toast of " The Visitors , " and Bro . Sir REGINALD HANSON to that of "The Initiates , " and the meeting shortly afterwards closed .