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Grand Mark Lodge.
The Board have elected , without a poll , the following candidates for the Educational and Annuity Grants : Educational Branch—Ernest Bunt ; Annuity Branch—John Jeffrey Beer , and Thomas Morant Compton . And have to report the death of Jane Drewett , the first svidosv elected on the fund . The Board have relieved the following case :
Mrs . S . B . ( widow of a brother of No . 15 ) ... £ 10 0 o And recommended to Grand Lodge ¦ . Mrs . E . S . ( widow of a brother of No . 2 ) ... £ 15 0 o ( Signed ) A . B . COOK , President . FRANK RICHARDSON , Vice-President . C FITZGERALD MATIER , G . Secretary .
On the motion of Bro . Col . A . B . COOK , seconded by Bro . FRANK RICHARDSON , the grant recommended to Mrs . E . S . of £ i $ was confirmed , and the report was adopted . This being the day for the installation of M . W . G . M . and the appointment and investiture of the other officers of Grand Lodge , that portion of the proceedings then commenced .
The Marquess of HERTFORD announced the unanimous re-election of H . R . H . the Prince of Wales as M . W . G . M ., and Bro . ROBERT BERRIDGE proclaimed his Royal Highness as duly installed M . W . G . M . M . for the ensuing year . The Marquess of HERTFORD aftersvards announced thai the Prince of Wales had again been pleased to appoint him as M . W . Pro G . M . M ., and the Earl of Euston as R . W . Deputy G . M . M .
Bro . BERRIDGE having formally proclaimed each of these ' right hon . brethren * by his respective titles , the customary salutes were duly given , and thanks were expressed by their lordships for the fraternal greeting , and the cordiality with svhich their appointments were received . The following brethren were then announced as Grand Officers for the year , and , wilh the exception of two or three , who svere unavoidably absent , and sent apologies for not being able to attend , were invested by the Pro Grand Master :
Bro . The Earl of Radnor ... ... ... G . S . W . ,, Sir John B . Monckton ... ... ... G . J . W . „ Rear-Admiral A . H . Markham ... ... G . M . O . ,, Hon . Hubert V . Duncombe ... ... G . S . O .
„ J . H . Matthews ... ... ... G . J . O . ,, Rev . Viscount Molesworth ... ¦¦¦! r r u .. „ u : „ t . " Rev . F . W . Macdonald j " ^ P ' 31 " 5 " „ Sir Augustus Harris ... ... ... G . Treasurer . ,, Frank R chardson ... ... ... G . Reg .
„ Col . A . B . Cook ... ... ... Pres . Gen . Bd . ,, C . F . Matier ... ... ... G . Sec . „ Edgar A . Baylis | G . S . D . ' s ,, 1 nomas Purvis ... ... ... J „ Alderman E . G . Harsvood ... ¦•• } r 1 11 ' Ph ; im r ~ i „; un Q , , ; . , c J- . ) -1- ' - *> 1 11 11 11 lV lMUllll
j ) I . SjSJHIS , _ . ,,, ... •¦¦ J „ C H . Driver ... ... ... G . Insp . of Wks . ,, Robert Berridge ... ... ... G . D . of C . ,, William Vincent ... ... ••¦?/ - i .. , is , r r < ¦ " T , , . ,., }• G . Asst . IJ . ol C . s ,, J . Loxdale Warren ... ... ... ) ,, Major S . G . Fairllough ... ... G . S . B .
„ Freoenck Cleeves ... ... ¦ ir < I , 11 . > - " Nelson D . Marks j G . Std . Br . » ,, F . Osmond Carr , Mus . Doc . Oxon ... G . Org . „ John Nasmylh ... ... ... G . I . G . „ ' Hans B . Olsen ... ... ... G . Asst . LG . „ E . J . Mills ... ... G . Tyler .
At the conclusion of thc investitures , Bro . C F . MATIER informed the Pro Grand Master that Bro . Frank Richardson had been appointed by the M . W . Grand Master of Nesv South Wales representative of the Grand Lodge of that colony in Grand Mark I . odge of England . H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , M . W . G . M . M ., had been pleased to approve of thc appointment , and the patent of appointment was now produced .
Bro . Frank Richardson then conveyed thc patent to the Marquess of Hertford , and received his lordship ' s congratulations on his appointment . Bro . W . J . HUGHAN , speaking from thc dais , said he wished to point out lhat that ssas the lirst time an appointment of a representatise of a Mark Grand Lodge to a Mark Grand Lodge had been made . It svas decidedly unique . Hitherto it had not been done in thc whole world . As
was done in Scotland and Ireland , thc Mark Degree was recognised by the Craft Grand Lodge in Nesv South Wales . Certainly they had got the right man in the right place . The follosving brethren were announced as having been approved of as Grand Stewards by the Prince of Wales : Bros . W . Hyder Goodchild , 41 S ; John Whitehead , 40 O ; Louis Mantell , 17 G ; Chas . Jas . Smith , 223 ; Sampson Hodgkinson , 224 ; Henry Walter Kiallmark , 400 ; Henry Peacock ,
229 ; Eugene Monteuuis , 3 6 3 ; J . D . Ernngton Loveland , 320 j W . Epps Morrison , 409 ; Alfred Cooper , 399 ; Chas . Win . Cope Proctor , 183 ; David Chas . Lloyd Ossen ( Howe T . L ) ; and Alphonse Fortune Lamette , 75 . 'The follosving brethren were nominated by the Prince of Wales as members of ihe General Board : Bros . Alfred Williams , James Moon , C IT . Driver , R . Loveland Loveland , Gordon Miller , and Charles Belton , The follosving brethren were elected : Bros . Major C W . Carrell , A . R , Carter , Jabez Church , Richard Closves , and the Rev . Hayman Cummings .
Grand Mark Lodge was then closed , and the brethren adjourned to Freemasons' Tavern to a banquet provided by the liberality of the Grand Stewards of the year . The Marquess of Hertford presided , and about 100 brethren sat dosvn . 'The banquet was everything that could be desired , and at its conclusion grace was sung and the toasts sverc proposed .
When " Ihe Ouccu and Mark Masonry " and " The Most Worshi pful Grand Masier" had been duly honoured , Baron HE FERRIERES rose to propose " The M . W . Pro Grand Master . " lie said at the present time thc Prince of Wales was unable lo be wilh the brethren , as he svas suffering under a severe famil y bereavement . However , he had one to represent him svhom all the brethren trusted . The
Marquess of Hertford was one who took an interest in Masonry , and made a poinl of attending whenever he could . On behalf of the brethren he ( Baron de Ferrieres ) assured the Pro Grand Master lhat Mark Masons greatly appreciated his services . Mark Masons sverc very much favoured ; they had a Pro Grand Master and a Deputy Grand Master who were very careful to discharge their duties , and he trusted the Great Overseer of the Universe would give them health and prosperity .
Grand Mark Lodge.
The Marquess of HERTFORD , in reply , assured the brethren it gave him very great pleasure to come and attend lo his duties in Mark Masonry . He had always thought that if a thing was worth doing at all it was worth doing as well as one possibly could do it , and hc thought that applied to Masonry as much as it did to everything else . To him it appeared that it
was all the easier to carry out that principle , when everything was made so exceedingly pleasant for the doer , who as a rule was the person most pleased , ( Laughter . ) As long as he lived he would help Mark Masonry in any way , either by attending to the work of Grand Lodge , or in any other way he might be called upon . ( Cheers . )
The Marquess of HERTFORD , in proposing "The R . W . Deputy Grand Master , and the Grand Ofiicers , Present and Past , " said the brethren could not possibly have a better Deputy Grand Master than Lord Euston . The Earl of Euston was a brother well known to all brethren , but it was not so well known to all the brethren the amount of work his lordship did for Masonry , and for Mark Masonry in particular . It was not only on
occasions like the present , at dinners and festivals , that Lord Euston attended , but he was a regular attendant at the General Board , and he was always at work helping Mark Masonry in every way . The real executive in Mark Masonry svould bear him out in what he said of Lord Euston . He hoped he might go further , and say that all the Grand Officers , Present and Past , took a great interest in Mark Masonry , and no doubt all who followed him
would do the same . ( Cheers . ) The Earl of EUSTON , in reply , said on behalf of the great array of Grand Officers , Present and Past , he thanked the Pro Grand Master sincerely . With respect to the kind words used regarding himself , he could only say he did nothing more than he considered it his absolute duty to do
—to keep Mark Masonry up to the very highest pitch . In saying this he was sure he ssas expressing the sentiments of every other Mark Mason . Mark Masonry certainly was second to no other Masonic Order . If they had succeeded in carrying forward Mark Masonry in past years as they surely had done , they would go on doing so , and the Order must prosper , What he had done was a pleasure to himself , and a labour of love .
The Marquess of HERTFORD said he could not hel p thinking that at all Masonic dinners the real toast of the evening must be the toast that dealt with Masonic Charity , because what did Masonry exist for ? It ought to exist chiefly for the sake of doing good . He did not think that among all the Masonic Charities there was a better one than the Mark Benevolent Fund . ( Cheers . ) Therefore , he would call the present toast the toast of
the evening . In saying that , he ventured to ask the support of all the brethren , and all Mark Masons in fact on behalf of the Mark Benevolent Fund , the Festival of which would take place on July 20 th . He was sorry to say that at present the results did not look quite so well as they had looked on other occasions . They were very far short of the number of Stewards . Still , there was plenty of time , and he trusted many more
Stewards would come forward before the date of the Festival . He would like to couple with the toast the name of one who had worked he might almost say harder than anybody on behalf of this Fund—Bro . Matier . ( Applause . ) Those matters were not arranged and settled without a great deal of hard work on the part of somebody , and that somebody had always been found in thc person of Bro . Matier . ( Cheers . )
Bro . C P \ MATIER , in response , said he felt that this year the Mark Benevolent Fund would not meet with anything like the success it had had in years gone by . ( Expressions of dissent . ) But there was one thing which reconciled the whole of the Board to that , which was that although their income might be small , it was sufficient to meet the outgoings . The Board had never yet turned away any worthy candidate who applied for
relief , no matter whether he came for relief in the greatness of his own distress , or on behalf of his son or his daughter for education , or whether he or his widow came for an annuity . He thought he need not make a long speech or expatiate upon whal the Mark Benevolent Fund could do . He could only tell thc brethren that during the time it had been established it had either educated or was educating 62 children al ihe grammar schools
nearest their osvn homes —( cheers)—lhal il had given to those children every New Year ' s Day ^ 5 , in addition to the education fees , lo enable those children to go lo school properly clothed —( hear , hear)—that it gave to every male annuitant a sum of £ 26 a year , and a Christmas present of ^" 5 ; to each old lady annuitant ; £ . > 1 a year , as well as a Christmas present of ^ 5 . The brethren had that day passed the vote of ^ 15 to one lady applicant , and the Board had given altogether from their funds an aggregate of over , £ 2500 since thc
Fund was established . He was speaking of very small figures when they were compared with the great imperial figures of the Craft ; but it must bo remembered by the Mark brethren that their wants were few , and he was happy to say that those who asked assistance were also few . He knew hc should never have to appeal to the great Order of Mark Masons in vain , and if ever the time came that the demands should be more than the accumulated funds could meet , the brethten would come forward in tlia handsomest manner to extend the relief which mi ght be required .
The Earl of EUSTON proposed " The Visitors , " to whom Grand Mark Lodge gave , and would always give , the most hearty welcome . He couple ' with the toast the name of Bro . Justice Boucaut , of South Australia , whom lie had thc honour to serve under in the Courts of Law there . Justice Boucaut was one of the kindest masters , one of thc best Masons , and one of the hardest workers . His lordship was very pleased with the reception he had
had , and also with the svorking of Grand Lodge . He could assure the visitors that Charity , hospitality and everlasting friendship would always be shown to those who were visitors . ( Cheers . ) Bro . Justice BOUCAUT , in reply , said that hc had during the short tin ' 1 ' he had been in London responded so frequently to this toast at the many places he had visited that he could not but repeat himself in the few
observations he made . He had been the reci p ient of the most astonishing kindness at the hands of the London Freemasons , Bro . Lord Eustoib and others . Hc was afraid they could not realise the depth of his emotion when hc experienced thc brethren ' s kindness . He left England 46 year * ago in one of the old sailing vessels which took 120 days on the voyage , a' * he had not been in England since . He came home in one of the magnified ' steamers . I le sasv at Colombo and Bombay the English redcoats governing
untold millions of people ; he sasv them at Perim , and Malta , and Gibraltar and hc felt that they were his redcoats also . The brethren in the grc ' Metropolis ol England , in the scat of learning , taking part in the government of the western part of the empire , could not realise the feeling" -t " sprang up in his breast on coming home . He was no separatist . ( Hea r , hear . ) In Masonry he could not speak on politics , but he might say he ''' j * no separatist . He svas a Mason in Australia , but he would sooner 0 governed by the M . W . Grand Master than by the brethren in bout
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Grand Mark Lodge.
The Board have elected , without a poll , the following candidates for the Educational and Annuity Grants : Educational Branch—Ernest Bunt ; Annuity Branch—John Jeffrey Beer , and Thomas Morant Compton . And have to report the death of Jane Drewett , the first svidosv elected on the fund . The Board have relieved the following case :
Mrs . S . B . ( widow of a brother of No . 15 ) ... £ 10 0 o And recommended to Grand Lodge ¦ . Mrs . E . S . ( widow of a brother of No . 2 ) ... £ 15 0 o ( Signed ) A . B . COOK , President . FRANK RICHARDSON , Vice-President . C FITZGERALD MATIER , G . Secretary .
On the motion of Bro . Col . A . B . COOK , seconded by Bro . FRANK RICHARDSON , the grant recommended to Mrs . E . S . of £ i $ was confirmed , and the report was adopted . This being the day for the installation of M . W . G . M . and the appointment and investiture of the other officers of Grand Lodge , that portion of the proceedings then commenced .
The Marquess of HERTFORD announced the unanimous re-election of H . R . H . the Prince of Wales as M . W . G . M ., and Bro . ROBERT BERRIDGE proclaimed his Royal Highness as duly installed M . W . G . M . M . for the ensuing year . The Marquess of HERTFORD aftersvards announced thai the Prince of Wales had again been pleased to appoint him as M . W . Pro G . M . M ., and the Earl of Euston as R . W . Deputy G . M . M .
Bro . BERRIDGE having formally proclaimed each of these ' right hon . brethren * by his respective titles , the customary salutes were duly given , and thanks were expressed by their lordships for the fraternal greeting , and the cordiality with svhich their appointments were received . The following brethren were then announced as Grand Officers for the year , and , wilh the exception of two or three , who svere unavoidably absent , and sent apologies for not being able to attend , were invested by the Pro Grand Master :
Bro . The Earl of Radnor ... ... ... G . S . W . ,, Sir John B . Monckton ... ... ... G . J . W . „ Rear-Admiral A . H . Markham ... ... G . M . O . ,, Hon . Hubert V . Duncombe ... ... G . S . O .
„ J . H . Matthews ... ... ... G . J . O . ,, Rev . Viscount Molesworth ... ¦¦¦! r r u .. „ u : „ t . " Rev . F . W . Macdonald j " ^ P ' 31 " 5 " „ Sir Augustus Harris ... ... ... G . Treasurer . ,, Frank R chardson ... ... ... G . Reg .
„ Col . A . B . Cook ... ... ... Pres . Gen . Bd . ,, C . F . Matier ... ... ... G . Sec . „ Edgar A . Baylis | G . S . D . ' s ,, 1 nomas Purvis ... ... ... J „ Alderman E . G . Harsvood ... ¦•• } r 1 11 ' Ph ; im r ~ i „; un Q , , ; . , c J- . ) -1- ' - *> 1 11 11 11 lV lMUllll
j ) I . SjSJHIS , _ . ,,, ... •¦¦ J „ C H . Driver ... ... ... G . Insp . of Wks . ,, Robert Berridge ... ... ... G . D . of C . ,, William Vincent ... ... ••¦?/ - i .. , is , r r < ¦ " T , , . ,., }• G . Asst . IJ . ol C . s ,, J . Loxdale Warren ... ... ... ) ,, Major S . G . Fairllough ... ... G . S . B .
„ Freoenck Cleeves ... ... ¦ ir < I , 11 . > - " Nelson D . Marks j G . Std . Br . » ,, F . Osmond Carr , Mus . Doc . Oxon ... G . Org . „ John Nasmylh ... ... ... G . I . G . „ ' Hans B . Olsen ... ... ... G . Asst . LG . „ E . J . Mills ... ... G . Tyler .
At the conclusion of thc investitures , Bro . C F . MATIER informed the Pro Grand Master that Bro . Frank Richardson had been appointed by the M . W . Grand Master of Nesv South Wales representative of the Grand Lodge of that colony in Grand Mark I . odge of England . H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , M . W . G . M . M ., had been pleased to approve of thc appointment , and the patent of appointment was now produced .
Bro . Frank Richardson then conveyed thc patent to the Marquess of Hertford , and received his lordship ' s congratulations on his appointment . Bro . W . J . HUGHAN , speaking from thc dais , said he wished to point out lhat that ssas the lirst time an appointment of a representatise of a Mark Grand Lodge to a Mark Grand Lodge had been made . It svas decidedly unique . Hitherto it had not been done in thc whole world . As
was done in Scotland and Ireland , thc Mark Degree was recognised by the Craft Grand Lodge in Nesv South Wales . Certainly they had got the right man in the right place . The follosving brethren were announced as having been approved of as Grand Stewards by the Prince of Wales : Bros . W . Hyder Goodchild , 41 S ; John Whitehead , 40 O ; Louis Mantell , 17 G ; Chas . Jas . Smith , 223 ; Sampson Hodgkinson , 224 ; Henry Walter Kiallmark , 400 ; Henry Peacock ,
229 ; Eugene Monteuuis , 3 6 3 ; J . D . Ernngton Loveland , 320 j W . Epps Morrison , 409 ; Alfred Cooper , 399 ; Chas . Win . Cope Proctor , 183 ; David Chas . Lloyd Ossen ( Howe T . L ) ; and Alphonse Fortune Lamette , 75 . 'The follosving brethren were nominated by the Prince of Wales as members of ihe General Board : Bros . Alfred Williams , James Moon , C IT . Driver , R . Loveland Loveland , Gordon Miller , and Charles Belton , The follosving brethren were elected : Bros . Major C W . Carrell , A . R , Carter , Jabez Church , Richard Closves , and the Rev . Hayman Cummings .
Grand Mark Lodge was then closed , and the brethren adjourned to Freemasons' Tavern to a banquet provided by the liberality of the Grand Stewards of the year . The Marquess of Hertford presided , and about 100 brethren sat dosvn . 'The banquet was everything that could be desired , and at its conclusion grace was sung and the toasts sverc proposed .
When " Ihe Ouccu and Mark Masonry " and " The Most Worshi pful Grand Masier" had been duly honoured , Baron HE FERRIERES rose to propose " The M . W . Pro Grand Master . " lie said at the present time thc Prince of Wales was unable lo be wilh the brethren , as he svas suffering under a severe famil y bereavement . However , he had one to represent him svhom all the brethren trusted . The
Marquess of Hertford was one who took an interest in Masonry , and made a poinl of attending whenever he could . On behalf of the brethren he ( Baron de Ferrieres ) assured the Pro Grand Master lhat Mark Masons greatly appreciated his services . Mark Masons sverc very much favoured ; they had a Pro Grand Master and a Deputy Grand Master who were very careful to discharge their duties , and he trusted the Great Overseer of the Universe would give them health and prosperity .
Grand Mark Lodge.
The Marquess of HERTFORD , in reply , assured the brethren it gave him very great pleasure to come and attend lo his duties in Mark Masonry . He had always thought that if a thing was worth doing at all it was worth doing as well as one possibly could do it , and hc thought that applied to Masonry as much as it did to everything else . To him it appeared that it
was all the easier to carry out that principle , when everything was made so exceedingly pleasant for the doer , who as a rule was the person most pleased , ( Laughter . ) As long as he lived he would help Mark Masonry in any way , either by attending to the work of Grand Lodge , or in any other way he might be called upon . ( Cheers . )
The Marquess of HERTFORD , in proposing "The R . W . Deputy Grand Master , and the Grand Ofiicers , Present and Past , " said the brethren could not possibly have a better Deputy Grand Master than Lord Euston . The Earl of Euston was a brother well known to all brethren , but it was not so well known to all the brethren the amount of work his lordship did for Masonry , and for Mark Masonry in particular . It was not only on
occasions like the present , at dinners and festivals , that Lord Euston attended , but he was a regular attendant at the General Board , and he was always at work helping Mark Masonry in every way . The real executive in Mark Masonry svould bear him out in what he said of Lord Euston . He hoped he might go further , and say that all the Grand Officers , Present and Past , took a great interest in Mark Masonry , and no doubt all who followed him
would do the same . ( Cheers . ) The Earl of EUSTON , in reply , said on behalf of the great array of Grand Officers , Present and Past , he thanked the Pro Grand Master sincerely . With respect to the kind words used regarding himself , he could only say he did nothing more than he considered it his absolute duty to do
—to keep Mark Masonry up to the very highest pitch . In saying this he was sure he ssas expressing the sentiments of every other Mark Mason . Mark Masonry certainly was second to no other Masonic Order . If they had succeeded in carrying forward Mark Masonry in past years as they surely had done , they would go on doing so , and the Order must prosper , What he had done was a pleasure to himself , and a labour of love .
The Marquess of HERTFORD said he could not hel p thinking that at all Masonic dinners the real toast of the evening must be the toast that dealt with Masonic Charity , because what did Masonry exist for ? It ought to exist chiefly for the sake of doing good . He did not think that among all the Masonic Charities there was a better one than the Mark Benevolent Fund . ( Cheers . ) Therefore , he would call the present toast the toast of
the evening . In saying that , he ventured to ask the support of all the brethren , and all Mark Masons in fact on behalf of the Mark Benevolent Fund , the Festival of which would take place on July 20 th . He was sorry to say that at present the results did not look quite so well as they had looked on other occasions . They were very far short of the number of Stewards . Still , there was plenty of time , and he trusted many more
Stewards would come forward before the date of the Festival . He would like to couple with the toast the name of one who had worked he might almost say harder than anybody on behalf of this Fund—Bro . Matier . ( Applause . ) Those matters were not arranged and settled without a great deal of hard work on the part of somebody , and that somebody had always been found in thc person of Bro . Matier . ( Cheers . )
Bro . C P \ MATIER , in response , said he felt that this year the Mark Benevolent Fund would not meet with anything like the success it had had in years gone by . ( Expressions of dissent . ) But there was one thing which reconciled the whole of the Board to that , which was that although their income might be small , it was sufficient to meet the outgoings . The Board had never yet turned away any worthy candidate who applied for
relief , no matter whether he came for relief in the greatness of his own distress , or on behalf of his son or his daughter for education , or whether he or his widow came for an annuity . He thought he need not make a long speech or expatiate upon whal the Mark Benevolent Fund could do . He could only tell thc brethren that during the time it had been established it had either educated or was educating 62 children al ihe grammar schools
nearest their osvn homes —( cheers)—lhal il had given to those children every New Year ' s Day ^ 5 , in addition to the education fees , lo enable those children to go lo school properly clothed —( hear , hear)—that it gave to every male annuitant a sum of £ 26 a year , and a Christmas present of ^" 5 ; to each old lady annuitant ; £ . > 1 a year , as well as a Christmas present of ^ 5 . The brethren had that day passed the vote of ^ 15 to one lady applicant , and the Board had given altogether from their funds an aggregate of over , £ 2500 since thc
Fund was established . He was speaking of very small figures when they were compared with the great imperial figures of the Craft ; but it must bo remembered by the Mark brethren that their wants were few , and he was happy to say that those who asked assistance were also few . He knew hc should never have to appeal to the great Order of Mark Masons in vain , and if ever the time came that the demands should be more than the accumulated funds could meet , the brethten would come forward in tlia handsomest manner to extend the relief which mi ght be required .
The Earl of EUSTON proposed " The Visitors , " to whom Grand Mark Lodge gave , and would always give , the most hearty welcome . He couple ' with the toast the name of Bro . Justice Boucaut , of South Australia , whom lie had thc honour to serve under in the Courts of Law there . Justice Boucaut was one of the kindest masters , one of thc best Masons , and one of the hardest workers . His lordship was very pleased with the reception he had
had , and also with the svorking of Grand Lodge . He could assure the visitors that Charity , hospitality and everlasting friendship would always be shown to those who were visitors . ( Cheers . ) Bro . Justice BOUCAUT , in reply , said that hc had during the short tin ' 1 ' he had been in London responded so frequently to this toast at the many places he had visited that he could not but repeat himself in the few
observations he made . He had been the reci p ient of the most astonishing kindness at the hands of the London Freemasons , Bro . Lord Eustoib and others . Hc was afraid they could not realise the depth of his emotion when hc experienced thc brethren ' s kindness . He left England 46 year * ago in one of the old sailing vessels which took 120 days on the voyage , a' * he had not been in England since . He came home in one of the magnified ' steamers . I le sasv at Colombo and Bombay the English redcoats governing
untold millions of people ; he sasv them at Perim , and Malta , and Gibraltar and hc felt that they were his redcoats also . The brethren in the grc ' Metropolis ol England , in the scat of learning , taking part in the government of the western part of the empire , could not realise the feeling" -t " sprang up in his breast on coming home . He was no separatist . ( Hea r , hear . ) In Masonry he could not speak on politics , but he might say he ''' j * no separatist . He svas a Mason in Australia , but he would sooner 0 governed by the M . W . Grand Master than by the brethren in bout