The Late Duke Of Clarence And Avondale.

In continuation of our reports of last week relating to Masonic meetings ancl memorial services which have at different times and in different parts of the country been held for the purpose of doing honour to the memory of the late Duke of Clarence and Avondale , or passing resolutions of condolence with the Queen , thc Prince and Princess of Wales , and the Royal

Family generally , we beg to announce that , in addition to the speciai meeting of thc Provincial Grand Lodge of West Lancashire , a similar meeting in ' the case of the Province of North ancl East Yorkshire was held , by command of Bro . the Earl of Zetland , Prov . G . M ., at thc Masonic Hall , York , on Monday , thc ist inst ., when , in thc unavoidable absence of his lordship

and his respected Deputy , Bro . the Hon . W . I . Orde-Powlett , Bro . the Verv Rev . the Dean of York , P . G . C . of England , occupied thc chair , Bro . J . Todd , P . M ., P . P . S . G . W ., acting as D . P . G . M . Of this meeting we shall give a full account next week , and it is only necessary , therefore , that we should state now that resolutions of condolence were passed unanimously by the meeting .

Special meetings of the Provincial Grand Lodge and Provincial Grand Mark Lodge of North Wales were held at Llandudno , on Saturday afternoon last , when resolutions of condolence with the Queen , the Prince and Princess of Wales , and thc Princess Victoria of Teck were unanimously adopted . Bro . Col . Piatt , D . P . G . M ., presided at thc Craft meeting , and

was supported by Bros . Col . thc Hon . W . E . Sackville West , P . G . W . of England ; Col . Hunter , P . P . G . M . of Aberdeenshire , and a large muster of the Provincial Grand Officers and brethren . It should also bc mentioned that votes of sympathy with Bro . Lord Harlech , P . G . M ., on the death of Lady Harlech , and the family of the late Bro . Col . Shadwell H . Clerke were agreed to with similar unanimity .

Our Dorset brethren met for a like purpose in Special Provincial Grand Lodge on Wedncsdav , the 27 th ult ., under thc presidency of Bro . M . J . Guest , P . G . M . ; Bro . W . E . Brymer , M . P ., D . P . G . M . ; and alarge muster was present on the occasion , and votes of condolence wilh the Queen and the Prince and Princess of Wales adopted .

At St . James ' s Church , Preston ( Lancashire ) , a memorial service was held on Sunday , the 24 th ult ., when an eloquent sermon was preached by Bro . the Rev . T . Barton Spencer , Past Grand Chaplain , who , in the course of his remarks , referred to the important services rendered to Freemasonry by the late Duke .

The Mark brethren of the Province of Northumberland and Durham held a special meeting at Freemasons' Hall , Newcastle-on-Tyne , on Monday , the 25 th ult ., when , in the absence through illness of Bro . the Rev . Canon Tristram , Prov . G . M . M . M ., the chair was occupied by Bro . R . B . Reed , D . P . G . M . M . M ., and a vole of sympathy with the Prince of Wales , M . W . G . M . M . M ., was agreed lo item . con .

Presentation To The Earl Of Euston, Prov. Grand Master Of Northamptonshire.

PRESENTATION TO THE EARL OF EUSTON , PROV . GRAND MASTER OF NORTHAMPTONSHIRE .

A meeting of emergency of the united lodges 111 Northampton , the Pomfret , No . 360 ; the Eleanor Cross , No . 1764 ; and the De La Pre , No . 1911 , was held at thc Masonic Hall , Princess-street , and it was called for the ouroosc of unvctlinc a life-size nortrait of the Provincial Grand

Master , the Earl of Euston , D . L ., and to present his lordship with a replica of thc same . The portrait is from the brush of Bro . H . Harris Brown , and it will be remembered by our readers that a description of it was given in a recent number of the Freemason . We have little to add to that description except that thc favourable notice we gave of the work of thc

artist appears to bc fully endorsed by the brethren of the province who had interested themselves in the presentation . Thc portrait will bc hung in the lodge room al the Masonic Hall . The replica is also very cleverly painted , and this and the life-size portrait are in massive gilt frames . There was a large attendance of local brethren , and many from the sister lodges at a distance wcre also present . The following brethren signed the lodee books :

Bros , the Earl of Euston , Prov . G . M . j Butler Wilkins , D . P . G . M . ; Rev . S . J . W . Sanders , P . G . Chap . England ; J . Clayson , W . M ., C . E . Thorpe , J . W ., A . Cockerill , P . G . Treas ., G . Ellard , P . M ., Sec , T . Merry , S . D ., F . B . Wilkinson , P . G . Steward , I . D ., G . K . E . Wilkins in . I . G ., J . J . Hart , P . M ., D . C , S . Frisby and F . B . Whitford , " Stwds ., II . A . Robinson , P . P . J . G . W ., E . B . Fletcher , P . G . R ., I . P . M .. and Brown , P . M ., P . P . J . G . W ., of 360 ; C . A . Markham , S . W ., and \ . Eunson , P . M ., of ICJII ; W . J .

Stanton , VV . I « . Skinner , E . Howes , and J . O . Wallis , of 3 G 0 ; A . Jones , W . M ., J . Currall , S . W ., R . H . Boycott , Stwd ., H . Hodges , Treas ., M . Warwick , W . F . Tipler , A . D . C , and R . Croft , P . M ., P . J . G . W ., of 1764 ; F . G . Buckle , P . M ., Prov . Grand Secretary , and G . E . Caster , P . M ., P . P . S . G . D ., of 442 ; ] . M . McLeod , P . P . S . G . W . Derbyshire , Sec . R . M . I . B .,- H . Bullock , VV . M . ign ; H . ' W . K . Markham , Sec . 1011 ; W . Douglas , 2380 ; G . Butcher , P . M . P . P . S . G . W ., and

II . W . Horton , of 1764 ; O . Parker , I . W . 737 , P . G . S . B . ; T . Emery , P . M ., P . P . J . G . W ., J . S . Arthurs , C . Cooke , P . G . S ., ] . D ., and C . Cooke , iun , of 17 G 4 ; R . Wynter Robinson , 2152 . Sydney ; VV . J . Hull , Walton Page , Ii . G . Frost , C . Rider-Noble , H . Manfield , J . W ., W . H . Hodges , Stwd ., E . Randall , R . Wallace , II . H . Brown , G . H . Stevenson . G . W . Prickman , Brook Sampson , and F . W . Dorman , of 1764 ; T . Franks , S . W . 3 G 0 ; W . F . Fawcett , and F . VVillouijhby , S . D . inn , S . W . 23 S 0 , P . J . G . D .

The lodge having been duly opened , Bro . BUTLER WILKINS , D . P . G . M ., addressed the bretliren . He alluded in feeling terms to the heavy cloud which was now hanging over the Royal Family , to which they , as Masons , were especially loyal , not only as Englishmen , but also 011 account of that mystic tie which joined them in Brotherhood . Whether their thoughts turned lo the bereaved parents of the Prince who had been to suddenly taken away from them , or tu the Princess May

nf Teck , who only 12 months since was among them at one of their Masonic gatherings , he full sure all their hearts were full of dec ]) sympathy and earnest prayers that those who now mourned might have every consolation in their time of trial . Turning lo the object of their meeting that evening , Bro . Wilkins said when lie looked back over his 40 years oi . Masonic career he remembered the many pleasing duties he had had lo perform . There had been the initiation oi many candidates whose p rogress in ibeir respeclivc lodges he had watched with interest till the }* had raised them-

Presentation To The Earl Of Euston, Prov. Grand Master Of Northamptonshire.

selves by the will of their brethren to the Master ' s chair . Then , again , there had been the grip given on the raising of a brother , a grip which had cemented many years of mutual friendship . He also remembered being called upon to present a portrait to a very worthy and distinguished brother , who not onl y was W . M . of the Pomfret Lodge , but also the first Master of the Eleanor Cross Lodge , Bro . Boeme , as a mark of the esteem in which he

was held by his brethren . All those were pleasing recollections , but they were in a great measure of a personal character . The object for which they were assembled that evening , however , was more representative , to his mind , of the happy and united progress which Masonry had made in thc Province of Northants and Hunts during the four years the Right Worshipful the Provincial Grand Master , the Earl of Euston , had ruled over it . He

thought , looking at the gathering of that evening , he could well say they were united . There were the members of the three local lodges meeting together at one time , the three Masters occupying the three chairs , the three Senior Wardens acting as assistant officers , and the three Secretaries taking note of the proceedings . The situation was unique in itself , and was an example of that fraternal union in the province of which their Provincial Grand

Master might be proud . Then again , the building in which they were met was the result of the united action 011 the part of the brethren , and if they went through the whole province they would find that unity and progress was thc prevailing motto in the lodges . He believed , and he thought he might say it without hesitation , that the influence which their Provincial

Grand Master had brought to bear upon thc province had contributed very largely to that result . Being a strict disciplinarian himself , a more strict observance of their laws and regulations in the work of the lodges had been enforced . A personal attendance on his part , not only to their provincial meetings , but also in their private lodges , had brought their Provincial Grand Master into close touch and contact with the brethren . His earnest

desire to faithfully and justly dispense those rewards of merit which were at his disposal to those brethren who had done good work in their respective lodges had , he thought , met with general approval ; and lastly , his courtesy to the brethren who approached him on Masonic matters had gained for him their universal regard . Bro . Wilkins said it was to his mind a happy suggestion that the portrait of the Earl of Euston should adorn thc walls of that lodge room as a mark of his judicious rule over them ; and a still more

happy thought was that which suggested that a replica of the portrait should be presented to his lordship as a further mark of their esteem and regard for him . He did not think it was necessary for him to go into detail as to how the project was brought about , and said it was sufficient to say it was an accomplished fact . He then asked their respected brother , T . Phipps Dorman , who was Chairman of the Directors of the Masonic Hall Company , to take charge of the portrait on behalf of the different lodges , and as it would be in his custody , to unveil it .

Bro , T . Phipps Dorman then unveiled the portrait amid applause . Bro . BI ' . KR WILKINS , continuing his remarks , said the expression of satisfaction with which the brethren had greeted thc unveiling of the portrait was a sign of their appreciation of the skill and ability which the artist , Bro . Harris Brown , had shown in producing so faithful a likeness , and he thought he deserved the highest praise for his work . The picture , Bro . Wilkins

said , would be a silent monitor to those brethren who sat there in lodge , and , he hoped , would cause them to do their work as efficiently as if their Provincial Grand Master were actually present . He hoped it would be a satisfaction lo Lord Euston to know the brethren had expressed their appreciation of the interest which he had always taken in their Masonic affairs , and he felt sure that in asking- him to accept at their hands a replica of the portrait as a further mark of esteem for him he would never forget , however high he

might get in Masonry in thc future , that the first round of his Masonic ladder was in the lodges of the province over which he so ably presided . In asking his lordship to accept that replica on behalf of the brethren , he felt sure he was only expressing their feelings when he said long might he reign over them , long might thc kindly feeling of sympathy between the ruler and the ruled continue , and might the bond of union ancl fraternal love between lodge and lodge which had been so amply illustrated that evening never cease to exist .

THE PROVINCIAL GRAND MASTUR was visibly affected on rising to reply to the presentation . Lord Euston said the Deputy Provincial Grand Master , in opening his speech that evening , referred to the sad calamity which had happened , not only to them as Masons , but to all Englishmen who were true and loyal subjects of the Queen , ancl he was almost sorry that they had assembled that evening on such an occasion . However , the brethren of the Province of Norths and Hunts had done him the honour of

placing his portrait on the walls of that large room and had also given him such a handsome replica of the same , and he assured them it was very difficult to find words to thank them adequately . He certainly thanked them from the bottom of his heart for thc presentation , and said it only conveyed io him what he had felt from the first hour that it p leased his Royal Highness to place him in the position he occupied in that Province , that they gave him their most loyal sympathy , support , and friendship , and he trusted their affection as well . He had done his best in his small

way to promote good and kindly feeling between the Masons , not only of thc different lodges , but in the province generally ; and he hoped thc great proof they had given him of their loyalty and affection might continue as long as he lived . In taking thc replica to his home—and he might say his father , the Duke of Grafton , had called in to sec it , and also thc portrait , and was exceedingly p leased— be should be able to look back and say " Look what my brothers in Northampton have given mc . " He should look upon that replica as one of thc greatest treasures he had . It would outlast him , and he only trusted those who might come after him in his family might say there was one

Mason who did his best , and that they would endeavour to follow in Ins footsteps . His lordshi p said he trusted that some of his name might come after him in thai province , and try to do as much good work for Masonry as they could , and , in conclusion , he thanked the brethren for the very high honour they had done him that evening , and asked them to accept his mc-l grateful thanks for the mosl handsome present they had made him .

Bros . J . CI . AYSON , W . M . 360 ; A . J ONKS , W . M . 1 764 ; IL BULLOCK , W . M . 1911 ; and the Rev . Dr . SANP ' J'KS , P . G . Chap . Eng ., next made sonic feeling allusions to thc loss they as Masons had sustained by the death of the Dnke of Clarence and Avondale , Prov . G . M . Berks , and P . G . WEngland , and il was agreed thai letters of condolence should be forwarded by thc respective local lodges lo the M . W . Grand Master , his Royal Highness llic Prince of Wales .

The lodge was then closed , and the brethren . subsequently dined together under the presidency of the I ' rov . Grand Master , Lord Fusion . An excellent dinner was placed on the tables by liro , J . S , Norman and Mrs . Norman , the Steward and Stewardess of the Masonic Club .