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( Continued from page 671 ) . Masonic history . ( Applause . ) Heel that I and my Grand Lodge being present on this occasion will add a feather to the renown of all Scottish Freemasons , and that it will be remembered for a'l time in this presidency . ( Cheers . ) I feel , brethren , that by his Royal Highness assuming the Hiram of the District Grand Lodge of Bombay , Masonry

throughout India will reap the benefit , and will , take a higher position , perhaps , than it ever had before , it will be strengthened , and its banners will unfold more freely amongst the vast multitudes of this continent . ( Loud cheers . ) Brethren , it is a happy thought that for 50 many years the two Constitutions existing throughout India have worked together in peace and harmony . ( Hear , hear . )

I feel sure that the honour which is being showered now on the { English Constitution will have a certain amount of reflection on the IScotch , and will serve to unite the two Constitutions more closely together than they have ever hitherto been . ( Loud cheers . ) It has been our happiness brethren , for some years to meet under the same roof . We have had the same Hall , and the President of

ihe Masonic Hall Committee is a Past Deputy District Grand Master under England , while the Secretary is a Substitute Grand Master under Scotland . ( Hear , hear . ) I feel lhat circumstance will knit us more closely together , but if it be possible , I am sure it will be due to the honour and lustre that will be shed on Freemasonry by the grand advance which has been made this evening in bringing

amongst our noble Fraternity a member of the blood Royal of England . ( Loud applause . ) His Royal Highness , brethren , has been good enough to allude to the high honour that has been conferred upon me by our Most Gracious Queen and Empress . ( Hear , hear . ) I take this opportunity , brethren , of publicly acknowledging that the honour is principally due to his Roval Highness's favour .

( Loud applause . ) I thank him deeply for his kind interest in myself , and for the goodwill that he has expressed towards Scottish Masonry , I believe he is an honorary member of the Grand Lodge of Scotland , and H . R . H . the Prince of Wales is the Patron of Scottish Freemasonry , and on behalf of the constitution , brethren , I thank him for his kindly words and gcod wishes towards the

constitution over vvhich I have the honour to preside in India . ( Loud cheers . ) His Royal HIGHNESS next proposed the toast of "The Past Dist . G . M . ' s of Bombay , Bros . G . Taylor and E . Tyrrel Leith , " which was drunk vvith all honours . The intervals between the toasts were enlivened with appropriate songs sung by Bros . Lamb and Chisholm .

His Royal HIGHNESS then said : Brethren , —I will now ask you to drink "The Health of the Worshipful the Deputy Dist . G . M , and the Officers of District Grand Lodge . " ( Hear , hear . ) In giving this toast , brethren , I think we should give all honour to the District Grand Officers , and especially to my Deputy here , Bro . King — ( applause)—for the manner in vvhich they have carried

out everything connected with the day's ceremonial . I think it reflects the highest honour on them , and shows they are capable of the highest adminstrative efforts . ( Hear , hear . ) We all know the amount of extra work it has given them , and , I think , we ought to be most grateful for the time and trouble that they have given and bestowed to see that everything vvas carried out vvith the

most complete success . ( Cheers . ) I am especially grateful to Bro . King for the great support vvhich he has been to me to day , and for the very admirable way in vvhich he installed me . ( Cheers . ) I am especially desirous of thanking Bros . Hussey and Smith —( cheers)—for their co-operation , without which , I am sure , the very admirably managed ceremonial of to-day vvould not have taken place vvith the

eclat vvith vvhich it has been attended . ( Cheers . ) VVe must not forget , brethren , that the District Grand Officers have very important duties to cany out , and that they are vi ry much more onerous than vve think—everything is due to them . I feel grateful to them for the way in which they have canied out their work , vvhich has been in every way suitable to our Craft . ( Cheers . ) Without further preface ,

I will ask you to join me in drinking to the health of tl e W . Dep . District Grand Master and the Officeis of the District Grand Lodge , coupling vvith the toast the names of Bros . Hussey and Smith . In drinking to the health of Bro King , I have to congratulate you on the honour conferred on him by his Royal Highness in appointing him a Past Grand Deacon of the Grand Lodge of England . ( Loud

applause . ) Bro . HAROLD KING responded as follows : Your Royal Highness , Right VVorshipfuI Brother , and Brethren , —! rise to return thanks for the very kind way in vvhich ycu have received the loast of my health , and , in doing so , I shall confine myself to the toast of the Deputy District Grand Master , leaving the Officers of the District Grand Lodge to

be represented by Bros . Hussey and Smith . In returning thanks for the kind way in which you have drank my health , I feel that my speech amounts to more or less a personal explanation , for I feel that the praises passed upon me ought most surely to be shared by many of the brethren . ( Cheers . ) A Deputy DisirLct Grand Master in charge has a difficult and onerous work to perform , for on him lies the

obligation of seeing that everything fgoes off all right , but he depends on those under him—and it is a well-known principle in Masonry that neither Masonry , nor any one in authority in Masonry , can work properly unless he is supported by the brethren around him . ( Hear , hear . ) That is a great principle in- Masonry—there must be some who rule and others to obey ; but it is the brotherly , and

fraternal , and harmonious working which shows a grand and successful work in Masonry . ( Hear , heir . ) And so in making this personal explanation , I claim very little praise for myself , but I would ask you to give it first to the District Grand Secretary , who has been untiring in regard to this work . ( Cheers . ) I can speak , brethren , as one vvho knows the amount of clerical woik in receiving letters and

answering questions , and so forth , that has been done in the Secretary ' s office , and I think this great gathering is an evidence of the way in vvhich he has performed his duty . ( Cheers . ) The work of the District Grand Secretary , however , stops at the entrance in our District Grand Lodge , and here Bro . Smith reigns paramount —( cheers)—and I have authority for saying that the ceremonial of this evening

could not have been better arranged than it has been done by him —( cheers)—and therefore I think I have cutaway on both sides , and left but little praise for myself . ( Cheers . ) I will go further , and speak of the arrangements . Bros . Moore and Rowe both worked almost night and day to carry out to a successful issue the decorations and lighting of the rooms , and seating you at the banquet table this evening .

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( Cheers . ) Bro . Pennock has alsowoiked hard , not only in making the necessary preparations for you to come here , but also in making nice arrangements for you to go away happy . ( t heers . ) I vvould also mention Bro . Howarth , who , though not a member of this District Grand Ludge , has nobly come forward to assist in the arrangements for the banquet . ( Cheers . ) And now , brethren , I score a

great point vvhen I point out to you the value of Freemasonry in saying that from the Scottish Constitution we have gained a tremendous help . ( Cheers . ) Bro . Murzban , of that Constitution , has been the ruling spirit of the arrangements down here . ( Loud cheers . ) I have mentioned Bros . Moore , Rowe , and Pennock , but it is Bro . Murzban vvho decorated this place fully—he has designed

and controlled everything . ( Cheers . ) Regarding the banquet this evening , 1 must mention Bro . Cowasjee Furdunjee as my co-adjutor ; his administrative capacity is very great . ( Cheers . ) There is one more ackno . vledgment to make , and that is to yourselves . I think on no previous occasion have so many brethren been present at a Masonic gathering . The acknowledgment is due to you for your

forbearance . However good the arrangements , however attentive the Stewards , there must be hitches here and there , and so I think , brethren , that in returning thanks for my own health , 1 may atthe same time give thanks to you for your forbearance . If the installation has been a success it has been due to the Masonic forbearance , the Masonic feeling shown this evening vvhich should rule throughout—we all helping one

another . ( Loud applause . ) The Deputy District Grand Master stands under the District Grand Master to obey his commands ; around him and under him are the officers vvho carry out the commands ; but in a large Presidency , which numbers amongst you so many Masons , it is impossible always to carry them out without friction . The brethren must therefore exercise forbearance towards each other .

The aim of the District Grand Lodge has been and is to induce the brethren to unite in being and making each other happy . That is the watchword of Freemasonry . Accept my most hearty thanks for your forbearance this evening . ( Loud cheers . ) Bro . J . W . SMITH , said , your Royal Highness , Sir , and Brethren : —it appears to me that the duty of responding to

tt . ii toast on behalf of the Officers of the District Grand Lodge might very well have been undertaken by ihe Deputy District Grand Master who has just spoken , but since he has not done so , and very kind mention of my name has been made by your Royal Highness , it is inevitable that I should say a few words . It has been said that 1 have rendered some assistance in bringing this function to a

successful issue ; and I cannot but feel exceedingly gratified if my effotts have secured your approbation . ( Hear , hear . ) Having accepted a certain position with regard to the ceremonies and arrangements of this occasion , it became my duty to exercise the best of my powers in that behalf ; and if you tell me that in what I have been able to carry out I have done my duty , you pass upon me the very highest

eulogium that I could desire . ( Hear , hear . ) I am proud to know , Sir , that the Masons of Bombay are aware that whenever my services are needed , they have only to put them under requisition , and they will be cheerfully rendered as a labour of love . I will not continue longer than again to express my thanks for the reception givtn to this toast , and to add , as 1 hope I may be allowed to do , without being

supposed to intend anything derogatory to the brother vvho sits at your Royal Highness's right hand , that vve congratulate ourselves not so much on your having a King for a Deputy as on our hiving a Prince for a Master . ( Loud applause . ) Bro . W . H . HUSSEY said , your Royal Highness , Right Worshipful Sir , Most Worshipful Brother , Sir Henry

Morland , Worshipful Brethren and Brethren all : — I assure you 1 feel that a great honour his been done to me by his Royal Highness making mention of my name in connection with this toast . I will not attempt to occupy your time more than half a minute seeing that a great many speeches have already leen made and the subject dealt vvith in an exhaustive manner by those

who have preceded me . I would simply say that I thank his Royal Hij-hness for graciously confeiring on me the rank of Past Deputy District Grand Master , which I appreciate , and which I consider to be an ample reward lor all my ^ services as your District Grand Secretary during 20 long years . ( Applause . ) Brethren , I also thank you for your kind applause , and I feel sure vve shall all work

together in tlie future as harmoniously as in the past . ( Loud applause . ) His Royal HIGHNESS next said , brethren , I have now an especially pleasing task to perform , and that is to propose " The Health cf the Sister District Grand Lodges in India . " I desire , not only in my own nitre , but also in the name of the brethren ot the District Grand Lodge of Bombay , to express cur grateful thanks to the representatives for

coming he re all the way from Bengal and the Punjab . ( Hear , hear . ) It shows that they entertain a mott fraternal feeling towards us in Bombay for them to have undertaken such long journeys to be present here on this occasion . ( Hear , heir . ) And vve thank them most cordially . ( Cheers . ) We appreciate their presence here most highly . I desire to couple with the toast the name of W . Bro . Rustomjee of the District Grand Lodge of Bengal . ( Cheers . )

Bro . H . M . RUSTOMJEE desired on behalf of the District Grand Lodge of Bengal , vvhich he had the honour to represent , to return sincere and heaity thanks for his kind reception and the manner in which they had been pleased to receive the toast of the Sister District Grand Lodges in India . His only regret was that his Right VVorshipfuI District Grand Master had been prevented by his public

duties from being present in person , as he vvould have been glad to do . He did not doubt that the impetus given to Masonry by the installation of his Royal Highness would be felt not only in this presidency , but throughout India . He recognised an old Bengal Mason in VV . Bro . King ,

under whom he had worked , and from whom great things had been expected in Bengal , previous to his removal to this side cf India . His loss to Bengal had proved a gain to Bombay . ( Applause . ) Bro . E . C . J USSAWALLA also returned thanks on behalf of the District Grand Lodge of the Punjab .

His Royal HIGHNESS , proposing the list toast , said , brethren , there is only or . e more toast vvhich I should like to bring to your notice , and I already anticipate that it is one that you will drink most heartily , it is that of " The Visitors . " ( Applause . ) I think that the brethren of the District Grand Lodge of Bombay must feel they are flattered at the large number of visitors present amongst us . ( Cheers . ) We know that they have come from a

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distance , and at considerable trouble to themselves to be presentamongstus— ( cheer ?) -and Ihopethat , asDistrictGrand Master , l may be allowed to thank them personally for the compliment they have paid me . ( Cheirs . ) I ih ' nk this toast will be especially acceptable to you vvhen 1 ask you to couple with it the name of one of our most zealous and oldest Masons here , Bro Manockjee Curse jee . ( Loud

cheers . ) I think the freemasons of Bombay , and 1 might almost say the Freemasons of India , owe him a debt of gratitude as he was one of the first and keenest of the native Masons in India . 1 also desire to couple with this toast the name of Bro . Col . Wooldridge ; I ask you to join me in drinking to the health of the visitors . ( Loud applause . )

Bro . MANOCKJEE CURSETJEE and Bro . Col . WOOLDRIDGE , responded . Bro . GRATTAN GEARY said it vvas a great pleasure to the guests on that occasion to see so remarkable a gathering of men of all races , creeds , and classes , dining at the same table and animated vvith a common feeling of friendship and good will . ( Cheers . ) It was a tribute to the

vitality and the force of the principles of brotherhood and mutual help which found expression in Masonic lodges , that such an example of tolerance and concord should be given in that hall , and it would , no doubt , have an effect throughout India . The presence amongst them that evening of representatives of the Crait in Bengal and in the Punjab showed how widespread vvas the salutary influence

at work , binding diverse races and creeds in a common bond of social sympathy towards each other and loyalty to the Queen-Empress . ( Applause . ) The proceedings then terminated , the brethren felicitating each other on the great success by which they had been attended . A guard of honour of the East Yorkshire Regiment vvas in attendance . The brethren gave three hearty cheers as his Royal Highness' carriage drove off at about 11 . 30 p . m .

Masonic Service At All Saints' Church, Manchester.

MASONIC SERVICE AT ALL SAINTS ' CHURCH , MANCHESTER .

A Masonic service was held in All Saints' Church , Oxford-street , in this city , on Sunday last . By dispensation of the Prov . Grand Master of East Lancashire ( Bro . Col . Le Gendre N . Starkie ) , a lodge vvas opened in All Saints ' school , York-street , Chorlton-on-Medlock , under the banner of the Strangeways Lodge , No . 1219 , Bro . H . Slatter ,

W . M ., performing the ceremony with the assistance of his brother officers . There vvas a numerous attendance of members of the lodge named , and also of Present and Past Provincial Grand Officers and of brethren hailing from other lodges in Manchester and neighbourhood . Both Craft and Royal Arch clothing vvere worn . A procession vvas marshalled at the school , and the officers and brethren

walked in Masonic order to the church . The weather vvas unpropitious , and consequently their passage over the short route attracted little attention . Within the church , ho . vever , a large congregation had assembled . Bro . J . H . Greenwood directedjthe musical arrangements , and these vvere admirably carried out by the choir . The service included two anthems , " God is a spirit , " and " O praise God in

his holiness , " vvhich were splendidly sung . Bro . Varley vvas organist on the occasion . Prayers vvere said by the Rev . b . tllison , rector of All Saints ' , and Bro . the Rev . John Watson , Provincial Grand Chaplain , read the lesson and preached , founding his discourse on the words " Bear

ye one another s burdens , and so fulfil the law of Christ . " A collection vvas afterwards made on behalf of the East Lancashire Masonic Systematic Benevolent Institution and the churchwardens' fund of All Saints ' church . On leaving church the Masons returned to the school , where the lodge vvas closed in due form .

A woid of [ . raise is due to Bro . Greenwood for his trouble in arranging the musical service , and to Miss Conway for her truly exquisite singing in the anthems . Amongst the brethren present vvere : B 103 . John Roberts , P . M ., lreas . 214 , P . P . G . D . C ; VV . VV . Dawson , P . M . 121 9 , P . P . A . G . D . C ; John Bladon , P . M . 317 , P . P . G . D . C ; S . D . McKellen , P . M . 1033 , 149 * , P . P . G . D . C West

Lancashire ; VVm . Bostock , P . M . 16 33 , P . P . G . Std . Br . ; A . H . JcfLiis , P . M . 1161 , P . A . G . D . C ; Thomas North , P . M ., P . P . G . I . G . ; D . A . Davis , P . M . 625 , P . P . G . S . of Wks . Derbyshire ; Kev . John Watson , P . M . 1 2 , Prov . G . Chap . ; R . R . Lisenden , P . M . 317 , Prov . G . Stwd . ; Hy . R . Slatter , W . M . 1219 ; VV . B . Russell , S . W . 1219 J C . Vickers , 1219 ; W . Baron , Org . 1219 ; Geo . D . Kelley ,

2219 ; J . Galium , I . G . 1219 ; R . D . Callison , 1219 ; Wm . Branden , P . M . 1219 ; jas . Robinson , S . 1219 ; jas . N . Haslam , 1219 ; Robt . L « ech , P . M . 1055 , 1219 ; R . Hughes , 1219 ; Geo . Barlow , 1219 ; Edward Smith , 317 ; VV . Wright , 5 S 1 ; W . J . Cotsworth , VV . M . u 5 G ; | . Bovvers , l . G . 1730 ; F . Batty , Chap . 1231 ; J . P . Wills , 1633 ; J . F . Platt , 16 33 ; R . Jones , 1633 ; Walter

Biggs , VV . M . 1490 ; John Goss , 2156 ; J . Jordrell , W . M . 1052 ; J . Gibbons , J . D . 1774 ; S . Ashcroft , 16 33 ; Wm . Hanis , 1126 ; G . Garlick , iS ; R . E . Coates , 210 ; M . Naylor , S . W . 44 ; Wm . Lyon , W . M . 16 33 ; E . Dodd , 78 ; J . H . Williams , Stwd . 1057 ; S . Mills , Stwd . 1077 ; Wm . Boden , Sec . 15 SS ; R . Beresford , W . M . 1993 ; VVm . Dunkerley , 78 ; A . H . Challenor , S . VV . 1774 ; T . S .

Kendal , 1774 ; Wm . Dean , 21 S 5 ; J . H . Marsh , 1730 ; D . Baxter , 1219 ; J . T . Kenworthy , 1633 ; J . Cantrell , LG . 152 ; D . Conway , J . VV . 152 ; Bryce Blair , W . M , S 15 ; R . H . Green , 1633 ; A . Grice , S . W . 992 ; VVilliam Goss , Treas . 581 ; C . Moorhouse , 2166 ; VVm . Craven , I . P . M . 1633 ; R . Booth , I . P . M . IOIIJ R . Ingle , ion ; D . R . Halliday , 1011 ; F . T . Hair , ion ; M . Miller

204 ; D . Macleman , S 15 ; j . Newton , 1496 ; J . Grant , 152 ; J . VV . Haslam , 1219 ; J . Kirkbride , P . M . 339 , P . P . G . P . Cumberland and Westmorland ; C . IL Normanton , 204 ; K . E . Walker , 993 ; Thos . Stopford , S . VV . 1077 ; E . Goodwin , 526 , 2185 ; John Radcliffe , I . G . 210 ; Wm . Byway , P . M . 1633 ; H . Paulden , P . M . 204 ; T . W . Foxcroft , 204 ; G . McWilliams , 1055 ; G . E . Wand ,

5 S 1 ; P . D . Ohhnis- - , 935 ; R . Walker , P . M . 1126 ; Maurice Levy , 204 ; VV . H . Wellington , P . M . 78 ; G . Crocker , P . M . 204 ; A . B . Whittaker , P . M . and Treas . 16 33 ; S . Locke , P . S . 13 S 7 ; R . Walker , 555 ; J . H . Grimshaw , 204 ; James li . Roberts , 204 ; Jas . Bromley , 210 ; A . E . Powell , 152 ; T . E . Broadbent , 204 ; J . Richardson , P . M . 204 ; T . Eveleigh , 552 ; J . VV . Lloyd , and R . Walker , P .. VI . 1052 .

The Duchess ot Albany opened the new Public Hall and Leopold Institute at Slough on Tuesday afternoon .