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brethren as he may consider to be consistent with the honour ot this Grand Lodge , and with just consideration for those lodges which may desire to retain their connection with the Grand Lodge of England . " It need only be added that the terms of recognition which followed the acceptance of this motion by Grand Lodge included the necessary protection for such lodges as were desirous of remaining under the authority of the Grand Lodge of England , and that ever since the friendliest relations have existed between the two bodies .

Nothing of importance happened during the progress of this question , nothing , that is to say , to which it is necessary to call attention , save that in 1858 , on the motion of his lordship , the sum of £ 1000 was voted to the Indian Relief Fund , and that later in the same year , in referring to a slanderous attack upon him in the

columns of the Masonic Observer , and in declining to take action in the matter , his lordship behaved with the greatest dignity , concluding his speech with the following words : " I am convinced that those who know me will g ive me credit for having done my duty to the best of my ability and will do me the justice to believe that I . have acted with singleness of purpose and with the utmost desire to

maintain the dignity of the Order and the high standing of the Craft . Brethren , I . will not ask for any stronger measure on this subject . I will throw myself with confidence on tire judgment of my brethren , and I am quite sure you will deal with me , as 1 would deal with you , and support in his absence , as well as in his presence ,. the character of a Master Mason , and will

firmly repel the unjust slanderer of his good name . " Lastly , at the meeting in June , 1859 , on a motion b y Bro . Stebbings limiting the period for wliicli a Grand Master was eli gible for re-election to three years , the Grand Master , on retiring from the Hall during the discussion was greeted with every mark of respect , and an

amendment proposed by Bro . Mclntyre , " That this Grand Lodge expresses its entire confidence in the present M . W . Grand Master , and declines to entertain any proposition , the effect of which would be to fetter it in its selection of any future Grand Master , and to curtail the privileges at present secured to it by the Constitutions , " was carried amid great applause , there being only four dissentients .

The last ten years of Lord Zetland ' s Grand Mastership passed more quietly . His lordship had shown the utmost determination to maintain the dignity of his exalted office , and preserve , as well as observe , the ancient laws and established usages of the Craft ; and the uncompromising attitude he maintained towards till who endeavoured to make innovation in those laws and usages had

effectually silenced the opponents of his great but sagacious policy . Henceforth , therefore , our path is smooth , and what Utile there remains for us to chronicle is of a peaceful and harmonious character iiiall respects in consonance with the purposes of Freemasonry . In August , I 860 , we read of him in his own Province of North and East Yorkshire laying the foundation stone of the Infirmary

for the North Riding of Yorkshire at Middlesborough , where he was attended by his principal Grand Officers , and sit the close of the proceedings was presented with tho silver trowel with which he had performed the ceremony , and which had inscribed on it the legend— " Presented to the Right Hon . the Earl of Zetland , Lord Lieutenant of tho North Riding of

Yorkshire , and M . W . G . M . of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of England , on the occasion of his laying the foundation-stone of the North Riding Infirmary at Middlesborough , assisted by the Grand Lodge of England , on Tuesday , August 7 th , 1860 . " In the December following he presided in Grand Lodge , when the attention of the brethren was drawn to certain differences that had arisen with

the Grand Lodge of Maine , U . S . A ., the authorities of that body claiming that one of our lodges in New Brunswick had violated it ' s territorial jurisdiction b y initiating persons resident in the State . His lordship pointed out that the Maine argument was based upon a fallacy . He allowed that its Grand Lodge hud full jurisdiction over all Masons within its territory , but none over persons who were

not Masons , and certainly none which entitled it to forbid the initiation of persons resident in Maine in lodges meeting in New Brunswick . Grand Lodge fully sustained his lordship ' s ruling , and the following resolution , proposed by the Grand Registrar , and seconded by Bro . T . R . Stcbbing , was carried nem . con . — "That this Grand Lodge fully admits the supreme jurisdiction of all regularly established

Grand Lodges within their respective territories , more especially in reference to the formation of lodges and the making of Masons therein ; but it fully concurs in the opinion expressed by the M . W . G . M ., and thinking it undesirable to interfere with the privileges possessed by private lodges , declines to depart from its ancient practice , which has hitherto imposed no restrictions in reference to the residence of candidates who seek admission into the Order . "

In 1864 , the 27 th April , being the day on which the Grand Festival was held , was appropriately chosen for the ceremony of laying the foundation-stone of the new buildings at Freemasons' Hall . There was , therefore , a more than usually large attendance at Grand Lodge , and among those who were present to sec his lordship perform the function or to assist him in his dut y were Bro . the Karl de Grey and Ripon , D . G . Master ; Bro . Frederick Dundas , P . G . W ., as

S . G . W . ; Bro . G . Cornwall Legh , M P ., P . J . G . W . ; Bros , the Rev . J . Hnyshe and the Rev . A . F . A . Woodford , G . Chaps . ; Bro . W . Gray Clarke , G . See . ; and Bro . John Havers , P . G . W ., Chairman of the Building Committee , together with Bro . tlie Duke of Leinster , M . W . G . M . of Ireland , and Bro . F . Elie Dubois , M . W . G . M . of Hayti . On the 17 th June . 1868 , his lordship attended at Lancaster to perform a similar function on behalf of the Royal Albert Asylum for

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Idiots and Imbeciles of the Northern Counties . His lordship , who was attended by Bro . the Marquis of Hartington , M . P ., as Dep . Grand Master , and Bro . Capt . Le Gendre N . Starkie , as S . G . W ., and other prominent brethren , was on this occasion also presented with a silver trowel in commemoration of the event , while the

mallet -he used was the one presented to Charles II . b y Sir Christopher Wren wJien that monarch laid the foundation-stone of St . Paul ' s Cathedral . In April , 1869 , his lordshi p , about a fortnight before the celebration of Grand Festival , held an Esiiecial Grand Lodge for the purpose of inaugurating the new

premises at Freemasons' Hall , and again the brethren mustered in great force to witness what , as subsequently proved to be the case , the last , great Masonic function of its kind in which his lordshi p took part as Grand Master . Indeed , the day of his retirement was at hand , but , it must have been a source of no little gratification to his

lordship that before he laid aside the insignia of his office , the duty should have devolved upon him , in the first place , of proposing that the rank of Past Grand Master should , in accordance with established precedent , be conferred upon the Prince of Wales—who had been made a Mason in Sweden towards the close of the preceding year

and in the next , of welcoming his Royal Highness on the occasion of his first attendance in Grand Lodge in that capacity . The intimate association of English Royalty with tJie Grand Lodge of England , which his lordship had known during the early years of his Masonic

career , was renewed tit its close , nor can we for a moment doubt that the pain he must have felt at retirement from an office which he had filled for more than a quarter of a century must have been materiall y diminished by its renewal .

It remains to add that his retirement from the Grand Mastership was not permitted to lake place without some recognition of what he had done for Masonry , and so long as time shall endure the Zetland Commemoration Fund , which was established in 1870 , will serve

as a memorial both of his eminent services to Freemasonly and of the affection and respect in which he was universall y held b y English Masons . His lordship died full of years and honours on the 13 th May , 1873 .

LAWRENCE , 3 RD EARI . AND 1 ST MARQUIS OV ZETLAND , P . G . M . NORTH AND EAST YORKSHIRE . The last member of the Dundas family , of whose career as a Mason I purpose giving in detail , is the present peer , Lawrence , third Earl and first Marquis of Zetland , in whom the Masonic

sis well as the famil y honours are continued . His lordship was the eldest son of the late Bro . the Hon . John Charles Dundas , M . P . foi Richmond , a younger brother of the late Grand Master , and on the death of the latter without male issue , he succeeded to the title and estates held by Jiis respected uncle . During the latter years

of the Marquis of Salisbury ' s administration , his lordship held the post of Lord Lieutenant of Ireland , and for his services as such was promoted to the dignity of a Marquisate . As a Mason he was initiated on the 23 rd June , 1868 , in the Prince of Wales Lodge , No . 259 , of which both his father and uncle , as well as his grandfather and

another of the Dundas family had been members . On the death of his uncle , the Marquis of Ripon , M . W . G . M ., appointed him his successor in the Prov . Grand Mastershi p of North and East Yorkshire , the patent of appointment bearing date the 6 'tli January , 1874 . On the 9 th April following , his lordship was installed in office b y

the Grand Master in person , and at the conclusion of the ceremony and after the appointment and investiture of Prov . Grand Officers , the Dep . P . G . M ., Bro . J . Pearson Bell , on behalf of the province , presented an address of congratulation to his lordship , in which the preservation of the link which had so long united the Dundases

with the province was gracefully and thankfull y referred to . During the 20 years that have since elapsed the measure of the services rendered by his lordship may be gauged by the progress which has been made by North and East Yorkshire under Jiis government . Quite ten lodges have been added to the roll since his accession to

ofhee , while those previously established have been very materiall y strengthened . His lordship has also evinced a readiness to do all in his power to promote the welfare of the province in general and the success of its lodges , and since Jiis appointment in 1886 as Grand Superintendent of its Prov . G . Chapter and privato

chapters , 'lhu . s when the Union—now the York—Jjod ge , No . 236 , celebrated its centenary in 1877 , his lordship graced the meeting with his presence and exhibited the greatest interest in the proceedings . In 1883 , when tlie Prince of Wales , M . W . G . M ., attended b y Jiis Grand Officers , visited York for the purpose of laying the first stone

ot the lork Institute his lordship summoned an especial meeting of his Provincial Grand Lodge , and himself attended at its head at the ceremony . But the chief events of his lordshi p ' s Prov . Grand Mastership arc undoubtedl y the establishment in 1878 of the North and East Yorkshire Charit y Association and the

foundation 10 years later of the North and East Yorkshire Provincial Educational Fund , at the inaugural Festival in behalf of which his lordshi p presided in person , supported by H . R . H . Prince Albert Victor , P . G . W ., Bro . the Hon . W . T . Orde-Powlett , P . G . W ., D . P . G . M .,

and many of his Provincial Officers . On this occasion the sum ol £ 1000 was raised in the way of donations and subscriptions , nor can we doubt that , so long as his lordship remains in charge , his province will maintain its present condition of prosperity . G . BLIZAltD ABBOTT .