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Laying The Foundation Stone Of The New Prince's Docks, Bombay.
man of the Port Trust , to explain the history and object of this yvork , yvhich he did in the folloyving terms : — May it please your Royal Highness , —Before commencing the ceremony , I yvill briefly give thc reason for the trustees of this port undertaking the great engineering yvork yvhich your Koyal Highness had condescended to gratify us by this day inaugurating . It is not
long since the place on which yve now stand yvas covered by the tide , which almost reached the houses of the native toyvn , which you see before you . A concession of the right to reclaim this foreshore yvas made by government to a company called the Elp hinstone Land Company , yvho , by thc year i 8 ; o , had brought the reclamation and the line of wharves to a state little different from yvhat it
noyv exhibits . In that year , Her Majesty ' s Government seeing the benefit ' vvhich yvould accrue to trade , yvere this line of wharves to become public property , repurchased the yvhole estate on behalf of the toyvn of Bombay , and invested it in trustees , to yvhom yvas also committed the general charge * of the conservancy , lighting , and pilotage of the harbour . In order to afford increased facilities for the
landing and shipping of cargo , as well as to improve their propei ty , the trustees resolved to construct a wet dock , capable of containing yvith ease 30 large vessels , on the site of the basin beside us , which indeed has been planned with this view . For this purpose , Government has g iven us a loan of £ 700 , 000 . The works have been designed by Mr . Ormiston , who is the Chief Engineer of theJPort
Trust , and the contractor is Mr . Glover . Both gentlemen have given proof , by the large yvorks they have carried out in the course of their professional career , that they are possessed of the skill and resources necessary to cope with the difficultiesvvhich such a vast piece of h ydraulic engineering is sure to entail . We hope thc Dock may be
completed in five years , and that large vessels ( perhaps thc Serapis )] may be berthed close to the spot on which Your Royal Highness has so graciously condescended to do this service for the trustees , and for which we desire to render our humble and hearty thanks . The Grand Master said : The ceremony will noyv
commence . The District Grand Chaplain ( Rev . Mr . Gilder ) offered the folloyving prayer : " Most Glorious God , Grand Architect and Governor ol the Universe , we entreat Thee to pour doyvn Thy blessing upon us , and upon thc duty of which we are about to perform . Grant that this great yvork that is begun in Thy
name , may contribute to the welfare of this community and the prosperity of this port . We pray Thee to bless this city . May its rulers be guided by Thy gracious counsels , and may its people be distinguished by truth , loyalty , and uprightness . Give peace in our time , O Lord , that all merchants and traffickers may have the free and interrupted enjoyment of their trade , and reap the
fruits of their industry and enterprise . Confer , we pray Thee , Thy choicest blessings upon our Sovereign Lady thc Queen ; upon our Grand Master , Albeit Edward Prince of Wales ; Alexandra , Princess of Wales , and all the Royal Family . Grant to thc Viceroy of this Empire , the Governors , and all in thc authority , strength and wisdom to carry out their duties to the honour of Thy name and the
welfare of the people . Vouchsafe , O Lord , to aid and preserve our Masonic Order , and to inspire us yvith a spirit of unity , peace , and concord . O thou yvhom winds and waves obey , crown this undertaking yvith success ; and may those engaged in it be preserved from all danger , and their yvork , founded in wisdom , be established in strength , and adorned yvith beauty . Amen , so mote It be . "
The yvhole of the brethren responded solemnly " So mote it be ; " and yvith a peculiarly impressive effect . The Prince wrote inside the Bible that was used on thc occasion thc folloyving yvords , adding at the end of his signature a Swedish mark ; as His Royal Highness was first affiliated in Sweden : —This Bible yvas used on the occasion of laying the Foundation Stone of thc " Prince '
Dock , " Bombay , November nth , 1875 . ALBERT EuyvAni ) , Grand Master . The M . W . the Grand Master then directed the Grand Treasurers , VV . Bros . J . N . Wadia ( Scotland ) , and C . Langley ( England ) , and the Grand Registrars , VV . Bro . II . W . Barroyv ( England ) , and Phiroshah M . Mehta ( Scotland )
to place the coins and papers in the stone , and as both coins and records were sealed up in one bottle , carried by VV . Bro . Barroyv , the ceremony of placing the bottle yvas jointly performed by those four brethren . The Grand Master next called on Bro . Ormiston , the Engineer of the Works , to read the inscription on the plate to be placed over thc cavity in the stone . It yvas as
lollows : — " To provide increased facilities for thc commerce of Bombay , thc Trustees of the Port , with the sanction of Government , resolved to construct a Wet Dock for the accommodation of the largest sea-going vessels , and by the favour of Almighty God , and in the presence of His Excellency the Honourable Sir PHILIP EDMOND VVODI ; -
itoirsE , K . C . B ., Governor of Bombay , and many of the Native Princes , Chiefs , and Nobles cf the Empire ; His Royal Hig hness ALBERT EDWARD , Prince of Wales , K . G ., & c , Most Worshipful Grand Master of thc Free and Accepted Masons of England , and Patron of the Order in Scotland , assisted by the Honourable J AMES Gums , Right Worship ful District Grand Master of Bombay and
its Territories , HENHV MORLAND , ES-J ., Most Worshipful Grand Master Mason of Scottish Freemasonry in India , and a numerous assemblage of the Craft , laid the foundation-stone of this work , to be call the Prince ' s Dock , on the nth of November , A . D . 1875 , and of thc
era of Masonry 5 8 75 , and in the 38 th year of thc reign of Her Most Gracious Majesty Victoria , by the grace of God , of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland , and of the Colonics and Dependencies thereof in Europe , Asia , Africa , America , and Australasia , Queen , Defender of the Faith , & c . The Most Honourable ROBERT CECIL , Mar-
Laying The Foundation Stone Of The New Prince's Docks, Bombay.
quis of Salisbury , Secretary of State for India ; His Excelency the Right Honourable THOMAS GEORGE BARING , Baron Northbrook of Stratton , G . M . S . I ., Viceroy and Governor-General of India . TRUSTEES ov THE POUT or BOMBAY : —Colonel John Archibald Ballard , C . B ., R . E ., Chairman ; the Honourable Edyvard W . liavenscroft , C . S . ; Lieut .-Colonel Henry F . Hancock , R . E . ;
Commander George 1 . Kobmson , late I . N . ; 1 " orster F . Arbuthnot , C . S . ; William G . Hall , Esq ., George A . Rittredgc , Esq ., George F . Henry , Esq ., Henry P . Le Mesurier , M . Ir . st . C . E . ; Francis Mathew , M . Inst . C . E . ; the Honourable Nacoda Mahomed Ali Rogay , Sorabji Shasoorji Bengali , Esq ., George Manson , Secretary ; Thomas Ormiston , M . Inst . C . E ., Engineer ; Glover and Company ,
Contractors . May the Great Architect of the Universe bless and prosper the yvork . " Thc plate was then laid on b y Bro . Ormiston , Mr . Glover , thc contractor , spreading the cement . The Grand Master then completed this part of the ceremony by touching the stone yvith the troyvel , and Bro . Ormiston lowered the stone into its place . The funior
Grand Warden ( Scotl . and ) , W . Bro . Murzban , theD . D . G . W . ( England ) , and the Deputy District Grand Master ( England and Scotland ) having received the commands of the M . W . the Grand Master to press the stone yvith the plumb , the level and the square , severally reported that the yvork was proper and that the craftsmen had done their duty . The Grand Master struck thc stone three times yvith the
mallet and said I declare this stone well and trul y laid . May tbe blessings of Heaven be on this yvork . The Grand Master then poured from three separate silver ewers , corn , wine , and oil upon thc top of the stone , the D . G . Chaplain meanwhile pronouncing the yvords—May an abundance of corn , wine , and oil be vouchsafed to us and to all men ; and may the Great Architect cf the Universe bless this undertaking , and promote the prosperity
of this great work , the brethren all solemnly rejoining "So mote it be . " The Prince , having examined the plans , returned to his seat , when The Hon . Mr . Gibbs , D . G . M ., addressed him thus—Most "Worshi pful Grand Master , —May it please your Royal Highness to receive a humble address from the Masons of Bombav .
His Royal Highness boyveil Ins permission , and the District Grand Master then read the folloyving address : — To the Most High , Most Puissant , and Most Illustrious Prince , ALIIRRT Enyv . y 11 ii , Prince of Wales , K . G ., K . T ., K . P ., G . C . B ., G . C . S . I ., cS-c , & c , Most Worshi pful Grand Master of the United Fraternity of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of England , Patron of Scottish
Freemasonry , " vc , & c . eve . May it please Your Royal Highness , —VVe , the District Grand Master of Bombay and its Territories , and the Grand Master of all Scottish Freemasonry in India , for ourseUcs , and on behalf of the District Grand Lodge of Bombay , the Grand Lodge of all Scottish Freemasonry in India , the Masters , Past Masters , Wardens and brethren
of all the lodges here holding under the English and Scottish Constitutions , greatly rejoice to yvelcomc your Royal Highness to Bombay , the oldest of Her Majesty ' s possessions in India . We avail ourselves of the opportunity thus graciously afforded us of declaring our firm and indissoluble loyalty ancl devotion to Her Majesty the Queen , and expressing our
profound attachment to your Royal person ; and we now , with grateful pride , beg to offer the homage due to your Royal Highness as Grand Master and Patron of our Ancient and Honourable Order . Thc wide extension and material progress of Freemasonry in thc Presidency during thc past decade , and the welcome accession to your fraternity of an ever increasing
number of lodges entirely supported by our loyal and enlightened Parsee , Hindoo , and Mahomedan felloyv-subjects , afford just ground for congratulation , and for the belief that this visit of your Royal Highness yvill give a lasting impulse to the advancement of thc Craft in India ; and strengthen , if it be possible , that unsyverving allegiance to and veneration for our Rulers and Patrons which have
ever distinguished !• 1 eemasonry . We earnestly pray that your Royal Highness may long be spared to exercise the power and influence of your most exalted station in forwarding * the interests of our beneficent institution , whose aim and end it is to promote the growth of virtue and morality , and lessen the aggregate of human misery and vice .
Commending your Royal Highness to the constant guidance and protection of the G . A . O . T . U ., yve have the honour to subscribe ouiselves , your Royal Highness' most obedient , faithful , and devoted servants , HI ; NIIY MORLAND , G . M . F . S . India . J . Gums , D . G . M . Bombay . Dated at Bombay , this 14 th day of November , A . L .
5875 , A . D . 187 . ? . The Grand Master listened attentively to the address , and bowed graciously at tyvo or three points . When R . W . Bro . Gibbs had concluded , R . W . Bro . Morland stood forward and said—May it please your Royal Highness , — " The Lodge Rising Star of
Western India had hitherto been honoured by the Grand Masters of Western England receiving their Foundator ' s Medal , and I have been deputed by the brethren to request , on this occasion , your gracious acceptance of that medal . " The Grand Master , —I have the greatest p leasure in accepting it . R . W . Bro . Morland handed him the medal .
enclosed in a carved yvood case . The Grand Master then replied to the address . He said—Right Worshipful , Worshipful , and other Brethren , — I thank you for your address . 1 have learned yvith great pleasure the flourishing condition of thc Craft in this part of India , and the efficiency with yvhich lodges annually increasing in number fulfil the objects of the institution by uniting together men of various castes and creeds in the bonds of fraternal brotherhood , by giving them common
Laying The Foundation Stone Of The New Prince's Docks, Bombay.
objects of exertion for extending the knowledge of our ancient Craft and for promoting the good of all mankind . It is a great pleasure to mc to join the brethren in Bombay in a yvork yvhich yvill tend to the protection of life and property to the extension of trade , and to add to the prosperity and happiness of large bodies of our fellow men . This speech yvas folloyved by loud cheering , amid which the procession was reformed , and His Royal Highness retired .
Masonic Career Of The Earl Of Shrewsbury.
MASONIC CAREER OF THE EARL OF SHREWSBURY .
COMMUNIQUE . The Right Hon . Bro . the Earl of Shreyvsbury and Talbot yvas installed P . G . Master of Staffordshire about six years ago , and * at once took great interest in the various lodges in his province , establishing quarterly communications for
the different parts , holding a meeting in each part every three months , so ] that all Masons could have an opportunity of attending Prov . Grand Lodge , and becoming acquainted yvith its members . He himself regularly attended these meetings and consequently soon knew all the prominent members of each lodge , yvhich enabled him much better to select the P . G . Oflicers at the annual meeting- at Stafford . He also causes at each of these four
meetings , the charity box to go round , giving largely himself ; the proceeds to go to a fund calle'd the " Shrewsbury Fund , " for local charity only . He also took very great interest in the three great Masonic Charities , volunteering to take the chair of each at the annual festival dinners in rotation . Hebegan yvith thc Boys' in 18 72 , at which £ 5510 yvas collected , Lord Shrewsbury himself giving a large sum he had collected from his friends to the Steyvards from
his province , yvho supported him on that occasion . In the folloyving year he presided at the Girls' School , giving ayvay at Clapham the prizes to the various young ladies yvho had earned them , assisted by Lady Shrewsbury aud his daughter , Lady Theresa Talbot ; expressing his grfat delight at the splendid schools , and thc proficiency ot the scholars . To celebrate the event the Masons of his province
subsenbectand Lady Shrewsbury presented the schools yvith an entirely new service of pottery ware , breakfast , dinner , etc ., sufficient to supply the yvhole school , [ and a few over in case of breakage . Each article is impressed yvith a design of thc schools , and under is the Staffordshire knot , yvhich gives a very pretty effect , and yvill remind the girls of the donors . In 1875 he presided at the dinner for the Aged
Freemasons , when £ 7020 yvas collected , the largest amount yet obtained at the annual festival . There is " in his province an association yvhich other provinces yvould do well to follow—the " Staffordshire Masonic Charitable Association , " established just five years ago for thc increase of subscribers to the various Masonic charities , yvhich is done by annual subscriptions of one guinea a
year for five years , a ballot taking place every half-year for priority of life subscriberships . Thus 100 members give £ 100 guineas each year , yvhich yvill make twenty life-subscribers ; a ballot is taken which of thc 100 shall be first entitled to his life vote , and as all promise , under pain of losing yvhat he may have already paid , to pay each year one guinea , in five years the yvhole hundred yvill be
life subscribers of any institution they may select , thus collecting a large amount for the various charities , and giving the province such a large number of votes that in a feyv years they will be able to place their candidates in the schools almost 011 the first application . The P . G . Master is the President , and took the chair at the annual meeting held at Stafford last December , yvhen forty
life-subscriberships yvere balloted for . The're is also iu connection yvith it a benevolent fund , which is to educate the children of deceased local brethren , who are too old , or yvho cannot get into the schools . Perhaps , however , Lord Shrewsbury's Masonic love for the brethren of his province was best shown yvhen 1 I . R . II . the Grand Master yvas installed . Knowing that a gooi many brethren yvould then be in
London yvho yvere not in thc habit of often going , and that they would not know yvhere to go on their arrival , he caused his P . G . Sec . to issue ciiculars inviting all the Worshipful Masters , Wardens , P . G . Officers , & c , who yvere going , to meet at his house in Dover-street , Piccadilly , yvhere he had a splendid lunch ready , and sufficient carriages and omnibuses to take the whole of the brethren to
the Albert Hall , giving to each a ticket on yvhich was the number of his carriage , to prevent confusion , and appointing a place to meet again . When the installation was over the carriages yvere again yvaiting , and the brethren yvere taken back to Dover-street , the noble lord driving them first in his own carriage to yvelcomc the brethren on their arrival at his house , yvhere another substantial riieal yvas
ready for those who yvould partake of it , and yvirte in profusion yvas served during the yvhole time thc brethren were present . Such a truly Masonic gathering did not take place in any house in London' on that great day , and the Staffordshire Masons felt justly proud of their Prov . Grand Master , and it was with very great pleasure when , at the annual
meeting of Pro . Grand Chapter , it yvas arranged to present a marriage present to Lady Theresa Talbot , who was about marrying the Viscount Castlereagh . Almost every member of the province subscribed ; they felt that it yvould in a small yvay shew the respect and esteem in yvhich they held the Earl of Shreyvsbury and Talbot , their Provincial Grand Master .
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Laying The Foundation Stone Of The New Prince's Docks, Bombay.
man of the Port Trust , to explain the history and object of this yvork , yvhich he did in the folloyving terms : — May it please your Royal Highness , —Before commencing the ceremony , I yvill briefly give thc reason for the trustees of this port undertaking the great engineering yvork yvhich your Koyal Highness had condescended to gratify us by this day inaugurating . It is not
long since the place on which yve now stand yvas covered by the tide , which almost reached the houses of the native toyvn , which you see before you . A concession of the right to reclaim this foreshore yvas made by government to a company called the Elp hinstone Land Company , yvho , by thc year i 8 ; o , had brought the reclamation and the line of wharves to a state little different from yvhat it
noyv exhibits . In that year , Her Majesty ' s Government seeing the benefit ' vvhich yvould accrue to trade , yvere this line of wharves to become public property , repurchased the yvhole estate on behalf of the toyvn of Bombay , and invested it in trustees , to yvhom yvas also committed the general charge * of the conservancy , lighting , and pilotage of the harbour . In order to afford increased facilities for the
landing and shipping of cargo , as well as to improve their propei ty , the trustees resolved to construct a wet dock , capable of containing yvith ease 30 large vessels , on the site of the basin beside us , which indeed has been planned with this view . For this purpose , Government has g iven us a loan of £ 700 , 000 . The works have been designed by Mr . Ormiston , who is the Chief Engineer of theJPort
Trust , and the contractor is Mr . Glover . Both gentlemen have given proof , by the large yvorks they have carried out in the course of their professional career , that they are possessed of the skill and resources necessary to cope with the difficultiesvvhich such a vast piece of h ydraulic engineering is sure to entail . We hope thc Dock may be
completed in five years , and that large vessels ( perhaps thc Serapis )] may be berthed close to the spot on which Your Royal Highness has so graciously condescended to do this service for the trustees , and for which we desire to render our humble and hearty thanks . The Grand Master said : The ceremony will noyv
commence . The District Grand Chaplain ( Rev . Mr . Gilder ) offered the folloyving prayer : " Most Glorious God , Grand Architect and Governor ol the Universe , we entreat Thee to pour doyvn Thy blessing upon us , and upon thc duty of which we are about to perform . Grant that this great yvork that is begun in Thy
name , may contribute to the welfare of this community and the prosperity of this port . We pray Thee to bless this city . May its rulers be guided by Thy gracious counsels , and may its people be distinguished by truth , loyalty , and uprightness . Give peace in our time , O Lord , that all merchants and traffickers may have the free and interrupted enjoyment of their trade , and reap the
fruits of their industry and enterprise . Confer , we pray Thee , Thy choicest blessings upon our Sovereign Lady thc Queen ; upon our Grand Master , Albeit Edward Prince of Wales ; Alexandra , Princess of Wales , and all the Royal Family . Grant to thc Viceroy of this Empire , the Governors , and all in thc authority , strength and wisdom to carry out their duties to the honour of Thy name and the
welfare of the people . Vouchsafe , O Lord , to aid and preserve our Masonic Order , and to inspire us yvith a spirit of unity , peace , and concord . O thou yvhom winds and waves obey , crown this undertaking yvith success ; and may those engaged in it be preserved from all danger , and their yvork , founded in wisdom , be established in strength , and adorned yvith beauty . Amen , so mote It be . "
The yvhole of the brethren responded solemnly " So mote it be ; " and yvith a peculiarly impressive effect . The Prince wrote inside the Bible that was used on thc occasion thc folloyving yvords , adding at the end of his signature a Swedish mark ; as His Royal Highness was first affiliated in Sweden : —This Bible yvas used on the occasion of laying the Foundation Stone of thc " Prince '
Dock , " Bombay , November nth , 1875 . ALBERT EuyvAni ) , Grand Master . The M . W . the Grand Master then directed the Grand Treasurers , VV . Bros . J . N . Wadia ( Scotland ) , and C . Langley ( England ) , and the Grand Registrars , VV . Bro . II . W . Barroyv ( England ) , and Phiroshah M . Mehta ( Scotland )
to place the coins and papers in the stone , and as both coins and records were sealed up in one bottle , carried by VV . Bro . Barroyv , the ceremony of placing the bottle yvas jointly performed by those four brethren . The Grand Master next called on Bro . Ormiston , the Engineer of the Works , to read the inscription on the plate to be placed over thc cavity in the stone . It yvas as
lollows : — " To provide increased facilities for thc commerce of Bombay , thc Trustees of the Port , with the sanction of Government , resolved to construct a Wet Dock for the accommodation of the largest sea-going vessels , and by the favour of Almighty God , and in the presence of His Excellency the Honourable Sir PHILIP EDMOND VVODI ; -
itoirsE , K . C . B ., Governor of Bombay , and many of the Native Princes , Chiefs , and Nobles cf the Empire ; His Royal Hig hness ALBERT EDWARD , Prince of Wales , K . G ., & c , Most Worshipful Grand Master of thc Free and Accepted Masons of England , and Patron of the Order in Scotland , assisted by the Honourable J AMES Gums , Right Worship ful District Grand Master of Bombay and
its Territories , HENHV MORLAND , ES-J ., Most Worshipful Grand Master Mason of Scottish Freemasonry in India , and a numerous assemblage of the Craft , laid the foundation-stone of this work , to be call the Prince ' s Dock , on the nth of November , A . D . 1875 , and of thc
era of Masonry 5 8 75 , and in the 38 th year of thc reign of Her Most Gracious Majesty Victoria , by the grace of God , of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland , and of the Colonics and Dependencies thereof in Europe , Asia , Africa , America , and Australasia , Queen , Defender of the Faith , & c . The Most Honourable ROBERT CECIL , Mar-
Laying The Foundation Stone Of The New Prince's Docks, Bombay.
quis of Salisbury , Secretary of State for India ; His Excelency the Right Honourable THOMAS GEORGE BARING , Baron Northbrook of Stratton , G . M . S . I ., Viceroy and Governor-General of India . TRUSTEES ov THE POUT or BOMBAY : —Colonel John Archibald Ballard , C . B ., R . E ., Chairman ; the Honourable Edyvard W . liavenscroft , C . S . ; Lieut .-Colonel Henry F . Hancock , R . E . ;
Commander George 1 . Kobmson , late I . N . ; 1 " orster F . Arbuthnot , C . S . ; William G . Hall , Esq ., George A . Rittredgc , Esq ., George F . Henry , Esq ., Henry P . Le Mesurier , M . Ir . st . C . E . ; Francis Mathew , M . Inst . C . E . ; the Honourable Nacoda Mahomed Ali Rogay , Sorabji Shasoorji Bengali , Esq ., George Manson , Secretary ; Thomas Ormiston , M . Inst . C . E ., Engineer ; Glover and Company ,
Contractors . May the Great Architect of the Universe bless and prosper the yvork . " Thc plate was then laid on b y Bro . Ormiston , Mr . Glover , thc contractor , spreading the cement . The Grand Master then completed this part of the ceremony by touching the stone yvith the troyvel , and Bro . Ormiston lowered the stone into its place . The funior
Grand Warden ( Scotl . and ) , W . Bro . Murzban , theD . D . G . W . ( England ) , and the Deputy District Grand Master ( England and Scotland ) having received the commands of the M . W . the Grand Master to press the stone yvith the plumb , the level and the square , severally reported that the yvork was proper and that the craftsmen had done their duty . The Grand Master struck thc stone three times yvith the
mallet and said I declare this stone well and trul y laid . May tbe blessings of Heaven be on this yvork . The Grand Master then poured from three separate silver ewers , corn , wine , and oil upon thc top of the stone , the D . G . Chaplain meanwhile pronouncing the yvords—May an abundance of corn , wine , and oil be vouchsafed to us and to all men ; and may the Great Architect cf the Universe bless this undertaking , and promote the prosperity
of this great work , the brethren all solemnly rejoining "So mote it be . " The Prince , having examined the plans , returned to his seat , when The Hon . Mr . Gibbs , D . G . M ., addressed him thus—Most "Worshi pful Grand Master , —May it please your Royal Highness to receive a humble address from the Masons of Bombav .
His Royal Highness boyveil Ins permission , and the District Grand Master then read the folloyving address : — To the Most High , Most Puissant , and Most Illustrious Prince , ALIIRRT Enyv . y 11 ii , Prince of Wales , K . G ., K . T ., K . P ., G . C . B ., G . C . S . I ., cS-c , & c , Most Worshi pful Grand Master of the United Fraternity of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of England , Patron of Scottish
Freemasonry , " vc , & c . eve . May it please Your Royal Highness , —VVe , the District Grand Master of Bombay and its Territories , and the Grand Master of all Scottish Freemasonry in India , for ourseUcs , and on behalf of the District Grand Lodge of Bombay , the Grand Lodge of all Scottish Freemasonry in India , the Masters , Past Masters , Wardens and brethren
of all the lodges here holding under the English and Scottish Constitutions , greatly rejoice to yvelcomc your Royal Highness to Bombay , the oldest of Her Majesty ' s possessions in India . We avail ourselves of the opportunity thus graciously afforded us of declaring our firm and indissoluble loyalty ancl devotion to Her Majesty the Queen , and expressing our
profound attachment to your Royal person ; and we now , with grateful pride , beg to offer the homage due to your Royal Highness as Grand Master and Patron of our Ancient and Honourable Order . Thc wide extension and material progress of Freemasonry in thc Presidency during thc past decade , and the welcome accession to your fraternity of an ever increasing
number of lodges entirely supported by our loyal and enlightened Parsee , Hindoo , and Mahomedan felloyv-subjects , afford just ground for congratulation , and for the belief that this visit of your Royal Highness yvill give a lasting impulse to the advancement of thc Craft in India ; and strengthen , if it be possible , that unsyverving allegiance to and veneration for our Rulers and Patrons which have
ever distinguished !• 1 eemasonry . We earnestly pray that your Royal Highness may long be spared to exercise the power and influence of your most exalted station in forwarding * the interests of our beneficent institution , whose aim and end it is to promote the growth of virtue and morality , and lessen the aggregate of human misery and vice .
Commending your Royal Highness to the constant guidance and protection of the G . A . O . T . U ., yve have the honour to subscribe ouiselves , your Royal Highness' most obedient , faithful , and devoted servants , HI ; NIIY MORLAND , G . M . F . S . India . J . Gums , D . G . M . Bombay . Dated at Bombay , this 14 th day of November , A . L .
5875 , A . D . 187 . ? . The Grand Master listened attentively to the address , and bowed graciously at tyvo or three points . When R . W . Bro . Gibbs had concluded , R . W . Bro . Morland stood forward and said—May it please your Royal Highness , — " The Lodge Rising Star of
Western India had hitherto been honoured by the Grand Masters of Western England receiving their Foundator ' s Medal , and I have been deputed by the brethren to request , on this occasion , your gracious acceptance of that medal . " The Grand Master , —I have the greatest p leasure in accepting it . R . W . Bro . Morland handed him the medal .
enclosed in a carved yvood case . The Grand Master then replied to the address . He said—Right Worshipful , Worshipful , and other Brethren , — I thank you for your address . 1 have learned yvith great pleasure the flourishing condition of thc Craft in this part of India , and the efficiency with yvhich lodges annually increasing in number fulfil the objects of the institution by uniting together men of various castes and creeds in the bonds of fraternal brotherhood , by giving them common
Laying The Foundation Stone Of The New Prince's Docks, Bombay.
objects of exertion for extending the knowledge of our ancient Craft and for promoting the good of all mankind . It is a great pleasure to mc to join the brethren in Bombay in a yvork yvhich yvill tend to the protection of life and property to the extension of trade , and to add to the prosperity and happiness of large bodies of our fellow men . This speech yvas folloyved by loud cheering , amid which the procession was reformed , and His Royal Highness retired .
Masonic Career Of The Earl Of Shrewsbury.
MASONIC CAREER OF THE EARL OF SHREWSBURY .
COMMUNIQUE . The Right Hon . Bro . the Earl of Shreyvsbury and Talbot yvas installed P . G . Master of Staffordshire about six years ago , and * at once took great interest in the various lodges in his province , establishing quarterly communications for
the different parts , holding a meeting in each part every three months , so ] that all Masons could have an opportunity of attending Prov . Grand Lodge , and becoming acquainted yvith its members . He himself regularly attended these meetings and consequently soon knew all the prominent members of each lodge , yvhich enabled him much better to select the P . G . Oflicers at the annual meeting- at Stafford . He also causes at each of these four
meetings , the charity box to go round , giving largely himself ; the proceeds to go to a fund calle'd the " Shrewsbury Fund , " for local charity only . He also took very great interest in the three great Masonic Charities , volunteering to take the chair of each at the annual festival dinners in rotation . Hebegan yvith thc Boys' in 18 72 , at which £ 5510 yvas collected , Lord Shrewsbury himself giving a large sum he had collected from his friends to the Steyvards from
his province , yvho supported him on that occasion . In the folloyving year he presided at the Girls' School , giving ayvay at Clapham the prizes to the various young ladies yvho had earned them , assisted by Lady Shrewsbury aud his daughter , Lady Theresa Talbot ; expressing his grfat delight at the splendid schools , and thc proficiency ot the scholars . To celebrate the event the Masons of his province
subsenbectand Lady Shrewsbury presented the schools yvith an entirely new service of pottery ware , breakfast , dinner , etc ., sufficient to supply the yvhole school , [ and a few over in case of breakage . Each article is impressed yvith a design of thc schools , and under is the Staffordshire knot , yvhich gives a very pretty effect , and yvill remind the girls of the donors . In 1875 he presided at the dinner for the Aged
Freemasons , when £ 7020 yvas collected , the largest amount yet obtained at the annual festival . There is " in his province an association yvhich other provinces yvould do well to follow—the " Staffordshire Masonic Charitable Association , " established just five years ago for thc increase of subscribers to the various Masonic charities , yvhich is done by annual subscriptions of one guinea a
year for five years , a ballot taking place every half-year for priority of life subscriberships . Thus 100 members give £ 100 guineas each year , yvhich yvill make twenty life-subscribers ; a ballot is taken which of thc 100 shall be first entitled to his life vote , and as all promise , under pain of losing yvhat he may have already paid , to pay each year one guinea , in five years the yvhole hundred yvill be
life subscribers of any institution they may select , thus collecting a large amount for the various charities , and giving the province such a large number of votes that in a feyv years they will be able to place their candidates in the schools almost 011 the first application . The P . G . Master is the President , and took the chair at the annual meeting held at Stafford last December , yvhen forty
life-subscriberships yvere balloted for . The're is also iu connection yvith it a benevolent fund , which is to educate the children of deceased local brethren , who are too old , or yvho cannot get into the schools . Perhaps , however , Lord Shrewsbury's Masonic love for the brethren of his province was best shown yvhen 1 I . R . II . the Grand Master yvas installed . Knowing that a gooi many brethren yvould then be in
London yvho yvere not in thc habit of often going , and that they would not know yvhere to go on their arrival , he caused his P . G . Sec . to issue ciiculars inviting all the Worshipful Masters , Wardens , P . G . Officers , & c , who yvere going , to meet at his house in Dover-street , Piccadilly , yvhere he had a splendid lunch ready , and sufficient carriages and omnibuses to take the whole of the brethren to
the Albert Hall , giving to each a ticket on yvhich was the number of his carriage , to prevent confusion , and appointing a place to meet again . When the installation was over the carriages yvere again yvaiting , and the brethren yvere taken back to Dover-street , the noble lord driving them first in his own carriage to yvelcomc the brethren on their arrival at his house , yvhere another substantial riieal yvas
ready for those who yvould partake of it , and yvirte in profusion yvas served during the yvhole time thc brethren were present . Such a truly Masonic gathering did not take place in any house in London' on that great day , and the Staffordshire Masons felt justly proud of their Prov . Grand Master , and it was with very great pleasure when , at the annual
meeting of Pro . Grand Chapter , it yvas arranged to present a marriage present to Lady Theresa Talbot , who was about marrying the Viscount Castlereagh . Almost every member of the province subscribed ; they felt that it yvould in a small yvay shew the respect and esteem in yvhich they held the Earl of Shreyvsbury and Talbot , their Provincial Grand Master .
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