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H . R . H . THE GRAND MASTER and H . R . H . the Princess of WALES leave on Monday for Darmstadt , to be present at the marriage of their neice , the daughter of the lamented Princess ALICE . All the good wishes of the Craft will go with the Royal travellers and _ the QUEEN and members of the Royal Family assembled at Darmstadt .
H.R.H. The Late Duke Of Albany.
H . R . H . THE LATE DUKE OF ALBANY .
SPECIAL GRAND LODGE . On Thursday afternoon an Especial Grand Lodge was held at F rceinasons Hall , for the purpose of voting addresses of condolence and sympathy with her Majesty the Queen , H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , Grand Master , and H . R . H . the Duchess of Albany , on the much regretted death of H . R . H . the Duke of Albany , K . G ., Provincial Grand Master of Oxfordshire , Past Grand Warden , and to arrange for their presentation . The Earl of
Carnarvon , Pro Grand Master , presided , Bro . W . W . B . Beach , M . P ., acted as Deputy Grand Master , Bro . Gen . Brownrigg , C . B ., as Past Grand Master ; Bro . the Earl of Milltown was present as Grand Senior Warden , and Bro . Victor A . Williamsonas Grand Junior Warden . There were also present Bros . Rev . 11 . G . Morse , G . Chap . ; Rev . VV . Oswell Thompson , G . Chap . ; JE . McIntyre , G . Ke-r . ; Col . Shadwell H . Clerke , G . Sec . ; E . E . VVendt , D . C . L ., G . Sec . German
Correspondence ; Ralph Gooding , M . D ., G . D . ; T . H . Devonshire . G . D . ; Sir Albert Woods , G . D . C . ; T . Dolling Bolton , D . G . D . C . ; Raymond H . Thrupp , G . A . D . C . ; Lieut .-Col . James Peters , G . Swd . Br . ; Edgar Bowyer , G . Std . Br . ; VV . G . Cusins , G . Org . ; H . G . Buss , Asst . G . Sec . ; L . F . Littell , G . Purst . ; H . Sadler , G . Tyler ; Col . Sir Francis Burdett , P . G . M . Middx . ; Col . | . A . Lloyd-Phillips , P . G . M . South Wales ; Sir Walter Durrell , Bart , M . P ., P . G . M . Sussex ; Sir E . A . H . Lechmere , P . G . M .
Worcestershire ; John Havers , P . G . W . ; Lord Onslow , P . G . S . W . ; Rev . R . P . Bent , P . G . Chap . ; Rev . Dr . Cox , P . G . Chap . ; Rev . A . F . A . Woodford , P . G . Chap . ; Rev . W . A . I lill , P . G . Chap . ; Rev . Dr . Sedgwick , P . G . Chap . ; Rev . C . VV . Martyn , P . G . Chap . ; I . S . Clabon , P . G . D . ; J . A . Rucker , P . G . D . ; G . Plucknett , P . G . D . ; Col . Somerville U . Burney , P . G . D . ; W . J . Hughan , P . G . D . ; R . VV . Wheeler , P . G . D . ; Sampson Peirce , P . G . D . ; J . M . Case , P . G . D . ; T . Fenn , P . G . D . ; Capt . X . G . Philips , P . G . D . ; C . VV . C . Button , P . G . D . ; Frank Richardson , P . G . D . ; R , Grav . P . G . D . ; I . H . Scott , P . G . D . ; | abez Hogg , P . G . D . ; VV . E . Gumbleton , P . G . D . ;
K . I . Baron , P . G . D . Peter de Lande-Long , P . G . D . ; H . G . P . Dumas , P . G . D . ; Reginald Bird , P . G . D . ; Dr . \ V . R . Woodman , P . G . S . B . ; Chas . Greenwood , P . G . S . B . ; loshua Nunn , P . G . S . B . ; R . Turtle Pigott , D . C . L ., P . A . G . D . C . ; T . Cubitt , P . G . Purst . ; j . Lewis-Thomas , F . S . A ., P . G . A . D . C . ; C . C . Dumas , P . G . A . D . C ; Willing , P . G . O . ; j . Wright , P . G . P . ; Hyde Clarke , Rep . G . L . Colombia . Amongst others present in the body of the Grand Lodge we noticed the Marquis of Hertford , Sir Matthew White Ridley , and a great number of the representatives of lodges in London and the provinces .
The GRAND SECRETARY announced that he had received letters from the Earl of Lathom and other distinguished Grand officers , expressing their regret at their inability to attend and also their entire concurrence in the object of the meeting . The Earl of CARNARVON then rose and said : Brethren , it becomes my duly to undertake the melancholy task of asking your concurrence in three
addresses of sympathy and condolence with her Majesty the Queen , 11 . R . II . the Grand Master , and H . R . H . the Duchess of Albany . M y words need not be many on such an occasion , for there is but one thought in tlte minds of us all , and any expression of sympathy with those who arc suffering from this untimely and sudden bereavement will readily find an echo with von . From all parts indeed of the country , from Parliament ,
from the Courts of Quarter Sessions , from Churches , from municipal assemblages , from wherever Englishmen have come together , has gone up a unanimous and very touching sound of sorrow ; and now I have to ask Grand Lodge to join them in the same public tribute of deep regret . Brethren , 1 need scarcely remind you of the part that H . R . H . the Duke of Albany took in Alasonic affairs . When in the University of Oxford , or shoitlv afterwards , in the Apollo Lodge he became Worshipful Master
of that lodge . He became then afterwards junior Grand Warden of England in this Grand Lodge ; and finally he became the Provincial Grand Master of Oxfordshire ; and I believe in each and all of those situations he endeavoured to fulfill the duties that were incumbent upon him , as he certainly took the liveliest and most marked interest in all that concerned the welfare of the Craft . English history has more than once had occasion tolament somcyoung Princecut off in the primeand pride of life , and many
students will remember the expressions of national sorrow which those deaths have called forth ; but never 1 think has there been greater sorrow felt and manifested than on this particular occasion , and never was there more real cause for it . The life of the Duke of Albany was a short one , measured by mere lapse of years ; but in that short period he succeeded in making a career for himself , and leaving a mark upon his own generation . He had
many difficulties to contend with . He was cut off by constitutional delicacy of health from the profession of arms , and was unable to serve as his brother in the naval service of the Queen ; he was hindered all through life by repeated checks and interruptions which arose from feeble health . And yet , in spite of all that , he made his mark upon his time , and he left in the minds ol his generation an affectionate remembrance of him . And for this
reason—that there was no good cause which he was not ready to p lead , and in which he did not interest himself ; and whilst he , from his studious habits and his literary tastes , knew how to throw a certain thoughtful grace around almost everything which he said , more than this , over and above this , you might always detect the feeling of sympathy , and the kindliness of a true andan affectionate heart ; and this , I think , it was thateravehim this hold upon
his contemporaries . He has been cut off in the middle of that career , in the midst of all the promise , and has been taken away , as the best very often are taken away , in youth . Brethren , your sympathies will be , I am satisfied , heartily and freely accorded to those illustrious members of his family who mourn his loss—her Majesty the Queen , our illustrious Grand Master the Prince of Wales , and the bereaved widow . To all of these you will , I
am sure , join with me in proposing a heartfelt vote of condolence and . sympathy . If there be any one thing which could speciall y deepen your sorrow on this occasion , and could make this vole even more unanimous than I know it will be , it would be the recollection which must be fresh in yonr mind , of the touching and noble letter which we saw from the Oueen published only a few days ago . In that letter she has Liken , as on former occasions also , her loving subjects into her confidence . The duties of kings
and queens and princes in this generation of ours are difficult and delicate , but where they are discharged in the affection of their subjects they become comparatively easy . That affection her Majesty has in no common degree , and that affection and those marks of loyalty must be her consolation in the midst of this great bereavement . Brethren , I have to ask you to agree to three addresses to her Majesty the Queen , to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wa ' . es , the Grand Master , and her Royal Highness the Duchess of Albany , which the Grand Secretary will read to you .
H.R.H. The Late Duke Of Albany.
Bro . W . W . B . BEACH , M . P ., in seconding the motion said : In the absence of the Deputy Grand Master , the Earl of Lathom , I have the pleasure of seconding these resolutions . After the sentiments which the Pro Grand Master has so eloquently expressed it is unnecessary to say much . All Englishmen mourn the loss of the Duke of Albany , cut oft" in the prime of life , with such bright promise for the future . He identified
himself with many of the pursuits of Englishmen , he gave up much time to literary pursuits , and also in the cause of Charity he showed himself an eloquent exponent and assistant . But if Englishmen generally have cause to mourn his loss we as Masons have a double reason for doing so . He took the most active interest in the welfare of our ancient Fraternity . From the moment he was initiated into l'Veemasonry
he served an office in the Apollo Lodge and speedily became its Master ; and none can testify better than I am able to do to the duties which devolve upon the Master of that lodge—how necessary it is for him to make himself acquainted with the active working of the Craft and to practice all those offices which are necessary for an able and accomplished Master of a lodge to possess . He then rose to higher distinction , but he never relinquished
that active interest in the welfare of the Craft which at the moment of his initiation he seemed to have contracted . Brethren , we need not entertain a doubt that if he had been spared to us he would have achieved further distinction and given greater promise for the future . But we must lament his loss ; and if we do so those who are so nearly and dearly connected with
him must do so in a double , nay in a tenfold degree ; and therefore it is with the greatest gratification that I have the honour of seconding the motion that an address of condolence be presented to the Queen , one to the Grand Master , and one to the Duchess of Albany which now the Grand Secretary will read .
Col . SHADWELL H . CLERKE , Grand Secretary , then read the following addresses , which were put and carried unanimously :
"To the Queen ' s Most Excellent Majesty . " May it please your Majesty , —We , the Grand Master , Grand Officers , and members of the United Grand Lodge of Antient Free and Accepted Masons of England , in Grand Lodge assembled , humbly beg to approach your Majesty to express our deep sorrow at the untimely death of your beloved son , his Royal Highness Prince Leopold , Duke of Albany , K . G .,
and to offer our sincere sympathy for the calamity which has thus suddenly overshadowed your Majesty and the country at large . " By his earnest recognition of the duties attaching to his exalted rank , by his strenuous efforts to promote the interests of art and literature , but beyond all by his generous sympathy and support to every movement tending to refine and elevate his countrymen , Prince Leopold attained in a
high degree the esteem and confidence of the nation ; while in the eminent position he occupied in Freemasonry he conspicuously exhibited those qualities which endeared him to the whole Fraternity and afforded a bright example of those virtues a true Mason should ever display . " We pray the Almighty Ruler of the Universe to bestow on your
Majesty all strength and support at this period of affliction , and to grant that your Majesty may long continue to reign in health , peace , and happiness over a loyal and united nation . " Freemasons' Hall , London , this 24 th day of April , 1884 . " ALBERT EDWARD , Grand Master . "SHADWELL H . CLERKE , Grand Secretary . "
" To his Royal Highness , Albert Edward Prince of Wales , K . G ., tVc , cVc , & . C ., Most Worshipful Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of England . " We , the Pro Grand Master , Grand Officers , and members in Grand Lodge assembled , crave permission to express to your Royal Highness the deep sorrow with which we regard the decease of your Royal Highness ' s
beloved brother , Prince Leopold Duke of Albany , K . G ., Provincial Grand Master and Grand Superintendent of Oxfordshire , Past Grand Warden , and our heartfelt sympathy with your Royal Highness . " The career of the late Duke of Albany as a Mason not onl y evidenced his sincere attachment to our Order and the zeal and fidelity with which he discharged the high duties of his exalted position , but also his firm
adherence to those great principles upon which Freemasonry rests , and of which his late Royal Highness was so illustrious an example . " The Masonic Fraternity throughout the kingdom mourns the loss of so eminent a brother , while the feelings of respectful attachment and loyal devotion which it entertained to the Duke of Albany as a Prince of the blood Royal were shared by it with the country at large .
" We venture , therefore , to offer to your Royal Highness our sincere condolence and sympathy , and to renew to the head of our Order the warm expressions of our fidelity , and to the Heir apparent of this Realm those of our unabated devotion and loyalty . . " Freemasons' Hall , London , this 24 th day of April , 1884 . " CARNARVON , Pro Grand Master , " SHADWELL H . CLERKE , Grand Secretary . "
"To Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Albany . " May it please your Royal Highness , —We , the Grand Master , Grand Officers , and members of the United Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of England , in Grand Lodge assembled , beg to express to your Royal Highness our profound sorrow at the bereavement with which it has pleased the Great Ruler of the Universe to visit you in the untimely
death of your beloved husband , his Royal Highness Prince Leopold , Duke of Albany , K . G ., and to assure your Royal Highness of our lively sympathy in your sorrows . " Into the sacredness of that grief which your Royal Highness must feel we would not intrude ; as Masons we deplore the loss of a most distinguished and true-hearted brother from our Order , and with the community we mourn a Prince of the highest promise , whose career—alas ! too
briefhad given rise to the brightest hopes , and endeared him to the hearts of all his countrymen . " We respectfully offer our condolence to your Royal Highness on this sad occasion , and pray earnestly that in this time of great grief the Great Ruler of the Universe may support , strengthen , and comfort you . " Freemasons' Hall , London , this 24 th day of April , 1884 . " ALBERT EDWARD , Grand Master . " SHADWELL H . CLERKE , Grand Secretary . "
The Earl of CARNARVON : Before I close the proceedings of this Grand Lodge , it will be interesting to you to know that H . R . H . the Grand Master has undertaken to sign the two addresses to her Majesty the Queen and the Duchess of Albany , and has also undertaken their presentation . The address to H . R . H . the Prince of Wales I have considered it my duty to sign , and shall present it now on behalf of Grand Lodge . Grand Lodge was then closed in ample form .
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H . R . H . THE GRAND MASTER and H . R . H . the Princess of WALES leave on Monday for Darmstadt , to be present at the marriage of their neice , the daughter of the lamented Princess ALICE . All the good wishes of the Craft will go with the Royal travellers and _ the QUEEN and members of the Royal Family assembled at Darmstadt .
H.R.H. The Late Duke Of Albany.
H . R . H . THE LATE DUKE OF ALBANY .
SPECIAL GRAND LODGE . On Thursday afternoon an Especial Grand Lodge was held at F rceinasons Hall , for the purpose of voting addresses of condolence and sympathy with her Majesty the Queen , H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , Grand Master , and H . R . H . the Duchess of Albany , on the much regretted death of H . R . H . the Duke of Albany , K . G ., Provincial Grand Master of Oxfordshire , Past Grand Warden , and to arrange for their presentation . The Earl of
Carnarvon , Pro Grand Master , presided , Bro . W . W . B . Beach , M . P ., acted as Deputy Grand Master , Bro . Gen . Brownrigg , C . B ., as Past Grand Master ; Bro . the Earl of Milltown was present as Grand Senior Warden , and Bro . Victor A . Williamsonas Grand Junior Warden . There were also present Bros . Rev . 11 . G . Morse , G . Chap . ; Rev . VV . Oswell Thompson , G . Chap . ; JE . McIntyre , G . Ke-r . ; Col . Shadwell H . Clerke , G . Sec . ; E . E . VVendt , D . C . L ., G . Sec . German
Correspondence ; Ralph Gooding , M . D ., G . D . ; T . H . Devonshire . G . D . ; Sir Albert Woods , G . D . C . ; T . Dolling Bolton , D . G . D . C . ; Raymond H . Thrupp , G . A . D . C . ; Lieut .-Col . James Peters , G . Swd . Br . ; Edgar Bowyer , G . Std . Br . ; VV . G . Cusins , G . Org . ; H . G . Buss , Asst . G . Sec . ; L . F . Littell , G . Purst . ; H . Sadler , G . Tyler ; Col . Sir Francis Burdett , P . G . M . Middx . ; Col . | . A . Lloyd-Phillips , P . G . M . South Wales ; Sir Walter Durrell , Bart , M . P ., P . G . M . Sussex ; Sir E . A . H . Lechmere , P . G . M .
Worcestershire ; John Havers , P . G . W . ; Lord Onslow , P . G . S . W . ; Rev . R . P . Bent , P . G . Chap . ; Rev . Dr . Cox , P . G . Chap . ; Rev . A . F . A . Woodford , P . G . Chap . ; Rev . W . A . I lill , P . G . Chap . ; Rev . Dr . Sedgwick , P . G . Chap . ; Rev . C . VV . Martyn , P . G . Chap . ; I . S . Clabon , P . G . D . ; J . A . Rucker , P . G . D . ; G . Plucknett , P . G . D . ; Col . Somerville U . Burney , P . G . D . ; W . J . Hughan , P . G . D . ; R . VV . Wheeler , P . G . D . ; Sampson Peirce , P . G . D . ; J . M . Case , P . G . D . ; T . Fenn , P . G . D . ; Capt . X . G . Philips , P . G . D . ; C . VV . C . Button , P . G . D . ; Frank Richardson , P . G . D . ; R , Grav . P . G . D . ; I . H . Scott , P . G . D . ; | abez Hogg , P . G . D . ; VV . E . Gumbleton , P . G . D . ;
K . I . Baron , P . G . D . Peter de Lande-Long , P . G . D . ; H . G . P . Dumas , P . G . D . ; Reginald Bird , P . G . D . ; Dr . \ V . R . Woodman , P . G . S . B . ; Chas . Greenwood , P . G . S . B . ; loshua Nunn , P . G . S . B . ; R . Turtle Pigott , D . C . L ., P . A . G . D . C . ; T . Cubitt , P . G . Purst . ; j . Lewis-Thomas , F . S . A ., P . G . A . D . C . ; C . C . Dumas , P . G . A . D . C ; Willing , P . G . O . ; j . Wright , P . G . P . ; Hyde Clarke , Rep . G . L . Colombia . Amongst others present in the body of the Grand Lodge we noticed the Marquis of Hertford , Sir Matthew White Ridley , and a great number of the representatives of lodges in London and the provinces .
The GRAND SECRETARY announced that he had received letters from the Earl of Lathom and other distinguished Grand officers , expressing their regret at their inability to attend and also their entire concurrence in the object of the meeting . The Earl of CARNARVON then rose and said : Brethren , it becomes my duly to undertake the melancholy task of asking your concurrence in three
addresses of sympathy and condolence with her Majesty the Queen , 11 . R . II . the Grand Master , and H . R . H . the Duchess of Albany . M y words need not be many on such an occasion , for there is but one thought in tlte minds of us all , and any expression of sympathy with those who arc suffering from this untimely and sudden bereavement will readily find an echo with von . From all parts indeed of the country , from Parliament ,
from the Courts of Quarter Sessions , from Churches , from municipal assemblages , from wherever Englishmen have come together , has gone up a unanimous and very touching sound of sorrow ; and now I have to ask Grand Lodge to join them in the same public tribute of deep regret . Brethren , 1 need scarcely remind you of the part that H . R . H . the Duke of Albany took in Alasonic affairs . When in the University of Oxford , or shoitlv afterwards , in the Apollo Lodge he became Worshipful Master
of that lodge . He became then afterwards junior Grand Warden of England in this Grand Lodge ; and finally he became the Provincial Grand Master of Oxfordshire ; and I believe in each and all of those situations he endeavoured to fulfill the duties that were incumbent upon him , as he certainly took the liveliest and most marked interest in all that concerned the welfare of the Craft . English history has more than once had occasion tolament somcyoung Princecut off in the primeand pride of life , and many
students will remember the expressions of national sorrow which those deaths have called forth ; but never 1 think has there been greater sorrow felt and manifested than on this particular occasion , and never was there more real cause for it . The life of the Duke of Albany was a short one , measured by mere lapse of years ; but in that short period he succeeded in making a career for himself , and leaving a mark upon his own generation . He had
many difficulties to contend with . He was cut off by constitutional delicacy of health from the profession of arms , and was unable to serve as his brother in the naval service of the Queen ; he was hindered all through life by repeated checks and interruptions which arose from feeble health . And yet , in spite of all that , he made his mark upon his time , and he left in the minds ol his generation an affectionate remembrance of him . And for this
reason—that there was no good cause which he was not ready to p lead , and in which he did not interest himself ; and whilst he , from his studious habits and his literary tastes , knew how to throw a certain thoughtful grace around almost everything which he said , more than this , over and above this , you might always detect the feeling of sympathy , and the kindliness of a true andan affectionate heart ; and this , I think , it was thateravehim this hold upon
his contemporaries . He has been cut off in the middle of that career , in the midst of all the promise , and has been taken away , as the best very often are taken away , in youth . Brethren , your sympathies will be , I am satisfied , heartily and freely accorded to those illustrious members of his family who mourn his loss—her Majesty the Queen , our illustrious Grand Master the Prince of Wales , and the bereaved widow . To all of these you will , I
am sure , join with me in proposing a heartfelt vote of condolence and . sympathy . If there be any one thing which could speciall y deepen your sorrow on this occasion , and could make this vole even more unanimous than I know it will be , it would be the recollection which must be fresh in yonr mind , of the touching and noble letter which we saw from the Oueen published only a few days ago . In that letter she has Liken , as on former occasions also , her loving subjects into her confidence . The duties of kings
and queens and princes in this generation of ours are difficult and delicate , but where they are discharged in the affection of their subjects they become comparatively easy . That affection her Majesty has in no common degree , and that affection and those marks of loyalty must be her consolation in the midst of this great bereavement . Brethren , I have to ask you to agree to three addresses to her Majesty the Queen , to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wa ' . es , the Grand Master , and her Royal Highness the Duchess of Albany , which the Grand Secretary will read to you .
H.R.H. The Late Duke Of Albany.
Bro . W . W . B . BEACH , M . P ., in seconding the motion said : In the absence of the Deputy Grand Master , the Earl of Lathom , I have the pleasure of seconding these resolutions . After the sentiments which the Pro Grand Master has so eloquently expressed it is unnecessary to say much . All Englishmen mourn the loss of the Duke of Albany , cut oft" in the prime of life , with such bright promise for the future . He identified
himself with many of the pursuits of Englishmen , he gave up much time to literary pursuits , and also in the cause of Charity he showed himself an eloquent exponent and assistant . But if Englishmen generally have cause to mourn his loss we as Masons have a double reason for doing so . He took the most active interest in the welfare of our ancient Fraternity . From the moment he was initiated into l'Veemasonry
he served an office in the Apollo Lodge and speedily became its Master ; and none can testify better than I am able to do to the duties which devolve upon the Master of that lodge—how necessary it is for him to make himself acquainted with the active working of the Craft and to practice all those offices which are necessary for an able and accomplished Master of a lodge to possess . He then rose to higher distinction , but he never relinquished
that active interest in the welfare of the Craft which at the moment of his initiation he seemed to have contracted . Brethren , we need not entertain a doubt that if he had been spared to us he would have achieved further distinction and given greater promise for the future . But we must lament his loss ; and if we do so those who are so nearly and dearly connected with
him must do so in a double , nay in a tenfold degree ; and therefore it is with the greatest gratification that I have the honour of seconding the motion that an address of condolence be presented to the Queen , one to the Grand Master , and one to the Duchess of Albany which now the Grand Secretary will read .
Col . SHADWELL H . CLERKE , Grand Secretary , then read the following addresses , which were put and carried unanimously :
"To the Queen ' s Most Excellent Majesty . " May it please your Majesty , —We , the Grand Master , Grand Officers , and members of the United Grand Lodge of Antient Free and Accepted Masons of England , in Grand Lodge assembled , humbly beg to approach your Majesty to express our deep sorrow at the untimely death of your beloved son , his Royal Highness Prince Leopold , Duke of Albany , K . G .,
and to offer our sincere sympathy for the calamity which has thus suddenly overshadowed your Majesty and the country at large . " By his earnest recognition of the duties attaching to his exalted rank , by his strenuous efforts to promote the interests of art and literature , but beyond all by his generous sympathy and support to every movement tending to refine and elevate his countrymen , Prince Leopold attained in a
high degree the esteem and confidence of the nation ; while in the eminent position he occupied in Freemasonry he conspicuously exhibited those qualities which endeared him to the whole Fraternity and afforded a bright example of those virtues a true Mason should ever display . " We pray the Almighty Ruler of the Universe to bestow on your
Majesty all strength and support at this period of affliction , and to grant that your Majesty may long continue to reign in health , peace , and happiness over a loyal and united nation . " Freemasons' Hall , London , this 24 th day of April , 1884 . " ALBERT EDWARD , Grand Master . "SHADWELL H . CLERKE , Grand Secretary . "
" To his Royal Highness , Albert Edward Prince of Wales , K . G ., tVc , cVc , & . C ., Most Worshipful Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of England . " We , the Pro Grand Master , Grand Officers , and members in Grand Lodge assembled , crave permission to express to your Royal Highness the deep sorrow with which we regard the decease of your Royal Highness ' s
beloved brother , Prince Leopold Duke of Albany , K . G ., Provincial Grand Master and Grand Superintendent of Oxfordshire , Past Grand Warden , and our heartfelt sympathy with your Royal Highness . " The career of the late Duke of Albany as a Mason not onl y evidenced his sincere attachment to our Order and the zeal and fidelity with which he discharged the high duties of his exalted position , but also his firm
adherence to those great principles upon which Freemasonry rests , and of which his late Royal Highness was so illustrious an example . " The Masonic Fraternity throughout the kingdom mourns the loss of so eminent a brother , while the feelings of respectful attachment and loyal devotion which it entertained to the Duke of Albany as a Prince of the blood Royal were shared by it with the country at large .
" We venture , therefore , to offer to your Royal Highness our sincere condolence and sympathy , and to renew to the head of our Order the warm expressions of our fidelity , and to the Heir apparent of this Realm those of our unabated devotion and loyalty . . " Freemasons' Hall , London , this 24 th day of April , 1884 . " CARNARVON , Pro Grand Master , " SHADWELL H . CLERKE , Grand Secretary . "
"To Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Albany . " May it please your Royal Highness , —We , the Grand Master , Grand Officers , and members of the United Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of England , in Grand Lodge assembled , beg to express to your Royal Highness our profound sorrow at the bereavement with which it has pleased the Great Ruler of the Universe to visit you in the untimely
death of your beloved husband , his Royal Highness Prince Leopold , Duke of Albany , K . G ., and to assure your Royal Highness of our lively sympathy in your sorrows . " Into the sacredness of that grief which your Royal Highness must feel we would not intrude ; as Masons we deplore the loss of a most distinguished and true-hearted brother from our Order , and with the community we mourn a Prince of the highest promise , whose career—alas ! too
briefhad given rise to the brightest hopes , and endeared him to the hearts of all his countrymen . " We respectfully offer our condolence to your Royal Highness on this sad occasion , and pray earnestly that in this time of great grief the Great Ruler of the Universe may support , strengthen , and comfort you . " Freemasons' Hall , London , this 24 th day of April , 1884 . " ALBERT EDWARD , Grand Master . " SHADWELL H . CLERKE , Grand Secretary . "
The Earl of CARNARVON : Before I close the proceedings of this Grand Lodge , it will be interesting to you to know that H . R . H . the Grand Master has undertaken to sign the two addresses to her Majesty the Queen and the Duchess of Albany , and has also undertaken their presentation . The address to H . R . H . the Prince of Wales I have considered it my duty to sign , and shall present it now on behalf of Grand Lodge . Grand Lodge was then closed in ample form .