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T h e F r e e m a s o n , SATURDAY , J 26 , 1 S 73 .

Provincial Grand Lodge Of Middlesex.

PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF MIDDLESEX .

The annual meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge ol' Middlesex was held on Thursday , 17 th inst ., at the Town Hall , Honnslow , the WW . the Provincial Grand blaster , Col . Bnrdett , J . P .,

presiding , supported hy Bro . Raynliam W . Stewart , P . G . D ., the retiring Deputy Prov . Grand Matter , and a great numher ol' past and

present Provincial Grand Oilicers . There was also present a goodly throng of representatives from the sixteen lodges in the province .

The Provincial Grand Lodge husiness having h . vn disposed of , and a sum of money voted to procure the Provincial Grand Secretary clerical assistance in the routine portion of his arduous

and rapidly increasing labours , the Provincial Grand Master proceeded to appoint and invest his Provincial Grand Officers for the ensuing year as follows :

J . C . Parkinson , P . M . lh ' i and 77 S , and of Prince of Wales ' s Lodge , r ^ 9 , P , Z . Prince of Wales ' s Chapter , etc ., Deputy Grand Master . Sir G . E . Campbell , // , // ., W . M . I . ; I ; : Senior Gr . r ' . d Warden .

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Arthur K . Richards ( P . M . 8 and P . G . Steward Eng . ) , P . M . 865 , Junior Grand Warden . Rev . Chas . J . Martyn ( P . M . and P . G . Chap . Eng ) ., 1 , 310 , Grand Chaplain .

Rev . J . M . Vaughan ( P . M . 907 ) , Chap . 142 , 3 Grand Chaplain . Henry G . Buss ( P . M / 27 ) , Sec . 1293 , Grand Treasurer .

Hickson Briggs , P . M . 865 , Grand Registrar . R . Wentworth Little ( P . M . 97 . 5 ) , P . M . and Treas . 1293 ., Grand Secretary . Robert Kcnyon , P . M . 1293 , Senior Grand Deacon .

Octavius PL Pearson , P . M . 708 , Junior Grand Deacon . Wm . H . Hubbard ( P . M . 173 ; , 1293 , Grand Siiperinteiidant of Works .

Isaac D . McDongall , P . M . 7 S 8 , Grand Director of Ceremonies . John H . Bulten , P . M . 1309 , Assistant Grand

Director of Ceremonies . Richard D . Odell ( P . M . 3 ) , 1194 , Grand Sword Bearer .

Richard Limpus , Org . 1309 . Grand Organist . Richard Boncey , ( P . M . 79 ) , 1293 , Grand Pursuivant . George J . Jaquin , P . M . 382 , Assistant Grand Pursuivant .

John Gilbert , 1194 , Grand Tyler . GRAND STI ; WARDS . —H . G . Kcllman , P . M . 70 S ; G . Elliot , ill . P ., W . M . 77 S ; T . Nash , W . M . S 65 ; R . T . Whitley , P . M . 94 6 ; F .

Walters , P . M . 1309 ; H . A . Dubois , S . W . H 2 . 3-The popularity of the foregoing appointments was proved by the hearty applause which greeted

each brother as he donned the insignia and assumed the position accorded to him , and Colonel Bnrdett may be congratulated upon his tact am ! lentHvledge . of the art of governing , as exemplified

by these proofs that lie had precisel y met the wishes of those he presides over , by his selections for the purple of Middlesex . So thoroughly successful was this Provincial

Grand Lodge meeting that a Past Grand Chaplain or the province suggested the desirability of holding two Provincial Grand Lodges in each year , a proposition which was received with

cheers but which , .-is the Provincial Grand Matter shewed , was more pleasant than expedient . It is wiser , as Colonel Bnrdett said in effect , to keep these festir . iJ . s as annua ) treats , at which the

oilicers of the year are appointed , and though Middlesex is lusty and vigorous as a young giant , it will do well to avoid stepping' out of the beaten path followed by provinces it is

perhaps destined to lead . Tin-. lUxeurivr . Dinner was served in the great public room of the Town Hall about six , Colonel Bnrdett , Prov .

Grand Master ,, presiding , supported on the immediate right hy Bros . J . C . Parkinson , the new Deputy Prov . Grand . Master ; Raynham W . ' Stewart , Past Deputy Prov . Grand Master ;

Boyd , P . G . P . ; S . Rosenthal , P . Prov . S . G-W Rev . Sir Claude de Crespigny , P . G . Chaplain E . Walters , P . M . ; Dr . Ramsay , J . W , ; R . G

Glover ( P . M . 101 ) , S . D . : and -Major Harding , ( P . M . St . Andrews ) , l . G . a !! of the Bard of Avon , " , ¦ ;' : > . On the Prov . G . Master ' s h-ft were : —V :. { v & ihe Rev . C . Martyn , P . G . C , and

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Vaughan , Prov . Grand Chaplains for the year ; the Rev . D . Shaboe , P . Prov . Grand Chaplain ; Terry ; Little , Prov . Grand Secretary ; Buss , Prov . Grand Treasurer ; and many others . A

first-rate selection of music was provided , under the direction of Bro . Limpus , the vocalists being all friends of Bro . Walters , P . M ., who had most kindly volunteered their services , to g ive eclat to

the proceedings of the Grand Lodge festival . After the banquet , and when grace had been sung , the usual loyal and Masonic toasts 'were g iven from the chair , and responded to by Bro .

Martyn , as Tast Grand Chaplain of England ; Bro . Boyd , P . G . P . ; Bros . Terry and Little , for the Charities ; and Bro . Raynliam Stewart , P . G . D ., who , in also proposing " The Health of the

Prov . Grand Master , " expressed his entire satisfaction with the principle of changing the personality of the position of Deputy Prov . Grand Master from lime to time , and his conviction

that in his successor , Bro . J . C . Parkinson , the Prov . Grand Master would find a zealous and able Deputy , and the Province a valuable ally . The Prov . Grand Master , in returning thanks ,

spoke feelingly of the honour conferred upon him when asked to become chief of the province , and added that his first impulse was to advise

the brethren to oiler the Prov . Grand Mastership to some nobleman of high rank , as in his judgment the position was one which men of the first rank in the State alwavs filled with most

advantage to the Craft . Colonel Burdett ' s remarks , so far as they were in modest deprecation of himself , were received with loud cries of "No , No I" from the brethren , and were met

subsequently by Bro . J . C . Parkinson , the new Deputy Prov . Grand Master , who , as will be seen below , spoke up stoutly for the importance of the province , and the special fitness of Colonel Burdett

to preside over it . In returning thanks for the Prov . Grand Officers of the year , ( a toast to which the Prov . Senior Grand Warden , Bro . Sir Gilbert Campbell , and Bro . Richards , the Prov .

Junior Grand Warden , also stood up ) Bro . Parkinson spoke thus : — Very Worshipful Provincial Grand Master , Past Deputy Provincial Grand Master , Grand

O / Iicers and Brethren , Once upon a time , a worthy countryman of ours was staying at a foreign watering place , and was made positively uncomfortable b y the number of petty German princes

with great titles by whom he was surrounded . Serene Highnesses , Grand Dukes , High and Puissant Princes ( over four acres and three soldiers , or thereabouts ) , their Mightiness of this

and their KlFulgeiice of that , made him feel that plain Mr . Smith was a nobody ( laughter ) , and that the landlord neglected and the waiters spurned him , because of his being the only man

there without a title . He lied to another town , and after much cogitation on the way , entered his name in the next hotel books as "Smith , Elector of Aliddlesex . " ( Loud laughter . ) From that

moment the tables were turned , and he was the most important person in the place . They had heard of the Elector of Hanover ( laughter ) , and knowing how great a man he was , they felt

certain that the "Elector of Middlesex" must be a person of vastly more consequence than the herd ol German princes and counts staying with them . All the attention of the servants , all the