Grand Festival.

Bro . GEORGE MARTIN , No . i , President of Grand Stewards : R . W . G . M . and brethren , the Board of Grand Stewards over which I have the honour to preside have now very nearly carried out the work which called them into existence . The most pleasant part of the duty connected with my office I now am performing ; it is to return you our thanks , M . W . Sirfor the kind remarks you have been pleased to make , and to this

dis-, tinguished fraternity for the kind manner in which they have been pleased to receive them . We have made to-night a slight alteration in the character of our banquet . The fashion seems now-a-days for smaller dinners than used to be given formerly . We have given you a smaller dinner ; but I trust in the better character of the viands we have put before you you will allow that in our Stewardship our duty to the Craft has moulted no feather .

( Hear , hear . ) I cannot conclude my remarks without expressing our thanks to my Bro . Rivington , the Secretary . There are many present whom I address who have been in this office , and they know better than any brethren can know the duties that devolve upon the Secretary of this Board ; the whole matters of detail are in his hands . I think brethren I have now only to thank you once more on our part , and I trust we may all hope that

the R . W . Grand Master ' s remarks may prove a prophecy . ( Hear , hear . ) The brethren then adjourned to the Temple where a choice concert was given under the direction of Bro . W . G . Cusins , Grand Org ., in which the following artists took part : Miss Sanlley and Miss Hilda Wilson , Mr . Percy Blandford , Mr . Frederic King , Mr . John Foster , Bro . G . T . Carter , Bro . W . Winn , and Mr . Birket ; " Mr . Radcliff , solo flautist ; Bro . C . S . Jekyll , P . G . Org . ; and W . Pettitt at the pianoforte .

The following list of Grand Stewards records the names of the brethren to whom the company were indebted for a most delightful evening . ' Bros . George Martin , i , President ; George Henry Hopkinson , 14 , Treasurer ; Charles Robert Rivington , 2 , Secretary ; Rev . George W . Weldon , 4 ; John Rowley Jones , 5 ; Capt . Fred . Ormsby , 6 ; W . A . Grogong , S ; Joseph William Abbott , 21 ; Henry Venn , 23 ; Edward Beaumont , 26 ; Henry Wallis Hunt , 29 ; Edward John Humphrey , 46 ; John Samuel Burroughes , 5 S ; Daniel Nicols , 60 ; Isaac C . Strong , 91 ; Edward Hyem Wolton , 99 ; W . H . Stanger , 197 ; and Alfred Cooper , 259 .

The New Grand Officers.

THE NEW GRAND OFFICERS .

GRAND SENIOR WARDEN . Bro . the Earl of MILLTOWN was initiated in the Yarborough Lodge , 811 , and joined the Westminster and Keystone Lodge , No . 10 , where he was raised to the Sublime Degree in 1875 . He was exalted in the Westminster and Keystone Chapter , 10 , in 1877 . He joined the United Lodge , 1629 , in 1879 , and having served the offices of Senior and Junior , Warden , was installed W . M . in 1 S 82 . Our noble brother is also a member of the United

Chapter , 1629 , in which he filled the office of Scribe N . His lordship was born 1835 , and having been educated at Trinity College , Dublin , where he graduated B . A . in 1856 , was called to the Bar at the Inner Temple in 1862 . He succeeded his brother Joseph Henry , 5 th Earl , in 1871 , and the same year married the Lady Geraldine Evelyn Stanhope , youngest daughter of

the 5 th Earl of Harrington . He is a magistrate for the counties of Kildare and Wicklow , and a Deputy-Lieutenant of the latter county . His lordship ' s style and title in full is Earl of Milltown ( created 1763 ) , Viscount Russborough ( 1760 ) , and Baron Russborough of Russellstown , co . Wicklow ( 1756 ) , all in the Peerage of Ireland .

GRAND JUNIOR WARDEN . Bro . the Right Hon . Col . STANLEY , M . P ., Grand Junior Warden , was initiated in the St . George ' s Lodge , No . 32 , Liverpool , in the year 1866 , and served the office of W . M . in 1868 . He was exalted in the Jerusalem Chapter attached to the same lodge , and occupied the chair of First Principal of the Rowley Chapter , No . 1051 , Lancaster , in 1881 . He was appointed Prov . Grand Senior Warden of West Lancashire in 1 S 68 ,

and was annually re-appointed to that office until the installation of his relative the Earl of Lathom , then Lord Skelmersdale , as Grand Master of the same Province when he was installed as D . P . G . M . and has held that office ever since . In 1 S 80 , he was appointed and still holds the position of Prov . Grand H . of West Lancashire . Our Right Honourable brother is member of a family which

has played a very important part in English history . His father the late Earl of Derby , K . G ., was thrice Prime Minister of England—in 1852 , in 1858-9 , and in 1866-8 , having previously held high office in the administrations of the late Earl Grey and Sir Robert Peel , Bart . His brother , the present Earl , who was in the ministries of his father and in that of the late Earl of Beaconsfield , K . G ., is now Secretary of State

for the Colonies in Mr . Gladstone ' s Government . Col . Stanley was born 15 th January , 1 S 41 , and on his mother's side is connected with Bro . the Earl of Lathom , Deputy Grand Master and Grand H . of England . He was educated at Eton , and in 1858 entered the Grenadier Guards as Ensign and Lieutenant . In 1862 he became Lieutenant , Captain , and Adjutant , and retired in 1 S 65 , having married the year previous the Lady Constance

Villiers , eldest daughter of the late Earl of Clarendon . He was a Civil Lord of the Admiralty from August to November , 1868 ; Financial Secretary to the War Office 1 S 74-7 , when he was appointed Secretary to the Treasury . On his brother's resignation of the Secretaryship of State for Foreign Affairs in the early part of 18 7 8 , Col . Stanley entered the Cabinet of the late Earl of Beaconsfield as Secretary of State for War , and remained in office till the general election and defeat of the late Government in the

spring of 1880 . He was first returned to Parliament for the borough of Preston , Lancashire , in July , 1866 , and continued as representative of that constituency till the general election of 1868 , since when he has been returned regularly for the Northern Division of Lancashire . Col . Stanley is Honorary Colonel of the 1 st Lancashire Militia , a Supernumerary Aide-de-Camp to the Queen , and a J . P . for the counties of Lancashire and Westmorland .

GRAND CHAPLAINS . Bro . the Rev . H . G . MORSE , Grand Chaplain , while an undergraduate at Trinity College , Cambridge , and not of "full age , " was initiated by dispensation in the Scientific Lodge , No . 88 , in which lodge he served as S . D ., and soon after received a junior office in the Provincial Grand Lodge of Cambridgeshire . In those days , more than 20 years ago , there were never more

than four or five Freemasons among all the undergraduates of Cambridge , as few heard of or cared to join the town lodges ; and it was mainly by the exertions of Bro . Morse that , in the year 1 H 61 , was founded the Isaac Newton University Lodge , No . 859 , of which Bro . the Duke of St . Albans was the first W . M ., and Bro . Morse the first S . W . Having been exalted in the Royal Arch Degree in the Pythagoras Chapter , No . 88 , Bro . Morse assisted in founding the Euclid Chapter , attached to the Isaac Newton University

The New Grand Officers.

Lodge . Bro . Morse succeeded the Duke of St . Albans as W . M . of the Isaac Newton University Lodge , and was appointed S . W . in the Provincial Grand Lodge of Cambridgeshire . He is a P . Z . of the Euclid Chapter , No . 859 ; a P . M . of the Studholme Mark Lodge in London ; P . G . Chaplain of the Grand Lodge of Mark Masters ; a Knight Templar and Knight of Malta ; P . Sovereign of the Oxford and Cambridge Rose Croix Chapter in London ; and a member of the 31 .

The Rev . OSWELL THOMPSON , M . A ., of Exeter College , Oxford , appointed Grand Chaplain 25 th April , 18 S 3 , was initiated in the Apollo Lodge , No . 359 , Oxford , in May 1858—duly passed and raised and exalted to the R . A . Degree in the Alfred Chapter , No . 340 , in October 1859 . Was Senior Warden for two years—1861-62 , of the Apollo Lodge and W . M . of the Churchill Lodge , No . 478 , in 1862 . Prov . Grand Chaplain for

Oxfordshire , and subsequently ^ Prov . Grand Chaplain for Berks and Bucks , and for Hertfordshire . He joined the Westminster and Keystone Lodge , No . 10 , in 1859 , and has been a subscribing member ever since . He was one of the founders of the King Henry the Eight Lodge , No . 1757 , at Heniel Hempstead , of which ancient parish he is the vicar , and was first Master for two successive years , 1 S 78 and 1879 of this lodge . He served as Steward of the

Girls' School in 1881 , and of the Boys' School in 1882 . Bro . Oswell Thompson is a Past Grand Provost of Grand Priory of England in Templar Masonry , and Past Prov . Chaplain , Middlesex and Surrey in Mark Masonry , being a subscribing member of the Carnarvon Mark Lodge , No . 7 . He has also taken the iSth and 30 th Degrees , and is a subscribing member of the Metropolitan Chapter , and of the 30 ° . He has always taken an active and permanent share in the Masonic duties of his lodge and province .

GRAND TREASURER . Bro . J DERBY ALLCROFT , F . R . A . S ., Grand Treasurer , was initiated in 1846 , in the Old Union Lodge , No . 46 , and exalted in the St . John's Chapter , in connection with that lodge , and on the formation of the Aldersgate Lodge , No . 1657 , was chosen by the charter members to fill the office of W . M . during the first year of its existence . Since then he has been annually

elected as its Treasurer . He is also a member of the Prince of Wales Lodge , No . 259 , and of the Royal Middlesex Chapter , No . 1194 . He is a Vice - Patron of all the Masonic Charities , and has acted as Steward at some of their anniversary festivals . In 1873 he was elected Treasurer of Christ ' s Hospital in succession to Bro . W . Foster White . He is likewise Treasurer of the Royal Hospital for Incurables ; one of the

Treasurers of the Sons of the Clergy Corporation ; a Governor of the Royal Hospitals of London ( St . Bartholomew's Bethlehem , Bridewell and St . Thomas ' s ) , and a prominent supporter of the Warehousemen and Clerks ' , and Commercial Travellers' Schools , and other benevolent Institutions . Bro . Allcroft , son of the late J . M . Allcroft , Esq ., Merchant , of Worcester , by Hannah , only daughter of Thomas Derby , Esq ., was born in 1822 . He is in the commission

for the Lieutenancy of London , J . P . for the county of Salop , lord of the manor of Onisbury and Stokesay , Salop , and patron of five livings . He contested his native city of Worcester at the general election of 1874 , but without success . In March , 1878 , however , on the death of Mr . Alex . C . Sheriff , its junior representative in Parliament , he was elected , though not without a contest , and retained his seat till the dissolution in the soring of 1880 . ^ ¦

GRAND SENIOR DEACONS . Bro . Dr . RALPH GOODING was initiated into Freemasonry in the Cadogan Lodge , No . 162 , on Dec . 17 th , 1872 , and much impressed with the beauties of the ritual joined the Grand Master ' s Lodge , No . I , January 19 , 1874 , where he was soon appointed to office , and was duly installed as W . M . of that ancient and distinguished lodge on January 21 , 1878 . Bro . Goodine served the office

of Grand Steward during the memorable year in which the M . W . Grand Master introduced H . R . H . the Crown Prince of Denmark to the Grand Lodge of England , and was on that occasion unanimously elected the President of the Board of Grand Stewards , and in that capacity was appointed one of a deputation of three under the R . W . Sir Albert Woods ( Garter ) , P . G . W ., G . D . C ., to conduct H . R . H . the Crown Prince to

the dais , and later on returned thanks for the Grand Stewards whose health had been kindly proposed by the Rt . Hon . the Earl of Lathom , D . G . M . Bro . Gooding was exalted into the Royal Arch in the Prince of Wales Chapter , No . 259 , on February 4 th , 1876 ; was one of the founders of the St . Martin ' s-Ie-Grand Chapter , No . 1538 , in September , 1879 , and was duly installed as its First Principal on October 5 th , 1880 , and after a busy and

prosperous year of office he installed the three succeeding Principals in the presence of many distinguished visitors and a full chapter . On December 20 th , 1877 , he was advanced to Mark Masonry in that ancient and historical lodge the Bon Accord , which has had its ori gin from time immemorial , and he is at the present time the W . M . elect . Bro . Gooding was perfected in the Rose Croix Degree on June 12 th , 1878 , in the Grand Metropolitan Chapter ,

No . 1 , the chair of which has been filled by all the members of the Supreme Council and many other distinguished Masons ; and was installed to the Degree of a Knight Templar on July 26 th of the same year in the Harcourt Preceptory , of which he is now the Eminent Preceptor . On October nth , 18 S 1 , the Supreme Council was pleased to confer on him that high and much appreciated distinction the Thirtieth Degree . For the last three

years Bro . Gooding has been fulfilling the arduous and important duties of honorary Secretary to the Grand Masters Lodge , and is still wearing the collar of that office . He is a Life Governor of all the Masonic Charities , having served three Stewardshi ps at the annual festivals , and at the present moment is acting as Steward to the Girls' and Boys' Schools . Mrs . Gooding is also a Life Governor of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , and his eldest son of the Boys' School . For the last seven years Bro

Gooding has acted as President of the West Kent Masonic Charitable Association , by means of which no less a sum than £ 1700 has been paid to the three Masonic Charities . During his year of office as W . M . of No . I he served as a member of the Board of General Purposes , and for the last three years has acted as a member of the Colonial Board . He is a distinguished graduate , both in the arts and medical faculties of the University of London .

having taken a first class in the final examination for Bachelors of Arts , with the second place in the list of honours in biology , in the year 1862 , and a first class at the final examination for Bachelors of Medicine in 1866 , with distinguished honours in all subjects . He proceeded to the degree of Doctor of Medicine in the following year , having received his literary and medical education at King ' s College , London , where he took high positions in all the classes , and on passing out was elected an Associate of the College . At King ' s College