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fortunately he was a visitor at Grand Lodge and met brethren from Scotland , Ireland , and England . He could understand the exact position which the several Grand Lodges held and how admirably they were working together on behalf of Freemasonry . They were working in New Zealand with great harmony where they represented England , Ireland , and Scotland . -It was unnecessary for him to say what seemed a little difference in New Zealand in the Scottish Fraternity , but that had had one effect—it had brought

the representatives and the brethren hailing under the old Constitution much more closely together than ever they were before . On behalf of the older Constitutions , he could say they looked forward to not being separated from the mother lodges . In the Colony , as in other parts of the Empire , they were looking forward to closer association with the old country—they were looking to Imperial Federation , and were not desirous , even in a Masonic sense , that there should be any severance ; if possible they wanted more federation .

Bro . H . D . SANDEM \ N also replied , The Provincial Grand Masters were different to ordinary Grand Officers ; they were , so to speak , lieutenants of the Grand Master . They represented a large amount of work . With Bro . McCulIoch , he would say there was a strong feeling in the colonies in favour of the Mother Grand Lodge . Alasonry was infinitely stronger and more important in the colonies under Grand Lodge of England than it would be under any small Grand Lodges of its own .

Bro . the Rev . C . J . MARTYN , P . G . C , proposed "The Deputy Grand Master , and the other Grand Officers , Present and Past . " It was 25 years ago that nig ht that he was made a Grand Officer . With regard to the Ear ] of Mount Edgcumbe , what could he possibly say ? All the brethren who had seen him in Grand Lodge knew that he was not one of the mamby-pamby kind , They knew how well he presided over Masonic deliberations , and in his own Province of Cornwall his name was a household word . With regard

to the officers present and past , there was a long row of them right and left of Lord Lathom , who took great interest in the Craft . If he was not mistaken they had a present Grand Officer before them who was intending to make a mark in the future which should be made by others . He thought no one could stand up with greater pleasure to propose that toast than he . It was many years he had known Lord Lathom ; they were made Masons within two or three months of each other . Little did he

think , when he saw Lord Lathom initiated , that he would see him sitting as Pro Grand Master with his son as S . G . W . on his right , and he ( Bro . Martyn ) proposing his health . All the brethren would join in congratulating the Pro G . M . on seeing his son J . G . W . of England . If he might divulge a Masonic secret , it was scarcely a month ago since Lord Skelmersdale was visiting a lodge of which he ( Bro . Martyn ) was Secretary ever since

its foundation , and after the lodge they were talking about the picture of the Pro Grand Mastcr in Grand Lodge . He went and saw it , and he thought itwas a pretty spectacle to see the son looking al the picture of his father . He thought it was enough to make a son go and do as his father had done . It was very pleasing to hear the ovation received when a worthy son was invested in Grand Lodge by a worthy father . The Pro Grand Master ' s heart must have been as full as his ( Bro . Martyn ' s ) own when he siw that

glorious demonstration given to the son ; it showed how he was appreciated . He could not help recalling that it was the very night the Prince of Wales set foot in Grand Lodge that he ( Bro . Martyn ) was made a Grand Officer . Lord Zetland ' s Grand Oflicers were now few and far between , but there were three now present , and he hoped they would be in attendance many years to come . At all events , they could relkct they had done the same work ; but , with regard to the present Grand Officers , they had theirs yet to do , and to prove worthy of the partiality of the Grand Alaster .

Lord SKELMERSDALE , J . G . W ., in replying , said the Grand Officers would do their duty . If he mi ght be permitted for a moment to assert himself , he would thank the brethren most heartil y for the reception they had given him when he had the great honour of being presented with his collar by his father . It touched him most deeply , and because he felt it was not what they knew about him , but bscms : they all knew about his father . Bro .

M . irtyn had reminded them th . it he was present when Lord Lathom was initiated . He had to thank Bro . Martyn most heartily for the kind way in which he had proposed that toast , and for the kind words he had used with reference lo himself . Bro . the Rev . Canon KYNASTON , G . C , proposed " The Masonic Charities . " He had been told lhat it was right that he should propose that

toast because he was a clergyman , and therefore ought to know something about what Charity was . That was a proposition which might be disputed . He thought clergymen knew what Charity ought to be , but he did not think they knew what it wis . I lis brother who told him he ought lo propose that toast probably never preached a Charity sermon , but it wjuld be a different thiig if ail the congregation consisted of Freemasons ; then there was no

doubt they would know all about it . If that were the case everywhere what churches and what schools they would build—how they would sit upon the London S hool Board ! Because they al ! knew as well as he what Charity was , and what the work of Charity meant to a Freemason . From lhe very first night of his initiation there was an incident , whi : h they all remembered , which put at once

I efore an ini iatc what Charity was , and that he ventured to say he never forgot during the whole of his Masonic career . He tright apply to that virtue the same words which Shakespeare applied to mercy— " ( he quality of it was not strained—it droppjlh as lhe gentle dew from Heaven upon thc place beneath . " He wjuld give now in his own person a genial example of Charity—he would not speak any more , but would simply propose the loast o " 'Ihc M isonic Charities . "

Bro . F . R . W . HK . X . KS , Secretary R . M . I , for Girls , in reply , said wh ; n I 12 came into the room he in no way anticipated that it woulei be his duty and privilege to respond to that loast . Doubtless , however , it was quite in the fitness ol things tha' . the Secretary of that Institution , over which the Chairman of thai night was so shortly to preside , should be called upon

to acknowledge the toasl of " I'he Charities , " and , in their name , he most sinc ; rc ! y and heartily thanked them for the reception they had given to it . The Benevolent Inst tulijn was happy in the grateful memory of a most successful Festival , ce ' ebrated so recentl y as February last , under the able presidency of their good friend and brother , Colonel G . Noel Money , the

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esteemed Provincial Grand Master of Surrey ; whilst the Boys were looking forward , with justifiable hopefulness , to a no less successful result to their Festival , which would take place towards the end of June , under the distintinguished presidency of the popular Provincial Grand Master of West Yorkshire , the Right Hon . William Lawies Jackson , and on which occasion he sincerely trusted Bro . McLeod would have the pleasure of

makinganother of those grand announcements which it had been his privilege to do since he had been the Secretary of that Institution . On behalf of the Girls ' School , it was giving utterance to a truism to say that its various Committees , as well as all who took an interest in its welfare , were deeply grateful to the Earl of Lathom for his great kindness in undertaking , for the second

time , the chairmanship of the oldest of the Masonic Institutions , and he earnestly trusted that the Craft at large would show its appreciation of his lordship ' s goodness by privileging him , when the Festival would take place in that hall , that day fortnig ht , to announce so successful and happy a result as would enable the Institution effectively to carry on its great and noble work in the future .

The Earl of LATHOM proposed " The Grand Stewards , " to whom all the company owed a debt of gratitude . The office of Grand Steward was nol an honorary or nominal one . The Grand Stewards were much out of pocket , and the brethren had to thank them for what they had done . Bro . ERNEST ST . CI . \ IR , President of the Board of Stewards , in responding , said that that evening they had introduced one or two new

features in the Grand Festival , but not for any purpose of their own but from an earnest desire to promote the welfare of all the members of Grand Lodge and more particularly the Grand Officers . It was perfectly impossible to continue the tables as before , and the dinner had been more comfortable on that account . The Stewards had worked most harmoniously , and he thanked those who had helped him on the Board . The Stewards were all pleased with the result .

Bro . F . A . PHILBRICK , Q . C , G . Reg ., proposed "The Ladies , " to which Bro . H . R . COOPER SMITH , P . G . C , responded , and the company then adjourned to the Temple , where a grand concert was given , in which the following artists took part : Miss Carrington , Miss Noona Macquoid , Mr . James Leyland , the Westminster Singers—Messrs . Walter

Coward , Harper Kearton , Charles Ackerman , and W . H . Brereton . Humorous sketches were given by Mr . Fred Upton , M . Rdne Ortman performed on the violin , and Mdlles . Louise and Jeanne Douste de Fortis and Bro . W . de Manby Sergison on the pianoforte . Bro . Morley was the Toast Master .

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THE NEW GRAND OFFICERS .

SENIOR GRAND WARDEN . The Most Hon . the Marquess of TWEEDDALE is a Mason of very old standing , having been initiated as long since as 1853 in the Lodge Himalayan Brotherhood , No . 459 , India , of which lodge he served as W . M . In the year 1859 he was exalted in the Royal Arch chapter attached to the lodge . He was also a founder of the Marquis of Dalhousie Lodge , No . 1159 . Only last year his lordship was installed first W . M . of the Telegraph Cable Lodge , No . 2470 , and we believe he has held high office in the Grand Lodge of Scotland .

JUNIOR GRAND WARDEN . Lord SKELMERSDALE , Junior Grand Warden , is the eldest son of the Earl of Lathom , Pro Grand Master . He is a captain in the Royal Horse Guards , and married to a daughter of the Earl of Radnor , Provincial Grand Master for Wiltshire . His lordship was initiated in the Studholme Lodge , No . 1591 , and subsequently j iined the St . George ' s Lodge of Harmony , No . 32 , Liverpool , of which he is at present W . M . He is a member of the Jerusalem Royal Arch Chapter attached to the same lodge .

GRAND CHAPLAINS . Bro . the Ven . WM . MACDONALD SINCLAIR , B . D ., is a Canon Residentiary of St . Paul ' s Cathedral , Archdeacon of London , and a Chaplain-in-Ordinary to the Queen . He was educated at Baliol College , Oxford , having taken hig h honours in that University , and was afterwards Examining- Chaplain to the Bishop ol London . He was for nine years Vicar of St . Stephen ' s , Westminster . He was initiated into Masonry in the Jerusalem Lodge , No . 197 , and afterwards joined the Universal Lodge , No . 181 , of which he is the present W . M .

The Rev . Canon KYNASTON , D . D ., is a Canon Residentiary of Durham Cathedral and a Professor of Greek in that University . He was educated at Eton and St . John's College Cambridge , of which he was for some time a fellow , having been senior classic of his year . He afterwards became in succession an Assistant Master at Eton , Principal , of Cheltenham College , and vicar of St . Luke ' s , New Kentish Town . He was initiated in 1857 in the Scientific Lodge , Cambridge . He subsequently joined the Windsor Castle LodgeNo . 771 the Foundation

, , Lodge , No . 82 , Cheltenham , and the Universities Lodge , Durham , No . 2352 , and is P . M . of both the 1 liter lodges . He is a Past Senior Grand Warden of Gloucestershire . He was exalted in the Windsor Crstle Chapter , No . 771 , in the year 1865 , and was installed as First Principal in the Unanimity Chapter , No . 82 , Che' * tenham . He is Past Grand H . in the Provincial Grand Chapter of both Durham and Northumberland , and is a supporter of the Masonic Charities , having served as Steward .

DEPUTY GRAND REGISTRAR . Bro . THOMAS LKA . V WILKINSON , the son of Thomas Wilkinson , M . R . I . A ., EnniscorlYiy , County Wexford , was bo : n November a 6 ih , 1838 , and , after sonM years' experience in the Inland Revenue Ollice , Somerset House , forsook thi Civil Service for the Law—being called to the Bar on November 17 th , 1866 . I ' ' V . 1 VK LlUVIL ^ IU . [ lib ,.,.,. l _ . t-l . Jg o . u ., 1 LJ .,, _ . _^ . _ . t u > , .., _> . (_ . <¦> u ,.. .,..., - — — - " , 0

many years he has enjoyed a very extensive practice in the Courts Chancery , and as a conveyancer and equity draftsman takes rank as on of the leading members of the profession . He is the author of " Leclir ^ on the Land Laws , " and so . iie works of fiction . Bro . Wilkinson i < Y initiated into Masonry in the Moira Lodge , No . 92 , by the then W- ' > ' - ' Bro . R . [•' . Gould , on April 25 th , 18 7 G . He was passed and raised in ' »< same year , and afterwards served all the usual offices from I . G . to W . M . ' "

latter olli : e he vacated December 7 th , 1883 , and the same evening was invested a * Treasurer , which position he still retains . Consequently our brother has held ol " uninterruptedly in the Moira Lodge from the date of his appointment as I . G ., November 26 th , 18 7 8 , until the present time . Brethren who have been privilege to attend the anniversary meetings of No . 92 will be aware that these gathering are held on December 7 th , the birthday of Earl Moira -the first Marquess Hastings—whose memory is always kept green on these interesting occasions , Jj the delivery of an oration in connection with the toast of the evening . We slu