Provincial Grand Mark Lodge Of Gloucestershire.

The following were appointed and invested by the Prov . Grand Master as his officers for the year ensuing , viz . : — Br 0 . Forth ... ... ... ... Dep . P . G . M . Baron de Ferrieres , P . M . io , P . G . O . ... Prov . S . G . W . " Shellard , P . M . 243 ... ... ... Prov . J . G . W . I . S . Carleton , W . Al 340 .., ... ... Prov . G . M . O . Milligan , W . M . 218 ... ... ... Prov . S . G . O . H . Clark . S . W . •MO ... ... ... Prov . I . G . O .

, Bain , P . M . 10 ... ... ... ... Prov . G . Treas . „ Harding , 218 ... ... ... ... Prov . G . R . of M G . Norman , W . M . 10 ... ... ... Prov . G . Sec . " VV . R . Porcher , M . O . 10 ... ... ... Prov . S . G . D . , Blinkhorn , P . M . 243 ... ... ... Prov . J . G . D . R . T . Hughes , P . M . 218 ... ... ... Prov . G . D . C .

„ Gandy , 10 ... ... ... ... Prov . G . Org . „ M . F . Carter , 340 ... ... ... Prov . G . L of VV . „ Marchant , P . M . 243 ... ... ... Prov . G . I . G . It was intimated by the PROV . GRAND MASTER that the next meeting of Provincial Grand Lodge would probably be held under the banner of the newly affiliated lodge , at Hereford .

Entertainment To American Brethren By The Anglo-American Lodge, No. 2191.

ENTERTAINMENT TO AMERICAN BRETHREN BY THE ANGLO-AMERICAN LODGE , No . 2191 .

An emergency meeting of this lodge was held at the Criterion , Piccadilly , on Thursday , the 21 st inst ., the object being to extend a Masonic welcome to a number of distinguished American Masons who are passing through London . Lodge having been opened , and the American visitors having been ushered in by Bro . Tilton , acting D . C , and saluted , Bro . BRACKSTONE

BAKER , W . M ., addressed the brethren , and said that the position of their lodge had been vindicated , and the original idea realised , for it was started to afford a home in this country for American brethren . The members greeted their distinguished visitors as blood relations , and not as strangers , for they were all derived from the same source . It had been well said by a P . G . M . of Pennsylvania that Masons are like the waves of the sea , each

one differing in form , but all uniting in forming one body . It was a happy coincidence that their visitors came from Philadelphia , for Philadelphia in its etymological sense meant brother , and brotherly love , and he greeted them as such . He hoped they would make themselves at home , for the lodge had been established by himself and other American and English Masons as a Masonic home under the the English jurisdiction for American brethren .

Bro . C . E . MEYER said it was his pleasing duty to heartily thank the brethren for the warm welcome they had received from this lodge , which was established but a few months ago for the purpose of bringing closer together if possible the Masons of the two countries . When he received the cablegram he hesitated before accepting the invite , knowing his time would be

very limited . However , having read in the columns of the Freemasm of the work of this lodge , and knowing the principles on which it was founded , he determined to accept the invite in order to exemplify the truth of those principles . They had visited this country as marking the Jubilee of our

Sovereign in order to show their appreciation of her as a Queen , and as the mother of the M . W . G . M . They were present on that occasion , not as cousins , but as brothers , bringing the " Hearty good wishes " of 600 , 000 Masons to the Anglo-American Lodge , which was almost the youngest lodge .

Letters were received from Bros . G . A . Sala , Col . Shadwell H . Clerke , G . Sec . ; T . Fenn , President Board of General Purposes ; E . Bowyer , P . G . Std . Br . , •Gottlieb , P . D . D . G . M . Eastern Archipelago ; Trueman , Wood , and Augustus Harris , expressing their regret at their inability to attend and their sympathy with the object of the meeting .

Lodge was then closed , and the brethren adjourned to an excellent banquet , at the conclusion of which a lengthy toast list and programme of music were successfully carried out . "The Queen and the Craft" and "H . R . H . the Prince of Wales ,

M . W . G . M ., " having been given and enthusiastically received , the WORSHIPFUL MASTER proposed "The Grand Officers , " remarking that there were several members of that body present , some of whom were members of their lodge . He coupled with the toast the names of Bros . Woodall , P . G . Treas ., and Parkinson , P . G . D .

Bro . J . W . WOODALL , P . G . Treas ., briefly responded , observing that when he entered the room he had no idea his name would be coupled with the toast . He had again to thank them for placing him in his present position , and trusted that what he had done had been to the satisfaction ot the Craft . The other Grand Officers merited the offices thev held , and would

also meet with the approbation of the brethren . He knew that Bro . Parkinson , with whom he played as a boy , would also reply , so he should simply thank them . Bro . J . C . PARKINSON , P . G . D ., in reply , said the P . G . Treasurer had been Pleased , in his own felicitous way , to allude to the fact of their spending tneir boyhood together in a remote country town . Meeting that n ' wht as

brothers , the locality of that tow n certainly to him derived an additional and m ° re tender interest from the fact that it was in that good old county to which he belonged that their American brethren had made their pilgrimage , ¦ t ne county of York could not fail to be the centre of attraction to those

»«• naa crossed the Atlantic . He could not help remembering with the utmost satisfaction the sentiments that were exchanged on the night of the onsecration . He remembered the great intellectual treat they all enjoyed ° m the eloquent and fervent oration delivered by Bro . Consul General aller , an oration which , wide as his experience was , had hardly ever been "passed in the beauty of its illustration or the wealth nf its hnoiwup . Tn

, Amencan brethren he desired , not merely in the name of those present the '" nan ? e ° * . Grand Officers who were absent , to asiure them of thos ? gratification it gave that body to welcome them , and to interchange p e , * raternal feelings which were not limited b y land or sea . For his own wouM W ° asI < their American visitors to remember them kindly , as they that 5 5 ^ vhem - Is ^ should please them in the distant future to say befor » i ! y entered the room the brethren they saw were strangers , but his k j : '" eyleft it they felt them to be intimate Mends , it would bear out One [ th oi American generosity , and this occasion would be to them those memorable landmarks which not only commemorate but inspire . for tnV , ' C ? - ST 0 NE BAKER , W . M ., said that out of respect and affection Pr ' esid , encan brelhren he was about to offer them the toast of "The dent w ^ ° L United States . " He was not aware if the present Presiwas a Mason , but he knew that Washington was a member of the

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Order . Their own Masonic Institution was a vast Republic , ior their M . VV . G . M . was the President , the Grand Officers the membersof the Senate , and the W . M . ' s and P . M . ' s members ol Congress . Looking at it in that light , they were as happy in their Masonic government as tne Americans were in their President and Republic . It would ill become them to entertain their American brethren and not do honour to this toast . They should never forget that the stars and stripes and the English flag were of the same colours , and no colours blended better .

Bro . Consul General T . M . WALLER , S . D ., in the course of a humorous speech , remarked lhat when he looked upon the list of toasts and saw he was to respond for the President of 60 millions of people , he determined to try a regular 4 th of July speech , and he did what he thought was necessary to bring himself up to that beautiful position of oratory ; but the W . M ., with deliberate intention , had made the speech lor him . On that occasion

the toast was of great significance , for it would be told all though America , and told with some emotion , that never until that night had any W . M . of a Alasonic lodge in the United Kingdom proposed the health of the President oi the United States . It was also a happy coincidence that one whom they all loved and respected , and who had tor so many years represented a large number of Grand Lodges of America , should be the one to propose

the toast . The most pleasing thing of all was that Bro . Brackstone Baker would , in the annals of the American lodges , ever be canonised tor the first Mason at a Masonic banquet who proposed the health of the Magistrate of 60 millions of English-speaking people in America . But among all the things that future generations would record , he trusted they would not forget that it was his felicity at this gathering feebly , but sincerely , to respond tor

the toast . He observed that this toast was more frequently given on this than on the other side of the Atlantic , where it was onl y on important State occasions that it would be proposed . But in England there was not a meeting where , as soon as the speeches began , the health of her Alajesty the Queen was not proposed . Why was it ? If they thought it was because the Americans were less loyal , he said— " No , no . " It was simply because

they had no way of doing it . He did not know how many years ago they drank to the health of "the King and Queen , " bnt they would have been content to have done it for ever but for several fellows down in Philadelphia and Pennsylvania , who , as some people said , " without fear of God beiore them , " made a Declaration of American Independence . There was not an Englishman , wherever he might be , in whatever part of the country ,

who did not instinctively feel a reverence and affection for the Queen—and she deserved it . As a wife , a mother , as a grandmother , and as a woman she deserved it . There was another reason why . In England the Oueen belongs to no party ; she belongs to the people . Even at a political gathering both sides honour the name . It was not so in his country . There the Chief Magistrate belonged to the people ; but he also belonged to a party .

He must belong to one party or the other , and he pitied the President who did not belong to either . His first duty was to the people ; the second to his party . It a man was proposed for President , one half of the people did all they could to prove he was not fit for the office , and Wild West was tame compared to the way in which they tomahawked each other . When he was elected they tomahawked any man who said anything against him

and they stood by him while they thought he did right . The President of the United States , because of that ieeling , had more power than any Sovereign in any country on the face of the globe . In conclusion , he would say that in international diplomacy , and in the interchange of splendid courtesies , the President had always upheld the dignity of the people of the United States .

Bro . I . H . IILTON , P . D . G . M . New York City , gave "The American Visiting Brethren , " and said the toast would be received in a hearty manner , not only by the members of the lodge , but by every Freemason present . They were assembled to extend the hand ot fellowshi p and to welcome to their Masonic home the brethren from Philadel phia , New York and Boston . One of the principal features in the formation of their lodge

was to endeavour to bind together in the bonds of brotherhood the brethren of the two great nations . I heir lodge was specially privileged to have the honour of first welcoming in London those distinguished brethren , and although Craft lodges knew but little ot the advanced Degrees , still they knew that those Masons were welt-known in those Degrees , most of them bein- ** Royal Arch , Mark , Knight Templars , some ot them even having been 0 0

received into the 32 and 33 . They all occupied positions of distinction in connection with Masonic affairs , and one of their number had occupied the responsible post of M . W . G . M . of K . T . of the United States , and had also been honoured b y a seat in Congress . Without iunher remark he would ask the brelhren to drink most heartily and sincerely to the health ot the American brethren , coupling witn the " toast the name ol Bro . Hopkins

ot Pennsylvania . Bro . J . H . HOPKINS , P . M . 221 , Pennsylvania , said he had not thought he should be present , tor he was like FalstalT , " quietly taking mine ease at mine inn , " when he received notice that he was expected there , and , being always delighted to obey a Alasonic summons , he was happy to be among them . It seemed to him that nothing so strongly and beauuiully illustrated

the great charm ot Freemasonry as such assemblages as theirs that evening . They had been tuld that Enylistimen were cold , reserved , and unapproacnable , but he would say , and ne spoke ior the American brethren , that they had never struck hands with more genial Alason * , and never lound access to warmer hearts . There was no doubt that this meeting would be productive of beneficial results . He felt mat the intermingling would cement

the bond ot inenaship which already existed between the two nationalities . The hospitality and cordiality tuey had received had filled the hearts ol every one present , and language could not express the gratitude he lelt . Bro . C . E . MEYER then proposed " i'he Woisiiiplul Master , " and said a very pleasing duty had been assigned to him in giving the toast 01 the W . M . ol the Anglo-Ametican Lodge . A good lodge required a good Masterand iViwho

, a W .. was negligent ol his duties , who uid 110 c understand the use ol the gavel , or vviio ruled with overbearing tiand , was not the one to make a good lodge . The VV . M . 01 tnis lodge could not tail to successluily conduct tne labours , Ior , irom what they had seen ot turn 111 tne past , from his 33 years ot Masonic work , and trom the honours conltrred upon him , he did not think that in the whole ot London a better man could be found . Another pleasing duty had been assigned to him . In order to

mark this as the first red letter day oi their histoiy , the American brethren had asked him to preoent Bro . Brackstone Baker , vV . M ., with the jewel ot a W . M . ot an American lodge , and he now had the honour , on tneir behalf , to invest him with that jewel . He hoped it would be a token ol union between that lodge and the Amencan brethren . In asking them to drink this toast he would call upon the American brethren to give them an American " rocket . "