The International Masonic Gathering.

Bro . Kenning : Brethren , I ask your attention to one of our American brethren , who will propose the next toast , Bro . Gotwalts . Bro . Gotwalts , of Norristown , Pennsylvania , who was received with hearty applause , then rose and said : My Brethren , I can assure you it affords me great pleasure , and I , indeed , consider it a high compliment to have the honour of proposing the toast of " Lord Carnarvon , Pro . G . M ., Lord Skelmersdale , D . G . M ., the Present and Past Grand

Officers of the Grand Lodge of England . " We , as American brethren , composed of about twenty-fire good , loyal , true Masons , under another Grand Lodge , most of us from the State of Pennsylvania , of the great United States of America , and having left our country , and leaving behind it a great regard and respect for other high officers in authority there , it affords me , I say again , great pleasure , after having arrived on this side of the great Atlantic amongst our brethren here , to be called upou to propose this

toast . We , as Americans , have been accustomed , old man as I am , and as all members of the subordinate , and subordinate lodges themselves are , to acknowledge the supreme authority , to respect it , and we consider it an honour to yield to it , and to bow to its authority . The same as you and I are loyal to our government , so we , as Masons , are lo . yal to the supreme authority by which we are governed . And by way of parenthesis , I say that we have metafter having arrived in this great and lorious country—as soon as we

, g stood upon the shore , we were met with a good loyal hand of friendship from Masons , and found from the time we landed until this day that we have had grand receptions and ovations on our journey . But I must say and confess that this is the climax of them all . I now have the honour , having made the brief remarks that I have , of proposing the toast of " Lord Carnarvon , Lord Skelmersdale , and the Present ancl Past Grand

Officers of the Grand Lodge of England , " from whom we as Americans on the othei side of the Atlantic acknowledge that we have received the authority which we exercise ; and we all bow to the authority which they have given to the Grand Lodges in America . I therefore propose " The Health of Lord Carnarvon , Pro . G . M ., Lorcl Skelmersdale , Deputy G . M ., and the Present aud Past Grand Officers of England , " and may they live long and prosper . Bro . J . B . MoncktonP . G . D . ancl President of the Board of General Purposes

, , , said : Worshipful Sir and Brother , I do not know that I have ever felt so thoroughly in the jaws of a dilemma as I do this evening . On the one hand , I am naturally oppressed with the necessity of being as brief as I possibly can at this early stage of tfie toast list in the remarks which I have to make , and , on the other , I am anxious that there should be as much point as possible in those remarks . I speak not only on behalf of the Grand Officers , my worthy and respected colleagues on my left who are here to-night , but for

the Provincial Grand Masters , and Deputy Grand Masters , and the great array of Grand Officers which we are proud to think comprise not only the noblest , but what is equal , and in fact of more importance , the ablest and best in the land . Worshipful Sir , what shall I say in the name of those Grand Officers ? I will say this : no one knows better than we do how thoroughly Masonry is carried out , is beloved and honoured on the other side of the Atlantic , and I am quite confident that no class of Masons in this

country more than the Grand Officers can , so far as we are concerned , and will , so lac as our absent are concerned , appreciate the public spirit that has induced j r ou to illustrate the universality of Masonry in the splendid manner which you have done tonight . Our excellent and eloquent American brother who spoke just now said very wud , and very good , ancl very- appreciative things ; but it was some gratification to me , Bro . Kenningto know that the Grand Officersthank from the bottom of

, we , , you our nearts for the hospitable international banquet which you have given us this evening , tn the name , Sir , of the Grand Officers , I hold out the right hand of fellowship to our Amenean brethren from the other side of the Atlantic . Bro . Kenning .- Brethren , I ask your attention for Bro . Joshua Ahum , who will propose the next toast .

Bl ' ° - Joshua Minn , P . G . S . B . ( American Vice-Consul General ) : Brethren , our worth y host has chosen me as a humble representative of the United States in this country to give you the next toast . I cannot say that it is quite so easy a toast to give