The New Grand Officers.

THE NEW GRAND OFFICERS .

LONDOJST , SATURDAY , MAT IS , 1 S 01 .

According to animal custom , we proceed to lay before our readers a short sketch of the new Grand Officers for the year 1860-61 , beginning with one not altogether unknown to the "brethren , he having previously filled the office of Senior Grand "Warden Avith the general approbation of the Craft .

The Right Hon . the EAKI , DE GRET AND EXPOS ' , D . G . M .- —George Frederick Samuel , Earl de Grey and Eipon , Viscount Goderich , & c , the eldest son of the first Earl of Eipon , and nephew ofthe late Earl de Grey , whom he has lately succeeded , was born in 1 S 27 , and

initiated in the Lodge of Truth { No . 7 C 3 ) , Huddersfield , on the 17 th May , 1853 . His lordship was raised on the 25 th November following , and in 1855 filled the Master ' s chair . In 1 S 56-7 his lordshi p filled the office of S . G . Warden of England . The noble Earl was

appointed Prov . Grand Master of the West Riding of Yorkshire in February last , on the vacancy occasioned by the death ofthe late Earl Mexborough , and is to be installed into that office on Wednesday nest . On the 24 th ult . the noble Earl was exalted in the Chapter of

Friendship , No . 6 . On the 20 th April , and in virtue of the office of D . Grand Master , he became Grand H ., and was duly installed at the last Grand Chapter , over which he afterwards presided , in the absence of the M . E . G . Z . His lordship was appointed the representative of the Grand Lodge of Canada in the Grand Lodge of England

in 1859 , on the independence of the former body being recognised , and continued to hold that position until his appointment as D . Grand Master , when he resigned it . His lordshi p has presided at Festivals both of the Boys' and Girls' Schools , the former in 1857 , and the

latter in 1859 , and is a Life Governor of each institution ; and also a liberal annual subscriber to the Eoyal Benevolent Institution for Aged Masons and their Widows . The noble Earl is Under Secretary at War , and is looked upon as one of the most rising statesmen ofthe day .

Lord EICHARD DE A Q / GILA GEOSYEXOB , S . G . W ., is the fifth son of the Marquis of AVestminster . He was born in 1837 , and initiated into Freemasonry in the Scientific Lodge , No . 105 , Cambridge , in May , 1857 , and raised in November of the same year , since which

he has taken very little part in Masonry , having spent the greater portion of his time abroad . His lordship , who is the brother-in-law of Lord Leigh , Prov . G . M . for Warwickshire , who married his sister , Lady Caroline Amelia Grosvenor , took his seat as S . Grand Warden for the first time at the recent Festival of the Girls '

School , when he became a Life Governor of that Institution . In the Eed Book we find his lordship described as being a lieutenant in the Royal Navy in 1853 , and a lieutenant in the Dorsetshire Yeomanry Cavalry in 1857 .

Bro . AUGUSTUS HESRT NOTEI / LI , J . G . W . —This brother was initiated in the Lodge of Friendship , No . 6 , in the year 1851 , and has served all the offices . He was elected W . M . in March , I 860 , and still continues to hold that position . He was exalted in the Chapter of Friendship

in 1854 , and held the office of P . Soj . for a considerable time , and has now , for upwards of a year , filled the chair of J . At the last Grand Chapter he was appointed as P . G . Soj . Bro . Novell ! is a P . Grand Steward , and has also served the office of Steward to the Boys' and Girls ' Schools , of hoth of which he is a Life Governor .

Bro . the Eev . JOSEPH SEXIOK , LL . D ., G . Chap . — Bro . Senior has a long list of services to boast of in the province from whence he comes—West Yorkshire . He was initiated , in 183 G , in the Lodge of Three Grand Princi p les , No . 251 , Dewsbury ; served as J . W ., 1 S 37 , and

as W . M . 1838 , 1839 , andl 840 , by special dispensation . In 1 S 37 he joined the Nelson of the Nile Lodge , 330 , Batley , and served as W . M . 1839 , IS-iO , ancl 1841 , by special dispensation , also often officiating as Secretary . Treasurer , 1 and Chaplain . On leaving Batley , in 1851 , he received a

gold watch and appendages from the Dewsbury brethren , and also a silver cup , with a Chaplain ' s jewel and collar from the brethren at Batley . In 1851 our rev . brother joined the Wakefield Lodge , No . 727 , serving as Secretary and Chaplain . He has beeu Prov . G . Sup . Works , Prov . G . Chaplain , and Prov . J . G . Warden ,

and is at present Prov . Senior G . Warden of West Yorkshire . He was exalted in the Alfred Chapter , No . 384 , Leeds , in 1838 ; served as 3 rd Prin . J . ; assisted in opening Chapter of Three Grand Princi ples , Dewsbury , in 1842 , and has served as J ., H ., and Z . He has also served as Prov . G . J ., and Prov . G . H . of West Yorkshire , and is now Asst . Soj . in the Supremo G . Chapter of

England . He was installed a Ivt . Templar in the Prince Edward Encampment in 1842 , appointed Grand Almoner in 1 S 4 S , and at present occupies the offices of E . C . ofthe Prince Edward Encampment—Prelate ofthe Fearnley Encampment , Dewsbury—and of the De Furnival Encampment , Sheffield ; and also Prov . G . Prelate

of West Yorkshire . Our rev . brother is the son of a Mason , as well as the father of a Mason , his eldest son having been initiated in India ; being connected with the Commissariat , he was a member of the Lodge and Chapter of Harmony , Cawnpore , and nearly the only

brother and companion who escaped the "butchery in the late mutiny , when the lodge property , jewels , certificates , & c , were destroyed . He is now a member of the Lodge of Light , No . 1138 , in Adjoodhia , Fyzerabad , Bengal .

Bro . the Eev . W . Iv . BTT . AND BEDFORD , ALA . ., Grand Chaplain . —This rev . brother was initiated in the Apollo Lodge , No . 460 , Oxford , March 17 th , 184 G , and raised to the third degree , June 3 rd of the same year . He served the office of Deacon in that Lodge , and is now a ,

life member of it . In 1 S 52 he joined the Lodge of Light , No . 089 , Birmingham , and served as Senior Warden of that Lodge in 1858 , and Master in 1859 . He was also the