Craft Freemasonry.

the Grand Lodge of England ; / Eneas J . M'Intyre , Grand Registrar , Lord Arthur Pelham Clinton , Rev . C . Hudson , J . AA atson , jun ., Prov . G-. Sec , Dr . Robertson , Prov . G . Reg ., and Bro . Attenborougb , Master of the ! Newstead Lodge . The Rov . J . L . Prior , Prov . G . Chaplain , said grace . After the cloth had been removed , The Provincial Grand Master then rose , and said—Brethren , as the time which , AA' 6 have to spend together is very short , I shall be brief in the feAV

Avords Avhich I shall haA'c to address to you , and I trust that others Avill follow the same example . Tho first toast Avhich I shall have to propose to you is one which is highly acceptable to us as masons , and as Englishmen—as masons , because Ave are taught to reverence the highest constituted authorities in the realm ; and also because her Majesty lias this additional claim upon AIS , that though she cannot herself belong to our order , she is the daughter of one Grand Master , and the niece of three . ( Loud cheers . ) I ask you to drink

" The Health of her most gracious Majesty the Queen . " The Provincial Grand Master again rose and said—Brethren , the next toast I have to offer for your acceptance is that of "The Prince and Princess of AA alos , and the rest of the Royal Family . " ( Loud cheers . ) There never AS'as a time in the history of this or any other country where tho royal family Avas held in such affectionate esteem as at this moment . The advent of the Princess of AVales to these shores Avas hailed Avith universal delight by all the people of

this country ; and as for tho Prince of AA ales , Ave all look upon him as ono who at some future time—and God grant that it may be a distant day—shall succeed to the throne of this country . ( Cheers . ) To me his progress through life must be regarded Avith tho deepest interest , inasmuch as to use the Prince's OAVU words to me , "My father Avas his friend and counsellor /' ' [ Tftesc svords Avere pronounced Avith the greatest emphasis , and at the mention of his father ' s name , the noble duke Avas visibly overcome . ] Brethren , I regret to say that tho Prince himself is not a mason , but his brother-in-law , tho Prince of Prussia , is ; and I trust the day svill not be far distant svhen be may think fit to be

enrolled a member of that order to Avhich so many of his ancestors belonged . Lord de Tabley then rose , and svas greeted svith loud cheers . He said that bo felt himself to an extent a stranger in that company , but not altogether so , as they had many common bonds of union . He came as a stranger , but bound by a threefold cord : tho natural bond of union Avhich united all masons of whatever country ; the desire which thrilled through all their hearts to pay that respect to the illustrious man svho had that day been installed as Proy . Grand

Master . ( Cheers . ) Right happy svas he to sea him on the throne , upon that occasion ; and from the faces svliich he snsv around him , and the Avay in AS'hicli his grace had been received , it showed that he svas a worthy successor of that illustrious Prov . Grand Master whose loss they all so much deplored . ( Loud cheers . ) This Avas neither the time nor the place to give Avay to anything like political feeling-, but ho might say that if there was one feeling more unanimous than another in Englandit svas this—that if ever there svas a man ASIIO

, deserved Avell of his country—svho sacrificed everything in that country's service —a man AA-VIO discharged the duties of an English nobleman , a county gentleman , and also those of a Provincial Grand Master—that man was his lamented friend , the father of their Provincial Grand Master . ( Loud cheers . ) He Avas most happy to see his son commencing so worthily to tread in his father ' s footsteps ; and he Avould only say , Ionsr might he he snared to serve his country .

and to rule worthily over the crt . ft in that province . ( Much cheering . ) The toast he had the honour to propose Avas that of "The Army and Nas'y . " ( Loud cheers . ) He begged to couple svith the toast the health of Lord Arthur Pelham Clinton . Lord Arthur Pelham Clinton , on rising , Avas received Avith loud cheers . He said he begged very sincerely to thank the Brethren fur tho Avay in which they had received the toast . He AVBS proud to belong to so noble , so gallant a service—ss-hich had through all its annals gone on progressing , and had never yet , he believed , been beaten . ( Cheers . ) It Avas a matter of great congratulation to the country at large , that from the fact of the naval reserve being so