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Contents.
CONTENTS .
L EADERS 311 Roval Masonic Institution for Boys—Annual Festival at the Crystal Palace ... 311 Annual Fete at Wood Green 316
C ORRESPONDENCEThc Levander Memorial 319 Notes and Queries 319 R ETORTS UF MASONIC M EETINGSCraft Masonry 3 ' 9 Instruction 321
REPORTS OF MASONIC MEETINGS ( Continued)—Mark Masonry 321 Allied Masonic Degrees 32 a Ancient and Accepted Rite 322 Malta 322
Prince Albert Victor and Mark Masonry ... 322 Royal Masonic Insti'ution for Girls 322 Northern Counties Lodge in London 322 Masonry in the Soudan 322 Masonic and General Tidings 323 Lodge Meetings for Next Week 324
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T Festival of the Boys' School took place on Wednesday , when under the distinguished presidency of the Marquis of HARTINGTON , Prov . G . M . for Derbyshire , the Stewards brought in the sum of ^ 11 , 748 , to which must be added the Grand Lodge vote of £ 1000 . A great and brilliant company attended , and the gathering may be pronounced a highly successful one .
* * * WE may with pride remember as Freemasons what the zeal and energy of Freemasons have done in England for the support of our great Masonic Metropolitan Charities in 1885 . Despite bad times and an universal tendency to uncertainty and unsettledness in business , and when all around we note the falling off of subscriptions , and piteous appeals
for help from countless useful associations , our good brethren in Freemasonry have not relaxed one jot or tittle in their steady and munificent support of our great Charities . Forty-four thousand pounds is a return for 1885 , thus far incomplete as it is , which we may well point to and " make a note of . " Such a total is a very remarkable fact in itself , and commends itself to the notice of the thoughtful
and the philanthropic , as very suggestive in all good truth of the loving reality and hearty beneficence of our great Order . We do not wish to prolong these considerations to-day , but amid attacks many and virulent , it is something for us all to remember and witness , that English Freemasonry in its stately march stands before us in clearest contour the pride and trust of its sodality , and the helpmeet and benefactress of mankind .
* * * OUR attention has been called by a correspondent to certain letters and statements by a Rev . R . H . COTTER , attacking Freemasonry in general , and Irish Freemasonry in particular , in a publication without a printer ' s name , and which is apparently intended for circulation in Ireland and England . The writer of this vehement incrimination of our peaceful , useful
and loyal Order is apparently very wide astray in the remarks he makes , and the assumptions he puts forward . He talks , for instance , of 15 millions of Freemasons , a statement so wild and erratic as not to deserve the sli ghtest attention . He alludes to the paganism of Freemasonry , whicli we need hardly say is a self-evident absurdity in his mouth . There is one point in his letters with which we cannot fail to be struck , namely , that he runs completely in the same groove with our most virulent Roman Catholic assailants .
In fact , he is " on all fours" with the most angry of Ultramontane antagonists . Who can , then , explain this exaggeration of language ? this jargon of imbecility ? this extraordinary assimilation of Roman Catholic unscrupulousness as regards Freemasonry , whether in Great Britain or elsewhere , which we find in the " ravings , " we can term them nothing else , of this minister and messenger of peace and goodwill ? The Irish Freemasons will regard these broad sheets with complete equanimity .
* WE were glad to see Bro . TERRY in his place at Wednesday ' s festive gathering at the Crystal Palace . A few weeks since he had the misfortune to be disabled by an accident , which was serious enough to confine him a good deal to the house , and from the effects of which he has not yet wholly recovered . However , a sense of duty impelled him to be present at the Boys' Festival , and we must hope that the journey thither and home again will not have the effect of postponing his restoration to health .
* # * OUR readers will be glad to hear that arrangements have already been completed for filling the vacancy caused by the death of R . W . Bro . Sir WATKIN WILLIAMS -WYNN , Bart ., M . P ., P . G . M . of North Wales and Salop . Considering how large an extent of country was contained within the limits of 'he late Bro . Sir W . W . WYNN ' government , we think the GRAND
MASTER has acted wisely in reconstructing North Wales as a separate province , and it will be generally allowed that in selecting Lord HARLECH for N je post of Prov . Grand Master , a better choice could not have been made , ^ hropshire resumes its old position as a distinct province but under Bro . Sir Ui'i'LEY WAKEMAN , who was Deputy P . G . M . when Sir W . W . WYNN died . 1
¦ Replace of the late Dukeof ALBANY as Prov . Grand Master of Oxfordshire has been filled by the appointment of the Earl of J ERSEY , P . G . S . W ., ; * nd Bedfordshire has been erected into a province under Bro . Col . W . I " , of Tempsford Hall . These changes will no doubt prove eminently e , ie ( icial to the interests of the Craft generally as well as locally .
Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.
ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS .
FESTIVAL AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE .
The 87 th Anniversary Festival of this Institution was held on Wednesday evening , at the Crystal Palace , Sydenham . Nearl y 700 brethren and ladies sat down to dinner , presided over by the Marquis of Hartington , M . P ., Provincial Grand Master for Derbyshire . Among the company present were
Bros . H . B . Marshall , CC , Past G . Treas ., Pat . ; A . F . Godson , D . P . G . M . Worcestershire , V .-Pat . ; Fitzherbert Wright , P . P . G . S . W . Derby , V .-Pat . ; W . Roebuck , P . G . Stwd ., P . P . G . S . W . Middx ., Trustee , v .-Pat . ; Captain George Lambert , P . P . G . W . Herts , P . G . Std . Br ., Pat . ; Lieut .-Col . J . Peters , P . P . G . W . Middx ., P . G . Std . Br . ; Edgar Bowyer , P . P . G . S . W . Herts , P . G . Std . Br ., V .-Pat . ; John Lawrence Mather , P . M ., & c , P . P . G . D . C . Herts , V .-Pat . ; G . Ratcliff Steel , J . D . 1 , G . S . ; F . T . Bennett , 33 ; Jubal Webb , VV . M . 55 ; G . R . Ousey , W . M . 59 ; Arthur Josling , Co , G . Stwd . ; Chas . Belton , F . R . G . S ., VV . M . 165 , P . M . 777 , P . P . G . D . Surrey , V .-Pat . ;
W . A . Scurrah , 167 , W . M . 204 S , V .-Pat . ; Joseph Clever , P . M . 171 , P . Z ., V .-Pres . ; Douglas Chester , 1 S 0 ; James Chapman , P . M . 194 ; Henry Carman , J . W . 54 S ; W . Angus , P . M . 619 ; Edward Tappenden , 700 ; Nathaniel Goodchild , P . M . 704 ; John Bertram , P . M . 742 and S 13 , P . Z . 25 , V .-Pres . ; G . G . Beneditti , S . W . 1155 ; J . J . Berry , W . M . and P . M . 127 S , P . Z . 554 ; James Crowden , W . M . 1297 ; A . T . Lavton , W . M . 1601 , P . M . 1 S 1 , V .-Pat . ; S . Pope , O . C , M . P . 1 G 10 ; C H . Stone , 1 C 41 ; D . P . Cama , P . M . 1642 , P . Z ., P . P . G . S . B . Middx ., Pat . ; Mrs . B . D . P . Cama , Pat . ; Bros .
W . F . Darnell , 1 C 77 ; Asher Barfield , P . M . 35 and 1 OS 1 , V .-Pat . ; H . Cattermole , 1830 ; C . H . Phillips , P . M . 19 S 6 ; G . P . Festa , P . M . 1900 , V .-Pat . ; C H . Driver , P . M . 905 and 1149 , P . P . G . S . of Works Surrey , & c . ; C . SherriiTe Lane , P . M . 764 and 1 . S 62 , P . Z . 764 , P . P . G . D . Durham , V .-Pat . ; C . F . Matier , P . M . 6 45 , P . G . Stwd . Scotland , P . G . W . Greece , & c , V .-Pat . ; W . W . Morgan ; R . D . Poppleton , J . Terry , P . P . G . S . W . Norths and Hunts ; J . L . Thomas , P . G . A . D . C ; A . Torkington , 60 , P . G . Stwd ., V .-Pat . ; Hy . Fitzhardinse Price , P . M . 1 S 7 , P . P . G . Reg . Bristol ; John Smith , P . P . G . S . W .
Derbyshire , V .-Pat . ; Thomas Cox , W . M . 253 , P . P . G . S . W . Derbyshire ; Thomas Ed . Yeomans , P . M . 506 ; Samuel Robinson , W . M . 625 ; Joseph Taylor Wright , 654 , P . P . G . P . T . Derbyshire ; S . Steele , P . M . S 02 , P . P . G . P . Derbyshire ; Percy Wallis , P . M . 850 , Prov . G . D . C . Derbyshire ; J . H . Lawson , P . M . 1235 , P . P . G . S . D . Derbyshire ; Thomas Parker , 1475 ; J . B . Boycott , W . M . 1952 ; W . Douglas Dugdale , P . M ., P . P . G . S . W . Dorsetshire , V .-Pres . ; Hans B . Olsen , Sec . 764 ; Joseph F . Wilson , J . W . 764 ; James Pearce Lewin , 276 , P . P . G . S . ot W . Essex ; John Glass , P . M . 453 ;
Kichard Clowes , P . M . 650 , Prov . G . S . W . Essex ; Frank Hall , L . D . S ., W . M . 403 , P . P . G . A . P . Herts ; Edward Swain , P . P . G . J . W . Herts , Prov . G . J . Herts , P . M . 449 , 803 , P . Std . 403 ; Christopher Miskin , P . M . 1479 , P . P . S . D . Herts ; George Band , P . M ., Treas . 1096 , P . G . A . P . Kent ; Charles Holcroft , J . W . 1414 ; Robt . Foote , P . M . 1505 , 20 4 2 , P . G . Stwd . West Lancashire , V .-Pres . ; Wm . McGauley , 1505 ; C . Stretton , P . P . G . S . W . Leicester and Rutland , V .-Pat . ; J . Faulkner , L . D . S ., P . M . 1423 , P . Z . Era , P . G . S . D . Middx . ; W . H . Goodall , P . M . 1567 , P . P . G . S . B . Middx . ;
Carter Millbourn , P . M . 2024 , S "» V .-Pat . ; J . M . McLeod , P . M . 884 , J . 1661 , W . M . 265 , P . G . S . O . Notts . ; G . H . Osmond , 340 ; A . Buck , 1703 ; W . J . Nosworthy , 329 ; H . W . H . Elwes , P . M . 1452 , Prov . G . S . D . Suffolk ; A . F . Godson , D . P . G . M . Worcester , V .-Pat . ; W . C . Green , W . M . 377 , Pr . G . Purs . Worcester ; John S . Cumberland , P . J . P . G . W . N . and E . Yorks . ; Christopher Palliser , P . M ., P . P . G . S . of W . N . and E . Yorks . ; Rawson Kelly , 258 , P . P . G . S . B . W . Yorks . ; C . K . Benson , 1336 , P . G . A . P . N . Wales and Salop ; W . Lascelles Southwell , W . M . 1621 ; D . C . Jones , P . M . 1373 ,
P . G . J . W . E . Div . S . Wales ; F . R . W . Hedges , Sec . Girls' School ; J . M . P . Montagu , G . Supt . R . A . Dorset , P . G . D ., P . D . P . G . M . Dorset , G . J . W . R . O . S ., V .-Pat . ; W . Lake , P . P . G . Reg . ; and others . The dinner , which was most bountifully provided by Bros . Bertram and Roberts , was also admirably served , and thoroughly enjoyed by all the company , and at its conclusion grace was sung by the musical team under Bro . Edwin M . Lott , Grand Organist , and the toasts were then proposed .
The Noble CHAIRMAN , on rising to propose the first toast , was received with loud cheers . He said : Ladies and brethren—I have now to propose to you a toast which , I am sure , you will all receive in the
way in which , according to my experience , the toast has always been received amongst Freemasons . I have to propose to you " The Health of Her Gracious Majesty theQueen . " ( Cheers . ) There may be other
countries in which Freemasonry labours under some suspicion , and the secresy of its proceedings exposes it to some misapprehensions ; that is not the case , I am glad to say , among us . ( Hear , hear . ) It is well
known that her Majesty has no more loyal body of subjects than the Freemasons of this country . ( Cheers . ) We are all , I think , tolerably well satisfied with the monarchical institution under which we live . ( Hear , hear . ) It is only upon such
occasions as that through which we have just been passing that we fully realise how much we owe to the personal influence of the Sovereign —( hear , hear ) —and I have no doubt that when the history of these transactions comes to be laid fully before you , you , with the whole country , will have reason to be satisfied , as you have been before , with the great constitutional knowledge and judgment which has been displayed by her Gracious Majesty . ( Cheers . )
I propose to you the health of her Gracious Majesty the Queen . The toast was honoured with great enthusiasm . ~ The CHAIRMAN said—The next toast that I have to give you is "The Health of H . R . H . the Prince of Wales . M . W . G . M . of England , and President of the Institution whose Festival we are to-day celebrating . "
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Contents.
CONTENTS .
L EADERS 311 Roval Masonic Institution for Boys—Annual Festival at the Crystal Palace ... 311 Annual Fete at Wood Green 316
C ORRESPONDENCEThc Levander Memorial 319 Notes and Queries 319 R ETORTS UF MASONIC M EETINGSCraft Masonry 3 ' 9 Instruction 321
REPORTS OF MASONIC MEETINGS ( Continued)—Mark Masonry 321 Allied Masonic Degrees 32 a Ancient and Accepted Rite 322 Malta 322
Prince Albert Victor and Mark Masonry ... 322 Royal Masonic Insti'ution for Girls 322 Northern Counties Lodge in London 322 Masonry in the Soudan 322 Masonic and General Tidings 323 Lodge Meetings for Next Week 324
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T Festival of the Boys' School took place on Wednesday , when under the distinguished presidency of the Marquis of HARTINGTON , Prov . G . M . for Derbyshire , the Stewards brought in the sum of ^ 11 , 748 , to which must be added the Grand Lodge vote of £ 1000 . A great and brilliant company attended , and the gathering may be pronounced a highly successful one .
* * * WE may with pride remember as Freemasons what the zeal and energy of Freemasons have done in England for the support of our great Masonic Metropolitan Charities in 1885 . Despite bad times and an universal tendency to uncertainty and unsettledness in business , and when all around we note the falling off of subscriptions , and piteous appeals
for help from countless useful associations , our good brethren in Freemasonry have not relaxed one jot or tittle in their steady and munificent support of our great Charities . Forty-four thousand pounds is a return for 1885 , thus far incomplete as it is , which we may well point to and " make a note of . " Such a total is a very remarkable fact in itself , and commends itself to the notice of the thoughtful
and the philanthropic , as very suggestive in all good truth of the loving reality and hearty beneficence of our great Order . We do not wish to prolong these considerations to-day , but amid attacks many and virulent , it is something for us all to remember and witness , that English Freemasonry in its stately march stands before us in clearest contour the pride and trust of its sodality , and the helpmeet and benefactress of mankind .
* * * OUR attention has been called by a correspondent to certain letters and statements by a Rev . R . H . COTTER , attacking Freemasonry in general , and Irish Freemasonry in particular , in a publication without a printer ' s name , and which is apparently intended for circulation in Ireland and England . The writer of this vehement incrimination of our peaceful , useful
and loyal Order is apparently very wide astray in the remarks he makes , and the assumptions he puts forward . He talks , for instance , of 15 millions of Freemasons , a statement so wild and erratic as not to deserve the sli ghtest attention . He alludes to the paganism of Freemasonry , whicli we need hardly say is a self-evident absurdity in his mouth . There is one point in his letters with which we cannot fail to be struck , namely , that he runs completely in the same groove with our most virulent Roman Catholic assailants .
In fact , he is " on all fours" with the most angry of Ultramontane antagonists . Who can , then , explain this exaggeration of language ? this jargon of imbecility ? this extraordinary assimilation of Roman Catholic unscrupulousness as regards Freemasonry , whether in Great Britain or elsewhere , which we find in the " ravings , " we can term them nothing else , of this minister and messenger of peace and goodwill ? The Irish Freemasons will regard these broad sheets with complete equanimity .
* WE were glad to see Bro . TERRY in his place at Wednesday ' s festive gathering at the Crystal Palace . A few weeks since he had the misfortune to be disabled by an accident , which was serious enough to confine him a good deal to the house , and from the effects of which he has not yet wholly recovered . However , a sense of duty impelled him to be present at the Boys' Festival , and we must hope that the journey thither and home again will not have the effect of postponing his restoration to health .
* # * OUR readers will be glad to hear that arrangements have already been completed for filling the vacancy caused by the death of R . W . Bro . Sir WATKIN WILLIAMS -WYNN , Bart ., M . P ., P . G . M . of North Wales and Salop . Considering how large an extent of country was contained within the limits of 'he late Bro . Sir W . W . WYNN ' government , we think the GRAND
MASTER has acted wisely in reconstructing North Wales as a separate province , and it will be generally allowed that in selecting Lord HARLECH for N je post of Prov . Grand Master , a better choice could not have been made , ^ hropshire resumes its old position as a distinct province but under Bro . Sir Ui'i'LEY WAKEMAN , who was Deputy P . G . M . when Sir W . W . WYNN died . 1
¦ Replace of the late Dukeof ALBANY as Prov . Grand Master of Oxfordshire has been filled by the appointment of the Earl of J ERSEY , P . G . S . W ., ; * nd Bedfordshire has been erected into a province under Bro . Col . W . I " , of Tempsford Hall . These changes will no doubt prove eminently e , ie ( icial to the interests of the Craft generally as well as locally .
Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.
ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS .
FESTIVAL AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE .
The 87 th Anniversary Festival of this Institution was held on Wednesday evening , at the Crystal Palace , Sydenham . Nearl y 700 brethren and ladies sat down to dinner , presided over by the Marquis of Hartington , M . P ., Provincial Grand Master for Derbyshire . Among the company present were
Bros . H . B . Marshall , CC , Past G . Treas ., Pat . ; A . F . Godson , D . P . G . M . Worcestershire , V .-Pat . ; Fitzherbert Wright , P . P . G . S . W . Derby , V .-Pat . ; W . Roebuck , P . G . Stwd ., P . P . G . S . W . Middx ., Trustee , v .-Pat . ; Captain George Lambert , P . P . G . W . Herts , P . G . Std . Br ., Pat . ; Lieut .-Col . J . Peters , P . P . G . W . Middx ., P . G . Std . Br . ; Edgar Bowyer , P . P . G . S . W . Herts , P . G . Std . Br ., V .-Pat . ; John Lawrence Mather , P . M ., & c , P . P . G . D . C . Herts , V .-Pat . ; G . Ratcliff Steel , J . D . 1 , G . S . ; F . T . Bennett , 33 ; Jubal Webb , VV . M . 55 ; G . R . Ousey , W . M . 59 ; Arthur Josling , Co , G . Stwd . ; Chas . Belton , F . R . G . S ., VV . M . 165 , P . M . 777 , P . P . G . D . Surrey , V .-Pat . ;
W . A . Scurrah , 167 , W . M . 204 S , V .-Pat . ; Joseph Clever , P . M . 171 , P . Z ., V .-Pres . ; Douglas Chester , 1 S 0 ; James Chapman , P . M . 194 ; Henry Carman , J . W . 54 S ; W . Angus , P . M . 619 ; Edward Tappenden , 700 ; Nathaniel Goodchild , P . M . 704 ; John Bertram , P . M . 742 and S 13 , P . Z . 25 , V .-Pres . ; G . G . Beneditti , S . W . 1155 ; J . J . Berry , W . M . and P . M . 127 S , P . Z . 554 ; James Crowden , W . M . 1297 ; A . T . Lavton , W . M . 1601 , P . M . 1 S 1 , V .-Pat . ; S . Pope , O . C , M . P . 1 G 10 ; C H . Stone , 1 C 41 ; D . P . Cama , P . M . 1642 , P . Z ., P . P . G . S . B . Middx ., Pat . ; Mrs . B . D . P . Cama , Pat . ; Bros .
W . F . Darnell , 1 C 77 ; Asher Barfield , P . M . 35 and 1 OS 1 , V .-Pat . ; H . Cattermole , 1830 ; C . H . Phillips , P . M . 19 S 6 ; G . P . Festa , P . M . 1900 , V .-Pat . ; C H . Driver , P . M . 905 and 1149 , P . P . G . S . of Works Surrey , & c . ; C . SherriiTe Lane , P . M . 764 and 1 . S 62 , P . Z . 764 , P . P . G . D . Durham , V .-Pat . ; C . F . Matier , P . M . 6 45 , P . G . Stwd . Scotland , P . G . W . Greece , & c , V .-Pat . ; W . W . Morgan ; R . D . Poppleton , J . Terry , P . P . G . S . W . Norths and Hunts ; J . L . Thomas , P . G . A . D . C ; A . Torkington , 60 , P . G . Stwd ., V .-Pat . ; Hy . Fitzhardinse Price , P . M . 1 S 7 , P . P . G . Reg . Bristol ; John Smith , P . P . G . S . W .
Derbyshire , V .-Pat . ; Thomas Cox , W . M . 253 , P . P . G . S . W . Derbyshire ; Thomas Ed . Yeomans , P . M . 506 ; Samuel Robinson , W . M . 625 ; Joseph Taylor Wright , 654 , P . P . G . P . T . Derbyshire ; S . Steele , P . M . S 02 , P . P . G . P . Derbyshire ; Percy Wallis , P . M . 850 , Prov . G . D . C . Derbyshire ; J . H . Lawson , P . M . 1235 , P . P . G . S . D . Derbyshire ; Thomas Parker , 1475 ; J . B . Boycott , W . M . 1952 ; W . Douglas Dugdale , P . M ., P . P . G . S . W . Dorsetshire , V .-Pres . ; Hans B . Olsen , Sec . 764 ; Joseph F . Wilson , J . W . 764 ; James Pearce Lewin , 276 , P . P . G . S . ot W . Essex ; John Glass , P . M . 453 ;
Kichard Clowes , P . M . 650 , Prov . G . S . W . Essex ; Frank Hall , L . D . S ., W . M . 403 , P . P . G . A . P . Herts ; Edward Swain , P . P . G . J . W . Herts , Prov . G . J . Herts , P . M . 449 , 803 , P . Std . 403 ; Christopher Miskin , P . M . 1479 , P . P . S . D . Herts ; George Band , P . M ., Treas . 1096 , P . G . A . P . Kent ; Charles Holcroft , J . W . 1414 ; Robt . Foote , P . M . 1505 , 20 4 2 , P . G . Stwd . West Lancashire , V .-Pres . ; Wm . McGauley , 1505 ; C . Stretton , P . P . G . S . W . Leicester and Rutland , V .-Pat . ; J . Faulkner , L . D . S ., P . M . 1423 , P . Z . Era , P . G . S . D . Middx . ; W . H . Goodall , P . M . 1567 , P . P . G . S . B . Middx . ;
Carter Millbourn , P . M . 2024 , S "» V .-Pat . ; J . M . McLeod , P . M . 884 , J . 1661 , W . M . 265 , P . G . S . O . Notts . ; G . H . Osmond , 340 ; A . Buck , 1703 ; W . J . Nosworthy , 329 ; H . W . H . Elwes , P . M . 1452 , Prov . G . S . D . Suffolk ; A . F . Godson , D . P . G . M . Worcester , V .-Pat . ; W . C . Green , W . M . 377 , Pr . G . Purs . Worcester ; John S . Cumberland , P . J . P . G . W . N . and E . Yorks . ; Christopher Palliser , P . M ., P . P . G . S . of W . N . and E . Yorks . ; Rawson Kelly , 258 , P . P . G . S . B . W . Yorks . ; C . K . Benson , 1336 , P . G . A . P . N . Wales and Salop ; W . Lascelles Southwell , W . M . 1621 ; D . C . Jones , P . M . 1373 ,
P . G . J . W . E . Div . S . Wales ; F . R . W . Hedges , Sec . Girls' School ; J . M . P . Montagu , G . Supt . R . A . Dorset , P . G . D ., P . D . P . G . M . Dorset , G . J . W . R . O . S ., V .-Pat . ; W . Lake , P . P . G . Reg . ; and others . The dinner , which was most bountifully provided by Bros . Bertram and Roberts , was also admirably served , and thoroughly enjoyed by all the company , and at its conclusion grace was sung by the musical team under Bro . Edwin M . Lott , Grand Organist , and the toasts were then proposed .
The Noble CHAIRMAN , on rising to propose the first toast , was received with loud cheers . He said : Ladies and brethren—I have now to propose to you a toast which , I am sure , you will all receive in the
way in which , according to my experience , the toast has always been received amongst Freemasons . I have to propose to you " The Health of Her Gracious Majesty theQueen . " ( Cheers . ) There may be other
countries in which Freemasonry labours under some suspicion , and the secresy of its proceedings exposes it to some misapprehensions ; that is not the case , I am glad to say , among us . ( Hear , hear . ) It is well
known that her Majesty has no more loyal body of subjects than the Freemasons of this country . ( Cheers . ) We are all , I think , tolerably well satisfied with the monarchical institution under which we live . ( Hear , hear . ) It is only upon such
occasions as that through which we have just been passing that we fully realise how much we owe to the personal influence of the Sovereign —( hear , hear ) —and I have no doubt that when the history of these transactions comes to be laid fully before you , you , with the whole country , will have reason to be satisfied , as you have been before , with the great constitutional knowledge and judgment which has been displayed by her Gracious Majesty . ( Cheers . )
I propose to you the health of her Gracious Majesty the Queen . The toast was honoured with great enthusiasm . ~ The CHAIRMAN said—The next toast that I have to give you is "The Health of H . R . H . the Prince of Wales . M . W . G . M . of England , and President of the Institution whose Festival we are to-day celebrating . "