COW TKNTf. English people, and by which she was fortunate enough expanded by benevolence. It is therefore with great to set, so to speak, a public mark upon her time anil life, confidence , brethren , that I propose the re-election of His interest that she took in the nursing and Royal Highness the Prince of Wales as Most United Grand Lodge...... 97 it was the deep Worshipful mOF M U11.cM.n ,«.- tending of the sick. It began and was practised in her Grand Master for the ensuing year. g 09 ( raft Masonry earliest days ; it closed with the last hours only of her Bro. Edgar Bay lis, P.M. : Most W. Pro Grand Instruction JJ 259 Arch >_ existence. It probably is in the knowledge of most mem- Master, I have the honour to second that nomination. I Roval °°oo Knig hts Templar . bers of this Grand Lodge that she, perhaps of all the am quite certai n that no expressions of mine will add ta India ... jo Frccmasonry m members t>f the Royal Family, nursed with the greatest the unanimity with which it will be received ; and I there- Masonic Notes and queries 101 r„n«eeration of the Southdown Lod ge, No. 1597 , 101 assiduity and patience her father (luring his last illness. fore simply and formally second the election of His Royal «.,''Southampton Masonic Hall Company 101 She again stood by the sick bed and nursed with indefatig- Highness as our Grand Master for the ensuing year. Institution for Boys lot I' ovil Masonic able care her brother, our illustrious Grand Master. She The motion having been put by the Earl of Carnarvon , St Altai's Abbey i°r Freemason " 102 again took no mean part or interest in that hospital was carried unanimously. ¦'The 102 The Onarterly Communication organisation which she mainly created at the time of the The Earl of Carnarvon : I must as a matter of formality Vale !" "^ German war. I can remember when I was ask if there is any voice on the contrary :— French and ; but I am happy CoKBEsr oNDEW E myself a year or two a fter that war how The Late Piincess Alirc IOJ in that country , to say the vote is general and universal. lolin Hervev Lodge of Instruction 103 many stories I heard , many of them very touching, of the His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales was then for- Roman Catholic Ignorance and Intolerance 103 and zeal and earnestness with which she had mally proclaimed b Sir Albert W. Woods IC>i patience y (Garter), Reviews... to her self-imposed task. And lastly it may Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rites 104 devoted herself G.D.C, as Grand Master of Freemasons of England for Roval and Select Masters 104 be truly said that her own death was caused by the nursing the ensuing year. Dr 'AIackey and Masonic Rite 104 of her own children. It deserves to be known, for it is a The Earl of Carnarvon : Brethren the next business on Charity Votes „ ............: 10J , provincia l remarkable coincidence, that her death fell Farewell Banquet an 1 Presentation to Bro. Spinks 10; touching and the paper is the election of the Grand Treasurer. Masonic and General Tidings 103 on the very anniversary of her father's death , and also, I Bro. L. W. Cave : M.W. Pro Gran d Master, I have the Lodge Meetings for Next Week J06 believe, almost, if not quite, coincided with the day when honour to propose for Grand Treasurer our Bro. Ferdinand Advertisem ents '., ii., iii., jr., v., vi. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales in his illness de Rothschild , of the Prince of Wales Lod ge, No. 259. received the first favourable turn. Brethren , Her Royal The office of Grand Treas u rer, as we all know, is one of UNITED GRAND LODGE. Highness was cut off in the very noontide of life, at the great importance/and I strongly recommend our Bro. moment when duties seemed to have multiplied upon her, Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild for that office. His name Quarterl y Communication of Grand Lodge of Free- The when her power of usefulness was the grea test, when num- is well known not only in the City of London , but was held nn Wednesday evening, at Freemasons' masons bers upon numbers had become dependent upon her care throughout the whole of England , and hot only in Eng- when some six hundred brethre n were present. The Hall , and thought, and when she. was most competent, perhaps, land , but in all the m arkets and exchanges of the world (if Pro Grand Master, presided , and the ; Earl Carnarvon , to counsel and to assist. But though all that came to and I think that tlie election of a brother so distinguished Grat.d and Past Grand Officers who attended other pass, according to our eyes, prematurely, she did not pass as Bro. Ferdinand de Rothschild will tend to add lustre to :—Lord Carnarvon , Pro G.M. ; Lord Sherborne , Prov . were away without leaving a great and useful lesson behind ; the office of Grand Treasurer. ' Gloucestershire , P.G.M. ; Lord Skelmersdale, D.G.M. ; 0 G.M. she left , as I said just now, a public mark , so to speak , of Bro. Samuel Pierce, P.M., : Most Worshi pful Pro Beach M. I'., P.G.M. Hauls and Isle of Wight ; 33 \V. W. , her life and character on the time in which she lived , and Grand Master, it is with very great pleasure that I stand Montague Guest , Prov. G.M. Doiset; S. Hnw=oti , Past the people amongst whom she lived , and I can remember before you to seconei the proposition that we have just G.M. China ; Gen. brownrigg, Prov. G.M. Surrey ; Dist. no case of me.re genuine and unmistakeable sorrow in heard. The advantages of that election to Grand Ledge in Hennikcr, S.G.W. ; Sir Harcourt Johnstone, M.P., Lord this country when an event of this kind ivas announced, particular, and the Craft in general, have been quite suffi- W Victor Williamson, P.G.W. ; Capt. Piatt , |. G. .; as I know indeed the loss was, one of the irreparable losses ciently dilated upon by the brother who l"as proposed our Sir Michael Costa P.G.W.; Rev. H. Adair P.G.W. ; sustained by her adopted country. Brethren, the higher Bro. Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild , and I think I shall G. Chaplain ; Rev. Wm. Alfred Hill , As- l'ickard , the position , the loftier the estate in which men or women best study the v;ishes anil feelings of the Grand Lodge if G. Chaplain ; Rev. C. J. Martyn, P.G.C. ; sistant move, the greater, too, the glitter anil the brilliancy— I content myself with simply seconding that proposition. Rev. A. V. A. Woodford , P.G.C. ; Rev. 15. J. Simpson , there is quite enoug h of that ; but when tho<c who are in Hro. F. Binckes, P.G. Steward : Most Worshi pful Pro G.C. ; Rev. C. W. Arnold , P.G.C ; Rev. R. P. Bent , I'. p sitions are adorned by simplicity of life , by a faithful Grand Master, however invidious may be the position I -Eneas Mcl.ityre, G. Registrar ; John B. P.G.C ; . J. discharge of duty, by courage, and by the homely, but may be thought in the estimation of some to occupy, I do Monckton , President of the Board of General Purposes; because homely not the less princel y, virtues, then a great not think that, with any reganl to consistency, the John Hervcy, G. Secretary ; E. E. Wendt, G. Secretary for lesson is left behind , and a very noble picture is painted opinions I feel , and the sentiments I express , I can allow Genera l Correspondence ; Erasmus Wilson , S.G.D. ; Col. for othe-rs to follow their example, and such I believe to this nomination to go unchallenged. There are but two Shadwell II. Gierke, S.G.D. ; Raphael Costa , J.G.D. ; T. have been the case with her late Royal Highness the offices, M.W. Pro G. Master, within the gift , generally P.G D. ; E. S. Snell , P.G.D. ; J. M. Case, P.G.D. ; Fenn , . Princess Alice. Brethren , I am sure of this, that though speaking, of the members of the Craft ; the one is that to Hrackstnnc Baker, P.G.D.; Col. Creaton , P.G.D.; Capt. this vote comes late, as lat e it necessarily was, because which we know and we all gladly acknowledge no exception N. G. Phili ps, I'.G.D. ; Dr. Jabez Hogg, P.G. D.; J. C. we have had no opportunity of meeting here since that could by any possibility be taken , because we are all of us Parkinson , P.G.D. ; K. J. Barron , P.G.D. ; Raynham W. unfortunate event , I am sure that you will heartily and animated both by loyalty to the throne and our allegiance Stewart, P.G.P. ; Charles W. C. Hulton , P.G.D.; James sincerely add your voices to the melancholy resolution to our Most Worshi pful Grand Master, to prohibit, by the Glaisher, P.G.D. ; Robert Grey, P.G.D. ; Peter de Lande which 1 am about to propose, and that you will unite in a due consideration of either of those feelings, any difference Charles A. Mutton , P.G.D. ; Fred. P. Mor- Long, P.G.D. ; vote expressing the deep sympathy which we all feel at the of opinion with reference to the illustrious Head of our rell , P.G.D.