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Installation Of Provincial Grand Master in
England ceremonial : Banquet
Letters and Speeches.
,rrom the Manchester Guardian, Nov. 1o.l

ation OF the X. w. Brother lie Gcndre M Starkie "a
Provincial Grand Master OF East Lancashire, IN the
place Of The late Provincial Grand Master Brother
Stephen Blair. There was large attendance or
brethren from all parts OF the province, aud many
ceremony was performed by Tie Deputy Grand Mas
ter Of England, Brother the Earl OF Crrnarvou,
FROM the Grand Lodge there were also Brothers j.
Harvey. G. Secretary; f. Busner =. &, $. h., ana q.
;. bannlster +. @. - y. Among the provincial
grand officers wore The Provincial Grand Master
Designate brother lie Gendrs N. Starkel. w. X.
Call nder, Prov. ID. @. NJ; Il H.. Hutchinson, PROV.
e. 8, W.; ". Anch, Prov, G. y: W.; the Rev. I.
". Harrison, irov. @. Registrar; ]. Tuunsn. Prev.
q. Secretary; L: kadelile PROV, q. s. W; J. v.
Sup. Works; j. NJ. Whitehead, PROV. O. S. s.: W.
Gouldthorp, p. q. Organist, aud j. Duncld, Prov
Hon. Secretary Bro. 7. G. oibbons. assisted w
Bro. A. Sheard, oficated as director OF the cerc-
monies.
Previous to the installation Q craft lodge was
opened by Brother j. GibD smith, W. NJ. oil the Frend
sup Lodge lhiancnestsrh Tho grand officers ana me
IL mad Leen opened IN several degrees and were
saluted In Masonic forni. Letters apoisgizing for
their inaDnity attend were sent hy Brothers Earl
de- Grey anu Rilon, The Grand Master or England;
the Earl Of Zetidnd, 7. u. H.; the Marquis " har-
tlngton, NJ. r.; Lord DE labley, Sir I. 4. Heskctn,
Bari, nj. p, and oIncfs
the DEPUTY uaAND MASTER said-since your last
meeting IN provincial grand lodge you have had 10
lament the death VI yUur late respected Provincial
Grand Master Death has removed HIM froa among
you in an honored cid aye aud wrtl the respec, OF
all his brethren. 1T has pleased The Grand Master to
appoint successor, ana that SUCCESSOR rejoice 10
thluk is one whom you can cheerin!ls aud werthily
you by name, by family b. the lies vi property aud
sim more ~ Inason,c descent. Brother LIE Genare
N. StaIkie Is the PROVINCIAL Grand Master Deslgnate
and TINS Provincial Grand Lodge mas to day been
summoned that YOU nay he present at HIS lnssaNa-
uon Of periormins Ing that ceremony. lApplausel
The q. secretary OF Enliand then read tAe patent
Alter s' has.ng been i"iruducei by Brother A. H.
R0y0s Provincial U. NJ OF worcestershire, the In.
stal.atlon ceremony WAS duly performed.
Tue Deputy Grand Master. at the conclusion OF the
ceremony. said he was expressing not only ms own
hope but the hope OF ihat numerous Grand Lodge,
when lie wished That the Provincial Grand Master
would for many years continue 10 enjoy the great
honor ana dignty which the o..ce Of ruler OF MAT
province conferred. he could add lite to the
charges whoa had been addressed To the Provincial
Grand Master, but ne would wish h;in 10 remember
that TO rusc, especially over such q province
that, CARED with II great wegn;y responsible
ties. 1t was 10 common Erov,nce. He would, he
temperately conciiatory spirit, bur at The same
time in urn one; and above al, lie would ask MN
arose Tor his decision, that decision, when an.
nounced would not take any one by SURPRISE Lastly,
he mad t. remind him that tn, once which lie had
undertaken. far from sutcrsctiing or ia any dc.
gree dispensing with The general obligations or Ma
s0nry, only enhanced them and deepenel the re
sponsiDiity. Masonry embraced all classes. IL
COMPRISED the chartlcs ans ,irtics OF private life,
the duties and tue high qualities OF social public
command wisely. teinperatey aud faithfully; and
on the other hand 1t taught the dulles OF
subOrduation TO tue constituted authorities be.
cause they knew we'll in Masonry that those VINO
could not property obey were never lit to command
Il
side. He entreaied The Provincial; Grand Master In
consideration OF tue obligations which II, had taken,
III consideration of the hearty and ailecttelure wei
come ith winch he would be received by tnal great
province, ana recollection Of the ancestral honors
Wnicn those VINO mad gone be ore him had borne in
Masonry, 10 select The hia cher ana better side OF Ma
e0nry and SO To 1--we that his reign over that ,ro.
vince would DC long remembered, ana that he Inn
sell would be IN example, mol only 10 the brethren
put also to the Whole VI the outer world beyond
(Applause
A brief address was delivered In reply by the Pro-
vincal Grand Master.
IN IN. oro,,.,. TIE a BANQUET:
IN tne evening banquet was held in tho Free
Trade Hail. at which about Ave hundred brethren
were present. The irov. @. ~, who prcldcd was
Englagid, and rne other distinguished brethren
above mentioned. Ladies were admitted to the
galleries alter Dime After The t0asts OF The Queen,
the Grand Master qiar de Grey AMI Rlpon) and the
Past Grand Master thc Earl OF zeiland) Provin-
1.-THE b. Q. M and Tue grand officers. lie said &c was
with no litte trouble that Lord Carnarvon mad
to Manchester to perform the interesting ceremony
OF Installing h!mse!i the Prov g. NJ 10 the hgh ana
honorable position which he now held. The noble
Earl had shown now deeply Masonry was implanted
In his nina. and how wei he could enunciae its
preccpls. When they looked at the various works
which The grand clicers OF England perform
ing, and saw the ability win winch thos. duties
were performed. they were only too happyto find
that the rulers OF the cat were so able i'll their ad-
mlnlstrallon. tAppiause.)
The Deputy i;RANb MASTER, IN responding to the
toast which was most heartily received SAID he felt
deeply the KIND ana ndulgent welcome that had
been accorded to HIM. WIcn ne let them he should
carry away The warHiest. hearilest ana most con-
or the Lancashire brethren. iCheers.) And,
as he trusted lhey never would hesitate TO ask hm
for any share in Masonic troabie or labor that he
could give, so, ON the other hand, he never would
besltlie to ask them for any Kindness or any good
70 two toasts in one Ne na 10 thank them rs or
the manner IN which they had drunk the health OF
the grand Officers o. the Grand Loase Of England,
representative. lney feJo'ced to have been present
on such an occasion as that. There were many
present who were his seniors, ana yet he mIgh ven
TIRE TO say that none OF them had ever seen Ma
sonic ceremony iu OF interest, so full OF true Ma
sonic feeling remarkable ana SO dignilied IN all
It's proceedings rs mat which had illustrated that
great han ana giaddened then eyes that day. tap.
piausc) Inc Grand ledge OF England was q tangible
and visible embodiment OF English Masonry, but it
was so only IN so ar as 1t reflected ana represented
Brethren from all parts OF england could not DC
present on every occasion In grand lodge. and
Lodge oil England, high i'll olIce, able 60 speak with
weight and tn value IN that Grand Lodge, were
present 10 the provinces 10 Judge how true Masonic
feeling was there, aad how important IL was that
provincial interests should be inlly and woithily re-
presented. (Applaose.) He should carry away In
his mnd the llveest and heartiest recollection OF
the great and striking scene which was before his
eyes that morning. tApplduse.)
The DEPUTY GRAND MASTER proposed the health
Of the Provincial Grand Master. He remarked thar
Freemasonry had often been misunderstood ald
circle Of the initiated. he would ask those secptcs
was 10 likely that any system would have endured
80 long, woull nave endured WIN sach 81 strength,
would have yearly recruited us strength, mad It
been founded upon iinposture; or had 1t been
founded, in fact, anything except the true and
pure doctrines OF the crafL2 great writer OF the
present day had said that the great public build
ings OF Europe built long slice, many OF them
built by their own Masonic ioreiaiheis, owed Their
decline to three causes to The effects of time, to
the revolution OF political or religious thought,
and 10 passion AMI bad taste. It was q tue IN.
dictmcnt but he asked lhera had Masonry. which
been exposed to all those infnei ces, snccumbed
in the way aud TO the degree that nandiwork had
succumbed throughout Europe? Their works,
doubt, had FELT The effects OF time, OF passions aud
M
tnat which created thsse works the inner essence
and inner lie, ami the moving spirit. had remained
untouched and unassaaule. Not only mad time not
affected Masonry bat every part OF the world
time had gone on, Masonry had spread. AMI If
there was one part OF the liabitaple globe where
Masonry had taken firm and deep root 1t was
England: ana II mere was one part of England