Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-04-19
Masonic uonors { the Earl Dc Grey
and Rtpon.
Correspondence Of Forncy's Press. ]


WASHINGTON, April 10. lS7l.-At 4
communication of the NJ. w. Grand
Lodge of the District of Columbia,
held on the Sth Of March. Il resolution
was unanimously adopted appointing
n committee to take the necessary
measures to extend to Earl DE Grey
aud Ripoll, the Most WorShipful Grand
| Master of the Free and Accepted
MaSons of England, n suitable recep-
ton. Accordingly G. Il. Stanshury,
the Grand Master of the Masons In this
district, addressed Lord DE Grey n
note, in which he said:
"In common with the Masonic fra
ternity throughout the United States,
the Masons of this jurisdiction have
learned with pleasure Of your visit to
our country, and are DESTROYS of OK
| tending to you such u welcome rs shall
manifest not only their respect for you
personally, but their honor for your
high Masonic office, and their fiatcrnal
regard for their English brethren of the
mystic tie"
Mr.. Stansbury said lie should do
himself the honor of calling upon his
Lordship In his official time, rs he
might be pleased to appoint to receive
them. Earl DE Grey appointed a time
and character to tender his friendly
greetings ut such. In accordance with
the invitation, Grand Master STAINS
bury called OH Lord Dc Grey and Lord
Tenterden. and was very cordially re-
cciyed. After Il pleasant Interchange
of friendly and fr%aternal sentiments.
Mr.. StanSbury verbally invited Lord
Dc Grey to n reception and banquet ut
the Masonic Temple OH the 10th inst,
which was heartily accepted. Invita-
tions were also extended to Lord Ten
trrden, OF the High Commission MI.
5. Lie Strange, Secretary Of the British
Legation; Sir John Mcdonald and
Mr.. Northcote, son of Sir Stafford
Northcote, Of the High Commission,
which were duly accepted. The conf
mittee appointed by the Grand Lodge
to arrange the preliminaries Of the
banquet also extended invitations to
the Grand Masters of Masons of all the
States in the Union to be present Oh
the occasion, and these. together with
tho distinguished English brethren,
were the only guests invited.
Letters of acceptance were received
from the following Grand Masters:
John X. lIolbroO6. Pennsylvania ;
p. G. NJ. John L. Heard, deputy for
Grand Master VIM. Sewell, Of Card
ner, Mass; Asa Smith. Connecticut ;
Il. A. Lamberton, Pennsylvania; John
G. McCabe. Delaware John H. d.
Latrobc, Maryland Alex. II. New
comb, Ohio; Samuel Lawrence, Geor-
gia Jackson Orr, deputy for John
Scott, Of Iowa.
This evening the Masons assembled,
about one hundred and seventy in num-
Der, including eight Senators and
thirty-four members Of the House,
among them members Of the former
Committee OH Foreign Affairs. When
Earl DE Grey was escorted into the
Grand Lodge room, he was invited to
occupy the Grand Masters chair, and.
after n few minutes had passed, Grand
Master Stansbury delivered M address
breathing the warmest words Of fra
ternal welcome. Earl Dc Grey, In
response, spoke rs follows:
"Mosr WoRsufpFUL SIR AND
BRoTHERs: | trust you will permit
NE to return to you and to the Grand
Lodge of the district of Columbia my
most grateful thanks for the very kind
and fraternal welcome which you have
given me on this OCCASION. | assure
you, sir, that | esteem 1t the greatest
honor to have thus been received and
to have had the opportunity of being