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passing the chair , he thought , in 1861 , it was his duty to endeavour to do the best ho could for the Chapter , and his Companions had very kindly re-olectod him from year to year . Ho was pleased to a curtain oxtent , and he cortainly felt highly honoured that they had conferred upon him that position for so long . The Domatio Chapter h' \ d always been to his heart very dear indeed . There ho was exalted ,

and there he had found mauy very good friends . He had endeavoured at all times to be perfect—not always , perhaps , sneoessfally—but to bo in the estimation of all the members of the Chapter . Comp . E . Letohworth proposed tho M . E . Z ., Comp . John Hattersley . He extremely regretted that ho had been unable to be present at the time when Comp . Hattersley was installed

in the chair which he thought ho would so worthily fill , aud now ho took tho highest positiou he could in tho Chapter . Ho most heartily congratulated Comp . Hattersley on occupying that position , and he also congratulated the Companions on being presided over by one so distinguished . During its centeuary year the Chapter had been presided over by Comp . Price , whoso exertions on behalf of the

Chapter , as well as in obtaining its centeuary warrant , tho Companions all acknowledge ;] . But ho ( Comp . Letchworth ) had now to do vvith Comp . Hattersley , and he wished him a very happy year of office , feeling sure that during his rule he would carry out tho objects of the Order iu a manner worthy in every respect ; of the grand traditions which this Chapter inherited . The toast was most

heartily drunk , after which Comp . Hattersley respondeJ . He felt proud indeed to bo M . E . Z . of a Chapter liko the Domatic , anil especially in a yeav when thoy celebrated such an eventful career as tho centenary of the Oaup ' ter . lie was more than pleased aud delighted to see tho company of visitors they had around them that evening , and ho hoped that one aud all had enjoyed themselves . Oa behalf

of the Chapter , he offered them a kuid reception . Through his year of office he should In pleased to carry ont till the duties tha " . appertained to tho M . K . Z . iu the chair . Ho would endowum- t > do them to the best of his ability , and ho felt certain that all the Officers under him would carry out tho old traditions tho Chapter was noted for . He thanked all the Companions for their good wishes . Bat

before he sat down he would like to present the Past Principal Comp . H . N . Price with the P . Z . jewel of the Chapter . The Companions knew the good qualities of their Immediate Past Principal , and most Comp anions in London who knew Royal Arch Masonry also knew the go ;> d qualities of Comp . Price . Comp . Price took groat interest in his work ; he was always ploased to lend a helpiug hand to those who

were going into office , and to promote the interests of Royal Arch Masonry in general . It waB with great pleasure he presented Comp . Price with the P . Z . ' s jewel ; it was one which tho Chapter had taken on itself to have speoially made for him on that occasion , because of his working , and tho timo he had taken in proving the link 3 that were required in establishing tho centenary of tho Chapter .

Bat not only had Comp . Price uouo his work thoroughly and well , bat tho members of the Chapter had appreciated his good service . Comp . Price had felt within himself that he would not liko to havo all tho honours thrust upon him , and ho had asked tho mor . jbers of the Chapter when he heard they wei-d likely to make soma coocessions towards himself—which they felt thoy woro bound to moke

—for bringing out all these facts , that ho asked them to let tho honours be extended to his wife . Therefore , ho thou ask'd Comp . Price to allow him to present to him , for Airs . Pricf , a very handsome dress ring , which tho members of the Chapter to > k upon themselves to purcuuso for the purpose of pro-outing to thoir Immediate Past I ' riricipn / i ' a wife . O . J behalf of tho moinbjis of tho

Chapter , he ( Comp . Hattersloy ) took it as a groat , pleasure aud honour to ask Comp . Price to accent from tho members of the Chapter , for Mrs . IVice , that present . Comp . Price had expressed hi . j good wishes with his wife not only t ;> that Chapter but to other Lodges aud Ghaptsrs ho wtu counected with throughout England . Whenever theio had been a ladies'day Comp . Price aud

his wife had always been to the lore , and therefore tha Companions hoped that that combination bstweea tho tn ' j would continue , for many years to come . Again , on behalf of tho Companions of the Chapter he wished Comp . Price and his wife many ljny years of happiness aud eujoymaut , and ho hoped they would be with the Companions in their outings , not only iu the Royal Arch , but in the

Craft . He hoped Comp . Price would accept the ting as an exprcss-iou of the good feeling of the members of the Chapter towards him and his wife . After the Companions had warmly received the toast , Comp . H . N . Price , in accepting tho gift , said it afforded him n very great amount of pleasure and pride to be able to respond to tho very enthusiastic manner the toast had met with , which had been so

Jiindly proposed by Comp . Hattersley . Ho had to thank him for many things , aud more especially for allowing him to occupy the position of President oa that occasion . Of course it had boon known to tho Companions that during his year of office ho had been able to prove the continuous working of that Chapter for LOO years . The Companions considered , as a reward for his efforts in that direction

that it would be a compliment to him to allow him to ocoupy tho position cf Chairman that evening that ho might bo able to add to his Masonic reoovd , that ho had the honour of providing over tho Companions on the occasion of tho Chapter completing its centenary , and also as M . E . Z . daring the lUUch year . The Companions would say it was a singular coincidence that they would

scarcely hear of at any time , where the same Companion or brother had occupied those two positions . Companion Hattersley had offered him the greatest complimeut any Companion could oiler him ; it had been one of his great wished for many years to occupy that positiou . And he was pleased to lind that the Companions appreciated Comp . Hattersley ' a

selfsacrifice in not allowing himself tho pleasure to preside . However ho wished pubiicly to convey to Comp . Hattersley his mo 3 fc sincere and hearty thanks for his great kindness and self denial . With respect to the centenary charter , ho worked very hard for it , and at one time he was afraid he should not bo able to prove continuous Working , for on application to Grand Chapter they ackuowled"cd

from 1793 to the present day the continuous working , bat they had a break from 1797 till 1805 , and they informed him in a melancholy maimer they did not want to discoarage him , but they were afraid it was a gap he could not bridge over . However , having been Master of the Domatic Lodge , and taking up the whota of the records from 1780 , for the purpose of giving Brother George Blizard Abbott the

minutes for getting up a history of the Domatio Lodge , he waa able to refer to them , and by those very books he was able , fortunately , to bridge over that gap , as it was shown the Grand Royal Arch Chapter sent to the Lodge to attend a meeting of delegates . He waa enabled to do this successfully , aud he wa 3 told by the G . S . E . that the Chapter was entitled to a warrant . The Committee of General

Purposes wero pleased to recommend at the meeting of Grand Chapter in Frebruary that the Chapter should have a oentenary warrant , and Grand Chapter confirmed it . He had drawn up a history of the Chapter , and Comp . Sadler recommended him to have it printed , bat unfortunately it was too late to be given to the Companions at that meeting , but they would have ic

afterwards . He would , however , call attention to n few facta in the matter of the minutes from 1815 . Companion Buss made a memorandum ia the booka that he had applied to the widow of Comp . Child G . S . E ., but he ( Comp . Price ) fancied Comp . Child never had the books at all , but they belonged to Comp . Seton , who was Scribe for 10 or 11 years . Evidently there was a little unpleasant .

nos 3 because he waa elected to the position of Scribe E ., bat he did not come up at the installation—in consequence of illnesstheroforo the minutes , so far as the election was concerned , were nob confirmed . On account of that unpleasantness , therefore , the booka might never have been in his possession . In 1816 they found Comp . Seton proposed a vota of thanks to Comp . Blount , a very old Past

Principal , who had filled the position of M . E . Z . twice . He waa some 29 ycara in the Chapter , and it was accorded to him , and also nnani . mously , a j ) wel was given to him for his services . In 1849 he was elected a third time to the chair . In March 1857 he waa elected Janitor , which position he occupied for eight years . Comp . Price added that he did not wish to tire the Companions by going through that history ,

but iu respect to their dear old friend , Comp . Buss , most of ttiom wore , trend to be able to know him , and those who were not fortunate enough to know him would know his worth . He was exalted in that Chapter in 1851 , and beoame M . E . Z . He waa Soriba E . and Treasurer after a time , until unfortunately he had to retire on accouut of infirmity . The Companions best wishes were

with Comp . Bass , and they trusted he would still live to be an orna . ment to Royal Arch Masonry . Then they came to their dear old friend , Comp . Cottobrune . Daring his year as M . E . Z . intimation came warning the Companions of the place they were meeting in . In consequence of a spurious Lodge being held there they went away . Then there was Comp . George Everett P . G . Treasurer , ho became a

joining member , and in 1880 ho was Principal , aud like all of the Principals , did his work thoroughly . He would not go further for fear of wearing the Companions , bat he had to thank thom sincerely for tho exceedingly kind manner in whioh they had added to the value of tho P . Z . 's jowel they had presonted to him by the gift of a ring ta bis wife . On her behalf also he wished to express his most

sincere- thank 3 for tho honour they had done her . It waa a present sho would always value . In giviug the toast of the H . and J . the M . E . Z . said it mast always bo satislactory to an M . E . Z . to have excellent Officer ? , and both the H . and J . were an ornament to Freemas . inry . Comps . B . iiiey and Salmon both briefly replied . Comp . G . K !< .: ¦' -tt said the duty had been delegated to him of

autiaiittiug to tho Companions tbo next toast . Thoy were somewhat departing from tho order of things that night , bat it was necessary in consideration of tho very largo attendance they had had , aud the amount of business to b-3 gone- through . Tho toast he had to submit was a very pjpulac one , aud he considered it a great privilege aud pleasure on an occasion of that kind to propose it , as it

waa than of tho Visitors , who had honoured them wi . h their presence . Xu loss th in 102 had sat do . vn to the banquet table , and of that number ( JO woro Visitors . Tho Djmatic Chapter felt itself highl y honoured that Hach a larg j number of Visitors should have come forward to assist to celebrate its centenary . The custom whioh prevailed in Freemasonry of visiting Lodges and Chapters , to his

mind , was one of its most pleasurable phases ; it afforded an opportunity of cementing old friendships and forming new ones , and did much to promote that brotherly love and regard which should at all times characterise Freemasons . On behalf of the Chapter he ud ' ored the Visitors a very hoarty welcome indeed . There were too many present for him to doscribe the particular merits of each , but

he hoped that no Visitor would take it as a sli ght if hia name waa omitted . Ho was requested to call upon Comps . James Lewis Thomas , Captain T . C . Walls , W . M . Stiles , Dr . Home , and Dr . Jacksou to respond . Ho had again to repeat how pleased the mombers of tho Chapter wero to sco tho Visitors , and he wished to add that he hoped that notwithstanding tho largo number who had assembled

they had been comfortable . Comps . J . Lewis Thomas , Capt . T . C . Walls , William Stiles , Home , aud Dr . Jackson each in turn responded . Comp . Wocdd , roplying to the toast of the Exaltees , f . ald ho appreciated tho manner in which the honour of Royal Arch Masonry was conferred upon him , and he felt he could not valne it too highly , especially when it had been conferred on the day the

Chapter celebrated its centenary . Tho ceremony was very impressive , more improssive even than tho ceremony of initiation . Ho hoped he should see more of it and to profit by it and tho duties to bo learned from it . Comp . Hattersley gave the Past Principals of tho Domatic Chapter , and the Scribe E ., aud the Treasurer and the other Officers . They had a goodly array of Past Principals , aud

very good Past Principals they were ; they paid great attention to tho Chairman , and made excelleut arrangements for tho meetings . There were Comps . Austin , Hubbard , William Thomas , George Everett , Harrison , Nolan , and Charlea G . Hill . Then there was the indefatigable Scribe E ., Companion Cotteb . u it ) , an i Mm g-nul and loving Treasurer , Companion Briggs . All the Officers were willing