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Anniversary Of The Grand Lodge Of England.
p iness beamed in every face , while the benevolent princip les of the Order cheered the heart . , „ ,,, , , t , * i ¦ The procession being ended , the Royal Grand Master and his Brother , with the different Officers , and the Brethren , sat down to dinner , which was served up with every luxury the season afforded , in the greatest profusion , and with that regularity which gave general satisfaftion to the company , who were not less than 500 ; a greater number than we balieve ever
assembled there before . , - , ,,.,,.,, ' f „ , , 1 After the cloth was removed , and the ladies had withdrawn from the gallery , which was graced with the first beauty and ft-shion , the ROYAL G RAND M ASTER gave : — _ " The King and Constitution * , and may he long reign over , and in the hearts of , his faithful subjects . " The burst of lause that succeeded this toast far exceeded any thing of
app the kind we ever heard . " God save the King ! " was . unanimously called for ; and sungby Brother I > AGE , accompanied in the repetitions b } ' every person in the Hall . „ , ' . , " , The truly affectionate acknowledgments of the Prince , the condescension , courtesy , and affability , which no one else so well knows how to display , and which marked his whole demeanour , gave force to an observation of his Hiobnessthat" of the ordinary circumstances of his life , no one
Royal - , , " had been so truly gratify ing to his mind , as his reception in : the Fraternity " over whom lie had then the happiness to preside ; and in whatever station , " or under whatever circumstances his future days should be spent , on the " loyalty , the exemplary concord , and the universal benevolence of Masons , « he should reflect with p leasure ; and ever be proud of the duties of an " office , which he then deemed it an honour to hold : " His ' Royal Hig hness PRINCE E RNEST , in a short but pertinent _ address , iness he felt in his connection and
assured the Brethren of " the happ new ; " that no sentiment was more strongly impressed on his mind , than that of " veneration for an institution founded on such universal princip les of- civil ' " and political perfection . " ' The E ARL OF MOIRA , in a speech of considerable length , ( evidently delivered under some restraint from the presence of the Royal Personage to whose virtues he wished to pay the tribute of his eloquence ) entered briefly into the recent history of the institution , and dwelt with fine efteft on " the « neriod when , departing , under a pardonable ( nay he would say , a
lau" dable ) fervour , from the stria letter oi Masonic Regulations , the fra" ternity had stepped forth , and testified , in common with all good men , «« their determination to support a system of government strongly con" struCted and mildly administered for the security of the country , and for « the preservation of all that was dear to Britons . An Address to his Most « Excellent Maiesty , expressive of the most profound respect for his virtues , " and most implicit confidence in his wisdom , was at that time framed , and hands of the Grand Master ( who could vouch for the
sin" 'by the Royal « cerity which diftated it ) presented to his SOVEREIGN and FATHER . — « Was not this then a patronage truly flattering and highly honourable " to the Brethren ? For his own part , he considered it of the utmost rm-« portance to the welfare of the Craft , that his Royal Hig hness should de-« clare ( as he had been pleased to do ) his high opinion of the beneficial of the institutionand of the loyalty and general rethtude of its
»• tendency , " members , a body of men so very numerous , and forming , perhaps ,, « majority of those over whom , by the course of nature , he would at a tu" ture period ( and none more sincerely prayed for its protra & ion than ^ the ' Personage most nearly concerned-in such an event ) be called to reign . '
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Anniversary Of The Grand Lodge Of England.
p iness beamed in every face , while the benevolent princip les of the Order cheered the heart . , „ ,,, , , t , * i ¦ The procession being ended , the Royal Grand Master and his Brother , with the different Officers , and the Brethren , sat down to dinner , which was served up with every luxury the season afforded , in the greatest profusion , and with that regularity which gave general satisfaftion to the company , who were not less than 500 ; a greater number than we balieve ever
assembled there before . , - , ,,.,,.,, ' f „ , , 1 After the cloth was removed , and the ladies had withdrawn from the gallery , which was graced with the first beauty and ft-shion , the ROYAL G RAND M ASTER gave : — _ " The King and Constitution * , and may he long reign over , and in the hearts of , his faithful subjects . " The burst of lause that succeeded this toast far exceeded any thing of
app the kind we ever heard . " God save the King ! " was . unanimously called for ; and sungby Brother I > AGE , accompanied in the repetitions b } ' every person in the Hall . „ , ' . , " , The truly affectionate acknowledgments of the Prince , the condescension , courtesy , and affability , which no one else so well knows how to display , and which marked his whole demeanour , gave force to an observation of his Hiobnessthat" of the ordinary circumstances of his life , no one
Royal - , , " had been so truly gratify ing to his mind , as his reception in : the Fraternity " over whom lie had then the happiness to preside ; and in whatever station , " or under whatever circumstances his future days should be spent , on the " loyalty , the exemplary concord , and the universal benevolence of Masons , « he should reflect with p leasure ; and ever be proud of the duties of an " office , which he then deemed it an honour to hold : " His ' Royal Hig hness PRINCE E RNEST , in a short but pertinent _ address , iness he felt in his connection and
assured the Brethren of " the happ new ; " that no sentiment was more strongly impressed on his mind , than that of " veneration for an institution founded on such universal princip les of- civil ' " and political perfection . " ' The E ARL OF MOIRA , in a speech of considerable length , ( evidently delivered under some restraint from the presence of the Royal Personage to whose virtues he wished to pay the tribute of his eloquence ) entered briefly into the recent history of the institution , and dwelt with fine efteft on " the « neriod when , departing , under a pardonable ( nay he would say , a
lau" dable ) fervour , from the stria letter oi Masonic Regulations , the fra" ternity had stepped forth , and testified , in common with all good men , «« their determination to support a system of government strongly con" struCted and mildly administered for the security of the country , and for « the preservation of all that was dear to Britons . An Address to his Most « Excellent Maiesty , expressive of the most profound respect for his virtues , " and most implicit confidence in his wisdom , was at that time framed , and hands of the Grand Master ( who could vouch for the
sin" 'by the Royal « cerity which diftated it ) presented to his SOVEREIGN and FATHER . — « Was not this then a patronage truly flattering and highly honourable " to the Brethren ? For his own part , he considered it of the utmost rm-« portance to the welfare of the Craft , that his Royal Hig hness should de-« clare ( as he had been pleased to do ) his high opinion of the beneficial of the institutionand of the loyalty and general rethtude of its
»• tendency , " members , a body of men so very numerous , and forming , perhaps ,, « majority of those over whom , by the course of nature , he would at a tu" ture period ( and none more sincerely prayed for its protra & ion than ^ the ' Personage most nearly concerned-in such an event ) be called to reign . '