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Presentation Of Plate To Bro. White,
your Lordships and upon every Brother of the Craft all the blessings that life can bestow . ( Loud and long cheering . ) Bro . R . G . ALSTON had no doubt that every Brother appreciated those who—elevated by rank , by possession , and estate , —unitetl with them in striving to carry out the true principles of the ancient Order . Among those no one deserved more than the noble Lord who had honoured them b this occasion Cheers know the
y presiding on . ( . ) To Earl of Yarborough was to love him . ( Cheers . ) He v ^ uld ask them to drink , " Health and prosperity of the D . G . M ., the Earl of Yarborough . " ( Loud cheering . ) The D . G . M . in returning thanks said , be had the honor of holding a high station through the kindness of the G . M ., and he trusted he was not wrong in supposing it was also with the approbation of the Craft . ( Hearhear . ) When asked to become the President of the Committee
, , he should have failed in his duty if he had hesitated , but it was with extreme pleasure he accepted the trust , and he had come there that day to show his respect and regard for Bro . White and to do bis duty . ( Cheers . ) The D . G . M . then proposed , " The health of the Provincial Grand Masters . " Bro . Col . WILDMAN returned thanks , and expressed the pleasure it
gave all Masons to pay this mark of respect to Bro White . The D . G . M . then gave , " The healths of the Representatives of Foreign Lodges who were present . " Bro . HEBELEU , in returning thanks , observed that Bro . White was held in the highest estimation by the Foreign Lodges . Tbe following toasts were then given : — " Bro . Dobie and the Sub-Committee . " Acknowledged by Bro . Dobie . "Bro . R . G . Alston . " "The Masonic Schools . " Bro . B . B . Cabbell returned thanks . "The Ladies . "
Bro . WHITE trusted that he might be again allowed to express his gratitude for the kindness which had been shewn him . While life remained and Masotiry retained its seat in his memory , he could never forget the honour that had been conferred upon him , nor the debt under which he was placed . He should value the gift not only for its intrinsic worth , but for the honorable way in which it had been presented , and although be had no child of his own to whom he could hand it down ,
yet he had a dear friend in the room to whom he should feel it his duty , as well as his pleasure , when it should please the Most High to remove him , to leave it , and to request him to take care of it , ancl to hand it down to his children as an heir-loom . ( Loud applause . ) The D . G . M . then left tlie chair , ami accompanied by the G . M ., Bro . White , the Prov . Grand Masters , Grand Officers , and many of the Brethren , retired to the glee-room . Bro . Harker gave great satisfaction as toast-master .
Dinner At The Mansion-House.
DINNER AT THE MANSION-HOUSE .
June 28 . —The lit . Hon . the Lord Mayor entertained theRt . Hon . the Earl of Zetland , G . M ., the Earl of Yarborough , D . G . M ., the Grand Lodge of England , the W . M . and P . M . of the Grand Master ' s Lodge , No . 1 , and many other Masters of Lodges in . the London district , at a sumptuous banquet at the Mansion House . We are unable to do justiceto the occasion of this splendid gathering , for want of sufficient time for the publication of the present number of this magazine ; but in our next uc shall furnish tlie Brethren with a full and correct report ,
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Presentation Of Plate To Bro. White,
your Lordships and upon every Brother of the Craft all the blessings that life can bestow . ( Loud and long cheering . ) Bro . R . G . ALSTON had no doubt that every Brother appreciated those who—elevated by rank , by possession , and estate , —unitetl with them in striving to carry out the true principles of the ancient Order . Among those no one deserved more than the noble Lord who had honoured them b this occasion Cheers know the
y presiding on . ( . ) To Earl of Yarborough was to love him . ( Cheers . ) He v ^ uld ask them to drink , " Health and prosperity of the D . G . M ., the Earl of Yarborough . " ( Loud cheering . ) The D . G . M . in returning thanks said , be had the honor of holding a high station through the kindness of the G . M ., and he trusted he was not wrong in supposing it was also with the approbation of the Craft . ( Hearhear . ) When asked to become the President of the Committee
, , he should have failed in his duty if he had hesitated , but it was with extreme pleasure he accepted the trust , and he had come there that day to show his respect and regard for Bro . White and to do bis duty . ( Cheers . ) The D . G . M . then proposed , " The health of the Provincial Grand Masters . " Bro . Col . WILDMAN returned thanks , and expressed the pleasure it
gave all Masons to pay this mark of respect to Bro White . The D . G . M . then gave , " The healths of the Representatives of Foreign Lodges who were present . " Bro . HEBELEU , in returning thanks , observed that Bro . White was held in the highest estimation by the Foreign Lodges . Tbe following toasts were then given : — " Bro . Dobie and the Sub-Committee . " Acknowledged by Bro . Dobie . "Bro . R . G . Alston . " "The Masonic Schools . " Bro . B . B . Cabbell returned thanks . "The Ladies . "
Bro . WHITE trusted that he might be again allowed to express his gratitude for the kindness which had been shewn him . While life remained and Masotiry retained its seat in his memory , he could never forget the honour that had been conferred upon him , nor the debt under which he was placed . He should value the gift not only for its intrinsic worth , but for the honorable way in which it had been presented , and although be had no child of his own to whom he could hand it down ,
yet he had a dear friend in the room to whom he should feel it his duty , as well as his pleasure , when it should please the Most High to remove him , to leave it , and to request him to take care of it , ancl to hand it down to his children as an heir-loom . ( Loud applause . ) The D . G . M . then left tlie chair , ami accompanied by the G . M ., Bro . White , the Prov . Grand Masters , Grand Officers , and many of the Brethren , retired to the glee-room . Bro . Harker gave great satisfaction as toast-master .
Dinner At The Mansion-House.
DINNER AT THE MANSION-HOUSE .
June 28 . —The lit . Hon . the Lord Mayor entertained theRt . Hon . the Earl of Zetland , G . M ., the Earl of Yarborough , D . G . M ., the Grand Lodge of England , the W . M . and P . M . of the Grand Master ' s Lodge , No . 1 , and many other Masters of Lodges in . the London district , at a sumptuous banquet at the Mansion House . We are unable to do justiceto the occasion of this splendid gathering , for want of sufficient time for the publication of the present number of this magazine ; but in our next uc shall furnish tlie Brethren with a full and correct report ,