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On Comp . Vernon rising to return thanks , he was received with great applause . The M . E . Prov . S . assured the Comps . that he deeply felt the kind manner in which his name and health had beeu brought to their notice by his excellent friend and Companion . Nothing could afford him greater delight than to be amongst them , for he had always received marked attention and kindness at their hands . He could say much on this head , but , as they would perceive , his voice from the effect of illness
was scarcely audible , and therefore he trusted to their indulgence , if his lips could not utter what was the feeling of his heart . All he could say was , that he heartily thanked them for their kindness . After this address , E . Comp . Leveau called on the Comps . to fill a bumper , to drink prosperity to the Chapter of Perseverance , this being the anniversary of its formation ; he said that it afforded him much pleasure to propose the health of the Comp . who now presides as M . E . Z
. by the unanimous votes of the Chapter , than in whose selection a better choice could not have been made . Comp . Leveau went on to state that he had the happiness to exalt the M . E . Z . amongst the first Comps . of the Chapter , ancl also had the gratification to instal him in the three chairs , to each of which he was unanimously elected . This alone was a convincing proof of his ability , zeal , and integrity , for the more exalted the rank the greater were its duties . He felt assured that under the sway
of Comp . AVard , this Chapter would continue in prosperity . _ Tbe next toast proposed was , the young Comps . who thereb y have given additional strength and support to the Order ; E . Comps . Baker , P . Z . ; Nicklin , P . M . ; J . Alcock , J . ( all of No . 660 ) . Comp . P . Z . Baker returned thanks in a neat speech , ancl expressed his thanks for the kind manner he and his Comps . of No . 660 hail been received , both in Chapter and at that festive board ; he assured the Comps . that both himself and
his Comps . were equally as gratified to belong to No . 674 as they , the Chapter , were to receive them ; he was now an old man , and therefore not to be expected to take much labour upon himself , still he should be always ready with his Comps . to do every thing in their power to promote Masonry , and particularly the Chapter of No . 674 . He thanked them on his behalf ancl his friends for the honour conferred , and drank to all their healths .
M . E . Comp . Ward then rose and spoke to the following effect . It was a source of great pleasure to him that he should have the honour to propose from that chair , the health of one to whom the Chapter of Perseverance was so much indebted , viz : —the E . Comp . Leveau , a P . Z . of this Chapter , one whom the Earl of Zetland thought proper to honour by an appointment in the Supreme Grand Chapter of England . The Comps . were all aware of the great benefit they have received at his hands
, of the trouble he had taken , and the ardent desire he had always manifested to promote their prosperity . He was deli ghted to think that he had been exalted into the Order by Comp . Leveau and that in his progression he had also been indebted to him . He begged to propose Comp . Leveau ' s health , with their best wishes for his prosperity with the most ardent wish to see him amongst them as often as he could make it convenient to attend the meetings of the Chapter of Perseverance
. Comp . Leveau upon rising , responded in the following terms . He felt much flattered by tbe very handsome and fraternal manner in which his health had been proposed by the E . Z ., and also by its reception . He was , as they might suppose , exceedingly proud of the honour conferred upon him by the M . E G . Z . the Earl of Zetland , which bad been
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Provincial.
On Comp . Vernon rising to return thanks , he was received with great applause . The M . E . Prov . S . assured the Comps . that he deeply felt the kind manner in which his name and health had beeu brought to their notice by his excellent friend and Companion . Nothing could afford him greater delight than to be amongst them , for he had always received marked attention and kindness at their hands . He could say much on this head , but , as they would perceive , his voice from the effect of illness
was scarcely audible , and therefore he trusted to their indulgence , if his lips could not utter what was the feeling of his heart . All he could say was , that he heartily thanked them for their kindness . After this address , E . Comp . Leveau called on the Comps . to fill a bumper , to drink prosperity to the Chapter of Perseverance , this being the anniversary of its formation ; he said that it afforded him much pleasure to propose the health of the Comp . who now presides as M . E . Z
. by the unanimous votes of the Chapter , than in whose selection a better choice could not have been made . Comp . Leveau went on to state that he had the happiness to exalt the M . E . Z . amongst the first Comps . of the Chapter , ancl also had the gratification to instal him in the three chairs , to each of which he was unanimously elected . This alone was a convincing proof of his ability , zeal , and integrity , for the more exalted the rank the greater were its duties . He felt assured that under the sway
of Comp . AVard , this Chapter would continue in prosperity . _ Tbe next toast proposed was , the young Comps . who thereb y have given additional strength and support to the Order ; E . Comps . Baker , P . Z . ; Nicklin , P . M . ; J . Alcock , J . ( all of No . 660 ) . Comp . P . Z . Baker returned thanks in a neat speech , ancl expressed his thanks for the kind manner he and his Comps . of No . 660 hail been received , both in Chapter and at that festive board ; he assured the Comps . that both himself and
his Comps . were equally as gratified to belong to No . 674 as they , the Chapter , were to receive them ; he was now an old man , and therefore not to be expected to take much labour upon himself , still he should be always ready with his Comps . to do every thing in their power to promote Masonry , and particularly the Chapter of No . 674 . He thanked them on his behalf ancl his friends for the honour conferred , and drank to all their healths .
M . E . Comp . Ward then rose and spoke to the following effect . It was a source of great pleasure to him that he should have the honour to propose from that chair , the health of one to whom the Chapter of Perseverance was so much indebted , viz : —the E . Comp . Leveau , a P . Z . of this Chapter , one whom the Earl of Zetland thought proper to honour by an appointment in the Supreme Grand Chapter of England . The Comps . were all aware of the great benefit they have received at his hands
, of the trouble he had taken , and the ardent desire he had always manifested to promote their prosperity . He was deli ghted to think that he had been exalted into the Order by Comp . Leveau and that in his progression he had also been indebted to him . He begged to propose Comp . Leveau ' s health , with their best wishes for his prosperity with the most ardent wish to see him amongst them as often as he could make it convenient to attend the meetings of the Chapter of Perseverance
. Comp . Leveau upon rising , responded in the following terms . He felt much flattered by tbe very handsome and fraternal manner in which his health had been proposed by the E . Z ., and also by its reception . He was , as they might suppose , exceedingly proud of the honour conferred upon him by the M . E G . Z . the Earl of Zetland , which bad been