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Metropolitan.
This address , most imperfectl y given , calleJfbi'th the most vociferous applause . Tbe W . M . then proposed , in the most flattering terms the health of the P . Masters . " Il was to him a source of gratification , although , perhaps of ( ear , to follow such brethren as those whose health he should propose . To describe ihe cxc / ilencies of all , would occupy ihe remaining portion of the evening" ; for when he mentioned tbe names of Bros .
Crew ancl ( jinnid , the father and eldest son of tbe Lodge , be hardl y knew how to speak in terms of sufficient praise ; both had , for upwards of a quarter ot a century been , not merely members , but hard-working officers in the lodgv . They hacl never been out of harness , and yet never refused the collar ; they were in themselves fitting emblems of Masonic friendshi p and Brotherly love . There , too , was Hvo . Leach , adding b y bis respectability to tbe honour of the Lodge ; Bro . Shiittleworih , b
y whom he hacl been initiated into the Order , and to whom , and of whom , he could not say enough in praise—publicly and privately he engendered by his truly Masonic heart , feelings of tbe warmest affections . To speak of Bro . Dobie , he found great difficulty ; he was , indeed , a light in Masonry ; and by bis uprightness , his honesty , his determination to do good , his independence , and his great sound sense had gained , as he deserved , the good opinion of supporters ancl opponents . Finn , but
not overbearing-, sensible without vanity , honest without , boasting , he had attained and held the highest honours the G . Master could bestow upon him ; and well he deserved and executed the high trust reposed in him . There was , also , Bro . Kirby , who , although not W . Master of the Lodge two years , yet performed the duties in the absence of the W . Master , the present Lord Mayor , whose various avocations rendered it impossible for him to be present early enough to perform them .
Bro . P . M . Crew , Dir . Cer . rciurued thanks . Masters , all of whciin he said , had the interests of the Lodge so much at heart , that any services they could render , it would hardly be commensurate with their wishes for its success .
The AV . M . proposed , "The Officers ; " ancl gave them their clue meed of praise , for the attention they gave to the duties they had undertaken . He complimented the Senior Warden on his activity ancl zeal ; the Junior Warden , on his peculiar Masonic feeling , in taking- an office which he had before passed through ; and the Treasurer , on his skill in accounts , and for the g * reat information he could and did afford the Lodge of its past proceedings ; on the Sen . and Jim . D . for their kind attention ; and lamented the unexplained absence of the I . G . The
Dir . of Cer . and Stewards were also named , and complimented on their kill . Bro . T . A . Chubb , S . W ., on the part of himself and of his brother officers , returned thanks in a very appropriate speech .
LODGE OF A NTIQUITY , No . 2 . —It would have afforded us much p leasure to have been enabled to give a longer notice of this eminent and long Established Loclge ; it is well known that it dates its formation from time immemorial , and that during that period , its great object has been the spreading" of Freemasonry , and the highest Masonic feelings , not through the length and breadth of the laud only , but wherever the Craftis known , and where does it , not exist ? Although second in number , it is unquestionably second to none iu rank and usefulness ; it possesses
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Metropolitan.
This address , most imperfectl y given , calleJfbi'th the most vociferous applause . Tbe W . M . then proposed , in the most flattering terms the health of the P . Masters . " Il was to him a source of gratification , although , perhaps of ( ear , to follow such brethren as those whose health he should propose . To describe ihe cxc / ilencies of all , would occupy ihe remaining portion of the evening" ; for when he mentioned tbe names of Bros .
Crew ancl ( jinnid , the father and eldest son of tbe Lodge , be hardl y knew how to speak in terms of sufficient praise ; both had , for upwards of a quarter ot a century been , not merely members , but hard-working officers in the lodgv . They hacl never been out of harness , and yet never refused the collar ; they were in themselves fitting emblems of Masonic friendshi p and Brotherly love . There , too , was Hvo . Leach , adding b y bis respectability to tbe honour of the Lodge ; Bro . Shiittleworih , b
y whom he hacl been initiated into the Order , and to whom , and of whom , he could not say enough in praise—publicly and privately he engendered by his truly Masonic heart , feelings of tbe warmest affections . To speak of Bro . Dobie , he found great difficulty ; he was , indeed , a light in Masonry ; and by bis uprightness , his honesty , his determination to do good , his independence , and his great sound sense had gained , as he deserved , the good opinion of supporters ancl opponents . Finn , but
not overbearing-, sensible without vanity , honest without , boasting , he had attained and held the highest honours the G . Master could bestow upon him ; and well he deserved and executed the high trust reposed in him . There was , also , Bro . Kirby , who , although not W . Master of the Lodge two years , yet performed the duties in the absence of the W . Master , the present Lord Mayor , whose various avocations rendered it impossible for him to be present early enough to perform them .
Bro . P . M . Crew , Dir . Cer . rciurued thanks . Masters , all of whciin he said , had the interests of the Lodge so much at heart , that any services they could render , it would hardly be commensurate with their wishes for its success .
The AV . M . proposed , "The Officers ; " ancl gave them their clue meed of praise , for the attention they gave to the duties they had undertaken . He complimented the Senior Warden on his activity ancl zeal ; the Junior Warden , on his peculiar Masonic feeling , in taking- an office which he had before passed through ; and the Treasurer , on his skill in accounts , and for the g * reat information he could and did afford the Lodge of its past proceedings ; on the Sen . and Jim . D . for their kind attention ; and lamented the unexplained absence of the I . G . The
Dir . of Cer . and Stewards were also named , and complimented on their kill . Bro . T . A . Chubb , S . W ., on the part of himself and of his brother officers , returned thanks in a very appropriate speech .
LODGE OF A NTIQUITY , No . 2 . —It would have afforded us much p leasure to have been enabled to give a longer notice of this eminent and long Established Loclge ; it is well known that it dates its formation from time immemorial , and that during that period , its great object has been the spreading" of Freemasonry , and the highest Masonic feelings , not through the length and breadth of the laud only , but wherever the Craftis known , and where does it , not exist ? Although second in number , it is unquestionably second to none iu rank and usefulness ; it possesses