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The Glee Room.
MAY 13 . —AA e had this day the gratification of joining the friends of this excellent institution at Freemasons' Hall , and of participating in their social and moral enjoyment . Soon after six o ' clock about two hundred and fifty members of a fraternity " ivhose joy is to do good" sat doivn to a dinner , which , if not equal in splendour of arrangement and costliness , with many at which eating and drinking is the " be all and the end-all , " was unobjectionable in its provision , and rendered more
palatable and pleasurable by the general bond of friendship , brotherhood , and charitable feeling by which it was characterized . The chair was taken hy the Earl of Durham , in the immediate neighbourhood of which sat Lord John Churchill , J . Ramsbottom , Esq . M . P . ; Simon M'Gillivray ; B . 15 . Cabell and D . Pollock , Esqrs . ; the Hon . Thomas Dundas , Thompson Hankey , Esq ., Captain Deans , T . F . Savory , B . Lawrence , PI . Lewis , A . Keightley , AV . Prescott ,
and B . Laurie , Esqrs ., Rev . Mr . Fallofield , Sir Geo . Smart , W . H . AVhite , E . Harper , W . Halton , Thos . Brutton , J . Masson , and AV . Silvester , Esqrs . ; also Dr . Crucefix , C . Baumer , Esq ., and S . Staples , Esq ., members of the House Committee , together ivith Dr . Granville , Geo . Franks , J . Gascoigne , G . Shipman , Esqrs ., the medical officers , and other eminent Masons . After the removal of the cloth , Bencdictus was sung in beautiful style by Master How ( a pupil of Sir George Smart ' s ) and " Messrs . Fitzwilliam , Hobbs , Taylor , and Robinson , accompanied on the piano by
Sir George Smart . In the chorusses that subsequentl y followed they received the assistance of Mrs . Seymour , Mrs . Gordon , Miss . Birch , and Miss Lloyd , who occupied one of the side galleries ; here we must in justice add that this gratifying professional assistance was most admirably performed . The noble Chairman then proposed " The health of the King , the patron of the Craft and of the Institution , " which was received with
every demonstration of loyalty and regard . " God save the King" followed , and was given with much effect . Earl Durham then gave , " The Queen , the patroness of the Institution , " which , as a natural proof of the gallantry of the fraternity , excited if possible , greater applause than the preceding toast , followed by the " Fairies' Glee . " In proposing " The health of his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex ,
M . W . G . M ., " the noble Earl passed a warm eulogium on his royal highness , founded on his anxiety on all occasions to promote the welfare of Freemasonry , but particularly to support that of the society whose annual festival was then holding . It was with deep regret that he had to lament the continued indisposition of the illustrious Grand Master , which prevented his attendance upon the interesting occasion . He gave the toasttooas one in intimate connection with the well-doing
, , of the society , as the Duke of Sussex had for a long period been one of its most efficient patrons . —Drank amid loud and repeated cheering—Glee " Hail Sussex . " " The health of Lord Dundas , Pro .-Grand Master , " was crowned with three times three . Song by Mr . Hobbs . Simon M'Gillivray , Esq ., proposed " The health of thc noble chair-
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The Glee Room.
MAY 13 . —AA e had this day the gratification of joining the friends of this excellent institution at Freemasons' Hall , and of participating in their social and moral enjoyment . Soon after six o ' clock about two hundred and fifty members of a fraternity " ivhose joy is to do good" sat doivn to a dinner , which , if not equal in splendour of arrangement and costliness , with many at which eating and drinking is the " be all and the end-all , " was unobjectionable in its provision , and rendered more
palatable and pleasurable by the general bond of friendship , brotherhood , and charitable feeling by which it was characterized . The chair was taken hy the Earl of Durham , in the immediate neighbourhood of which sat Lord John Churchill , J . Ramsbottom , Esq . M . P . ; Simon M'Gillivray ; B . 15 . Cabell and D . Pollock , Esqrs . ; the Hon . Thomas Dundas , Thompson Hankey , Esq ., Captain Deans , T . F . Savory , B . Lawrence , PI . Lewis , A . Keightley , AV . Prescott ,
and B . Laurie , Esqrs ., Rev . Mr . Fallofield , Sir Geo . Smart , W . H . AVhite , E . Harper , W . Halton , Thos . Brutton , J . Masson , and AV . Silvester , Esqrs . ; also Dr . Crucefix , C . Baumer , Esq ., and S . Staples , Esq ., members of the House Committee , together ivith Dr . Granville , Geo . Franks , J . Gascoigne , G . Shipman , Esqrs ., the medical officers , and other eminent Masons . After the removal of the cloth , Bencdictus was sung in beautiful style by Master How ( a pupil of Sir George Smart ' s ) and " Messrs . Fitzwilliam , Hobbs , Taylor , and Robinson , accompanied on the piano by
Sir George Smart . In the chorusses that subsequentl y followed they received the assistance of Mrs . Seymour , Mrs . Gordon , Miss . Birch , and Miss Lloyd , who occupied one of the side galleries ; here we must in justice add that this gratifying professional assistance was most admirably performed . The noble Chairman then proposed " The health of the King , the patron of the Craft and of the Institution , " which was received with
every demonstration of loyalty and regard . " God save the King" followed , and was given with much effect . Earl Durham then gave , " The Queen , the patroness of the Institution , " which , as a natural proof of the gallantry of the fraternity , excited if possible , greater applause than the preceding toast , followed by the " Fairies' Glee . " In proposing " The health of his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex ,
M . W . G . M ., " the noble Earl passed a warm eulogium on his royal highness , founded on his anxiety on all occasions to promote the welfare of Freemasonry , but particularly to support that of the society whose annual festival was then holding . It was with deep regret that he had to lament the continued indisposition of the illustrious Grand Master , which prevented his attendance upon the interesting occasion . He gave the toasttooas one in intimate connection with the well-doing
, , of the society , as the Duke of Sussex had for a long period been one of its most efficient patrons . —Drank amid loud and repeated cheering—Glee " Hail Sussex . " " The health of Lord Dundas , Pro .-Grand Master , " was crowned with three times three . Song by Mr . Hobbs . Simon M'Gillivray , Esq ., proposed " The health of thc noble chair-