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visitors then present might be considered as the sponsors , and ended his address by an appropriate quotation from a part of the Masonic ritual : " Brethren , may your children ' s children long celebrate with joy and thanksgiving the transactions of the auspicious solemnity you have this day witnessed ; and may the tenets of our glorious profession be transmitted through your Loclge , pure and unsullied , from generation to generation . "
The AVardens , Brothers Crewe ancl Philipe , were then proposed as a toast , which was received with a very marked and livery acclamation , and suitably replied to by Brother Crewe . Many other sentiments were successively given , and at length tbe evening closed upon a clay ' s proceedings which will be remembered b y many as commemorative of the highest gratification which order , good will , and pleasure can produce .
The noble marquess was not among tbe first to break up the party : he seemed to enjoy the pleasure which his presence ensured . The excellent singing of Brothers Chubb , Foster , and Purday gave a zest to the social enjoyment , which was heightened by the kindness of Brother Crewe , who , among other songs , gave "Alice Gray" with even more than his usual effect .
The hospitality of the Lodge found an excellent supporter in the host , who , from his strenuous exertions to carry his orders-into effect , was determined that the Falcon should be really considered as the first inn on the London side of VTaltham Cross . DOVER , May 30 . —KENT PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE AND FESTIVAL . —The Honourable AV . Twiselton Fiennes , Prov . Grand Master for the county , having appointed a Provincial Grand Loclge to be holden at
Dover on the 30 th of May , the Brethren of the Lodge of Peace and Harmony , No . 235 , in that town , entered with becoming spirit and success upon the necessary arrangements . The attendance of Brethren who participated in the business of the day was not very numerous , inasmuch as several of the Lodges in the eastern part of Kent are dormant , as those of Canterbury , Folkestone , Deal , and Faversham ; and the distance of the west Kent Lodges of Gravesend , Chatham , and Dartford , is so considerable , as to have precluded many of the members from paying their respects on this occasion to the Prov . Grand Master ancl the Prov . Grand Loclge . The Dover ancl the Hythe Lodges , however , met
numerously , ancl the Ramsgate Lodge contributed its full quota ; there were deputations from most of the other Lodges in the county , and some Brethren of a London Lodge recently removed from Charlton . The AVorshipful the Mayor of Dover , Edward Thompson , Esq ., having kindly granted to the Brethren the use of the New Town Hall , ancl the adjacent rooms , which compose the ancient edifice of Maison Dieu , the Dover Loclge was opened therein about half past eleven
o ' clock , by the AV . M ., Brother Moses . The spacious hall had been tastefully fitted up for the occasion , and the appearance of the Lodge when engaged in its duties was particularly striking ancl imposing . The Prov . Grand Loclge was opened in an adjoining municipal room , by the Right AVorshipful Brother A . AA ^ indeyer , Esq ., of Rochester , Deputy P . G . M ., having for his Senior Grancl AVarden , Brother P . Monypenny , Esq ., of Hythe , P . G . J . AV ., and as Junior Grand AVarden , Brother Jones , of Rochester . At a quarter before noon the Prov . Grand Lod ge was announced , and received in due form ; and having saluted ancl been saluted accord-
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visitors then present might be considered as the sponsors , and ended his address by an appropriate quotation from a part of the Masonic ritual : " Brethren , may your children ' s children long celebrate with joy and thanksgiving the transactions of the auspicious solemnity you have this day witnessed ; and may the tenets of our glorious profession be transmitted through your Loclge , pure and unsullied , from generation to generation . "
The AVardens , Brothers Crewe ancl Philipe , were then proposed as a toast , which was received with a very marked and livery acclamation , and suitably replied to by Brother Crewe . Many other sentiments were successively given , and at length tbe evening closed upon a clay ' s proceedings which will be remembered b y many as commemorative of the highest gratification which order , good will , and pleasure can produce .
The noble marquess was not among tbe first to break up the party : he seemed to enjoy the pleasure which his presence ensured . The excellent singing of Brothers Chubb , Foster , and Purday gave a zest to the social enjoyment , which was heightened by the kindness of Brother Crewe , who , among other songs , gave "Alice Gray" with even more than his usual effect .
The hospitality of the Lodge found an excellent supporter in the host , who , from his strenuous exertions to carry his orders-into effect , was determined that the Falcon should be really considered as the first inn on the London side of VTaltham Cross . DOVER , May 30 . —KENT PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE AND FESTIVAL . —The Honourable AV . Twiselton Fiennes , Prov . Grand Master for the county , having appointed a Provincial Grand Loclge to be holden at
Dover on the 30 th of May , the Brethren of the Lodge of Peace and Harmony , No . 235 , in that town , entered with becoming spirit and success upon the necessary arrangements . The attendance of Brethren who participated in the business of the day was not very numerous , inasmuch as several of the Lodges in the eastern part of Kent are dormant , as those of Canterbury , Folkestone , Deal , and Faversham ; and the distance of the west Kent Lodges of Gravesend , Chatham , and Dartford , is so considerable , as to have precluded many of the members from paying their respects on this occasion to the Prov . Grand Master ancl the Prov . Grand Loclge . The Dover ancl the Hythe Lodges , however , met
numerously , ancl the Ramsgate Lodge contributed its full quota ; there were deputations from most of the other Lodges in the county , and some Brethren of a London Lodge recently removed from Charlton . The AVorshipful the Mayor of Dover , Edward Thompson , Esq ., having kindly granted to the Brethren the use of the New Town Hall , ancl the adjacent rooms , which compose the ancient edifice of Maison Dieu , the Dover Loclge was opened therein about half past eleven
o ' clock , by the AV . M ., Brother Moses . The spacious hall had been tastefully fitted up for the occasion , and the appearance of the Lodge when engaged in its duties was particularly striking ancl imposing . The Prov . Grand Loclge was opened in an adjoining municipal room , by the Right AVorshipful Brother A . AA ^ indeyer , Esq ., of Rochester , Deputy P . G . M ., having for his Senior Grancl AVarden , Brother P . Monypenny , Esq ., of Hythe , P . G . J . AV ., and as Junior Grand AVarden , Brother Jones , of Rochester . At a quarter before noon the Prov . Grand Lod ge was announced , and received in due form ; and having saluted ancl been saluted accord-