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the guests ; and what with the pleasures of the table , the harmony , good feeling , and cordiality which existed , and the musical treat ivhich was afforded by the performances of a strong party of eminent professional persons , ivho had kindly ( and gratuitously ) lent their aid on the occasion , a more satisfactory and delightful evening has seldom been passed in the cause of charity , under the roof of the Freemasons' Hall , than on the occasion of this festival .
The following are the names of the ladies and gentlemen who lent their " sweet voices " and instrumental services to assist the cause of the Aged Alason : —Aliss Adeline Cooper , Airs . Chatfield , Miss Turner , Miss E . Turner , Signor Fornasari ( of her Alajesty ' s Theatre ) , Signor Guibilei , Signor Brizzi , Mr . W . Seguin , Bros . C . Horn , Crouch , Foord " , with other friends . Accompanyists : Signor Negri , Signor Gabucci , and Bro . Kingsbury . The pianofortes were generously supplied from
Air . Scott ' s Repository of Pape ' s Patent , 106 , Bond-street . The dinner , which was excellent , having concluded , and the cloth been withdrawn , " Non nobis Domine" was performed by some of the above-named gentlemen . The noble CHAIRMAN then rose to propose the first toast of the evening , and said he would , without preface , give " The health of her most Gracious Majesty the Queen—( cheers)—and that of her illustrous
consort , Prince Albert "—( loud cheers)—with . three times three . The toast was drunk with enthusiastic honours , and followed by the national anthem , the whole company standing during its performance . The noble CHAIRMAN , after a short interval , said the next toast which he should have the honour of proposing was , " The health of her Alajesty the Queen-Dowager , the liberal benefactress of the charity , and the patroness of the Girls' School "—( loud cheers ) .
The toast was warmly responded to , drunk with three times three hearty cheers , and followed by a song from Air . W . Seguin , " The Aged Brother , " composed by Signor Negri . The noble CHAIRMAN next gave " His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales , the Princess Royal , the Infant Princess , and the rest of the Royal Family . " The toast was drunk with three times three .
Song— " The Minstrel Boy . " Airs . Chatfield . The noble CHAIRMAN again rose . He said that , in proposing the next toast , he could not observe the solemn silence with which it ivould be becoming that they should drink it —( hear , hear)—he meant " the Alemory of his late Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex "—( hear , hear ) . He knew that he was treading upon delicate ground ; but , as this was only the second meeting at which he had presided since the lamented
decease of their Grand Alaster , and feeling the obligation under which he lay to his Royal Highness , for having appointed him ( Lord Aboyne ) Provincial Grand Alaster for Northamptonshire and Huntingdonshire , he thought he should be wanting in his duty if he did not say how much his Royal Highness had done for Alasonry in the three kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland—( cheers ) . He ( Lord Aboyne ) experienced a deep and heartfelt regret at the loss of so good a man and so good a
Mason as that Royal Duke ; aud he now begged to propose that " the Memory of his late Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex , " their Grand Master , should be drunk in solemn silence —( hear , hear ) . The toast was accordingly drunk amid profound silence . The Noble CHAIRMAN said , he now begged to propose a toast which
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the guests ; and what with the pleasures of the table , the harmony , good feeling , and cordiality which existed , and the musical treat ivhich was afforded by the performances of a strong party of eminent professional persons , ivho had kindly ( and gratuitously ) lent their aid on the occasion , a more satisfactory and delightful evening has seldom been passed in the cause of charity , under the roof of the Freemasons' Hall , than on the occasion of this festival .
The following are the names of the ladies and gentlemen who lent their " sweet voices " and instrumental services to assist the cause of the Aged Alason : —Aliss Adeline Cooper , Airs . Chatfield , Miss Turner , Miss E . Turner , Signor Fornasari ( of her Alajesty ' s Theatre ) , Signor Guibilei , Signor Brizzi , Mr . W . Seguin , Bros . C . Horn , Crouch , Foord " , with other friends . Accompanyists : Signor Negri , Signor Gabucci , and Bro . Kingsbury . The pianofortes were generously supplied from
Air . Scott ' s Repository of Pape ' s Patent , 106 , Bond-street . The dinner , which was excellent , having concluded , and the cloth been withdrawn , " Non nobis Domine" was performed by some of the above-named gentlemen . The noble CHAIRMAN then rose to propose the first toast of the evening , and said he would , without preface , give " The health of her most Gracious Majesty the Queen—( cheers)—and that of her illustrous
consort , Prince Albert "—( loud cheers)—with . three times three . The toast was drunk with enthusiastic honours , and followed by the national anthem , the whole company standing during its performance . The noble CHAIRMAN , after a short interval , said the next toast which he should have the honour of proposing was , " The health of her Alajesty the Queen-Dowager , the liberal benefactress of the charity , and the patroness of the Girls' School "—( loud cheers ) .
The toast was warmly responded to , drunk with three times three hearty cheers , and followed by a song from Air . W . Seguin , " The Aged Brother , " composed by Signor Negri . The noble CHAIRMAN next gave " His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales , the Princess Royal , the Infant Princess , and the rest of the Royal Family . " The toast was drunk with three times three .
Song— " The Minstrel Boy . " Airs . Chatfield . The noble CHAIRMAN again rose . He said that , in proposing the next toast , he could not observe the solemn silence with which it ivould be becoming that they should drink it —( hear , hear)—he meant " the Alemory of his late Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex "—( hear , hear ) . He knew that he was treading upon delicate ground ; but , as this was only the second meeting at which he had presided since the lamented
decease of their Grand Alaster , and feeling the obligation under which he lay to his Royal Highness , for having appointed him ( Lord Aboyne ) Provincial Grand Alaster for Northamptonshire and Huntingdonshire , he thought he should be wanting in his duty if he did not say how much his Royal Highness had done for Alasonry in the three kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland—( cheers ) . He ( Lord Aboyne ) experienced a deep and heartfelt regret at the loss of so good a man and so good a
Mason as that Royal Duke ; aud he now begged to propose that " the Memory of his late Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex , " their Grand Master , should be drunk in solemn silence —( hear , hear ) . The toast was accordingly drunk amid profound silence . The Noble CHAIRMAN said , he now begged to propose a toast which