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The cheering having subsided , Tbe noble CHAIRMAN rose and said , for the very cordial manner in ivhich the company had received and responded to his health , he begged them to accept his best thanks —( cheers ) . He always thought that the most difficult task a man had to perform was to talk about himself ; but he thought , if they would allow him , he ivould explain to them the circumstances under which he appeared amongst them that
night—( hear ) . If he told them the truth , he must say that it was a little contre cmur to come , because he was a bumpkin—a country farmer , and had never before presided over such a meeting in the great metropolis —( cheers ) . The immediate cause , hoivever , of his being there was this : their friend and Brother , Dr . Crucefix , when he ( Lord Aboyne ) had the honour of holding his first Grand Lodge , had gone down to Northamptonat considerable inconvenienceto attend that
, , meeting ; he had also gone down this year to Peterborough ; and at the latter meeting that worthy Brother asked him ( Lord Aboyne ) if he would do him the favour to preside at this festival—those were his words ; but he ( Lord Aboyne ) confessed that he felt a great honour was conferred upon him in the request —( cheers ) . That was his excuse for
being there—( cheers ) . He felt exceedingly obliged to them for the kind manner in which they had received him ; and he begged to say that he should , as long as he lived , feel great pleasure in promoting the interests of Freemasonry generally , and of the Asylum especially , in every way in which it should lie in . his power so to do —( renewed cheers ) . One word with respect to the charities . He went with them to the full extent of their desires in all respects ; and concluded by
saying , " Alay Charity be united in one heart and one mind "—( cheers ) . Song—Signor Brizzi . The Noble CHAIRMAN again rose . He said , in proposing the next toast , it would not be necessary to stimulate them to fill their glasses , bumpers , he had only to name the toast , ivhich was " The Ladies "—( loud cheers . ) The toast was drunk with three times threeand one more-
enthusi-, astic cheer ; the ladies were now about to retire , but Signor Fornasari having just entered the room , they resumed their seats in the gallery , while Brother Fornasari delighted them with his magnificent voice , in singing an original Italian song . " The Past Chairmen , " were next drunk with three times three , and all the honours .
Bro . BELL rose and said , as a senior of the Past Chairmen , the duty devolved upon him of returning thanks to the company for the kind manner in which their healths had been received —( cheers . ) It was most gratifying to find the Asylum thus prospering , and particularly so to those who had used their exertions in its behalf , when it was but in its infancy —( cheers . ) He ( Brother Bell ) had had the honour of being chairman of the second anniversary festival in that hall ; and it
was pleasing to find that their endeavours had not fallen like seed upon barren ground , but that they had taken root , sprung up , and borne fruit , as was seen by the presence , in that chair this evening , of a Brother in a high and dignified station —( cheers . ) It was gratifying to . find that the charity had rendered itself so worthy of " the craft , " that men of rank and of birth who were members of the fraternity , thus came forward to support it —( cheers . ) After paying some further and wellmerited compliments to the noble Earl , he said he could assure that
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The cheering having subsided , Tbe noble CHAIRMAN rose and said , for the very cordial manner in ivhich the company had received and responded to his health , he begged them to accept his best thanks —( cheers ) . He always thought that the most difficult task a man had to perform was to talk about himself ; but he thought , if they would allow him , he ivould explain to them the circumstances under which he appeared amongst them that
night—( hear ) . If he told them the truth , he must say that it was a little contre cmur to come , because he was a bumpkin—a country farmer , and had never before presided over such a meeting in the great metropolis —( cheers ) . The immediate cause , hoivever , of his being there was this : their friend and Brother , Dr . Crucefix , when he ( Lord Aboyne ) had the honour of holding his first Grand Lodge , had gone down to Northamptonat considerable inconvenienceto attend that
, , meeting ; he had also gone down this year to Peterborough ; and at the latter meeting that worthy Brother asked him ( Lord Aboyne ) if he would do him the favour to preside at this festival—those were his words ; but he ( Lord Aboyne ) confessed that he felt a great honour was conferred upon him in the request —( cheers ) . That was his excuse for
being there—( cheers ) . He felt exceedingly obliged to them for the kind manner in which they had received him ; and he begged to say that he should , as long as he lived , feel great pleasure in promoting the interests of Freemasonry generally , and of the Asylum especially , in every way in which it should lie in . his power so to do —( renewed cheers ) . One word with respect to the charities . He went with them to the full extent of their desires in all respects ; and concluded by
saying , " Alay Charity be united in one heart and one mind "—( cheers ) . Song—Signor Brizzi . The Noble CHAIRMAN again rose . He said , in proposing the next toast , it would not be necessary to stimulate them to fill their glasses , bumpers , he had only to name the toast , ivhich was " The Ladies "—( loud cheers . ) The toast was drunk with three times threeand one more-
enthusi-, astic cheer ; the ladies were now about to retire , but Signor Fornasari having just entered the room , they resumed their seats in the gallery , while Brother Fornasari delighted them with his magnificent voice , in singing an original Italian song . " The Past Chairmen , " were next drunk with three times three , and all the honours .
Bro . BELL rose and said , as a senior of the Past Chairmen , the duty devolved upon him of returning thanks to the company for the kind manner in which their healths had been received —( cheers . ) It was most gratifying to find the Asylum thus prospering , and particularly so to those who had used their exertions in its behalf , when it was but in its infancy —( cheers . ) He ( Brother Bell ) had had the honour of being chairman of the second anniversary festival in that hall ; and it
was pleasing to find that their endeavours had not fallen like seed upon barren ground , but that they had taken root , sprung up , and borne fruit , as was seen by the presence , in that chair this evening , of a Brother in a high and dignified station —( cheers . ) It was gratifying to . find that the charity had rendered itself so worthy of " the craft , " that men of rank and of birth who were members of the fraternity , thus came forward to support it —( cheers . ) After paying some further and wellmerited compliments to the noble Earl , he said he could assure that