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was tastefully decorated and adorned with wreaths and costly vases of flowers , the work of those fair ones who , though debarred from any participation in the pleasures of the meeting , were , at least , desirous to promote them to the utmost extent which their refined taste could
permit . The AV . M . of the Alfred Lodge , Bro . AV . Thompson , presided ; supported by the G . P . Bro . AV . Rule ; the Deputy Provincial Grand Master of Lincolnshire , Bro . Coltman : the AV . M . of the Apollo Lodge , his Officers , and Brethren : the Officers and Brethren of the Alfred Lodge ; several Visiting Brothers , making altogether about eighty in number . On the removal of the cloth , the AV . M . gave the following toastswhicli were received with riate honours : — "The Queen
, approp and the Craft ; " " Prince Albert ; " " The Queen , Prince of AA ' ales , and rest of the Royal Family ; " " The Grand Master of England , the Earl of Zetland , the Deputy Grand Master , Lord AVorsley , and the Officers of the Grand Lodge . " Bro . RULE , G . P ., acknowledged the last toast . The AV . M . introduced the name of the Provincial Grand Master of
Oxfordshire , Brother C . J . Ridley , and expressed the regret which his absence occasioned both to the Brethren and to that Brother himself , who had watched over both Lodges with so much care and interest . The AV . M . said he felt more than ordinary pleasure in proposing the health of the AV . M . Officers and Brethren of the Apollo Lodge , who had visited them on the present occasion . —( Cheers ) . AVhen they took into consideration the kind and brotherly feeling which had so long existed between the two bodiesand the liberalitycourtesyand h i-
, , , osp tality with which they at all times treated members of the Alfred Lodge , they would agree with him that they were entitled to every mark of respect that could be paid them . —( Cheers ) . The Apollo Lodge maintained a proud position , and was one of the best in England , inasmuch as it was the nursery of some of the worthiest Masons , who had gone forth and proved themselves to be zealous and efficient in the extreme . At the present moment that Lodge was presided over by one who would carry
out the principles of Masonry ; and , supported as he was by such useful officers , its high character would be upheld , and its proud position maintained . —( Cheers ) . It had always been a matter of regret that the anniversary of the Alfred Lodge occurred at a time when they were deprived of the presence of the Brethren of the Apollo , and it was , therefore , on that account that a special invitation was given to those Brethren , which they had kindly accepted and cordially responded to .
It afforded him and others great pleasure , and must be a source of congratulation to the AV . M . of the Apollo Lodge , to see so many of his Past Masters and distinguished Brethren present . He sincerely wished that Lodge might continue to prosper as it had done —( cheers)—that they might meet again at the close of the long vacation in the same health and harmony—and that , in the mean time , the younger Brethren especially might find Masonry carried out in the same spirit in other
provinces as it ivas in this . In conclusion , he begged to propose prosperity to the Apollo Lodge , and health and happiness to its members . ( The toast was drunk with every honour that could be paid it , and the reception it met with was enthusiastic in the extreme ) . The AV . M . of the Apollo Lodge , Bro . MEREDITH , observed that the compliment paid himself and the Lodge he presided over by the generous invitation—unbounded hospitality— carried out , too , with such good
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Provincial.
was tastefully decorated and adorned with wreaths and costly vases of flowers , the work of those fair ones who , though debarred from any participation in the pleasures of the meeting , were , at least , desirous to promote them to the utmost extent which their refined taste could
permit . The AV . M . of the Alfred Lodge , Bro . AV . Thompson , presided ; supported by the G . P . Bro . AV . Rule ; the Deputy Provincial Grand Master of Lincolnshire , Bro . Coltman : the AV . M . of the Apollo Lodge , his Officers , and Brethren : the Officers and Brethren of the Alfred Lodge ; several Visiting Brothers , making altogether about eighty in number . On the removal of the cloth , the AV . M . gave the following toastswhicli were received with riate honours : — "The Queen
, approp and the Craft ; " " Prince Albert ; " " The Queen , Prince of AA ' ales , and rest of the Royal Family ; " " The Grand Master of England , the Earl of Zetland , the Deputy Grand Master , Lord AVorsley , and the Officers of the Grand Lodge . " Bro . RULE , G . P ., acknowledged the last toast . The AV . M . introduced the name of the Provincial Grand Master of
Oxfordshire , Brother C . J . Ridley , and expressed the regret which his absence occasioned both to the Brethren and to that Brother himself , who had watched over both Lodges with so much care and interest . The AV . M . said he felt more than ordinary pleasure in proposing the health of the AV . M . Officers and Brethren of the Apollo Lodge , who had visited them on the present occasion . —( Cheers ) . AVhen they took into consideration the kind and brotherly feeling which had so long existed between the two bodiesand the liberalitycourtesyand h i-
, , , osp tality with which they at all times treated members of the Alfred Lodge , they would agree with him that they were entitled to every mark of respect that could be paid them . —( Cheers ) . The Apollo Lodge maintained a proud position , and was one of the best in England , inasmuch as it was the nursery of some of the worthiest Masons , who had gone forth and proved themselves to be zealous and efficient in the extreme . At the present moment that Lodge was presided over by one who would carry
out the principles of Masonry ; and , supported as he was by such useful officers , its high character would be upheld , and its proud position maintained . —( Cheers ) . It had always been a matter of regret that the anniversary of the Alfred Lodge occurred at a time when they were deprived of the presence of the Brethren of the Apollo , and it was , therefore , on that account that a special invitation was given to those Brethren , which they had kindly accepted and cordially responded to .
It afforded him and others great pleasure , and must be a source of congratulation to the AV . M . of the Apollo Lodge , to see so many of his Past Masters and distinguished Brethren present . He sincerely wished that Lodge might continue to prosper as it had done —( cheers)—that they might meet again at the close of the long vacation in the same health and harmony—and that , in the mean time , the younger Brethren especially might find Masonry carried out in the same spirit in other
provinces as it ivas in this . In conclusion , he begged to propose prosperity to the Apollo Lodge , and health and happiness to its members . ( The toast was drunk with every honour that could be paid it , and the reception it met with was enthusiastic in the extreme ) . The AV . M . of the Apollo Lodge , Bro . MEREDITH , observed that the compliment paid himself and the Lodge he presided over by the generous invitation—unbounded hospitality— carried out , too , with such good