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celebrate the annual festival ofthe Provincial Grand Lodge of Cornwall . A very large number of people assembled to witness the proceedings . Soon after eleven o ' clock the procession proceeded to St . Mary ' s Church , where service was performed in the cathedral style by the clergy , & c . of the place , and a sermon was preached by the P . G . Chaplain , the Rev H . Grylls , vicar of St . Neot , from the Ephesians , chap . ii . v . 19-22 . After divine servicethe Brethren returned to the Masonic Hallwhere
, , the P . G . Officers for the ensuing year were installed , and invested with the various insignia of their offices by Sir C . Lemon , Bart ., P . G . M ., and addressed by the Deputy P . G . Master , Bro . John Ellis , viz ., — Past Deputy P . G . Master , Bro . Richard Pearce ; P . G . Senior AVarden , Bro . Francis J . Hext ; P . G . Junior Warden , Bro . Edmund Carlyon ; P . G . Chaplain , Bro . the Rev . Henry Grylls , A . M . ; P . G . Treasurer , Bro . B . B . Falck ; P . G . Registrar , Bro . Christopher Childs ; P . G .
Superintendent of Works , Bro . AVilliam Kitt ; P . G . Director of Ceremonies , Bro . Reginald Rogers ; P , G . Senior Deacon , Bro . T . P . Tyac-ke ; P . G . Junior Deacon , Bro . Robert Allen ; P . G . Sword Bearer , Bro . Capt . Reid ; P . G . Pursuivant , Bro . T . P . Dixon ; P . G . Stewards , Bros . J . Richards and F . Boase ; Past P . G . Stewards , Bros . AV . B . Forfar , and J . D . Henwood . The banquet was provided by Bro . Ball , in the Assembly Room of the Union Hotel , which was tastefull y decorated , and hung with the
flags of different nations , kindly lent by Bro . Pearce , the Past P . G . M ., Alderman of the borough and Consul for the various foreign nations , & c , and forming ( as was truly stated by him in the course of the day , ) symbols of the universality of Freemasonry . Upwards of sixty of the Brethren partook of the feast , Sir C . Lemon , Bart ., P . G . M ., occupying the President ' s chair , and Bro . F . J . Hext , P . G . Senior AVarden , and Carlyon , P . G . Junior Warden , acting as Vice . Grace having been said by the P . G . Chaplainand the cloth removed
, , the P . G . M . proposed "the health of the Queen , " expressing a hope that one of her sons might become as efficient a Grand Master of England as her father and uncles had been—( loud cheering , the music playing " God save the Queen . " ) The P . G . Stewards , Bros . Richards and Boase , and the P . G . D . of Ceremonies and Pursuivant , now introduced
into the room a large number of ladies , amongst whom were many of the most beautiful of Cornubia ' s daughters . The next toast proposed from the chair was " the Duke of Cornwall , " to whom we all owe allegiance , not only as Masons , but in every other way . " The Queen Dowager and the rest of the Royal Family , " was the next toast given , and this was followed by " the Earl of Zetland , M . AV . Grand Master of England , " which was drunk with the full honours . The P . G . M .
then announced that the Brethren would pledge a bumper to the ladies ; and he introduced the toast in terms of glowing eulogy , and in the happiest style we ever recollect to have heard him . Bro . Boase , as Junior Steward , returned thanks on behalf of the ladies , in a most felicitous
manner . The health of the P . G . M . Sir Charles Lemon , Bart ., was next proposed by Bro . ELLIS , Deputy P . G . M ., to the following effect : —He thanked the P . G . M ., not only in the name of the Officers , but also in the name of Freemasonry , for the interest he takes in the Institution , and for the inconvenience to which he has subjected himself by being detained in the province from parliamentary and other duties of considerable moment . The Honourable Baronet ' s career had been of con-
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Provincial.
celebrate the annual festival ofthe Provincial Grand Lodge of Cornwall . A very large number of people assembled to witness the proceedings . Soon after eleven o ' clock the procession proceeded to St . Mary ' s Church , where service was performed in the cathedral style by the clergy , & c . of the place , and a sermon was preached by the P . G . Chaplain , the Rev H . Grylls , vicar of St . Neot , from the Ephesians , chap . ii . v . 19-22 . After divine servicethe Brethren returned to the Masonic Hallwhere
, , the P . G . Officers for the ensuing year were installed , and invested with the various insignia of their offices by Sir C . Lemon , Bart ., P . G . M ., and addressed by the Deputy P . G . Master , Bro . John Ellis , viz ., — Past Deputy P . G . Master , Bro . Richard Pearce ; P . G . Senior AVarden , Bro . Francis J . Hext ; P . G . Junior Warden , Bro . Edmund Carlyon ; P . G . Chaplain , Bro . the Rev . Henry Grylls , A . M . ; P . G . Treasurer , Bro . B . B . Falck ; P . G . Registrar , Bro . Christopher Childs ; P . G .
Superintendent of Works , Bro . AVilliam Kitt ; P . G . Director of Ceremonies , Bro . Reginald Rogers ; P , G . Senior Deacon , Bro . T . P . Tyac-ke ; P . G . Junior Deacon , Bro . Robert Allen ; P . G . Sword Bearer , Bro . Capt . Reid ; P . G . Pursuivant , Bro . T . P . Dixon ; P . G . Stewards , Bros . J . Richards and F . Boase ; Past P . G . Stewards , Bros . AV . B . Forfar , and J . D . Henwood . The banquet was provided by Bro . Ball , in the Assembly Room of the Union Hotel , which was tastefull y decorated , and hung with the
flags of different nations , kindly lent by Bro . Pearce , the Past P . G . M ., Alderman of the borough and Consul for the various foreign nations , & c , and forming ( as was truly stated by him in the course of the day , ) symbols of the universality of Freemasonry . Upwards of sixty of the Brethren partook of the feast , Sir C . Lemon , Bart ., P . G . M ., occupying the President ' s chair , and Bro . F . J . Hext , P . G . Senior AVarden , and Carlyon , P . G . Junior Warden , acting as Vice . Grace having been said by the P . G . Chaplainand the cloth removed
, , the P . G . M . proposed "the health of the Queen , " expressing a hope that one of her sons might become as efficient a Grand Master of England as her father and uncles had been—( loud cheering , the music playing " God save the Queen . " ) The P . G . Stewards , Bros . Richards and Boase , and the P . G . D . of Ceremonies and Pursuivant , now introduced
into the room a large number of ladies , amongst whom were many of the most beautiful of Cornubia ' s daughters . The next toast proposed from the chair was " the Duke of Cornwall , " to whom we all owe allegiance , not only as Masons , but in every other way . " The Queen Dowager and the rest of the Royal Family , " was the next toast given , and this was followed by " the Earl of Zetland , M . AV . Grand Master of England , " which was drunk with the full honours . The P . G . M .
then announced that the Brethren would pledge a bumper to the ladies ; and he introduced the toast in terms of glowing eulogy , and in the happiest style we ever recollect to have heard him . Bro . Boase , as Junior Steward , returned thanks on behalf of the ladies , in a most felicitous
manner . The health of the P . G . M . Sir Charles Lemon , Bart ., was next proposed by Bro . ELLIS , Deputy P . G . M ., to the following effect : —He thanked the P . G . M ., not only in the name of the Officers , but also in the name of Freemasonry , for the interest he takes in the Institution , and for the inconvenience to which he has subjected himself by being detained in the province from parliamentary and other duties of considerable moment . The Honourable Baronet ' s career had been of con-