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Metropolitan.
ANNIVERSARY MEETING OJF THE LATE BKO . PETKU THOMSON ' S LODGE OI- INSTRUCTION . —The thirty-fourth Anniversary of the Lodge of Instruction , under sanction of the Lodge of Stability , No . 204 , ( meeting at the George and A ulttiro Tavern , Cornbill ) , was specially held at the London Tavern , Bisbopgate Street , on Friday evening , the 25 th April , last . Bro . Henry Muggeridge , P . M . 227 , successor of the late Bro . Peter Thomson , as AV . M . when the Lecture in the First Degree was worked in sections by
, the following Brethren : — 1 st Section , Bro . Richard Sharpe , S . D ., 225 . 2 nd „ ,, David Samuels , AV . M ., 304 . 3 rd .. ,. James H . Townend , AV . M ., 36 . 4 th , ' . ,. Charles AV . Steel , S . D ., 18 . 5 th „ ., Richard Bevington , J . AV ., 30 . 6 th .. James Morris— 227 .
,, , 7 th „ ., Richard H . Townend , P . M ., 3 ( 5 . After the business of the ei-ening bad been satisfactorily completed , tbe . 'Brethren partook of a very elegant cold collation . The AA . Bro . John Havers , P . G . S . D ., presiding as Chairman , supported on the right by the AVorshipful Bros . R . G . Alston , P . J . G . AV . ; Potter , P . J . G . D . ; Pliilipe , P . G . S . B . ; Patten , P . G . S . B . ; Breitling , G . P . ; and Bonorandi , Rep .
of the Grand Lodge of Switzerland : on the left by Bros . Muggeridge , John Sai-age , Satterly , Crew , R . Barnes , Sen ., and about 150 Brethren . Grace having been sung by Bros . Jolley , Genge , Smith , and Jolley , Jun ., the Chairman rose to propose the first toast , in doing which be said—1 C there be one nation on the face of the globe which may be reasonably nnd naturally proud of its sovereign , and of its institutions , that nation is our own . If there be a country in which a sovereign reigns , not by the terror of the lawsbut in the hearts and affections of tbe people—that
, country is happy England . If there is one nation more charitable than nny other—more loyal than another , it is our own , —and if there is a society more charitable and loyal than another , it is our own time-honoured Order . I therefore give you " the Queen , God bless her , and the Craft . " Immense applause followed this toast , and the National Anthem was then sung by the vocalists , in which the company rapturously joined . The next toast- was " tbe Earl of ZetlandM . AV . G . M . " The Chairman
, availed himself of this opportunity to eulogise the noble earl , as the friend and benefactor of the Craft , and congratulated the Brethren on bis Lordship's recovery from the effects of intermittent fever , and the prospect of his being sufficiently recovered to preside at the Grand Festival . Tbe cordial and warm manner in which the health of the M . W . G . M . was received , was another proof bow much bis worth is appreciated by one and all of the Brethren .
The CHAIRMAN then proposed tbe healths of the " Earl of Yarborough , D . G . M ., Bro . R . G . Alston , and the rest of the Grand Officers , " paying a high and well-merited compliment to the active services and zeal , for the cause of Masonry , of Bro . Alston . A letter was here read from Bro . Bellamy AYebb , P . G . S . B ., regretting that he was prevented being present by severe indisposition . Bro . R . G . ALSTON returned thanks in a most eloquent speech , and expressed the great gratification he felt at the admirable working of the
Lodge of Instruction : be also expressed regret at the absence of his Brother , Francis B . Alston , the S . G . AVarden , who bad appointed to meet him there , but who was , doubtless , unexpectedly and unavoidably prevented doing so .
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Metropolitan.
ANNIVERSARY MEETING OJF THE LATE BKO . PETKU THOMSON ' S LODGE OI- INSTRUCTION . —The thirty-fourth Anniversary of the Lodge of Instruction , under sanction of the Lodge of Stability , No . 204 , ( meeting at the George and A ulttiro Tavern , Cornbill ) , was specially held at the London Tavern , Bisbopgate Street , on Friday evening , the 25 th April , last . Bro . Henry Muggeridge , P . M . 227 , successor of the late Bro . Peter Thomson , as AV . M . when the Lecture in the First Degree was worked in sections by
, the following Brethren : — 1 st Section , Bro . Richard Sharpe , S . D ., 225 . 2 nd „ ,, David Samuels , AV . M ., 304 . 3 rd .. ,. James H . Townend , AV . M ., 36 . 4 th , ' . ,. Charles AV . Steel , S . D ., 18 . 5 th „ ., Richard Bevington , J . AV ., 30 . 6 th .. James Morris— 227 .
,, , 7 th „ ., Richard H . Townend , P . M ., 3 ( 5 . After the business of the ei-ening bad been satisfactorily completed , tbe . 'Brethren partook of a very elegant cold collation . The AA . Bro . John Havers , P . G . S . D ., presiding as Chairman , supported on the right by the AVorshipful Bros . R . G . Alston , P . J . G . AV . ; Potter , P . J . G . D . ; Pliilipe , P . G . S . B . ; Patten , P . G . S . B . ; Breitling , G . P . ; and Bonorandi , Rep .
of the Grand Lodge of Switzerland : on the left by Bros . Muggeridge , John Sai-age , Satterly , Crew , R . Barnes , Sen ., and about 150 Brethren . Grace having been sung by Bros . Jolley , Genge , Smith , and Jolley , Jun ., the Chairman rose to propose the first toast , in doing which be said—1 C there be one nation on the face of the globe which may be reasonably nnd naturally proud of its sovereign , and of its institutions , that nation is our own . If there be a country in which a sovereign reigns , not by the terror of the lawsbut in the hearts and affections of tbe people—that
, country is happy England . If there is one nation more charitable than nny other—more loyal than another , it is our own , —and if there is a society more charitable and loyal than another , it is our own time-honoured Order . I therefore give you " the Queen , God bless her , and the Craft . " Immense applause followed this toast , and the National Anthem was then sung by the vocalists , in which the company rapturously joined . The next toast- was " tbe Earl of ZetlandM . AV . G . M . " The Chairman
, availed himself of this opportunity to eulogise the noble earl , as the friend and benefactor of the Craft , and congratulated the Brethren on bis Lordship's recovery from the effects of intermittent fever , and the prospect of his being sufficiently recovered to preside at the Grand Festival . Tbe cordial and warm manner in which the health of the M . W . G . M . was received , was another proof bow much bis worth is appreciated by one and all of the Brethren .
The CHAIRMAN then proposed tbe healths of the " Earl of Yarborough , D . G . M ., Bro . R . G . Alston , and the rest of the Grand Officers , " paying a high and well-merited compliment to the active services and zeal , for the cause of Masonry , of Bro . Alston . A letter was here read from Bro . Bellamy AYebb , P . G . S . B ., regretting that he was prevented being present by severe indisposition . Bro . R . G . ALSTON returned thanks in a most eloquent speech , and expressed the great gratification he felt at the admirable working of the
Lodge of Instruction : be also expressed regret at the absence of his Brother , Francis B . Alston , the S . G . AVarden , who bad appointed to meet him there , but who was , doubtless , unexpectedly and unavoidably prevented doing so .