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Colonial.
COLONIAL .
P . G . Lodge of Quebec and Three Elvers . —The anniversary of St . John the Evangelist was celebrated Dec . 27 th , 1853 , according to long-established usage , by tbe Brethren of the "Mystic Tie , " upon the Eegistry of England , who , after the installation of the Masters and Officers elect ( which ceremony was conducted by the Prov . G . M . in person ) , assembled for refreshment at the Albion Hotel , where Bro . Eussell had prepared a splendid dinnerexceeding if possible
, his usual style of excellence . The chair was taken at seven o ' clock by the E . "W . Prov . G . M ., who was supported on the right and left by tiie E . W . Dep . P . G . M ., the Prov . G . Chap ., and other P . G . Officers . About sixty Brethren were assembled , and gave heartyresponses to the usual loyal ancl Masonic toasts , and the happy
meeting was marked by one continued strain of lively emotion . The harmony which prevailed was much enhanced by the voluntary services of a few musical brethren , who sang some charming glees with great eclat , —nor was "the feast of reason and the flow of soul" discontinued until eleven o ' clock , when the Prov . Grand Lodge was closed in due form , and the E . W . Prov . G . M . and Officers retired , " happy to meet , sorry to part , and happy to meet again . "
In proposing the memory of the Duke of Wellington , E . W . Bro . HAEES : GTorsr briefly alluded to the virtues and excellence of character which adorned the illustrious deceased , and named several most distinguished Brethren of the Craft , who , besides his father , the Earl of Mornington , then Master of Lodge , JNfo . 490 , held at the Castle of Daugan , County Meath , were present at the initiation of the noble Duke , when colonel of the 33 rd ; and Bro . Harington , having happily called upon the Eev . Chaplain to add a few sentiments in honour of his illustrious
fellow-countryman—Bro . ADAIISOJ . spoke in the following words : —Why so humble an individual as the one who now addresses you should have been selected to invite you to do honour to the memory of the great , noble , and illustrious Wellington , I know not . It would have come with more grace from some—and we have such here to-night - ¦ -who have followed to the field , and fought and bled with the "hero of a hundred fights . " This honour has , however , been unexpectedly conferred upon me , and in assigning me the duty , it is just possible that the E . W . Master did so , becauselike the dukeI arn an IrishmanIt has been saidand some have
, , . , endeavoured to prove , that Wellington disowned and disliked Ireland ancl the Irish ; this I have never been prepared to admit ; and it is a great gratification to me to he enabled to state , nay , to demonstrate , that one of Ireland ' s greatest poets ancl most sincere patriots , held the same opinion on the subject that I do myself . More than thirty years have now elapsed since Moore wrote and published the following well-known lines : —
' Whilst History ' s muse the memorial was keeping Of all that the dark hand Destiny weaves , Beside her the genius of Erin sat weeping , For her ' s was the story that blotted the leaves .
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Colonial.
COLONIAL .
P . G . Lodge of Quebec and Three Elvers . —The anniversary of St . John the Evangelist was celebrated Dec . 27 th , 1853 , according to long-established usage , by tbe Brethren of the "Mystic Tie , " upon the Eegistry of England , who , after the installation of the Masters and Officers elect ( which ceremony was conducted by the Prov . G . M . in person ) , assembled for refreshment at the Albion Hotel , where Bro . Eussell had prepared a splendid dinnerexceeding if possible
, his usual style of excellence . The chair was taken at seven o ' clock by the E . "W . Prov . G . M ., who was supported on the right and left by tiie E . W . Dep . P . G . M ., the Prov . G . Chap ., and other P . G . Officers . About sixty Brethren were assembled , and gave heartyresponses to the usual loyal ancl Masonic toasts , and the happy
meeting was marked by one continued strain of lively emotion . The harmony which prevailed was much enhanced by the voluntary services of a few musical brethren , who sang some charming glees with great eclat , —nor was "the feast of reason and the flow of soul" discontinued until eleven o ' clock , when the Prov . Grand Lodge was closed in due form , and the E . W . Prov . G . M . and Officers retired , " happy to meet , sorry to part , and happy to meet again . "
In proposing the memory of the Duke of Wellington , E . W . Bro . HAEES : GTorsr briefly alluded to the virtues and excellence of character which adorned the illustrious deceased , and named several most distinguished Brethren of the Craft , who , besides his father , the Earl of Mornington , then Master of Lodge , JNfo . 490 , held at the Castle of Daugan , County Meath , were present at the initiation of the noble Duke , when colonel of the 33 rd ; and Bro . Harington , having happily called upon the Eev . Chaplain to add a few sentiments in honour of his illustrious
fellow-countryman—Bro . ADAIISOJ . spoke in the following words : —Why so humble an individual as the one who now addresses you should have been selected to invite you to do honour to the memory of the great , noble , and illustrious Wellington , I know not . It would have come with more grace from some—and we have such here to-night - ¦ -who have followed to the field , and fought and bled with the "hero of a hundred fights . " This honour has , however , been unexpectedly conferred upon me , and in assigning me the duty , it is just possible that the E . W . Master did so , becauselike the dukeI arn an IrishmanIt has been saidand some have
, , . , endeavoured to prove , that Wellington disowned and disliked Ireland ancl the Irish ; this I have never been prepared to admit ; and it is a great gratification to me to he enabled to state , nay , to demonstrate , that one of Ireland ' s greatest poets ancl most sincere patriots , held the same opinion on the subject that I do myself . More than thirty years have now elapsed since Moore wrote and published the following well-known lines : —
' Whilst History ' s muse the memorial was keeping Of all that the dark hand Destiny weaves , Beside her the genius of Erin sat weeping , For her ' s was the story that blotted the leaves .