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United Grand Lodge.
management of the musical department , and had succeeded in obtaining the assistance of the Misses Eyles , Ransford , and Poolo , aud Bros . D . King , Genge , Perren , W . E . Ransford , and Distin . The gallery , as usual , Avas filled Avith elegantl y dressed ladies , the friends of the Grand Stewards . The cloth having been withdrawn , and grace very beautifully sung ,
The GBAND MASTEB rose , and addressed the Brethren in the following terms : —They Avould anticipate . the first toast he had to . propose . It AA as one , which Avas always drunk with pleasure in every society in this country , but by none more enthusiastically than by Freemasons ( cheers ) . He need not say one word to induce them to drink the toast Avitli all their hearts , —Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen ( loud cheers ) to which he Avould join as usual" and
, , the Craft !" The National Anthem haA'ing been sung , The GBAND MASTEE said , that haA'ing drunk the health of their most Gracious Sovereign , he should now propose that of her Majesty ' s illustrious Consort , and the other members of the Royal Family ( cheers ) . He need not say one Avord in praise of the benevolent spirit of Prince Albert ; he was too well knoAvn to need any
recommendation , for he had endeared himself to all ranks of society . For the younger members of the Royal Family , he would express his ardent Avish that they might in their time feel their high position and imitate the virtues and example of their royal parents ( loud
cheers ) . He Avould now give the healths of His Royal Highness Prince Albert , and the other members of the Royal Family ( great applause ) . . Glee , "Hail , Royal Heir of England . " Bro . HALL , Prov . G . M ., for Cambridgeshire , said he had the permission of the M . W . G . M . to propose the next toast . It Avas a task of some difficultyand One he should not have undertaken had
, he not known the spirit with which it would be received ; the toast Avas that of the health of their M . W . G . M . ( this announcement Avas received with the loudest cheering , and it was some minutes before Bro . Hall could resume his speech ) . The laws of the Order most properly directed that the office of G . M . should not only be elective , but that the election should take place yearly , in order that the
sentiments of affection and cordiality existing betAveen the Grand Master and the Craft should be renewed every year , and that thereby their mutual feelings of good-will should be evinced . They had had the pleasure that day of placing the Earl of Zetland in the chair of the Order for the 11 th time ( cheers ) . They were not to suppose that the election had been a mere matter of course ; it had been the result of the deliberate feelings of the Craftand of their experience of his
, eminent services for the benefit of the Order . No doubt many of them had had an opportunity of being in personal intercourse Avith his lordship , and he Avould appeal to those Avhether his urbanity of conduct and kno \ A'ledge of the principles of the Order were not such as to endear him to them all ( cheers ) . The situation , although of
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United Grand Lodge.
management of the musical department , and had succeeded in obtaining the assistance of the Misses Eyles , Ransford , and Poolo , aud Bros . D . King , Genge , Perren , W . E . Ransford , and Distin . The gallery , as usual , Avas filled Avith elegantl y dressed ladies , the friends of the Grand Stewards . The cloth having been withdrawn , and grace very beautifully sung ,
The GBAND MASTEB rose , and addressed the Brethren in the following terms : —They Avould anticipate . the first toast he had to . propose . It AA as one , which Avas always drunk with pleasure in every society in this country , but by none more enthusiastically than by Freemasons ( cheers ) . He need not say one word to induce them to drink the toast Avitli all their hearts , —Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen ( loud cheers ) to which he Avould join as usual" and
, , the Craft !" The National Anthem haA'ing been sung , The GBAND MASTEE said , that haA'ing drunk the health of their most Gracious Sovereign , he should now propose that of her Majesty ' s illustrious Consort , and the other members of the Royal Family ( cheers ) . He need not say one Avord in praise of the benevolent spirit of Prince Albert ; he was too well knoAvn to need any
recommendation , for he had endeared himself to all ranks of society . For the younger members of the Royal Family , he would express his ardent Avish that they might in their time feel their high position and imitate the virtues and example of their royal parents ( loud
cheers ) . He Avould now give the healths of His Royal Highness Prince Albert , and the other members of the Royal Family ( great applause ) . . Glee , "Hail , Royal Heir of England . " Bro . HALL , Prov . G . M ., for Cambridgeshire , said he had the permission of the M . W . G . M . to propose the next toast . It Avas a task of some difficultyand One he should not have undertaken had
, he not known the spirit with which it would be received ; the toast Avas that of the health of their M . W . G . M . ( this announcement Avas received with the loudest cheering , and it was some minutes before Bro . Hall could resume his speech ) . The laws of the Order most properly directed that the office of G . M . should not only be elective , but that the election should take place yearly , in order that the
sentiments of affection and cordiality existing betAveen the Grand Master and the Craft should be renewed every year , and that thereby their mutual feelings of good-will should be evinced . They had had the pleasure that day of placing the Earl of Zetland in the chair of the Order for the 11 th time ( cheers ) . They were not to suppose that the election had been a mere matter of course ; it had been the result of the deliberate feelings of the Craftand of their experience of his
, eminent services for the benefit of the Order . No doubt many of them had had an opportunity of being in personal intercourse Avith his lordship , and he Avould appeal to those Avhether his urbanity of conduct and kno \ A'ledge of the principles of the Order were not such as to endear him to them all ( cheers ) . The situation , although of