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Provincial.
dered there Avere four characteristics necessary for a Master of a Lodge , —firmness , decision of character , arrangement , and love of order , —and he Avas most happy to say he found all these characteristics combined in their present Master . He complimented Bro . Ward very AA'armly on the very excellent arrangements made for this festivaland called on the Brethren to join him in drinking " health
, and happiness to their W . M . " Bro . ABTHTJE R . WAED , who Avas received with every token of regard by the Brethren , returned thanks , aud observed that any man might Avell be proud of being Master of a Lodge on such an important occasion as the present . He assured the Brethren of the Lodge he felt most deeply grateful to them for having elected him to the Mastership ,
and would promise them that his best energies should at all times be put forth to add bis mite towards the prosperity of their Lodge , and of Freemasonry in general . He begged , in conclusion , to chink " Freemasonry all over the world . " Bro . C . E . BROWN , P . M ., then proposed the visitors present , members of the G . L ., coupling with the toast the names of Bro . Beadon , P . J . G . W . and Bro . Siersthe Mayor of OxfordP . G . S . B . He alluded
, p , , to the pleasure it gave the Cambridge Brethren once more to see Bro . Beadon in his mother Lodge , and complimented him upon the great honour he had done the Scientific Lodge by the distinguished rank he had attained in the Craft . He then alluded to the services that Bro . Spiers had done to the cause of Freemasonry in Oxford , and to the
hospitable manner m which he was always ready to entertain those visiting that Province . Bro . BEADON returned thanks . He said it gave hhn great pleasure to meet them on this occasion , and to see around him so many well-remembered faces . He alluded in very strong terms to the progress of Freemasonry in that district since he left the University , and complimented the W . M . on the excellent manner in which the
various Officers had acquitted themselves upon the present occasion . He then alluded to the exertions made in former times by Bro . H . F . Rowe , the D . Prov . G . M ., to whose exertions might mainly be attributed their present prosperity . Bro . SPIERS , on being loudly called for , returned thanks for the honour done to him , and begged to assure them that , if they would
pay a visit to their Oxford Brethren , they would find the hand of fellowship held out , and receive a truly Masonic Avelcome . Bro . ROAVE , D . Prov . G . M ., then proposed the health of Bro . Ridley , P . G . M . for Oxfordshire , and said it gave them great pleasure to see so able a Mason as Bro . Ridley amongst them . He hoped that Bro . Ridley would carry away with him a favourable opinion of Cambridge Masonry .
Bro . RIDLEY returned thanks , and regretted that there was not a larger muster of Oxford Brethren present ; but it was not his fault , for he had urged them to come , and several had expressed their intention of being present , but he Avas afraid they had found some counter-attraction elseAvherc , and were therefore unable to be present . He regretted
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Provincial.
dered there Avere four characteristics necessary for a Master of a Lodge , —firmness , decision of character , arrangement , and love of order , —and he Avas most happy to say he found all these characteristics combined in their present Master . He complimented Bro . Ward very AA'armly on the very excellent arrangements made for this festivaland called on the Brethren to join him in drinking " health
, and happiness to their W . M . " Bro . ABTHTJE R . WAED , who Avas received with every token of regard by the Brethren , returned thanks , aud observed that any man might Avell be proud of being Master of a Lodge on such an important occasion as the present . He assured the Brethren of the Lodge he felt most deeply grateful to them for having elected him to the Mastership ,
and would promise them that his best energies should at all times be put forth to add bis mite towards the prosperity of their Lodge , and of Freemasonry in general . He begged , in conclusion , to chink " Freemasonry all over the world . " Bro . C . E . BROWN , P . M ., then proposed the visitors present , members of the G . L ., coupling with the toast the names of Bro . Beadon , P . J . G . W . and Bro . Siersthe Mayor of OxfordP . G . S . B . He alluded
, p , , to the pleasure it gave the Cambridge Brethren once more to see Bro . Beadon in his mother Lodge , and complimented him upon the great honour he had done the Scientific Lodge by the distinguished rank he had attained in the Craft . He then alluded to the services that Bro . Spiers had done to the cause of Freemasonry in Oxford , and to the
hospitable manner m which he was always ready to entertain those visiting that Province . Bro . BEADON returned thanks . He said it gave hhn great pleasure to meet them on this occasion , and to see around him so many well-remembered faces . He alluded in very strong terms to the progress of Freemasonry in that district since he left the University , and complimented the W . M . on the excellent manner in which the
various Officers had acquitted themselves upon the present occasion . He then alluded to the exertions made in former times by Bro . H . F . Rowe , the D . Prov . G . M ., to whose exertions might mainly be attributed their present prosperity . Bro . SPIERS , on being loudly called for , returned thanks for the honour done to him , and begged to assure them that , if they would
pay a visit to their Oxford Brethren , they would find the hand of fellowship held out , and receive a truly Masonic Avelcome . Bro . ROAVE , D . Prov . G . M ., then proposed the health of Bro . Ridley , P . G . M . for Oxfordshire , and said it gave them great pleasure to see so able a Mason as Bro . Ridley amongst them . He hoped that Bro . Ridley would carry away with him a favourable opinion of Cambridge Masonry .
Bro . RIDLEY returned thanks , and regretted that there was not a larger muster of Oxford Brethren present ; but it was not his fault , for he had urged them to come , and several had expressed their intention of being present , but he Avas afraid they had found some counter-attraction elseAvherc , and were therefore unable to be present . He regretted