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Article ESPECIAL GRAND LODGE.—JULY 8, 1836. ← Page 2 of 3 →
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Especial Grand Lodge.—July 8, 1836.
Frederick AV . Bossy , S . G . D . ; Robert T . Crucefix , M . D . ; J . G . D . ; PAST DEACONS . —Benjamin Lawrence ; Richard AV . Silvester ; Joseph Moore , M . D . ; John S . Gaskoin ; Michael M . Zachary ; John C . Buckhardt ; Thomas F . Savory ; AVilliam Shadbolt ; Augustus B . Granville , M . D . Henry Perkins , Grand Sword Bearer . PAST GRAND SWORD BEARERS . —John Lawrie ; John Masson ; Chas .
Simpson . Sir George Smart , G . Organist . Some Grand Stewards of the year , and a very numerous assemblage of the Craft . The Especial Grand Lotlge having been opened in ample form , and the M . AV . Brother , the Pro-Grand Master , having briefly stated the object for which it had been convened , Brother Rowland Alston , M . P .,
rose , ancl addressed the Brethren upon the gratifying ancl heartfelt information they had received , of the restoration of . the Grand Master to the blessings of sight , and moved that a dutiful address of congratulation upon tlie happy occasion be presented to his Royal Highness * . Brother D . Pollock , P . S . G . W ., seconded the motion , which was carried by acclamation . The Earl of Scarborough then moved the following address to his Royal Highness , which was seconded by Brother Lythgoe , and unanimously approved .
To His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex , Earl of Inverness , Baron of Arklow , -yc . _ yc Most AA ' orshipful Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of England . The dutiful and affectionate address of the United Grand Lodge of England , in Grand Lodge assembled , this Sth day of Julv , 1 S 36 . May it please your Royal Highness
, The Brethren of the Craft have deeply felt and sincerel y lamented the absence of your Royal Highness from the Quarterly Communications and from the Festivals of the Order , by an infliction of the Divine Architect of the Universe , " who chastens and restores ; " and although they are sensible that your Royal Highness has , under the severity of this affliction , laboured to sustain the Order , and to avert as far as possible , by an increased mental vigilance ancl attention , the consequences likely
to result from such lamented absence , the Brethren cannot but hail , with the most heartfelt satisfaction , tlie success of an operation which promises not only to restore to your Royal Highness one of Heaven ' s choicest blessings , " sight , " but to the Craft at large , the cheering presence of their Most AVorshi pful Grancl Master . Attached to your Royal Highness by all the ties of affection and gratitudethey joyfullanticipate the renewal of that personal
superin-, y tendance of which they have had so much cause to be proud , and from which they have derived such inestimable benefits . The Grand Lodge offer up in all humility their thanksgiving to the Most High for the fulfilment of their most ardent hopes and wishes , and they pray that " the hand , " whose finger hath touched the eyes of their
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Especial Grand Lodge.—July 8, 1836.
Frederick AV . Bossy , S . G . D . ; Robert T . Crucefix , M . D . ; J . G . D . ; PAST DEACONS . —Benjamin Lawrence ; Richard AV . Silvester ; Joseph Moore , M . D . ; John S . Gaskoin ; Michael M . Zachary ; John C . Buckhardt ; Thomas F . Savory ; AVilliam Shadbolt ; Augustus B . Granville , M . D . Henry Perkins , Grand Sword Bearer . PAST GRAND SWORD BEARERS . —John Lawrie ; John Masson ; Chas .
Simpson . Sir George Smart , G . Organist . Some Grand Stewards of the year , and a very numerous assemblage of the Craft . The Especial Grand Lotlge having been opened in ample form , and the M . AV . Brother , the Pro-Grand Master , having briefly stated the object for which it had been convened , Brother Rowland Alston , M . P .,
rose , ancl addressed the Brethren upon the gratifying ancl heartfelt information they had received , of the restoration of . the Grand Master to the blessings of sight , and moved that a dutiful address of congratulation upon tlie happy occasion be presented to his Royal Highness * . Brother D . Pollock , P . S . G . W ., seconded the motion , which was carried by acclamation . The Earl of Scarborough then moved the following address to his Royal Highness , which was seconded by Brother Lythgoe , and unanimously approved .
To His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex , Earl of Inverness , Baron of Arklow , -yc . _ yc Most AA ' orshipful Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of England . The dutiful and affectionate address of the United Grand Lodge of England , in Grand Lodge assembled , this Sth day of Julv , 1 S 36 . May it please your Royal Highness
, The Brethren of the Craft have deeply felt and sincerel y lamented the absence of your Royal Highness from the Quarterly Communications and from the Festivals of the Order , by an infliction of the Divine Architect of the Universe , " who chastens and restores ; " and although they are sensible that your Royal Highness has , under the severity of this affliction , laboured to sustain the Order , and to avert as far as possible , by an increased mental vigilance ancl attention , the consequences likely
to result from such lamented absence , the Brethren cannot but hail , with the most heartfelt satisfaction , tlie success of an operation which promises not only to restore to your Royal Highness one of Heaven ' s choicest blessings , " sight , " but to the Craft at large , the cheering presence of their Most AVorshi pful Grancl Master . Attached to your Royal Highness by all the ties of affection and gratitudethey joyfullanticipate the renewal of that personal
superin-, y tendance of which they have had so much cause to be proud , and from which they have derived such inestimable benefits . The Grand Lodge offer up in all humility their thanksgiving to the Most High for the fulfilment of their most ardent hopes and wishes , and they pray that " the hand , " whose finger hath touched the eyes of their