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Provincial.
The address was interesting and elegant , and extremely well delivered . On the conclusion , the Deputy Prov . Grand Master , Bro . N . L . Torre , rose , and after complimenting the Master on the eloquent manner in which he had fulfilled his important task , moved that the thanks of the Lodge be recorded on the minutes in testimony of their grateful approbation , which motion was carried unanimously . Dr . CRUCEFIX requested as a visitorthe honour of being permitted to
, address the Lodge , which being granted by the Master , he followed the observations ofthe Deputy P . G . M . ; and , after some apposite ailasions to the time and circumstance of the day , hoped that the elegant address would not be confined to that assembly , but that it should be published , so that distant Brethren might profit by proceedings , which enli ghtened the mind and gladdened the heart . This suggestion was immediatel y adopted by the Senior WardenBro . Fordersecondedand carried bv
, , , acclamation ; and was followed by a further motion , that the profits should he divided between the three Masonic Charities . The business of the Lodge having been disposed of , the Brethren retired to the banquet-room , where nearly one hundred persons sat down to a sumptuous repast , provided by Bro . C . Harris , of the Bull ' s Head Inn . The AV . M ., previously to taking his seat in the east , pronounced the usual grace : — "May the Great Architect give us grateful
hearts , and supply the wants of others ! " He was supported on his right hand , by Bros . It . T . Crucefix , M . D ., P . G D ., J . E . Carpenter , S . D ., Skeef , P . S . W ., Chinn , P . J . W ., Barnes , P . P . S . AV . ; and on his left , hy the D . P . G M . of the county ( Bro . Torre ) , Bros . Major Brandon , J . AV ., Foundation Lodge , Cheltenham , Kain , P . M ., and P . G . S , & e . & c . The duties of the table were performed in the west by Bro . Forder , S . AV ., ancl in the south , by Bro . T . Green , J . AV . The duties of Stewards were
undertaken by Bros . Lake , VV . S . Roby , and Colles . The cloth having been withdrawn , Non Nobis Domine was sung hy several Masonic Brethren , whose vocal powers were most successfull y exerted throughout the evening .
The AV . M . rose and said , that in requesting them to commence the temperate conviviality of the day , by drinking a toast most clear to English hearts , he should not occupy their time by any unnecessary remarks in reference to the paiamou . it claims wbich that toast had upon their notice , either as a portion of the free ancl happy people who enjoyed the mild sway of the most excellent form of government extant , or as Members of that Mystic Community , whose numbers had ever
been distinguished for their unflinching loyalty ancl uncompromising patriotism —( cheers ) . In the person of their lovely and accomplished sovereign , they possessed a British-born female , educated in the land which gave her birth , and whose high intellectual pretensions , united with a genuine attachment to the national habits and feelings of the people who cheerfully submitted to her royal rule , rendered her Majesty the object of their peculiar care and unfeigned devotion . As the
daughter , too , of one Grand Master of their Order , and the niece of two others , her virtues appealed most forcibl y to their admiration and respect , and they ventured to anticipate , that the eye of favour with which the Queen had already looked upon their Order , might , in that vista of time , in which they could picture the glory of Britain becoming more resplendent under her sway , be followed by the auspicious event of some of her own children forming a distinguished portion of that Fraternity , which already bound countless thousands in the bonds of
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Provincial.
The address was interesting and elegant , and extremely well delivered . On the conclusion , the Deputy Prov . Grand Master , Bro . N . L . Torre , rose , and after complimenting the Master on the eloquent manner in which he had fulfilled his important task , moved that the thanks of the Lodge be recorded on the minutes in testimony of their grateful approbation , which motion was carried unanimously . Dr . CRUCEFIX requested as a visitorthe honour of being permitted to
, address the Lodge , which being granted by the Master , he followed the observations ofthe Deputy P . G . M . ; and , after some apposite ailasions to the time and circumstance of the day , hoped that the elegant address would not be confined to that assembly , but that it should be published , so that distant Brethren might profit by proceedings , which enli ghtened the mind and gladdened the heart . This suggestion was immediatel y adopted by the Senior WardenBro . Fordersecondedand carried bv
, , , acclamation ; and was followed by a further motion , that the profits should he divided between the three Masonic Charities . The business of the Lodge having been disposed of , the Brethren retired to the banquet-room , where nearly one hundred persons sat down to a sumptuous repast , provided by Bro . C . Harris , of the Bull ' s Head Inn . The AV . M ., previously to taking his seat in the east , pronounced the usual grace : — "May the Great Architect give us grateful
hearts , and supply the wants of others ! " He was supported on his right hand , by Bros . It . T . Crucefix , M . D ., P . G D ., J . E . Carpenter , S . D ., Skeef , P . S . W ., Chinn , P . J . W ., Barnes , P . P . S . AV . ; and on his left , hy the D . P . G M . of the county ( Bro . Torre ) , Bros . Major Brandon , J . AV ., Foundation Lodge , Cheltenham , Kain , P . M ., and P . G . S , & e . & c . The duties of the table were performed in the west by Bro . Forder , S . AV ., ancl in the south , by Bro . T . Green , J . AV . The duties of Stewards were
undertaken by Bros . Lake , VV . S . Roby , and Colles . The cloth having been withdrawn , Non Nobis Domine was sung hy several Masonic Brethren , whose vocal powers were most successfull y exerted throughout the evening .
The AV . M . rose and said , that in requesting them to commence the temperate conviviality of the day , by drinking a toast most clear to English hearts , he should not occupy their time by any unnecessary remarks in reference to the paiamou . it claims wbich that toast had upon their notice , either as a portion of the free ancl happy people who enjoyed the mild sway of the most excellent form of government extant , or as Members of that Mystic Community , whose numbers had ever
been distinguished for their unflinching loyalty ancl uncompromising patriotism —( cheers ) . In the person of their lovely and accomplished sovereign , they possessed a British-born female , educated in the land which gave her birth , and whose high intellectual pretensions , united with a genuine attachment to the national habits and feelings of the people who cheerfully submitted to her royal rule , rendered her Majesty the object of their peculiar care and unfeigned devotion . As the
daughter , too , of one Grand Master of their Order , and the niece of two others , her virtues appealed most forcibl y to their admiration and respect , and they ventured to anticipate , that the eye of favour with which the Queen had already looked upon their Order , might , in that vista of time , in which they could picture the glory of Britain becoming more resplendent under her sway , be followed by the auspicious event of some of her own children forming a distinguished portion of that Fraternity , which already bound countless thousands in the bonds of