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The CHAIRMAN proposed " The Mayor and Corporation of Newport , and thanks to them for the use of this noble hall to-day "—( loud applause ) . The MAYOR returned thanks . It was not generally known , perhaps , that he had been a member of the Newport Lodge of Freemasons threeand-thirty years—in fact , he believed he was one of the oldest Masons in Newport —( cheers ) - The CHAIRMAN : " Before we partI beg to propose that we drink to
, the ladies "—( applause ) . Band : " Here ' s a health to all good lasses . " The Deputy P . G . M . and officers having retired amid the cheers of the company , Bro . Done Bushell took the chair . Bro . CUMMINGS returned thanks for his health being drank in a neat speech , in which be observed that the eclat of the day was entirely to he attributed to the ladieswithout whose assistancehe ventured now
, , to say , no Lodge- was perfect —( laughter ) . He begged to propose the health of those ladies who had this day come amongst them to behold the secrets and mysteries of the Craft . He would not expect a lady to return thanks for the toast he had proposed , but he would call clown an Angel to do so for them —( roars of laughter . ) Bro . ANGEL , from the platform , sung a humorous song , in reply to the observations of Bro . Cummings .
The departure of the ladies and the reporters was then intimated to be necessary , as the Lodge was about to proceed to the transaction of business ; and as the ladies retired , the Brethren kept up a cheering parting salute by the clapping of hands , till the Lodge was left alone to its mysteries .
SWANSEA , June 26 .- —The members of the Indefatigable Beaufort Lodge of Freemasons celebrated the Festival of St- John the Baptist , by dining together in their Lodge-room at the Bush Inn . We regret to state that , owing to sudden indisposition , the Right Worshipful Master , Charles Henry Smith , Esq ., was prevented from presiding on the occasion . C . B . Mansfield , Esq . was in consequence called upon to fill the chair , supported on the right and left by Dr . Bird , Mayor of Swansea ,
W . H . Smith , Esq ., S . Benson , Esq ., & c , & c ; and succeeded in discharging the duties to the satisfaction of the numerous company assembled together . After the cloth was removed , several excellent speeches were delivered , and the evening was spent in the most harmonious manner .
CORNWALL . —Sir Chas . Lemon , Bart ., M . P , F . R . S , & c , & c , has been appointed Grand Master of the Ancient and Honourable Society of Free and Accepted Masons of this province , under patent by the Grand Lodge of England , as successor to the late Sir John St . Aubyn , Bart , deceased . The hon , bart ., is at present in Ireland . His formal installation , therefore , cannot take place for some time , but it is confidently anticipated that a fresh impulse will be given to the order in
every district of the province , and such has already , wehear , commenced in several Lodges , We congratulate the Brethren on the acquisition of so distinguished and accomplished a member to preside over the Lodges . We hear it is the wish of the hon . bart . that the constitution of the Provincial Lodge should remain , as nearl y as possible , as it existed under his predecessor , the late Sir John St . Aubyn ; and we presume , therefore , that the late officers of the P . G . Lodge will be invited to continue their services—an arrangement which we think will give general satisfaction-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Provincial.
The CHAIRMAN proposed " The Mayor and Corporation of Newport , and thanks to them for the use of this noble hall to-day "—( loud applause ) . The MAYOR returned thanks . It was not generally known , perhaps , that he had been a member of the Newport Lodge of Freemasons threeand-thirty years—in fact , he believed he was one of the oldest Masons in Newport —( cheers ) - The CHAIRMAN : " Before we partI beg to propose that we drink to
, the ladies "—( applause ) . Band : " Here ' s a health to all good lasses . " The Deputy P . G . M . and officers having retired amid the cheers of the company , Bro . Done Bushell took the chair . Bro . CUMMINGS returned thanks for his health being drank in a neat speech , in which be observed that the eclat of the day was entirely to he attributed to the ladieswithout whose assistancehe ventured now
, , to say , no Lodge- was perfect —( laughter ) . He begged to propose the health of those ladies who had this day come amongst them to behold the secrets and mysteries of the Craft . He would not expect a lady to return thanks for the toast he had proposed , but he would call clown an Angel to do so for them —( roars of laughter . ) Bro . ANGEL , from the platform , sung a humorous song , in reply to the observations of Bro . Cummings .
The departure of the ladies and the reporters was then intimated to be necessary , as the Lodge was about to proceed to the transaction of business ; and as the ladies retired , the Brethren kept up a cheering parting salute by the clapping of hands , till the Lodge was left alone to its mysteries .
SWANSEA , June 26 .- —The members of the Indefatigable Beaufort Lodge of Freemasons celebrated the Festival of St- John the Baptist , by dining together in their Lodge-room at the Bush Inn . We regret to state that , owing to sudden indisposition , the Right Worshipful Master , Charles Henry Smith , Esq ., was prevented from presiding on the occasion . C . B . Mansfield , Esq . was in consequence called upon to fill the chair , supported on the right and left by Dr . Bird , Mayor of Swansea ,
W . H . Smith , Esq ., S . Benson , Esq ., & c , & c ; and succeeded in discharging the duties to the satisfaction of the numerous company assembled together . After the cloth was removed , several excellent speeches were delivered , and the evening was spent in the most harmonious manner .
CORNWALL . —Sir Chas . Lemon , Bart ., M . P , F . R . S , & c , & c , has been appointed Grand Master of the Ancient and Honourable Society of Free and Accepted Masons of this province , under patent by the Grand Lodge of England , as successor to the late Sir John St . Aubyn , Bart , deceased . The hon , bart ., is at present in Ireland . His formal installation , therefore , cannot take place for some time , but it is confidently anticipated that a fresh impulse will be given to the order in
every district of the province , and such has already , wehear , commenced in several Lodges , We congratulate the Brethren on the acquisition of so distinguished and accomplished a member to preside over the Lodges . We hear it is the wish of the hon . bart . that the constitution of the Provincial Lodge should remain , as nearl y as possible , as it existed under his predecessor , the late Sir John St . Aubyn ; and we presume , therefore , that the late officers of the P . G . Lodge will be invited to continue their services—an arrangement which we think will give general satisfaction-