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nectcd him with the present meeting —( great applause)—ami which he was not afraid of losing the remembrance of with the loss of his late designation —( tremendous applause ) . —The name he was about to assume , although it had been dormant for centuries , was one well calculated to remind him that all additional honours carried with them additional duties and increased responsibilities —( loud cheers)—ancl it was with a due sense of that fact that he contemplated the assumption of his new
name—( reiterated applause ) . —AA'ith that new name was associated his elevation to the equally novel office he now held amongst them , and the duties which bolonged to that office . Those duties in the eyes of some men might be unimportant , or incompatible with his position in the country , but he did not think so —( loud cheers ) . The principles of the Fraternity were such as any man might reasonably be proud to acknowledge—they were founded on tlie principles of general fellowship ancl universal charity —( applause ) . — If in the course of their proceedings some mirthful moments were mixed up with them , he could only say ivith Shakspeare , " If sack and su-jar be a sin , God help the wicked
!"—( great applause and laughter . ) He was not one of those who coulcl not bear retirement ; but he had no taste for the indulgence of solitary dignity . He liked anything that brought him in healthful and friendly contact with his fellow-men —( renewed applause ) . He liked to see and to mix with assemblies where , as in this , he could see around him friends whom he was glad to meet —( applause ) . He concluded by reiterating his thanks for the honour conferred on him , by expressing a
determination to discharge faithfully the duties of his new office , and by drinking the health of every Brother . present . His lordship resumed his seat amidst prolonged and enthusiastic applause . Brother TRAFFOIID , the stipendary magistrate of Salford , then addressed the assembly at some length in advocacy of the establishment of a school in that division , for the education ancl maintenance of tbe daughters of poor or deceased Masons . Matthew DawesEsq .
Pro-, , vincial Grand Senior Warden , also saicl a few words on the same subject ; ancl the Noble Chairman promised the embryo institution his warmest patronage and support . The Noble CHAIRMAN then proposed , in an exceedingly complimentary speech , the " Health of Stephen Blair , Esq ., the Deputy Provincial Grand Master of the AVestern Division of Lancashire "—a toast which
was most cordially received . Brother BLAIR , in acknowled ging the compliment , remarked that his lordship had alluded , in the former part of the evening , to the principles of Freemasonry , ancl as the meeting was honoured with the presence of a great number of ladies , he thought it a good opportunity to initiate them a little into those principles —( a laugh ) . Genuine Masonry disapproved and abhorred every immoral action ; it enjoins its followers to be quiet ancl peaceable subjects , true to tlieir Queen , just to their country ,
and faithful to its laws ; to keep the sacred lamp of brotherly love well trimmed and burning ; to let their meeting be distinguished by solemnity , love , and unanimity ; to exhibit that dignity of carriage and demeanour which become those who profess morality aud good works ; ancl to make , in all their laws , the Word of God their sovereign guide —( loud applause ) . The Noble CIIAIUMAN said he did not know whether the ladies in the gallery were satisfied ivith the degree of initiation which his worthy Brother had extended to them— - ( laughter and applause ) . He i LordElles-
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Provincial.
nectcd him with the present meeting —( great applause)—ami which he was not afraid of losing the remembrance of with the loss of his late designation —( tremendous applause ) . —The name he was about to assume , although it had been dormant for centuries , was one well calculated to remind him that all additional honours carried with them additional duties and increased responsibilities —( loud cheers)—ancl it was with a due sense of that fact that he contemplated the assumption of his new
name—( reiterated applause ) . —AA'ith that new name was associated his elevation to the equally novel office he now held amongst them , and the duties which bolonged to that office . Those duties in the eyes of some men might be unimportant , or incompatible with his position in the country , but he did not think so —( loud cheers ) . The principles of the Fraternity were such as any man might reasonably be proud to acknowledge—they were founded on tlie principles of general fellowship ancl universal charity —( applause ) . — If in the course of their proceedings some mirthful moments were mixed up with them , he could only say ivith Shakspeare , " If sack and su-jar be a sin , God help the wicked
!"—( great applause and laughter . ) He was not one of those who coulcl not bear retirement ; but he had no taste for the indulgence of solitary dignity . He liked anything that brought him in healthful and friendly contact with his fellow-men —( renewed applause ) . He liked to see and to mix with assemblies where , as in this , he could see around him friends whom he was glad to meet —( applause ) . He concluded by reiterating his thanks for the honour conferred on him , by expressing a
determination to discharge faithfully the duties of his new office , and by drinking the health of every Brother . present . His lordship resumed his seat amidst prolonged and enthusiastic applause . Brother TRAFFOIID , the stipendary magistrate of Salford , then addressed the assembly at some length in advocacy of the establishment of a school in that division , for the education ancl maintenance of tbe daughters of poor or deceased Masons . Matthew DawesEsq .
Pro-, , vincial Grand Senior Warden , also saicl a few words on the same subject ; ancl the Noble Chairman promised the embryo institution his warmest patronage and support . The Noble CHAIRMAN then proposed , in an exceedingly complimentary speech , the " Health of Stephen Blair , Esq ., the Deputy Provincial Grand Master of the AVestern Division of Lancashire "—a toast which
was most cordially received . Brother BLAIR , in acknowled ging the compliment , remarked that his lordship had alluded , in the former part of the evening , to the principles of Freemasonry , ancl as the meeting was honoured with the presence of a great number of ladies , he thought it a good opportunity to initiate them a little into those principles —( a laugh ) . Genuine Masonry disapproved and abhorred every immoral action ; it enjoins its followers to be quiet ancl peaceable subjects , true to tlieir Queen , just to their country ,
and faithful to its laws ; to keep the sacred lamp of brotherly love well trimmed and burning ; to let their meeting be distinguished by solemnity , love , and unanimity ; to exhibit that dignity of carriage and demeanour which become those who profess morality aud good works ; ancl to make , in all their laws , the Word of God their sovereign guide —( loud applause ) . The Noble CIIAIUMAN said he did not know whether the ladies in the gallery were satisfied ivith the degree of initiation which his worthy Brother had extended to them— - ( laughter and applause ) . He i LordElles-