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his worthy deputy , Bro . Drinkwater , amply compensated for his deficiencies . Finding his duties thus so ably and satisfactorily discharged , he was enabled to devote his time and attention to other duties inseparable from his position as a magistrate ancl a landowner ; but he ever felt the greatest pleasure in meeting his Brethren of the craft , and pledged himself to pay immediate attention to the complaints of any Brother who might conceive he hacl not had his just due ( applause ) . He
concluded by proposing " the Earl of Ellesmere , the Grand Master of East Lancashire . " Drunk with Masonic honours . Bro . W . FORD HULTON , Junior Grand AVarden for East Lancashire , regretted the absence of his chief , and also , that the duty of responding to the toast had fallen on cue so low in rank as himself . He , however , bore testimony to the friendly feeling that existed in the hearts of the Brethren of the eastern division towards those of the western , and
promised to communicate to his lordship the warm enthusiasm with which the toast had been received . The GRAND MASTER then gave , in a speech which described the fine old-English-gentleman-qualities of the noble peer , and which was received with loud applause , — "Lord Combermeie , the Grand Master of Cheshire . " Drunk with Masonic honours . The GRAND MASTER was delihted again to have an opportunity of
g hearing testimony to the zeal , ability , ancl success , with which the affairs of the Province were conducted by his Right AVorshipful Deputy , Bro . John Drinkwater . He was the Atlas on whose shoulders the whole burden of the government of AVest Lancashire rested , and it was exceedingly gratifying to find that his labours and exertions were so well and so
generally appreciated by the Brethren . He concluded by giving " the health of Bro . John Drinkwater , the Deputy Grand Master of AVest Lancashire . " The toast was drunk with Masonic honours . The Deputy Grand Master , Bro . JOHN DRINKWATER , acknowledged the compliment , and was gratified to find that after presiding over the Brethren for twenty ancl odd years , he should still experience at their hands the same kind feeling with which he had been greeted from the first . AVhile his friend , the Grand Master , was engaged in discharging
so admirably the duties of a good landlord , an exemplary magistrate , ancl a fine old English gentleman , the duty devolved on him of steering the Craft through all the varied troubles which must ever be the lot of all public bodies . In Masonry , as might be expected , there were fewer troubles than in most other institutions , because its principles were perfection itself ; but it was morally impossible to conduct the business so as to give satisfaction to everybody . However , in the exercise of his authority , he trusted that forbearance , so characteristic of Masonry ,
would ever be extended to him , and that , however much Ins decrees might clash with the preconceived opinions of some of them , they would believe that he always acted with a view to the well-being of the province , ancl the good of Masonry in general . ( Applause . ) He then alluded to the part the Brethren were about to take in the procession , and the laying of the foundation stone by his Royal Highness Prince Albert ; and when thousands and tens of thousands must be necessarily excluded from any participation of the ceremony , he could not but feel
that , in admitting the Freemasons to take part in the ceremony , the authorities had conceded to their ancient body the position to which it was justly entitled . ( Applause . ) After some further allusions to the positions the various officers would take up in the procession , he pro-
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Provincial.
his worthy deputy , Bro . Drinkwater , amply compensated for his deficiencies . Finding his duties thus so ably and satisfactorily discharged , he was enabled to devote his time and attention to other duties inseparable from his position as a magistrate ancl a landowner ; but he ever felt the greatest pleasure in meeting his Brethren of the craft , and pledged himself to pay immediate attention to the complaints of any Brother who might conceive he hacl not had his just due ( applause ) . He
concluded by proposing " the Earl of Ellesmere , the Grand Master of East Lancashire . " Drunk with Masonic honours . Bro . W . FORD HULTON , Junior Grand AVarden for East Lancashire , regretted the absence of his chief , and also , that the duty of responding to the toast had fallen on cue so low in rank as himself . He , however , bore testimony to the friendly feeling that existed in the hearts of the Brethren of the eastern division towards those of the western , and
promised to communicate to his lordship the warm enthusiasm with which the toast had been received . The GRAND MASTER then gave , in a speech which described the fine old-English-gentleman-qualities of the noble peer , and which was received with loud applause , — "Lord Combermeie , the Grand Master of Cheshire . " Drunk with Masonic honours . The GRAND MASTER was delihted again to have an opportunity of
g hearing testimony to the zeal , ability , ancl success , with which the affairs of the Province were conducted by his Right AVorshipful Deputy , Bro . John Drinkwater . He was the Atlas on whose shoulders the whole burden of the government of AVest Lancashire rested , and it was exceedingly gratifying to find that his labours and exertions were so well and so
generally appreciated by the Brethren . He concluded by giving " the health of Bro . John Drinkwater , the Deputy Grand Master of AVest Lancashire . " The toast was drunk with Masonic honours . The Deputy Grand Master , Bro . JOHN DRINKWATER , acknowledged the compliment , and was gratified to find that after presiding over the Brethren for twenty ancl odd years , he should still experience at their hands the same kind feeling with which he had been greeted from the first . AVhile his friend , the Grand Master , was engaged in discharging
so admirably the duties of a good landlord , an exemplary magistrate , ancl a fine old English gentleman , the duty devolved on him of steering the Craft through all the varied troubles which must ever be the lot of all public bodies . In Masonry , as might be expected , there were fewer troubles than in most other institutions , because its principles were perfection itself ; but it was morally impossible to conduct the business so as to give satisfaction to everybody . However , in the exercise of his authority , he trusted that forbearance , so characteristic of Masonry ,
would ever be extended to him , and that , however much Ins decrees might clash with the preconceived opinions of some of them , they would believe that he always acted with a view to the well-being of the province , ancl the good of Masonry in general . ( Applause . ) He then alluded to the part the Brethren were about to take in the procession , and the laying of the foundation stone by his Royal Highness Prince Albert ; and when thousands and tens of thousands must be necessarily excluded from any participation of the ceremony , he could not but feel
that , in admitting the Freemasons to take part in the ceremony , the authorities had conceded to their ancient body the position to which it was justly entitled . ( Applause . ) After some further allusions to the positions the various officers would take up in the procession , he pro-