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Masonic Intelligence.
sincerely for the honour you have conferred upon me in proposing my health as the Mayor of the borough , and for the kind terms in which that toast has been expressed , ancl the manner in which it has heen received . I am deeply sensible of your kindness , and can assure you that whilst the affection of my fellow townsmen is one of the most powerful incentives to the discharge of my duties , it is equally the highest reward I ever wished to receive . ( Hear ) . The spectacle we have witnessed to-day , in which your lordship as Grand Master of the Freemasons of England has taken so
prominent a part , ancl the magnificent ceremonial with which it has been accompanied , will render the event one of the most pleasing and striking incidents in the history of this place , ancl connected as I am both by business , residence , and office , with Bradford , I beg to tender to your lordship my sincere aud grateful thanks for the part yau have taken . ( Cheers ) . I can assure your lordship that if you should carry out the intention you have expressed of visiting this place again , ( Hear ) , we will give your lordship a
most warm and cordial Yorkshire reception . ( Cheers ) . My lorcl , though the town of Bradford does not present many features which will strike or interest a stranger , yet it presents one feature of great national interest . There is no town in her Majesty's dominions whicli has increased so much in trade and population within the last ten years . ( Cheers . ) But it has often been a subject of remark that its public buildings have not kept pace with its private enterprise . Of its private enterprise , my lorcl , you may
form some opinionif you look around you in this apartment , which is but the fourth part of one story of many storys in a large concern . ( Hear . ) I rejoice that the events of this clay will go far to remove that ground of complaint . Gentlemen , it is a gratifying circumstance thatwe are not assembled
here to-day to promote any party object , or to celebrate any party triumph , ( Hear ) , but that we see around this table all ranks , all classes , all parties , uniting to prosecute one common object . ( Cheers ) . AVe live in a period not only the most extraordinary for its advances both in art and science , but in a period when—to the honour of the age be it spoken—there ejdsts not only in Parliament but out of Parliament , a far greater desire to raise the moral , social , ancl physical condition ofthe labouring classes of this country than ever existed in any preceding age . ( Hear ) . This is the common
ground on which contending parties love to lay aside then- political differences . AVe appreciate for more than in any former age the importance of the working classes . No mau can have taken even a hasty view of tbe course of public events , or the course of public opinion , without perceiving that the working classes are every day becoming more influential , that in fact power is gradually passing more ancl more into then- hands ; nor is it possibleeven if it were desirableto arrest this course ; it istherefore
, , , , not only the bounden duty but the interest also of the higher classes to encourage every effort which has for its object the raising of the moral tone , the feeling , sentiments , pursuits , ancl even the amusements of the working classes . ( Hear ) . The very safety of society is involved in so doing . Whilst we acknowledge with pride that our labouring classes surpass those of any other country in skill , perseverance , and industry , we are compelled to acknowledge with shame that no population in Europe is so much enslaved
by habits of intemperance . How important is it then to present to them inducements of a higher order and a more refined character to withdraw them from such pursuits . I rejoice that the first stone of St . George's Hall has been laid this day , for that is one of its great objects . I rejoice that all ranks ancl classes havo taken an interest in it , and I would earnestly hope that this edifice , which will he one of the chief ornaments of the town
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Masonic Intelligence.
sincerely for the honour you have conferred upon me in proposing my health as the Mayor of the borough , and for the kind terms in which that toast has been expressed , ancl the manner in which it has heen received . I am deeply sensible of your kindness , and can assure you that whilst the affection of my fellow townsmen is one of the most powerful incentives to the discharge of my duties , it is equally the highest reward I ever wished to receive . ( Hear ) . The spectacle we have witnessed to-day , in which your lordship as Grand Master of the Freemasons of England has taken so
prominent a part , ancl the magnificent ceremonial with which it has been accompanied , will render the event one of the most pleasing and striking incidents in the history of this place , ancl connected as I am both by business , residence , and office , with Bradford , I beg to tender to your lordship my sincere aud grateful thanks for the part yau have taken . ( Cheers ) . I can assure your lordship that if you should carry out the intention you have expressed of visiting this place again , ( Hear ) , we will give your lordship a
most warm and cordial Yorkshire reception . ( Cheers ) . My lorcl , though the town of Bradford does not present many features which will strike or interest a stranger , yet it presents one feature of great national interest . There is no town in her Majesty's dominions whicli has increased so much in trade and population within the last ten years . ( Cheers . ) But it has often been a subject of remark that its public buildings have not kept pace with its private enterprise . Of its private enterprise , my lorcl , you may
form some opinionif you look around you in this apartment , which is but the fourth part of one story of many storys in a large concern . ( Hear . ) I rejoice that the events of this clay will go far to remove that ground of complaint . Gentlemen , it is a gratifying circumstance thatwe are not assembled
here to-day to promote any party object , or to celebrate any party triumph , ( Hear ) , but that we see around this table all ranks , all classes , all parties , uniting to prosecute one common object . ( Cheers ) . AVe live in a period not only the most extraordinary for its advances both in art and science , but in a period when—to the honour of the age be it spoken—there ejdsts not only in Parliament but out of Parliament , a far greater desire to raise the moral , social , ancl physical condition ofthe labouring classes of this country than ever existed in any preceding age . ( Hear ) . This is the common
ground on which contending parties love to lay aside then- political differences . AVe appreciate for more than in any former age the importance of the working classes . No mau can have taken even a hasty view of tbe course of public events , or the course of public opinion , without perceiving that the working classes are every day becoming more influential , that in fact power is gradually passing more ancl more into then- hands ; nor is it possibleeven if it were desirableto arrest this course ; it istherefore
, , , , not only the bounden duty but the interest also of the higher classes to encourage every effort which has for its object the raising of the moral tone , the feeling , sentiments , pursuits , ancl even the amusements of the working classes . ( Hear ) . The very safety of society is involved in so doing . Whilst we acknowledge with pride that our labouring classes surpass those of any other country in skill , perseverance , and industry , we are compelled to acknowledge with shame that no population in Europe is so much enslaved
by habits of intemperance . How important is it then to present to them inducements of a higher order and a more refined character to withdraw them from such pursuits . I rejoice that the first stone of St . George's Hall has been laid this day , for that is one of its great objects . I rejoice that all ranks ancl classes havo taken an interest in it , and I would earnestly hope that this edifice , which will he one of the chief ornaments of the town