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Provincial
At the conclusion of the service , the Brethren returned to their place of meeting in due order , when the Lodge having been closed , they _ separated for a short space of time , and re-assembled in the spacious Lodge-room at the Goddard Arms Hotel , which was splendidly decorated with the regalia of the Order ; and with floAvers and evergreens tastefully woven into garlands , or placed in ornamental baskets affixed to the wallsunited with the colours of the
, gay Masonic dresses , gave the room a remarkably pretty appearance . Here a splendid banquet was proAdded by the host ( Bro . AVestmacott ) ; the Prov . G . M ., in the Chair , supported on the right by the Prov . G . M . for North AVales and Shropshire , and on the left by the Dep . Prov . G . M . for AVilts , and a party of ninety Brethren . On the removal of the cloth ( grace haA'ing been said bthe
y Prov . G . Chap . ) , the toasts of "The Queen , " and "The G . M . of England , the Earl of Zetland , " and "The Dep . Prov . G . M . of England , the Earl of Yarborough , " Avere appropriately given from the Chair , and duly received by the Brethren . The PEOV . GEAND MASTEE for North AVales and Shropshire then proposed the health of his very old and dear friend" The Prov . G . M .
, for AVilts , Lord Methuen , " whom he had for many years known and admired for his excellent qualities , exhibited not only in this country , but in America , where he had shown such prowess that it was acknowledged by the men of the New AVorld that they could not produce so fine a specimen as the Old AVorld . He congratulated
the Brethren in general , and this Province in particular , on having been so fortunate as to obtain so worthy and excellent a Brother to fill the important office , to which he had that day been installed . The Prov . GRAND MASTEE , in rising to respond to the toast , which had been so kindly proposed and heartily responded to ,, admitted that the pleasure he felt in so doing was not unmixed with regretregret that the office he had that day been raised to had not fallen
to one more able and efficient than himself . Nevertheless , having undertaken it , he would endeavour to discharge its duties properly . AVhen he was first communicated with on the subject , he felt that Masonry had , as it were , slumbered in AVilts , and in the hope that he mi ght be of some service , he accepted the office , resolved to lend his aid ( small as it might be ) , and to support with all the
means in his power ( small though they might be ) , the revival of the Craft in this , his native county ; and he trusted , if they lived to reassemble another year , the interests of Masonry would not be found to have suffered at his hands , but that new Lodges would arise in many places that ought to have them , that old Lodges , which had appeared to have sunkwould revive and again make headand that
, , the bright stars of prosperity would soon arise and shed their benign influence on Masonry in this Province . The PEOV . GEAND MASTEE next proposed the health of a very excellent , worthy , and zealous Brother , well known amongst many of them , whose name commanded respect wherever it Avas known . He alluded to the Brother on his left , Avhom it had given him so much satis-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Provincial
At the conclusion of the service , the Brethren returned to their place of meeting in due order , when the Lodge having been closed , they _ separated for a short space of time , and re-assembled in the spacious Lodge-room at the Goddard Arms Hotel , which was splendidly decorated with the regalia of the Order ; and with floAvers and evergreens tastefully woven into garlands , or placed in ornamental baskets affixed to the wallsunited with the colours of the
, gay Masonic dresses , gave the room a remarkably pretty appearance . Here a splendid banquet was proAdded by the host ( Bro . AVestmacott ) ; the Prov . G . M ., in the Chair , supported on the right by the Prov . G . M . for North AVales and Shropshire , and on the left by the Dep . Prov . G . M . for AVilts , and a party of ninety Brethren . On the removal of the cloth ( grace haA'ing been said bthe
y Prov . G . Chap . ) , the toasts of "The Queen , " and "The G . M . of England , the Earl of Zetland , " and "The Dep . Prov . G . M . of England , the Earl of Yarborough , " Avere appropriately given from the Chair , and duly received by the Brethren . The PEOV . GEAND MASTEE for North AVales and Shropshire then proposed the health of his very old and dear friend" The Prov . G . M .
, for AVilts , Lord Methuen , " whom he had for many years known and admired for his excellent qualities , exhibited not only in this country , but in America , where he had shown such prowess that it was acknowledged by the men of the New AVorld that they could not produce so fine a specimen as the Old AVorld . He congratulated
the Brethren in general , and this Province in particular , on having been so fortunate as to obtain so worthy and excellent a Brother to fill the important office , to which he had that day been installed . The Prov . GRAND MASTEE , in rising to respond to the toast , which had been so kindly proposed and heartily responded to ,, admitted that the pleasure he felt in so doing was not unmixed with regretregret that the office he had that day been raised to had not fallen
to one more able and efficient than himself . Nevertheless , having undertaken it , he would endeavour to discharge its duties properly . AVhen he was first communicated with on the subject , he felt that Masonry had , as it were , slumbered in AVilts , and in the hope that he mi ght be of some service , he accepted the office , resolved to lend his aid ( small as it might be ) , and to support with all the
means in his power ( small though they might be ) , the revival of the Craft in this , his native county ; and he trusted , if they lived to reassemble another year , the interests of Masonry would not be found to have suffered at his hands , but that new Lodges would arise in many places that ought to have them , that old Lodges , which had appeared to have sunkwould revive and again make headand that
, , the bright stars of prosperity would soon arise and shed their benign influence on Masonry in this Province . The PEOV . GEAND MASTEE next proposed the health of a very excellent , worthy , and zealous Brother , well known amongst many of them , whose name commanded respect wherever it Avas known . He alluded to the Brother on his left , Avhom it had given him so much satis-