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Freemasons' Hall.
amends ? " sung later in the evening by Brother Broadhurst , there was nothing worthy of even a passing record in the musical efforts of the Fesiival . This is a fault in the system itself , and cannot be too soon amended . We pass over as lightly as possible , the inadvertence of a vocal Brother , that caused some confusion , which required the active interference of the Stewards to suppress . " The " was received with lausealmost equal to
Queen Dowager app , that produced by the preceding toast . COL . ANSON then called on the Brethren to charge bumpers . " I have now ( said he ) a duty to perforin that is the most prominent among the pleasures of the evening , it is to propose the health of His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex , our Most Worshipful Grand Master . ( Loud cheers . ) Brethren , I perceive by your hearty response , that anxiety on part in attempting to do justice to the toastis
any my , rendered unnecessary by your full appreciation of its import and value . Without a word from me in its favor , you are prepared to do ample justice to the virtues and talents of its illustrious object . ( Hear , hear . ) And I feel relieved of every apprehension on my own part , when thus addressing a body , on whom His Royal Highness has conferred so many obligations , so much parental care and protection . ( Hear , hear . ) No evidence can be more conclusive of the peculiar merits of the Duke
of Sussex , than that afforded by experience ; by this test , after having been for nearly seventy years under public observation , our illustrious chief stands forward amongst the most eminent , with not a sound of detraction to assail him , not an effort to destroy his character , but by all admitted to be entitled to the esteem and general love of mankind . ( Hear , hear . ) Born in the highest station , bred in the luxuries of a court , no
idle pleasures have impeded his course , or impaired the talent with which he has searched out the depths of literature and of science , and applied himself to pursuits that add to the prosperity and happiness of all . ( Cheers . ) An example like this is never lost , although never sufficiently followed ; it would be well , indeed , if all whose birth or station rendered them similarly prominent , ivould pursue the same dignified course , and confer the same estimable benefits on society . ( Hear , hear . )
And if by such conduct His Royal Highness has entitled himself to the common esteem of all , I ask you who know him better than the popular world , how much more estimable he should be to us . ( Hear , hear . ) For forty years a member of this Fraternity , he has presided over the Grand Lodge of England , now upwards of twenty-five years , with a firmness unshaken , and with unwearied anxiety , for the high character , the moral excellence , and the practical good which he believed we mi
ght justly assume . ( Cheers . ) Look again at his support of our Charities , and let us hold him , if possible , still dearer for his exercise of the first of human virtues . ( Hear , hear . ) I must now inform you , Brethren , that His Royal Highness has desired me to say , that he regrets exceedingly his inability to meet you this day ; he feels , I regret to add , the burthen of increasing years : he has grown old in serviceand the restoration of his healthwhich I am happy to
your ; , say is in favourable progress , renders it necessary for him to remain as long as possible in the country . Indeed , his medical advisers almost inhibit his early return to toivn . I conclude , Brethren , by asking you to join to the toast of" Health to His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex , " a prayer that he may still continue to confer upon us benefits , such as we already have so much to thank him for , and that he may live many
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Freemasons' Hall.
amends ? " sung later in the evening by Brother Broadhurst , there was nothing worthy of even a passing record in the musical efforts of the Fesiival . This is a fault in the system itself , and cannot be too soon amended . We pass over as lightly as possible , the inadvertence of a vocal Brother , that caused some confusion , which required the active interference of the Stewards to suppress . " The " was received with lausealmost equal to
Queen Dowager app , that produced by the preceding toast . COL . ANSON then called on the Brethren to charge bumpers . " I have now ( said he ) a duty to perforin that is the most prominent among the pleasures of the evening , it is to propose the health of His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex , our Most Worshipful Grand Master . ( Loud cheers . ) Brethren , I perceive by your hearty response , that anxiety on part in attempting to do justice to the toastis
any my , rendered unnecessary by your full appreciation of its import and value . Without a word from me in its favor , you are prepared to do ample justice to the virtues and talents of its illustrious object . ( Hear , hear . ) And I feel relieved of every apprehension on my own part , when thus addressing a body , on whom His Royal Highness has conferred so many obligations , so much parental care and protection . ( Hear , hear . ) No evidence can be more conclusive of the peculiar merits of the Duke
of Sussex , than that afforded by experience ; by this test , after having been for nearly seventy years under public observation , our illustrious chief stands forward amongst the most eminent , with not a sound of detraction to assail him , not an effort to destroy his character , but by all admitted to be entitled to the esteem and general love of mankind . ( Hear , hear . ) Born in the highest station , bred in the luxuries of a court , no
idle pleasures have impeded his course , or impaired the talent with which he has searched out the depths of literature and of science , and applied himself to pursuits that add to the prosperity and happiness of all . ( Cheers . ) An example like this is never lost , although never sufficiently followed ; it would be well , indeed , if all whose birth or station rendered them similarly prominent , ivould pursue the same dignified course , and confer the same estimable benefits on society . ( Hear , hear . )
And if by such conduct His Royal Highness has entitled himself to the common esteem of all , I ask you who know him better than the popular world , how much more estimable he should be to us . ( Hear , hear . ) For forty years a member of this Fraternity , he has presided over the Grand Lodge of England , now upwards of twenty-five years , with a firmness unshaken , and with unwearied anxiety , for the high character , the moral excellence , and the practical good which he believed we mi
ght justly assume . ( Cheers . ) Look again at his support of our Charities , and let us hold him , if possible , still dearer for his exercise of the first of human virtues . ( Hear , hear . ) I must now inform you , Brethren , that His Royal Highness has desired me to say , that he regrets exceedingly his inability to meet you this day ; he feels , I regret to add , the burthen of increasing years : he has grown old in serviceand the restoration of his healthwhich I am happy to
your ; , say is in favourable progress , renders it necessary for him to remain as long as possible in the country . Indeed , his medical advisers almost inhibit his early return to toivn . I conclude , Brethren , by asking you to join to the toast of" Health to His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex , " a prayer that he may still continue to confer upon us benefits , such as we already have so much to thank him for , and that he may live many