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To His Royal Highness The Prince Albert , K.G.
great fidelity and zeal . There stood enrolled in their society many of his relatives whom he regarded as ornaments , to whom none had stronger claims upon his regard , than his Brother Sinclair Carrol , of Armagh , whose exertions in their cause had elicited the praises of the various Lodges of Ulster . His lamented maternal grandfather , the late Charles Mann , had the honour to be an officer in their venerable body , and the esteem in which he was held bhis Brethren in life had not vanished
y in death , for the vast concourse of Brethren which accompanied his mortal remains to the silent tomb , gave irrefragable evidence of the affection which they entertained towards him . He ( Brother II . ) had found that , in eulogizing the memory of a beloved relative , he was trespassing on their time , —( cries of no , no ) !—but he could assure them the fond remembrance of these things he would ever warmly cherish , and would ever draw forth emotions of his sincerest gratitude towards his
Brethren . He must , however , bring his observations to a conclusion ; and begged to propose " The health of their esteemed Senior AVarden , Brother AVilliam Jackson , " This toast was drunk with rapturous applause . When the cheering had subsided , Brother Jackson rose to express his unbounded gratitude to the gallant AA ' orshipful Master , for the kind manner in which he had proposed his healthancl to his
Bre-, thren , for the warm ancl enthusiastic manner in which they had received it . He had the honour to be three years a Member of their fraternity , and he could truly testify he had not grown cold or lukewarm in their cause ; that was the happiest evening he had yet spent amongst them , and he trusted their society was yet progressing to greater honours . A
statute had recently been enacted , which strictly enjoined that all members of their body , should be enrolled in the records of the Gustos Rotulorum of the county , ancl the great promptness with which their Lodge complied with the provisions of that statute would , he hoped , he warmly responded to by their neighbouring Lodges . He could now congratulate them on the stability of their cause , as well as on the legality of their proceedings ; for whilst other societies ( some of whom he deeply regarded ) had either been unsupported bParliamentary authorityor , by too
y , much supineness and the absence of zeal , had almost imperceptibly dwindled away , he could console himself in the delightful prospects of their venerable Society , which had withstood the shock of ages , had flourished prior to the Christian era , and existed in the . antedeluvian world ; and which , he believed , would be commensurate v . itli time itself . He concurred with the opinion of his military brother , who a short time ago addressed them , in reference to the heroism of many British Officers
who were Members of the Craft , and some of whom gloriously fell , fighting for their country : he also revered the name of Graham , one whose services had been so beneficial to their cause . Nor could it be forgotten that their cause enjoyed the patronage of royalty . The great General Sir John Doyle , Governor of the old Fort of Charlemont , had also been distinguished for his attachment to Masonry ; while royal favours were bestowed upon him in generous profusion , in testimony of
his gallantry during the late American and Peninsular campaigns . The invincible Wellington knew full well the great value of that principle which binds Masons together ; for , whether he put to flight the Gallic usurper on the tented plains of Salamanca , or lig hted the torch of British glory on the ridges of the Pyrennees , he was alike sensible of the aid which the cause of Masonry had afforded him in climbing to the summit of his great fame . The great Napoleon Bonaparte was constrained
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To His Royal Highness The Prince Albert , K.G.
great fidelity and zeal . There stood enrolled in their society many of his relatives whom he regarded as ornaments , to whom none had stronger claims upon his regard , than his Brother Sinclair Carrol , of Armagh , whose exertions in their cause had elicited the praises of the various Lodges of Ulster . His lamented maternal grandfather , the late Charles Mann , had the honour to be an officer in their venerable body , and the esteem in which he was held bhis Brethren in life had not vanished
y in death , for the vast concourse of Brethren which accompanied his mortal remains to the silent tomb , gave irrefragable evidence of the affection which they entertained towards him . He ( Brother II . ) had found that , in eulogizing the memory of a beloved relative , he was trespassing on their time , —( cries of no , no ) !—but he could assure them the fond remembrance of these things he would ever warmly cherish , and would ever draw forth emotions of his sincerest gratitude towards his
Brethren . He must , however , bring his observations to a conclusion ; and begged to propose " The health of their esteemed Senior AVarden , Brother AVilliam Jackson , " This toast was drunk with rapturous applause . When the cheering had subsided , Brother Jackson rose to express his unbounded gratitude to the gallant AA ' orshipful Master , for the kind manner in which he had proposed his healthancl to his
Bre-, thren , for the warm ancl enthusiastic manner in which they had received it . He had the honour to be three years a Member of their fraternity , and he could truly testify he had not grown cold or lukewarm in their cause ; that was the happiest evening he had yet spent amongst them , and he trusted their society was yet progressing to greater honours . A
statute had recently been enacted , which strictly enjoined that all members of their body , should be enrolled in the records of the Gustos Rotulorum of the county , ancl the great promptness with which their Lodge complied with the provisions of that statute would , he hoped , he warmly responded to by their neighbouring Lodges . He could now congratulate them on the stability of their cause , as well as on the legality of their proceedings ; for whilst other societies ( some of whom he deeply regarded ) had either been unsupported bParliamentary authorityor , by too
y , much supineness and the absence of zeal , had almost imperceptibly dwindled away , he could console himself in the delightful prospects of their venerable Society , which had withstood the shock of ages , had flourished prior to the Christian era , and existed in the . antedeluvian world ; and which , he believed , would be commensurate v . itli time itself . He concurred with the opinion of his military brother , who a short time ago addressed them , in reference to the heroism of many British Officers
who were Members of the Craft , and some of whom gloriously fell , fighting for their country : he also revered the name of Graham , one whose services had been so beneficial to their cause . Nor could it be forgotten that their cause enjoyed the patronage of royalty . The great General Sir John Doyle , Governor of the old Fort of Charlemont , had also been distinguished for his attachment to Masonry ; while royal favours were bestowed upon him in generous profusion , in testimony of
his gallantry during the late American and Peninsular campaigns . The invincible Wellington knew full well the great value of that principle which binds Masons together ; for , whether he put to flight the Gallic usurper on the tented plains of Salamanca , or lig hted the torch of British glory on the ridges of the Pyrennees , he was alike sensible of the aid which the cause of Masonry had afforded him in climbing to the summit of his great fame . The great Napoleon Bonaparte was constrained