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Provincial.
Bro . Cotterel Dormor , J . D . ; Bro . Cooke , Organist ; Bro . Gardener , Dir . of Cer . ; Bro . Perry , Inner Guard , Bro . Moss , Tyler .
At the conclusion of the ceremony of installation , the AV . M . remarked that the first duty which , in his new office , he had to perform was one of the most gratifying which it had ever fallen to his lot to discharge . He had been requested by the Brethren to present a Past Master ' s jewel , purchased by their private contributions , to their retiring Master , Bro . Capt . . Bowyer , as a very slight acknowledgment of the great obligations which they felt they lay under towards him for having kindly undertaken the Mastership of the Lodge during the past year , and which was entirely gratuitous on his part , inasmuch as having already
filled the office of Master of so distinguished a Lodge as that of the Harmony at Richmond , no advancement could accrue to him from taking their chair . The W . M . spoke at further length of the efficiency and zeal as well as the kindness and urbanity of their retiring Master , and concluded by presenting the jewel , which is of gold , beautifully chased and ornamented . Bro . Captain BOWA ' ER , on rising , acknowledged the kindness of the Brethren with great feeling , and not without emotion . He assured them that until that moment he had not the slightest idea of anything so flattering to him having
been- contemplated . He begged them to believe , that conceiving he had only discharged his duty while in the chair , and having already experienced so much kindness from them , and so much pleasure in their society , he felt that they had greatly overrated the services which he had performed ; still , it would ever be a source of pride and gratification to him to reflect on this mark of their esteem , and handing it down , as he hoped to do , as something which he dearly prized , to his children and his children ' s children ; he should ever look upon that jewel as one of inestimable value , and reflect upon this occasion as one of the most flatterino- and memorable of his life .
The W . M . next proceeded to perform the ceremony of raising Bro . the Hon . E . Annesley , and went through the work of this sublime and imposing Degree in a very impressive and perfect manner . The Lodge was attended by the Prov . G . M . of Oxfordshire ( Bro . Rev . J . C . Ridley ) , the Prov . G . M . of Staffordshire ( Bro . Col . Vernon ) , Bro . Randall , the AV . M . of the Alfred Lodge , Bro . Martin , P . M ., several of the officers and Brethren of the Oxford Lodges , and many of the Brethren of the Cherwell Lodge . At the close of the business of the day , the procession was formed , and the
Brethren , numbering about thirty-five , moved to the Banquet Room , where a choice and elegant dinner was served by Mr . Fowler , the landlord . The late W . M . ( Bro . Capt . Bowyer ) with his usual liberality sent a case of champagne for the special behoof of the Brethren , who made their acknowledgments by all rising at the dinner table and pledging the first bumper to the gallant Captain . The W . M . presided , and was supported by the R . AV . the Prov . G . M . of OxfordshireBro . the Rev . C . Ridley ; the Prov . G . M . of StaffordshireBro . Col . Vernon ;
, , the Dep . Prov . G . M . of Oxfordshire , Bro . Capt . Bowyer ; the AV . M . ofthe Alfred Lodge ( Oxford ) , Bro . T . Randall , Prov . J . G . W ; Bro . F . Thomas , P . M ., Past Prov . Grand Reg . ; Bro . Martin , P . M ., Past Prov . G . W . ; Bro . Still , Prov . Grand Deacon of Shropshire ; Bro . Joseph Plowman , of the Alfred Lodge ; Bros . Codrington and Waugh , of the Apollo University Lodge ( Oxford ); Bros . Birch , C . C . Dormer , Aplin , Hedley , Bruton , Churchill , Scroggs , Floyd , C . Fowler , Baker , Gardner , Coleman , Perry , Margetts , Cooke , & c . & c . On the removal of the cloththe W . M . said it needed no words from him to
, induce them to respond with all due honour , and true Masonic feeling , to the first toast ; for no sovereign ever reigned more in the affections of the people , and among her subjects there was not a more loyal or devoted body than the Freemasons of England . He begged to propose , with all honours , " The Queen and the Craft . " The AV . M . then gave "Prince Albert , the Prince of Wales , and the rest ofthe Royal Family , " and expressed a hope that the Prince of AVales would be spared
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Provincial.
Bro . Cotterel Dormor , J . D . ; Bro . Cooke , Organist ; Bro . Gardener , Dir . of Cer . ; Bro . Perry , Inner Guard , Bro . Moss , Tyler .
At the conclusion of the ceremony of installation , the AV . M . remarked that the first duty which , in his new office , he had to perform was one of the most gratifying which it had ever fallen to his lot to discharge . He had been requested by the Brethren to present a Past Master ' s jewel , purchased by their private contributions , to their retiring Master , Bro . Capt . . Bowyer , as a very slight acknowledgment of the great obligations which they felt they lay under towards him for having kindly undertaken the Mastership of the Lodge during the past year , and which was entirely gratuitous on his part , inasmuch as having already
filled the office of Master of so distinguished a Lodge as that of the Harmony at Richmond , no advancement could accrue to him from taking their chair . The W . M . spoke at further length of the efficiency and zeal as well as the kindness and urbanity of their retiring Master , and concluded by presenting the jewel , which is of gold , beautifully chased and ornamented . Bro . Captain BOWA ' ER , on rising , acknowledged the kindness of the Brethren with great feeling , and not without emotion . He assured them that until that moment he had not the slightest idea of anything so flattering to him having
been- contemplated . He begged them to believe , that conceiving he had only discharged his duty while in the chair , and having already experienced so much kindness from them , and so much pleasure in their society , he felt that they had greatly overrated the services which he had performed ; still , it would ever be a source of pride and gratification to him to reflect on this mark of their esteem , and handing it down , as he hoped to do , as something which he dearly prized , to his children and his children ' s children ; he should ever look upon that jewel as one of inestimable value , and reflect upon this occasion as one of the most flatterino- and memorable of his life .
The W . M . next proceeded to perform the ceremony of raising Bro . the Hon . E . Annesley , and went through the work of this sublime and imposing Degree in a very impressive and perfect manner . The Lodge was attended by the Prov . G . M . of Oxfordshire ( Bro . Rev . J . C . Ridley ) , the Prov . G . M . of Staffordshire ( Bro . Col . Vernon ) , Bro . Randall , the AV . M . of the Alfred Lodge , Bro . Martin , P . M ., several of the officers and Brethren of the Oxford Lodges , and many of the Brethren of the Cherwell Lodge . At the close of the business of the day , the procession was formed , and the
Brethren , numbering about thirty-five , moved to the Banquet Room , where a choice and elegant dinner was served by Mr . Fowler , the landlord . The late W . M . ( Bro . Capt . Bowyer ) with his usual liberality sent a case of champagne for the special behoof of the Brethren , who made their acknowledgments by all rising at the dinner table and pledging the first bumper to the gallant Captain . The W . M . presided , and was supported by the R . AV . the Prov . G . M . of OxfordshireBro . the Rev . C . Ridley ; the Prov . G . M . of StaffordshireBro . Col . Vernon ;
, , the Dep . Prov . G . M . of Oxfordshire , Bro . Capt . Bowyer ; the AV . M . ofthe Alfred Lodge ( Oxford ) , Bro . T . Randall , Prov . J . G . W ; Bro . F . Thomas , P . M ., Past Prov . Grand Reg . ; Bro . Martin , P . M ., Past Prov . G . W . ; Bro . Still , Prov . Grand Deacon of Shropshire ; Bro . Joseph Plowman , of the Alfred Lodge ; Bros . Codrington and Waugh , of the Apollo University Lodge ( Oxford ); Bros . Birch , C . C . Dormer , Aplin , Hedley , Bruton , Churchill , Scroggs , Floyd , C . Fowler , Baker , Gardner , Coleman , Perry , Margetts , Cooke , & c . & c . On the removal of the cloththe W . M . said it needed no words from him to
, induce them to respond with all due honour , and true Masonic feeling , to the first toast ; for no sovereign ever reigned more in the affections of the people , and among her subjects there was not a more loyal or devoted body than the Freemasons of England . He begged to propose , with all honours , " The Queen and the Craft . " The AV . M . then gave "Prince Albert , the Prince of Wales , and the rest ofthe Royal Family , " and expressed a hope that the Prince of AVales would be spared