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Provincial.
These three are distinct virtues ; the Scriptures as well as Masonry have enumerated them distinctly : and you all know which of the three both have pronounced to be the greatest . It is by the practice of this virtue that Masonry promises to advance the happiness and improve the social condition of man . " I must now revert to a topic of a more personal nature , as I cannot
refrain from expressing my gratification at tbe very complimentary manner in which my health has been received on the present occasion . I have been honoured with especial notice at many public meetings , but never have I been received with more unequivocal marks of attention and kindness . I hope I shall be able to evince , by a constant
attention to your Masonic interests , that i am duly sensible oi tne value of your good opinion ; and while I thank you for the honest expression of it , I sit down with the consciousness that we have but one end in view , the study of science , and the improvement of our hearts by the practice of benevolence and good will to our fellow-creatures . " The right honourable gentleman , sat down amidst much cheering and applause .
Some other Masonic toasts were drank , when the Prov . G . M . proposed the health of the Rev . G . Oliver , D . P . G . M ., in an able speech , in which he congratulated the county and himself in possessing a Deputy who had so eminently distinguished himself by his publications on the subject cf Masonry . The toast was drank with the highest honours , and replied to by the reverend gentleman in a speech of great
interest . The Prov . G . M . then offered an address to the laches , in which with much gallantry he complimented them on the attendance with which they had honoured the Masons of Lincolnshire , and gave " The female friends of Freemasonry , " ivhich was drank with enthusiasm ; after which the ladies retired , and expressed themselves highly gratified with the treat they hacl enjoyed .
NOTTINGHAM . —Accident to Lord Rcmcftjfe , Prov . G . M . for Leicestershire . —The Marquis of Hastings ' s hounds met lately at Bunny , ancl while following them , the horse on which Lord Ranclift ' e rode , in attempting to leap over a deep and difficult ditch between Flawforth and Bradmore , slipped , and in consequence could not clear it without
falling , and his lordship came to the ground and hurt his right shoulder severely , which soon became considerably swollen . The animal , it seems , in regaining its feet , trod upon his lordship , who is going on as well as can be expected . This accident to his lordship is further to be regretted , as , having consented to preside at the festival in honour of the birthday of His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex , the stewards will have to provide another chairman , which at this late moment may be attended with some difficulty .
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Provincial.
These three are distinct virtues ; the Scriptures as well as Masonry have enumerated them distinctly : and you all know which of the three both have pronounced to be the greatest . It is by the practice of this virtue that Masonry promises to advance the happiness and improve the social condition of man . " I must now revert to a topic of a more personal nature , as I cannot
refrain from expressing my gratification at tbe very complimentary manner in which my health has been received on the present occasion . I have been honoured with especial notice at many public meetings , but never have I been received with more unequivocal marks of attention and kindness . I hope I shall be able to evince , by a constant
attention to your Masonic interests , that i am duly sensible oi tne value of your good opinion ; and while I thank you for the honest expression of it , I sit down with the consciousness that we have but one end in view , the study of science , and the improvement of our hearts by the practice of benevolence and good will to our fellow-creatures . " The right honourable gentleman , sat down amidst much cheering and applause .
Some other Masonic toasts were drank , when the Prov . G . M . proposed the health of the Rev . G . Oliver , D . P . G . M ., in an able speech , in which he congratulated the county and himself in possessing a Deputy who had so eminently distinguished himself by his publications on the subject cf Masonry . The toast was drank with the highest honours , and replied to by the reverend gentleman in a speech of great
interest . The Prov . G . M . then offered an address to the laches , in which with much gallantry he complimented them on the attendance with which they had honoured the Masons of Lincolnshire , and gave " The female friends of Freemasonry , " ivhich was drank with enthusiasm ; after which the ladies retired , and expressed themselves highly gratified with the treat they hacl enjoyed .
NOTTINGHAM . —Accident to Lord Rcmcftjfe , Prov . G . M . for Leicestershire . —The Marquis of Hastings ' s hounds met lately at Bunny , ancl while following them , the horse on which Lord Ranclift ' e rode , in attempting to leap over a deep and difficult ditch between Flawforth and Bradmore , slipped , and in consequence could not clear it without
falling , and his lordship came to the ground and hurt his right shoulder severely , which soon became considerably swollen . The animal , it seems , in regaining its feet , trod upon his lordship , who is going on as well as can be expected . This accident to his lordship is further to be regretted , as , having consented to preside at the festival in honour of the birthday of His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex , the stewards will have to provide another chairman , which at this late moment may be attended with some difficulty .