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The gallery was crowded with ladies , and at one time there must have been more than three hundred present . The band during the repast played many Masonic and other favourite airs . Brother Charles Harrop , P . M ., presided as Master ; Brother Henry Blackburn , S . W . ; and Brother M . Driver , J . W . Bumpers being filled , the W . M . Harrop , in a neat speech , introduced the first toastin which he stated upon the best authoritythat ere long
, , we shall have it announced that the Queen had become Patroness of the Order ; and concluded by proposing , as the daughter of a Freemason , " Health , long life , and happiness , to Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen Victoria , " which was drunk with the greatest enthusiasm , followed by the National Anthem . The next toast was that of one who might be termed the pattern of her sex , —virtuous and charitable , —the exemplary relict of our late
deceased Patron— " The Queen Dowager ; and the rest of the Royal Family . "—( Three times three- ) The W . Master then proposed a Royal Prince who had been connected with the Order for forty years , and the Presiding Grand Master , watching over the interests of the Order for the last quarter of a century , — " His Royal Hi ghness the Duke of Sussex , "—with three times three , in which the ladies most cordially joined .
" The Pro .-Grand Master , the Earl of Zetland , and the Deputy Grand Master , Lord John Churchill . "—( Three times three . ) The next toast was the Grand Masters of the sister countries of Ireland and Scotland ,- - " The Duke of Leinster and the Earl of Dalhousie . "—( Three times three . ) The W . Blaster prefaced the next toast with an elegant address , in which he apologised for the absence of the R . W . P . G . Masterand
pro-, posed , in his threefold character , as a resident nobleman of the county ; as the R . W . P . G . Master of the West Riding , — " The Earl of Mexborough . "—( Three times three . ) " The Health of Viscount Combermere , Prov . G . M . for Cheshire , " was drunk with enthusiasm ; and after many others were given , the company separated , highly delighted with the proceedings of the day .
BURSLEM . —The Brethren of St . Martins Lodge , No . 115 , celebrated the Festival of St . John , on Thursday , the 27 th day of December 1838 , at the White Hart Inn , Burslem . The Lodge met at three o ' clock for the installation of the Master . The Brethren of the Craft within the Province and the surrounding neighbourhood attended .
OPENING OF THE SUTHERLAND LODGE OF FREEMASONS , NO . 660 . BURSLEM , December 11 . —This festival was held at the Legs of Man Inn , Burslem , on Tuesday last . Soon after twelve o ' clock the visitors began to arrive , and the Lodge was opened in due form by the W . P . M . Brother Roth well , of the Menturia Lodge , 606 ; the-W . P . M . Bro . Wain , and the W . P . M . Bro . Hales , of St . Martin ' s Lodge , No . 116 ; when the Lodge was duly constitutedand the First MasterBro . G .
, , Baker , was regularly installed . At four o ' clock the Brethren sat down to banquet , G . Baker , W . M . in the Chair . The worthy Chairman observed , the first toast he should offer to their notice was , " The Queen , " who was still more endeared to them from the circumstance of her being the daughter of a Mason ; afterwards , " The Royal Family . " VOL . v . 3 II
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Provincial.
The gallery was crowded with ladies , and at one time there must have been more than three hundred present . The band during the repast played many Masonic and other favourite airs . Brother Charles Harrop , P . M ., presided as Master ; Brother Henry Blackburn , S . W . ; and Brother M . Driver , J . W . Bumpers being filled , the W . M . Harrop , in a neat speech , introduced the first toastin which he stated upon the best authoritythat ere long
, , we shall have it announced that the Queen had become Patroness of the Order ; and concluded by proposing , as the daughter of a Freemason , " Health , long life , and happiness , to Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen Victoria , " which was drunk with the greatest enthusiasm , followed by the National Anthem . The next toast was that of one who might be termed the pattern of her sex , —virtuous and charitable , —the exemplary relict of our late
deceased Patron— " The Queen Dowager ; and the rest of the Royal Family . "—( Three times three- ) The W . Master then proposed a Royal Prince who had been connected with the Order for forty years , and the Presiding Grand Master , watching over the interests of the Order for the last quarter of a century , — " His Royal Hi ghness the Duke of Sussex , "—with three times three , in which the ladies most cordially joined .
" The Pro .-Grand Master , the Earl of Zetland , and the Deputy Grand Master , Lord John Churchill . "—( Three times three . ) The next toast was the Grand Masters of the sister countries of Ireland and Scotland ,- - " The Duke of Leinster and the Earl of Dalhousie . "—( Three times three . ) The W . Blaster prefaced the next toast with an elegant address , in which he apologised for the absence of the R . W . P . G . Masterand
pro-, posed , in his threefold character , as a resident nobleman of the county ; as the R . W . P . G . Master of the West Riding , — " The Earl of Mexborough . "—( Three times three . ) " The Health of Viscount Combermere , Prov . G . M . for Cheshire , " was drunk with enthusiasm ; and after many others were given , the company separated , highly delighted with the proceedings of the day .
BURSLEM . —The Brethren of St . Martins Lodge , No . 115 , celebrated the Festival of St . John , on Thursday , the 27 th day of December 1838 , at the White Hart Inn , Burslem . The Lodge met at three o ' clock for the installation of the Master . The Brethren of the Craft within the Province and the surrounding neighbourhood attended .
OPENING OF THE SUTHERLAND LODGE OF FREEMASONS , NO . 660 . BURSLEM , December 11 . —This festival was held at the Legs of Man Inn , Burslem , on Tuesday last . Soon after twelve o ' clock the visitors began to arrive , and the Lodge was opened in due form by the W . P . M . Brother Roth well , of the Menturia Lodge , 606 ; the-W . P . M . Bro . Wain , and the W . P . M . Bro . Hales , of St . Martin ' s Lodge , No . 116 ; when the Lodge was duly constitutedand the First MasterBro . G .
, , Baker , was regularly installed . At four o ' clock the Brethren sat down to banquet , G . Baker , W . M . in the Chair . The worthy Chairman observed , the first toast he should offer to their notice was , " The Queen , " who was still more endeared to them from the circumstance of her being the daughter of a Mason ; afterwards , " The Royal Family . " VOL . v . 3 II