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had been successively drunk , and responded to with hearty cheers , the Chairman said he should propose a toast for which the assembled company would thank him unanimously and most sincerely , —he meant " The health of the Provincial Grand Master for Herts . " ( Cheers ) . He might ask them to drink this as a compliment to a nobleman who permitted him to call him his friend ; but the noble Lord had a still stronger claim on their affectionsas a zealous and excellent Freemason
, —( Hear , hear . ) The county of Herts was a sufficient proof of this ; for when the Marquis of Salisbury first undertook its Masonic government , he found but one Lodge in existence within its limits , but now six flourishing Lodges held their meetings under his Lordship ' s banner —( Loud cheers . ) The Marquis of Salisbury begged to return his grateful thanks for the manner in which the mention of his nameand of his humble services
, as a Mason , had been received by the Brethren present . He could not but feel that the little services he had been enabled to render , must have been largely aided by the excellent friends by whom he was surrounded , or Masonry could not have advanced among them with such rapidity , and he might hope , too , with evidences of permanent solidity—( hear ,
hear ) . He trusted the Order would continue thus to flourish ; and he could assure his helpmates , that he would omit no occasion to promote it ( Cheers . ) The Brethren who heard him , would feel with him , that there were strong reasons for brevity in his address to them , as every word he uttered was detaining them from the presence of those whose strength consisted in beauty and virtue —( Hear , hear . ) And he would , therefore , at once avail himself of the opportunity of proposing a toast
that many would anticipate— " The Health of the Worshipful Master who presided that day , —( cheers)—a gentleman to whom he could scarcely say whether he was most attached as a Mason or as a private frien d . —( Cheers . ) " The Deputy Grand Master for Herts" followed by a quick fire , at the request of the noble Marquis . Wm . StuartEsq . in returning thanksassured the Craft that his
ser-, , , vices were always at the command of Freemasonry . About sixty ladies now entered the gallery , whose native loveliness and grace , would anywhere have marked them as England ' s daughters . During their continuance the Masonic vollies were forgone , and social cheers introduced in greeting the toasts . " The Army aud Navy" having been drunk and greeted with three times three , " The Officers of the Grand Lodge" found a similar
response . J . Buckhardt , Esq . acknowledged the compliment , and stated that similar success had followed the appointment of other zealous and efficient Provincial Grand Masters , of which other counties in the neighbourhood of the Metropolis bore testimony . In Surrey the Order advanced with rapidity and advantage , under Lord Monson . —( Hear , hear . ) Tn Essex , under Rowland Alston , Esq ., —( hear)—and in Suffolk it was spreading fast ; but in Norfolk there was a stumbling block which
he hoped to see removed . T . H . Darton , Esq . acknowledged the toast of " The Present and Past Grand Officers for Plerts . " " The Visiting Provincial Grand Officers ' ' was responded to , in his usual pleasant manner , by James Andrew , Esq .
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Provincial.
had been successively drunk , and responded to with hearty cheers , the Chairman said he should propose a toast for which the assembled company would thank him unanimously and most sincerely , —he meant " The health of the Provincial Grand Master for Herts . " ( Cheers ) . He might ask them to drink this as a compliment to a nobleman who permitted him to call him his friend ; but the noble Lord had a still stronger claim on their affectionsas a zealous and excellent Freemason
, —( Hear , hear . ) The county of Herts was a sufficient proof of this ; for when the Marquis of Salisbury first undertook its Masonic government , he found but one Lodge in existence within its limits , but now six flourishing Lodges held their meetings under his Lordship ' s banner —( Loud cheers . ) The Marquis of Salisbury begged to return his grateful thanks for the manner in which the mention of his nameand of his humble services
, as a Mason , had been received by the Brethren present . He could not but feel that the little services he had been enabled to render , must have been largely aided by the excellent friends by whom he was surrounded , or Masonry could not have advanced among them with such rapidity , and he might hope , too , with evidences of permanent solidity—( hear ,
hear ) . He trusted the Order would continue thus to flourish ; and he could assure his helpmates , that he would omit no occasion to promote it ( Cheers . ) The Brethren who heard him , would feel with him , that there were strong reasons for brevity in his address to them , as every word he uttered was detaining them from the presence of those whose strength consisted in beauty and virtue —( Hear , hear . ) And he would , therefore , at once avail himself of the opportunity of proposing a toast
that many would anticipate— " The Health of the Worshipful Master who presided that day , —( cheers)—a gentleman to whom he could scarcely say whether he was most attached as a Mason or as a private frien d . —( Cheers . ) " The Deputy Grand Master for Herts" followed by a quick fire , at the request of the noble Marquis . Wm . StuartEsq . in returning thanksassured the Craft that his
ser-, , , vices were always at the command of Freemasonry . About sixty ladies now entered the gallery , whose native loveliness and grace , would anywhere have marked them as England ' s daughters . During their continuance the Masonic vollies were forgone , and social cheers introduced in greeting the toasts . " The Army aud Navy" having been drunk and greeted with three times three , " The Officers of the Grand Lodge" found a similar
response . J . Buckhardt , Esq . acknowledged the compliment , and stated that similar success had followed the appointment of other zealous and efficient Provincial Grand Masters , of which other counties in the neighbourhood of the Metropolis bore testimony . In Surrey the Order advanced with rapidity and advantage , under Lord Monson . —( Hear , hear . ) Tn Essex , under Rowland Alston , Esq ., —( hear)—and in Suffolk it was spreading fast ; but in Norfolk there was a stumbling block which
he hoped to see removed . T . H . Darton , Esq . acknowledged the toast of " The Present and Past Grand Officers for Plerts . " " The Visiting Provincial Grand Officers ' ' was responded to , in his usual pleasant manner , by James Andrew , Esq .