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received . He acknowledged it not only for the distinguished manner in ivhich it had been received , but he felt it the more sincerely as emanating from the distinguished nobleman near him . —( Cheers ) . He owed all the admirable arrangements and the working of Freemasonry in the Western Division of Lancashire , to his esteemed friend , Brother John Drinkwater , R . AV . D . P . G . M . To him also he was indebted for the arrangements on the present occasion . As a country gentlemanhe
, trusted he should always be found doing his duty to his Queen and his country . The R . W . P . G . M . rose to propose the next toast . It had given him the greatest pleasure to see a nobleman present at the meeting , whose name added a lustre to their proceedings —( cheers)—one whose services to his country were well known , and one who has added a wreath to the laurel of which Englishmen miht indeed be proud . —( Great cheering . )
g That he might live long to wear the laurels he had so nobly won , was his earnest and most fervent prayer . — ( Great cheering ) . He begged to thank his Lordship for his attendance at the banquet . " Lord Viscount Combermere , R . AV . P . G . M ., the Cheshire hero . "—( Loud and long-continued applause , with Masonic honours ) . Lord COMBERMERE addressed the Meeting . He felt quite inadequate to express the gratitude he felt to his respected friendand to the Brethren
, that day . It afforded him the highest gratification to appear amongst them at the banquet , and he regretted exceedingly that he was not able to attend earlier in the day . If he had been apprised that his services were wanting , he would have promptly attended to the request , by arriving at Liverpool the previous evening ; and , owing to an unfortunate
accident on the railway , he had been detained considerably , which must be his apology for appearing late amongst them —( cheers)—as he considered that scarcely any sacrifice would be too great to attend the Provincial Grand Meeting of the AVestern Division of Lancashire . The R . W . P . G . M . had associated his name in two capacities , —the first as a Mason , and the second in a military view . With regard to the first , he had only to observe , that he had merely performed his duty ; and in
reference to the second , he had much pride in acknowledging that he had served under his Grace the Duke of AVellington . —( The cheers which followed this observation were most enthusiastic ) . He ( Lord Combermere ) , however , attributed the manifestation of good feeling that day , chiefly to the circumstance of being a Freemason . —( Great cheers ) . He gloried in the avowal of having been such since he was nineteen years of age . —( Cheers ) . He did not say what his character might have been
had he not been a member of the Masonic body , but he declared that the principles of Freemasonry had inculcated the strictest ideas of honour , honesty , and good feeling . —( Cheers ) . In all his services as a military man , lie never met with a bad soldier who was a Brother Mason . — ( Great cheering ) . There were , it is true , good and bad men in all communities ; and it would be strange indeed , if , in the society of Freemasons there would not be found some who might disgrace the Order
, but he pledged himself that he had never met with such characters ; he repeated it , in all his travels in foreign countries , he had never known a bad soldier who was a member of the Craft ; and , with this knowledge , and in admiration of the principles which Freemasonry inculcated , he was happy to acquaint them , that his son , who would in a few days attain his majority , had determined to enter the lists on next St . John ' s day , and become one of the Order . —( Great cheering ) . It might not
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Provincial.
received . He acknowledged it not only for the distinguished manner in ivhich it had been received , but he felt it the more sincerely as emanating from the distinguished nobleman near him . —( Cheers ) . He owed all the admirable arrangements and the working of Freemasonry in the Western Division of Lancashire , to his esteemed friend , Brother John Drinkwater , R . AV . D . P . G . M . To him also he was indebted for the arrangements on the present occasion . As a country gentlemanhe
, trusted he should always be found doing his duty to his Queen and his country . The R . W . P . G . M . rose to propose the next toast . It had given him the greatest pleasure to see a nobleman present at the meeting , whose name added a lustre to their proceedings —( cheers)—one whose services to his country were well known , and one who has added a wreath to the laurel of which Englishmen miht indeed be proud . —( Great cheering . )
g That he might live long to wear the laurels he had so nobly won , was his earnest and most fervent prayer . — ( Great cheering ) . He begged to thank his Lordship for his attendance at the banquet . " Lord Viscount Combermere , R . AV . P . G . M ., the Cheshire hero . "—( Loud and long-continued applause , with Masonic honours ) . Lord COMBERMERE addressed the Meeting . He felt quite inadequate to express the gratitude he felt to his respected friendand to the Brethren
, that day . It afforded him the highest gratification to appear amongst them at the banquet , and he regretted exceedingly that he was not able to attend earlier in the day . If he had been apprised that his services were wanting , he would have promptly attended to the request , by arriving at Liverpool the previous evening ; and , owing to an unfortunate
accident on the railway , he had been detained considerably , which must be his apology for appearing late amongst them —( cheers)—as he considered that scarcely any sacrifice would be too great to attend the Provincial Grand Meeting of the AVestern Division of Lancashire . The R . W . P . G . M . had associated his name in two capacities , —the first as a Mason , and the second in a military view . With regard to the first , he had only to observe , that he had merely performed his duty ; and in
reference to the second , he had much pride in acknowledging that he had served under his Grace the Duke of AVellington . —( The cheers which followed this observation were most enthusiastic ) . He ( Lord Combermere ) , however , attributed the manifestation of good feeling that day , chiefly to the circumstance of being a Freemason . —( Great cheers ) . He gloried in the avowal of having been such since he was nineteen years of age . —( Cheers ) . He did not say what his character might have been
had he not been a member of the Masonic body , but he declared that the principles of Freemasonry had inculcated the strictest ideas of honour , honesty , and good feeling . —( Cheers ) . In all his services as a military man , lie never met with a bad soldier who was a Brother Mason . — ( Great cheering ) . There were , it is true , good and bad men in all communities ; and it would be strange indeed , if , in the society of Freemasons there would not be found some who might disgrace the Order
, but he pledged himself that he had never met with such characters ; he repeated it , in all his travels in foreign countries , he had never known a bad soldier who was a member of the Craft ; and , with this knowledge , and in admiration of the principles which Freemasonry inculcated , he was happy to acquaint them , that his son , who would in a few days attain his majority , had determined to enter the lists on next St . John ' s day , and become one of the Order . —( Great cheering ) . It might not