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Provincial.
Col . TYNTE 1 rose , and said that for a period of twenty years he had hacl the honour of acting in his present capacity , ancl yet , he could assure the Brethren that , during the whole of that period , he had never met them with more sincere satisfaction than on that occasion , when they had assembled so numerously ancl zealousl y to support the Chair of the province . They must be aware that it was in the individual good conduct of the Lodges that he must look for that which alone could render
his office as P . G . M . one of pleasure and delig ht . When he first entered upon it , he found a violent schism in this city , and , after as severe a " persecution , " if he might so call it , as ever was endured by a P . G . M ., he succeeded in restoring order and harmony . His conduct on that occasion , he was proud to say , had been duly laid before the Grand Lodge of England , and he was further proud to say , he had received for it the thanks of the Grand Lodge—( cheers ) . Since that time there
had been no schism until now , when symptoms of insubordination were beginning to appear . He was determined not to give way to it —( cheers ) . Those who saw and heard him , must know the terms of conciliation which he hacl proposed , in order to adjust the misunderstanding . If , after this , insubordination should show itself , he was prepared to meet it , and should look for their support in all that he should do consistently with rectitude —( cheers ) . He had now explained his mind fully , and he trusted that those who were in error ivould submit , and act together again with proper unison of feeling , ancl in the real spirit of Masonry—( cheers ) . * As for the eulogium passed upon him by the D . P . G . M ., and
so warmly acknowledged by the Brethren , he thanked him and them for it , ancl assured them that he should use every exertion in his power for the benefit of the Craft and the province . The D . P . G . M . hacl done him the honour to associate with the toast the family of Halswell . In alluding to this , he ( Col . T . ) could say that it was a family of Masons . He had a son who was a P . G . M ., and he had said at a distant period , that he should have pride in seeing his grandsons in the Craft , with , of coursetheir voluntary proposal . He hacl now the pride and satisfaction
, of saying that both his grandsons were in the Craft . One was there present— ( loud cheers)—and the other ivould be as grateful to them as himself for their kind wishes to the family of Halswell . It was now about 120 years since an ancestor ofhis was Grand Master of England , and he hopecl that 120 years hence his descendants might still be found in honourable offices in the same Order —( cheers ) . He drunk cordially to all their healths —( cheers ) .
[[ Considerable merriment was occasioned hy Col . Tynte pledging his grandson on this occasion , thus : — " Brother Tynte , your good health ! " ] Capt . TYNTE returned thanks , in a very animated style , on behalf of himself and brother . Col . TYNTE said he had now a Lodge to propose which was one of great interest . It was well known that the late Lord Hastings , himself a pattern of Masons , had carried the Craft into India , and fostered it
with great care ; in fact , that dependency hacl produced some of our very best Masons . There was an Indian Lodge which had been represented at the morning ' s meeting , and he ivould therefore propose " The Lodge of Nielgherry , and the health of Bro . Marshall . "
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Provincial.
Col . TYNTE 1 rose , and said that for a period of twenty years he had hacl the honour of acting in his present capacity , ancl yet , he could assure the Brethren that , during the whole of that period , he had never met them with more sincere satisfaction than on that occasion , when they had assembled so numerously ancl zealousl y to support the Chair of the province . They must be aware that it was in the individual good conduct of the Lodges that he must look for that which alone could render
his office as P . G . M . one of pleasure and delig ht . When he first entered upon it , he found a violent schism in this city , and , after as severe a " persecution , " if he might so call it , as ever was endured by a P . G . M ., he succeeded in restoring order and harmony . His conduct on that occasion , he was proud to say , had been duly laid before the Grand Lodge of England , and he was further proud to say , he had received for it the thanks of the Grand Lodge—( cheers ) . Since that time there
had been no schism until now , when symptoms of insubordination were beginning to appear . He was determined not to give way to it —( cheers ) . Those who saw and heard him , must know the terms of conciliation which he hacl proposed , in order to adjust the misunderstanding . If , after this , insubordination should show itself , he was prepared to meet it , and should look for their support in all that he should do consistently with rectitude —( cheers ) . He had now explained his mind fully , and he trusted that those who were in error ivould submit , and act together again with proper unison of feeling , ancl in the real spirit of Masonry—( cheers ) . * As for the eulogium passed upon him by the D . P . G . M ., and
so warmly acknowledged by the Brethren , he thanked him and them for it , ancl assured them that he should use every exertion in his power for the benefit of the Craft and the province . The D . P . G . M . hacl done him the honour to associate with the toast the family of Halswell . In alluding to this , he ( Col . T . ) could say that it was a family of Masons . He had a son who was a P . G . M ., and he had said at a distant period , that he should have pride in seeing his grandsons in the Craft , with , of coursetheir voluntary proposal . He hacl now the pride and satisfaction
, of saying that both his grandsons were in the Craft . One was there present— ( loud cheers)—and the other ivould be as grateful to them as himself for their kind wishes to the family of Halswell . It was now about 120 years since an ancestor ofhis was Grand Master of England , and he hopecl that 120 years hence his descendants might still be found in honourable offices in the same Order —( cheers ) . He drunk cordially to all their healths —( cheers ) .
[[ Considerable merriment was occasioned hy Col . Tynte pledging his grandson on this occasion , thus : — " Brother Tynte , your good health ! " ] Capt . TYNTE returned thanks , in a very animated style , on behalf of himself and brother . Col . TYNTE said he had now a Lodge to propose which was one of great interest . It was well known that the late Lord Hastings , himself a pattern of Masons , had carried the Craft into India , and fostered it
with great care ; in fact , that dependency hacl produced some of our very best Masons . There was an Indian Lodge which had been represented at the morning ' s meeting , and he ivould therefore propose " The Lodge of Nielgherry , and the health of Bro . Marshall . "