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G . BULLEN , Esq ., D . P . G . M . for Suffolk , and W . M . of the British Union Lodge , presided . Nearly eighty Brothers sat down to dinner . After the cloth was removed , the W . M . gave the usual loyal and Masonic toasts . Bro . BULLEN now rose , and in a most feeling manner said , " Pause , Brethren , before you press the goblet to your lips ; joy ancl grief are the lot of men . Even in this social meeting we must for a time sorrow .
'To the memory of our departed Brother John Read , Esq ., late P . G . M . for Suffolk . '" Dirge— " Forgive , blest shade , the tributary tear . " The AA . M- then rose and said , he had now a toast to propose with which there should be joy and gladness , viz ., "The lirethren of the adjoining Lodges and Visiting Brethren , particularly Bro . Sansum , from Rostock . "
Bros . PATTISON and SANSUM returned thanks . Bro . MARTIN rose and requested a bumper toast . As their proceedings had begun in order and been conducted in peace , he would propose " The health of our beloved and excellent Bro . Bullen , with the highest
honours . " Bro . BULLEN rose amidst loud applause , and said he felt sincerely the compliment , and observed that during his Masonic career of thirty years , he never had the pleasure of presiding over so numerous an assembly , and concluded by the following : —" " May your lamps of life burn long and burn bright , and may the Grand Geometrician of the universe shed his benign influence upon you , and guide you in the paths
of virtue and science . " Bro . BULLEN then proposed " The health of the Mayor , " aud observed that a more urbane magistrate never wore the robe of office in this Borough . The W . M . proposed " The health of Bros . Clark and Pettit , Architect and Builder of the Custom-house . " Bro . CLARK rose and saidhe thanked them most cordiallfor the
, y compliment , and observed that had it not been for Masonry he should not have appeared in his present proud situation . Bro . PETTIT returned thanks , expressing similar sentiments . Bro . CLARK ( architect ) proposed " The health of Bro . R . Martin , Esq ., P . G . W . for Suffolk . " Bro . MARTIN acknowledged the toast in a most able speech , and concluded with the words of one of our
bards" Oh ! the last rays of feeling and life must depart . Eie thc rays m y , ; ur kindness will fade from my heart . " Many other toasts were given , and as many excellent addresses offered ; at length , The W . M . proposed , as a parting toast , " The Masons' Wives and Masons' Bairns . " NORFOLK . —To the Worshipful MastersOfficersand Brethren of
, , the Freemasons' Lodges in Norfolk . —Brethren , —I have for some time past been in hopes and expectation that some Brother more experienced than myself , and more competent to the task of addressing you on the subject , would have stepped forward in our cause , and called upon you to rally round that mystic POINT which should unite us all . It is now more than twelve months since the death of our late P . G . M ., and . from
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Provincial.
G . BULLEN , Esq ., D . P . G . M . for Suffolk , and W . M . of the British Union Lodge , presided . Nearly eighty Brothers sat down to dinner . After the cloth was removed , the W . M . gave the usual loyal and Masonic toasts . Bro . BULLEN now rose , and in a most feeling manner said , " Pause , Brethren , before you press the goblet to your lips ; joy ancl grief are the lot of men . Even in this social meeting we must for a time sorrow .
'To the memory of our departed Brother John Read , Esq ., late P . G . M . for Suffolk . '" Dirge— " Forgive , blest shade , the tributary tear . " The AA . M- then rose and said , he had now a toast to propose with which there should be joy and gladness , viz ., "The lirethren of the adjoining Lodges and Visiting Brethren , particularly Bro . Sansum , from Rostock . "
Bros . PATTISON and SANSUM returned thanks . Bro . MARTIN rose and requested a bumper toast . As their proceedings had begun in order and been conducted in peace , he would propose " The health of our beloved and excellent Bro . Bullen , with the highest
honours . " Bro . BULLEN rose amidst loud applause , and said he felt sincerely the compliment , and observed that during his Masonic career of thirty years , he never had the pleasure of presiding over so numerous an assembly , and concluded by the following : —" " May your lamps of life burn long and burn bright , and may the Grand Geometrician of the universe shed his benign influence upon you , and guide you in the paths
of virtue and science . " Bro . BULLEN then proposed " The health of the Mayor , " aud observed that a more urbane magistrate never wore the robe of office in this Borough . The W . M . proposed " The health of Bros . Clark and Pettit , Architect and Builder of the Custom-house . " Bro . CLARK rose and saidhe thanked them most cordiallfor the
, y compliment , and observed that had it not been for Masonry he should not have appeared in his present proud situation . Bro . PETTIT returned thanks , expressing similar sentiments . Bro . CLARK ( architect ) proposed " The health of Bro . R . Martin , Esq ., P . G . W . for Suffolk . " Bro . MARTIN acknowledged the toast in a most able speech , and concluded with the words of one of our
bards" Oh ! the last rays of feeling and life must depart . Eie thc rays m y , ; ur kindness will fade from my heart . " Many other toasts were given , and as many excellent addresses offered ; at length , The W . M . proposed , as a parting toast , " The Masons' Wives and Masons' Bairns . " NORFOLK . —To the Worshipful MastersOfficersand Brethren of
, , the Freemasons' Lodges in Norfolk . —Brethren , —I have for some time past been in hopes and expectation that some Brother more experienced than myself , and more competent to the task of addressing you on the subject , would have stepped forward in our cause , and called upon you to rally round that mystic POINT which should unite us all . It is now more than twelve months since the death of our late P . G . M ., and . from