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Provincial.
Senior Warden ; Bro . Fry , Junior Warden ; Bro . Bland ford , Treasurer ; Bra William Edmunds , Secretary ; Bro . S . B . Bucknill , Senior Deacon ; Bi-6 . ' Broughton Leigh , Junior Deacon . Afterwards , the Master , in a brief address , thanked the accomplished Craftsman who had , on a short notice , . undertaken the graver duties of the occasion , for his able and discreet performance of them ; also , the Deputy Grand Master , for the honour of his persoriaTco-operation ; not forgetting to allude to the
fraternal kindness which had induced an attendance on the part of the visitors , and the obligations whicli rested upon the Brethren of the Lodge to uphold the honour , and extend the usefulness , of their great mystic confederation . Labour was succeeded by refreshment , and the members sat : down to a banquet . Bro . Sharp , in the exercise of the prerogative of his office , took the chair , and after the withdrawal of the cloth , proposed the several toasts ofthe eveningin brief and not unsuitable terms ;
, and in reply to the toast of his own health , alluded to the steady progress already made by the new Lodge , and the deep sense which its founders entertained of their own responsibility , in adding another link to the great chain of Masonry , and in identifying the principles of the Order with a town which was already , through the medium of the celebrated scholastic pile which graced its precincts , largely associated with
moral happiness and mental culture of mankind . Prior , however , to this compliment being paid to himself , the Master spoke in warm terms of deserved eulogy of the Deputy Provincial , and of the large amount of gratitude : he was gaining for himself by his introduction into this county of a new fund , entitled " the Masonic Provident , Annuity , and Benevolent Association ; " and the rules of which were now in course of circulation amongst the fraternity . Dr . Bell Fletcher replied at some length ,-pointing / out most clearly and distinctlthe advantages to be
y derived from the infant institution , not only in alleviating many of the ills common to humanity , but in cementing a closer bond of union amongst the brotherhood generally of this and adjacent provinces . The speech of the night , however , was that of Dr . Crucefix , to the eloquence and effectiveness of which a brief notice can do nothing like justice ; the Doctor appeared to be in one of his happiest veins ; his heart , as usualteeming with kindness towards all around himand his
advo-, , cacy of Masonic tenets full of experience , truth , and practical utility . The venerable Historian of tbe Craft ( the Rev . Dr . Oliver ) , was duly toasted with full honours ; nor were those , beautiful handmaidens of charity— " the Ladies , " forgotten by the "Sons of Light , " who in their tyled Lodge-roqm / spoke , and thought of , and toasted woman , with all that admiration and gallantry so aptly described in a Masonic sprig of time-teste ' d durabili ' ty— - - ' . ' -. ' .: ' . ¦ >' .. '
«* -No mortals can more . y . ... ' -.. ; .--.:-,, ,,.,-,.. .... ........ ; The Ladies adore , ; . : " , ' . ' ,, - r- -.-,. , --... ' ,: ¦ ' , Tfian a Free and Accepted Mason . " : ;; : ¦' , . : ¦ The-Doctor , for the sake ; , of " auld laiig syne , " had a playful sally with the . Master . upqn the , toast , * which served to add to the hilarity of the evening ; arid the . harmonious party saw no diminution of-its ' numbers ; and no abatement of its pleasures , until all who " were bound for the no , rih , "f were made , to feel , that , as with time and tide , steam-transit Will wait ,. the bidding . of noriiam—Leamington Couriers ¦ ¦ ¦ •' - ¦;
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Provincial.
Senior Warden ; Bro . Fry , Junior Warden ; Bro . Bland ford , Treasurer ; Bra William Edmunds , Secretary ; Bro . S . B . Bucknill , Senior Deacon ; Bi-6 . ' Broughton Leigh , Junior Deacon . Afterwards , the Master , in a brief address , thanked the accomplished Craftsman who had , on a short notice , . undertaken the graver duties of the occasion , for his able and discreet performance of them ; also , the Deputy Grand Master , for the honour of his persoriaTco-operation ; not forgetting to allude to the
fraternal kindness which had induced an attendance on the part of the visitors , and the obligations whicli rested upon the Brethren of the Lodge to uphold the honour , and extend the usefulness , of their great mystic confederation . Labour was succeeded by refreshment , and the members sat : down to a banquet . Bro . Sharp , in the exercise of the prerogative of his office , took the chair , and after the withdrawal of the cloth , proposed the several toasts ofthe eveningin brief and not unsuitable terms ;
, and in reply to the toast of his own health , alluded to the steady progress already made by the new Lodge , and the deep sense which its founders entertained of their own responsibility , in adding another link to the great chain of Masonry , and in identifying the principles of the Order with a town which was already , through the medium of the celebrated scholastic pile which graced its precincts , largely associated with
moral happiness and mental culture of mankind . Prior , however , to this compliment being paid to himself , the Master spoke in warm terms of deserved eulogy of the Deputy Provincial , and of the large amount of gratitude : he was gaining for himself by his introduction into this county of a new fund , entitled " the Masonic Provident , Annuity , and Benevolent Association ; " and the rules of which were now in course of circulation amongst the fraternity . Dr . Bell Fletcher replied at some length ,-pointing / out most clearly and distinctlthe advantages to be
y derived from the infant institution , not only in alleviating many of the ills common to humanity , but in cementing a closer bond of union amongst the brotherhood generally of this and adjacent provinces . The speech of the night , however , was that of Dr . Crucefix , to the eloquence and effectiveness of which a brief notice can do nothing like justice ; the Doctor appeared to be in one of his happiest veins ; his heart , as usualteeming with kindness towards all around himand his
advo-, , cacy of Masonic tenets full of experience , truth , and practical utility . The venerable Historian of tbe Craft ( the Rev . Dr . Oliver ) , was duly toasted with full honours ; nor were those , beautiful handmaidens of charity— " the Ladies , " forgotten by the "Sons of Light , " who in their tyled Lodge-roqm / spoke , and thought of , and toasted woman , with all that admiration and gallantry so aptly described in a Masonic sprig of time-teste ' d durabili ' ty— - - ' . ' -. ' .: ' . ¦ >' .. '
«* -No mortals can more . y . ... ' -.. ; .--.:-,, ,,.,-,.. .... ........ ; The Ladies adore , ; . : " , ' . ' ,, - r- -.-,. , --... ' ,: ¦ ' , Tfian a Free and Accepted Mason . " : ;; : ¦' , . : ¦ The-Doctor , for the sake ; , of " auld laiig syne , " had a playful sally with the . Master . upqn the , toast , * which served to add to the hilarity of the evening ; arid the . harmonious party saw no diminution of-its ' numbers ; and no abatement of its pleasures , until all who " were bound for the no , rih , "f were made , to feel , that , as with time and tide , steam-transit Will wait ,. the bidding . of noriiam—Leamington Couriers ¦ ¦ ¦ •' - ¦;