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Provincial.
townsman , Mr . lbomas Iiarle , at the request of the members of the Minerva . The business of the P . G . L . having been proceeded with , nearly 200 Brethren adjourned to the Music hall , Jarratt-street , where the banquet was prepared . A number of ladies were admitted into the orchestra to witness the entrance of his lordship , and the reception of the G . M ., which was a most interesting scene . The whole of the Brethren stood in their respective orderwearing their various honours banner
, ; every was unfurled , the organ struck up the national anthem , and the G . M ,, preceded by his standard and sword bearers , attended by the Provincial Stewards , took his seat amidst the flourish of trumpets . The subsequent proceedings were most harmonious , and the ladies having retired , the business of the evening was proceeded with . After the cloth was drawn , the noble earl proposed " The Queen and the Craft . "
The noble CHAIRMAN then proposed , " Albert , Prince of Wales , Prince Albert , and the rest of the Royal Family . " The next toast given by his lordship was the " Queen Dowager . " MARK MILBANKE , Esq ., then rose , and in a very neat speech , proposed the health of the "Earlof Zetland , G . M . of England , and P . G . M . for this province , " which toast was received with the most enthusiastic approbation . , THE NOBLE EARL then rose and said it gave him great pleasure to
meet so many of his Brethren upon this occasion . He believed it to be the largest provincial meeting ever held in this or any other county . . He was most happy to see the Craft in so flourishing a condition , arid he hoped the Brethren generally , and of the Minerva Lodge in particular , would be satisfied in the way he had attended to their recommendations respecting the part he had taken in procuring admission for the child of a member of that Lodge into the Royal Freemasons' Female Institution .
He could only exhort the different Lodges in the province to work with that Brotherly and kind feeling which has ever been an eminent characteristic of Masonry . In conclusion , he must express his heartfelt acknowledgments for the way in which he had been received by the members of the Craft in the town , and more especially to the W . M ., Officers , and Brethren of the Minerva , who had not only provided amply
but sumptuously for his entertainment . He should feel at all times a pleasure in attending to the wishes of the Brethren . The noble Earl then sat down amidst the most rapturous applause . The following toasts were then given— " M . Milbanke , Esq ., D . P . G . M . and the Officers of the province , " responded to by Bro . John Harland ; Esq ., P . G . J . W . ; " Joseph Iredale , Esq ., D . P . G . M , of Cumberland , and the Brethren of that province , " responded to by Bro . Iredale . The Rev . Bro . JAMES OSBOURNE DAKEYNE , P . G . S . W ., responded
in a speech replete with feeling . and eloquence , which we are' sorry , for the sake of our Masonic readers , we are unable to give . / Briefly lie adverted to the prejudices of many to Freemasonry , and expressed his sincere conviction that the science of Masonry was a most valuable adjunctand assistances religion , and ; morality , and he called on ; his Christian Brethren , whether of the Church . of England or of any other denomination , to assist in supporting the ancient ,. honourable , and-moral science . . The respectability of the Order , he believed , had never -been questioned by even its . most strenuous opposers , and he knew ,: and ., the Brethren knew , that men the most celebrated , in arts , in , arms , ; and in
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Provincial.
townsman , Mr . lbomas Iiarle , at the request of the members of the Minerva . The business of the P . G . L . having been proceeded with , nearly 200 Brethren adjourned to the Music hall , Jarratt-street , where the banquet was prepared . A number of ladies were admitted into the orchestra to witness the entrance of his lordship , and the reception of the G . M ., which was a most interesting scene . The whole of the Brethren stood in their respective orderwearing their various honours banner
, ; every was unfurled , the organ struck up the national anthem , and the G . M ,, preceded by his standard and sword bearers , attended by the Provincial Stewards , took his seat amidst the flourish of trumpets . The subsequent proceedings were most harmonious , and the ladies having retired , the business of the evening was proceeded with . After the cloth was drawn , the noble earl proposed " The Queen and the Craft . "
The noble CHAIRMAN then proposed , " Albert , Prince of Wales , Prince Albert , and the rest of the Royal Family . " The next toast given by his lordship was the " Queen Dowager . " MARK MILBANKE , Esq ., then rose , and in a very neat speech , proposed the health of the "Earlof Zetland , G . M . of England , and P . G . M . for this province , " which toast was received with the most enthusiastic approbation . , THE NOBLE EARL then rose and said it gave him great pleasure to
meet so many of his Brethren upon this occasion . He believed it to be the largest provincial meeting ever held in this or any other county . . He was most happy to see the Craft in so flourishing a condition , arid he hoped the Brethren generally , and of the Minerva Lodge in particular , would be satisfied in the way he had attended to their recommendations respecting the part he had taken in procuring admission for the child of a member of that Lodge into the Royal Freemasons' Female Institution .
He could only exhort the different Lodges in the province to work with that Brotherly and kind feeling which has ever been an eminent characteristic of Masonry . In conclusion , he must express his heartfelt acknowledgments for the way in which he had been received by the members of the Craft in the town , and more especially to the W . M ., Officers , and Brethren of the Minerva , who had not only provided amply
but sumptuously for his entertainment . He should feel at all times a pleasure in attending to the wishes of the Brethren . The noble Earl then sat down amidst the most rapturous applause . The following toasts were then given— " M . Milbanke , Esq ., D . P . G . M . and the Officers of the province , " responded to by Bro . John Harland ; Esq ., P . G . J . W . ; " Joseph Iredale , Esq ., D . P . G . M , of Cumberland , and the Brethren of that province , " responded to by Bro . Iredale . The Rev . Bro . JAMES OSBOURNE DAKEYNE , P . G . S . W ., responded
in a speech replete with feeling . and eloquence , which we are' sorry , for the sake of our Masonic readers , we are unable to give . / Briefly lie adverted to the prejudices of many to Freemasonry , and expressed his sincere conviction that the science of Masonry was a most valuable adjunctand assistances religion , and ; morality , and he called on ; his Christian Brethren , whether of the Church . of England or of any other denomination , to assist in supporting the ancient ,. honourable , and-moral science . . The respectability of the Order , he believed , had never -been questioned by even its . most strenuous opposers , and he knew ,: and ., the Brethren knew , that men the most celebrated , in arts , in , arms , ; and in