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Colonial.
ceremonial . The Herald having then proclaimed the E . Commander , exacted allegiance from the several Knights of the Order , in accustomed form . The Herald having returned to his post , the second purpose of the meeting was commenced . The Aides-de-Camp having advanced , the AVork-box , preceded by them , and borne hy Sir Knight R . P . Chapman , supported on either side by the Captains , and followed by the banner bearers , Sir Knights St . G . B . Crozier and J . Sammut , was carried to the East , when Mrs .
Moore supported by her husband advanced , and the box was presented , with an appropriate address from Sir Knight AVinthrop , followed by a few sentences by Sir Knight Goodenough , the 1 st and 2 nd Captains . The ceremony being concluded the camp was closed , in the accustomed solemn order ; and so impressive was the whole proceeding that many an eye was seen dimmed on the occasion . The Camp having been closed , the doors of the refreshment rooms were thrown open , and a dejeuner was offered , at which the rarest and most
luxuriant viands of the season were provided . The following was the order of the toasts , which we may at once say were introduced with a remarkable degree of good feeling and correct taste , and responded to as the subjects merited . " The Queen , " by Sir Knight Moore ; " Mrs . Moore , " by Sir Knight Goodenough ; "Sir Knight Capt . Moore , " by Sir Knight AVinthrop ; " The Ladies , " hy Sir Knight Rev . S . Robson—Sir Knights Chapman and Somerville severally addressed the body in replfor the ladies ; " The Army and Navy" bSir Kniht STucker
y , y g . —Sir Knight Bathurst , R . N ., and Sir Knight Green , 44 th Regiment , returned appropriate thanks ; " Prosperity to the Order , " Sir Knight Somerville . The light of joy having been extinguished by the departure of the fair at half-past four o ' clock , darkness rapidly succeeded , until in the evening , the Order re-assembled , to discuss matters most intimately connected with their own good selves . The band of the 44 th Regimentthrough the kindness of Lieut .-Colonel
, Spencer , was in attendance . The music that intervened between the toasts , and which consisted of several appropriate airs , was soft and gentle : the men were obliging and polite ; and their deportment throughout the enlivening events of the day , was every thing the most fastidious could have wished .
America.
AMERICA .
Extracts from an address delivered by C . T . Bond , at an anniversary meeting of Joseph AVarren Lodge , No . 71 , of the state of Mississippi : — . At the building of King Solomon ' s temple operative Masonry was carried to the highest degree of perfection . When the last tinsel was given to the glittering dome that crowed that magnificent edifice , the assembled multitude rent the air with their bust of applause in honour to him who was its founder ; it stood long after the splendour of the Jewish capitallike the
, sun in the great dome of heaven , the nation ' s glory and the nation's pride , the purest monument of art , and the noblest specimen of architectural grandeur . But at the erection of this admirable temple , the foundation of another institution was laid which was destined to last when the material building should have long mouldered into ruins . At the building of Solo-
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Colonial.
ceremonial . The Herald having then proclaimed the E . Commander , exacted allegiance from the several Knights of the Order , in accustomed form . The Herald having returned to his post , the second purpose of the meeting was commenced . The Aides-de-Camp having advanced , the AVork-box , preceded by them , and borne hy Sir Knight R . P . Chapman , supported on either side by the Captains , and followed by the banner bearers , Sir Knights St . G . B . Crozier and J . Sammut , was carried to the East , when Mrs .
Moore supported by her husband advanced , and the box was presented , with an appropriate address from Sir Knight AVinthrop , followed by a few sentences by Sir Knight Goodenough , the 1 st and 2 nd Captains . The ceremony being concluded the camp was closed , in the accustomed solemn order ; and so impressive was the whole proceeding that many an eye was seen dimmed on the occasion . The Camp having been closed , the doors of the refreshment rooms were thrown open , and a dejeuner was offered , at which the rarest and most
luxuriant viands of the season were provided . The following was the order of the toasts , which we may at once say were introduced with a remarkable degree of good feeling and correct taste , and responded to as the subjects merited . " The Queen , " by Sir Knight Moore ; " Mrs . Moore , " by Sir Knight Goodenough ; "Sir Knight Capt . Moore , " by Sir Knight AVinthrop ; " The Ladies , " hy Sir Knight Rev . S . Robson—Sir Knights Chapman and Somerville severally addressed the body in replfor the ladies ; " The Army and Navy" bSir Kniht STucker
y , y g . —Sir Knight Bathurst , R . N ., and Sir Knight Green , 44 th Regiment , returned appropriate thanks ; " Prosperity to the Order , " Sir Knight Somerville . The light of joy having been extinguished by the departure of the fair at half-past four o ' clock , darkness rapidly succeeded , until in the evening , the Order re-assembled , to discuss matters most intimately connected with their own good selves . The band of the 44 th Regimentthrough the kindness of Lieut .-Colonel
, Spencer , was in attendance . The music that intervened between the toasts , and which consisted of several appropriate airs , was soft and gentle : the men were obliging and polite ; and their deportment throughout the enlivening events of the day , was every thing the most fastidious could have wished .
America.
AMERICA .
Extracts from an address delivered by C . T . Bond , at an anniversary meeting of Joseph AVarren Lodge , No . 71 , of the state of Mississippi : — . At the building of King Solomon ' s temple operative Masonry was carried to the highest degree of perfection . When the last tinsel was given to the glittering dome that crowed that magnificent edifice , the assembled multitude rent the air with their bust of applause in honour to him who was its founder ; it stood long after the splendour of the Jewish capitallike the
, sun in the great dome of heaven , the nation ' s glory and the nation's pride , the purest monument of art , and the noblest specimen of architectural grandeur . But at the erection of this admirable temple , the foundation of another institution was laid which was destined to last when the material building should have long mouldered into ruins . At the building of Solo-