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Metropolitan.
METROPOLITAN .
THE EMULATION LODGE OF IMPROVEMENT . — -The anniversary festival of this Lodge was held at the Freemasons' Tavern , Friday , Nov . 29 th , AV . Bro . Hervey , P . M ., presided on the occasion , and was supported by Bro . Fawcett , P . G . M . for Durham ; Bro . F . N . Beadon , P . J . G . W ., Bro . Potter , J . G . D ., Bro . Philipe , P . G . S . B ., Bro . Evans , P . G . S . B . ; and about seventy others , old and distinguished members of the Craft . The business of the eveningas previously announcedwas to have
, , been the first tracing boards , but owing to the indisposition of Bro . S . B . AVilson , who was unable to attend , the W . M . worked the third ceremony in his usual impressive manner . The Brethren then adjourned to the banquet , and after the pious memory of the late Bro . Peter Gilkes , the customary loyal toasts were drunk with the usual honours .
Bro . HERVEY then proposed the D . G . M . and the rest of the Grand Officers ; he observed how glad he was to see so many at the table ; how gratifying to the members of the Emulation Lodge , and more particularly how much he was indebted to them for their support on the occasion . Bro . FAWCETT , P . G . M . for Durham , returned thanks , expressing the great gratification it was to him to see so many Brethren attending the Emulation Lodgefeeling assured that the most learned in the art
, could never pass an evening in it without learning something . He sat down amidst loud cheers , thanking the Lodge on behalf of Lord Yarborough and the Grand Officers . Bro . FAWCETT then rose to propose a toast—a toast no doubt anticipated by the Lodge . No one could fail to observe the very high position held by the W . M . in the estimation of the Brethren , which from his own personal knowledgehe felt justified in saying he was perfectl
, y entitled to ; he ( Bro . Fawcett ) was in the habit of presiding at large assemblies of Masons in his own province , but he must say he never saw a numerous meeting such as this more unanimous in the good feeling which prevailed towards the W . M . ; he was delighted to see him in that honourable position , which he filled with so much credit to himself and satisfaction to the Lodge ; he concluded a very eloquent speech by proposing the health of the W . M . Bro . Hervey .
The AV . M . in returning thanks observed , how much pleasure it afforded him to see so many happy faces round the festive board , and trusted that he should live to see many such meetings of the Emulation Lodge ; with regard to the kind manner in which his health had been proposed , he would simply add , that at all times it afforded him the greatest pleasure to meet the wishes of the Lodge , and hoped they might never alter the opinion they entertained of him .
The AV . M . then proposed the Officers of the Lodge , and in so doing remarked he should be wanting in courtesy if he did not express his best thanks to Bro . Beadon , P . J . G . AV ., for the exceeding kind manner in which he accepted the office of S . W . for the evening , an office which up to the eleventh hour was considered engaged , but owing to unavoidable circumstances , the Brother who was to have filled it could not attend ; the Lodge was deeply indebted to Brother Beadon for his kindness in undertaking it , as likewise for the ability with
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Metropolitan.
METROPOLITAN .
THE EMULATION LODGE OF IMPROVEMENT . — -The anniversary festival of this Lodge was held at the Freemasons' Tavern , Friday , Nov . 29 th , AV . Bro . Hervey , P . M ., presided on the occasion , and was supported by Bro . Fawcett , P . G . M . for Durham ; Bro . F . N . Beadon , P . J . G . W ., Bro . Potter , J . G . D ., Bro . Philipe , P . G . S . B ., Bro . Evans , P . G . S . B . ; and about seventy others , old and distinguished members of the Craft . The business of the eveningas previously announcedwas to have
, , been the first tracing boards , but owing to the indisposition of Bro . S . B . AVilson , who was unable to attend , the W . M . worked the third ceremony in his usual impressive manner . The Brethren then adjourned to the banquet , and after the pious memory of the late Bro . Peter Gilkes , the customary loyal toasts were drunk with the usual honours .
Bro . HERVEY then proposed the D . G . M . and the rest of the Grand Officers ; he observed how glad he was to see so many at the table ; how gratifying to the members of the Emulation Lodge , and more particularly how much he was indebted to them for their support on the occasion . Bro . FAWCETT , P . G . M . for Durham , returned thanks , expressing the great gratification it was to him to see so many Brethren attending the Emulation Lodgefeeling assured that the most learned in the art
, could never pass an evening in it without learning something . He sat down amidst loud cheers , thanking the Lodge on behalf of Lord Yarborough and the Grand Officers . Bro . FAWCETT then rose to propose a toast—a toast no doubt anticipated by the Lodge . No one could fail to observe the very high position held by the W . M . in the estimation of the Brethren , which from his own personal knowledgehe felt justified in saying he was perfectl
, y entitled to ; he ( Bro . Fawcett ) was in the habit of presiding at large assemblies of Masons in his own province , but he must say he never saw a numerous meeting such as this more unanimous in the good feeling which prevailed towards the W . M . ; he was delighted to see him in that honourable position , which he filled with so much credit to himself and satisfaction to the Lodge ; he concluded a very eloquent speech by proposing the health of the W . M . Bro . Hervey .
The AV . M . in returning thanks observed , how much pleasure it afforded him to see so many happy faces round the festive board , and trusted that he should live to see many such meetings of the Emulation Lodge ; with regard to the kind manner in which his health had been proposed , he would simply add , that at all times it afforded him the greatest pleasure to meet the wishes of the Lodge , and hoped they might never alter the opinion they entertained of him .
The AV . M . then proposed the Officers of the Lodge , and in so doing remarked he should be wanting in courtesy if he did not express his best thanks to Bro . Beadon , P . J . G . AV ., for the exceeding kind manner in which he accepted the office of S . W . for the evening , an office which up to the eleventh hour was considered engaged , but owing to unavoidable circumstances , the Brother who was to have filled it could not attend ; the Lodge was deeply indebted to Brother Beadon for his kindness in undertaking it , as likewise for the ability with