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Provincial.
P . M . ; W . W . Way , P . M . ; Selby , P . M .: Hewitt , P . M . and P . Prov . S . G . W . ; Simmonds , P . M . ; Dangerfield ; Lieut . Martin , R . N . ; Lieut . Thomas , R . N . ; A . S . D . Harris ; Barrow ; W . Grant ; Lieut . Aubin ; Crook ; Rolph ; Dixon , P . M . ; M'Mullen ; Bamfield ; Miller . Phoenix Lodge , No . 319—Bros . Low , W . M . ; Minchin , P . M . ; White , P . M . ; Meadows , P . M . ; Scott , P . M . ; Savage , P . M . ; ltobb , P . M . ; WrefordP . M . ; Dr . WoolleyChaplain ; FordS . W .: Pineo
, , , , Secretary ; Heather , S . I ) . ; Woolven , J . 1 ) . ; Hay ; Perks ; Casher ; Martin ; Goble ; Sulivan ; Bridges ; Scaife ; Hon . P . Pellew ; Wood ; Byng ; Pappalardo ; Taylor ; Belgrave ; Bell ; Rathbone ; Knight ; Winkworth . Royal Sussex Lodge , No . 428—Bros . Palmer , W . M . ; Ogburn , P . M . ; Rastrick , P . M . ; Oakshot , P . M . ; Harrington , P . M . ; Slade ; H . Emanuel ; Bastable ; Smith ; Weeks ; Stephens ; Whittaker ; Madely ; Shotter . Portsmouth Lodge No . 717—Bros . SmithW . M . ;
, Cavander , P . M . ; Gait , P . M . ; Owen ; Mitchell ; J . J . Gait ; Sheppard ; Tibbitts ; Cavander ; Camwell ; Dreweatt ; Harrison ; Woods ; Bayley ; Batchelor ; Frost ; Lewis ; Hunt ; Hall ; Swaine ; Childs ; Norlan ; Snook . Previous to the Banquet the Brethren assembled in full Masonic orders , and a Lodge was opened ; after which the distinguished guest of the occasion appeared , and was ushered in with due Masonic formality
by the Director of Ceremonies and Stewards . The following address , beautifully engrossed on vellum , and emblematically illuminated , mounted on blue silk by the wife of the Hon . Secretary , was read by that officer and presented to Sir Charles : —
" MOST GALLANT SIR AND BEOTIIEU , —The Lodges of Free and Accepted Masons of the ancient borough of Portsmouth have this day assembled to greet you at a banquet , on your return from your high and honourable command in India—and they rejoice in having been allowed the privilege of thus manifesting their admiration for your character , and of testifying to you their fraternal regard and respect . " They are also desirous of expressing to you , in common with their
countrymen , the exalted opinion they have of your eminent abilities as a General , and of your wisdom and justice as a ruler . " They appreciate the results of your brilliant military achievements , and of your successful policy on the banks of the Indus , as having enhanced the glory and honour of our country , and extended her humanizing influence to another million of half-civilized beings . " They cannot forget to mark the patriotism and magnanimity you
displayed when the interests of this great empire appeared to be once more seriously threatened in the East . At that period , after six years of unremitting toil , amid the parching influence of a burning sky , you had retired to your native hearth , to repose awhile under the lam-els you bad gained by deeds of valour , which stamped your fame in the undying annals of the world , as that of one of the greatest Captains of the Age . The echo of a nation's welcome had scarcely died away , your plough had hardly traced its
first furrow in the sod , ere you were summoned , like the Cinchmatus of old , by the unanimous voice of your country , again to take the field . Though unrecruited in strength , and shaken by wounds earned and hallowed by the glory of Moore , you hastened to obey your Sovereign's will , and accepted the chief command of that army , a part of which you had so often led to victory . " After two more years of zealous devotion to the weal of the State in a
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Provincial.
P . M . ; W . W . Way , P . M . ; Selby , P . M .: Hewitt , P . M . and P . Prov . S . G . W . ; Simmonds , P . M . ; Dangerfield ; Lieut . Martin , R . N . ; Lieut . Thomas , R . N . ; A . S . D . Harris ; Barrow ; W . Grant ; Lieut . Aubin ; Crook ; Rolph ; Dixon , P . M . ; M'Mullen ; Bamfield ; Miller . Phoenix Lodge , No . 319—Bros . Low , W . M . ; Minchin , P . M . ; White , P . M . ; Meadows , P . M . ; Scott , P . M . ; Savage , P . M . ; ltobb , P . M . ; WrefordP . M . ; Dr . WoolleyChaplain ; FordS . W .: Pineo
, , , , Secretary ; Heather , S . I ) . ; Woolven , J . 1 ) . ; Hay ; Perks ; Casher ; Martin ; Goble ; Sulivan ; Bridges ; Scaife ; Hon . P . Pellew ; Wood ; Byng ; Pappalardo ; Taylor ; Belgrave ; Bell ; Rathbone ; Knight ; Winkworth . Royal Sussex Lodge , No . 428—Bros . Palmer , W . M . ; Ogburn , P . M . ; Rastrick , P . M . ; Oakshot , P . M . ; Harrington , P . M . ; Slade ; H . Emanuel ; Bastable ; Smith ; Weeks ; Stephens ; Whittaker ; Madely ; Shotter . Portsmouth Lodge No . 717—Bros . SmithW . M . ;
, Cavander , P . M . ; Gait , P . M . ; Owen ; Mitchell ; J . J . Gait ; Sheppard ; Tibbitts ; Cavander ; Camwell ; Dreweatt ; Harrison ; Woods ; Bayley ; Batchelor ; Frost ; Lewis ; Hunt ; Hall ; Swaine ; Childs ; Norlan ; Snook . Previous to the Banquet the Brethren assembled in full Masonic orders , and a Lodge was opened ; after which the distinguished guest of the occasion appeared , and was ushered in with due Masonic formality
by the Director of Ceremonies and Stewards . The following address , beautifully engrossed on vellum , and emblematically illuminated , mounted on blue silk by the wife of the Hon . Secretary , was read by that officer and presented to Sir Charles : —
" MOST GALLANT SIR AND BEOTIIEU , —The Lodges of Free and Accepted Masons of the ancient borough of Portsmouth have this day assembled to greet you at a banquet , on your return from your high and honourable command in India—and they rejoice in having been allowed the privilege of thus manifesting their admiration for your character , and of testifying to you their fraternal regard and respect . " They are also desirous of expressing to you , in common with their
countrymen , the exalted opinion they have of your eminent abilities as a General , and of your wisdom and justice as a ruler . " They appreciate the results of your brilliant military achievements , and of your successful policy on the banks of the Indus , as having enhanced the glory and honour of our country , and extended her humanizing influence to another million of half-civilized beings . " They cannot forget to mark the patriotism and magnanimity you
displayed when the interests of this great empire appeared to be once more seriously threatened in the East . At that period , after six years of unremitting toil , amid the parching influence of a burning sky , you had retired to your native hearth , to repose awhile under the lam-els you bad gained by deeds of valour , which stamped your fame in the undying annals of the world , as that of one of the greatest Captains of the Age . The echo of a nation's welcome had scarcely died away , your plough had hardly traced its
first furrow in the sod , ere you were summoned , like the Cinchmatus of old , by the unanimous voice of your country , again to take the field . Though unrecruited in strength , and shaken by wounds earned and hallowed by the glory of Moore , you hastened to obey your Sovereign's will , and accepted the chief command of that army , a part of which you had so often led to victory . " After two more years of zealous devotion to the weal of the State in a