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Provincial.
Bro . PALMER , W . M ., returned thanks . Bro . OGBURN , P . M ., and P . J . G . W ; proposed " the Worshipful Master of 717 . " ( Applause . ) Bro . SUTTON , W . M ., returned thanks . Bro . SCOTT , P . M ., proposed " Lady Napier and the Ladies , " which was drunk with enthusiasm . Bro . Gen . Sir C . J . NAPIER returned thanks for this toastand
, expressed his sorrow that some of the ladies of Portsmouth were not then present . He said he was rather -of the opinion of Pericles— " the less women are spoken about the more they are cherished . " With regard to Lady Napier , she followed him to India , and he had great difficulty in keeping her from the field of battle . Therefore he'd say no more about her , as he felt it to be a topic , of which he could not trust himself to speak .
Bro . ^ SMITH , NO . 428 , proposed "the W . M . of No . 1 ( the Grand Master ' s Lodge ) , and the other visiting Worshipful Masters . " Bro . HARRIS responded . Bro . WHITE , P . M ., and P . Prov . S . G . W ., proposed " the visiting Brethren who have honoured the banquet on the present occasion . " Bro . RANGER returned thanks . Bro . CAVANDER P . M . and Treasurerproposed" To all poor and
, , , , distressed Masons , wherever dispersed throughout the globe , " which was duly honoured . Sir Charles Napier and some other Brethren here left , but a large party kept up the conviviality of the evening for some time longer , still under the chairmanship of Bro . Lord George Leunox .
JERSEY . —On the 15 th October , the Free and Accepted Masons of the Province of Jersey held a Prov . Grand Lodge , at the Queen ' s Assembly-rooms , Belmont-street , for the transaction of general business , after which the R . W . Prov . G . M ., J . J . Hammond , proceeded with the very interesting and solemn ceremonial of consecrating a new Lodge , La Cesaree , No . 860 , of which Bro , J . T . Du Jardin has been chosen W . M . for the ensuing year . The annual Masonic banquet was
afterwards held , at which upwards of eighty Brethren were present . The following toasts were given from the chair by Bro . J . J . Hammond , R . W . Prov . G . M ., each introduced with appropriate remarks : — " The Queen and the Craft ; " " Prince Albert , the Prince of Wales , and the rest of the royal family ; " " The M . W . G . M . of England , the Earl of Zetland ; " " The Dep . G . M . of England , the Earl of Yarborough , and the Officers of the Grand Lodge . "
The health of the R . W . Prov . G . M . was proposed by Bro . Harding , and in returning thanks , Bro . HAMMOND addressed the Brethren to the following effect : —Allow me , my worthy and worshipful friend and Brother , to return you my sincere and heartfelt thanks for the very kind and flattering manner you have , on this as on every other occasion spoken of me when prefacing the toast which you , Brethren , have on al occasions responded to in so gratifying and fraternal a manner . But I am
afraid that that manifestation must be attributed more to personal feelings entertained towards me , than either to the exertions I may have used , or the abilities I possess in presiding over the Craft in this province . If my exertions have met with your approval , the warm and kind manner in which you have responded to the call of the Deputy Provincial Grand Master will be a still greater stimulant , a greater spur , aided and assisted
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Provincial.
Bro . PALMER , W . M ., returned thanks . Bro . OGBURN , P . M ., and P . J . G . W ; proposed " the Worshipful Master of 717 . " ( Applause . ) Bro . SUTTON , W . M ., returned thanks . Bro . SCOTT , P . M ., proposed " Lady Napier and the Ladies , " which was drunk with enthusiasm . Bro . Gen . Sir C . J . NAPIER returned thanks for this toastand
, expressed his sorrow that some of the ladies of Portsmouth were not then present . He said he was rather -of the opinion of Pericles— " the less women are spoken about the more they are cherished . " With regard to Lady Napier , she followed him to India , and he had great difficulty in keeping her from the field of battle . Therefore he'd say no more about her , as he felt it to be a topic , of which he could not trust himself to speak .
Bro . ^ SMITH , NO . 428 , proposed "the W . M . of No . 1 ( the Grand Master ' s Lodge ) , and the other visiting Worshipful Masters . " Bro . HARRIS responded . Bro . WHITE , P . M ., and P . Prov . S . G . W ., proposed " the visiting Brethren who have honoured the banquet on the present occasion . " Bro . RANGER returned thanks . Bro . CAVANDER P . M . and Treasurerproposed" To all poor and
, , , , distressed Masons , wherever dispersed throughout the globe , " which was duly honoured . Sir Charles Napier and some other Brethren here left , but a large party kept up the conviviality of the evening for some time longer , still under the chairmanship of Bro . Lord George Leunox .
JERSEY . —On the 15 th October , the Free and Accepted Masons of the Province of Jersey held a Prov . Grand Lodge , at the Queen ' s Assembly-rooms , Belmont-street , for the transaction of general business , after which the R . W . Prov . G . M ., J . J . Hammond , proceeded with the very interesting and solemn ceremonial of consecrating a new Lodge , La Cesaree , No . 860 , of which Bro , J . T . Du Jardin has been chosen W . M . for the ensuing year . The annual Masonic banquet was
afterwards held , at which upwards of eighty Brethren were present . The following toasts were given from the chair by Bro . J . J . Hammond , R . W . Prov . G . M ., each introduced with appropriate remarks : — " The Queen and the Craft ; " " Prince Albert , the Prince of Wales , and the rest of the royal family ; " " The M . W . G . M . of England , the Earl of Zetland ; " " The Dep . G . M . of England , the Earl of Yarborough , and the Officers of the Grand Lodge . "
The health of the R . W . Prov . G . M . was proposed by Bro . Harding , and in returning thanks , Bro . HAMMOND addressed the Brethren to the following effect : —Allow me , my worthy and worshipful friend and Brother , to return you my sincere and heartfelt thanks for the very kind and flattering manner you have , on this as on every other occasion spoken of me when prefacing the toast which you , Brethren , have on al occasions responded to in so gratifying and fraternal a manner . But I am
afraid that that manifestation must be attributed more to personal feelings entertained towards me , than either to the exertions I may have used , or the abilities I possess in presiding over the Craft in this province . If my exertions have met with your approval , the warm and kind manner in which you have responded to the call of the Deputy Provincial Grand Master will be a still greater stimulant , a greater spur , aided and assisted