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The ' 33rd Degree Foe England And Wales , And The Dependencies Of The British Crown.
Degree ; George Bishop , 30 th Degree ; the Eminent Bro . Finch , 18 th Degree : and a great many other distinguished members of the Ineffable and Sublime Degrees ; no one under the rank of the 18 th Degree ( Rose Croix ) being admitted to the Convocation . Degrees were conferred on Brethren who had passed through the lower degrees of the Order . After the Convocation was closedthe Most Puissant Commander
, presided at a banquet provided by a board of Stewards , of which the III . Bro . Col . Vernon was President , and the 111 . Bro . Stephen Henry Lee , Vice-President . On the cloth being cleared , after the usual loyal and national toasts , the Most Puissant Commander proposed the health of "the M . P . Commander the Duke of Leinsterand the Members of the
, Supreme Council of the 33 rd Degree for Ireland , " which was acacknowledged by the Grand Chancellor of the Order for Ireland , Alderman Hoyte , in a speech that was loudly applauded by the Brethren . " The M . P . Commander , the Duke of Atholl , and the Members of the Supreme Council for Scotland . "
The Hon . A . F . JOCELYN returned thanks in a most eloquent and interesting speech , in which he sketched the advantages that had resulted from Freemasonry within his personal knowledge ; and shewing that political and sectarian asperity had been much
softened by the healing balm that had been poured into society by the fraternal principles inculcated by the Order . The M . P . Commander then gave the healths of " the Commanders and Members of the two Supreme Councils of the United States of America—that for the Northern Division at New York , and that for the Southern Division at Carolina . " The next toast proposed was the health of " the M . P . Commander
in the chair , Dr . Leeson , " which was received with great cheering . The Grand Chancellor for Ireland then proposed the health of " the Grand Treasurer of the Order , Henry Udall , " and thanks to him for the trouble he had taken in getting together the meeting ; which was duly acknowledged . There were a great number of other toastsand several speeches of much Masonic interestwhich our
, , limits prevent us giving ; two of the most interesting of which were those of Col . Chatterton ( the Member for Cork ) , and Sir Chas . Fergusson Forbes , Bart . Col . Chatterton related some incidents that had happened during his distinguished career , of great kindness shown personally to himself when wounded and disabled in the country of the enemy ; for that directlit was ascertained he was
y a Freemason , the best rooms were placed at his disposal , and every comfort was shown to him that could be afforded by the family of his foreign Brother . Sir Charles Fergusson Forbes , Bart ., related that , during his service in the Peninsula , the lives of English prisoners had been spared and money advances had been made to get
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The ' 33rd Degree Foe England And Wales , And The Dependencies Of The British Crown.
Degree ; George Bishop , 30 th Degree ; the Eminent Bro . Finch , 18 th Degree : and a great many other distinguished members of the Ineffable and Sublime Degrees ; no one under the rank of the 18 th Degree ( Rose Croix ) being admitted to the Convocation . Degrees were conferred on Brethren who had passed through the lower degrees of the Order . After the Convocation was closedthe Most Puissant Commander
, presided at a banquet provided by a board of Stewards , of which the III . Bro . Col . Vernon was President , and the 111 . Bro . Stephen Henry Lee , Vice-President . On the cloth being cleared , after the usual loyal and national toasts , the Most Puissant Commander proposed the health of "the M . P . Commander the Duke of Leinsterand the Members of the
, Supreme Council of the 33 rd Degree for Ireland , " which was acacknowledged by the Grand Chancellor of the Order for Ireland , Alderman Hoyte , in a speech that was loudly applauded by the Brethren . " The M . P . Commander , the Duke of Atholl , and the Members of the Supreme Council for Scotland . "
The Hon . A . F . JOCELYN returned thanks in a most eloquent and interesting speech , in which he sketched the advantages that had resulted from Freemasonry within his personal knowledge ; and shewing that political and sectarian asperity had been much
softened by the healing balm that had been poured into society by the fraternal principles inculcated by the Order . The M . P . Commander then gave the healths of " the Commanders and Members of the two Supreme Councils of the United States of America—that for the Northern Division at New York , and that for the Southern Division at Carolina . " The next toast proposed was the health of " the M . P . Commander
in the chair , Dr . Leeson , " which was received with great cheering . The Grand Chancellor for Ireland then proposed the health of " the Grand Treasurer of the Order , Henry Udall , " and thanks to him for the trouble he had taken in getting together the meeting ; which was duly acknowledged . There were a great number of other toastsand several speeches of much Masonic interestwhich our
, , limits prevent us giving ; two of the most interesting of which were those of Col . Chatterton ( the Member for Cork ) , and Sir Chas . Fergusson Forbes , Bart . Col . Chatterton related some incidents that had happened during his distinguished career , of great kindness shown personally to himself when wounded and disabled in the country of the enemy ; for that directlit was ascertained he was
y a Freemason , the best rooms were placed at his disposal , and every comfort was shown to him that could be afforded by the family of his foreign Brother . Sir Charles Fergusson Forbes , Bart ., related that , during his service in the Peninsula , the lives of English prisoners had been spared and money advances had been made to get