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Metropolitan.
METROPOLITAN .
NEPTUNE LOOGE , No . 22 . —This Lodge held its usual meeting at the King ' s Head , Poultry , on the 10 th December . After the business of the evening , the Brethren and friends , amounting to twenty-four , sat down to a most excellent supper . The party was presided over by Bro . Feast , W . M ., who now retires ; Bro . Holden , W . M . Elect , acted as croupier . After the cloth was removed , the W . M ., in proposing the first toast of the evening , said : —
" Often as I have had the pleasure of proposing the first toast of our banquet , I have never given it with greater sincerity and gratification than on this , the last meeting of our Lodge for the year 1851 . Brethren , I would remind you , that the past has been a year of the greatest interest that has ever arisen in this country . The eyes of Europe ( to use a hackneyed phrase ) , have not only been upon ^ ' us , but the inhabitants of the whole world have been amongst us ; have seen our ways and mannersand I trust
, will have carried with them to their distant homes a better feeling for their fellow men , and a greater love for their improvement . Before this interesting period , no monarch has stood higher in the estimation of their subjects ' love and respect than the Queen of these realms ; and , during the year , her conduct on all occasions has been such as to win , if possible , a greater portion of respect from her people , tending to bind more closely that bond of affection which has been so happily kept between them , long may our
Queen be spared to reign over a free , happy , and intelligent people , and when the hour of death arrives , which fails not high or low , ( long and late may it be her ' s ) , may the virtues she possesses be handed down to her successor , and be nourished with the same care , tending to the happiness of the people , and to the high character of the sovereign . Without another word I therefore propose to you that toast which is always the first in a Mason ' s heart , and foremost on his tongue— " The Queen and the Craft . "
In giving the following toast , the W . M . thus prefaced it : — " The next toast , always interesting to Masons , as tending to shew their attachment and loyalty to the head of their Order , will , I hope , meet due reward at your hands . It was my pleasing duty to hear from our Most Worshipful Grand Master ' s own hps , at the last Grand Lodge , when he was again nominated for the Chair , ' that he considered he only held that high office at the pleasure of the majority of the Craftwho only had a
, right to dispose of it ; that if they considered age was creeping on him , and that the interest of the Fraternity in general would he better supported by a younger member of the Order , he would be perfectly satisfied to resign the power now vssted in him , contented and happy if by such change the welfare of the Society were strengthened or improved ; but that , while the power was ve 5 ted in him , and remained with him , nothing should be wanting on his part to support the honour , welfareand prosperity of the Craft and
, Brethren . ' Such , Brethren , were the sentiments of the Most Worshipful Grand Master ; and , while such sentiments are expressed by him openly and in full Lodge , so long must the members of that Grand Lodge and the Craft at large , feel respect personally for him , as their Master and their friend . "The Most Worshipful Grand Master , the Earl of Zetland . "
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Metropolitan.
METROPOLITAN .
NEPTUNE LOOGE , No . 22 . —This Lodge held its usual meeting at the King ' s Head , Poultry , on the 10 th December . After the business of the evening , the Brethren and friends , amounting to twenty-four , sat down to a most excellent supper . The party was presided over by Bro . Feast , W . M ., who now retires ; Bro . Holden , W . M . Elect , acted as croupier . After the cloth was removed , the W . M ., in proposing the first toast of the evening , said : —
" Often as I have had the pleasure of proposing the first toast of our banquet , I have never given it with greater sincerity and gratification than on this , the last meeting of our Lodge for the year 1851 . Brethren , I would remind you , that the past has been a year of the greatest interest that has ever arisen in this country . The eyes of Europe ( to use a hackneyed phrase ) , have not only been upon ^ ' us , but the inhabitants of the whole world have been amongst us ; have seen our ways and mannersand I trust
, will have carried with them to their distant homes a better feeling for their fellow men , and a greater love for their improvement . Before this interesting period , no monarch has stood higher in the estimation of their subjects ' love and respect than the Queen of these realms ; and , during the year , her conduct on all occasions has been such as to win , if possible , a greater portion of respect from her people , tending to bind more closely that bond of affection which has been so happily kept between them , long may our
Queen be spared to reign over a free , happy , and intelligent people , and when the hour of death arrives , which fails not high or low , ( long and late may it be her ' s ) , may the virtues she possesses be handed down to her successor , and be nourished with the same care , tending to the happiness of the people , and to the high character of the sovereign . Without another word I therefore propose to you that toast which is always the first in a Mason ' s heart , and foremost on his tongue— " The Queen and the Craft . "
In giving the following toast , the W . M . thus prefaced it : — " The next toast , always interesting to Masons , as tending to shew their attachment and loyalty to the head of their Order , will , I hope , meet due reward at your hands . It was my pleasing duty to hear from our Most Worshipful Grand Master ' s own hps , at the last Grand Lodge , when he was again nominated for the Chair , ' that he considered he only held that high office at the pleasure of the majority of the Craftwho only had a
, right to dispose of it ; that if they considered age was creeping on him , and that the interest of the Fraternity in general would he better supported by a younger member of the Order , he would be perfectly satisfied to resign the power now vssted in him , contented and happy if by such change the welfare of the Society were strengthened or improved ; but that , while the power was ve 5 ted in him , and remained with him , nothing should be wanting on his part to support the honour , welfareand prosperity of the Craft and
, Brethren . ' Such , Brethren , were the sentiments of the Most Worshipful Grand Master ; and , while such sentiments are expressed by him openly and in full Lodge , so long must the members of that Grand Lodge and the Craft at large , feel respect personally for him , as their Master and their friend . "The Most Worshipful Grand Master , the Earl of Zetland . "