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Centenary Festival Of The Domatic Chapter, No. 177.
which had attended their past efforts , and hoped it would be their object in the future to sustain it , and that they would have the same success as in the past . With the toast he coupled the name of Comp . C . A . Cottebrune , P . Z ., Scribe E . Comp . COTTEBRUNE , in acknowledging the toast , said that to a certain extent he felt he was quite unable to answer the very high eulogium passed nim tneir
on oy very distinguished companion . However , he wished that one of their companions—a very highly esteemed one—would have been able to be amongst them , but , unfortunately , he was not able , through infirmity—it was their old friend , Comp . Buss . Comp . Buss was a member of that chapter some years before him ( Comp . Cottebrune ) , and they worked together up to the time when he was called upon to take Comp . Buss ' s senior
place as memoer and also as acriDe i \ . ot the chapter . He felt that a very high responsibility was falling on his shoulders , and he was not going to tell them a secret , because , no doubt , they were all aware of it already , that , being a foreigner , especially , he thought it was a great undertaking on his part to take the position of Scribe of such a distinguished chapter ; but knowing it vvas his mother chapter , and passing the chair , he thought , in 18 C 4 , it was his duty to endeavour lo do the best he could for the chapter ,
and his companions had very kindly re-elected him from year to year . He vvas pleased to a certain extent , and he certainly felt highly honoured , lhat they had conferred upon him that position for so long . The Domatic Chapter had always been to his heart very dear indeed . There he was exalted , and there he had found many very good friends . He had endeavoured at all times to be perfect—not always perhaps successfullybut to be in the estimation of all the members of the chapter .
Comp . E . LETCHWORTH , Grand Scribe E ., proposed " The M . E . Z ., Comp . John Hattersley . " He extremely regretted that he had been unable to be present at the time when Comp . Hattersley was installed in the chair which he thought he would so worthily fill . He was told that Comp . Hattersley was a child of the lodge to which this chapter was attached , that he had gone through all the offices , that he had risen to the highest position
in tne looge , and now ne took the highest position he could in the chapter . He most heartily congratulated Comp . Hattersley on occupying that position , and he also congratulated the companions on being presided over by one so distinguished . During its centenary year the chapter had been presided over by Comp . Price , whose exertions on behalf of thp chanteras
, well as in obtaining its centenary warrant , the companions all acknowledged , But he ( Comp . Letchworth ) had novv to do with Comp . Hattersley , and he wished him a very happy year of office , feeling sure that during his rule he would carry out the objects of the Order in a manner worthy in every respect of the grand traditions which this chapter inherited .
Comp . HATTERSLEY , in acknowledging the toast , which was drunk with great fervour , said he felt proud indeed to be M . E . Z . of a chapter like the Domatic Chapter , and especially in a year when they celebrated such an eventful career as the centenary of the chapter . He was more than pleased and delighted to see the company of visitors they had around them that evening , and he hoped that one and all had enjoyed themselves . On
behalf of the chapter he offered them a kind reception . Through his year of office he should be p leased to carry out all the duties that appertained to the M . E . Z . in the chair . He would endeavour to do them to the best of his ability , and he felt certain that all the officers under him would carry out the old traditions the chapter was noted for . He thanked all the companions for their good wishes . But before he sat down he would liko tn nrp ^ nr
the Past Principal , Comp . H . N . Price , with the P . Z . jewel of the chapter . The companions knew the good qualities of their Immediate Past Principal , and most companions in London who knew Royal Arch Masonry also knew the good qualities of Comp . Price . Comp . Price took great interest in his work ; he was always pleased to lend a hel ping hand to those who were going into office , and to promote the interests of Royal Arch Masonry in general . It was with great pleasure he presented Comp . Price with thc I . / .. s iewel : it \ v . i «; nnp vvhirl-i thn / -finninr U ^ A intrr ... «« : « ,... ir »« Un ...
specially made for him on that occasion , because of his working , and the time he had taken in proving the links lhat were required in establishing the centenary of the chapter . But not only had Comp . Price done his work thoroughly and well , but the members of the chapter had appreciated his good service . Comp . Price had felt within himself that he would not like to have all the honours thrust upon him , and he had asked the members of the chapter when he heard they were likely to make some concessions towards
himsclt—which they felt they were bound to make—for bringing out all these facts , that he asked them to let the honours be extended to his wife . 1 herefore he then asked Comp . Price to allow him to present to him , for 'Mrs . Price , a very handsome dress ring , which the members of the chapter look upon themselves to purchase for the purpose of presenting to their - ¦ --. ^ - _ - .. _ . » Bv * »** *« | ^ V ^ WW « Ml Vb'V ^ IILlllC : * . * - » f I V * ll Immediate Past
Principal ' s wife . On behalf of thc members of thc chapter , he ( Comp . Hattersley ) took it as a great privilege and honour to ask Comp , 1 rice to accept from thc members of the chapter , for Mrs . Price , that present . Comp . Price had expressed his good wishes with his wife not only •o that chapter but to other lodges and chapters he was connected vvith throughout England . Whenever there had been a ladies' day Comp . Price
i' » d his wife had always been to the fore , and therefore the companions "oped that that combination between the two would continue for many years lo come . Again , on behalf of the companions of the chapter he wished Comn . Price and his wife many long years of happiness and enjoyment , and he hoped they would be with the companions in their outings , not only | n the Royal Arch , but in the Craft . He hoped Comp . Price would accept ie ring as an expression of the good feeling of thc members of the chapter towards him and his wife .
] .. , P * H . N . PRICK , I . P . Z ., in accepting the gift , after the companions wa warml y received the toast , said it afforded him a very great amount of p casure and pride to be able to respond to the very enthusiastic manner "e toast had met with , which had been so kindly proposed by Comp . e n * i > * He had to thank Comp . Hattersley for many things , and more pecialiy for allowing him to occupy thc position of president on that
f •Ul course it had been known to the companions that during his chT ? ^ CC he had becn ablc l 0 P , rovc l ' continuous working of that cffo | * u . years * * ' companions considered , as a reward for his ow " at direction , l ' ' would be a compliment to him to allow him to tn \?* » . P 0 Sltl 0 r > of Chairman that evening that he might be able to add
Pan lason ) c record , that hc had thc honour of presiding over the comas iVn- l'lc . ° ccasion of the chapter completing its centenary , and also s 'neul- ^' . during the 100 th year . The companions would say it was a the coincidence that they would scarcely hear of at any time , where Com ? , companion or brother had occupied those two positions . t 0 | 1 P" . Hattersley had offered him the greatest compliment anj Panion could offer him ; but it had been one of his
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great wishes for many years to occupy that position . And he was pleased to find that the companions received Comp . Hattersley ' s sacrifice in not allowing himself the pleasure to preside . However , he wished publicly to convey to Comp . Hattersley his most sincere and hearty thanks for his great kindness and self-denial . With respect to the centenary charter , he worked very hard for it , and at one time he was afraid he should not be able to prove
continuous working , but on application to Grand Chapter they acknowledged from 1793 to the present day in order to prove the continuous working they had a break from 1797 till 1805 , and they informed him in a melancholy manner they did not want to discourage him , but they were afraid it was a gap he could not bridge over . However , having been Master of the Domatic Lodge , and taking up the whole of the records for 1806 , for the
purpose of giving Bro . George Blizard Abbott the minutes for getting up a history of the Domatic Lodge , he was able to refer to them , and by those very books he was able , fortunately , to bridge over that gap , as in the gap there was shown a Royal Arch Chapter which sent to the lodge to attend a meeting of delegates . He was enabled to do this successfully , and he was told by the G . S . E . that the chapter was entitled to a warrant . The
Committee of General Purposes were pleased to recommend at the meeting of Grand Chapter in February that the chapter should have a centenary warrant , and Grand Chapter confirmed it . He had drawn up a history of the chapter , and Comp . Sadler recommended him to have it printed , but unfortunately it vvas too late to be given to the companions at that meeting , but they would have it afterwards . Hc would , however , call attention to a few
facts in the matter o ! thc minutes from 1 S 45 . Comp . Buss made a memorandum in the books that he had applied to the widow of Comp . Child , G . S . E ., but he ( Comp . Price ) fancied Comp . Child never had the books at all , but they belonged to Comp . Seton , who was Scribe for 10 or II years . Evidently there was a little unpleasantness because he was elected to the position of Scribe E ., but he did not come up al the installation—not in consequence of illness—therefore the minutes , so far as
the election was concerned , were not confirmed . On account of that unpleasantness , therefore , thc books might never have been in his possession . In 1846 they found Comp . Scton proposed a vote of thanks to Comp . Block , a very old Past Principal , who had filled the position of M . E . Z . twice . He vvas some 29 years in the chapter , and it was accorded to him , and also unanimously , a jewel was given to him for his services . In 1 849 he was elected a third time to the chair , ln March , 1857 , he was elected Janitor , which position he occupied eight years . Comp .
COMP . HARRY XKIiSOJf PltlL'K , I . P . Z . Price added that hc did not wish to tire the companions by going through that history , but in respect to their dear old friend , Comp . Buss , most of them were proud to bc able to know him , and those who were not fortunate enough to know him would know his worth . He was exalted in that chapter in 1851 , and became M . E . Z .
He was Scribe E . and Treasurer after a time , until unfortunately he had to retire on account of infirmity . Thc companions best wishes vvere with Comp . Buss , and they trusted he would still live to be an ornament to Royal Arch Masonry . . Then they came to their dear old friend , Comp . Cottebrune . During his year intimation came warning the companions of the place they were meeting in . In consequence of a spurious lodge being held there they
went away . Then there was Comp . George Everett , P . G . Ireas ., he became a joining member , and and in 1880 he was Principal , and like all of the Principals , did his work thoroughly . Hc would not go further for fear of wearying thc companions , but he had to thank them sincerely for the exceedingly kind manner in which they had added to the value of the P . Z . 'a
jewel they had presented to him by the gift of a ring to his wife . On her behalf also he wished to express his most sincere thanks for the honour they had done her . It vvas a present she would always value . In giving the toast of " Thc H . and J ., " the M . E . Z . said it must always bc satisfactory to an M . E . / .. to have excellent officers , and both the H . and J . were an ornament lo Freemasonry .
Comp . HATTERSLEY , H ., replying , said hc should content hnnsell and p lease the companions with a very few short remarks . Every one must feel it an honour to be a member of that chapter , especially as it held high rank . It was very pleasant for a member to look back to days gone by and see what position he had held . The companions had that night drunk the health of thc H . and J . most heartily , and the M . E . Z . had proposed it Vi a most genial manner . " For himself he thanked the companions most sincerely .
Comp . BAILEY , J ., added that he hoped lo prove by his actions that he would fullil the dulics of the chair to which the members had elected him . He knew that if hc did so it would be to his own credit . Comp . GiroRCE EVERETT , P . Z ., P . G . T ., said the duty had becn , delegated to him ol submitting to the companions the next toast . They were
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Centenary Festival Of The Domatic Chapter, No. 177.
which had attended their past efforts , and hoped it would be their object in the future to sustain it , and that they would have the same success as in the past . With the toast he coupled the name of Comp . C . A . Cottebrune , P . Z ., Scribe E . Comp . COTTEBRUNE , in acknowledging the toast , said that to a certain extent he felt he was quite unable to answer the very high eulogium passed nim tneir
on oy very distinguished companion . However , he wished that one of their companions—a very highly esteemed one—would have been able to be amongst them , but , unfortunately , he was not able , through infirmity—it was their old friend , Comp . Buss . Comp . Buss was a member of that chapter some years before him ( Comp . Cottebrune ) , and they worked together up to the time when he was called upon to take Comp . Buss ' s senior
place as memoer and also as acriDe i \ . ot the chapter . He felt that a very high responsibility was falling on his shoulders , and he was not going to tell them a secret , because , no doubt , they were all aware of it already , that , being a foreigner , especially , he thought it was a great undertaking on his part to take the position of Scribe of such a distinguished chapter ; but knowing it vvas his mother chapter , and passing the chair , he thought , in 18 C 4 , it was his duty to endeavour lo do the best he could for the chapter ,
and his companions had very kindly re-elected him from year to year . He vvas pleased to a certain extent , and he certainly felt highly honoured , lhat they had conferred upon him that position for so long . The Domatic Chapter had always been to his heart very dear indeed . There he was exalted , and there he had found many very good friends . He had endeavoured at all times to be perfect—not always perhaps successfullybut to be in the estimation of all the members of the chapter .
Comp . E . LETCHWORTH , Grand Scribe E ., proposed " The M . E . Z ., Comp . John Hattersley . " He extremely regretted that he had been unable to be present at the time when Comp . Hattersley was installed in the chair which he thought he would so worthily fill . He was told that Comp . Hattersley was a child of the lodge to which this chapter was attached , that he had gone through all the offices , that he had risen to the highest position
in tne looge , and now ne took the highest position he could in the chapter . He most heartily congratulated Comp . Hattersley on occupying that position , and he also congratulated the companions on being presided over by one so distinguished . During its centenary year the chapter had been presided over by Comp . Price , whose exertions on behalf of thp chanteras
, well as in obtaining its centenary warrant , the companions all acknowledged , But he ( Comp . Letchworth ) had novv to do with Comp . Hattersley , and he wished him a very happy year of office , feeling sure that during his rule he would carry out the objects of the Order in a manner worthy in every respect of the grand traditions which this chapter inherited .
Comp . HATTERSLEY , in acknowledging the toast , which was drunk with great fervour , said he felt proud indeed to be M . E . Z . of a chapter like the Domatic Chapter , and especially in a year when they celebrated such an eventful career as the centenary of the chapter . He was more than pleased and delighted to see the company of visitors they had around them that evening , and he hoped that one and all had enjoyed themselves . On
behalf of the chapter he offered them a kind reception . Through his year of office he should be p leased to carry out all the duties that appertained to the M . E . Z . in the chair . He would endeavour to do them to the best of his ability , and he felt certain that all the officers under him would carry out the old traditions the chapter was noted for . He thanked all the companions for their good wishes . But before he sat down he would liko tn nrp ^ nr
the Past Principal , Comp . H . N . Price , with the P . Z . jewel of the chapter . The companions knew the good qualities of their Immediate Past Principal , and most companions in London who knew Royal Arch Masonry also knew the good qualities of Comp . Price . Comp . Price took great interest in his work ; he was always pleased to lend a hel ping hand to those who were going into office , and to promote the interests of Royal Arch Masonry in general . It was with great pleasure he presented Comp . Price with thc I . / .. s iewel : it \ v . i «; nnp vvhirl-i thn / -finninr U ^ A intrr ... «« : « ,... ir »« Un ...
specially made for him on that occasion , because of his working , and the time he had taken in proving the links lhat were required in establishing the centenary of the chapter . But not only had Comp . Price done his work thoroughly and well , but the members of the chapter had appreciated his good service . Comp . Price had felt within himself that he would not like to have all the honours thrust upon him , and he had asked the members of the chapter when he heard they were likely to make some concessions towards
himsclt—which they felt they were bound to make—for bringing out all these facts , that he asked them to let the honours be extended to his wife . 1 herefore he then asked Comp . Price to allow him to present to him , for 'Mrs . Price , a very handsome dress ring , which the members of the chapter look upon themselves to purchase for the purpose of presenting to their - ¦ --. ^ - _ - .. _ . » Bv * »** *« | ^ V ^ WW « Ml Vb'V ^ IILlllC : * . * - » f I V * ll Immediate Past
Principal ' s wife . On behalf of thc members of thc chapter , he ( Comp . Hattersley ) took it as a great privilege and honour to ask Comp , 1 rice to accept from thc members of the chapter , for Mrs . Price , that present . Comp . Price had expressed his good wishes with his wife not only •o that chapter but to other lodges and chapters he was connected vvith throughout England . Whenever there had been a ladies' day Comp . Price
i' » d his wife had always been to the fore , and therefore the companions "oped that that combination between the two would continue for many years lo come . Again , on behalf of the companions of the chapter he wished Comn . Price and his wife many long years of happiness and enjoyment , and he hoped they would be with the companions in their outings , not only | n the Royal Arch , but in the Craft . He hoped Comp . Price would accept ie ring as an expression of the good feeling of thc members of the chapter towards him and his wife .
] .. , P * H . N . PRICK , I . P . Z ., in accepting the gift , after the companions wa warml y received the toast , said it afforded him a very great amount of p casure and pride to be able to respond to the very enthusiastic manner "e toast had met with , which had been so kindly proposed by Comp . e n * i > * He had to thank Comp . Hattersley for many things , and more pecialiy for allowing him to occupy thc position of president on that
f •Ul course it had been known to the companions that during his chT ? ^ CC he had becn ablc l 0 P , rovc l ' continuous working of that cffo | * u . years * * ' companions considered , as a reward for his ow " at direction , l ' ' would be a compliment to him to allow him to tn \?* » . P 0 Sltl 0 r > of Chairman that evening that he might be able to add
Pan lason ) c record , that hc had thc honour of presiding over the comas iVn- l'lc . ° ccasion of the chapter completing its centenary , and also s 'neul- ^' . during the 100 th year . The companions would say it was a the coincidence that they would scarcely hear of at any time , where Com ? , companion or brother had occupied those two positions . t 0 | 1 P" . Hattersley had offered him the greatest compliment anj Panion could offer him ; but it had been one of his
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great wishes for many years to occupy that position . And he was pleased to find that the companions received Comp . Hattersley ' s sacrifice in not allowing himself the pleasure to preside . However , he wished publicly to convey to Comp . Hattersley his most sincere and hearty thanks for his great kindness and self-denial . With respect to the centenary charter , he worked very hard for it , and at one time he was afraid he should not be able to prove
continuous working , but on application to Grand Chapter they acknowledged from 1793 to the present day in order to prove the continuous working they had a break from 1797 till 1805 , and they informed him in a melancholy manner they did not want to discourage him , but they were afraid it was a gap he could not bridge over . However , having been Master of the Domatic Lodge , and taking up the whole of the records for 1806 , for the
purpose of giving Bro . George Blizard Abbott the minutes for getting up a history of the Domatic Lodge , he was able to refer to them , and by those very books he was able , fortunately , to bridge over that gap , as in the gap there was shown a Royal Arch Chapter which sent to the lodge to attend a meeting of delegates . He was enabled to do this successfully , and he was told by the G . S . E . that the chapter was entitled to a warrant . The
Committee of General Purposes were pleased to recommend at the meeting of Grand Chapter in February that the chapter should have a centenary warrant , and Grand Chapter confirmed it . He had drawn up a history of the chapter , and Comp . Sadler recommended him to have it printed , but unfortunately it vvas too late to be given to the companions at that meeting , but they would have it afterwards . Hc would , however , call attention to a few
facts in the matter o ! thc minutes from 1 S 45 . Comp . Buss made a memorandum in the books that he had applied to the widow of Comp . Child , G . S . E ., but he ( Comp . Price ) fancied Comp . Child never had the books at all , but they belonged to Comp . Seton , who was Scribe for 10 or II years . Evidently there was a little unpleasantness because he was elected to the position of Scribe E ., but he did not come up al the installation—not in consequence of illness—therefore the minutes , so far as
the election was concerned , were not confirmed . On account of that unpleasantness , therefore , thc books might never have been in his possession . In 1846 they found Comp . Scton proposed a vote of thanks to Comp . Block , a very old Past Principal , who had filled the position of M . E . Z . twice . He vvas some 29 years in the chapter , and it was accorded to him , and also unanimously , a jewel was given to him for his services . In 1 849 he was elected a third time to the chair , ln March , 1857 , he was elected Janitor , which position he occupied eight years . Comp .
COMP . HARRY XKIiSOJf PltlL'K , I . P . Z . Price added that hc did not wish to tire the companions by going through that history , but in respect to their dear old friend , Comp . Buss , most of them were proud to bc able to know him , and those who were not fortunate enough to know him would know his worth . He was exalted in that chapter in 1851 , and became M . E . Z .
He was Scribe E . and Treasurer after a time , until unfortunately he had to retire on account of infirmity . Thc companions best wishes vvere with Comp . Buss , and they trusted he would still live to be an ornament to Royal Arch Masonry . . Then they came to their dear old friend , Comp . Cottebrune . During his year intimation came warning the companions of the place they were meeting in . In consequence of a spurious lodge being held there they
went away . Then there was Comp . George Everett , P . G . Ireas ., he became a joining member , and and in 1880 he was Principal , and like all of the Principals , did his work thoroughly . Hc would not go further for fear of wearying thc companions , but he had to thank them sincerely for the exceedingly kind manner in which they had added to the value of the P . Z . 'a
jewel they had presented to him by the gift of a ring to his wife . On her behalf also he wished to express his most sincere thanks for the honour they had done her . It vvas a present she would always value . In giving the toast of " Thc H . and J ., " the M . E . Z . said it must always bc satisfactory to an M . E . / .. to have excellent officers , and both the H . and J . were an ornament lo Freemasonry .
Comp . HATTERSLEY , H ., replying , said hc should content hnnsell and p lease the companions with a very few short remarks . Every one must feel it an honour to be a member of that chapter , especially as it held high rank . It was very pleasant for a member to look back to days gone by and see what position he had held . The companions had that night drunk the health of thc H . and J . most heartily , and the M . E . Z . had proposed it Vi a most genial manner . " For himself he thanked the companions most sincerely .
Comp . BAILEY , J ., added that he hoped lo prove by his actions that he would fullil the dulics of the chair to which the members had elected him . He knew that if hc did so it would be to his own credit . Comp . GiroRCE EVERETT , P . Z ., P . G . T ., said the duty had becn , delegated to him ol submitting to the companions the next toast . They were