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Installation Of Viscount Dungarvan As Provincial Grand Master For Somerset.
Bro . ] . Hayward , 906 ... ... ••¦" 1 „ W . Glasspole , 1755 ... ... ... .. ••• I '¦» R . W . Buffett , 135 ... ... .... - I Prov . G . Stwds . „ T . Tyler , 1966 ... ... ... [ „ A . B . Wickenden , 1750 ... ... ... I „ F . B . George , 446 ... ... ... ... J
„ A . J . Salter , S 3 ... ... ... ... Prov . G . lyler . „ L . Bigwood , 41 ... ... ... Prov . A . G . Tyler . Bro . C . L . F . Edwards was re-elected Prov . G . Treasurer , on the motion of Bro . Col . PERKINS , seconded by Bro . E . WHITE . He presented his accounts , which were of a satisfactory character .
During the sitting a resolution was passed expressing sympathy with the relatives of the late Bro . J . L . Stothert , P . G . Std . Br ., P . P . S . G . W . ; and before the Provincial Grand Lodge was closed thanks were accorded the Installing Master and the visiting brethren . The Earl of EUSTON in acknowledging the vote , which was proposed by the PROV . GRAND MASTER , and seconded by the D EPUTY PROV . GRAND MASTER , thanked
the brethren most heartily for the compliment , and said he took that opportunity of expressing in a few words the best wishes of the Grand Officers , himself , and the visiting brethren for the welfare of the province in the world of Freemasonry . Alms were then collected , which amounted to more than £ 14 , and it was agreed to divide the amount equally between two of the local hospitals . Prov . Grand Lodge was then closed .
The Provincial Grand Master presided at a luncheon subsequently held , and he was supported at the cross tables by Bros , the Earl of Euston , R . C . Else , General Ramsay , Colonel Starkie , W . A . F . Powell , R . Grey , Captain N . G . Philips , J . S . Eastes , Captain Homfray , J . E . Dawson , C . F . Matier , C . Godson , R . Clowes , F . Mead , C . H . Driver , Colonel A . Thrale Perkins , E . Letchworth , Baron de Ferrieres , Colonel Shadwell H . Clerke , Colonel Noel Money , Dr . C . J . Eganthe Hon . S . J . Way , and others .
, After the toast of " The Queen and Craft , " the toast of " The M . W . G . M ., H . R . H . the Prince of Wales" followed , the Provincial Grand Master stating that his Royal Highness was afflicted with influenza , but he hoped it would deal lightly with him . Bro . the Hon . S . J . WAY , Chief Justice of South Australia , proposed " The Pro Grand Master , the Deputy Grand Master , and the rest of the Grand
Officers , Present and Past . " He said he was the first Grand Master of the colony of South Australia , and the present Deputy Grand Master under Lord Kintore . He hoped they would permit him the liberty of taking the brethren into his unreserved confidence . It was a fortnig ht ago that day that he landed on the shores of Old England , and of all the 14 days he had spent in this country that day was the happiest , being spent among his brethren . Would
they permit him to say that the interest he took in being present on that occasion was of a local , a personal , and a representative character . He would begin with the first . He thought he recognised in the undeservedly generous welcome which he had received a recognition of the fact that he was not altogether a stranger in Bath . It was onl y 4 6 years ago —( laughter)—that he paid his last visit to that
beautiful city , and he was not received with altogether the same distinction as on the present occasion , first because he thought it was race week , secondly because he was not then a member of the Craft , and lastly he thought because his gallant friend , Col . Cook , had not entered on the performance of duties which marked him as a born Director of Ceremonies . If he would not be considered eulogistic he would mention another reason . He had come to that time of life when he
might think of retiring from the active duties of life , and seeking out some quiet and salubrious retreat . Naturally his thoughts turned in the direction of Bath , and the brethren would agree that he had some encouragement for that when he mentioned that his predecessor , the first Chief Justice of South Australia , Sir Charles Cooper , lived after he retired from the Chief Justiceship many years in the city of Bath before he was called away to the Grand Lodge above at the ripe
age of 91 . To turn to another topic , he confessed that he had not merely felt glad , he had felt proud , on the present occasion because an old friend of his filled the hi gh position of Installing Master that day . He knew that all honoured Lord Euston ' s colonial career . It was not thought a disgrace in this country that a man rode straight to hounds , and he was not doing Lord Euston an injustice when he said that there was no bushman in South Australia who was better at riding
across country or cracking a buck-whip than Lord Euston . Lord Euston and he were fellow servants of the Queen in the same department ' of the public service , and he confidentl y said that Lord Euston ' s public duties in that capacity were performed in a way which was a credit to himself and a great advantage to the public . All his lei-ure time was occupied in serving as lieutenant-colonel in the School of Gunnery of the South Australian Militia , and it was very largely owing
to Lord Euston ' s efficient services in that capacity that the militia during his tenure of office were second to no body of men in the colony . They might understand from this that though it was not a surprise it was a great gratification to him to find that having turned his large powers in the direction of Masonry they had been appreciated by his brethren in this country , and that had won such high distinction among the Craft in England . Might he mention a matter that had given a sad
turn to the office on that occasion ? He was not aware until he had the pleasure of talking with some of his brethren with whom he came down that morning that his lamented and honoured friend , the Earl of Carnarvon , had so close and distinguished a connection with that district . Lord Carnarvon was the best friend the Australian Colonies ever had . If they had had a few men like him in the United States in the last century , the United States would be now a part of the
British Empire . Lord Carnarvon ' s services to Australian Masonry in accomplishing the greatest boon ever achieved in the colony were only second to those of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales , who was looked upon by the brethren in Australia as the protector and the benefactor of every Mason . He ( Bro . Way ) turned now to the representative capacity which he filled on that occasion . He could not tell the brethren coming from a new country the interest he felt when he
heard the Installing Master mention the honourable history of the Province of Somerset . One hundred and twenty years was very much longer than they could look back to in Australia in Masonry ; the colonies themselves were little more than a century old , and he could but congratulate—and in expressing these congratulations he hoped the brethren would forgive a little allowable vanity when he explained wh y he stood in a representative capacity at that meeting . He was not only a
Mason of Australia , but he represented the Grand Lodges on that continent , and therefore he was able , on behalf of the lodges and 10 , 000 Masons of Victoria , 8000 or 9000 of South Australia , where he came from , and Tasmania , he had the privilege of congratulating on their behalf the Right Worshipful the Pro Grand Master on the distinguished honour which he had attained on being appointed the successor of the illustrious Mason whose name he heard that day , and also to congratulate the Provincial Grand Lodge of Somerset on having installed in the chair
a Provincial Grand Master who , he was sure , would maintain the prestige and the usefulness of his distinguished predecessors . It would be an impertinence for him as a stranger and a visitor to attempt to dilate on the services to Masonry of the Pro Grand Master and the officers of Grand Lodge . Of course he could not help noticing that the members of Grand Lodge had come down in great strength , and had shown thereby that they took an interest not only in the administration of their hi gh offices in Grand Lodge , but in the welfare of Freemasonry all over the kingdom .
Bro . Col . LF . GENDRE N . STARKIE , Prov . Grand Master East Lancashire , replied . The Grand Officers were much obliged to the newly-installed Prov . Grand Master for the compliment he had paid them in asking them to be present on that very
Installation Of Viscount Dungarvan As Provincial Grand Master For Somerset.
interesting occasion , and right glad was he to find that that invitation had been responded to with such cordial feeling . The attendance of the Grand Officers would have been , however , greater but for the unfortunate epidemic , and the fact that at this period of the year people were engaged very much in other ceremonials and engagements . Masonry , like Nature , had its good p hases . They had passed through a long , dreary , and serious winter ; this province had passed through a
period of lamentable loss which had deprived Freemasonry of one of its great lights ; but that beautiful verdant spring which was bringing leaves on the trees now brought one to be installed in the chair who brought freshness to the province . Long might their new Provincial Grand Master reign over the province , and as the pleasure of installation had been that day like returning spring , so when the summer came , and was followed by autumn , might he adorn his province in the
same way which his adornment of Freemasonry had raised him to the high position he now filled ; long mig ht he cultivate those great virtues which Masonry enunciated , and long mig ht this old Province of Somerset continue to progress for succeeding generations . The Grand Officers were delighted with the whole of the proceedings of the day , and they wished long life and prosperity to the province , and that it might be one of the brightest jewels in Masonry .
Bro . Col . SHADWELL H . CLERKE , G . Sec , in proposing "The Prov . Grand Master of Somerset , Viscount Dungarvan , " said he had been very highly honoured by being permitted to propose the next toast , which , to use the old hackneyed expression , but never more suitable than on that occasion , was actually the toast of the evening . He had been permitted the distinction of proposing to the brethren the health of the distinguished nobleman whom they were delighted
and proud to see in the chair of that Provincial Grand Lodge as Prov . Grand Master of Somerset . When the cloud of darkness passed over them nearly a year ago , when the Great Architect of the Universe removed the Provincial Grand Master of Somerset , the Pro Grand Master , the Earl of Carnarvon , then they found it was indeed a difficult task to replace him , and the matter had been very seriously considered by his Royal Highness the Grand Master . The Prince
of Wales , after due deliberation and much thought , determined that there was no brother more worthy to succeed the Earl of Carnarvon than their Bro . Viscount Dungarvan , a nobleman who , as they were of course aware , had his home in their own county of Somerset . At that time their Prov . Grand Master was not possibly so well known to them as he was at the present moment . He had been initiated into Masonry in a distinguished London lodge nine years ago , and he had
joined a lodge near his own home , but circumstances had prevented him taking so active a part in Masonry in the county as he desired . He ( Col . Clerke ) was happy to know that during the brief period since Lord Dungarvan ' s appointment the brethren of the province had had the opportunity of knowing personally their new Prov . Grand Master , and he ventured to think that at the present moment they were thoroughly convinced that no better or more worthy successor
to their Bro . Lord Carnarvon could possibly have been appointed . In the very admirable and truly Masonic address which the Earl of Euston gave that evening in Provincial Grand Lodge , he pointed out the magnificent history which the Masonic Province of Somerset held , and the M . W . Grand Master of South Australia also referred to the matter in very graceful expressions . Lord Dungarvan had therefore succeeded to a grand inheritance . But they who had hadjthe
honour ot his acquaintance for some time past felt thoroughly assured that he was a man who was equal to the position , and he ( Bro . Col . Clerke ) could assure them that he had reason to believe that Lord Dungarvan would spare no time or trouble in fulfilling and conscientiously performing the duties of his office , for which he was thoroughly qualified Masonically as well as mentally . He ( Bro . Col .. Clerke ) had the honour of seeing him installed Master of a lodge only recently , and
therefore he came among the Somerset brethren as a Master in the Craft . The brethren were most fortunate in having for their Prov . Grand Master Bro . Viscount Dungarvan , and , if he might venture on a prophecy , he would say this , that after the lapse of a few years , as time rolled on and as their Provincial Grand Master filled the duties of his office as he would do , they would look back on that day as one of the most happy days they had had in the Province of Somerset .
He ( Colonel Clerke ) would have said more , but those eloquent brethren who had preceded him had said so much historically that they had left him very little to continue with . Therefore he would ask the brethren to join him most heartily and enthusiasticall y , and with every possible kind feeling , in drinking the health of their Prov . Grand Master , and to pray the G . A . O . T . U . to spare him many years to rule over this magnificent old and distinguished province .
Viscount DUNGARVAN , in reply , said the brethren might well imagine that on a day like that , which happened to a man once in his life , he was naturally extremely nervous in addressing them . Knowing as he did that he occupied the chair which up to a short time ago was filled by one whose eloquence used to charm all those who listened to him , he was additionally nervous ; but that nervousness must be overcome , and he must heartily thank the brethren for the
magnificent way in which they had attended his installation . In looking round the tables he could say he saw the faces of a great quantity of friends , many of them he had met in London , a great number of them he had met in the province . Those whom he had met before he thanked mosj heartily ; those whom he had met he hoped to meet many times in the province as he went on , as well as those he had not met before ; and he thanked them most sincerely for their magnificent
reception of him . He had now a most pleasurable task before him—to propose the health of the R . W . brother who came down from London to install him as Provincial Grand Master of Somerset that day . It was eight or nine years ago he was first initiated , and at the same time he became a Freemason Lord Euston became one also . That friendshi p had lasted to the present time , and he trusted it would last as long as they lived . He was extremel y glad Lord Euston had come downbecause when he ( Lord
Dun-, garvan ) asked him to do so , having visited some lodges he said they should try to show the brethren that Freemasonry was not only alive , but progressing in the province , which was not going to be beaten by anybody . The brethren had heard that the work in lodge had been done in a way worthy of Freemasonry . He was heartily grateful to the brethren , he knew it was owing to the brethren of the province that it had been so successful . He gave them " The Health of Lord Euston . "
The Earl of EUSTON , responding , said he could hardly find words to thank the R . W . Prov . Grand Master for the way he had proposed the toast and the brethren for the hearty reception of it . The ceremony he had that day performed he should look back to as long as he lived with pleasure , and he should regard that day as a red-letter day in his Masonic career , because it was not always that a man got the chance of performing a ceremony of such importance , the subject
oi it being one he esteemed so hi ghly as he esteemed Lord Dungarvan . He could only say that if the ceremony had been carried out to the satisfaction of the brethren of the Province of Somerset he should feel perfectly satisfied that he had not only done his duty , but that he had performed one ot the most pleasing tasks he had performed since he had been a Mason . He hoped
at some future day to come down again and visit the Provincial Grand Lodge in the company of the Prov . Grand Master , and wish him the success which he most heartily wished to that Province of Somerset . Long mig ht it flourish , and might the same hearty fraternal goodwill and peace reign among them till time should be no more .
Viscount DUNGARVAN said the toast-of "The D . G . M . of the Province of Somerset , Bro . R . C . Else , " which he now proposed , was one which was alway-j especially well received in that province . As he had said before , he congratulate Bro . Else as D . P . G . M . on his appointment , as he congratulated himself on hav" secured the services of one who had to a great extent carried on the work of tn
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Installation Of Viscount Dungarvan As Provincial Grand Master For Somerset.
Bro . ] . Hayward , 906 ... ... ••¦" 1 „ W . Glasspole , 1755 ... ... ... .. ••• I '¦» R . W . Buffett , 135 ... ... .... - I Prov . G . Stwds . „ T . Tyler , 1966 ... ... ... [ „ A . B . Wickenden , 1750 ... ... ... I „ F . B . George , 446 ... ... ... ... J
„ A . J . Salter , S 3 ... ... ... ... Prov . G . lyler . „ L . Bigwood , 41 ... ... ... Prov . A . G . Tyler . Bro . C . L . F . Edwards was re-elected Prov . G . Treasurer , on the motion of Bro . Col . PERKINS , seconded by Bro . E . WHITE . He presented his accounts , which were of a satisfactory character .
During the sitting a resolution was passed expressing sympathy with the relatives of the late Bro . J . L . Stothert , P . G . Std . Br ., P . P . S . G . W . ; and before the Provincial Grand Lodge was closed thanks were accorded the Installing Master and the visiting brethren . The Earl of EUSTON in acknowledging the vote , which was proposed by the PROV . GRAND MASTER , and seconded by the D EPUTY PROV . GRAND MASTER , thanked
the brethren most heartily for the compliment , and said he took that opportunity of expressing in a few words the best wishes of the Grand Officers , himself , and the visiting brethren for the welfare of the province in the world of Freemasonry . Alms were then collected , which amounted to more than £ 14 , and it was agreed to divide the amount equally between two of the local hospitals . Prov . Grand Lodge was then closed .
The Provincial Grand Master presided at a luncheon subsequently held , and he was supported at the cross tables by Bros , the Earl of Euston , R . C . Else , General Ramsay , Colonel Starkie , W . A . F . Powell , R . Grey , Captain N . G . Philips , J . S . Eastes , Captain Homfray , J . E . Dawson , C . F . Matier , C . Godson , R . Clowes , F . Mead , C . H . Driver , Colonel A . Thrale Perkins , E . Letchworth , Baron de Ferrieres , Colonel Shadwell H . Clerke , Colonel Noel Money , Dr . C . J . Eganthe Hon . S . J . Way , and others .
, After the toast of " The Queen and Craft , " the toast of " The M . W . G . M ., H . R . H . the Prince of Wales" followed , the Provincial Grand Master stating that his Royal Highness was afflicted with influenza , but he hoped it would deal lightly with him . Bro . the Hon . S . J . WAY , Chief Justice of South Australia , proposed " The Pro Grand Master , the Deputy Grand Master , and the rest of the Grand
Officers , Present and Past . " He said he was the first Grand Master of the colony of South Australia , and the present Deputy Grand Master under Lord Kintore . He hoped they would permit him the liberty of taking the brethren into his unreserved confidence . It was a fortnig ht ago that day that he landed on the shores of Old England , and of all the 14 days he had spent in this country that day was the happiest , being spent among his brethren . Would
they permit him to say that the interest he took in being present on that occasion was of a local , a personal , and a representative character . He would begin with the first . He thought he recognised in the undeservedly generous welcome which he had received a recognition of the fact that he was not altogether a stranger in Bath . It was onl y 4 6 years ago —( laughter)—that he paid his last visit to that
beautiful city , and he was not received with altogether the same distinction as on the present occasion , first because he thought it was race week , secondly because he was not then a member of the Craft , and lastly he thought because his gallant friend , Col . Cook , had not entered on the performance of duties which marked him as a born Director of Ceremonies . If he would not be considered eulogistic he would mention another reason . He had come to that time of life when he
might think of retiring from the active duties of life , and seeking out some quiet and salubrious retreat . Naturally his thoughts turned in the direction of Bath , and the brethren would agree that he had some encouragement for that when he mentioned that his predecessor , the first Chief Justice of South Australia , Sir Charles Cooper , lived after he retired from the Chief Justiceship many years in the city of Bath before he was called away to the Grand Lodge above at the ripe
age of 91 . To turn to another topic , he confessed that he had not merely felt glad , he had felt proud , on the present occasion because an old friend of his filled the hi gh position of Installing Master that day . He knew that all honoured Lord Euston ' s colonial career . It was not thought a disgrace in this country that a man rode straight to hounds , and he was not doing Lord Euston an injustice when he said that there was no bushman in South Australia who was better at riding
across country or cracking a buck-whip than Lord Euston . Lord Euston and he were fellow servants of the Queen in the same department ' of the public service , and he confidentl y said that Lord Euston ' s public duties in that capacity were performed in a way which was a credit to himself and a great advantage to the public . All his lei-ure time was occupied in serving as lieutenant-colonel in the School of Gunnery of the South Australian Militia , and it was very largely owing
to Lord Euston ' s efficient services in that capacity that the militia during his tenure of office were second to no body of men in the colony . They might understand from this that though it was not a surprise it was a great gratification to him to find that having turned his large powers in the direction of Masonry they had been appreciated by his brethren in this country , and that had won such high distinction among the Craft in England . Might he mention a matter that had given a sad
turn to the office on that occasion ? He was not aware until he had the pleasure of talking with some of his brethren with whom he came down that morning that his lamented and honoured friend , the Earl of Carnarvon , had so close and distinguished a connection with that district . Lord Carnarvon was the best friend the Australian Colonies ever had . If they had had a few men like him in the United States in the last century , the United States would be now a part of the
British Empire . Lord Carnarvon ' s services to Australian Masonry in accomplishing the greatest boon ever achieved in the colony were only second to those of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales , who was looked upon by the brethren in Australia as the protector and the benefactor of every Mason . He ( Bro . Way ) turned now to the representative capacity which he filled on that occasion . He could not tell the brethren coming from a new country the interest he felt when he
heard the Installing Master mention the honourable history of the Province of Somerset . One hundred and twenty years was very much longer than they could look back to in Australia in Masonry ; the colonies themselves were little more than a century old , and he could but congratulate—and in expressing these congratulations he hoped the brethren would forgive a little allowable vanity when he explained wh y he stood in a representative capacity at that meeting . He was not only a
Mason of Australia , but he represented the Grand Lodges on that continent , and therefore he was able , on behalf of the lodges and 10 , 000 Masons of Victoria , 8000 or 9000 of South Australia , where he came from , and Tasmania , he had the privilege of congratulating on their behalf the Right Worshipful the Pro Grand Master on the distinguished honour which he had attained on being appointed the successor of the illustrious Mason whose name he heard that day , and also to congratulate the Provincial Grand Lodge of Somerset on having installed in the chair
a Provincial Grand Master who , he was sure , would maintain the prestige and the usefulness of his distinguished predecessors . It would be an impertinence for him as a stranger and a visitor to attempt to dilate on the services to Masonry of the Pro Grand Master and the officers of Grand Lodge . Of course he could not help noticing that the members of Grand Lodge had come down in great strength , and had shown thereby that they took an interest not only in the administration of their hi gh offices in Grand Lodge , but in the welfare of Freemasonry all over the kingdom .
Bro . Col . LF . GENDRE N . STARKIE , Prov . Grand Master East Lancashire , replied . The Grand Officers were much obliged to the newly-installed Prov . Grand Master for the compliment he had paid them in asking them to be present on that very
Installation Of Viscount Dungarvan As Provincial Grand Master For Somerset.
interesting occasion , and right glad was he to find that that invitation had been responded to with such cordial feeling . The attendance of the Grand Officers would have been , however , greater but for the unfortunate epidemic , and the fact that at this period of the year people were engaged very much in other ceremonials and engagements . Masonry , like Nature , had its good p hases . They had passed through a long , dreary , and serious winter ; this province had passed through a
period of lamentable loss which had deprived Freemasonry of one of its great lights ; but that beautiful verdant spring which was bringing leaves on the trees now brought one to be installed in the chair who brought freshness to the province . Long might their new Provincial Grand Master reign over the province , and as the pleasure of installation had been that day like returning spring , so when the summer came , and was followed by autumn , might he adorn his province in the
same way which his adornment of Freemasonry had raised him to the high position he now filled ; long mig ht he cultivate those great virtues which Masonry enunciated , and long mig ht this old Province of Somerset continue to progress for succeeding generations . The Grand Officers were delighted with the whole of the proceedings of the day , and they wished long life and prosperity to the province , and that it might be one of the brightest jewels in Masonry .
Bro . Col . SHADWELL H . CLERKE , G . Sec , in proposing "The Prov . Grand Master of Somerset , Viscount Dungarvan , " said he had been very highly honoured by being permitted to propose the next toast , which , to use the old hackneyed expression , but never more suitable than on that occasion , was actually the toast of the evening . He had been permitted the distinction of proposing to the brethren the health of the distinguished nobleman whom they were delighted
and proud to see in the chair of that Provincial Grand Lodge as Prov . Grand Master of Somerset . When the cloud of darkness passed over them nearly a year ago , when the Great Architect of the Universe removed the Provincial Grand Master of Somerset , the Pro Grand Master , the Earl of Carnarvon , then they found it was indeed a difficult task to replace him , and the matter had been very seriously considered by his Royal Highness the Grand Master . The Prince
of Wales , after due deliberation and much thought , determined that there was no brother more worthy to succeed the Earl of Carnarvon than their Bro . Viscount Dungarvan , a nobleman who , as they were of course aware , had his home in their own county of Somerset . At that time their Prov . Grand Master was not possibly so well known to them as he was at the present moment . He had been initiated into Masonry in a distinguished London lodge nine years ago , and he had
joined a lodge near his own home , but circumstances had prevented him taking so active a part in Masonry in the county as he desired . He ( Col . Clerke ) was happy to know that during the brief period since Lord Dungarvan ' s appointment the brethren of the province had had the opportunity of knowing personally their new Prov . Grand Master , and he ventured to think that at the present moment they were thoroughly convinced that no better or more worthy successor
to their Bro . Lord Carnarvon could possibly have been appointed . In the very admirable and truly Masonic address which the Earl of Euston gave that evening in Provincial Grand Lodge , he pointed out the magnificent history which the Masonic Province of Somerset held , and the M . W . Grand Master of South Australia also referred to the matter in very graceful expressions . Lord Dungarvan had therefore succeeded to a grand inheritance . But they who had hadjthe
honour ot his acquaintance for some time past felt thoroughly assured that he was a man who was equal to the position , and he ( Bro . Col . Clerke ) could assure them that he had reason to believe that Lord Dungarvan would spare no time or trouble in fulfilling and conscientiously performing the duties of his office , for which he was thoroughly qualified Masonically as well as mentally . He ( Bro . Col .. Clerke ) had the honour of seeing him installed Master of a lodge only recently , and
therefore he came among the Somerset brethren as a Master in the Craft . The brethren were most fortunate in having for their Prov . Grand Master Bro . Viscount Dungarvan , and , if he might venture on a prophecy , he would say this , that after the lapse of a few years , as time rolled on and as their Provincial Grand Master filled the duties of his office as he would do , they would look back on that day as one of the most happy days they had had in the Province of Somerset .
He ( Colonel Clerke ) would have said more , but those eloquent brethren who had preceded him had said so much historically that they had left him very little to continue with . Therefore he would ask the brethren to join him most heartily and enthusiasticall y , and with every possible kind feeling , in drinking the health of their Prov . Grand Master , and to pray the G . A . O . T . U . to spare him many years to rule over this magnificent old and distinguished province .
Viscount DUNGARVAN , in reply , said the brethren might well imagine that on a day like that , which happened to a man once in his life , he was naturally extremely nervous in addressing them . Knowing as he did that he occupied the chair which up to a short time ago was filled by one whose eloquence used to charm all those who listened to him , he was additionally nervous ; but that nervousness must be overcome , and he must heartily thank the brethren for the
magnificent way in which they had attended his installation . In looking round the tables he could say he saw the faces of a great quantity of friends , many of them he had met in London , a great number of them he had met in the province . Those whom he had met before he thanked mosj heartily ; those whom he had met he hoped to meet many times in the province as he went on , as well as those he had not met before ; and he thanked them most sincerely for their magnificent
reception of him . He had now a most pleasurable task before him—to propose the health of the R . W . brother who came down from London to install him as Provincial Grand Master of Somerset that day . It was eight or nine years ago he was first initiated , and at the same time he became a Freemason Lord Euston became one also . That friendshi p had lasted to the present time , and he trusted it would last as long as they lived . He was extremel y glad Lord Euston had come downbecause when he ( Lord
Dun-, garvan ) asked him to do so , having visited some lodges he said they should try to show the brethren that Freemasonry was not only alive , but progressing in the province , which was not going to be beaten by anybody . The brethren had heard that the work in lodge had been done in a way worthy of Freemasonry . He was heartily grateful to the brethren , he knew it was owing to the brethren of the province that it had been so successful . He gave them " The Health of Lord Euston . "
The Earl of EUSTON , responding , said he could hardly find words to thank the R . W . Prov . Grand Master for the way he had proposed the toast and the brethren for the hearty reception of it . The ceremony he had that day performed he should look back to as long as he lived with pleasure , and he should regard that day as a red-letter day in his Masonic career , because it was not always that a man got the chance of performing a ceremony of such importance , the subject
oi it being one he esteemed so hi ghly as he esteemed Lord Dungarvan . He could only say that if the ceremony had been carried out to the satisfaction of the brethren of the Province of Somerset he should feel perfectly satisfied that he had not only done his duty , but that he had performed one ot the most pleasing tasks he had performed since he had been a Mason . He hoped
at some future day to come down again and visit the Provincial Grand Lodge in the company of the Prov . Grand Master , and wish him the success which he most heartily wished to that Province of Somerset . Long mig ht it flourish , and might the same hearty fraternal goodwill and peace reign among them till time should be no more .
Viscount DUNGARVAN said the toast-of "The D . G . M . of the Province of Somerset , Bro . R . C . Else , " which he now proposed , was one which was alway-j especially well received in that province . As he had said before , he congratulate Bro . Else as D . P . G . M . on his appointment , as he congratulated himself on hav" secured the services of one who had to a great extent carried on the work of tn