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The banquet was a most elegant one ; and , illustrated as it was by the choicest wines , not only gave the highest satisfaction to all present , but reflected the greatest credit upon Bro . Quelch and his excellent wife , to whom all the credit of sending up the dishes is deservedly due . When the cloth was removed , the W . M . Bro . Suter proposed the various toasts of the evening . To . the toasts of the
visitors , Bro . Newman replied , in a very telling and humorous speech ; to that of the Treasurer and the Secretary , Bro . Carpenter replied , observing the pleasure he felt in being associated with Bro . Lescorabe , the father of the Lodge , whose labours as Treasurer for twenty-six consecutive years deserved the most honourable mention : for himself , the gratification he felt at being of service to those in whose society he delighted , was sufficient recompense . He believed that the Lodge of Industry only required to be more known to be even more frequented
than it now was . He had some hopes that it would be more known , for it was with extreme pleasure he observed their esteemed Bro . John MottThearle taking notes for ^ the Magazine , a work he would say fully entitled to their warmest approbation , as representing the whole Craft , and an universal defender of the privileges of the Order . The Magazine was a work that should be taken in by every Lodge , and duly preserved among its archives as a history , in the most condensed form , of its proceedings ; and he thought it was a positive duty for every
individual Mason to support , by taking in , the only work that advocated and defended the principles of the Order . The health of the W . M . was proposed in a neat speech by Bro . Queeley . To the health of Bro . Quelch and Mrs . Quelch , Bro . Quelch replied , and thanked them sincerely , more for the kind feeling shown in alluding to his wife than for the observations respecting himself . They would do all they could to merit the consideration of the Brethren by making them as comfortable as it was in their power to do . They would exemplify , by slightly altering , what the poet Shenstone
sung"How often , in this life ' s dull round , W ^ e find our warmest welcome at an inn . " Excellent singing by Bros . Carpenter , Guyd , and Haines enlivened the evening nor must we forget to mention Bro . Goring ' s inimitable and ever-to-be-remembered song of Old King Cole . And so time flew , until , like the Ghost in Hamlet , " scenting the morning air , " without singing it or expressing any positive opinion on the subject , u we didn ' t go home till morning . "
Joppa Lodqe ( No . 223 ) . —On Monday , the 7 th January , nearly one hundred members of this Lodge assembled at the Albion Tavern , Aldersgate-street , to hold their monthly meeting , the principal business being the installation of Bro . S . G . Bisch as the W . M . for the year 1856 . After the minutes had been read and unanimously confirmed , two gentlemen were initiated into the mysteries of Freemasonry , and the ceremony of installation proceeded according to ancient form . The W . M ., preceded by the rest of the Brethren , adjourned
to the banquetting-room , where a handsome entertainment was provided by Messrs . Staples , to which ample justice was done . The Master then proposed the toasts of the evening , tho first being the health of the Queen , followed by the Grand and Deputy Grand Master of the Order , the initiated candidates , & c . & c . The Secretary then read a report of the Benevolent Institution attached to the Lodge , from which it appeared that this institution was founded
in the year 1850 , and had since then accumulated a sum of , £ 500 , invested in Government securities , being for the relief of decayed members , their widows , and orphans . The reading of these documents elicited loud marks of approbation , accompanied by donations of nearly £ 20 . In the course of the evening a P . M . ' s jewel , set with diamonds , of the value of forty guineas , was presented to
Bro . Henry Lyons , the retiring Master of the Lodge . Bro . Lyons , who was deeply affected whilst returning thanks to the Brethren for this voluntary mark of respect and affection , assured them that he held it as the most favoured moment of his life to receive at their hands this testimony of his endeavours to discharge tho duties they had intrusted him with , and expressed his fervent hope that the Almighty would permit them to meet in the same
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The banquet was a most elegant one ; and , illustrated as it was by the choicest wines , not only gave the highest satisfaction to all present , but reflected the greatest credit upon Bro . Quelch and his excellent wife , to whom all the credit of sending up the dishes is deservedly due . When the cloth was removed , the W . M . Bro . Suter proposed the various toasts of the evening . To . the toasts of the
visitors , Bro . Newman replied , in a very telling and humorous speech ; to that of the Treasurer and the Secretary , Bro . Carpenter replied , observing the pleasure he felt in being associated with Bro . Lescorabe , the father of the Lodge , whose labours as Treasurer for twenty-six consecutive years deserved the most honourable mention : for himself , the gratification he felt at being of service to those in whose society he delighted , was sufficient recompense . He believed that the Lodge of Industry only required to be more known to be even more frequented
than it now was . He had some hopes that it would be more known , for it was with extreme pleasure he observed their esteemed Bro . John MottThearle taking notes for ^ the Magazine , a work he would say fully entitled to their warmest approbation , as representing the whole Craft , and an universal defender of the privileges of the Order . The Magazine was a work that should be taken in by every Lodge , and duly preserved among its archives as a history , in the most condensed form , of its proceedings ; and he thought it was a positive duty for every
individual Mason to support , by taking in , the only work that advocated and defended the principles of the Order . The health of the W . M . was proposed in a neat speech by Bro . Queeley . To the health of Bro . Quelch and Mrs . Quelch , Bro . Quelch replied , and thanked them sincerely , more for the kind feeling shown in alluding to his wife than for the observations respecting himself . They would do all they could to merit the consideration of the Brethren by making them as comfortable as it was in their power to do . They would exemplify , by slightly altering , what the poet Shenstone
sung"How often , in this life ' s dull round , W ^ e find our warmest welcome at an inn . " Excellent singing by Bros . Carpenter , Guyd , and Haines enlivened the evening nor must we forget to mention Bro . Goring ' s inimitable and ever-to-be-remembered song of Old King Cole . And so time flew , until , like the Ghost in Hamlet , " scenting the morning air , " without singing it or expressing any positive opinion on the subject , u we didn ' t go home till morning . "
Joppa Lodqe ( No . 223 ) . —On Monday , the 7 th January , nearly one hundred members of this Lodge assembled at the Albion Tavern , Aldersgate-street , to hold their monthly meeting , the principal business being the installation of Bro . S . G . Bisch as the W . M . for the year 1856 . After the minutes had been read and unanimously confirmed , two gentlemen were initiated into the mysteries of Freemasonry , and the ceremony of installation proceeded according to ancient form . The W . M ., preceded by the rest of the Brethren , adjourned
to the banquetting-room , where a handsome entertainment was provided by Messrs . Staples , to which ample justice was done . The Master then proposed the toasts of the evening , tho first being the health of the Queen , followed by the Grand and Deputy Grand Master of the Order , the initiated candidates , & c . & c . The Secretary then read a report of the Benevolent Institution attached to the Lodge , from which it appeared that this institution was founded
in the year 1850 , and had since then accumulated a sum of , £ 500 , invested in Government securities , being for the relief of decayed members , their widows , and orphans . The reading of these documents elicited loud marks of approbation , accompanied by donations of nearly £ 20 . In the course of the evening a P . M . ' s jewel , set with diamonds , of the value of forty guineas , was presented to
Bro . Henry Lyons , the retiring Master of the Lodge . Bro . Lyons , who was deeply affected whilst returning thanks to the Brethren for this voluntary mark of respect and affection , assured them that he held it as the most favoured moment of his life to receive at their hands this testimony of his endeavours to discharge tho duties they had intrusted him with , and expressed his fervent hope that the Almighty would permit them to meet in the same