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of their admiration of the man , and their appreciation of his high Masonic character and 1 j he valuable services he has rendered the Lodge during his two years of office . Business concluded , the Brethren were invited to banquet by the W . M ., which was excellent in every department ) and gave general satisfaction . Upon the removal of the cloth , the W . M ., in proposing the first toast , made allusions to the present all-absorbing topic—the alliance of the Princess Boyal
with Prince Frederick of Prussia—if the alliance was an interesting one generally , how much more so , he said , to the fraternity , the Prince being a distinguished Mason , and a son of the great protector of Freemasonry in the Prussian dominions ; he ( the W . M . ) concluded by proposing ' " The Queen and Craft : " this was followed by the usual routine of toasts , commencing with the M . W . G . M ., followed by the D . G . M ., & c . The visitors greeting this delightful occasion by
their presence included Bros . Biplock , W . M . and Grand Steward ; Doselle , W . M . ; Rev . — Shaboe , Masson , J . Smith ; Harwood , Isle of Wighfr ; andP . Ms . Bros . T . E . Davis , Taylor , Pauley , Shirly , and Grumbridge . It would be unfair to conclude without a word in praise of Bro . W . Davis , whose happy countenance , good humour , and urbanity , as Director of the Ceremonies , called forth the especial thanks of the visitors , who expressed their pleasure at his attention , as also for the general courtesy of the members of the Eastern Star Lodge .
Phoinix Lodge ( No . 202 ) . —On the 13 th inst ., the Brethren of this distinguished Lodge held their usual monthly meeting at the Freemasons' Tavern , when Bro . Burton , the immediate P . M ., in the absence of the W . M ., who was detained from the performance of his duty by domestic affliction , ably initiated a gentleman into the mysteries of the Order ; after which ceremony the Brethren worked several sections of the first lecture in a manner highly creditable to their Masonic skill . At the close of the Lodge business , the members and their visitors—five in
number—repaired to refreshment ; and , delighted by the harmony of Bros . Smithson , Webber , Sloman , and Morris , spent a most agreeable evening . Bro . Slomaiviri replying to the toast of the visitors , enlarged upon the hospitality of the Lodge , in which , he said , he at all times felt himself at home ; and concluded an eloquent and judicious speech by wishing to see the Phoenix ever burn brightly out of the ashes from which it sprung . Bro . Sharnian , S . W ., replied on behalf of the officers of the Lodge . Bro . H . "Warren , P . M ., Treasurer , replied to the
toast of the Masonic Charities , the interests of which he most ably advocated . It was , he said , a most gratifying thing to them , as Masons , to know that , notwithstanding the snares and enticements to go wrong which beset young females , there had never yet been an instance of any of the children educated at the girls' school , nearly eight hundred in number , having gone wrong in after life ; and it was equally gratifying- to know , that no approved candidate had for many years ever failed to get admission to that institution . The boys '
school was of more recent origin , but was equally creditable to the Craft . One peculiar feature in that institution was worthy of remark . In the school itself . it was perfectly clear that , for the sake of management , the boys should all be members of the Church of England ; but those children who , by reason of their religious creed , could not enter the school itself , lost nothing by their exclusion , as the committee clothed and maintained those boys at the honsca of their friends , and defrayed the cost of their education a . t any suitable private school which they
might attend . The Old Men ' s and the Widows Asylums were peculiarly worthy of the support of the Brethren . They knew , not only from their Masonic instruction , but from every-day life , of the insecurity of all human events , and those who now walked in prosperity might , on the morrow , totter upon the uneven paths of "weakness , temptation , and adversity . The asylum was intended as their refuge , and the refuge of their widows in times of such misfortune ; and yet , although
the subscription to each was only five shillings per annum , or ten shillings per annum for the two , they had fewer subscribers than any of the other charities of the Order . He hoped that such indifference upon the part of the Craft , to tho wants of their aged and decayed Brethren and of their widows , would soon pass away , and that both would be supported in a manner becoming the dignity of Preemasonry , This speech was not lost upon the Brethren , several of whom
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Metropolitan.
of their admiration of the man , and their appreciation of his high Masonic character and 1 j he valuable services he has rendered the Lodge during his two years of office . Business concluded , the Brethren were invited to banquet by the W . M ., which was excellent in every department ) and gave general satisfaction . Upon the removal of the cloth , the W . M ., in proposing the first toast , made allusions to the present all-absorbing topic—the alliance of the Princess Boyal
with Prince Frederick of Prussia—if the alliance was an interesting one generally , how much more so , he said , to the fraternity , the Prince being a distinguished Mason , and a son of the great protector of Freemasonry in the Prussian dominions ; he ( the W . M . ) concluded by proposing ' " The Queen and Craft : " this was followed by the usual routine of toasts , commencing with the M . W . G . M ., followed by the D . G . M ., & c . The visitors greeting this delightful occasion by
their presence included Bros . Biplock , W . M . and Grand Steward ; Doselle , W . M . ; Rev . — Shaboe , Masson , J . Smith ; Harwood , Isle of Wighfr ; andP . Ms . Bros . T . E . Davis , Taylor , Pauley , Shirly , and Grumbridge . It would be unfair to conclude without a word in praise of Bro . W . Davis , whose happy countenance , good humour , and urbanity , as Director of the Ceremonies , called forth the especial thanks of the visitors , who expressed their pleasure at his attention , as also for the general courtesy of the members of the Eastern Star Lodge .
Phoinix Lodge ( No . 202 ) . —On the 13 th inst ., the Brethren of this distinguished Lodge held their usual monthly meeting at the Freemasons' Tavern , when Bro . Burton , the immediate P . M ., in the absence of the W . M ., who was detained from the performance of his duty by domestic affliction , ably initiated a gentleman into the mysteries of the Order ; after which ceremony the Brethren worked several sections of the first lecture in a manner highly creditable to their Masonic skill . At the close of the Lodge business , the members and their visitors—five in
number—repaired to refreshment ; and , delighted by the harmony of Bros . Smithson , Webber , Sloman , and Morris , spent a most agreeable evening . Bro . Slomaiviri replying to the toast of the visitors , enlarged upon the hospitality of the Lodge , in which , he said , he at all times felt himself at home ; and concluded an eloquent and judicious speech by wishing to see the Phoenix ever burn brightly out of the ashes from which it sprung . Bro . Sharnian , S . W ., replied on behalf of the officers of the Lodge . Bro . H . "Warren , P . M ., Treasurer , replied to the
toast of the Masonic Charities , the interests of which he most ably advocated . It was , he said , a most gratifying thing to them , as Masons , to know that , notwithstanding the snares and enticements to go wrong which beset young females , there had never yet been an instance of any of the children educated at the girls' school , nearly eight hundred in number , having gone wrong in after life ; and it was equally gratifying- to know , that no approved candidate had for many years ever failed to get admission to that institution . The boys '
school was of more recent origin , but was equally creditable to the Craft . One peculiar feature in that institution was worthy of remark . In the school itself . it was perfectly clear that , for the sake of management , the boys should all be members of the Church of England ; but those children who , by reason of their religious creed , could not enter the school itself , lost nothing by their exclusion , as the committee clothed and maintained those boys at the honsca of their friends , and defrayed the cost of their education a . t any suitable private school which they
might attend . The Old Men ' s and the Widows Asylums were peculiarly worthy of the support of the Brethren . They knew , not only from their Masonic instruction , but from every-day life , of the insecurity of all human events , and those who now walked in prosperity might , on the morrow , totter upon the uneven paths of "weakness , temptation , and adversity . The asylum was intended as their refuge , and the refuge of their widows in times of such misfortune ; and yet , although
the subscription to each was only five shillings per annum , or ten shillings per annum for the two , they had fewer subscribers than any of the other charities of the Order . He hoped that such indifference upon the part of the Craft , to tho wants of their aged and decayed Brethren and of their widows , would soon pass away , and that both would be supported in a manner becoming the dignity of Preemasonry , This speech was not lost upon the Brethren , several of whom