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Provincial
- The toast was drunk with three times three deafening cheers , and one cheer more for the bride . The B . W , Prov . G . M . said he believed there was no period in English history when the army and navy showed with so much advantage as the present . It was impossible to overrate the gallant deeds which had been performed in the Crimea and in India ; " and he could have wished that that gallant man Havelock
had been spared by the Almighty to have been welcomed home by a grateful country . It had pleased Providence to dispose it otherwise ; but the name of Havelock would ever be remembered by Englishmen with pride and gratification . ( Applause . ) He was happy to observe amongst the Brethren present that day one who was now closely connected with their county as brigade adjutant of the Warwickshire militia , and who had been present in the Crimea ; he alluded to Bro . Captain Bower [ as we understood ] , whose name he would couple with the toast . ( Cheers . )
Bro . Captain Bower was delighted at the manner in which the toast had been drunk , and sorry that he was not better qualified to acknowledge the toast . He had seen what the soldiers did in the Crimea ; but their noble deeds appeared to have been outdone in India . He had seen both army and navy under fire , and it would be impossible to render praise to the one which was not equally deserved by the other . Some people appeared to be afraid of an invasion ( laughter ) , but he was sure there was no need of fear so long as their army and navy were kept in a state of efficiency . ( Cheers . )
The general toasts having been brought to a close , the ladies retired from the gallery , the hall was duly tiled , and the remaining toasts were drunk with Masonic honours . The B . W . Prov . G . M . gave "The Health of the M . W . G . M ., the Bight Hon . the Earl of Zetland . " He had had the honour of the acquaintance of the noble earl , and could assure them that he possessed the kindest of hearts , and that his greatest happiness consisted in endeavouring to promote the happiness of others . ( Applause . )
The next toast was The Health of the Bight Hon . Lord Panmure , D . G . M ., and the Grand Lodge of England ,- ' coupled with the name of Bro . Chas . Elkington , P . G . S . B . Bro . Elkington on occasions like the present always felt his want of eloquence efficiently to do justice to the task imposed upon him . He thanked their noble Prov . G . M . for the great compliment he had paid him in coupling his name with the toast , and the Brethren for the cordial manner in which they had received it .
Though he felt he could not adequately express his feelings of gratitude he would trespass upon their patience for a few minutes , as he never undertook a duty which he did not endeavour to carry out . ( Cheers . ) He had expected that the duty of responding to this toast would have devolved upon his senior in office , Bro . Spiers , but he was gratified that it was not so . Although he felt highly flattered when ( upon the suggestion of his noble and valued friend and Brother , the Marquis of Huntly ) , the offer of Grand office was made to him—entirely
unsolicited on his part , —he would willingly exchange any honour derived from ithe would gladly have exchanged it—for the gratification of serving under their highly respected Prov . G . M ., Lord Leigh , whose like they had never seen before . ( Loud cheers . ) He considered it a very high honour when lately , on the determination being come to to establish the Stoneleigh Lodge , he was asked to lend his assistance in doing so ; and the more especially when he heard that Lord Leigh was to be solicited to become the first Master . ( Cheers . ) He was proud that they had that day established a Lodge at Kenilworth—a place so famed in
history that it had been visited by upwards of 200 , 000 persons in one year ; and he was sure , commenced as it had been under the auspices of their Prov . G . M ., that it must flourish . ( Cheers . ) No sooner had the establishment of the Lodge been determined on than his lordship said that if the Masons of the Province were coming so close to the neighbourhood of Stoneleigh Abbey they must come over and dine with him ; and he knew that the only regret experienced by Lord Leigh that day was , that he had not a hall large enough to enable him to extend his hospitality to every Mason in the Province , His lordship ' s heart was large
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Provincial
- The toast was drunk with three times three deafening cheers , and one cheer more for the bride . The B . W , Prov . G . M . said he believed there was no period in English history when the army and navy showed with so much advantage as the present . It was impossible to overrate the gallant deeds which had been performed in the Crimea and in India ; " and he could have wished that that gallant man Havelock
had been spared by the Almighty to have been welcomed home by a grateful country . It had pleased Providence to dispose it otherwise ; but the name of Havelock would ever be remembered by Englishmen with pride and gratification . ( Applause . ) He was happy to observe amongst the Brethren present that day one who was now closely connected with their county as brigade adjutant of the Warwickshire militia , and who had been present in the Crimea ; he alluded to Bro . Captain Bower [ as we understood ] , whose name he would couple with the toast . ( Cheers . )
Bro . Captain Bower was delighted at the manner in which the toast had been drunk , and sorry that he was not better qualified to acknowledge the toast . He had seen what the soldiers did in the Crimea ; but their noble deeds appeared to have been outdone in India . He had seen both army and navy under fire , and it would be impossible to render praise to the one which was not equally deserved by the other . Some people appeared to be afraid of an invasion ( laughter ) , but he was sure there was no need of fear so long as their army and navy were kept in a state of efficiency . ( Cheers . )
The general toasts having been brought to a close , the ladies retired from the gallery , the hall was duly tiled , and the remaining toasts were drunk with Masonic honours . The B . W . Prov . G . M . gave "The Health of the M . W . G . M ., the Bight Hon . the Earl of Zetland . " He had had the honour of the acquaintance of the noble earl , and could assure them that he possessed the kindest of hearts , and that his greatest happiness consisted in endeavouring to promote the happiness of others . ( Applause . )
The next toast was The Health of the Bight Hon . Lord Panmure , D . G . M ., and the Grand Lodge of England ,- ' coupled with the name of Bro . Chas . Elkington , P . G . S . B . Bro . Elkington on occasions like the present always felt his want of eloquence efficiently to do justice to the task imposed upon him . He thanked their noble Prov . G . M . for the great compliment he had paid him in coupling his name with the toast , and the Brethren for the cordial manner in which they had received it .
Though he felt he could not adequately express his feelings of gratitude he would trespass upon their patience for a few minutes , as he never undertook a duty which he did not endeavour to carry out . ( Cheers . ) He had expected that the duty of responding to this toast would have devolved upon his senior in office , Bro . Spiers , but he was gratified that it was not so . Although he felt highly flattered when ( upon the suggestion of his noble and valued friend and Brother , the Marquis of Huntly ) , the offer of Grand office was made to him—entirely
unsolicited on his part , —he would willingly exchange any honour derived from ithe would gladly have exchanged it—for the gratification of serving under their highly respected Prov . G . M ., Lord Leigh , whose like they had never seen before . ( Loud cheers . ) He considered it a very high honour when lately , on the determination being come to to establish the Stoneleigh Lodge , he was asked to lend his assistance in doing so ; and the more especially when he heard that Lord Leigh was to be solicited to become the first Master . ( Cheers . ) He was proud that they had that day established a Lodge at Kenilworth—a place so famed in
history that it had been visited by upwards of 200 , 000 persons in one year ; and he was sure , commenced as it had been under the auspices of their Prov . G . M ., that it must flourish . ( Cheers . ) No sooner had the establishment of the Lodge been determined on than his lordship said that if the Masons of the Province were coming so close to the neighbourhood of Stoneleigh Abbey they must come over and dine with him ; and he knew that the only regret experienced by Lord Leigh that day was , that he had not a hall large enough to enable him to extend his hospitality to every Mason in the Province , His lordship ' s heart was large