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bouring Lodged The Lodge being closed , the Brethren , to the number of about fifteen or twenty sat down to supper , provided in Bro . Stott ' s usual good style . Subsequently the usual loyal and Masonic toasts were drunk , and a very agreeable evening spent . This Lodge , we may add , has for a few years been principally supported by our Manchester Brethren ; but we are happy to say that there appears every chance of a good accession of members from its own district .
pEVONSHIBE ; Plymouth , Devohport , and Stonbhouse . —Iu the above-named three towns , the Triopolis of the West of England , there are some 40 0 or 500 Brethren of the Graft , and seven Lodges . At a meeting of Lodge Sincerity , No . 224 , in December last , the idea of an aggregate meeting of the Freemasons of the neighbourhood was incidentally thrown ont . It was caught at with avidity , as a good idea . The W . Ms . of the several Lodges met , a committee was formed , and an
annual aggregate banquet was eventually determined on . The approval of the R . W . the Prov . Gr . M . for the province , the . 'Earl Fortescue ., JT . G ., was obtained , and the first banquet fixed for Wednesday , February I &^ for the province , Bro . the Rev * John Huyshe , having consented to preside , and Bro . W . Denis Moore , the able and most worthy Prov . G . Secretary , to fill the post of vice-chairman . Arrangements were also made with Bros . Branscombe , Risdon , and Carpenter , of Exeter , to be present , and give the benefit of their great
musical and vocal talents to the meeting . The assembly-room at the Royal Hotel , Devonport , fixed upon as the scene of the banquet , was decorated by the flags , banners , & c . of the several Lodges with admirable taste by Bro . J . Killingly , P . M . of No . 122 , P . A . Dir . of Cers ., a . / meiaber-of-. the banquet committee , and the Director of Ceremonies on this occasion . About 200 Brethren sat down to a good substantial dinner furnished by Mr . Moorshead of the Hotel . The R . W . the Chairman was supported right and left by past and present Prov . G . Officers ; the "V . W . the Vice-chairman by the Secretary of the banquet committee , Bro . William Hunt , S . W . No . 224 , and the Secretaries of the Lodges . Immediately before the Chairman were the W . Masters of Lodges , and before the Yiee-chairman the Past Masters . The centre of the room being filled by the Officers of Lodges and Brethren , amongst whom were several connected with the Army and
. Navy , decorated with marks of their valour and of their services . The arrangements as to seating were admirably carried out by Bro . Killingly , and the room , when filled , presented an appearance with which every one present was pleased and gratified . Grace before and after refreshment was said by the R . W . Chairman , and N ~ on nobis Domine was sung by the company . On the removal of the cloth ,
The R . W . Chairman proposed (< The Queen and the Crafty at the same time remarking that " The Queen" was a toast always most heartily responded to in any society of Englishmen , and never more so than when the company consisted of those who were Masons . The toast having been duly honoured , the National Anthem was sung by the Brethren . The Chairman then proposed " His Royal Highness Prince Albert , the duke of Cornwall , and the rest of the Royal Family . "
The young Prince , he hoped , would one day become a member of their band . ( Cheers . ) The Chairman then proposed " The M . W . the G . M . of England , the Right Hon . the earl of Zetland , and the Grand Lodge / ' which was duly responded to . The Vice-Chairman having intimated that several letters had been received from Brethren unable to attend , Bro . W . Hunt , S . W . No . 224 ( Sec . Of the Banquet Committee ) , read letters from Bros , the earl of Carnarvon ; Augustus Smith , D . Prov . G . M . for Cornwall ; Ellis , Falmouth , P . D . Prov . G . M . for Cornwall ; Tunstall , Bath ; and J . Edmonds , Plymouth , stating their regret at circumstances rendering them unable to attend , and generally expressing a desire to attend on some future occasion , Bro . Hunt
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bouring Lodged The Lodge being closed , the Brethren , to the number of about fifteen or twenty sat down to supper , provided in Bro . Stott ' s usual good style . Subsequently the usual loyal and Masonic toasts were drunk , and a very agreeable evening spent . This Lodge , we may add , has for a few years been principally supported by our Manchester Brethren ; but we are happy to say that there appears every chance of a good accession of members from its own district .
pEVONSHIBE ; Plymouth , Devohport , and Stonbhouse . —Iu the above-named three towns , the Triopolis of the West of England , there are some 40 0 or 500 Brethren of the Graft , and seven Lodges . At a meeting of Lodge Sincerity , No . 224 , in December last , the idea of an aggregate meeting of the Freemasons of the neighbourhood was incidentally thrown ont . It was caught at with avidity , as a good idea . The W . Ms . of the several Lodges met , a committee was formed , and an
annual aggregate banquet was eventually determined on . The approval of the R . W . the Prov . Gr . M . for the province , the . 'Earl Fortescue ., JT . G ., was obtained , and the first banquet fixed for Wednesday , February I &^ for the province , Bro . the Rev * John Huyshe , having consented to preside , and Bro . W . Denis Moore , the able and most worthy Prov . G . Secretary , to fill the post of vice-chairman . Arrangements were also made with Bros . Branscombe , Risdon , and Carpenter , of Exeter , to be present , and give the benefit of their great
musical and vocal talents to the meeting . The assembly-room at the Royal Hotel , Devonport , fixed upon as the scene of the banquet , was decorated by the flags , banners , & c . of the several Lodges with admirable taste by Bro . J . Killingly , P . M . of No . 122 , P . A . Dir . of Cers ., a . / meiaber-of-. the banquet committee , and the Director of Ceremonies on this occasion . About 200 Brethren sat down to a good substantial dinner furnished by Mr . Moorshead of the Hotel . The R . W . the Chairman was supported right and left by past and present Prov . G . Officers ; the "V . W . the Vice-chairman by the Secretary of the banquet committee , Bro . William Hunt , S . W . No . 224 , and the Secretaries of the Lodges . Immediately before the Chairman were the W . Masters of Lodges , and before the Yiee-chairman the Past Masters . The centre of the room being filled by the Officers of Lodges and Brethren , amongst whom were several connected with the Army and
. Navy , decorated with marks of their valour and of their services . The arrangements as to seating were admirably carried out by Bro . Killingly , and the room , when filled , presented an appearance with which every one present was pleased and gratified . Grace before and after refreshment was said by the R . W . Chairman , and N ~ on nobis Domine was sung by the company . On the removal of the cloth ,
The R . W . Chairman proposed (< The Queen and the Crafty at the same time remarking that " The Queen" was a toast always most heartily responded to in any society of Englishmen , and never more so than when the company consisted of those who were Masons . The toast having been duly honoured , the National Anthem was sung by the Brethren . The Chairman then proposed " His Royal Highness Prince Albert , the duke of Cornwall , and the rest of the Royal Family . "
The young Prince , he hoped , would one day become a member of their band . ( Cheers . ) The Chairman then proposed " The M . W . the G . M . of England , the Right Hon . the earl of Zetland , and the Grand Lodge / ' which was duly responded to . The Vice-Chairman having intimated that several letters had been received from Brethren unable to attend , Bro . W . Hunt , S . W . No . 224 ( Sec . Of the Banquet Committee ) , read letters from Bros , the earl of Carnarvon ; Augustus Smith , D . Prov . G . M . for Cornwall ; Ellis , Falmouth , P . D . Prov . G . M . for Cornwall ; Tunstall , Bath ; and J . Edmonds , Plymouth , stating their regret at circumstances rendering them unable to attend , and generally expressing a desire to attend on some future occasion , Bro . Hunt