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V Provincial.
On the removal of the cloth , the Worshipful Master proposed in succession , " The Queen and theGraft , " ¦ " ¦ The Earl of Zetland , Grand Master of England , " « The Earl of Yarborough ) Deputy Grand Master , and the Grand Officers ; " each of which toasts was drunk with Masonic honours .
The next toast was " The health of the Grand Master of the Province of Essex , Bro . B > J . Bagshaw ; " in giving which the W . M . described him in warm terms as a good man , an excellent Mason , a sincere promoter of the welfare of the Craft , and an ornament to the Brovince .
Bro . Borbes , as the Senior Grand Officer present , returned thanks for the Prov . GLM ., and alluded to his unavoidable absence , which he was sure no one regretted more than the Brov . G . M . himself
" The health of the Dep . prov . U-. M ., Bro . Skinner , and Officers , was also acknowledged , by Bro . Eorbes . The W . M . proposed the health of Bro . Hall , W . M . Angel Lodge , and acknowledged his ldnd and courteous assistance in the formation of the United Lodge ^ Bro . Hall , in acknowledging the compliment ^ expressed his opinion that the promoters of this Lodge had a fair and just right to take the course they had done ; and his belief that its establishment would result , as they had anticipated , in the benefit of Masonry generally , without materially interfering with the prosperity of the Angel Lodge .
The W . M . gave the health ofthe visitors , particularly mentioning Bro . Isaacs , P . Pro v . J . G . W . Kent , and Brov Lieutenant Gutzmer , W ^ M . Harwich Lodge ; and thanking the former for his assistance and a promised contribution towards the paraphernalia of the new Lodge . Bro . Isaacs returned thanks , and congratulated the W . M . upon the successful
establishment of the Lodge , which he believed would he considerably increased in numbers before three months had elapsed . With regard to any little assistance he might have rendered , he had been a Mason fifteen years , and considered it his duty to assist , whenever it was in his power to do so , either in the formation of a Lodge or in its subsequent working . - rt . ^ t _ „ „_ . __ '__ i ee mi . _ i _ -. ni " . p- ' ii ... xxr ii / r tV „ _ tv / t ___ . i n >> ~ ~ : Thhealth of the dwell
„ ~ Bro . Isaacs proposed " e W . M ., Bro . May , expressing his conviction that he would rule and direct the United Lodge to the entire satissaction of every one of its members , ; and eulogising him not only as a good Mason , but as brave a soldier , a kind and dutiful son , and an affectionate parent . ( Drunk with all the honours . ) The W . M . returned thanks for the exceedingly kind manner in which his health had been proposed and drunk . It was with no small feeling of pride that he
occupied his present position for the first time . He had been eighteen years a Mason ; and it had always been his wish and hope to attain to the Mastership of a Lodge ; but from being so frequently removed from place to place , he had never till now remained long enough in any town to reach that high office in which he had that day been installed . Masonry , he need not remark , was the most ancient as well as the most honourable Order in existence . They were told in their earlier ceremonies that it was more ancient than the Golden Fleece—more honourable than the Star
and Garter , and he felt it to be so . A Mason ' s apron was a passport to friendship , go where they would ; and the lives and fortunes that had been saved by tbe exchange of signs could hardly be enumerated . The Square was justly represented as the jewel of the Craft ; but the Level was almost equally important , because it signified equality : and wherever Masons met there was no difference between the
Xorince and the lowest in the land , except the distinction arising from superior skill , which the one might obtain equally with the other . He would only repeat that he felt highly honoured in being chosen the first Master of this Lodge , and , if it should please their rulers to continue the present camp arrangement for twelve months , he hoped to rule his Lodge , not only in strict accordance with the laws of the Grand Order , hut—if possible—so as to please everybody .
Bro . E . Williams proposed the health of the Senior and Junior Wardens of the United Lodge , for which Bro . Burney , S . W ., returned thanks , and remarked that he had seen so much good result from Freemonry , that it gave him the greatest pleasure to witness the advancement of the Craft . Other toasts were drunk , after which the Brethren separated . — Essex Standard ,
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V Provincial.
On the removal of the cloth , the Worshipful Master proposed in succession , " The Queen and theGraft , " ¦ " ¦ The Earl of Zetland , Grand Master of England , " « The Earl of Yarborough ) Deputy Grand Master , and the Grand Officers ; " each of which toasts was drunk with Masonic honours .
The next toast was " The health of the Grand Master of the Province of Essex , Bro . B > J . Bagshaw ; " in giving which the W . M . described him in warm terms as a good man , an excellent Mason , a sincere promoter of the welfare of the Craft , and an ornament to the Brovince .
Bro . Borbes , as the Senior Grand Officer present , returned thanks for the Prov . GLM ., and alluded to his unavoidable absence , which he was sure no one regretted more than the Brov . G . M . himself
" The health of the Dep . prov . U-. M ., Bro . Skinner , and Officers , was also acknowledged , by Bro . Eorbes . The W . M . proposed the health of Bro . Hall , W . M . Angel Lodge , and acknowledged his ldnd and courteous assistance in the formation of the United Lodge ^ Bro . Hall , in acknowledging the compliment ^ expressed his opinion that the promoters of this Lodge had a fair and just right to take the course they had done ; and his belief that its establishment would result , as they had anticipated , in the benefit of Masonry generally , without materially interfering with the prosperity of the Angel Lodge .
The W . M . gave the health ofthe visitors , particularly mentioning Bro . Isaacs , P . Pro v . J . G . W . Kent , and Brov Lieutenant Gutzmer , W ^ M . Harwich Lodge ; and thanking the former for his assistance and a promised contribution towards the paraphernalia of the new Lodge . Bro . Isaacs returned thanks , and congratulated the W . M . upon the successful
establishment of the Lodge , which he believed would he considerably increased in numbers before three months had elapsed . With regard to any little assistance he might have rendered , he had been a Mason fifteen years , and considered it his duty to assist , whenever it was in his power to do so , either in the formation of a Lodge or in its subsequent working . - rt . ^ t _ „ „_ . __ '__ i ee mi . _ i _ -. ni " . p- ' ii ... xxr ii / r tV „ _ tv / t ___ . i n >> ~ ~ : Thhealth of the dwell
„ ~ Bro . Isaacs proposed " e W . M ., Bro . May , expressing his conviction that he would rule and direct the United Lodge to the entire satissaction of every one of its members , ; and eulogising him not only as a good Mason , but as brave a soldier , a kind and dutiful son , and an affectionate parent . ( Drunk with all the honours . ) The W . M . returned thanks for the exceedingly kind manner in which his health had been proposed and drunk . It was with no small feeling of pride that he
occupied his present position for the first time . He had been eighteen years a Mason ; and it had always been his wish and hope to attain to the Mastership of a Lodge ; but from being so frequently removed from place to place , he had never till now remained long enough in any town to reach that high office in which he had that day been installed . Masonry , he need not remark , was the most ancient as well as the most honourable Order in existence . They were told in their earlier ceremonies that it was more ancient than the Golden Fleece—more honourable than the Star
and Garter , and he felt it to be so . A Mason ' s apron was a passport to friendship , go where they would ; and the lives and fortunes that had been saved by tbe exchange of signs could hardly be enumerated . The Square was justly represented as the jewel of the Craft ; but the Level was almost equally important , because it signified equality : and wherever Masons met there was no difference between the
Xorince and the lowest in the land , except the distinction arising from superior skill , which the one might obtain equally with the other . He would only repeat that he felt highly honoured in being chosen the first Master of this Lodge , and , if it should please their rulers to continue the present camp arrangement for twelve months , he hoped to rule his Lodge , not only in strict accordance with the laws of the Grand Order , hut—if possible—so as to please everybody .
Bro . E . Williams proposed the health of the Senior and Junior Wardens of the United Lodge , for which Bro . Burney , S . W ., returned thanks , and remarked that he had seen so much good result from Freemonry , that it gave him the greatest pleasure to witness the advancement of the Craft . Other toasts were drunk , after which the Brethren separated . — Essex Standard ,