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the necessaries of life . The members of No . 593 had supported him for some months , and he thought , under the circumstances of the case , the Prov . Grand Lodge might grant a sum of ten pounds to his aid . This being duly seconded , and also recommended by the Prov . G . M ., was voted unanimously . The Prov . Grand Lodge was then duly closed with solemn prayer , and the Brethren , after a sojourn on the lawn of the house , moved into the Town-hall adjoining , where a dinner was provided , in the worst possible style .

The Prov . G . M , took the chair , having on his right and left the R . W . Bro . S . Rawson , Prov . G . M . of China ; Bros . Sir John Harrington , Cot . Brownrigg , Sir George Smart , Prov . G . Org . ; Harcourt and Francis , Present and Past D . Prov . G . Ms . ; Bev . O . F . Owen , Prov . G . Chap . ; J . B . King , P . S . G . D . ; G . Price , C . Bawson , Blake , Cave , Crew , Bobinson , Spencer , and some forty more Brethren . The cloth being removed , after grace by the Prov . G . Chaplain , The Prov . G . M . called on the Brethren to rise and do honour to the first toast .

Our Sovereign , whether as the head of the people or the excellent mother of a family , was entitled to every praise ; but to give it due effect among Masons he gave iC The Queen and the Craft . " After doing honour to our queen , the Prov . G . M . said the next act of obedience was to pay due respect to the Sovereign of our Order . The Earl of Zetland , in following so celebrated a Mason as the Duke of Sussex , could not but find

considerable difficulty in discharging the business to the entire satisfaction of every member , and he ( Bro . Dobie ) , taking into consideration the attention" that was required at the hands of the G . M ., thought we might have gone further and fared worse . Looking to the aristocracy of the courftry to preside over the Order , they might congratulate themselves on having a nobleman of so excellent a character at the head of the institution as " TheM . W . G . M . the Earl of Zetland . "

In proposing the Earl of Yarborough and the rest of the Grand Officers , Past and Present , some of whom were then present , he called on Sir George Smart to respond , which he did by saying that the honour was by him unexpected . He supposed the appointment he had held some years back made him the organ of the otner Grand Officers on this occasion , who were all united in desiring him to express their grateful thanks for the reception they had met . Bro . Crew , whose voice appears to improve with his years , sang most beautifully " Thine ami . "

The Rev . Bro . Owen rose and said , that in conjunction with the office of Prov . G . Chap , was that of Orator , which two offices were blended in those Lodges where a distinct Orator was not appointed . Brethren might not be aware that the one peculiar privilege attached to the ancient office of Orator was to propose the health of the Prov . Grand Master , and he therefore , in accordance to that privilege , proposed to them , " The Health of Bro . Dobie , the Prov . GM . of Surrey / ' It was with great pleasure he spoke of a man so well known throughout the Province , and indeed the whole world of Masonry , as endowed not merely with habits

of business and general ability , but with that rare—almost extinct—qualification , common sense . " Our Prov . G . M ., " proceeded Bro . Owen , 'Ms one who can clear out the devious paths and blocked-up passages of Grand Lodge without kicking up a dust . ( Laughter . ) The Masons of Surrey have reason to be proud of him , and the highest aim of their ambition should be to render him proud of us . As to Masonry at large , I desire it not to resemble a skeleton exhumed from the tombs of by-gone time , but to he animated with a , living principle of intellect and action , that a heart should beat beneath the hollow ribs—intelligence beam forth from the otherwise empty skull . ( Loud cheers . ) We have heard something of

the Mark Degree from our Prov . G . M . ; he is one who is always , in every sense , up to the mark , but whose discretion keeps him from going beyond the mark . —• ( Laughter . ) Bro . Dobie ' s experience and business talent cannot be surpassed , and every Mason would regret any change that should deprive us of his services . The business lie does in Masonry for other incompetent or inattentive officials is incalculable ; he attends , in endless instances , not only to his own matters , but to the correction of their blunders also ; and many a trembling Tcncer , whose incompetency would have exposed him to ridicule , has been glad to shrink behind the shield of our Provincial Ajax . I conclude with proposing Bro . Dobie ' s health ;