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honour as her fav « ourite residence , and in which the excellent Prov . Grand Master kept Masonry in such good order . The noble earl next , in proposing " The Most Worshipful the Earl of Zetland , " said that , although in Grand Lodge he might have occasion to differ upon some points with the Grand Master , he was ready to acknowledge his great and high qualities and fitness for the high position he occupied . The noble earl then read the following communications from the Most Worshipful Grand Master and the Right Worshipful Deputy Grand Master to the Provincial Grand Master : —
:. . ' "A sice , Oct . 9 th , 1858 . " Dear Sir and Brother , —I have had the honour to receive your letter of the 7 th . instant . I have not yet received from your Deputy a printed copy of the Rules of the Society you have established in your province for the purpose of affording relief to the widows and orphans of Brethren , but I am sure such a fund
cannot fail to be of the greatest service ^ and will reflect credit on the province of the Isle of Wight . I am convinced also , that you and the Brethren who have forwarded so laudable an undertaking will not be unmindful of the old established Masonic charities which are open to the whole kingdom ; and on behal f and for the extension of which exertions are now being made in most of the Masonic
provinces . " I rejoice to hear that Lord Carnarvon is to preside at the opening dinner , at Ryde . on the 22 nd instant ; for from his known kindness and urbanity , as well as from his powerful eloquence , I anticipate the best results from his advocacy of beneficent undertaking . I beg you , Right Worshipful Sir , to express to the Brethren , onHhe 22 nd instant , my entire approval and my most sincere wishes for the success of their benevolent intentions .
" I remain , dear Sir and Brother , " Your faithful servant and Brother . . " Thomas Willis Fleming , Esq .. " " Zetland , G . M . " < c Sir and Brother , —I am greatly pleased to learn through you , the most Masonic and charitable resolution of the Brethren in the province of the Isle of Wight , and it must be gratifying to you to see your suggestions so well carried out . I heartily trust that the scheme may succeed , and the example of the Brethren in the Isle of Wight be followed by other provinces .
" I am yours fraternally , tc Invermarlc , Brechin , Oct . 11 ^ 1858 . " « Panmure . In answer to the M . W . G . M / s hope that the establishment of the fund would not lead to a neglect of the old-established and universal charities of the Order , it was necessary to say this was for local cases , which were not all or insufficiently relieved by the other charities . The health of " The Grand Master" haying been drunk ,
< The Deputy Grand Master and the rest of the Grand Officers" was the next toast , in connection with which the noble earl named Bro . W . R . Wood , Grand Steward . That worthy brother was entitled to notice not only as an officer of Grand Lodge , but as an active member of a Brighton Lodge , and more especially as being the instrument of affording to the children of the Freemasons' Girls'School a day ' s holiday and festival in that delightful town , a few weeks since ; he was particularly deserving the esteemed regard of his brother Masons .
Bro . Wood , said , that the mention of the fete to the children of the school , took the toast out of the category of routine toasts , and enabled him the better to address them . The effect of that day ' s exhibition would be of vast service to Masonry , and he could have wished the world at large to have witnessed the happy and gratifying sight . With reference to tho prospects of Masonry in Brighton , Bro . Wood said that , in addition to the two long established Lodges , the new one recently formed was most promising , and an application had been made for tho formation of a fourth for which Lord Yarborough had signed a recommendation .
Lord Carnarvon then rose and said that , at oyery meeting there was some ostensible caiiBo to bring the Brethren together , and the meeting of that day was to consolidate and firmly establish a charity promoted by his excellent friend the
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honour as her fav « ourite residence , and in which the excellent Prov . Grand Master kept Masonry in such good order . The noble earl next , in proposing " The Most Worshipful the Earl of Zetland , " said that , although in Grand Lodge he might have occasion to differ upon some points with the Grand Master , he was ready to acknowledge his great and high qualities and fitness for the high position he occupied . The noble earl then read the following communications from the Most Worshipful Grand Master and the Right Worshipful Deputy Grand Master to the Provincial Grand Master : —
:. . ' "A sice , Oct . 9 th , 1858 . " Dear Sir and Brother , —I have had the honour to receive your letter of the 7 th . instant . I have not yet received from your Deputy a printed copy of the Rules of the Society you have established in your province for the purpose of affording relief to the widows and orphans of Brethren , but I am sure such a fund
cannot fail to be of the greatest service ^ and will reflect credit on the province of the Isle of Wight . I am convinced also , that you and the Brethren who have forwarded so laudable an undertaking will not be unmindful of the old established Masonic charities which are open to the whole kingdom ; and on behal f and for the extension of which exertions are now being made in most of the Masonic
provinces . " I rejoice to hear that Lord Carnarvon is to preside at the opening dinner , at Ryde . on the 22 nd instant ; for from his known kindness and urbanity , as well as from his powerful eloquence , I anticipate the best results from his advocacy of beneficent undertaking . I beg you , Right Worshipful Sir , to express to the Brethren , onHhe 22 nd instant , my entire approval and my most sincere wishes for the success of their benevolent intentions .
" I remain , dear Sir and Brother , " Your faithful servant and Brother . . " Thomas Willis Fleming , Esq .. " " Zetland , G . M . " < c Sir and Brother , —I am greatly pleased to learn through you , the most Masonic and charitable resolution of the Brethren in the province of the Isle of Wight , and it must be gratifying to you to see your suggestions so well carried out . I heartily trust that the scheme may succeed , and the example of the Brethren in the Isle of Wight be followed by other provinces .
" I am yours fraternally , tc Invermarlc , Brechin , Oct . 11 ^ 1858 . " « Panmure . In answer to the M . W . G . M / s hope that the establishment of the fund would not lead to a neglect of the old-established and universal charities of the Order , it was necessary to say this was for local cases , which were not all or insufficiently relieved by the other charities . The health of " The Grand Master" haying been drunk ,
< The Deputy Grand Master and the rest of the Grand Officers" was the next toast , in connection with which the noble earl named Bro . W . R . Wood , Grand Steward . That worthy brother was entitled to notice not only as an officer of Grand Lodge , but as an active member of a Brighton Lodge , and more especially as being the instrument of affording to the children of the Freemasons' Girls'School a day ' s holiday and festival in that delightful town , a few weeks since ; he was particularly deserving the esteemed regard of his brother Masons .
Bro . Wood , said , that the mention of the fete to the children of the school , took the toast out of the category of routine toasts , and enabled him the better to address them . The effect of that day ' s exhibition would be of vast service to Masonry , and he could have wished the world at large to have witnessed the happy and gratifying sight . With reference to tho prospects of Masonry in Brighton , Bro . Wood said that , in addition to the two long established Lodges , the new one recently formed was most promising , and an application had been made for tho formation of a fourth for which Lord Yarborough had signed a recommendation .
Lord Carnarvon then rose and said that , at oyery meeting there was some ostensible caiiBo to bring the Brethren together , and the meeting of that day was to consolidate and firmly establish a charity promoted by his excellent friend the