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also its application and peculiar appropriateness to distinguish the P . Ms , of the Order . After which the Brethren who were not eligible to be present at this portion of the ceremony were admitted , and the ceremony , which was most impressively performed , concluded . The W . M , then appointed his officers as follows : — -Bros . Samuel W . Daukes , G . Supt . of Works , S . W . ; B . de Cuadra , J . W . and Treas . ; S . B . Wilson , jun .,
Hon . Sec . ; M . Pi tare , S . D . ; J . Jimenez , J . D . ; F . Gaston , I . G . ; and W . Longstaff , Tyler . In . the course of the meeting the By-laws were read , and obtained the unqualified approbation of the R . W . Prov . G . M ., who signified his approval by signing them in open Lodge . This having been done , the Lodge was closed in due form . Amongst the visitors were Bros . C . Purton Cooper , Prov . G . M . ; W . Watson , Prov . G . S . B . ; W . Pearson , P . Prov . J . D . ; and P . Logan , P . Prov . G . Beg . for Jersey .
A sumptuous banquet completed the interesting events of the meeting . The chair was of course filled by Bro . Artus , W . M . The healths of her Majesty , the M . W . G . M ., and the B . W . D . G . M . having been duly honoured , the W . M . called upon Bro . Wilson to propose the next toast . Bro . Wilson , on rising , said : " Brethren , it gives me very great pleasure to respond to the command of the W . M ., because it affords me an opportunity of proposing to you the health ofBro . Charles Purton Cooper , the B . W . Prov . G . M ., who has honoured us by his attendance on the present occasion . I have had opportunities of visiting many different Provinces , and closely observing the
manner in which the business in those Provinces is conducted , and have no hesitation in asserting that there are very few , comprising an equal number of Lodges , that can vie with the Province of Kent . This I consider to be entirely owing to the merits of our Prov . G . M ., whose personal superintendence of the general business of his Province , whose well-known zeal in behalf of our charities , and whose courtesy and kindness on all occasions , entitle him to our highest praise . It is therefore , W . M . and Brethren , with the greatest pleasure , I now propose ' The Health of Bro . Charles Purton Cooper , R . W . Prov . G . M ., ' thanking him for the honour of his attendance on this occasion . "
The toast having been drunk with the greatest enthusiasm , Bro . Cooper rose to return thanks , and said that he was much pleased with the reception he had met with , and felt highly gratified by the very flattering manner in which his health had been proposed by Bro . Wilson , and received by the Brethren . To receive praise from one who was praised by everybody was indeed something to be proud of . With regard to his personal attention to the business of the Province , he had always considered it to be his bounden duty , unless unavoidably prevented , to act for himself—although he had a Deputy , and one who would
prove himself fully competent to his situation if called upon to act . It was his ( Bro . Cooper ' s ) anxious desire that the greatest unanimity should exist in every Lodge throughout his Province , and that they should in a great measure govern themselves , so far as related to the selection of those from amongst their number whom they considered eligihle for preferment in the Prov . Grand Lodge . Their recommendations when sent to him he would lay before his council , and on receiving their
opinion , judge for himself , and then act as occasion might require ; and he assured them , that if at any time he did anything which they conceived to be wrong , it would be from an error of the head , not of the heart . He again thanked the W . M ., Bro . Wilson , and the Brethren , for the kindness shown him , wishing them many years of unalloyed happiness , and that the Lodge might flourish through many generations .
Several other toasts were then given , and a concluding glass "To all Poor and Distressed Masons" finished the proceedings . This heing a summer Lodge , the next regular meeting will take place on the Saturday nearest the full moon in May , 1858 , Graveseni ) . — Lodge of Freedom ( No . 91 ) . —This Lodge met on the evening of the 19 th October , when the W . M ., Bro . William Hills , proceeded to pass Bro . Daines to the 2 nd Degree , and to raise Bro . Proud to the 3 rd Degree .
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also its application and peculiar appropriateness to distinguish the P . Ms , of the Order . After which the Brethren who were not eligible to be present at this portion of the ceremony were admitted , and the ceremony , which was most impressively performed , concluded . The W . M , then appointed his officers as follows : — -Bros . Samuel W . Daukes , G . Supt . of Works , S . W . ; B . de Cuadra , J . W . and Treas . ; S . B . Wilson , jun .,
Hon . Sec . ; M . Pi tare , S . D . ; J . Jimenez , J . D . ; F . Gaston , I . G . ; and W . Longstaff , Tyler . In . the course of the meeting the By-laws were read , and obtained the unqualified approbation of the R . W . Prov . G . M ., who signified his approval by signing them in open Lodge . This having been done , the Lodge was closed in due form . Amongst the visitors were Bros . C . Purton Cooper , Prov . G . M . ; W . Watson , Prov . G . S . B . ; W . Pearson , P . Prov . J . D . ; and P . Logan , P . Prov . G . Beg . for Jersey .
A sumptuous banquet completed the interesting events of the meeting . The chair was of course filled by Bro . Artus , W . M . The healths of her Majesty , the M . W . G . M ., and the B . W . D . G . M . having been duly honoured , the W . M . called upon Bro . Wilson to propose the next toast . Bro . Wilson , on rising , said : " Brethren , it gives me very great pleasure to respond to the command of the W . M ., because it affords me an opportunity of proposing to you the health ofBro . Charles Purton Cooper , the B . W . Prov . G . M ., who has honoured us by his attendance on the present occasion . I have had opportunities of visiting many different Provinces , and closely observing the
manner in which the business in those Provinces is conducted , and have no hesitation in asserting that there are very few , comprising an equal number of Lodges , that can vie with the Province of Kent . This I consider to be entirely owing to the merits of our Prov . G . M ., whose personal superintendence of the general business of his Province , whose well-known zeal in behalf of our charities , and whose courtesy and kindness on all occasions , entitle him to our highest praise . It is therefore , W . M . and Brethren , with the greatest pleasure , I now propose ' The Health of Bro . Charles Purton Cooper , R . W . Prov . G . M ., ' thanking him for the honour of his attendance on this occasion . "
The toast having been drunk with the greatest enthusiasm , Bro . Cooper rose to return thanks , and said that he was much pleased with the reception he had met with , and felt highly gratified by the very flattering manner in which his health had been proposed by Bro . Wilson , and received by the Brethren . To receive praise from one who was praised by everybody was indeed something to be proud of . With regard to his personal attention to the business of the Province , he had always considered it to be his bounden duty , unless unavoidably prevented , to act for himself—although he had a Deputy , and one who would
prove himself fully competent to his situation if called upon to act . It was his ( Bro . Cooper ' s ) anxious desire that the greatest unanimity should exist in every Lodge throughout his Province , and that they should in a great measure govern themselves , so far as related to the selection of those from amongst their number whom they considered eligihle for preferment in the Prov . Grand Lodge . Their recommendations when sent to him he would lay before his council , and on receiving their
opinion , judge for himself , and then act as occasion might require ; and he assured them , that if at any time he did anything which they conceived to be wrong , it would be from an error of the head , not of the heart . He again thanked the W . M ., Bro . Wilson , and the Brethren , for the kindness shown him , wishing them many years of unalloyed happiness , and that the Lodge might flourish through many generations .
Several other toasts were then given , and a concluding glass "To all Poor and Distressed Masons" finished the proceedings . This heing a summer Lodge , the next regular meeting will take place on the Saturday nearest the full moon in May , 1858 , Graveseni ) . — Lodge of Freedom ( No . 91 ) . —This Lodge met on the evening of the 19 th October , when the W . M ., Bro . William Hills , proceeded to pass Bro . Daines to the 2 nd Degree , and to raise Bro . Proud to the 3 rd Degree .