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Peovifcial.
tbe Rigbt Hon . Lord Panmure , D . G . M ., and the rest of the Grand Officers , were tben drunk , with all the honours . The R . W . D . Prov . G . M . said there was no rule without an exception . They had just drunk the health of the Grand Officers of England collectively—and he now proposed to make an exception , by proposing to them " the Health of Bro . Warren , " who had that day honoured them with his . presence .
Bro . Warren assured the Brethren that he had been taken altogether by surprise in the way his name had been introduced to their notice by their respected R . W . D . Prov . G . M . It was true that he had had the honour of serving as a G . Steward of England— -but that gave him no claim to the distinction of being singled out to receive the honours of a G . Officer—G . Stewards being disrated at the close of their year of office . He , however , could not be insensible to the very great compliment which had been paid him , and he begged to return his sincere thanks to the R . W . D . Prov . G . M . for the manner in which he had proposed his
health , and to the Brethren for the cordiality with which they had received it . He could not , however , wholly accept the toast as a compliment to himself , but must in a great measure ascribe it to the estimation in which that instructor of the Craft—as he believed he might be allowed to call it—the Freemasons' Magazine , with which they were aware he had the honour to be connected , was held by the Brethren . ( Applause . ) As it was well known that he had not , either in his place in Grand Lodge or elsewhere , hesitated to complain of what he believed to have been the shortcomings of the executive of Grand Lodge , when he thought that
the system adopted by them required amendment—neither would he withhold praise when he thought praise was due . He did not wish them to understand that all had been done which was required to render the executive worthy of implicit confidence—he did not intend to tell them that favouritism for certain Lodges no longer prevailed , and that promotion was bestowed only on the most talented , and the most worthy—but he had no hesitation in expressing his belief that they had never possessed a better body of Grand Officers than at present ; and that should the same energy and attention to business and the claims of the Craft by the
Grand Officers as appeared at present to actuate them be continued but a year or two more , there would be no complaints heard , either from the provinces or the colonies , relative to the manner in which their communications were treated , but that Freemasonry in England would present only that united and harmonious body which the tenets of the Craft taught them it ought to be . ( Applause . ) In their present D . G . M ., Lord Panmure , they had a nobleman distinguished not only by
the high position he held in the State , but by his attention to the duties which devolved upon him as a ruler in the Craft , and by tbe courtesy and kindness with which he presided over the meetings of Grand Lodge . It would be invidious were he to attempt to refer personally to the various Grand Officers—but there was one of whom he must be allowed to say a few words—and he asked for permission to do so , because the R . W . Brother was now intimately connected with their Province—he alluded to Bro . Henderson . Bro . Henderson he knew to be
a most excellent Mason , possessed of a thorough knowledge of the Constitution of the Craft , and one whom they would find most courteous in all the intercourse they might have with him , being ever ready to afford the utmost information to the Brethren ; and be was sure lie might add , that the present Grand Registrar , so long as the Province of Suffolk remained under his control , would be found most anxious to promote its welfare , and add to the happiness of the Lodges within his jurisdiction . ( Applause . ) , He must acknowledge that he felt some difficulty whilst speaking in tbe terms he had of Grand Officers , it being very rare that he agreed with them in policy . Indeed , he believed that he was opposed to them on nine out of every ten questions which came before Grand Lodge —( laughter)—but that circumstance would not prevent his bearing his humble meed of praise to tbe character and attainments of those whom he thought deserved it . ( Applause . ) He again begged to thank them for the compliment they had paid him , assuring them that it gave him great pleasure in having the opportunity of making tbe acquaintance of the R . W . D . Prov . G . M . and the Masons of Suffolk ; trusting that though it was tbe first it would not prove the last occasion that he should have the honour of meeting them , ( Applause . )
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Peovifcial.
tbe Rigbt Hon . Lord Panmure , D . G . M ., and the rest of the Grand Officers , were tben drunk , with all the honours . The R . W . D . Prov . G . M . said there was no rule without an exception . They had just drunk the health of the Grand Officers of England collectively—and he now proposed to make an exception , by proposing to them " the Health of Bro . Warren , " who had that day honoured them with his . presence .
Bro . Warren assured the Brethren that he had been taken altogether by surprise in the way his name had been introduced to their notice by their respected R . W . D . Prov . G . M . It was true that he had had the honour of serving as a G . Steward of England— -but that gave him no claim to the distinction of being singled out to receive the honours of a G . Officer—G . Stewards being disrated at the close of their year of office . He , however , could not be insensible to the very great compliment which had been paid him , and he begged to return his sincere thanks to the R . W . D . Prov . G . M . for the manner in which he had proposed his
health , and to the Brethren for the cordiality with which they had received it . He could not , however , wholly accept the toast as a compliment to himself , but must in a great measure ascribe it to the estimation in which that instructor of the Craft—as he believed he might be allowed to call it—the Freemasons' Magazine , with which they were aware he had the honour to be connected , was held by the Brethren . ( Applause . ) As it was well known that he had not , either in his place in Grand Lodge or elsewhere , hesitated to complain of what he believed to have been the shortcomings of the executive of Grand Lodge , when he thought that
the system adopted by them required amendment—neither would he withhold praise when he thought praise was due . He did not wish them to understand that all had been done which was required to render the executive worthy of implicit confidence—he did not intend to tell them that favouritism for certain Lodges no longer prevailed , and that promotion was bestowed only on the most talented , and the most worthy—but he had no hesitation in expressing his belief that they had never possessed a better body of Grand Officers than at present ; and that should the same energy and attention to business and the claims of the Craft by the
Grand Officers as appeared at present to actuate them be continued but a year or two more , there would be no complaints heard , either from the provinces or the colonies , relative to the manner in which their communications were treated , but that Freemasonry in England would present only that united and harmonious body which the tenets of the Craft taught them it ought to be . ( Applause . ) In their present D . G . M ., Lord Panmure , they had a nobleman distinguished not only by
the high position he held in the State , but by his attention to the duties which devolved upon him as a ruler in the Craft , and by tbe courtesy and kindness with which he presided over the meetings of Grand Lodge . It would be invidious were he to attempt to refer personally to the various Grand Officers—but there was one of whom he must be allowed to say a few words—and he asked for permission to do so , because the R . W . Brother was now intimately connected with their Province—he alluded to Bro . Henderson . Bro . Henderson he knew to be
a most excellent Mason , possessed of a thorough knowledge of the Constitution of the Craft , and one whom they would find most courteous in all the intercourse they might have with him , being ever ready to afford the utmost information to the Brethren ; and be was sure lie might add , that the present Grand Registrar , so long as the Province of Suffolk remained under his control , would be found most anxious to promote its welfare , and add to the happiness of the Lodges within his jurisdiction . ( Applause . ) , He must acknowledge that he felt some difficulty whilst speaking in tbe terms he had of Grand Officers , it being very rare that he agreed with them in policy . Indeed , he believed that he was opposed to them on nine out of every ten questions which came before Grand Lodge —( laughter)—but that circumstance would not prevent his bearing his humble meed of praise to tbe character and attainments of those whom he thought deserved it . ( Applause . ) He again begged to thank them for the compliment they had paid him , assuring them that it gave him great pleasure in having the opportunity of making tbe acquaintance of the R . W . D . Prov . G . M . and the Masons of Suffolk ; trusting that though it was tbe first it would not prove the last occasion that he should have the honour of meeting them , ( Applause . )