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Provincial.

Benevolent Institution lor Aged Freemasons , and £ 10 to the Benevolent Institution for Freemasons' AVidows . The various officers of the Prov . Grand Lodge were re-appointed by the R . AV . Prov . Grand Master , aud Bro . Banvell was unanimously elected Proi ' . Grand Treasurer . The Prov . Grand Master stated that tbe next Prov . Grand Lodge would be held at I , vim , and in the following year ( 1 S 61 ) at Nonvieh . Tho Prov . Grand Lodwas then closed in antient and solemn form

go . The brethren then adjourned for a short time , and having re-assembled at the school room , formed in procession in the usual order , and walked to the parish church , the members of each Lodge being ranged under their respective banners . The service in the church was also attended by many of the inhabitants of North AValsham . The Prov , G . Organist , Bro . Norman , of IpsAvich , officiated at the organ . The lessons and prayers ivere read b y the rector and the curate , ancl the sermon was bthe

preached y Prov . G . Chaplain , the Rev . Bro . Samuel Titlow , from Matthew xvi ., 20 , " For what is a man profited if he shall gain the whole world aud lose his own soul ; or what shall a man give in exchange for bis soul ? " The Prov . G . Chaplain enlarged on the infinitely superior value ofthe spiritual and intellectual part of man to his material part , as proved not only by its higher intrinsic qualities and its immortal nature , but by the immense and inestimable sacrifice made for its reand the awful

demption , misery implied in its loss—not merely the exclusion from all the happiness which the soul was capable of enjoying iu heaven , but the absolute punishment it ivould have to endure— "the certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation . " Might God , _ who was mighty in strength and wisdom , give us understanding iu all things , and establish us iu every good word ancl work ! AVe read in the scriptures that God granted unto Solomon " wisdom and understanding , " and that Solomon determined to build "a house unto the name of the Lord , and a house for his kingdom . " Among other

persons employed m the great work ivas a man of Tyre . " a widow ' s son of the tribeof Napthali , " who was " filled ivith wisdom , understanding , and cunning ( skill ) to work all works iu brass , " and that he came to Kin " Solomon aud wrought all his ivork . Might God strengthen them and make them willing to help others—to help , ho might say , the clergyman and other friends of the jioori ' ii this parish—iu work ; olMth and labours of love . " Honour and majesty are before God , strength and beauty in his sanctuary . " If they ever hoped to gain everlasting life and to

come before God ' s presence with thanksgiving , ancl ivorship him witli tho beauty of holiness , let them , with prayer and supplication , seek to become instrumental iu the salvation of others . " Freely ye have received , freely give . " An opportunit y was now offered to them of benefiting the children of the poor . Their alms were asked in behalf of schools where children were instructed to love and fear the one God . In exhorting them to contribute liberally to so good a work as training up children in the of lihthe entreated

way g , them again to consider the value of immortal souls , and he hoped he might plead for these poor children in his Redeemer ' s name . Might they be instructed in those holy scriptures which ivere able to make them wise unto salvation through faith in Christ Jesus , and might the instruction of religious friends bo ahvays accompanied with prayer from the heart . Let teachers pray to Him who alone could instruct them before they entered upon the work of others to the

instructing . In appealing brethren also in behalf of the District Visiting Society , the A cry AVorshipful Chaplain reminded them ofthe great principle of their Order , " relief , " and observed that though they had that morning contributed a considerable sum to those charities which more especially belonged to them , and which looked up to them for help , their charity was not to bo confined to any particular order of men , but should be universal as the world . The Saviour ' s charity was not confined , and the brethren of this great fraternity could never forget the occasions on whicli they were instructed to look upon every child of Adam as a brother ofthe dust .

The collection made after the reverend brothers earnest aupeal amounted to . i'lS 1 Os . At four o ' clock nearly one hundred brethren partook of an excellent dinner at the King ' s Arms , provided by Bro . Chapman . Several brethren were unable to obtain admission , ancl had to be accommodated in another room . The banquet was not restricted to Masons , though only a low strangers wero present ; and a good deal of dissatisfaction \

vaa expressed at the restraint thus imposed upon the brethren , and the necessity it entailed of omitting the impressive ceremonies of a Masonic banquet . From tho general feeling which was evinced regarding what in a Masonic sense can scarcely be considered othenvise than an impropriety , there can be little doubt that on the next occasion the banquet will be in every respect thoroughly Masonic . The chair was taken by the R . AV . the Prov . Grand Master , the vice ehair

^ being filled by the Prov . S . G . AV , Sir Henry Stracey , Bart ., M . P ., and Bro . 11 . 0 . Chamberlain , Proi' . J . G . AV . Among the company ivere Bros , the Rev . Samuel Titlow , Prov . G . Chaplain ; Rev . V . W . Freeman , D . Prov . G . AI . of Suffolk ; Dr . Harcourt , D . Prov . G . M . of Surrey ; AV . \ V . Baring ; the Rev . George Coleby . P . Prov . G . Chaplain ; the Rev . W . Irench , P . p ,-ov . G . Chaplain of Suffolk ; R , S . Baker , P . Prov . S . G . AV .. John Banvell PGTreas Leedes

; , ... . ; W . Fox , Prov . G . Sec ; A . . 1 . Collins , Prov . G . Reg . ; AV Norman , Prov . G . Org . ; J . Coleby , P . M . ; . 1 Dawbarn \\ M , No . 25 S : -Cobb . W . AI ., No . 117 ; Henry J . Alason ; ., \ - ' , I ' T ' ' ^ l . andP . Prov . S . G . D . ; , T . Howes . PAL ; R . Gidney , I . M . ; A ) , 1 .. Ledgravc , P . M , and Prov . G , Dir , of Cers , ; J , Marshall ,

P . M . ; B . Kent , P . M . ; J . Kennedy , P . M . ; H . AVright , P . AL ; G . Smith , P . AL ; AV . Smith , P . M . ; 0 . Cuinmings , PAL ; & c . AVhen the cloth AA'as removed , The R . AV . Prov . G . M . rose to give the first toast . He said that iu ei'ery society throughout the length and breadth of the land the first toast was a tribute no less of regard for her Majesty than of lovo and veneration for the constitution under which this country had flourished , and he was sure it was the cordial aspiration of every one

present that that constitution might continue , amid the tumults of the . hour , to flourish for ages yet to come—and for this plain and obvious reason , that this country AA ' . IS almost the only country in the world where every man , woman , and child , might say and clo whatever he ensile liked or pleased , Avithout being amenable to the will or satisfaction of any other person , abiding only by his own judgment and the consequences of the conduct he chose to pursue . ( Cheers ) , fn whatever societyhoweverthis toast miht be ivenhe AA'as confident that in no

, , g g , society was it ever drunk with greater satisfaction than in the society of Freemasons . ( Cheers ) . Her Majesty was not a Freemason —( a laugh)—for she could not be one by the IHAA ' of the Craft , though in France they had female Freemasons ( laughter ) , but her Majesty was the daughter of an illustrious prince who was himself a splendid personification of all those virtues which were the distinguishing ornaments of tbe Order . ( Cheers ) . She had from her earliest childhood imbibed those princilesaud . he ( the Prov . G . AI . ) was happy to say that she had

p , carried them out in the administration of the affairs of this great country , and he had no . hesitation in saying that the more the principles of their Order Avere intermixed with and carried out in thc administration of the national affairs , so much the better would it be for the welfare of every individual in the country , and the greatness of our name in every piu-t of the world . ( Cheers ) . He would noiv give them , with hearty good feeliug , " Her Majesty ancl the Craft . " The toast was drunk with enthusiasmbutof coursewithout

, , , Masonic honours . The Prov . Grand Master , in giving the next toast , observed that all members belonging to any fraternity or society must feel an interest in the character of those whom their suffrages had placed at , the head of their community . They had noiv for a long period placed at the head

of Freemasonry in this country a nobleman who , he might say , acceded to that high office with some degree of trembling and doubt , knowing well that his predecessors had brought to that office all the prestige , all tbe influence , ancl all the fortification of their high position as princes of roj _ d blood . But from tbe first moment that Lord Zetland acceded to the distinguished office of Grand Alaster , he had ivou the full approbation ancl cordial , friendship and warm feeling of every brother Mason iu this country —( cheers)—because he had brought to the administration

of the office a thorough determination to do his duty to the utmost of his ability . He ( the Proi ' . G . M . ) believed there was no man of a more humble and conscientious feeling than Lord Zetland—no man more disposed to underrate his own abilities—and though there had been some little party feeling , it had now happily all died away , from the satisfactory maimer in ivhich Lord Zetland had met all the allegations made , and the ample proof ho had given that there was no man who had a greater desire , to promote the welfare of the Order , or to carry out by his

personal example those noble principles on ivhich it rested . ( Loud cheers . ) The Prov . Grand Alaster next gave , " The Deputy Grand Alaster o [ Knglimd , Lord Panmure . " Of the distinguished nobleman who held the second rank in the Craft , ho ( the Prov . G . AI . ) could say from his oivn knoAvledge , that though he had only a short time held that office , he had during that period endeavoured in eveiy way to promote Freemasonry , and more especially the cause of charity in connexion with the Order . He had taken the chair at the meetings of the Boys and Girls Schools , and his efforts had been eminently successful in

administering to the means and tho resources of the different Alasonic societies . ( Cheers ) . Sir Henry Stracey , Prov . S . G . W ,, Avho was greeted with loud and protracted cheering , said he inferred from the kind reception Avhich had been given to him , that they anticipated the toast which he was about to have the honour to propose ; but before he discharged the agreeable duty ho had undertaken , he wished to demand of their excellent Prov . Grand Secretary , whether those present ivere all Alasons . ( No . ) Then

he should simply say , that he hacl a toast to propose ivhich required little or no recommendation at his hands . Their li . W . Prov . G . AL had said that the Grand Master of Kngland had justified the choice that was made Avium he was elected to that high office . AVas he ( Sir Heury Straeey ) wrong when he said that their excellent brother , Benjamin Bond Cabbell , had justified the choice that ivas made whon he was appointed the Grand Alaster of the province of Norfolk ? ( Loud cheers ) . It wis evident from the feeling manifested on this occasion that the selection was a

just , a right , and a proper one . And he would say this , that the position filled by Bro . Benjamin Bond Cabbell was one AA'hich required many attributes not often possessed by the same individual . He need not remind them of the uniform urbanity and genial good humour of their Right Worshipful Prov . G . AI ,, nor above all of his exercise of that crowning quality ivhich distinguished Masonry—charity . ( Loud cheers . ) No man could stand higher as a Provincial Grand Alaster , as a brother , or as a man , than their excellent brother , l . c-iijamin Bond Cabbell . ( Cheers . ) Feiv ever bad , perhaps , such opportunities of . stud ying the tenets of Masonry , for he understood that their worthy brother years ago offici-

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Provincial.

Benevolent Institution lor Aged Freemasons , and £ 10 to the Benevolent Institution for Freemasons' AVidows . The various officers of the Prov . Grand Lodge were re-appointed by the R . AV . Prov . Grand Master , aud Bro . Banvell was unanimously elected Proi ' . Grand Treasurer . The Prov . Grand Master stated that tbe next Prov . Grand Lodge would be held at I , vim , and in the following year ( 1 S 61 ) at Nonvieh . Tho Prov . Grand Lodwas then closed in antient and solemn form

go . The brethren then adjourned for a short time , and having re-assembled at the school room , formed in procession in the usual order , and walked to the parish church , the members of each Lodge being ranged under their respective banners . The service in the church was also attended by many of the inhabitants of North AValsham . The Prov , G . Organist , Bro . Norman , of IpsAvich , officiated at the organ . The lessons and prayers ivere read b y the rector and the curate , ancl the sermon was bthe

preached y Prov . G . Chaplain , the Rev . Bro . Samuel Titlow , from Matthew xvi ., 20 , " For what is a man profited if he shall gain the whole world aud lose his own soul ; or what shall a man give in exchange for bis soul ? " The Prov . G . Chaplain enlarged on the infinitely superior value ofthe spiritual and intellectual part of man to his material part , as proved not only by its higher intrinsic qualities and its immortal nature , but by the immense and inestimable sacrifice made for its reand the awful

demption , misery implied in its loss—not merely the exclusion from all the happiness which the soul was capable of enjoying iu heaven , but the absolute punishment it ivould have to endure— "the certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation . " Might God , _ who was mighty in strength and wisdom , give us understanding iu all things , and establish us iu every good word ancl work ! AVe read in the scriptures that God granted unto Solomon " wisdom and understanding , " and that Solomon determined to build "a house unto the name of the Lord , and a house for his kingdom . " Among other

persons employed m the great work ivas a man of Tyre . " a widow ' s son of the tribeof Napthali , " who was " filled ivith wisdom , understanding , and cunning ( skill ) to work all works iu brass , " and that he came to Kin " Solomon aud wrought all his ivork . Might God strengthen them and make them willing to help others—to help , ho might say , the clergyman and other friends of the jioori ' ii this parish—iu work ; olMth and labours of love . " Honour and majesty are before God , strength and beauty in his sanctuary . " If they ever hoped to gain everlasting life and to

come before God ' s presence with thanksgiving , ancl ivorship him witli tho beauty of holiness , let them , with prayer and supplication , seek to become instrumental iu the salvation of others . " Freely ye have received , freely give . " An opportunit y was now offered to them of benefiting the children of the poor . Their alms were asked in behalf of schools where children were instructed to love and fear the one God . In exhorting them to contribute liberally to so good a work as training up children in the of lihthe entreated

way g , them again to consider the value of immortal souls , and he hoped he might plead for these poor children in his Redeemer ' s name . Might they be instructed in those holy scriptures which ivere able to make them wise unto salvation through faith in Christ Jesus , and might the instruction of religious friends bo ahvays accompanied with prayer from the heart . Let teachers pray to Him who alone could instruct them before they entered upon the work of others to the

instructing . In appealing brethren also in behalf of the District Visiting Society , the A cry AVorshipful Chaplain reminded them ofthe great principle of their Order , " relief , " and observed that though they had that morning contributed a considerable sum to those charities which more especially belonged to them , and which looked up to them for help , their charity was not to bo confined to any particular order of men , but should be universal as the world . The Saviour ' s charity was not confined , and the brethren of this great fraternity could never forget the occasions on whicli they were instructed to look upon every child of Adam as a brother ofthe dust .

The collection made after the reverend brothers earnest aupeal amounted to . i'lS 1 Os . At four o ' clock nearly one hundred brethren partook of an excellent dinner at the King ' s Arms , provided by Bro . Chapman . Several brethren were unable to obtain admission , ancl had to be accommodated in another room . The banquet was not restricted to Masons , though only a low strangers wero present ; and a good deal of dissatisfaction \

vaa expressed at the restraint thus imposed upon the brethren , and the necessity it entailed of omitting the impressive ceremonies of a Masonic banquet . From tho general feeling which was evinced regarding what in a Masonic sense can scarcely be considered othenvise than an impropriety , there can be little doubt that on the next occasion the banquet will be in every respect thoroughly Masonic . The chair was taken by the R . AV . the Prov . Grand Master , the vice ehair

^ being filled by the Prov . S . G . AV , Sir Henry Stracey , Bart ., M . P ., and Bro . 11 . 0 . Chamberlain , Proi' . J . G . AV . Among the company ivere Bros , the Rev . Samuel Titlow , Prov . G . Chaplain ; Rev . V . W . Freeman , D . Prov . G . AI . of Suffolk ; Dr . Harcourt , D . Prov . G . M . of Surrey ; AV . \ V . Baring ; the Rev . George Coleby . P . Prov . G . Chaplain ; the Rev . W . Irench , P . p ,-ov . G . Chaplain of Suffolk ; R , S . Baker , P . Prov . S . G . AV .. John Banvell PGTreas Leedes

; , ... . ; W . Fox , Prov . G . Sec ; A . . 1 . Collins , Prov . G . Reg . ; AV Norman , Prov . G . Org . ; J . Coleby , P . M . ; . 1 Dawbarn \\ M , No . 25 S : -Cobb . W . AI ., No . 117 ; Henry J . Alason ; ., \ - ' , I ' T ' ' ^ l . andP . Prov . S . G . D . ; , T . Howes . PAL ; R . Gidney , I . M . ; A ) , 1 .. Ledgravc , P . M , and Prov . G , Dir , of Cers , ; J , Marshall ,

P . M . ; B . Kent , P . M . ; J . Kennedy , P . M . ; H . AVright , P . AL ; G . Smith , P . AL ; AV . Smith , P . M . ; 0 . Cuinmings , PAL ; & c . AVhen the cloth AA'as removed , The R . AV . Prov . G . M . rose to give the first toast . He said that iu ei'ery society throughout the length and breadth of the land the first toast was a tribute no less of regard for her Majesty than of lovo and veneration for the constitution under which this country had flourished , and he was sure it was the cordial aspiration of every one

present that that constitution might continue , amid the tumults of the . hour , to flourish for ages yet to come—and for this plain and obvious reason , that this country AA ' . IS almost the only country in the world where every man , woman , and child , might say and clo whatever he ensile liked or pleased , Avithout being amenable to the will or satisfaction of any other person , abiding only by his own judgment and the consequences of the conduct he chose to pursue . ( Cheers ) , fn whatever societyhoweverthis toast miht be ivenhe AA'as confident that in no

, , g g , society was it ever drunk with greater satisfaction than in the society of Freemasons . ( Cheers ) . Her Majesty was not a Freemason —( a laugh)—for she could not be one by the IHAA ' of the Craft , though in France they had female Freemasons ( laughter ) , but her Majesty was the daughter of an illustrious prince who was himself a splendid personification of all those virtues which were the distinguishing ornaments of tbe Order . ( Cheers ) . She had from her earliest childhood imbibed those princilesaud . he ( the Prov . G . AI . ) was happy to say that she had

p , carried them out in the administration of the affairs of this great country , and he had no . hesitation in saying that the more the principles of their Order Avere intermixed with and carried out in thc administration of the national affairs , so much the better would it be for the welfare of every individual in the country , and the greatness of our name in every piu-t of the world . ( Cheers ) . He would noiv give them , with hearty good feeliug , " Her Majesty ancl the Craft . " The toast was drunk with enthusiasmbutof coursewithout

, , , Masonic honours . The Prov . Grand Master , in giving the next toast , observed that all members belonging to any fraternity or society must feel an interest in the character of those whom their suffrages had placed at , the head of their community . They had noiv for a long period placed at the head

of Freemasonry in this country a nobleman who , he might say , acceded to that high office with some degree of trembling and doubt , knowing well that his predecessors had brought to that office all the prestige , all tbe influence , ancl all the fortification of their high position as princes of roj _ d blood . But from tbe first moment that Lord Zetland acceded to the distinguished office of Grand Alaster , he had ivou the full approbation ancl cordial , friendship and warm feeling of every brother Mason iu this country —( cheers)—because he had brought to the administration

of the office a thorough determination to do his duty to the utmost of his ability . He ( the Proi ' . G . M . ) believed there was no man of a more humble and conscientious feeling than Lord Zetland—no man more disposed to underrate his own abilities—and though there had been some little party feeling , it had now happily all died away , from the satisfactory maimer in ivhich Lord Zetland had met all the allegations made , and the ample proof ho had given that there was no man who had a greater desire , to promote the welfare of the Order , or to carry out by his

personal example those noble principles on ivhich it rested . ( Loud cheers . ) The Prov . Grand Alaster next gave , " The Deputy Grand Alaster o [ Knglimd , Lord Panmure . " Of the distinguished nobleman who held the second rank in the Craft , ho ( the Prov . G . AI . ) could say from his oivn knoAvledge , that though he had only a short time held that office , he had during that period endeavoured in eveiy way to promote Freemasonry , and more especially the cause of charity in connexion with the Order . He had taken the chair at the meetings of the Boys and Girls Schools , and his efforts had been eminently successful in

administering to the means and tho resources of the different Alasonic societies . ( Cheers ) . Sir Henry Stracey , Prov . S . G . W ,, Avho was greeted with loud and protracted cheering , said he inferred from the kind reception Avhich had been given to him , that they anticipated the toast which he was about to have the honour to propose ; but before he discharged the agreeable duty ho had undertaken , he wished to demand of their excellent Prov . Grand Secretary , whether those present ivere all Alasons . ( No . ) Then

he should simply say , that he hacl a toast to propose ivhich required little or no recommendation at his hands . Their li . W . Prov . G . AL had said that the Grand Master of Kngland had justified the choice that was made Avium he was elected to that high office . AVas he ( Sir Heury Straeey ) wrong when he said that their excellent brother , Benjamin Bond Cabbell , had justified the choice that ivas made whon he was appointed the Grand Alaster of the province of Norfolk ? ( Loud cheers ) . It wis evident from the feeling manifested on this occasion that the selection was a

just , a right , and a proper one . And he would say this , that the position filled by Bro . Benjamin Bond Cabbell was one AA'hich required many attributes not often possessed by the same individual . He need not remind them of the uniform urbanity and genial good humour of their Right Worshipful Prov . G . AI ,, nor above all of his exercise of that crowning quality ivhich distinguished Masonry—charity . ( Loud cheers . ) No man could stand higher as a Provincial Grand Alaster , as a brother , or as a man , than their excellent brother , l . c-iijamin Bond Cabbell . ( Cheers . ) Feiv ever bad , perhaps , such opportunities of . stud ying the tenets of Masonry , for he understood that their worthy brother years ago offici-

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