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would not give a man credit for it . ( Hear , hear . ) I have travelled over almost every part of the world , and I have enjoyed the fellowship and the benefits of Masonry . I have heard the names of those illustrious in Masonry in foreign lands ; I have heard the name of Tynte before I came into this district , and I can , from personal knowledge , say that throughout the four quarters of tbe globe it is received with the greatest respect . ( Cheers . ) AA hen I came into these parts , I

heard another name frequently mentioned in terms of praise , and if the terms of eulogy were not so much in reference to his abilities as a Mason , they were at all events in reference to his popularity as a country gentleman—ancl that name was that of our R . W . Prov . G . M ., Mr . Rolls , of the Henclre . ( Immense cheering . ) It is not for me to make professions of what I wish to do in the future , but I will say this , that I will endeavour to follow in the steps of our It . AV . M . ; and that to benefit and

advance Masonry will be my earnest desire and constant aim . ( Cheers . ) The PROV . G . MASTER then in appropriate terms gave ' The Health of Bro . De Bernardy , the Installing Master of the Day . " ( The toast was received with cheers . ) Bro . BE BEENAIOTY replied at length . It was said that the song of the dying swan was the sweetest because it was the

last . He was not exactly a swan , hut he hoped his friends would receive his parting remarks kindly . ( Hear , hear . ) Having dwelt vipon his connection with tho province , he addressed the Prov . G . M ., thanking him for his kindness , his hospitality , his friendly interest ancl trust , which he hoped always to merit . To the late Prov . G . M . he ( l ? ro . de Bernardy ) owed a still deeper debt of gratitude , for it was he who brought him prominently forward amongst them ; it was he who encouraged him

in his career ; it was to him he was indebted for the experience he had acquired in the province of Monmouthshire—for all the friends he saw around liiin , and for all the comfort lie derived during a connection of many years with the province . ( Cheers . ) To them ( his brethren ) ho felt deeply grateful . He came amongst them a stranger , and they treated him with indulgence ; he sojourned amongst them and they encouraged and fostered him ; and he had now many friends whom he thanked feelingly —not simply with the lips , but from tho heart . ( Cheers . )

The PROV . G . MASTER gave " The Health of Bro . Frederick Binckes , the Secretary to the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys / ' ( Applause . ) llro . BINCKES acknowledged the compliment , ancl expressed his regret that in this instance time , tide , nor trains would wait for him , and he would have to leave Newport by the first train in the morning to be iu London the same afternoon . Had time permitted him he would have given some information respecting

the Charities in connection with the Craft that would have interested all those being Masons at heart , and of which the world lenew little . It' asked , the public said Masons were a convivial body , but they really knew nothing of what they did—nothing of their professions , usages , or principles , or what they charitably dispensed . Bro . Binckes then eloquently dilated upon the merits of the noble Charity , and tho interests of which he ably

advocated , and shewed that as much as twelve thousand pounds a year was contributed by the Freemasons of England to alleviate misery and distress . Nearly 200 children were maintained ancl educated in the establishment for boys at Lordship Lodge , AVood Green , Tottenham . He ( Bro . Binckes ) had guaranteed to raise a largo sum of money , and although the schools wero in a highly satisfactory state , funds were never more urgently

required than now , the „ number of those seeking admission being largely in excess of the means at their disposal . Bro . Dr . BOWLES , Prov . G . M . of Herefordshire , in humorous terms proposed the health of Bro . Roberts , Prov . G . Chap , of Monmouthshire . Bro . ROBERTS observed that somehow or other he was not n a speaking moodyet he could not helsaying how delihted

, p g he ahvays felt when in Monmouthshire , for it seemed like his native home to him , where lie found nothing hut warm hearts from the first to the lust . He felt very much tlic _ manner in which , during the procession of the day , his old parishioners pressed in upon him to say how glad they were to see him . ( Applause . ) Bro . Roberts then expressed his devotion to the principles of the Church of Englandbut at tho same time hoped

, he should always be ready to allow others to pursue their own religious feelings as they pleased . Turning from this subject to that of Masonry , he eulogised the conduct of the Prov . G . M . of Gloucestershire , Lord Sherborne , under whom Masonry in that province was making great progress , four lodges having been

consecrated there within the past fifteen months . This was simply owing to the inlluence of the G . M . of the province . In Monmouthshire , he had no doubt , under the auspices of Bro . Rolls , progress equally satisfactory would be made . Bro . Roberts in a mental trip through the provinces alluded to the Masonicspirit evolved in AVarwick , Birmingham , and other places under Lord Leigh , and in a spirit of badinage said he trusted that Herefordshire ( which they had been accustomed to regard as

something like the soil upon which it was situated—rather "heavy" ) would also display a greater amount of Masonicspirit than it had done . ( Laughter . ) A lady friend of his whoregarded the people of Herefordshire from his peculiar point of vision , said she had looked into the Directory to see what the country was like , and she found that it ivas celebrated for its cider , its loamy soil , and its longevity ; and she said , " AVell , looking at these things , how is it the people are so long lived 1 .

When I went into Herefordshire and mixed with its society I found that , although the intellect was so slow , it did not work against the material part of the body ; still the body was much slower , and hence the body survived the intellect . " ' ( Hear . ) As the province was not in the position it ought to be , he trusted his worthy friend who was about to be installed as-D . Prov . G . M . would , with his experience , prudence , and discretionbring up its Masonic zeal to the pitch at which it stood

, in the province in which he had sojourned for the last few days . ( Laughter and cheers . ) Bro . Dr . BOWLES , Prov . G . M . for Herefordshire , said that really he must claim the privilege of disabusing the minds of the brethren present of the erroneous impressions that Bro . Roberts had , in a moment of excitement , endeavoured to produce . The attack made upon what he should designate

his-Masonic sphere was altogether unfounded and unmerited , and he had yet to learn that the county of Hereford—his connection with which bo was very proud of—was at all behind its sister provinces , Masonically or otherwise . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) Though the soil was rich and loamy , the intellect was hy no means slow ; not , however , that either he or his worthy friend , the D . Prov . G . M ., would venture to compare their intellect with the quick intelligence ofthe Prov . G . Chap , of Monmouthshire . ( Cheers ancl laughter . ) Masonry was singularly

flourishing in the province over which he had the honour to preside . AA'iien , many years ago , he became Prov . G . M ., there was only one lodge , and that in ariiculo mortis , whereas now there wero four , and another would shortly be consecrated . ( Cheers . ) Bro . GIIETTON , Prov . G . Chap ., also rose , and ably endorsingthe sentiments of the Prov . G . M ., vindicated his native county from the slur cast upon it- by Bro . Roberts and his " old lady friend . " ( Cheers . ) ,

Bro . Colonel TYNTE , Prov . G . M ., having thanked Herefordshire for its attendance , and referred to the eminent abilitiesof the Deputy Grand Master elect , proposed with fitting eulogium the health of Bro . C'liandos Wren Hoskyns , who , he said , was a living refutation of the charge brought against it by Bro . Roberts ' s " old lady . " He was not only an excellent Mason and a shining literary character , but a good man . ( Cheers . ) Bro . HOSKYXS replied in a speech showing great learning and

research . Having ihanked Bro . Rolls for his compliment , hereplied to the observations of Bro . Roberts . Herefordshire was not exactly the B ^ jotia it had been painted ; and if it really had disadvantages , it also had its advantages . First , however , ho would mention that ho found himself in a double capacityas having filled the office of D . Prov . G . M . under Lord Leigh , whose name had been mentioned , and as the D . Prov . G . M . elect of Herefordshire . AVith regard to the province over

which Lord Leigh presides , he ( Bro . Hoskyns ) would confirm ancl corroborate every word . His lordship ivas one who devoted his whole mind and influence to the advancement of Masonry , and he had lived to see a province once divided into sections now concentrated into one body , to the moral and social good of the whole of the province . ( Cheers . ) Masonry was promoting the social advancement of Herefordshire , and the progress made within the last few years was very great . In accepting the

position of D . Piov . G . M . of that province he could notdisregard the fact that he was about to follow a brother who was so distinguished as a Mason and so universally beloved by all , that he ( Bro . Hoskyns ) felt a sense of chill in taking upon himself a position that had been so well occupied .. ( Hear , hear . ) AA'ith regard to the observations about Herefordshire , he would remind Bro . Roberts of the Anglo-Saxon motto " Slow and sure , " ( applause ) , and he hoped that Masonically it . would be realised in its fullest sense . ( Cheers . ) The remainder