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the present day , and , therefore , I feel sure you Avill bo but too happy to drink to the toast I am about to propose to you— " Our Most Gracious Queen . " The chairman , preparatory to proposing- the next toast , remarked on the circumstance of II . R . Hi ghness tho Prince of Wales having- visited that colony . His reception Avas the most loyal and enthusiastic that could possibly have been expected . They had seen him and , if possible , loved him the more for his many manly virtues . He therefore proposed the health of "The Prince and Princess

of AVales and the rest of the Royal Family . " The Chairman then gave the health of " The Most Eminent and Supreme Grand Master of the Order , in England and AVales , Sir Knt . AVilliam Stuart , " Avln ' ch was received with all honors . Tho Chairman next gave " The Supreme Rulers of Capitular and Craft Masonry in the Province of Canada , M . E . Comp . 'J ' . D . Harrington and M . AV . Bro . AV . B . Simpson . "

The Chairman next gave "The health of the A ' . E . Prov . Grand Commander , Sir Knt . Colonel AV . J . B . McLeod Moore . " The Chairman next gave "The Visiting Sir Knights . " Sir Knt . A . S . Kirkpatrick , of Kingston , rose and returned thanks on behalf of tho visitors , and tendered a hearty welcome to any of the Sir Knights visiting his encampment at Kingston . Sir Knt . D . Curtis next proposed " The health of Sir Knt . Thomas McCraken ,

tho retired Commander of the Godfrey de Bouillon Encampment . " The Chairman , on behalf of Sir Knt . McCraken , returned thanks for the honor done him , and took occasion to express to tho Sir Knights the disappointment he felt at hai-iug to leave the city on the A-ery afternoon of the day of the meeting of that assembly , business of an urgent nature requiring his jiresencc elsewhere . He hoped under the circumstances lie would he excused . Sir Knt . Campbell then proposed the health of " Past E . C . Sir Knt . Colonel AV . Mercer AVilson ; " Avhich Avas received and drank Avith till the honors .

Sir Knt . Curtis proposed the health of "The newly elected Commander of the Encampment for tho ensuing term , Sir Knt . Thomas R . Harris , " and in doing so briefly alluded to the position held by him in the various grades of the Masonic order , as also of his zeal in the discharge of the important duties devolving upon him . The toast Avas drank Avith all the honors . The E . C . Sir Knt . Harris , in responding to the health just proposed , thanked the Sir Knights for this expression of their kindness . He had done the same

thing on many previous occasions , and they Avere fully satisfied of the deep gratitude he felt for their many acts of kindness towards him . It was true he had been associated with the craft for a number of years , and been honored with offices of distinction , and some not devoid of much hard ivork . All that ho wished and Avorked for Avas the advancement of the order , and he Avas sure all present had the same object in view . The Chairman next ga \ 'o " The Health of Sir Knt . Charles Magill , M . P . P ., and

Mayor of tho city . " Sir Knight Magill was , Avith the exception of himself , tho only original chartered member present . He bad always taken great interest in the welfare and prosperity of this order ; and although fickle fortune had been profuse in the bestowal of her honors upon him , Avliich involved much labour and occupied a great deal of his time , yet he found an hour to attend to bis masonic duties . Sir Knt . Magilt said—Eminent Sir Knights and Sir Knights generally , I feel

very grateful and much pleased at the friendly manner in which my name has been mentioned , and at the enthusiastic reception which you have been pleased to accord to it . My fellow citizens have placed me in many positions of trust and honor , of Avhich any man might Avell be proud ; but none of them have given me greater gratification than the recollection of the compliments conferred upon me from time to time by the members of the masonic fraternity . You , eminent Sir Knight , have been pleased to refer to my having been one of the chartered members in the Godfrey de Bouillon Encampment . I had also the honor of being appointed by my brethren as chairman of the Masonic Conyen-