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The Charities.
May IS . HOUSE COMMITTEE . —Bro . T . B . Ribbans having presented thirty additional copies of " Doctrines and Duties , " for distribution among new wards , the Committee resolved unanimously , " That it be recommended to the next General Court that Brother Ribbans should receive a complimentary mark of estimation b y being elected an Honorary Life-Governor of the Institution . "
THE FESTIVAL . The fifty-first anniversary of this excellent institution took place at Freemasons' Hall , on Wednesday the 22 nd of May , 1839 ; and among other distinguished Brethren was attended by the Earl of Zetland , Deputy Grand Master ; Lord Worsley , P . G . M . ; J . Ramsbottom , Esq . M . P . ; Hon . A . H . Moreton , M . P . ; B . B . Cabbell , Esq . ; Drs . Granville and Crucefix ; J . Gascoin , Esq . ; J . Henderson , Esq . ; and about
250 Brethren . LORD WORSLEY presided on the occasion , and on his entrance with the other Grand Officers , was received with loud demonstrations of delight by the assembled Brethren . The galleries , as usual , presented a proud display of youth and beauty . The cloth having been drawn , Benedictus was sung in very superior style by Br . Hawes ( who was intrusted with the musical arrangements ) ,
Bros . Robinson and Fitzwilliam , and the Masters Coward , and other professional assistants . Sir George Smart presiding at the pianoforte . LORD WORSLEY , calling for bumpers , said , —Brethren , the first toast I have to propose is " health to our noble Queen "—( loud cheers ) . " God save the Queen , " in full chorus . LORD WORSLEY then proposed the " health of the Queen Dowager , " and expressed an earnest hope that she would return to this country in renovated health —( loud cheers ) . Glee— " Here ' s a health to Queen Adelaide . "
LORD WORSLEY . I have now , Brethren , to call your attention to the " health of His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex , our Most Worshipful Grand Master "—( cheers ) . I am sure I need only leave this toast to your own feelings , and to the circumstances attending the meeting of this day , to have justice done to it —( loud cheers ) . Glee— " Strike the lyre . " The " health of the Earl of Durham , Pro-Grand Master , " having been given and responded to with the usual applauseLORD WORSLEY
, next called on the Brethren to drink to the " Memory of the late Pro-Grand Master , the Earl of Zetland , " which was done in solemn silence . LORD WORSLEY then said , he had the pleasure of proposing the health of a worthy descendant of the late Pro-Grand Master , — " The Earl of Zetland , the Deputy Grand Master , " to whom the Charity was so much indebted —( loud cheers ) . 'THE EARL OF ZETLAND thanked the Brethren very earnestly for the
manner in which his own health had been received , and for the respectful and kindly feeling with which the recollection of his revered parent had been recalled to their minds . He felt that it was a high compliment on the part of H . R . H . the M . W . G . Master , to place him in so prominent a position in the Grand Lodge of England ; and , perhaps , the best assurance he could give of his gratitude would be by endeavouring to follow in the steps of bis excellent father , now no more —( cheers ) . He hoped he might be permitted to claim the confidence of the Brethren by hereditary right ; and if so , he would endeavour to retain it by so
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The Charities.
May IS . HOUSE COMMITTEE . —Bro . T . B . Ribbans having presented thirty additional copies of " Doctrines and Duties , " for distribution among new wards , the Committee resolved unanimously , " That it be recommended to the next General Court that Brother Ribbans should receive a complimentary mark of estimation b y being elected an Honorary Life-Governor of the Institution . "
THE FESTIVAL . The fifty-first anniversary of this excellent institution took place at Freemasons' Hall , on Wednesday the 22 nd of May , 1839 ; and among other distinguished Brethren was attended by the Earl of Zetland , Deputy Grand Master ; Lord Worsley , P . G . M . ; J . Ramsbottom , Esq . M . P . ; Hon . A . H . Moreton , M . P . ; B . B . Cabbell , Esq . ; Drs . Granville and Crucefix ; J . Gascoin , Esq . ; J . Henderson , Esq . ; and about
250 Brethren . LORD WORSLEY presided on the occasion , and on his entrance with the other Grand Officers , was received with loud demonstrations of delight by the assembled Brethren . The galleries , as usual , presented a proud display of youth and beauty . The cloth having been drawn , Benedictus was sung in very superior style by Br . Hawes ( who was intrusted with the musical arrangements ) ,
Bros . Robinson and Fitzwilliam , and the Masters Coward , and other professional assistants . Sir George Smart presiding at the pianoforte . LORD WORSLEY , calling for bumpers , said , —Brethren , the first toast I have to propose is " health to our noble Queen "—( loud cheers ) . " God save the Queen , " in full chorus . LORD WORSLEY then proposed the " health of the Queen Dowager , " and expressed an earnest hope that she would return to this country in renovated health —( loud cheers ) . Glee— " Here ' s a health to Queen Adelaide . "
LORD WORSLEY . I have now , Brethren , to call your attention to the " health of His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex , our Most Worshipful Grand Master "—( cheers ) . I am sure I need only leave this toast to your own feelings , and to the circumstances attending the meeting of this day , to have justice done to it —( loud cheers ) . Glee— " Strike the lyre . " The " health of the Earl of Durham , Pro-Grand Master , " having been given and responded to with the usual applauseLORD WORSLEY
, next called on the Brethren to drink to the " Memory of the late Pro-Grand Master , the Earl of Zetland , " which was done in solemn silence . LORD WORSLEY then said , he had the pleasure of proposing the health of a worthy descendant of the late Pro-Grand Master , — " The Earl of Zetland , the Deputy Grand Master , " to whom the Charity was so much indebted —( loud cheers ) . 'THE EARL OF ZETLAND thanked the Brethren very earnestly for the
manner in which his own health had been received , and for the respectful and kindly feeling with which the recollection of his revered parent had been recalled to their minds . He felt that it was a high compliment on the part of H . R . H . the M . W . G . Master , to place him in so prominent a position in the Grand Lodge of England ; and , perhaps , the best assurance he could give of his gratitude would be by endeavouring to follow in the steps of bis excellent father , now no more —( cheers ) . He hoped he might be permitted to claim the confidence of the Brethren by hereditary right ; and if so , he would endeavour to retain it by so