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heiress presumptive to the Throne , and the day on which she attained her legal majority . —( Applause . )—Her ascension to the Throne could " ° ' J si very distant event , in the course of the ordinary circumstances of hie ; it was , therefore , not surprising that the nation should on this day take occasion to show their loyalty and attachment to one who would on the demise of the King , an event he trusted yet far distant , be their future Queen . The sex of the Princess had kept her from mixing so much in public as would have been the case with one of the other sex ; we had not , therefore , much in the past to judge of what her future conduct might prove ; yet there was one well-known trait in her
character trul y British—that of benevolence . —( Hear , hear . )—When a case of distress was represented , the Princess and her royal mother were ever ready to relieve it . —( Applause . )—He proposed the Princess Victoria , and after the manner adopted by themselves at their own happy homes / " n , cJomcstic circ ! e ; wish her " many happy returns of tlie day . " ( The toast was drunk with enthusiasm . ) ft The Army and Navy" was the next toast . The Chairman
said that he now proposed , with very great pleasure , the health of his noble guest who sat at his right hand—( Cheers)—to whom their best thanks were due for so kindly and so willingly consenting to lay the first stone of the institution . ( Cheers . ) It might not be known to all , although it was to some , that the original intention was to lav the stone on the loth , but that the rules of the Lodge would not permit strangers to dine with them on that day He could bear testimonto
. y the great kindness shown b y his lordship in arranging the change of day - , and they ought not to forget , in their estimation of the noble earl s condescension , that his attendance put him to considerable personal inconvenience , the consequence of prior arrangements . He ( the Chairman ) felt anxious that the noble lord should lay the first stone of the Buildings , as he had previously performed a similar ceremony at the Iropnetary Schoolan establishment that had conferred greater
, benefits on the town than any other public institution , for very many previous years ; and he hoped to see the new Exchange as prosperous as the School , and , if possible , conferring even greater advantages . At the same tim e he begged of the noble lord to allow him to present to him the silver trowel used in the Masonic ; epirrmnnv * fdroat « mni ™ -i
„ -I . ™ Mexoorough then rose , and the cheering was resumed . VI hen it had ceased , he said that he had a due sense of the high compliment just paid to him . He was not much in the habit of public speaking , but this he could safely assert , that what he did say came from the heart . He felt greatly honoured b y being requested to lay the first stone of the new buildings . He hoped that the institution would be a source of prosperity to the town not that he thought that it would be
; so because of his performing the ceremony , hut , as the Proprietary bciioo scheme had been highly successful , he might , without subjecting himself to a charge of vanity , be permitted to hope that circumstance might be ominous of good for their present undertaking . ( Hear , hear . ) He trusted that he should live long enough to see all the wishes of the directors and shareholders fully met , and their intentions carried out to the utmost extent . Although living so near to them , he was seldom
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Provincial.
heiress presumptive to the Throne , and the day on which she attained her legal majority . —( Applause . )—Her ascension to the Throne could " ° ' J si very distant event , in the course of the ordinary circumstances of hie ; it was , therefore , not surprising that the nation should on this day take occasion to show their loyalty and attachment to one who would on the demise of the King , an event he trusted yet far distant , be their future Queen . The sex of the Princess had kept her from mixing so much in public as would have been the case with one of the other sex ; we had not , therefore , much in the past to judge of what her future conduct might prove ; yet there was one well-known trait in her
character trul y British—that of benevolence . —( Hear , hear . )—When a case of distress was represented , the Princess and her royal mother were ever ready to relieve it . —( Applause . )—He proposed the Princess Victoria , and after the manner adopted by themselves at their own happy homes / " n , cJomcstic circ ! e ; wish her " many happy returns of tlie day . " ( The toast was drunk with enthusiasm . ) ft The Army and Navy" was the next toast . The Chairman
said that he now proposed , with very great pleasure , the health of his noble guest who sat at his right hand—( Cheers)—to whom their best thanks were due for so kindly and so willingly consenting to lay the first stone of the institution . ( Cheers . ) It might not be known to all , although it was to some , that the original intention was to lav the stone on the loth , but that the rules of the Lodge would not permit strangers to dine with them on that day He could bear testimonto
. y the great kindness shown b y his lordship in arranging the change of day - , and they ought not to forget , in their estimation of the noble earl s condescension , that his attendance put him to considerable personal inconvenience , the consequence of prior arrangements . He ( the Chairman ) felt anxious that the noble lord should lay the first stone of the Buildings , as he had previously performed a similar ceremony at the Iropnetary Schoolan establishment that had conferred greater
, benefits on the town than any other public institution , for very many previous years ; and he hoped to see the new Exchange as prosperous as the School , and , if possible , conferring even greater advantages . At the same tim e he begged of the noble lord to allow him to present to him the silver trowel used in the Masonic ; epirrmnnv * fdroat « mni ™ -i
„ -I . ™ Mexoorough then rose , and the cheering was resumed . VI hen it had ceased , he said that he had a due sense of the high compliment just paid to him . He was not much in the habit of public speaking , but this he could safely assert , that what he did say came from the heart . He felt greatly honoured b y being requested to lay the first stone of the new buildings . He hoped that the institution would be a source of prosperity to the town not that he thought that it would be
; so because of his performing the ceremony , hut , as the Proprietary bciioo scheme had been highly successful , he might , without subjecting himself to a charge of vanity , be permitted to hope that circumstance might be ominous of good for their present undertaking . ( Hear , hear . ) He trusted that he should live long enough to see all the wishes of the directors and shareholders fully met , and their intentions carried out to the utmost extent . Although living so near to them , he was seldom