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The Festival.
He concluded by giving " The health of the Queen Dowager "—which was drunk with three times three , good cheers . " Una voce , poco fa , " by Miss Belts . Followed by much applause , and unanimously encored . After a short lapse of time the toast-master excited a good deal of mirth by giving out the next toast , namely , " Tbe health of his Royal Hihness Prince Albertthe Prince of Walesthe Princess of Wales
g , , , ( in mistake for the Princess Royal ) and the rest of tbe Roynl Family , " before it had been proposed by the chairman . The company promptly responded to it , and the cheers were followed by much laughter . The CHAIRMAN , as soon as the mirth had subsided , rose and said , he was happy to find the company over whom it was his happiness this evening to preside , so much on the alert in responding to the toast which had been given from behind the chair —( cheers and laughter ) .
For regularity ' s sake he would however give it them again in due course , and propose " The health of his Royal Highness Prince Albert , tbe Prince of Wales , the Princess Royal , and the rest of the Royal Family "—( cheers ) . This was a toast which he knew they could not but receive with enthusiasm . For they all knew the worth of the illustrious personage whose name stood at its head—a prince , who since his advent to this countrybad rendered himself an object of admiration
, to every Englishman—( cheers ) . His conduct was , in all respects , most exemplary , and he enjoyed , as he deserved , the love and esteem of all—( cheers ) . Of the Prince of Wales it was only necessary to say , he was the grandson of a Mason —( cheers ) ; and he hoped that some of them might live to see his Royal Highness a member of the same
Craft—( loud cheers ) . He concluded by g iving the toast , which was again drunk with all the honours , and followed by the song , " Long Life to the Prince and tbe Queen . " The CHAIRMAN again rose , and said that the same loyalty whicli they all owed to their sovereign as citizens of the world , did those among them who were Masons owe to their ruler and head—( cheers ) . Without , therefore , making any observations of a more Masonic character ( whichin a mixed company like tbe presentwould be out
, , of place ) , than those which dwelt generally on the great merits and distinguished qualities of their most worshipful Grand Master , he would at once propose the health of His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex , with three times three —( loud cheers ) . Song from Miss Fanny Russell . The CHAIRMAN next gave " The Pro-Grand Master , the Deputy Grand Masterand the Grand Lodge of England "—( three times
, three ) . The CHAIRMAN then gave " The healths of the most Worshipful Grand Alasters of Scotland and Ireland" - —( three times three ) . Bro . E . R . MOHAN returned thanks on the part of the Most Worshipful Grand Master of Ireland . His maternity of Masonry was in that country , and it would therefore , perhaps , not be thought unfitting that he should acknowledge that portion of the toast which related to
Ireland —( hear , hear ) . It had been his good fortune to have the honour of returning thanks for a similar compliment to the distinguished Mason who ruled the Irish Craft at the first public meeting of this charity , when held at Blackwall , and what he had since seen of its working out to its present high attitude , only rendered him the more anxious to see its great objects carried out to the perfection of that arch of Masonic
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Festival.
He concluded by giving " The health of the Queen Dowager "—which was drunk with three times three , good cheers . " Una voce , poco fa , " by Miss Belts . Followed by much applause , and unanimously encored . After a short lapse of time the toast-master excited a good deal of mirth by giving out the next toast , namely , " Tbe health of his Royal Hihness Prince Albertthe Prince of Walesthe Princess of Wales
g , , , ( in mistake for the Princess Royal ) and the rest of tbe Roynl Family , " before it had been proposed by the chairman . The company promptly responded to it , and the cheers were followed by much laughter . The CHAIRMAN , as soon as the mirth had subsided , rose and said , he was happy to find the company over whom it was his happiness this evening to preside , so much on the alert in responding to the toast which had been given from behind the chair —( cheers and laughter ) .
For regularity ' s sake he would however give it them again in due course , and propose " The health of his Royal Highness Prince Albert , tbe Prince of Wales , the Princess Royal , and the rest of the Royal Family "—( cheers ) . This was a toast which he knew they could not but receive with enthusiasm . For they all knew the worth of the illustrious personage whose name stood at its head—a prince , who since his advent to this countrybad rendered himself an object of admiration
, to every Englishman—( cheers ) . His conduct was , in all respects , most exemplary , and he enjoyed , as he deserved , the love and esteem of all—( cheers ) . Of the Prince of Wales it was only necessary to say , he was the grandson of a Mason —( cheers ) ; and he hoped that some of them might live to see his Royal Highness a member of the same
Craft—( loud cheers ) . He concluded by g iving the toast , which was again drunk with all the honours , and followed by the song , " Long Life to the Prince and tbe Queen . " The CHAIRMAN again rose , and said that the same loyalty whicli they all owed to their sovereign as citizens of the world , did those among them who were Masons owe to their ruler and head—( cheers ) . Without , therefore , making any observations of a more Masonic character ( whichin a mixed company like tbe presentwould be out
, , of place ) , than those which dwelt generally on the great merits and distinguished qualities of their most worshipful Grand Master , he would at once propose the health of His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex , with three times three —( loud cheers ) . Song from Miss Fanny Russell . The CHAIRMAN next gave " The Pro-Grand Master , the Deputy Grand Masterand the Grand Lodge of England "—( three times
, three ) . The CHAIRMAN then gave " The healths of the most Worshipful Grand Alasters of Scotland and Ireland" - —( three times three ) . Bro . E . R . MOHAN returned thanks on the part of the Most Worshipful Grand Master of Ireland . His maternity of Masonry was in that country , and it would therefore , perhaps , not be thought unfitting that he should acknowledge that portion of the toast which related to
Ireland —( hear , hear ) . It had been his good fortune to have the honour of returning thanks for a similar compliment to the distinguished Mason who ruled the Irish Craft at the first public meeting of this charity , when held at Blackwall , and what he had since seen of its working out to its present high attitude , only rendered him the more anxious to see its great objects carried out to the perfection of that arch of Masonic