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The Charities.
LORD MONSON then rose and addressed the Brethren . " I have received from the Chairman permission to give a toast , and you will receive it with great pleasure- It is , the R . W . individual who fills the Chair upon this occasion , and I am sure , after the declaration made this evening , that he entered upon his office at so short a notice ( a declaration which , from the able manner in which he has fulfilled the duty , it is unnecessary for me to repeat ) , we may have some idea of what he will do
when he shall be regularly called upon to preside at some future meeting . I propose 'The health of the Chairman of this day . "" ( Great cheering . ) THE CHAIRMAN . — " I have to thank the noble Lord and all the company for the flattering manner in which the last toast has been proposed and received . I must disclaim any credit , my office was not that in which I am now placed . I was asked to be a stewardand expressl
, y stated , that I could be of little use to those who were associated with me , but if I could have been of any service , I must have been wanting in my duty to them , for I really could not do what my inclination prompted me . My wishes however , were with them—I have been removed from that sphere—and am sensible how inadequately I have filled the Chair . I am not apt in making excuses ; and , to the shortness of the notice received , you must kindly add , the want of preparation and all the
necessary information , to which you must attribute some of my apparent deficiency . I am not , however , ignorant that Charity is the basis of our Order , and that this Institution has great claims upon you ; die details of its prosperity I shall leave to the able assistance of the Brother at my side—he will address you upon a subject so interesting to you all . I beg to express my personal gratification at the numbers present , and trust we shall not be exceeded in liberality by those who have in this all
preceded us H , and that this and all our institutions may prosper , and that we may be enabled to extend our numbers by the extent of our means . I thank you again for your great kindness and forbearance . "—( Repeated cheers . )
The Vice-Presidents , "— " I regret , observed the Chairman , that one only is present , Brother B . B . Cabbell , he is , however , sufficiently well known to you not to require me to say one word—his name is comprehended in every object of Benevolence and Charity ; we are delighted to see him here to-day in such health and spirits . "—( Loud cheers . ) BROTHER CABBELL . — " Brethren , —I rise to acknowledge this mark of your attention , so kindly offered to the Vice Presidents of the institution
, hut with mingled feelings of pleasure and regret , that I am single on this occasion , whereby the Charity must suffer by the absence of my colleagues , unavoidably on their part , I am satisfied , and by my inefficiency to represent them . In giving their countenance to the Charity , and by carrying out these great principles which are the best security of the social compact ; and by shewing to the Most Worshi pful Grand Master the sense entertained of his excellent example ; and following also the rulers ancl
princes of our land who , ever foremost in the good works , we prove to the Grand Master that we are truly sensible of his value . I have now onl y to express again my personal sense of the compliment , and of the intense interest you take in the Institution . " The procession of the boys then commenced—the organ played the ' " Entered 'Prentice . " The Treasurer headed the line , with the two youngest children ; several members of the Committee equally engaged ; among the former the two sons of Dr . Plarrison , late of Bombay . The
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The Charities.
LORD MONSON then rose and addressed the Brethren . " I have received from the Chairman permission to give a toast , and you will receive it with great pleasure- It is , the R . W . individual who fills the Chair upon this occasion , and I am sure , after the declaration made this evening , that he entered upon his office at so short a notice ( a declaration which , from the able manner in which he has fulfilled the duty , it is unnecessary for me to repeat ) , we may have some idea of what he will do
when he shall be regularly called upon to preside at some future meeting . I propose 'The health of the Chairman of this day . "" ( Great cheering . ) THE CHAIRMAN . — " I have to thank the noble Lord and all the company for the flattering manner in which the last toast has been proposed and received . I must disclaim any credit , my office was not that in which I am now placed . I was asked to be a stewardand expressl
, y stated , that I could be of little use to those who were associated with me , but if I could have been of any service , I must have been wanting in my duty to them , for I really could not do what my inclination prompted me . My wishes however , were with them—I have been removed from that sphere—and am sensible how inadequately I have filled the Chair . I am not apt in making excuses ; and , to the shortness of the notice received , you must kindly add , the want of preparation and all the
necessary information , to which you must attribute some of my apparent deficiency . I am not , however , ignorant that Charity is the basis of our Order , and that this Institution has great claims upon you ; die details of its prosperity I shall leave to the able assistance of the Brother at my side—he will address you upon a subject so interesting to you all . I beg to express my personal gratification at the numbers present , and trust we shall not be exceeded in liberality by those who have in this all
preceded us H , and that this and all our institutions may prosper , and that we may be enabled to extend our numbers by the extent of our means . I thank you again for your great kindness and forbearance . "—( Repeated cheers . )
The Vice-Presidents , "— " I regret , observed the Chairman , that one only is present , Brother B . B . Cabbell , he is , however , sufficiently well known to you not to require me to say one word—his name is comprehended in every object of Benevolence and Charity ; we are delighted to see him here to-day in such health and spirits . "—( Loud cheers . ) BROTHER CABBELL . — " Brethren , —I rise to acknowledge this mark of your attention , so kindly offered to the Vice Presidents of the institution
, hut with mingled feelings of pleasure and regret , that I am single on this occasion , whereby the Charity must suffer by the absence of my colleagues , unavoidably on their part , I am satisfied , and by my inefficiency to represent them . In giving their countenance to the Charity , and by carrying out these great principles which are the best security of the social compact ; and by shewing to the Most Worshi pful Grand Master the sense entertained of his excellent example ; and following also the rulers ancl
princes of our land who , ever foremost in the good works , we prove to the Grand Master that we are truly sensible of his value . I have now onl y to express again my personal sense of the compliment , and of the intense interest you take in the Institution . " The procession of the boys then commenced—the organ played the ' " Entered 'Prentice . " The Treasurer headed the line , with the two youngest children ; several members of the Committee equally engaged ; among the former the two sons of Dr . Plarrison , late of Bombay . The