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proceedings , ivill be responded to with every feeling of pleasure and gratification . RIPON , October 18 . —Brother Charles Lee , Deputy Provincial Grand Master of West Yorkshire , supported by the Rev . Bro . Charles Clapham , M . A ., Provincial Grand Chaplain , and other Provincial Grand Officers , attended at Ripon , for tbe purpose of performing the solemn and imposing ceremonyknown only to the Sons of Lightof consecrating the
, , Masonic Lodge , recently formed in that city , denominated the Lodge of Verity , held at the house of Bro . Clark , the Victoria Tavern ; and thus Freemasonry resumes its seat in Ripon , and to virtue , and to charity , there a Lodge is dedicated . After the solemnities of the day , the Brethren sat down to a sumptuous entertainment , and peace , goodwill , and joy prevailed , and " stamped upon each Mason ' s mind were holy friendship , love , and truth . "
RICHMOND , YORKSHIRE . —The following address was presented to His Royal Highness the DUKE OF SUSSEX , the Grand Master of the ancient and honourable society of Free and Accepted Masons , by the Worshipful Master and the Secretary of the Lenox Lodge , No . 144 , Richmond , Yorkshire , when on a visit to the Earl of Zetland , at Aske Hall , on Friday , the 22 nd of November last : —
" After an interval of so many years , the Free and Accepted Masons of the Lenox Lodge of Richmond , are grateful to a kind providence , that the Grand Architect of . the Universe and beneficent bestower of health , again permits them to approach your Royal Highness in terms of brotherly congratulation . " How much and how deeply the Masonic Institutions of this country , in times of peril and proscription , were indebted to the liberal protection of the illustrious House of Brunswickis now matter of historythe
, , benign patronage and superintending care of your Royal Highness , is on the records of every Lodge in the United Kingdom , and the Brethren will ever bear in grateful remembrance that condescension and urbanity of manners which so practically illustrate our great bond of Masonic Union— " Peace on earth , and goodwill to man . " " That you , our illustrious Grand Master , may long live to see Masonry flourish , and that under your fostering and liberal auspices , our Brethren
may be encouraged to reduce to practice those principles , of our Craft , which , by making them good Masons , will , at the same time , make them good men and loyal subjects , is our sincere and earnest prayer ; its fulfilment , we axe sure , will be your Highness ' s sufficient reward . " His Royal Highness ' s answer : — "Worshipful Master , Officers , and Brethren of the Lenox Lodge of Richmond , I thank you for your kind and fraternal congratulations upon my arrival in your neihbourhood .
g " The grateful recollection which you entertain of the past services of many individual members of my family , in critical times , will always encourage me to follow and emulate their example . '' During a period of twenty-six years that I have presided over the Fraternity , it has always been my anxious desire to deserve that confidence and goodwill of the Craft ; and while I am ivell aware that it is impossible to satisfy the wishes of every Brother , still I have the
consolation to think that whenever it has been my misfortune to differ with any one , I have always stated my objections tamely ; I have argued the case calmly , and have taken my determinations disinterestedly , upon the firm conviction that the welfare of the body at large required such a
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Provincial.
proceedings , ivill be responded to with every feeling of pleasure and gratification . RIPON , October 18 . —Brother Charles Lee , Deputy Provincial Grand Master of West Yorkshire , supported by the Rev . Bro . Charles Clapham , M . A ., Provincial Grand Chaplain , and other Provincial Grand Officers , attended at Ripon , for tbe purpose of performing the solemn and imposing ceremonyknown only to the Sons of Lightof consecrating the
, , Masonic Lodge , recently formed in that city , denominated the Lodge of Verity , held at the house of Bro . Clark , the Victoria Tavern ; and thus Freemasonry resumes its seat in Ripon , and to virtue , and to charity , there a Lodge is dedicated . After the solemnities of the day , the Brethren sat down to a sumptuous entertainment , and peace , goodwill , and joy prevailed , and " stamped upon each Mason ' s mind were holy friendship , love , and truth . "
RICHMOND , YORKSHIRE . —The following address was presented to His Royal Highness the DUKE OF SUSSEX , the Grand Master of the ancient and honourable society of Free and Accepted Masons , by the Worshipful Master and the Secretary of the Lenox Lodge , No . 144 , Richmond , Yorkshire , when on a visit to the Earl of Zetland , at Aske Hall , on Friday , the 22 nd of November last : —
" After an interval of so many years , the Free and Accepted Masons of the Lenox Lodge of Richmond , are grateful to a kind providence , that the Grand Architect of . the Universe and beneficent bestower of health , again permits them to approach your Royal Highness in terms of brotherly congratulation . " How much and how deeply the Masonic Institutions of this country , in times of peril and proscription , were indebted to the liberal protection of the illustrious House of Brunswickis now matter of historythe
, , benign patronage and superintending care of your Royal Highness , is on the records of every Lodge in the United Kingdom , and the Brethren will ever bear in grateful remembrance that condescension and urbanity of manners which so practically illustrate our great bond of Masonic Union— " Peace on earth , and goodwill to man . " " That you , our illustrious Grand Master , may long live to see Masonry flourish , and that under your fostering and liberal auspices , our Brethren
may be encouraged to reduce to practice those principles , of our Craft , which , by making them good Masons , will , at the same time , make them good men and loyal subjects , is our sincere and earnest prayer ; its fulfilment , we axe sure , will be your Highness ' s sufficient reward . " His Royal Highness ' s answer : — "Worshipful Master , Officers , and Brethren of the Lenox Lodge of Richmond , I thank you for your kind and fraternal congratulations upon my arrival in your neihbourhood .
g " The grateful recollection which you entertain of the past services of many individual members of my family , in critical times , will always encourage me to follow and emulate their example . '' During a period of twenty-six years that I have presided over the Fraternity , it has always been my anxious desire to deserve that confidence and goodwill of the Craft ; and while I am ivell aware that it is impossible to satisfy the wishes of every Brother , still I have the
consolation to think that whenever it has been my misfortune to differ with any one , I have always stated my objections tamely ; I have argued the case calmly , and have taken my determinations disinterestedly , upon the firm conviction that the welfare of the body at large required such a