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Provincial.
The following were the lodges present—Amity ( 160 ) , Poole ; Benevolence ( 459 ) , Sherborne ; Science ( 640 ) , Bourton ; Friendship and Sincerity ( 694 ) , Shaftesbury ; with a good number of visiting brethren . The Dinner . —Punctually at four o ' clock , dinner was served , and the chairman , the P . G . M . Wm . Tucker , Esq ., took his seat , supported right and left by Sir Osborne Gibbs , P . G . J . W . ; N . Highmore , Esq ., Sir E . B . BakerBart ., W . HannenEsq . P . G . Treas . ; and accompanied
, , , by about fifty brethren ; the Rev . G . F . St . John , P . G . S . W ., ably officiating as vice-chairman . As soon as the dessert was placed on the table , the room was close tyled , and none but brethren of the Craft were afterwards allowed to be present . " The Queen , and the Craft , " was the first toast given from the chair , and it was both proposed and received with the warmest expressions of
loyalty and devotion . This was followed by " the health of the Earl of Zetland , M . W . Grand Master of England ; " and in proposing the toast , The CHAIRMAN said that for that exalted personage he was sure they all had the deepest and most profound respect . No man in the kingdom was indeed more fitted to fill the high office held by him than was the Earl of Zetland . He had been attacked in a most scandalous manner in an article in the " Freemasons' QuarterlReview . " The cause of
y this attack was , that he was too much of a gentleman to rule over certain parties in Grand Lodge , and to reply to their attacks . If he ( Bro . Tucker ) saw any more such articles , he would publicly denounce the author of them , as he well knew him . All the transactions of the G . M . were carried out in such a manner as could not but secure the respect and brotherly love of all right-thinking men . He was , perhaps , not quite so quick in performing the duties of chairman as some other gentlemen
might be , but his election was by the unanimous voice of the brethren year after year . The parties who were now endeavouring to raise a cry against the Earl of Zetland , wished to supersede him by the Earl of Yarborough . Now , next to the present Grand Master , no man in the kingdom was more fitted for the post than the Earl of Yarborough , but he was confident that were that nobleman proposed in any spirit of opposition , he would immediately leave Grand Lodge rather than take the office .
f his and the succeeding toasts were all received with masonic honours . The VICE-CHAIHMAN next rose , and said it fell to his lot to have the high honour to propose a toast which could require no comment from him , " the health of their Right Worshipful Provincial Grand Master . " In promoting the cause , and vindicating the honour of Masonry , he exhibited the greatest zeal . He ( Bro . St . John ) agreed with him that the Grand Master need not in the least fear the attacks of the person to whom allusion had been made , as he was a man of weak mind , possessing
neither knowledge nor talent , and one who acted contrary to the true principles of Masonry , yet con ceiving himself to be " one of the elect . " When they observed the manner in which their P . G . M . stood forth then , and in the morning , in support of the honour of Masonry , it showed him that they should never want a gallant defender of their cause as long as he was spared . To voluntarily take the part of an injured man , he held to be one of the finest actions of our nature , and this their P . G . M . did . It afforded him the greatest pleasure to propose his health . The PROV . GRAND MASTER , in returning thanks for the toast , said it had been his endeavour ever since his initiation into Masonry—since he
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Provincial.
The following were the lodges present—Amity ( 160 ) , Poole ; Benevolence ( 459 ) , Sherborne ; Science ( 640 ) , Bourton ; Friendship and Sincerity ( 694 ) , Shaftesbury ; with a good number of visiting brethren . The Dinner . —Punctually at four o ' clock , dinner was served , and the chairman , the P . G . M . Wm . Tucker , Esq ., took his seat , supported right and left by Sir Osborne Gibbs , P . G . J . W . ; N . Highmore , Esq ., Sir E . B . BakerBart ., W . HannenEsq . P . G . Treas . ; and accompanied
, , , by about fifty brethren ; the Rev . G . F . St . John , P . G . S . W ., ably officiating as vice-chairman . As soon as the dessert was placed on the table , the room was close tyled , and none but brethren of the Craft were afterwards allowed to be present . " The Queen , and the Craft , " was the first toast given from the chair , and it was both proposed and received with the warmest expressions of
loyalty and devotion . This was followed by " the health of the Earl of Zetland , M . W . Grand Master of England ; " and in proposing the toast , The CHAIRMAN said that for that exalted personage he was sure they all had the deepest and most profound respect . No man in the kingdom was indeed more fitted to fill the high office held by him than was the Earl of Zetland . He had been attacked in a most scandalous manner in an article in the " Freemasons' QuarterlReview . " The cause of
y this attack was , that he was too much of a gentleman to rule over certain parties in Grand Lodge , and to reply to their attacks . If he ( Bro . Tucker ) saw any more such articles , he would publicly denounce the author of them , as he well knew him . All the transactions of the G . M . were carried out in such a manner as could not but secure the respect and brotherly love of all right-thinking men . He was , perhaps , not quite so quick in performing the duties of chairman as some other gentlemen
might be , but his election was by the unanimous voice of the brethren year after year . The parties who were now endeavouring to raise a cry against the Earl of Zetland , wished to supersede him by the Earl of Yarborough . Now , next to the present Grand Master , no man in the kingdom was more fitted for the post than the Earl of Yarborough , but he was confident that were that nobleman proposed in any spirit of opposition , he would immediately leave Grand Lodge rather than take the office .
f his and the succeeding toasts were all received with masonic honours . The VICE-CHAIHMAN next rose , and said it fell to his lot to have the high honour to propose a toast which could require no comment from him , " the health of their Right Worshipful Provincial Grand Master . " In promoting the cause , and vindicating the honour of Masonry , he exhibited the greatest zeal . He ( Bro . St . John ) agreed with him that the Grand Master need not in the least fear the attacks of the person to whom allusion had been made , as he was a man of weak mind , possessing
neither knowledge nor talent , and one who acted contrary to the true principles of Masonry , yet con ceiving himself to be " one of the elect . " When they observed the manner in which their P . G . M . stood forth then , and in the morning , in support of the honour of Masonry , it showed him that they should never want a gallant defender of their cause as long as he was spared . To voluntarily take the part of an injured man , he held to be one of the finest actions of our nature , and this their P . G . M . did . It afforded him the greatest pleasure to propose his health . The PROV . GRAND MASTER , in returning thanks for the toast , said it had been his endeavour ever since his initiation into Masonry—since he