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Provincial.
" Entertaining these sentiments , we respectfully offer to your Lordship a most hearty welcome , and have to beg your Lordship to believe , that however deficient your reception has been in splendour and magnificence , it is at all events replete with cordiality , sincerity , respect , and friendly feeling ; and in taking our leave , permit us to wish your Lordship health , happiness , and long life to enjoy the fame and public estimation which your Lordship ' s liberality , princely hospitality , merits , and character , have so effectually achieved . "
During the reading of the address , the Lord Mayor paid great and marked attention , repeatedly bowing and testifying his pleasure at particular parts of it . The Mayor of Southwold then presented the address ( splendidly inscribed and emblazoned on vellum ) , to which his Lordship gave the following reply : — " Mr . Mayor , Aldermen , and Burgesses of Southwold—Your address ,
to which I have listened with deep attention , is , I assure you , highly gratifying to my feelings—whether I consider the respect which you have paid to the city of London , or the kind expressions which you have made towards myself as the chief magistrate . " To visit your borough on the present occasion is to me a source of much pleasure , and the pleasure is increased hy a consideration of the especial object of my visit—to meet many of my Brethren of the Masonic Order . I hope that during the remainder of my year of office I shall
continue to give satisfaction to my fellow citizens , and that at the close they will give me credit for having desired to discharge its important duties faithfully . I beg again to assure you of my sense of your kindness , and to express , for the marked respect which you have paid me , my cordial thanks . " After hearing the address and the reply , Captain Ellis introduced a splendid silver goblet , filled with some most excellent beverage , and presented it , as the loving cup , to the parties present , who severally pledged his Lordship , and then retired .
The banquet took place at about six o clock , when the Brethren , m number about 100 , took their respective seats at the tables , directly after which the Lord Mayor arrived , attended by his suite , and took his seat on the right of Bro . Thomas Wallace , the W . M . and the Chairman of the feast . The following distinguished Brethren were also present from a distance : —Sir Chas . Blois , Bart ., E . S . Gooch , Esq ., M . P ., G . Thomas , Esq ., D . P . G . M . of Suffolk , Rev . W . French , F . AV . Ellis , Esq ., R . N ., Rev . Erskine NealeCapt . GoochRichard LambertEsq . Rev . F . VV .
, , , , Freeman , John Hatton , Esq ., Rev . Geo . Mingaye , J . Jones , F . W . Farr , J . Gooding , E . Norton , J . Harvey , Richard Ferrier , P . Allez , Esqrs ,, & c , & c . A splendid haunch of venison , the present of E . S . Gooch , Esq ., M . P ., a fine supply of game and fruit from the same munificent Brother , together with a most plentiful supply of champagne , the present of the VV . M ., tended greatly to add to the pleasure of the members
then collected , of the largest , the most extensive , as well as the most affectionate Brotherhood in the world . After grace had been said by the Rev . Bro . Burn , the Chaplain to the Lodge of Fidelity , No . 813 . The W . M . gave the health of " The Queen . " " Prince Albert and the rest of the Royal Family . " " The Army and Navy . " Sir CHAS . BLOIS , Bart . , returned thanks , and said he had served his country in the army , was present at the battle of AVaterloo , and he con-
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Provincial.
" Entertaining these sentiments , we respectfully offer to your Lordship a most hearty welcome , and have to beg your Lordship to believe , that however deficient your reception has been in splendour and magnificence , it is at all events replete with cordiality , sincerity , respect , and friendly feeling ; and in taking our leave , permit us to wish your Lordship health , happiness , and long life to enjoy the fame and public estimation which your Lordship ' s liberality , princely hospitality , merits , and character , have so effectually achieved . "
During the reading of the address , the Lord Mayor paid great and marked attention , repeatedly bowing and testifying his pleasure at particular parts of it . The Mayor of Southwold then presented the address ( splendidly inscribed and emblazoned on vellum ) , to which his Lordship gave the following reply : — " Mr . Mayor , Aldermen , and Burgesses of Southwold—Your address ,
to which I have listened with deep attention , is , I assure you , highly gratifying to my feelings—whether I consider the respect which you have paid to the city of London , or the kind expressions which you have made towards myself as the chief magistrate . " To visit your borough on the present occasion is to me a source of much pleasure , and the pleasure is increased hy a consideration of the especial object of my visit—to meet many of my Brethren of the Masonic Order . I hope that during the remainder of my year of office I shall
continue to give satisfaction to my fellow citizens , and that at the close they will give me credit for having desired to discharge its important duties faithfully . I beg again to assure you of my sense of your kindness , and to express , for the marked respect which you have paid me , my cordial thanks . " After hearing the address and the reply , Captain Ellis introduced a splendid silver goblet , filled with some most excellent beverage , and presented it , as the loving cup , to the parties present , who severally pledged his Lordship , and then retired .
The banquet took place at about six o clock , when the Brethren , m number about 100 , took their respective seats at the tables , directly after which the Lord Mayor arrived , attended by his suite , and took his seat on the right of Bro . Thomas Wallace , the W . M . and the Chairman of the feast . The following distinguished Brethren were also present from a distance : —Sir Chas . Blois , Bart ., E . S . Gooch , Esq ., M . P ., G . Thomas , Esq ., D . P . G . M . of Suffolk , Rev . W . French , F . AV . Ellis , Esq ., R . N ., Rev . Erskine NealeCapt . GoochRichard LambertEsq . Rev . F . VV .
, , , , Freeman , John Hatton , Esq ., Rev . Geo . Mingaye , J . Jones , F . W . Farr , J . Gooding , E . Norton , J . Harvey , Richard Ferrier , P . Allez , Esqrs ,, & c , & c . A splendid haunch of venison , the present of E . S . Gooch , Esq ., M . P ., a fine supply of game and fruit from the same munificent Brother , together with a most plentiful supply of champagne , the present of the VV . M ., tended greatly to add to the pleasure of the members
then collected , of the largest , the most extensive , as well as the most affectionate Brotherhood in the world . After grace had been said by the Rev . Bro . Burn , the Chaplain to the Lodge of Fidelity , No . 813 . The W . M . gave the health of " The Queen . " " Prince Albert and the rest of the Royal Family . " " The Army and Navy . " Sir CHAS . BLOIS , Bart . , returned thanks , and said he had served his country in the army , was present at the battle of AVaterloo , and he con-