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health and happiness of the Brethren around him on that occasion . His Lordship ' s speech was received with marked respect and applause . Bro . FREEMAN , the S . AV . of the P . G . Lodge , gave the better health of Lord Rendlesham , the P . G . M . of the county , regretting that his ill health prevented him being present on this occasion ; he wished his Lordship a speedy recovery , that he might be enabled to meet them at Woodbridge on Friday next . ( Drunk with applause . )
Bro . THOMAS , D . P . G . M ., returned thanks for Lord Rendlesham , and stated that he had seen him a few days since , when he expressed his sorrow that he was obliged to forego the pleasure of being at Southwold through ill health . The LORD MAYOR then rose , and in complimentary terms , proposed the health of Brother Wallace , to whom he was indebted for the invitation to partake of his hospitality ; he felt confident that that
Brother was worthy of the situation he held , and that he would become an ornament to the Craft . The toast was drunk with three times three , led by the Lord Mayor . Bro . WALLACE in returning thanks , thanked his Lordship for the handsome manner in which he had proposed the toast , and his Brethren for having accepted it ; he could assure them that it was a proud day for him to have so distinguished an individual on his right hand
, and highly gratifying it must always be to him to receive the approbation of his Brethren . * he said it was a proud day for him , the proudest day of his life ; he thought he could never expect to receive in his Masonic character another so happy , and , he said , out of the fullness of the heart the tongue speaketh , but his heart was so full that he found
it difficult to speak at all . He must allow he had been only two years a Mason , but at having been so early raised to the Masonic Chair he said that he delighted in it and admired the beautiful principles it inculcated , and he hoped he should never be found wanting in his Masonic duties . He concluded by again thanking them for the great honour they had done him , and wished all his Brethren health and happiness lo the end of their days . —( Cheers . ) Bro . AVALLACE proposed the health of Bro . NichollSheriff of
Lon-, don . ( Received with cheers . ) Bro . NICHOLL rose and said , it afforded him great and sincere pleasure at receiving so truly and hearty a welcome . He approved of the good old custom of breaking bread and eating salt together . —( Cheers . ) The last two years of his life had been eventful—the first as having heen at a comparatively early age made a Sheriff of London ; and the other of joining the Masonic Craftthe principles of which he greatl
, y admired . He eulogized the tasteful decorations of the town , and declared himself proud of the reception he had met with . —( Cheers . ) Bro . ELLIS proposed the health of Bro . Thomas , D . P . G . M . Bro . TIIOJIAS , in few but expressive terms , returned thanks . The health of Bro . Allex , the VV . M . of Halesworth Lodge , was proposed , to which he responded . The health of Bro . the Rev . S . Marshallthe Chaplain to the Lord
, Mayor was proposed ; to which he returned thanks in a most expressive and energetic manner . He said , that the cordial reception he had met with was highly gratifying to him . If Athens were called the eye of Greece , London might be justly termed the eye of the world ; and England owed her greatness to the enterprize of her citizens He spoke of our mercantile splendour , and paid a well-timed compliment to the
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health and happiness of the Brethren around him on that occasion . His Lordship ' s speech was received with marked respect and applause . Bro . FREEMAN , the S . AV . of the P . G . Lodge , gave the better health of Lord Rendlesham , the P . G . M . of the county , regretting that his ill health prevented him being present on this occasion ; he wished his Lordship a speedy recovery , that he might be enabled to meet them at Woodbridge on Friday next . ( Drunk with applause . )
Bro . THOMAS , D . P . G . M ., returned thanks for Lord Rendlesham , and stated that he had seen him a few days since , when he expressed his sorrow that he was obliged to forego the pleasure of being at Southwold through ill health . The LORD MAYOR then rose , and in complimentary terms , proposed the health of Brother Wallace , to whom he was indebted for the invitation to partake of his hospitality ; he felt confident that that
Brother was worthy of the situation he held , and that he would become an ornament to the Craft . The toast was drunk with three times three , led by the Lord Mayor . Bro . WALLACE in returning thanks , thanked his Lordship for the handsome manner in which he had proposed the toast , and his Brethren for having accepted it ; he could assure them that it was a proud day for him to have so distinguished an individual on his right hand
, and highly gratifying it must always be to him to receive the approbation of his Brethren . * he said it was a proud day for him , the proudest day of his life ; he thought he could never expect to receive in his Masonic character another so happy , and , he said , out of the fullness of the heart the tongue speaketh , but his heart was so full that he found
it difficult to speak at all . He must allow he had been only two years a Mason , but at having been so early raised to the Masonic Chair he said that he delighted in it and admired the beautiful principles it inculcated , and he hoped he should never be found wanting in his Masonic duties . He concluded by again thanking them for the great honour they had done him , and wished all his Brethren health and happiness lo the end of their days . —( Cheers . ) Bro . AVALLACE proposed the health of Bro . NichollSheriff of
Lon-, don . ( Received with cheers . ) Bro . NICHOLL rose and said , it afforded him great and sincere pleasure at receiving so truly and hearty a welcome . He approved of the good old custom of breaking bread and eating salt together . —( Cheers . ) The last two years of his life had been eventful—the first as having heen at a comparatively early age made a Sheriff of London ; and the other of joining the Masonic Craftthe principles of which he greatl
, y admired . He eulogized the tasteful decorations of the town , and declared himself proud of the reception he had met with . —( Cheers . ) Bro . ELLIS proposed the health of Bro . Thomas , D . P . G . M . Bro . TIIOJIAS , in few but expressive terms , returned thanks . The health of Bro . Allex , the VV . M . of Halesworth Lodge , was proposed , to which he responded . The health of Bro . the Rev . S . Marshallthe Chaplain to the Lord
, Mayor was proposed ; to which he returned thanks in a most expressive and energetic manner . He said , that the cordial reception he had met with was highly gratifying to him . If Athens were called the eye of Greece , London might be justly termed the eye of the world ; and England owed her greatness to the enterprize of her citizens He spoke of our mercantile splendour , and paid a well-timed compliment to the