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" So powerfully supported by the Governor-General , and by the troops obeyed with such enduring fortitude , I can claim but a small share of merit beyond that of unabated and successful zeal for the honour of Her Majesty ' s and the East India Company's arms . That my conduct , when I went to India as Commander-in-Chief , should be approved of by you , my Brother Masons and my countrymen , is to me very gratifying . My zeal to fulfil the duties of that high command continued with unabated ardour ; but I
no longer found the support which I had received from Lord Ellenborough and Lord Hardinge ! Support was turned into reprimand : and I found myself loaded with vast responsibility , but denuded of the power to sustain it . I therefore resigned , and thus closed my career in India . " Brethren ! I accept with the greatest satisfaction , and with pride , the honourable welcome which you have vouchsafed to give me , and I hope to spend my remaining years among you as a worthy Mason should do , in ' Faith , Hope , and Charity , ' until that awful horn' arrives , which snmmons mortals to another world I
" CHARLES JAMES NAPIER . " Soon after the Brethren told off in Lodges to the banqueting-room , which was very handsomely and suitably decorated for the occasion . Around the room were hung the various insignia of the combined Lodges of Portsmouth and Portsea , the official chair of each W . M . being placed at the end of the fables . Behind the Presidential board were placed with much taste the various banners and emblematic bearings of the Order
, the centre being formed of a beautiful piece of carving kindly lent for the occasion by Mr . Faulkner , of College-street . This elaborate piece of work formed part of a quantity purchased some time since by Mr . Faulkner from Government ; it formed for many years one of the chief attractions of the Garrison Chapel . It was carved b y the celebrated Gibbon for Queen Anne in the year 1709 , in the centre of which a fine portrait of the hero of Scinde was placedsurrounded with a laurel wreath
, and surmounted with an effectively executed transparency on coloured glass , showing the words— "Scinde , " " Meanee , " "Hyderabad , " which rendered the coup d ' ceil complete . The tables were handsomely appointed with the applicable Masonic emblems and devices in gold , silver , and less substantial but more digestible materials , the whole of which was executed by Bro . Fraser , under the directions of the Dinner Committee .
The chairman was supported on his right by Bro . Sir Charles Napier , G . C . B ., and on his left by Bro . C . E . Deacon . Bro . the Rev . Dr . WooIIey having invoked a blessing , the banquet commenced , and was done ample justice to . The CHAIRMAN , after the dinner was disposed of , gave the toast of " the Queen and the Craft , " which was responded to in a loyal and Masonic manner . " The Prince Albert , the Prince of Wales , and the
rest of the Royal Famil y , " was also duly honoured . The CHAIRMAN then gave " the M . W . the Earl of Zetland , the Grand Master of England , " a toast which he said needed no recommendations to Masons . ( It was drank with true Masonic fire . ) The next toast being that of the guest of the evening , the CHAIRMAN said he felt himself quite unequal to do justice to it , and he would not have accepted the honour of being Chairman had he not known that no eloquence could have done justice to that toast , and that , indeed , it was one for which no eloquence was needed , ( Applause ) . The deeds of the
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Provincial.
" So powerfully supported by the Governor-General , and by the troops obeyed with such enduring fortitude , I can claim but a small share of merit beyond that of unabated and successful zeal for the honour of Her Majesty ' s and the East India Company's arms . That my conduct , when I went to India as Commander-in-Chief , should be approved of by you , my Brother Masons and my countrymen , is to me very gratifying . My zeal to fulfil the duties of that high command continued with unabated ardour ; but I
no longer found the support which I had received from Lord Ellenborough and Lord Hardinge ! Support was turned into reprimand : and I found myself loaded with vast responsibility , but denuded of the power to sustain it . I therefore resigned , and thus closed my career in India . " Brethren ! I accept with the greatest satisfaction , and with pride , the honourable welcome which you have vouchsafed to give me , and I hope to spend my remaining years among you as a worthy Mason should do , in ' Faith , Hope , and Charity , ' until that awful horn' arrives , which snmmons mortals to another world I
" CHARLES JAMES NAPIER . " Soon after the Brethren told off in Lodges to the banqueting-room , which was very handsomely and suitably decorated for the occasion . Around the room were hung the various insignia of the combined Lodges of Portsmouth and Portsea , the official chair of each W . M . being placed at the end of the fables . Behind the Presidential board were placed with much taste the various banners and emblematic bearings of the Order
, the centre being formed of a beautiful piece of carving kindly lent for the occasion by Mr . Faulkner , of College-street . This elaborate piece of work formed part of a quantity purchased some time since by Mr . Faulkner from Government ; it formed for many years one of the chief attractions of the Garrison Chapel . It was carved b y the celebrated Gibbon for Queen Anne in the year 1709 , in the centre of which a fine portrait of the hero of Scinde was placedsurrounded with a laurel wreath
, and surmounted with an effectively executed transparency on coloured glass , showing the words— "Scinde , " " Meanee , " "Hyderabad , " which rendered the coup d ' ceil complete . The tables were handsomely appointed with the applicable Masonic emblems and devices in gold , silver , and less substantial but more digestible materials , the whole of which was executed by Bro . Fraser , under the directions of the Dinner Committee .
The chairman was supported on his right by Bro . Sir Charles Napier , G . C . B ., and on his left by Bro . C . E . Deacon . Bro . the Rev . Dr . WooIIey having invoked a blessing , the banquet commenced , and was done ample justice to . The CHAIRMAN , after the dinner was disposed of , gave the toast of " the Queen and the Craft , " which was responded to in a loyal and Masonic manner . " The Prince Albert , the Prince of Wales , and the
rest of the Royal Famil y , " was also duly honoured . The CHAIRMAN then gave " the M . W . the Earl of Zetland , the Grand Master of England , " a toast which he said needed no recommendations to Masons . ( It was drank with true Masonic fire . ) The next toast being that of the guest of the evening , the CHAIRMAN said he felt himself quite unequal to do justice to it , and he would not have accepted the honour of being Chairman had he not known that no eloquence could have done justice to that toast , and that , indeed , it was one for which no eloquence was needed , ( Applause ) . The deeds of the