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matters of detail , as to embellishment , & c , wo shall bo enabled to erect an edifice which , while it will confer lasting honour to its projectors , will bo an addition to tho architectural adorning which has characterized the buildings of Liverpool of late years , and bo , at tho same time , worthy tho rocoption of that important body to whoso service and uses it is intended to be dedicated . By tho kindness of the Brethren before named , I have occupied a prominent position in this day ' s proceedings ; and it is scarcely necessary to inform you that I shall look back on tho part I have taken with much gratificationperhaps
, not unmixed with pride ; for it is not to mo alone that tho occurrences of this day may become important in their consequences—thoy may influence tho minds of my children , and will , I trust , be an incentive to induce them to adopt that course of conduct which has enabled mo to raise myself , as it wore , from comparative obscurity to a position to which I did not aspire . It will show them that no station , however elevated , is unattainable , provided tho proper means aro employed for its attainment . It will show them that high literary acquirements or intellectual superiority aro not indispensable qualities to self-It will make manifest to them that
promotion . any man , whatever may be his position or circumstances , may raise himself in the scale of society , by bringinginto operation thoso true elements of success—patience , perseverance , industry , and integrity ; and that , having done so , he will have the proud consciousness of having done his duty , and the gratifying reflection , in tho down-hill of life , of having made his name more respected , and the country tho richer by his services . Apologizing for having occupied so much of your time unprofitably , allow me again to tender you my heartfelt thanks for the high honour conferred upon me , and to assure you that I shall strive to regulate my conduct , so as to continue to deserve the accorded this
generous approbation mo on occasion . Mr . THOMAS HAIGH ( Castle-street ) next rose . Ho said : Right Worshipful Sir , Brothers , and Gentlemen , in the speech made by Bro . Moorhouse , allusion is made to myself , as being one of the promoters in the erection of the Freemasons' Hall , of which we have laid the foundation this day . I certainly have endeavoured to bring about tho erection , and I am happy to say that I have been successful . I shoidd not take credit to mysolf without coupling Bros . Hartley and Shaw , by whose combined perseverance and energies I have been somewhat stimulated ; and I trust , when the building is convplete , it will do credit to the Brethren and thoso connected with its erection ; and that we may be long spared to enjoy within its walls many very happy meetings .
The healths of Brothers S . IT . Hartley and Richard Shaw , Jun ., were drunk , and suitably acknowledged by those gentlemen . The next toast , " The Architects , " was acknowledged by Mr . W . Duckworth , sen . Brother William Davies proposed " The town and trade of Liverpool , " and in doing so made graceful allusion to the death of the Duke of Wellington , proposing that a monument should be erected to his memory on the site of Old Islington Market . Brother Warburton having been called uponmade a suitable .
, response '"The health of the strangers" and other toasts followed , concluding with the usual Masonic toast , " To all poor and distressed Masons , " & c , which was drunk by the Brethren out of a silver flagon . Music enlivened the proceedings , and Brother Ryalls , with other Brethren , contributed songs . The Deputy Provincial Grand Master was , during his stay , the guest of Brother W . Davies , at Ladycroft , Huyton .
LIVERPOOL . —A magnificent entertainment was given on Tuesday , October 19 , at the Town-hall , Liverpool , by the worshipful the Mayor , Thomas Littledale , Esq ., who holds the high office of Junior Grand Warden of the Province of West Lancashire , to about sixty of the Brethren ; comprising all those who have been most active and useful in promoting the objects of Freemasonry in the town and elsewhere , with several distinguished guests from a distance . All the company appeared in the dress and jewels appertaining to their re-
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matters of detail , as to embellishment , & c , wo shall bo enabled to erect an edifice which , while it will confer lasting honour to its projectors , will bo an addition to tho architectural adorning which has characterized the buildings of Liverpool of late years , and bo , at tho same time , worthy tho rocoption of that important body to whoso service and uses it is intended to be dedicated . By tho kindness of the Brethren before named , I have occupied a prominent position in this day ' s proceedings ; and it is scarcely necessary to inform you that I shall look back on tho part I have taken with much gratificationperhaps
, not unmixed with pride ; for it is not to mo alone that tho occurrences of this day may become important in their consequences—thoy may influence tho minds of my children , and will , I trust , be an incentive to induce them to adopt that course of conduct which has enabled mo to raise myself , as it wore , from comparative obscurity to a position to which I did not aspire . It will show them that no station , however elevated , is unattainable , provided tho proper means aro employed for its attainment . It will show them that high literary acquirements or intellectual superiority aro not indispensable qualities to self-It will make manifest to them that
promotion . any man , whatever may be his position or circumstances , may raise himself in the scale of society , by bringinginto operation thoso true elements of success—patience , perseverance , industry , and integrity ; and that , having done so , he will have the proud consciousness of having done his duty , and the gratifying reflection , in tho down-hill of life , of having made his name more respected , and the country tho richer by his services . Apologizing for having occupied so much of your time unprofitably , allow me again to tender you my heartfelt thanks for the high honour conferred upon me , and to assure you that I shall strive to regulate my conduct , so as to continue to deserve the accorded this
generous approbation mo on occasion . Mr . THOMAS HAIGH ( Castle-street ) next rose . Ho said : Right Worshipful Sir , Brothers , and Gentlemen , in the speech made by Bro . Moorhouse , allusion is made to myself , as being one of the promoters in the erection of the Freemasons' Hall , of which we have laid the foundation this day . I certainly have endeavoured to bring about tho erection , and I am happy to say that I have been successful . I shoidd not take credit to mysolf without coupling Bros . Hartley and Shaw , by whose combined perseverance and energies I have been somewhat stimulated ; and I trust , when the building is convplete , it will do credit to the Brethren and thoso connected with its erection ; and that we may be long spared to enjoy within its walls many very happy meetings .
The healths of Brothers S . IT . Hartley and Richard Shaw , Jun ., were drunk , and suitably acknowledged by those gentlemen . The next toast , " The Architects , " was acknowledged by Mr . W . Duckworth , sen . Brother William Davies proposed " The town and trade of Liverpool , " and in doing so made graceful allusion to the death of the Duke of Wellington , proposing that a monument should be erected to his memory on the site of Old Islington Market . Brother Warburton having been called uponmade a suitable .
, response '"The health of the strangers" and other toasts followed , concluding with the usual Masonic toast , " To all poor and distressed Masons , " & c , which was drunk by the Brethren out of a silver flagon . Music enlivened the proceedings , and Brother Ryalls , with other Brethren , contributed songs . The Deputy Provincial Grand Master was , during his stay , the guest of Brother W . Davies , at Ladycroft , Huyton .
LIVERPOOL . —A magnificent entertainment was given on Tuesday , October 19 , at the Town-hall , Liverpool , by the worshipful the Mayor , Thomas Littledale , Esq ., who holds the high office of Junior Grand Warden of the Province of West Lancashire , to about sixty of the Brethren ; comprising all those who have been most active and useful in promoting the objects of Freemasonry in the town and elsewhere , with several distinguished guests from a distance . All the company appeared in the dress and jewels appertaining to their re-