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Provincial.
Prov . G . J . W . ; the Revs . T . A . Southwood and H . E . Bayly , Prov . G . Chaps . ; Lord Gilford , * No . 862 , Prov . G . Eeg . ; Edward Trinder , No . 862 , Prov . G . Sec . ; M . Alex , No . 307 , Prov . G . S . D . ; T . G . Palmer , No . 97 , Prov . G . J . D . ; Sir Maxwell Steele , No . 862 , Prov . G . Sup . Works ; A . Sleed , No . 97 , Prov . G . S . B . ; D . Eullerton and W . Slade , Prov . G . Dir . of Oers . ; Thomas Williams , Prov . G . Purs . : John Cooke . W . T . K . Perrv Keene . Bev . J . H . . Price , nnd Gpnrcm
Jones , Stewards . Bro . Jones Matthews , No . 862 , was elected Treasurer , and duly invested . The Wardens and other Officers were saluted ; and the following Anthem , written for the occasion by Bro . George Douglas Thompson , of the Alfred Lodge , Oxford , set to music by Bro . J . 0 . Smith , of Cheltenham , was sung by four Brethren : —
" May that Great Power we all obey Look down and bless our work this day ! May all His strict inspection bear , When tried by level and by square , And may our laws our Craft increase ^ To meet in love , and part in peace : " So mote it be !
The list of the several Lodges in the province were called over , and all appeared to he represented except the Lodge of Eaith and Friendship , No . 337 , at Berkeley . A code of hyedaws was read and duly passed . The Prov . Grand Lodge was then duly closed with solemn prayer , and the Brethren adjourned to the Plough Hotel , where the Banquet was prepared . Soon after six o ' clock , ninety Brethren of the province and visitors were assembled in the dining-saloon of the hotel . Present ; the R . W . J . L . Button , Prov . G . M ., in the chair , supported on his right by the Y . W . Bro . G . F . Newmarch ,
V . Prov . U . M .. ; the K . W . ± > ro . Uolonel . burlton , r \ frov . U . M ., . bengal ; the B . W . Bro . Bev . J . E . Cox , G . Chap . ; the V . W . Bro . K . J . Spiers , D . Prov . G . M . ; and the W . Bro . W . W . Hicks Beech , P . Prov . S . G . W ., Oxon ; the W . Bro . J . Matthews , Prov . G . Treas . ; the W . Bros . Lieut . Col . W . N . Burns , and Lieut . Col . J . Kin cairn . Burns ( sons of the Burns who walked in glory and in pride beside the mountain plough ) ; the V . W . Bro . D . W . Nash , D . Prov . G . M ., Bristol ; and the Bev . Bro . Campbell , Prov . G . Chap ., Wilts ; on-the left , by the Y . W . Bro . W . E . Beadon , W . A . Gwinnett , Prov . S . G . W . ; the W . and Bev . Bros .
T . A . Southwood and E . H . Bayley , Prov . Q . Chaps . ; Sir John Hayes , Prov . G . Chap ., Oxon ; and George Boberts , Prov . G , Chap ., Monmouth ; the W . Bro . J . How , Prov . G . Bir . of Cers ., Herts and Surrey ; the W . Bro . Capt . Tynte , Prov . G . Beg ., Monmouth , & c . The musical arrangements were under the direction of Bro . J . B . Smith , assisted by Bro . G . Douglas Thompson . On the removal of the cloth , " Non Nobis " was sung , and the Prov . Grand Master rose , and , in brief terms , called on the Brethren to honour the toast of " The Queen and the Craft , " and afterwards that of " The W . M . the Earl of
Zetland , " the first being followed by a Masonic version of the National Hymn , and the latter by a glee " To our Noble Grand Master let Bumpers be crowned . " The Prov . Grand Master again rose , and in proposing " The Earl of Yarborongli and the rest of the Grand Officers , Past and Present , " said he was very grateful for the honour done to him by the presence of some of those Grand Officers at the festival , and more especially noticed the W . Bro . the Grand Chaplain of England . After a glee , "Let Masonry her Sacred Laws expand . " The Bev . Bro . J . E . Cox , G . Chap ., acknowledged with sincere thanks the
way in which the toast had been received , and said it was with great pleasure he was enabled to inform the Brethren , that after a long and very severe illness , the I ) . Grand Master , the Earl of Yarborough , was in much better health than he had been for very many years , and that they might now confidently look forward to his soon again being among the Craft and able to discharge those duties which before his affliction had been so satisfactorily performed . For himself he would assure them that he was highly gratified in being present at this important cere-
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Provincial.
Prov . G . J . W . ; the Revs . T . A . Southwood and H . E . Bayly , Prov . G . Chaps . ; Lord Gilford , * No . 862 , Prov . G . Eeg . ; Edward Trinder , No . 862 , Prov . G . Sec . ; M . Alex , No . 307 , Prov . G . S . D . ; T . G . Palmer , No . 97 , Prov . G . J . D . ; Sir Maxwell Steele , No . 862 , Prov . G . Sup . Works ; A . Sleed , No . 97 , Prov . G . S . B . ; D . Eullerton and W . Slade , Prov . G . Dir . of Oers . ; Thomas Williams , Prov . G . Purs . : John Cooke . W . T . K . Perrv Keene . Bev . J . H . . Price , nnd Gpnrcm
Jones , Stewards . Bro . Jones Matthews , No . 862 , was elected Treasurer , and duly invested . The Wardens and other Officers were saluted ; and the following Anthem , written for the occasion by Bro . George Douglas Thompson , of the Alfred Lodge , Oxford , set to music by Bro . J . 0 . Smith , of Cheltenham , was sung by four Brethren : —
" May that Great Power we all obey Look down and bless our work this day ! May all His strict inspection bear , When tried by level and by square , And may our laws our Craft increase ^ To meet in love , and part in peace : " So mote it be !
The list of the several Lodges in the province were called over , and all appeared to he represented except the Lodge of Eaith and Friendship , No . 337 , at Berkeley . A code of hyedaws was read and duly passed . The Prov . Grand Lodge was then duly closed with solemn prayer , and the Brethren adjourned to the Plough Hotel , where the Banquet was prepared . Soon after six o ' clock , ninety Brethren of the province and visitors were assembled in the dining-saloon of the hotel . Present ; the R . W . J . L . Button , Prov . G . M ., in the chair , supported on his right by the Y . W . Bro . G . F . Newmarch ,
V . Prov . U . M .. ; the K . W . ± > ro . Uolonel . burlton , r \ frov . U . M ., . bengal ; the B . W . Bro . Bev . J . E . Cox , G . Chap . ; the V . W . Bro . K . J . Spiers , D . Prov . G . M . ; and the W . Bro . W . W . Hicks Beech , P . Prov . S . G . W ., Oxon ; the W . Bro . J . Matthews , Prov . G . Treas . ; the W . Bros . Lieut . Col . W . N . Burns , and Lieut . Col . J . Kin cairn . Burns ( sons of the Burns who walked in glory and in pride beside the mountain plough ) ; the V . W . Bro . D . W . Nash , D . Prov . G . M ., Bristol ; and the Bev . Bro . Campbell , Prov . G . Chap ., Wilts ; on-the left , by the Y . W . Bro . W . E . Beadon , W . A . Gwinnett , Prov . S . G . W . ; the W . and Bev . Bros .
T . A . Southwood and E . H . Bayley , Prov . Q . Chaps . ; Sir John Hayes , Prov . G . Chap ., Oxon ; and George Boberts , Prov . G , Chap ., Monmouth ; the W . Bro . J . How , Prov . G . Bir . of Cers ., Herts and Surrey ; the W . Bro . Capt . Tynte , Prov . G . Beg ., Monmouth , & c . The musical arrangements were under the direction of Bro . J . B . Smith , assisted by Bro . G . Douglas Thompson . On the removal of the cloth , " Non Nobis " was sung , and the Prov . Grand Master rose , and , in brief terms , called on the Brethren to honour the toast of " The Queen and the Craft , " and afterwards that of " The W . M . the Earl of
Zetland , " the first being followed by a Masonic version of the National Hymn , and the latter by a glee " To our Noble Grand Master let Bumpers be crowned . " The Prov . Grand Master again rose , and in proposing " The Earl of Yarborongli and the rest of the Grand Officers , Past and Present , " said he was very grateful for the honour done to him by the presence of some of those Grand Officers at the festival , and more especially noticed the W . Bro . the Grand Chaplain of England . After a glee , "Let Masonry her Sacred Laws expand . " The Bev . Bro . J . E . Cox , G . Chap ., acknowledged with sincere thanks the
way in which the toast had been received , and said it was with great pleasure he was enabled to inform the Brethren , that after a long and very severe illness , the I ) . Grand Master , the Earl of Yarborough , was in much better health than he had been for very many years , and that they might now confidently look forward to his soon again being among the Craft and able to discharge those duties which before his affliction had been so satisfactorily performed . For himself he would assure them that he was highly gratified in being present at this important cere-