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subscriptions . ( Cheers . ) He thanked them from the bottom of his heart for the compliment paid to him , and he trusted that whenever they met together , that it would be in good fellowship , and if they did what was right for the good Craft , it would be for the benefit of the world . Freemasons were good men , for they worked according to the dictates of the Bible , and if they did they might depend upon it that wiien they died , they would have a resting-place in heaven . ( Hearhearand cheers ) .
, , Bro . W . R . CALENDER , Prov . S . G . W ., of Manchester , proposed the next toast , the "Health of Albert Hudson Royds , Esq ., R . W D . Prov . G . M . " Mr . Calender said he spoke of a gentleman known to most of them ; of a gentleman of property , of influence , and of high opinion , and which he used for the benefit of those around him . But though he was well known " to the inhabitants of Eochdale and the neighbourhood , he was better
known among the brethren of the province for his Masonic acts , of which he was a worthy example . They held no improper rivalry in Freemasonry , but they sought to promote those virtues which were Masonic , and which he thought were scriptural . He regretted the absence of the gentleman whose health he had to propose , but he assured them that it was not pleasure , that it was not indifference , which kept the Deputy Grand Master away , but a severe afflictionfrom which it was to be hoped he would
, soon recover , in order that he might again render his counsel and aid which he had been at all times most happy to bestow . ( Hear , hear . ) Bro . JAMES DEWUIEST , W . M . 363 , then proposed the " Health of the Provincial Grand Officers of East Lancashire , Past and Present . " Having seen that day the able way in which business was conducted , they must all be proud that the Order was under
such management . A great deal had been said about the R . W . the Prov . Grand Master , but he could bear testimony to his remarkable ability after the proceedings of the clay . ( Hear , hear . ) So far as he had seen , the officers who had retired that day had . discharged the duties of their office in an eminent degree , and he thought , with respect to the new appointments , that the mantles of the past officers had fallen upon the proper individuals . The toast was drunk enthusiasticall .
y Bro . SUDLOW , Prov . G . Treas ., responded , and said he believed that the past officers accepted their posts with a firm determination to do their duties . This much the new officers knew , that they were preceded bp those who had performed their duty well , and they were wishful to perform theirs with equal zeal . ( Hear , hear . ) He would not detain them any longer , for time and train waited for no man , but assure them that he would do his duty
in the office to which they had appointed him that day . Bro . LEKESCHE , Prov . G . Reg ., submitted the following toast : " The Provincial Grand Masters of West Lancashire , West Yorkshire , Cheshire , and the neighbouring provinces and their Grand Officers . " He said he was glad to see a Grand Master present from a distant province . He did not know much of West Yorkshire , except by name and fame , it being the first to adopt
anything like an organisation by means of which the rills of charitable feeling were gathered together and united in one mighty stream , producing fertility wherever it spread . ( Hear , bear . ) The brethren of East Lancashire were not backward in admitting the importance of the example . Of the officers of East Lancashire he could speak from personal knowledge in terms of the highest commendation . He begged to couple with the toast the name of Bro . Jenkins , Prov . Grand Master of Berks and Bucks .
Bro . JENKINS briefly responded , remarking on the fitness of officers , that he would have round men in round holes—men who knew their duty and did it . He had known men in office who knowing their duty never performed it . ( Hear , hear . ) The PEOV . G . M . then rose and proposed "The Worshipful Masters , Past Masters , and Officers of the Lodges at Todmorden , and prosperity to their New Hall , " dedicated that day to
Masonry . He remarked that that was a toast deserving of a bumper , and it was the only toast of which he had asked them to give a bumper that day . They were present at the ceremony in ffce new Masonic Hall . It was a handsome structure , and calculated to be useful , not only in Masonry , but in other things connected with the town . Nor must he pass over the ample banquet which had been providedEverything appeared to
. have been in order , and he was sure that great credit was clue to the Stewards . Their warmest gratitude was due to the brethren at Todmorden : —First , for the noble example set in the erection of the new hall , and in the next for the entertainment of that day . He had no doubt but that they would feel
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as himself , and drunk tn toast with all their heart . The toast was drunk , succeeded by several rounds of applause . Bro . GREEK , architect of the new hall , responded , and referred to the urbane manner iu which the chairman had proposed the toast—it had been given with his usual good nature ( hear , hear ) . Speaking of the new hall , he remarked that the brethren of Todmorden had been thinking about it , not for a year , but for years . The chairman had expressed his
gratification that day at having had the opportunity of opening the first Masonic Hall in his province at Tormorden . He ( Bro . Green ) assured them that the brethren at Tormorden attached a great deal of deal of pride to the opening of the new hall . He concluded his remarks by thanking the brethren for their visit to Tormorden that day . Bro . A . G . EASTWOOD , P . M . of 363 , was next called upon ,
aud proposed the " Masonic Charities . " Bro . NEWALL responded , and gave some information touching the class of persons who were eYigible for the charities , and also spoke of the training schools lor orphans of deceased brethren . Upwards of two thousand girls had passed through the school , yet at that moment the register of the institution , aeeovinted for everyone , excepting the single instance of a girl having
emigrated . Bro . Jonx AUSTIX , of 341 , in a humorous speech , proposed " Tho Health of the Ladies . " Bro . J . A . S ' TANSMELD , of 266 , in an equally interesting address , responded . Bro . RICHARD VEEVEES , Prov . G . P ., and P . M . of 266 , next gave " The Health of of the Visiting Members . " Bro . NEWALL also gave " The Health of the Provincial Grand
Stewards , " and the sentiment , " To all poor and distressed Masons , and a speedy relief . " This brought the proceedings to a close , about a quarter before ten o ' clock , a most interesting meeting having been held . The whole of the musical arrangements were under the superintendence of Bro . William Greenwood .
MIDDLESEX . HOUNSLOW , —Dalhousie Lodge ( No . 1167 . )—The first annual meeting of this lodge took place on Thursday , the Sth inst ., at its room in the Town Hall , Hounslow , Bro . J . J . Hardey , W . M ., in the chair , supported by Bros . Gilbard , S . W . ; Dr . Willett , J . W . ; Stacey , Sec , and other brethren . The visitors present were Bros . T . A . Adams , P . G . Purst . ; Donald King , P . M . 12 ; Matthew Cooke , S . W . 29 ; Thos . Lawler , 109 ; H .
Muggeridge , P . M . 227 ; A . Reefer , 1030 , and S . B . J . Selby , St . Jean de Arts a Paris . The business before the lodge consisted of a passing , some joinings , and several propositions affecting the lodge ancl its meetings . A board of Installed Masters having been formed , Bro . G . J . Gilbard , S . W ., was installed W . M . for the ensuing ^ year , the ceremony being most ably performed by Bro . Hardey , the out-going and first W . M . The new W . M ., Bro . Gilbardthen appointed and invested his officers as follows :
, Bros . Dr . Willett , S . W . ; J . N . Frost , J . W . ; J . G . Parrant , Treas ., re-invested ; H . A . Stacey , Sec , re-invested ; A . A . Itichards , S . D . ; S . C . Hocknell , J . D . ; E . S . Keogh , I . G . ; Kev . Dr . Emerton , Chap . ; P . Machire , Dir . of Cers . ; and G . T . Thomason , Steward . After the lodge was closed , the brethren
adjourned upstairs to the Town Hall to banquet . The first toast given by the W . M . \\ -as that of the Queen and the Craft . Tho next , that of the M . W . G . M ., and followed by the R . W . D . G . M . and the Grand Officers , which he had considerable pleasure in coupling with a very popular and distinguished member of the Craft , Bro . Thomas Alexander Adams , P . G . Purst . Bro . T . A . Adams returned his sincere and grateful thanks for his name being coupled with the D . G . M .
and Grand Officers . It was true , bj' missing the train , he had only come in at the closing of the lodge , bnt he had no doubt , from what he personally knew of Bro . Hardey , and from Bro . Watson ' s instruction , the duties had heen done most satisfactorily . It was a delightful sight to see a new lodge progressing in so favourable a manner , and he congratulated them on their successwhich he hopedhe miht be indulged to say
, , g , he should be happy to see for many years to come . —Bro . I-LU-UEY , P . M ., gave the health of the W . M . He had been a very able officer in lodgo and at the banquet , and he , the P . M ., was quite sure their W . M . would do his best . Ho concluded by calling upon them to drink to the " Health of the WM .., " and might he live long to sustain the honour of that lodge in the Craft . —Bro . GILBAED , W . M ., had great diffidence in returning
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subscriptions . ( Cheers . ) He thanked them from the bottom of his heart for the compliment paid to him , and he trusted that whenever they met together , that it would be in good fellowship , and if they did what was right for the good Craft , it would be for the benefit of the world . Freemasons were good men , for they worked according to the dictates of the Bible , and if they did they might depend upon it that wiien they died , they would have a resting-place in heaven . ( Hearhearand cheers ) .
, , Bro . W . R . CALENDER , Prov . S . G . W ., of Manchester , proposed the next toast , the "Health of Albert Hudson Royds , Esq ., R . W D . Prov . G . M . " Mr . Calender said he spoke of a gentleman known to most of them ; of a gentleman of property , of influence , and of high opinion , and which he used for the benefit of those around him . But though he was well known " to the inhabitants of Eochdale and the neighbourhood , he was better
known among the brethren of the province for his Masonic acts , of which he was a worthy example . They held no improper rivalry in Freemasonry , but they sought to promote those virtues which were Masonic , and which he thought were scriptural . He regretted the absence of the gentleman whose health he had to propose , but he assured them that it was not pleasure , that it was not indifference , which kept the Deputy Grand Master away , but a severe afflictionfrom which it was to be hoped he would
, soon recover , in order that he might again render his counsel and aid which he had been at all times most happy to bestow . ( Hear , hear . ) Bro . JAMES DEWUIEST , W . M . 363 , then proposed the " Health of the Provincial Grand Officers of East Lancashire , Past and Present . " Having seen that day the able way in which business was conducted , they must all be proud that the Order was under
such management . A great deal had been said about the R . W . the Prov . Grand Master , but he could bear testimony to his remarkable ability after the proceedings of the clay . ( Hear , hear . ) So far as he had seen , the officers who had retired that day had . discharged the duties of their office in an eminent degree , and he thought , with respect to the new appointments , that the mantles of the past officers had fallen upon the proper individuals . The toast was drunk enthusiasticall .
y Bro . SUDLOW , Prov . G . Treas ., responded , and said he believed that the past officers accepted their posts with a firm determination to do their duties . This much the new officers knew , that they were preceded bp those who had performed their duty well , and they were wishful to perform theirs with equal zeal . ( Hear , hear . ) He would not detain them any longer , for time and train waited for no man , but assure them that he would do his duty
in the office to which they had appointed him that day . Bro . LEKESCHE , Prov . G . Reg ., submitted the following toast : " The Provincial Grand Masters of West Lancashire , West Yorkshire , Cheshire , and the neighbouring provinces and their Grand Officers . " He said he was glad to see a Grand Master present from a distant province . He did not know much of West Yorkshire , except by name and fame , it being the first to adopt
anything like an organisation by means of which the rills of charitable feeling were gathered together and united in one mighty stream , producing fertility wherever it spread . ( Hear , bear . ) The brethren of East Lancashire were not backward in admitting the importance of the example . Of the officers of East Lancashire he could speak from personal knowledge in terms of the highest commendation . He begged to couple with the toast the name of Bro . Jenkins , Prov . Grand Master of Berks and Bucks .
Bro . JENKINS briefly responded , remarking on the fitness of officers , that he would have round men in round holes—men who knew their duty and did it . He had known men in office who knowing their duty never performed it . ( Hear , hear . ) The PEOV . G . M . then rose and proposed "The Worshipful Masters , Past Masters , and Officers of the Lodges at Todmorden , and prosperity to their New Hall , " dedicated that day to
Masonry . He remarked that that was a toast deserving of a bumper , and it was the only toast of which he had asked them to give a bumper that day . They were present at the ceremony in ffce new Masonic Hall . It was a handsome structure , and calculated to be useful , not only in Masonry , but in other things connected with the town . Nor must he pass over the ample banquet which had been providedEverything appeared to
. have been in order , and he was sure that great credit was clue to the Stewards . Their warmest gratitude was due to the brethren at Todmorden : —First , for the noble example set in the erection of the new hall , and in the next for the entertainment of that day . He had no doubt but that they would feel
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as himself , and drunk tn toast with all their heart . The toast was drunk , succeeded by several rounds of applause . Bro . GREEK , architect of the new hall , responded , and referred to the urbane manner iu which the chairman had proposed the toast—it had been given with his usual good nature ( hear , hear ) . Speaking of the new hall , he remarked that the brethren of Todmorden had been thinking about it , not for a year , but for years . The chairman had expressed his
gratification that day at having had the opportunity of opening the first Masonic Hall in his province at Tormorden . He ( Bro . Green ) assured them that the brethren at Tormorden attached a great deal of deal of pride to the opening of the new hall . He concluded his remarks by thanking the brethren for their visit to Tormorden that day . Bro . A . G . EASTWOOD , P . M . of 363 , was next called upon ,
aud proposed the " Masonic Charities . " Bro . NEWALL responded , and gave some information touching the class of persons who were eYigible for the charities , and also spoke of the training schools lor orphans of deceased brethren . Upwards of two thousand girls had passed through the school , yet at that moment the register of the institution , aeeovinted for everyone , excepting the single instance of a girl having
emigrated . Bro . Jonx AUSTIX , of 341 , in a humorous speech , proposed " Tho Health of the Ladies . " Bro . J . A . S ' TANSMELD , of 266 , in an equally interesting address , responded . Bro . RICHARD VEEVEES , Prov . G . P ., and P . M . of 266 , next gave " The Health of of the Visiting Members . " Bro . NEWALL also gave " The Health of the Provincial Grand
Stewards , " and the sentiment , " To all poor and distressed Masons , and a speedy relief . " This brought the proceedings to a close , about a quarter before ten o ' clock , a most interesting meeting having been held . The whole of the musical arrangements were under the superintendence of Bro . William Greenwood .
MIDDLESEX . HOUNSLOW , —Dalhousie Lodge ( No . 1167 . )—The first annual meeting of this lodge took place on Thursday , the Sth inst ., at its room in the Town Hall , Hounslow , Bro . J . J . Hardey , W . M ., in the chair , supported by Bros . Gilbard , S . W . ; Dr . Willett , J . W . ; Stacey , Sec , and other brethren . The visitors present were Bros . T . A . Adams , P . G . Purst . ; Donald King , P . M . 12 ; Matthew Cooke , S . W . 29 ; Thos . Lawler , 109 ; H .
Muggeridge , P . M . 227 ; A . Reefer , 1030 , and S . B . J . Selby , St . Jean de Arts a Paris . The business before the lodge consisted of a passing , some joinings , and several propositions affecting the lodge ancl its meetings . A board of Installed Masters having been formed , Bro . G . J . Gilbard , S . W ., was installed W . M . for the ensuing ^ year , the ceremony being most ably performed by Bro . Hardey , the out-going and first W . M . The new W . M ., Bro . Gilbardthen appointed and invested his officers as follows :
, Bros . Dr . Willett , S . W . ; J . N . Frost , J . W . ; J . G . Parrant , Treas ., re-invested ; H . A . Stacey , Sec , re-invested ; A . A . Itichards , S . D . ; S . C . Hocknell , J . D . ; E . S . Keogh , I . G . ; Kev . Dr . Emerton , Chap . ; P . Machire , Dir . of Cers . ; and G . T . Thomason , Steward . After the lodge was closed , the brethren
adjourned upstairs to the Town Hall to banquet . The first toast given by the W . M . \\ -as that of the Queen and the Craft . Tho next , that of the M . W . G . M ., and followed by the R . W . D . G . M . and the Grand Officers , which he had considerable pleasure in coupling with a very popular and distinguished member of the Craft , Bro . Thomas Alexander Adams , P . G . Purst . Bro . T . A . Adams returned his sincere and grateful thanks for his name being coupled with the D . G . M .
and Grand Officers . It was true , bj' missing the train , he had only come in at the closing of the lodge , bnt he had no doubt , from what he personally knew of Bro . Hardey , and from Bro . Watson ' s instruction , the duties had heen done most satisfactorily . It was a delightful sight to see a new lodge progressing in so favourable a manner , and he congratulated them on their successwhich he hopedhe miht be indulged to say
, , g , he should be happy to see for many years to come . —Bro . I-LU-UEY , P . M ., gave the health of the W . M . He had been a very able officer in lodgo and at the banquet , and he , the P . M ., was quite sure their W . M . would do his best . Ho concluded by calling upon them to drink to the " Health of the WM .., " and might he live long to sustain the honour of that lodge in the Craft . —Bro . GILBAED , W . M ., had great diffidence in returning