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brethren engaged in , the affairs of this great commercial town ought not to encounter . Had I done less than what you have so kindly given me the credit for , and considering the nature of my occupations , I should have failed to satisfy my own conscience that I had performeil the duties confided to me , according to the extent of my ability . Although the motives which have led my friends to make me such a handsome present are extremelflatteringyetI feel that I scarcel
y , , y deserve it ; however , I do most gratefull y accept the splendid testimonial , and , as often as time and circumstances permit my family , who may survive me , to use this valuable tea service , it may remind them that I was once very handsomely rewarded , for having merely performed my undertaken duties . The deputation then withdrew , highly gratified with having performed a very pleasing duty .
MONMOUTH , MuyYZ . —The brethren of the Loyal Monmouth Lodge , No . 671 , met together to install Bro . Crook , as their W . M . for the ensuing year ; after which ceremony they adjourned to Bro . Evans ' s , Beaufort Arms' Hotel , where an excellent banquet was provided . There was a very good attendance of members . The W . M . presided . After the cloth was cleared for the business of the evening , the W . M . proposed the usual loyal and masonic toasts . In proposing the health of the Queen , he said—The first toast of the evening was one which , in
the words of the late W . M . who sat on his left , ( Bro . John E . W . Rolls , ) every Englishman should receive in a truly loyal spirit ; and he was sure that however humble the individual who proposed it might be , it would be received by the brethren present , who gloried in the title of the " Loyal" Monmouth Lodge , with the enthusiasm it merited . The health of Her Majesty the Queen Dowager followed , the chairman remarking that her majesty was the patroness of the lloyal Freemasons' Female Schooland numerous other charities . He called upon
, the brethren to drink the health of the widow of the sailor and Mason king , the Queen Dowager . The CHAIRMAN then said—Brethren , the next toast to which I have to call your attention , is the health of the noble Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of England , the Earl of Zetland ; a nobleman who , for his high integrity and good principle , deserved well of the Craft , —a nobleman who , he understood , was as amiable in character as he was
exalted in rank . He gave them the health of the Earl of Zetland . The Chairman next proposed the health of Colonel Kemeys Tynte , the P . G . M . for this district . Bro ROLLS then proposed , in highly complimentary terms , the health of the W . M . It gave him sincere pleasure , he assured them , to have the honour of proposing this toast , and he only regretted that—what must be considered the toast of the evening—it had not devolved on much better hands . They all knew the talent , and energy , and straightforward character of their chairman . No one had the interests of
Masonry more at heart than he had . He ( Bro . Rolls ) congratulated him on the honour he had this day achieved , and he also congratulated the lodge , which , he considered , had consulted its best interests in selecting such a man as Bro . Crook . Trusting this rising lodge , which was every year increasing in numbers and celebrity , would flourish , as he knew it would under the chairman ' s auspices , he would propose his good health . The CH AIRMAN , in the course of his speech , thanked the brethren for VOL . VII . [) n
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Provincial.
brethren engaged in , the affairs of this great commercial town ought not to encounter . Had I done less than what you have so kindly given me the credit for , and considering the nature of my occupations , I should have failed to satisfy my own conscience that I had performeil the duties confided to me , according to the extent of my ability . Although the motives which have led my friends to make me such a handsome present are extremelflatteringyetI feel that I scarcel
y , , y deserve it ; however , I do most gratefull y accept the splendid testimonial , and , as often as time and circumstances permit my family , who may survive me , to use this valuable tea service , it may remind them that I was once very handsomely rewarded , for having merely performed my undertaken duties . The deputation then withdrew , highly gratified with having performed a very pleasing duty .
MONMOUTH , MuyYZ . —The brethren of the Loyal Monmouth Lodge , No . 671 , met together to install Bro . Crook , as their W . M . for the ensuing year ; after which ceremony they adjourned to Bro . Evans ' s , Beaufort Arms' Hotel , where an excellent banquet was provided . There was a very good attendance of members . The W . M . presided . After the cloth was cleared for the business of the evening , the W . M . proposed the usual loyal and masonic toasts . In proposing the health of the Queen , he said—The first toast of the evening was one which , in
the words of the late W . M . who sat on his left , ( Bro . John E . W . Rolls , ) every Englishman should receive in a truly loyal spirit ; and he was sure that however humble the individual who proposed it might be , it would be received by the brethren present , who gloried in the title of the " Loyal" Monmouth Lodge , with the enthusiasm it merited . The health of Her Majesty the Queen Dowager followed , the chairman remarking that her majesty was the patroness of the lloyal Freemasons' Female Schooland numerous other charities . He called upon
, the brethren to drink the health of the widow of the sailor and Mason king , the Queen Dowager . The CHAIRMAN then said—Brethren , the next toast to which I have to call your attention , is the health of the noble Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of England , the Earl of Zetland ; a nobleman who , for his high integrity and good principle , deserved well of the Craft , —a nobleman who , he understood , was as amiable in character as he was
exalted in rank . He gave them the health of the Earl of Zetland . The Chairman next proposed the health of Colonel Kemeys Tynte , the P . G . M . for this district . Bro ROLLS then proposed , in highly complimentary terms , the health of the W . M . It gave him sincere pleasure , he assured them , to have the honour of proposing this toast , and he only regretted that—what must be considered the toast of the evening—it had not devolved on much better hands . They all knew the talent , and energy , and straightforward character of their chairman . No one had the interests of
Masonry more at heart than he had . He ( Bro . Rolls ) congratulated him on the honour he had this day achieved , and he also congratulated the lodge , which , he considered , had consulted its best interests in selecting such a man as Bro . Crook . Trusting this rising lodge , which was every year increasing in numbers and celebrity , would flourish , as he knew it would under the chairman ' s auspices , he would propose his good health . The CH AIRMAN , in the course of his speech , thanked the brethren for VOL . VII . [) n