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Royal Freemasons' Girls' School.
in the rising generation some members of the Royal Family again gracing that chair . ( Cheers . ) He would now propose to them H . R . H . Prince Albert , the Prince of AVales , ancl the othor members of the Royal Family . ( Cheers . ) Glee— " BIOAV , gentle gales . "
Bro . B . B . CABBELL , M . P ., then said , he rose , with the permission of their noble chairman , to propose a toast . Assembled as they were that day to promote the cause of charity , he was sure they must feel it a source of great gratification that they should have the noble Earl , who had so long presided over them as their G . M ., filling the chair , who had occupied his high position with such great benefit to Freemasonry in this country , and had contributed so much to produce that high public opinion , which now pervaded the country in favour of the Craft . ( Cheers . ) It must be a proud satisfaction to them to find that in the noble cause of charity he had now taken the chair . The noble
Lord had alluded to portraits upon the walls , as an inducement to them to pay attention to the toast he had then proposed , and he might say on the present occasion , that he might also call their attention to those walls , as affording proof that the noble predecessors of his Lordship were in themselves proud examples of the efficiency and power of Freemasonry . Whatever claim the noble Lord might have in his individual capacity , he had an hereditary claim to their attention , because not only his father , but his grandfather , preceded him in those virtues , by which he had distinguished the Order . ( Cheers . ) It was impossible to mention a nobleman whose virtues were more highlestimated than those of
y the Earl of Zetland . ( Cheers . ) He was dear to them , because he took an interest in all the proceedings of the Craft , to which he was an honour and an ornament ( cheers ) , and the respect entertained for the father was continued to tho son . He wotdd not detain them longer , but give them the health of then- G . M . the Earl of Zetland , the President of the Royal Freemasons' School for Female Children . ( Continued cheering . ) The GRAND MASTER sincerely thanked the Brethren for the kind manner in which they had received the toast , which had been proposed by his worthy and excellent friend ancl brother , and for the honoim they had done him in drinking
his health . ( Cheers . ) It was with , the greatest pleasure he saw so large an assemblage brought together in the great cause of charity , and he anticipated a result worthy of the great body of Masons over whom he had the honour to preside . His worthy Brother had alluded to his hereditary claims as a Mason , and in a brief and obliging manner had paid a high compliment to the memory of his late lamented father . He assured them he accepted the compliment with sincere pleasure , for he believed his excellent father had deserved it , for he was heart ancl soul a Mason , and it w as out of respect to his character and the love he bore him , that he himself had been induced to belong to the Order ,
and he thanked him for his introduction to the Masonic body . ( Cheers . ) He believed that the Masonic body was calculated to do inestimable good in this country , and when he looked at their charities and the conduct of the members of the body , he was convinced it answered that high character which it had so long held and maintained ; and he was of opinion , that every opportunity should be taken to sustain that character . If he might judge from the present position of then- charities , there was every reason to hope that they might go on improving ; and when they contrasted them with what they were twenty years sincethey would find an enormous increasenot onlin the subscritionsbut
, , y p , in the great good that had emanated from them . ( Cheers . ) In looking over the accoimts for the last year , he found that the subscriptions raised at the last Festival amounted to nearly £ 1 , 300 , and he trusted that on this occasion , they would not fall short , if they did not exceed that amount . ( Cheers . ) As he should have occasion to address them on this subject in a short time , he would not trouble them further at present , but would again return them his thanks , and assure them of the high estimation in which he held their good opinion , and the gratification he felt at the kind manner in which they had received his health . ( Loud cheers . )
S-ing , b y Miss Eliza Birch , " Come Avhere sweet-toned zephyrs . " The GRAND MASTER said the next toast he had to propose to them was , the health of tho R . AV . the Deputy Grand Master , the Earl of Yarborough ( cheers ) ; and ho bogged to state to them that the D . G- M . had expressed to him a few clays since his extreme regret that important and
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Royal Freemasons' Girls' School.
in the rising generation some members of the Royal Family again gracing that chair . ( Cheers . ) He would now propose to them H . R . H . Prince Albert , the Prince of AVales , ancl the othor members of the Royal Family . ( Cheers . ) Glee— " BIOAV , gentle gales . "
Bro . B . B . CABBELL , M . P ., then said , he rose , with the permission of their noble chairman , to propose a toast . Assembled as they were that day to promote the cause of charity , he was sure they must feel it a source of great gratification that they should have the noble Earl , who had so long presided over them as their G . M ., filling the chair , who had occupied his high position with such great benefit to Freemasonry in this country , and had contributed so much to produce that high public opinion , which now pervaded the country in favour of the Craft . ( Cheers . ) It must be a proud satisfaction to them to find that in the noble cause of charity he had now taken the chair . The noble
Lord had alluded to portraits upon the walls , as an inducement to them to pay attention to the toast he had then proposed , and he might say on the present occasion , that he might also call their attention to those walls , as affording proof that the noble predecessors of his Lordship were in themselves proud examples of the efficiency and power of Freemasonry . Whatever claim the noble Lord might have in his individual capacity , he had an hereditary claim to their attention , because not only his father , but his grandfather , preceded him in those virtues , by which he had distinguished the Order . ( Cheers . ) It was impossible to mention a nobleman whose virtues were more highlestimated than those of
y the Earl of Zetland . ( Cheers . ) He was dear to them , because he took an interest in all the proceedings of the Craft , to which he was an honour and an ornament ( cheers ) , and the respect entertained for the father was continued to tho son . He wotdd not detain them longer , but give them the health of then- G . M . the Earl of Zetland , the President of the Royal Freemasons' School for Female Children . ( Continued cheering . ) The GRAND MASTER sincerely thanked the Brethren for the kind manner in which they had received the toast , which had been proposed by his worthy and excellent friend ancl brother , and for the honoim they had done him in drinking
his health . ( Cheers . ) It was with , the greatest pleasure he saw so large an assemblage brought together in the great cause of charity , and he anticipated a result worthy of the great body of Masons over whom he had the honour to preside . His worthy Brother had alluded to his hereditary claims as a Mason , and in a brief and obliging manner had paid a high compliment to the memory of his late lamented father . He assured them he accepted the compliment with sincere pleasure , for he believed his excellent father had deserved it , for he was heart ancl soul a Mason , and it w as out of respect to his character and the love he bore him , that he himself had been induced to belong to the Order ,
and he thanked him for his introduction to the Masonic body . ( Cheers . ) He believed that the Masonic body was calculated to do inestimable good in this country , and when he looked at their charities and the conduct of the members of the body , he was convinced it answered that high character which it had so long held and maintained ; and he was of opinion , that every opportunity should be taken to sustain that character . If he might judge from the present position of then- charities , there was every reason to hope that they might go on improving ; and when they contrasted them with what they were twenty years sincethey would find an enormous increasenot onlin the subscritionsbut
, , y p , in the great good that had emanated from them . ( Cheers . ) In looking over the accoimts for the last year , he found that the subscriptions raised at the last Festival amounted to nearly £ 1 , 300 , and he trusted that on this occasion , they would not fall short , if they did not exceed that amount . ( Cheers . ) As he should have occasion to address them on this subject in a short time , he would not trouble them further at present , but would again return them his thanks , and assure them of the high estimation in which he held their good opinion , and the gratification he felt at the kind manner in which they had received his health . ( Loud cheers . )
S-ing , b y Miss Eliza Birch , " Come Avhere sweet-toned zephyrs . " The GRAND MASTER said the next toast he had to propose to them was , the health of tho R . AV . the Deputy Grand Master , the Earl of Yarborough ( cheers ) ; and ho bogged to state to them that the D . G- M . had expressed to him a few clays since his extreme regret that important and