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after twen ty-six years experience as a Mason , been confirmed , and considerabl y increased . They were well aware that the most pure and genuine piety and virtue were taught by their emblems , and in their mysteries ; and from what he had seen of the good conduct of Masons ln « Ti D y a PP eared t 0 act U P to 'heir professions . 1 he I rov . Grancl Treasurer , " was next proposed , when Bro . SAMUEL returned thanks m a most excellent speech
. D rh ^ Prov - Grand Secretary ' s health" was next proposed . Bro . is ORRIS returned thanks in an able and eloquent speech , and concluded by claiming his official privilege of proposing the next toast , which being assented to by the R . W . P . G . Master , wfth applause , he gave the health of " The Ladies . " This was immediately followed b y Bishop ' s serenade- " Sleep , gentle
The next toasts were " The Prov . Grand Officers , Stewards , Masters , ana \ v aniens , who severall y returned thanks in appropriate speeches , l he wlioie meeting concluded with much harmony , and each Brother retired to Ins home highly delighted with the proceedings of the day . PLYMOUTH . —We regret that so limited an account of the last provincial meeting appeared in the Freemasons' Quarterly Review . The occasion of the presentation of the testimonial to Carwithenthe
Dr . , appropriate addresses of the various Brethren , and , above all , the reply ot tne revered Deputy Provincial Grand Master , were worthy a more extended notice . Some sharp fusilading has taken place on the meagre contributions to the charitable object of the meeting on the part of some ot the congregation . Enclosed are the copies which have appeared in the local prints . COui-correspondent forgets that the entire of his letter
, containing tfie particulars of the meeting , was inserted word for word , and that the newspaper , containing the addresses at length , did not reach us until after our pubhcation-so much for his own consistency . The fusilading , as he terms it by- " no matter who , " and others , has no doubt effected its well-intended ob ject ; but to renew the matter is quite unnecessary .
TAUNTON , ( 327 ) . —The Lod ge has elected Brother J . R . Mosse W . M . for the ensuing year , and Brother C . Haseler as Treasurer , vice Brother May , who takes office in Lodge . A very able organist , Brother F . Kingsberry , has been initiated , much to the gratification of the Brethren . BRISTOL , Oct 28 . —Presontation of the Portrait of Richard Smith , Esq . the R . W . D . P . G . M . for the Province of Bristol .-ThurstUy last will form for ever an era in the annals of in this Province
Freemasonry . I lie Grand Bodge was opened in clue form , in the Sir Knight ' s Chapel and was most numerously attended b y the members . In the large room they were received b y Brother Mercer and the Royal Clarence Lodee ancl the Deputy and his Wardens being seated , the business of the day was opened and the minutes of the last Grand Lodge were read ancl approved . 1 his being ended , the Past R . W . D . P . G . M . Bro . Husenbeth rose and addressed the chairAfter welldelivered and
. a - appropriate address he begged that the D . P . G . M . would be pleased to accept the portrait as a tribute of respect from the whole Province to him , and expressed a hope that it would be for ever allowed to grace their Hall as a testimony of the great estimation in which he was held , and as a proof oi tneir entire approbation of his conduct , and a grateful remembrance
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Provincial.
after twen ty-six years experience as a Mason , been confirmed , and considerabl y increased . They were well aware that the most pure and genuine piety and virtue were taught by their emblems , and in their mysteries ; and from what he had seen of the good conduct of Masons ln « Ti D y a PP eared t 0 act U P to 'heir professions . 1 he I rov . Grancl Treasurer , " was next proposed , when Bro . SAMUEL returned thanks m a most excellent speech
. D rh ^ Prov - Grand Secretary ' s health" was next proposed . Bro . is ORRIS returned thanks in an able and eloquent speech , and concluded by claiming his official privilege of proposing the next toast , which being assented to by the R . W . P . G . Master , wfth applause , he gave the health of " The Ladies . " This was immediately followed b y Bishop ' s serenade- " Sleep , gentle
The next toasts were " The Prov . Grand Officers , Stewards , Masters , ana \ v aniens , who severall y returned thanks in appropriate speeches , l he wlioie meeting concluded with much harmony , and each Brother retired to Ins home highly delighted with the proceedings of the day . PLYMOUTH . —We regret that so limited an account of the last provincial meeting appeared in the Freemasons' Quarterly Review . The occasion of the presentation of the testimonial to Carwithenthe
Dr . , appropriate addresses of the various Brethren , and , above all , the reply ot tne revered Deputy Provincial Grand Master , were worthy a more extended notice . Some sharp fusilading has taken place on the meagre contributions to the charitable object of the meeting on the part of some ot the congregation . Enclosed are the copies which have appeared in the local prints . COui-correspondent forgets that the entire of his letter
, containing tfie particulars of the meeting , was inserted word for word , and that the newspaper , containing the addresses at length , did not reach us until after our pubhcation-so much for his own consistency . The fusilading , as he terms it by- " no matter who , " and others , has no doubt effected its well-intended ob ject ; but to renew the matter is quite unnecessary .
TAUNTON , ( 327 ) . —The Lod ge has elected Brother J . R . Mosse W . M . for the ensuing year , and Brother C . Haseler as Treasurer , vice Brother May , who takes office in Lodge . A very able organist , Brother F . Kingsberry , has been initiated , much to the gratification of the Brethren . BRISTOL , Oct 28 . —Presontation of the Portrait of Richard Smith , Esq . the R . W . D . P . G . M . for the Province of Bristol .-ThurstUy last will form for ever an era in the annals of in this Province
Freemasonry . I lie Grand Bodge was opened in clue form , in the Sir Knight ' s Chapel and was most numerously attended b y the members . In the large room they were received b y Brother Mercer and the Royal Clarence Lodee ancl the Deputy and his Wardens being seated , the business of the day was opened and the minutes of the last Grand Lodge were read ancl approved . 1 his being ended , the Past R . W . D . P . G . M . Bro . Husenbeth rose and addressed the chairAfter welldelivered and
. a - appropriate address he begged that the D . P . G . M . would be pleased to accept the portrait as a tribute of respect from the whole Province to him , and expressed a hope that it would be for ever allowed to grace their Hall as a testimony of the great estimation in which he was held , and as a proof oi tneir entire approbation of his conduct , and a grateful remembrance