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address , including the statistics of the Order in Cornwall for the past one hundred years , was then delivered Ivy the Deputy P . G . M ., Bro . Ellis after which the P . G . L . was closed , and the procession was again formed , the brethren proceeding to the banquet at the Assembly Room . Theioom , was decorated with evergreens and banners , and the different emblems of Freemasonry , formed in dahlias , were suspended over the chairs of some of the principal officersthe materials for the decorations having
, been furnished by several gentlemen of the town and neighbourhood . The banquet was provided by Bro . Farquharson , of the Red Lion Hotel . Nearly eighty brethren partook of the feast , the Provincial Grand Master presiding , supported by the different Provincial Officers in their respective places . Grace having been said by the P . G . Chaplain , and the cloth removed , the P . G . M . Sir Charles Lemon , Bart ., proposed "the health of her
Majesty the Queen , " observing that it would be an affront to them and an indignity to her if he were to preface that toast with any remarks . ( Cheers . ) As they were rather a more mixed company than usual , it was deemed expedient not to adopt the masonic forms of doing honour to the toasts , but they would drink with three cheers in the ordinary way . ( Drank with loud cheering . ) The P . G . M . said he gave them the next toast not only as
Englishmen and Freemasons , but also as Cornishmen . He proposed " the health of the Duke of Cornwall , " to whom they all owed allegiance . The P . G . Stewards , Brothers Chileott and Heard , now introduced into the room a very large number of ladies , whom the brethren invited to be seated , offering them fruit anfl wine . So large a number , however ,
had entered that a great many remained standing , and the gallery was also occupied . The presence of the ladies , amongst whom were many of pre-eminent beauty , formed an animating scene of no ordinary character . The P . G . M . next proposed '' the health of the Lord Warden and the rest of the Royal Family . " The P . G . M . then said— " Brethren , the ladies are now kind enough to favour us with their companybut as I am afraid they are rather
in-, conveniently placed , I take the liberty of departing from the usual course of our toasts in order to take the earliest opportunity of proposing their health . ( Cheers . ) Ladies , we have taken the liberty of requesting you to favour us with your company , that we might have the pleasure of drinking your health in your own presence . We always gladly avail ourselves of this opportunity , and it is the only one in which we can ask you to join in our ceremonies or our festivities . The rest of our business
is , as you are aware , conducted with closed doors , within which none are admitted but those who form a constituent part of our brotherhood . For this exclusion , I beg to assure you , that we have cogent reasons in no way arising from an unwillingness to acknowledge the great pleasure and moral improvement to be derived from your society . ( Cheers . ) But we are bound by rigid rules from which we cannot depart , and these rules are the result of circumstances which necessarily arose from the
foundation of Freemasonry itself . ( Hear , hear . ) If you look at its early history , you will see how naturally this exclusion became a part of the constitution of our body , applied as it has always been , not to your sex alone , but to all parties who have not been regularly admitted to the full knowledge and participation of our mysteries . In times long gone by ,
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Provincial
address , including the statistics of the Order in Cornwall for the past one hundred years , was then delivered Ivy the Deputy P . G . M ., Bro . Ellis after which the P . G . L . was closed , and the procession was again formed , the brethren proceeding to the banquet at the Assembly Room . Theioom , was decorated with evergreens and banners , and the different emblems of Freemasonry , formed in dahlias , were suspended over the chairs of some of the principal officersthe materials for the decorations having
, been furnished by several gentlemen of the town and neighbourhood . The banquet was provided by Bro . Farquharson , of the Red Lion Hotel . Nearly eighty brethren partook of the feast , the Provincial Grand Master presiding , supported by the different Provincial Officers in their respective places . Grace having been said by the P . G . Chaplain , and the cloth removed , the P . G . M . Sir Charles Lemon , Bart ., proposed "the health of her
Majesty the Queen , " observing that it would be an affront to them and an indignity to her if he were to preface that toast with any remarks . ( Cheers . ) As they were rather a more mixed company than usual , it was deemed expedient not to adopt the masonic forms of doing honour to the toasts , but they would drink with three cheers in the ordinary way . ( Drank with loud cheering . ) The P . G . M . said he gave them the next toast not only as
Englishmen and Freemasons , but also as Cornishmen . He proposed " the health of the Duke of Cornwall , " to whom they all owed allegiance . The P . G . Stewards , Brothers Chileott and Heard , now introduced into the room a very large number of ladies , whom the brethren invited to be seated , offering them fruit anfl wine . So large a number , however ,
had entered that a great many remained standing , and the gallery was also occupied . The presence of the ladies , amongst whom were many of pre-eminent beauty , formed an animating scene of no ordinary character . The P . G . M . next proposed '' the health of the Lord Warden and the rest of the Royal Family . " The P . G . M . then said— " Brethren , the ladies are now kind enough to favour us with their companybut as I am afraid they are rather
in-, conveniently placed , I take the liberty of departing from the usual course of our toasts in order to take the earliest opportunity of proposing their health . ( Cheers . ) Ladies , we have taken the liberty of requesting you to favour us with your company , that we might have the pleasure of drinking your health in your own presence . We always gladly avail ourselves of this opportunity , and it is the only one in which we can ask you to join in our ceremonies or our festivities . The rest of our business
is , as you are aware , conducted with closed doors , within which none are admitted but those who form a constituent part of our brotherhood . For this exclusion , I beg to assure you , that we have cogent reasons in no way arising from an unwillingness to acknowledge the great pleasure and moral improvement to be derived from your society . ( Cheers . ) But we are bound by rigid rules from which we cannot depart , and these rules are the result of circumstances which necessarily arose from the
foundation of Freemasonry itself . ( Hear , hear . ) If you look at its early history , you will see how naturally this exclusion became a part of the constitution of our body , applied as it has always been , not to your sex alone , but to all parties who have not been regularly admitted to the full knowledge and participation of our mysteries . In times long gone by ,