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' Provincial.
Prov . G . M ., the following gentlemen were duly initiated into the mysteries of ancient Freeiaasonry : — -Capt . Howson , 51 st regt ., Lieut . Surgent , 43 rd regt ,, Lieut . Dawson , 18 th regt ., and Lieut . St . John , 20 th regt . ; also , Mr . Turner and Mr . Hawley , the contractors for the North Kent Railway . The Lodge being called off , the Brethren adjourned to the Mitre Hotel , where the banquet was prepared . The Brethren assembled amounted to about thirty , and there were also present in the drawing-room of the Mitre , the R . W . Bro . Charles Purton Cooper ,
Prov . G . M . ; theV . W . Bro . Thomas Bisgood , D . Prov . G . M . ; the W . Bros . Chittenden , ? . Prov . G . Beg ., and Windeyer , Prov . G . Reg ., & c . The banquetingroomwas decorated throughout ; the walls and ceiling being covered with various ornaments suggestive of the union of two European monarchies . These decorations , we understood , were the handiwork of the Wardens and other officers , and their fair ladies , and reflected great credit on their taste . There were the royal standard and the union jack , " the flag that brav'd a thousand years the battle and the breeze ;" the lions of England and the black eagle of Prussia , the initials V . A ^ and F . W , in white roses intertwined with the true lover ' s knot , and many more emblems .
The banquet waits our presence , festal joy Laughs in the mantling goblet , and the night , Illumined by the taper ' s dazzling beam , Rivals departed day . The W . M . Bro . Isaacs , Prov . G . Sec , presided , having on his right the R . W . Prov , G . M . andhia Deputy ; Bro . Spencer , P . M . of Lodge 91 , and Bro . Capt . G . Rhodes ,
of H . M ' s . 94 th regt ., and the newly-initiated Brethren ; while on his left was the Rev . Bro . Batchelor , who acted as Chaplain , Bro . J . How , Prov . G . Dir . of Cers ., Herts , Bros . Gruttenden and Windeyer , and Bro . Cook , of No . 741 , & c ; Bros . L . Harvey , S . W . and C . C . Piper , J . W . filling their respective chairs . Grace was said by the Chaplain . Due honour having been given to a most excellent dinner , and the cloth removed , the W . M . arose and said , they had met to celebrate the nuptials of the daughter of England ' s Queen ; the morning of whose life
had broken into a brilliant mid-day ; and hoping that which all had every reason to expect , that the day would be to her but the beginning of a life of happiness , he called on the Brethren to join him in the toast , " The Queen . " The national hymn was sang , and chorused with enthusiasm by the Brethren . The W . M . next proposed in kindly and fraternal terms , " The M . W . G . M ., the Earl of Zetland . " The R . W . Bro . C . P . Cooper , Prov . G . M ., then claimed the privilege of proposing the next toast . He said , for the first time in his life he had not to regret his age ,
as on the present occasion it had its advantages . Old age had its mode of looking at events like those of that day by a retrospective view of the past . They were called upon to-day to celebrate an event which he ( Bro . Cooper ) considered of great importance to Europe as well as to our own nation ; he touched therefore upon matters of past history , which had reference to the happy occurrence of the day . Little more than a century and half ago , Prussia was one of the minor powers of Europe , the head of the state being the Elector of Brandenburgh , who afterwards
assumed the royal dignity , and became King of Prussia . Immediately on his succession as elector , he agreed with William , Prince of Orange , to furnish him with a considerable force for his expedition to England ; and he afterwards joined the grand alliance against France , sending a large army to the Netherlands , of which William had the command . Thus Prussia contributed to the completion of the great design of William III ., the reduction of the tyrannical power of Louis XIV ., and the security of the liberties of the Protestant world . Within our own time , Prussia had been the steady ally of England when arrayed against the
domination of : Buonaparte . In tho great conflict of 1815 , Prussia assisted to complete the victory we had already achieved . It was not easy to forget such events in which two great states had been mutually engaged . They must also call to mind that the King of Prussia was the godfather of the bride of the day . These matters might not be strictly Masonic ; but he reminded the Brethren that Frederick the Great established a Lodge at Berlin in 1720 , under the authority of the Grand Lodge of England ; he having been initiated when Crown Prince , two years previously , at the Hague . The late Duke of York was initiated at Berlin , and
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' Provincial.
Prov . G . M ., the following gentlemen were duly initiated into the mysteries of ancient Freeiaasonry : — -Capt . Howson , 51 st regt ., Lieut . Surgent , 43 rd regt ,, Lieut . Dawson , 18 th regt ., and Lieut . St . John , 20 th regt . ; also , Mr . Turner and Mr . Hawley , the contractors for the North Kent Railway . The Lodge being called off , the Brethren adjourned to the Mitre Hotel , where the banquet was prepared . The Brethren assembled amounted to about thirty , and there were also present in the drawing-room of the Mitre , the R . W . Bro . Charles Purton Cooper ,
Prov . G . M . ; theV . W . Bro . Thomas Bisgood , D . Prov . G . M . ; the W . Bros . Chittenden , ? . Prov . G . Beg ., and Windeyer , Prov . G . Reg ., & c . The banquetingroomwas decorated throughout ; the walls and ceiling being covered with various ornaments suggestive of the union of two European monarchies . These decorations , we understood , were the handiwork of the Wardens and other officers , and their fair ladies , and reflected great credit on their taste . There were the royal standard and the union jack , " the flag that brav'd a thousand years the battle and the breeze ;" the lions of England and the black eagle of Prussia , the initials V . A ^ and F . W , in white roses intertwined with the true lover ' s knot , and many more emblems .
The banquet waits our presence , festal joy Laughs in the mantling goblet , and the night , Illumined by the taper ' s dazzling beam , Rivals departed day . The W . M . Bro . Isaacs , Prov . G . Sec , presided , having on his right the R . W . Prov , G . M . andhia Deputy ; Bro . Spencer , P . M . of Lodge 91 , and Bro . Capt . G . Rhodes ,
of H . M ' s . 94 th regt ., and the newly-initiated Brethren ; while on his left was the Rev . Bro . Batchelor , who acted as Chaplain , Bro . J . How , Prov . G . Dir . of Cers ., Herts , Bros . Gruttenden and Windeyer , and Bro . Cook , of No . 741 , & c ; Bros . L . Harvey , S . W . and C . C . Piper , J . W . filling their respective chairs . Grace was said by the Chaplain . Due honour having been given to a most excellent dinner , and the cloth removed , the W . M . arose and said , they had met to celebrate the nuptials of the daughter of England ' s Queen ; the morning of whose life
had broken into a brilliant mid-day ; and hoping that which all had every reason to expect , that the day would be to her but the beginning of a life of happiness , he called on the Brethren to join him in the toast , " The Queen . " The national hymn was sang , and chorused with enthusiasm by the Brethren . The W . M . next proposed in kindly and fraternal terms , " The M . W . G . M ., the Earl of Zetland . " The R . W . Bro . C . P . Cooper , Prov . G . M ., then claimed the privilege of proposing the next toast . He said , for the first time in his life he had not to regret his age ,
as on the present occasion it had its advantages . Old age had its mode of looking at events like those of that day by a retrospective view of the past . They were called upon to-day to celebrate an event which he ( Bro . Cooper ) considered of great importance to Europe as well as to our own nation ; he touched therefore upon matters of past history , which had reference to the happy occurrence of the day . Little more than a century and half ago , Prussia was one of the minor powers of Europe , the head of the state being the Elector of Brandenburgh , who afterwards
assumed the royal dignity , and became King of Prussia . Immediately on his succession as elector , he agreed with William , Prince of Orange , to furnish him with a considerable force for his expedition to England ; and he afterwards joined the grand alliance against France , sending a large army to the Netherlands , of which William had the command . Thus Prussia contributed to the completion of the great design of William III ., the reduction of the tyrannical power of Louis XIV ., and the security of the liberties of the Protestant world . Within our own time , Prussia had been the steady ally of England when arrayed against the
domination of : Buonaparte . In tho great conflict of 1815 , Prussia assisted to complete the victory we had already achieved . It was not easy to forget such events in which two great states had been mutually engaged . They must also call to mind that the King of Prussia was the godfather of the bride of the day . These matters might not be strictly Masonic ; but he reminded the Brethren that Frederick the Great established a Lodge at Berlin in 1720 , under the authority of the Grand Lodge of England ; he having been initiated when Crown Prince , two years previously , at the Hague . The late Duke of York was initiated at Berlin , and