Provincial.

Grace was said before and after dinner by the Past Prov . Grand Chaplain , Pro . the Bev . S . Tit-low , ancl JS' on nobis Domine was sung by some professional vocalists , who sang several glees , & x ., during the evening . On the removal of tho cloth—The CU . URIIAN rose and proposed the first toast " The Queen and tho Craft . " Loyalty , he observed , had ever been one of the prominent attributes of Masonsancl towards uo sovereign did it

, deserve to be more enthusiastically manifested than towards tbe excellent lady who now occupied the British throne . The mistress of large possessions in every quarter of the world , Queen A'ietoria hacl the good fortune in that lofty and responsible position to have earned , not only the respect and esteem , but tlie love and affection of all her subjects . ( Cheers ) . This was tcstilied by the enthusiastic welcome which the Canadian colonists had given to her eldest son , to

the heir apparent of tbe throne of Eng land . It was interesting him ( the Chairman ) to read that the Prince of Wales , during his progress in Canada , had paid a visit to a farm which was held there by ills grandfather , the Duke of Kent , who was a distinguished Freemason . ( Cheers ) . Few Princes had gained so much by study and travel , at so early an age , as the Prince of Wales ; ancl his present visit to America was not only calculated to be of benefit to the two countries

himself bnt would redound to the advantage of , by cementing the friendship existing between tbem . ( Cheers ) ^ Both countries hacl reason to rejoice that the heir of the throne of England had thus become a mediator between them . The ocean which separated them would no longer be a barrier , but wo should feel that ' it ivas bridged over , and tliat bridge would be a bridge of amity . ( Cheers ) . h drunk with

Tlie Ci ' iAiMAS said the next toast , thougalways cordiality amongst Masons , was a formal toast , because they were not all of them acquainted with the Grand Master of England . He ( Sir Henry Stracey ) believed that that high station in tlie Craft coulcl not bo filled more ably , honourably , or worthily than by the Earl of Zetland , whose health he now called upon them to drink with the usual Alasonic honours . The health of the Grand Master of England was duly honoured ; and thafc of the Deputy Grand Alaster , Lord Panmure , having also been

drunk—The Cii . uiniAK - said he had now the pleasure of proposing the toasfc in ivhich they wero particularly interested on that occasion . First of all , let them comrratulate their excellent Brother Benj . Bond Cabbell on the restoration of his health . ( Loud cheers . ) He ( Sir Henry Stracey ) was sure that not only every brother in the province ivas rejoiced at that event , but every individual who knew Bro . Cabbell , and who was acquainted with his generous and benevolent deeds . ( Cheers . ) Perhaps no man more deserved the

advantages which it had pleased tho Great Architect of the Universe to confer upon him than Bro . Cabbell , whoso conduct through life had showed how much he merited the bounty he enjoyed . ( Cheers . ) In the list of subscribers to all the prmcipal ' charities of this great country , the name of Benjamin Bond Cabbell was always prominent . ( Cheers . ) He ( Sir Henry Stracey ) believed that tbey would find tho name of Benjamin Bond Cabbell oftener as a donor to tho charities than tlie name of almost other man in

any England . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) He ( the chairman ) was justified , therefore , in saying , that never had large means been more deservedly enjoyed by any one than by Bro . Cabbell . ( Cheers . ) It was impossible for ' him , ' in the presence of Bro . Cabbell , to say all lie could wish to say ofliim ; bat this lie had a right to state , _ that no man had ever shown himself more zealous in the cause of Freemasonry than had Bro . Cabbell . ( Loud cheers . ) Their only

regret was that they had not the pleasure of seeing him more frequently ' m the province ( hear , hoar ); for be never came among them without leaving behind him some tokens of his munificent benevolence . ( Hear !) He ( Sir Henry Stracey ) remembered that when the Provincial Grand Lodge met at Yarmouth—a town in which he WM much interested — Bro . Cabbell subscribed most handsomely to the local charities ; and tho charities of Lynn also received some large contributions from him during the recent

celebration of their anniversary in that town . ( Cheers . ) AVherever , in fact , Bro . Cabbell went , they found that the cause of charity was benefited . They all knew the ardent interest he took in Freemasonry ; and lie ( Sir Henry Sfcraccy ) had reason to believe that their Bight Worshipful Prov . Grancl Muster was very anxious that there should be a proper place of meeting for tbe Order in this province ( cheers ) , and that lie was desirous of promoting the erection of a Masonic Hall in that cit ( Loud cheers . ) He ( Sir

y . Henry SU ' . icey ) did not believe he could strengthen the toast by saying any ' more as to its subject ; and in what he had said he was sure that ho had not only expressed his own feelings , but that he had been the organ ofthe feelings which wero entertained by every Freemason towards the worthy and excellent Grand Alaster of this province , lie now called upon them to drink "Health and long llii ' e to their Friend , their Brother , ami the ; : * Guest , Benjamin j . ond Cabb /;! . "

The toast was drunk with Alasonic honours , and amid the most enthusiastic cheering . Bro . B . B . CABBELL , Prov . G . AL , replied : Bro . Stracey ancl Brethren , I rise to acknowledge the compliment which your excellent chairman bas so kindly proposed , and winch you , brethren , have received so cordially . In doing so , I hope you will do mo full justice when I assure you that I duly appreciate the

compliment , and when , at the same time , I assure . you that no language that I can use can adequately express the high sense which I entertain of the honour you have paid me- on the present occasion . I hope I may add , that although the compliment is paid to me , I trust I may share with you the gratification which I humbly hope you feel on the present ; occasion . In tho affairs of a great country like ours , where humble and insignificant individuals are often suddenly called upon to perform high ancl responsible

duties , it is always tbe duty of all who are well-wishers to the welfare , the stability , and the grandeur of the country , that a clue appreciation of those services should be entertained by those with wbom such individuals have been in constant intercourse , and who

are alone able to form an opinion as to how far he has fulfilled tne duties ivhich have devolved upon him . Brethren , I claim no ability ; I claim no great capacity ; I claim no other merit than that of an humble attempt on my part to do all that I could , and to employ all the appliances which the Great Architect of the Universe has most kinclly and liberally placed in lay hands in promoting the great cause in which we are all embarked—the cause of Freemasonry . ( Cheers . ) In that course I commenced my humble

career from the very beginning , ancl the same course I shall pursue to the last moment of my life . ( Loud cheers . ) I claim uo great capacity ; I make no claim to any merit except that which every man may claim who does his best , in the position in ivhich Providence has placed him , not only to promote good government in tho country in which he lives , but to promote the great cause of glory to Gocl ancl the good of mankind . ( Loud applause . ) Animated blanch motivesbrethrenI humbly conceive that I could nofc havo

, , done better than in joining the fraternity of Freemasonrs . ( Cheers . ) All the principles of our Order are principles which tend to develops the good feelings and good qualities of our nature—to the promotion of charity , not onlj- in alms-giving , but in its extended sense of acting towards others in a kindly aud liberal spirit and putting the best interpretation on their conduct towards us . ( Loud cheers . ) I believe , as I have said on former occasions , that- the

principles of Freemasonry have such a tendency to promote the welfare of mankind that the more those principles arc intermixed with and carried out in the great government of a country , so much the more prosperous will thafc country bo in its own affairs , and so ranch the more happy and successful in its relations with other countries . ( Cheers . ) I hope I shall nofc on the present occasion be considered deviating from the proper subject of my address if I allude to some remarks made a short time since

respecting this province . I shall not make any other allusion to it than this—that somebody has somewhere said something ( a laugh ) respecting our supporting charitable institutions nofc immediately connected with our Order . Now , brethren , I have no hesitation in saying that in making those veiy contributions to other charities , we are practically exemplifying one of the prominent principles of our order . ( Hear , hear . ) AVhat are the charities to which this fraternitin its perambulations through the Province of Norfolk

y , , has given its contributions ? Hospitals , lying-in-charities , institutions for the relief of the sick , and the indigent . ( Hear , bear . ) The charge is that we have contributed to charities which are not Alasonic . I ask whether it is not Alasonic to relieve the sick and the poor . ( Cheers . ) I ask , moreover , whether anyone can s-iy that any ofthe charitable institutions we have contributed to on those occasions ever shut their doors to Alasons ? ( Cheers . ) AVho will say thafc any cut of the many lying-in-charities , not only in this country , but throughout

the kingdom , with which I have the honour to no connected , arcnot open to the wife of a poor Freemason ? ( Cheers . ) The same witli respect to those excellent- institutions lb ? visiting and relieving the sick and poor ; their charity is extended to sick and poor Freemasons as well as others . ( Hear , hear . ) AVho will say that our hospitals—the pride and glory of this great land—are not open to Freemasons ? ( Hear , hear . ) ' Then the " charge amounts to a lete contradiction in termsThough these institutions are

comp . not purposely and exclusivel y for Freemasons , yet Freemasons have a ready welcome from them whenever they apply for relief . But let us take a rather larger view of the question . AVe pride ourselves on the universality or our system ( hear , hear ) , which is not confined to the limits of ' our own shores , but is diffused all over the surface of the globe ; and let it be recollected that a Lodge is not circumscribed " within the four walls of the room where we

meet , but that that sacred term includes the whole aggregate of Freemasons spread over the whole uurfacj of the globe . It has also heen mentioned as a subject of lamentation—and I am sure 1 regret it with many of the brethren—that there are many towns .