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London, England, 1813-01-31 00:00:00

MASON IC FE.TivA L.

On Wednesday a dinner was given by the Order, at F.eemssons
Hail, to testify the high sense of gratitude so jut,tl is due from the F ra-
ternity towards their beloved Brother, the Fart of Moira, pre-
vious to his departure as Governor-General of It cfai. It was attended
not only by a numerous assemblage of Brethren resident in London,
but by deputations from many of the Provincial Lodges of the most
remote parts of the island. After a sumptuous; repast.the healths of the
King and the Prince Regent were drunk with enthusiastic applause,
the baud playing " God save the King," and the musical Gentlemen
present singin.; that 10) al anthem, ano the song of " the Prince and Old
Er gland for ever."
The health of the Duke of York was next drunk,this was followed by
the healths of the Dukes of Clarence, Kent, Cumberland and G i u•
center. Thanks were returned by the Chairman, the Dukes of York,
Clarence, and Kent.
Lord :Moira proposed the health of the Royal Chairman the Duke
of Sussex. His Royal Highness returned thanks in an appropriate
speech. He expatiated on the private and roasonie virtues of the No-
ble Earl, and concluded by giving his health, as the friend of his
Prince, the friend of his country, and the friend of the poor.
Lord MoIRA, in an admirable address, acknowledged the honour
done him. He commenced upon the honour they received from the
presence of so many of the Royal Family, which evinced their love of
the craft, and offered an example to the world, of the happiness of
England, where princes joined in all the social relations of lite, and au.
thority as in other countries, did not parch up and w ither the commu-
nion of mankind. He concluded with a most animated eulogy on the
benefits of the Masonic institutions, and warmly inculcated their doc-
trines in every conditions of life.
The Ladies who had been admitted to the gallery, to witness thiS
splendid scene, among whom the Countess of Mora was conspicuous,
now retired, and the Hall being cleared of strangers, at ten o'clock the
Lodge was regularly opened and tr led.
" The King and the Craft"—" The., Prince Regent, G rand Mas.
ter;" and other standing toasts were drank. The Duke of Sussex
then rose and in a warm panegyric upon the Noble Earl, invesred him
with a jewel prepared fox the occasion and presented by the society
of Masons, not as a mere recollection, but to carry with him as a bright
star to lead hint to glory in India, and a at return to his admiring
Brethren.

The jewel, forming a most brilliant badge, was paraded round the
Lodge, and finally su:pended about his Lordship's neck, who was
thereupon called to the Chair, and returned thanks in a speech replete
with feeling, energy, and eloquence. He would wear it, Ile •airt, as a
monitor, sensible of his actions, to invite him to spread the philanthro-
pic and benevolent principles of Masonry over the vast country to
which he was going ; and concluded by relating a beautiful Asiatic
tale, in which a piece of perfumed earth, on being complimented, re-
plies, " Alas ! I am but common earth ; but, coming in con-
tact with a rose, I have borrowed its sweetness." Even so,
he hoped he had borrowed the odours of the virtues, with.p(:s,esion of
which they had been pleased to compliment him, trom coining in
contact with their society. His gratitude and affection would only
cease with the last pulse of life.—(l umults of A pplause)
A great v iriety of appropriate, toasts and songs hallowed this. Lord
Kinnaird, Sir John Doyle, and others, took occasion to deliver their
sentiments to the Lodge, and the evening was concluded with the ut-

atucKion.—reu. zu. tt . vw.yeri tate ut wyksciter, II most cormviality abd.M44unip decorum':

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