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Masonic Intelligence.
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE .
^ gP £ g _ £ ggr / Tt 7 DE . MAIDSTONE , DECEMBER 29 , 1797 . WEDNESDAY last being thc Festival of St . John the Evangelist , of the Brethren of this and the
J many other Lodges in this County assembled to celebrate the same , at the Icil Inn , in this town and the afternoon and evening were spent with that peculiar satisfhdhon , which the freedom , fervency , and ^ zcal of the sodety at llrlT ? u ™ ' d T -f n the ener Sy of an ^ ated elocution , exerted on this occasion b y Dr . . William Perfeft , Provincial Grand Master whose -excellent Oration and Commemoration of the Saint whose Festival the fraternity were met to celebrate , will Irirwr h _ .
remembered ; and whose observations and remarks , tending to a refu-Sf , % calumnies and traduflion contained iu a late publication , entitled Proofs of a Conspiracy against Reli gion and every Form of Government m Europe , as carried on in the Secret Meetings of Free-ETn Illum , . ' > J ? hn Robis ™> M . A . and Professor of Moral Philosoph y m the University of Edinburgh , ' -were received with the warmest and reiterated laudits
p of approbation ; joined to the unanimous wish of every one present , that the same should be brought forward to the public eye , as a means to rescue the masonic in-. stltuaon from the unjust charges and illiberalaspersions with which that book abounds Nor should it be forgotten , that the handsome compliments paid bDoftor Perfefl to the worth
y present y Provincial Giand-Master of Essex impressed every heart with the fraternal glow of masonic joy at the elevated idea that the counties of Kent and £ ssex are presided over by gentlemen who possess so fervent a zeal Sn , Jv ^ a ? d prosperity of an Order that embraces all the Cardinal Virtues within the starry girdle of all the Christian Graces
MAIDSTONE , D _ . -C _ . _ . HU 29 , 1797 . ON Friday last were interred , with Masonic honours , a dispen- ' sation having been procured from the Provincial Grand Master of the County for that purpose , at Northfleet , in Kent , Mr . Ward late master of the Leather Bottle inn at that place , whose death wa unfo 0 C ° ned a fa ! l fr 0 m Chalk diffwhich killed him
hTsS ^ J 5 " - on the spot The corpse was attended to the church by the Master , OffienrfV vf rf ? , dgC ° Union and Mendshi p at Gravesend to winch the deceased belonged ; and a funeral sermon , pathetically adapted to the occasion , was preached by the Reverend I Stl Pad % Deptfrdd P d Chi /
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Masonic Intelligence.
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE .
^ gP £ g _ £ ggr / Tt 7 DE . MAIDSTONE , DECEMBER 29 , 1797 . WEDNESDAY last being thc Festival of St . John the Evangelist , of the Brethren of this and the
J many other Lodges in this County assembled to celebrate the same , at the Icil Inn , in this town and the afternoon and evening were spent with that peculiar satisfhdhon , which the freedom , fervency , and ^ zcal of the sodety at llrlT ? u ™ ' d T -f n the ener Sy of an ^ ated elocution , exerted on this occasion b y Dr . . William Perfeft , Provincial Grand Master whose -excellent Oration and Commemoration of the Saint whose Festival the fraternity were met to celebrate , will Irirwr h _ .
remembered ; and whose observations and remarks , tending to a refu-Sf , % calumnies and traduflion contained iu a late publication , entitled Proofs of a Conspiracy against Reli gion and every Form of Government m Europe , as carried on in the Secret Meetings of Free-ETn Illum , . ' > J ? hn Robis ™> M . A . and Professor of Moral Philosoph y m the University of Edinburgh , ' -were received with the warmest and reiterated laudits
p of approbation ; joined to the unanimous wish of every one present , that the same should be brought forward to the public eye , as a means to rescue the masonic in-. stltuaon from the unjust charges and illiberalaspersions with which that book abounds Nor should it be forgotten , that the handsome compliments paid bDoftor Perfefl to the worth
y present y Provincial Giand-Master of Essex impressed every heart with the fraternal glow of masonic joy at the elevated idea that the counties of Kent and £ ssex are presided over by gentlemen who possess so fervent a zeal Sn , Jv ^ a ? d prosperity of an Order that embraces all the Cardinal Virtues within the starry girdle of all the Christian Graces
MAIDSTONE , D _ . -C _ . _ . HU 29 , 1797 . ON Friday last were interred , with Masonic honours , a dispen- ' sation having been procured from the Provincial Grand Master of the County for that purpose , at Northfleet , in Kent , Mr . Ward late master of the Leather Bottle inn at that place , whose death wa unfo 0 C ° ned a fa ! l fr 0 m Chalk diffwhich killed him
hTsS ^ J 5 " - on the spot The corpse was attended to the church by the Master , OffienrfV vf rf ? , dgC ° Union and Mendshi p at Gravesend to winch the deceased belonged ; and a funeral sermon , pathetically adapted to the occasion , was preached by the Reverend I Stl Pad % Deptfrdd P d Chi /
£ nS , ' cSt ; f ° ' " " ™* - :