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Present State Of Free Masonry.
other Brethren assisting at the solemn ceremony . The Brethren then moved in grand procession to the church ; each Lqdge distinct , with their colours ftying , insignia andjewels , and a full band of music . An excellent sermon was delivered by Br . LAWSON of West Witton in Yorkshire . The procession returned in due order to the Lodge , where two able orations ' were given ; the one by Brother CLOUDSLY
of Darlington , and the other by our learned Brother H UTCHINSON , the Master of the new . Lodge ; both of which gave hig h satisfaction to the fraternal circle . The Brethren , to the amount of fifty-seven , dined together in the Lodge-room at the Raby Castle Inn , and the day was concluded in festivity and decorum . The Officers at that time were , WILLIAM HUTCHINSON , Esq . M . —
D AVID BELL , S . W . —WILLIAM ALDERSON , J . W . — STEPHEN ALDERSON , S . D . —JOHN LUCK , J . D . —THOMAS WALLER , Treasurer . —THOMAS WOOD , Secretaiy . The Lodge has continued with but little variation to the present period .
SOUTH SHIELDS .
Though the date of Masonry in this place be not very ancient , yet has the Institution been received with warmth and carried on with spirit and attachment . The Constitution was granted on the 15 th of March 17 80 . A hall was built , and the Lodge constituted by F KANCIS PEACOCK , Master of St . John ' s Lodge , Newcastle—the Number being then 521 . RICHARD FORREST , W . M . — JAMES PLETTS and WILLIAM BOLAM ,
Wardens . The meetings and business were carried on with regularity for a few years - , but declined gradually till the month of March 1785 , when the Brethren ceased to meet . Since the 1 st of June the Lodge has been held at the house of Brother RICHARD RAIN ; and from the exertions , guidance , and knowledge of JOSEPH BULMER , Esq . at that time elected Master , has advanced in numbers , science , and respectability .
Brother BULMER has held the chair from that time to the present , excepting the intervention of one 3 'ear , when Brother PAUL LEE presided . To the abilities and Masonic acquirements of Brother Bulmer , the Lodge owes much , very much of its present consequence and prosperity . The meetings are carried on with regularity and decorum ; conviviality is encouraged , order is enforced , and the real operations of Mason 13 ' conducted and carried on by the R . W . Master , in a stile that do honour to his genius , understanding , and application .
ST . HILD ' LODGE , NO , 343 , ¦ Meets at the Golden Lion in the Market-place . The present Officers are , JOSEPH BULMER , W . M . —THOMAS WILSON , S . W . — JOHN SIDDAL , J . W , —PAUL LEE , Treasurer . — CHRISTOPHER BAMBKIDGE , Secretary . 0 2
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Present State Of Free Masonry.
other Brethren assisting at the solemn ceremony . The Brethren then moved in grand procession to the church ; each Lqdge distinct , with their colours ftying , insignia andjewels , and a full band of music . An excellent sermon was delivered by Br . LAWSON of West Witton in Yorkshire . The procession returned in due order to the Lodge , where two able orations ' were given ; the one by Brother CLOUDSLY
of Darlington , and the other by our learned Brother H UTCHINSON , the Master of the new . Lodge ; both of which gave hig h satisfaction to the fraternal circle . The Brethren , to the amount of fifty-seven , dined together in the Lodge-room at the Raby Castle Inn , and the day was concluded in festivity and decorum . The Officers at that time were , WILLIAM HUTCHINSON , Esq . M . —
D AVID BELL , S . W . —WILLIAM ALDERSON , J . W . — STEPHEN ALDERSON , S . D . —JOHN LUCK , J . D . —THOMAS WALLER , Treasurer . —THOMAS WOOD , Secretaiy . The Lodge has continued with but little variation to the present period .
SOUTH SHIELDS .
Though the date of Masonry in this place be not very ancient , yet has the Institution been received with warmth and carried on with spirit and attachment . The Constitution was granted on the 15 th of March 17 80 . A hall was built , and the Lodge constituted by F KANCIS PEACOCK , Master of St . John ' s Lodge , Newcastle—the Number being then 521 . RICHARD FORREST , W . M . — JAMES PLETTS and WILLIAM BOLAM ,
Wardens . The meetings and business were carried on with regularity for a few years - , but declined gradually till the month of March 1785 , when the Brethren ceased to meet . Since the 1 st of June the Lodge has been held at the house of Brother RICHARD RAIN ; and from the exertions , guidance , and knowledge of JOSEPH BULMER , Esq . at that time elected Master , has advanced in numbers , science , and respectability .
Brother BULMER has held the chair from that time to the present , excepting the intervention of one 3 'ear , when Brother PAUL LEE presided . To the abilities and Masonic acquirements of Brother Bulmer , the Lodge owes much , very much of its present consequence and prosperity . The meetings are carried on with regularity and decorum ; conviviality is encouraged , order is enforced , and the real operations of Mason 13 ' conducted and carried on by the R . W . Master , in a stile that do honour to his genius , understanding , and application .
ST . HILD ' LODGE , NO , 343 , ¦ Meets at the Golden Lion in the Market-place . The present Officers are , JOSEPH BULMER , W . M . —THOMAS WILSON , S . W . — JOHN SIDDAL , J . W , —PAUL LEE , Treasurer . — CHRISTOPHER BAMBKIDGE , Secretary . 0 2