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Masonic Intelligence.
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE .
WE intimated , p . 140 . ofthe present volume , that the Grand Lodge of Scotland had , upon the application of the Freemasons in the 2 d Battalion of the Argyleshire Fencibles , granted a Charter for a Lodge to " be held in that Regiment under the title of THE MILITARY ST . JOHN . They were on Tuesday , August 26 th , instituted in their Charter at Ayr . Upon that occasion , four Lodges met in the Town Hall ; Provost Campbell , Master of the Senior Lodge , took the chair , when , after a few proper questions put , and advices given , to the Office-bearers of the New Military Lodgethe Chaplain of the senior Lod
, ga closed the ceremony with a suitable prayer . The Magistrates , and many Gentlemen of the town and neighbourhood , to the amount of about two hundred ( all brethren ) , countenanced by their presence thi * affecting , solemn , and most pleasing scene . The Master of the NewLodge then took the chair , and the Evening was spent with that conviviality , decorum , and social glee , for . which the Meetings of the CRAFT have ever been remarkable . S .
DIED , At Portsmouth , Tuo . DUNCKERLY , Esq . of Hampton Court , Provincial Grand Master of Masons for Dorset , Essex , Gloucester , Hereford , Somerset , Southampton , Bristol , and the Isle of "Wight . [ See his PORTRAIT and MEMOIRS ofhimin our FIRST VOLUME . ] At Edinburgh , Sept . 26 th , William Mason , Esq . writer there , many years Grand Secretary to the Grand Lodge of Scotland . He lived esteemed and died Vol
justly regretted . See . I . p . 607 , 60 S . III . p . 257 , 435 I ' On Wednesday , Nov . 11 , one of those Brotherly Greetings which would do honour to the Craft in proportion to their frequency , took place at Freemason's Tavern . It was a Vint in due form paid by the JERUSALEM LODGE to the F 6 u _ i-BATION-LODCE . On this occasion a very numerous Company of Visiting Brethren attended also in an individual capacity to add splendour to the ceremony .- Tha whole company consisted , we believe , of 150 person ' s . The Rites of the Order most abl bthe two Lod
were y performed y ges in union ; and at the earnest and unanimous intreaty of the Brethren assembled , Brother WILLIAM PRESTON , who was discovered among the Visitors on this occasion , delivered a long and impressive discourse on the True Nature and important Duties ofthe Masonic Character which he addressed with peculiar force and a happy application to two newly-initiated Brethren . The profound attention with which the respectable instructor was . heard gives us reason to ttiink that the influence of his discourse will b y ho mean ' s be confined to those to whom it was more peculiarly addressed . A verv
elegantsupper ( and well served , the largeness ofthe company considered ) concluded the evening ' s festivity , and the Brethren parted in ' true harmony one with the other . Particuar praise was due to the two R . W . M . 's for their effectual exertions to preserve the order and to promote the laudable purposes of the Meeting . With one circumstance we were particularly pleased . During the Ceremony of Initiation , the R . W . M . of the FOUNDATION LODGE took an opportunity to recommend in very strong terms to the protection and support ofthe newly-made Brethren in particular , and of the company in general , -The Royal Cumberland Schooland
Freemasons' ; , on enquiry , we found it to be his invariable custom so to do on like occasions ; a custom which with all our hearts we recommend for general practice . The Right Hon . the EARL OF MOIRA has accepted the Office ' of a Trustee of the CUMBERLAND SCHOOL . On the 12 th of November two children wer , e admitted into the above Charity in augmentation ., ! the former number . VOL . V . X ;
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Masonic Intelligence.
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE .
WE intimated , p . 140 . ofthe present volume , that the Grand Lodge of Scotland had , upon the application of the Freemasons in the 2 d Battalion of the Argyleshire Fencibles , granted a Charter for a Lodge to " be held in that Regiment under the title of THE MILITARY ST . JOHN . They were on Tuesday , August 26 th , instituted in their Charter at Ayr . Upon that occasion , four Lodges met in the Town Hall ; Provost Campbell , Master of the Senior Lodge , took the chair , when , after a few proper questions put , and advices given , to the Office-bearers of the New Military Lodgethe Chaplain of the senior Lod
, ga closed the ceremony with a suitable prayer . The Magistrates , and many Gentlemen of the town and neighbourhood , to the amount of about two hundred ( all brethren ) , countenanced by their presence thi * affecting , solemn , and most pleasing scene . The Master of the NewLodge then took the chair , and the Evening was spent with that conviviality , decorum , and social glee , for . which the Meetings of the CRAFT have ever been remarkable . S .
DIED , At Portsmouth , Tuo . DUNCKERLY , Esq . of Hampton Court , Provincial Grand Master of Masons for Dorset , Essex , Gloucester , Hereford , Somerset , Southampton , Bristol , and the Isle of "Wight . [ See his PORTRAIT and MEMOIRS ofhimin our FIRST VOLUME . ] At Edinburgh , Sept . 26 th , William Mason , Esq . writer there , many years Grand Secretary to the Grand Lodge of Scotland . He lived esteemed and died Vol
justly regretted . See . I . p . 607 , 60 S . III . p . 257 , 435 I ' On Wednesday , Nov . 11 , one of those Brotherly Greetings which would do honour to the Craft in proportion to their frequency , took place at Freemason's Tavern . It was a Vint in due form paid by the JERUSALEM LODGE to the F 6 u _ i-BATION-LODCE . On this occasion a very numerous Company of Visiting Brethren attended also in an individual capacity to add splendour to the ceremony .- Tha whole company consisted , we believe , of 150 person ' s . The Rites of the Order most abl bthe two Lod
were y performed y ges in union ; and at the earnest and unanimous intreaty of the Brethren assembled , Brother WILLIAM PRESTON , who was discovered among the Visitors on this occasion , delivered a long and impressive discourse on the True Nature and important Duties ofthe Masonic Character which he addressed with peculiar force and a happy application to two newly-initiated Brethren . The profound attention with which the respectable instructor was . heard gives us reason to ttiink that the influence of his discourse will b y ho mean ' s be confined to those to whom it was more peculiarly addressed . A verv
elegantsupper ( and well served , the largeness ofthe company considered ) concluded the evening ' s festivity , and the Brethren parted in ' true harmony one with the other . Particuar praise was due to the two R . W . M . 's for their effectual exertions to preserve the order and to promote the laudable purposes of the Meeting . With one circumstance we were particularly pleased . During the Ceremony of Initiation , the R . W . M . of the FOUNDATION LODGE took an opportunity to recommend in very strong terms to the protection and support ofthe newly-made Brethren in particular , and of the company in general , -The Royal Cumberland Schooland
Freemasons' ; , on enquiry , we found it to be his invariable custom so to do on like occasions ; a custom which with all our hearts we recommend for general practice . The Right Hon . the EARL OF MOIRA has accepted the Office ' of a Trustee of the CUMBERLAND SCHOOL . On the 12 th of November two children wer , e admitted into the above Charity in augmentation ., ! the former number . VOL . V . X ;