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Provincial.
PROVINCIAL .
HERTFORD . —The Marquess of Salisbury was in due form installed as Provincial Grand Master of Masons , at the Shire Hall , Hertford , on Thursday the 7 th of November last . Upon which occasion several officers of the Grand Lodge of England were present . After having been inducted into the chair , his lordship was pleased to nominate and appoint his Provincial Grand Officers for the ensuing year . The
ceremony being concluded , the brethren assembled partook of an elegant banquet , at which the marquess presided . [ The lateness of the communication prevents the insertion of further particulars ; but we feel obliged to our correspondent ' s kindness , and hope for his future contributions . —ED . ] SOMERSET . —Thursday , 22 d May , agreeably to public
announcement , a Provincial Grand Meeting of the free and accepted Masons of the Province of Somerset , was held at the New Masonic Hall in the Corridor , which , in its furniture and other arrangements , is allowed to be as complete as any in the province . The Lodge was opened in ample form by Col . Tynte , M . P . the Prov . G . M ., supported by Captain Maddison , the D . Prov . G . M ., C . J . K . Tynte , M . P ., the Prov . G . M . for Monmouthshire , Bythute , Prov . G . S . Bristol , and a very large attendance of
Brethren . The Lodges represented were the Royal Cumberland , Royal Sussex , and Honour , BATH—Perpetual Friendship , BRIDGEWATERUnanimity and Sincerity , TAUNTON—and Brotherly Love , YEOVIL . We particularly noticed the attendance of the following Bath Brethren , viz . Barlow , Sowden , Borthwick , May , James , Conyngham , and Yea . Also among the visitors Brothers . Cave , W . M , of Yeovil , Eales White ,
W . M . of Taunton , assisted by his friends , Leigh Warre , and Maddison , Stradling of Bridgwater , Barnett of Gosport , Reed of Tiverton , and several other brethren from Wilts , Ireland , and the East Indies . The business of the Lodge was then proceeded in , and after the labours of the day , was closed in due Masonic form with solemn prayer . In the evening , about seventy of the Brethren , in full clothing , sat down to
a most elegant dinner , provided in the hall by Brothers M . and G . Temple , in the first style of taste and comfort , and the assortment of wines were allowed to be , in flavour and quality , never ^ surpassed . The hall rang again with acclamation at the termination of a delightful address by Brother Maddison , in which he had drawn the attention of the meeting to the eminent services of their beloved Prov . G . M . : which drew from that distinguished supporter of the Craft , a reply
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Provincial.
PROVINCIAL .
HERTFORD . —The Marquess of Salisbury was in due form installed as Provincial Grand Master of Masons , at the Shire Hall , Hertford , on Thursday the 7 th of November last . Upon which occasion several officers of the Grand Lodge of England were present . After having been inducted into the chair , his lordship was pleased to nominate and appoint his Provincial Grand Officers for the ensuing year . The
ceremony being concluded , the brethren assembled partook of an elegant banquet , at which the marquess presided . [ The lateness of the communication prevents the insertion of further particulars ; but we feel obliged to our correspondent ' s kindness , and hope for his future contributions . —ED . ] SOMERSET . —Thursday , 22 d May , agreeably to public
announcement , a Provincial Grand Meeting of the free and accepted Masons of the Province of Somerset , was held at the New Masonic Hall in the Corridor , which , in its furniture and other arrangements , is allowed to be as complete as any in the province . The Lodge was opened in ample form by Col . Tynte , M . P . the Prov . G . M ., supported by Captain Maddison , the D . Prov . G . M ., C . J . K . Tynte , M . P ., the Prov . G . M . for Monmouthshire , Bythute , Prov . G . S . Bristol , and a very large attendance of
Brethren . The Lodges represented were the Royal Cumberland , Royal Sussex , and Honour , BATH—Perpetual Friendship , BRIDGEWATERUnanimity and Sincerity , TAUNTON—and Brotherly Love , YEOVIL . We particularly noticed the attendance of the following Bath Brethren , viz . Barlow , Sowden , Borthwick , May , James , Conyngham , and Yea . Also among the visitors Brothers . Cave , W . M , of Yeovil , Eales White ,
W . M . of Taunton , assisted by his friends , Leigh Warre , and Maddison , Stradling of Bridgwater , Barnett of Gosport , Reed of Tiverton , and several other brethren from Wilts , Ireland , and the East Indies . The business of the Lodge was then proceeded in , and after the labours of the day , was closed in due Masonic form with solemn prayer . In the evening , about seventy of the Brethren , in full clothing , sat down to
a most elegant dinner , provided in the hall by Brothers M . and G . Temple , in the first style of taste and comfort , and the assortment of wines were allowed to be , in flavour and quality , never ^ surpassed . The hall rang again with acclamation at the termination of a delightful address by Brother Maddison , in which he had drawn the attention of the meeting to the eminent services of their beloved Prov . G . M . : which drew from that distinguished supporter of the Craft , a reply