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Provincial.
was held on the 4 th of January , for the purpose of installing the other officers . Having been so perfectly satisfied with his last year ' s assistants , he re-appointed them to their several offices , after which the members dined together Songs , toasts , and speeches abounded , and the
" Gnome of time had reached of Pleaven ' s High arch the key stane , " ere the parting glass was pledged . Brother Thomas has been elected an honorary member of this Lodge for his services both in the first formation , and subsequent assistance whenever called upon .
HAVERFORDWEST . —A new Lodge will shortly be opened in this town . DEVONPORT AND PLYMOUTH . —We regret to state , that for want of a Superintendant , proper management and instruction in the R . A . is completely at a stand ; there is not a Chapter with a sufficient number of members to work it efficiently . The new code of regulations is anxiousl y looked for , that of 1823 being the only Book of Instructions in these towns .
WEYMOUTH . —ALL SOUL ' LODGE , No . 199 . —Masonic meeting in honour of the appointment of a Provincial Grand Master for the county of Dorset , in the person of William Eliot , Esq ., Banker , of Weymouth , to succeed our late lamented Provincial Grand Master , William Williams , Esq . —As soon as the official letter from the Grand Secretary , announcing the appointment , was received by the Worshipful Master ( Br . W . J . Hill ) , he convened a Lodge of Emergency to take into consideration the best method to be adopted by the "All Soul ' s Lod" for
ge , doing honour to the newly appointed P . G . M ., at which it was determined , una voce , that an Address of congratulation on the event should , as soon as convenient , be presented to him for the purpose of assuring him of the high respect in which he was held by the " All Soul ' s Lodge , " and of the confidence which they had every reason to place in him , and a Committee was appointed for the purpose of drawing up the Address . Another proposition was also made , and met with the unanimous
approbation of the Brethren present , " that the most appropriate method of presenting the Address , would be at a banquet to be given to the Provincial Grand Master by the Brethren of the All Soul ' s Lodge , " which was accordingly carried into effect on Wednesday the 29 th of May , in the Masonic Hall , the Lodge having been previously opened in the morning for the purpose of initiating into Masonry the nephew of the P . G . M ., and adjourned until the hour of dinner , which was well served
by Br . Norton . The Brethren assembled to the number of nearly forty . The Lodge , which had been put in deep mourning for the death of the late P . G . M ., was , for this special occasion , restored to its normal
appearance . On the cloth being removed , "Non nobis Domine" was chaunted by Brs . Rooke , Harper , and French in their accustomed style , and who kindly continued at appropriate intervals to enliven the Brethren b y their harmony . The W . M . very soon showed symptoms that he intended to be quite " at home , " and succeeded in fully realizing the anticipations of the Brethren respecting his capabilities of presiding at a Masonic Festival , and continued in a happy strain throughout the whole evening .
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Provincial.
was held on the 4 th of January , for the purpose of installing the other officers . Having been so perfectly satisfied with his last year ' s assistants , he re-appointed them to their several offices , after which the members dined together Songs , toasts , and speeches abounded , and the
" Gnome of time had reached of Pleaven ' s High arch the key stane , " ere the parting glass was pledged . Brother Thomas has been elected an honorary member of this Lodge for his services both in the first formation , and subsequent assistance whenever called upon .
HAVERFORDWEST . —A new Lodge will shortly be opened in this town . DEVONPORT AND PLYMOUTH . —We regret to state , that for want of a Superintendant , proper management and instruction in the R . A . is completely at a stand ; there is not a Chapter with a sufficient number of members to work it efficiently . The new code of regulations is anxiousl y looked for , that of 1823 being the only Book of Instructions in these towns .
WEYMOUTH . —ALL SOUL ' LODGE , No . 199 . —Masonic meeting in honour of the appointment of a Provincial Grand Master for the county of Dorset , in the person of William Eliot , Esq ., Banker , of Weymouth , to succeed our late lamented Provincial Grand Master , William Williams , Esq . —As soon as the official letter from the Grand Secretary , announcing the appointment , was received by the Worshipful Master ( Br . W . J . Hill ) , he convened a Lodge of Emergency to take into consideration the best method to be adopted by the "All Soul ' s Lod" for
ge , doing honour to the newly appointed P . G . M ., at which it was determined , una voce , that an Address of congratulation on the event should , as soon as convenient , be presented to him for the purpose of assuring him of the high respect in which he was held by the " All Soul ' s Lodge , " and of the confidence which they had every reason to place in him , and a Committee was appointed for the purpose of drawing up the Address . Another proposition was also made , and met with the unanimous
approbation of the Brethren present , " that the most appropriate method of presenting the Address , would be at a banquet to be given to the Provincial Grand Master by the Brethren of the All Soul ' s Lodge , " which was accordingly carried into effect on Wednesday the 29 th of May , in the Masonic Hall , the Lodge having been previously opened in the morning for the purpose of initiating into Masonry the nephew of the P . G . M ., and adjourned until the hour of dinner , which was well served
by Br . Norton . The Brethren assembled to the number of nearly forty . The Lodge , which had been put in deep mourning for the death of the late P . G . M ., was , for this special occasion , restored to its normal
appearance . On the cloth being removed , "Non nobis Domine" was chaunted by Brs . Rooke , Harper , and French in their accustomed style , and who kindly continued at appropriate intervals to enliven the Brethren b y their harmony . The W . M . very soon showed symptoms that he intended to be quite " at home , " and succeeded in fully realizing the anticipations of the Brethren respecting his capabilities of presiding at a Masonic Festival , and continued in a happy strain throughout the whole evening .