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Masonic Chit Chat.
ledge of " the Freemasons' Secret , " ancl once concealed herself behind the wainscotting or tapestry of the room where they assembled ; and , having a small convenient peep-hole , she was enabled to gratify herself to the heart ' s content . But , alas ! some unlucky rumble , or rustle , alarmed the jealousy of this " secret order" so much , that they explored the place whence it proceeded , and , dragging forth the humourous ladythey made a Mason of her on the spotStrange to relateshe
, . , kept the secret inviolably to the last moment of her life . She is supposed to be the only woman , since the days of Eve , that ever did so . I assure you that this is no fictitious tale , and for its truth I durst appeal to no less a personage than my worthy and very learned friend , the Rev . M . J . N r , who knew the lady , and ( being a Mason himself ) was enabled to ascertain the fact . —Leeds Intelligencer , April 2 .
1 he members of the late Board of Grand Stewards dined together at tlie Crown and Sceptre , Greenwich , on AVednesday , the Sth of this month , ancl wound up their acounts , * they presented their president , treasurer , and secretary with a Masonic jewel , as a token of their respect . AVe are informed that several Lodges have this year declined to hold a summer feast , or water frolic , in order to attend at the forthcoming festival on the 22 d Julyin support of the contemplated Aged Masons '
, Asylum . BRITISH AUXILIARY LEMON . —( On dit ) . Some Brethren serving in Spain are desirous to be associated by a warrant from England , with which request , however , we hear it lias been considered prudent not to comply at the present moment . The original portrait of his R . II . the Grand Master , taken from life ,
at Kensington Palace , by Bro . Hobday , in the year 1816 , is now in the possession of Dr . Crucefix . The artist painted a half-length portrait from it for the Royal Sussex Lodge of Hospitality at Bristol , which is greatly prized b y the members .
Brother Dobie , AV . M . of No . 1 , o . M . L ., has presented the Lodge with a beautiful set of working tools for the three degrees , enclosed in a handsome case . Lord Suffield , the present Junior Grand AVarden , was initiated in the Apollo Lodge , Oxford . The young Persian princes , Zade Murza , and his brother , sons of the King of Persiawere initiated into Freemasonry in the Lod of
, ge Friendship , No . 6 , on the 16 th of this month . The Grand Masters' Lodge held a Lodge of Emergency at the Crown and Sceptre , on Monday the 20 th , at which tlie medal was presented to Bro . Giraud , and an address to the M . W . the Grancl Master , on his restoration to sight , unanimously agreed to .
Masonic Baptism.
MASONIC BAPTISM .
ON the 6 th of March , 1836 , was baptized at Bradshaw Chapel , by the Rev . Birkctt Dawson , B . D ., Provincial Grand Chaplain for the eastern division of Lancashire , and P . M . of the Anchor and Hope Lodge , No . 44 , Bolton-lc-Moors , Nehemiah Blunt , sixth son of Matthew Blunt , member of the aforesaid Lodge . vol .. in . -in
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Masonic Chit Chat.
ledge of " the Freemasons' Secret , " ancl once concealed herself behind the wainscotting or tapestry of the room where they assembled ; and , having a small convenient peep-hole , she was enabled to gratify herself to the heart ' s content . But , alas ! some unlucky rumble , or rustle , alarmed the jealousy of this " secret order" so much , that they explored the place whence it proceeded , and , dragging forth the humourous ladythey made a Mason of her on the spotStrange to relateshe
, . , kept the secret inviolably to the last moment of her life . She is supposed to be the only woman , since the days of Eve , that ever did so . I assure you that this is no fictitious tale , and for its truth I durst appeal to no less a personage than my worthy and very learned friend , the Rev . M . J . N r , who knew the lady , and ( being a Mason himself ) was enabled to ascertain the fact . —Leeds Intelligencer , April 2 .
1 he members of the late Board of Grand Stewards dined together at tlie Crown and Sceptre , Greenwich , on AVednesday , the Sth of this month , ancl wound up their acounts , * they presented their president , treasurer , and secretary with a Masonic jewel , as a token of their respect . AVe are informed that several Lodges have this year declined to hold a summer feast , or water frolic , in order to attend at the forthcoming festival on the 22 d Julyin support of the contemplated Aged Masons '
, Asylum . BRITISH AUXILIARY LEMON . —( On dit ) . Some Brethren serving in Spain are desirous to be associated by a warrant from England , with which request , however , we hear it lias been considered prudent not to comply at the present moment . The original portrait of his R . II . the Grand Master , taken from life ,
at Kensington Palace , by Bro . Hobday , in the year 1816 , is now in the possession of Dr . Crucefix . The artist painted a half-length portrait from it for the Royal Sussex Lodge of Hospitality at Bristol , which is greatly prized b y the members .
Brother Dobie , AV . M . of No . 1 , o . M . L ., has presented the Lodge with a beautiful set of working tools for the three degrees , enclosed in a handsome case . Lord Suffield , the present Junior Grand AVarden , was initiated in the Apollo Lodge , Oxford . The young Persian princes , Zade Murza , and his brother , sons of the King of Persiawere initiated into Freemasonry in the Lod of
, ge Friendship , No . 6 , on the 16 th of this month . The Grand Masters' Lodge held a Lodge of Emergency at the Crown and Sceptre , on Monday the 20 th , at which tlie medal was presented to Bro . Giraud , and an address to the M . W . the Grancl Master , on his restoration to sight , unanimously agreed to .
Masonic Baptism.
MASONIC BAPTISM .
ON the 6 th of March , 1836 , was baptized at Bradshaw Chapel , by the Rev . Birkctt Dawson , B . D ., Provincial Grand Chaplain for the eastern division of Lancashire , and P . M . of the Anchor and Hope Lodge , No . 44 , Bolton-lc-Moors , Nehemiah Blunt , sixth son of Matthew Blunt , member of the aforesaid Lodge . vol .. in . -in