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commandery of Companion George AVallis . The Conclave , which was numerously and most respectably attended , being opened in due form , agreeably to the ancient ceremonies , the Baton was placed in the hands of Companion Husenbeth . The worthy Superintendent then commenced a dissertation upon the meaning , intent , and use of the several Orders , showing how and in what manner they were connected with Craft and their value in the present daywhen of course they
Masonry , even , are shadows only of that which was in its zenith a most splendid and hig hly useful reality . The approbation of the assembled Brethren was exemplified by the clashing of swords upon their shields , after the usage of the Crusaders . The following Companions were then chosen unanimously to the several commanderies : —Richard Smith , George AVallis , F . C . Husenbeth , Robert Mercer , and Henry Goldwyer . Companion Richard Smith was also nominated Assistant Grand Superintendent .
Votes of thanks were next awarded to the past officers generally , and arrangements made for the regular holding encampments in future . In point of costume and appointments , the one in Bristol is , by general consent , considered to be the most splendid Encampment in the kingdom . . .
The history of these orders is most interesting . There are only four orig inal Encampments in England : these are at Bristol , London , Bath , and York . In Scotland there is only one , that is the Sir Knights of Kilwinning . They are termed " Encampments of Baldwin , time immemorial , " or , " time out of mind . " The meaning is , that they were coeval with the return of our Richard the First from the Holy Land , 1193 . Of all these Orders , the Templars were the most numerous and is the Sir hts
the richest . In this Brotherhood of Jerusalem merged Knig of Palestine , Rhodes , and Malta . They domiciled in great abundance on the east side of old Bristol Bridge , where they possessed all the lands which we now call Temple and Saint Thomas-street , the Great Gardens , and so forth . 'Their munificence and p iety bequeathed to us Temple Church . The citizens of Bristol once trembled at their power , and several frig htful encounters took place in High-street between the burghers and these fierce men , who
" Carved at the meal Y \ ith "loves ot" steel , And . drank tlie red wiiie through the helmet liarr'd . As may he seen in Seyer ' s History of Bristol ; but the feudal times are at an end . BATH . —HEII ROY An HIGHNESS THE P RINCESS VICTORIA . —The Freethe Foundation
masons of Bath , although not permitted to assist in laying Stone of the Column to be erected to celebrate the day on which H . R . IL the Princess Victoria attained her legal majority , the Brethren of the Royal Cumberland Lodge were determined that the day of rejoicing should not pass without some demonstration of respect to the daughter of their late illustrious and distinguished Brother , the Duke of Kent . At five ' clockabout thirtof the Brethrenincluding visitors from the
o , y , Lodge of Honour , met at the Castle Hotel , and sat down to banquet . The " AV . M . in the Chair . The cloth having been removed , the W . M . gave the usual Masonic Toasts , — " The King and the Craft , — " 1 he Queen , "— " The Princess Victoria , and may she follow the example ot her illustrious ancestors , by extending her patronage to the benevolent
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Provincial.
commandery of Companion George AVallis . The Conclave , which was numerously and most respectably attended , being opened in due form , agreeably to the ancient ceremonies , the Baton was placed in the hands of Companion Husenbeth . The worthy Superintendent then commenced a dissertation upon the meaning , intent , and use of the several Orders , showing how and in what manner they were connected with Craft and their value in the present daywhen of course they
Masonry , even , are shadows only of that which was in its zenith a most splendid and hig hly useful reality . The approbation of the assembled Brethren was exemplified by the clashing of swords upon their shields , after the usage of the Crusaders . The following Companions were then chosen unanimously to the several commanderies : —Richard Smith , George AVallis , F . C . Husenbeth , Robert Mercer , and Henry Goldwyer . Companion Richard Smith was also nominated Assistant Grand Superintendent .
Votes of thanks were next awarded to the past officers generally , and arrangements made for the regular holding encampments in future . In point of costume and appointments , the one in Bristol is , by general consent , considered to be the most splendid Encampment in the kingdom . . .
The history of these orders is most interesting . There are only four orig inal Encampments in England : these are at Bristol , London , Bath , and York . In Scotland there is only one , that is the Sir Knights of Kilwinning . They are termed " Encampments of Baldwin , time immemorial , " or , " time out of mind . " The meaning is , that they were coeval with the return of our Richard the First from the Holy Land , 1193 . Of all these Orders , the Templars were the most numerous and is the Sir hts
the richest . In this Brotherhood of Jerusalem merged Knig of Palestine , Rhodes , and Malta . They domiciled in great abundance on the east side of old Bristol Bridge , where they possessed all the lands which we now call Temple and Saint Thomas-street , the Great Gardens , and so forth . 'Their munificence and p iety bequeathed to us Temple Church . The citizens of Bristol once trembled at their power , and several frig htful encounters took place in High-street between the burghers and these fierce men , who
" Carved at the meal Y \ ith "loves ot" steel , And . drank tlie red wiiie through the helmet liarr'd . As may he seen in Seyer ' s History of Bristol ; but the feudal times are at an end . BATH . —HEII ROY An HIGHNESS THE P RINCESS VICTORIA . —The Freethe Foundation
masons of Bath , although not permitted to assist in laying Stone of the Column to be erected to celebrate the day on which H . R . IL the Princess Victoria attained her legal majority , the Brethren of the Royal Cumberland Lodge were determined that the day of rejoicing should not pass without some demonstration of respect to the daughter of their late illustrious and distinguished Brother , the Duke of Kent . At five ' clockabout thirtof the Brethrenincluding visitors from the
o , y , Lodge of Honour , met at the Castle Hotel , and sat down to banquet . The " AV . M . in the Chair . The cloth having been removed , the W . M . gave the usual Masonic Toasts , — " The King and the Craft , — " 1 he Queen , "— " The Princess Victoria , and may she follow the example ot her illustrious ancestors , by extending her patronage to the benevolent