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recommending an application to the Board of General Purposes for advice in laying the matter before the Grand Master , or otherwise , as mig ht be considered advisable . LINCOLN . —The presentation of the Oliver Offering will be found in preceding pages . B June 11—The Royal Arch Chapter of St . Botolphattached
OSTON , . , to the Lodge of Harmony , No . 339 , Boston , was solemnly consecrated this evening , at their private Lodge-room in Church Street . The ceremony was performed by M . E Companion Goodacre , Z ., assisted by the Rev . J . Osmond Dakeyne , IL , and Companion Whitehouse , J ., of the Chapter of Concord , Lincoln ; the other offices being filled by Companions Taylor , E ., Bromehead , P . Soj . Cotton as N , ancl Hawson Janitor of the Lincoln Chapter . The D . P . G . M . of the province , the the he
Rev . Geo . Coltman , was installed First Principal of new Chapter , having been on the continen t at the time that Comps . B . Williamson and AVoodward were installed as Second ancl Third Principals , at the "Oliver offering" meeting , at Lincoln . Three Brethren were afterwards exalted as Companions ; viz ., Bros . Poppleton , AA . M ., Rice , S . AV ., and Broughton , of the Lodge of Harmony ; Comp . Goodacre occupied the First Chair , ancl Comp . Taylor officiated as Chief lconducted
Sojourner during the exaltations , which were very imposingy . The new Companions were immediately appointed to office as scribes and P . S . Other candidates were proposed , but could not attend at this meeting . It is expected that Brethren from Spalding ancl Spilsby will avail themselves of a Chapter being thus established in south Lincolnshire . The Companions then adjourned to the AVoolpack Inn , where they were joined by a number of the brethren of the Lodge , the D . P . G . M . presiding , ancl the interchange of Masonic feeling was duly observed .
ROBERT-TOWN . —On Easter Monday , a very large concourse of persons ( 8 , 000 to 10 , 000 ) assembled at Robert-town , in the parish of Birstal , to witness the ceremony of laving the first stone of the new Church ( All Saints , ) intended to be erected at that place , _ on a site of land consisting of two acres , given by Sir Joseph Radcliffe , Bart ., for that purpose . The Prov . G . Lodge of AVest Yorkshire assembled in the Lod of the Amphibious Lod No . 322 at the ( 7 lobe Inn
ge-room ge , , , Millbridge , and the Masonic body afterwards formed on the highway , and the procession then moved forward to Robert-town in order . On their arrival at the site , the ceremony commenced by the Rev . W . M . Heald , vicar of Birstal , reading the service selected for the occasion . He then delivered a short address . The stone was then laid in the usual manner by H . Roberson , Esq ., Healds Hall . The old hundredth Psalm was then sung by the whole assembly , after which Mr . Roberson delithe and
vered a most eloquent and impressive address . At particular urgent request of a great number of the gentry and clergy who were present , Mr . Roberson has kindly consented to publish the address . The remainder of the service was read by the Rev . T . Atkinson , incumbent of Liversedge . The Freemasons then went through their usual routine of ceremonial . Bro . Charles Lee , Deputy Provincial Grand Master of West Yorkshire , directed the P . G . AVardens severally to . prove the correctness of the stone with the p lumb and level , after whicli he applied the square to the four corners thereof , when , addressing the
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Provincial.
recommending an application to the Board of General Purposes for advice in laying the matter before the Grand Master , or otherwise , as mig ht be considered advisable . LINCOLN . —The presentation of the Oliver Offering will be found in preceding pages . B June 11—The Royal Arch Chapter of St . Botolphattached
OSTON , . , to the Lodge of Harmony , No . 339 , Boston , was solemnly consecrated this evening , at their private Lodge-room in Church Street . The ceremony was performed by M . E Companion Goodacre , Z ., assisted by the Rev . J . Osmond Dakeyne , IL , and Companion Whitehouse , J ., of the Chapter of Concord , Lincoln ; the other offices being filled by Companions Taylor , E ., Bromehead , P . Soj . Cotton as N , ancl Hawson Janitor of the Lincoln Chapter . The D . P . G . M . of the province , the the he
Rev . Geo . Coltman , was installed First Principal of new Chapter , having been on the continen t at the time that Comps . B . Williamson and AVoodward were installed as Second ancl Third Principals , at the "Oliver offering" meeting , at Lincoln . Three Brethren were afterwards exalted as Companions ; viz ., Bros . Poppleton , AA . M ., Rice , S . AV ., and Broughton , of the Lodge of Harmony ; Comp . Goodacre occupied the First Chair , ancl Comp . Taylor officiated as Chief lconducted
Sojourner during the exaltations , which were very imposingy . The new Companions were immediately appointed to office as scribes and P . S . Other candidates were proposed , but could not attend at this meeting . It is expected that Brethren from Spalding ancl Spilsby will avail themselves of a Chapter being thus established in south Lincolnshire . The Companions then adjourned to the AVoolpack Inn , where they were joined by a number of the brethren of the Lodge , the D . P . G . M . presiding , ancl the interchange of Masonic feeling was duly observed .
ROBERT-TOWN . —On Easter Monday , a very large concourse of persons ( 8 , 000 to 10 , 000 ) assembled at Robert-town , in the parish of Birstal , to witness the ceremony of laving the first stone of the new Church ( All Saints , ) intended to be erected at that place , _ on a site of land consisting of two acres , given by Sir Joseph Radcliffe , Bart ., for that purpose . The Prov . G . Lodge of AVest Yorkshire assembled in the Lod of the Amphibious Lod No . 322 at the ( 7 lobe Inn
ge-room ge , , , Millbridge , and the Masonic body afterwards formed on the highway , and the procession then moved forward to Robert-town in order . On their arrival at the site , the ceremony commenced by the Rev . W . M . Heald , vicar of Birstal , reading the service selected for the occasion . He then delivered a short address . The stone was then laid in the usual manner by H . Roberson , Esq ., Healds Hall . The old hundredth Psalm was then sung by the whole assembly , after which Mr . Roberson delithe and
vered a most eloquent and impressive address . At particular urgent request of a great number of the gentry and clergy who were present , Mr . Roberson has kindly consented to publish the address . The remainder of the service was read by the Rev . T . Atkinson , incumbent of Liversedge . The Freemasons then went through their usual routine of ceremonial . Bro . Charles Lee , Deputy Provincial Grand Master of West Yorkshire , directed the P . G . AVardens severally to . prove the correctness of the stone with the p lumb and level , after whicli he applied the square to the four corners thereof , when , addressing the