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Provincial.
A meeting has not taken place in the town of Margate for the last fourteen years . In consequence of the appointment of Bro . Lebbeus C . Humfrey , Q . C ., as It . W . P . G . M . for this province , Masonry throughout Kent is rapidly reviving , and the Union Lodge , No . 149 , which , as late as last October had but very few members , now numbers thirty-four subscribing brethren , with a probability of increase . Under the auspices of the R . W . P . G . M . ( who for a considerable period has
been represented by the Deputy Prov . Grand Master ) there will be , no doubt , a large attendance of the brethren at the festival throughout the province , and amongst the number , all the Prov . Grand Officers , and many distinguished brethren from London . The lodge will meet at the Royal Hotel , and the dinner will take place in the splendid Assembly Rooms attached to that establishment . It is in contemplation to follow the banquet by a masonic ball the next
evening , and the evening following to patronize our Bro . Dowton at the theatre . Those brethren who may attend from London , and can make it convenient to sojourn three or four days here , may therefore expect plenty of amusement .
CHELMSFORD , May 10 . —The brotherhood of Essex held their grand gathering in this town , when the banquet and the ball were linked with the business of the mystic Craft , and full flow was given to hospitality and splendour and harmonious feeling . The business of the day commenced with the opening of the Essex Chapter of the Royal Arch Masons of England , at the Black Boy Inn , when the Chapter was duly consecrated under the auspices of Comps . Savage , Graham , and Evans . Comp . the Rev . W . J . Carverof DissNorfolkofficiated on the
occa-, , , sion . Many Companions from London were present ; among them Dr . Crucefix , and Comps . Shaw , Peter Matthews , & c . After the ceremonies of consecration had been ably performed by the above Companions , the following were elected the officers of the Chapter : —Comps . F . J . Law , M . E . Z . ; H . Bird , M . D ., H . ; W . S . Butler , J . ; Josh . Burton , Scribe E . ; Jas . Wilson , Scribe N .: J . N . Eagle , P . S .: J . G . Simpson and Thomas StarlingA . S . ; Jas . RhodesD . C ; Herbert
, , Mew , Steward ; Jas . Maryon , Jan . The business of the Chapter closed by the exaltation of ten new members ; and the company then adjourned to the banqueting room , where a sumptuous entertainment was served up by Bro . Amery , Comp . F . J . Law , M . E . Z ., presiding ; and the afternoon was passed in the brotherly enjoyments of the Craft—one of those scenes in which
" Well tempered mirth , the regulated bowl , Draw out the kindlier feelings of the soul , And with the pleasures of the social time Mix faith , and hope , and charity sublime . " The loyal and convivial toasts weie of course drunk , mingled with others especially connected with the principles of the Order , which from their nature we leave in their mist and mystery . But the proceedings did not close here . A scene was provided in which the fair connected
with the masonic circle could freely mingle ; ancl in the evening a public ball , under the patronage of the R . W . Rowland Alston , Prov . Grand Master for Essex , took place at the Shire Hall , to celebrate an event so interesting to tbe brotherhood , when upwards of two hundred gathered in the county room , which , decorated with several splendid masonic banners , manufactured for the consecration of the chapter , and the throng glittering with a profusion of the emblems of the Order as the VOL . vi . E B'
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Provincial.
A meeting has not taken place in the town of Margate for the last fourteen years . In consequence of the appointment of Bro . Lebbeus C . Humfrey , Q . C ., as It . W . P . G . M . for this province , Masonry throughout Kent is rapidly reviving , and the Union Lodge , No . 149 , which , as late as last October had but very few members , now numbers thirty-four subscribing brethren , with a probability of increase . Under the auspices of the R . W . P . G . M . ( who for a considerable period has
been represented by the Deputy Prov . Grand Master ) there will be , no doubt , a large attendance of the brethren at the festival throughout the province , and amongst the number , all the Prov . Grand Officers , and many distinguished brethren from London . The lodge will meet at the Royal Hotel , and the dinner will take place in the splendid Assembly Rooms attached to that establishment . It is in contemplation to follow the banquet by a masonic ball the next
evening , and the evening following to patronize our Bro . Dowton at the theatre . Those brethren who may attend from London , and can make it convenient to sojourn three or four days here , may therefore expect plenty of amusement .
CHELMSFORD , May 10 . —The brotherhood of Essex held their grand gathering in this town , when the banquet and the ball were linked with the business of the mystic Craft , and full flow was given to hospitality and splendour and harmonious feeling . The business of the day commenced with the opening of the Essex Chapter of the Royal Arch Masons of England , at the Black Boy Inn , when the Chapter was duly consecrated under the auspices of Comps . Savage , Graham , and Evans . Comp . the Rev . W . J . Carverof DissNorfolkofficiated on the
occa-, , , sion . Many Companions from London were present ; among them Dr . Crucefix , and Comps . Shaw , Peter Matthews , & c . After the ceremonies of consecration had been ably performed by the above Companions , the following were elected the officers of the Chapter : —Comps . F . J . Law , M . E . Z . ; H . Bird , M . D ., H . ; W . S . Butler , J . ; Josh . Burton , Scribe E . ; Jas . Wilson , Scribe N .: J . N . Eagle , P . S .: J . G . Simpson and Thomas StarlingA . S . ; Jas . RhodesD . C ; Herbert
, , Mew , Steward ; Jas . Maryon , Jan . The business of the Chapter closed by the exaltation of ten new members ; and the company then adjourned to the banqueting room , where a sumptuous entertainment was served up by Bro . Amery , Comp . F . J . Law , M . E . Z ., presiding ; and the afternoon was passed in the brotherly enjoyments of the Craft—one of those scenes in which
" Well tempered mirth , the regulated bowl , Draw out the kindlier feelings of the soul , And with the pleasures of the social time Mix faith , and hope , and charity sublime . " The loyal and convivial toasts weie of course drunk , mingled with others especially connected with the principles of the Order , which from their nature we leave in their mist and mystery . But the proceedings did not close here . A scene was provided in which the fair connected
with the masonic circle could freely mingle ; ancl in the evening a public ball , under the patronage of the R . W . Rowland Alston , Prov . Grand Master for Essex , took place at the Shire Hall , to celebrate an event so interesting to tbe brotherhood , when upwards of two hundred gathered in the county room , which , decorated with several splendid masonic banners , manufactured for the consecration of the chapter , and the throng glittering with a profusion of the emblems of the Order as the VOL . vi . E B'