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Provincial.
Childers , Boiling , & c . ; and five were raised to the third degree , viz ., Bros . Sir Robert Buxton , Bart ., Sandys , Lumsdaine , Hunter , Terry anil Gure . About sixty brethren sat down to banquet , where , under the able auspices of the W . M ., an evening , alike distinguished for its sociality and real enjoyment , was spent to the infinite satisfaction of all . June 13 . —The Apollo Lodge met for the last time this term , when Mr . Chapman of St . Mary Halland Mr . Ogle and Mr . Hansardof
, , Trinity College , were initiated , and other business transacted . It has been customary on this , the parting lodge , for the brethren of the University and City Lodges to assemble in large numbers for the interchange of social feelings , prior to a separation of many months , and this circumstance always invests this meeting with additional interest . On this occasion upwards of eighty brethren sat down to banquet . The W . M ., Bro . Burstall , presided , supported by Bro . A . E . Campbell , P . J . G . W .
of England ; Bro . S . H . Lee , P . G . S ., brother of the Bishop of Manchester ; Bro . Col . Vernon ; Bro . Rev . J . W . Hayes , of Wadham College , P . G . Chaplain ; Bro . Atkins Bowyer , S . W . of Richmond Lodge ; several senior members of the University , who in days gone by held high and honoured positions in Masonry ; and many others . In proposing the health of the Earl of Zetland and the Officers of the Grand Lodgethe W . M . remarked that his lodgein common with all
, , others , were at all times anxious to receive instruction from them , because it was to them they looked up for assistance to guide and direct them in the discharge of their masonic duties . Bro . Campbell briefly responded to the toast . The W . M ., in giving the health of the visiting brethren , paid a
passing tribute to the distinguished brothers round him . He alluded to the good moral effect of Masonry in making men feel it to be a duty to extend the hand of fellowship to their fellow-men , and whatever might be their rank in society it stimulated them to make themselves worthy of each other ' s esteem . As the master of a lodge , it was a cheering consolation to him that their funds were not devoted wholly to social purposes , but that they had a higher object and a nobler aim , the relief of the
fatherless and widows in their affliction , and for the general purposes of charity . Bro . COL . VERNON responded to the toast , and assured the brethren that the evening had been to himself and friends one of undivided gratification and pleasure , and one of a more truly masonic character , in every sense of the word , it had never fallen to his lot to witness . He complimented the W . M . on the excellent manner in which he had
performed the ceremony of initiation , and felt assured that it could not have failed to make a strong impression on all who had witnessed it , more especially on the brethren who had been on that occasion admitted . He had never seen Masonry better supported than on this occasion , for every thing was in its place , and the general arrangements might truly be designated the acme of perfection . The toasts which followed were " The P . G . M . of Oxfordshire , Bro .
C . J . Ridley , of University College , " " The W . M . and Officers of the Apollo Lodge , " " Bro . Meredith and the Past Masters of the Apollo Lodge , " " The W . M . and Officers of the Alfred Lodge , " " Bro . R . J . Spiers , member of the Board of General Purposes and Past Master of the Alfred Lodge , " with many others of an appropriate and interesting character . WAKEFIELD , May 30 . —The Provincial Grand Lodge of Freemasons of the West Riding was held in the Music Saloon , Wood-street , when
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Provincial.
Childers , Boiling , & c . ; and five were raised to the third degree , viz ., Bros . Sir Robert Buxton , Bart ., Sandys , Lumsdaine , Hunter , Terry anil Gure . About sixty brethren sat down to banquet , where , under the able auspices of the W . M ., an evening , alike distinguished for its sociality and real enjoyment , was spent to the infinite satisfaction of all . June 13 . —The Apollo Lodge met for the last time this term , when Mr . Chapman of St . Mary Halland Mr . Ogle and Mr . Hansardof
, , Trinity College , were initiated , and other business transacted . It has been customary on this , the parting lodge , for the brethren of the University and City Lodges to assemble in large numbers for the interchange of social feelings , prior to a separation of many months , and this circumstance always invests this meeting with additional interest . On this occasion upwards of eighty brethren sat down to banquet . The W . M ., Bro . Burstall , presided , supported by Bro . A . E . Campbell , P . J . G . W .
of England ; Bro . S . H . Lee , P . G . S ., brother of the Bishop of Manchester ; Bro . Col . Vernon ; Bro . Rev . J . W . Hayes , of Wadham College , P . G . Chaplain ; Bro . Atkins Bowyer , S . W . of Richmond Lodge ; several senior members of the University , who in days gone by held high and honoured positions in Masonry ; and many others . In proposing the health of the Earl of Zetland and the Officers of the Grand Lodgethe W . M . remarked that his lodgein common with all
, , others , were at all times anxious to receive instruction from them , because it was to them they looked up for assistance to guide and direct them in the discharge of their masonic duties . Bro . Campbell briefly responded to the toast . The W . M ., in giving the health of the visiting brethren , paid a
passing tribute to the distinguished brothers round him . He alluded to the good moral effect of Masonry in making men feel it to be a duty to extend the hand of fellowship to their fellow-men , and whatever might be their rank in society it stimulated them to make themselves worthy of each other ' s esteem . As the master of a lodge , it was a cheering consolation to him that their funds were not devoted wholly to social purposes , but that they had a higher object and a nobler aim , the relief of the
fatherless and widows in their affliction , and for the general purposes of charity . Bro . COL . VERNON responded to the toast , and assured the brethren that the evening had been to himself and friends one of undivided gratification and pleasure , and one of a more truly masonic character , in every sense of the word , it had never fallen to his lot to witness . He complimented the W . M . on the excellent manner in which he had
performed the ceremony of initiation , and felt assured that it could not have failed to make a strong impression on all who had witnessed it , more especially on the brethren who had been on that occasion admitted . He had never seen Masonry better supported than on this occasion , for every thing was in its place , and the general arrangements might truly be designated the acme of perfection . The toasts which followed were " The P . G . M . of Oxfordshire , Bro .
C . J . Ridley , of University College , " " The W . M . and Officers of the Apollo Lodge , " " Bro . Meredith and the Past Masters of the Apollo Lodge , " " The W . M . and Officers of the Alfred Lodge , " " Bro . R . J . Spiers , member of the Board of General Purposes and Past Master of the Alfred Lodge , " with many others of an appropriate and interesting character . WAKEFIELD , May 30 . —The Provincial Grand Lodge of Freemasons of the West Riding was held in the Music Saloon , Wood-street , when