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The Ancient And Accepted Rite.
The 111 . TREASURER-GENERAL returned thanks . The 111 . Sov . Inspector-General J . A . D . Cox returned thanks for the toast of the members of the Supreme Council . The 111 . Bro . THOMAS WARD , Deputy Prov . Grand Master for Staffordshire , returned thanks for himself and the other members of the 32 nd Degree of the Orderwhose healths had been proposed . In
, doing so he alluded to the fact that , should he live four months more , he should be half a century old as a Mason ; and he added that through that extended period Masonry had increased in interest to him every year , and he felt hi ghly honoured that he had had conferred on him the rank of the 32 nd Degree , Avhich Avould stimulate him more than , ever to vindicate the true princiles of Freemasonryand
p , especially those developed in the Higher Degrees of the Order , which Avere placed under the fostering care of the Supreme Council of the Ancient and Accepted Rite . The 111 . Bro . VIGNE returned thanks on tlie proposition of the healths of himself and the other members of the Chapters of Rose Croix , to Ay hoin patents had been granted . He alluded to his own
Chapter of St . Peter and St . Paul , at Bath , as being in a most healthy and flourishing condition , the members of Avhich were second to none in their zeal and fidelity to the Order . The 111 . Bro . SNELL returned thanks on the healths , of those members , who had attained the rank of the 31 st Degree , being proposed . The PRESIDENT then proposed the healths of the Brethren , who had that day had the rank of the 30 th Degree conferred on them . The 111 . Bro . W . H . M . ATKINS , of Farley Castle , Reading , and R . A . LONG PHILLIPS , returned thanks .
Ihe 111 . Bro . COLE returned thanks ou his health being proposed by the President , who thanked him for tho services he had rendered in the ceremony of the day . Several other toasts Avere proposed , and after being duly acknowledged , the members of the High Grades Union separated . The above is a very imperfect report of a most interesting and influential meeting . We have to apologize for its character
meagre ; the full notes , however , havin g been mislaid , Ave are only enabled to give this brief report . We have been officially informed that the Secretary-General of the Order , Davyd W . Nash , has resigned , and that the 111 . Sov . Inspector-General William Tucker has been appointed his successor . The next Convocation will be held on Wednesday , the 5 th of July .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Ancient And Accepted Rite.
The 111 . TREASURER-GENERAL returned thanks . The 111 . Sov . Inspector-General J . A . D . Cox returned thanks for the toast of the members of the Supreme Council . The 111 . Bro . THOMAS WARD , Deputy Prov . Grand Master for Staffordshire , returned thanks for himself and the other members of the 32 nd Degree of the Orderwhose healths had been proposed . In
, doing so he alluded to the fact that , should he live four months more , he should be half a century old as a Mason ; and he added that through that extended period Masonry had increased in interest to him every year , and he felt hi ghly honoured that he had had conferred on him the rank of the 32 nd Degree , Avhich Avould stimulate him more than , ever to vindicate the true princiles of Freemasonryand
p , especially those developed in the Higher Degrees of the Order , which Avere placed under the fostering care of the Supreme Council of the Ancient and Accepted Rite . The 111 . Bro . VIGNE returned thanks on tlie proposition of the healths of himself and the other members of the Chapters of Rose Croix , to Ay hoin patents had been granted . He alluded to his own
Chapter of St . Peter and St . Paul , at Bath , as being in a most healthy and flourishing condition , the members of Avhich were second to none in their zeal and fidelity to the Order . The 111 . Bro . SNELL returned thanks on the healths , of those members , who had attained the rank of the 31 st Degree , being proposed . The PRESIDENT then proposed the healths of the Brethren , who had that day had the rank of the 30 th Degree conferred on them . The 111 . Bro . W . H . M . ATKINS , of Farley Castle , Reading , and R . A . LONG PHILLIPS , returned thanks .
Ihe 111 . Bro . COLE returned thanks ou his health being proposed by the President , who thanked him for tho services he had rendered in the ceremony of the day . Several other toasts Avere proposed , and after being duly acknowledged , the members of the High Grades Union separated . The above is a very imperfect report of a most interesting and influential meeting . We have to apologize for its character
meagre ; the full notes , however , havin g been mislaid , Ave are only enabled to give this brief report . We have been officially informed that the Secretary-General of the Order , Davyd W . Nash , has resigned , and that the 111 . Sov . Inspector-General William Tucker has been appointed his successor . The next Convocation will be held on Wednesday , the 5 th of July .