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Asylum For The Aged And Decayed Freemason.
Delegation , appointed on the 31 st of July , was read . Upon which it was agreed , that at the general meeting of the subscribers , to be held on the second Wednesday in the ensuing month , the same shall be specially communicated , in obedience to the commands of the Most Worshipful Grand Master . Adjourned until the 9 th of October .
The Reporter.
THE REPORTER .
As usual , at this season of the year , our Reporter has hacl his holiday , at least as far as we are concerned ; what few meetings he has attended , have partaken more of the recreative than the operative . CONCORD , NO . 49 . —A most interesting ceremony of initiating a Greek nobleman , Count Giovanni Salamos , recently took place ; by permission of the
Master , Brother VV . Shaw , Brother John Lane the S . W ., interpreted , and conducted the ceremony , in the French language . Since which , the same Brother has been passed and raised . Brother Lane was as classically elegant in that language , as he was Masonically correct in the form and ceremony of the Three Degrees . We understand that he speaks five European languages , and should the Grand Master require a " Grand Linguist , " we should say that Brother Lane is the man .
July 26 . —A LODGE OF INSTRUCTION , under the sanction of the Lodge of Tranquillity , No . 218 , was opened this evening by that indefatigable Brother , Peter Thomson , at Beattie ' s Hotel , No . 33 , George-street , Hanover-square , assisted by several of his pupils ; when the first Lecture was worked . The order of arrangement is , that the chair is to be filled by the same Master for one month . The meetings are to be weekl y .
THE MASTER MASONS' LODGE OF IMPROVEMENT , at Brother Evans ' s Grand Hotel , Covent Garden , has , as usual , remained open all the summer , thereby continuing its sphere of utility when nearly all other Lodges have closed . The Anniversary will be held on the first Friday in October , which will doubtless be well attended on that evening . The election of Treasurer and Secretary will take place , ancl the sessional arrangements will be made . The great service which the Loclge has rendered the Craft , is felt and appreciated by the London and Provincial Brethren .
THE SOMERSET HOUSE , NO . 4 , has imbibed the spirit of the times , and appears desirous to rival its former glory , when its meetings included sixty Brethren . For several years it has reposed too peacefully ; hut now meetings of emergency , and other evident signs , betoken a rekindling of Masonic energy . Several initiations have recruited its staff ; and among them are gentlemen of the first respectability .
July 12 . —The ASYLUM STEWARDS invited their late Chairman , R . G . Alston , Esq . to a summer frolic at the Crown and Sceptre , Greenwich , onthis day . Dr . Crucefix presided , ancl the time passed " right merrylie . " Mr , Alston , in particular , delivered a most admirable address on the
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Asylum For The Aged And Decayed Freemason.
Delegation , appointed on the 31 st of July , was read . Upon which it was agreed , that at the general meeting of the subscribers , to be held on the second Wednesday in the ensuing month , the same shall be specially communicated , in obedience to the commands of the Most Worshipful Grand Master . Adjourned until the 9 th of October .
The Reporter.
THE REPORTER .
As usual , at this season of the year , our Reporter has hacl his holiday , at least as far as we are concerned ; what few meetings he has attended , have partaken more of the recreative than the operative . CONCORD , NO . 49 . —A most interesting ceremony of initiating a Greek nobleman , Count Giovanni Salamos , recently took place ; by permission of the
Master , Brother VV . Shaw , Brother John Lane the S . W ., interpreted , and conducted the ceremony , in the French language . Since which , the same Brother has been passed and raised . Brother Lane was as classically elegant in that language , as he was Masonically correct in the form and ceremony of the Three Degrees . We understand that he speaks five European languages , and should the Grand Master require a " Grand Linguist , " we should say that Brother Lane is the man .
July 26 . —A LODGE OF INSTRUCTION , under the sanction of the Lodge of Tranquillity , No . 218 , was opened this evening by that indefatigable Brother , Peter Thomson , at Beattie ' s Hotel , No . 33 , George-street , Hanover-square , assisted by several of his pupils ; when the first Lecture was worked . The order of arrangement is , that the chair is to be filled by the same Master for one month . The meetings are to be weekl y .
THE MASTER MASONS' LODGE OF IMPROVEMENT , at Brother Evans ' s Grand Hotel , Covent Garden , has , as usual , remained open all the summer , thereby continuing its sphere of utility when nearly all other Lodges have closed . The Anniversary will be held on the first Friday in October , which will doubtless be well attended on that evening . The election of Treasurer and Secretary will take place , ancl the sessional arrangements will be made . The great service which the Loclge has rendered the Craft , is felt and appreciated by the London and Provincial Brethren .
THE SOMERSET HOUSE , NO . 4 , has imbibed the spirit of the times , and appears desirous to rival its former glory , when its meetings included sixty Brethren . For several years it has reposed too peacefully ; hut now meetings of emergency , and other evident signs , betoken a rekindling of Masonic energy . Several initiations have recruited its staff ; and among them are gentlemen of the first respectability .
July 12 . —The ASYLUM STEWARDS invited their late Chairman , R . G . Alston , Esq . to a summer frolic at the Crown and Sceptre , Greenwich , onthis day . Dr . Crucefix presided , ancl the time passed " right merrylie . " Mr , Alston , in particular , delivered a most admirable address on the