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be supported and upheld in these days , as when it first claimed the attention of mankind ; and to alter one iota of its well-tried customs would be to endanger the whole institution . No religious creed can raise a barrier to disturb the principles of Masonry ; " and , " concluded the worth y Brother , " in whatever I may have done for the good of Masonry , I trust I have been sincere . One thing I am satisfied with , viz—if the principles of our Order have done me no good , they never can do me ,
or any other person , the least harm . " Brother Brutton then proposed the health of a noble member of the Royal Chartley Lodge , " Brother the Right Hon . Lord Ingestrie , '' which was drunk with enthusiasm and with due honours . The next toast proposed was " The prosperity of the
Visiting Brethren who have accompanied Brother Slade , of Lodge C 07 ; which was drunk with true Masonic feeling . —Brother SLADE returned thanks in a beautiful speech , in which he took opportunity to recommend the cultivation of that brotherly feeling which-had occasioned the meeting he then addressed . The AA . M . of the AVolverhampton Lodge added to the observations of the reverend Brother some brief and sound Masonic remarks . The Officers and Brethren of the Royal Chartley Lodge were next called upon to fill bumperswhen the AV . M ., in a very
, suitable speech , proposed , "Health and happiness to the venerable Brother , Earl Ferrers , P . P . Grand Master for Staffordshire , " which was responded to with the usual Masonic honours for so distinguished a Brother . Various other Masonic toasts were given , and several excellent songs and duets sung , but our limits will not admit of the same being more particularly described . At an early hour in the evening the Brethren separated , with this assurance , that they would soon and often
meet again . Some other particulars of this interesting meeting having appeared in our last number , from an earlier report ( facing the leading article ) , we do not repeat them . LINCOLN , June 28 . —Bro . AV . A . Nicholson was installed by Bro . Goodacre as his successor in the chair of the Witham Lodge;—this is the third time that Bro . N . has been elected to the same distinguished honour . He appointed Bros . Lieut . I . Nicholson P-G . D . C , and Richard GartonAVardens ; AV . H . Jepson and E . A . BromheadDeacons ;
, , L . Pepperdini , I . G . ; — Taylor , Secretary- Bro . Lieut . Nicholson had been previously elected Treasurer . AVe understand that the Provincial Grand Lodge will be held at Spalding on the 29 th of September ; most sincerely do we hope that a sense of honour will prevail , and that ample reparation will be made for the ungracious removal of our beloved historian , Dr . Oliver .
BIRKENHEAD , June 2-t . —The Brethren of the Mersey Lodge , 701 , held at the house of Bro . Harwood , the Market Inn , assembled in their Lodge-rooms , being St . John ' s-day . The Lodge was opened in due form by the W . M . Bro . E . G . AVillougbby , in the absence of Bro . Rampling , who was unavoidably detained at Hamburgh . The business of the day being concluded , the Brethren retired to refreshment , by partaking of an excellent dinner . The chair was occupied by the R . W . the
D . P . G . M . of the province , John F . Maddock , Esq ., who with the following Provincial Grand Officers and Brethren of theCestvian Lodge , G 15 , from Chester , paid their promised visit this day . The V . AV . P . P . S . G . AV . Benjamin Brassey , Esq ., the V . W . P . G . J . W . Thomas Bennett , Esq ., the AV . M . Charles Hamilton , Esq , the SAV . J . F . Bage , Esq ., the J . AV . Bro . Moss , the Treasurer , Bro . Brown , the J . H . and I . G . Bro . Jenkins , Bros Boden , R . Jones , ixe ., with several Brethren from the
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be supported and upheld in these days , as when it first claimed the attention of mankind ; and to alter one iota of its well-tried customs would be to endanger the whole institution . No religious creed can raise a barrier to disturb the principles of Masonry ; " and , " concluded the worth y Brother , " in whatever I may have done for the good of Masonry , I trust I have been sincere . One thing I am satisfied with , viz—if the principles of our Order have done me no good , they never can do me ,
or any other person , the least harm . " Brother Brutton then proposed the health of a noble member of the Royal Chartley Lodge , " Brother the Right Hon . Lord Ingestrie , '' which was drunk with enthusiasm and with due honours . The next toast proposed was " The prosperity of the
Visiting Brethren who have accompanied Brother Slade , of Lodge C 07 ; which was drunk with true Masonic feeling . —Brother SLADE returned thanks in a beautiful speech , in which he took opportunity to recommend the cultivation of that brotherly feeling which-had occasioned the meeting he then addressed . The AA . M . of the AVolverhampton Lodge added to the observations of the reverend Brother some brief and sound Masonic remarks . The Officers and Brethren of the Royal Chartley Lodge were next called upon to fill bumperswhen the AV . M ., in a very
, suitable speech , proposed , "Health and happiness to the venerable Brother , Earl Ferrers , P . P . Grand Master for Staffordshire , " which was responded to with the usual Masonic honours for so distinguished a Brother . Various other Masonic toasts were given , and several excellent songs and duets sung , but our limits will not admit of the same being more particularly described . At an early hour in the evening the Brethren separated , with this assurance , that they would soon and often
meet again . Some other particulars of this interesting meeting having appeared in our last number , from an earlier report ( facing the leading article ) , we do not repeat them . LINCOLN , June 28 . —Bro . AV . A . Nicholson was installed by Bro . Goodacre as his successor in the chair of the Witham Lodge;—this is the third time that Bro . N . has been elected to the same distinguished honour . He appointed Bros . Lieut . I . Nicholson P-G . D . C , and Richard GartonAVardens ; AV . H . Jepson and E . A . BromheadDeacons ;
, , L . Pepperdini , I . G . ; — Taylor , Secretary- Bro . Lieut . Nicholson had been previously elected Treasurer . AVe understand that the Provincial Grand Lodge will be held at Spalding on the 29 th of September ; most sincerely do we hope that a sense of honour will prevail , and that ample reparation will be made for the ungracious removal of our beloved historian , Dr . Oliver .
BIRKENHEAD , June 2-t . —The Brethren of the Mersey Lodge , 701 , held at the house of Bro . Harwood , the Market Inn , assembled in their Lodge-rooms , being St . John ' s-day . The Lodge was opened in due form by the W . M . Bro . E . G . AVillougbby , in the absence of Bro . Rampling , who was unavoidably detained at Hamburgh . The business of the day being concluded , the Brethren retired to refreshment , by partaking of an excellent dinner . The chair was occupied by the R . W . the
D . P . G . M . of the province , John F . Maddock , Esq ., who with the following Provincial Grand Officers and Brethren of theCestvian Lodge , G 15 , from Chester , paid their promised visit this day . The V . AV . P . P . S . G . AV . Benjamin Brassey , Esq ., the V . W . P . G . J . W . Thomas Bennett , Esq ., the AV . M . Charles Hamilton , Esq , the SAV . J . F . Bage , Esq ., the J . AV . Bro . Moss , the Treasurer , Bro . Brown , the J . H . and I . G . Bro . Jenkins , Bros Boden , R . Jones , ixe ., with several Brethren from the