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even during the reign of Humphrey the magnificent . The usual Masonic toasts were given from the chair , and the Brethren , ever bearing in mind the injunctions of the ancient charge of carefully avoiding excess , separated at an early hour .
BRIDGEWATER , August 30 . —The Grand Lodge , Bndgewater , was numerously attended . The Grand Jury-room was kindly lent for the occasion . The AV . M . of the Lodge of Perpetual Friendship , Bridgewater , Bro . Down , opened that Lodge at eleven , to which all the Lodges were admitted , and the assembly received their Grand Master and his Grand Lodge with full honours at high twelve . Nearly every Lodge in the province was represented . The P . G .
Master addressed the Brethren at considerable length , and eloquently detailed-the benefits which hacl been extended by the operation of Masonry , and enjoined the Craft to persevere in those wholesome regulations which tend to elevate the Order , and gratify themselves by the exercise of brotherly love . Officers for the piesent year were appointed , and the affairs and accounts of the province were presentee ! by the highlyesteemed TreasurerBro . Stradlingand declared to be hihly
satis-, , g factory , and many grants to make glad the heart of the Mason ' s widow , ancl the poor and distressed , closed and blessed the business of the day . The office of Provincial Grand Secretary was kindly undertaken and carried through by Bro . Eales AVhite , P . P . Grand Warden , with his accustomed ability , Bro . Maher , the actual Grand Secretary , having
been absent at Cork , from whence his son and Brother , Bro . Charles Lennox Maher , embarks for India . Among the newly-invested officers with the " purple , " we were glad to notice Bros . May aud Henderson , of Taunton . About , sixty Brethren sat down to banquet at four , to wliich the P . G . Master had presented a fat buck . The Right AV . P . G . Master presided , and hisS . G . Warden , Bro . Procter , occupied the chair of A ^ ice-president ;
toasts and addresses emanated from the Chairman with peculiar force , and on the health of the Prov . G . Master being proposed , the manner oi its reception well proved the sincere esteem in which he is held—the healths of the D . P . G . Master . Bro . Randoph ; Bro . Tucker , G- AVarden ; Bro . Milborne Tynte , tbe newly-appointed Grand Registrar ; Bro . Stradley , Treasurer ; Bro . Muttlebury , P . G . W . ; and Bro . Eales AVhite , were severally proposed from the chair ( except that of the Grand
Registrar , Bro . Milborne Tynte , which was given by Bro . Randolph ) , and were received with cordial greetings , and acknowledged by those distinguished Brethren . The evening was additionally enlivened by some delightful vocal music , from Bros . Randolph , Eales White , G . Knight , and Down . ( Verb : Sap : —Would it not be as well if the D . C . would appoint each Grancl Officer , past and acting , to a place at the banquet ) ?
CARMARTHEN—( ST . JOHN s DAY . )—The Brethren of St . Peter ' s Lodge , 699 , dined together at their hall to celebrate this festival , and the day passed most pleasantly . Bro . Ribbans , Past Grand Steward , for 21 , and Past Provincial Senior Grand Deacon for AVarwickshire , was a guest , and spoke most favourably , feelingly , and fervently of the Asylum for AVorthy Aged and Decayed Freemasons and the other Masonic Charities . NEATH , GLAMORGANSHIRE , July 16 . —The readers of the Review need not he told that Freemasonry is not only founded upon , hut takes
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Provincial.
even during the reign of Humphrey the magnificent . The usual Masonic toasts were given from the chair , and the Brethren , ever bearing in mind the injunctions of the ancient charge of carefully avoiding excess , separated at an early hour .
BRIDGEWATER , August 30 . —The Grand Lodge , Bndgewater , was numerously attended . The Grand Jury-room was kindly lent for the occasion . The AV . M . of the Lodge of Perpetual Friendship , Bridgewater , Bro . Down , opened that Lodge at eleven , to which all the Lodges were admitted , and the assembly received their Grand Master and his Grand Lodge with full honours at high twelve . Nearly every Lodge in the province was represented . The P . G .
Master addressed the Brethren at considerable length , and eloquently detailed-the benefits which hacl been extended by the operation of Masonry , and enjoined the Craft to persevere in those wholesome regulations which tend to elevate the Order , and gratify themselves by the exercise of brotherly love . Officers for the piesent year were appointed , and the affairs and accounts of the province were presentee ! by the highlyesteemed TreasurerBro . Stradlingand declared to be hihly
satis-, , g factory , and many grants to make glad the heart of the Mason ' s widow , ancl the poor and distressed , closed and blessed the business of the day . The office of Provincial Grand Secretary was kindly undertaken and carried through by Bro . Eales AVhite , P . P . Grand Warden , with his accustomed ability , Bro . Maher , the actual Grand Secretary , having
been absent at Cork , from whence his son and Brother , Bro . Charles Lennox Maher , embarks for India . Among the newly-invested officers with the " purple , " we were glad to notice Bros . May aud Henderson , of Taunton . About , sixty Brethren sat down to banquet at four , to wliich the P . G . Master had presented a fat buck . The Right AV . P . G . Master presided , and hisS . G . Warden , Bro . Procter , occupied the chair of A ^ ice-president ;
toasts and addresses emanated from the Chairman with peculiar force , and on the health of the Prov . G . Master being proposed , the manner oi its reception well proved the sincere esteem in which he is held—the healths of the D . P . G . Master . Bro . Randoph ; Bro . Tucker , G- AVarden ; Bro . Milborne Tynte , tbe newly-appointed Grand Registrar ; Bro . Stradley , Treasurer ; Bro . Muttlebury , P . G . W . ; and Bro . Eales AVhite , were severally proposed from the chair ( except that of the Grand
Registrar , Bro . Milborne Tynte , which was given by Bro . Randolph ) , and were received with cordial greetings , and acknowledged by those distinguished Brethren . The evening was additionally enlivened by some delightful vocal music , from Bros . Randolph , Eales White , G . Knight , and Down . ( Verb : Sap : —Would it not be as well if the D . C . would appoint each Grancl Officer , past and acting , to a place at the banquet ) ?
CARMARTHEN—( ST . JOHN s DAY . )—The Brethren of St . Peter ' s Lodge , 699 , dined together at their hall to celebrate this festival , and the day passed most pleasantly . Bro . Ribbans , Past Grand Steward , for 21 , and Past Provincial Senior Grand Deacon for AVarwickshire , was a guest , and spoke most favourably , feelingly , and fervently of the Asylum for AVorthy Aged and Decayed Freemasons and the other Masonic Charities . NEATH , GLAMORGANSHIRE , July 16 . —The readers of the Review need not he told that Freemasonry is not only founded upon , hut takes