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ofthe Lodge of Harmony , Boston , opened the lodge ; and at about halfpast twelve , the P G . M . Lord Yarborough , accompanied by P . S . AV . Sir Edward Brackenbury , D . P . G . M . the Rev . C . Nairne , P . G . Chaplain the Rev . E . R . Barken , and the Provincial Officers , were introduced , and the business of the province was transacted . At three o ' clock , the brethren of the province , to the number of about eighty , dined together at the Guildhall ; P . G . M . the Earl of Yarborough in
the chair , and S . AV . Fricker vice . The company comprised representatives from the different lodges in the province , and nearly the whole ofthe members ofthe Boston Lodge . After the Queen ' s health had been proposed , Sir Edward Brackenbury , in a highly complimentary address , gave the health of the P . G . Master , the Earl of Yarborough , which he introduced thus early to their notice , as he should shortly be obliged to leave them , and was unwilling to lose that opportunity of paying a
merited compliment to the public and private virtues ofhis noble friend , and of congratulating them on the fact of their being presided over by one so anxious and so able to forward the interests af Masonry in this important province . Lord Yarborough returned thanks with much feeling : he assured the company of his deep anxiety to advance the prosperity of the Craft , and the satisfaction which he experienced at seeing it in so flourishing a condition in the town of Boston . He had been induced to select this town for holding his second provincial meeting ( the first having taken place at Lincoln ) , as well on account
of the high importance of Boston in the county of Lincoln , as a testimonial of his appreciation of the manner in . which Masonry was upheld in it . His Lordship then proposed , in succession , " The Grand Master of England , the Earl of Zetland , " and " the late P . G . Master of Lincolnshire , the Right Hon . C . T . D'Eyncourt . " The other toasts proposed and responded to during the evening were " the P . G . M . of Cambridgeshire , " who was present , " the late D . P . G . M . for Lincolnshirethe Rev . G . Coltman" ( drunk with great enthusiasm" ) " the
, , , P . G . Chaplain , the Rev . E . 11 . Larken , " " the Harmony Lodge , " ( acknowledged by W . M . Charles Rice , ) "B . B . Cabbell , Esq ., " " the Vice-chairman , " " the Hon . Captain Pelham , " " the Countess of Yarborough , " & c . In returning thanks for the last-named toast , the Earl of Yarborough observed that he had been requested by the Boston brethren to patronise a masonic ball , which was to have taken place that evening , and to which request he had the greatest pleasure in acceding ; but it
seemed that , in consequence of the letter having been directed to him in one part of England while he was residing in another , his answer did not get to-hand in sufficient time to allow of the necessary arrangements being made . He had , however , much pleasure in complying with a subsequent request that he should patronize a masonic ball in Boston in October or November , and which he had no doubt would be extensively attended , and prove productive of great benefit to the Craft . The meeting was afterwards addressed by C . Fardell , Esq ., Capt . Nicholson , Bro . C . Rainey , and others ; and after some songs had been sung , the brethren separated , with a lively sense of the enjoyments of the dav .
BOLTON , July 26 . —The East Lancashire Provincial Grand Lodge was held at the Swan Hotel in this town . There were present on the occasion about two hundred members of the Craft . The Prov . Grand Lodge was opened at twelve o ' clock , by the Deputy Grand Master , Stephen Blair , Esq ., M . P ., and the business of the province
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Provincial.
ofthe Lodge of Harmony , Boston , opened the lodge ; and at about halfpast twelve , the P G . M . Lord Yarborough , accompanied by P . S . AV . Sir Edward Brackenbury , D . P . G . M . the Rev . C . Nairne , P . G . Chaplain the Rev . E . R . Barken , and the Provincial Officers , were introduced , and the business of the province was transacted . At three o ' clock , the brethren of the province , to the number of about eighty , dined together at the Guildhall ; P . G . M . the Earl of Yarborough in
the chair , and S . AV . Fricker vice . The company comprised representatives from the different lodges in the province , and nearly the whole ofthe members ofthe Boston Lodge . After the Queen ' s health had been proposed , Sir Edward Brackenbury , in a highly complimentary address , gave the health of the P . G . Master , the Earl of Yarborough , which he introduced thus early to their notice , as he should shortly be obliged to leave them , and was unwilling to lose that opportunity of paying a
merited compliment to the public and private virtues ofhis noble friend , and of congratulating them on the fact of their being presided over by one so anxious and so able to forward the interests af Masonry in this important province . Lord Yarborough returned thanks with much feeling : he assured the company of his deep anxiety to advance the prosperity of the Craft , and the satisfaction which he experienced at seeing it in so flourishing a condition in the town of Boston . He had been induced to select this town for holding his second provincial meeting ( the first having taken place at Lincoln ) , as well on account
of the high importance of Boston in the county of Lincoln , as a testimonial of his appreciation of the manner in . which Masonry was upheld in it . His Lordship then proposed , in succession , " The Grand Master of England , the Earl of Zetland , " and " the late P . G . Master of Lincolnshire , the Right Hon . C . T . D'Eyncourt . " The other toasts proposed and responded to during the evening were " the P . G . M . of Cambridgeshire , " who was present , " the late D . P . G . M . for Lincolnshirethe Rev . G . Coltman" ( drunk with great enthusiasm" ) " the
, , , P . G . Chaplain , the Rev . E . 11 . Larken , " " the Harmony Lodge , " ( acknowledged by W . M . Charles Rice , ) "B . B . Cabbell , Esq ., " " the Vice-chairman , " " the Hon . Captain Pelham , " " the Countess of Yarborough , " & c . In returning thanks for the last-named toast , the Earl of Yarborough observed that he had been requested by the Boston brethren to patronise a masonic ball , which was to have taken place that evening , and to which request he had the greatest pleasure in acceding ; but it
seemed that , in consequence of the letter having been directed to him in one part of England while he was residing in another , his answer did not get to-hand in sufficient time to allow of the necessary arrangements being made . He had , however , much pleasure in complying with a subsequent request that he should patronize a masonic ball in Boston in October or November , and which he had no doubt would be extensively attended , and prove productive of great benefit to the Craft . The meeting was afterwards addressed by C . Fardell , Esq ., Capt . Nicholson , Bro . C . Rainey , and others ; and after some songs had been sung , the brethren separated , with a lively sense of the enjoyments of the dav .
BOLTON , July 26 . —The East Lancashire Provincial Grand Lodge was held at the Swan Hotel in this town . There were present on the occasion about two hundred members of the Craft . The Prov . Grand Lodge was opened at twelve o ' clock , by the Deputy Grand Master , Stephen Blair , Esq ., M . P ., and the business of the province