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attendance at the festival Jheld in London in honour of the natal day of the Grand Master . AVe are pleased to find the Brethren of the Scientific Lodge going forward in this spirited manner ; it is calculated to do away with those feelings of prejudice ivhich are occasionally found to exist against the members of our venerable institution , and we feel quite assured that the
ladies of Cambridge will take this as an evidence of the anxious desire of the Brethren to set aside any system of exclusiveness , by contributing to their amusement without infringing upon the ancient landmarks of the Order . SUNDERLAND , Dec . 29 . —The Brethren of the Palatine Lodge , No . 114 , one of the most numerous ancl respectable Lodges in the Order ,
( consisting of upwards of eighty members ) held their anniversary festival at the Golden Lion inn , in Sunderland , on Monday the 29 th day of December last . The AV . M . Sir Cuthbert Sharpe was in the chair , supported on the right by the Right Hon . the Earl of Durham , D . G . M ., and Prov . G . M . for Durham . The Rev . George Townsend , Prov . G . Chaplain
and Prebendary of Durham , the Rev . Charles Grant , Chaplain of the Lodge , and the Rev . Thomas Shepperdson ; and on the left by Hedworth Lambton , Esq ., M . P ., Sir AVilliam Chaytor , Bart ., M . P ., and
Lieut . Col . Beckwith . The company , consisting of nearly seventy persons , sat down to a most excellent entertainment provided by the hostess for the occasion . Immediately after dinner the orphan boys of Masons educated ut the expence of the Lodge , were , according to custom , introduced mid examined as to their progress in learning during the year , and gave
most gratifying proofs of the proficiency they had made . After the usual preliminary toasts had been drunk , the AV . M . proposed the health of their noble visitor , the Earl of Durham , and in the name of the Brethren expressed their grateful acknowledgments for the honour conferred on them by his presence , as well as by his becoming a member of the Lodge . This toast was received and drunk with the most rapturous applause .
The Earl of Durham , in an elegant and feeling speech , returned thanks to the Brethren for the kindness they hacl shown towards him on the present and on all previous occasions , and took the opportunity of testifying his marked approbation of the manner in which the duties of Freemasonry were uniformly performed in the Lodge , adding , that he esteemed it an honour to any one to become a member of it . He
also , with great feeling and energy , expatiated on the advantages and excellency of Freemasonry , declaring that one of his greatest pleasures was to attend the meetings of the fraternity . The Brethren of the Lodge having purchased by subscription a
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attendance at the festival Jheld in London in honour of the natal day of the Grand Master . AVe are pleased to find the Brethren of the Scientific Lodge going forward in this spirited manner ; it is calculated to do away with those feelings of prejudice ivhich are occasionally found to exist against the members of our venerable institution , and we feel quite assured that the
ladies of Cambridge will take this as an evidence of the anxious desire of the Brethren to set aside any system of exclusiveness , by contributing to their amusement without infringing upon the ancient landmarks of the Order . SUNDERLAND , Dec . 29 . —The Brethren of the Palatine Lodge , No . 114 , one of the most numerous ancl respectable Lodges in the Order ,
( consisting of upwards of eighty members ) held their anniversary festival at the Golden Lion inn , in Sunderland , on Monday the 29 th day of December last . The AV . M . Sir Cuthbert Sharpe was in the chair , supported on the right by the Right Hon . the Earl of Durham , D . G . M ., and Prov . G . M . for Durham . The Rev . George Townsend , Prov . G . Chaplain
and Prebendary of Durham , the Rev . Charles Grant , Chaplain of the Lodge , and the Rev . Thomas Shepperdson ; and on the left by Hedworth Lambton , Esq ., M . P ., Sir AVilliam Chaytor , Bart ., M . P ., and
Lieut . Col . Beckwith . The company , consisting of nearly seventy persons , sat down to a most excellent entertainment provided by the hostess for the occasion . Immediately after dinner the orphan boys of Masons educated ut the expence of the Lodge , were , according to custom , introduced mid examined as to their progress in learning during the year , and gave
most gratifying proofs of the proficiency they had made . After the usual preliminary toasts had been drunk , the AV . M . proposed the health of their noble visitor , the Earl of Durham , and in the name of the Brethren expressed their grateful acknowledgments for the honour conferred on them by his presence , as well as by his becoming a member of the Lodge . This toast was received and drunk with the most rapturous applause .
The Earl of Durham , in an elegant and feeling speech , returned thanks to the Brethren for the kindness they hacl shown towards him on the present and on all previous occasions , and took the opportunity of testifying his marked approbation of the manner in which the duties of Freemasonry were uniformly performed in the Lodge , adding , that he esteemed it an honour to any one to become a member of it . He
also , with great feeling and energy , expatiated on the advantages and excellency of Freemasonry , declaring that one of his greatest pleasures was to attend the meetings of the fraternity . The Brethren of the Lodge having purchased by subscription a