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Supreme Grand Chapter.
SUPREME GRAND CHAPTER .
QUARTERLY CONVOCATION , FEB . 3 . ' ^ MSnit E . C . Lord H . John Spencer Churchill , as Z . John Ramsbottom , Esq ., M . P . . H . AA ' illiam AV . Prescott , Esq . . . I . and other companions . The various reports were read , and , after much tedious and needless discussion , the Grand Chapter adjourned .
Grand Masters' Lodge, No. 1.
GRAND MASTERS' LODGE , No . 1 .
January 18 . —This evening took place , at the Freemasons' Tavern , the ceremony of installing the AV . JI . elect , Bro . Dobie . The usual average attendance of members of the Grand Masters' Lodge is between thirty and forty , but on this occasion there were seventy Brethren present . With the private concerns of the Lodge , we , of course , can have nothing to doand we shall briefldismiss the proceedings on this
; y head with a statement , that a very flourishing financial report was read to the Lodge and ordered to be inserted in its minutes ; and that a vote of thanks proposed to the late JIaster , Brother Leach , for a very handsome donation which he made for certain purposes connected with the materiel of the Lodge . Brother Crew , P . Master of the Lodge , presided on the throne , the Master of the last year being in attendance on his right hand , assisted
by Brother Edwards Harper , Grand Secretary , also P . JI . of the Lodge , and nearly all the members of the Lodge at present in London , including P . G . AA . Sir W . Rawlins , who , however strange to say , possesses no rank in the Lodge itself .
The I . G . ( in place of the Master of the Ceremonies , then sitting in the East ) announced the arrival of the R . W . Lord Henry John Spencer Churchill , D . G . M ., accompanied by Brother Robert Stewart , M . P . for the Haddington district of Burghs , and one of the Lords of the Treasury , with many officers of the Grand Lodge , besides several JIasters of Red Apron Lodges , Past Masters , AVorshipful JIasters , and other visiting Brethren . The number and the character of the mem-7
bers proved the double estimation in which the AA . M . elect is held , both as a citizen and a Mason . The ceremonies of installation having closed , and the Brethren paid the customary obeisance , the W . M . nominated his ofiicers for the year ensuing : S . AV . Brother Savage ; J . AV . Brother Comer ( who , according to custom in the Lodge , having served office two years as Secretary , became entitled to the step in advance ); SecretaryBrother Chubbwho
, , , from being an honorary member , commenced this evening a subscribing one . —The tilers of the last year were re-elected . THE BANQUET . —The new Master commenced his year by ordering additional luxuries for the table , among which we must not forget two immense bowls of claret " bishop , " ivhich wound up the " labours of re-
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Supreme Grand Chapter.
SUPREME GRAND CHAPTER .
QUARTERLY CONVOCATION , FEB . 3 . ' ^ MSnit E . C . Lord H . John Spencer Churchill , as Z . John Ramsbottom , Esq ., M . P . . H . AA ' illiam AV . Prescott , Esq . . . I . and other companions . The various reports were read , and , after much tedious and needless discussion , the Grand Chapter adjourned .
Grand Masters' Lodge, No. 1.
GRAND MASTERS' LODGE , No . 1 .
January 18 . —This evening took place , at the Freemasons' Tavern , the ceremony of installing the AV . JI . elect , Bro . Dobie . The usual average attendance of members of the Grand Masters' Lodge is between thirty and forty , but on this occasion there were seventy Brethren present . With the private concerns of the Lodge , we , of course , can have nothing to doand we shall briefldismiss the proceedings on this
; y head with a statement , that a very flourishing financial report was read to the Lodge and ordered to be inserted in its minutes ; and that a vote of thanks proposed to the late JIaster , Brother Leach , for a very handsome donation which he made for certain purposes connected with the materiel of the Lodge . Brother Crew , P . Master of the Lodge , presided on the throne , the Master of the last year being in attendance on his right hand , assisted
by Brother Edwards Harper , Grand Secretary , also P . JI . of the Lodge , and nearly all the members of the Lodge at present in London , including P . G . AA . Sir W . Rawlins , who , however strange to say , possesses no rank in the Lodge itself .
The I . G . ( in place of the Master of the Ceremonies , then sitting in the East ) announced the arrival of the R . W . Lord Henry John Spencer Churchill , D . G . M ., accompanied by Brother Robert Stewart , M . P . for the Haddington district of Burghs , and one of the Lords of the Treasury , with many officers of the Grand Lodge , besides several JIasters of Red Apron Lodges , Past Masters , AVorshipful JIasters , and other visiting Brethren . The number and the character of the mem-7
bers proved the double estimation in which the AA . M . elect is held , both as a citizen and a Mason . The ceremonies of installation having closed , and the Brethren paid the customary obeisance , the W . M . nominated his ofiicers for the year ensuing : S . AV . Brother Savage ; J . AV . Brother Comer ( who , according to custom in the Lodge , having served office two years as Secretary , became entitled to the step in advance ); SecretaryBrother Chubbwho
, , , from being an honorary member , commenced this evening a subscribing one . —The tilers of the last year were re-elected . THE BANQUET . —The new Master commenced his year by ordering additional luxuries for the table , among which we must not forget two immense bowls of claret " bishop , " ivhich wound up the " labours of re-