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Provincial.
AA ' . Brothers Giles Duxbury , P . G . S . D . ; James Reeder , P . G . J . D . ; Richard Lane , P . G . Sup . of AVorks ; Thomas Bowman , P . G . Dir . of Cerem . ; John Bent , P . G . Sword Bearer ; Joseph John Harris , P . G . Organist ; David Barber , Inner Guard . Brothers J . AV . Pitt , Job Hai gh , Simon Jones , John Greenhow , John Wilding , P . G . Stewards . Brother Dalyof No . 44 ( Bolton ) was then proposed and seconded
, , as P . G . Treasurer , and carried unanimously . —Brother James Sharpless was re-elected P . G . Tyler . The D . P . G . M . took occasion to recommend to the Lodges in this division , the expediency of forming a local fund of benevolence , on the principles of the one in London , and a committee was formed , and rules ordered to he printed , and sent to all the Lodges in the division for consideration previous to the next P . G . Lodge meeting .
All business being ended , the P . G . Lodge was closed in due form , and with solemn prayer . After which the members of the different Lodges , to the number of 150 , partook of an excellent dinner , for which too much praise cannot be given to the P . G . Steivards for their attention . After the cloth was removed , Non nobis Domlne was sung by Brothers Harris , Smart , Littler , and Hutchinson . The folloiving toasts were then given with Masonic honours : — " The King , G . Patron "— " The Queen "— " The Duke of Sussex , M . AV . G . M . "— " AA'illiam Meyrick , Esq ., P . G . M . for the eastern divison of
Lancashire "—Le Gendre Starkie , Esq ., P . G . JI . for the western division of Lancashire "— " The Rt . Hon . Earl of Jlexborough , P . G . M . for York "— " The Rt . Hon . Lord Combermere , P . G . M . for Cheshire " — " John Holt , Esq ., P . S . G . AV . "— " Stephen Blair , Esq ., P . J . G . W . " — " Rev . B . Dawson , P . G . Chaplain "— " Brother Rev . P . Blair "" Thomas Preston , Esq ., D . P . G . M . for the eastern division of Lancashire "— " The Steivards of the day . " The Brethren separated at an earlhour highly gratifiedand looking
y , forwards to their next happy meeting with unmixed satisfaction . The Brethren of the Social Lodge , No . 75 , met on the 25 th January , at the Crown and Thistle Inn in this town , when the AV . JI . Brother Haigh presented to the Secretary '"' , in a neat and eloquent speech , a very handsome silver snuff-box , bearing the folloiving inscription : — " Presented to Brother J . L . Threlfall , by the Members of the Social Lodge , No . 75 , of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons , as a token of
respect for his services as their Secretary . " PROVINCE OF DEVON . —At the Provincial Grand Lodge , holden at Exeter , on the 21 st of October , 1835 , the Prov-Grand Secretary announced that he had commenced a registration of the members of the several Lodges in the province , on a more extended system than has been hitherto used ; and had extracted from the old entries the names of a great number of Brethren , and collected considerable information
relative to their JIasonic rank and services . The Secretary now applied to the Prov-Grand Lodge for its authority and assistance in the completion of this work , which , if fully executed , and properly maintained , cannot fail of being , in future times , a most interesting compilation .
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Provincial.
AA ' . Brothers Giles Duxbury , P . G . S . D . ; James Reeder , P . G . J . D . ; Richard Lane , P . G . Sup . of AVorks ; Thomas Bowman , P . G . Dir . of Cerem . ; John Bent , P . G . Sword Bearer ; Joseph John Harris , P . G . Organist ; David Barber , Inner Guard . Brothers J . AV . Pitt , Job Hai gh , Simon Jones , John Greenhow , John Wilding , P . G . Stewards . Brother Dalyof No . 44 ( Bolton ) was then proposed and seconded
, , as P . G . Treasurer , and carried unanimously . —Brother James Sharpless was re-elected P . G . Tyler . The D . P . G . M . took occasion to recommend to the Lodges in this division , the expediency of forming a local fund of benevolence , on the principles of the one in London , and a committee was formed , and rules ordered to he printed , and sent to all the Lodges in the division for consideration previous to the next P . G . Lodge meeting .
All business being ended , the P . G . Lodge was closed in due form , and with solemn prayer . After which the members of the different Lodges , to the number of 150 , partook of an excellent dinner , for which too much praise cannot be given to the P . G . Steivards for their attention . After the cloth was removed , Non nobis Domlne was sung by Brothers Harris , Smart , Littler , and Hutchinson . The folloiving toasts were then given with Masonic honours : — " The King , G . Patron "— " The Queen "— " The Duke of Sussex , M . AV . G . M . "— " AA'illiam Meyrick , Esq ., P . G . M . for the eastern divison of
Lancashire "—Le Gendre Starkie , Esq ., P . G . JI . for the western division of Lancashire "— " The Rt . Hon . Earl of Jlexborough , P . G . M . for York "— " The Rt . Hon . Lord Combermere , P . G . M . for Cheshire " — " John Holt , Esq ., P . S . G . AV . "— " Stephen Blair , Esq ., P . J . G . W . " — " Rev . B . Dawson , P . G . Chaplain "— " Brother Rev . P . Blair "" Thomas Preston , Esq ., D . P . G . M . for the eastern division of Lancashire "— " The Steivards of the day . " The Brethren separated at an earlhour highly gratifiedand looking
y , forwards to their next happy meeting with unmixed satisfaction . The Brethren of the Social Lodge , No . 75 , met on the 25 th January , at the Crown and Thistle Inn in this town , when the AV . JI . Brother Haigh presented to the Secretary '"' , in a neat and eloquent speech , a very handsome silver snuff-box , bearing the folloiving inscription : — " Presented to Brother J . L . Threlfall , by the Members of the Social Lodge , No . 75 , of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons , as a token of
respect for his services as their Secretary . " PROVINCE OF DEVON . —At the Provincial Grand Lodge , holden at Exeter , on the 21 st of October , 1835 , the Prov-Grand Secretary announced that he had commenced a registration of the members of the several Lodges in the province , on a more extended system than has been hitherto used ; and had extracted from the old entries the names of a great number of Brethren , and collected considerable information
relative to their JIasonic rank and services . The Secretary now applied to the Prov-Grand Lodge for its authority and assistance in the completion of this work , which , if fully executed , and properly maintained , cannot fail of being , in future times , a most interesting compilation .