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Provincial.
BURY . —The anniversary of St . John ' s was held by the Freemasons of this town on Tuesday , after ivhich about sixty gentlemen sat down to an excellent dinner at Mr . AVhitehead ' s , Hare and Hounds Inn . NORTH SHIELDS . —The St . George ' s Lodge of Freemasons held their annual festival at the White Swan , the Srd of Jan ., when the following Brethren were elected and installed officers for the ensuin : —
g year Brothers Richard Metcalf , AV . M . ; John AVeatherl y , S . AV . ; John Walker Mayson , J . AV . ; Thomas Snowdon , Treasurer ; Wm . Smith , Secretary ; Robert Walker , S . D . ; John Robinson , J . D . ; James Taylor , I . G . ; and James Sanderson , Tyler . After the Ceremonies were concluded the Brethren dined together at Brother Revel y ' s .
NEWCASTLE ON TYNE . —FREEMASONRY . —On St . John ' s day , the Brethren of Lodge , No . 24 , assembled at their Lodge Room , Cloth Market , Newcastle , to hold their annual festival , when the AVorshipful Master , Brother AVilliam Boag , was re-installed AV . M . for the ensuing year : —Brother Thomas Thompson , S . AV . ; John James , J . AV . ; Rev . J . Graham , Chaplain ; AV . Johnston , Treasurer ; Thomas Hall , Secretary ; H . Hotham , S . D . ; Robert Watson , J . D . ; Michael Forster , S . S . ^ Gilbert Dobbs , J . S . ; William Richardson , I . G . ; Robert Nelson , Tyler . The Brethren afterwards partook of an excellent dinner at Brother J . R . AVilkin ' s , Half-Moon , Mosely-street .
The Master , Wardens and Brethren , of the Northern Counties' Lodge , No . 586 , celebrated the . sixty fourth anniversary of his Royal Highness the Grand Master ' s birth day , on Friday the 27 th of January instant , at Brother William Brown ' s Turf Hotel , Collingwood-street . BERWICK . —The St . David ' s Lodge of Freemasons met to commemorate the festival of St . John the evangelist . The meeting passed off in the greatest harmony and cheerfulness . The following officebearers
- were elected : —John Hill , AV . M . ; Robert Smith , P . M . ; Robert Ord , S . AV . ; John Fleming , J . AV ., - AVilliam Brown , Treasurer ; John Home , Secretary ; John Thompson , S . D . ; Thomas Stewart , J . D . ; William Fleming , S . S . ; John Crow , J . S . ; John Pringle , Inner Guard ; George AATiite , Tyler .
SOUTHAMPTON , Dec . 27 . —The members of the Royal Gloucester Lodge assembled at the Masonic Hall , in Bugle-street , to instal thc AVorshipful Master for the ensuing year , C . E . Deacon , Esq . having completed a term of two successive years . A large attendance of the members took place , and a worth y Mason—Brother T . N . Firmanwas duly installed , and received the warm congratulations ofthe Brethren assembled . Brothers Peaty and Sheppard ivere nominated as Senior and Junior
AVardens , Brother Abraham elected Treasurer , and other Officers were then appointed . The Lodge adjourned till five o ' clock , when about thirty Brethren assembled at the banquet at the Star Hotel . After the usual Masonic toasts ; Brother P . M . Charles Scovell rose , and , in an able and appropriate address , proposed the health of their late Worshipful Master , Brother Deacon , and observed that since he had been a Masonnow some yearshe had had leasing duties to
, , many p perform ; but none so gratifying or so consonant to his own feelings as that which now devolved upon him . He now held an elegant and chaste P . M . ' s jewel , with which he would proceed to invest their late AV . M . Brother Deacon , and , in the name of the Royal Gloucester Lodge , state , that at the private expense of the members , they had se-
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Provincial.
BURY . —The anniversary of St . John ' s was held by the Freemasons of this town on Tuesday , after ivhich about sixty gentlemen sat down to an excellent dinner at Mr . AVhitehead ' s , Hare and Hounds Inn . NORTH SHIELDS . —The St . George ' s Lodge of Freemasons held their annual festival at the White Swan , the Srd of Jan ., when the following Brethren were elected and installed officers for the ensuin : —
g year Brothers Richard Metcalf , AV . M . ; John AVeatherl y , S . AV . ; John Walker Mayson , J . AV . ; Thomas Snowdon , Treasurer ; Wm . Smith , Secretary ; Robert Walker , S . D . ; John Robinson , J . D . ; James Taylor , I . G . ; and James Sanderson , Tyler . After the Ceremonies were concluded the Brethren dined together at Brother Revel y ' s .
NEWCASTLE ON TYNE . —FREEMASONRY . —On St . John ' s day , the Brethren of Lodge , No . 24 , assembled at their Lodge Room , Cloth Market , Newcastle , to hold their annual festival , when the AVorshipful Master , Brother AVilliam Boag , was re-installed AV . M . for the ensuing year : —Brother Thomas Thompson , S . AV . ; John James , J . AV . ; Rev . J . Graham , Chaplain ; AV . Johnston , Treasurer ; Thomas Hall , Secretary ; H . Hotham , S . D . ; Robert Watson , J . D . ; Michael Forster , S . S . ^ Gilbert Dobbs , J . S . ; William Richardson , I . G . ; Robert Nelson , Tyler . The Brethren afterwards partook of an excellent dinner at Brother J . R . AVilkin ' s , Half-Moon , Mosely-street .
The Master , Wardens and Brethren , of the Northern Counties' Lodge , No . 586 , celebrated the . sixty fourth anniversary of his Royal Highness the Grand Master ' s birth day , on Friday the 27 th of January instant , at Brother William Brown ' s Turf Hotel , Collingwood-street . BERWICK . —The St . David ' s Lodge of Freemasons met to commemorate the festival of St . John the evangelist . The meeting passed off in the greatest harmony and cheerfulness . The following officebearers
- were elected : —John Hill , AV . M . ; Robert Smith , P . M . ; Robert Ord , S . AV . ; John Fleming , J . AV ., - AVilliam Brown , Treasurer ; John Home , Secretary ; John Thompson , S . D . ; Thomas Stewart , J . D . ; William Fleming , S . S . ; John Crow , J . S . ; John Pringle , Inner Guard ; George AATiite , Tyler .
SOUTHAMPTON , Dec . 27 . —The members of the Royal Gloucester Lodge assembled at the Masonic Hall , in Bugle-street , to instal thc AVorshipful Master for the ensuing year , C . E . Deacon , Esq . having completed a term of two successive years . A large attendance of the members took place , and a worth y Mason—Brother T . N . Firmanwas duly installed , and received the warm congratulations ofthe Brethren assembled . Brothers Peaty and Sheppard ivere nominated as Senior and Junior
AVardens , Brother Abraham elected Treasurer , and other Officers were then appointed . The Lodge adjourned till five o ' clock , when about thirty Brethren assembled at the banquet at the Star Hotel . After the usual Masonic toasts ; Brother P . M . Charles Scovell rose , and , in an able and appropriate address , proposed the health of their late Worshipful Master , Brother Deacon , and observed that since he had been a Masonnow some yearshe had had leasing duties to
, , many p perform ; but none so gratifying or so consonant to his own feelings as that which now devolved upon him . He now held an elegant and chaste P . M . ' s jewel , with which he would proceed to invest their late AV . M . Brother Deacon , and , in the name of the Royal Gloucester Lodge , state , that at the private expense of the members , they had se-