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evening was spent with the usual cordiality and good fellowship which ever distinguish the Craft , and it was remarked by all present , that this was one of the merriest of their anniversaries . NEWCASTLE , Dec . 27 . —The Brethren of Newcastle-upon-Tyne Lodge of Freemasons , No . 24 , held their installation , when the following appointment of Officers took laceancl who were
dulinstalledvizp , y , . Brother T . Thompson , AA ^ . M . ; G . A . Walker , Chaplain ; Jas . S . Turner , P . M . ; Robert Watson , S . AV . ; M . Stevenson , Treasurer ; Thomas Smith , Secretary ; M . Forster , S . S . ; I . Angus , J . S . ; Thomas Hall , S . D . ; AVm . Johnston , J . D . ; AVm . Richardson , I . G . ; Robert Nelson , Tyler . The Brethren afterwards held their festival at Brother Angus ' s .
On the same day , the Brethren of St . Hild ' s Lodge of Free ancl Accepted Masons , No . 292 , celebrated the festival of St . John the Evangelist , m their Lodge-room , at Brother Cooke ' s , Golden Lion , South Shields , when the following Officers were dul y installed , and obligated for the ensuing year : —G . Spurrier AV . M . ; R . Addison , S . AV . ; R . Ridly , J . W . ; J . Canfor , Treasurer ; J . Cummings , Secretary ; AV Anderson , S . D . ; J . Robb , J . D . ; H . Mitchell , I . G . ; G . Orel , Tyler . A more than usual large number of Brethren attended , ancl sat down to dinner . The utmost conviviality and brotherl y feeling pervaded the entertainment .
NORTHUMBERLAND . —On the same clay , the members of St . George ' s Lodge , No . 624 , held their annual festival at the Freemasons' Tavern , North Shields , when the following Brethren were appointed and installed Officers for the ensuing year : —John AValker Mayson , Esq ., AV . M . ; John AVeatherley , S-W . ; Thomas Snowdon , J . AV . ; Richard Medcalf ^ Esq ., Treasurer ; James Lamb Barker , Esq ., Secretary ; Robert AValker , S . D . ; John Cunningham Trotter , J . D . ; AVilliam Moftbot , I . G . ; and James Sanderson , Tyler . After the ceremonies were concluded , the Brethren partook of an excellent dinner , provided by Brother Sims , ancl spent the remainder of the clay with great conviviality and harmony .
THE Brethren of the Phoenix Masonic Lodge , Sunderland , celebrated the anniversary of the birth of the Duke of Sussex by dinins together . ° STALYBRIDGE . —On Friday the 2 d of Feb . the laying of the first stone of a new church , to be dedicated to St . Paul , was performed by the Right Hon . Lord Combermere , P . G . M . of Cheshire , assisted by a numerous and influential body of the Brethren of this and the adjoining
county . A numerous procession was formed by the principal inhabitants and friendly societies of the nei ghbourhood , and soon after twelve o ' clock the procession left the Town Hall and moved towards Thompson ' s Cross , and thence to the ground . The Hundredth Psalm was then sung , ancl the Masonic ceremony of laying the stone performed . After which a hymn was sung . The procession then moved in order as beforeto the Town Hallwhere the cerem concluded bthe
, , ony y assemblage singing— " God save the Queen . " A Provincial Lodge for Cheshire was held during the clay , at which Lord Combermere presided as P . G . M ., ancl about 240 of the Brethren assisted in the labours of the Lodge . A numerous meeting of the resident gentry also was held at the ISagle Inn , under the presidency of David Harrison , Esq ., at whose house Lord Combermere was staying . During the hours of refreshment at the provincial Lodge , the trowel
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Provincial.
evening was spent with the usual cordiality and good fellowship which ever distinguish the Craft , and it was remarked by all present , that this was one of the merriest of their anniversaries . NEWCASTLE , Dec . 27 . —The Brethren of Newcastle-upon-Tyne Lodge of Freemasons , No . 24 , held their installation , when the following appointment of Officers took laceancl who were
dulinstalledvizp , y , . Brother T . Thompson , AA ^ . M . ; G . A . Walker , Chaplain ; Jas . S . Turner , P . M . ; Robert Watson , S . AV . ; M . Stevenson , Treasurer ; Thomas Smith , Secretary ; M . Forster , S . S . ; I . Angus , J . S . ; Thomas Hall , S . D . ; AVm . Johnston , J . D . ; AVm . Richardson , I . G . ; Robert Nelson , Tyler . The Brethren afterwards held their festival at Brother Angus ' s .
On the same day , the Brethren of St . Hild ' s Lodge of Free ancl Accepted Masons , No . 292 , celebrated the festival of St . John the Evangelist , m their Lodge-room , at Brother Cooke ' s , Golden Lion , South Shields , when the following Officers were dul y installed , and obligated for the ensuing year : —G . Spurrier AV . M . ; R . Addison , S . AV . ; R . Ridly , J . W . ; J . Canfor , Treasurer ; J . Cummings , Secretary ; AV Anderson , S . D . ; J . Robb , J . D . ; H . Mitchell , I . G . ; G . Orel , Tyler . A more than usual large number of Brethren attended , ancl sat down to dinner . The utmost conviviality and brotherl y feeling pervaded the entertainment .
NORTHUMBERLAND . —On the same clay , the members of St . George ' s Lodge , No . 624 , held their annual festival at the Freemasons' Tavern , North Shields , when the following Brethren were appointed and installed Officers for the ensuing year : —John AValker Mayson , Esq ., AV . M . ; John AVeatherley , S-W . ; Thomas Snowdon , J . AV . ; Richard Medcalf ^ Esq ., Treasurer ; James Lamb Barker , Esq ., Secretary ; Robert AValker , S . D . ; John Cunningham Trotter , J . D . ; AVilliam Moftbot , I . G . ; and James Sanderson , Tyler . After the ceremonies were concluded , the Brethren partook of an excellent dinner , provided by Brother Sims , ancl spent the remainder of the clay with great conviviality and harmony .
THE Brethren of the Phoenix Masonic Lodge , Sunderland , celebrated the anniversary of the birth of the Duke of Sussex by dinins together . ° STALYBRIDGE . —On Friday the 2 d of Feb . the laying of the first stone of a new church , to be dedicated to St . Paul , was performed by the Right Hon . Lord Combermere , P . G . M . of Cheshire , assisted by a numerous and influential body of the Brethren of this and the adjoining
county . A numerous procession was formed by the principal inhabitants and friendly societies of the nei ghbourhood , and soon after twelve o ' clock the procession left the Town Hall and moved towards Thompson ' s Cross , and thence to the ground . The Hundredth Psalm was then sung , ancl the Masonic ceremony of laying the stone performed . After which a hymn was sung . The procession then moved in order as beforeto the Town Hallwhere the cerem concluded bthe
, , ony y assemblage singing— " God save the Queen . " A Provincial Lodge for Cheshire was held during the clay , at which Lord Combermere presided as P . G . M ., ancl about 240 of the Brethren assisted in the labours of the Lodge . A numerous meeting of the resident gentry also was held at the ISagle Inn , under the presidency of David Harrison , Esq ., at whose house Lord Combermere was staying . During the hours of refreshment at the provincial Lodge , the trowel