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together , about fifty in number , at Brother Pearce ' s Fortescue Hotel , being the anniversary of St . John . The evening was spent with conviviality and harmonious feeling . TIVERTOX . —An encampment of Knights Templars was lately held at the Freemasons' Hall , when Sir Knight the Rev . John Huyshe was re-elected Eminent Commander of the Royal Sussex Encampment for the year ensuing , and two Companions of the II . R . A . Chapter , attached to George ' s Lodge , No . 129 , were installed .
DORSET , —ALL SOULS LODGE , No . 19 . 9 . WEYMOUTII . —Brother AV . J . Hill was this evening installed in the Chair , and after appointing his officers , addressed the Brethren , in a neat and appropriate speech , for the distinguished honour conferred upon him in the handsome manner they had—to preside over so numerous and highly respectable a body of Alasons . Twenty-six years since he was there first brought from " darkness to Light ; " and that during his unavoidable absence for nearly ten yearshe had clone no act to forfeit their good esteem , which was to him
, a great consolation , and hoped to make up in zeal for what he might be deficient in ability ; and trusted they would allow him to say , that in strenuously recommending ( some two years back ) the introduction into that Lodge , of that truly valuable work , the Masonic Quarterly Review , a publication of peculiar merit ancl importance in conveying the most profound and useful knowledge of the principles and proceedings of the Craft , and deserving a conspicuous place in every Lodge where the
cultivation of the science was held in just and proper estimation , he had evinced a proper feeling . The W . AI . has caused his Lodge to be put into deep mourning for the next six months , in consequence of the lamented death of the R . AV . P . G . M ., AV . Williams , Esq ., who in this Lodge first received his infant birth and nurture , and for many years presided ivith great ability , and hasin the name and on behalf of the memberswritten a letter of
, , condolence to his amiable widow , and also to his son , H . AVilliams , Esq ., P . G . S . W . Although the Brethren deplore tbe loss of a beloved friend , they will be cheered in their Masonic labours in having his likeness continually before them in a full-length portrait , by Pickersgill , in his very best stvle .
SHERBORNE , Dec . 3 L . —The Lodge of Benevolence of Free and Accepted Masons , celebrated the festival of St . John . The business of the day consisted of the installation of the AV . M ., the appointment of officers for the ensuing year , the receipt of the report of the Committee of Finance , & c . At five o ' clock the Brethren were called from labour to refreshment , when they sat down to a banquet at the Antelope Inn . The customary loyal and Masonic toasts were introduced b y Brother E . T . Percy , the AV . AI ., with his usual ability ; and the addresses of the evening were deeply imbued with fraternal love and Masonic charity .
TAUNTON , Dec . 28 . —St . John ' s day was celebrated by the Brethren of No . 327 , at Sweet ' s Hotel , Taunton , on Friday last . Brother Charles Haseler , the AVorshipful Master elect , was duly installed in the presence of the R . AV . P . G . M , ancl a numerous Lodge , together with Brothers Sir Charles Dance , Robins , Burr , and other visitors . Brother Ash conducted the ceremonies of the day with great discretion , and received the merited thanks of the Brethren on his leaving the Chair of the Lodge , Brother Haseler proceeded to appoint and invest his officers for the
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together , about fifty in number , at Brother Pearce ' s Fortescue Hotel , being the anniversary of St . John . The evening was spent with conviviality and harmonious feeling . TIVERTOX . —An encampment of Knights Templars was lately held at the Freemasons' Hall , when Sir Knight the Rev . John Huyshe was re-elected Eminent Commander of the Royal Sussex Encampment for the year ensuing , and two Companions of the II . R . A . Chapter , attached to George ' s Lodge , No . 129 , were installed .
DORSET , —ALL SOULS LODGE , No . 19 . 9 . WEYMOUTII . —Brother AV . J . Hill was this evening installed in the Chair , and after appointing his officers , addressed the Brethren , in a neat and appropriate speech , for the distinguished honour conferred upon him in the handsome manner they had—to preside over so numerous and highly respectable a body of Alasons . Twenty-six years since he was there first brought from " darkness to Light ; " and that during his unavoidable absence for nearly ten yearshe had clone no act to forfeit their good esteem , which was to him
, a great consolation , and hoped to make up in zeal for what he might be deficient in ability ; and trusted they would allow him to say , that in strenuously recommending ( some two years back ) the introduction into that Lodge , of that truly valuable work , the Masonic Quarterly Review , a publication of peculiar merit ancl importance in conveying the most profound and useful knowledge of the principles and proceedings of the Craft , and deserving a conspicuous place in every Lodge where the
cultivation of the science was held in just and proper estimation , he had evinced a proper feeling . The W . AI . has caused his Lodge to be put into deep mourning for the next six months , in consequence of the lamented death of the R . AV . P . G . M ., AV . Williams , Esq ., who in this Lodge first received his infant birth and nurture , and for many years presided ivith great ability , and hasin the name and on behalf of the memberswritten a letter of
, , condolence to his amiable widow , and also to his son , H . AVilliams , Esq ., P . G . S . W . Although the Brethren deplore tbe loss of a beloved friend , they will be cheered in their Masonic labours in having his likeness continually before them in a full-length portrait , by Pickersgill , in his very best stvle .
SHERBORNE , Dec . 3 L . —The Lodge of Benevolence of Free and Accepted Masons , celebrated the festival of St . John . The business of the day consisted of the installation of the AV . M ., the appointment of officers for the ensuing year , the receipt of the report of the Committee of Finance , & c . At five o ' clock the Brethren were called from labour to refreshment , when they sat down to a banquet at the Antelope Inn . The customary loyal and Masonic toasts were introduced b y Brother E . T . Percy , the AV . AI ., with his usual ability ; and the addresses of the evening were deeply imbued with fraternal love and Masonic charity .
TAUNTON , Dec . 28 . —St . John ' s day was celebrated by the Brethren of No . 327 , at Sweet ' s Hotel , Taunton , on Friday last . Brother Charles Haseler , the AVorshipful Master elect , was duly installed in the presence of the R . AV . P . G . M , ancl a numerous Lodge , together with Brothers Sir Charles Dance , Robins , Burr , and other visitors . Brother Ash conducted the ceremonies of the day with great discretion , and received the merited thanks of the Brethren on his leaving the Chair of the Lodge , Brother Haseler proceeded to appoint and invest his officers for the