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The Reporter.
the other situation . This year Brother Neate will serve oil the Board of Stewards for the Asylum . LODGE OF UNITY , No . 82 , Jan . 28 . —Brother R . Wilson ( is our reporter correct ? for we have some doubts whether our zealous friend must not sometimes act by proxy , ) installed Brother Owen Richards , ancl performed the ceremonies of initiation and passing . The Banquet has been changed to Dinner . The meeting was numerous . The
members have entered into arrangements to conduct their centenary , which will be completed in 1842 , in a spirited manner . Among the secrets of Masonry , ancl by no means an unimportant one , the divulging of what would be of public advantage to the Craft , would be that of conducting sumptuous dinner-banquets on an annual subscription of two guineas . LODGE OF REG CLARITY , No . 108 , Feb . 28 . —Brother Warriner was installed by Dr . Crucefix . Brother J . C . Hell presented a box of working
implements to this his Mother Lodge . The presentation was accompanied by a very fervid address . After the banquet a demonstration of Masonic feeling was manifested under circumstances of unusual interest ; the case of a female orphan , whose age , by one fortnight , prevented her eligibility as candidate for the Girls' School , was taken up by the Lodge , and a subscription entered into for the purpose of procuring her admission into some respectable seminary . The Brethren intend to circulate their attempt among other Lodges , with a hope that such a
generous impulse may be enkindled into a successful issue . 1 he addresses delivered were highly appropriate . The members of the Lodge are but very limited , but a Steward is at present found for every occasion ; an example which Lodges , with ten times their numerical force , might copy with creditable advantage . BURLINGTON LODGE , No . 113 , Jan . 17 . —The period of change having arrived , after tbe performance of the prefatory Lodge-duties in the
impressive style which hacl characterized his term of office , Bro , Cullington retired from the chair to make room for tbe newly-elected Master , and Bro . Wm . Thodey Smith was regularly installed by Bro . R . T . Crucefix , P . G . D ., a Past Master and Treasurer of the Lodge , in the most impressive manner , assisted by the Master and all the Past-Masters of the Lodge . The ceremony was witnessed by a larger assemblage than we have previously met in this pleasant and well-appointed Lodge .
At the banquet about fifty aprons were counted , the great majority of whom were guests- Among the latter we noticed Bros . A . Dobie , Junior Grand Deacon ; G . J . Parry , Grand Steward ; R . W . Rodgers , W . M ., S . C . Norris , P . M ., J . P . Acklam , S ., and other members of the Grand Stewards' Lodge ; Sheriff Thos . Wood , J . Lee Stevens , ( who officiated as M . C . ) , and W . Bond , Past Grand Stewards ; Major Revel , Major Heilborn , Dr . Franz , Count Taaffe , and several Masters and Past Masters of Lodges . It was a meeting " began in order , continued in peace , and concluded in harmony . " Bro- Smith has a brilliant year of office before him .
TEMPLE LODGE , NO . 118 . —Bro . J . D . Kincaid succeeded Bro . Evans , Master of this now prosperous Lodge- Dr . Crucefix briefly inductecl the Master , who had been previously installed in other Lodges . The Masonic meetings of this Lodge are always conducted with attention , and with the best feeling .
HONOUR AND GENEROSITY , NO . 194 , Jan . 20 . —A few years since and this Lodge could scarcely maintain its position , it now stands out in fait VOL . VI . M
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The Reporter.
the other situation . This year Brother Neate will serve oil the Board of Stewards for the Asylum . LODGE OF UNITY , No . 82 , Jan . 28 . —Brother R . Wilson ( is our reporter correct ? for we have some doubts whether our zealous friend must not sometimes act by proxy , ) installed Brother Owen Richards , ancl performed the ceremonies of initiation and passing . The Banquet has been changed to Dinner . The meeting was numerous . The
members have entered into arrangements to conduct their centenary , which will be completed in 1842 , in a spirited manner . Among the secrets of Masonry , ancl by no means an unimportant one , the divulging of what would be of public advantage to the Craft , would be that of conducting sumptuous dinner-banquets on an annual subscription of two guineas . LODGE OF REG CLARITY , No . 108 , Feb . 28 . —Brother Warriner was installed by Dr . Crucefix . Brother J . C . Hell presented a box of working
implements to this his Mother Lodge . The presentation was accompanied by a very fervid address . After the banquet a demonstration of Masonic feeling was manifested under circumstances of unusual interest ; the case of a female orphan , whose age , by one fortnight , prevented her eligibility as candidate for the Girls' School , was taken up by the Lodge , and a subscription entered into for the purpose of procuring her admission into some respectable seminary . The Brethren intend to circulate their attempt among other Lodges , with a hope that such a
generous impulse may be enkindled into a successful issue . 1 he addresses delivered were highly appropriate . The members of the Lodge are but very limited , but a Steward is at present found for every occasion ; an example which Lodges , with ten times their numerical force , might copy with creditable advantage . BURLINGTON LODGE , No . 113 , Jan . 17 . —The period of change having arrived , after tbe performance of the prefatory Lodge-duties in the
impressive style which hacl characterized his term of office , Bro , Cullington retired from the chair to make room for tbe newly-elected Master , and Bro . Wm . Thodey Smith was regularly installed by Bro . R . T . Crucefix , P . G . D ., a Past Master and Treasurer of the Lodge , in the most impressive manner , assisted by the Master and all the Past-Masters of the Lodge . The ceremony was witnessed by a larger assemblage than we have previously met in this pleasant and well-appointed Lodge .
At the banquet about fifty aprons were counted , the great majority of whom were guests- Among the latter we noticed Bros . A . Dobie , Junior Grand Deacon ; G . J . Parry , Grand Steward ; R . W . Rodgers , W . M ., S . C . Norris , P . M ., J . P . Acklam , S ., and other members of the Grand Stewards' Lodge ; Sheriff Thos . Wood , J . Lee Stevens , ( who officiated as M . C . ) , and W . Bond , Past Grand Stewards ; Major Revel , Major Heilborn , Dr . Franz , Count Taaffe , and several Masters and Past Masters of Lodges . It was a meeting " began in order , continued in peace , and concluded in harmony . " Bro- Smith has a brilliant year of office before him .
TEMPLE LODGE , NO . 118 . —Bro . J . D . Kincaid succeeded Bro . Evans , Master of this now prosperous Lodge- Dr . Crucefix briefly inductecl the Master , who had been previously installed in other Lodges . The Masonic meetings of this Lodge are always conducted with attention , and with the best feeling .
HONOUR AND GENEROSITY , NO . 194 , Jan . 20 . —A few years since and this Lodge could scarcely maintain its position , it now stands out in fait VOL . VI . M