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DEVONPORT , Dec . 27 . —The Brethren of Lodge Friendship , No . 238 , dined together at their Lodge , held at the Barnstaple Inn , to celebrate the Festival of St . John . The Masonic Festival of St . John the Baptist was celebrated b y the Lodge Brunswick , No . 185 , at Brother Townshend ' s London Inn . Six o ' clock was the hour for dinner , the enjoyment of which was greatly enhanced by the kind of several visiting Brothers
presence from Lodge Charity , of Plymouth , and the fine old Lodge of Friendship , at Devonport . The principal duties of the feast were conducted by the newly installed W . M ., Brother Doidge , admirably supported in the same by his Wardens and other officers . The evening was one round of enjoyment , and spent with that uninterrupted harmony known only to those who range in the Arcanum of this most ancient of Orders . If ever the hackneyed ing" Order is Heaven '
say , s first lav / , " is truly enjoyed , it is among Freemasons ; they meet happily , they part happily , and they pray that they may be spared to meet happily again . The Lodge closed in harmony at eleven o ' clock . Let not the uninitiated sneer at the exclusiveness of the ancient Order of Freemasonry , seeing that the same is open to
all" Thus life for ever runs its endless race . And , like a line , death but divides the space . " WEYMOUTH , Feb . 17 . —Masonic Entertainment . —On Thursday last the Worshi p ful the Master of All Souls' Lodge , Bro . R . Clark , of her Majesty ' s Customs of this port , gave an entertainment at his residence Bank House , to the Principals of the Chapter , and a select number of the Past Masters with their Treasurer .
YEOVIL , Jan . 30 . —Bro . William Tompkins , the Worshi pful Master of the Lodge of Brotherly Love , 412 , summoned the Past Masters AVardens , and Brethren , to witness the presentation of a very handsome Bible , got up purposely for the occasion b y Bro . Jesse Joyce , adorned with Masonic emblems and appropriately inscribed , as a token of their fraternal regard and esteem to their most worthy Brother , George Wellington , who has twenty years faithfully discharged the duties of his office as Treasurer , and whose character as a man and a Mason is so highly and universally respected by every class of his townsmen .
WELLS , Dec . 19 . —The Brethren of Lod ge 658 assembled at the Town Hal ! , on Wednesday , for the purpose of installing Brother J . VV . Coster , M . D ., as AV . M . for the ensuing year . There was a goodly attendance of the members of the Lodge . The visitors were Brothers the Rev . Canon Barnard , the Rev . W . James , P . P . G . D ., George M . Forster , Esq ., P . M . of the Grand Master ' s Lodge , Ireland ; W . Miller j and AV . James , Esqrs . The ceremony of installation was most ably and ' bBrother AVelsh
impressively performed y AV . J . , P . M . The Brethren afterwards dined together , on which occasion the duties of the chair were well sustained by Brother Dr . Coster , W . M . After the usual introductory toasts , the health of the R . AV . P . G . M ., Colonel Tynte , was received with that demonstration of fraternal regard which his name always elicits in the assemblages of the Brethren who hail him as their provincial chiefThe WMin proposing the health of the
. .. R . W . D . P . G . M ., Brother Maddison , alluded , in pointed terms , to the essential " services which that R . W . Brother had rendered to this Lodge upon the occasions of his several visits to it . This toast was acknowledged bv his grandson , Brother the Rev . C . J . Maddison . The health of tlie visitor ' s
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Provincial.
DEVONPORT , Dec . 27 . —The Brethren of Lodge Friendship , No . 238 , dined together at their Lodge , held at the Barnstaple Inn , to celebrate the Festival of St . John . The Masonic Festival of St . John the Baptist was celebrated b y the Lodge Brunswick , No . 185 , at Brother Townshend ' s London Inn . Six o ' clock was the hour for dinner , the enjoyment of which was greatly enhanced by the kind of several visiting Brothers
presence from Lodge Charity , of Plymouth , and the fine old Lodge of Friendship , at Devonport . The principal duties of the feast were conducted by the newly installed W . M ., Brother Doidge , admirably supported in the same by his Wardens and other officers . The evening was one round of enjoyment , and spent with that uninterrupted harmony known only to those who range in the Arcanum of this most ancient of Orders . If ever the hackneyed ing" Order is Heaven '
say , s first lav / , " is truly enjoyed , it is among Freemasons ; they meet happily , they part happily , and they pray that they may be spared to meet happily again . The Lodge closed in harmony at eleven o ' clock . Let not the uninitiated sneer at the exclusiveness of the ancient Order of Freemasonry , seeing that the same is open to
all" Thus life for ever runs its endless race . And , like a line , death but divides the space . " WEYMOUTH , Feb . 17 . —Masonic Entertainment . —On Thursday last the Worshi p ful the Master of All Souls' Lodge , Bro . R . Clark , of her Majesty ' s Customs of this port , gave an entertainment at his residence Bank House , to the Principals of the Chapter , and a select number of the Past Masters with their Treasurer .
YEOVIL , Jan . 30 . —Bro . William Tompkins , the Worshi pful Master of the Lodge of Brotherly Love , 412 , summoned the Past Masters AVardens , and Brethren , to witness the presentation of a very handsome Bible , got up purposely for the occasion b y Bro . Jesse Joyce , adorned with Masonic emblems and appropriately inscribed , as a token of their fraternal regard and esteem to their most worthy Brother , George Wellington , who has twenty years faithfully discharged the duties of his office as Treasurer , and whose character as a man and a Mason is so highly and universally respected by every class of his townsmen .
WELLS , Dec . 19 . —The Brethren of Lod ge 658 assembled at the Town Hal ! , on Wednesday , for the purpose of installing Brother J . VV . Coster , M . D ., as AV . M . for the ensuing year . There was a goodly attendance of the members of the Lodge . The visitors were Brothers the Rev . Canon Barnard , the Rev . W . James , P . P . G . D ., George M . Forster , Esq ., P . M . of the Grand Master ' s Lodge , Ireland ; W . Miller j and AV . James , Esqrs . The ceremony of installation was most ably and ' bBrother AVelsh
impressively performed y AV . J . , P . M . The Brethren afterwards dined together , on which occasion the duties of the chair were well sustained by Brother Dr . Coster , W . M . After the usual introductory toasts , the health of the R . AV . P . G . M ., Colonel Tynte , was received with that demonstration of fraternal regard which his name always elicits in the assemblages of the Brethren who hail him as their provincial chiefThe WMin proposing the health of the
. .. R . W . D . P . G . M ., Brother Maddison , alluded , in pointed terms , to the essential " services which that R . W . Brother had rendered to this Lodge upon the occasions of his several visits to it . This toast was acknowledged bv his grandson , Brother the Rev . C . J . Maddison . The health of tlie visitor ' s