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Provincial.
BRIGHTON , Jan . 3 . —The Anniversary Festival of the Royal York Lodge , 394 , was held to celebrate the installation of the AA . M . Bro . Stephen AYhite , P . S . AY . ; Bro . George Aaron performed the ceremony . On the following evening a special Lodge was held to give the same Brother an opportunity of displaying the ceremonies and lectures .
HUNTINGDON . —AYe are anticipating a joyous meeting of the Craft in May . The Provincial Grand Lodge will be held here ; our excellent Bro . Fox , the P . S . G . AY ., is already on the alert ; and if we do not muster so strong as the Northampton meeting last year , we are hopeful of being rated as worth y rivals in every other respect . PETERBOROUGH . —Ourprovineial Chief , the Earl of Aboyne , and his excellent deputy , Bro . Ewart , are unceasing in their exertions to promote
the advantages of Freemasonry ; we understand that it is intended to hold the Provincial Grand Lodge , for 1844 , in this city ; and that , that most excellent Bro ., Dr . Oliver , the Historian of the Craft , will ( under Providence ) visit his mother Lodge on the occasion .
LINCOLN , March 7—A Provincial Grand Lodge was held this day , by the Rev . G . Coltman , chiefly for the purpose of examining into records and accounts . A vote of thanks was unanimously passed to Bro . J . Lee Stevens , for his energy and zeal in the management of Mrs- Barnett ' s petition . " The next meeting of the P . G . L . will be in August . The members of the AA itham Lodge have presented to Bro . Goodacre , an elegant Past Master ' s Jewel , as a mark of esteem , and in acknowledgment of his assistance at Lodges of Instruction .
LEICESTER —AYe have been much gratified by the letter addressed to ' the Leicester Journal , by " A Member of St . John ' s Lodge , Leicester , and a Churchman , " who admirably refutes the contemptible attack on the order by " C L . ; " and we hope the Editor of the F . Q . R . will give the attack and refutation at length . f
BIRMINGHAM , LODGE OF LIGHT , NO . 6 S 9 . —On AA ^ ednesday , March 15 , this Lodge held their quarterly meeting , to which a great number of visiting Brethren came . Among the number especiall y invited to dinner , by an unanimous vote of the Lodge , was , Bro . the Rev . H . R . Slatle , W . M . of St . Peter ' s Lodge , AYolverhampton , whose reception was highly complimentary . The paraphernalia of this , certainly the first Lodge in the province of Warwick , is most elegant and costly . The
handsome pedestal , is that at which the present Archbishop of Canterbury presided , when his Grace was AYorshipful Master of the Bristol Lodge . The working is particularly correct ; and both the Lodge and the banquet were presided over by Bro . Broomhead , W . M . , with the greatest propriety , and most gentlemanly courtesy . Dr . Bell Fletcher , JS . AY ., delivered a very interesting lecture , the last of a series on the Organ of A ^ ision . The very respectable Brethren of this Lodge certainly aim at placing Masonry in that scientific and intellectual position which
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Provincial.
BRIGHTON , Jan . 3 . —The Anniversary Festival of the Royal York Lodge , 394 , was held to celebrate the installation of the AA . M . Bro . Stephen AYhite , P . S . AY . ; Bro . George Aaron performed the ceremony . On the following evening a special Lodge was held to give the same Brother an opportunity of displaying the ceremonies and lectures .
HUNTINGDON . —AYe are anticipating a joyous meeting of the Craft in May . The Provincial Grand Lodge will be held here ; our excellent Bro . Fox , the P . S . G . AY ., is already on the alert ; and if we do not muster so strong as the Northampton meeting last year , we are hopeful of being rated as worth y rivals in every other respect . PETERBOROUGH . —Ourprovineial Chief , the Earl of Aboyne , and his excellent deputy , Bro . Ewart , are unceasing in their exertions to promote
the advantages of Freemasonry ; we understand that it is intended to hold the Provincial Grand Lodge , for 1844 , in this city ; and that , that most excellent Bro ., Dr . Oliver , the Historian of the Craft , will ( under Providence ) visit his mother Lodge on the occasion .
LINCOLN , March 7—A Provincial Grand Lodge was held this day , by the Rev . G . Coltman , chiefly for the purpose of examining into records and accounts . A vote of thanks was unanimously passed to Bro . J . Lee Stevens , for his energy and zeal in the management of Mrs- Barnett ' s petition . " The next meeting of the P . G . L . will be in August . The members of the AA itham Lodge have presented to Bro . Goodacre , an elegant Past Master ' s Jewel , as a mark of esteem , and in acknowledgment of his assistance at Lodges of Instruction .
LEICESTER —AYe have been much gratified by the letter addressed to ' the Leicester Journal , by " A Member of St . John ' s Lodge , Leicester , and a Churchman , " who admirably refutes the contemptible attack on the order by " C L . ; " and we hope the Editor of the F . Q . R . will give the attack and refutation at length . f
BIRMINGHAM , LODGE OF LIGHT , NO . 6 S 9 . —On AA ^ ednesday , March 15 , this Lodge held their quarterly meeting , to which a great number of visiting Brethren came . Among the number especiall y invited to dinner , by an unanimous vote of the Lodge , was , Bro . the Rev . H . R . Slatle , W . M . of St . Peter ' s Lodge , AYolverhampton , whose reception was highly complimentary . The paraphernalia of this , certainly the first Lodge in the province of Warwick , is most elegant and costly . The
handsome pedestal , is that at which the present Archbishop of Canterbury presided , when his Grace was AYorshipful Master of the Bristol Lodge . The working is particularly correct ; and both the Lodge and the banquet were presided over by Bro . Broomhead , W . M . , with the greatest propriety , and most gentlemanly courtesy . Dr . Bell Fletcher , JS . AY ., delivered a very interesting lecture , the last of a series on the Organ of A ^ ision . The very respectable Brethren of this Lodge certainly aim at placing Masonry in that scientific and intellectual position which