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past week by the spirited Members of the Lodge . AA ' e congratulate the Brethren upon this acquisition , and trust that the Society will continue to flourish , and extend the advantages , privileges , and principles of Freemasonry amongst those , and those only , who by unimpeachable conduct and strict morality are rendered worthy of initiation into the mysteries of the Order . YORK . —On St . John ' s-daythe Brethren of the Lodge of Brunswick
, , 185 , dined together at the London Inn . The AV . M . Brother Captain Charles Thurtell , R . N ., presided . Brother Narracott , S . W . officiated as vice . The room was most tastefully fitted up , and a beautiful medallion portrait of her Majesty placed over the chair . The usual toasts were given , with Masonic honours , ancl the Brethren separated , highly delighted with their truly fraternal meeting , at an early hour . BATLEY . —The Brethren of the " Nelson of the Nile" No . 330 ,
, having removed their Lodge , celebrated their annual festival of St . John on Monday , the 1 st of January , in their new antl commodious Lodgfroom , Bridge Hotel , Batley , when Brother the Rev . Dr . Senior , P . P . 3 . G . AVarden , was duly installed AA'orship ful Master for the ensuing year . This is the fifth time the worthy Brother has occupied the chair . The proceedings were marked with peculiar interest , and we haye every reason to infer that this Lodge will hold a prominent position in the
Province ; even now it may boast of what few Lodges with greater pretensions can lay claim to . All its Principal Officers are clergymen of the Established Church , viz . the Rev . Joseph Senior , LL . D ., AV . M . ; the Rev . Joseph AValker Jenkins , S . W . ; the Kev . John AA atson
Hepworth , A . B ., J . W . It is a singular coincidence that in the township of Batley , all the clergy , the vicar , curate and headmaster of the free grammar-school , with the churchwarden , overseer , solicitor , constable , and other public officers , are all Members of our Royal Order . * BOLTON . —Tbe Brethren of St . John ' s Lodge , No . 268 , held at the VI heat Sheaf Inn , assembled to celebrate St . John ' s-day ; Bro . AV . Dawson in the chair , as W . M . After congratulating the Officers ancl
Members present , he said , he very much regretted the absence of one of the Members , namely , Bro . AVm . Walmesley J . AV . The Lodge beingopened , the Officers for the ensuing year were appointed . ~ . The . Lodge being duly closed , the Brethren sat down to a banquet . After dinner the Brethren spent the remainder of the evening in that true Masonic spirit and harmony , which characterises the Brethren of the Mystic Tye .
NORTH SHIELDS . —P . M . Bro . John AA ' alker Mayson , at the recent anniversary of the St . George ' s Lodge , No . 624 , celebrated at the Granby Hotel , was presented by P . M . Richard Medcalf , Esq ., on behalf of the Lodge , with a splendid embossed silver snuff-box , "in testimoney of his unwearied and successful efforts in developing and inculcating the principles and practice of Masonry . " SOUTH SHIELDSDec . 27 . — The Brethren of St . Hild ' s Lodge
, , No . 292 , held their anniversary festival in their Lodge-room , at tlie Golden Lion Hotel , King-street , when the Officers were installed for the ensuing year . After the ceremonies were concluded , a numerous company of the Members , and visiting Brethren , sat down to an excellent dinner , and the afternoon was spent in harmony ancl conviviality .
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past week by the spirited Members of the Lodge . AA ' e congratulate the Brethren upon this acquisition , and trust that the Society will continue to flourish , and extend the advantages , privileges , and principles of Freemasonry amongst those , and those only , who by unimpeachable conduct and strict morality are rendered worthy of initiation into the mysteries of the Order . YORK . —On St . John ' s-daythe Brethren of the Lodge of Brunswick
, , 185 , dined together at the London Inn . The AV . M . Brother Captain Charles Thurtell , R . N ., presided . Brother Narracott , S . W . officiated as vice . The room was most tastefully fitted up , and a beautiful medallion portrait of her Majesty placed over the chair . The usual toasts were given , with Masonic honours , ancl the Brethren separated , highly delighted with their truly fraternal meeting , at an early hour . BATLEY . —The Brethren of the " Nelson of the Nile" No . 330 ,
, having removed their Lodge , celebrated their annual festival of St . John on Monday , the 1 st of January , in their new antl commodious Lodgfroom , Bridge Hotel , Batley , when Brother the Rev . Dr . Senior , P . P . 3 . G . AVarden , was duly installed AA'orship ful Master for the ensuing year . This is the fifth time the worthy Brother has occupied the chair . The proceedings were marked with peculiar interest , and we haye every reason to infer that this Lodge will hold a prominent position in the
Province ; even now it may boast of what few Lodges with greater pretensions can lay claim to . All its Principal Officers are clergymen of the Established Church , viz . the Rev . Joseph Senior , LL . D ., AV . M . ; the Rev . Joseph AValker Jenkins , S . W . ; the Kev . John AA atson
Hepworth , A . B ., J . W . It is a singular coincidence that in the township of Batley , all the clergy , the vicar , curate and headmaster of the free grammar-school , with the churchwarden , overseer , solicitor , constable , and other public officers , are all Members of our Royal Order . * BOLTON . —Tbe Brethren of St . John ' s Lodge , No . 268 , held at the VI heat Sheaf Inn , assembled to celebrate St . John ' s-day ; Bro . AV . Dawson in the chair , as W . M . After congratulating the Officers ancl
Members present , he said , he very much regretted the absence of one of the Members , namely , Bro . AVm . Walmesley J . AV . The Lodge beingopened , the Officers for the ensuing year were appointed . ~ . The . Lodge being duly closed , the Brethren sat down to a banquet . After dinner the Brethren spent the remainder of the evening in that true Masonic spirit and harmony , which characterises the Brethren of the Mystic Tye .
NORTH SHIELDS . —P . M . Bro . John AA ' alker Mayson , at the recent anniversary of the St . George ' s Lodge , No . 624 , celebrated at the Granby Hotel , was presented by P . M . Richard Medcalf , Esq ., on behalf of the Lodge , with a splendid embossed silver snuff-box , "in testimoney of his unwearied and successful efforts in developing and inculcating the principles and practice of Masonry . " SOUTH SHIELDSDec . 27 . — The Brethren of St . Hild ' s Lodge
, , No . 292 , held their anniversary festival in their Lodge-room , at tlie Golden Lion Hotel , King-street , when the Officers were installed for the ensuing year . After the ceremonies were concluded , a numerous company of the Members , and visiting Brethren , sat down to an excellent dinner , and the afternoon was spent in harmony ancl conviviality .