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Provincial.
EYE . —A Lodge is about being established here , after a silence of eighteen years . A meeting was held on February 24 , at the AVhite Lion Inn , attended by the Mayor ( Benjamin Cotton , Esq . ) the Rev . Francis Whittey , incumbent of the parish , both members of the Older , with several Brethren of the neighbourhood . The Officers of the Lodge of Perfect Friendship , 522 , Ipswich , honoured the meeting with their presence and support . A petition to the Grand Master for a new warrant was signed . After spending a convivial hour , the company separated , highly delighted with the day ' s proceedings .
CAMBRIDGE , Feb 3 . —The first annual Provincial Grand Lodge for this county was helcl at the Lion Hotel , Petty Cury . The P . G . M ., the Right Worshipful Bro . Thos . Henry Hall , F . R . S ., & c ., arrived about one o ' clock , and at the conclusion of the business of the Scientific Loclge , proceeded to open the Provincial Grand Lodge of Cambridgeshire . Most of the Provincial Grand Officers were present , with members of the different Lodges in the province , and several visiting Brothers from London . Almost all the Officers were re-appointedancl the business
, of the Grand Lodge was closed about four o ' clock . The Brethren again met about five o ' clock to banquet . The P . G . M . was supported on his right and left by the Deputy P . G . M ,, the P . G . Registrar ( Rev . J . Coombe , ) Bro . J . M . Kemble , the celebrated Saxon scholar ; Bro . Law , of King ' s College , & c .
OXFORD . —In this city , the seat of learning , and which always numbered amongst its inhabitants the first in rank and foremost in honour , Freemasonry literally slumbered for an age , ancl with the exception of the late Brother Thompson , who , Gilkes-like , preserved the Order amid smouldering ruins , there was evidence only of too probable extinction , ivhere the means of life and hope were abundant to an active mind ; it was not , however , willed that Freemasonry should find a loiver decadence . Spirits of good associatedand Brothers John
, Lane , D . C . L ., — Ridley , M . A ., Lane Fox , and others equally zealous , pressed forward and rescued the province of Oxford from its apathy . Lord John Churchill was appointed Provincial Grand Master , ancl well we can remember the anxiety he expressed to obtain the best possible information as to ivorking his Loclge ; he did not disdain to hold conversationes at Kensington , with Brethren whom he considered capable of instructing himand albeitnot over desirous of publiclsuppporting
, , y the Freemasons' Quarterly Review , he orally gave the editor an account of the transactions ; he appointed the Rev . Bro . Ridley his deputy , who succeeded to the Grand Mastership , in consequence of the deatli of Lord John Churchill , and who so rules the province with the ability and skill of the Master , as to have obtained the affectionate esteem of all classes of the Brethren .
The Oxford Lodges are called the Apollo and the Alfred , the former is strictly the University Lodge , admitting only graduates , the other is termed the City Loclge , but as its mode of working is Masonically orthodox , not only the under-graduates , ^ noblemen and gentlemen of the University are members—but many graduates who are desirous not only to witness but to assist in working the Lodge , have also joined it . In these observations we must not be understood as drawing an invidious contrast between two Lodges who entertain the most fraternal good will , and may be cited as patterns for emmulation , but simply to state that in the University Loclge , while there is every possible regularity as to simple operations , the City Lodge is decidedly the most Craftsman-like .
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Provincial.
EYE . —A Lodge is about being established here , after a silence of eighteen years . A meeting was held on February 24 , at the AVhite Lion Inn , attended by the Mayor ( Benjamin Cotton , Esq . ) the Rev . Francis Whittey , incumbent of the parish , both members of the Older , with several Brethren of the neighbourhood . The Officers of the Lodge of Perfect Friendship , 522 , Ipswich , honoured the meeting with their presence and support . A petition to the Grand Master for a new warrant was signed . After spending a convivial hour , the company separated , highly delighted with the day ' s proceedings .
CAMBRIDGE , Feb 3 . —The first annual Provincial Grand Lodge for this county was helcl at the Lion Hotel , Petty Cury . The P . G . M ., the Right Worshipful Bro . Thos . Henry Hall , F . R . S ., & c ., arrived about one o ' clock , and at the conclusion of the business of the Scientific Loclge , proceeded to open the Provincial Grand Lodge of Cambridgeshire . Most of the Provincial Grand Officers were present , with members of the different Lodges in the province , and several visiting Brothers from London . Almost all the Officers were re-appointedancl the business
, of the Grand Lodge was closed about four o ' clock . The Brethren again met about five o ' clock to banquet . The P . G . M . was supported on his right and left by the Deputy P . G . M ,, the P . G . Registrar ( Rev . J . Coombe , ) Bro . J . M . Kemble , the celebrated Saxon scholar ; Bro . Law , of King ' s College , & c .
OXFORD . —In this city , the seat of learning , and which always numbered amongst its inhabitants the first in rank and foremost in honour , Freemasonry literally slumbered for an age , ancl with the exception of the late Brother Thompson , who , Gilkes-like , preserved the Order amid smouldering ruins , there was evidence only of too probable extinction , ivhere the means of life and hope were abundant to an active mind ; it was not , however , willed that Freemasonry should find a loiver decadence . Spirits of good associatedand Brothers John
, Lane , D . C . L ., — Ridley , M . A ., Lane Fox , and others equally zealous , pressed forward and rescued the province of Oxford from its apathy . Lord John Churchill was appointed Provincial Grand Master , ancl well we can remember the anxiety he expressed to obtain the best possible information as to ivorking his Loclge ; he did not disdain to hold conversationes at Kensington , with Brethren whom he considered capable of instructing himand albeitnot over desirous of publiclsuppporting
, , y the Freemasons' Quarterly Review , he orally gave the editor an account of the transactions ; he appointed the Rev . Bro . Ridley his deputy , who succeeded to the Grand Mastership , in consequence of the deatli of Lord John Churchill , and who so rules the province with the ability and skill of the Master , as to have obtained the affectionate esteem of all classes of the Brethren .
The Oxford Lodges are called the Apollo and the Alfred , the former is strictly the University Lodge , admitting only graduates , the other is termed the City Loclge , but as its mode of working is Masonically orthodox , not only the under-graduates , ^ noblemen and gentlemen of the University are members—but many graduates who are desirous not only to witness but to assist in working the Lodge , have also joined it . In these observations we must not be understood as drawing an invidious contrast between two Lodges who entertain the most fraternal good will , and may be cited as patterns for emmulation , but simply to state that in the University Loclge , while there is every possible regularity as to simple operations , the City Lodge is decidedly the most Craftsman-like .