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Provincial.
J . Dykes , Ty ler . The ceremonies were conducted by Bro . Hardy with his accustomed ability . The Lodge was visited by a number of Brethren from Swallwell , Shields , Gateshead , & c , who witnessed the proceedings with great pleasure .
KENDAL , Jan . 5 . —Union Lodge , No . 151 , met at the house of Bro . James Barker , the Horse and Rainbow Inn . Bro . Christopher Gibson was installed W . M . for the ensuing year . After which a numerous body of the Fraternity sat clown to banquet . The duties of the chair were ably discharged by Bro . Gibson ; ancl harmony ancl brotherly love were the order of the day .
CHESTER , Dec . 30 . —The Brethren of the Cestrian Lodge met at the Royal Hotel , and were honoured with the presence of Lord Viscount Combermere , P . G . M ., and Jj is respected son , the Hon . Wellington Cotton , John Finchett Maddock , Esq . D . P . G . M ., Bro . PI esse , P . G . W . of the Provincial Lodge , Bro . Willoughby , W . M . of the Mersey Lodge , and many Brethren from Macclesfield , Stockport , and other Lodges in this county and North Wales . The Marquis of Downshire and Sir W . W . Wynnmembers of the Cestrian Lodgeexpressed their regret
, , by letter , that they were prevented from attending . The Lodge was opened at two o ' clock . Bro . Jenkins was installed W . M . The Brethren sat down to an excellent dinner , the noble and gallant P . G . M . filling the chair . The Queen ancl the Craft , and also the healths of the Royal Family , and the Earl of Zetland , the G . M . of England , with those of the other Officers of the Grand Lodge , having been drunk , the health of Lord Combermere was proposed by the D . P . G . M . John Finchett
Maddock . The noble Lord was highly gratified with the enthusiastic manner in which his health was toasted , and stated that it afforded him great pleasure to visit the Cestrian Lodge , and expressed his satisfaction at the efficiency ancl completeness of the Lodges in this county . Also his determination to recommend to the Grand Lodge the suppression of those Lodges where the objects of the Craft were not carried out , at
the same time it would afford him the utmost pleasure to give his support and encouragement to those which he found worthy . He further intimated his intention to hold a Provincial Lodge at Birkenhead , which he considered due to the increasing numbers of tbe Brethren there ; lie also expressed the pride he felt in filling the office of P . G . M . which had been held by many of his ancestors , and he hoped it might be inherited by future members of his family , if they were found to be worthy of the distinctionand he assured the Brethren of his unabated zeal for the
, welfare of the Craft . The P . G . M . afterwards proposed the health of the D . P . G . M . John Finchett Maddock , in a highly complimentary manner and with the most fraternal regard , and which was warml y responded to by the Brethren present . The health of the Hon . Wellington Cotton was drunk with the utmost cordiality and respect , to which he replied in a manner that highly gratified the Brethren , ancl which did honour to his head ancl heart . The Brethren also drunk the healths of
their absent Brothers , the Marquis of Downshire and Sir W . W . Wynn , and testified their respect in a bumper to the benevolent aud excellent character of Lady Combermere , and the high estimation entertained towards her by the Brethren throughout Cheshire . The health of the new W . M . of the Cestrian Lodge was drunk with much respect and fraternal regard . The healths also of the visiting Brethren , who expressed themselves hi ghly gratified with their reception ancl the entertainment VOL , IV . a
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Provincial.
J . Dykes , Ty ler . The ceremonies were conducted by Bro . Hardy with his accustomed ability . The Lodge was visited by a number of Brethren from Swallwell , Shields , Gateshead , & c , who witnessed the proceedings with great pleasure .
KENDAL , Jan . 5 . —Union Lodge , No . 151 , met at the house of Bro . James Barker , the Horse and Rainbow Inn . Bro . Christopher Gibson was installed W . M . for the ensuing year . After which a numerous body of the Fraternity sat clown to banquet . The duties of the chair were ably discharged by Bro . Gibson ; ancl harmony ancl brotherly love were the order of the day .
CHESTER , Dec . 30 . —The Brethren of the Cestrian Lodge met at the Royal Hotel , and were honoured with the presence of Lord Viscount Combermere , P . G . M ., and Jj is respected son , the Hon . Wellington Cotton , John Finchett Maddock , Esq . D . P . G . M ., Bro . PI esse , P . G . W . of the Provincial Lodge , Bro . Willoughby , W . M . of the Mersey Lodge , and many Brethren from Macclesfield , Stockport , and other Lodges in this county and North Wales . The Marquis of Downshire and Sir W . W . Wynnmembers of the Cestrian Lodgeexpressed their regret
, , by letter , that they were prevented from attending . The Lodge was opened at two o ' clock . Bro . Jenkins was installed W . M . The Brethren sat down to an excellent dinner , the noble and gallant P . G . M . filling the chair . The Queen ancl the Craft , and also the healths of the Royal Family , and the Earl of Zetland , the G . M . of England , with those of the other Officers of the Grand Lodge , having been drunk , the health of Lord Combermere was proposed by the D . P . G . M . John Finchett
Maddock . The noble Lord was highly gratified with the enthusiastic manner in which his health was toasted , and stated that it afforded him great pleasure to visit the Cestrian Lodge , and expressed his satisfaction at the efficiency ancl completeness of the Lodges in this county . Also his determination to recommend to the Grand Lodge the suppression of those Lodges where the objects of the Craft were not carried out , at
the same time it would afford him the utmost pleasure to give his support and encouragement to those which he found worthy . He further intimated his intention to hold a Provincial Lodge at Birkenhead , which he considered due to the increasing numbers of tbe Brethren there ; lie also expressed the pride he felt in filling the office of P . G . M . which had been held by many of his ancestors , and he hoped it might be inherited by future members of his family , if they were found to be worthy of the distinctionand he assured the Brethren of his unabated zeal for the
, welfare of the Craft . The P . G . M . afterwards proposed the health of the D . P . G . M . John Finchett Maddock , in a highly complimentary manner and with the most fraternal regard , and which was warml y responded to by the Brethren present . The health of the Hon . Wellington Cotton was drunk with the utmost cordiality and respect , to which he replied in a manner that highly gratified the Brethren , ancl which did honour to his head ancl heart . The Brethren also drunk the healths of
their absent Brothers , the Marquis of Downshire and Sir W . W . Wynn , and testified their respect in a bumper to the benevolent aud excellent character of Lady Combermere , and the high estimation entertained towards her by the Brethren throughout Cheshire . The health of the new W . M . of the Cestrian Lodge was drunk with much respect and fraternal regard . The healths also of the visiting Brethren , who expressed themselves hi ghly gratified with their reception ancl the entertainment VOL , IV . a