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Provincial.
is about being established in the province for the benefit of the svidosvs of those Brethren svho subscribe to it , and svhen the preliminary lasvs svhich had been made by a committee had been assented to , it svas resolved to have a final meeting for the purpose of commencing the fund , svhich , from the useful purpose for svhich it is intended , the maintenance of those svho are left svidosvs ( and , if possible , to extend it to orphans ) it is to be hoped svill succeedand be an inducement for
, es'ery Brother to join so useful a fund , as the more subscribers there are , the greater svill be the chance of its being carried out to its fullest extent . Tbe Lodge svas then adjourned to the Lodge-room at the Ram , svhere about sixty Brethren sat dosvn to banquet , the Right Hon . the Earl of Aboyne presiding , svhere , after the usual loyal and Alasonic toasts , interspersed svith some excellent songs and speeches from different Brethren , the meeting separated , after having spent a truly pleasant and
happy day together . WALSALL , Jan . 7 . —A highly respectable and influential meeting of Brethren svas held at the George Hotel , to deliberate on the establishment of a Lodge at Walsall . Brother Thomas James presided . Several Brethren took part in the proceedings , and it was resolved that Brothers T . James and B . Smith take the requisite steps to procure a svarrant for a Lodge in Walsall , to be called the Lodge of St . Alatthesv . Sir Edsvard Scott cordially co-operates in the laudable design of advancing Alasonry in this district , and there is every reason to believe the effect ivill be successful and honourable to the loyal art .
COVENTRY , Dec . 29 . —A large party met at the Castle Inn , to celebrate the anniversary of St . John . After the usual business of installing the W . AI . for the ensuing year , and the appointment and investiture of the other officers , the Brethren sat dosvn to a banquet provided for the occasion by Brother Edsvards , and the evening svas spent svith great harmony .
THE LEAMINGTON COLLEGE . —AVe are not yet enabled to announce the precise day on ivhich the interesting ceremonial of laying the foundation stone of this nesv educational building will take place ; no communication to that effect having been receivetl from Earl Ilosve , the Prov . Grand Master for Warwickshire , to whom the provincial Alasonic authorities have announced the svishes of the Board of Directors .
KIDDERMINSTER . —Royal Standard Lodge . —Genuine Alasonry has perhaps seldom been at a losver ebb anysvhere in times past than in this place , and this chiefly from the svant of proper caution in the admission of those svho have become members . Thanks hosvever to the untiring zeal of our spirited founder and his colleagues , it has lately been much on the ascendant , and the dark clouds svhich have so long hung over our mystic rites in Kidderminster , are nosv rapidly dispersing , and the true light of Alasonry is at length
begining to dasvn upou us . Freemasonry in this neighbourhood may have counted amongst its ranks some years back greater numbers , but svas never in so promising and reputable a position as at the present time . Dr . Alarshall , late of the Apollo University Lodge , Oxford , has reared his column amongst us , svhich circumstance , aided by the indefatigable exertions of the Officers of the Lodge generally , has caused many accessions thereto ; and sve have now every reason to hope that ere long the Royal Standard will be one of the best conducted and most correct svorking Lodges in the provinces .
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Provincial.
is about being established in the province for the benefit of the svidosvs of those Brethren svho subscribe to it , and svhen the preliminary lasvs svhich had been made by a committee had been assented to , it svas resolved to have a final meeting for the purpose of commencing the fund , svhich , from the useful purpose for svhich it is intended , the maintenance of those svho are left svidosvs ( and , if possible , to extend it to orphans ) it is to be hoped svill succeedand be an inducement for
, es'ery Brother to join so useful a fund , as the more subscribers there are , the greater svill be the chance of its being carried out to its fullest extent . Tbe Lodge svas then adjourned to the Lodge-room at the Ram , svhere about sixty Brethren sat dosvn to banquet , the Right Hon . the Earl of Aboyne presiding , svhere , after the usual loyal and Alasonic toasts , interspersed svith some excellent songs and speeches from different Brethren , the meeting separated , after having spent a truly pleasant and
happy day together . WALSALL , Jan . 7 . —A highly respectable and influential meeting of Brethren svas held at the George Hotel , to deliberate on the establishment of a Lodge at Walsall . Brother Thomas James presided . Several Brethren took part in the proceedings , and it was resolved that Brothers T . James and B . Smith take the requisite steps to procure a svarrant for a Lodge in Walsall , to be called the Lodge of St . Alatthesv . Sir Edsvard Scott cordially co-operates in the laudable design of advancing Alasonry in this district , and there is every reason to believe the effect ivill be successful and honourable to the loyal art .
COVENTRY , Dec . 29 . —A large party met at the Castle Inn , to celebrate the anniversary of St . John . After the usual business of installing the W . AI . for the ensuing year , and the appointment and investiture of the other officers , the Brethren sat dosvn to a banquet provided for the occasion by Brother Edsvards , and the evening svas spent svith great harmony .
THE LEAMINGTON COLLEGE . —AVe are not yet enabled to announce the precise day on ivhich the interesting ceremonial of laying the foundation stone of this nesv educational building will take place ; no communication to that effect having been receivetl from Earl Ilosve , the Prov . Grand Master for Warwickshire , to whom the provincial Alasonic authorities have announced the svishes of the Board of Directors .
KIDDERMINSTER . —Royal Standard Lodge . —Genuine Alasonry has perhaps seldom been at a losver ebb anysvhere in times past than in this place , and this chiefly from the svant of proper caution in the admission of those svho have become members . Thanks hosvever to the untiring zeal of our spirited founder and his colleagues , it has lately been much on the ascendant , and the dark clouds svhich have so long hung over our mystic rites in Kidderminster , are nosv rapidly dispersing , and the true light of Alasonry is at length
begining to dasvn upou us . Freemasonry in this neighbourhood may have counted amongst its ranks some years back greater numbers , but svas never in so promising and reputable a position as at the present time . Dr . Alarshall , late of the Apollo University Lodge , Oxford , has reared his column amongst us , svhich circumstance , aided by the indefatigable exertions of the Officers of the Lodge generally , has caused many accessions thereto ; and sve have now every reason to hope that ere long the Royal Standard will be one of the best conducted and most correct svorking Lodges in the provinces .