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of England , " " The Earl of Ellesmere , Prov . Grand Master for East Lancashire . " After which the chairman gave "The gentlemen that live in our own town , including Bro . Stephen Blair , D . P . G . M . of East Lancashire , Bro . M . C . Dawes , P . G . S . W ., Bro . W . F . Hulton , J . W ., and Bro . T . R . Bridson , ( mayor ) Treasurer . " Then followed to " The Visiting Brethren , ' which was responded to by Bro . John Platt , bf Lodge No . 44 . Many songs and toasts followed , which tended to add mirth and jollity to the evening ' s entertainments ; and the brethren separated at ten o ' clock , declaring that a happier festival they had not enjoyed for many years .
WALSALL . —It gives us great pleasure to record the steady progress of the Lodge of St . Matthew . It has obtained a high character for the accuracy of its working , ancl is justly regarded as an ornament to our society . Sir Francis Scott , and Bro . E . D . Scott , the sons of our worthy brother , Sir E . D . Scott , of Great Barr , were admitted to a participation in our mysteries at the February meeting of this lodge , and are likely to become valuable members . There is also a strong probability of other members of the aristocracy , in the neighbourhood of Walsall , imitating their example .
SUNDERLAND , Dec . 27 . —The members of the St . John s Lodge , No . 95 , met in their lodge room at the George Hotel , Bro . C . E . Fuller ' s . After auditing the accounts for the current year , the finances were found to he in a flourishing condition , and the demands of charity were therefore liberally answered . * The officers were appointed , but in consequence of the unavoidable absence of the Worshipful Master elect , the installation was further postponed . The brethren adjourned to the usual banquetheld in honour of the anniversary of the patron of the
, brethren of' the mystic tie . The evening was spent in that harmonious , cheerful , and fraternal manner which generally distinguishes reunions of the fraternity . The Earl of Zetland has consented to lay the foundation-stone of the new docks at Sunderland , on which occasion there will be a splendid masonic display .
DURHAM , Jan . 18 . —A Prov . Grand Lodge was held in the Sale and Exhibition-room , Durham , for the purpose of installing Bro . John Fawcett , Prov . Grand Master ; the ceremony was performed by Sir Cuthbert Sharp , D . P . G . M ., in that regular and truly masonic manner which has so long characterized the honourable knight ' s masonic career . Bro . Fawcett , P . G . M ., afterwards installed the brethren to their respective offices in the Prov . Grand Lodge . The whole of the petitioners for relief whose cases were regular were relieved with the largest sums
the committee could award . At three , P . M ., the lodge was adjourned to the Waterloo Hotel , Bro . Thwaites ' s , where about sixty-six brethren sat down to a most excellent banquet ; the" toasts and speeches were all equally good . At seven , p . M ., most of the brethren from a distance left by the railway train . GATESHEAD , Feb . —The anniversary meeting of the brethren of the Borough Lodge , No . 614 , was held at their room , when the officers for the ensuing year were duly installed . After the ceremonies of
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of England , " " The Earl of Ellesmere , Prov . Grand Master for East Lancashire . " After which the chairman gave "The gentlemen that live in our own town , including Bro . Stephen Blair , D . P . G . M . of East Lancashire , Bro . M . C . Dawes , P . G . S . W ., Bro . W . F . Hulton , J . W ., and Bro . T . R . Bridson , ( mayor ) Treasurer . " Then followed to " The Visiting Brethren , ' which was responded to by Bro . John Platt , bf Lodge No . 44 . Many songs and toasts followed , which tended to add mirth and jollity to the evening ' s entertainments ; and the brethren separated at ten o ' clock , declaring that a happier festival they had not enjoyed for many years .
WALSALL . —It gives us great pleasure to record the steady progress of the Lodge of St . Matthew . It has obtained a high character for the accuracy of its working , ancl is justly regarded as an ornament to our society . Sir Francis Scott , and Bro . E . D . Scott , the sons of our worthy brother , Sir E . D . Scott , of Great Barr , were admitted to a participation in our mysteries at the February meeting of this lodge , and are likely to become valuable members . There is also a strong probability of other members of the aristocracy , in the neighbourhood of Walsall , imitating their example .
SUNDERLAND , Dec . 27 . —The members of the St . John s Lodge , No . 95 , met in their lodge room at the George Hotel , Bro . C . E . Fuller ' s . After auditing the accounts for the current year , the finances were found to he in a flourishing condition , and the demands of charity were therefore liberally answered . * The officers were appointed , but in consequence of the unavoidable absence of the Worshipful Master elect , the installation was further postponed . The brethren adjourned to the usual banquetheld in honour of the anniversary of the patron of the
, brethren of' the mystic tie . The evening was spent in that harmonious , cheerful , and fraternal manner which generally distinguishes reunions of the fraternity . The Earl of Zetland has consented to lay the foundation-stone of the new docks at Sunderland , on which occasion there will be a splendid masonic display .
DURHAM , Jan . 18 . —A Prov . Grand Lodge was held in the Sale and Exhibition-room , Durham , for the purpose of installing Bro . John Fawcett , Prov . Grand Master ; the ceremony was performed by Sir Cuthbert Sharp , D . P . G . M ., in that regular and truly masonic manner which has so long characterized the honourable knight ' s masonic career . Bro . Fawcett , P . G . M ., afterwards installed the brethren to their respective offices in the Prov . Grand Lodge . The whole of the petitioners for relief whose cases were regular were relieved with the largest sums
the committee could award . At three , P . M ., the lodge was adjourned to the Waterloo Hotel , Bro . Thwaites ' s , where about sixty-six brethren sat down to a most excellent banquet ; the" toasts and speeches were all equally good . At seven , p . M ., most of the brethren from a distance left by the railway train . GATESHEAD , Feb . —The anniversary meeting of the brethren of the Borough Lodge , No . 614 , was held at their room , when the officers for the ensuing year were duly installed . After the ceremonies of