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practitioner was most valuable to him ; yet , in the distribution of it the Granb y Lodge hart never been forgotten : he was always at his post and had never relaxed in the zeal and energy with which lJdevote himself to tlie serv-ce of the lod e . Tlie D . P . G . M . concluded Ins address by requesting the W . M- to accept this testimonial of the esteem respect , and gratitude of the brethren for his conduct during his SnTof office and expressing the wish of and all that
one he might W live to use it , not only in remembrance of the events of that day , but as an assistance to him in his professional pursuits . The Worshipful Master , in receiving the watch , & c , said he felt quite inadequate to express his sentiments on the occasion . The very hanU some testimonial of the favour of the brethren which now laid before him put it almost out of his to muchThe
power say . testimonial shewed him that his exertions had not been altogether in va n He trusted he should always regard it as a memorial of the many pleasant hours they nad spent together ; and he should ever look upon it as a proof that m this city there were those who had thought of him with other sentiments than those of mere respect . Having said thus much he must entreat their indulgence , and content himself with returning them his most grateful thanks for the kindness had
they shewn him He felt that the D . P . G M . had spoken of him in Lms of too greTt eulogium : but he trusted that , if opportunity should hereafter permit he would show them that he was no renegade to his professions Ihe festivities of the meeting were maintained for some time after usualfwrnah ' tief ceremon y i and then the lodge was closed with the
GATESHEAD , Feb . 19 . —The brethren of the Borough Lodge , No 614 held then- anniversary meeting in their lodge , when the officers ' were installed for the ensuing year . Bros . J . V . Storey , W . M . ; G . Weatherhead P . M . ; I nomas Pattinson , S . W . ; Thomas Meldrum , J . W . - the Rev . f . C . Smyth , M . A ., Chaplain . An address , neatly engrossed on vellum , was presented to Bro . George Hawks , congratulating him on having been a second time elected Mayor of Gateshead . After the ceremonies of the lodge were over , the brethren sat down to an excellent banquet at the Black Bull Inn . excellent
ISEWCASTLE -ON-TYNE , Lodge de Loraine , No . 793 . —The lod ° * e to which the following report bears reference , was consecrated at the Royal Hotel , on the 22 nd December , 1847 , for the better convenience of certain brethren residing in the immediate nei ghbourhood . It was principally established b y tne exertions of the present W . AI , and his predecessor in office ; through whose unremitting labours and unwearied efforts in the cause of Freemasonry , tbe high position which it now occupies in the province of Northumberland is mainl
y attributable . The great prosperity of this infant masonic community has been most satisfactorily proved by the invariable excellence of its meetings , and the high respectability of its subscribing members ; while the kind and flattering countenance which from its first commencement , it has ever received from the Worshipful Masters and brethren of other lodges , ( five of winch are established in Newcastle and the immediate
, vicinity ) sufficiently exhibits the cordial and brotherl y feeling which characterizes the meetings ofthe Craft in this large and important province . On the 21 st of December 1848 being the day appointed for the annual festival the members of the lod ge assembled at their usual place of meeting- ] he
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practitioner was most valuable to him ; yet , in the distribution of it the Granb y Lodge hart never been forgotten : he was always at his post and had never relaxed in the zeal and energy with which lJdevote himself to tlie serv-ce of the lod e . Tlie D . P . G . M . concluded Ins address by requesting the W . M- to accept this testimonial of the esteem respect , and gratitude of the brethren for his conduct during his SnTof office and expressing the wish of and all that
one he might W live to use it , not only in remembrance of the events of that day , but as an assistance to him in his professional pursuits . The Worshipful Master , in receiving the watch , & c , said he felt quite inadequate to express his sentiments on the occasion . The very hanU some testimonial of the favour of the brethren which now laid before him put it almost out of his to muchThe
power say . testimonial shewed him that his exertions had not been altogether in va n He trusted he should always regard it as a memorial of the many pleasant hours they nad spent together ; and he should ever look upon it as a proof that m this city there were those who had thought of him with other sentiments than those of mere respect . Having said thus much he must entreat their indulgence , and content himself with returning them his most grateful thanks for the kindness had
they shewn him He felt that the D . P . G M . had spoken of him in Lms of too greTt eulogium : but he trusted that , if opportunity should hereafter permit he would show them that he was no renegade to his professions Ihe festivities of the meeting were maintained for some time after usualfwrnah ' tief ceremon y i and then the lodge was closed with the
GATESHEAD , Feb . 19 . —The brethren of the Borough Lodge , No 614 held then- anniversary meeting in their lodge , when the officers ' were installed for the ensuing year . Bros . J . V . Storey , W . M . ; G . Weatherhead P . M . ; I nomas Pattinson , S . W . ; Thomas Meldrum , J . W . - the Rev . f . C . Smyth , M . A ., Chaplain . An address , neatly engrossed on vellum , was presented to Bro . George Hawks , congratulating him on having been a second time elected Mayor of Gateshead . After the ceremonies of the lodge were over , the brethren sat down to an excellent banquet at the Black Bull Inn . excellent
ISEWCASTLE -ON-TYNE , Lodge de Loraine , No . 793 . —The lod ° * e to which the following report bears reference , was consecrated at the Royal Hotel , on the 22 nd December , 1847 , for the better convenience of certain brethren residing in the immediate nei ghbourhood . It was principally established b y tne exertions of the present W . AI , and his predecessor in office ; through whose unremitting labours and unwearied efforts in the cause of Freemasonry , tbe high position which it now occupies in the province of Northumberland is mainl
y attributable . The great prosperity of this infant masonic community has been most satisfactorily proved by the invariable excellence of its meetings , and the high respectability of its subscribing members ; while the kind and flattering countenance which from its first commencement , it has ever received from the Worshipful Masters and brethren of other lodges , ( five of winch are established in Newcastle and the immediate
, vicinity ) sufficiently exhibits the cordial and brotherl y feeling which characterizes the meetings ofthe Craft in this large and important province . On the 21 st of December 1848 being the day appointed for the annual festival the members of the lod ge assembled at their usual place of meeting- ] he