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Metropolitan.
We regret that space will not permit us to give a report of the proceedings at the banquet , at which several excellent addresses were delivered by Comps . Tombleson , AA atson , Fox , Crew , Savage , & c . This Chapter is in a very prosperous state , liaving completed seven years , and numbers betiveen fifty and sixty members ; there is also a Chapter of Instruction attached to it , which meets every Saturday evening at Comp . Chapman ' s , Air Street , Piccadilly .
Provincial.
PROVINCIAL .
BERWICK UPON TWEED . —The Lodge of St . David ' s , 554 , ( under the constitution of the Grand Lodge of England , the Right Hon . the Earl of Zetland , M . AV ., Grand Master , the Rev . E . C . Ogle , Prov . G . M . for Northumberland , celebrated the Anniversary of St . John the Evangelist on Friday , the 27 th December , when , according to ancient custom , the following Brethren were installed Office Bearers for the ensuing : —C . ForsytheAVMJAA eatherheadPMRAtkinson
year , . . ; . , . . ; . , S . W . ; J . AVilson , J . AA . ; J . Thompson , Treasurer ; J . Hill , Secretary ; C . Smith , S . D . ; AV . AVilson , J . D . ; J . Atkinson , S . S . ; S . Sanderson , J . S . ; J . Fish , I . G . ; A . Cameron , Tyler . After the installations the Brethren of the Lodge , to the number of thirty-two sat down to refreshment , and passed the evening in that harmonious manner peculiar to the " Brethren of the mystic tie . " This was the first occasion of the kind which had been celebrated in the new Lodge Room in Sandgateto
, which this body has recently removed , and which has been aptly and beautifully fitted up and decorated for the purpose . During the past three years this Lodge has shown marked symptoms of reviving strength , particularly in the additions to the number of the Brethren ivhich it has received . This state of matters contrasts well with the sinking condition , which for a number of years characterised Freemasonry in Berwick ; still it is , we believe , but a very faint approach to the rapid
advancement , which it has already made in almost every other part of the kingdom . CAMBRIDGE . — One of the most agreeable and interesting Masonic reunions took place at the Lion Hotel , Petty Cury , on January 8 . The Brethren assembled in goodly numbers as early as twelve o ' clock at noon , to receive their much esteemed and excellent Prov . G . M . T . H . Hall , Esq ., of the Chancery Bar , formerly Fellow of King ' s College , ancl
F . R . S . The proceedings commenced with the usual formalities of the Prov . G . L . of Cambridgeshire—the election and the inauguration of the Prov . Grand Officers for the ensuing year , and the dispatch of aU business connected with the P . G . L . After about half an hour ' s delay , the companions of the R . A . Chapter of Pythagoras assembled in Conclave for the Installation of Principals , and for the exaltation of candidates , amongst whom were Dr . Colquhoun , of London , and Bro . S . P . Ekin . The proceedings , which occupied the Brethren and Companions from twelve o ' clock at noon till four p . m ., were of a highly intellectual charac-
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Metropolitan.
We regret that space will not permit us to give a report of the proceedings at the banquet , at which several excellent addresses were delivered by Comps . Tombleson , AA atson , Fox , Crew , Savage , & c . This Chapter is in a very prosperous state , liaving completed seven years , and numbers betiveen fifty and sixty members ; there is also a Chapter of Instruction attached to it , which meets every Saturday evening at Comp . Chapman ' s , Air Street , Piccadilly .
Provincial.
PROVINCIAL .
BERWICK UPON TWEED . —The Lodge of St . David ' s , 554 , ( under the constitution of the Grand Lodge of England , the Right Hon . the Earl of Zetland , M . AV ., Grand Master , the Rev . E . C . Ogle , Prov . G . M . for Northumberland , celebrated the Anniversary of St . John the Evangelist on Friday , the 27 th December , when , according to ancient custom , the following Brethren were installed Office Bearers for the ensuing : —C . ForsytheAVMJAA eatherheadPMRAtkinson
year , . . ; . , . . ; . , S . W . ; J . AVilson , J . AA . ; J . Thompson , Treasurer ; J . Hill , Secretary ; C . Smith , S . D . ; AV . AVilson , J . D . ; J . Atkinson , S . S . ; S . Sanderson , J . S . ; J . Fish , I . G . ; A . Cameron , Tyler . After the installations the Brethren of the Lodge , to the number of thirty-two sat down to refreshment , and passed the evening in that harmonious manner peculiar to the " Brethren of the mystic tie . " This was the first occasion of the kind which had been celebrated in the new Lodge Room in Sandgateto
, which this body has recently removed , and which has been aptly and beautifully fitted up and decorated for the purpose . During the past three years this Lodge has shown marked symptoms of reviving strength , particularly in the additions to the number of the Brethren ivhich it has received . This state of matters contrasts well with the sinking condition , which for a number of years characterised Freemasonry in Berwick ; still it is , we believe , but a very faint approach to the rapid
advancement , which it has already made in almost every other part of the kingdom . CAMBRIDGE . — One of the most agreeable and interesting Masonic reunions took place at the Lion Hotel , Petty Cury , on January 8 . The Brethren assembled in goodly numbers as early as twelve o ' clock at noon , to receive their much esteemed and excellent Prov . G . M . T . H . Hall , Esq ., of the Chancery Bar , formerly Fellow of King ' s College , ancl
F . R . S . The proceedings commenced with the usual formalities of the Prov . G . L . of Cambridgeshire—the election and the inauguration of the Prov . Grand Officers for the ensuing year , and the dispatch of aU business connected with the P . G . L . After about half an hour ' s delay , the companions of the R . A . Chapter of Pythagoras assembled in Conclave for the Installation of Principals , and for the exaltation of candidates , amongst whom were Dr . Colquhoun , of London , and Bro . S . P . Ekin . The proceedings , which occupied the Brethren and Companions from twelve o ' clock at noon till four p . m ., were of a highly intellectual charac-