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contemplated to establish for East Lancashire , and Bro . Foster handed to the D . P . G . M . two letters which he had received from Bro . Hopwood . of London , who , at Bro . Foster ' s request , had been in communication with the Managing Committee of the Freemasons' Metropolitan Schools on the subject , and from which there appeared to be a prospect of the Brethren of the province being now enabled to carry out their benevolent views in a manner some time since suggested by Bro . Foster . The
D . P . G . M . kindly promised to give the matter his immediate attention , and to seo Bro . Foster upon it without delay . After this the Brethren retired to refreshment , and a very social and agreeable evening was passed in all the harmony and the interchange of those kind and brotherly feelings , for the exercise of which the Order is so justly celebrated . As it is not a matter of every day occurrence for the D . G . M . of England to attend the Festival of a private Loclgeit was undoubtedly a primary
, wish of the Brethren of the Loclge of Virtue to pay to the noble D . G . M . all the honour so justly due , not only to his distinguished office in the Craft , but also to his honoured name and virtues as a nobleman , every act of whose life is more distinctive of true nobility than can be the coronet awarded by kings ; the speech , truly eloquent and sincere , in which Bro . P . M . Moody proposed the noble lord ' s good health , found an enthusiastic echo in the heart of every Brother present . His
lordship made a very able response . The D . P . G . M , elect , and several Provincial Officers and other Brethren , made excellent and appropriate addresses , and the proceedings terminated to tbe entire satisfaction of all present .
LIVERPOOL . —Mr . Francis Ringland has addressed a letter to the " Mercury , " calling attention to the recent refusal of the Corporation to grant the use of the Town-hall-rooms , and also to the propriety of securing the Masons from a similar rebuff in future , "To show , " he says , " that the narrow and illiberal spirit of the Liverpool Town Council on this occasion is not universal , I need only refer the public to the grand banquet given at the Egyptian-hall , on the 28 th June last , by the
Corporation of London , to the members of the various Masonic bodies of England , at which meeting Bro . Farncombe , the then Lord Mayor , presided . " Br . Ringland , after dwelling upon the noble and benevolent objects of the society , calls upon the Masons of the town and district , by an united , mighty , and generous effort , to erect a hall of their own for the education and advancement in life of the children of distressed Freemasons , and where also the periodical meetings of the
Lodges , as well as occasional gatherings upon a large scale , might be held . The suggestion is certainly a most excellent one , and deserves to be taken up with spirit . LANCASHIRE , EAST . —OLDHAM . —Lodge of Friendship , No . 344 . — , At the installation the following Officers were appointed , viz .: —Bros . Isaac Gaitskell , VV . M . ; AVm . Henry Fletcher , S . VV . ; John George Blackburne , J . W . ; Samuel Oliver , M . A ., Chaplain ; Samuel Brown , Treasurer ; AVilliam Hudson , Secretary ; Robert Holt , S . D . ; James Butterworth , J . D . ; Newton Bentley , I . G . ; J . Wild , and B . Rowland , Stewards .
' I his Lodge , for a long time in a low state , is now increasing rapidly , both in numbers and respectability . Within the last twelve months its number of Members has more than doubled , from the most respectable families in this town and neighbourhood , and it is gratifying to think
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contemplated to establish for East Lancashire , and Bro . Foster handed to the D . P . G . M . two letters which he had received from Bro . Hopwood . of London , who , at Bro . Foster ' s request , had been in communication with the Managing Committee of the Freemasons' Metropolitan Schools on the subject , and from which there appeared to be a prospect of the Brethren of the province being now enabled to carry out their benevolent views in a manner some time since suggested by Bro . Foster . The
D . P . G . M . kindly promised to give the matter his immediate attention , and to seo Bro . Foster upon it without delay . After this the Brethren retired to refreshment , and a very social and agreeable evening was passed in all the harmony and the interchange of those kind and brotherly feelings , for the exercise of which the Order is so justly celebrated . As it is not a matter of every day occurrence for the D . G . M . of England to attend the Festival of a private Loclgeit was undoubtedly a primary
, wish of the Brethren of the Loclge of Virtue to pay to the noble D . G . M . all the honour so justly due , not only to his distinguished office in the Craft , but also to his honoured name and virtues as a nobleman , every act of whose life is more distinctive of true nobility than can be the coronet awarded by kings ; the speech , truly eloquent and sincere , in which Bro . P . M . Moody proposed the noble lord ' s good health , found an enthusiastic echo in the heart of every Brother present . His
lordship made a very able response . The D . P . G . M , elect , and several Provincial Officers and other Brethren , made excellent and appropriate addresses , and the proceedings terminated to tbe entire satisfaction of all present .
LIVERPOOL . —Mr . Francis Ringland has addressed a letter to the " Mercury , " calling attention to the recent refusal of the Corporation to grant the use of the Town-hall-rooms , and also to the propriety of securing the Masons from a similar rebuff in future , "To show , " he says , " that the narrow and illiberal spirit of the Liverpool Town Council on this occasion is not universal , I need only refer the public to the grand banquet given at the Egyptian-hall , on the 28 th June last , by the
Corporation of London , to the members of the various Masonic bodies of England , at which meeting Bro . Farncombe , the then Lord Mayor , presided . " Br . Ringland , after dwelling upon the noble and benevolent objects of the society , calls upon the Masons of the town and district , by an united , mighty , and generous effort , to erect a hall of their own for the education and advancement in life of the children of distressed Freemasons , and where also the periodical meetings of the
Lodges , as well as occasional gatherings upon a large scale , might be held . The suggestion is certainly a most excellent one , and deserves to be taken up with spirit . LANCASHIRE , EAST . —OLDHAM . —Lodge of Friendship , No . 344 . — , At the installation the following Officers were appointed , viz .: —Bros . Isaac Gaitskell , VV . M . ; AVm . Henry Fletcher , S . VV . ; John George Blackburne , J . W . ; Samuel Oliver , M . A ., Chaplain ; Samuel Brown , Treasurer ; AVilliam Hudson , Secretary ; Robert Holt , S . D . ; James Butterworth , J . D . ; Newton Bentley , I . G . ; J . Wild , and B . Rowland , Stewards .
' I his Lodge , for a long time in a low state , is now increasing rapidly , both in numbers and respectability . Within the last twelve months its number of Members has more than doubled , from the most respectable families in this town and neighbourhood , and it is gratifying to think