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Colonial.
Sherrington sat as Vice , supported by the Hon . AVm . Lee , and the Rev . Mr . Warner . The fare was excellent ; and the arrangements reflected much credit upon Bro . P . P . Walter , to whose supervision they had been entrusted .
HALIFAX ( NOVA SCOTIA ) . —The R . AV . Pr . G . L . of Nova Scotia assembled at Masonic Hall , in Halifax , on St . John ' s Day , 1851 , for the Installation of Officers , R . AV . Hon . A . Keith , Pr . G . M ., presiding . The attendance of Members ancl visiting Brethren was large , affording a most gratifying proof of the healthy ancl flourishing condition of Masonry in Nova Scotia . The R . W . Pr . G . M . addressed the Brethren in his usual pointed and happy manner , alluding to the unanimity which pervaded all the Lodges under his
jurisdiction during the past year . The Officers for the ensuing year were then installed in ancient and regular form , ancl after an appropriate address from the V . W . the G . C , Rev . Dr . Twining , the Pr . G . L . closed , to meet again at six o ' clock , at refreshment . The company assembled at the banquet was large , and highly respectable . Several officers of the 42 nd Highlanders and some of
the first citizens and members of the Provincial Parliament were present , ancl never did the banquet-room of the Masonic Hall present a nobler or happier company than there greeted each other . After the usual loyal and Masonic toasts , Cajit . Drummond , of the 42 nd Highlanders , and P . M . of the Malta Lodge , rose , and in a neat and highly complimentary speech , proposed the health of the R . W . the Hon . A . Keith , Pr . G . M . —Drank with all the honours .
The response of the Pr . G . M . was one of his happiest efforts . He thanked the Brethren present for the honour and comjiliment so handsomely bestowed , ancl drew a most eloquent and pleasing picture of the moral and social results which Freemasonry is calculated to jiroduce . The speech was received with great enthusiasm , and called forth repeated apjilause . Other excellent speeches followed , filled with true Masonic sentiment . At eleven o ' clock , the Pr . G . M . left the chair , and the Brethren dispersed .
MALTA . —On the 27 th December , 1851 ( the Festival of St . John the Evangelist ) , the Brethren of St . John ancl St . Paul ' s Lodge , No . 437 , assembled for the Installation of the W . M . Bro . W . Wintlirop , United States Consul . After the Lodge had been closed , the Brethren , to the number of forty-two , adjourned to the "Malta Union Club , " and sat down to refreshment . During the evening , the usual Masonic toasts were given . The St . John and St . Paul ' s
Lodge , No . 437 , under the Grand Lodge of England , or the Mother Lodge of the Island , and established by that distinguished and accomplished Mason , the late Judge W . R . Wright—is in a most flourishing condition . The Officers for the current year are Brs . W . Winthroji , W . M . ; Maj . MacBeath ( 68 th Lt . Infantry ) , S . W . ; Lieut . R . Boyle ( R . Artillery ) , J . W . ; Milrea ( Commissariat Depart . ) S . D . ; Cajit . Forbes ( 76 th regt . ) J . D . ; Dobbs (
Ord-, , nance Depart . ) , I . G . ; B . Douglas , Sec . ; Hadley ( 68 th Lt . Infantry ) , P . M . ; Capt . Ewart ( Royal Navy , "Expert" ); and the Rev . J . S . Robson . Br . Ewart fills the J . AV . chair during the absence , on leave , of Bro . Boyle . Br . Admiral Sir L . Curtis , Bart ., late Pr . G . M . for Hampshire , has recently joined the St . John ancl St . Paul ' s
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Colonial.
Sherrington sat as Vice , supported by the Hon . AVm . Lee , and the Rev . Mr . Warner . The fare was excellent ; and the arrangements reflected much credit upon Bro . P . P . Walter , to whose supervision they had been entrusted .
HALIFAX ( NOVA SCOTIA ) . —The R . AV . Pr . G . L . of Nova Scotia assembled at Masonic Hall , in Halifax , on St . John ' s Day , 1851 , for the Installation of Officers , R . AV . Hon . A . Keith , Pr . G . M ., presiding . The attendance of Members ancl visiting Brethren was large , affording a most gratifying proof of the healthy ancl flourishing condition of Masonry in Nova Scotia . The R . W . Pr . G . M . addressed the Brethren in his usual pointed and happy manner , alluding to the unanimity which pervaded all the Lodges under his
jurisdiction during the past year . The Officers for the ensuing year were then installed in ancient and regular form , ancl after an appropriate address from the V . W . the G . C , Rev . Dr . Twining , the Pr . G . L . closed , to meet again at six o ' clock , at refreshment . The company assembled at the banquet was large , and highly respectable . Several officers of the 42 nd Highlanders and some of
the first citizens and members of the Provincial Parliament were present , ancl never did the banquet-room of the Masonic Hall present a nobler or happier company than there greeted each other . After the usual loyal and Masonic toasts , Cajit . Drummond , of the 42 nd Highlanders , and P . M . of the Malta Lodge , rose , and in a neat and highly complimentary speech , proposed the health of the R . W . the Hon . A . Keith , Pr . G . M . —Drank with all the honours .
The response of the Pr . G . M . was one of his happiest efforts . He thanked the Brethren present for the honour and comjiliment so handsomely bestowed , ancl drew a most eloquent and pleasing picture of the moral and social results which Freemasonry is calculated to jiroduce . The speech was received with great enthusiasm , and called forth repeated apjilause . Other excellent speeches followed , filled with true Masonic sentiment . At eleven o ' clock , the Pr . G . M . left the chair , and the Brethren dispersed .
MALTA . —On the 27 th December , 1851 ( the Festival of St . John the Evangelist ) , the Brethren of St . John ancl St . Paul ' s Lodge , No . 437 , assembled for the Installation of the W . M . Bro . W . Wintlirop , United States Consul . After the Lodge had been closed , the Brethren , to the number of forty-two , adjourned to the "Malta Union Club , " and sat down to refreshment . During the evening , the usual Masonic toasts were given . The St . John and St . Paul ' s
Lodge , No . 437 , under the Grand Lodge of England , or the Mother Lodge of the Island , and established by that distinguished and accomplished Mason , the late Judge W . R . Wright—is in a most flourishing condition . The Officers for the current year are Brs . W . Winthroji , W . M . ; Maj . MacBeath ( 68 th Lt . Infantry ) , S . W . ; Lieut . R . Boyle ( R . Artillery ) , J . W . ; Milrea ( Commissariat Depart . ) S . D . ; Cajit . Forbes ( 76 th regt . ) J . D . ; Dobbs (
Ord-, , nance Depart . ) , I . G . ; B . Douglas , Sec . ; Hadley ( 68 th Lt . Infantry ) , P . M . ; Capt . Ewart ( Royal Navy , "Expert" ); and the Rev . J . S . Robson . Br . Ewart fills the J . AV . chair during the absence , on leave , of Bro . Boyle . Br . Admiral Sir L . Curtis , Bart ., late Pr . G . M . for Hampshire , has recently joined the St . John ancl St . Paul ' s