-
Articles/Ads
Article PROVINCIAL. ← Page 15 of 19 →
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Provincial.
HULL , November 17 . —The Humber Warrant , formerly No . 73 , now 65 , having for some time lain dormant , a few Brethren , animated by an ardent and sincere desire to promote the prosperity of the Craft , determined to use their utmost exertions to accomplish so desirable an object ; they accordingly re-opened the Humbei Lodge at the Turk's Head in Mytongate , on the 5 th November , 1823 , resolving to conduct
its affairs upon purely Masonic principles . At this house the Lodge continued to be held until the year 1827 , when the number of members having increased to upwards of forty , and the room appropriated for their meetings being considered too small for their comfortable accommodation , they unanimously undertook to build a new Masonic Hall . To accomplish their intended object a subscription was immediately
entered into , Bro . Lieut . William Crow ( whose name appears in your Masonic obituary ) beginning it with a sum of 200 / ., the S . W . 100 / . and the rest of the members followed the example according to the best of their respective abilities ; a suitable plot of freehold ground was purchased , and the members being unremitting in their exertions , the foundation stone was laid on the 7 th of May , 1827 , by Brother Robert Mackenzie Beverley , G . S . and D . P . G . M , for the North and East
Ridings of the county of York , assisted by Brother the Rev . George Oliver , P . G . S . for Lincolnshire , and dedicated by him for the purposes of Freemasonry only , and to be used for no other purpose so long as three Brethren can be found to attach themselves to the Warrant . This Masonic Hall was completed on the 3 d of October , 1827 , and opened in solemn form . It is 46 feet long , 25 feet wide , and 21 feet
high , substantially buUt and tastefull y decorated , and lighted by eleven gas lamps . The entrance hall though small is neat , having on one side of it the preparing room , and on the other the kitchen . At the west end of the Masonic Hall a gallery is erected , on which is placed a very fine-toned organ , built by Robert Wheatley , a member of the Lodge ; the cost of the building with the furniture amounted to
upwards of 1100 / ., the whole of which has in the short space of seven years been provided for . The regular meetings of the Craft are the first and third Tuesday , and the Chapter the last Friday in every month . Attached to the Lodge is a Masonic Fund of Benevolence for the relief of its own members only , upon the principle of a Benefit Society . A Library has also been established for the use of the members and their families , which is open for the reception of all works instructive and useful . I must not omit to mention that we are
subscribers to your valuable publication , which has received the unanimous approbation of the whole Lodge ; that from the perusal of the first number we received great pleasure , and from every successive one we have derived additional satisfaction . VOL . i . 3 11
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Provincial.
HULL , November 17 . —The Humber Warrant , formerly No . 73 , now 65 , having for some time lain dormant , a few Brethren , animated by an ardent and sincere desire to promote the prosperity of the Craft , determined to use their utmost exertions to accomplish so desirable an object ; they accordingly re-opened the Humbei Lodge at the Turk's Head in Mytongate , on the 5 th November , 1823 , resolving to conduct
its affairs upon purely Masonic principles . At this house the Lodge continued to be held until the year 1827 , when the number of members having increased to upwards of forty , and the room appropriated for their meetings being considered too small for their comfortable accommodation , they unanimously undertook to build a new Masonic Hall . To accomplish their intended object a subscription was immediately
entered into , Bro . Lieut . William Crow ( whose name appears in your Masonic obituary ) beginning it with a sum of 200 / ., the S . W . 100 / . and the rest of the members followed the example according to the best of their respective abilities ; a suitable plot of freehold ground was purchased , and the members being unremitting in their exertions , the foundation stone was laid on the 7 th of May , 1827 , by Brother Robert Mackenzie Beverley , G . S . and D . P . G . M , for the North and East
Ridings of the county of York , assisted by Brother the Rev . George Oliver , P . G . S . for Lincolnshire , and dedicated by him for the purposes of Freemasonry only , and to be used for no other purpose so long as three Brethren can be found to attach themselves to the Warrant . This Masonic Hall was completed on the 3 d of October , 1827 , and opened in solemn form . It is 46 feet long , 25 feet wide , and 21 feet
high , substantially buUt and tastefull y decorated , and lighted by eleven gas lamps . The entrance hall though small is neat , having on one side of it the preparing room , and on the other the kitchen . At the west end of the Masonic Hall a gallery is erected , on which is placed a very fine-toned organ , built by Robert Wheatley , a member of the Lodge ; the cost of the building with the furniture amounted to
upwards of 1100 / ., the whole of which has in the short space of seven years been provided for . The regular meetings of the Craft are the first and third Tuesday , and the Chapter the last Friday in every month . Attached to the Lodge is a Masonic Fund of Benevolence for the relief of its own members only , upon the principle of a Benefit Society . A Library has also been established for the use of the members and their families , which is open for the reception of all works instructive and useful . I must not omit to mention that we are
subscribers to your valuable publication , which has received the unanimous approbation of the whole Lodge ; that from the perusal of the first number we received great pleasure , and from every successive one we have derived additional satisfaction . VOL . i . 3 11