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by bringing into creditable activity the talents of those who are desirous of and who deserve promotion . We cannot forego the opportunity of noticing the laudable clearnessin which the Treasurer ' s account is promulgated , nor must we forget to do justice to the elegant manner in which the report of the proceedings is printed—in type , execution , and paper , it boldly surpasses the metropolitan circular .
MANCHESTER , Dec . Oth . —A meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge for the Eastern Division of Lancashire was held at Manchester , which was attended by the Officers and Brethren of that province to the number of three hundred and upwards , when the newly appointed D . Prov . G . M ., Thomas Preston , Esq ., was installed into office , and other routine business transacted , and the day passed in perfect harmony . Among many excellent addresses , we have only room for the
following , on the health of " The Provincial Grand Chaplain , and the rest of our Reverend Brethren , " being given . The reverend gentleman acknowledged this toast in a speech of considerable length . He said he had been induced to become a Mason from a favourable opinion conceived of the institution . He had not been deceived ; it was founded upon the purest principles of piety and virtue ; andas a relaxation from the more important duties to which
, , as a clergyman of the Church of England , he had been called , he could assure the brethren that the more he learned of its principles , the more he admired it . Brother the Rev . P . Blair expressed his thanks for the honour done him . Although he was not a member of a Lodge in England , he had lately been master of one in Ireland , which numbered nearly five hundred members . Many of these Freemasons were amongst the poorest
of that unfortunate country ; but he was proud to say that they understood what genuine Masonry was , for he could assure the Brethren he was then addressing , that , during the time he belonged to that Lodge , and it was not a short time , amid the most appalling poverty and distress , not one member had been concerned in the many outrages and crimes that have been perpetrated in Ireland .
DURHAM , Sept . 22 . —A Provincial Lodge for the County of Durham was held at Chester-le-Strect this day , at which Sir Cuthbert Sharp presided , as Deputy Grand Master , in the absence of the Earl of Durham . After the routinary business had been gone through , the following Brethren were appointed Grand Officers for the ensuing year : — Br . . John Fawcett , P . S . G . W . ; Br . Sir II . Williamson , P . J . G . W . ; Win . Mills , P . G . R . ; Rev . G . Townsend , P . G . C . ; J . C . Carr , P . G . T . ;
J . P . Kidson , P . G . S . ; A . Wilkinson ( of Durham ) , P . G . S . ; W . T . Hardy , P . G . D . C . ; Thos . Gainforth , P . G . S . U . ; —Wilson , P . G . J . D . ; T . Small , P . G . O . ; II . Ilobson , G . S . B . ; R . Parkinson , l > . G . S . 15 . ; G . Walker , P . G . P . ; Win . Robinson , P . G . T . The Senior and Junior Wardens of Ledges , Grand Stewards . —Previous to the opening of the Grand Lodge , a new Lodge was constituted for Chester-le-Street , under the title of ' " The Wear Lodge , " of which Capt . Croudaceof Pol ton
, , was installed Master . At a meeting of the Lambtou Lodge , held after the constitution of the Wear Lodge , Sir C . Sharp was chosen Master of the former for the next year . In the afternoon , the Brethren sat down to an excellent dinner at the Lambton Arms , where the evening was spent in true Masonic conviviality and harmony . The health of Lord Durham was drank with a fervour and enthusiasm that showed the
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Provincial.
by bringing into creditable activity the talents of those who are desirous of and who deserve promotion . We cannot forego the opportunity of noticing the laudable clearnessin which the Treasurer ' s account is promulgated , nor must we forget to do justice to the elegant manner in which the report of the proceedings is printed—in type , execution , and paper , it boldly surpasses the metropolitan circular .
MANCHESTER , Dec . Oth . —A meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge for the Eastern Division of Lancashire was held at Manchester , which was attended by the Officers and Brethren of that province to the number of three hundred and upwards , when the newly appointed D . Prov . G . M ., Thomas Preston , Esq ., was installed into office , and other routine business transacted , and the day passed in perfect harmony . Among many excellent addresses , we have only room for the
following , on the health of " The Provincial Grand Chaplain , and the rest of our Reverend Brethren , " being given . The reverend gentleman acknowledged this toast in a speech of considerable length . He said he had been induced to become a Mason from a favourable opinion conceived of the institution . He had not been deceived ; it was founded upon the purest principles of piety and virtue ; andas a relaxation from the more important duties to which
, , as a clergyman of the Church of England , he had been called , he could assure the brethren that the more he learned of its principles , the more he admired it . Brother the Rev . P . Blair expressed his thanks for the honour done him . Although he was not a member of a Lodge in England , he had lately been master of one in Ireland , which numbered nearly five hundred members . Many of these Freemasons were amongst the poorest
of that unfortunate country ; but he was proud to say that they understood what genuine Masonry was , for he could assure the Brethren he was then addressing , that , during the time he belonged to that Lodge , and it was not a short time , amid the most appalling poverty and distress , not one member had been concerned in the many outrages and crimes that have been perpetrated in Ireland .
DURHAM , Sept . 22 . —A Provincial Lodge for the County of Durham was held at Chester-le-Strect this day , at which Sir Cuthbert Sharp presided , as Deputy Grand Master , in the absence of the Earl of Durham . After the routinary business had been gone through , the following Brethren were appointed Grand Officers for the ensuing year : — Br . . John Fawcett , P . S . G . W . ; Br . Sir II . Williamson , P . J . G . W . ; Win . Mills , P . G . R . ; Rev . G . Townsend , P . G . C . ; J . C . Carr , P . G . T . ;
J . P . Kidson , P . G . S . ; A . Wilkinson ( of Durham ) , P . G . S . ; W . T . Hardy , P . G . D . C . ; Thos . Gainforth , P . G . S . U . ; —Wilson , P . G . J . D . ; T . Small , P . G . O . ; II . Ilobson , G . S . B . ; R . Parkinson , l > . G . S . 15 . ; G . Walker , P . G . P . ; Win . Robinson , P . G . T . The Senior and Junior Wardens of Ledges , Grand Stewards . —Previous to the opening of the Grand Lodge , a new Lodge was constituted for Chester-le-Street , under the title of ' " The Wear Lodge , " of which Capt . Croudaceof Pol ton
, , was installed Master . At a meeting of the Lambtou Lodge , held after the constitution of the Wear Lodge , Sir C . Sharp was chosen Master of the former for the next year . In the afternoon , the Brethren sat down to an excellent dinner at the Lambton Arms , where the evening was spent in true Masonic conviviality and harmony . The health of Lord Durham was drank with a fervour and enthusiasm that showed the