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attachment of the Craft to their Grand Master is neither to be diminished by time or distance . Dec . 10 . —At a General Meeting of the members of the Palatine Lodge , No . Ill , held in their Lodge Rooms , Kay ' s Hotel , Bishopwearniouth , the following Brethren were installed Officers for the ensuing year - . —Sir Hedworth Williamson , bart ., M . P ., W . M . ; Sir Cuthbert Sharp , knight , P . M . ; Henry Walton , S . W . ; John Turner , J . W . ;
David Jonassohn , Treasurer ; Alexander Milne , Secretary ; Rev . Chas . Grant , Chaplain ; William II . Hardy , S . D . ; James C . Hall , J . D . ; Cooper Abbs , I . G . ; John Jackson , Tyler . The ceremony was performed by Brother Thomas Hardy , P . M . of the Lodge , in the presence of a numerous meeting of Brethren from nearl y all the Lodges in the Province , and also of the D . P . G . M . of Northumberland , and several of the Brethren of the Northern Counties' Lodge , Newcastle-on-Tyne .
READING , Nov . 6 . —The installation of Worshipful Master of the Lodge of Union , 597 , for the year ensuing took place in their Lodge , at the Upper Ship Inn , when their Provincial Grand Master , J . Ramsbottom , Esq ., M . P ., presided , supported by Captain Montagu , the Deputy Provincial Grand Master of the county ; — Larkin , Esq . Prov . Grand Master of Bengal ; — Heathcock , Esq ., and many Brothers of eminence and skill from the metropolis and adjoining counties . We regret the absence of the Chaplain in of a death in his
consequence family . ^ The Lodge was opened at twelve o ' clock , when the proceedings of the day commenced before a large assembly of the brethren , who were highly gratified with the manner in which the business was conducted , and observed they had never before seen masonry in such perfection in a provincial town . The imposing ceremony of Installation was greatly increased by the addition of a beautiful seraphine , which Mr . Binfield , with his usual liberality , lent to the Brothers on
the occasion , and was ably played by their organist , the P . G . O . for the county . The Lodge being closed , in due form and with solemn prayer , they retired to the banquet . The P . G . M ., on rising to piropose " Prosperity to the Lodge 597 , " observed , that at all times , and upon all occasions , they had his warmest and most anxious solicitude for the prosperity of the Lodge , and it was with pleasure he should offer , as a young Brother , his son , Mr . J . R . Seymour Ramsbottom . Capt . Montagu , on proposing the health of the R . W . P . G . M ., & c .
ecc , with masonic honours , presented the annual subscription of the Lodge to the Schools for sons and daughters of decayed Masons , which had been moved in opeu Lodge by Brother Rackstraw . The P . G . M . in a most able speech on the benefits and advantages resulting from Masonry , stated that it was gratifying to know , that of all the children educated in the Masonic School , not one had deviated from the paths OT ? virtue . He concluded by proposing the health of Capt . Montagu , D . P . G . M . of the county .
Capt . Montagu , on returning thanks , said he had for many years espoused the cause of Masonry in Reading , and had passed many happy hours in that Lodge . He had thought his Masonic career had ceased , but when he saw Masonry re-established in the borough by such able Brethren , and under such favourable auspices , he could not but unite with his Brother Ramsbottom in aiding this excellent institution . He would feel great gratification in becoming a joining Brother of the Lodge , and proposed the health of Brother Larkin , P . G . M . of Bengal .
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Provincial.
attachment of the Craft to their Grand Master is neither to be diminished by time or distance . Dec . 10 . —At a General Meeting of the members of the Palatine Lodge , No . Ill , held in their Lodge Rooms , Kay ' s Hotel , Bishopwearniouth , the following Brethren were installed Officers for the ensuing year - . —Sir Hedworth Williamson , bart ., M . P ., W . M . ; Sir Cuthbert Sharp , knight , P . M . ; Henry Walton , S . W . ; John Turner , J . W . ;
David Jonassohn , Treasurer ; Alexander Milne , Secretary ; Rev . Chas . Grant , Chaplain ; William II . Hardy , S . D . ; James C . Hall , J . D . ; Cooper Abbs , I . G . ; John Jackson , Tyler . The ceremony was performed by Brother Thomas Hardy , P . M . of the Lodge , in the presence of a numerous meeting of Brethren from nearl y all the Lodges in the Province , and also of the D . P . G . M . of Northumberland , and several of the Brethren of the Northern Counties' Lodge , Newcastle-on-Tyne .
READING , Nov . 6 . —The installation of Worshipful Master of the Lodge of Union , 597 , for the year ensuing took place in their Lodge , at the Upper Ship Inn , when their Provincial Grand Master , J . Ramsbottom , Esq ., M . P ., presided , supported by Captain Montagu , the Deputy Provincial Grand Master of the county ; — Larkin , Esq . Prov . Grand Master of Bengal ; — Heathcock , Esq ., and many Brothers of eminence and skill from the metropolis and adjoining counties . We regret the absence of the Chaplain in of a death in his
consequence family . ^ The Lodge was opened at twelve o ' clock , when the proceedings of the day commenced before a large assembly of the brethren , who were highly gratified with the manner in which the business was conducted , and observed they had never before seen masonry in such perfection in a provincial town . The imposing ceremony of Installation was greatly increased by the addition of a beautiful seraphine , which Mr . Binfield , with his usual liberality , lent to the Brothers on
the occasion , and was ably played by their organist , the P . G . O . for the county . The Lodge being closed , in due form and with solemn prayer , they retired to the banquet . The P . G . M ., on rising to piropose " Prosperity to the Lodge 597 , " observed , that at all times , and upon all occasions , they had his warmest and most anxious solicitude for the prosperity of the Lodge , and it was with pleasure he should offer , as a young Brother , his son , Mr . J . R . Seymour Ramsbottom . Capt . Montagu , on proposing the health of the R . W . P . G . M ., & c .
ecc , with masonic honours , presented the annual subscription of the Lodge to the Schools for sons and daughters of decayed Masons , which had been moved in opeu Lodge by Brother Rackstraw . The P . G . M . in a most able speech on the benefits and advantages resulting from Masonry , stated that it was gratifying to know , that of all the children educated in the Masonic School , not one had deviated from the paths OT ? virtue . He concluded by proposing the health of Capt . Montagu , D . P . G . M . of the county .
Capt . Montagu , on returning thanks , said he had for many years espoused the cause of Masonry in Reading , and had passed many happy hours in that Lodge . He had thought his Masonic career had ceased , but when he saw Masonry re-established in the borough by such able Brethren , and under such favourable auspices , he could not but unite with his Brother Ramsbottom in aiding this excellent institution . He would feel great gratification in becoming a joining Brother of the Lodge , and proposed the health of Brother Larkin , P . G . M . of Bengal .