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Provincial.
Macdonald has presented the Lodge of Fidelity with some valuable tokens of his regard , and which become still more so from the expectation of his early departure for India , where he purposes , with his brother and other friends , to disseminate the abundant blessings of our Order . He has been complimented , we hear , with the Provincial Purple , as some acknowledgment of his services . EXETER . —The Grand Lod assembled at Exeter on the 21 st
ge of October , at the Clarence Hotel , and was opened in due form in the Assembly-room , which is generally occupied by St . George ' s Lodge , No . 129 . The Provincial Grand Master Lord Viscount Ebrington was unavoidably absent , contrary to his own earnest wish , and much to the regret of all the brethren . The business of the day was conducted by the Dep . P . G . M . the Rev . Wm . Carwitheu , D . D ., W . M . of Lodge No . 129 . There were also present Brother James
Elton of Lodge No . 2 S 0 , P . G . S . W . ; Sir George Magrath , Knight , of Lodge No . 224 , P . G . J . W . ; the Rev . J . Huyshe , of No . 129 , Vrov G . Chaplain pro tern . ; Wm . Denis Moore , P . G . Sec ; W . II . Tonkin , jun ., P . P . G . 'S . D . ; J . T . Howe , P . G . J . D . ; Nichs . Foglestrom , P . G . Sup . of Works ; George Hirtzel , P . G . Director of Ceremonies ; the W . M . of Lodge No . CIO , as P . G . Sword Hearer ; the P . G . Stewards ; Brother John MilfordP . P . G . J . W . and other Past
, , Officers , and the Representatives of Lodges 46 , S 3 , 122 , 129 , 224 , 280 , 312 , 380 , 509 , and 610 , among whom were many County Magistrates , Clergymen , and Gentry . The business of the province was dispatched with great regularity and precision . The returns from the several Lodges were of a
gratifying character , and the treasurer ' s accounts exhibited a very satisfactory exchequer . The petitions for relief were taken into consideration , and the sums recommended by the Committee directed to be paid forthwith . The P . G . Sec . drew the ' attention of the Lodge to the newly established Asylum for Old and Decayed Freemasons , strongly recommending a unanimous contribution from the several Lodges of the
Province , in aid of aii institution , exhibiting in the principles of its foundation , the most exalted feelings of the Order , it had been the intention of the P . G . Sec . to propose an increased scale of contribution to the Provincial Funds , the additional proceeds to be applied solely to the purposes of the Charity ; but it being intimated that the Provincial Grand Lodge had no power to levy monies for any other than provincial purposes , that part of the Secretary ' s proposition was abandoned , not however without an earnest expression of hope , that the Lodges would individually coitie forward in support of so admirable
and purely Masonic an Institution . The Dep . P . G . Master , in forcible terms , adverted to the insufficient attendance of Lodges by their representatives at the Prov . G . Lodge , more especially on that occasion , when it became his duty to call their attention to various matters of the first importance . The Right Worshipful D . P . G . M . reprobated in strong language the laxity of practice which was suffered too often to prevail , particularlin the installation of the Masters of Lodges ; and adverted to the
y necessity existing for a strict attention to that ceremony , in order to qualify brethren for the honours of the degree of II . 11 . A . The P . G . Sec . applied for the assistance and sanction of the P . G . Lodge , in arranging a Masonic Register of the Province , on a princip le which would comprise a greater degree of information than
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Provincial.
Macdonald has presented the Lodge of Fidelity with some valuable tokens of his regard , and which become still more so from the expectation of his early departure for India , where he purposes , with his brother and other friends , to disseminate the abundant blessings of our Order . He has been complimented , we hear , with the Provincial Purple , as some acknowledgment of his services . EXETER . —The Grand Lod assembled at Exeter on the 21 st
ge of October , at the Clarence Hotel , and was opened in due form in the Assembly-room , which is generally occupied by St . George ' s Lodge , No . 129 . The Provincial Grand Master Lord Viscount Ebrington was unavoidably absent , contrary to his own earnest wish , and much to the regret of all the brethren . The business of the day was conducted by the Dep . P . G . M . the Rev . Wm . Carwitheu , D . D ., W . M . of Lodge No . 129 . There were also present Brother James
Elton of Lodge No . 2 S 0 , P . G . S . W . ; Sir George Magrath , Knight , of Lodge No . 224 , P . G . J . W . ; the Rev . J . Huyshe , of No . 129 , Vrov G . Chaplain pro tern . ; Wm . Denis Moore , P . G . Sec ; W . II . Tonkin , jun ., P . P . G . 'S . D . ; J . T . Howe , P . G . J . D . ; Nichs . Foglestrom , P . G . Sup . of Works ; George Hirtzel , P . G . Director of Ceremonies ; the W . M . of Lodge No . CIO , as P . G . Sword Hearer ; the P . G . Stewards ; Brother John MilfordP . P . G . J . W . and other Past
, , Officers , and the Representatives of Lodges 46 , S 3 , 122 , 129 , 224 , 280 , 312 , 380 , 509 , and 610 , among whom were many County Magistrates , Clergymen , and Gentry . The business of the province was dispatched with great regularity and precision . The returns from the several Lodges were of a
gratifying character , and the treasurer ' s accounts exhibited a very satisfactory exchequer . The petitions for relief were taken into consideration , and the sums recommended by the Committee directed to be paid forthwith . The P . G . Sec . drew the ' attention of the Lodge to the newly established Asylum for Old and Decayed Freemasons , strongly recommending a unanimous contribution from the several Lodges of the
Province , in aid of aii institution , exhibiting in the principles of its foundation , the most exalted feelings of the Order , it had been the intention of the P . G . Sec . to propose an increased scale of contribution to the Provincial Funds , the additional proceeds to be applied solely to the purposes of the Charity ; but it being intimated that the Provincial Grand Lodge had no power to levy monies for any other than provincial purposes , that part of the Secretary ' s proposition was abandoned , not however without an earnest expression of hope , that the Lodges would individually coitie forward in support of so admirable
and purely Masonic an Institution . The Dep . P . G . Master , in forcible terms , adverted to the insufficient attendance of Lodges by their representatives at the Prov . G . Lodge , more especially on that occasion , when it became his duty to call their attention to various matters of the first importance . The Right Worshipful D . P . G . M . reprobated in strong language the laxity of practice which was suffered too often to prevail , particularlin the installation of the Masters of Lodges ; and adverted to the
y necessity existing for a strict attention to that ceremony , in order to qualify brethren for the honours of the degree of II . 11 . A . The P . G . Sec . applied for the assistance and sanction of the P . G . Lodge , in arranging a Masonic Register of the Province , on a princip le which would comprise a greater degree of information than