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sitions of the Phoenix Lodge 111 , or that a large infusion of young and active Masons could take place in each . As a principle both curative and stimulant , I would strongly urge on the Provincial Grand Officers of Durham the propriety of their paying frequent visits to the Lodges held in towns wherein they themselves reside . It is impossible for their noble and highly-gifted Master to trace out his own precept and le in every detail—in every little assemblage of Freemasons ; and
examp I think he has a right to expect that those he has honoured , and in all other respects most justly honoured , with tbe Purple Badge , should exercise that highly estimated privilege in perfecting the good work . In that model of Masonic Lodges in the northern counties of England , in the well and numerously constituted , the intellectual and otherwise influential body who assemble under the banners of the Palatine Lodge , No . Ill , I have had the extreme gratification of being twice
received in the true spirit of the Order . This Lodge is held at Kay ' s Hotel , Bishopwearmouth , Sunderland , and has its regular meetings on the second Thursday of every month ; on the 14 th , therefore , I was present at a meeting convened in the usual course , and on tbe 21 st I
visited it in a case of emergency , that of initiating two Officers of the GOth regiment . Throughout my Masonic experience I have never seen the ceremony of initiation so ably conducted as in the Palatine Lodge . At my first visit a gentleman of Sunderland was received into Freemasonry , so that together I witnessed the ceremony thrice ; and I am thus fully satisfied that Masonic perfection is the common practice , and not a casual
occurrence with the Master and Officers of the Palatine . Sir Hedworth Williamson is the present W . M ., and with Sir Cuthhert Sharpe , and other gentlemen of wealth and standing in the neighbourhood , does much to sustain the reputation of the Order ; but the practical operations of the Lodge are chiefly confided to Brother Hardy , who may be called the Gilkes of the North—the operative Father of Freemasonry in the county of Durham . To the Palatine Lodgeas a bodyI am
, , greatly indebted for the pleasure created by the exhibition of their superior ability as Freemasons ; and with many of the Members I have incurred a large amount of gratitude for individual courtesies and kindnesses . Long may they continue in practices of these Masonic and social virtues , the honest pride of their native county , and an example to the whole Craft . S .
Newcastle-upon-Tyne , Sept . 23 , 1 S 37 . DEAR SIR , —Contrary to the expectation I entertained when I first visited this locality , my stay has been protracted to the present date ; and 1 have experienced , in consequence , less variety of Masonic
incidents than ivould have been afforded by an earlier prosecution of my journey through the adjoining counties . 1 shall therefore be brief in the few references I have now to make , that I may have a better claim on your indulgence after I have attended the meetings of the Craft on the Yorkshire coast , on my way homeward . Two visits to the Newcastle-upon-Tyne Lodge , No . 2-1 , held in Newcastle , and an equal number to the Northern Counties Lodge , Newcastle , and to the Palatine Lodge , Sunderland , of which two latter I
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To The Editor.
sitions of the Phoenix Lodge 111 , or that a large infusion of young and active Masons could take place in each . As a principle both curative and stimulant , I would strongly urge on the Provincial Grand Officers of Durham the propriety of their paying frequent visits to the Lodges held in towns wherein they themselves reside . It is impossible for their noble and highly-gifted Master to trace out his own precept and le in every detail—in every little assemblage of Freemasons ; and
examp I think he has a right to expect that those he has honoured , and in all other respects most justly honoured , with tbe Purple Badge , should exercise that highly estimated privilege in perfecting the good work . In that model of Masonic Lodges in the northern counties of England , in the well and numerously constituted , the intellectual and otherwise influential body who assemble under the banners of the Palatine Lodge , No . Ill , I have had the extreme gratification of being twice
received in the true spirit of the Order . This Lodge is held at Kay ' s Hotel , Bishopwearmouth , Sunderland , and has its regular meetings on the second Thursday of every month ; on the 14 th , therefore , I was present at a meeting convened in the usual course , and on tbe 21 st I
visited it in a case of emergency , that of initiating two Officers of the GOth regiment . Throughout my Masonic experience I have never seen the ceremony of initiation so ably conducted as in the Palatine Lodge . At my first visit a gentleman of Sunderland was received into Freemasonry , so that together I witnessed the ceremony thrice ; and I am thus fully satisfied that Masonic perfection is the common practice , and not a casual
occurrence with the Master and Officers of the Palatine . Sir Hedworth Williamson is the present W . M ., and with Sir Cuthhert Sharpe , and other gentlemen of wealth and standing in the neighbourhood , does much to sustain the reputation of the Order ; but the practical operations of the Lodge are chiefly confided to Brother Hardy , who may be called the Gilkes of the North—the operative Father of Freemasonry in the county of Durham . To the Palatine Lodgeas a bodyI am
, , greatly indebted for the pleasure created by the exhibition of their superior ability as Freemasons ; and with many of the Members I have incurred a large amount of gratitude for individual courtesies and kindnesses . Long may they continue in practices of these Masonic and social virtues , the honest pride of their native county , and an example to the whole Craft . S .
Newcastle-upon-Tyne , Sept . 23 , 1 S 37 . DEAR SIR , —Contrary to the expectation I entertained when I first visited this locality , my stay has been protracted to the present date ; and 1 have experienced , in consequence , less variety of Masonic
incidents than ivould have been afforded by an earlier prosecution of my journey through the adjoining counties . 1 shall therefore be brief in the few references I have now to make , that I may have a better claim on your indulgence after I have attended the meetings of the Craft on the Yorkshire coast , on my way homeward . Two visits to the Newcastle-upon-Tyne Lodge , No . 2-1 , held in Newcastle , and an equal number to the Northern Counties Lodge , Newcastle , and to the Palatine Lodge , Sunderland , of which two latter I