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Provincial.
PROVINCIAL .
HERTS . —AVALTIIAM CROSS , NOV . 1 . —An esj . ec . ial meeting of the Salisbury Lodge was held to raise Brother AVilliam Harrison , Q C , in order to enable him to be ajipointeda Provincial Grand Officer the next , day , at Hertford . The worthy Brother ivas also the liberal host on the occasion . HERTFORD , NOV 2 . —The Mount Lebanon Chapter held a meeting previous to the Lodge , installed one of the Principalsand exalted
, the AV . M . elect of the Salisbury Lodge . Companion J . C . Burckhardt , P . G . P . S ., ancl Companion G . P . Philipe , G . D . C ., were present . At the Lodge Brother John Davies , P . M . was installed as the AV . M ., his presidency two or three years ago having satisfied the Lodge that no other member was so fit to fill the chair ; and it is expected that during his year there will be many additions of members . The Provincial Grand Lodge was held immediately after , at which
the Most Noble the Marquess of Salisbury , Prov . G . M ., presided , and the Prov .-Grand Officers were appointed . About sixty sat down to the banquet , in the large room of the Town Hall . The evening passed off with great harmony . The Prov . G . M . sat on the right hand of the AV . M ., who was supported , right and left , by a host of jiresent and jiast Prov . Grand Officers , together with Brothers Burckhardt , P . S . G . D ., and Philipe , G . S . B .
The members of the AVatford Lodge held their annual meeting on Friday last , Nov . 10 , in their new Masonic Hall , and after transacting the business of the day , the Brethren , about fifty , retired to the banquetting-room , where the dinner was served up in Brother Summit ' s best style . The chair was very ably sustained hy Alexander Fraser , Esq ., the AV . M . ; he was supported on his right by Brother William Stuart , Esq ., the D . P . G . M . for the county of Hertford , Brother Stewart
Marjoribanks , Esq ., P . M . and P . S . G . AV . of England , and Henry Stuart , Esq ., the M . P . for the town of Bedford ; and on his left by P . M . Wan ! and Ileattie , and other Grand Officers . Upon the cloth being removed Non Nobis , & c . was sung with great effect by Bros . AV ylde , of Edgeware , Fitzwilliam , and Atkins ; and after the usual loyal and other Masonic toasts had been given , the AV . M ., in a very neat speech , proposed the health of the P . M . Marjoribanks , at the same time presenting
him with an elegantly chased gold snuff-box , of the value of fifty guineas , subscribed by the members of the Lodge , and bearing the following inscription : " To Stewart Marjoribanks , Esq ., presented by the members of the AVatford Lodge of Freemasons in gratitude for his uniform kindness towards them , and in testimony of their individual regard and esteem for his private worth , A . L . 5841 ,- — -A . D . 1837 . "Brother Marjoribanks returned the acknowledgement in an apjwopriate
speech ; various others succeeded , and the evening was spent in true Masonic feeling . KENT . —The following report of a "Provincial Visitor , " will , it is hoped , meet the observation of those who have at heart the best interests of the Order .
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Provincial.
PROVINCIAL .
HERTS . —AVALTIIAM CROSS , NOV . 1 . —An esj . ec . ial meeting of the Salisbury Lodge was held to raise Brother AVilliam Harrison , Q C , in order to enable him to be ajipointeda Provincial Grand Officer the next , day , at Hertford . The worthy Brother ivas also the liberal host on the occasion . HERTFORD , NOV 2 . —The Mount Lebanon Chapter held a meeting previous to the Lodge , installed one of the Principalsand exalted
, the AV . M . elect of the Salisbury Lodge . Companion J . C . Burckhardt , P . G . P . S ., ancl Companion G . P . Philipe , G . D . C ., were present . At the Lodge Brother John Davies , P . M . was installed as the AV . M ., his presidency two or three years ago having satisfied the Lodge that no other member was so fit to fill the chair ; and it is expected that during his year there will be many additions of members . The Provincial Grand Lodge was held immediately after , at which
the Most Noble the Marquess of Salisbury , Prov . G . M ., presided , and the Prov .-Grand Officers were appointed . About sixty sat down to the banquet , in the large room of the Town Hall . The evening passed off with great harmony . The Prov . G . M . sat on the right hand of the AV . M ., who was supported , right and left , by a host of jiresent and jiast Prov . Grand Officers , together with Brothers Burckhardt , P . S . G . D ., and Philipe , G . S . B .
The members of the AVatford Lodge held their annual meeting on Friday last , Nov . 10 , in their new Masonic Hall , and after transacting the business of the day , the Brethren , about fifty , retired to the banquetting-room , where the dinner was served up in Brother Summit ' s best style . The chair was very ably sustained hy Alexander Fraser , Esq ., the AV . M . ; he was supported on his right by Brother William Stuart , Esq ., the D . P . G . M . for the county of Hertford , Brother Stewart
Marjoribanks , Esq ., P . M . and P . S . G . AV . of England , and Henry Stuart , Esq ., the M . P . for the town of Bedford ; and on his left by P . M . Wan ! and Ileattie , and other Grand Officers . Upon the cloth being removed Non Nobis , & c . was sung with great effect by Bros . AV ylde , of Edgeware , Fitzwilliam , and Atkins ; and after the usual loyal and other Masonic toasts had been given , the AV . M ., in a very neat speech , proposed the health of the P . M . Marjoribanks , at the same time presenting
him with an elegantly chased gold snuff-box , of the value of fifty guineas , subscribed by the members of the Lodge , and bearing the following inscription : " To Stewart Marjoribanks , Esq ., presented by the members of the AVatford Lodge of Freemasons in gratitude for his uniform kindness towards them , and in testimony of their individual regard and esteem for his private worth , A . L . 5841 ,- — -A . D . 1837 . "Brother Marjoribanks returned the acknowledgement in an apjwopriate
speech ; various others succeeded , and the evening was spent in true Masonic feeling . KENT . —The following report of a "Provincial Visitor , " will , it is hoped , meet the observation of those who have at heart the best interests of the Order .