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Provincial.
exertion on his part should be wanting ; he said be could not be charged with partiality , he had appointed Colchester for the first meeting , because the Angel Lodge was the oldest Warrant in the province ; he should visit the other towns in succession ; the Brethren he should appoint were unknown to him , but were strongly recommended as approved Members from each Lodge in his province , and now that the Grand Lodge was openedhe would see and judge a little for himself ;
, it was his intention to hold meetings of the Grand Lodge periodically , when , if each Lodge in the province did not send either a Master , Past Master , or AVardens , they were to forfeit a fine of 40- ? . to the general fund ; the onl y Officer he should appoint was his deputy , and in introducing his son to that office , he felt it to be a duty , well . Knowing his Masonic zeal ; in fact , he said , we are more like brothers than father and son , and as my occupation , being in Parliament , will
probably interfere with my Masonic duties , I feel great confidence that my son will discharge the important station of D . P . G . M . ; he ¦ then proceeded with the investiture of the other Officers of the Prov . Grand Lodge , viz ., Brother Rowland Alston , P . G . M . It . G . Alston , D . P . G . M . Brother A . PartridgeS . G . AV . of ColchestersurgeonAngel Lod
, , , ge ; AVolf Meyer , W . M ., J . G . AV ., of -Chelmsford ; Osborne , G . Treasurer , of Colchester , brewer ; Pattison , G . Secretary , of Colchester ; AVard , S . G . D ., of Romford ; Durrant , J . G . D ., of Chelmsford ; Rev . Brother Fawcet , G . Chaplain , of Rochford ; Talbot , G . Registrar , of Romford ; Bowler , G . Sup . of AVorks , of Colchester ; Lawrence Thompson ,
< 3 . Direc . of Ceremonies , of Colchester and London ; Parker , Grand Sword Bearer , of Brightlingsea ; Coleman , G . Inner Guard , of Colchester . Grand Stewards—Brother N . Cobb , Colchester ; J . Haddock , Colchester ; Bland , Colchester ; Lake , Chelmsford . Amongst the visitors on this occasion were Brothers Harper , G . S ., Alderman Harmer and Burckhardt , P . S . G . D . Bell , P . M ., 23 , AV . R . G . Key , G . S . L ., Newland , P . J . G . AV , Herts .,
Goodwin , and Unwin , Bullen , T . Green , Deck , and Bell , from British Union Lodge , Ipswich , and several Brethren from Hadley . The regulation of fees , laws of P . G . Lodge , & c . being read , the P . G . M . declared his intention of subscribing ten guineas annually . At three o ' clock the Grand Lodge was closed . At five , the Brethren sat down , about one hundred , to an excellent dinner , the town hand playing in the orchestra several enlivening
airs"The Entered Apprentice , " " Roast Beef of Old England , " & c . which they continued , at intervals , till the cloth was removed , when grace was said by the P . G . Chaplain . The Chairman then stated , it was a most gratifying thing to meet so numerous a body of Masons , and the excellent order and profound attention which they had observed through the proceedings of' the day , convinced him of the true Masonic feeling existing in his provincehe
; considered the numbers far less in comjiliment to his installation than as a demonstration of the good Brotherly feeling which existed in the jirovince . He trusted no extraneous matter ivould be introduced , and no toast be jwoposed ivithout submission to the Chair ; he then stated that we possessed a youthful Sovereign , beauteous in person , and endowed with vigour of mind and body , and possessing every endearing quality ,
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Provincial.
exertion on his part should be wanting ; he said be could not be charged with partiality , he had appointed Colchester for the first meeting , because the Angel Lodge was the oldest Warrant in the province ; he should visit the other towns in succession ; the Brethren he should appoint were unknown to him , but were strongly recommended as approved Members from each Lodge in his province , and now that the Grand Lodge was openedhe would see and judge a little for himself ;
, it was his intention to hold meetings of the Grand Lodge periodically , when , if each Lodge in the province did not send either a Master , Past Master , or AVardens , they were to forfeit a fine of 40- ? . to the general fund ; the onl y Officer he should appoint was his deputy , and in introducing his son to that office , he felt it to be a duty , well . Knowing his Masonic zeal ; in fact , he said , we are more like brothers than father and son , and as my occupation , being in Parliament , will
probably interfere with my Masonic duties , I feel great confidence that my son will discharge the important station of D . P . G . M . ; he ¦ then proceeded with the investiture of the other Officers of the Prov . Grand Lodge , viz ., Brother Rowland Alston , P . G . M . It . G . Alston , D . P . G . M . Brother A . PartridgeS . G . AV . of ColchestersurgeonAngel Lod
, , , ge ; AVolf Meyer , W . M ., J . G . AV ., of -Chelmsford ; Osborne , G . Treasurer , of Colchester , brewer ; Pattison , G . Secretary , of Colchester ; AVard , S . G . D ., of Romford ; Durrant , J . G . D ., of Chelmsford ; Rev . Brother Fawcet , G . Chaplain , of Rochford ; Talbot , G . Registrar , of Romford ; Bowler , G . Sup . of AVorks , of Colchester ; Lawrence Thompson ,
< 3 . Direc . of Ceremonies , of Colchester and London ; Parker , Grand Sword Bearer , of Brightlingsea ; Coleman , G . Inner Guard , of Colchester . Grand Stewards—Brother N . Cobb , Colchester ; J . Haddock , Colchester ; Bland , Colchester ; Lake , Chelmsford . Amongst the visitors on this occasion were Brothers Harper , G . S ., Alderman Harmer and Burckhardt , P . S . G . D . Bell , P . M ., 23 , AV . R . G . Key , G . S . L ., Newland , P . J . G . AV , Herts .,
Goodwin , and Unwin , Bullen , T . Green , Deck , and Bell , from British Union Lodge , Ipswich , and several Brethren from Hadley . The regulation of fees , laws of P . G . Lodge , & c . being read , the P . G . M . declared his intention of subscribing ten guineas annually . At three o ' clock the Grand Lodge was closed . At five , the Brethren sat down , about one hundred , to an excellent dinner , the town hand playing in the orchestra several enlivening
airs"The Entered Apprentice , " " Roast Beef of Old England , " & c . which they continued , at intervals , till the cloth was removed , when grace was said by the P . G . Chaplain . The Chairman then stated , it was a most gratifying thing to meet so numerous a body of Masons , and the excellent order and profound attention which they had observed through the proceedings of' the day , convinced him of the true Masonic feeling existing in his provincehe
; considered the numbers far less in comjiliment to his installation than as a demonstration of the good Brotherly feeling which existed in the jirovince . He trusted no extraneous matter ivould be introduced , and no toast be jwoposed ivithout submission to the Chair ; he then stated that we possessed a youthful Sovereign , beauteous in person , and endowed with vigour of mind and body , and possessing every endearing quality ,