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Provincial.
1 he Right Hon . P . G . M . gave tbe health of P . G . Sup . AV ., Brother Nicholson , to whose hi gh moral feeling , and admirable skill in his profession , he bore testimony , both experimentally and practically , he having himself proved them in erecting his own residence , where he hoped , ere long , to be able to receive the Brethren in a room suitable for such purpose . Brother the P . GSupAV thanks
. . . gave . Brother Walker , the Treasurer of the Province , was then proposed , and returned the compliment by proposing the health of Lord Yarborough , the P . G . M . of the Isle of Wight . Other exciting toasts and addresses followed , until seven o ' clock , when the Brethren separated , mutually gratified with their day ' s enjoyment . AsiiTON .- — Oct . 2 . —Lord Stanley , M . P ., laid the first stone of a new church
, to be called St . Saviour ' s , at Ashton-in-the-AVillows , near AVigan , and delivered an appropriate speech . The Rev . Mr . Hornby , Rector of AVinwick , offered up prayers , and the Hundredth Psalm was sung , Several Masonic Lodges and a large concourse of persons attended this interesting ceremony . The weather was remarkably propitious for the occasion . VVC understand that the Hector of AVinwick has liberally contributed 1500 / . towards the edifice , and 1000 / . towards the endowment .
HUDDERSFIELD . —OPENING AND DEDICATING OF THE MASONIC HALL . —From the extensivel y increasing progress of Masonry in the West of Yorkshire , it became necessary to have an additional Lodge in the town of Huddersfield . In the early part of the present year a number of the Brethren in that town agreed to procure a warrant , and to erect a proper building for its reception ; tiiis was soon effected , and a plain , but handsome and substantial building letedThe princi Lod
comp . pal or ge-Room is 48 feet long , 27 feet wide , and 18 feet in height ; attached ' to the Lodge-Room are several others , one of which is 27 feet in length , by 16 feet in width , and appropriated for the purposes of a Lodge of Instruction , which assembles twice a week .
The principal room is brilliantly li ghted with gas , from three large chandeliers suspended from the ceiling . In the centre of the ceiling ' is a large and beautiful Masonic emblem , run in plaister , consisting of the four inner lines in the figure of the 11 th problem of the 4 th Book of Euclid , with an additional line from B to E , in such problem , thus forming five equal angles . In the centre of the angles is a large letter G , the whole inscribed within a circle of 9 feet in diameter , whose circumference
is three inches distant from each of the five points . Thursday , the 19 th of October last , ivas appointed for the interesting ceremony of opening and dedicating this Hall to the purposes of Masonry , upon ivhich occasion the Ri ght Hon . the Earl of Mexborough , Prov . Grand Master of West Yorkshire , with his son , the Hon . Frederic Saville , Charles Lee , Esq ., D . P . G . M ., the Rev . M . J . Naylor , D . D ., Prov . Grand Chaplain , and several other Officers of the Prov . Grand
Lodge , anil many visitors from various Lodges in the province attended . At two o ' clock the Lodge was opened by the Provincial G rand Officers in the Throe Degrees of Craft Masonry , after which the building was solemnl y dedicated to Masonry and universal benevolence , with the usual forms and ceremonies , during which two anthems suitable to tbe occasion were sung , under the able superintendence of Brother AValton , of the Alfred Lodge , Leeds . Brother Charles Lee , I ) . P . G . M ., in an VOL . iv . 3 L ,
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Provincial.
1 he Right Hon . P . G . M . gave tbe health of P . G . Sup . AV ., Brother Nicholson , to whose hi gh moral feeling , and admirable skill in his profession , he bore testimony , both experimentally and practically , he having himself proved them in erecting his own residence , where he hoped , ere long , to be able to receive the Brethren in a room suitable for such purpose . Brother the P . GSupAV thanks
. . . gave . Brother Walker , the Treasurer of the Province , was then proposed , and returned the compliment by proposing the health of Lord Yarborough , the P . G . M . of the Isle of Wight . Other exciting toasts and addresses followed , until seven o ' clock , when the Brethren separated , mutually gratified with their day ' s enjoyment . AsiiTON .- — Oct . 2 . —Lord Stanley , M . P ., laid the first stone of a new church
, to be called St . Saviour ' s , at Ashton-in-the-AVillows , near AVigan , and delivered an appropriate speech . The Rev . Mr . Hornby , Rector of AVinwick , offered up prayers , and the Hundredth Psalm was sung , Several Masonic Lodges and a large concourse of persons attended this interesting ceremony . The weather was remarkably propitious for the occasion . VVC understand that the Hector of AVinwick has liberally contributed 1500 / . towards the edifice , and 1000 / . towards the endowment .
HUDDERSFIELD . —OPENING AND DEDICATING OF THE MASONIC HALL . —From the extensivel y increasing progress of Masonry in the West of Yorkshire , it became necessary to have an additional Lodge in the town of Huddersfield . In the early part of the present year a number of the Brethren in that town agreed to procure a warrant , and to erect a proper building for its reception ; tiiis was soon effected , and a plain , but handsome and substantial building letedThe princi Lod
comp . pal or ge-Room is 48 feet long , 27 feet wide , and 18 feet in height ; attached ' to the Lodge-Room are several others , one of which is 27 feet in length , by 16 feet in width , and appropriated for the purposes of a Lodge of Instruction , which assembles twice a week .
The principal room is brilliantly li ghted with gas , from three large chandeliers suspended from the ceiling . In the centre of the ceiling ' is a large and beautiful Masonic emblem , run in plaister , consisting of the four inner lines in the figure of the 11 th problem of the 4 th Book of Euclid , with an additional line from B to E , in such problem , thus forming five equal angles . In the centre of the angles is a large letter G , the whole inscribed within a circle of 9 feet in diameter , whose circumference
is three inches distant from each of the five points . Thursday , the 19 th of October last , ivas appointed for the interesting ceremony of opening and dedicating this Hall to the purposes of Masonry , upon ivhich occasion the Ri ght Hon . the Earl of Mexborough , Prov . Grand Master of West Yorkshire , with his son , the Hon . Frederic Saville , Charles Lee , Esq ., D . P . G . M ., the Rev . M . J . Naylor , D . D ., Prov . Grand Chaplain , and several other Officers of the Prov . Grand
Lodge , anil many visitors from various Lodges in the province attended . At two o ' clock the Lodge was opened by the Provincial G rand Officers in the Throe Degrees of Craft Masonry , after which the building was solemnl y dedicated to Masonry and universal benevolence , with the usual forms and ceremonies , during which two anthems suitable to tbe occasion were sung , under the able superintendence of Brother AValton , of the Alfred Lodge , Leeds . Brother Charles Lee , I ) . P . G . M ., in an VOL . iv . 3 L ,