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Provincial.
next meeting to adojit 30 s . as the yearly contribution , instead of one and two guineas , as at present ; and fifteen guineas for a life member . SOMERSET .- —TAUNTON . —327 , Lodge of Unanimity and Sincerity ; Brother Ash has been elected Master for the ensuing year , and Brother Robert Leigh , Treasurer , vice Brother Eales AVhite , resigned . AVELLSOct . 311837 . —A Prov . Grand Lodge was this day held
, , , at ivhich the R . AV . P . G . M . ( Colonel Tynte ) presided ; supported by the R . VV . D . P . G . M . ( Captain Maddison ) , the Officers of the Grand Lodge , and the following P . G . Officers , —Brothers Captain Muttlebury , S . AV . ; Johnson , J . W . ; Drake , J . W . ; Tarrant , S . D . ; Maddison , Chaplain ; Leigh , S . D . ; Marchant , S . D . Capt . Maher , S . D . & c . ; several visiting Brethren from the provinces of AVilts , Bristol , Devonshire , & cand about one hundred of the Members of the several Lodges in
, the province . At half past eleven o ' clock , the P . G . M . and Officers of the Prov . Grand Lodge entered the Lodge , ivhich had been previously opened by the W . M ., & c . of the " Swan Lodge of Benevolence" of Wells , and were received with the usual honours by the assembled Brethren . The P . G . M . on taking the Chair , commenced by addressing the Brethren on the interesting fact of its being principally directed to the AV . M . and
Brethren of the new Lodge at Wells ; he trusted that they ivould steadily persevere in the same course , which hitherto had so good an effect in the other Lodges of the province " to have a select rather than a numerous Lodge , and to thoroughly examine the claims of every Candidate before he is admitted into the Craft . " The R . AV . P . G . M . then ,
with his accustomed kindness and consideration , declared his intention to invest the several Officers for the year ensuing , ( although it was usually done in Prov . Grand Lodge ) that the whole of the Brethren present might have an opportunity of witnessing that interesting ceremony . He then proceeded to invest the following Brethren . Brothers Colonel Innis , Lodge of Honour , 520 , S . W . ; Wodderspoon , Royal Cumberland , 48 , J . W . ; Lax , Swan Lodge of Benevolence , G . R . ;
Stradlin , Perpetual Friendship , 157 , Treasurer ; Parsons , Perpetual Friendship , 157 , Chaplain ; Inman , Perpetual Friendship , 157 , Secretary ; AVestall , Royal Cumberland , 48 , S . D . ; Gale , Love and Honour , 357 , J . D . ; Digby , Lodge of Honour , 520 , Sup . of AVorks ; Burr , Swan Lodge of Benevolence , Organist ; AVebb , Swan Lodge of Benevolence , Direc . of Ceremonies . After the ceremony of investment bad closed , he addressed the new
appointed Officers , and trusted they would follow the example of the P . P . G . Officers , to whom he tendered his best thanks for the very efficient manner they had performed their duty . The Lodge then closed , and those Brethren not eligible to sit in Prov . Grand Lodge withdrew , and the Prov . Grand Lodge was opened in ample form . The minutes of the last Prov . Grand Lodge having been read and confirmedpetitions for relief were read from several applicantsand
, , the following sums were unanimously voted , 10 / . to the widow of a late Brother of Bath , 10 / . to a poor Brother at Shepton Mallett , and 51 . to a poor Brother at Bath . Brother Leig h of Taunton ( P . P . G . J . D . ) then rose , and drew the attention of the Prov . Grand Lodge to the subject ofthe " Asylum for the worthy Aged , and Decayed Mason , " which was about to be established
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Provincial.
next meeting to adojit 30 s . as the yearly contribution , instead of one and two guineas , as at present ; and fifteen guineas for a life member . SOMERSET .- —TAUNTON . —327 , Lodge of Unanimity and Sincerity ; Brother Ash has been elected Master for the ensuing year , and Brother Robert Leigh , Treasurer , vice Brother Eales AVhite , resigned . AVELLSOct . 311837 . —A Prov . Grand Lodge was this day held
, , , at ivhich the R . AV . P . G . M . ( Colonel Tynte ) presided ; supported by the R . VV . D . P . G . M . ( Captain Maddison ) , the Officers of the Grand Lodge , and the following P . G . Officers , —Brothers Captain Muttlebury , S . AV . ; Johnson , J . W . ; Drake , J . W . ; Tarrant , S . D . ; Maddison , Chaplain ; Leigh , S . D . ; Marchant , S . D . Capt . Maher , S . D . & c . ; several visiting Brethren from the provinces of AVilts , Bristol , Devonshire , & cand about one hundred of the Members of the several Lodges in
, the province . At half past eleven o ' clock , the P . G . M . and Officers of the Prov . Grand Lodge entered the Lodge , ivhich had been previously opened by the W . M ., & c . of the " Swan Lodge of Benevolence" of Wells , and were received with the usual honours by the assembled Brethren . The P . G . M . on taking the Chair , commenced by addressing the Brethren on the interesting fact of its being principally directed to the AV . M . and
Brethren of the new Lodge at Wells ; he trusted that they ivould steadily persevere in the same course , which hitherto had so good an effect in the other Lodges of the province " to have a select rather than a numerous Lodge , and to thoroughly examine the claims of every Candidate before he is admitted into the Craft . " The R . AV . P . G . M . then ,
with his accustomed kindness and consideration , declared his intention to invest the several Officers for the year ensuing , ( although it was usually done in Prov . Grand Lodge ) that the whole of the Brethren present might have an opportunity of witnessing that interesting ceremony . He then proceeded to invest the following Brethren . Brothers Colonel Innis , Lodge of Honour , 520 , S . W . ; Wodderspoon , Royal Cumberland , 48 , J . W . ; Lax , Swan Lodge of Benevolence , G . R . ;
Stradlin , Perpetual Friendship , 157 , Treasurer ; Parsons , Perpetual Friendship , 157 , Chaplain ; Inman , Perpetual Friendship , 157 , Secretary ; AVestall , Royal Cumberland , 48 , S . D . ; Gale , Love and Honour , 357 , J . D . ; Digby , Lodge of Honour , 520 , Sup . of AVorks ; Burr , Swan Lodge of Benevolence , Organist ; AVebb , Swan Lodge of Benevolence , Direc . of Ceremonies . After the ceremony of investment bad closed , he addressed the new
appointed Officers , and trusted they would follow the example of the P . P . G . Officers , to whom he tendered his best thanks for the very efficient manner they had performed their duty . The Lodge then closed , and those Brethren not eligible to sit in Prov . Grand Lodge withdrew , and the Prov . Grand Lodge was opened in ample form . The minutes of the last Prov . Grand Lodge having been read and confirmedpetitions for relief were read from several applicantsand
, , the following sums were unanimously voted , 10 / . to the widow of a late Brother of Bath , 10 / . to a poor Brother at Shepton Mallett , and 51 . to a poor Brother at Bath . Brother Leig h of Taunton ( P . P . G . J . D . ) then rose , and drew the attention of the Prov . Grand Lodge to the subject ofthe " Asylum for the worthy Aged , and Decayed Mason , " which was about to be established