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merry song went round till the hour of high twelve , when all returned to their homes , delighted with the meeting . On the following evening , theBrethren patronized the theatre , on which occasion . The Honeymoon , Brother Ben , and Turning the Tables , were performed to a weil-filled house . The address , written by the lessee , Bro . Abington , was delivered by Bro . Harrington . GOSPORT . —The R . W . P . G . M . Adm . Sir L . Curtishart . C-B . with
, , , , his Grancl AA ' ardens , Deacons , and Treasurer , paid an official visit to the Lodge of Harmony , No . 387 , held at the Star Hotel , on Tuesday , Nov . Sth . Bro . G . Adams , P . M . and P-P . G . R , officiated as AA . M ., and embraced the opportunity of presenting an address to tbe R . AV . Brother congratulating him on his appointment to the distinguished office he now holds . After the business of the Lodge was over , the Brethren adjourned to the Banqueting-hall , which was very tastefully decorated with
Masonic emblems , furniture , ancl flags , and which , together with the splendid aprons , collars , and jewels worn by some of the Brethren , were generally admired . But what tended principally to the beauty of the scene , was tlie display of female charms which graced the orchestra during dinner , and who had wine ancl dessert sent to them from the table , and which , together with other circumstances , induced them to express their concurrence in that part of one of our old songs , which says " No mortals can more the ladies adore , Than a Free and Accepted Mason . "
The Chair was filled by Bro . G . Adams , P . M . and P . P . G . R ., supported by Sir L . Curtis , P . G . M . ; Dr . AVhite , P . G . S . AV . ; J . Waller Hewitt , Esq ., P . G . J . AV . ; Capt Elliot , P . G . S . D . ; G . Pope , Esq ., P . G . J . D . ; I . Trew , Esq ., P . G . T . ; and Capt . AVilson Orthes , Lodge No- 445 . The vice-chairs were filled by Bro . S . D . Forbes , S . W . and P . G . SB ., ancl Bro . J . O . Simmons , J . AV . Bros . H . Oompigne ancl AV ., AA eddell officiated as Stewards . After the cloth was cleared , and the toast of the
" Queen and the Ladies" drank , with the accustomed honours , the uninitiated withdrew , and the Masonic songs and toasts commenced . The latter were prefaced and responded to by observations from the Chairman , the P . G . Master , and others , tending not only to the inculcation of every moral ancl social virtue , but to the many other sacred ties which bind man to man , irrespective of colour , party , or creed . Such observations are of frequent occurrence at other public meetings ; but here we had a proof , which none can deny , of the sincerity of those who attend
them , because they were carried out to their fullest extent , by what we ourselves saw , viz ., that amongst those assembled at the festive board , were tories , whigs , and radicals—churchmen , dissenters , and jews , ancl all united in the strict bond of friendship and brotherly feeling , and in the praiseworthy endeavour of pleasing and delighting each other . GOSPORT—LODGE OF HARMONY , NO . 387 , Dee . 1 . —Brother S . D . Forbes , S . AV . and P . G . S . B . was , by the unanimous voice of the Brethren , elected AVorshipful Master for the next year , ancl Bro . G .
Adams , P . M . and P . P . G . R ., was elected Treasurer . The installation of the AV . M . will take place on the first Thursday in January . PORTSMOUTH—I ' IICENIX LODGE , NO . 319 , A ov . 23 . —Bro . E . Scott was unanimously elected AVorshipful Master for the ensuing year , and Bro . M eadows was re-elected Treasurer . CARMARTHEN . —The members of St . Peter ' s Lodge , ( 699 ) , intend celebrating the next festival of St . John the Evangelist , on the 27 th instant , by dining together . at their Lodge-room , Ivy Bush Hotel .
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Provincial.
merry song went round till the hour of high twelve , when all returned to their homes , delighted with the meeting . On the following evening , theBrethren patronized the theatre , on which occasion . The Honeymoon , Brother Ben , and Turning the Tables , were performed to a weil-filled house . The address , written by the lessee , Bro . Abington , was delivered by Bro . Harrington . GOSPORT . —The R . W . P . G . M . Adm . Sir L . Curtishart . C-B . with
, , , , his Grancl AA ' ardens , Deacons , and Treasurer , paid an official visit to the Lodge of Harmony , No . 387 , held at the Star Hotel , on Tuesday , Nov . Sth . Bro . G . Adams , P . M . and P-P . G . R , officiated as AA . M ., and embraced the opportunity of presenting an address to tbe R . AV . Brother congratulating him on his appointment to the distinguished office he now holds . After the business of the Lodge was over , the Brethren adjourned to the Banqueting-hall , which was very tastefully decorated with
Masonic emblems , furniture , ancl flags , and which , together with the splendid aprons , collars , and jewels worn by some of the Brethren , were generally admired . But what tended principally to the beauty of the scene , was tlie display of female charms which graced the orchestra during dinner , and who had wine ancl dessert sent to them from the table , and which , together with other circumstances , induced them to express their concurrence in that part of one of our old songs , which says " No mortals can more the ladies adore , Than a Free and Accepted Mason . "
The Chair was filled by Bro . G . Adams , P . M . and P . P . G . R ., supported by Sir L . Curtis , P . G . M . ; Dr . AVhite , P . G . S . AV . ; J . Waller Hewitt , Esq ., P . G . J . AV . ; Capt Elliot , P . G . S . D . ; G . Pope , Esq ., P . G . J . D . ; I . Trew , Esq ., P . G . T . ; and Capt . AVilson Orthes , Lodge No- 445 . The vice-chairs were filled by Bro . S . D . Forbes , S . W . and P . G . SB ., ancl Bro . J . O . Simmons , J . AV . Bros . H . Oompigne ancl AV ., AA eddell officiated as Stewards . After the cloth was cleared , and the toast of the
" Queen and the Ladies" drank , with the accustomed honours , the uninitiated withdrew , and the Masonic songs and toasts commenced . The latter were prefaced and responded to by observations from the Chairman , the P . G . Master , and others , tending not only to the inculcation of every moral ancl social virtue , but to the many other sacred ties which bind man to man , irrespective of colour , party , or creed . Such observations are of frequent occurrence at other public meetings ; but here we had a proof , which none can deny , of the sincerity of those who attend
them , because they were carried out to their fullest extent , by what we ourselves saw , viz ., that amongst those assembled at the festive board , were tories , whigs , and radicals—churchmen , dissenters , and jews , ancl all united in the strict bond of friendship and brotherly feeling , and in the praiseworthy endeavour of pleasing and delighting each other . GOSPORT—LODGE OF HARMONY , NO . 387 , Dee . 1 . —Brother S . D . Forbes , S . AV . and P . G . S . B . was , by the unanimous voice of the Brethren , elected AVorshipful Master for the next year , ancl Bro . G .
Adams , P . M . and P . P . G . R ., was elected Treasurer . The installation of the AV . M . will take place on the first Thursday in January . PORTSMOUTH—I ' IICENIX LODGE , NO . 319 , A ov . 23 . —Bro . E . Scott was unanimously elected AVorshipful Master for the ensuing year , and Bro . M eadows was re-elected Treasurer . CARMARTHEN . —The members of St . Peter ' s Lodge , ( 699 ) , intend celebrating the next festival of St . John the Evangelist , on the 27 th instant , by dining together . at their Lodge-room , Ivy Bush Hotel .