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Provincial.
Our limits will not allow us to do justice to the speeches delivered on the occasion , and we ought therefore not to impair their forcible energy , by any curtailed report . NOTTINGHAM , Oct 12 . —The members of the Commercial Lodge held their annual festival , when a considerable gathering of the fraternity took lace . At three o ' clockp . m . the Lodge was opened at No . 30
p , , , Exchange Rooms , under the presidency of Bro . R Allen , AV . M ., the R . AV . Prov . Grand Master ( Colonel Wildman ) , Colonel Chatterton , and other distinguished Brethren being present . After the transaction of a considerable amount of private business , the Lodge was adjourned . At five o ' clock the W . M ., with the visitors , proceeded to the Lodge room at the Flying Horse Hotel , where a sumptuous banquet had been provided . The chair was occupied by the W . M . Bro . R . Allen , sup
ported on his right by Colonel Wildman , Colonel Chatterton , Dr . Pigot , D . P . G . M ., and the Rev . G . F . Owen , M . A ., vicar of St . Mary ' s , Leicester , and Grand Chaplain of Leicestershire ; and on his left by Lord Rancliffe , Prov . Grand Master for Leicestershire , Captain Leigh , R . N ., nephew of the late Lord Byron , Bro . T . Danks , P . G . S ., Bro . T . H . Smith , & c . On the cloth being drawn , the usual loyal and fraternal toasts were given and suitably responded to , and the evening was passed in the utmost harmony .
SCARBOROUGH , Oct . 13 . —The Right Hon . the Earl of Zetland , M . W . Grand Master , held the annual meeting of the Prov . Grand Lodge . The M . W . Grand Master arrived at the old Globe Lodge , in Gipbestreet , about half-past one o ' clock . He was received by the provincial Stewards , and was ushered in with a flourish of trumpets . The Lodge was opened by the M . W . Grand Master in ample form . The minutes of the last Prov . Grand Lodge were read by the Prov . Grand Secretary . The usual business followed . A petition on a
subject interesting . to Lodges in maritime towns was presented by the deputation from the Humber Lodge . The proceedings occupied an hour and a half . Business being concluded , the M . W . Grand Master retired in the order in which he entered , and the Brethren disperseduntil the evening . The number of Brethren present was upwards of one hundred . The banquet took place in the evening , in the spacious and elegant
dining-room of the Crown Hotel , Esplanade . Upwards of forty ladies were admitted into the gallery by tickets , but were compelled to withdraw when the cloth was removed . The M . VV " . Grand : Master .. was supported on his right by Bro . Sir George Cayjey , Bart ., Brompton Hall , W . M . of the Old Globe Lodge , Scarborough , and on his , left ; by ; Bro . Sir J . V . B . Johnstone , Bart ., M . P ., Hackness Hall ,, ! Oid ; Globe Lodge . The vice chair was occupied by- Bro . AV , Lewis , t P . M »
Humber Lodge , and P . P . G . Sword Bearer . Grace was said-by ; Bro . the Rev . Robert Machell , perpetual curate of Leckonneld . near v B . everf ley , Constitution Lodge , Beverley , Prov . Grand Chaplain , ; , 'i ; , / a Klr : After dinner , the room being cleared of strangers ,-and : the ; usual Masonic toasts having been given , the M . W . Grand . Master- gave ihe " Queen , and the Craft "—( Masonic honours ); and ; the T "Xjuqen Dowager , Prince Albert , Albert Prince of Wales , and- , the > rest-of > the . Royal Family "—( Three times three ) . . . _
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Provincial.
Our limits will not allow us to do justice to the speeches delivered on the occasion , and we ought therefore not to impair their forcible energy , by any curtailed report . NOTTINGHAM , Oct 12 . —The members of the Commercial Lodge held their annual festival , when a considerable gathering of the fraternity took lace . At three o ' clockp . m . the Lodge was opened at No . 30
p , , , Exchange Rooms , under the presidency of Bro . R Allen , AV . M ., the R . AV . Prov . Grand Master ( Colonel Wildman ) , Colonel Chatterton , and other distinguished Brethren being present . After the transaction of a considerable amount of private business , the Lodge was adjourned . At five o ' clock the W . M ., with the visitors , proceeded to the Lodge room at the Flying Horse Hotel , where a sumptuous banquet had been provided . The chair was occupied by the W . M . Bro . R . Allen , sup
ported on his right by Colonel Wildman , Colonel Chatterton , Dr . Pigot , D . P . G . M ., and the Rev . G . F . Owen , M . A ., vicar of St . Mary ' s , Leicester , and Grand Chaplain of Leicestershire ; and on his left by Lord Rancliffe , Prov . Grand Master for Leicestershire , Captain Leigh , R . N ., nephew of the late Lord Byron , Bro . T . Danks , P . G . S ., Bro . T . H . Smith , & c . On the cloth being drawn , the usual loyal and fraternal toasts were given and suitably responded to , and the evening was passed in the utmost harmony .
SCARBOROUGH , Oct . 13 . —The Right Hon . the Earl of Zetland , M . W . Grand Master , held the annual meeting of the Prov . Grand Lodge . The M . W . Grand Master arrived at the old Globe Lodge , in Gipbestreet , about half-past one o ' clock . He was received by the provincial Stewards , and was ushered in with a flourish of trumpets . The Lodge was opened by the M . W . Grand Master in ample form . The minutes of the last Prov . Grand Lodge were read by the Prov . Grand Secretary . The usual business followed . A petition on a
subject interesting . to Lodges in maritime towns was presented by the deputation from the Humber Lodge . The proceedings occupied an hour and a half . Business being concluded , the M . W . Grand Master retired in the order in which he entered , and the Brethren disperseduntil the evening . The number of Brethren present was upwards of one hundred . The banquet took place in the evening , in the spacious and elegant
dining-room of the Crown Hotel , Esplanade . Upwards of forty ladies were admitted into the gallery by tickets , but were compelled to withdraw when the cloth was removed . The M . VV " . Grand : Master .. was supported on his right by Bro . Sir George Cayjey , Bart ., Brompton Hall , W . M . of the Old Globe Lodge , Scarborough , and on his , left ; by ; Bro . Sir J . V . B . Johnstone , Bart ., M . P ., Hackness Hall ,, ! Oid ; Globe Lodge . The vice chair was occupied by- Bro . AV , Lewis , t P . M »
Humber Lodge , and P . P . G . Sword Bearer . Grace was said-by ; Bro . the Rev . Robert Machell , perpetual curate of Leckonneld . near v B . everf ley , Constitution Lodge , Beverley , Prov . Grand Chaplain , ; , 'i ; , / a Klr : After dinner , the room being cleared of strangers ,-and : the ; usual Masonic toasts having been given , the M . W . Grand . Master- gave ihe " Queen , and the Craft "—( Masonic honours ); and ; the T "Xjuqen Dowager , Prince Albert , Albert Prince of Wales , and- , the > rest-of > the . Royal Family "—( Three times three ) . . . _