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The Reporter.
lodge , where his presence was so repugnant to the feelings of a majority of the members , nine brethren , at the November meeting , personally tendered their resignation in a body , four others having previously retired from the same cause . Others will in all probability follow , until the lodge becomes " small by degrees and beautifully less . " Most of the seceding members have , we understand , joined a lodge of a higher number , which had been lately suffered to decay ; but which , we have
little doubt , by the accession of this new blood , and by the zeal and efficiency of the gentlemen we have alluded to , will be elevated into one of the " crack " lodges of the Craft . We give the above without comment , as the facts speak for themselves .
THE BURLINGTON LODGE , Dec . —The resignation of Dr . Crucefix cast such a gloom over the lodge , that it was at first even contemplated to surrender the warrant—or at least to suspend all meetings for the session;—however , the Doctor having withdrawn his resignation , and expressed his anxious hope that his mother lodge might long sustain its high reputation , the members renewed their labours .
FITZROY LODGE , Dec . 11 . —This lodge was consecrated as a strictl y military lodge , formed in the Honourable Artillery Company . Bro . Stephen Henry Lee , was installed as W . M . The members must be members of the Hon . Artillery Company . MOIRA LODGE . ( From a Correspondent . )—At a late meeting , it having been proposed to vote a sum from the funds of the lodge towards the " begging box " for that under-paid functionary the Grand
Secretary , the proposal was stopped in limine , by a member reading the by-law of the lodge , which expressly devotes its funds to Grand Lodge fees , refreshment of the brethren , and the balance to charitable purposes . This was , in fact , an escapade for the poor Grand Secretary , inasmuch as if the merits of the question had been gone into , a most scarifying flagellation awaited the masonic mendicant .
BANK OF ENGLAND LODGE . —The brethren of this highly distinguished Lodge have elected as their W . M . for the ensuing year , Bro . Edwin Dalton Smith , the talented artist whose magnificent book of portraits of the brethren of his lodge has elicited the admiration of all who have had the good fortune to inspect it . Amongst the very many gratifying proceedings of this lodge , which it is our pleasing duty to record , we have to notice that the celebrated
maestro , Bro . M . Costa , has presented to the lodge a very beautiful canon of his own composition , and which was most effectively sung for the first time by Bros . Spencer , Whitmore , Graves , M . Costa , R . Costa , and Perugini . The growing reputation of this lodge , which ranks second to none in the Craft , is attributable no less to the refined intellectuality of its social enjoyments , than to the perfect and effective manner in which its ceremonies are conducted ; and we consider it an enviable distinction to rank as one of its members .
To every brother who is desirous of witnessing a practical illustration of the beautiful precepts of Masonry—more particularly charity—and who has a yearning to participate in all the pleasures which crown the social board of gentlemen , and men of education—we would say , pay a visit to the Bank of England Lodge .
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The Reporter.
lodge , where his presence was so repugnant to the feelings of a majority of the members , nine brethren , at the November meeting , personally tendered their resignation in a body , four others having previously retired from the same cause . Others will in all probability follow , until the lodge becomes " small by degrees and beautifully less . " Most of the seceding members have , we understand , joined a lodge of a higher number , which had been lately suffered to decay ; but which , we have
little doubt , by the accession of this new blood , and by the zeal and efficiency of the gentlemen we have alluded to , will be elevated into one of the " crack " lodges of the Craft . We give the above without comment , as the facts speak for themselves .
THE BURLINGTON LODGE , Dec . —The resignation of Dr . Crucefix cast such a gloom over the lodge , that it was at first even contemplated to surrender the warrant—or at least to suspend all meetings for the session;—however , the Doctor having withdrawn his resignation , and expressed his anxious hope that his mother lodge might long sustain its high reputation , the members renewed their labours .
FITZROY LODGE , Dec . 11 . —This lodge was consecrated as a strictl y military lodge , formed in the Honourable Artillery Company . Bro . Stephen Henry Lee , was installed as W . M . The members must be members of the Hon . Artillery Company . MOIRA LODGE . ( From a Correspondent . )—At a late meeting , it having been proposed to vote a sum from the funds of the lodge towards the " begging box " for that under-paid functionary the Grand
Secretary , the proposal was stopped in limine , by a member reading the by-law of the lodge , which expressly devotes its funds to Grand Lodge fees , refreshment of the brethren , and the balance to charitable purposes . This was , in fact , an escapade for the poor Grand Secretary , inasmuch as if the merits of the question had been gone into , a most scarifying flagellation awaited the masonic mendicant .
BANK OF ENGLAND LODGE . —The brethren of this highly distinguished Lodge have elected as their W . M . for the ensuing year , Bro . Edwin Dalton Smith , the talented artist whose magnificent book of portraits of the brethren of his lodge has elicited the admiration of all who have had the good fortune to inspect it . Amongst the very many gratifying proceedings of this lodge , which it is our pleasing duty to record , we have to notice that the celebrated
maestro , Bro . M . Costa , has presented to the lodge a very beautiful canon of his own composition , and which was most effectively sung for the first time by Bros . Spencer , Whitmore , Graves , M . Costa , R . Costa , and Perugini . The growing reputation of this lodge , which ranks second to none in the Craft , is attributable no less to the refined intellectuality of its social enjoyments , than to the perfect and effective manner in which its ceremonies are conducted ; and we consider it an enviable distinction to rank as one of its members .
To every brother who is desirous of witnessing a practical illustration of the beautiful precepts of Masonry—more particularly charity—and who has a yearning to participate in all the pleasures which crown the social board of gentlemen , and men of education—we would say , pay a visit to the Bank of England Lodge .