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Provincial.
ESSEX . CHELMSTORD LODGE OE GOODEELLOAVSHIP . — The ceremony of installing a neAv Master in the Loclge of Goodfellowship , No . 343 , Chelmsford , was performed on Thursday , Dec . 14 th , at the AVhite Hart Inn , in this place , by Bro . P . MattheAvs , P . M ., Enoch Lodge , No . 11 . There AA-as a numerous attendance of members of the Craft
, inclusive of visitors from various Lodges in tbe district , amongst Avhom may be mentioned Bro . Capt . Skinner , B . A ., P . D . G . M . The names of the other Brethren present Avere—Bros . R . AVilson , S . Court , J . AV . Surridge , P . M . ; AVakeling , P . M . ; A . Meggy , P . M . ; P . Matthews , P . M . ; Durrant , P . S . ; Treasurer , P . M . ; E . Butler , P . M . ; Bro . BrownP . M . ( North Essex Locl ) TarellPullen
, ge ; , , AVarner , Archer , Goring , Aiming , Burton , sen , Forster , ancl Sheppard , A passing was most ably gone through by Bro . Burton , P . M . ; and Bro . AVilson , the AV . M . elect , was also instaUed in due form by Bro . P . M . Matthews .
KENT . Br . Purton Cooper , installed in June last P . G . M . for this district , during the month of October visited all the Lodges of East Kent , with the exception of that at Sheerness , Avhere he has announced bis intention of holding the Festival for the ensuing year . Both in Lodge and out of Loclge ( we mean at the different banquets ) , tbe Prov . G . M . urged with great earnestness the necessitof ivin
y g g greater support to the Masonic Charities . We sincerel y hope that the Brethren of the Province will SIIOAV themselves sensible of tbe strong appeals Avhich were made to them , ancl that they AviU not forget that conviviality , excellent as it may be . 'is , nevertheless , only a means to an end . At one of the Lodges , a lecture deliA'ered by a Brother afforded an unexpected opportunity to the PI-OA * . Grand Master , of
displaying his knoAvledge of the history of Craft Masonry , in this and other countries . His impromptu discourse on this subject elicited great applause , in which he expressed a hope that nothing might be ingrafted upon Craft Masonry Avhich Avould diminish its universality . He observed that for forty . years be bad been a member of the University of Oxford—ancl that AA'as to say he belonged to the Church of England ; but Avhen he entered a Mason ' s Lodge , he recognised all
Avhom he found there as Brethren , whatever might be their religious creed . He also further expressed a regret that JCAVS bad some years ago been excluded from Prussian Lodges ; and added , that some of the West Kentish Masons are of the HebreAv persuasion . AVe understand that the Lodges which still remain for the visitation of the P . G . M . are those of Maidstone , Dartford , and Gravesend . A Avarrant has been issued for a Lodge at Sandgate , AA'hich the P . G . M . will shortly consecrate .
NOETHUMBERLAND . NEAVCASTLE . —The annual meeting of the Prov . G . L . of Freemasons of Northumberland was held Nov . 25 , in Freemasons' Hall , VOL . I . 3 A
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Provincial.
ESSEX . CHELMSTORD LODGE OE GOODEELLOAVSHIP . — The ceremony of installing a neAv Master in the Loclge of Goodfellowship , No . 343 , Chelmsford , was performed on Thursday , Dec . 14 th , at the AVhite Hart Inn , in this place , by Bro . P . MattheAvs , P . M ., Enoch Lodge , No . 11 . There AA-as a numerous attendance of members of the Craft
, inclusive of visitors from various Lodges in tbe district , amongst Avhom may be mentioned Bro . Capt . Skinner , B . A ., P . D . G . M . The names of the other Brethren present Avere—Bros . R . AVilson , S . Court , J . AV . Surridge , P . M . ; AVakeling , P . M . ; A . Meggy , P . M . ; P . Matthews , P . M . ; Durrant , P . S . ; Treasurer , P . M . ; E . Butler , P . M . ; Bro . BrownP . M . ( North Essex Locl ) TarellPullen
, ge ; , , AVarner , Archer , Goring , Aiming , Burton , sen , Forster , ancl Sheppard , A passing was most ably gone through by Bro . Burton , P . M . ; and Bro . AVilson , the AV . M . elect , was also instaUed in due form by Bro . P . M . Matthews .
KENT . Br . Purton Cooper , installed in June last P . G . M . for this district , during the month of October visited all the Lodges of East Kent , with the exception of that at Sheerness , Avhere he has announced bis intention of holding the Festival for the ensuing year . Both in Lodge and out of Loclge ( we mean at the different banquets ) , tbe Prov . G . M . urged with great earnestness the necessitof ivin
y g g greater support to the Masonic Charities . We sincerel y hope that the Brethren of the Province will SIIOAV themselves sensible of tbe strong appeals Avhich were made to them , ancl that they AviU not forget that conviviality , excellent as it may be . 'is , nevertheless , only a means to an end . At one of the Lodges , a lecture deliA'ered by a Brother afforded an unexpected opportunity to the PI-OA * . Grand Master , of
displaying his knoAvledge of the history of Craft Masonry , in this and other countries . His impromptu discourse on this subject elicited great applause , in which he expressed a hope that nothing might be ingrafted upon Craft Masonry Avhich Avould diminish its universality . He observed that for forty . years be bad been a member of the University of Oxford—ancl that AA'as to say he belonged to the Church of England ; but Avhen he entered a Mason ' s Lodge , he recognised all
Avhom he found there as Brethren , whatever might be their religious creed . He also further expressed a regret that JCAVS bad some years ago been excluded from Prussian Lodges ; and added , that some of the West Kentish Masons are of the HebreAv persuasion . AVe understand that the Lodges which still remain for the visitation of the P . G . M . are those of Maidstone , Dartford , and Gravesend . A Avarrant has been issued for a Lodge at Sandgate , AA'hich the P . G . M . will shortly consecrate .
NOETHUMBERLAND . NEAVCASTLE . —The annual meeting of the Prov . G . L . of Freemasons of Northumberland was held Nov . 25 , in Freemasons' Hall , VOL . I . 3 A