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The lodge was then resumed to the first degree , and Bros . J . S . Dane , W . Doherty , and G . Plock were presented as candidates for crafting . They having satisfied the W . M . and brethren that their previous introduction into Masonry had not been unfruitful of knowledge were entrusted , and
retired . The lodge was again resumed to the second degree , and those three brethrenC ^ ere duly passed . The final resumption of the lodge was to the first degree , and the ballot was taken with a successful result for the admission into the order of Messrs . C . J . Henton and J .
Lawfence . ( We may here incidentally mention that another candidate for initiation , and also a brother for raising , were prevented from attending by private business of moment . ) Those two gentlemen were accordingly soon properly prepared , and in accordance with a rule rigidly
observed by Bro . Smith , were separately introduced and initiated , the splendid working of the W . M . evidently making a deep impression on their minds . This concluded the business of the first session of the lodge , which now stands
adjourned ( emergencies excepted ) till the third Tuesday in September ensuing . Some simple refreshments were served , when the lodge was closed , and the brethren passed some time in social enjoyment , not separating till eleven o ' clock . Thus ended the first campaign of the
Ivy Lodge , which for the purity of its Masonic ¦ working , and the harmony which reigns amongst its members , stands in the very front rank in the Craft . The officers present were Bros . Geo . Mattock , S . W . ; J . J . Cantle , J . W . , •C . S . Jolly , W . M . Vitruvian Lodge , Sec . ; E .
Thurkle , Treas . ; C F . Poupard , S . D . ; Lewis CornelissenJ . D . ; W . Ashwell , I . G . ; G . T . Fox , P . M . and P . Z ., Tyler . As visitors we observed , Bro . E . Farwig , St . James ' s Union , No . 180 ; Bro . J . H . Gumming , Polish National No . j 34 ; and W . P . Drew , Belgrave , No . 7 4 . 9 .
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INSTRUCTION .
SOUTHAMPTON . —Royal Gloucester Lodge of Instruction ( No . 310 ) . —At the regular meeting of this lodge on Monday last , held at Freemasons ' Hall , Southampton , the proceedings were especially interesting , owing to the fact that Bro . Kenneth Wilson , B . A . ( who has passed all
the chairs ) , was present for the last time prior to his departure for New Zealand , where he has been appointed Principal of Wellington College . After thebusinessof theevening had been transacted , the brethren of the lodge of instruction , together with representatives from all the lodges in the
town , entertained Bro . Wilson at a banquet , the chair being taken by Bro . J . E . Le Feuvre , Prov . G . Sec , P . M . 130 ( during whose year of office Bro . Wilson first saw the " light " ) ,- and founder and preceptor of the lodge of instruction . Bro . Le Feuvre is also one of the trustees of the
grammar school , where Bro . Wilson , during the past six or seven years , has held the post of second master . Amongst those present were Bros . J . R . Stebbing , Dep . Prov . Grand Master , Hampshire and Isle of Wight , Past Grand Deacon of England , & c . j Alex , Past Prov .
T . G . W . Gloucestershire , P . M . 246 ; Thomas , W . M . 130 ; Burtenshaw , W . M . 35 6 ; H . Coles , P . M . 35 Q , Past Prov . D . C- Dyson , W . M . 394 , Past Prov . Supt . Works ; R . Sharpe , Prov . G . O ., Sec . and Treas . lodge of instruction ; Dr . Alridge , C . \ . Phillips , Miles . Hickman
Manby , Jellicoe , Dartnall , Gregory , J . Coles , and Martin . After the usual loyal and Masonic toasts had been given and drunk , Bro . Stebbing responding on behalf of the Grand Lodge , the right worshipful brother rose and said , as Deputy Prov . Grand Master ofthe province in which the
Royal Gloucester Lodge was situate , and one of the oldest members of that lodge , he had been requested to propose the toast of the evening , " Health , Long Life , Happiness , and Prosperity to Bro . Kenneth Wilson , " their guest , who to their great regret was now about to leave
England for a distant colony . England was essentially a country of social life and domestic joy , and it was characteristic of England ' s sons , that amid all their differences of opinion , they could yet esteem and respect one another . Perhaps it was to their feeling of social brotherhood that Masonry owed so much of its success in our
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midst . It bound men together in one common chain of indissoluble friendship , and it was gratifying to feel that although a link of that chain was now about to be severed , when their brother reached another land—his adopted home —there would be an opportunity of again
uniting the links , of which he doubted not due advantage would be taken . Southampton Masons had ever been able to recognize in Masonry something beyond the ordinary ties of friendship , because in meeting to carry out its beneficent principles—feelings had been found to spring
up which would cease only with life itself , and to this fact their brother , from whom they were about to separate , had been a prominent witness . We could not all occupy the same positions in society , but when one was taken from our midst , who had proved most useful in his
day and generation , we feel tbe severance more , and of Bro . Wilson it might at least be said that in his departure ^ we should miss both a scholar and a gentleman , and an excellent Freemason . ( Applause . ) Upon this subject he should not enlarge , because he knew the temptation to
appear fulsome just in proportion as one estimated the worth of a brother . He hoped , however , and had no doubt that the slight testimony which they had paid to Bro . Wilson mig ht act in some degree as an introduction tohim in his new sphere of labour . He
would take with him the most generous emotions of their hearts , and their heartiest wishes that when in good time he might return to Old England he would be laden with honour and the respect of those among whom his lot was to be cast , as he had justly merited that respect
from those with whom he had been associated in Southampton . The toast having been warmly drunk , Bro . Wilson , in response , said he little thought when the subject of the meeting was mentioned to him that it would assume the most gratifying character which it had taken .
When he first received the intimation of his appointment he felt , and had ever since experienced a growing sense of his responsibilities , and nothing could have tended more to increase that feeling than the expression of goodwill which he had that evening witnessed , and
reechoed by the lodge with which he had been connected . It had been an especial pleasure to him to find the toast of his health proposed by so distinguished a member of the Craft . He felt that [ he should enter upon what he hoped would be a long career in Masonry on the other
side of the globe under the most favourable auspices , for he knew that wherever Masonry was known , the name of their right worshipful brother was not altogether unheard of . He considered therefore an additional responsibilityrested upon him , in having the sanction of his
brother s name as a recommendation to him in his new sphere . Nor could he forget that under the brother who occupied the chair that evening , he first saw the light of Masonry . He should ever remember the years he had spent with his brethren in that lodge as amongst the most
pleasant in his experience , and that whatever he might have been able to assist in accomplishing , was as nothing compared with what he had learnt . Whatever he might be able to do for Masonry in a distant part he should ever attribute in a great measure to what he had learnt
here , for it was his hope that the three months occupied in his voyage , would form the largest period during which he should be consecutively absent from some lodge meetings . He trusted they might all be spared to meet again in Old England or elsewhere ; but whatever might
betide him , his earnest prayers for their welfare , would be ever with him , and he trusted to hear of the most complete success of their lodge . In responding to the toast of the Sister lodges Bro . Burtenshaw , W . M . 359 , on behalf of the Lodge of Peace and Harmony , the largest in the
Province , over which he was proud to preside , desired to tender his heartiest thanks for the verj kind manner in which the toast had been proposed and the warmth with which it had been received by the brethren . It afforded him great
delight to be there-that evening to do honour to the worthy and distinguished brother who was about to leave the country . He knew full well that Bro . Wilson had endeavoured to promote goodwill , brotherly love and truth , and that he
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had proved himself a good and true man and Mason . Bro . Dyson , W . M . Southampton Lodge , No . 394 , who was also called on to respond to the toast of the sister lodges , expressed himself in kindly and fraternal terms towards the guest of the evening . He said that from the time of his first becoming acquainted with Bro . Wilsonhe had entertained for him the greatest
possible esteem , and believed fully that he would leave this country with the most sincere and best wishes of every brother with whom he had become connected . He would further say , that in expressing his personal sentiments towards Bro . Wilson , he was also conveying those of every
brother of the Southampton Lodge , knowing that one and all wished him health and happiness in the undertaking he was about to enter upon . Bro . Thomas , W . M . 130 , could not refrain from feeling a certain amount of sadness in hearing Bro . Wilson officiating that evening in the J . W .
chair , knowing that that was the last time they would hear his voice , and that they would so soon see his face no more ; but it was a pleasure to think that although they would soon have half the globe between him and themselves , yet theMasonicties would still be between them
uniting them in a bond too strong for any distance to weaken . In looking over the list of lodges in the colony of N . Z . he found there were 28 owing allegiance to our English G . L . There , our Bro . would no doubt have the opportunity of seeing the same ritual and ceremonies with which he
had so thoroughly made himself acquainted in the R . G . L . of Instruction , the same authority appealed to in cases of difficulty , the same charities supported ; in fact he would find that a Mason really finds a home in every clime , and he also hoped that T . G . A . O . T . U . would spare
their lives that they might welcome back our brother on some future occasion , and once more see him mixing with the companions of his former toils in their dear old Gloucester Lodge . Bro . R . Sharpe , P . G . O ., Sec . and Treas ., wished to supplement the
congratulations of the rest of the brethren to Bro . Wilson , on his valuable preferment , to assure him , that he was indeed going to a " land of promise" not literally flowing with milk and honey , but full ofthe milk of human kindness , where he would find a warm-hearted hospitable
people , ready to hold out the right hand of fellowship , and give him a cordial greeting , whether in the capacity of Mason or citizen . It was a matter for further congratulation that he was going to a country possessed of a climate with but one rival in the world , and that one Tasmania , where
he ( the speaker ) had resided for nearly five years , a climate which would , he felt confident , prove a rich blessing to him , because it was sure to be the means of restoring to perfect health and strength , the one who , above all , was nearest and dearest to him .
Mark Masonry.
Mark Masonry .
BOLTON . —St . Joint ' s Lodge ( Time Immemorial ) . —The regular meeting of this lodge was held on Wednesday , 25 th March , at the lodge room , Commercial Hotel , Town-hall-squar ? , Bolton , at which were present , Bro . James Newton , Prov . G , Mark Inspector of Works , W . M .:
John Alcock , S . W . ; James Horrocks , J . W . ; John Harwood , M . O . ; Wrn . Hamer , P . M ., asS . O . ; Robert Glaister , J . O . ; Thos . Entwisle , P . Prov . G . Mark Master , Registrar of Marks ; Thomas Morris , P . Prov . G . Mark Sword Bearer , Sec retary ; Thos . Holme , S . D . ; Robert Pickup ,
J . . '; Henry Tattersall , I . G . ; Robert Harwood , P . Prov . G . Mark Deacon : Daniel Stansfield , P . Prov . G . Mark Deacon , and others . The lodge being opened , and the minutes confirmed , the ballot was taken for Bro . Thomas Mycock , P . M . Clifton Lodge , 703 , Blackpool , as a
candidate for advancement , and was unanimously in his favour , and he being in attendance was admittted and advanced to the honourable degree of Mark Master , the ceremony being performed by the W . M . A candidate was proposed for advancement , and the lodge was closed in the usual manner .
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Reports Of Masonic Meetings.
The lodge was then resumed to the first degree , and Bros . J . S . Dane , W . Doherty , and G . Plock were presented as candidates for crafting . They having satisfied the W . M . and brethren that their previous introduction into Masonry had not been unfruitful of knowledge were entrusted , and
retired . The lodge was again resumed to the second degree , and those three brethrenC ^ ere duly passed . The final resumption of the lodge was to the first degree , and the ballot was taken with a successful result for the admission into the order of Messrs . C . J . Henton and J .
Lawfence . ( We may here incidentally mention that another candidate for initiation , and also a brother for raising , were prevented from attending by private business of moment . ) Those two gentlemen were accordingly soon properly prepared , and in accordance with a rule rigidly
observed by Bro . Smith , were separately introduced and initiated , the splendid working of the W . M . evidently making a deep impression on their minds . This concluded the business of the first session of the lodge , which now stands
adjourned ( emergencies excepted ) till the third Tuesday in September ensuing . Some simple refreshments were served , when the lodge was closed , and the brethren passed some time in social enjoyment , not separating till eleven o ' clock . Thus ended the first campaign of the
Ivy Lodge , which for the purity of its Masonic ¦ working , and the harmony which reigns amongst its members , stands in the very front rank in the Craft . The officers present were Bros . Geo . Mattock , S . W . ; J . J . Cantle , J . W . , •C . S . Jolly , W . M . Vitruvian Lodge , Sec . ; E .
Thurkle , Treas . ; C F . Poupard , S . D . ; Lewis CornelissenJ . D . ; W . Ashwell , I . G . ; G . T . Fox , P . M . and P . Z ., Tyler . As visitors we observed , Bro . E . Farwig , St . James ' s Union , No . 180 ; Bro . J . H . Gumming , Polish National No . j 34 ; and W . P . Drew , Belgrave , No . 7 4 . 9 .
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INSTRUCTION .
SOUTHAMPTON . —Royal Gloucester Lodge of Instruction ( No . 310 ) . —At the regular meeting of this lodge on Monday last , held at Freemasons ' Hall , Southampton , the proceedings were especially interesting , owing to the fact that Bro . Kenneth Wilson , B . A . ( who has passed all
the chairs ) , was present for the last time prior to his departure for New Zealand , where he has been appointed Principal of Wellington College . After thebusinessof theevening had been transacted , the brethren of the lodge of instruction , together with representatives from all the lodges in the
town , entertained Bro . Wilson at a banquet , the chair being taken by Bro . J . E . Le Feuvre , Prov . G . Sec , P . M . 130 ( during whose year of office Bro . Wilson first saw the " light " ) ,- and founder and preceptor of the lodge of instruction . Bro . Le Feuvre is also one of the trustees of the
grammar school , where Bro . Wilson , during the past six or seven years , has held the post of second master . Amongst those present were Bros . J . R . Stebbing , Dep . Prov . Grand Master , Hampshire and Isle of Wight , Past Grand Deacon of England , & c . j Alex , Past Prov .
T . G . W . Gloucestershire , P . M . 246 ; Thomas , W . M . 130 ; Burtenshaw , W . M . 35 6 ; H . Coles , P . M . 35 Q , Past Prov . D . C- Dyson , W . M . 394 , Past Prov . Supt . Works ; R . Sharpe , Prov . G . O ., Sec . and Treas . lodge of instruction ; Dr . Alridge , C . \ . Phillips , Miles . Hickman
Manby , Jellicoe , Dartnall , Gregory , J . Coles , and Martin . After the usual loyal and Masonic toasts had been given and drunk , Bro . Stebbing responding on behalf of the Grand Lodge , the right worshipful brother rose and said , as Deputy Prov . Grand Master ofthe province in which the
Royal Gloucester Lodge was situate , and one of the oldest members of that lodge , he had been requested to propose the toast of the evening , " Health , Long Life , Happiness , and Prosperity to Bro . Kenneth Wilson , " their guest , who to their great regret was now about to leave
England for a distant colony . England was essentially a country of social life and domestic joy , and it was characteristic of England ' s sons , that amid all their differences of opinion , they could yet esteem and respect one another . Perhaps it was to their feeling of social brotherhood that Masonry owed so much of its success in our
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midst . It bound men together in one common chain of indissoluble friendship , and it was gratifying to feel that although a link of that chain was now about to be severed , when their brother reached another land—his adopted home —there would be an opportunity of again
uniting the links , of which he doubted not due advantage would be taken . Southampton Masons had ever been able to recognize in Masonry something beyond the ordinary ties of friendship , because in meeting to carry out its beneficent principles—feelings had been found to spring
up which would cease only with life itself , and to this fact their brother , from whom they were about to separate , had been a prominent witness . We could not all occupy the same positions in society , but when one was taken from our midst , who had proved most useful in his
day and generation , we feel tbe severance more , and of Bro . Wilson it might at least be said that in his departure ^ we should miss both a scholar and a gentleman , and an excellent Freemason . ( Applause . ) Upon this subject he should not enlarge , because he knew the temptation to
appear fulsome just in proportion as one estimated the worth of a brother . He hoped , however , and had no doubt that the slight testimony which they had paid to Bro . Wilson mig ht act in some degree as an introduction tohim in his new sphere of labour . He
would take with him the most generous emotions of their hearts , and their heartiest wishes that when in good time he might return to Old England he would be laden with honour and the respect of those among whom his lot was to be cast , as he had justly merited that respect
from those with whom he had been associated in Southampton . The toast having been warmly drunk , Bro . Wilson , in response , said he little thought when the subject of the meeting was mentioned to him that it would assume the most gratifying character which it had taken .
When he first received the intimation of his appointment he felt , and had ever since experienced a growing sense of his responsibilities , and nothing could have tended more to increase that feeling than the expression of goodwill which he had that evening witnessed , and
reechoed by the lodge with which he had been connected . It had been an especial pleasure to him to find the toast of his health proposed by so distinguished a member of the Craft . He felt that [ he should enter upon what he hoped would be a long career in Masonry on the other
side of the globe under the most favourable auspices , for he knew that wherever Masonry was known , the name of their right worshipful brother was not altogether unheard of . He considered therefore an additional responsibilityrested upon him , in having the sanction of his
brother s name as a recommendation to him in his new sphere . Nor could he forget that under the brother who occupied the chair that evening , he first saw the light of Masonry . He should ever remember the years he had spent with his brethren in that lodge as amongst the most
pleasant in his experience , and that whatever he might have been able to assist in accomplishing , was as nothing compared with what he had learnt . Whatever he might be able to do for Masonry in a distant part he should ever attribute in a great measure to what he had learnt
here , for it was his hope that the three months occupied in his voyage , would form the largest period during which he should be consecutively absent from some lodge meetings . He trusted they might all be spared to meet again in Old England or elsewhere ; but whatever might
betide him , his earnest prayers for their welfare , would be ever with him , and he trusted to hear of the most complete success of their lodge . In responding to the toast of the Sister lodges Bro . Burtenshaw , W . M . 359 , on behalf of the Lodge of Peace and Harmony , the largest in the
Province , over which he was proud to preside , desired to tender his heartiest thanks for the verj kind manner in which the toast had been proposed and the warmth with which it had been received by the brethren . It afforded him great
delight to be there-that evening to do honour to the worthy and distinguished brother who was about to leave the country . He knew full well that Bro . Wilson had endeavoured to promote goodwill , brotherly love and truth , and that he
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had proved himself a good and true man and Mason . Bro . Dyson , W . M . Southampton Lodge , No . 394 , who was also called on to respond to the toast of the sister lodges , expressed himself in kindly and fraternal terms towards the guest of the evening . He said that from the time of his first becoming acquainted with Bro . Wilsonhe had entertained for him the greatest
possible esteem , and believed fully that he would leave this country with the most sincere and best wishes of every brother with whom he had become connected . He would further say , that in expressing his personal sentiments towards Bro . Wilson , he was also conveying those of every
brother of the Southampton Lodge , knowing that one and all wished him health and happiness in the undertaking he was about to enter upon . Bro . Thomas , W . M . 130 , could not refrain from feeling a certain amount of sadness in hearing Bro . Wilson officiating that evening in the J . W .
chair , knowing that that was the last time they would hear his voice , and that they would so soon see his face no more ; but it was a pleasure to think that although they would soon have half the globe between him and themselves , yet theMasonicties would still be between them
uniting them in a bond too strong for any distance to weaken . In looking over the list of lodges in the colony of N . Z . he found there were 28 owing allegiance to our English G . L . There , our Bro . would no doubt have the opportunity of seeing the same ritual and ceremonies with which he
had so thoroughly made himself acquainted in the R . G . L . of Instruction , the same authority appealed to in cases of difficulty , the same charities supported ; in fact he would find that a Mason really finds a home in every clime , and he also hoped that T . G . A . O . T . U . would spare
their lives that they might welcome back our brother on some future occasion , and once more see him mixing with the companions of his former toils in their dear old Gloucester Lodge . Bro . R . Sharpe , P . G . O ., Sec . and Treas ., wished to supplement the
congratulations of the rest of the brethren to Bro . Wilson , on his valuable preferment , to assure him , that he was indeed going to a " land of promise" not literally flowing with milk and honey , but full ofthe milk of human kindness , where he would find a warm-hearted hospitable
people , ready to hold out the right hand of fellowship , and give him a cordial greeting , whether in the capacity of Mason or citizen . It was a matter for further congratulation that he was going to a country possessed of a climate with but one rival in the world , and that one Tasmania , where
he ( the speaker ) had resided for nearly five years , a climate which would , he felt confident , prove a rich blessing to him , because it was sure to be the means of restoring to perfect health and strength , the one who , above all , was nearest and dearest to him .
Mark Masonry.
Mark Masonry .
BOLTON . —St . Joint ' s Lodge ( Time Immemorial ) . —The regular meeting of this lodge was held on Wednesday , 25 th March , at the lodge room , Commercial Hotel , Town-hall-squar ? , Bolton , at which were present , Bro . James Newton , Prov . G , Mark Inspector of Works , W . M .:
John Alcock , S . W . ; James Horrocks , J . W . ; John Harwood , M . O . ; Wrn . Hamer , P . M ., asS . O . ; Robert Glaister , J . O . ; Thos . Entwisle , P . Prov . G . Mark Master , Registrar of Marks ; Thomas Morris , P . Prov . G . Mark Sword Bearer , Sec retary ; Thos . Holme , S . D . ; Robert Pickup ,
J . . '; Henry Tattersall , I . G . ; Robert Harwood , P . Prov . G . Mark Deacon : Daniel Stansfield , P . Prov . G . Mark Deacon , and others . The lodge being opened , and the minutes confirmed , the ballot was taken for Bro . Thomas Mycock , P . M . Clifton Lodge , 703 , Blackpool , as a
candidate for advancement , and was unanimously in his favour , and he being in attendance was admittted and advanced to the honourable degree of Mark Master , the ceremony being performed by the W . M . A candidate was proposed for advancement , and the lodge was closed in the usual manner .