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Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution.
ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION .
The monthly meeting of the Committee of this Institution was held on Wednesday afternoon , at Freemasons ' Hall . Col . Creaton presided , and there were present Bros . William Hale , C . A . Cottebrune , R . Warner Wheeler , J . A . Farnfield , J . M . Case , James Brett , John G . Stevens ,
Richard Herve' Giraud , Louis Stean , Dr . Jabez Hogg , John Henry Leggott , Henry G . Warren , Wm . Hilton , Thomas Cubitt , Charles John Perceval , Raynham W . Stewart , S . Rawson , J . Newton , Willi . m Stephens , C . G . Dilley , Erasmus Wilson , Edgar Bowyer , II . J . Strong , Til . D , Hon . Surgeon ; Thos . J . Barnes , Charles Frederick Hogard , James Terry ( Secretary ) , and II . Massey {
Freemason ) . Bro . Terry reported the death of three femaleannuitants , nnd also read the Warden ' s report . Bro . Terry also reported that the Supreme Council , 33 " , had presented to the library of the Institutional Croydon a gift of 130 volumes of standard works , including the writings of Dickens , Lever , Marryatt , Lytton , and Ainsworth . He likewise
reported that the New Year ' s entertainment to the old people was given last week , which was very successful , and that since then Bro . Cutbush had sent his annual donation of a hamper of bulbs . On the motion of the Chairman , a formal vote of thanks was passed to the Supreme Council , 33 ° , for the gift of books , and to Bro . Cutbush for his gilt of bulbs .
The report of the Finance Committee was afterwards read , and ordered to be received and entered on the minutes , and the Chairman was authorised to sign certain cheques recommended by the Finance Committee . Half her late husband ' s annuity was granted to a widow . The tender of Bro . Shed for erecting a covered way at the Institution was accepted . Six petitions of brethren and seven of
widows were examined , and the candidates were placed on the list for the May election . One petition ( male ) was adjourned , and one ( male ) rejected . Bro . J . H . Leggott brought forward his motion for building a board room and chapel at the end of the asylum , which was not seconded . His motion for building an infirmary was seconded by Bro . Dr . Jabez Hogg ,
but was aftenvards withdrawn . Bro . Leggott based these motions on the ground that the present building was inadequate in a sanitary point of view to the wants of the Institution . He had made a careful inspection of the building , and felt that it was far behind other Institutions . The brethren ought to keep pace with the times and make a suitable building . By the energetic services of their
able Secretary they had obtained from £ 14 , 000 to £ 17 , last year , and a good building was very important . An Institution of this kind should be much more extensive . The motion was lost . Bro . Leggott then moved that the board room be used as a reading room and library . Bro . R . Warner Wheeler seconded it . The Institution
had just received a valuable addition to the library of the Institution by the handsome gift of the Supreme Council , 33 ° , and now would be a good time to adapt the board room for a library . Bro . S . Rawson said he did not sec that the board room was of any use now except for the meetings of the Committee , and the half-yearly entertainments .
Bro , J . A . Farnfield knew to his cost that the board room was very , very cold , and unless a very large lire was constantly kept up , and somebody kept constantly to look after it , in the winter time the old people would not use the room ; they preferred to keep to their own firesides , reading the newspapers which the brethren constantly sent down . There was a small room already were the
books were kept under the charge of the Warden , who lent them to the inmates of the Institution to read in their own residences . Bro . Raynham W . Stewart said the brethren must remember that the old people required all the comforts of
home , and it was a great advantage to them to have the ooks home . It would be a sort of cruelty to place th em in a cold room , and it would not be appreciated . Bro . John Newton observed that the library would be increased , for he knew several brethren who , encouraged by the present of the Supreme Council , were going to send more books .
Dr . Jabez Hogg said lie had heard the arguments pro and con ., but he wished to ask the Chairman if the inmates themselves had asked to have the board room for a reading room and library . The Chairman said they never had . Dr . Hogg said they might perhaps have the use of the room in the summer time , provided they felt they wanted it .
Bro . C . J . Perceval hoped that shortly Bro . Leggott would so far succeed as to get the size of the board room increased . The old people had a treat twice a year , and the board room was not large enough for the visitors who joined them oq those occasions . Dr . H . J . Strong , who saw the old people every day , and knew as much of them as any ot the brethren , was sure
they preferred being at home . An old man , perhaps , could not see , and he got his wife to read to him whiL- he smoked and had his glass . It would not do to make the board room a smoking and drinking room . He was an advocate for plenty of air , but in the summer time he thought they might enjoy themselves in the gardens , and he would recommend garden seats with awnings oyer them
. He agreed that the board room was not large enong h for the entertainments , and thought more accommodation should be given both there and on the ground * 'or , where the rooms were very ill-suited for lady visiters . He thought a library would be an inestimable boon , and he spoke with admiration of the gift of the Supreme Council , who , before choosing the books to be presented ,
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went down to see what books were already in the library , so that there might not be double copies . He would like to see some one present " Chambers ' s Journal . " The motion was thereupon put and lost . Bro . J . A . Farnfield , as Bro . Norris , the Warden , would attain his 90 th year next Wednesday , moved a vote of congratulation to him , trusting he might be spared yet
many years . He-testified to the admirable way in which Bro . Norris performed his duties as Warden . Bro . Raynham W . Stewart seconded the motion , which was put and carried . 3 ro . . f . G . Stevens wished to bring a subject before the Committee . The last year was a very flourishing year for this Institution . During tbe year it had received
something like £ 17 , , the largest amount that had ever been collected for any of the Masonic Institutions in any one year since their foundation . To a large cxl ^ nt that amount was due to the zealous energy of Bro . Terry , the Secretary . If it was necessary to ask him to do likewise this year it did not require any votes of confidence from the brethren to make him do it ; but , looking on him as a friend among them , always meeting them in a genial
spirit , alwajw having a kindly answer whenever they asked him any question—the answer was given in that gentlemanly and suave manner that made it a pleasure to talk to him—he ( Bro . Stevens ) asked the brethren to give a vote of thanks to Bro . Terry for what he had done in the past year , for the very favourable way in which the business had been conducted , and for the very large amount of money subscribed almost merely through his
conduct . Bro . Edgar Bowyer seconded the motion , which , having been put and carried , was replied to by Bro . Terry , who said that if he needed any incentive beyond that which he felt in his own mind the vote which had been passed would induce him , if it were possible , to render still more faithful services to the Institution than during the past year . A vote of thanks to the Chairman closed the proceedings .
The New Grand Secretary.
THE NEW GRAND SECRETARY .
THE PRESS ON THE APPOINTMENT . The appointment of Colonel Shadwell H . Clerke as Grand Secretary of the English Freemasons , which was made by the Prince of Wales , Grand Master , yesterday , is one which will give entire satisfaction to the Craft in England . Colonel Clerke is known as an energetic
Freemason , a skilful worker , and an amiable and courteous gentleman . He is a Freemason of long standing , and brings sound health and clear judgment ti bear on the arduous and often complicated duties of the high office to which he has been appointed . The Prince of Wales ' s choice is one more evidence of his interest in the welfare of the Order . —Glasgoir Xews , 1 ^ th January .
MASONIIY . —Our London correspondent states that late yesterday afternoon Lieutenant-Colonel Shadwell II . Clerke , a Past Grand Deacon in the Grand Lodge of Freemasons , was informed that the Prince of Wales , the Most Worshipful Grand Master , had appointed him to the post of Grand Secretary . The brethren of the Order have for some time believed that Colonel Clerke would receive the
appointment , but there were many other candidates for the office who seemed to have a good chance of success . Colonel Shadwell Clerke , who is a very energetic Mason , is a great favourite in the Craft , and has become popular both by his Masonic working and his amiable and gentlemanly bearing . The late Grand Secretary , Mr . John Hervey , who resigned a month ago , is gradually losing strength . —Yorkshire Post , 1 3 th January .
After a long delay , the office of Grand Secretary of English Freemasons has been filled up by the Grand Master , the Prince of Wales . His choice has fallen on Lieutenant-Colonel Shadwell H . Clerke , a Past Grand Deacon in Grand Lodge . Colonel Clerke is an exceedingly
popular brother , and his appointment , which has been long anticipated , will give great satisfaction to the Craft at large . Uro . Hervey , who resigned the office of Grand Secretary a month since on account of ill-health , is gradu . ally decreasing in vital power . —Liverpool Courier , 13 th January .
Masonic Ball At Rhyl.
MASONIC BALL AT RHYL .
A grand Masonic ball , organised and carried out under the banner of the Caradoc Lodge , No . 16 74 , was held on Thursday evening last , the 15 th inst ., at the Westminster Hotel , Rhyl , North Wales . The patrons were Bros . Sir Watkin W . Wynne , Bart ., M . P ., P . G . M . North Wales
and Shropshire ; W . Bulkeley Hughes , Esq ., M . P .. D . P . G . M . North Wales and Shropshire ; and the Right Hon . Lord Richard Grosvenor , M . P . The Stewards were Bros . W . H . Foulkes , W . M . 1674 ; E . Grcucutt , A . Eyton Lloyd , E . Lloyd Williams , G . D . Burdett , H , A . Steer ; and the duties of honorary Secretary were entrusted to Bro . H . A . Steer .
The S / andard newspaper on Monday last sent £ 103 to the " Rowland Mill Memorial Fund . " ' Ilnn . invAv ' s PILLS . —Dismiss your doubts ; Jet no one he lonijer oppressed with the notion that his malady is Incurable till these p : mi ) -inK Pills have had a fair trial . When ntiUnatv preparations have failed , these I'ills have heen used with the ' most marked success . A emirs' ; of this admirable medicine clears the blood from all impurities , and improves ils i | nality . The whole i-vstem
is thus benefited through the usual channels without reduction o ! strength , shock to the nerves , or any other inconvenience j in lact , health is renewed by natural means . I- ' or curing diseases of the throat , windpipe , and chest , those Pills have pre-eminentlv established a world-wide fame-, and in complaints of the stomach , liver , and kidneys they are equally efficacious . They are composed of rare balsams , without a sin $ e grain ol mereurv , or anv other deleterious . obstante . —f ADIT . J
Consecration Of The Ebrington Lodge, No. 1847.
CONSECRATION OF THE EBRINGTON LODGE , No . 1847 .
The ceremony of the constitution and consecration ot the Ebrington Lodge , No . 1847 , recently opened in Stonehouse took place on Tuesday , the 13 th inst ., at the Ebrington Masonic Temple , Hobart-street . That handsome new Masonic home , recently erected by Bro . Lose , shewed to
advantage on the occasion by affording all the accommodation necessary for holding there the special Provincial Grand Lodge that was convened for the occasion . The lodge-room was well filled with brethren . In addition to the usual attractions on such occasions of the opening of a new lodge there was also the new temple to be seen , and it was the first occasion on which the new P . G . M .,
Viscount Ebrington , was to be received officially in South Devon , and the first occasion on which he was called upon to carry out such duties in the province . A large number of brethren were present . The lodge having been opened in due form , the Secretary read the warrant , and the brethren of the new lodge having signified there assent to the appointment of the
officers named therein , the D . P . G . M ., R . W . Bro . G . W . Rogers , then delivered the usual oration . The P . G . M ., having pledged the Master and members of the lodge to obey the Laws and Constitutions of the Grand Lodge , declared the Ebrington Lodge , No . 1847 , to be a regular and duly constituted lodge . The ceremony of the consecration of the lodge followed ,
and was very impressively performed by the P . G . M ., D . P . G . M ., the Prov . G . Wardens , and Chaplain . At the conclusion of the consecration the Provincial Grand Lodge was closed . R . W . Bro . W . J . Rogers , the D . P . G . M ., then opened the Ebrington Lodge , constituted a Board of I . P . M . ' s , and installed the W . M . designate , W . Bro . R . Lose , sen ., as the
W . M . of the lodge . At the close of the installation the W . M . invested the following brethren as his officers : W . Bros . A . R . Lethbridge , I . P . M . ; J . H . Stephens , S . W . ; F . Littleton , J . W . ; S . Jew , Treas . ; J . H . Stephens , Sec ; Bros . C . Nicholson , S . D . ; Thomas Lose , J . D . ; R . Lose , jun ., D . C ; Jas . Lose , O . ; and Isaac Masters , I . G . ; and
W . Bro . B . S . Johns was appointed to represent the Committee of Petitions . The lodge was then closed , and W . Bro . R . Lose was warmly congratulated by the brethren at his success in carrying out the addition of another handj some Masonic temple and another promising lodge to the . ) Province of Devon .
A large party of the brethren adjourned to Walter's Farley Hotel , where they dined together . R . W . Bro . Viscount Ebrington presided . In the course of the evening , in giving and replying to the toasts , his lordship congratulated the brethren on the additions that had been made that day to Freemasonry in the thr . ee towns—Plymouth , Stonehouse , and Devonport—the head-quarters of the
Order in Devon , and said he hoped that Ebrington Lodge might prove worthy of him . He was pleased to find that his working that day on the first occasion of his thus biing called upon to carry out that work had met with such warm approval from the brethren . Freemasonry certainly had recently much extended . Warrants for four or five lodges besides that of 1847 had been just issued
from the Grand Lodge , and during the last eighteen months 100 lodges had been constituted under the English Constitution . While that extension must necessarily be very gratifying to them , it must not be forgotten that Freemasonry had also its duties and responsibilities . It was desirable that those admitted should be a credit to the Craft , a credit elsewhere also as well as in the lodge .
Although a bachelor , he might be permitted to say that the admission of candidates might be said to have some resemblance to marriage . They got their friends for better or worse . If they got them for the worse it was even very much worse than in the case of marriage . There the unfortunate man was the only sufferer , but in
Freemasonry the brethren around suffered , and the Order generally suffered . He had seen an old pamphlet lately , which , in treating on Freemasonry , made the following very important remark on the duties of Masons -. — " You must , subdue your passions , and do what is your will without a re-cognition of results , and act in unity and harmony . "
Masonic And General Tidings.
Masonic and General Tidings .
By command of H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , Most Worshipful Grand Master of English Freemasons , an especial Grand Lodge will be held this ( Saturday ) afternoon , for the appointment and investiture of the Grand Secretary , Bro . Lieut .-Col . Shadwell H . Clerke . Grand Lodge will be opened punctually at six o ' clock .
Ero . Col . Francis Burdett , R . W . Prov . Grand Master of Middlesex , desires the members of all lodges in his province to appear in Masonic mourning at their next meeting . Bro . the Right Hon . Lord Leigh , Prov . G . Master of Warwickshire , has accepted the Presidency of the Birmingham Centre of the St . John Ambulance
Association . A meeting will be held on Monday next , at seven o ' clock , at the Metropolitan Hotel , South-place , Finsbury , for the purpose of making arrangements for the formation of a Fifteen Section Club . Bro . T . J . Barnes , P . M . 554 and 933 , has consented to preside . The attendance of brethren is solicited .
A report of the installation meeting of the Domatic Lodge , No . 177 , held on Friday last , is in type , and will appear in our next . A meeting of the Metropolitan Lodge of the Order of St . Lawrence will be held this ( Saturday ) afternoon , at four o ' clock , at 2 , Red I ion-square , Hieh Hol-1 born , W . C .
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Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution.
ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION .
The monthly meeting of the Committee of this Institution was held on Wednesday afternoon , at Freemasons ' Hall . Col . Creaton presided , and there were present Bros . William Hale , C . A . Cottebrune , R . Warner Wheeler , J . A . Farnfield , J . M . Case , James Brett , John G . Stevens ,
Richard Herve' Giraud , Louis Stean , Dr . Jabez Hogg , John Henry Leggott , Henry G . Warren , Wm . Hilton , Thomas Cubitt , Charles John Perceval , Raynham W . Stewart , S . Rawson , J . Newton , Willi . m Stephens , C . G . Dilley , Erasmus Wilson , Edgar Bowyer , II . J . Strong , Til . D , Hon . Surgeon ; Thos . J . Barnes , Charles Frederick Hogard , James Terry ( Secretary ) , and II . Massey {
Freemason ) . Bro . Terry reported the death of three femaleannuitants , nnd also read the Warden ' s report . Bro . Terry also reported that the Supreme Council , 33 " , had presented to the library of the Institutional Croydon a gift of 130 volumes of standard works , including the writings of Dickens , Lever , Marryatt , Lytton , and Ainsworth . He likewise
reported that the New Year ' s entertainment to the old people was given last week , which was very successful , and that since then Bro . Cutbush had sent his annual donation of a hamper of bulbs . On the motion of the Chairman , a formal vote of thanks was passed to the Supreme Council , 33 ° , for the gift of books , and to Bro . Cutbush for his gilt of bulbs .
The report of the Finance Committee was afterwards read , and ordered to be received and entered on the minutes , and the Chairman was authorised to sign certain cheques recommended by the Finance Committee . Half her late husband ' s annuity was granted to a widow . The tender of Bro . Shed for erecting a covered way at the Institution was accepted . Six petitions of brethren and seven of
widows were examined , and the candidates were placed on the list for the May election . One petition ( male ) was adjourned , and one ( male ) rejected . Bro . J . H . Leggott brought forward his motion for building a board room and chapel at the end of the asylum , which was not seconded . His motion for building an infirmary was seconded by Bro . Dr . Jabez Hogg ,
but was aftenvards withdrawn . Bro . Leggott based these motions on the ground that the present building was inadequate in a sanitary point of view to the wants of the Institution . He had made a careful inspection of the building , and felt that it was far behind other Institutions . The brethren ought to keep pace with the times and make a suitable building . By the energetic services of their
able Secretary they had obtained from £ 14 , 000 to £ 17 , last year , and a good building was very important . An Institution of this kind should be much more extensive . The motion was lost . Bro . Leggott then moved that the board room be used as a reading room and library . Bro . R . Warner Wheeler seconded it . The Institution
had just received a valuable addition to the library of the Institution by the handsome gift of the Supreme Council , 33 ° , and now would be a good time to adapt the board room for a library . Bro . S . Rawson said he did not sec that the board room was of any use now except for the meetings of the Committee , and the half-yearly entertainments .
Bro , J . A . Farnfield knew to his cost that the board room was very , very cold , and unless a very large lire was constantly kept up , and somebody kept constantly to look after it , in the winter time the old people would not use the room ; they preferred to keep to their own firesides , reading the newspapers which the brethren constantly sent down . There was a small room already were the
books were kept under the charge of the Warden , who lent them to the inmates of the Institution to read in their own residences . Bro . Raynham W . Stewart said the brethren must remember that the old people required all the comforts of
home , and it was a great advantage to them to have the ooks home . It would be a sort of cruelty to place th em in a cold room , and it would not be appreciated . Bro . John Newton observed that the library would be increased , for he knew several brethren who , encouraged by the present of the Supreme Council , were going to send more books .
Dr . Jabez Hogg said lie had heard the arguments pro and con ., but he wished to ask the Chairman if the inmates themselves had asked to have the board room for a reading room and library . The Chairman said they never had . Dr . Hogg said they might perhaps have the use of the room in the summer time , provided they felt they wanted it .
Bro . C . J . Perceval hoped that shortly Bro . Leggott would so far succeed as to get the size of the board room increased . The old people had a treat twice a year , and the board room was not large enough for the visitors who joined them oq those occasions . Dr . H . J . Strong , who saw the old people every day , and knew as much of them as any ot the brethren , was sure
they preferred being at home . An old man , perhaps , could not see , and he got his wife to read to him whiL- he smoked and had his glass . It would not do to make the board room a smoking and drinking room . He was an advocate for plenty of air , but in the summer time he thought they might enjoy themselves in the gardens , and he would recommend garden seats with awnings oyer them
. He agreed that the board room was not large enong h for the entertainments , and thought more accommodation should be given both there and on the ground * 'or , where the rooms were very ill-suited for lady visiters . He thought a library would be an inestimable boon , and he spoke with admiration of the gift of the Supreme Council , who , before choosing the books to be presented ,
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went down to see what books were already in the library , so that there might not be double copies . He would like to see some one present " Chambers ' s Journal . " The motion was thereupon put and lost . Bro . J . A . Farnfield , as Bro . Norris , the Warden , would attain his 90 th year next Wednesday , moved a vote of congratulation to him , trusting he might be spared yet
many years . He-testified to the admirable way in which Bro . Norris performed his duties as Warden . Bro . Raynham W . Stewart seconded the motion , which was put and carried . 3 ro . . f . G . Stevens wished to bring a subject before the Committee . The last year was a very flourishing year for this Institution . During tbe year it had received
something like £ 17 , , the largest amount that had ever been collected for any of the Masonic Institutions in any one year since their foundation . To a large cxl ^ nt that amount was due to the zealous energy of Bro . Terry , the Secretary . If it was necessary to ask him to do likewise this year it did not require any votes of confidence from the brethren to make him do it ; but , looking on him as a friend among them , always meeting them in a genial
spirit , alwajw having a kindly answer whenever they asked him any question—the answer was given in that gentlemanly and suave manner that made it a pleasure to talk to him—he ( Bro . Stevens ) asked the brethren to give a vote of thanks to Bro . Terry for what he had done in the past year , for the very favourable way in which the business had been conducted , and for the very large amount of money subscribed almost merely through his
conduct . Bro . Edgar Bowyer seconded the motion , which , having been put and carried , was replied to by Bro . Terry , who said that if he needed any incentive beyond that which he felt in his own mind the vote which had been passed would induce him , if it were possible , to render still more faithful services to the Institution than during the past year . A vote of thanks to the Chairman closed the proceedings .
The New Grand Secretary.
THE NEW GRAND SECRETARY .
THE PRESS ON THE APPOINTMENT . The appointment of Colonel Shadwell H . Clerke as Grand Secretary of the English Freemasons , which was made by the Prince of Wales , Grand Master , yesterday , is one which will give entire satisfaction to the Craft in England . Colonel Clerke is known as an energetic
Freemason , a skilful worker , and an amiable and courteous gentleman . He is a Freemason of long standing , and brings sound health and clear judgment ti bear on the arduous and often complicated duties of the high office to which he has been appointed . The Prince of Wales ' s choice is one more evidence of his interest in the welfare of the Order . —Glasgoir Xews , 1 ^ th January .
MASONIIY . —Our London correspondent states that late yesterday afternoon Lieutenant-Colonel Shadwell II . Clerke , a Past Grand Deacon in the Grand Lodge of Freemasons , was informed that the Prince of Wales , the Most Worshipful Grand Master , had appointed him to the post of Grand Secretary . The brethren of the Order have for some time believed that Colonel Clerke would receive the
appointment , but there were many other candidates for the office who seemed to have a good chance of success . Colonel Shadwell Clerke , who is a very energetic Mason , is a great favourite in the Craft , and has become popular both by his Masonic working and his amiable and gentlemanly bearing . The late Grand Secretary , Mr . John Hervey , who resigned a month ago , is gradually losing strength . —Yorkshire Post , 1 3 th January .
After a long delay , the office of Grand Secretary of English Freemasons has been filled up by the Grand Master , the Prince of Wales . His choice has fallen on Lieutenant-Colonel Shadwell H . Clerke , a Past Grand Deacon in Grand Lodge . Colonel Clerke is an exceedingly
popular brother , and his appointment , which has been long anticipated , will give great satisfaction to the Craft at large . Uro . Hervey , who resigned the office of Grand Secretary a month since on account of ill-health , is gradu . ally decreasing in vital power . —Liverpool Courier , 13 th January .
Masonic Ball At Rhyl.
MASONIC BALL AT RHYL .
A grand Masonic ball , organised and carried out under the banner of the Caradoc Lodge , No . 16 74 , was held on Thursday evening last , the 15 th inst ., at the Westminster Hotel , Rhyl , North Wales . The patrons were Bros . Sir Watkin W . Wynne , Bart ., M . P ., P . G . M . North Wales
and Shropshire ; W . Bulkeley Hughes , Esq ., M . P .. D . P . G . M . North Wales and Shropshire ; and the Right Hon . Lord Richard Grosvenor , M . P . The Stewards were Bros . W . H . Foulkes , W . M . 1674 ; E . Grcucutt , A . Eyton Lloyd , E . Lloyd Williams , G . D . Burdett , H , A . Steer ; and the duties of honorary Secretary were entrusted to Bro . H . A . Steer .
The S / andard newspaper on Monday last sent £ 103 to the " Rowland Mill Memorial Fund . " ' Ilnn . invAv ' s PILLS . —Dismiss your doubts ; Jet no one he lonijer oppressed with the notion that his malady is Incurable till these p : mi ) -inK Pills have had a fair trial . When ntiUnatv preparations have failed , these I'ills have heen used with the ' most marked success . A emirs' ; of this admirable medicine clears the blood from all impurities , and improves ils i | nality . The whole i-vstem
is thus benefited through the usual channels without reduction o ! strength , shock to the nerves , or any other inconvenience j in lact , health is renewed by natural means . I- ' or curing diseases of the throat , windpipe , and chest , those Pills have pre-eminentlv established a world-wide fame-, and in complaints of the stomach , liver , and kidneys they are equally efficacious . They are composed of rare balsams , without a sin $ e grain ol mereurv , or anv other deleterious . obstante . —f ADIT . J
Consecration Of The Ebrington Lodge, No. 1847.
CONSECRATION OF THE EBRINGTON LODGE , No . 1847 .
The ceremony of the constitution and consecration ot the Ebrington Lodge , No . 1847 , recently opened in Stonehouse took place on Tuesday , the 13 th inst ., at the Ebrington Masonic Temple , Hobart-street . That handsome new Masonic home , recently erected by Bro . Lose , shewed to
advantage on the occasion by affording all the accommodation necessary for holding there the special Provincial Grand Lodge that was convened for the occasion . The lodge-room was well filled with brethren . In addition to the usual attractions on such occasions of the opening of a new lodge there was also the new temple to be seen , and it was the first occasion on which the new P . G . M .,
Viscount Ebrington , was to be received officially in South Devon , and the first occasion on which he was called upon to carry out such duties in the province . A large number of brethren were present . The lodge having been opened in due form , the Secretary read the warrant , and the brethren of the new lodge having signified there assent to the appointment of the
officers named therein , the D . P . G . M ., R . W . Bro . G . W . Rogers , then delivered the usual oration . The P . G . M ., having pledged the Master and members of the lodge to obey the Laws and Constitutions of the Grand Lodge , declared the Ebrington Lodge , No . 1847 , to be a regular and duly constituted lodge . The ceremony of the consecration of the lodge followed ,
and was very impressively performed by the P . G . M ., D . P . G . M ., the Prov . G . Wardens , and Chaplain . At the conclusion of the consecration the Provincial Grand Lodge was closed . R . W . Bro . W . J . Rogers , the D . P . G . M ., then opened the Ebrington Lodge , constituted a Board of I . P . M . ' s , and installed the W . M . designate , W . Bro . R . Lose , sen ., as the
W . M . of the lodge . At the close of the installation the W . M . invested the following brethren as his officers : W . Bros . A . R . Lethbridge , I . P . M . ; J . H . Stephens , S . W . ; F . Littleton , J . W . ; S . Jew , Treas . ; J . H . Stephens , Sec ; Bros . C . Nicholson , S . D . ; Thomas Lose , J . D . ; R . Lose , jun ., D . C ; Jas . Lose , O . ; and Isaac Masters , I . G . ; and
W . Bro . B . S . Johns was appointed to represent the Committee of Petitions . The lodge was then closed , and W . Bro . R . Lose was warmly congratulated by the brethren at his success in carrying out the addition of another handj some Masonic temple and another promising lodge to the . ) Province of Devon .
A large party of the brethren adjourned to Walter's Farley Hotel , where they dined together . R . W . Bro . Viscount Ebrington presided . In the course of the evening , in giving and replying to the toasts , his lordship congratulated the brethren on the additions that had been made that day to Freemasonry in the thr . ee towns—Plymouth , Stonehouse , and Devonport—the head-quarters of the
Order in Devon , and said he hoped that Ebrington Lodge might prove worthy of him . He was pleased to find that his working that day on the first occasion of his thus biing called upon to carry out that work had met with such warm approval from the brethren . Freemasonry certainly had recently much extended . Warrants for four or five lodges besides that of 1847 had been just issued
from the Grand Lodge , and during the last eighteen months 100 lodges had been constituted under the English Constitution . While that extension must necessarily be very gratifying to them , it must not be forgotten that Freemasonry had also its duties and responsibilities . It was desirable that those admitted should be a credit to the Craft , a credit elsewhere also as well as in the lodge .
Although a bachelor , he might be permitted to say that the admission of candidates might be said to have some resemblance to marriage . They got their friends for better or worse . If they got them for the worse it was even very much worse than in the case of marriage . There the unfortunate man was the only sufferer , but in
Freemasonry the brethren around suffered , and the Order generally suffered . He had seen an old pamphlet lately , which , in treating on Freemasonry , made the following very important remark on the duties of Masons -. — " You must , subdue your passions , and do what is your will without a re-cognition of results , and act in unity and harmony . "
Masonic And General Tidings.
Masonic and General Tidings .
By command of H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , Most Worshipful Grand Master of English Freemasons , an especial Grand Lodge will be held this ( Saturday ) afternoon , for the appointment and investiture of the Grand Secretary , Bro . Lieut .-Col . Shadwell H . Clerke . Grand Lodge will be opened punctually at six o ' clock .
Ero . Col . Francis Burdett , R . W . Prov . Grand Master of Middlesex , desires the members of all lodges in his province to appear in Masonic mourning at their next meeting . Bro . the Right Hon . Lord Leigh , Prov . G . Master of Warwickshire , has accepted the Presidency of the Birmingham Centre of the St . John Ambulance
Association . A meeting will be held on Monday next , at seven o ' clock , at the Metropolitan Hotel , South-place , Finsbury , for the purpose of making arrangements for the formation of a Fifteen Section Club . Bro . T . J . Barnes , P . M . 554 and 933 , has consented to preside . The attendance of brethren is solicited .
A report of the installation meeting of the Domatic Lodge , No . 177 , held on Friday last , is in type , and will appear in our next . A meeting of the Metropolitan Lodge of the Order of St . Lawrence will be held this ( Saturday ) afternoon , at four o ' clock , at 2 , Red I ion-square , Hieh Hol-1 born , W . C .