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Article PROCEEDINGS OF A CAPTIVE LODGE. ← Page 6 of 8 →
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Proceedings Of A Captive Lodge.
19 th March , 1818 . —[ The Senior Warden , Bro . Rowland , severely reprimanded by the WM . for contempt of his orders and derision when without the Lodge , in the execution of his Military duties . Various alterations in . the Bye-laws approved , and the names of all the brethren subscribed to the new code . ] 2 nd April , 1818 . —Bro . Rowland [ and six others ] were passed the Chair as Excellent Masters in due form , and installed according to Ancient Custom .
16 th July , 1818 . —Bro . Jno . Wright , a certified Master of No . 332 , held in the 58 th Regiment , was received and enregestered in the Book of Members . 6 th Aug ., 1818 , Cambray . —Mr . Henry Clement , an accomptant in the Treasury Department , and Mr . Thomas Lands , a gentleman cadet in the Rifle Brigade , were severally and individually initiated [ Bro . E . Butler " unanimously called to the chair of the Lodge , " vacated by Bro . Whately , owing "to the urgent calls of his military duties" *] Declared that , from the advanced season and the number of brethren already undergoing initiation in the Lodge , that no more candidates could be received during the present Summer .
1 st Oct , 1818 . — -Br . Eason [ and others ] having passed an examination , and being found duly qualified , were elected Masters in regular order , and passed the chair as Excellent Masons . Memo . —On the 5 th day of November , the regular Lodge Night , the Regt . was on the March in seperate Divisions between Canterbury and Winchester , consequently no Lodge could be holden . E . BUTLER , Master .
27 th Dec , 1818 , St . John ' s Day . —At the Marquis of Granby , in High St , Winchester , a temporary Union was formed with the worshipful Lodges , No . Ill , held by the Inhabitants , and 454 held in the 5 th Regiment of Foot , for the purpose of celebrating the usual Festival . St . John ' s Day [ 24 th June , 1819 ?] . —At the Hall of the Concord Lodge , No . 733 , Ireland , Kingstown , St . Vincent , West Indies [ No . 221 , together with No . 733 , marched to the Senate House , where a Sermon was preached b y Bro . Rev . Lansdown Gilding , after which the brethren of the two lodges dined in company ] .
7 th Oct ., 1819 . —Fort Charlotte , St . Vincent . The Lodge not being able to open in form owing to deficiency of Numbers—proceeded to instruct each other amicably as a Friendly Society , and separated in love and harmony at an early hour . 2 nd Dec , 1819—Present , Bro . E . Butler , W . M . [ and four others , Bro . Rowland elected W . M , and the veteran Brother Butler , Secretary , pro tern . ]
27 th Dec , 1819 . —[ The two Lodges Nos . 221 and 733 again walked in procession to Church , and afterwards dined together ] . 17 th Feb ., 1820 . —Not assembled in sufficient number .
In March . —The same . 20 th March , 1820 . —An Especial Lodge held in Freemasons' Hall , Kingston , in conjunction with the Concord Lodge , No . 733 , Ireland , to take measures for presenting an address of condolence to H . E . the Governor , Sir Chas . Brisbane , on the decease of the ever-to-be-revered Sovereign , King George the Third , and that of our late Past Grand MasterH . R . H . the Duke of Kenttogether
, , with congratulations on the accession of King George the Fourth . When the United Lodges being opened in due form in the Third degree , a committee was appointed to draw up the address accordingly , and it was ordered to be signed by the two Secretaries .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Proceedings Of A Captive Lodge.
19 th March , 1818 . —[ The Senior Warden , Bro . Rowland , severely reprimanded by the WM . for contempt of his orders and derision when without the Lodge , in the execution of his Military duties . Various alterations in . the Bye-laws approved , and the names of all the brethren subscribed to the new code . ] 2 nd April , 1818 . —Bro . Rowland [ and six others ] were passed the Chair as Excellent Masters in due form , and installed according to Ancient Custom .
16 th July , 1818 . —Bro . Jno . Wright , a certified Master of No . 332 , held in the 58 th Regiment , was received and enregestered in the Book of Members . 6 th Aug ., 1818 , Cambray . —Mr . Henry Clement , an accomptant in the Treasury Department , and Mr . Thomas Lands , a gentleman cadet in the Rifle Brigade , were severally and individually initiated [ Bro . E . Butler " unanimously called to the chair of the Lodge , " vacated by Bro . Whately , owing "to the urgent calls of his military duties" *] Declared that , from the advanced season and the number of brethren already undergoing initiation in the Lodge , that no more candidates could be received during the present Summer .
1 st Oct , 1818 . — -Br . Eason [ and others ] having passed an examination , and being found duly qualified , were elected Masters in regular order , and passed the chair as Excellent Masons . Memo . —On the 5 th day of November , the regular Lodge Night , the Regt . was on the March in seperate Divisions between Canterbury and Winchester , consequently no Lodge could be holden . E . BUTLER , Master .
27 th Dec , 1818 , St . John ' s Day . —At the Marquis of Granby , in High St , Winchester , a temporary Union was formed with the worshipful Lodges , No . Ill , held by the Inhabitants , and 454 held in the 5 th Regiment of Foot , for the purpose of celebrating the usual Festival . St . John ' s Day [ 24 th June , 1819 ?] . —At the Hall of the Concord Lodge , No . 733 , Ireland , Kingstown , St . Vincent , West Indies [ No . 221 , together with No . 733 , marched to the Senate House , where a Sermon was preached b y Bro . Rev . Lansdown Gilding , after which the brethren of the two lodges dined in company ] .
7 th Oct ., 1819 . —Fort Charlotte , St . Vincent . The Lodge not being able to open in form owing to deficiency of Numbers—proceeded to instruct each other amicably as a Friendly Society , and separated in love and harmony at an early hour . 2 nd Dec , 1819—Present , Bro . E . Butler , W . M . [ and four others , Bro . Rowland elected W . M , and the veteran Brother Butler , Secretary , pro tern . ]
27 th Dec , 1819 . —[ The two Lodges Nos . 221 and 733 again walked in procession to Church , and afterwards dined together ] . 17 th Feb ., 1820 . —Not assembled in sufficient number .
In March . —The same . 20 th March , 1820 . —An Especial Lodge held in Freemasons' Hall , Kingston , in conjunction with the Concord Lodge , No . 733 , Ireland , to take measures for presenting an address of condolence to H . E . the Governor , Sir Chas . Brisbane , on the decease of the ever-to-be-revered Sovereign , King George the Third , and that of our late Past Grand MasterH . R . H . the Duke of Kenttogether
, , with congratulations on the accession of King George the Fourth . When the United Lodges being opened in due form in the Third degree , a committee was appointed to draw up the address accordingly , and it was ordered to be signed by the two Secretaries .