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Kidderminster . —Lodgerf-Hope and Charity ( No . 523 ) . —At the last meeting of this Lodge , Bro . James Fitzgerald , W . M ., was unanimously re-elected W . M . for the ensuing year . The Lodge meets on the last Monday in the month .
% Meeting of Lodges for January , 1857 . Harmonic Lodge , 6 p . m ., January 6 , Freemasons ' Tavern . Royal Standard Lodge , 6 P . M ., 13 th January , Hotel . Vernon Lodge , 5 P . M ., 21 st January , Old Town Hall . Perseverance Lodge , 6 P . M ., 28 th January , Freemasons' Tavern .
YORKSHIRE . New Provincial Deputy Grand Master . —We have great pleasure in announcing that the Right Honourable the Earl of Mexborough , R . W . Prov . G . M . of West Yorkshire , has appointed Bro . George Fearnley , M . D ., Grove House , Dewsbury , to be Deputy Prov . G . M . of West Yorkshire , in the room of the late highly-esteemed W . D . Prov . G . M . Bro . Charles Lee , of Leeds , whose decease we announced in our last number . The appointment is hailed with great satisfaction by the Brethren of the province , Bro .
Fearnley ' s high standing in the Craft , his zeal for Masonry , combined with his great talents , urbanity of manners , and business habits , pre-eminently qualify him for the eminent position he has attained . Bro . Fearnley , w e believe , was initiated into Masonry in the Lodge of the Three Grand Principles , No . 251 , Dewsbury , in the year 1840 , and after having served through the various offices , including both J . W . and S . W ., was installed W . M . in December , 1844 , to which office he was re-elected the following year ; whilst W . M . he served the office of Prov . G . S ., and was selected by the R . W . Prov . G . M . the two succeeding years
to fill the distinguished post of Prov . S . G . W ., and during the illness of Bro . Lee he has acted as D . Prov . G . M ., by command of the R . W . Prov . G . M . Bro . Fearnley will preside at the Prov . Grand Lodge , to be holden at Heckmondwike on the 7 th January inst ., when it is expected there will be a large gathering of the Brethren .
Dewsbury . —Lodge of Three Grand Principles ( No . 251 ) . —The regular monthly meeting of this Lodge took place on Thursday , the 11 th December , under the Presidency of the W . M . Bro . R . Hemingway , who initiated a candidate into the mysteries of Freemasonry ; after which ceremony , Bro . James Clay , the W . M . elect , was most impressively installed into the chair of K . S ., by W . Bro . Richard R . Nelson , P . M . and P . G . S . B . Amongst the Past Masters present were R . W . Pro . Dr . Fearnley , D . Prov . G . M . of "West Yorkshire : W . Bros . Thos .
Flemingway , P . Prov . S . G . W . ; Charles Oldroyd , P . Prov . G . S . B . ; G . T . Wright , No . 761 , P . S . G . D . ; J . II . Wilkinson , P . Prov . G . S . ; M . liinchcliffe , M . D . ; W . Audsley , & c . & c . The following Brethren were appointed by the W . M . as Officers for the ensuing year : —Benjamin Gates , jun ., S . W . ; John Spiking , J . W . ; W . Audsley , P . M ., Treas . ; Richard R . Nelson , P . M ., Prov . G . S . B ., Sec . ; James Hunter , S . D . ; R . Walkinffton , J . D . ; Thomas Halle well , I . G . : E . Knowles ,
B . Gates , and G . Tolson , Stewards ; Luke Hinchcliffe , G . Org . A better selection of Officers could scarcely have been made , and we have no doubt ( from the zeal and ability evinced by these Brethren in the Offices they have previously held ) , hut that the ensuing year will prove a very successful one , and that the Lodge will be worked in a very efficient and satisfactory maimer . A Committee was appointed to audit the accounts , and two gentlemen proposed as candidates for Freemasonry .
This Lodge will celebrate the Festival of St . John on the 8 tlr of January , when it is expected there will be a largo gathering of the Brethren . Donoasteu .---- #£ . George ' s Lodge ( No . 298 ) . —The Brethren of this Lodge held their monthly meeting at the Town Hall , on Friday , tho 28 th November , at two p . m . Two Brethren were raised to the Sublime Degree of Master Masons , after which the Brethren passed a resolution granting a sum of money towards the testimonial to the late Brother , Charles Lee , D . Prov . G . M . for the West
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Provincial,
Kidderminster . —Lodgerf-Hope and Charity ( No . 523 ) . —At the last meeting of this Lodge , Bro . James Fitzgerald , W . M ., was unanimously re-elected W . M . for the ensuing year . The Lodge meets on the last Monday in the month .
% Meeting of Lodges for January , 1857 . Harmonic Lodge , 6 p . m ., January 6 , Freemasons ' Tavern . Royal Standard Lodge , 6 P . M ., 13 th January , Hotel . Vernon Lodge , 5 P . M ., 21 st January , Old Town Hall . Perseverance Lodge , 6 P . M ., 28 th January , Freemasons' Tavern .
YORKSHIRE . New Provincial Deputy Grand Master . —We have great pleasure in announcing that the Right Honourable the Earl of Mexborough , R . W . Prov . G . M . of West Yorkshire , has appointed Bro . George Fearnley , M . D ., Grove House , Dewsbury , to be Deputy Prov . G . M . of West Yorkshire , in the room of the late highly-esteemed W . D . Prov . G . M . Bro . Charles Lee , of Leeds , whose decease we announced in our last number . The appointment is hailed with great satisfaction by the Brethren of the province , Bro .
Fearnley ' s high standing in the Craft , his zeal for Masonry , combined with his great talents , urbanity of manners , and business habits , pre-eminently qualify him for the eminent position he has attained . Bro . Fearnley , w e believe , was initiated into Masonry in the Lodge of the Three Grand Principles , No . 251 , Dewsbury , in the year 1840 , and after having served through the various offices , including both J . W . and S . W ., was installed W . M . in December , 1844 , to which office he was re-elected the following year ; whilst W . M . he served the office of Prov . G . S ., and was selected by the R . W . Prov . G . M . the two succeeding years
to fill the distinguished post of Prov . S . G . W ., and during the illness of Bro . Lee he has acted as D . Prov . G . M ., by command of the R . W . Prov . G . M . Bro . Fearnley will preside at the Prov . Grand Lodge , to be holden at Heckmondwike on the 7 th January inst ., when it is expected there will be a large gathering of the Brethren .
Dewsbury . —Lodge of Three Grand Principles ( No . 251 ) . —The regular monthly meeting of this Lodge took place on Thursday , the 11 th December , under the Presidency of the W . M . Bro . R . Hemingway , who initiated a candidate into the mysteries of Freemasonry ; after which ceremony , Bro . James Clay , the W . M . elect , was most impressively installed into the chair of K . S ., by W . Bro . Richard R . Nelson , P . M . and P . G . S . B . Amongst the Past Masters present were R . W . Pro . Dr . Fearnley , D . Prov . G . M . of "West Yorkshire : W . Bros . Thos .
Flemingway , P . Prov . S . G . W . ; Charles Oldroyd , P . Prov . G . S . B . ; G . T . Wright , No . 761 , P . S . G . D . ; J . II . Wilkinson , P . Prov . G . S . ; M . liinchcliffe , M . D . ; W . Audsley , & c . & c . The following Brethren were appointed by the W . M . as Officers for the ensuing year : —Benjamin Gates , jun ., S . W . ; John Spiking , J . W . ; W . Audsley , P . M ., Treas . ; Richard R . Nelson , P . M ., Prov . G . S . B ., Sec . ; James Hunter , S . D . ; R . Walkinffton , J . D . ; Thomas Halle well , I . G . : E . Knowles ,
B . Gates , and G . Tolson , Stewards ; Luke Hinchcliffe , G . Org . A better selection of Officers could scarcely have been made , and we have no doubt ( from the zeal and ability evinced by these Brethren in the Offices they have previously held ) , hut that the ensuing year will prove a very successful one , and that the Lodge will be worked in a very efficient and satisfactory maimer . A Committee was appointed to audit the accounts , and two gentlemen proposed as candidates for Freemasonry .
This Lodge will celebrate the Festival of St . John on the 8 tlr of January , when it is expected there will be a largo gathering of the Brethren . Donoasteu .---- #£ . George ' s Lodge ( No . 298 ) . —The Brethren of this Lodge held their monthly meeting at the Town Hall , on Friday , tho 28 th November , at two p . m . Two Brethren were raised to the Sublime Degree of Master Masons , after which the Brethren passed a resolution granting a sum of money towards the testimonial to the late Brother , Charles Lee , D . Prov . G . M . for the West