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Provincial.
Prov . G . M . arfc found anxious to fulfil the duties of the office they have undertaken . Bro . Trubshaw ( Brov . G . S . W . ) , in eloquent terms , acknowledged the toast of the visitors . Many other toasts were proposed , and the meeting broke up at an early hour .
SOMERSETSHIRE . Bath . —Royal Cumlerland Lodge ( No . 48 ) . —The annual meeting of the Brethren of this Lodge was held on Thursday , January 8 th , when there was a very numerous attendance , including a large number of visitors , amongst whom were Bros , the Earl of Carnarvon , S . W . No . 10 ; D . W . Nash , D . Brov . G . M ., Bristol ; H . G . Warren , G . Steward , and B . M . No . 202 ; Rev . G . R . Bortal , Prov . G . S . W ., Oxford Lodge , and P . M . No . 610 , and No . 10 ; Rev . W . C . Magee , Rev . J . H . Sproule , NTo . 528 ; Rev . F . W . Fowler , Count Wengiersky , Dr . Pope , Br . Plimmer , No . 915 ; E . F . Collings , W . M . No . 420 ; J . S . Evans , No . 120 ; Henry Bridges , No . 38 and No . 367 ; J . W . Rankin , No . 367 : & c . & c .
The meeting took place m the Lodge-room in the corridor rooms , which has been recently leased upon advantageous terms , and fitted up with great splendour . The principal business of the day was the installation of the new W . M . Bro . E . Lloyd Bagshaw , the ceremony being most efficiently performed by the immediate P . M . Bro . H . G . Higginson . The new W . M . appointed his Officers as follows : — Bros . T . Payne Ashley , S . W . ; J . Festing Ruddock , 'J . W . : Charles Haselar , Treas . and Sec . ; Rev . Augustus Strover , Chap . ; W . R . Hanham , S . D . ; Thomas Wilton , J . D . ; William Smith , I . G . ; Percy Wells , Dir . of Cers . ; Jacob Maggs and F . Wilkinson , Stewards ; H . Hopkins , Tyler .
At the conclusion of the business the Brethren adjourned to the Castle Hotel , where a very elegant hanquet had been provided , the arrangements for the accommodation of the visitors being superintended and admirably carried out by the stewards , specially appointed for the day , Bros . G . M . Temple , R . E . Beach , and Percy Wells . At the conclusion of the banquet the usual toasts of the " Queen and the
Craft / ' the " Earl of Zetland , M . W . G . M . of England , " and the " Earl of Yarborough and the rest of the Grand Officers / ' were duly honoured . The next toast drunk was the "Prov . G . M . and Grand Officers for Somersetshire , " which was acknowledged by Bro . Temple , as the senior Brov . G . Officer present . He expressed his opinion that there was no province in the kingdom where the principles of Freemasonry were carried out with greater zeal , or where their ancient landmarks were more rigidly adhered to .
The next toast given by the W . M . was the "Earl of Carnarvon and the "Visitors , " expressing the great obligations he felt the Brethren were under to the noble earl for his exertions in connection with the Canadian question . Bro . the Earl of Carnarvon rose amidst loud cheers , which for some time rendered him almost inaudible , lie could assure the Brethren he had not anticipated so warm a reception , though happily he had before been in the west country , and knew from experience the hospitality which its inhabitants always displayed . Bound by the ties of property and early associations , he could assure them that
the pleasure he had in appearing amongst them was doubly enhanced by the opportunity which he now enjoyed of meeting them as Brother Masons . He was also highly gratified at seeing himself surrounded by so many faces familiar to him in Grand Lodge , where he had been honoured by receiving their support in the advocacy of measures for the advancement of the Craft . He was glad to see the interest which so large an attendance that day manifested for the prosperity of the Craft , for half the difficulties and evils which had lately grown up in Masonry
had originated , he would not say m apathy , but in an apparent want of sympathy among the Brethren of the country Lodges . He trusted that the time had arrived when the country Lodges would take that part in the management of the affairs of the Institution to which , by the letter and spirit of the constitution , they were entitled . There was no other society in the world which , in its everchanging phases , had so well and honestly maintained its position . Dynasties liad waxed and waned , while their ancient Order was yet in its youth * and it still
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Provincial.
Prov . G . M . arfc found anxious to fulfil the duties of the office they have undertaken . Bro . Trubshaw ( Brov . G . S . W . ) , in eloquent terms , acknowledged the toast of the visitors . Many other toasts were proposed , and the meeting broke up at an early hour .
SOMERSETSHIRE . Bath . —Royal Cumlerland Lodge ( No . 48 ) . —The annual meeting of the Brethren of this Lodge was held on Thursday , January 8 th , when there was a very numerous attendance , including a large number of visitors , amongst whom were Bros , the Earl of Carnarvon , S . W . No . 10 ; D . W . Nash , D . Brov . G . M ., Bristol ; H . G . Warren , G . Steward , and B . M . No . 202 ; Rev . G . R . Bortal , Prov . G . S . W ., Oxford Lodge , and P . M . No . 610 , and No . 10 ; Rev . W . C . Magee , Rev . J . H . Sproule , NTo . 528 ; Rev . F . W . Fowler , Count Wengiersky , Dr . Pope , Br . Plimmer , No . 915 ; E . F . Collings , W . M . No . 420 ; J . S . Evans , No . 120 ; Henry Bridges , No . 38 and No . 367 ; J . W . Rankin , No . 367 : & c . & c .
The meeting took place m the Lodge-room in the corridor rooms , which has been recently leased upon advantageous terms , and fitted up with great splendour . The principal business of the day was the installation of the new W . M . Bro . E . Lloyd Bagshaw , the ceremony being most efficiently performed by the immediate P . M . Bro . H . G . Higginson . The new W . M . appointed his Officers as follows : — Bros . T . Payne Ashley , S . W . ; J . Festing Ruddock , 'J . W . : Charles Haselar , Treas . and Sec . ; Rev . Augustus Strover , Chap . ; W . R . Hanham , S . D . ; Thomas Wilton , J . D . ; William Smith , I . G . ; Percy Wells , Dir . of Cers . ; Jacob Maggs and F . Wilkinson , Stewards ; H . Hopkins , Tyler .
At the conclusion of the business the Brethren adjourned to the Castle Hotel , where a very elegant hanquet had been provided , the arrangements for the accommodation of the visitors being superintended and admirably carried out by the stewards , specially appointed for the day , Bros . G . M . Temple , R . E . Beach , and Percy Wells . At the conclusion of the banquet the usual toasts of the " Queen and the
Craft / ' the " Earl of Zetland , M . W . G . M . of England , " and the " Earl of Yarborough and the rest of the Grand Officers / ' were duly honoured . The next toast drunk was the "Prov . G . M . and Grand Officers for Somersetshire , " which was acknowledged by Bro . Temple , as the senior Brov . G . Officer present . He expressed his opinion that there was no province in the kingdom where the principles of Freemasonry were carried out with greater zeal , or where their ancient landmarks were more rigidly adhered to .
The next toast given by the W . M . was the "Earl of Carnarvon and the "Visitors , " expressing the great obligations he felt the Brethren were under to the noble earl for his exertions in connection with the Canadian question . Bro . the Earl of Carnarvon rose amidst loud cheers , which for some time rendered him almost inaudible , lie could assure the Brethren he had not anticipated so warm a reception , though happily he had before been in the west country , and knew from experience the hospitality which its inhabitants always displayed . Bound by the ties of property and early associations , he could assure them that
the pleasure he had in appearing amongst them was doubly enhanced by the opportunity which he now enjoyed of meeting them as Brother Masons . He was also highly gratified at seeing himself surrounded by so many faces familiar to him in Grand Lodge , where he had been honoured by receiving their support in the advocacy of measures for the advancement of the Craft . He was glad to see the interest which so large an attendance that day manifested for the prosperity of the Craft , for half the difficulties and evils which had lately grown up in Masonry
had originated , he would not say m apathy , but in an apparent want of sympathy among the Brethren of the country Lodges . He trusted that the time had arrived when the country Lodges would take that part in the management of the affairs of the Institution to which , by the letter and spirit of the constitution , they were entitled . There was no other society in the world which , in its everchanging phases , had so well and honestly maintained its position . Dynasties liad waxed and waned , while their ancient Order was yet in its youth * and it still