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. SHROPSHIRE AND NORTH WALES . Appointments . — Lodge . —Wednesday , February 24 th , Salopian of Charity ( 135 ) , Lion Hotel , Shrewsbury , at 7 . SOMERSETSHIRE . Appointments . —Lodge . —Friday , February 2 § th , Rural Philanthropic ( 367 ) , Highbridge Inn , Huntspill , at l . Chapter . —Monday , 22 nd , Tynte ( 528 ) , Milson-street , No . 42 , Bath , at 8 .
G-RAND DEMONSTEATION AT BATH . We have much gratification in recording the proceedings of a meeting of the three Lodges of the ancient city of Bath , which was held on Wednesday , the 10 th instant , at the Guildhall , under the presidency of the Worshipful Bro . Dr . R . W . Falconer , the present mayor of the city , and the Grand Treasurer of the province of Somerset . The object of the gathering was to commemorate , by a public demonstration , the entire removal of some unpleasantness that had existed for some months between the three Lodges , and the renewal of these feelings of brotherly love and good fellowship which should always prevail amongst
Freemasons . A Lodge was opened in the council-room at four o ' clock , Bros . Br . Falconer , as W . M . ; Ashley ( W . M . No . 48 ) , as P . M . ¦; Oliver ( son of the Rev . Bro . Dr . Oliver ) , ( W . M . ¦¦ ¦ N o . 61 ) , as S . W . ; J . W . Davis ( W . M . No . 528 ) , as J . W . ; Ruddock ( S . W . No . 48 ) , as S . D . ; Milsom ( S . W . No . 61 ) , as J . D . ; J . W . Yeeles ( S . W . No . 528 ) , as I . G . ; Rev . A . Strover ( No . 48 ) , as Chap . ; Temple ( P . M . No . 48 ) , as D . Chap . ; R . E . Peach ( P . M . No . 48 ) . as Sec .
Bro . Falconer then proceeded to deliver the following very admirable address , which was listened to with marked attention , and was frequently cheered by hearty and unanimous applause : — Worthy and Worshipful Past Masters , Brothers Senior and Junior Wardens , and Brethren ,- —In reviewing the circumstances which have given origin to the present meeting—may I not say , which have rendered it absolutely necessary—it was impossible not to feel how delicate a duty devolved upon me , when consenting
to address you on the present occasion . I could not but feel how much firmness , and at the same time how much gentleness would be required in referring to the wounds which Masonry has received in our locality ; and it was to be feared lest by incautious remarks on the one hand , as to what had taken place , and on the other from a sincere but perhaps sensitive attachment to the noble Craft to which we all belong , I might cause those wounds to bleed afresh—when all I sought was to review those wounds dispassionately , and in such spirit to draw from the past a
healthy warning for the future . In turning then a backward gaze on the past , and in endeavouring to point out its defects , let me ask the Brethren to pardon any undue expression of severity which I may chance to employ , and whenever any erroneous statement may be unwittingly made , let the responsibility solely attach to your presiding Master— "in me convertite ferrum . " It may appear superflous to observe in a meeting such as the present , including many old and experienced Masons , that there is a charm in the Masonic art which seldom fails to inspire a
glowing attachment to its principles , even in the newly initiated . But it must be acknowledged that , in the eyes of some , the decorations connected with it have led many astray , in whose early Masonic career their Brethren had fondly imagined they perceived indications of great future Masonic worth , and consequently advantage to the Craft . Tempted by the glitter of the Masonic jewels , and impelled by an unrestrained ambition , the end of such Brethren has been singularly unfortunate . Some have quitted the Craft in disgust , others have unhappily remained in it ,
creating dissension and eventually disunion , by their untoward aspirations . Such we must all heartily wish had never been enrolled beneath the banners of Masonry , because the injury they cause , falls not on one or a few of the Brethren , but is readily caught up , promulgated , and quoted , to the great discredit and disgrace of the universal Craft . Circumstances which occurred at a period not so far distant as to have faded from the recollection of many who hear me , led first to the separation of two Lodges which had for f some time met under the same roof ; and subsequently to the secession of many members from one of the Lodges referred
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Provincial
. SHROPSHIRE AND NORTH WALES . Appointments . — Lodge . —Wednesday , February 24 th , Salopian of Charity ( 135 ) , Lion Hotel , Shrewsbury , at 7 . SOMERSETSHIRE . Appointments . —Lodge . —Friday , February 2 § th , Rural Philanthropic ( 367 ) , Highbridge Inn , Huntspill , at l . Chapter . —Monday , 22 nd , Tynte ( 528 ) , Milson-street , No . 42 , Bath , at 8 .
G-RAND DEMONSTEATION AT BATH . We have much gratification in recording the proceedings of a meeting of the three Lodges of the ancient city of Bath , which was held on Wednesday , the 10 th instant , at the Guildhall , under the presidency of the Worshipful Bro . Dr . R . W . Falconer , the present mayor of the city , and the Grand Treasurer of the province of Somerset . The object of the gathering was to commemorate , by a public demonstration , the entire removal of some unpleasantness that had existed for some months between the three Lodges , and the renewal of these feelings of brotherly love and good fellowship which should always prevail amongst
Freemasons . A Lodge was opened in the council-room at four o ' clock , Bros . Br . Falconer , as W . M . ; Ashley ( W . M . No . 48 ) , as P . M . ¦; Oliver ( son of the Rev . Bro . Dr . Oliver ) , ( W . M . ¦¦ ¦ N o . 61 ) , as S . W . ; J . W . Davis ( W . M . No . 528 ) , as J . W . ; Ruddock ( S . W . No . 48 ) , as S . D . ; Milsom ( S . W . No . 61 ) , as J . D . ; J . W . Yeeles ( S . W . No . 528 ) , as I . G . ; Rev . A . Strover ( No . 48 ) , as Chap . ; Temple ( P . M . No . 48 ) , as D . Chap . ; R . E . Peach ( P . M . No . 48 ) . as Sec .
Bro . Falconer then proceeded to deliver the following very admirable address , which was listened to with marked attention , and was frequently cheered by hearty and unanimous applause : — Worthy and Worshipful Past Masters , Brothers Senior and Junior Wardens , and Brethren ,- —In reviewing the circumstances which have given origin to the present meeting—may I not say , which have rendered it absolutely necessary—it was impossible not to feel how delicate a duty devolved upon me , when consenting
to address you on the present occasion . I could not but feel how much firmness , and at the same time how much gentleness would be required in referring to the wounds which Masonry has received in our locality ; and it was to be feared lest by incautious remarks on the one hand , as to what had taken place , and on the other from a sincere but perhaps sensitive attachment to the noble Craft to which we all belong , I might cause those wounds to bleed afresh—when all I sought was to review those wounds dispassionately , and in such spirit to draw from the past a
healthy warning for the future . In turning then a backward gaze on the past , and in endeavouring to point out its defects , let me ask the Brethren to pardon any undue expression of severity which I may chance to employ , and whenever any erroneous statement may be unwittingly made , let the responsibility solely attach to your presiding Master— "in me convertite ferrum . " It may appear superflous to observe in a meeting such as the present , including many old and experienced Masons , that there is a charm in the Masonic art which seldom fails to inspire a
glowing attachment to its principles , even in the newly initiated . But it must be acknowledged that , in the eyes of some , the decorations connected with it have led many astray , in whose early Masonic career their Brethren had fondly imagined they perceived indications of great future Masonic worth , and consequently advantage to the Craft . Tempted by the glitter of the Masonic jewels , and impelled by an unrestrained ambition , the end of such Brethren has been singularly unfortunate . Some have quitted the Craft in disgust , others have unhappily remained in it ,
creating dissension and eventually disunion , by their untoward aspirations . Such we must all heartily wish had never been enrolled beneath the banners of Masonry , because the injury they cause , falls not on one or a few of the Brethren , but is readily caught up , promulgated , and quoted , to the great discredit and disgrace of the universal Craft . Circumstances which occurred at a period not so far distant as to have faded from the recollection of many who hear me , led first to the separation of two Lodges which had for f some time met under the same roof ; and subsequently to the secession of many members from one of the Lodges referred