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Royal Arch,
ROYAL ARCH ,
Leicester . —United Chapters of Fortitude and St . Augustine ( No . Si 8 ) . —The quarterly convocation of tliis Chapter , attached to St . John ' s Lodge , was held at the Masonic Hall , Bell Hotel , Leicester , on Monday , the 15 th mstant . There were present Comps . W . Kelly , P . Z . and D . Prov . G . M . ( who presided as M . E . Z . ) ; E . Clephan , H . J . Underwood ( mayor of Leicester ) , J " . ; W . J . Win dram and W . Pettifeiv P . Zs . ; W . Weare , E . ; H . Kinder , N . ; W . 1 ST . Reeve , PS . ; G . Bankart , M . Nedham , & c . A ballot was taken for three Brethren of the John
PROVINCIAL CHAPTERS . Dudley . —Royal Standard Chapter ( No . 730 ) . —The Companions of this Chapter met at the Dudley Arms Hotel , Dudley , on Tuesday , February 16 bh , Comp . M . Dennison , P . Z ., officiating as Z . for Gomp . Rexiaud . Bro . S . 0 . Davison , Ph . D ., was elected and duly exalted as a Companion . Bros . J . Westley and - — Smith were proposed as candidates , and other routine business transacted after which the Companions adjourned to the customary repast laid out for them in the room adjoining " . The next meeting—the third Tuesday in May—will be ' the election of first Principal .
of Gaunt Lodge , No . 766 , as candidates ; and two of them , Bros / Robert Brewin , jun ., and W . Johnson , jun ., being in attendance , were duly exalted ; the historical lecture being delivered by Comp . Clephan , H ., and the others by the M . E . Z . pro tem * This being the period for the annual election of Officers , a ballot took place , when the following Companions were unanimously elected : —Comps . Edwin Clephan , M . E . Z . ; J . Underwood , H . ; H . Kinder , J . ; George Bankart , E . ; Alfred Cuminings , N . ; W . J . Wiudrani , Treas . ; W . N . Reeve , P . S . It having been resolved that the by-laws be reprinted ( consequent upon the amalgamation of the
two local Chapters ) , and other routine business having been transacted , the Chapter was closed in solemn form . We believe there are few Chapters in the provinces which surpass this either in the completeness of its fittings and decorations , or in the correctness of its working . An organ has recently been erected in the Lodge-room .
Scotland.
SCOTLAND .
EDINBURGH . Ijodge Journeymen ( No . 8 ) . —Bro . William Hunter , Master of this Lodge , in the course of an address which he delivered at a social meeting of the members and their friends , held a few da ; ys ago , in the hall of the Lodge , said he was often asked such questions as the following , viz . : —What is the use of Freemasonry — what good does it do—does any person ever reap advantage from it ? "Were I , " said Bro . H ., " fully to descant on the beneficial effects of Masonry , even though
I were to go no further than our own society , I should require the whole of the present evenings and even then might fail to exhaust the subject . When the illustrious Laurence Sterne wished to present an impressive picture of the miseries of captivity , he found that he was distracted with the multitude of sad groups that rose up before his fervid imagination . He selected only a single prisoner , and described his wretched condition . In like manner I will only give
one or two instances of the good effects of Freemasonry , and hold them up as samples of thousands of others which I could advance . A member of this Lodge , ( and as I do not see any need for concealment , I will give his name—Bro . Andrew Kerr ) , who sits beside me , a week or two ago heard that the widow and children of a Brother of this Lodge—a man whose name will long live in connection with one of the proudest structures of this renowned city—were pining in want , and , with a modesty characteristic of genuine worth , liked ill to make their wants
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Royal Arch,
ROYAL ARCH ,
Leicester . —United Chapters of Fortitude and St . Augustine ( No . Si 8 ) . —The quarterly convocation of tliis Chapter , attached to St . John ' s Lodge , was held at the Masonic Hall , Bell Hotel , Leicester , on Monday , the 15 th mstant . There were present Comps . W . Kelly , P . Z . and D . Prov . G . M . ( who presided as M . E . Z . ) ; E . Clephan , H . J . Underwood ( mayor of Leicester ) , J " . ; W . J . Win dram and W . Pettifeiv P . Zs . ; W . Weare , E . ; H . Kinder , N . ; W . 1 ST . Reeve , PS . ; G . Bankart , M . Nedham , & c . A ballot was taken for three Brethren of the John
PROVINCIAL CHAPTERS . Dudley . —Royal Standard Chapter ( No . 730 ) . —The Companions of this Chapter met at the Dudley Arms Hotel , Dudley , on Tuesday , February 16 bh , Comp . M . Dennison , P . Z ., officiating as Z . for Gomp . Rexiaud . Bro . S . 0 . Davison , Ph . D ., was elected and duly exalted as a Companion . Bros . J . Westley and - — Smith were proposed as candidates , and other routine business transacted after which the Companions adjourned to the customary repast laid out for them in the room adjoining " . The next meeting—the third Tuesday in May—will be ' the election of first Principal .
of Gaunt Lodge , No . 766 , as candidates ; and two of them , Bros / Robert Brewin , jun ., and W . Johnson , jun ., being in attendance , were duly exalted ; the historical lecture being delivered by Comp . Clephan , H ., and the others by the M . E . Z . pro tem * This being the period for the annual election of Officers , a ballot took place , when the following Companions were unanimously elected : —Comps . Edwin Clephan , M . E . Z . ; J . Underwood , H . ; H . Kinder , J . ; George Bankart , E . ; Alfred Cuminings , N . ; W . J . Wiudrani , Treas . ; W . N . Reeve , P . S . It having been resolved that the by-laws be reprinted ( consequent upon the amalgamation of the
two local Chapters ) , and other routine business having been transacted , the Chapter was closed in solemn form . We believe there are few Chapters in the provinces which surpass this either in the completeness of its fittings and decorations , or in the correctness of its working . An organ has recently been erected in the Lodge-room .
Scotland.
SCOTLAND .
EDINBURGH . Ijodge Journeymen ( No . 8 ) . —Bro . William Hunter , Master of this Lodge , in the course of an address which he delivered at a social meeting of the members and their friends , held a few da ; ys ago , in the hall of the Lodge , said he was often asked such questions as the following , viz . : —What is the use of Freemasonry — what good does it do—does any person ever reap advantage from it ? "Were I , " said Bro . H ., " fully to descant on the beneficial effects of Masonry , even though
I were to go no further than our own society , I should require the whole of the present evenings and even then might fail to exhaust the subject . When the illustrious Laurence Sterne wished to present an impressive picture of the miseries of captivity , he found that he was distracted with the multitude of sad groups that rose up before his fervid imagination . He selected only a single prisoner , and described his wretched condition . In like manner I will only give
one or two instances of the good effects of Freemasonry , and hold them up as samples of thousands of others which I could advance . A member of this Lodge , ( and as I do not see any need for concealment , I will give his name—Bro . Andrew Kerr ) , who sits beside me , a week or two ago heard that the widow and children of a Brother of this Lodge—a man whose name will long live in connection with one of the proudest structures of this renowned city—were pining in want , and , with a modesty characteristic of genuine worth , liked ill to make their wants