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The Masonic Ure0e.
P . G . Ds . ; F . C rew ^^ Boys' School ; W . Young , P . M . No . 72 ; P . Matthews , Hearn , and Stebbing , P . Prov . & Officers ; J . Levinson , P . M . No . 7 ; John Symonds , P . M . No . 21 ; W . Paas , P . M . No . SO ; B . E . Peach , P . M . No . 48 ; Francis Smith , P . M . No . 61 ; John Gurton , P . M . No . 211 ; Propert , P . M . No . 286 ; A . Bidgway , P . M . No . 317 ; Plowman No . 425 , & C . & C . Everything passed oif pleasantly , and the meeting may justly be termed as successful as any duri ng the season .
, Robert Bubns Lodge ( No . 25 ) . —This very numerous Lodge held its last meeting for the season at the Freemasons' Tavern , on Monday , the 3 rd instant , Bro . Charles Bennett , W . M ., presiding , supported by all the officers , with the exception of the J . W . ( who was unavoidably absent ) . Lodge being opened iii the 1 st Degree , Bro . Newton , P . M . and Sec . proceeded to read the minutes of the last meeting , which received unanimous confirmation . The Lodge was afterwards opened in the 3 rd Degree , when Bros . Allen , jun ., Stre . ete . ry Clark , and Parsons ,
were introduced and duly raised to the Sublime Degree . This was followed by Bro . Sexton being passed to the degree of Fellow Craft . A ballot was then taken for the admission of the candidates ; in attendance , Messrs . Liawrence and Bedford . The ballot being favourable , the gentlemen were admitted in due form , and to the 1 st Degree in Freemasonry . . This ending the business of the meeting , the Lodge was called off , and the Brethren to the number of seventy adjourned from labour to refreshment . The W . M . in proposing the toast of c 'The
Queen . * " spoke in eloquent terms of her Majesty ' s conduct in every relation of life . He believed the Brethren would agree with him that the vast source of the I 6 ve and respect paid to that inestimable lady , was not so much the result of her great abilities , but from her high charitable feeling ; nearly all the charitable institutions ( including those of the Masonic Order ) which adorn our country were largely indebted to her Majesty for her gracious support ; and as charity was one of the great principles of the Order , he would ask the Brethren to associate the name
of the first lady in the land with the Craft . The toast was received with immense applause , after which " The Earl of Zetland " was proposed , the W . M . making some allusions to his re-election as M . W . Grand Master , and hoping for the continued exertions of the noble earl for the well being of the Order , " Lord Panmure , D . G . M ., and the rest of the Grand Officers" having been toasted , the W . M . said , the next toast he should have the honour to propose was one that all Lodges took a peculiar delight in ; it was the health of those gentlemen who did them the
honour of coming amongst the Brethren unsolicited , and he trusted without selfish motives , and with no other desire but that of rendering themselves serviceable to mankind . In proposing £ C The health of the Initiates of the evening , Bros . Lawrence and Bedford , " he trusted it would be received with the usual demonstration of kindness and welcome . The newly-made Brethren returned thanks , expressing their happiness at being admitted into so excellent a society ; at this early period of their noviciate , they said it would be
presumptuous to endeavour to express any advanced opinion of the Order , but if their future knowledge should surpass what they had heard that night , then indeed was Freemasonry the acme of perfection . Bro , Clements , the immediate P . M ., having solicited the use of the gavel , took the opportunity of proposing " The health of the W . M ., " making some justly complimentary remarks upon the efficiency of Bro . Bennett's Masonic working ; it was quite equal , he said , to any of his predecessors ,
and fully sustained the high character of the Lodge . The W . M . rose and said , he would not only thank them for the compliment they had just paid him ;;—such being the usual course pursued towards all chairmen—but for the general attention paid to their duties by the Officers and Brethren during the few months he had had the honour of presiding over them ; that was indeed the greatest compliment a Master could receive . He must now remind them that that was their last
meeting for some months ; and he begged them not to forget the precepts they endeavoured to inculcate in the Lodge , but by a consistency of conduct and principles , show the outward world that in being Masons they could not be otherwise than good men , The next toast was " The Visitors , " viz . —Bros . Eebbeck , W . M . No . 23 ; Joel Phillips , W . M , No , 223 ; States , P . M . No , 160 ; T , A . Adams , 3 " M >
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The Masonic Ure0e.
P . G . Ds . ; F . C rew ^^ Boys' School ; W . Young , P . M . No . 72 ; P . Matthews , Hearn , and Stebbing , P . Prov . & Officers ; J . Levinson , P . M . No . 7 ; John Symonds , P . M . No . 21 ; W . Paas , P . M . No . SO ; B . E . Peach , P . M . No . 48 ; Francis Smith , P . M . No . 61 ; John Gurton , P . M . No . 211 ; Propert , P . M . No . 286 ; A . Bidgway , P . M . No . 317 ; Plowman No . 425 , & C . & C . Everything passed oif pleasantly , and the meeting may justly be termed as successful as any duri ng the season .
, Robert Bubns Lodge ( No . 25 ) . —This very numerous Lodge held its last meeting for the season at the Freemasons' Tavern , on Monday , the 3 rd instant , Bro . Charles Bennett , W . M ., presiding , supported by all the officers , with the exception of the J . W . ( who was unavoidably absent ) . Lodge being opened iii the 1 st Degree , Bro . Newton , P . M . and Sec . proceeded to read the minutes of the last meeting , which received unanimous confirmation . The Lodge was afterwards opened in the 3 rd Degree , when Bros . Allen , jun ., Stre . ete . ry Clark , and Parsons ,
were introduced and duly raised to the Sublime Degree . This was followed by Bro . Sexton being passed to the degree of Fellow Craft . A ballot was then taken for the admission of the candidates ; in attendance , Messrs . Liawrence and Bedford . The ballot being favourable , the gentlemen were admitted in due form , and to the 1 st Degree in Freemasonry . . This ending the business of the meeting , the Lodge was called off , and the Brethren to the number of seventy adjourned from labour to refreshment . The W . M . in proposing the toast of c 'The
Queen . * " spoke in eloquent terms of her Majesty ' s conduct in every relation of life . He believed the Brethren would agree with him that the vast source of the I 6 ve and respect paid to that inestimable lady , was not so much the result of her great abilities , but from her high charitable feeling ; nearly all the charitable institutions ( including those of the Masonic Order ) which adorn our country were largely indebted to her Majesty for her gracious support ; and as charity was one of the great principles of the Order , he would ask the Brethren to associate the name
of the first lady in the land with the Craft . The toast was received with immense applause , after which " The Earl of Zetland " was proposed , the W . M . making some allusions to his re-election as M . W . Grand Master , and hoping for the continued exertions of the noble earl for the well being of the Order , " Lord Panmure , D . G . M ., and the rest of the Grand Officers" having been toasted , the W . M . said , the next toast he should have the honour to propose was one that all Lodges took a peculiar delight in ; it was the health of those gentlemen who did them the
honour of coming amongst the Brethren unsolicited , and he trusted without selfish motives , and with no other desire but that of rendering themselves serviceable to mankind . In proposing £ C The health of the Initiates of the evening , Bros . Lawrence and Bedford , " he trusted it would be received with the usual demonstration of kindness and welcome . The newly-made Brethren returned thanks , expressing their happiness at being admitted into so excellent a society ; at this early period of their noviciate , they said it would be
presumptuous to endeavour to express any advanced opinion of the Order , but if their future knowledge should surpass what they had heard that night , then indeed was Freemasonry the acme of perfection . Bro , Clements , the immediate P . M ., having solicited the use of the gavel , took the opportunity of proposing " The health of the W . M ., " making some justly complimentary remarks upon the efficiency of Bro . Bennett's Masonic working ; it was quite equal , he said , to any of his predecessors ,
and fully sustained the high character of the Lodge . The W . M . rose and said , he would not only thank them for the compliment they had just paid him ;;—such being the usual course pursued towards all chairmen—but for the general attention paid to their duties by the Officers and Brethren during the few months he had had the honour of presiding over them ; that was indeed the greatest compliment a Master could receive . He must now remind them that that was their last
meeting for some months ; and he begged them not to forget the precepts they endeavoured to inculcate in the Lodge , but by a consistency of conduct and principles , show the outward world that in being Masons they could not be otherwise than good men , The next toast was " The Visitors , " viz . —Bros . Eebbeck , W . M . No . 23 ; Joel Phillips , W . M , No , 223 ; States , P . M . No , 160 ; T , A . Adams , 3 " M >