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charter , it having been principaily established officers stationed in the n ^ foreign or colonial service , and the only other Lodge in the town , the - ^ ngel , being too fulf ^ United Lodge met as eaidy as ten o cfo ^ had been kindly granted by & e may or ; and at eleven o ' c ^^ G . M . Bro . Bo ^
u % ef of m > i ^ ere being province being repf esehted > vvitb thei exceptioh of Ghigwell > together with several visitors of eminence ; amongst whom we noticed Bros . B * Bond Cabbell , Pfov . G- ^ M . fo r Norfolkv £ a )& Sec . ; Massoh , B . G . S ^ Of ihePrOv . Grand Lodge for the ensuing year ; viz ; , Bros . S . J . Skinner ^ P . M . NO . aiS , Ghelihsford , X > . GM
George Wakelin ^ , P . Mv No . 343 , J . G . W . ; G . W . Arnold , No . 343 , and M . Mar--goliouth , No . 817 , Booking , G . Chap ^ John Pattison > P . M . No . 59 , Co ^ ^ S 17 , Gi . Sec . 4 Gaptain Burhey , S . W ; No . $ 98 , Colchester , S . G . D . ; Lieut , Gutz ^ mer , W . M , ^ J , W . No . 59 > G , Dir . of Gers ;; J S . W ^ No . 5 P ^ G . Pu GkStewards :- —Bros , ^
TheG ^ M coiisecraf e ^ Yiousfy appointed ( under a dispensation ) , ^ a ihajor 3 rd battaliOn > W . M . Burhey > eaptaih and pa ^ tain 89 th , J ^ Bewick , ; VGhap ^ J . T ) . ; Blahckley ^ paymaster-sergeant Essex rifles , T .
In the course of the ceremony of consecration a new ode was sung ; this > as well as the other music , having been especialfy composed for the Occasion by Brov Job Austin /( of the Enoch Lodge ) , the organist of St . BunstanVin-the-East , London . The ceremony of consecration having concluded , — ¦ EW GM th e .. Prov . . ; said that they were that day honoured with thepresence of a highly-esteemed Brother , who , after having sp
service of the Crafty had just retired from office . He of course alluded to their respected Bro . White , the P . G . Sec , whom he was glad to see amongst them in the full vigour of life after so lengthened a performance of most arduous and difficult duties , From circumstances , they could not expect to see BrO . White amongst them very often ; but , hoping that he might long be spared to enjoy his retirement , he begged to move that a vote of thanks be recorded on the minutes to Bro . White for his kind attendance in the Prov . Grand Lodge of
Essex that day . The B . W . D . Prov . G . M . ( Major Skinner ) seconded the motion . He had had the pleasure of being present in Grand Lodge a few days since , and hearing a proposition made by the M . W . G . M . for granting to Bro . White his full salary as a retiring pension , and nothing could have been more gratifying than the manner in which the proposition was received , as evincing the esteem in which the worthy Brother was held . The vote haying passed by acclamation , —
Bro . White , who was received with loud applause , thanked the Brethren most cordially for so unexpected a mark of their kindness . He was aware that in the performance of his duties there had been many shortcomings , and that he had not always been able to do all for the advancement of Freemasonry he could have wished . Since the period when he was first honoured by being appointed G . Sec . the number of Lodges under the Constitution of England had more than doubled ; and such had been the increased activity amongst the Lodges , that Freemasonry had flourished to a most extraordinary degree , and the result was that the business of the G . Sea ' s office had been increased more than tenfold . If , there-
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charter , it having been principaily established officers stationed in the n ^ foreign or colonial service , and the only other Lodge in the town , the - ^ ngel , being too fulf ^ United Lodge met as eaidy as ten o cfo ^ had been kindly granted by & e may or ; and at eleven o ' c ^^ G . M . Bro . Bo ^
u % ef of m > i ^ ere being province being repf esehted > vvitb thei exceptioh of Ghigwell > together with several visitors of eminence ; amongst whom we noticed Bros . B * Bond Cabbell , Pfov . G- ^ M . fo r Norfolkv £ a )& Sec . ; Massoh , B . G . S ^ Of ihePrOv . Grand Lodge for the ensuing year ; viz ; , Bros . S . J . Skinner ^ P . M . NO . aiS , Ghelihsford , X > . GM
George Wakelin ^ , P . Mv No . 343 , J . G . W . ; G . W . Arnold , No . 343 , and M . Mar--goliouth , No . 817 , Booking , G . Chap ^ John Pattison > P . M . No . 59 , Co ^ ^ S 17 , Gi . Sec . 4 Gaptain Burhey , S . W ; No . $ 98 , Colchester , S . G . D . ; Lieut , Gutz ^ mer , W . M , ^ J , W . No . 59 > G , Dir . of Gers ;; J S . W ^ No . 5 P ^ G . Pu GkStewards :- —Bros , ^
TheG ^ M coiisecraf e ^ Yiousfy appointed ( under a dispensation ) , ^ a ihajor 3 rd battaliOn > W . M . Burhey > eaptaih and pa ^ tain 89 th , J ^ Bewick , ; VGhap ^ J . T ) . ; Blahckley ^ paymaster-sergeant Essex rifles , T .
In the course of the ceremony of consecration a new ode was sung ; this > as well as the other music , having been especialfy composed for the Occasion by Brov Job Austin /( of the Enoch Lodge ) , the organist of St . BunstanVin-the-East , London . The ceremony of consecration having concluded , — ¦ EW GM th e .. Prov . . ; said that they were that day honoured with thepresence of a highly-esteemed Brother , who , after having sp
service of the Crafty had just retired from office . He of course alluded to their respected Bro . White , the P . G . Sec , whom he was glad to see amongst them in the full vigour of life after so lengthened a performance of most arduous and difficult duties , From circumstances , they could not expect to see BrO . White amongst them very often ; but , hoping that he might long be spared to enjoy his retirement , he begged to move that a vote of thanks be recorded on the minutes to Bro . White for his kind attendance in the Prov . Grand Lodge of
Essex that day . The B . W . D . Prov . G . M . ( Major Skinner ) seconded the motion . He had had the pleasure of being present in Grand Lodge a few days since , and hearing a proposition made by the M . W . G . M . for granting to Bro . White his full salary as a retiring pension , and nothing could have been more gratifying than the manner in which the proposition was received , as evincing the esteem in which the worthy Brother was held . The vote haying passed by acclamation , —
Bro . White , who was received with loud applause , thanked the Brethren most cordially for so unexpected a mark of their kindness . He was aware that in the performance of his duties there had been many shortcomings , and that he had not always been able to do all for the advancement of Freemasonry he could have wished . Since the period when he was first honoured by being appointed G . Sec . the number of Lodges under the Constitution of England had more than doubled ; and such had been the increased activity amongst the Lodges , that Freemasonry had flourished to a most extraordinary degree , and the result was that the business of the G . Sea ' s office had been increased more than tenfold . If , there-