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advantages \ of their Order , very simply but beautifLilly told by their great historian ^ Sir Archibald Alison . ' He mentioned that in the American Avar an ancestor of his Avife who joined the royalist army , was , upon one occasion , nearly taken prisoner , and had a musket pointed to his bosom . He caught hold ofthe hand of the American and gave him one of their well-known Masonic tokens . The American turned aside , lifted up the wounded man * and for weeks attended him as one brother should another . When he recovered , that same officer returned into
Scotland and then married intoa noble family ' ; and the issue of that marriage was the present Lady Alison . ( Applause . ) He was not going to inflict upon them a long speech . He felt he was not only on neutral ground , but on friendly ground . ( Cheers . ) He did inwardly and heartily congratulate himself on meeting all his Brethren . ( Applause . ) The next toast proposed by the chair Was " Lodges in the Provinces , " coupled Avith the W . M . of Lodge ( No . 100 ) , Bro . Wright , who returned thanks . Several other toasts followed , and the festivities were continued up to about eleven o ' clock .
During his visit to Great Yarmouth , the Prov . Grand Master , Brother Benjamin Bond Cabbell , whose munificence is proverbial , presented thirty guineas to the funds of the Yarmouth Hospital , in addition to a liberal contribution to the plate after the sermon by the Reverend Brother S . Titlow . Brother Cabbell also gave five guineas to the Yarmouth Visiting Society , and another five guineas to the Blanket and Clothing Society .
NORTHUMBERLAND . " " AspomTmsMB .- ^ Lodges . —Monday , August 2 nd , Northern Counties ( 528 ) , Freemasons' Hall , Newcastle , at . 7 ; St . G-eorge ' s ( 624 ) , Commercial Hotel , iNorth Shields , at 8 ; Tuesday , 3 rd , Northumberland ( 985 ) , Central Exchange , Newcastle , at 7 ; St . David ' s ( 554 ) , Salmon Inn , Berwick , at 7 ; Thursday , 5 th , Newcastle ( 24 ) , Freemasons' Hall , Newcastle , at 7 . OXFORDSHIRE . .
Avvbimmx'S . —Chapter . —yhurad & y , August 5 th , Alfred ( 425 ) , Masonic Hall , Oxford , at 7 SHROPSHIRE .
A . S '( B ' j ? vQWTKmT .- ~ Lodge .- ~ Friday , August 6 th , t . Johns 875 ) , ulls Head , Wellington , at 4
SOMERSETSHIRE . App onmnil . N'TS .- —Lodges . —Monday , August 2 nd , Royal Sussex ( 61 ) , Amery ' s Hotel , Bath , at 7 J ; Thursday , 5 th , ftoyal Cumberland ( 48 ) , Masonic Hall , J 3 ath ; Benevolent f ( 653 ) , Town Hall , Wells , at 7 . Highbridgk—< -Rural PhiluAitliro-pic Lodge ( No . 367 ) . —Friday , July 15 , Avas a busy day , at this , the most flourishing Lodge in the province . Owing , to the unavoidable absence of the W . M ., through severe illness , the duties of the Lodge
devolved on Brother Henry Brydges , and an arduous day ' s work he had of it , in proof of which Ave need only name tho business transacted ; viz ., two initiations , one passing , threo raisings , and tho installation of the W . M . elect ( Brother Halliday ) . In all the ceremonies , as well as tho installation , Brother Brydges fairly justified his claim to being one of the first Avorking Masons in the province of Somerset . The newly-installed W . M . appointed and invested his officers , as follow :-J . B . Saunders , S . W . ; W . Henderson , J . W . ; W . Ansell , S . D . ; T . W .
Kealrnask , I . D . ; T . Graham , LG . ; T . Swannand A . Walkley ., Stewards . . Masonic business being concluded , the Brethren , upwards of 30 , adjourned to a banquet , which did credit to the boat , Brother Bosley . Among the visitors were Brother Kingsbury , P . Prov . G . S . W ., Somerset ; Brother Oakley , P . M ., 327 ; Brother Hcllarcl , W . M ., 327 ; Brother Scott , J . W ., 886 ; and Brother Dakin , S . W ., 1012 . The usual Masonic toasts , " Tho Initiates / ' and " TJio Visitors , " Avcro all duly responded to , and harmony and good fellowship wore the order of the evening ; tho Brethren departing delighted with the pleasant hours they had spent together .
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Provincial.
advantages \ of their Order , very simply but beautifLilly told by their great historian ^ Sir Archibald Alison . ' He mentioned that in the American Avar an ancestor of his Avife who joined the royalist army , was , upon one occasion , nearly taken prisoner , and had a musket pointed to his bosom . He caught hold ofthe hand of the American and gave him one of their well-known Masonic tokens . The American turned aside , lifted up the wounded man * and for weeks attended him as one brother should another . When he recovered , that same officer returned into
Scotland and then married intoa noble family ' ; and the issue of that marriage was the present Lady Alison . ( Applause . ) He was not going to inflict upon them a long speech . He felt he was not only on neutral ground , but on friendly ground . ( Cheers . ) He did inwardly and heartily congratulate himself on meeting all his Brethren . ( Applause . ) The next toast proposed by the chair Was " Lodges in the Provinces , " coupled Avith the W . M . of Lodge ( No . 100 ) , Bro . Wright , who returned thanks . Several other toasts followed , and the festivities were continued up to about eleven o ' clock .
During his visit to Great Yarmouth , the Prov . Grand Master , Brother Benjamin Bond Cabbell , whose munificence is proverbial , presented thirty guineas to the funds of the Yarmouth Hospital , in addition to a liberal contribution to the plate after the sermon by the Reverend Brother S . Titlow . Brother Cabbell also gave five guineas to the Yarmouth Visiting Society , and another five guineas to the Blanket and Clothing Society .
NORTHUMBERLAND . " " AspomTmsMB .- ^ Lodges . —Monday , August 2 nd , Northern Counties ( 528 ) , Freemasons' Hall , Newcastle , at . 7 ; St . G-eorge ' s ( 624 ) , Commercial Hotel , iNorth Shields , at 8 ; Tuesday , 3 rd , Northumberland ( 985 ) , Central Exchange , Newcastle , at 7 ; St . David ' s ( 554 ) , Salmon Inn , Berwick , at 7 ; Thursday , 5 th , Newcastle ( 24 ) , Freemasons' Hall , Newcastle , at 7 . OXFORDSHIRE . .
Avvbimmx'S . —Chapter . —yhurad & y , August 5 th , Alfred ( 425 ) , Masonic Hall , Oxford , at 7 SHROPSHIRE .
A . S '( B ' j ? vQWTKmT .- ~ Lodge .- ~ Friday , August 6 th , t . Johns 875 ) , ulls Head , Wellington , at 4
SOMERSETSHIRE . App onmnil . N'TS .- —Lodges . —Monday , August 2 nd , Royal Sussex ( 61 ) , Amery ' s Hotel , Bath , at 7 J ; Thursday , 5 th , ftoyal Cumberland ( 48 ) , Masonic Hall , J 3 ath ; Benevolent f ( 653 ) , Town Hall , Wells , at 7 . Highbridgk—< -Rural PhiluAitliro-pic Lodge ( No . 367 ) . —Friday , July 15 , Avas a busy day , at this , the most flourishing Lodge in the province . Owing , to the unavoidable absence of the W . M ., through severe illness , the duties of the Lodge
devolved on Brother Henry Brydges , and an arduous day ' s work he had of it , in proof of which Ave need only name tho business transacted ; viz ., two initiations , one passing , threo raisings , and tho installation of the W . M . elect ( Brother Halliday ) . In all the ceremonies , as well as tho installation , Brother Brydges fairly justified his claim to being one of the first Avorking Masons in the province of Somerset . The newly-installed W . M . appointed and invested his officers , as follow :-J . B . Saunders , S . W . ; W . Henderson , J . W . ; W . Ansell , S . D . ; T . W .
Kealrnask , I . D . ; T . Graham , LG . ; T . Swannand A . Walkley ., Stewards . . Masonic business being concluded , the Brethren , upwards of 30 , adjourned to a banquet , which did credit to the boat , Brother Bosley . Among the visitors were Brother Kingsbury , P . Prov . G . S . W ., Somerset ; Brother Oakley , P . M ., 327 ; Brother Hcllarcl , W . M ., 327 ; Brother Scott , J . W ., 886 ; and Brother Dakin , S . W ., 1012 . The usual Masonic toasts , " Tho Initiates / ' and " TJio Visitors , " Avcro all duly responded to , and harmony and good fellowship wore the order of the evening ; tho Brethren departing delighted with the pleasant hours they had spent together .