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Moved by Bro . Cooke , W . M ., and Seconded by Bro . Somerville" The Brethren of the Belvidere Lodge , No . 741 , regret to learn that the Freemasons' Magazine is not supported in a manner worthy of the Craft , and that it is in danger thereby of being discontinued . Being impressed with a profound conviction that the publication of a respectable Magazine is of the greatest importance as a record of Masonic events , and as a medium by which the Brethren
in every part of the British dominions may have the means of communicating their opinions , sentiments , and feelings upon Masonic subjects , the W . Master and Brethren of the Belvidere Lodge venture to call upon the Craft generally , in England , to take this subject into serious consideration . Believing that the Freemasons' Magazine is , on the whole , well worthy of the support of the Craft , and that its discontinuance would he a great misfortune to the interests of Freemasonry , the following Brethren of the Belvidere Lodge pledge themselves to take the Magazine regularly . *
The Lodge « . 1 Copy . Bro . Somerville • 1 Copy . Bro . Coohe , W . M . .. „ „ Martin .. .. „ „ Day , P . M . .. „ „ Southon « . .. ^ „ Pike , P . M . „ „ Clifford .. .. „ j , Cruttenden , jun ., P . M . „ „ Bartlett .. . ' . „ „ Pearson , P . M . .. „ L „ Allison .. .. „ „ Sargent , P . M . .. „ ,, Orford .. .. „ „ Grundy . » .. „ „ Swinfen .. .. „ „ Hoatmess .. „ „ Tolputt .. .. „ „ T . H . Spencer „ „ Page .. .. „
LANCASHIRE . Blackburn . —Lodge of Perseverance ( No . 432 ) . —This Lodge held its usual monthly meeting on the 2 nd of September , when there was a good attendance of members . Among the visiting Brethren were Bros . Fish , Spencer , and Shepherd , No . 336 . After the usual business had been transacted , the Brethren
proceeded to ballot for a candidate to the privileges and mysteries of the Craft ; and he having been duly elected , Bro . Clough , P . M . ( as W . M . ) initiated him , assisted by Bros . Backhouse and William Harrison , as S . and J . Ws ,, and by Bro . Collinson , as S . W . The Brethren shortly afterwards adjourned , and spent a pleasant evening .
LINCOLNSHIRE . Boston . —Lodge of Harmony ( No . 339 ) . —At the monthly communication , hold en on Tuesday , the 9 th September last , it was resolved , on the proposition of Bro . Pocklington , that a festival be held , on the last Thursday in October , to celebrate the fiftieth year of Freemasonry in Boston , at which the three first sections of the lecture in the E . A . Degree will be worked , and the lecture on the tracing-board , comprising the remaining illustrations in the first lecture be then delivered , and afterwards the Brethren will retire to a banquet , at the Peacock Inn . Bro . Wright was , at the same Lodge , passed to the degree of Fellow-Craft .
NORFOLK . PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE . The Prov . G . M ., Bro . B . B . Cabbell , held the first Grand Lodge in the province since his appointment ( about four years ago ) , on Wednesday , September 25 , in
the Grammar-school , Norwich . The Union Lodge ( No . 60 ) having been first opened , the Grand Lodge was opened , and Bro . Cabbell duly installed into the chair by Bro . C . Purton Cooper , Prov . G . M . for Kent . The G . M . then proceeded to appoint his officers , including Bro . R . S . Baker , G . S . W . ; P . Broadfoot , G . J . W . ; T . Lound , G . Reg . ; Rev . R . Coleby , G . Chap . ; and W . L . Fox , G . Sec . The usual business having been gone through , the Brethren proceeded to the Cathedral ,
* We beg to draw attention to our observations on this subject in a preceding page . — [ Ed . F . M . and M . M . ]
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Provincial.
Moved by Bro . Cooke , W . M ., and Seconded by Bro . Somerville" The Brethren of the Belvidere Lodge , No . 741 , regret to learn that the Freemasons' Magazine is not supported in a manner worthy of the Craft , and that it is in danger thereby of being discontinued . Being impressed with a profound conviction that the publication of a respectable Magazine is of the greatest importance as a record of Masonic events , and as a medium by which the Brethren
in every part of the British dominions may have the means of communicating their opinions , sentiments , and feelings upon Masonic subjects , the W . Master and Brethren of the Belvidere Lodge venture to call upon the Craft generally , in England , to take this subject into serious consideration . Believing that the Freemasons' Magazine is , on the whole , well worthy of the support of the Craft , and that its discontinuance would he a great misfortune to the interests of Freemasonry , the following Brethren of the Belvidere Lodge pledge themselves to take the Magazine regularly . *
The Lodge « . 1 Copy . Bro . Somerville • 1 Copy . Bro . Coohe , W . M . .. „ „ Martin .. .. „ „ Day , P . M . .. „ „ Southon « . .. ^ „ Pike , P . M . „ „ Clifford .. .. „ j , Cruttenden , jun ., P . M . „ „ Bartlett .. . ' . „ „ Pearson , P . M . .. „ L „ Allison .. .. „ „ Sargent , P . M . .. „ ,, Orford .. .. „ „ Grundy . » .. „ „ Swinfen .. .. „ „ Hoatmess .. „ „ Tolputt .. .. „ „ T . H . Spencer „ „ Page .. .. „
LANCASHIRE . Blackburn . —Lodge of Perseverance ( No . 432 ) . —This Lodge held its usual monthly meeting on the 2 nd of September , when there was a good attendance of members . Among the visiting Brethren were Bros . Fish , Spencer , and Shepherd , No . 336 . After the usual business had been transacted , the Brethren
proceeded to ballot for a candidate to the privileges and mysteries of the Craft ; and he having been duly elected , Bro . Clough , P . M . ( as W . M . ) initiated him , assisted by Bros . Backhouse and William Harrison , as S . and J . Ws ,, and by Bro . Collinson , as S . W . The Brethren shortly afterwards adjourned , and spent a pleasant evening .
LINCOLNSHIRE . Boston . —Lodge of Harmony ( No . 339 ) . —At the monthly communication , hold en on Tuesday , the 9 th September last , it was resolved , on the proposition of Bro . Pocklington , that a festival be held , on the last Thursday in October , to celebrate the fiftieth year of Freemasonry in Boston , at which the three first sections of the lecture in the E . A . Degree will be worked , and the lecture on the tracing-board , comprising the remaining illustrations in the first lecture be then delivered , and afterwards the Brethren will retire to a banquet , at the Peacock Inn . Bro . Wright was , at the same Lodge , passed to the degree of Fellow-Craft .
NORFOLK . PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE . The Prov . G . M ., Bro . B . B . Cabbell , held the first Grand Lodge in the province since his appointment ( about four years ago ) , on Wednesday , September 25 , in
the Grammar-school , Norwich . The Union Lodge ( No . 60 ) having been first opened , the Grand Lodge was opened , and Bro . Cabbell duly installed into the chair by Bro . C . Purton Cooper , Prov . G . M . for Kent . The G . M . then proceeded to appoint his officers , including Bro . R . S . Baker , G . S . W . ; P . Broadfoot , G . J . W . ; T . Lound , G . Reg . ; Rev . R . Coleby , G . Chap . ; and W . L . Fox , G . Sec . The usual business having been gone through , the Brethren proceeded to the Cathedral ,
* We beg to draw attention to our observations on this subject in a preceding page . — [ Ed . F . M . and M . M . ]