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At this period of the banquet the visitors from Bristol were warned by the tihie that the " inexorable train '' should be at hand ; a hurried farewell was therefore taken of their hospitable hosts . But , alas ! a full hour was spent waiting at the station / which it would have been a hoon to pass elsewhere . The visiting Brethren were unanimous in their estimate of the reception they had experienced , and gratified with everything connected with the event . Nor should we close this record of their visit , without some special note in commendation of the excellent furniture of the new Lodge , which is in every respect worthy of the Lodge , and bears witness to the taste and good judgment of the Brethren who selected it .
WARWICKSHIRE . Birmingham .- Howe Marie Blasters Lodge . —The Brethren of this Lodge assembled at the Masonic rooms , on Monday , Oct . 18 th . Pour Brethren were advanced to this degree . The W . M ., Bro . A . M ' cCracken , presided , and his officers were all well up to their duties . . These rooms are admirably adapted for Lodge meetings . If Masonic meetings could generally be-held in buildings such as this , the Order would be advanced , and the comfort of the Brethren greatly enhanced .
Royal Arch
EOYAL ARCH
METROPOLITAN CHAPTERS . Enoch Chapter ( No . 11 ) . —This Chapter met at the Freemasons' Tavern , on Tuesday , October 19 th . Comps . Richard Temple was installed as Z . ; Kennedey II . ; and George Gurton , J . ; the ceremonies being most ably performed by Comp . George Biggs , P . ¦ G . D . C , visitor . The following officers being present were invested and inducted ; Comps . Robert Williams , Treasurer ; Matthews , E . ; Sewell , P . S . ; Wm . Williams and Watson , Stewards .
Mount Sinai Chapter ( No . 49 ) . — -A convocation of this Chapter was held at Bro . Clemow ' s , Anderton's Hotel , Fleet-street , on Tuesday ,. October 19 th , Comp . Jos . Smith officiating as Z . ; Andrews , If . and Copus J . There were also present the following P . Z ' s , Comp . Collard , who acted as P . Z . in the absence of tWip . Norman ; and Comps . Kant , Potter , Rackstraw , and Andrew . Comp . Barnshaw , of the Robert Burns Chapter ( No . 25 ) , was proposed and received as a joining
member-It was then resolved to establish i \ Chapter of Instrction , to be held at Comp Gurton ' s , Old Bond-street , At the conclusion of the business the Comps . adjourned to refreshment , the toast of the visitors being acknowledged by Comps . Suter ( 206 ) , and Woodstock ( 25 ) . The M . E . Z . most ably advocated the claims of the Masonic Charities , and more especially tho . Royal Benevolent Institution for Aged Masons and their Widows , to support ; and it was resolved that the Chapter should be represented by a Steward at the festival of that institution to be held in January .
Hope Chapter ( No . 24-8 ) . —A convocation of this Chapter took place at the Globe Tavern , Greenwich , on the 19 th instant , Comp . Pates presiding as Z ., in the absence of Comp . Hutchinson , M . E . Z . ; Comps . Archer and Broughton were H .
and J . Amongst the others present we observed Comps , Nutt , Bowen , Noble , Leigh , Cole , Moore . Rev . J . Knott , Jones , & c . ; and visitors Comps . Eastwood { Prince of Wales Chapter ); Archer ( Polish ); and Wilson . Bro . Johan Blichfelclt , of Lodge No . 208 , was introduced , having been successfully balloted for , and most impressively exalted to the sublime degree—the highest in Freemasonry . The newly made Companion , who holds an important office in the Lodge of Sincerity ,
expressed his gratitude ' for the honour . vouchsafed him , and regretted that being a foreigner he was unable to express himself so well as he desired , but could not help saying that lie was deeply impressed -with the beautiful ritual in this advanced stage of . Freemasonry , trusting that the Great Cjepmetrichui would give him health and mental power to make himself sufficiently acquainted with its ceremonies to be
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Mask Masonry
At this period of the banquet the visitors from Bristol were warned by the tihie that the " inexorable train '' should be at hand ; a hurried farewell was therefore taken of their hospitable hosts . But , alas ! a full hour was spent waiting at the station / which it would have been a hoon to pass elsewhere . The visiting Brethren were unanimous in their estimate of the reception they had experienced , and gratified with everything connected with the event . Nor should we close this record of their visit , without some special note in commendation of the excellent furniture of the new Lodge , which is in every respect worthy of the Lodge , and bears witness to the taste and good judgment of the Brethren who selected it .
WARWICKSHIRE . Birmingham .- Howe Marie Blasters Lodge . —The Brethren of this Lodge assembled at the Masonic rooms , on Monday , Oct . 18 th . Pour Brethren were advanced to this degree . The W . M ., Bro . A . M ' cCracken , presided , and his officers were all well up to their duties . . These rooms are admirably adapted for Lodge meetings . If Masonic meetings could generally be-held in buildings such as this , the Order would be advanced , and the comfort of the Brethren greatly enhanced .
Royal Arch
EOYAL ARCH
METROPOLITAN CHAPTERS . Enoch Chapter ( No . 11 ) . —This Chapter met at the Freemasons' Tavern , on Tuesday , October 19 th . Comps . Richard Temple was installed as Z . ; Kennedey II . ; and George Gurton , J . ; the ceremonies being most ably performed by Comp . George Biggs , P . ¦ G . D . C , visitor . The following officers being present were invested and inducted ; Comps . Robert Williams , Treasurer ; Matthews , E . ; Sewell , P . S . ; Wm . Williams and Watson , Stewards .
Mount Sinai Chapter ( No . 49 ) . — -A convocation of this Chapter was held at Bro . Clemow ' s , Anderton's Hotel , Fleet-street , on Tuesday ,. October 19 th , Comp . Jos . Smith officiating as Z . ; Andrews , If . and Copus J . There were also present the following P . Z ' s , Comp . Collard , who acted as P . Z . in the absence of tWip . Norman ; and Comps . Kant , Potter , Rackstraw , and Andrew . Comp . Barnshaw , of the Robert Burns Chapter ( No . 25 ) , was proposed and received as a joining
member-It was then resolved to establish i \ Chapter of Instrction , to be held at Comp Gurton ' s , Old Bond-street , At the conclusion of the business the Comps . adjourned to refreshment , the toast of the visitors being acknowledged by Comps . Suter ( 206 ) , and Woodstock ( 25 ) . The M . E . Z . most ably advocated the claims of the Masonic Charities , and more especially tho . Royal Benevolent Institution for Aged Masons and their Widows , to support ; and it was resolved that the Chapter should be represented by a Steward at the festival of that institution to be held in January .
Hope Chapter ( No . 24-8 ) . —A convocation of this Chapter took place at the Globe Tavern , Greenwich , on the 19 th instant , Comp . Pates presiding as Z ., in the absence of Comp . Hutchinson , M . E . Z . ; Comps . Archer and Broughton were H .
and J . Amongst the others present we observed Comps , Nutt , Bowen , Noble , Leigh , Cole , Moore . Rev . J . Knott , Jones , & c . ; and visitors Comps . Eastwood { Prince of Wales Chapter ); Archer ( Polish ); and Wilson . Bro . Johan Blichfelclt , of Lodge No . 208 , was introduced , having been successfully balloted for , and most impressively exalted to the sublime degree—the highest in Freemasonry . The newly made Companion , who holds an important office in the Lodge of Sincerity ,
expressed his gratitude ' for the honour . vouchsafed him , and regretted that being a foreigner he was unable to express himself so well as he desired , but could not help saying that lie was deeply impressed -with the beautiful ritual in this advanced stage of . Freemasonry , trusting that the Great Cjepmetrichui would give him health and mental power to make himself sufficiently acquainted with its ceremonies to be