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Provincial.
The concluding toast , * 'To all Poor and Distressed Masons , " being honoured , Sir Lucius Curtis left the chair . As there was a large number of the Brethren present , Bro . Deacon , D . Prov , G . M ., took the chair , and the enjoyment was prolonged .
ISLE OP MAN . Douglas . —Royal Lodge . —On Monday , October 6 th , the members of the above Lodge held their usual monthly meeting at the house of Bro . Lutterworth , Prospect Hill , Douglas , under the able presidency of Bro . Colonel Johnson , W . M . There was a full attendance of the Brethren , and a few visitors ; the business of the evening consisted in raising two Brethren from the 2 nd to the 3 rd Degree
of our Institution . The above Lodge , which holds its warrant from the Grand Lodge of Scotland , has , until within the last six months , been in abeyance since 1840 ; but through the instrumentality of Bro . Butterworth , was resuscitated some six months since ; it now numbers upwards of twenty members , and from the promises of support and propositions for membership , bids fair to rival its most palmy days .
ISLE OF WIGHT . Ventktor . —Yarborough Lodge ( No . 809 ) . —At the meeting of this Lodge on Wednesday , October 1 st , held in a private room , Bro . Hollyer , W . M ., Bro . Moore was raised to the 3 rd Degree by Bro . Pullen , D . Prov . G . M , Bro . Braine was elected W . M ., and Bro . Baynes , Treas ., for the year ensuing .
LEICESTERSHIRE . The Provincial Grand Masteeship . —We have the pleasure of announcing that this important office , which became vacant in May last , by the lamented decease of the late Sir P . G . Powke , Bart ., has been conferred by the M . W . Grand Master upon that most estimable nobleman , the Earl Howe , P . D . G . M . of England , and P . Prov . G . M . for Warwickshire , greatly to the gratification of the Brethren of the ancient Craft in the province . We understand that his Lordship ' s
installation will take place some time in the ensuing month , should his health permit ; when the Brethren will go in procession to church , where a sermon will be pi-eached by the Prov . Grand Chaplain for the benefit of the charities . We feel assured that , from the universal respect in which the new Prov . Grand Master is held by the Freemasons , not of Leicestershire only , but of all the adjoining provinces and the metropolis , we may safely predict that there will be such a
gathering of the Craft , both in numbers and rank , to do him honour , as Leicester has rarely if ever seen on any previous occasion . In making this prediction we have not forgotten the imposing spectacle which took place some thirty-three years ago , when his lordship , as W . M . of St . John ' s Lodge , Leicester , laid the foundationstone of St . George ' s church , nor of the more recent inauguration of the Duke of Rutland ' s statue by his immediate predecessor in the Grand Mastership of the
province . Leicester . —/ Sfe . John ' s Lodge ( No 818 ) . —The first meeting of this Lodge , after the summer recess , took place on the 1 st of October ; present , Bro . Underwood , W . M ., in the chair ; Bro . Kelly , I ) . Prov . G . M . as P . M . ; and other Brethren , There was no husiness of importance transacted .
John of Gaunt Lodge ( No . 760 ) . —This Lodge resumed its meetings for the winter on the 18 th September , Bro . Millican , W . M . in the chair . Two gentlemen were proposed as candidates for initiation into the Order . It is truly gratifying to witness the cordial harmony which exists , and the mutual interchange of visits which take place , between the members of these two sister Lodges on each occasion of their meeting .
NORFOLK . 1 \ ROYIN 01 A I > GRAND LODOK Norwich . —As we briefly stated in our last , on Thursday , October 25 th , a ({ rand Lodge was held at the Grammar School , Norwich ( by the kind perRnsnion
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Provincial.
The concluding toast , * 'To all Poor and Distressed Masons , " being honoured , Sir Lucius Curtis left the chair . As there was a large number of the Brethren present , Bro . Deacon , D . Prov , G . M ., took the chair , and the enjoyment was prolonged .
ISLE OP MAN . Douglas . —Royal Lodge . —On Monday , October 6 th , the members of the above Lodge held their usual monthly meeting at the house of Bro . Lutterworth , Prospect Hill , Douglas , under the able presidency of Bro . Colonel Johnson , W . M . There was a full attendance of the Brethren , and a few visitors ; the business of the evening consisted in raising two Brethren from the 2 nd to the 3 rd Degree
of our Institution . The above Lodge , which holds its warrant from the Grand Lodge of Scotland , has , until within the last six months , been in abeyance since 1840 ; but through the instrumentality of Bro . Butterworth , was resuscitated some six months since ; it now numbers upwards of twenty members , and from the promises of support and propositions for membership , bids fair to rival its most palmy days .
ISLE OF WIGHT . Ventktor . —Yarborough Lodge ( No . 809 ) . —At the meeting of this Lodge on Wednesday , October 1 st , held in a private room , Bro . Hollyer , W . M ., Bro . Moore was raised to the 3 rd Degree by Bro . Pullen , D . Prov . G . M , Bro . Braine was elected W . M ., and Bro . Baynes , Treas ., for the year ensuing .
LEICESTERSHIRE . The Provincial Grand Masteeship . —We have the pleasure of announcing that this important office , which became vacant in May last , by the lamented decease of the late Sir P . G . Powke , Bart ., has been conferred by the M . W . Grand Master upon that most estimable nobleman , the Earl Howe , P . D . G . M . of England , and P . Prov . G . M . for Warwickshire , greatly to the gratification of the Brethren of the ancient Craft in the province . We understand that his Lordship ' s
installation will take place some time in the ensuing month , should his health permit ; when the Brethren will go in procession to church , where a sermon will be pi-eached by the Prov . Grand Chaplain for the benefit of the charities . We feel assured that , from the universal respect in which the new Prov . Grand Master is held by the Freemasons , not of Leicestershire only , but of all the adjoining provinces and the metropolis , we may safely predict that there will be such a
gathering of the Craft , both in numbers and rank , to do him honour , as Leicester has rarely if ever seen on any previous occasion . In making this prediction we have not forgotten the imposing spectacle which took place some thirty-three years ago , when his lordship , as W . M . of St . John ' s Lodge , Leicester , laid the foundationstone of St . George ' s church , nor of the more recent inauguration of the Duke of Rutland ' s statue by his immediate predecessor in the Grand Mastership of the
province . Leicester . —/ Sfe . John ' s Lodge ( No 818 ) . —The first meeting of this Lodge , after the summer recess , took place on the 1 st of October ; present , Bro . Underwood , W . M ., in the chair ; Bro . Kelly , I ) . Prov . G . M . as P . M . ; and other Brethren , There was no husiness of importance transacted .
John of Gaunt Lodge ( No . 760 ) . —This Lodge resumed its meetings for the winter on the 18 th September , Bro . Millican , W . M . in the chair . Two gentlemen were proposed as candidates for initiation into the Order . It is truly gratifying to witness the cordial harmony which exists , and the mutual interchange of visits which take place , between the members of these two sister Lodges on each occasion of their meeting .
NORFOLK . 1 \ ROYIN 01 A I > GRAND LODOK Norwich . —As we briefly stated in our last , on Thursday , October 25 th , a ({ rand Lodge was held at the Grammar School , Norwich ( by the kind perRnsnion