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The work was performed in a very efficient manner by the W . M . There was a goodly muster of the Brethren , and after other business had been transacted , they voted £ 5 from the funds of the Lodge in aid of the fund for the sufferers in India . At the conclusion of the business , the Brethren proceeded to an excellent banquet provided by the host , Bro . Wates , and a very pleasant and convivial evening was spent .
Maidstone . —Belvidere Lodge , No . 741 ) . —The usual monthly meeting of this Lodge was held on Tuesday , the 13 th October , at the Star Hotel , Maidstone . The Lodge was opened by Bro . Cooke , P . M ., and Bro . Earrar having been passed , and Bro . Langford raised , Bro . Orford , S . W ., proposed a vote of five guineas " from the W . M . and Brethren of the Belvidere Lodge to the Maidstone subscription towards the India Fund . " Bro . Cruttenden , senior P . M ., seconded the motion , which was carried unanimously—an example which , for the credit of Masonry , it is hoped other Lodges in the Province will follow . The Lodge was then closed with the usual solemnities .
LANCASHIRE . PROVINCIAL GRAND LODaE—WESTERN DIVISION . On Tuesday , the 20 th of October , the annual meeting of the above Grand Lodge was held at the Adelphi Hotel , Liverpool , for the transaction of the annual business of the province , the installation of the R . W . I ) . Prov . G . M . Sir Thomas Hesketh , Bart ., of Bufford Hall ; and to hold a Court of Governors of the West Lancashire Masonic Institution for the Education and Advancement of Children
of Distressed Freemasons . After the preliminary business of the Grand Lodge was transacted , the imposing ceremony of Installation , according to ancient usages , of the RW . D . Prov . G . M . Sir Thomas Hesketh , Bart ., was performed in form and solemn order , by Bro . Le Gendre Nicholas Starkie , B . W . D . Prov . G . M ., assisted by his Wardens and Officers , —Bros . Thos . Littledale , G . S . W . ; James Billinge , G . J . W . ; Joshua Walmesley , G . Treas . ; Hugh P . Edwards , G . Reg . ; Thomas
Wylie , G . Sec ; Samuel Yates Hess , S . G . D . ; James Hamer , G . D . C . ; John Molyneux , G . Organist ; Horatio Gambell , G . P . ; James Eckersley , G . S . B . ; Henry Ward Collins , P . J . G . W . ; H . B . Edwards , B . J . G . D . ; H . Seymour Alpass , G . Steward ; Isaac Atherton , G . S . ; Richard Wearing ) G . S . ; Peter Maddox , G . S . ; William Allender , G . S . ; and by the P . Ms , and the W . Ms , and Officers of the Lodges of the province . The proceedings of the last Grand Lodge having been read by the Grand Secretary , in which reference was made to the death of the late B . W . D . Prov . G . M ., the Bev . Gilmour Robinson , and a suitable tribute of respect having been entered therein , as well as a suitable testimony of respect having been recorded respecting the deaths of Bros . Jos . Perrin and Arthur Henderson , Prov . G . Reg , ; Bro . Allender drew the attention of the Lodge to the funds for the erection of the proposed Masonic Hall , the land for which , he said , had been purchased in Hope-street for the sum of £ 1 , 600 , towards which
sum already £ 970 had been collected . As yet the exact sum collected by Lodge No . 35 had not been returned , but be had no doubt it would amount to a very considerable sum . Lodge No . 245 , had contributed £ 228 ; No . 263 , £ 27 ; No . 294 , £ 66 ; No . 310 , £ 281 ; No . 308 , £ 236 ; No . 865 , £ 6 . Various other contributions , as well as two subscriptions from ladies of £ 25 each , were also announced . The speaker urged the claims of the proposed hall on the Brethren , and concluded by moving for the sum of fifty guineas from the Prov . Grand Lodge funds , which was accordingly unanimously agreed to .
The Lodge afterwards resolved itself into a Court of Governors of the West Lancashire Educational Institution for the Education and Advancement of Children of Distressed Masons , when the report of the institution was read by the Secretary , Bro . Gambell . The report embodied the proceedings of the various courts which had been held during the year , wherein a number of the children of distressed Masons had been recommended to the funds of the institution . The
following were brought forward to be placed on the funds , and were unanimously accepted : —Lawrence Almond , son of the late Bro . Almond , of No . 845 , Ormskirk , proposed by Bro . Ladinore , W . M . ; Bobert Mackenzie , son of the late
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The work was performed in a very efficient manner by the W . M . There was a goodly muster of the Brethren , and after other business had been transacted , they voted £ 5 from the funds of the Lodge in aid of the fund for the sufferers in India . At the conclusion of the business , the Brethren proceeded to an excellent banquet provided by the host , Bro . Wates , and a very pleasant and convivial evening was spent .
Maidstone . —Belvidere Lodge , No . 741 ) . —The usual monthly meeting of this Lodge was held on Tuesday , the 13 th October , at the Star Hotel , Maidstone . The Lodge was opened by Bro . Cooke , P . M ., and Bro . Earrar having been passed , and Bro . Langford raised , Bro . Orford , S . W ., proposed a vote of five guineas " from the W . M . and Brethren of the Belvidere Lodge to the Maidstone subscription towards the India Fund . " Bro . Cruttenden , senior P . M ., seconded the motion , which was carried unanimously—an example which , for the credit of Masonry , it is hoped other Lodges in the Province will follow . The Lodge was then closed with the usual solemnities .
LANCASHIRE . PROVINCIAL GRAND LODaE—WESTERN DIVISION . On Tuesday , the 20 th of October , the annual meeting of the above Grand Lodge was held at the Adelphi Hotel , Liverpool , for the transaction of the annual business of the province , the installation of the R . W . I ) . Prov . G . M . Sir Thomas Hesketh , Bart ., of Bufford Hall ; and to hold a Court of Governors of the West Lancashire Masonic Institution for the Education and Advancement of Children
of Distressed Freemasons . After the preliminary business of the Grand Lodge was transacted , the imposing ceremony of Installation , according to ancient usages , of the RW . D . Prov . G . M . Sir Thomas Hesketh , Bart ., was performed in form and solemn order , by Bro . Le Gendre Nicholas Starkie , B . W . D . Prov . G . M ., assisted by his Wardens and Officers , —Bros . Thos . Littledale , G . S . W . ; James Billinge , G . J . W . ; Joshua Walmesley , G . Treas . ; Hugh P . Edwards , G . Reg . ; Thomas
Wylie , G . Sec ; Samuel Yates Hess , S . G . D . ; James Hamer , G . D . C . ; John Molyneux , G . Organist ; Horatio Gambell , G . P . ; James Eckersley , G . S . B . ; Henry Ward Collins , P . J . G . W . ; H . B . Edwards , B . J . G . D . ; H . Seymour Alpass , G . Steward ; Isaac Atherton , G . S . ; Richard Wearing ) G . S . ; Peter Maddox , G . S . ; William Allender , G . S . ; and by the P . Ms , and the W . Ms , and Officers of the Lodges of the province . The proceedings of the last Grand Lodge having been read by the Grand Secretary , in which reference was made to the death of the late B . W . D . Prov . G . M ., the Bev . Gilmour Robinson , and a suitable tribute of respect having been entered therein , as well as a suitable testimony of respect having been recorded respecting the deaths of Bros . Jos . Perrin and Arthur Henderson , Prov . G . Reg , ; Bro . Allender drew the attention of the Lodge to the funds for the erection of the proposed Masonic Hall , the land for which , he said , had been purchased in Hope-street for the sum of £ 1 , 600 , towards which
sum already £ 970 had been collected . As yet the exact sum collected by Lodge No . 35 had not been returned , but be had no doubt it would amount to a very considerable sum . Lodge No . 245 , had contributed £ 228 ; No . 263 , £ 27 ; No . 294 , £ 66 ; No . 310 , £ 281 ; No . 308 , £ 236 ; No . 865 , £ 6 . Various other contributions , as well as two subscriptions from ladies of £ 25 each , were also announced . The speaker urged the claims of the proposed hall on the Brethren , and concluded by moving for the sum of fifty guineas from the Prov . Grand Lodge funds , which was accordingly unanimously agreed to .
The Lodge afterwards resolved itself into a Court of Governors of the West Lancashire Educational Institution for the Education and Advancement of Children of Distressed Masons , when the report of the institution was read by the Secretary , Bro . Gambell . The report embodied the proceedings of the various courts which had been held during the year , wherein a number of the children of distressed Masons had been recommended to the funds of the institution . The
following were brought forward to be placed on the funds , and were unanimously accepted : —Lawrence Almond , son of the late Bro . Almond , of No . 845 , Ormskirk , proposed by Bro . Ladinore , W . M . ; Bobert Mackenzie , son of the late