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Mark Masonry.
to whom the Supreme Grand Chapter committed the government of the Lodge were fortunate in securing the services of their Illus . Bro . Donald Campbell , Sov . P . R . S . 32 nd Degree , Knt . Com . of the Temple , & c . & c , to assist them in their ceremonial . The Lodge having been opened , the following Brethren were balloted for , and
admitted in due and ancient form : —William Carr , M . M . of Lodge No . 701 ; William Croft , M . M . of Lodge No . 701 ; James Hamer , P . M ., Z . of Chapter of Harmony , Garston , Prov . G . Purs , of the Western Division of Lancashire ; John Wright ; P . M . of Lodge No . 294 ; Henry Hayes , M . M . ; John Conway , M . M . ; William Henry Grimmer , M . M . ; James A . Sharpe , M . M . ; William Jones , M . M . of Lodge No . 845 .
After which the Bretliren proceeded to the election of assistant Office-bearers , to enable those appointed by the supreme body to complete the fall working of this beautiful Degree , and who were afterwards installed into office by Bro . Campbell , who acted on the occasion as B . W . M . The Office-bearers for the year will therefore be as follows : —Comps . Benjamin Towndrow , B . W . M . ; Thomas Yeatman , S . W . ; Joseph Clark Carver , J . W . ; Bros . John Wright , Treas . ; William Jones , Sec . ; Comp . J . Hamer , S . D . ; Bros . William Croft , J . D . ; Wm . Carr , I . G .
The Lodge was honoured by the presence of Era . John Lawrie of Glasgow , Sov . P . B . C . 18 th Degree . At the close of the business , the whole of the Brethren were invited to the residence of the R . W . M . at Ever ton , where they sat down to an elegant and sumptuous banquet and amid glees , songs , toasts , and sentiments enjoyed
themselves in a manner peculiar only to those who are entitled to the felicity of partaking in the delights of the mystic tie , and each wended his way home earnestly wishing for another reunion of a like nature ; the proceedings having been closed with the happy , simple , yet effective toast of " Happy to meet , sorry to part , and happy to meet again . "
The success which has attended the opening of this new Lodge to practice the beautiful and ancient Order of Mark Masonry , which , although in a flourishing condition in Scotland and Ireland , has not until lately been regularly practised in England , and the manifest desire evinced by the Companions originally appointed by the S . G . R . A . O . of Scotland , as well as those who were newly admitted , augurs well for the prosperity of the Order , and this Lodge in particular . This Lodge was established for the purpose of preserving tlie Order in its ancient , simple , and pure state ; and , according to the ceremony strictly enjoined by the supreme body .
Scotland.
SCOTLAND .
EDINBURGH . Lodge of Edinburgh ( Mary ' s Qkapcl—No . 1 ) . —This Lodge held its first monthly meeting for the season , on Tuesday , the 13 th October , " U . W . M ., Bro . MacCowan , M . D ., iti the chair , assisted by Bros . Mann and Law , as S . W . nnd J . W . Three candidates having been duly recommended and approved , were initiated into the
Craft . After business , upwards of fifty Brethren partook of a sumptuous supper , prepared by Bro . Kennedy , Ship Hotel , East Register-street . Deputations were present from the St . Clair Lodge , No . 349 , headed by Bro . Crichton , B . W . M . ; and from the Canongate Kilwinning Lodge , No . 2 , headed by Bro . Ziervogel , J . W . ; and after a pleasant evening the Lodge was closed at high twelve . !
A special meeting of the Lodge having been called on the 17 th October , Rev . Bro . Croft Worgan Daw , M . A ., 'Prov . G . Sec ., Cumberland , was affiliated a full member of the Lodge .
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Mark Masonry.
to whom the Supreme Grand Chapter committed the government of the Lodge were fortunate in securing the services of their Illus . Bro . Donald Campbell , Sov . P . R . S . 32 nd Degree , Knt . Com . of the Temple , & c . & c , to assist them in their ceremonial . The Lodge having been opened , the following Brethren were balloted for , and
admitted in due and ancient form : —William Carr , M . M . of Lodge No . 701 ; William Croft , M . M . of Lodge No . 701 ; James Hamer , P . M ., Z . of Chapter of Harmony , Garston , Prov . G . Purs , of the Western Division of Lancashire ; John Wright ; P . M . of Lodge No . 294 ; Henry Hayes , M . M . ; John Conway , M . M . ; William Henry Grimmer , M . M . ; James A . Sharpe , M . M . ; William Jones , M . M . of Lodge No . 845 .
After which the Bretliren proceeded to the election of assistant Office-bearers , to enable those appointed by the supreme body to complete the fall working of this beautiful Degree , and who were afterwards installed into office by Bro . Campbell , who acted on the occasion as B . W . M . The Office-bearers for the year will therefore be as follows : —Comps . Benjamin Towndrow , B . W . M . ; Thomas Yeatman , S . W . ; Joseph Clark Carver , J . W . ; Bros . John Wright , Treas . ; William Jones , Sec . ; Comp . J . Hamer , S . D . ; Bros . William Croft , J . D . ; Wm . Carr , I . G .
The Lodge was honoured by the presence of Era . John Lawrie of Glasgow , Sov . P . B . C . 18 th Degree . At the close of the business , the whole of the Brethren were invited to the residence of the R . W . M . at Ever ton , where they sat down to an elegant and sumptuous banquet and amid glees , songs , toasts , and sentiments enjoyed
themselves in a manner peculiar only to those who are entitled to the felicity of partaking in the delights of the mystic tie , and each wended his way home earnestly wishing for another reunion of a like nature ; the proceedings having been closed with the happy , simple , yet effective toast of " Happy to meet , sorry to part , and happy to meet again . "
The success which has attended the opening of this new Lodge to practice the beautiful and ancient Order of Mark Masonry , which , although in a flourishing condition in Scotland and Ireland , has not until lately been regularly practised in England , and the manifest desire evinced by the Companions originally appointed by the S . G . R . A . O . of Scotland , as well as those who were newly admitted , augurs well for the prosperity of the Order , and this Lodge in particular . This Lodge was established for the purpose of preserving tlie Order in its ancient , simple , and pure state ; and , according to the ceremony strictly enjoined by the supreme body .
Scotland.
SCOTLAND .
EDINBURGH . Lodge of Edinburgh ( Mary ' s Qkapcl—No . 1 ) . —This Lodge held its first monthly meeting for the season , on Tuesday , the 13 th October , " U . W . M ., Bro . MacCowan , M . D ., iti the chair , assisted by Bros . Mann and Law , as S . W . nnd J . W . Three candidates having been duly recommended and approved , were initiated into the
Craft . After business , upwards of fifty Brethren partook of a sumptuous supper , prepared by Bro . Kennedy , Ship Hotel , East Register-street . Deputations were present from the St . Clair Lodge , No . 349 , headed by Bro . Crichton , B . W . M . ; and from the Canongate Kilwinning Lodge , No . 2 , headed by Bro . Ziervogel , J . W . ; and after a pleasant evening the Lodge was closed at high twelve . !
A special meeting of the Lodge having been called on the 17 th October , Rev . Bro . Croft Worgan Daw , M . A ., 'Prov . G . Sec ., Cumberland , was affiliated a full member of the Lodge .