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Eoyal Arch.
• F re-elected Z . ; Comp . Farmer , H . ; Comp . J . R . Warren , J . ; Comp . Thomas , N . ; and Comp . Anslow , P . Soj . The business having been concluded , the Companions , to the number of about thiHyj adjourned to a very elegant banquet , most admirably served under the personal superintendence of Bro . Ireland . At the close of the banquet , the usual loyal & nd Masonic toasts were duly proposed and responded to- — -that 0 f « prosperity to the mother Chapters'' being suitably acknowledged by
Comp . Tyrrell , for No . 206 ; anU Comp . Anslow , for No . 745 . Comp , Greenwood proposed the health of the presiding M . E . Z ., and congratulated the Companions upon having their Chapter of Instruction so ably presided over by- a Companion who took so great an interest in their ceremonies , and Was so well able to instruct and enlighten - the Companions . The M . E . Z . replied , and expressed the fgreat satisfaction he had in presiding over so excellent a Chapter of Instruction , and unfolding the beauties of Arch Masonry , in which he admitted he took a greater
interest than in the Craft degrees . " The joining members" was neatly responded by Comp . ^ Barrett , of No . 206 ; after which the M . E . Z . gave " The Masonic press , ' coupled with the name of Comp . H . G . Warren , who acknowledged -the eompliment , and ^ expressed the gratification he had experienced by the proceedings oi the evening , and especially at hearing those beautiful illustrations of the banners and the jewel , which gave this Chapter of Instruction a distinctive character over others , which he believed had mainly failed by confining themselves too closely to
the mere ceremony . Beautiful as their rituals were , he considered that Masonry ought to present them something more than the same ceremonies and lectures continually repeated ; and that occasionally in their Lodges , and Chapters of Instruction they should be treated to lectures on some part of those liberal acts and sciences which they were instructed to make the study of their lives . He
knew ho Companion better qualified to commence a reform in that respect—and to effect which was one of the great objects which the managers of the Freemasons Magazine had in view— -than the M . E . Z . of that evening , who , he was glad to hear , was but a young Mason , and whom he was sure had a future before him which might be envied by ma ny older Brethren . A variety of ether toasts , interspersed with song , were given , and the evening terminated in the utmost harmony .
Knights Templar
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR
Southampton . —Royal Gloucester Encampment . —This Encampment , after bciaxg somewhat dormant , is likely to be again in active operation . A meeting was hold on the 11 th ult ., and the new officers elected—Sir Knts . < Chas . Bromley , E . C . ; J . T . Enright , 1 st Capt . ; Edw . Coxwell , 2 nd Capt . ; J . Rankin Stebbing , P . E . C , Registrar . Comps . G . W Clarke , W . A ., Kent , and George Lungley , were duly installed , and regular quarterly meetings fixed .
Scotland.
SCOTLAND .
PROVINCIAL GRAND LODQK OP # IFE . Tho Provincial Grand Master for Fife , tho R . W ; Bro . John Why to Melville , of Bennocny and Strathkinnefls , Deputy G . M . of Scotland , having appointed Friday , the 5 th instant , for the consecration of the Minto Lodge , Loehgelly , and
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Eoyal Arch.
• F re-elected Z . ; Comp . Farmer , H . ; Comp . J . R . Warren , J . ; Comp . Thomas , N . ; and Comp . Anslow , P . Soj . The business having been concluded , the Companions , to the number of about thiHyj adjourned to a very elegant banquet , most admirably served under the personal superintendence of Bro . Ireland . At the close of the banquet , the usual loyal & nd Masonic toasts were duly proposed and responded to- — -that 0 f « prosperity to the mother Chapters'' being suitably acknowledged by
Comp . Tyrrell , for No . 206 ; anU Comp . Anslow , for No . 745 . Comp , Greenwood proposed the health of the presiding M . E . Z ., and congratulated the Companions upon having their Chapter of Instruction so ably presided over by- a Companion who took so great an interest in their ceremonies , and Was so well able to instruct and enlighten - the Companions . The M . E . Z . replied , and expressed the fgreat satisfaction he had in presiding over so excellent a Chapter of Instruction , and unfolding the beauties of Arch Masonry , in which he admitted he took a greater
interest than in the Craft degrees . " The joining members" was neatly responded by Comp . ^ Barrett , of No . 206 ; after which the M . E . Z . gave " The Masonic press , ' coupled with the name of Comp . H . G . Warren , who acknowledged -the eompliment , and ^ expressed the gratification he had experienced by the proceedings oi the evening , and especially at hearing those beautiful illustrations of the banners and the jewel , which gave this Chapter of Instruction a distinctive character over others , which he believed had mainly failed by confining themselves too closely to
the mere ceremony . Beautiful as their rituals were , he considered that Masonry ought to present them something more than the same ceremonies and lectures continually repeated ; and that occasionally in their Lodges , and Chapters of Instruction they should be treated to lectures on some part of those liberal acts and sciences which they were instructed to make the study of their lives . He
knew ho Companion better qualified to commence a reform in that respect—and to effect which was one of the great objects which the managers of the Freemasons Magazine had in view— -than the M . E . Z . of that evening , who , he was glad to hear , was but a young Mason , and whom he was sure had a future before him which might be envied by ma ny older Brethren . A variety of ether toasts , interspersed with song , were given , and the evening terminated in the utmost harmony .
Knights Templar
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR
Southampton . —Royal Gloucester Encampment . —This Encampment , after bciaxg somewhat dormant , is likely to be again in active operation . A meeting was hold on the 11 th ult ., and the new officers elected—Sir Knts . < Chas . Bromley , E . C . ; J . T . Enright , 1 st Capt . ; Edw . Coxwell , 2 nd Capt . ; J . Rankin Stebbing , P . E . C , Registrar . Comps . G . W Clarke , W . A ., Kent , and George Lungley , were duly installed , and regular quarterly meetings fixed .
Scotland.
SCOTLAND .
PROVINCIAL GRAND LODQK OP # IFE . Tho Provincial Grand Master for Fife , tho R . W ; Bro . John Why to Melville , of Bennocny and Strathkinnefls , Deputy G . M . of Scotland , having appointed Friday , the 5 th instant , for the consecration of the Minto Lodge , Loehgelly , and