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Royal Arch
Pickup , were balloted for , and unanimously elected , when the latter five ( Bro . Paterson being absent ) were exalted to the sublime degree of the Royal Arch , the ceremony having been performed in a very impressive and satisfactory manner . The Chapter Was then closed , and the Companions retired to an excellent supper , ( which reflected great credit on the arrangements of Cooip , Bolton , the worthy
host , ) separating at an early hour , after having having spent a very pleasant evening , which was much enlivened by the excellent singing of Comps * Dawson , Morley , and several others . This Chapter , though only resuscitated a little more than two years , is now in a , most prosperous condition ; and the zeal displayed by many of the Companions augurs well for its becoming one of the most nourishing in the
province . Southampton . —Chapter of Concord ( No . 555 ) . —Phis Chapter met at the Freemasons' Hall , on the 3 rd Nov ., and Bro . Henry Abraham was installed 1 st Principal ; Bro . Win . Betaister , 3 rd Principal , both Past Masters , Royal Gloucester Lodge ; Bro . Wm . Gibbs , of the same Lodge , was exalted by Bro . J . Rankin Stebbing , the retiring 1 st Principal .
Southampton . —Royal Gloucester Chapter ( No . 152 ) . —The annual meeting of this Chapter , for the installation of the Principals for the ensuing year , took place on the 24 th ult ., in Freemasons' Hall . The ceremony was conducted by Bro . J . Rankin Stebbing / P . Z . and W . M ., No . 555 , who became ! 2 nA Principal ; Coinj > Geo . Martin was installed 1 st . and Comp . J * T . Enright , P . Z ^ , 3 M Principal . The P . Prov . G . M . Comp . Chas . E . Deacon , P . Z ., attended during the evening , and a very happy party separated at 11 o ' clock p . m .
The Week
THE WEEK
Qua notices under this head must necessarily be confined to a few lines . ——The Queen and the Prince Consort , with the royal children , continue in good health at Windsor . Her Majesty rides and walks daily in the Home Park . The Prince shoots occasionally . Her Majesty , on Saturday , inspected the military college at Sandhurst . On Sunday the royal family attended the service in the private
chapel The French court left St . Cloud on Monday for Compiegne , where a number of distinguished personages are invited . The company will prolong the festivities to the end of the month . It is said in legal circles that the government will not follow up the Montalembert prosecution ; but if that measure is taken , W . Montalembert will be assisted by M . Dufaure , and the defence of the editor of
the Correspondant will be undertaken by M . Berryer . Napoleon III . is taking steps to carry into execution a favourite plan of Napoleon I . for laying up stores of corn during plentiful years , in order to provide against scarcity . Winter has come in Paris unusually early and with great severity . It freezes hard in the middle of the clay notwithstanding a bright sun . The Monitenr contains a letter from the Emperor , in which he says , as to the principle of the engagement of negroes , his ideas are far from being settled ; that he will not have , the slave trade revived on any terms ; that . the best mode of putting a term to what is a continual cause of dispute woulcl be to substitute the free labour of Indian
coohes for that of negroes ; and that , with this view , he recommends an understanding to be come to with the English government on this subject . ——Lord Stratford de Redcliffe left Constantinople on the 22 nd ultimo for Athens , in the frigate Curacoa . It was reported that he had been wrecked , but news has been wince received of his safe arrival at the court of King Otho , to whom ho presented a letter from Queen Victoria . The official list of the new Prussian ministers is at length issued . The Prince Regent seems to have made a ministry of very heterogeneous material . Two Hungarians have been arrested at Hamburg , who have been concerned in the forgery of Australian bank notes to a large amount . The
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Royal Arch
Pickup , were balloted for , and unanimously elected , when the latter five ( Bro . Paterson being absent ) were exalted to the sublime degree of the Royal Arch , the ceremony having been performed in a very impressive and satisfactory manner . The Chapter Was then closed , and the Companions retired to an excellent supper , ( which reflected great credit on the arrangements of Cooip , Bolton , the worthy
host , ) separating at an early hour , after having having spent a very pleasant evening , which was much enlivened by the excellent singing of Comps * Dawson , Morley , and several others . This Chapter , though only resuscitated a little more than two years , is now in a , most prosperous condition ; and the zeal displayed by many of the Companions augurs well for its becoming one of the most nourishing in the
province . Southampton . —Chapter of Concord ( No . 555 ) . —Phis Chapter met at the Freemasons' Hall , on the 3 rd Nov ., and Bro . Henry Abraham was installed 1 st Principal ; Bro . Win . Betaister , 3 rd Principal , both Past Masters , Royal Gloucester Lodge ; Bro . Wm . Gibbs , of the same Lodge , was exalted by Bro . J . Rankin Stebbing , the retiring 1 st Principal .
Southampton . —Royal Gloucester Chapter ( No . 152 ) . —The annual meeting of this Chapter , for the installation of the Principals for the ensuing year , took place on the 24 th ult ., in Freemasons' Hall . The ceremony was conducted by Bro . J . Rankin Stebbing / P . Z . and W . M ., No . 555 , who became ! 2 nA Principal ; Coinj > Geo . Martin was installed 1 st . and Comp . J * T . Enright , P . Z ^ , 3 M Principal . The P . Prov . G . M . Comp . Chas . E . Deacon , P . Z ., attended during the evening , and a very happy party separated at 11 o ' clock p . m .
The Week
THE WEEK
Qua notices under this head must necessarily be confined to a few lines . ——The Queen and the Prince Consort , with the royal children , continue in good health at Windsor . Her Majesty rides and walks daily in the Home Park . The Prince shoots occasionally . Her Majesty , on Saturday , inspected the military college at Sandhurst . On Sunday the royal family attended the service in the private
chapel The French court left St . Cloud on Monday for Compiegne , where a number of distinguished personages are invited . The company will prolong the festivities to the end of the month . It is said in legal circles that the government will not follow up the Montalembert prosecution ; but if that measure is taken , W . Montalembert will be assisted by M . Dufaure , and the defence of the editor of
the Correspondant will be undertaken by M . Berryer . Napoleon III . is taking steps to carry into execution a favourite plan of Napoleon I . for laying up stores of corn during plentiful years , in order to provide against scarcity . Winter has come in Paris unusually early and with great severity . It freezes hard in the middle of the clay notwithstanding a bright sun . The Monitenr contains a letter from the Emperor , in which he says , as to the principle of the engagement of negroes , his ideas are far from being settled ; that he will not have , the slave trade revived on any terms ; that . the best mode of putting a term to what is a continual cause of dispute woulcl be to substitute the free labour of Indian
coohes for that of negroes ; and that , with this view , he recommends an understanding to be come to with the English government on this subject . ——Lord Stratford de Redcliffe left Constantinople on the 22 nd ultimo for Athens , in the frigate Curacoa . It was reported that he had been wrecked , but news has been wince received of his safe arrival at the court of King Otho , to whom ho presented a letter from Queen Victoria . The official list of the new Prussian ministers is at length issued . The Prince Regent seems to have made a ministry of very heterogeneous material . Two Hungarians have been arrested at Hamburg , who have been concerned in the forgery of Australian bank notes to a large amount . The