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Provincial.
PROVINCIAL .
Foyal Clarence Lodge ( No . 81 ) . —On Monday , December 14 , the B . W . the D . Prov . tLM ., Bro . Wm . Powell , paid his first official visit ( since his recent appointment ) to the above flourishing Lodge , and was accompanied by a large attendance of present and Past Prov . Gr . Officers . The amount of business was very heavy , consisting of the election of W . M ., Treasurer , and Tyler , for the ensuing year , besides making the usual arrangements for the annual banquet ; yet amidst this pressure the claims of the Freemasons' Magazine werenot forgotten , and it was proposed by Bro . Weaver , P . M ., seconded by the Secretary , and carried unanimously , " that this valuable periodical be subscribed to from the comniencement of the ensuing year . "
BBTSTOI
The election of W . M . again fell upon Bro . Saml . Bryant , P . M ., P . Prov . S . G . W ., & c . & c , whose discharge of the very onerous duties of the past year has given universal satisfaction , and-w whose . Masonic experience and ability stand unsurpassed , if not unrivalled , in the Province . Some idea of the work performed during the past twelve months maybe gathered from the fact of there having been twenty initiations , sixteen passings , and eleven raisings . The candidate for initiation this evening was Mr . Jas . Bouse , and the ceremony was performed in a manner which elicited the warmest eulogiums of one of the largest assemblies ever gathered within the Masonic Hail .
The B . W , D . Prov . G . M . having expressed his unqualified satisfaction at the very warm reception which had been given him upon this his first official visit , and also at finding the oldest Lodge in his Province in so flourishing a condition , retired with the rest of the Officers of the Prov . Grand Lodge , greeted , as upon their entrance , with the customary honours . The routine business of the Lodge having been concluded , it was closed at halfpast ten p . m .
CHESHIEE . Plowjery Field . —Lodge of Fidelity ( No . 623 ) . —The Brethren of this Lodge met on the 5 th Dec , at the Win te Hart inn , for the purpose of celebrating the festival of St . John , and installing the W . M . elect , Bro . Eichholz , P . M ., who had been elected at a special meeting , in consequence of Bro . Relph , J . W ., wdio had been elected at the regular meeting , having been called away from town , and tendered his resignation of that office . The installation was conducted by Bro . Wm . Hill , in his welldenown correct and able manner , and the following were invested and appointed to office : —Bros . Card Nathan Haring , S . W . ; Benjamin Tempest , J . W . ; Walter Johnston , Treas . ; Henry Prankau , S . D . ; Pred . Biley , J . D . ; Joseph Barlow , I . G-. ; James Barlow , Tyler .
This being the whole of the business , the Lodge was duly closed , and the Brethren adjourned to an excellent banquet , provided in Bro . Stott ' s usual liberal style , and which gave ample satisfaction to the Brethren assembled , including about a dozen visitors . After the removal of the cloth , the W . M . gave the toasts of " The Queen and the Craft ; " " The M . W . G . M ., the Eight Hon . the Earl of Zetland : " " The
D . G . M ., the Eight Hon . Lord Panmure ; " " Field-Marshal Viscount Combermere , Prov . G . M . ; " " John Pinchett Maddocks , D . Prov . G . M ., and the rest of the Prov . G . Officers . " The W . M . next rose to propose " The Health of the Immediate P . M . of the Lodge , Bro . Yarker , " and in doing so remarked that too much praise could not be given him for the manner in which lie had conducted the ceremonies and the affairs of the Lodge during the past year , which had been an arduous one , and in having raised the Lodge from a very low state to one of considerable prosperity .
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Provincial.
PROVINCIAL .
Foyal Clarence Lodge ( No . 81 ) . —On Monday , December 14 , the B . W . the D . Prov . tLM ., Bro . Wm . Powell , paid his first official visit ( since his recent appointment ) to the above flourishing Lodge , and was accompanied by a large attendance of present and Past Prov . Gr . Officers . The amount of business was very heavy , consisting of the election of W . M ., Treasurer , and Tyler , for the ensuing year , besides making the usual arrangements for the annual banquet ; yet amidst this pressure the claims of the Freemasons' Magazine werenot forgotten , and it was proposed by Bro . Weaver , P . M ., seconded by the Secretary , and carried unanimously , " that this valuable periodical be subscribed to from the comniencement of the ensuing year . "
BBTSTOI
The election of W . M . again fell upon Bro . Saml . Bryant , P . M ., P . Prov . S . G . W ., & c . & c , whose discharge of the very onerous duties of the past year has given universal satisfaction , and-w whose . Masonic experience and ability stand unsurpassed , if not unrivalled , in the Province . Some idea of the work performed during the past twelve months maybe gathered from the fact of there having been twenty initiations , sixteen passings , and eleven raisings . The candidate for initiation this evening was Mr . Jas . Bouse , and the ceremony was performed in a manner which elicited the warmest eulogiums of one of the largest assemblies ever gathered within the Masonic Hail .
The B . W , D . Prov . G . M . having expressed his unqualified satisfaction at the very warm reception which had been given him upon this his first official visit , and also at finding the oldest Lodge in his Province in so flourishing a condition , retired with the rest of the Officers of the Prov . Grand Lodge , greeted , as upon their entrance , with the customary honours . The routine business of the Lodge having been concluded , it was closed at halfpast ten p . m .
CHESHIEE . Plowjery Field . —Lodge of Fidelity ( No . 623 ) . —The Brethren of this Lodge met on the 5 th Dec , at the Win te Hart inn , for the purpose of celebrating the festival of St . John , and installing the W . M . elect , Bro . Eichholz , P . M ., who had been elected at a special meeting , in consequence of Bro . Relph , J . W ., wdio had been elected at the regular meeting , having been called away from town , and tendered his resignation of that office . The installation was conducted by Bro . Wm . Hill , in his welldenown correct and able manner , and the following were invested and appointed to office : —Bros . Card Nathan Haring , S . W . ; Benjamin Tempest , J . W . ; Walter Johnston , Treas . ; Henry Prankau , S . D . ; Pred . Biley , J . D . ; Joseph Barlow , I . G-. ; James Barlow , Tyler .
This being the whole of the business , the Lodge was duly closed , and the Brethren adjourned to an excellent banquet , provided in Bro . Stott ' s usual liberal style , and which gave ample satisfaction to the Brethren assembled , including about a dozen visitors . After the removal of the cloth , the W . M . gave the toasts of " The Queen and the Craft ; " " The M . W . G . M ., the Eight Hon . the Earl of Zetland : " " The
D . G . M ., the Eight Hon . Lord Panmure ; " " Field-Marshal Viscount Combermere , Prov . G . M . ; " " John Pinchett Maddocks , D . Prov . G . M ., and the rest of the Prov . G . Officers . " The W . M . next rose to propose " The Health of the Immediate P . M . of the Lodge , Bro . Yarker , " and in doing so remarked that too much praise could not be given him for the manner in which lie had conducted the ceremonies and the affairs of the Lodge during the past year , which had been an arduous one , and in having raised the Lodge from a very low state to one of considerable prosperity .