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not think it desirable to establish a benevolent annuity fund exclusively for this province . The Lodge was then closed , and the Brethren adjourned to the lecture room , where supper was provided , to which about forty sat down . The ordinary routine of toasts were given and responded to , and the meeting separated at an early hour . Visitors were present from Lodges Nos . 251 , 287 , 294 , 342 , 364 , 365 .
On Wednesday evening , December 9 th , Bro . J . T . V . Hardy delivered a very humorous and instructive lecture , entitled " Mirth and Morals , " to a large and highly-respectable audience of Brethren and their lady friends , at the Freemasons ' Hall , Huddersfield . A vote of thanks to the lecturer was moved by P . M . Matthewson , and seconded by P . M . Tatham , M . R . C . S . At the close of the meeting ,
the W . M . announced that the next lecture of the course would be delivered by Bro . Edward Clavequin , P . D . C . The plan of giving a course of literary lectures in connection with and under the patronage of the Craft has been often recommended in the Freemasons ' Magazine and Masonic Mirror , and in Huddersfield it has been found to produce the most desirable results .
Royal Arch
EOYAL ARCH
METROPOLITAN CHAPTERS . St . James ' s Chapter ( No . 2 ) . — -The first Convocation of the season of this pre-eminent Chapter was held on Thursday , the 2 nd of Pecember , at the Freemasons' Tavern . Both the First and Second Principals , we regret to say , were absent through illness . Comps . John Henderson presided as M . E . Z . ; S . B . Wilson , as E ; W . Pulteney Scott , J . Bros . Captain Creaton of No . 2 , and A . B . Frend of No . 233 , were exalted to this Supreme Degree , Comp . Tullock undertakin sr the duties of P . S .
Jebtjsalem : Chapter ( No . 218 ) . —At the Convocation of this Chapter , holden at Dick ' s Coffee House , Fleet-street , on Tuesday , 8 th inst ., much disappointment was experienced at the non-attendance of the candidates for exaltation , of whom the business paper showed the names of seven . Every excuse , however , was conceded , the dense fog interfering not only with the attendance of candidates but of many of the members . Comp . Sheen , Z ., presided . Oomp . Quelch ' s excellent catering was duly appreciated , but the banquet evidently lacked that zest
which labour can alone give to refreshment . However , the evening- was passed most agreeably , with the prospect of a rich ceremonial treat in store for the next occasion . The visiting Comps . were H . De la Chaumette , No . 7 ; Ruf , No . 12 ; Thompson , of Edinburgh , and Binckes , No . 259 ; the first named being proposed as a joining member .
PROVINCIAL CHAPTERS . Blackburn . —Chapter of Perseverance ( No . 432 ) . —At the meeting of this Chapter on Thursday , the 4 th of December , Bros . Daniel Thwaites , jun . ; Nos . 336 and 432 , and Knowles , No . 350 , were exalted to the H . R . A . Degree , by Comp . William Dawson , P . P . Z . No . 44 , & c , assisted by Comp . Redick ,
No . 44 , as P . S ., both of whom favoured the Chapter with their presence aa visitors , among whom were likewise Comps . Pullen , No . 434 , and Whewell , No . 33 ( 5 . After the conclusion of the business of the evening , the Companions present adjourned to refreshment , and spent a most agreeable evening together , much enlivened by the excellent harmony of Comps . Whewell , Dawson , and Pullen ; and several speeches by Comps . Clough , Dawson , Hulker , Warlow , Knowles , & c . This Chapter bids fair to be one of the most numerous and prosperous in the Eastern Division of Lancashire , and has among its members some of the most influential Masons of the town and neighbourhood .
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Provincial.
not think it desirable to establish a benevolent annuity fund exclusively for this province . The Lodge was then closed , and the Brethren adjourned to the lecture room , where supper was provided , to which about forty sat down . The ordinary routine of toasts were given and responded to , and the meeting separated at an early hour . Visitors were present from Lodges Nos . 251 , 287 , 294 , 342 , 364 , 365 .
On Wednesday evening , December 9 th , Bro . J . T . V . Hardy delivered a very humorous and instructive lecture , entitled " Mirth and Morals , " to a large and highly-respectable audience of Brethren and their lady friends , at the Freemasons ' Hall , Huddersfield . A vote of thanks to the lecturer was moved by P . M . Matthewson , and seconded by P . M . Tatham , M . R . C . S . At the close of the meeting ,
the W . M . announced that the next lecture of the course would be delivered by Bro . Edward Clavequin , P . D . C . The plan of giving a course of literary lectures in connection with and under the patronage of the Craft has been often recommended in the Freemasons ' Magazine and Masonic Mirror , and in Huddersfield it has been found to produce the most desirable results .
Royal Arch
EOYAL ARCH
METROPOLITAN CHAPTERS . St . James ' s Chapter ( No . 2 ) . — -The first Convocation of the season of this pre-eminent Chapter was held on Thursday , the 2 nd of Pecember , at the Freemasons' Tavern . Both the First and Second Principals , we regret to say , were absent through illness . Comps . John Henderson presided as M . E . Z . ; S . B . Wilson , as E ; W . Pulteney Scott , J . Bros . Captain Creaton of No . 2 , and A . B . Frend of No . 233 , were exalted to this Supreme Degree , Comp . Tullock undertakin sr the duties of P . S .
Jebtjsalem : Chapter ( No . 218 ) . —At the Convocation of this Chapter , holden at Dick ' s Coffee House , Fleet-street , on Tuesday , 8 th inst ., much disappointment was experienced at the non-attendance of the candidates for exaltation , of whom the business paper showed the names of seven . Every excuse , however , was conceded , the dense fog interfering not only with the attendance of candidates but of many of the members . Comp . Sheen , Z ., presided . Oomp . Quelch ' s excellent catering was duly appreciated , but the banquet evidently lacked that zest
which labour can alone give to refreshment . However , the evening- was passed most agreeably , with the prospect of a rich ceremonial treat in store for the next occasion . The visiting Comps . were H . De la Chaumette , No . 7 ; Ruf , No . 12 ; Thompson , of Edinburgh , and Binckes , No . 259 ; the first named being proposed as a joining member .
PROVINCIAL CHAPTERS . Blackburn . —Chapter of Perseverance ( No . 432 ) . —At the meeting of this Chapter on Thursday , the 4 th of December , Bros . Daniel Thwaites , jun . ; Nos . 336 and 432 , and Knowles , No . 350 , were exalted to the H . R . A . Degree , by Comp . William Dawson , P . P . Z . No . 44 , & c , assisted by Comp . Redick ,
No . 44 , as P . S ., both of whom favoured the Chapter with their presence aa visitors , among whom were likewise Comps . Pullen , No . 434 , and Whewell , No . 33 ( 5 . After the conclusion of the business of the evening , the Companions present adjourned to refreshment , and spent a most agreeable evening together , much enlivened by the excellent harmony of Comps . Whewell , Dawson , and Pullen ; and several speeches by Comps . Clough , Dawson , Hulker , Warlow , Knowles , & c . This Chapter bids fair to be one of the most numerous and prosperous in the Eastern Division of Lancashire , and has among its members some of the most influential Masons of the town and neighbourhood .