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Grand Chapter ; but in order to remove any uncertainty in this matter , the Prov . Grand Chapter supports the motion introduced at last Grand Chapter by M . E . Comp . John Barker , P . Z . No . 24 , believing that its adoption will conduce to the welfare and increase of the Royal Order in the Provinces . " During the short discussion on this motion it was elicited from P . Prov . Grand Scribe E ., Comp . W . Punsheon , one of the oldest and most learned Masons in the North of England , that at the time he was a Prov . Grand Officer under
the superintendence of the Earl of Durham , there was no doubt whatever as to the clothing ; and that he and all Prov . Grand Officers wore the same collars as the Grand Officers of England ; and that he possessed such a collar . This of course strengthened the motion , but all agreed that perhaps a distinction should be made for the Provinces , as there was in Prov . Grand Lodge Clothing ; and the unanimous wish seemed to be for a tricolour ribbon half the
width of the Grand Chapter ribbon , and the name of the Province in gold on the aprons , as on Prov . Grand Lodge aprons . After this resolution was passed , the Prov . Grand Supt . appointed and installed the following M . E . Comps . Grand Officers for the ensuing year : —Richard Med * calfe ( No . 586 ) , D . Prov . G . Supt . ; ED . Davis ( No . 24 ) , Second Grand Prim cipal , H . ; Wm . Punsheon ( No . 586 ) , Third Grand Principal , J . ; Wm . Berkley ( No . 6241 Prov . Grand Scribe E . ; John Barker ( No . 24 ) , Prov . Grand Scribe N . ;
John Hopper ( No . 24 ) , unanimously elected Prov . Grand Treas . ; Benjamin J . Thompson ( No . 24 : ) , Prov . Grand Principal Sojourner ; J . J . Challoner ( No . 586 ) , Prov . Grand ¦ ¦ First Assistant Sojourner ; J . R . Hodge ( No . 586 ) , Prov . Grand Second Assistant Sojourner ; Henry Bell ( No . 586 ) , Prov . Grand Janitor ; and Comps . Alexander Dickson and J . J . Trotter , Assistant Janitors . There being no further business , the Prov . Grand Chapter was closed at five o ' clock .
The Ogle Chapter then resumed , and the tallowing . Brethren were unanimously elected for exaltation , viz .: —John Graham Trotter , P . M . No . 624 ; Stephen Owen , W . M . No . 624 ; Wm . Twizel , S . W . No . 624 ; Thomas Cockburn , S . W . No . 957 ; Thos . Dennison , No . 624 . The first four being in attendance , were regulaidy and solemnly exalted by Principal E . D . Davis . The following Companions were then elected , appointed , and installed Officers
of this Chapter : —J . G . Tullock , E . ; Wm . Kelly , N . ; Stephen Owen , Principal Sojourner ; Thos . Cockburn , Eirst Assistant Sojourner ; John Barker , Second Assistant Sojourner ; and Wm . Twizel , Treasurer . The Companions , at the conclusion of the business , sat down to an excellent banquet prepared by Bro . Coxon , of the George Tavern , when the usual loyal and Masonic toasts were given and responded to .
Mark Masonry.
MASK MASOUEY .
VNbER WABBAWTS PBOM THE CJ-BAND CHAPTEB OF SCOTLAND .
METROPOLITAN . St . Mark ' s ( No . 1 ) . —Tho Brethren of this flourishing Lodge of Mark Masters met together on the evening of the 25 th Oct ., at the Freemasons' Tavern . The business of the Lodge was merely of a formal character , and at its conclusion the Brethren supped together under the bland courteous presidency of the R . W .
Bro . Hughes , the eminent photographist of the Strand . A more pleasing evening was never spent in Masonry . Another meeting of this Lodge was held at the Freemasons' Tavern , Nov . 25 ; present , Bro . Hughes , R . W . M . ; Bro . Warren , P . R . W . ; Bro . Sbarman , D . R . W . j Bros . Adam , S . W . ; Harrison , J . W . ; Williams , M . O ., and the rest of the Officers . In the course of the business of the evening a resolution was adopted , that the
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Grand Chapter ; but in order to remove any uncertainty in this matter , the Prov . Grand Chapter supports the motion introduced at last Grand Chapter by M . E . Comp . John Barker , P . Z . No . 24 , believing that its adoption will conduce to the welfare and increase of the Royal Order in the Provinces . " During the short discussion on this motion it was elicited from P . Prov . Grand Scribe E ., Comp . W . Punsheon , one of the oldest and most learned Masons in the North of England , that at the time he was a Prov . Grand Officer under
the superintendence of the Earl of Durham , there was no doubt whatever as to the clothing ; and that he and all Prov . Grand Officers wore the same collars as the Grand Officers of England ; and that he possessed such a collar . This of course strengthened the motion , but all agreed that perhaps a distinction should be made for the Provinces , as there was in Prov . Grand Lodge Clothing ; and the unanimous wish seemed to be for a tricolour ribbon half the
width of the Grand Chapter ribbon , and the name of the Province in gold on the aprons , as on Prov . Grand Lodge aprons . After this resolution was passed , the Prov . Grand Supt . appointed and installed the following M . E . Comps . Grand Officers for the ensuing year : —Richard Med * calfe ( No . 586 ) , D . Prov . G . Supt . ; ED . Davis ( No . 24 ) , Second Grand Prim cipal , H . ; Wm . Punsheon ( No . 586 ) , Third Grand Principal , J . ; Wm . Berkley ( No . 6241 Prov . Grand Scribe E . ; John Barker ( No . 24 ) , Prov . Grand Scribe N . ;
John Hopper ( No . 24 ) , unanimously elected Prov . Grand Treas . ; Benjamin J . Thompson ( No . 24 : ) , Prov . Grand Principal Sojourner ; J . J . Challoner ( No . 586 ) , Prov . Grand ¦ ¦ First Assistant Sojourner ; J . R . Hodge ( No . 586 ) , Prov . Grand Second Assistant Sojourner ; Henry Bell ( No . 586 ) , Prov . Grand Janitor ; and Comps . Alexander Dickson and J . J . Trotter , Assistant Janitors . There being no further business , the Prov . Grand Chapter was closed at five o ' clock .
The Ogle Chapter then resumed , and the tallowing . Brethren were unanimously elected for exaltation , viz .: —John Graham Trotter , P . M . No . 624 ; Stephen Owen , W . M . No . 624 ; Wm . Twizel , S . W . No . 624 ; Thomas Cockburn , S . W . No . 957 ; Thos . Dennison , No . 624 . The first four being in attendance , were regulaidy and solemnly exalted by Principal E . D . Davis . The following Companions were then elected , appointed , and installed Officers
of this Chapter : —J . G . Tullock , E . ; Wm . Kelly , N . ; Stephen Owen , Principal Sojourner ; Thos . Cockburn , Eirst Assistant Sojourner ; John Barker , Second Assistant Sojourner ; and Wm . Twizel , Treasurer . The Companions , at the conclusion of the business , sat down to an excellent banquet prepared by Bro . Coxon , of the George Tavern , when the usual loyal and Masonic toasts were given and responded to .
Mark Masonry.
MASK MASOUEY .
VNbER WABBAWTS PBOM THE CJ-BAND CHAPTEB OF SCOTLAND .
METROPOLITAN . St . Mark ' s ( No . 1 ) . —Tho Brethren of this flourishing Lodge of Mark Masters met together on the evening of the 25 th Oct ., at the Freemasons' Tavern . The business of the Lodge was merely of a formal character , and at its conclusion the Brethren supped together under the bland courteous presidency of the R . W .
Bro . Hughes , the eminent photographist of the Strand . A more pleasing evening was never spent in Masonry . Another meeting of this Lodge was held at the Freemasons' Tavern , Nov . 25 ; present , Bro . Hughes , R . W . M . ; Bro . Warren , P . R . W . ; Bro . Sbarman , D . R . W . j Bros . Adam , S . W . ; Harrison , J . W . ; Williams , M . O ., and the rest of the Officers . In the course of the business of the evening a resolution was adopted , that the