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eight months . There were about forty Brethren present ; Bro . D . M . Huckins in the chair , with Bro * J . S . Rowe and Bro . John King , as vice-chairmen . The chairman , after the usual routine toasts , in a very neat and appropriate speech , proposed the health of their guest , during which , he remarked that he felt perfectly satisfied in his own mind , that every Brother would join with him in drinking his health , aud wishing him a hearty welcome back to this his adopted place of
residence . We need scarcely add that the toast was most enthusiastically received ^ Bro . Widdows said > he rose ^ with heartfelt pleasure to return his sincere thanks to the Brethren for the honour they had done him , and likewise for their repeated acts of kindness to him / lie certainly did not anticipate being welcomed in such a manner by the Brethren , upon his return to thecolony ; more especially as the day previous to his departure for England they had given him a farewell dinner , and he could not findwords sufficient to . thank them , but they might rest assured , it would never be erased from his menwry . Before he sat down , he said that he
was exceedingly glad to find the British Lodge , No . 4 : 19 , still flourishing ; a great deal of credit being justly due to their W . M ., J . S . Rowe , whose indefatigable exertions in the cause of Masonry were too well known to require any comment from hihi , and would conclude his remarks by proposing his health . The health of the chairman and vice-chairman having been proposed , and appropriately responded toy several Brethren kept up the harmony of the evening until about eleven o ' clock , after whic ^ separated , highly delighted with the evening ' s entertainment .
Ca ? e TdwiT .--Br ^&^ Chapter ( No . 419 ) . — -The annual meeting of this Chapter was held on Monday , the 4 th . October , at three o ' clock , p . M ., for the purpose of installing theirPrincipals and officers for the ensuing year , and for the exaltation of five candidates to the sublime degree of R . A , Masonry , The M . E . Z ., Comp . Widdows , having taken his chair , was warmly welcomed by the Companions , upon his return from England . He then addressed the Companions , and said , before leaving the chairy he wished to thank them for their kind assistance during the
two years he had the honour of filling the chair of M . E . Z ., and more especially to Comp . John King , P . Z ., who had so kindly officiated for him during his unavoidable absence from the colony ; he then installed the newly elected Principals , E , Comps . William Whitta , H ., as Z . ; John S . Rowe , J ., as EL ; Thos . F . Russell , P . S ., as J . The new first Principal then invested the following Companions : — John King , P . Z ., as Treasurer ; Wilhelm Brandt , Organist ; Johan Frederik Von
Pollnitz , E . ; Francis Dodds , N . ; Michael Thomas King , P . S . ; George Smithers , and Thomas Pearce , Assistants ; Christian Gangel , Janitor . The five candidates were , then balloted for and unanimously elected , and afterwards exalted to the degree of R . A . Masonry , by the newly installed officers , in a very able and efficient manner . The Companions afterwards adjourned to the Masonic Hotel , to have their annual dinner , the M . 33 . Z . in the chair , which passed off with the usual eclat , about thirty of the Companions joining in the festivities of the evening .
The Week
THE WEEK
The Queen has been enjoying the privacy 0 f Osborne all the week . Tho royal family are in perfect health ; the Prince of Wales has not yet returned from Berlin . The emperor and empress of the French have left Compie ' gne , and returned to the Tuileries . The papers relative to the Montalembert affair have been lodged with the registrar of the imperial court . The appeal will be heard on the twentylirst . The emperor ' s pardon will be pleaded , in answer to the appeal . The commissioners appointed to report on the subject of the engagement of free negroes in the French colonies have declared in favour of the system of immigration as at
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Colonial
eight months . There were about forty Brethren present ; Bro . D . M . Huckins in the chair , with Bro * J . S . Rowe and Bro . John King , as vice-chairmen . The chairman , after the usual routine toasts , in a very neat and appropriate speech , proposed the health of their guest , during which , he remarked that he felt perfectly satisfied in his own mind , that every Brother would join with him in drinking his health , aud wishing him a hearty welcome back to this his adopted place of
residence . We need scarcely add that the toast was most enthusiastically received ^ Bro . Widdows said > he rose ^ with heartfelt pleasure to return his sincere thanks to the Brethren for the honour they had done him , and likewise for their repeated acts of kindness to him / lie certainly did not anticipate being welcomed in such a manner by the Brethren , upon his return to thecolony ; more especially as the day previous to his departure for England they had given him a farewell dinner , and he could not findwords sufficient to . thank them , but they might rest assured , it would never be erased from his menwry . Before he sat down , he said that he
was exceedingly glad to find the British Lodge , No . 4 : 19 , still flourishing ; a great deal of credit being justly due to their W . M ., J . S . Rowe , whose indefatigable exertions in the cause of Masonry were too well known to require any comment from hihi , and would conclude his remarks by proposing his health . The health of the chairman and vice-chairman having been proposed , and appropriately responded toy several Brethren kept up the harmony of the evening until about eleven o ' clock , after whic ^ separated , highly delighted with the evening ' s entertainment .
Ca ? e TdwiT .--Br ^&^ Chapter ( No . 419 ) . — -The annual meeting of this Chapter was held on Monday , the 4 th . October , at three o ' clock , p . M ., for the purpose of installing theirPrincipals and officers for the ensuing year , and for the exaltation of five candidates to the sublime degree of R . A , Masonry , The M . E . Z ., Comp . Widdows , having taken his chair , was warmly welcomed by the Companions , upon his return from England . He then addressed the Companions , and said , before leaving the chairy he wished to thank them for their kind assistance during the
two years he had the honour of filling the chair of M . E . Z ., and more especially to Comp . John King , P . Z ., who had so kindly officiated for him during his unavoidable absence from the colony ; he then installed the newly elected Principals , E , Comps . William Whitta , H ., as Z . ; John S . Rowe , J ., as EL ; Thos . F . Russell , P . S ., as J . The new first Principal then invested the following Companions : — John King , P . Z ., as Treasurer ; Wilhelm Brandt , Organist ; Johan Frederik Von
Pollnitz , E . ; Francis Dodds , N . ; Michael Thomas King , P . S . ; George Smithers , and Thomas Pearce , Assistants ; Christian Gangel , Janitor . The five candidates were , then balloted for and unanimously elected , and afterwards exalted to the degree of R . A . Masonry , by the newly installed officers , in a very able and efficient manner . The Companions afterwards adjourned to the Masonic Hotel , to have their annual dinner , the M . 33 . Z . in the chair , which passed off with the usual eclat , about thirty of the Companions joining in the festivities of the evening .
The Week
THE WEEK
The Queen has been enjoying the privacy 0 f Osborne all the week . Tho royal family are in perfect health ; the Prince of Wales has not yet returned from Berlin . The emperor and empress of the French have left Compie ' gne , and returned to the Tuileries . The papers relative to the Montalembert affair have been lodged with the registrar of the imperial court . The appeal will be heard on the twentylirst . The emperor ' s pardon will be pleaded , in answer to the appeal . The commissioners appointed to report on the subject of the engagement of free negroes in the French colonies have declared in favour of the system of immigration as at