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the pleasure of noticing the further progress of Templar Masonry in Lancashire , as exhibited by the Y . E . P . G . Commander of that Province having consecrated the Almeric de St . Maur Encampment , stationed at Bolton , on the 13 th December last ; and also the St . George's Encampment , stationed at Oldham , on the 22 nd of the same month . The officers named in the warrant for the Almeric de St . Maur

Encampment are the same as those appointed by the warrant for the Geoffrey de St . Omer Encampment , these two Encampments being united , and holding their meetings alternately in Manchester and in Bolton , on the days named in their respective warrants ; and as the members of these "U nited Encampments reside in different parts of the Province , and some even in the adjoining Province of Cheshire , it is hoped that the reunion , from time to time , of Sir Knights living at a distance from each other , will not only cement the ties of Knight Templarism , but will diffuse a general good feeling , and a uniformity in the mode of working

and conducting the business of Encampments in this Province , which cannot but be beneficial to the general interests of the Order ; and when we inform our readers that these United Encampments have taken for their model , in every respect , the Observance Encampment in London ( of which the Y . E . P . G . C . of Lancashire is a member ) , we have stated sufficient to show , to every Knight Templar acquainted with the Observance , that the United Encampments of Almeric de St . Maur , and of Geoffrey de St . Omer , are exactly what are wanted to elevate the tone of Templar Masonry in the Provinces .

The officers named in the warrant for the St . George ' s Encampment , stationed at Oldham , were Sir Knight J . G . Blackburne , who was duly installed as E . C . by the Y . E . the P . G . C . of Lancashire , and Sir Knights Thomas Mattinson and John Wrigley , who were likewise duly installed by the E . G . as first and second Captains . The attendance of Sir Knights at the consecration of this

Encampment was not numerous , owing to the tempestuous state of the weather ; but the D . P . G . C , Sir Knight Royds , honoured the Encampment with his presence , and Sir Knights Stephen Smith , Ellis , and Bell , of the Jerusalem Encampment , Manchester , kindly assisted in the ceremonies of the day , and at the installation of the several candidates .

Manchester . —The first Prov . Grand Conclave for Lancashire was held within the Jerusalem Encampment , at the Waterloo Hotel , in Manchester , on Friday , the 13 th January , 1855 , by the V . E . SirKt . Matthew Dawes , the Prov . G . C . of Lancashire . The Jerusalem Encampment , the oldest in the Province ( its warrant bearing

date 20 th May , 1795 ) , was opened by Sir Kt . Dr . C . Clay , E . G ., about one o ' clock ; and after the installation of Comp . Bro . St . John B . Joule , the Prov . G . O . ' s were announced , and entered the Encampment in procession , arranged , according to their rank in the Order , by Sir Kt . W . H . Wright , the very efficient Prov . G . Dir . of Cer .

The Prov . G . C . was then opened in ample form , and after alms had been collected , pursuant to the statutes of the Order , and Sir Kt . E . Barlow had been unanimously elected Prov . G . T ., the Y . E . Prov . G-. C . appointed the following Prov . G . O . s for the ensuing year , viz . : —Dep . Prov . G . C . Sir Kt . Royds ; P . G . Sub Prior Sir Kt . Bridson ; P . G . 1 st Capt . Sir Kt . Gr . Ormerod ; P . G . 2 nd Capt . Sir Kt . T . R . Bridson , jun . ; P . G . Prel . Sir Kt . Eev . E . J . Boiling ( absent in Malta ); P . G . Chanc . Sir Kt . Newall ; P . G . Yice-Chanc . Sir Kt . French ; P . G .

Registrar Sir Kt . H . Bridson ; P . G . Chamb . SirKt . Holbrook ( absent in the Crimea ) ; P . G . Hospit . Sir Kt . Ainsworth , M . D . ; P . G . 1 st Exp . Sir ^ Kt . R . Burton ; P . G . 2 nd Exp . Sir Kt . J . R . Lingard ; P . G . 1 st Stand . B . Sir Kt . C . Clay , M . D . ; P . G . 2 nd Stand . B . Sir Kt . Yarley ; P . G . Almoner Sir Kt . J . Hick ; P . G . Dir . of Cer . Sir Kt . W . H . Wright ; P . G . 1 st Aide-de-Camp Sir Kt .

E . Alleyne Dawes , Lieut . 97 th Regt . ( absent in the Crimea ); P . G . 2 nd A . D . C . Sir Kt . G . Barlow , Lieut . 4 th Royal Lancash . Mil . ; P . G . 1 st Capt . of Lines Sir Kt . R . Crossland ; P . G . 2 nd Capt . of Lines Sir Kt . W . Redick ; P . G . S . B . Sir Kt . Alpass ; P . G . 1 st H . Sir Kt . Mattinson ; P . G . 2 nd H . Sir Kt . Hine ; P . G . 0 . Sir Kt . Joule ; P . G . B . B . Sir Kt . S . Smith ; P . G . Eq . Sir Kt . W . Dawson . The T ? . G . G . then elected the following Sir Kts . Members of the Committee YOTj . I . E