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Bro . Farrar , which was seconded by Bro . Dixon , P . G . Treas ., supported in a very able manner by the Bev . Bro . H . De L . Willis , Chaplain of the Lodge , and unanimously carried . Selby . —Lodge of St . Germain ( No . 827 ) . —The Brethren of the Lodge of St . Germain assembled in the Lodge-room , in Selby , at two o ' clock in the afternoon of Friday , the 2 nd of March , for the purpose of installing Bro . Fothergill as
W . M . for the present year . Between twenty and thirty of the Brethren were present ; and the ceremony of installation was ably conducted by Bro . Dr . Bell , who had come from Hull for that purpose , and who was assisted by several Past Masters of the Lodge . On the return of the M . M . ' s in the Lodge , the newly installed W . M . appointed the following as his officers , viz . : —Bro . J . A . Whitehead , S . W . ; Bro . H . Pearson , J . W . ; T . Wright and W . Bichardson , Stewards ;
Cutling , S . D . ; Tinkinson , J . D . ; Bomans , Treasurer ; Marshall , Secretary ; Werry , I . G . ; Hardisty , Organist . After tne proceedings the Brethren partook of an excellent dinner , provided at the George Hotel . The usual loyal and other toasts were proposed and responded to , and the Brethren enjoyed an evening in which friendship , brotherly love , and harmony , were throughout the leading features .
BOYAL ABCH . Ipswich . —Boyal Sussex Cliapter of Perfect Friendship ( No . 522 ) . —The Companions of this Chapter met on Wednesday , the 7 th inst ., to exalt Bro . Spencer Freeman , P . M ., Lodge No . 757 , Stowmarket . The ceremony was performed by the M . E . Z . Comp . John Head , in his usual impressive and most excellent manner ;
in the Chapter at one time there were no less than eleven P . Z . ' s amongst the Companions . The Prov . G . M-., Sir E . S . Gooch , Bart ., M . P ., will receive his Sublime Degree in this Chapter in the course of the present summer .
Scotland.
SCOTLAND .
Grand Funeral Masonic Ceremony . —A grand funeral lodge was held in the Queen-street Hall , Edinburgh , on the evening of Saturday , the 24 th of February , in memory of his late Excellency Lieutenant-General Lord Frederick Fitzclarence , G . C . H ., P . G . M . Mason of Scotland . G . J . Whyte Melville , Esq ., of Melville ( in the unavoidable absence of his Grace the Duke of Athole , G . M . Mason of Scotland ) , presided . Lord Loughborough and Dr . M'Cowan officiated as the senior and
junior G . W . s . There were upwards of 300 Brethren present , comprising Major Nasmyth , the hero of Silistria ; Bros . Wm . Hunt , of Pittencrieff ; J . F . Oswald , of Dunniker ; Samuel Somerville , Adolphus Bobinow ( the two latter representing foreign Grand Lodges ) ; Bev . Dr . Arnott , G . Chap . ; J . L . Woodman , G . Clerk , & c . & c , with deputations from most of the sister Lodges in Edinburgh , Glasgow , and a number of the adjacent towns .
OPENING OF GBAND LODGE . SERVICE : PRAYER . — GRAND CHAPLAIN . Most Glorious God , Author of all good , and Giver of all mercy , pour down thy blessings upon us , and strengthen all our solemn engagements with the ties of fraternal affection . Let this striking instance of mortality remind us of our approaching fate , and so fit and prepare us for that awful period , whenever it may arrive , that after our departure hence , in peace and in Thy iavour , we may be received into Thy everlasting kingdom . —Amen . Solemn music . —Organ , Bro . J . C . Kieser . Aria , with chorus— " 0 Isis , " Bro . Formes . —Mozart . SERVICE WITH RESPONSES . Grand , Master .--What man is he that liveth and shall not see death ? Shall he TOh , I . 2 Ix
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Bro . Farrar , which was seconded by Bro . Dixon , P . G . Treas ., supported in a very able manner by the Bev . Bro . H . De L . Willis , Chaplain of the Lodge , and unanimously carried . Selby . —Lodge of St . Germain ( No . 827 ) . —The Brethren of the Lodge of St . Germain assembled in the Lodge-room , in Selby , at two o ' clock in the afternoon of Friday , the 2 nd of March , for the purpose of installing Bro . Fothergill as
W . M . for the present year . Between twenty and thirty of the Brethren were present ; and the ceremony of installation was ably conducted by Bro . Dr . Bell , who had come from Hull for that purpose , and who was assisted by several Past Masters of the Lodge . On the return of the M . M . ' s in the Lodge , the newly installed W . M . appointed the following as his officers , viz . : —Bro . J . A . Whitehead , S . W . ; Bro . H . Pearson , J . W . ; T . Wright and W . Bichardson , Stewards ;
Cutling , S . D . ; Tinkinson , J . D . ; Bomans , Treasurer ; Marshall , Secretary ; Werry , I . G . ; Hardisty , Organist . After tne proceedings the Brethren partook of an excellent dinner , provided at the George Hotel . The usual loyal and other toasts were proposed and responded to , and the Brethren enjoyed an evening in which friendship , brotherly love , and harmony , were throughout the leading features .
BOYAL ABCH . Ipswich . —Boyal Sussex Cliapter of Perfect Friendship ( No . 522 ) . —The Companions of this Chapter met on Wednesday , the 7 th inst ., to exalt Bro . Spencer Freeman , P . M ., Lodge No . 757 , Stowmarket . The ceremony was performed by the M . E . Z . Comp . John Head , in his usual impressive and most excellent manner ;
in the Chapter at one time there were no less than eleven P . Z . ' s amongst the Companions . The Prov . G . M-., Sir E . S . Gooch , Bart ., M . P ., will receive his Sublime Degree in this Chapter in the course of the present summer .
Scotland.
SCOTLAND .
Grand Funeral Masonic Ceremony . —A grand funeral lodge was held in the Queen-street Hall , Edinburgh , on the evening of Saturday , the 24 th of February , in memory of his late Excellency Lieutenant-General Lord Frederick Fitzclarence , G . C . H ., P . G . M . Mason of Scotland . G . J . Whyte Melville , Esq ., of Melville ( in the unavoidable absence of his Grace the Duke of Athole , G . M . Mason of Scotland ) , presided . Lord Loughborough and Dr . M'Cowan officiated as the senior and
junior G . W . s . There were upwards of 300 Brethren present , comprising Major Nasmyth , the hero of Silistria ; Bros . Wm . Hunt , of Pittencrieff ; J . F . Oswald , of Dunniker ; Samuel Somerville , Adolphus Bobinow ( the two latter representing foreign Grand Lodges ) ; Bev . Dr . Arnott , G . Chap . ; J . L . Woodman , G . Clerk , & c . & c , with deputations from most of the sister Lodges in Edinburgh , Glasgow , and a number of the adjacent towns .
OPENING OF GBAND LODGE . SERVICE : PRAYER . — GRAND CHAPLAIN . Most Glorious God , Author of all good , and Giver of all mercy , pour down thy blessings upon us , and strengthen all our solemn engagements with the ties of fraternal affection . Let this striking instance of mortality remind us of our approaching fate , and so fit and prepare us for that awful period , whenever it may arrive , that after our departure hence , in peace and in Thy iavour , we may be received into Thy everlasting kingdom . —Amen . Solemn music . —Organ , Bro . J . C . Kieser . Aria , with chorus— " 0 Isis , " Bro . Formes . —Mozart . SERVICE WITH RESPONSES . Grand , Master .--What man is he that liveth and shall not see death ? Shall he TOh , I . 2 Ix