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Metropolitan.
METROPOLITAN .
Westminster and Keystone Lodge ( No . 10 ) .- —In consequence of the absence of Bro . G . R . Portal , P . Prov . S . G . W ., Oxon , on the Continent through ill-health , the motion which was to have been brought forward in September relative to the conduct of business in Grand Lodge , will be proposed at the Quarterly Communication in December next .
Provincial.
PROVINCIAL .
CORNWALL . St . Austell . —Provincial Grand Lodge . —The annual gathering of the Brethren of this Province was held on Tuesday , the 28 th of August , at St . Austell , in the Lodge-room , of the Peace and Harmony Lodge , No . 728 , at the White Hart Hotel . The Lodge was opened soon after ten o ' clock by the Y . W . Bro . John Ellis , Dep . Prov . G . M ., and every Lodge of the Province , except No . 400 , was represented . The Prov . G . Dir . of Oers . then marshalled the Brethren in order ,
and in procession they advanced to Charlestown district church , the use of which was promptly granted by the incumbent , the Rev . B . S . Woolcock , the vicar of St . Austell having refused the use of the parish church . There were about eighty Brethren in the procession , all in full Masonic costume . The order of procession was according to the Book of Constitutions , the emblems , tools , lights , and symbols being all borne by the proper officers ; and the weather being fine , many thousands were collected from distant parts ; in fact , so many persons had not been congregated in St . Austell for a long period .
The church was filled . The prayers having been read by the Rev . E . S . Woolcock , the incumbent , an able and appropriate sermon followed , by Bro . the Rev . Cuthbert Edgcumbe Hosken , in consequence of the absence by illness , of the Prov , G . Chap ., Bro . the Rev . Henry Grylls . The service ended , the Brethren returned in the same order . The Prov . G . L . was then constituted , the R . W . Bro . Sir Charles Lemon , Bart ., of Carclew , Prov . G . M . on the throne , and the Prov . G . Officers for the ensuing year were then appointed and invested with their respective jewels of office .
The Brethren appointed Prov . Grand Officers are : —Dep . Prov . G . M . and Secretary , Bro . John Ellis , of Falmouth ; Prov . G . Treasurer , Bro . Richard Pearce , of Penzance ; G . S . W ., Bro . Augustus Smith , of Tresco Abbey , Scilly ; G . J . W ., Bro . Reginald Rogers , of Truro ; G . Chap ., for Bro . the Rev . H . Grylls , Bro . the Rev . Cuthbert Edgcumbe Hosken , of Luxulyan ; G . Reg ., Bro . Edmund Carlyon , of St . Austell ; G . Sec . acting , Bro . W . R . Ellis , of Falmouth ; G . Supt . of Works , Bro . John Hodge , of St . Austell ; G . D . C ., Bro . John M'Farlane
Heard , of Truro ; G . S . D ., Bro . John Borlase , of Castle Horneck , Penzance , and the Royal Cornwall Rangers Militia ; G . J . D ., Bro . J . Mason , of Callington ; G . Swordbearer , Bro . Captain Peard , of the Royal Cornwall Rangers Militia , Bodmin ; G . Pursuivant , Bro . Samuel Harvey , of Truro ; G . Stewards , Bros . J . McManus and W . Mich ell , of St . Austell ; G . Stewards , acting . Bros . Mills and Dabb , of Redruth ; G . Inner Guard , Bro . Serjeant-Major Wing , of the Royal Cornwall and Devon Miners Artillery Militia .
The V . W . Dep . Prov . G . M . Bro . Ellis then read a report , sent to the Grand Lodge , of his visits during the past year , and addressed the Brethren on the state of the Lodges in the Province . He said—I have to congratulate the Brethren upon the healthy state of the Craft in this Province , there being between two hundred and three hundred contributing members of Lodges , and but one Lodge here unrepresented , but which is an old and formerly " true and faithful" limb of the
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Metropolitan.
METROPOLITAN .
Westminster and Keystone Lodge ( No . 10 ) .- —In consequence of the absence of Bro . G . R . Portal , P . Prov . S . G . W ., Oxon , on the Continent through ill-health , the motion which was to have been brought forward in September relative to the conduct of business in Grand Lodge , will be proposed at the Quarterly Communication in December next .
Provincial.
PROVINCIAL .
CORNWALL . St . Austell . —Provincial Grand Lodge . —The annual gathering of the Brethren of this Province was held on Tuesday , the 28 th of August , at St . Austell , in the Lodge-room , of the Peace and Harmony Lodge , No . 728 , at the White Hart Hotel . The Lodge was opened soon after ten o ' clock by the Y . W . Bro . John Ellis , Dep . Prov . G . M ., and every Lodge of the Province , except No . 400 , was represented . The Prov . G . Dir . of Oers . then marshalled the Brethren in order ,
and in procession they advanced to Charlestown district church , the use of which was promptly granted by the incumbent , the Rev . B . S . Woolcock , the vicar of St . Austell having refused the use of the parish church . There were about eighty Brethren in the procession , all in full Masonic costume . The order of procession was according to the Book of Constitutions , the emblems , tools , lights , and symbols being all borne by the proper officers ; and the weather being fine , many thousands were collected from distant parts ; in fact , so many persons had not been congregated in St . Austell for a long period .
The church was filled . The prayers having been read by the Rev . E . S . Woolcock , the incumbent , an able and appropriate sermon followed , by Bro . the Rev . Cuthbert Edgcumbe Hosken , in consequence of the absence by illness , of the Prov , G . Chap ., Bro . the Rev . Henry Grylls . The service ended , the Brethren returned in the same order . The Prov . G . L . was then constituted , the R . W . Bro . Sir Charles Lemon , Bart ., of Carclew , Prov . G . M . on the throne , and the Prov . G . Officers for the ensuing year were then appointed and invested with their respective jewels of office .
The Brethren appointed Prov . Grand Officers are : —Dep . Prov . G . M . and Secretary , Bro . John Ellis , of Falmouth ; Prov . G . Treasurer , Bro . Richard Pearce , of Penzance ; G . S . W ., Bro . Augustus Smith , of Tresco Abbey , Scilly ; G . J . W ., Bro . Reginald Rogers , of Truro ; G . Chap ., for Bro . the Rev . H . Grylls , Bro . the Rev . Cuthbert Edgcumbe Hosken , of Luxulyan ; G . Reg ., Bro . Edmund Carlyon , of St . Austell ; G . Sec . acting , Bro . W . R . Ellis , of Falmouth ; G . Supt . of Works , Bro . John Hodge , of St . Austell ; G . D . C ., Bro . John M'Farlane
Heard , of Truro ; G . S . D ., Bro . John Borlase , of Castle Horneck , Penzance , and the Royal Cornwall Rangers Militia ; G . J . D ., Bro . J . Mason , of Callington ; G . Swordbearer , Bro . Captain Peard , of the Royal Cornwall Rangers Militia , Bodmin ; G . Pursuivant , Bro . Samuel Harvey , of Truro ; G . Stewards , Bros . J . McManus and W . Mich ell , of St . Austell ; G . Stewards , acting . Bros . Mills and Dabb , of Redruth ; G . Inner Guard , Bro . Serjeant-Major Wing , of the Royal Cornwall and Devon Miners Artillery Militia .
The V . W . Dep . Prov . G . M . Bro . Ellis then read a report , sent to the Grand Lodge , of his visits during the past year , and addressed the Brethren on the state of the Lodges in the Province . He said—I have to congratulate the Brethren upon the healthy state of the Craft in this Province , there being between two hundred and three hundred contributing members of Lodges , and but one Lodge here unrepresented , but which is an old and formerly " true and faithful" limb of the