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The Ancient And Accepted Rite
THE ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED E 1 TE
On the 31 st of October , 1855 , there was a Convocation of those who had received the rank of Kt . K . H ., or the 30 th Degree of the Order , for the purpose of conferring that rank on the Prov . Gr . M , for Worcestershire , Henry Vernon ; the P . Prov . G . M . for India , Bro . Rawson , and otlier distinguished Masons ; the full details of which meeting
will be given in the next number of this magazine . On the 1 st of November , 1855 , there was a full meeting of the Supreme Couucil , when the Illustrious Bro . Charles J . Vigne was installed into the vacant Chair of the Supreme Council , and proclaimed as Grand Secretary General of the Order .
The Supreme Couucil raised Major Cholmeley Dering , who had the 31 st Degree in the year 1854 , to th ^ Iignity of a S . P . B . S . of the 32 nd Degree , previous to hia having to join his regiment at Malta ; and gave the dignity of Grd . Inqr . Comr . of the 31 st Degree , at the same Council , to Captain Bowyer , the Prov . G . M . for Oxfordshire .
Obituary
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BRO . JAMES DYER , HO ^ . SEC , No . 176 . Bro . James Dyer , Hon . Sec , No . 176 , died at Newport , Isle of Wight , October 23 rd , aged 43 , after a short illness . Our deceased Brother was initiated in June , 1852 , and , although a " yoxrng Mason , " he gained the sincere respect of the Fraternity in Newport , by the intelligent and efficient manner in which he discharged the honorary duties of the office to which he was appointed—the
memory of his cheerful spirit will long be cherished by the members of No . 176 . He has left a widow and five young children depending on her exertions for a livelihood , and who have-to lament' the loss of a kind and affectionate husband and father : his industrious and temperate life being cut short ' by an early departure from hence , prevented his making any provision for his widow and offspring .
Notices To Correspondents.
NOTICES TO COEEESPONDENTS .
" No . 730 . ,, —In reference to our report in the last Number , we are requested by the W . M . to say that he has never missed a Lodge meeting since he became a Mason . " W . J . T . "—No person has an exclusive right to supply the W . M . ' s badge ;
the Brother can obtain it where he pleases . "An Old P . M . " --The editor of the periodical you mention is misinformed . There are no teetotal Lodges ; the K . T . s administer the wine-cup at , their ceremonial . «* "T . R . D . V wishes shall be attended to .
yaiNTBD BY BROS . COX AND WYMAN , GHKAT QUEEN" STRJSET .
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The Ancient And Accepted Rite
THE ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED E 1 TE
On the 31 st of October , 1855 , there was a Convocation of those who had received the rank of Kt . K . H ., or the 30 th Degree of the Order , for the purpose of conferring that rank on the Prov . Gr . M , for Worcestershire , Henry Vernon ; the P . Prov . G . M . for India , Bro . Rawson , and otlier distinguished Masons ; the full details of which meeting
will be given in the next number of this magazine . On the 1 st of November , 1855 , there was a full meeting of the Supreme Couucil , when the Illustrious Bro . Charles J . Vigne was installed into the vacant Chair of the Supreme Council , and proclaimed as Grand Secretary General of the Order .
The Supreme Couucil raised Major Cholmeley Dering , who had the 31 st Degree in the year 1854 , to th ^ Iignity of a S . P . B . S . of the 32 nd Degree , previous to hia having to join his regiment at Malta ; and gave the dignity of Grd . Inqr . Comr . of the 31 st Degree , at the same Council , to Captain Bowyer , the Prov . G . M . for Oxfordshire .
Obituary
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BRO . JAMES DYER , HO ^ . SEC , No . 176 . Bro . James Dyer , Hon . Sec , No . 176 , died at Newport , Isle of Wight , October 23 rd , aged 43 , after a short illness . Our deceased Brother was initiated in June , 1852 , and , although a " yoxrng Mason , " he gained the sincere respect of the Fraternity in Newport , by the intelligent and efficient manner in which he discharged the honorary duties of the office to which he was appointed—the
memory of his cheerful spirit will long be cherished by the members of No . 176 . He has left a widow and five young children depending on her exertions for a livelihood , and who have-to lament' the loss of a kind and affectionate husband and father : his industrious and temperate life being cut short ' by an early departure from hence , prevented his making any provision for his widow and offspring .
Notices To Correspondents.
NOTICES TO COEEESPONDENTS .
" No . 730 . ,, —In reference to our report in the last Number , we are requested by the W . M . to say that he has never missed a Lodge meeting since he became a Mason . " W . J . T . "—No person has an exclusive right to supply the W . M . ' s badge ;
the Brother can obtain it where he pleases . "An Old P . M . " --The editor of the periodical you mention is misinformed . There are no teetotal Lodges ; the K . T . s administer the wine-cup at , their ceremonial . «* "T . R . D . V wishes shall be attended to .
yaiNTBD BY BROS . COX AND WYMAN , GHKAT QUEEN" STRJSET .