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Masonic Hall At Brighton.
once rise from their apathy ancl bestir themselves , and , I have no doubt , conceive some plan as to how it might bo successfull y carried out . It must and ever will be be considered a stain upon tho Brighton brethren , who boast of four lodges , two chapters , and two lodges of instruction , that they do not provide a Masonic Hall , for which there is not a doubt , as " Progress " states , money and ground could
be found . For instance , look at those two handsome buildings as you enter the Town of Brighton from the Railway—the Dispensary ancl the Odd Follows' Hall . If such buildings can be raised with but little exertion , there cannot be the least possible reason why wc should not have that wc so much require . The Odd Fellows' Hall , which cost about £ 2500 ( much to their credit ) , wasI believeraised from a
, , small weekly contribution of the members . If that fraternity can build such an edifice , surely we ought to be enabled to do the same . Apologising for trespasing so far on your columns . I am , dear Sir and Brother , Brighton April 30 th , 1861 . OBSERVER .
Clothing At Lodges Of Instsuction.
CLOTHING AT LODGES OF INSTSUCTION .
ID Till ! . EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR . DEAE SIB , BROTHER , —Taking up your last number but one I saw an advertisement of the anniversary meeting of the Stability Lodge of Instruction , at the foot of which is the following sentence : — " The brethren must appear in full Craft Costume . " I should be glad to be informed , under what power , or authority , the peremptory must is inserted ? Is it that lodges of instruction have the right to order clothing to be worn at any time , or is it only an ungracious way of requesting it ? Tours fraternally , A .
Royal Benevolent Institution For Aged Freemasons And Their Widows.
ROYAL BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION FOR AGED FREEMASONS AND THEIR WIDOWS .
MBS . AA'EYMOTTTII . Rro . Henry G-. Warren again returns thanks for the liberal promises of assistance he has received on behalf of Mrs Weymouth , the widow of the late Bro . Weymouth , who was initiated in the Lodge of Faith ( 165 ) , in August , 1828 , and died in 18-15 . Mrs . Weymouth was admitted a candidate in 1851 , and now makes her
seventh application for election . Bro . AVarren repeats that he knows nothing of the case beyond the statements on the balloting paper , ancl that he takes it up purely on the ground that it is a disgrace to the boasted Charity of the Craft , and more especially of the loclge to which the husband of Mrs . AVeymonth belonged , that a candidate should have to appeal
so many years for support . In reply to inquiries , Bro . Warren respectfully announces that the votes for male candidates will be useful , as they may be exhanged for votes for Mrs . Weymouth . five shillings will buy eight votes , and those brethren who have not already subscribed , can aid the cause of Mrs . Weymouth by
• forwarding that amount to lira . Henry G . Warren , at the office of the riiEEJtAsox ' s MAGAZINE , 5 , Salisbury-street , Strand , on or before the loth inst . AH subscriptions and votes received will be acknowledged in the THEEJIASOX ' S MAGAZINE . Votes already announced 160 Bro . Boyd , No . 1 G 9 ( additional ) 8
Bro . Binary , W . M ., 42 S , Portsea , 10 * 16 Bro . Hinxman , W . M . G . Steward ' s 16 Bro . J . Neald ( No . 1079 ) , Guildford 8 Lodge 1079 , Guildford 8 No . S 24 , Stourbridge ( No name given ) , 5 * S Bro . White , AV . M ., 102 , Sheffield 24 248
About 1000 votes , in addition to those already polled will , it is calculated , carry the election , and in addition to the above-named 218 votes , Bro . AA ' arrc-n bus about 200 male votes in hand , which -v be duly used for the benefit of Mrs . Wevmouth .
The Masonic Mirror.
THE MASONIC MIRROR .
Warrants for the following Now Lodges have been granted since tho publication of the The Calendar for 1861 : — 1143 Mauritius Loclge of Harmony , Tort Louis , Mauritius . 11-14 MacBonell Lodge , Glenelg , South Australia . MASONIC MEM .
1145 ) 1147 ( Ass 'S l to the Colonies , but warrants not issued . 114 s ) 1149 Eortescue Lodge , Honiton , Devon . 1150 St . Luke's Loclge , Dum Dum , Bengal . 1151 St . George's Lodge , Lower Horton , Nova Scotia . 1152 St . Oswald LodgeAshborneDerby .
, , 1153 Worthing Lodge of Friendship , Worthing . ,
1154 Zetland Loclge , Salford , Lancashire . 1155 British Kaflrarian Lodge , Cape of Good Hope . 1156 Albert Lodge , Shaw , Lancashire . 1157 Loclge of Sympathy , AV otton-under-Edge , Gloucestershire . 115 S St . Matthew ' s Lodge , Lostwithiel , Cornwall . 1159 St . Mark ' s Lodge , Kennington . 1160 South Middlesex LodgeHead Quarters of the South
Middlesex Volunteers , Fulhani . 1161 Sir Isaac Newton University Lodge , Cambridge . 1162 Dalhousie Lodge , Old Kent Road . 1163 Lodge of 1 nisbury , Banner Street , St . Lukes . 1161 AVliittington Lodge , Arundel Street , Strand . 1165 Loclge of Good Hope , Cape of Good Hope . 1106 . foppa Lodge , Cape of Good Hope . 1167 Dalhousie Lodge , Hounslow .
Metropolitan.
METROPOLITAN .
INSTRUCTION . STABILITY . LODGE ( NO . 264 ) . The annual festival of this excellent lodge was celebrated at Iladley ' s Hotel , on Friday , tbe 26 th ult . The lodge was opened at seven o ' clock , '; under the presidency of Bro . Muggcridge , the Instructor , supported by Bros . Mclntire , S . G . D . ; Roxburgh , G . Reg . ; Clarke , G . Sec . ; Symonds , Asst . G . D . C . ; Havers , P . G . D . ; Udafl ,
P . G . D . ; Potter , P . G . D . ; Slight , P . G . D . ; Evans , P . Ct . S . B . ; Patten , P . G . S . B . ; Pocock , P . G . S . B . ; Le Veau , P . G . S . B . ; Coote , Head , Snell , Beaumont , and a largo number of other brethren . The lodge having been opened , the second lecture was beautifully worked in sections , Bro . Paekwood's delivery of the explanation of the tracingboard especially eliciting loud applause . At the conclusion of the lecture Bro . HAVEKS took the chair , and saidthe first duty he had to perform was the pleasing one of
pro-, posing that £ 5 5 s . be given to the Girls' School , £ 5 5 s . to the Boys ' School , £ o to the Male Fund of the Royal Benevolent Institution , and a like amount to the Widows' Fund . The motion having been carried , Bro . ROXBURGH , G . Reg ., said ho had an equally pleasing duty to perform as that of the AA . M ., and which he felt would be equally pleasing to all present . The perfection of working they had witnessed
that evening could only have been attained by most assiduous attention and study . Much credit was due to th e excellent preceptor of the loclge , and he had to propose that a vote of thanks be given to Bro . Mnggeridge ; and in doing so he must be allowed to express a hope that he might be enabled for many years to come to continue that care of the lodge which had sustained the character of its working . The motion having been seconded , and carried amidst loud applause ,
Bro . MCIXTIBE , J . G . D ., said , as they had acknowledged the services of the tutor , he thought it but due to tbe pupils that they should also express their gratification at their working , which was above all praise . It might be invidious to particularise any brother , but the delivery of the explanation of the tracing board was so excellent , and displayed such a strength of memory , that he could not avoid alluding to it ; ho therefore had tlie pleasure of proposing a vote of thanks to the brethren who had assisted in the working .
Bro . J . LL . EVAXS seconded the motion , ancl stated that the work had been so excellent as to give even old Masons a better appreciation of its beauties . The motion having been seconded , was carried unanimously , and the lodge was closed . The brethren then adjourned to banquet , the large room at
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Masonic Hall At Brighton.
once rise from their apathy ancl bestir themselves , and , I have no doubt , conceive some plan as to how it might bo successfull y carried out . It must and ever will be be considered a stain upon tho Brighton brethren , who boast of four lodges , two chapters , and two lodges of instruction , that they do not provide a Masonic Hall , for which there is not a doubt , as " Progress " states , money and ground could
be found . For instance , look at those two handsome buildings as you enter the Town of Brighton from the Railway—the Dispensary ancl the Odd Follows' Hall . If such buildings can be raised with but little exertion , there cannot be the least possible reason why wc should not have that wc so much require . The Odd Fellows' Hall , which cost about £ 2500 ( much to their credit ) , wasI believeraised from a
, , small weekly contribution of the members . If that fraternity can build such an edifice , surely we ought to be enabled to do the same . Apologising for trespasing so far on your columns . I am , dear Sir and Brother , Brighton April 30 th , 1861 . OBSERVER .
Clothing At Lodges Of Instsuction.
CLOTHING AT LODGES OF INSTSUCTION .
ID Till ! . EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR . DEAE SIB , BROTHER , —Taking up your last number but one I saw an advertisement of the anniversary meeting of the Stability Lodge of Instruction , at the foot of which is the following sentence : — " The brethren must appear in full Craft Costume . " I should be glad to be informed , under what power , or authority , the peremptory must is inserted ? Is it that lodges of instruction have the right to order clothing to be worn at any time , or is it only an ungracious way of requesting it ? Tours fraternally , A .
Royal Benevolent Institution For Aged Freemasons And Their Widows.
ROYAL BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION FOR AGED FREEMASONS AND THEIR WIDOWS .
MBS . AA'EYMOTTTII . Rro . Henry G-. Warren again returns thanks for the liberal promises of assistance he has received on behalf of Mrs Weymouth , the widow of the late Bro . Weymouth , who was initiated in the Lodge of Faith ( 165 ) , in August , 1828 , and died in 18-15 . Mrs . Weymouth was admitted a candidate in 1851 , and now makes her
seventh application for election . Bro . AVarren repeats that he knows nothing of the case beyond the statements on the balloting paper , ancl that he takes it up purely on the ground that it is a disgrace to the boasted Charity of the Craft , and more especially of the loclge to which the husband of Mrs . AVeymonth belonged , that a candidate should have to appeal
so many years for support . In reply to inquiries , Bro . Warren respectfully announces that the votes for male candidates will be useful , as they may be exhanged for votes for Mrs . Weymouth . five shillings will buy eight votes , and those brethren who have not already subscribed , can aid the cause of Mrs . Weymouth by
• forwarding that amount to lira . Henry G . Warren , at the office of the riiEEJtAsox ' s MAGAZINE , 5 , Salisbury-street , Strand , on or before the loth inst . AH subscriptions and votes received will be acknowledged in the THEEJIASOX ' S MAGAZINE . Votes already announced 160 Bro . Boyd , No . 1 G 9 ( additional ) 8
Bro . Binary , W . M ., 42 S , Portsea , 10 * 16 Bro . Hinxman , W . M . G . Steward ' s 16 Bro . J . Neald ( No . 1079 ) , Guildford 8 Lodge 1079 , Guildford 8 No . S 24 , Stourbridge ( No name given ) , 5 * S Bro . White , AV . M ., 102 , Sheffield 24 248
About 1000 votes , in addition to those already polled will , it is calculated , carry the election , and in addition to the above-named 218 votes , Bro . AA ' arrc-n bus about 200 male votes in hand , which -v be duly used for the benefit of Mrs . Wevmouth .
The Masonic Mirror.
THE MASONIC MIRROR .
Warrants for the following Now Lodges have been granted since tho publication of the The Calendar for 1861 : — 1143 Mauritius Loclge of Harmony , Tort Louis , Mauritius . 11-14 MacBonell Lodge , Glenelg , South Australia . MASONIC MEM .
1145 ) 1147 ( Ass 'S l to the Colonies , but warrants not issued . 114 s ) 1149 Eortescue Lodge , Honiton , Devon . 1150 St . Luke's Loclge , Dum Dum , Bengal . 1151 St . George's Lodge , Lower Horton , Nova Scotia . 1152 St . Oswald LodgeAshborneDerby .
, , 1153 Worthing Lodge of Friendship , Worthing . ,
1154 Zetland Loclge , Salford , Lancashire . 1155 British Kaflrarian Lodge , Cape of Good Hope . 1156 Albert Lodge , Shaw , Lancashire . 1157 Loclge of Sympathy , AV otton-under-Edge , Gloucestershire . 115 S St . Matthew ' s Lodge , Lostwithiel , Cornwall . 1159 St . Mark ' s Lodge , Kennington . 1160 South Middlesex LodgeHead Quarters of the South
Middlesex Volunteers , Fulhani . 1161 Sir Isaac Newton University Lodge , Cambridge . 1162 Dalhousie Lodge , Old Kent Road . 1163 Lodge of 1 nisbury , Banner Street , St . Lukes . 1161 AVliittington Lodge , Arundel Street , Strand . 1165 Loclge of Good Hope , Cape of Good Hope . 1106 . foppa Lodge , Cape of Good Hope . 1167 Dalhousie Lodge , Hounslow .
Metropolitan.
METROPOLITAN .
INSTRUCTION . STABILITY . LODGE ( NO . 264 ) . The annual festival of this excellent lodge was celebrated at Iladley ' s Hotel , on Friday , tbe 26 th ult . The lodge was opened at seven o ' clock , '; under the presidency of Bro . Muggcridge , the Instructor , supported by Bros . Mclntire , S . G . D . ; Roxburgh , G . Reg . ; Clarke , G . Sec . ; Symonds , Asst . G . D . C . ; Havers , P . G . D . ; Udafl ,
P . G . D . ; Potter , P . G . D . ; Slight , P . G . D . ; Evans , P . Ct . S . B . ; Patten , P . G . S . B . ; Pocock , P . G . S . B . ; Le Veau , P . G . S . B . ; Coote , Head , Snell , Beaumont , and a largo number of other brethren . The lodge having been opened , the second lecture was beautifully worked in sections , Bro . Paekwood's delivery of the explanation of the tracingboard especially eliciting loud applause . At the conclusion of the lecture Bro . HAVEKS took the chair , and saidthe first duty he had to perform was the pleasing one of
pro-, posing that £ 5 5 s . be given to the Girls' School , £ 5 5 s . to the Boys ' School , £ o to the Male Fund of the Royal Benevolent Institution , and a like amount to the Widows' Fund . The motion having been carried , Bro . ROXBURGH , G . Reg ., said ho had an equally pleasing duty to perform as that of the AA . M ., and which he felt would be equally pleasing to all present . The perfection of working they had witnessed
that evening could only have been attained by most assiduous attention and study . Much credit was due to th e excellent preceptor of the loclge , and he had to propose that a vote of thanks be given to Bro . Mnggeridge ; and in doing so he must be allowed to express a hope that he might be enabled for many years to come to continue that care of the lodge which had sustained the character of its working . The motion having been seconded , and carried amidst loud applause ,
Bro . MCIXTIBE , J . G . D ., said , as they had acknowledged the services of the tutor , he thought it but due to tbe pupils that they should also express their gratification at their working , which was above all praise . It might be invidious to particularise any brother , but the delivery of the explanation of the tracing board was so excellent , and displayed such a strength of memory , that he could not avoid alluding to it ; ho therefore had tlie pleasure of proposing a vote of thanks to the brethren who had assisted in the working .
Bro . J . LL . EVAXS seconded the motion , ancl stated that the work had been so excellent as to give even old Masons a better appreciation of its beauties . The motion having been seconded , was carried unanimously , and the lodge was closed . The brethren then adjourned to banquet , the large room at