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Masonic Missions.
find facts iu support of a doctrine sometimes broached , that tho Provincial Graud Mastership should not be held perpetually , and that it should , according to Masonic constitutions , orig inate in the choice of the Brethren governed , and not in the delegation of the Most Worshinful Grancl Master after tho first Master on the creation of a
Province has once been appointed . Its Loclge towns ancl Lodges are : — Leicester , No . 348 , St . John ' s date 1789 . „ No . 706 , John of Gaunt , date 1846 . Hinckley , No . 58 , date 1735 . The two Leicester Lodges have Chapters . It will be noticed that
the old Lodges in Leicester havo become defunct , but there is a very old Lodgo iu Hinckley attesting the antiquity of tho institution . The province has now iu progress a Masonic Hall at Leicester , which does credit to its energies , but it has much more to do to redeem its reputation , and we have not the least compunction in laying before the R . W . Bro . Earl Howe and his Provincial Grand Lodge , their relative
condition , in the hope that it may incite them to greater efforts . The boroughs ancl towns of Leicestershireare : —Leicester population of the borough 60 , 584 , but having a much larger population available in the surrounding districts . Ashby de la Zouch . Population 5 . 85-5 . Market Bosworth . Market Harborough . Population 2 , 325 .
* Hinckley . Population 6 , 111 . Lutterworth . Population 2 , 440 . Melton Mowbray . Population 4 , 391 . Castle Donington . Population 2 , 729 . Mount Sorrel . Population 1 , 597 . Whitwick . Population 2 , 836 .
Barrow-upon-Soar . Population 5 , 720 . Earl Shilton . Population 2 , 364 . Kegworth . Population 1 , 782 . Kilworth . Population 1 , 752 . Wigston , Population 2 . 189 . Leicester ought to have five Lodges , and there ought to be Lodges
in Melton Mowbray , Market Harborough , Barrow-upon-Soar , Ashby etc la Zouch , ancl some other towns . As early as the means of the province will allow , after tlie completion of the Masonic Hall at Leicester , one should bo built at Hinckley , the most ancient Masonic site iii the province . The province as it is and as it should be * . —
Lodgo Towns . Lodges . H . A . Halls . Present 2 3 2 1 Future 8 12 4 8 We now take Derbyshire , which adjoins the two iunner shires . Its length is fifty-six miles , its breadth thirty-tour , and its area 1 , 030 square miles . Its population in 1851 was 296 , 084 .
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Masonic Missions.
find facts iu support of a doctrine sometimes broached , that tho Provincial Graud Mastership should not be held perpetually , and that it should , according to Masonic constitutions , orig inate in the choice of the Brethren governed , and not in the delegation of the Most Worshinful Grancl Master after tho first Master on the creation of a
Province has once been appointed . Its Loclge towns ancl Lodges are : — Leicester , No . 348 , St . John ' s date 1789 . „ No . 706 , John of Gaunt , date 1846 . Hinckley , No . 58 , date 1735 . The two Leicester Lodges have Chapters . It will be noticed that
the old Lodges in Leicester havo become defunct , but there is a very old Lodgo iu Hinckley attesting the antiquity of tho institution . The province has now iu progress a Masonic Hall at Leicester , which does credit to its energies , but it has much more to do to redeem its reputation , and we have not the least compunction in laying before the R . W . Bro . Earl Howe and his Provincial Grand Lodge , their relative
condition , in the hope that it may incite them to greater efforts . The boroughs ancl towns of Leicestershireare : —Leicester population of the borough 60 , 584 , but having a much larger population available in the surrounding districts . Ashby de la Zouch . Population 5 . 85-5 . Market Bosworth . Market Harborough . Population 2 , 325 .
* Hinckley . Population 6 , 111 . Lutterworth . Population 2 , 440 . Melton Mowbray . Population 4 , 391 . Castle Donington . Population 2 , 729 . Mount Sorrel . Population 1 , 597 . Whitwick . Population 2 , 836 .
Barrow-upon-Soar . Population 5 , 720 . Earl Shilton . Population 2 , 364 . Kegworth . Population 1 , 782 . Kilworth . Population 1 , 752 . Wigston , Population 2 . 189 . Leicester ought to have five Lodges , and there ought to be Lodges
in Melton Mowbray , Market Harborough , Barrow-upon-Soar , Ashby etc la Zouch , ancl some other towns . As early as the means of the province will allow , after tlie completion of the Masonic Hall at Leicester , one should bo built at Hinckley , the most ancient Masonic site iii the province . The province as it is and as it should be * . —
Lodgo Towns . Lodges . H . A . Halls . Present 2 3 2 1 Future 8 12 4 8 We now take Derbyshire , which adjoins the two iunner shires . Its length is fifty-six miles , its breadth thirty-tour , and its area 1 , 030 square miles . Its population in 1851 was 296 , 084 .