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Provincial.
PROVINCIAL .
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE . NORTHAMPTON . — Pomfret Lodge ( No . 483 ) . — The usual meeting of this lodge was held on the 3 rd inst ., under the presidency of Bro . James Beam , the W . M . Tbe minutes of the Lodge and the Loclge of Emergency having been read and confirmed , the AV . M . then vacated the chair in favour of Bro . AV . M . Flewitt , P . M ., who passed Bro . the Rev . George Phillips
from the First to the Second Degree . The ceremony having been concluded , Bro . George Cattcl took the chair , and * initiated Mr . Thomas Kendall Scotthorn and Mr . George Mitchell into the mysteries of the Craft . The AV . M . having resumed the chair , the lodge was closed in due form . SOMERSETSHIRE .
BATH . —Royal Cumberland Lodge ( No . 48 ) . —The usual monthly meeting of this lodge was held at the Masonic Hall , Corridor , Bath , on Thursday , April 3 rd . The chair was taken by Bro . T . B . Moutrie , the Immediate P . M ., in the absence of the AV . M ., Bro . Ruddock , through indisposition . There was a good attendance of members ancl visitors upon this occasion to witness the ceremony of raising , which was most ably performed
hy the acting AV . M ., well supported by his officers . At the conclusion of the ceremony a vote of thanks to Bro . Moutrie , for the admirable manner in whicli he had performed the duties of the evening , was carried hy acclamation . A proposition , for initiation having been received , ancl other business having been disposed of , the lodge was closed with prayer and harmony . [ We understand that a warrant has been granted to some members of this old lodge , for a now lodge called the Royal Albert
Edward , to be hold at Keynsham , mid-way between Bath and Bristol , and that Bro . T . 15 . Moutrie is to be tho first AV . Master . The consecration is expected to take place in June , when a largo attendance of brethren is looked for . ]
Scotland.
SCOTLAND .
AYR KILWINNING- ( No . 124 ) . —There was a most interesting meeting of this lodge on Monday , 7 th inst . In addition to the usual sprinkling of visiting brethren from " Mother Kilwinning " and the sister lodges in town , No . 1 . 24 had the pleasure of receiving a deputation from St . Mungo , Mauchline ( No . 170 ) , composed of Bros . Dr . Fowlds ; Roderick Mathieson , of H . M . 's Inland Revenue ; and James Taylor , Factor on the Barskimming
Estates . It says much for these brethren that they should thus have run out the depth of their cable-tows to the length of some 10 , 000 fathoms , for the purpose of enabling them to sound the depth of Masonic lore said to be possessed , and in action , and in healthful operation , by the bond fide workers in the loclge Ayr Kilwinning . The work and lectures in all the three degrees were , on this occasion , beautifully and impressively exemplified hy Past Master George GoochBro . SalfordInstructor of
, , Musketry in the 76 th Regiment , being the candidate upon whom the third degree was conferred . Deputy Master Andrew McGaan having reduced the lodge and " called oil ' , " a slight refreshment was partaken of , the brethren afterwards adjourning to Bro . John Park ' s " , of the Prince of AVales , where intercourse with the Mauchline brethren was prolonged by the holding of a parlour conversazionethe president being Bro . D . Murray
, Lyon , of Mother Kilwinning . Bros . Dr . Fowlds , Taylor , and Mathieson , severally addressed the meeting . The Doctor stated that the special object of his coming to Ayr that afternoon was to witness the working of the Lodge No . 124 , and to institute a comparison between it and that obtaining in his own lodge . He was highly gratified with what he had seen , and with tbe kind ' reception his colleagues and he had experience'd at the hands of
the Ayr brethren . In reality there was no essential difference between the Ayr and the Mauchline mode of working , but one thing which had attracted the attention and elicited the admiration of himself and those accompanying him , was the nicety with which every part of the ceremony of the evening had been dove-tailed into the other . On his return home he ( Dr . Fowlds ) hoped , with the aid of his brethren , to present such specimens of the grapes of Eschcol as would tend to animate tlie sons of
Scotland.
St . Mungo to put forth renewed exertions in the cultivation of that vine whose juice would yet contribute to the healing of the nations . Bro . Mathieson spoke hopefully of the good results likely to How from the light which had been shed upon their soul through the medium of the symbolisms which had that evening been so successfully illustrated in their presence . He regretted to confess that the venerable St . Mungo was at present in a sort of comatose statebut taking encouragement from
, what appeared to be attainable with an ordinary amount of industry and perseverance iu the management of a lodge , he would now devote his best energies to the revivification of his mother loclge , and the placing of her in the high position to which her association with the contemporaries of Robert Burns , justly entitled her . Bro . Taylor begged to endorse all that had been uttered bBros . Fowlds and Mathieson ; so much pleased
y was he with his visit to Ayr that he would embrace the very first opportunity of again returning . Allusion had been made by the chairman to the number of non-commissioned officers of the 76 th Regiment who had recently joined Ayr Kilwinning ; these brethren , although natives of merry England , would , he doubted not , appreciate the beauties of the county , rendered classic by the gifted pen of the Ayrshire plo'iighman . He would
therefore cordially invite his military brothers to pay him a visit before they left Ayrshire , when he would conduct them to thevarious places of interest at and around the farm and Mossgiel , so well known to all readers of the biography of Burns , and as a diversity of colour was agreeable to the eye , he ( Bro . Taylor ) begged to extend the invitation to the chairman of their present meeting , and to as many civilians as might choose to accompany him ,- all would be heartily welcome to share the hospitality of
his humble roof , and all of them might spend together very profitably , a day in the open fields , visiting the many landmarksof the Poet's sojourn on the great level of time , and in admiring the works of the G . A . O . T . U ., as displayed in " mountain , flood , ancl field . " Bro . Sergeant Holton , on the part of the military , and the Chairman , on the part of the civilians , having accepted Bro . Taylor ' s kind and courteous invitation , Saturday , the 19 th inst . was fixed upon for Ayr Kilwinning ' s excursion to
Mauch-, line and Mossgiel . Bros . Good , Park , McGaan , Glass , Love , and others , having taken part in the chat of the evening , ancl the respected " host" of the Prince having generously refreshed the brethren with a cup of claret , and which was partaken of by the strangers as their ' stirrup-cup , " who , mounting nag , were soon lost to their companions in the darkness of midnight , en route homewards , the brethren dispersed .
India.
INDIA .
SINGAPORE . DISTRICT GRAND LODGE . A meeting ofthe District Grand Lodge ofthe Eastern Archipelago was held on the 29 th November , for the annual election of officers , anii the following was the result-. —J . C . Smith , D . Prov . G . M . ; 11 . Taylor , Prov . G . S . W . and Reg . ; H . P .
Simson , Prov . G . J . W . ; W . C . Hannay , Prov . G . Treas . ; S . J . G-. Jellieoe , Prov . G . Sec ; 11 . B . Read , Prov . G . S . D . ; C . GMcClelland , Prov . G . J . D . ; E . AValker , Prov . G . Dir . of Cers . ; E . von Hartwig , Prov . G . S . B . ; C . Dunlop , Prov . G . Purst ; AV . Stuart , I ' rov . G . Tyler . No other business of importance was brought before themeeting . The P . G . ALthe R . W . Bro . AV . H . Readdelivered a very
, , admirable address on the duties and responsibilities of Mastersand officers of Lodges , and concluded by congratulating thebrethren that the Masonic Hall had been secured for the Craft by the spirited assistance of tbe hretheren who had subscribed for the shares , which had lately been in danger of being bought up for the purpose of placing the property in other hands and converting their noble temple into a club-house ; and he trusted that the and zeal then displayed would be followed up
energy by a careful economy in the management of the expenses of the lodges , so that they might be enabled gradually to redeem all the shares now on the bands of private brethren , and thus make the hall and the ground in which it stands the public and permanent property of the Craft .
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Provincial.
PROVINCIAL .
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE . NORTHAMPTON . — Pomfret Lodge ( No . 483 ) . — The usual meeting of this lodge was held on the 3 rd inst ., under the presidency of Bro . James Beam , the W . M . Tbe minutes of the Lodge and the Loclge of Emergency having been read and confirmed , the AV . M . then vacated the chair in favour of Bro . AV . M . Flewitt , P . M ., who passed Bro . the Rev . George Phillips
from the First to the Second Degree . The ceremony having been concluded , Bro . George Cattcl took the chair , and * initiated Mr . Thomas Kendall Scotthorn and Mr . George Mitchell into the mysteries of the Craft . The AV . M . having resumed the chair , the lodge was closed in due form . SOMERSETSHIRE .
BATH . —Royal Cumberland Lodge ( No . 48 ) . —The usual monthly meeting of this lodge was held at the Masonic Hall , Corridor , Bath , on Thursday , April 3 rd . The chair was taken by Bro . T . B . Moutrie , the Immediate P . M ., in the absence of the AV . M ., Bro . Ruddock , through indisposition . There was a good attendance of members ancl visitors upon this occasion to witness the ceremony of raising , which was most ably performed
hy the acting AV . M ., well supported by his officers . At the conclusion of the ceremony a vote of thanks to Bro . Moutrie , for the admirable manner in whicli he had performed the duties of the evening , was carried hy acclamation . A proposition , for initiation having been received , ancl other business having been disposed of , the lodge was closed with prayer and harmony . [ We understand that a warrant has been granted to some members of this old lodge , for a now lodge called the Royal Albert
Edward , to be hold at Keynsham , mid-way between Bath and Bristol , and that Bro . T . 15 . Moutrie is to be tho first AV . Master . The consecration is expected to take place in June , when a largo attendance of brethren is looked for . ]
Scotland.
SCOTLAND .
AYR KILWINNING- ( No . 124 ) . —There was a most interesting meeting of this lodge on Monday , 7 th inst . In addition to the usual sprinkling of visiting brethren from " Mother Kilwinning " and the sister lodges in town , No . 1 . 24 had the pleasure of receiving a deputation from St . Mungo , Mauchline ( No . 170 ) , composed of Bros . Dr . Fowlds ; Roderick Mathieson , of H . M . 's Inland Revenue ; and James Taylor , Factor on the Barskimming
Estates . It says much for these brethren that they should thus have run out the depth of their cable-tows to the length of some 10 , 000 fathoms , for the purpose of enabling them to sound the depth of Masonic lore said to be possessed , and in action , and in healthful operation , by the bond fide workers in the loclge Ayr Kilwinning . The work and lectures in all the three degrees were , on this occasion , beautifully and impressively exemplified hy Past Master George GoochBro . SalfordInstructor of
, , Musketry in the 76 th Regiment , being the candidate upon whom the third degree was conferred . Deputy Master Andrew McGaan having reduced the lodge and " called oil ' , " a slight refreshment was partaken of , the brethren afterwards adjourning to Bro . John Park ' s " , of the Prince of AVales , where intercourse with the Mauchline brethren was prolonged by the holding of a parlour conversazionethe president being Bro . D . Murray
, Lyon , of Mother Kilwinning . Bros . Dr . Fowlds , Taylor , and Mathieson , severally addressed the meeting . The Doctor stated that the special object of his coming to Ayr that afternoon was to witness the working of the Lodge No . 124 , and to institute a comparison between it and that obtaining in his own lodge . He was highly gratified with what he had seen , and with tbe kind ' reception his colleagues and he had experience'd at the hands of
the Ayr brethren . In reality there was no essential difference between the Ayr and the Mauchline mode of working , but one thing which had attracted the attention and elicited the admiration of himself and those accompanying him , was the nicety with which every part of the ceremony of the evening had been dove-tailed into the other . On his return home he ( Dr . Fowlds ) hoped , with the aid of his brethren , to present such specimens of the grapes of Eschcol as would tend to animate tlie sons of
Scotland.
St . Mungo to put forth renewed exertions in the cultivation of that vine whose juice would yet contribute to the healing of the nations . Bro . Mathieson spoke hopefully of the good results likely to How from the light which had been shed upon their soul through the medium of the symbolisms which had that evening been so successfully illustrated in their presence . He regretted to confess that the venerable St . Mungo was at present in a sort of comatose statebut taking encouragement from
, what appeared to be attainable with an ordinary amount of industry and perseverance iu the management of a lodge , he would now devote his best energies to the revivification of his mother loclge , and the placing of her in the high position to which her association with the contemporaries of Robert Burns , justly entitled her . Bro . Taylor begged to endorse all that had been uttered bBros . Fowlds and Mathieson ; so much pleased
y was he with his visit to Ayr that he would embrace the very first opportunity of again returning . Allusion had been made by the chairman to the number of non-commissioned officers of the 76 th Regiment who had recently joined Ayr Kilwinning ; these brethren , although natives of merry England , would , he doubted not , appreciate the beauties of the county , rendered classic by the gifted pen of the Ayrshire plo'iighman . He would
therefore cordially invite his military brothers to pay him a visit before they left Ayrshire , when he would conduct them to thevarious places of interest at and around the farm and Mossgiel , so well known to all readers of the biography of Burns , and as a diversity of colour was agreeable to the eye , he ( Bro . Taylor ) begged to extend the invitation to the chairman of their present meeting , and to as many civilians as might choose to accompany him ,- all would be heartily welcome to share the hospitality of
his humble roof , and all of them might spend together very profitably , a day in the open fields , visiting the many landmarksof the Poet's sojourn on the great level of time , and in admiring the works of the G . A . O . T . U ., as displayed in " mountain , flood , ancl field . " Bro . Sergeant Holton , on the part of the military , and the Chairman , on the part of the civilians , having accepted Bro . Taylor ' s kind and courteous invitation , Saturday , the 19 th inst . was fixed upon for Ayr Kilwinning ' s excursion to
Mauch-, line and Mossgiel . Bros . Good , Park , McGaan , Glass , Love , and others , having taken part in the chat of the evening , ancl the respected " host" of the Prince having generously refreshed the brethren with a cup of claret , and which was partaken of by the strangers as their ' stirrup-cup , " who , mounting nag , were soon lost to their companions in the darkness of midnight , en route homewards , the brethren dispersed .
India.
INDIA .
SINGAPORE . DISTRICT GRAND LODGE . A meeting ofthe District Grand Lodge ofthe Eastern Archipelago was held on the 29 th November , for the annual election of officers , anii the following was the result-. —J . C . Smith , D . Prov . G . M . ; 11 . Taylor , Prov . G . S . W . and Reg . ; H . P .
Simson , Prov . G . J . W . ; W . C . Hannay , Prov . G . Treas . ; S . J . G-. Jellieoe , Prov . G . Sec ; 11 . B . Read , Prov . G . S . D . ; C . GMcClelland , Prov . G . J . D . ; E . AValker , Prov . G . Dir . of Cers . ; E . von Hartwig , Prov . G . S . B . ; C . Dunlop , Prov . G . Purst ; AV . Stuart , I ' rov . G . Tyler . No other business of importance was brought before themeeting . The P . G . ALthe R . W . Bro . AV . H . Readdelivered a very
, , admirable address on the duties and responsibilities of Mastersand officers of Lodges , and concluded by congratulating thebrethren that the Masonic Hall had been secured for the Craft by the spirited assistance of tbe hretheren who had subscribed for the shares , which had lately been in danger of being bought up for the purpose of placing the property in other hands and converting their noble temple into a club-house ; and he trusted that the and zeal then displayed would be followed up
energy by a careful economy in the management of the expenses of the lodges , so that they might be enabled gradually to redeem all the shares now on the bands of private brethren , and thus make the hall and the ground in which it stands the public and permanent property of the Craft .