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the social board , and elicited several admirable speeches , one especially from the right rei ' . the lord bishop of the diocese , AA-as expressed in terms consonant ivith his holy calling , and wifch his regard for the universal , beneficent and charitable character of the fraternity . The points of historical information afforded by his lordship ivill be long remembered by all ivho had the good fortune to hoar him . The remarks of tho respected Bro . tho Venerable Archdeacon Pooro , ivere also received Avith rapturous applause . The researches of the venerable gentleman enabled him to convey much valuable instruction , and tho Lodge feels grateful for the presence of those distinguished divines .
BERMUDA . A GRAND dinner aud bail AA'as given at St . George ' s , ixi ' -iiuda , by the Brethren of Lodgo No . 26 , Irish Register , on tho 7 th December last , to celebrate their centenary . Tho Lodgo was opened in the first degree , Bro . MeKinley , AA . M ., in the chairsupported by Bros . AndersonActing S . AA . ; RichardsonActing J . W .
, , , The Brethren ivere then called from labour to refreshment . After tho cloth Avas removed , the usual toasts iveie given and responded to . The AV . JI . then gave , ' ' No . 220 and the Sister Lodges of Bermuda . " Bro . Keene , of Lodge No . 220 , rose and returned thanks . Ho said—Brethren of Lodge No . 2 ( 1 , I feel proud of the high honour you have this night done me in particularizing No . 220 AA'ith tho Sister Lodges of Bermuda . I feel this honour the more heartily , because No . 220 owes its origin to No . 26 ' . Indeed , brethren ,
if it ivere not for No . 26 , No . 220 ivould never have had an existence ; Ave therefore may justly ' call ourselves the Masonic children of Lodge No . 20 . All I can say in conclusion is , that this night , and this night ' s hospitality , ivill remain engraved on my memory until death , that grand leveller of all arrives . ' ' Col . Hemphill and the ofiicers of the garrison" liaving been drunk , S The AA ' . JI . rose and said—Sirs and Brethren , On rising to address this meeting , I feel it my bouudeu duty to express the great pleasure I this night experience hi
being AV . JI . of Lodge No- 26 , and of the high honour conferred on me of addressing the Craft on such au interesting and joyful occasion—an occasion , that none among us ivill , in all human probability , ever see again , - I refer to the second hundredth anniversary of our Lodge ' s formation . Nov . ' , a rather interesting tale is embodied
with our Avarrant , Avhich , for the information of those of the Brethren Avho have not perused the archives of their Lodge , I shall briefly relate . On the 7 th Dec , 1758 ( exactly one hundred years ago ) , some non-commissioned officers and privates of this corps , preferred a request to the Grand Lodge of Ireland for a Avarrant , to form a Lodgo of Free and Accepted Masons . This Avarrant , after the accustomed formalities , ivas granted ; and its number Avas 30 !) . The Lodge , according to our archives , went on favourably until 1 S 05 , ivhen the fatal expedition to AValcheren ivas undertakenfatal to British soldiers and British interestsbut still more fatal
, , to our Lodgo , for , in our return from that expedition , AVO lost the head quarters of our regiment , and ivith them tho Avarrant , jewels , & c , of Jour Lodge ; this loss ivas thought by our predecessors irreparable ; but , on siating | the circumstances to tho Grand Lodge , they sent us a ne ' . v warrant , hearing the old No . of 309 . In 1810 the officers of our regiment applied to our Lodge for a recommendation to procure a Avarrant , AA'hich they receii-ed , audits number w-as ( curious to say ) 26 , tho number of our corps . Years rolled on , aud both Lodges Avorked favourably and harmoniously
together , in different parts of the Avorld , until 1823 , when the officers composing f iodgo No . 26 , having ( all save two ) retired , exchanged , or died , thoy resolved on sending the Avarrant No . 26 back to tho Grand Lodgo ; but Ave , or to speak more correctly , our predecessors in Masonry of No . 309 , sent iu a memorial to retain No . - 26 . This boon—a boon that made us one of the oldest Lodges on the Irish Constitution—ivas granted , and so No . 309 became No . 26 '; but pending the approval of the Grand Lodge , one of tho tivo surviving officers died , and curious to relate , the last and only surviving brother of Lodge No . 26 , had been initiated in No , 309 , having been a drummer in this corps , anil by acting on the square has
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the social board , and elicited several admirable speeches , one especially from the right rei ' . the lord bishop of the diocese , AA-as expressed in terms consonant ivith his holy calling , and wifch his regard for the universal , beneficent and charitable character of the fraternity . The points of historical information afforded by his lordship ivill be long remembered by all ivho had the good fortune to hoar him . The remarks of tho respected Bro . tho Venerable Archdeacon Pooro , ivere also received Avith rapturous applause . The researches of the venerable gentleman enabled him to convey much valuable instruction , and tho Lodge feels grateful for the presence of those distinguished divines .
BERMUDA . A GRAND dinner aud bail AA'as given at St . George ' s , ixi ' -iiuda , by the Brethren of Lodgo No . 26 , Irish Register , on tho 7 th December last , to celebrate their centenary . Tho Lodgo was opened in the first degree , Bro . MeKinley , AA . M ., in the chairsupported by Bros . AndersonActing S . AA . ; RichardsonActing J . W .
, , , The Brethren ivere then called from labour to refreshment . After tho cloth Avas removed , the usual toasts iveie given and responded to . The AV . JI . then gave , ' ' No . 220 and the Sister Lodges of Bermuda . " Bro . Keene , of Lodge No . 220 , rose and returned thanks . Ho said—Brethren of Lodge No . 2 ( 1 , I feel proud of the high honour you have this night done me in particularizing No . 220 AA'ith tho Sister Lodges of Bermuda . I feel this honour the more heartily , because No . 220 owes its origin to No . 26 ' . Indeed , brethren ,
if it ivere not for No . 26 , No . 220 ivould never have had an existence ; Ave therefore may justly ' call ourselves the Masonic children of Lodge No . 20 . All I can say in conclusion is , that this night , and this night ' s hospitality , ivill remain engraved on my memory until death , that grand leveller of all arrives . ' ' Col . Hemphill and the ofiicers of the garrison" liaving been drunk , S The AA ' . JI . rose and said—Sirs and Brethren , On rising to address this meeting , I feel it my bouudeu duty to express the great pleasure I this night experience hi
being AV . JI . of Lodge No- 26 , and of the high honour conferred on me of addressing the Craft on such au interesting and joyful occasion—an occasion , that none among us ivill , in all human probability , ever see again , - I refer to the second hundredth anniversary of our Lodge ' s formation . Nov . ' , a rather interesting tale is embodied
with our Avarrant , Avhich , for the information of those of the Brethren Avho have not perused the archives of their Lodge , I shall briefly relate . On the 7 th Dec , 1758 ( exactly one hundred years ago ) , some non-commissioned officers and privates of this corps , preferred a request to the Grand Lodge of Ireland for a Avarrant , to form a Lodgo of Free and Accepted Masons . This Avarrant , after the accustomed formalities , ivas granted ; and its number Avas 30 !) . The Lodge , according to our archives , went on favourably until 1 S 05 , ivhen the fatal expedition to AValcheren ivas undertakenfatal to British soldiers and British interestsbut still more fatal
, , to our Lodgo , for , in our return from that expedition , AVO lost the head quarters of our regiment , and ivith them tho Avarrant , jewels , & c , of Jour Lodge ; this loss ivas thought by our predecessors irreparable ; but , on siating | the circumstances to tho Grand Lodge , they sent us a ne ' . v warrant , hearing the old No . of 309 . In 1810 the officers of our regiment applied to our Lodge for a recommendation to procure a Avarrant , AA'hich they receii-ed , audits number w-as ( curious to say ) 26 , tho number of our corps . Years rolled on , aud both Lodges Avorked favourably and harmoniously
together , in different parts of the Avorld , until 1823 , when the officers composing f iodgo No . 26 , having ( all save two ) retired , exchanged , or died , thoy resolved on sending the Avarrant No . 26 back to tho Grand Lodgo ; but Ave , or to speak more correctly , our predecessors in Masonry of No . 309 , sent iu a memorial to retain No . - 26 . This boon—a boon that made us one of the oldest Lodges on the Irish Constitution—ivas granted , and so No . 309 became No . 26 '; but pending the approval of the Grand Lodge , one of tho tivo surviving officers died , and curious to relate , the last and only surviving brother of Lodge No . 26 , had been initiated in No , 309 , having been a drummer in this corps , anil by acting on the square has