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Metropolitan.
a human heart can offer , and when that is exhausted , you will believe 1 am still a bankrupt in thanks . " Bro . Hyde Clarke then moved , aud it was resolved , that a suitable inscription in remembrance of the event be placed in the special book of records , iu which the services of brethren are enrolled . The Lodge then adjourned to banquet , at which several visitors were present .
BRITANNIC LODGE ( NO . 38 ) . —This Lodge held its anniversary meeting at Willis's Rooms , King-street , St . James ' s , on Thursday last , April 12 th , for the purpose of installing the AV . M . elect , Bro . F . Slight , J . G . D . and P . M . of Nos . 100 and 233 . The Lodge was opened about half-past three o ' clock , when a candidate was initiated by the AV . M ., Bro . Hensley—a Lodge of Emergency having been held the previous evening , when both passings and initiations were performed . The ceremony of installation was undertaken by the AV ., Bro . George England , P . M . and P . Prov . G . AV . Surrey . Amongst the other P . Masters present were
Bros . Sirr , P . G . AV . ; Henry Bridges , P . Prov . G . AV ., Surrey ; and Bro . J . A . D . Cox . As visitors we noticed Bros . Roxburgh , G . Peg . ; Potter , P . G . D . ; Le Veau , P . G . S . B . ; AVarren , P . G . Steward ; Bosson , Loge de 1 'Amitie , Boulogne ; Johns , Mother Kilwinning Lodge , Edinburgh ; Pullen , No . 54 ; Knight , No . 65 ; Fridges , No . 82 ; Ledger , Lodge , and Bridge , No . 109 ; Greville , No . 212 ; Young , No . 233 ; Tatham , No . 338 ; Phillips , No . 3 ( 37 ; AVright , No . 382 . At the conclusion of tho ceremony of installationwhich was most beautifully performedthe AV . M . appointed
, , and invested his officers for the ensuing-year as follows : —Bro . Morris Chubb , S . AV . ; Arthur AVightman , J . AV . ; Lewis Croinbie , P . M ., 233 ( re-elected at the previous meeting ) Treasurer ; Thomas A . Chubb , Secretary ; Aid . AA . A . Eose , S . D . ; George Hawkins , J . D . ; J . Stanton Farmer , I . G .: Henry Grissell and J . S . Pierce , Stewards . Bro . Croinbie proposed that a P . Af . jewel should be presented to Bro . Hensley " , P . M . ; for the very able and satisfactory manner in which he had discharged the duties of his office . The motion having been seconded and carried
unanimously , the P . M ., in a few appropriate remarks , presented Bro . Hensley with the jewel , ivhich is certainly one of tho handsomest , because one of the smallest and neatest in the Order . The other business of the Lodge having been transacted , and the Lodge closed , the brethren adjourned to an elegant dinner , upwards of seventy brethren assembling at tho social board . On the cloth being removed , the
usual toasts were given with great neatness and point . Bro . Potter returned thanks on behalf of the Grand Officers , and expressed his gratification at seeing au initiate of a Lodge , with which he had the honour of being connected , installed in the chair of such a numerous and well worked Lodgo as the Britannic . Bro . Hensley , the immediate P . M ., in proposing the health of the AV . M ., stated that they were all aware how excellent a working Mason he was , and how highly he was esteemed by every brother who had the honour of his acquaintance . Bro . Slight , with his usual modestyhadin proposing the health of the Grand Officersaltogether omitted any
, , , allusion to the fact that he had been recently enrolled amongst the number ; a circumstance which he was . suro must be most gratifying to every brother of tho Britannic Lodge , knowing how well their excellent brother ivould discharge the duties of any office he undertook . The toast having been mo ? t enthusiastically responded to , the AV . M . thanked the brethren for the reception with which they had honoured lii .-s health , which had been so kindly proposed by his respected predecessor in the chair . Throughout his Alasonic career it had ever been his endeavour to perform
his duties efficiently and conscientiously , so as to give satisfaction to the brethren . He certainly felt highly honoured by the notice which tho Most AVorshipful Grand Muster had been pleased to take of his past services , by conferring upon him Grand Office . He could assure the brethren , he did not accept it without feeling that it conferred upon him additional obligations to the Craft , for if it brought with it increased honours , it also involved increased responsibilities . He accepted these responsibilities with pleasureand should ever endeavour so to devote himself in
, his Alasonic life as to uphold and maintain the best interests and charities of the Craft . The health of the visitors , acknowledged by Bro . Pullen , No . 54 ; the iuitiates , the P . M . s , and the other usual toasts , followed in quick succession , and brought a most agreeable evening to an appropriate close , the pleasure having been considerably enhanced by some excellent glees , & a , by Bros . Lawler , Young , and King .
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Metropolitan.
a human heart can offer , and when that is exhausted , you will believe 1 am still a bankrupt in thanks . " Bro . Hyde Clarke then moved , aud it was resolved , that a suitable inscription in remembrance of the event be placed in the special book of records , iu which the services of brethren are enrolled . The Lodge then adjourned to banquet , at which several visitors were present .
BRITANNIC LODGE ( NO . 38 ) . —This Lodge held its anniversary meeting at Willis's Rooms , King-street , St . James ' s , on Thursday last , April 12 th , for the purpose of installing the AV . M . elect , Bro . F . Slight , J . G . D . and P . M . of Nos . 100 and 233 . The Lodge was opened about half-past three o ' clock , when a candidate was initiated by the AV . M ., Bro . Hensley—a Lodge of Emergency having been held the previous evening , when both passings and initiations were performed . The ceremony of installation was undertaken by the AV ., Bro . George England , P . M . and P . Prov . G . AV . Surrey . Amongst the other P . Masters present were
Bros . Sirr , P . G . AV . ; Henry Bridges , P . Prov . G . AV ., Surrey ; and Bro . J . A . D . Cox . As visitors we noticed Bros . Roxburgh , G . Peg . ; Potter , P . G . D . ; Le Veau , P . G . S . B . ; AVarren , P . G . Steward ; Bosson , Loge de 1 'Amitie , Boulogne ; Johns , Mother Kilwinning Lodge , Edinburgh ; Pullen , No . 54 ; Knight , No . 65 ; Fridges , No . 82 ; Ledger , Lodge , and Bridge , No . 109 ; Greville , No . 212 ; Young , No . 233 ; Tatham , No . 338 ; Phillips , No . 3 ( 37 ; AVright , No . 382 . At the conclusion of tho ceremony of installationwhich was most beautifully performedthe AV . M . appointed
, , and invested his officers for the ensuing-year as follows : —Bro . Morris Chubb , S . AV . ; Arthur AVightman , J . AV . ; Lewis Croinbie , P . M ., 233 ( re-elected at the previous meeting ) Treasurer ; Thomas A . Chubb , Secretary ; Aid . AA . A . Eose , S . D . ; George Hawkins , J . D . ; J . Stanton Farmer , I . G .: Henry Grissell and J . S . Pierce , Stewards . Bro . Croinbie proposed that a P . Af . jewel should be presented to Bro . Hensley " , P . M . ; for the very able and satisfactory manner in which he had discharged the duties of his office . The motion having been seconded and carried
unanimously , the P . M ., in a few appropriate remarks , presented Bro . Hensley with the jewel , ivhich is certainly one of tho handsomest , because one of the smallest and neatest in the Order . The other business of the Lodge having been transacted , and the Lodge closed , the brethren adjourned to an elegant dinner , upwards of seventy brethren assembling at tho social board . On the cloth being removed , the
usual toasts were given with great neatness and point . Bro . Potter returned thanks on behalf of the Grand Officers , and expressed his gratification at seeing au initiate of a Lodge , with which he had the honour of being connected , installed in the chair of such a numerous and well worked Lodgo as the Britannic . Bro . Hensley , the immediate P . M ., in proposing the health of the AV . M ., stated that they were all aware how excellent a working Mason he was , and how highly he was esteemed by every brother who had the honour of his acquaintance . Bro . Slight , with his usual modestyhadin proposing the health of the Grand Officersaltogether omitted any
, , , allusion to the fact that he had been recently enrolled amongst the number ; a circumstance which he was . suro must be most gratifying to every brother of tho Britannic Lodge , knowing how well their excellent brother ivould discharge the duties of any office he undertook . The toast having been mo ? t enthusiastically responded to , the AV . M . thanked the brethren for the reception with which they had honoured lii .-s health , which had been so kindly proposed by his respected predecessor in the chair . Throughout his Alasonic career it had ever been his endeavour to perform
his duties efficiently and conscientiously , so as to give satisfaction to the brethren . He certainly felt highly honoured by the notice which tho Most AVorshipful Grand Muster had been pleased to take of his past services , by conferring upon him Grand Office . He could assure the brethren , he did not accept it without feeling that it conferred upon him additional obligations to the Craft , for if it brought with it increased honours , it also involved increased responsibilities . He accepted these responsibilities with pleasureand should ever endeavour so to devote himself in
, his Alasonic life as to uphold and maintain the best interests and charities of the Craft . The health of the visitors , acknowledged by Bro . Pullen , No . 54 ; the iuitiates , the P . M . s , and the other usual toasts , followed in quick succession , and brought a most agreeable evening to an appropriate close , the pleasure having been considerably enhanced by some excellent glees , & a , by Bros . Lawler , Young , and King .