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Unity by dining with them at tho Bell Hotel , on AVhit Tuesday , on the occasion of their annual commemoration , ivhich would be attended by delegates from every part of the kingdom , at which it was anticipated the Right Hon . Earl Howe would preside . Tho letter was ordered to be acknowledged with thanks , and the Secretary was requested to state that a reply would be sout after the next meeting of the Lodge . A gentleman having been proposed for initiation , the Lodge ivas closed .
LINCOLNSHIRE . BOSTON . —Lodge of Harmony ( So . 339 ) . —This Lodge held its monthly meeting at the Hall , Corpus Christi-laue , ou Tuesday , May 10 th , present : —Bi-os . AValter Cleggall , AV . M . ; Bland , S . AV . ; Locke , J . AV . ; Margason , I . G . ; Clayden , Tyler ; Pocklmgton , P . M ., Heckford , Sec ; Browne , Radley , Kent , Thompson , ancl Fixter . The Lodge having been opened in the first degree , and the minutes of the last Lodge having been read and confirmedthe report of a committee appointed to select
, candidates for the Aged Freemasons and AVidows Benevolent Institution was read . It was proposed by Bro . Pocklmgton , and seconded by Bro . Radley , " That this Lodge do su-iport , at the ensuing election , Bros . Harper , of Hull ; Battam , St . Heller ' s , Jersey ; and Marsh , London . " Proposed by Bro . Poeklington , seconded by Bro . Browne , " That this Lodge do support , at tho ensuing election for female annuitants , Elisabeth Piper and Esther Dear . Tho brethren , liaving been called from labour to refreshment for a short time , afterwards resumed their labours .
The AV . M . then gave an eloquent and highly interesting lecture on "Early Masonry in the East , " alluding more particularly to tho sun worshippers , and also giving a description of a stone found at Nineveh during the lato excavations , throwing light upon Freemasonry at a remote period . A very lucid and elaborate explanation ofthe East followed , as relating more particularly to Freemasonry . The worshipful brother , in concluding , hoping that the " Star m tho East" would . prove to every brother a " bright and morning star . " After closing the Lodthe
ge brethren partook of refreshment , when a vote of thanks was proposed by Bro . Bland , aud seconded by Svo . Pocklmgton , to the AVorshipful Master for his very eloquent and interesting lecture . Owing to several meetings having been called on the same evening the attendance of the brethren was small , and after hearing an explanation of several symbolic designs by Bro . Kent , the brethren parted at au early hour in harmony and ncnec .
NORFOLK . ArroixranxT , ~ . / , orf > . ~ Thiirsday , Alay 2 Glh , Perseverance ( 258 ) , Lamb Inn , Norwich , at S . NORTHUMBERLAND . A p oiXTMEST . —/ , < % _ . —Tuesday , . Alay 2 . 0 " ., Newcastle Iuelrnction , Freemasons' Hall , Newcastle , at 7 . OXFORDSHIRE .
ArroiXTiiHNTS . —Lodges . —Monday , May 23 rd , Provincial Grand Lodge , Masonic Hall , Oslbi-d ; AVedncsday , 95 th , Apollo ( -160 ) , ditto , at -1 . Encampment . —Tuesday , 2 ilh , Cceur do Lion , ditto , at 3 . OXFoni ) . —Churchill Lodge ( No . 702 ) . —This Lodgo ( the summer Lodge of Oxford , as it is called , ) has lately , with the sanction of the R . AV . Prov . Grand Master , Bro . Atkyns Bowyer , changed its quarters from Nunoliam to thc Masonic Hall , Oxford , ancl celebrated its annual festival on Thursday , the 10 th inst . The
Lodge was opened at the above named place , at two o ' clock , when thc chair wiw , taken by thc AV . M ., Bro . C . J . Martyn , B . A ., of Christ Church . The onl y business was to ballot for Bro . Fardell , of Christ Church , and of the Apollo Lodge , No . 400 , as a joining member , who was duly elected , and to install tho AV . M . elect , the Rev . Sir F . A . Gore Ouseley , Bart ., Mas . Doc , Christ Church , professor of music in the University . This ceremony having been duly performed by the AV . Bro . C . J . Martyn , Sir F . Ouseley appointed and invested as his officers the R . AV . Bro . Spiers , P . G . S . B ,, and D , Prov . GUI . Oxon , as Treas , ; the Rev , J . H . Sidebotham , 3 P
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Provincial.
Unity by dining with them at tho Bell Hotel , on AVhit Tuesday , on the occasion of their annual commemoration , ivhich would be attended by delegates from every part of the kingdom , at which it was anticipated the Right Hon . Earl Howe would preside . Tho letter was ordered to be acknowledged with thanks , and the Secretary was requested to state that a reply would be sout after the next meeting of the Lodge . A gentleman having been proposed for initiation , the Lodge ivas closed .
LINCOLNSHIRE . BOSTON . —Lodge of Harmony ( So . 339 ) . —This Lodge held its monthly meeting at the Hall , Corpus Christi-laue , ou Tuesday , May 10 th , present : —Bi-os . AValter Cleggall , AV . M . ; Bland , S . AV . ; Locke , J . AV . ; Margason , I . G . ; Clayden , Tyler ; Pocklmgton , P . M ., Heckford , Sec ; Browne , Radley , Kent , Thompson , ancl Fixter . The Lodge having been opened in the first degree , and the minutes of the last Lodge having been read and confirmedthe report of a committee appointed to select
, candidates for the Aged Freemasons and AVidows Benevolent Institution was read . It was proposed by Bro . Pocklmgton , and seconded by Bro . Radley , " That this Lodge do su-iport , at the ensuing election , Bros . Harper , of Hull ; Battam , St . Heller ' s , Jersey ; and Marsh , London . " Proposed by Bro . Poeklington , seconded by Bro . Browne , " That this Lodge do support , at tho ensuing election for female annuitants , Elisabeth Piper and Esther Dear . Tho brethren , liaving been called from labour to refreshment for a short time , afterwards resumed their labours .
The AV . M . then gave an eloquent and highly interesting lecture on "Early Masonry in the East , " alluding more particularly to tho sun worshippers , and also giving a description of a stone found at Nineveh during the lato excavations , throwing light upon Freemasonry at a remote period . A very lucid and elaborate explanation ofthe East followed , as relating more particularly to Freemasonry . The worshipful brother , in concluding , hoping that the " Star m tho East" would . prove to every brother a " bright and morning star . " After closing the Lodthe
ge brethren partook of refreshment , when a vote of thanks was proposed by Bro . Bland , aud seconded by Svo . Pocklmgton , to the AVorshipful Master for his very eloquent and interesting lecture . Owing to several meetings having been called on the same evening the attendance of the brethren was small , and after hearing an explanation of several symbolic designs by Bro . Kent , the brethren parted at au early hour in harmony and ncnec .
NORFOLK . ArroixranxT , ~ . / , orf > . ~ Thiirsday , Alay 2 Glh , Perseverance ( 258 ) , Lamb Inn , Norwich , at S . NORTHUMBERLAND . A p oiXTMEST . —/ , < % _ . —Tuesday , . Alay 2 . 0 " ., Newcastle Iuelrnction , Freemasons' Hall , Newcastle , at 7 . OXFORDSHIRE .
ArroiXTiiHNTS . —Lodges . —Monday , May 23 rd , Provincial Grand Lodge , Masonic Hall , Oslbi-d ; AVedncsday , 95 th , Apollo ( -160 ) , ditto , at -1 . Encampment . —Tuesday , 2 ilh , Cceur do Lion , ditto , at 3 . OXFoni ) . —Churchill Lodge ( No . 702 ) . —This Lodgo ( the summer Lodge of Oxford , as it is called , ) has lately , with the sanction of the R . AV . Prov . Grand Master , Bro . Atkyns Bowyer , changed its quarters from Nunoliam to thc Masonic Hall , Oxford , ancl celebrated its annual festival on Thursday , the 10 th inst . The
Lodge was opened at the above named place , at two o ' clock , when thc chair wiw , taken by thc AV . M ., Bro . C . J . Martyn , B . A ., of Christ Church . The onl y business was to ballot for Bro . Fardell , of Christ Church , and of the Apollo Lodge , No . 400 , as a joining member , who was duly elected , and to install tho AV . M . elect , the Rev . Sir F . A . Gore Ouseley , Bart ., Mas . Doc , Christ Church , professor of music in the University . This ceremony having been duly performed by the AV . Bro . C . J . Martyn , Sir F . Ouseley appointed and invested as his officers the R . AV . Bro . Spiers , P . G . S . B ,, and D , Prov . GUI . Oxon , as Treas , ; the Rev , J . H . Sidebotham , 3 P