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Provincial.
Rome . ( Hear , hear . ) Before sitting down he begged leave to propose " Tho Health of Brother Peyton , the Provincial Grand Senior Warden . " ( Applause . ) Bro . PEVTON responded , proposing " The Health of Bro . C . W . Hoskyns , the Deputy Provincial Grand Master , " whose absence ou the Continent they would all regret , as ib was occasioned by tho illness of some of his family . Among the other toasts given during the evening -were
" Tlio Masters and Wardens of the various lodges in the Province ; " "The Master of the Eastnor Lodge , Bro . Piper ; " "The Visiting Brethren , coupled with the name of Bro . P . M . Smith , Worcester ( 280 ) Lodge ; " "The Ladies , coupled with tlienauie" - of Mrs . Bowles , " & c . Several glees , songs , & c , were sung during the evening by Bros . Burr-ill ( Palladian Lodge ) , ancl Brooks and Pollard ( Semper Fidelis Lodge ) , accompanied by Uro . Broad ( Semper Fidelis Lodge ) .
LEICESTERSHIRE . PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE . The annual general meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Leicestershire was held afc the Freemasons' Hall , Halfordstreet , on Tuesday the 17 th inst ., and was attended by a large number of members of the Order . Among those present were Bros . W . Kelly , Prov . G . M . ; Rev . X Spitta ' lRev . E . W . WoodcockE . ClephanH . J . DavisW .
, , , , Pettifor , C . Morris , AV . Millican , G . C . Millican , T . Sheppard , J . B . Jacques , H . P . Green , J . E . Hodges , G . H . Hodges , L . Turner , W . II . Morris , M . H . Lewin , F . Manning , J . Adkird , W . Moor , J . Crofts , T . H . Buzzard , W . Wears , W . Johnson , G . H . Comport , Ward Layle , D . Challis , Gr . B . Atkins , J . Orrock , AV . Bar-foot , W . Burnham , James Henry , and other members of the two local lodges ; J . C . CotmanT . Worthington ClarkeS .
, , Davis , TV . H . Griffiths , and E . Houlston , ofthe Hinckley Lodge ; H . E . Smith , G . F . Brown , and S . Love , of the Ashby Lodge ; C . Bosworth , J . Wilson , H . Deane , W . Rowhotham , J . Mourn-Stephen , H . Dougherty , — Dobell , and A . Mullett , of the Loughborough Lodge ; F . Binckes , Secretary of the Boys ' School , & c . The Grand Lodge having been opened by the D . Prov . G . M .
Bro . Kelly , a letter was read from the Right Hon . Earl Howe , Prov . G . M ., expressing the bitter disappointment it was to him , thafc , owing to severe illness , he was unable to be present to meet the brethren . A resolution was unanimously passed expressive of fche deep regret of fche brethren afc his lordshi p's absence from illness , and their fervent hope that his health might speedily be restored .
Reports on the condition of the lodges in the province having been presented by the respective Worshipful Masters , and other business having been transacted , tbe following brethren were appointed as fche officers of fche province for the ensuing year : — Bro . J . Spittal Prov . S . G . W . „ H . E . Smith J . G . W .
„ E . W . Woodcock 1 „ , „ Samuel Smith 5 " G - P - „ R . Brewin „ G . Treas . „ J . E . Cotman „ G . Reg . „ C . Morris , G . Sec . „ S . Davis ¦ . „ S . G . D . „ C . Bosworth „ J . G . D . W . B . Smith Supt of AVorks .
„ „ „ AV C . Croft „ G . Dir . of Cers . „ G . H . Hodges „ G . Asst . Dir . of Cers . „ S . Love „ G . Sword Bearer . „ Herr Ptaeek , G . Org . „ J . Adlard „ G . Purst . „ W . H . Griffiths " 1 „ Alfred L . Clarke j
;; joim E ^ Hodges : ; :::::::::::::::: \ » G - ^^¦^ „ Luke Turner j „ AA . Rowbottom J The business of the day being ended , the brethren adjourned to the banquet , presided over , as in lodge , by Bro . Kelly , to which , as usual , a most liberal supply of venison , game , and fruit was contributed by Earl Howeand at which the usual
, loyal and Masonic toasts were duly honoured . Some amusement was caused in connection with the toast of "The Bishop of' the Diocese and the Ministers of Religion within tbe province , " by a passing allusion to the recent Papal allocution denouncing Freemasonry as a wicked association for the subversion of all religious and civil institutions , a charge so utterly
opposed to all the principles and spirit of the Order as to be only worthy of ridicule . In replying to tbe . toast of " The Masonic Charities , " Bro . Frederick Binckes , of London , Secretary of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , made an eloquent appeal in favour of those excellent institutions , and described their present condition . He stated thafc tho School for fche education and maintenance of female children is free from debtand has upwards
, of £ 13 , 000 in the Funds ; that the institution for the aged members of tlie Order and their widows has also its building free from debt , and a considerable amount of funded property ; he , therefore , urged the more pressing claims of the charity with which he was officially connected—the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys . The building afc Lordship-lane , near Londonhaving become too smalla much more extensive and
, , imposing structure has recently been erected at Wood-green , on the Great Northern line , for the immediate reception of 150 boys , and , as soon as means are available , to be increased to 200 . This has been done at a cost of £ 30 , 000 , to meet whieh the whole of the funded property of the institution has been sold out , leaving a debt of £ 5 , 000 , which ifc is highly desirable to liquidate , and towards which the contributions of the
brethren were solicited . In answer to this appeal , one of the brethren qualified himself as a Life Governor by a contribution of £ 10 10 s ., five or six others became life subscribers by the payment of £ 5 5 s » each , whilst several others became annual subscribers to the-Charity . Soon afterwards fche meeting broke up , after an evening of rational enjoyment , cheered afc the same time by a sense of " having extended a helping hand to tho wants of others .
A local contemporary embraced the opportunity afforded by the meeting at Leicester on the 17 fch inst . of the Provincial Grand Meeting of the Province to discuss the subject of His Holiness ' s recent allocution against our order . AVe give theremarks of our contemporary in extenso . The Papal allocution against Freemasonry may be considered another act in the great drama of self-destruction , which the HolSee has been performing with especial vigour
y during the last century . It is indeed difficult to regard the position assumed by his Holiness without a profane smile-: theattack was so uncalled-for on the part of the Masonic body , ifc was so virulent and unrelenting in its ardour , so uncompromising in its denunciations , that when we seek for the evidence in support of the assertions made , and find none , our gravity is lost , and regretful commiseration takes the place of surprise .
In discussing the matter , as a kind of introduction to the annual meeting of the Leicestershire Provincial Grand Lodge , on Tuesday last , our mind instantly adverts to the circumstance that no sect , no'frafcernity , no society , has so little embroiled itself in the political perturbations of the country as the society of Freemasons . This fact is the more remarkable because , in all probability , no society was ever so thoroughly organised , and certainly none had ever greater title to respect , and support ( if support were needed other than that which is
so plentifully supplied by internal strength ) than the ancient and honourable Order of Freemasons . The very soul of Freemasonry is charity and peace ; the work of fche Samaritan istbe work of the modern Freemason . He walks in paths peculiar to his profession ; he knows the great army-fellowship of which Mr . Ruskin speaks so beautifully , the holding of the hand in perfect stillness ; he his apart from the rushing herd of mena link in the great chain of humanityascending and .
, , descending the mountains which grow in the common ways of men , whereon if a brother slips there are thousands of hands to save . There is no Mafcterhorn accident in ordinary life amongst the Masonic brotherhood of England . What , then , attracted the vituperative impertinence of the Sovereign of the VafcicanJ ? AVe confess to some little acquaintance with the Masonry of continental nations , and we believe that it was an important
element in tho secret fraternities of the Middle Ages , and , we have reason to think , formed a stumbling-block in the paths of the Popes when attempting to establish Papal domination upon , tho thrones of Kings . Unless this were so , it is scarcely probable that the Pontiffs , "faithful to the pastoral (!) office , " would have taken tho trouble to rend , with a " sentence of excommunication as wifch a sword , this sect attacking sacred and civil life . " What little we have to say has reference to the English Masons , ancl year by year the Craft has grown into higher repute , until it attained to royal favour ancl participa-
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Provincial.
Rome . ( Hear , hear . ) Before sitting down he begged leave to propose " Tho Health of Brother Peyton , the Provincial Grand Senior Warden . " ( Applause . ) Bro . PEVTON responded , proposing " The Health of Bro . C . W . Hoskyns , the Deputy Provincial Grand Master , " whose absence ou the Continent they would all regret , as ib was occasioned by tho illness of some of his family . Among the other toasts given during the evening -were
" Tlio Masters and Wardens of the various lodges in the Province ; " "The Master of the Eastnor Lodge , Bro . Piper ; " "The Visiting Brethren , coupled with the name of Bro . P . M . Smith , Worcester ( 280 ) Lodge ; " "The Ladies , coupled with tlienauie" - of Mrs . Bowles , " & c . Several glees , songs , & c , were sung during the evening by Bros . Burr-ill ( Palladian Lodge ) , ancl Brooks and Pollard ( Semper Fidelis Lodge ) , accompanied by Uro . Broad ( Semper Fidelis Lodge ) .
LEICESTERSHIRE . PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE . The annual general meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Leicestershire was held afc the Freemasons' Hall , Halfordstreet , on Tuesday the 17 th inst ., and was attended by a large number of members of the Order . Among those present were Bros . W . Kelly , Prov . G . M . ; Rev . X Spitta ' lRev . E . W . WoodcockE . ClephanH . J . DavisW .
, , , , Pettifor , C . Morris , AV . Millican , G . C . Millican , T . Sheppard , J . B . Jacques , H . P . Green , J . E . Hodges , G . H . Hodges , L . Turner , W . II . Morris , M . H . Lewin , F . Manning , J . Adkird , W . Moor , J . Crofts , T . H . Buzzard , W . Wears , W . Johnson , G . H . Comport , Ward Layle , D . Challis , Gr . B . Atkins , J . Orrock , AV . Bar-foot , W . Burnham , James Henry , and other members of the two local lodges ; J . C . CotmanT . Worthington ClarkeS .
, , Davis , TV . H . Griffiths , and E . Houlston , ofthe Hinckley Lodge ; H . E . Smith , G . F . Brown , and S . Love , of the Ashby Lodge ; C . Bosworth , J . Wilson , H . Deane , W . Rowhotham , J . Mourn-Stephen , H . Dougherty , — Dobell , and A . Mullett , of the Loughborough Lodge ; F . Binckes , Secretary of the Boys ' School , & c . The Grand Lodge having been opened by the D . Prov . G . M .
Bro . Kelly , a letter was read from the Right Hon . Earl Howe , Prov . G . M ., expressing the bitter disappointment it was to him , thafc , owing to severe illness , he was unable to be present to meet the brethren . A resolution was unanimously passed expressive of fche deep regret of fche brethren afc his lordshi p's absence from illness , and their fervent hope that his health might speedily be restored .
Reports on the condition of the lodges in the province having been presented by the respective Worshipful Masters , and other business having been transacted , tbe following brethren were appointed as fche officers of fche province for the ensuing year : — Bro . J . Spittal Prov . S . G . W . „ H . E . Smith J . G . W .
„ E . W . Woodcock 1 „ , „ Samuel Smith 5 " G - P - „ R . Brewin „ G . Treas . „ J . E . Cotman „ G . Reg . „ C . Morris , G . Sec . „ S . Davis ¦ . „ S . G . D . „ C . Bosworth „ J . G . D . W . B . Smith Supt of AVorks .
„ „ „ AV C . Croft „ G . Dir . of Cers . „ G . H . Hodges „ G . Asst . Dir . of Cers . „ S . Love „ G . Sword Bearer . „ Herr Ptaeek , G . Org . „ J . Adlard „ G . Purst . „ W . H . Griffiths " 1 „ Alfred L . Clarke j
;; joim E ^ Hodges : ; :::::::::::::::: \ » G - ^^¦^ „ Luke Turner j „ AA . Rowbottom J The business of the day being ended , the brethren adjourned to the banquet , presided over , as in lodge , by Bro . Kelly , to which , as usual , a most liberal supply of venison , game , and fruit was contributed by Earl Howeand at which the usual
, loyal and Masonic toasts were duly honoured . Some amusement was caused in connection with the toast of "The Bishop of' the Diocese and the Ministers of Religion within tbe province , " by a passing allusion to the recent Papal allocution denouncing Freemasonry as a wicked association for the subversion of all religious and civil institutions , a charge so utterly
opposed to all the principles and spirit of the Order as to be only worthy of ridicule . In replying to tbe . toast of " The Masonic Charities , " Bro . Frederick Binckes , of London , Secretary of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , made an eloquent appeal in favour of those excellent institutions , and described their present condition . He stated thafc tho School for fche education and maintenance of female children is free from debtand has upwards
, of £ 13 , 000 in the Funds ; that the institution for the aged members of tlie Order and their widows has also its building free from debt , and a considerable amount of funded property ; he , therefore , urged the more pressing claims of the charity with which he was officially connected—the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys . The building afc Lordship-lane , near Londonhaving become too smalla much more extensive and
, , imposing structure has recently been erected at Wood-green , on the Great Northern line , for the immediate reception of 150 boys , and , as soon as means are available , to be increased to 200 . This has been done at a cost of £ 30 , 000 , to meet whieh the whole of the funded property of the institution has been sold out , leaving a debt of £ 5 , 000 , which ifc is highly desirable to liquidate , and towards which the contributions of the
brethren were solicited . In answer to this appeal , one of the brethren qualified himself as a Life Governor by a contribution of £ 10 10 s ., five or six others became life subscribers by the payment of £ 5 5 s » each , whilst several others became annual subscribers to the-Charity . Soon afterwards fche meeting broke up , after an evening of rational enjoyment , cheered afc the same time by a sense of " having extended a helping hand to tho wants of others .
A local contemporary embraced the opportunity afforded by the meeting at Leicester on the 17 fch inst . of the Provincial Grand Meeting of the Province to discuss the subject of His Holiness ' s recent allocution against our order . AVe give theremarks of our contemporary in extenso . The Papal allocution against Freemasonry may be considered another act in the great drama of self-destruction , which the HolSee has been performing with especial vigour
y during the last century . It is indeed difficult to regard the position assumed by his Holiness without a profane smile-: theattack was so uncalled-for on the part of the Masonic body , ifc was so virulent and unrelenting in its ardour , so uncompromising in its denunciations , that when we seek for the evidence in support of the assertions made , and find none , our gravity is lost , and regretful commiseration takes the place of surprise .
In discussing the matter , as a kind of introduction to the annual meeting of the Leicestershire Provincial Grand Lodge , on Tuesday last , our mind instantly adverts to the circumstance that no sect , no'frafcernity , no society , has so little embroiled itself in the political perturbations of the country as the society of Freemasons . This fact is the more remarkable because , in all probability , no society was ever so thoroughly organised , and certainly none had ever greater title to respect , and support ( if support were needed other than that which is
so plentifully supplied by internal strength ) than the ancient and honourable Order of Freemasons . The very soul of Freemasonry is charity and peace ; the work of fche Samaritan istbe work of the modern Freemason . He walks in paths peculiar to his profession ; he knows the great army-fellowship of which Mr . Ruskin speaks so beautifully , the holding of the hand in perfect stillness ; he his apart from the rushing herd of mena link in the great chain of humanityascending and .
, , descending the mountains which grow in the common ways of men , whereon if a brother slips there are thousands of hands to save . There is no Mafcterhorn accident in ordinary life amongst the Masonic brotherhood of England . What , then , attracted the vituperative impertinence of the Sovereign of the VafcicanJ ? AVe confess to some little acquaintance with the Masonry of continental nations , and we believe that it was an important
element in tho secret fraternities of the Middle Ages , and , we have reason to think , formed a stumbling-block in the paths of the Popes when attempting to establish Papal domination upon , tho thrones of Kings . Unless this were so , it is scarcely probable that the Pontiffs , "faithful to the pastoral (!) office , " would have taken tho trouble to rend , with a " sentence of excommunication as wifch a sword , this sect attacking sacred and civil life . " What little we have to say has reference to the English Masons , ancl year by year the Craft has grown into higher repute , until it attained to royal favour ancl participa-