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Masonic Mems.
MASONIC MEMS .
TEE MASONIC MIRROR . . ; All communications to be addressed to the EDITOR , at No 19 , Salisbury-street , Strand , London , W . C .
The Provincial Grand Lodge of Lancashire West , will be held , under the presidency of Sir Thomas G . Fermor-Hesketh , Bart ., M . P ., R . AV . Provincial Grand Master , at the Adelphi Hotel , Liverpool , on Wednesday , the 4 th October , 1871 , at Twelve o ' clock at noon , for the transaction of the annual business of the Province . There will bea banquet at the Hotel , at four o ' clock in the afternoon .
The next quarterly meeting of the Prov . Grand Lodge of West Yorkshire , will be holden in the Mechanics' Institute , Bingley , on Wednesday , October 18 th , 1871 , at 12 . 30 p . m ., under the banner of the Scientific Lodge , No . 439 , the Marquis of Ripon , K . G ., Provincial Grand Master of West Yorkshire , having found it necessary to change the day of meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge to October ISth .
The half-yearly meeting of Prov . G . Chapter , of West York - shire , will be held on Wednesday , November 1 st , 1871 , at Masonic Hall , South Parade , Huddersfield . THE PEOVINCIAL GEAND LODGE OP CUMBEBIAND AND WESTMOHELAND . —By command of the Right Worshipful
Provincial Grand Master , the Earl of Bective , M . P ., a Provincial Grand Lodge will , be held at Albert Buildings , Kendal , on Friday , the 6 th day of October next , at Eleven o ' clock , a . m . The following is the business to be transacted : —to read and oon - firm the minutes of the last Provincial Grand Lodge , holden at Whitehaven , on April 12 th , 1871 ; to appoint and invest
Provincial Grand Officers for enbuing year ; to receive the dues for appointment to Provincial Grand Lodge Offices , and to hand over the certificates for 1 S 69 and 1870 ; to vote such sums as may be desirable to " the Simpson Pulpit Testimonial , " and to "the Bincie ' s Testimonial" Funds ; to accord a vote of condolence to Bro . Rev . James Simpson , Provincial Senior Grand
Warden , on the untimely death of his wife ; all and any other business appertaining to this Provincial Grand Lodge . The Charity Committee will meet half-an-hour previous to the Provincial Grand Lodge . After the transaction of lodge business tho brethren will proceed in procession to the parish church , where a sermon will be preached by tbe Venerable Archdeacon Cooper , M . A ., Vicar oi Kendal , and Honorary Canon of Carlisle .
OXPOBDSHIEE . —We have authority for stating that no successor has yet been appointed to succeed the late Colonel Bowyer in the office of " Provincial Grand Master . " For the present , as is usually tho case under similar circumstances , the province has been placed in charge of the Grand Registrar of the Order , Bro . iEneas J . Mclntyre ; and notice thereof has been officially
communicated by the Grand Secretary to the Master of each lodge in the province . We may state that he has notified to Alderman R . J . Spiers of Oxford his desire that that gentleuihn should continue in the office of Deputy Provincial Grand Master ;
he has also desired him to inform the Officers appointed at the Provincial Grand Lodge meeting in May last , that they are requested to retain their respective offices until a meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge shall bo held . The Provincial Grand Lodge of Durham will be held in the Borough Hall , Stockton , on Tuesday , 24 th October , at half-past
past two o ' clock . The Fund Committee will meet in the Borouh Hall at twelve o ' clock . Dinner will be served in the banquetsing room of the Masonic Hall at five o ' clock .
On Thursday evening , October 5 th , the fifteen Sections will bo worked in tbe FIDELITY LODGE OP INSTETTCTION , HO . 3 , at the Goat and Compasses , Euston Road , Bro . T . A . Adams , P . M . ' P . Z ., [ P . G . P ., will occupy the chair . The Sections will be worked by the following brethren : —the first Section by Bro . Stanway , 1287 ; 2 nd by Bro . Guy ton , 1287 ; 3 rd by Bro . Forbes ,
I . G ., 1287 ; 4 th by Bro . Cohen , 1298 ; 5 th by Bro . Staton , F . W . 12 S 7 ; Cchby Bro . Ritchie , 1287 ; 7 th by Bro . Ferguson , S . W , 18 S ; 8 th by Bro . Reed , S . W ., 1287 ; 9 th by Bro . Stevens , P . M . 120 , 1216 ; 10 th by Bro . Tyrell , P . M . 144 , 704 ; 11 th by Bro . Ash , P . M . 179 ; 12 th by Bro . McQueen ; 13 th by Bro . Snelling , 180 ; 14 thby Bro . Salmon , S . W . 905 ; and 15 th by Bro . Lancaster , D . C . 1207 . '
The METROPOLITAN MAEK LODGE OP INSTBUCTION ( the only one of the Degree iu London ) , will resume its meetings on Monday , October 2 nd , and every succeeding Monday , at half-past Seven o'clock p . m .. at tho Lyceum Tavern , No . 364 , Strand . Bro . Thos . Meggy , P . G . M . O . will preside as W . M . Meyer A . Luewenstark , P . M . 86 , W . M . elect , 22 , P . G . Steward , Hon . Sec .
Neptune Lodge , 22 , and Mount Sinai Chapter , 22 , having removed from Radley ' s Hotel , will , in future , hold its meetings at the Guildhall Tavern , City . WEST KENT MASONIC CHAEITABLE INSTITUTION . —A number of brethren in the Greenwich district have started an Association under this name , the object of which is to enable any
member of the Craft to gain , by easy subscriptions , a Life Governship or Life Subscribership in one of the Masonic Charitiies . The Association has arisen in connection with the Pythagorean Lodge of Instruction ( No . 75 ) .
We have been requested to announce that it is proposed to present a testimonial to Bro . F . Biuckcs , the Secretary of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , in recognition of his untiring efforts , and extraordinary exertions to obtain the funds required for the erection of the present handsome building , which , for completeness as a structure , and for utility as a home and
school , is probably unsurpassed . At the time of its dedication , it became a question amongst both town and provincial brethren , who were cognizant of tho great exertions of the Secretary , whether tho time had not then arrived for a general recognition of his valuable services ; but in the minds of many brethren of eminence , a difficulty presented itself in the fact that the
school was then burthened with a debt of considerable magnitude , and on reflection it was determined that it was more fitting to centralise all efforts towards reducing the liabilities than , even temporarily , to divert tho munificence of donors and subscribers . By the secretary ' s continued perseverance and thorough devotion to the welfare of the institution the liabilities have been so far reduced as to leave the institution now only indebted in a comparatively small sum tc its bankers , whilst
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Masonic Mems.
MASONIC MEMS .
TEE MASONIC MIRROR . . ; All communications to be addressed to the EDITOR , at No 19 , Salisbury-street , Strand , London , W . C .
The Provincial Grand Lodge of Lancashire West , will be held , under the presidency of Sir Thomas G . Fermor-Hesketh , Bart ., M . P ., R . AV . Provincial Grand Master , at the Adelphi Hotel , Liverpool , on Wednesday , the 4 th October , 1871 , at Twelve o ' clock at noon , for the transaction of the annual business of the Province . There will bea banquet at the Hotel , at four o ' clock in the afternoon .
The next quarterly meeting of the Prov . Grand Lodge of West Yorkshire , will be holden in the Mechanics' Institute , Bingley , on Wednesday , October 18 th , 1871 , at 12 . 30 p . m ., under the banner of the Scientific Lodge , No . 439 , the Marquis of Ripon , K . G ., Provincial Grand Master of West Yorkshire , having found it necessary to change the day of meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge to October ISth .
The half-yearly meeting of Prov . G . Chapter , of West York - shire , will be held on Wednesday , November 1 st , 1871 , at Masonic Hall , South Parade , Huddersfield . THE PEOVINCIAL GEAND LODGE OP CUMBEBIAND AND WESTMOHELAND . —By command of the Right Worshipful
Provincial Grand Master , the Earl of Bective , M . P ., a Provincial Grand Lodge will , be held at Albert Buildings , Kendal , on Friday , the 6 th day of October next , at Eleven o ' clock , a . m . The following is the business to be transacted : —to read and oon - firm the minutes of the last Provincial Grand Lodge , holden at Whitehaven , on April 12 th , 1871 ; to appoint and invest
Provincial Grand Officers for enbuing year ; to receive the dues for appointment to Provincial Grand Lodge Offices , and to hand over the certificates for 1 S 69 and 1870 ; to vote such sums as may be desirable to " the Simpson Pulpit Testimonial , " and to "the Bincie ' s Testimonial" Funds ; to accord a vote of condolence to Bro . Rev . James Simpson , Provincial Senior Grand
Warden , on the untimely death of his wife ; all and any other business appertaining to this Provincial Grand Lodge . The Charity Committee will meet half-an-hour previous to the Provincial Grand Lodge . After the transaction of lodge business tho brethren will proceed in procession to the parish church , where a sermon will be preached by tbe Venerable Archdeacon Cooper , M . A ., Vicar oi Kendal , and Honorary Canon of Carlisle .
OXPOBDSHIEE . —We have authority for stating that no successor has yet been appointed to succeed the late Colonel Bowyer in the office of " Provincial Grand Master . " For the present , as is usually tho case under similar circumstances , the province has been placed in charge of the Grand Registrar of the Order , Bro . iEneas J . Mclntyre ; and notice thereof has been officially
communicated by the Grand Secretary to the Master of each lodge in the province . We may state that he has notified to Alderman R . J . Spiers of Oxford his desire that that gentleuihn should continue in the office of Deputy Provincial Grand Master ;
he has also desired him to inform the Officers appointed at the Provincial Grand Lodge meeting in May last , that they are requested to retain their respective offices until a meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge shall bo held . The Provincial Grand Lodge of Durham will be held in the Borough Hall , Stockton , on Tuesday , 24 th October , at half-past
past two o ' clock . The Fund Committee will meet in the Borouh Hall at twelve o ' clock . Dinner will be served in the banquetsing room of the Masonic Hall at five o ' clock .
On Thursday evening , October 5 th , the fifteen Sections will bo worked in tbe FIDELITY LODGE OP INSTETTCTION , HO . 3 , at the Goat and Compasses , Euston Road , Bro . T . A . Adams , P . M . ' P . Z ., [ P . G . P ., will occupy the chair . The Sections will be worked by the following brethren : —the first Section by Bro . Stanway , 1287 ; 2 nd by Bro . Guy ton , 1287 ; 3 rd by Bro . Forbes ,
I . G ., 1287 ; 4 th by Bro . Cohen , 1298 ; 5 th by Bro . Staton , F . W . 12 S 7 ; Cchby Bro . Ritchie , 1287 ; 7 th by Bro . Ferguson , S . W , 18 S ; 8 th by Bro . Reed , S . W ., 1287 ; 9 th by Bro . Stevens , P . M . 120 , 1216 ; 10 th by Bro . Tyrell , P . M . 144 , 704 ; 11 th by Bro . Ash , P . M . 179 ; 12 th by Bro . McQueen ; 13 th by Bro . Snelling , 180 ; 14 thby Bro . Salmon , S . W . 905 ; and 15 th by Bro . Lancaster , D . C . 1207 . '
The METROPOLITAN MAEK LODGE OP INSTBUCTION ( the only one of the Degree iu London ) , will resume its meetings on Monday , October 2 nd , and every succeeding Monday , at half-past Seven o'clock p . m .. at tho Lyceum Tavern , No . 364 , Strand . Bro . Thos . Meggy , P . G . M . O . will preside as W . M . Meyer A . Luewenstark , P . M . 86 , W . M . elect , 22 , P . G . Steward , Hon . Sec .
Neptune Lodge , 22 , and Mount Sinai Chapter , 22 , having removed from Radley ' s Hotel , will , in future , hold its meetings at the Guildhall Tavern , City . WEST KENT MASONIC CHAEITABLE INSTITUTION . —A number of brethren in the Greenwich district have started an Association under this name , the object of which is to enable any
member of the Craft to gain , by easy subscriptions , a Life Governship or Life Subscribership in one of the Masonic Charitiies . The Association has arisen in connection with the Pythagorean Lodge of Instruction ( No . 75 ) .
We have been requested to announce that it is proposed to present a testimonial to Bro . F . Biuckcs , the Secretary of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , in recognition of his untiring efforts , and extraordinary exertions to obtain the funds required for the erection of the present handsome building , which , for completeness as a structure , and for utility as a home and
school , is probably unsurpassed . At the time of its dedication , it became a question amongst both town and provincial brethren , who were cognizant of tho great exertions of the Secretary , whether tho time had not then arrived for a general recognition of his valuable services ; but in the minds of many brethren of eminence , a difficulty presented itself in the fact that the
school was then burthened with a debt of considerable magnitude , and on reflection it was determined that it was more fitting to centralise all efforts towards reducing the liabilities than , even temporarily , to divert tho munificence of donors and subscribers . By the secretary ' s continued perseverance and thorough devotion to the welfare of the institution the liabilities have been so far reduced as to leave the institution now only indebted in a comparatively small sum tc its bankers , whilst