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The Masonic Reporter.
THE MASONIC REPORTER .
ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED EITE . MOKICE TOWN , DEVONPOKT . «] f $ ODGE OE PEKEECTION . —On Tuesday , the 8 th . of February , the Ex . and
fT Perf . Bro . P . G . Irwin , M . W . S ., opened a Grand Lodge of Perfection , ®^ and carefully supervised tho working of the following degrees : — 4 th . Secret Master . Worked by the Ex . and Perf . Bro . Paul . 5 th . Perfect Master Worked by the Ex . and Perf . Bro . Flamage . 6 th . Intimate Secretary Worked by the Ex . and Perf . Bro . Foxwell . 7 th . Provost and Judge Worked by tho Ex . and Perf . Bro . Brown .
8 th . Intondant of tho Buildings ... Worked by tho Ex . and Perf . Bro . Clemens . This was a very good preparation for the following day , as the brethren present derived a considerable portion of information relative to the meaning and tendency of these degrees . It was the unanimous opinion of all present that if these , and other , degrees were more frequently worked it would tend , considerably , to Masonic improvement and the appreciation of some matters but little understood .
ST . ATTBYN CHAETEE OE S . PS . R . ^ . —On Friday , the 9 th . of February , this Chapter met under the presidency of the M . W . S ., F . G . Irwin . Part of the business was devoted to the instruction of the officers of the Chapter in their respective duties , and also to ballot for several brethren whose names were inserted , in cypher , on tho summons , that being the course adopted in this chapter . All business being ended , the chapter was closed with the accustomed ceremonies .
Manchester.
MANCHESTER .
PAIATIXE CHAPTEB OF S . PS . R . ^ . —This Chapter met on Friday , the 2 nd . February , at the Palatine Hotel , Manchester , at one o'clock . There was a goodly muster of the members of the Order , and twelve candidates were duly received , the working being about average . Five guineas were voted to the funds of the Boys' School . The First Gen . was elected M . W . S . for the ensuing year . A discussion was raised as to the propriety of holding at least four meetings annually , the P . M . W . S . asserting that
the subscription , which is merely a nominal one , would not allow of it , everybody evidently forgetting that the Chapter received from £ 20 to £ 60 for fees at every meeting , which , if it does not form a handsome sum in the Treasurer ' s hands—no balance-sheets being rendered , as they ought to be to every member , and there being no by-laws except such as those in authority chose to put forward on their own responsibility—must be spent at the table , though each diner pays a fee of 10 . ? . Yoiu correspondent has often mused on tho universal dearth of fraternal feeling in Masonry , if anything more prominent in the high degrees than the Craft . Men daily incur stringent o . n . 's which they care in no K 2
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The Masonic Reporter.
THE MASONIC REPORTER .
ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED EITE . MOKICE TOWN , DEVONPOKT . «] f $ ODGE OE PEKEECTION . —On Tuesday , the 8 th . of February , the Ex . and
fT Perf . Bro . P . G . Irwin , M . W . S ., opened a Grand Lodge of Perfection , ®^ and carefully supervised tho working of the following degrees : — 4 th . Secret Master . Worked by the Ex . and Perf . Bro . Paul . 5 th . Perfect Master Worked by the Ex . and Perf . Bro . Flamage . 6 th . Intimate Secretary Worked by the Ex . and Perf . Bro . Foxwell . 7 th . Provost and Judge Worked by tho Ex . and Perf . Bro . Brown .
8 th . Intondant of tho Buildings ... Worked by tho Ex . and Perf . Bro . Clemens . This was a very good preparation for the following day , as the brethren present derived a considerable portion of information relative to the meaning and tendency of these degrees . It was the unanimous opinion of all present that if these , and other , degrees were more frequently worked it would tend , considerably , to Masonic improvement and the appreciation of some matters but little understood .
ST . ATTBYN CHAETEE OE S . PS . R . ^ . —On Friday , the 9 th . of February , this Chapter met under the presidency of the M . W . S ., F . G . Irwin . Part of the business was devoted to the instruction of the officers of the Chapter in their respective duties , and also to ballot for several brethren whose names were inserted , in cypher , on tho summons , that being the course adopted in this chapter . All business being ended , the chapter was closed with the accustomed ceremonies .
Manchester.
MANCHESTER .
PAIATIXE CHAPTEB OF S . PS . R . ^ . —This Chapter met on Friday , the 2 nd . February , at the Palatine Hotel , Manchester , at one o'clock . There was a goodly muster of the members of the Order , and twelve candidates were duly received , the working being about average . Five guineas were voted to the funds of the Boys' School . The First Gen . was elected M . W . S . for the ensuing year . A discussion was raised as to the propriety of holding at least four meetings annually , the P . M . W . S . asserting that
the subscription , which is merely a nominal one , would not allow of it , everybody evidently forgetting that the Chapter received from £ 20 to £ 60 for fees at every meeting , which , if it does not form a handsome sum in the Treasurer ' s hands—no balance-sheets being rendered , as they ought to be to every member , and there being no by-laws except such as those in authority chose to put forward on their own responsibility—must be spent at the table , though each diner pays a fee of 10 . ? . Yoiu correspondent has often mused on tho universal dearth of fraternal feeling in Masonry , if anything more prominent in the high degrees than the Craft . Men daily incur stringent o . n . 's which they care in no K 2