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rapidity , until six o ' clock , when Sir Roger de Coverly concluded one of the most pleasant and agreeable assemblies that has taken place in Cambridge for many years . CORNWALL . —FALMOUTH . —Jolm Ellis , Prov . G . Sup . of R . A . M . and D . P . G . M . of Cornwall , was elected Mayor of the Borough of Falmouthat the last electionhaving alreadfilled that office
, , y on two previous occasions , as well as having been an alderman for twelve years . Bro . Ellis was also qualified as a magistrate of the district on the 5 th inst . Bro . William Rufus Ellis has received an appointment as Postmaster of Falmouth .
DORSET . —WEYMOUTH . —At a Convocation of the All Souls Chapter , held at the Masonic Hall , Friday , Oct . 24 , the following Companions were elected to fill the several offices of the Chapter for the ensuing year : —Comp . T . H . Harper , Z . ; Comp . A . S . Samson , H . ; Comp . Maunders , J . ; Comp . J . Tizard , E . ; Comp . J . Harvey , N . ; Comp . T . Robinson , A . S . ; Comps . Popplewell and Farwel , * A . S .: and on Wednesday , Nov . 6 , a Board of Installed Principals was held , at the above
Chapter , for the purpose of installing and investing the Principals elect . The ceremony of Installation was ably and efficient ^ performed by Comp . W . Hancock , P . Z . The Companions dined together on the following day .
ESSEX . —CHELMSFORD . —On Monday evening , February 9 th , the Dep . Pr . G . M . ( Capt . Skinner ) visited the North Essex Lodge , at the White Hart Inn , Booking , attended by six Past Masters of the Lodge of Good Fellowship , No . 343 , Bro . Surridge , W . M ., of 817 Lodge , and several members of other lodges in the province . The Dep . P . G . Master was received with great enthusiasm , and the evening was spent with that harmony which always characterises the Masonic Craft .
EAST LANCASHIRE . —OLDHAM . —On Thursday , the 18 th of December last , a Grand Masonic Ball was held in the Town Hall , Oldham , in aid of the funds of the Female Orphan School , on a scale of magnificence seldom equalled , and perhaps never surpassed , eitherin this or any other province , the room being very tastefully decorated with banners . Masonic devices , & c . The gay and elegant dresses of the ladies , with the costly clothing and glittering jewellery of the Brethrenformed a dazzling spectaclewhile the beautiful music
, , , most admirably and tastefully executed by the excellent quadrille band , under the direction of Bro . Jones , bandmaster of the 16 th Lancers , constituted a tout ensemble more like the scene in some Arabian fairy tale than a veritable reality . A selection from the splendid band of the regiment played some beautiful airs in the hall during the arrival of the Brethren , thus contributing to render the approach scarcelless enchanting than the elysium itself . Peace
y , harmony , and brotherly kindness reigned supreme throughout the evening ; not a single circumstance occurring to interrupt the pleasure of the meeting , which was honoured by the presence of Bros . S . Blair , M . P . D . P . G . M . E . L ., Jno . Bell , P . S . G . W . E . L ., A . Rhoyds , Esq ., P . J . G . W . E . L ., several others of the P . 0 ., and
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rapidity , until six o ' clock , when Sir Roger de Coverly concluded one of the most pleasant and agreeable assemblies that has taken place in Cambridge for many years . CORNWALL . —FALMOUTH . —Jolm Ellis , Prov . G . Sup . of R . A . M . and D . P . G . M . of Cornwall , was elected Mayor of the Borough of Falmouthat the last electionhaving alreadfilled that office
, , y on two previous occasions , as well as having been an alderman for twelve years . Bro . Ellis was also qualified as a magistrate of the district on the 5 th inst . Bro . William Rufus Ellis has received an appointment as Postmaster of Falmouth .
DORSET . —WEYMOUTH . —At a Convocation of the All Souls Chapter , held at the Masonic Hall , Friday , Oct . 24 , the following Companions were elected to fill the several offices of the Chapter for the ensuing year : —Comp . T . H . Harper , Z . ; Comp . A . S . Samson , H . ; Comp . Maunders , J . ; Comp . J . Tizard , E . ; Comp . J . Harvey , N . ; Comp . T . Robinson , A . S . ; Comps . Popplewell and Farwel , * A . S .: and on Wednesday , Nov . 6 , a Board of Installed Principals was held , at the above
Chapter , for the purpose of installing and investing the Principals elect . The ceremony of Installation was ably and efficient ^ performed by Comp . W . Hancock , P . Z . The Companions dined together on the following day .
ESSEX . —CHELMSFORD . —On Monday evening , February 9 th , the Dep . Pr . G . M . ( Capt . Skinner ) visited the North Essex Lodge , at the White Hart Inn , Booking , attended by six Past Masters of the Lodge of Good Fellowship , No . 343 , Bro . Surridge , W . M ., of 817 Lodge , and several members of other lodges in the province . The Dep . P . G . Master was received with great enthusiasm , and the evening was spent with that harmony which always characterises the Masonic Craft .
EAST LANCASHIRE . —OLDHAM . —On Thursday , the 18 th of December last , a Grand Masonic Ball was held in the Town Hall , Oldham , in aid of the funds of the Female Orphan School , on a scale of magnificence seldom equalled , and perhaps never surpassed , eitherin this or any other province , the room being very tastefully decorated with banners . Masonic devices , & c . The gay and elegant dresses of the ladies , with the costly clothing and glittering jewellery of the Brethrenformed a dazzling spectaclewhile the beautiful music
, , , most admirably and tastefully executed by the excellent quadrille band , under the direction of Bro . Jones , bandmaster of the 16 th Lancers , constituted a tout ensemble more like the scene in some Arabian fairy tale than a veritable reality . A selection from the splendid band of the regiment played some beautiful airs in the hall during the arrival of the Brethren , thus contributing to render the approach scarcelless enchanting than the elysium itself . Peace
y , harmony , and brotherly kindness reigned supreme throughout the evening ; not a single circumstance occurring to interrupt the pleasure of the meeting , which was honoured by the presence of Bros . S . Blair , M . P . D . P . G . M . E . L ., Jno . Bell , P . S . G . W . E . L ., A . Rhoyds , Esq ., P . J . G . W . E . L ., several others of the P . 0 ., and