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resigned his office of Master of the Ceremonies , held by him for a number of years past . At half past four the brethren sat down to a most splendid dinner providedby NichollsandFisk , of this town . The R . W . J . S . PENLEAZE , M . P .-the Prov . G . M . presided , supported by the Dep . P . G . M . Sir JOHN MILLBANK , Bart ., and his other grand officers . The rational enjoyment
of the guests was promoted in a very high degree by the affability and brotherly courtesy evinced by the Prov . G . M ., and the many admirable and appropriate speeches delivered by him on the occasion . The entertainment passed off with the utmost harmony and satisfaction to the numerous party assembled .
CONSECRATION AND DEDICATION OF A NEW MASONIC LODGE . Ceremony observed at the dedication'of Freemason ' s Hall , by the R . W . Lord Viscount Ebrington , M . P ., P . G . M . of Devon , at Tiverton , on Wednesday , Sept . 3 , A . D . 1034 . —A . L . 5834 . IT wUl be pleasing to the fraternity in general to read a description of the above ceremonies , which have so much interested the Craft in the western provinces , ancl have furnished so gratifying a proof of the
vast increase of Masonic principles in that portion of the empire . Some excellent and zealous brethren have , by considerable industry and expenditure , completed a Masonic hall in the pretty town of Tiverton , which for correct Masonic arrangement and high taste , has been seldom excelled . The hall is devoted exclusively to the progressive degrees of Masonry , and it has been painted and decorated accordingly . On the
walls are depicted representations of many ancient Masonic worthies in attitude and costume , doing infinite credit to the genius of the able artist , Brother Reed , to whose gratuitous pencil the brethren are indebted for these and manifold other exquisite decorations ; a good
or ^ an ( an instrument so important in the solemnities of Masonry ) adds to the characteristic furniture of the hall : in fact , the whole is in due accordance with the pure spirit of the profession in which we exult , and must here arrest the attention of every intelligent and inquiring Mason . Already the Lodge of Fidelity , 2 SO , has attached to it a R . A . Chapter and an encampment of Knights Templars ; and if we may augur
from the desire of improvement and the avidity in research which animate most of its members , we suspect that this Lodge will add considerable lustre to our royal art , while it receives itself that portion of admiration which the uniform urbanity of its members has so justly excited . We have long been delighted to observe the interchange of attentions and visits among the Lodges in the west of England ; we
know no regulation more calculated to promote "brotherly love" than reciprocities of this description , and we turn with considerable pleasure for proof of the soundness of this position to the good fruits produced thereby in the three neig hbouring and visiting Lodges of Tiverton ,,
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Provincial.
resigned his office of Master of the Ceremonies , held by him for a number of years past . At half past four the brethren sat down to a most splendid dinner providedby NichollsandFisk , of this town . The R . W . J . S . PENLEAZE , M . P .-the Prov . G . M . presided , supported by the Dep . P . G . M . Sir JOHN MILLBANK , Bart ., and his other grand officers . The rational enjoyment
of the guests was promoted in a very high degree by the affability and brotherly courtesy evinced by the Prov . G . M ., and the many admirable and appropriate speeches delivered by him on the occasion . The entertainment passed off with the utmost harmony and satisfaction to the numerous party assembled .
CONSECRATION AND DEDICATION OF A NEW MASONIC LODGE . Ceremony observed at the dedication'of Freemason ' s Hall , by the R . W . Lord Viscount Ebrington , M . P ., P . G . M . of Devon , at Tiverton , on Wednesday , Sept . 3 , A . D . 1034 . —A . L . 5834 . IT wUl be pleasing to the fraternity in general to read a description of the above ceremonies , which have so much interested the Craft in the western provinces , ancl have furnished so gratifying a proof of the
vast increase of Masonic principles in that portion of the empire . Some excellent and zealous brethren have , by considerable industry and expenditure , completed a Masonic hall in the pretty town of Tiverton , which for correct Masonic arrangement and high taste , has been seldom excelled . The hall is devoted exclusively to the progressive degrees of Masonry , and it has been painted and decorated accordingly . On the
walls are depicted representations of many ancient Masonic worthies in attitude and costume , doing infinite credit to the genius of the able artist , Brother Reed , to whose gratuitous pencil the brethren are indebted for these and manifold other exquisite decorations ; a good
or ^ an ( an instrument so important in the solemnities of Masonry ) adds to the characteristic furniture of the hall : in fact , the whole is in due accordance with the pure spirit of the profession in which we exult , and must here arrest the attention of every intelligent and inquiring Mason . Already the Lodge of Fidelity , 2 SO , has attached to it a R . A . Chapter and an encampment of Knights Templars ; and if we may augur
from the desire of improvement and the avidity in research which animate most of its members , we suspect that this Lodge will add considerable lustre to our royal art , while it receives itself that portion of admiration which the uniform urbanity of its members has so justly excited . We have long been delighted to observe the interchange of attentions and visits among the Lodges in the west of England ; we
know no regulation more calculated to promote "brotherly love" than reciprocities of this description , and we turn with considerable pleasure for proof of the soundness of this position to the good fruits produced thereby in the three neig hbouring and visiting Lodges of Tiverton ,,