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the signal for instant departure from the festive scene . Some twenty Brethren adjourned to the house of Bro . Harris , and passed a social hour , and enjoyed some excellent singing by Bros . Major Brandon , Carpenter , ( improvisatore ) Mayle , & c . ; and that the events of the joyous holiday might sustain no alloy , the parting glass was quaffed in the true spirit of the Order , ancl the adieux pronounced before St . Mary ' s Collegiate bell had told the twelfth hour .
Some very beautiful lines , entitled " The Architect of All , " from the pen of Bro . Hersee , and generally circulated among the company , will be found in our poet ' s corner . It may be instanced as a pleasing Masonic fact , that the three editors of the Leamington and AVarwick papers were , there;—three editors of different shades in politics , are members , and were present on this memorable occasion , viz . Bros . Hersee , Sharp , and Torre .
AVOLVEBIIAMPTON . —The retirement of Dr . Oliver from this town had cast a gloom over us , which the expected residence of Bro . Slade , who has accepted the curacy , is destined partly to dissipate ; and the Brethren look forward to contribute their quota of Masonic intelligence . NORTHAMPTONSHIRE . —Till recently we have had no Provincial Grand Master ; the Earl of Aboyne has receiveci the appointment , of which he is every way worthy . A provincial meeting will shortlbe heldand
y , the Brethren of St . Peter ' s Lodge at Peterborough , on their recent visit to the Prov . G . L . of Lincolnshire , at Boston , invited Dr . Oliver ( who was initiated in their Lodge more than forty years ago ) to give them the aid of his valuable presence . The Masonic sage readily promised his aid . There are probably some others who would attend on the invitation of Bro . Ewart .
LINCOLN . —Presentation of a Jewel to W . A . Nicholson , Esq . —The Annual Meeting of the AVitham Lodge for the installation of officers was holden on the 24 th of June , 1841 . After the business of the clay was completed , the Brethren adjourned to the banquet , and the Chair was taken by Bro . Goodacre the newly installed AV . M . The usual leading toasts having been disposed of , tlie AV . M . rose to propose the health of Bro . Nicholson . He observedthat he felt exceedinglgratified
, y that the duty had devolved on him of expressing the affectionate regards of the Brethren of the AVitham Lodge towards an individual who had so materially advanced its interests—an honour which he could not have anticipated , as it was only two years since he had become a joining Member . In that large meeting there were few present who had not either been initiated or re-united to the Lodge since the period when Bro . Nicholson undertook the arduous task—which he had executed so
judiciously and so well—of renovating the Lodge , and purging it from its errors in management . Bro . Nicholson was an excellent disciplinarian ; and it was fortunate for Masonry in the City of Lincoln that its interests were placed in the hands of an individual so capable of discharging the trust with freedom , fervency , and zeal . Three years ago , there was scarcely a sufficient number of subscribing members to enable the Lodge to be opened . Bro . Nicholson took office—the Lodge sprang
from its obscurity like a phcenix from its ashes—new vigour was imparted—its abuses were reformed—ancl Bro . Nicholson ' s success was perfect and complete . It had acquired , during that period , more than thirty additional Members , all of whom are impressed with a love for the Craft and a hearty desire to carry out its principles , by the regit-
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Provincial.
the signal for instant departure from the festive scene . Some twenty Brethren adjourned to the house of Bro . Harris , and passed a social hour , and enjoyed some excellent singing by Bros . Major Brandon , Carpenter , ( improvisatore ) Mayle , & c . ; and that the events of the joyous holiday might sustain no alloy , the parting glass was quaffed in the true spirit of the Order , ancl the adieux pronounced before St . Mary ' s Collegiate bell had told the twelfth hour .
Some very beautiful lines , entitled " The Architect of All , " from the pen of Bro . Hersee , and generally circulated among the company , will be found in our poet ' s corner . It may be instanced as a pleasing Masonic fact , that the three editors of the Leamington and AVarwick papers were , there;—three editors of different shades in politics , are members , and were present on this memorable occasion , viz . Bros . Hersee , Sharp , and Torre .
AVOLVEBIIAMPTON . —The retirement of Dr . Oliver from this town had cast a gloom over us , which the expected residence of Bro . Slade , who has accepted the curacy , is destined partly to dissipate ; and the Brethren look forward to contribute their quota of Masonic intelligence . NORTHAMPTONSHIRE . —Till recently we have had no Provincial Grand Master ; the Earl of Aboyne has receiveci the appointment , of which he is every way worthy . A provincial meeting will shortlbe heldand
y , the Brethren of St . Peter ' s Lodge at Peterborough , on their recent visit to the Prov . G . L . of Lincolnshire , at Boston , invited Dr . Oliver ( who was initiated in their Lodge more than forty years ago ) to give them the aid of his valuable presence . The Masonic sage readily promised his aid . There are probably some others who would attend on the invitation of Bro . Ewart .
LINCOLN . —Presentation of a Jewel to W . A . Nicholson , Esq . —The Annual Meeting of the AVitham Lodge for the installation of officers was holden on the 24 th of June , 1841 . After the business of the clay was completed , the Brethren adjourned to the banquet , and the Chair was taken by Bro . Goodacre the newly installed AV . M . The usual leading toasts having been disposed of , tlie AV . M . rose to propose the health of Bro . Nicholson . He observedthat he felt exceedinglgratified
, y that the duty had devolved on him of expressing the affectionate regards of the Brethren of the AVitham Lodge towards an individual who had so materially advanced its interests—an honour which he could not have anticipated , as it was only two years since he had become a joining Member . In that large meeting there were few present who had not either been initiated or re-united to the Lodge since the period when Bro . Nicholson undertook the arduous task—which he had executed so
judiciously and so well—of renovating the Lodge , and purging it from its errors in management . Bro . Nicholson was an excellent disciplinarian ; and it was fortunate for Masonry in the City of Lincoln that its interests were placed in the hands of an individual so capable of discharging the trust with freedom , fervency , and zeal . Three years ago , there was scarcely a sufficient number of subscribing members to enable the Lodge to be opened . Bro . Nicholson took office—the Lodge sprang
from its obscurity like a phcenix from its ashes—new vigour was imparted—its abuses were reformed—ancl Bro . Nicholson ' s success was perfect and complete . It had acquired , during that period , more than thirty additional Members , all of whom are impressed with a love for the Craft and a hearty desire to carry out its principles , by the regit-