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Provincial.
OxFonnsHiiiE . —HENLEY-ON-THAMES . —The Churchill Lodge , No . 702 , which was founded at this place nine years ago by Bros . Dr . Lane , W , Lane Fox , Ralph Fawcett , and others , during their residence at the University of Oxford , had not met for several years , owing principally to the absence from England of some of its members , and to the circumstance that few active residents were originally included among them . It has been felt by many Masons of Oxford that the anomalof a
y dormant Lodge in such a flourishing province ought not to exist ; and with the approbation of the Prov . G . M . Bro . the Rev . C . J . Ridley , Bro . R . J . Spiers , Prov . S . G . W . of Oxford , and Grand Sword Bearer of England , has , during the last twelve months , set himself earnestly to work to re-establish it . Owing to the continued absence of some of the original officers , much time was occupied in making the necessary arrangements ; but after some preliminary meetings , at which several
joining members and a W . M . and Treasurer were elected , the 27 th of June was fixed upon for the festival , and for the installation of the W . M . and his officers . A goodly number of Brethren from Oxford and elsewhere assembled on the occasion at the pretty and clean market-town of Henley-on-Thames , better known to travellers of former days when it was on the high road from London to Oxford and the westthan in these railway timeswhich have laced it five miles
, , p away from the well frequented iron track of the Great Western . The Brethren met at their old hostelry of the Red Lion , beautifully situated on the batiks of the river , and commanding delightful views of wood , water , and hill scenery . The Provincial Grand Master and his Deputy were unavoidably absent ; the chair was taken b y Bro . W . Thompson ,
P . S . G . W . of the province , being the only original member of the Lodge present , who , after the routine business was transacted , requested Bro . R . J . Spiers to officiate as Installing Master . Bro . the Rev . E . Moore , of Brasenose College , rector of Boughton , and Prov . Grand Chaplain of Oxfordshire , was then installed in ancient form , and who appointed Bro . G . W . Latham of Brasenose College , and P . P . G . S . B . to the office of S . W . ; Bro . T . Leslie , of Balliol College , a barrister on
the Oxford circuit , J . W . ; Bro . the Rev . P . H . Nind of Woodcote , Chaplain ; Bro . Thompson , Sec . ; Bro . W . Beach , of Christ Church , S . D ., & c . Bro . R . J . Spiers had previously been elected Treasurer . Bro . G . de Rhe Philipe , P . G . S . B . of England , who had been deputed by the M . W . G . M . the Duke of Sussex in 184 . 1 to consecrate this Lodge , honoured the Brethren with his attendance , and contributed greatly to the pleasure of the meeting . An excellent banquet was providedwhich
, was presided over by the W . M . ; and , in the addresses which followed , ample proof was afforded to him of the high estimation in which he is held by the Brethren of the province . It was a subject of much congratulation that one who attends so punctually and efficiently to his Masonic duties , both in London and in Oxford , should be placed at the head of this resuscitated Lodge ; and , in acknowledging the deserved compliments paid to himhe alluded very feelingly to this additional
, bond which connected him still more closel y with a province to which he was indebted for his Masonic as well as his academic education , and in which he possessed so many endeared friends . The health of the Present and Past Officers of the Grand Lodge of England was responded to by Bro . R . J . Spiers , G . S . B ., and Bro . Philipe , P . G . S . B . ; and that of the founders of the Churchill Lodge , by Bro . Thompson , who expressed his great regret at the unavoidable absence of his respected
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Provincial.
OxFonnsHiiiE . —HENLEY-ON-THAMES . —The Churchill Lodge , No . 702 , which was founded at this place nine years ago by Bros . Dr . Lane , W , Lane Fox , Ralph Fawcett , and others , during their residence at the University of Oxford , had not met for several years , owing principally to the absence from England of some of its members , and to the circumstance that few active residents were originally included among them . It has been felt by many Masons of Oxford that the anomalof a
y dormant Lodge in such a flourishing province ought not to exist ; and with the approbation of the Prov . G . M . Bro . the Rev . C . J . Ridley , Bro . R . J . Spiers , Prov . S . G . W . of Oxford , and Grand Sword Bearer of England , has , during the last twelve months , set himself earnestly to work to re-establish it . Owing to the continued absence of some of the original officers , much time was occupied in making the necessary arrangements ; but after some preliminary meetings , at which several
joining members and a W . M . and Treasurer were elected , the 27 th of June was fixed upon for the festival , and for the installation of the W . M . and his officers . A goodly number of Brethren from Oxford and elsewhere assembled on the occasion at the pretty and clean market-town of Henley-on-Thames , better known to travellers of former days when it was on the high road from London to Oxford and the westthan in these railway timeswhich have laced it five miles
, , p away from the well frequented iron track of the Great Western . The Brethren met at their old hostelry of the Red Lion , beautifully situated on the batiks of the river , and commanding delightful views of wood , water , and hill scenery . The Provincial Grand Master and his Deputy were unavoidably absent ; the chair was taken b y Bro . W . Thompson ,
P . S . G . W . of the province , being the only original member of the Lodge present , who , after the routine business was transacted , requested Bro . R . J . Spiers to officiate as Installing Master . Bro . the Rev . E . Moore , of Brasenose College , rector of Boughton , and Prov . Grand Chaplain of Oxfordshire , was then installed in ancient form , and who appointed Bro . G . W . Latham of Brasenose College , and P . P . G . S . B . to the office of S . W . ; Bro . T . Leslie , of Balliol College , a barrister on
the Oxford circuit , J . W . ; Bro . the Rev . P . H . Nind of Woodcote , Chaplain ; Bro . Thompson , Sec . ; Bro . W . Beach , of Christ Church , S . D ., & c . Bro . R . J . Spiers had previously been elected Treasurer . Bro . G . de Rhe Philipe , P . G . S . B . of England , who had been deputed by the M . W . G . M . the Duke of Sussex in 184 . 1 to consecrate this Lodge , honoured the Brethren with his attendance , and contributed greatly to the pleasure of the meeting . An excellent banquet was providedwhich
, was presided over by the W . M . ; and , in the addresses which followed , ample proof was afforded to him of the high estimation in which he is held by the Brethren of the province . It was a subject of much congratulation that one who attends so punctually and efficiently to his Masonic duties , both in London and in Oxford , should be placed at the head of this resuscitated Lodge ; and , in acknowledging the deserved compliments paid to himhe alluded very feelingly to this additional
, bond which connected him still more closel y with a province to which he was indebted for his Masonic as well as his academic education , and in which he possessed so many endeared friends . The health of the Present and Past Officers of the Grand Lodge of England was responded to by Bro . R . J . Spiers , G . S . B ., and Bro . Philipe , P . G . S . B . ; and that of the founders of the Churchill Lodge , by Bro . Thompson , who expressed his great regret at the unavoidable absence of his respected