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England . Hrother Crueefix , after the invocation and prayer , addressed the Lodge , earnestly imploring them to maintain and uphold the principles of the Craft . He then installed , as the first Master , Bro . Thomas Ewart , according to ancient form . The Brethren adjourned for a short time to the Talbot Inn ( in consequence of the death of the landlady of the AVindmill Inn , which took place only a few hours before the meeting ) , and returned to the Hall for the purpose of initiating a new member .
It is needless to state that the ceremony was performed with all due regard to the strictest regulations , and the ' Brethren testified their gratitude to the worthy Brother who had left London for the purpose of constituting them as a Lodge , by the presentation of an address to him , couched in very appropriate terms . AVe hail the establishment of the Lodge as anticipatory of the appointment of some leading member of the Society as Provincial Grand Master for the County .
The members were most anxious to evince their sense of obligation to Dr . Crueefix , by having the Lodge named after him ; for ivhich compliment , however , there was not only no precedent , but it might have been productive of inconvenience ; it was therefore , at the suggestion of H . R . H . the Grand Master , named the St . Peter ' s Lodge , and the blank filled up by the Constitutor in open Lodge . NORTHAMPTON . —January 26 th a splendid ball was given by the
Northampton Lodge of Freemasons at the Peacock Assembly-room . Nearly three hundred tickets were issued , and about two hundred and twenty persons attended , many being prevented from availing themselves of the invitation in consequence of the prevailing epidemic . The room was tastefully decorated , and at the upper end was a table upon which were placed the Masonic emblems , with the silver trowel used by Ld . Spencer in laying the first stone of the Lunatic Asylum . In the course
of the evening Mr . George Robinson sang several ballads with great taste and execution . C . Ross , Esq . M . P . honored the company with his presence . Dancing was kept up till daylight , many of the party not leaving till seven o ' clock . It is fourteen years since a similar ball was given by the Freemasons .
CAMBRIDGE , Jan . 18 . —The annual Masonic ball was given at the Red Lion Hotel , Petty Cury , and the exertions of the committee were rewarded by a numerous attendance of the beauty and fashion of Cambridge and its vicinity . BRIGHTON , March 16 . —The Royal Clarence Lodge met this day for the despatch of business , and afterwards spent the remainder of the day in social harmony .
COVENTRY , Feb . 1 1-.- —A Provincial Grand Lodge was held this day . LEEDS . —CEREMONY OF LAYING THE FOUNDATION STONE OF ST . GFORGE ' CHURCH , AT LEEDS . —On Friday , December 16 th , the ceremony of laying the foundation stone of the New Church at Mount Pleasant , in this town , to be dedicated to St . George , took place in the presence of a very large concourse of spectators . Dr . Longlevthe new Bishop of Riponwas waited on by the Church
, , Accommodation Committee when passing through this town on his way to re-open Christ Church in Bradford , and his lordship kindly consented to preach on the re-opening of Meadow-lane Church in this town , and also to lay the foundation-stone of the proposed new church ; and to preside at a meeting of the Leeds District Society for promoting Chris-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Provincial.
England . Hrother Crueefix , after the invocation and prayer , addressed the Lodge , earnestly imploring them to maintain and uphold the principles of the Craft . He then installed , as the first Master , Bro . Thomas Ewart , according to ancient form . The Brethren adjourned for a short time to the Talbot Inn ( in consequence of the death of the landlady of the AVindmill Inn , which took place only a few hours before the meeting ) , and returned to the Hall for the purpose of initiating a new member .
It is needless to state that the ceremony was performed with all due regard to the strictest regulations , and the ' Brethren testified their gratitude to the worthy Brother who had left London for the purpose of constituting them as a Lodge , by the presentation of an address to him , couched in very appropriate terms . AVe hail the establishment of the Lodge as anticipatory of the appointment of some leading member of the Society as Provincial Grand Master for the County .
The members were most anxious to evince their sense of obligation to Dr . Crueefix , by having the Lodge named after him ; for ivhich compliment , however , there was not only no precedent , but it might have been productive of inconvenience ; it was therefore , at the suggestion of H . R . H . the Grand Master , named the St . Peter ' s Lodge , and the blank filled up by the Constitutor in open Lodge . NORTHAMPTON . —January 26 th a splendid ball was given by the
Northampton Lodge of Freemasons at the Peacock Assembly-room . Nearly three hundred tickets were issued , and about two hundred and twenty persons attended , many being prevented from availing themselves of the invitation in consequence of the prevailing epidemic . The room was tastefully decorated , and at the upper end was a table upon which were placed the Masonic emblems , with the silver trowel used by Ld . Spencer in laying the first stone of the Lunatic Asylum . In the course
of the evening Mr . George Robinson sang several ballads with great taste and execution . C . Ross , Esq . M . P . honored the company with his presence . Dancing was kept up till daylight , many of the party not leaving till seven o ' clock . It is fourteen years since a similar ball was given by the Freemasons .
CAMBRIDGE , Jan . 18 . —The annual Masonic ball was given at the Red Lion Hotel , Petty Cury , and the exertions of the committee were rewarded by a numerous attendance of the beauty and fashion of Cambridge and its vicinity . BRIGHTON , March 16 . —The Royal Clarence Lodge met this day for the despatch of business , and afterwards spent the remainder of the day in social harmony .
COVENTRY , Feb . 1 1-.- —A Provincial Grand Lodge was held this day . LEEDS . —CEREMONY OF LAYING THE FOUNDATION STONE OF ST . GFORGE ' CHURCH , AT LEEDS . —On Friday , December 16 th , the ceremony of laying the foundation stone of the New Church at Mount Pleasant , in this town , to be dedicated to St . George , took place in the presence of a very large concourse of spectators . Dr . Longlevthe new Bishop of Riponwas waited on by the Church
, , Accommodation Committee when passing through this town on his way to re-open Christ Church in Bradford , and his lordship kindly consented to preach on the re-opening of Meadow-lane Church in this town , and also to lay the foundation-stone of the proposed new church ; and to preside at a meeting of the Leeds District Society for promoting Chris-