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Provincial.
occasion the AV . Master Elect , Bro . H . Lock , was duly installed according to the ancient constitutions of the Order , and after he had appointed and invested his officers for the ensuing year , and the other duties of the Lodge hacl been concluded , the Brethren , with some visiting Brethren , sat down to the number of twenty to Banquet , at the King ' s Arms . The usual loyal and suitable toasts were drunk , and the evening was spent in the full enjoyment of harmony , social feeling , and kind good will .
SHAFTESBURY ( Dorset ) , Feb . 11 . —The Lodge of Friendship ancl Sincerity , No . 694 , was opened at the Town Hall , in this town , under a dispensation from the Provincial Grand Master AVm . Eliot , Esq ., who deputed Brother E . T . Percy , P . P . S G . AV . and P . M . of the Lodge of Benevolence , Sherborne , to attend on the occasion . Brother Richard Buckland , AV . M . ; Charles Hannen , S . AV . ; A . H . New , J . W . After the business of the clay , the Brethren partook of refreshment and retired
, expressing their hearty good wishes for the prosperity of this Lodge , which formerl y , under the rule of the late talented Brother Charles Bowles , held a conspicuous position in the Lodges of this province .
YEOVIL . —Chapter of Brotherly Love , 412 . AVe meet occasionall y , and certainly are progressing . On the 8 th of February , we had a pretty full Chapter , at which Brother J . R . Ashford , ' S . AV . 357 , was exalted . TAUNTON , Jan . 29 . —The Lodge celebrated the annual festival of St . John , when Brother Lefranc was solemnly installed into the chair of the Lodge for the year . The worth y Brother then selected and invested his officersand the Lod closedThe Brethren dined
, ge was . together at four o ' clock , when an admirable dinner was prepared by Brother Fackrell . The Brethren were much disappointed at the absence of their Provincial Chief , who usually honours them with his company on those occasions , but the Bridgwater Lodge unexpectedly fixing the same day for their celebration , accounted for the loss , the Prov . G . M . always ( and justly so ) attending his mother Lodge on those festivals . Brother Lefranc sustained the duties of the chair with much creditand
, it is gratifying to witness the reward of Masonic zeal which has been bestowed on him by his election to the' Square . ' The song and address alternately aided the harmony of the evening , in which Brothers Dr . Burridge , Cridland , AVhite , and Haseler , joined , much to the gratification of the assembled Brethren .
SHEPTON MALLET . —Lodge of Love and Honour , No . 357 . AVe are happy to say that this Lodge is going on most prosperously , under the able management of our talented , ancl much respected , AV . M . Brother E . C . Merchant . At the first Lodge since the last Quarterly Review came out , three candidates were initiated , viz . Henry Hill , AVilliam Merchant , and John C . Goodall ; the Brethren afterwards adjourned to banquet at the George Hotel , at wliich Brother E . C . Merchant , and Brother
AV . M ., presided , J . R . Ashford , S . W ., sat as Vice ; after the cloth was removed , the usual Masonic toasts were proposed , drunk , and most ably responded to , and the evening was enlivened by some excellent songs . Two subsequent Lodges have since been held , for the purpose of raising several to the sublime degree of M . M . and on other business . The want of a Chapter is sensibly felt ; we hope this desideratum may be supplied .
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Provincial.
occasion the AV . Master Elect , Bro . H . Lock , was duly installed according to the ancient constitutions of the Order , and after he had appointed and invested his officers for the ensuing year , and the other duties of the Lodge hacl been concluded , the Brethren , with some visiting Brethren , sat down to the number of twenty to Banquet , at the King ' s Arms . The usual loyal and suitable toasts were drunk , and the evening was spent in the full enjoyment of harmony , social feeling , and kind good will .
SHAFTESBURY ( Dorset ) , Feb . 11 . —The Lodge of Friendship ancl Sincerity , No . 694 , was opened at the Town Hall , in this town , under a dispensation from the Provincial Grand Master AVm . Eliot , Esq ., who deputed Brother E . T . Percy , P . P . S G . AV . and P . M . of the Lodge of Benevolence , Sherborne , to attend on the occasion . Brother Richard Buckland , AV . M . ; Charles Hannen , S . AV . ; A . H . New , J . W . After the business of the clay , the Brethren partook of refreshment and retired
, expressing their hearty good wishes for the prosperity of this Lodge , which formerl y , under the rule of the late talented Brother Charles Bowles , held a conspicuous position in the Lodges of this province .
YEOVIL . —Chapter of Brotherly Love , 412 . AVe meet occasionall y , and certainly are progressing . On the 8 th of February , we had a pretty full Chapter , at which Brother J . R . Ashford , ' S . AV . 357 , was exalted . TAUNTON , Jan . 29 . —The Lodge celebrated the annual festival of St . John , when Brother Lefranc was solemnly installed into the chair of the Lodge for the year . The worth y Brother then selected and invested his officersand the Lod closedThe Brethren dined
, ge was . together at four o ' clock , when an admirable dinner was prepared by Brother Fackrell . The Brethren were much disappointed at the absence of their Provincial Chief , who usually honours them with his company on those occasions , but the Bridgwater Lodge unexpectedly fixing the same day for their celebration , accounted for the loss , the Prov . G . M . always ( and justly so ) attending his mother Lodge on those festivals . Brother Lefranc sustained the duties of the chair with much creditand
, it is gratifying to witness the reward of Masonic zeal which has been bestowed on him by his election to the' Square . ' The song and address alternately aided the harmony of the evening , in which Brothers Dr . Burridge , Cridland , AVhite , and Haseler , joined , much to the gratification of the assembled Brethren .
SHEPTON MALLET . —Lodge of Love and Honour , No . 357 . AVe are happy to say that this Lodge is going on most prosperously , under the able management of our talented , ancl much respected , AV . M . Brother E . C . Merchant . At the first Lodge since the last Quarterly Review came out , three candidates were initiated , viz . Henry Hill , AVilliam Merchant , and John C . Goodall ; the Brethren afterwards adjourned to banquet at the George Hotel , at wliich Brother E . C . Merchant , and Brother
AV . M ., presided , J . R . Ashford , S . W ., sat as Vice ; after the cloth was removed , the usual Masonic toasts were proposed , drunk , and most ably responded to , and the evening was enlivened by some excellent songs . Two subsequent Lodges have since been held , for the purpose of raising several to the sublime degree of M . M . and on other business . The want of a Chapter is sensibly felt ; we hope this desideratum may be supplied .