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KINGSTON , JAMAICA . —Sussex Lodge , No . 447 , Dec . 18 , 1848 . —The festival was celebrated this day , when Bro . Isaac G . Swainson was duly installed as Master , after which the following brethren were invested with their insignia of office : —Bros . W . B . Douglas , S . W ., Wm . Duff , J . W ., J . K . Fingzies , Treasurer , J . D . Ford , Secretary , Wm . Lee , S . D ., H . Ford , J . D ., J . M . Drummond , I . G ., J . Chavis , Tyler , A . Thorn , Organist .
The usual ceremonies were efficiently performed , and the addition of an organ to the lodge gave increased solemnity to the ceremony of installation . The attendance of Past Masters from the sister lodges exceeded that of any former installation . The brethren afterwards sat down to banquet , at which the newly-installed Master presided with happy effect . Several toasts were drunk , and the brethren separated at "high twelve , " truly gratified at the proceedings of the evening .
GRENADA , WEST INDIES . —An effort has been made to extend the principles of the Craft in this island . On the 27 th of January last , a new lodge , by name the St . Patrick , No . 224 , on the roll of Ireland , was opened in due form , when the various officers were installed , and a candidate initiated in the mysteries of the Order . Several influential members of the Craft were present , among them the Hon . Bro . Wm . Stephenson , Prov . Grand Master of the Scotch lodges in the West Indies , and Master of the Caledonian Lodge . After the lodge was
closed , the brethren partook of a supper-banquet , at which the usual loyal and masonic toasts were given by Bro . D . W . Gibbs , the newlyinstalled Master , and heartily responded to . The brethren separated shortly after eleven o ' clock .
ST . LUCIA , Dec . 27 . —The festival of St . John was celebrated in this town by the brethren of the Albion Lodge , No . 762 , on registry of the Grand Lodge of England , with the co-operation of the brethren of the Sagesse Lodge , No . 223 , on registry of the Grand Lodge of Ireland . The brethren assembled at five o ' clock , at the Albion Masonic Hall , whence they moved , in the beautiful panoply of their ancient Order , to the banquet-room in Mongiraud-street . Twenty good men and worthy , united in the indissoluble bonds of brotherhood unalloyed , here sat down
to refreshment . Bro . J . W . Todd , W . M . of the Albion Lodge , presided , supported by Bros . John Grant , W . M . of the Sagesse Lodge , R . G . M'Hugh , P . M . of the Sagesse , and W . Seon , P . M . of the Albion ; Bro . C . Wells , S . W . of the Albion , occupying the W . \ The utmost harmony as usual prevailed at the board . Masonic and loyal toasts and sentiments , accompanied by appropriate songs and enlivening coruscations of wit , made the time glide sweetly on , and it was not until a late hour that the brethren , " happy to meet , sorry to part , happy to meet again , " sought their respective homes .
TRINIDAD . —The members of the Lodge United Brothers , No . 251 , celebrated the anniversary of St . John . They attended , pursuant to public notice , divine service at Trinity Church , where , by the kind permission of the Rev . Rector , a sermon was preached by the Rev . Bro . Beckles . The Rev . Gentleman set forth in most forcible language the importance of brotherly love . The objection erroneously made , that Freemasonry is anti-Christian , was ably corrected . Plow can au institution be anti-Christian , where brotherly love is the beginning and the end , and where the texts , " Love one another , " John , xviii , 34 , VOL . VII . N
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KINGSTON , JAMAICA . —Sussex Lodge , No . 447 , Dec . 18 , 1848 . —The festival was celebrated this day , when Bro . Isaac G . Swainson was duly installed as Master , after which the following brethren were invested with their insignia of office : —Bros . W . B . Douglas , S . W ., Wm . Duff , J . W ., J . K . Fingzies , Treasurer , J . D . Ford , Secretary , Wm . Lee , S . D ., H . Ford , J . D ., J . M . Drummond , I . G ., J . Chavis , Tyler , A . Thorn , Organist .
The usual ceremonies were efficiently performed , and the addition of an organ to the lodge gave increased solemnity to the ceremony of installation . The attendance of Past Masters from the sister lodges exceeded that of any former installation . The brethren afterwards sat down to banquet , at which the newly-installed Master presided with happy effect . Several toasts were drunk , and the brethren separated at "high twelve , " truly gratified at the proceedings of the evening .
GRENADA , WEST INDIES . —An effort has been made to extend the principles of the Craft in this island . On the 27 th of January last , a new lodge , by name the St . Patrick , No . 224 , on the roll of Ireland , was opened in due form , when the various officers were installed , and a candidate initiated in the mysteries of the Order . Several influential members of the Craft were present , among them the Hon . Bro . Wm . Stephenson , Prov . Grand Master of the Scotch lodges in the West Indies , and Master of the Caledonian Lodge . After the lodge was
closed , the brethren partook of a supper-banquet , at which the usual loyal and masonic toasts were given by Bro . D . W . Gibbs , the newlyinstalled Master , and heartily responded to . The brethren separated shortly after eleven o ' clock .
ST . LUCIA , Dec . 27 . —The festival of St . John was celebrated in this town by the brethren of the Albion Lodge , No . 762 , on registry of the Grand Lodge of England , with the co-operation of the brethren of the Sagesse Lodge , No . 223 , on registry of the Grand Lodge of Ireland . The brethren assembled at five o ' clock , at the Albion Masonic Hall , whence they moved , in the beautiful panoply of their ancient Order , to the banquet-room in Mongiraud-street . Twenty good men and worthy , united in the indissoluble bonds of brotherhood unalloyed , here sat down
to refreshment . Bro . J . W . Todd , W . M . of the Albion Lodge , presided , supported by Bros . John Grant , W . M . of the Sagesse Lodge , R . G . M'Hugh , P . M . of the Sagesse , and W . Seon , P . M . of the Albion ; Bro . C . Wells , S . W . of the Albion , occupying the W . \ The utmost harmony as usual prevailed at the board . Masonic and loyal toasts and sentiments , accompanied by appropriate songs and enlivening coruscations of wit , made the time glide sweetly on , and it was not until a late hour that the brethren , " happy to meet , sorry to part , happy to meet again , " sought their respective homes .
TRINIDAD . —The members of the Lodge United Brothers , No . 251 , celebrated the anniversary of St . John . They attended , pursuant to public notice , divine service at Trinity Church , where , by the kind permission of the Rev . Rector , a sermon was preached by the Rev . Bro . Beckles . The Rev . Gentleman set forth in most forcible language the importance of brotherly love . The objection erroneously made , that Freemasonry is anti-Christian , was ably corrected . Plow can au institution be anti-Christian , where brotherly love is the beginning and the end , and where the texts , " Love one another , " John , xviii , 34 , VOL . VII . N