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Metropolitan.
"YAEBOEOUGH LODGE , 812 , George Tavern , Commercial-road , East , Gth January , 1853 . —Bro . Thos . Edxvd . Dax'is was this day installed Master of this influential and numerous Lod ge , by its founder , tlie W . Bro . Thomas Vesper , P . M . and Sec , in a board of eighteen Provincials , hailing from various Lodges . The following Brethren xx * ere appointed and invested Officers for the year : —
Simmonds , S . AV . ; Edinger , J . AV . ; AV . AV . Davis ( P . M ., 112 ) , Treasurer ; Thos . A esper , P . M . Secretary ; AV . A ^ esper , S . D . ; Ansel , J . D . ; Michelli , Interpreter ; Hamptan , D . C ; Gardner , J . G . ; AVatts and Crisp , Stexvards ; Hookey , Tyler . The Brethren voted the sum of ten guineas to purchase a testimonial of respect , to be presented to their late Master Bro . Jno . Gray Henry- —a Silver Salver , xvith a suitable inscription , provided by Bros . A esper and Corner . There xvas also much work in aU the three Degrees ; and the day xvas closed in conviviality and perfect harmony .
A Tomb has been erected at Stepney Churchyard , Middlesex , between the principal entrance-gates and the western door of the church , to the memory of Bro . Marquard . The foUowing is a copy of the Inscription : — THE BI 1 ETHREN OF THE YARBOROUGH LODGE , 812 ,
01 ? FEEEMASONS , ERECTED THIS TESTIMONIAL OP ESTEEM AND RESPECT TO THE MEMORY OF THEIR LAMENTED BRO . CORT HENRY MARQUARD , J . W . OE THE LODGE ,
AND SUPERINTENDENT OE THE K DIVISION OE POLICE . OBIT . SEPT . MDCCCLII , . ETAT . XLV 1 II . THE PETEE TESTIMONIAL FUND . —The subscriptions to this fund have amounted to £ 400 ., and Bros . BeUamy AVebb , S . H . Lee , and J . EUiot have been appointed trustees , for the application of this sum for the benefit of the orphan children of the much esteemed and lamented Bro . Thomas Pryer , 33 rd Deg ., & c . & c .
BOYAL AECH . CHAPTEE OF FIDELITY , NO . 3 . —Uh March , 1853 . —This chapter , under the able guidance of the M . E . the First Principal J . N . Tomkyns , a Companion whose xvorfch and esteem has onl y to be known to be appreciated , added to its numbers txx * o joining Companions andtwo Exaltations , Bros . J . AV . Figg and Jevanj ' ee Pestonjee ; the latter , a Parsee ( initiated in Lod ge Industry and Perseverance , No . 126 , Calcutta ) , was very much gratified and impressed xvith the ceremony , and expressed his sentiments in a short but appropriate speech , after
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Metropolitan.
"YAEBOEOUGH LODGE , 812 , George Tavern , Commercial-road , East , Gth January , 1853 . —Bro . Thos . Edxvd . Dax'is was this day installed Master of this influential and numerous Lod ge , by its founder , tlie W . Bro . Thomas Vesper , P . M . and Sec , in a board of eighteen Provincials , hailing from various Lodges . The following Brethren xx * ere appointed and invested Officers for the year : —
Simmonds , S . AV . ; Edinger , J . AV . ; AV . AV . Davis ( P . M ., 112 ) , Treasurer ; Thos . A esper , P . M . Secretary ; AV . A ^ esper , S . D . ; Ansel , J . D . ; Michelli , Interpreter ; Hamptan , D . C ; Gardner , J . G . ; AVatts and Crisp , Stexvards ; Hookey , Tyler . The Brethren voted the sum of ten guineas to purchase a testimonial of respect , to be presented to their late Master Bro . Jno . Gray Henry- —a Silver Salver , xvith a suitable inscription , provided by Bros . A esper and Corner . There xvas also much work in aU the three Degrees ; and the day xvas closed in conviviality and perfect harmony .
A Tomb has been erected at Stepney Churchyard , Middlesex , between the principal entrance-gates and the western door of the church , to the memory of Bro . Marquard . The foUowing is a copy of the Inscription : — THE BI 1 ETHREN OF THE YARBOROUGH LODGE , 812 ,
01 ? FEEEMASONS , ERECTED THIS TESTIMONIAL OP ESTEEM AND RESPECT TO THE MEMORY OF THEIR LAMENTED BRO . CORT HENRY MARQUARD , J . W . OE THE LODGE ,
AND SUPERINTENDENT OE THE K DIVISION OE POLICE . OBIT . SEPT . MDCCCLII , . ETAT . XLV 1 II . THE PETEE TESTIMONIAL FUND . —The subscriptions to this fund have amounted to £ 400 ., and Bros . BeUamy AVebb , S . H . Lee , and J . EUiot have been appointed trustees , for the application of this sum for the benefit of the orphan children of the much esteemed and lamented Bro . Thomas Pryer , 33 rd Deg ., & c . & c .
BOYAL AECH . CHAPTEE OF FIDELITY , NO . 3 . —Uh March , 1853 . —This chapter , under the able guidance of the M . E . the First Principal J . N . Tomkyns , a Companion whose xvorfch and esteem has onl y to be known to be appreciated , added to its numbers txx * o joining Companions andtwo Exaltations , Bros . J . AV . Figg and Jevanj ' ee Pestonjee ; the latter , a Parsee ( initiated in Lod ge Industry and Perseverance , No . 126 , Calcutta ) , was very much gratified and impressed xvith the ceremony , and expressed his sentiments in a short but appropriate speech , after