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capital songs . The trowel , which was presented to the Chairman , ancl which was much admired , was manufactured by Bro . Acklam , of the Strand . * BIRMINGHAM . —The Lodges in this town work together in perfect harmony ; new members are added nearly every meeting . Bro . Dr . Bell Fletcher has been delivering a course of lectures to Lodge 689 , and other Brethren , on the Organ of Vision . Other Brethren propose
to follow on other scientific subjects ; thus reviving Masonry to the days of Euclid and Pythagoras , when science and morality illustrated the power and glory of our order . HANDSWORTH , ST . JAMES ' LODGE , NO . 707 . —This Northern Light is progressing slowly hut steadily ; the members have received an invite from their maternal Lodge ( the St . Peter ' s , No . 607 , AVolverhampton ) to attend the installation of the W . M . elect of that Lodge , Bro . the Rev . II . R . Slade , LL . B ., which they intend to accept , one and all .
ALCESTER . —ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER OF TEMPERANCE , NO . 378 . — This Chapter will before long rank high in the province of AVarwickshire . The Officers , with our Most Excellent Companion Ribbans as First Principal Z ., will not doze away the season ; they are determined to be up and doing . Nothing tends to bring Freemasonry into higher repute in the country than a good working Royal Arch Chapter . — The APOLLO LODGE , under the present AV . M . Bro . C . Ratcliff , has
been , and doubtless will continue to be , regularly attended throughout the year . Bro . Ratcliff is a good man , and in all cases of charity , whether b y his purse , or his opinion , is entitled to our esteem and support . AVOLVERHAMPTON , NOV . 21 . —St Peter ' s Chapter of Royal Arch was solemnly opened : Comp . J . Harris , Z . ; Comp . G . Hilton , H . ; and Comp . Paul LawJ . Two remarkable facts are worthy of record in
, this epoch of provincial Masonry , viz . —that , thanks to the zeal and ability of our excellent Companion Harris , the Chapter was opened without any assistance from other friends , and that , for a country Chapter , the number of Past Masters exalted on that one occasion has , we believe , no parallel .
LINCOLN . —The important Masonic proceedings of this province will be found recorded at page 377 . DEWSBURY . —THE ROYAL ARCH . —Through the active and zealous exertions of Companions William Sadler , Z ., James Hargreaves , H ., and the Rev . Dr . Senior , J ., a charter of constitution has been recently issued from the Supreme Grand Chapter for the establishment of a Royal Arch Chapter , in connexion with the Lodge of the Three Grand Principals , ( No . 251 , ) Dewsbury . The Chapter was formally opened for the ceremonial of exaltation on the 1 st of December , under circum-
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Provincial.
capital songs . The trowel , which was presented to the Chairman , ancl which was much admired , was manufactured by Bro . Acklam , of the Strand . * BIRMINGHAM . —The Lodges in this town work together in perfect harmony ; new members are added nearly every meeting . Bro . Dr . Bell Fletcher has been delivering a course of lectures to Lodge 689 , and other Brethren , on the Organ of Vision . Other Brethren propose
to follow on other scientific subjects ; thus reviving Masonry to the days of Euclid and Pythagoras , when science and morality illustrated the power and glory of our order . HANDSWORTH , ST . JAMES ' LODGE , NO . 707 . —This Northern Light is progressing slowly hut steadily ; the members have received an invite from their maternal Lodge ( the St . Peter ' s , No . 607 , AVolverhampton ) to attend the installation of the W . M . elect of that Lodge , Bro . the Rev . II . R . Slade , LL . B ., which they intend to accept , one and all .
ALCESTER . —ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER OF TEMPERANCE , NO . 378 . — This Chapter will before long rank high in the province of AVarwickshire . The Officers , with our Most Excellent Companion Ribbans as First Principal Z ., will not doze away the season ; they are determined to be up and doing . Nothing tends to bring Freemasonry into higher repute in the country than a good working Royal Arch Chapter . — The APOLLO LODGE , under the present AV . M . Bro . C . Ratcliff , has
been , and doubtless will continue to be , regularly attended throughout the year . Bro . Ratcliff is a good man , and in all cases of charity , whether b y his purse , or his opinion , is entitled to our esteem and support . AVOLVERHAMPTON , NOV . 21 . —St Peter ' s Chapter of Royal Arch was solemnly opened : Comp . J . Harris , Z . ; Comp . G . Hilton , H . ; and Comp . Paul LawJ . Two remarkable facts are worthy of record in
, this epoch of provincial Masonry , viz . —that , thanks to the zeal and ability of our excellent Companion Harris , the Chapter was opened without any assistance from other friends , and that , for a country Chapter , the number of Past Masters exalted on that one occasion has , we believe , no parallel .
LINCOLN . —The important Masonic proceedings of this province will be found recorded at page 377 . DEWSBURY . —THE ROYAL ARCH . —Through the active and zealous exertions of Companions William Sadler , Z ., James Hargreaves , H ., and the Rev . Dr . Senior , J ., a charter of constitution has been recently issued from the Supreme Grand Chapter for the establishment of a Royal Arch Chapter , in connexion with the Lodge of the Three Grand Principals , ( No . 251 , ) Dewsbury . The Chapter was formally opened for the ceremonial of exaltation on the 1 st of December , under circum-