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tion , and vast numbers of the populace followed the performers to their rendezvous . The next morning the musicians were similarly accompanied some distance on the Chester road , whither they went to meet Lord Combermere , who was most enthusiastically cheered . His lordship was conducted to the hotel , and upwards of two hundred and eighty members of the Fraternity being in attendance , the Craft Lodge was opened in the three degrees . The Grand Officers , including several visitors from the Grand Lod
ges of East and AVest Lancashire , AVarwickshire , Denbigshire , and Staffordshire , then entered , and the Grand Lodge was opened in due form . A portion of the business of the province having been transacted , the Lodge adjourned , and the members marched in procession to Park-green , and thence to the church . The shops were all closed , ancl the streets and upper windows of the houses were crowded with admiring spectators . Many ladies also attended the worshiancl
p , , at the close , avowed their determination , after what they had heard from the pulpit , never again to indulge the prejudices which they had previously entertained against the Order . The text chosen was the 7 th verse of the 6 th chapter 1 st Book of Kings : — "And the house , when it was building , was built of stone made read y before it was brought thither : so that there was neither hammer nor axe , nor any tool of iron heard in the housewhile it was in building . " The musical servicesunder the
, , direction of the Grand Organist , were beautifully performed .. The collection , in aid of the funds of the P . G . Fund of Benevolence and the Macclesfield Dispensary , amounted to upwards of 40 / . The Brethren afterwards marched in order to the Lodge-room , and the remaining business having been disposed of , they went to the banquet at the
townhall . About eighty ladies were accommodated with seats and refreshr ment in the gallery , and were permitted to remain until the proceedings were somewhat advanced , when the health of Lady Combermere and her daughter , who had been expected to grace the festivities with their presence , was proposed by the R . AV . D . G . M . Bro . John Finchett Maddock , and responded to by his lordship , at ivhose suggestion the health ofthe fair visitors was given with nine times nine . Previous to their
departure , his lordship , for their gratification , called upon Bro . Ryalls , of Liverpool , whose talents he very warmly eulogised , to sing ' . ' The Anchor's Weighed , " which was greatly admired and applauded . The usual Masonic toasts were afterwards drunk with proper honours , and some excellent speeches delivered , songs and glees being interspersed . Lord Combermere , in the course of the evening , observed that it had been suggested to him that the next grand meeting should be held at
Birkenhead , to which , personally , he had no objection if it answered the convenience of others . He added they were well aware that it was a place which had greatly increased , and would become of vast importance . Considering that the Brethren from thence had attended at Macclesfield and all the other grand meetings for the county , he thought their wishes ought to be attended to . The proposal was afterwards alluded to approvinglby the G . RegistrarBr . MoodandLord Combermere subsequentl
y , y ; y said he hoped to have there the Marquis of Downshire , the Hon . Wellington Cotton , the Hon . Thomas Grenville Cholmondely , and Sir Watkin Williams AVynn , bart . The entertainments were continued until half-past nine o ' clock , when Lord Combermere was again conducted in procession to the hotel , and the Brethren separated . Lord Viscount Combermere has written to Brother Bland , of Macclesfield , expressing his pleasure that the Lodge 372 shall in . future be
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Provincial.
tion , and vast numbers of the populace followed the performers to their rendezvous . The next morning the musicians were similarly accompanied some distance on the Chester road , whither they went to meet Lord Combermere , who was most enthusiastically cheered . His lordship was conducted to the hotel , and upwards of two hundred and eighty members of the Fraternity being in attendance , the Craft Lodge was opened in the three degrees . The Grand Officers , including several visitors from the Grand Lod
ges of East and AVest Lancashire , AVarwickshire , Denbigshire , and Staffordshire , then entered , and the Grand Lodge was opened in due form . A portion of the business of the province having been transacted , the Lodge adjourned , and the members marched in procession to Park-green , and thence to the church . The shops were all closed , ancl the streets and upper windows of the houses were crowded with admiring spectators . Many ladies also attended the worshiancl
p , , at the close , avowed their determination , after what they had heard from the pulpit , never again to indulge the prejudices which they had previously entertained against the Order . The text chosen was the 7 th verse of the 6 th chapter 1 st Book of Kings : — "And the house , when it was building , was built of stone made read y before it was brought thither : so that there was neither hammer nor axe , nor any tool of iron heard in the housewhile it was in building . " The musical servicesunder the
, , direction of the Grand Organist , were beautifully performed .. The collection , in aid of the funds of the P . G . Fund of Benevolence and the Macclesfield Dispensary , amounted to upwards of 40 / . The Brethren afterwards marched in order to the Lodge-room , and the remaining business having been disposed of , they went to the banquet at the
townhall . About eighty ladies were accommodated with seats and refreshr ment in the gallery , and were permitted to remain until the proceedings were somewhat advanced , when the health of Lady Combermere and her daughter , who had been expected to grace the festivities with their presence , was proposed by the R . AV . D . G . M . Bro . John Finchett Maddock , and responded to by his lordship , at ivhose suggestion the health ofthe fair visitors was given with nine times nine . Previous to their
departure , his lordship , for their gratification , called upon Bro . Ryalls , of Liverpool , whose talents he very warmly eulogised , to sing ' . ' The Anchor's Weighed , " which was greatly admired and applauded . The usual Masonic toasts were afterwards drunk with proper honours , and some excellent speeches delivered , songs and glees being interspersed . Lord Combermere , in the course of the evening , observed that it had been suggested to him that the next grand meeting should be held at
Birkenhead , to which , personally , he had no objection if it answered the convenience of others . He added they were well aware that it was a place which had greatly increased , and would become of vast importance . Considering that the Brethren from thence had attended at Macclesfield and all the other grand meetings for the county , he thought their wishes ought to be attended to . The proposal was afterwards alluded to approvinglby the G . RegistrarBr . MoodandLord Combermere subsequentl
y , y ; y said he hoped to have there the Marquis of Downshire , the Hon . Wellington Cotton , the Hon . Thomas Grenville Cholmondely , and Sir Watkin Williams AVynn , bart . The entertainments were continued until half-past nine o ' clock , when Lord Combermere was again conducted in procession to the hotel , and the Brethren separated . Lord Viscount Combermere has written to Brother Bland , of Macclesfield , expressing his pleasure that the Lodge 372 shall in . future be