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LEICESTERSHIRE . New Deputy Grand Master . — If anything could diminish our regret at learning that the increased indisposition of that excellent Prov . G . M ., Sir Fred . Fowke , has prevented the discharge of his Masonic duties in person , it would be the announcement of his having appointed our worthy Brother , William Kelly , Esq ., as his D . Prov . G . M . Under such auspices Masonry is sure to flourish in this province .

LINCOLNSHIRE . Boston . —Lodge of Harmony ( No . 339 ) . —An adjourned Lodge was holden on the 28 th February , Bro . Geo . Jackson , W . M ., in the chair , and present a large number of the Brethren of that Lodge and visitors from the hundred of Elloe Lodge , Spalding . The Lodge having been adjourned for the special purpose of presenting Bro . W . Greenwood , P . M . and P . G . B . C ., with a mahogany box containing a Provincial G . D . C . Badge , as unanimously resolved at the last meeting ,

the W . M ., in highly eulogistic terms , presented the testimonial to Bro . Greenwood , ^ as a mark of the high esteem in which he was held by the Brethren of that Lodge , and concluded by investing him with the Badge . Bro . Greenwood , in acknowledging the compliment , said , " Worshipful Sir and Brethren , ! am sure you will believe me when I say that I feel deeply grateful for your great kindness in presenting me with this Badge , as a token of your regard and esteem . I accept it as a testimonial of the brotherly love and affection that I firmly believe alone

prompted you in this matter ; but when it was first named , I felt I ought to decline the gift , for I , with other Brethren , have been most anxious to increase the funds of the Lodge to enable us more fully to carry out the great principles of Freemasonry , viz . benevolence and charity , and I did not wish to accept that which would diminish those funds . The unanimous resolution of the Lodge , after due notice of the proposition had been given , having decided the question , I cannot longer oppose your wishes , and feel highly honoured . The

services I may have rendered in the working of the Lodge have been done with the best intentions and an earnest desire to see the Craft flourish ; for I have a sincere affection for the mother who received me into her bosom , and for the Brethren who compose her family . I hold it to be the duty of every person joining a society or order to make himself acquainted with its principles , and I am convinced that Freemasonry is founded upon the purest principles of morality , that it is one of the best systems that could possibly be propounded by man , and that if

the principles inculcated were more practised , the uninitiated would respect and reverence our Order , and exclaim , See how the Brethren love each other , and dwell together in unity . In so doing we should be accomplishing the great end for which we were created ' , viz . being happy ourselves and causing happiness to others , which thus necessarily , in every well-regulated mind , increases one ' s own . I envy not the man who lives for himself alone ; no good Mason can possibly do so if he respects his obligation , but he will embrace every

opportunity to promote the welfare of the Brethren ; therefore let us be in earnest to do our duty towards God and the Brotherhood with sincerity . When the right hand of fellowship is grasped by a Mason , may that be the sure pledge of Brotherhood : may we never think it a trouble or an inconvenience to go out of our way to serve a Brother if he requires our assistance ; when we bow the knee to the G . A . O . T . U ., the G . G ., the Most High , to thank Him for mercies already received , may it remind us of the wants of those who may have been reduced to distress by unforeseen misfortune and calamity , and may it incline our hearts

to relieve their necessities ; may our hearts be the safe and sacred repository of that what which a Mason may think proper to commit to our keeping ; and , on every occasion , when we hear his fair name assailed or his character slandered , may we defend him in his absence with all the energy and sincerity that we would wish to be defended ourselves if we were placed under similar circumstances : and then we shall not only be practising the great principles of Freemasonry , but the moral law—and the Great Teacher himself said , the sum and substance of that law was Love . The three grand principles of Freemasonry are—Brotherly Love ,