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Oltjham . —Tudor Chapter ( No . 344 ) . —A meeting of this Chapter was held at the Angel Hotel on the 3 rd March , for the installation of the Principals , and the investiture of other Officers for the year . Comp . John Bamford was installed Z . by Comp . R . Holt , P . Z . ; Comp . Win . Henry Bridecake , H . ; and Comp . Abraham Milnes , J ., by Comp . J . Gaitskell , P . Z . The other Officers

being—John Jackson , P . S . ; H . W . Litler and J . Booth , Scribes E . and N . ; J . Booth , Treas . ; J . H . Hayes , Organist ; Thomas Mattinson , P . Z . ; and Hugh Shaw , Janitor . Bro . W . Hudson , Secretary of the Lodge of Friendship , No . 344 , was afterwards exalted ; and the other business of the meeting having been disposed of , the Comps . adjourned , and spent the remainder of the evening in a very agreeable manner .

Knights Templar.

KJTIGHTS TEMPLAR .

Newcastle-on-Tyne-. —Royal Kent Encampment ( No . 44 ) . —The annual meeting of this Encampment took place ( as it has regularly done since 1812 ) on Cood Friday , when the following were installed Officers for the ensuing year : —Fras . Villiers Charles Villiers Surtees , E . Com . ; Henry Bell , 1 st Capt . ; Henry Hotham , 2 nd Capt . ; ¥ m . Punshon , Prior ; Wm . Dalziel , Sub-Prior and Exp . ; Wm . Berkley , Chan , and Reg . ; John Toshach , V . Chan . ; Fred . P . Jonn , Treas .

and Aim . ; James Donald , Her . ; George Weatherhead , Capt . of Lines ; Comp . John Shepherd Trotter , Eq . The contents of the charity-box were then distributed to an old Fra . and the widow of a K . T . This ending the business , the Encampment was closed . There being no candidates for the higher Degrees , the Conclave was not opened in the R . C . and N . P . TJ . Degrees . There being no business , the Grand Com . of the Knights Grand Cross , George Hawks , did not hold a meeting of the Council .

" The Science of Masofry . —As he prosecutes the business of the Lodge , the studious Mason employs his leisure in studying the liberal arts and sciences—that valuable branch of education which tends so effectually to polish and adorn the mind . Astronomy , with its world of discoveries ; music , with its soothing , fascinating influences ; architecture , with its various orders and their origin , commend themselves to his early attention , and lead the way for the contemplation of his

own sentient being—that most fearful and wonderful piece of God ' s workmanship , endowed with its amazing faculties and powers of perception . Especially does he delight in the study of Geometry , the original synonyme of Masonry . By the light of this science he may curiously trace nature through her various wanderings to her most concealed recesses , and discern the power , wisdom , and goodness of the Grand Artificer of the Universe . It discovers to him how the

planets move in their several orbits and demonstrates their various revolutions . By it he is enabled to account for the return of seasons and assign causes for their various interesting scenes . Being of a divine and moral nature it is enriched with the most useful knowledge ; for while it proves the wonderful properties of nature , it demonstrates the more important truths of morality . It elevates the mind from things mortal and transitory , and conducts it to the contemplation of

that One Supreme Iking 9 to whose name all created beings , from the highest seraph in heaven to the lowest son of Adam , should bow in reverence . Such are the teaching's of Masonry—such the work of the Lodge . In such a school there is ample scope for the most gifted intellect ; and it is plain that in such pursuits there is no place for the profligate , the idle , or the vain . "— From Pro . W . B . Thrale ' s Address m the "American Freemason . "

“The Freemasons' Monthly Magazine: 1856-04-01, Page 55” Masonic Periodicals Online, Library and Museum of Freemasonry, 6 July 2025, django:8000/periodicals/mmr/issues/frm_01041856/page/55/.
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LODGES IN THE WEST AND SOUTH, CANADA, MALTA, TRINIDAD-OUR DUTY. Article 1
FREEMASONRY IN GREAT BRITAIN. Article 7
NOTES OF A YACHT'S CRUISE TO BALAKLAVA. Article 11
THE WONDERS OF NATURE. Article 14
REVIEWS OF NEW BOOKS. Article 19
FACES IN THE EIRE. Article 25
CORRESPONDENCE. Article 26
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZIN AND MASONIC MIRROR. Article 27
MASONIC CHARITIES. Article 29
NOTES AND QUERIES. Article 30
FINE ARTS. Article 30
THE MASONIC MIRROR. MASONIC REFORM Article 31
NOTICES OF MOTION. Article 36
THE BOYS' SCHOOL. Article 37
METROPOLITAN. Article 41
INSTRUCTION. Article 47
PROVINCIAL. Article 47
ROYAL ARCH. Article 54
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR. Article 55
SCOTLAND. Article 56
COLONIAL. Article 60
SWITZERLAND. Article 62
SUMMARY OF NEWS FOR MARCH. Article 62
Obituary. Article 65
NOTICE. Article 68
TO COEEESPONDENTS. Article 68
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Oltjham . —Tudor Chapter ( No . 344 ) . —A meeting of this Chapter was held at the Angel Hotel on the 3 rd March , for the installation of the Principals , and the investiture of other Officers for the year . Comp . John Bamford was installed Z . by Comp . R . Holt , P . Z . ; Comp . Win . Henry Bridecake , H . ; and Comp . Abraham Milnes , J ., by Comp . J . Gaitskell , P . Z . The other Officers

being—John Jackson , P . S . ; H . W . Litler and J . Booth , Scribes E . and N . ; J . Booth , Treas . ; J . H . Hayes , Organist ; Thomas Mattinson , P . Z . ; and Hugh Shaw , Janitor . Bro . W . Hudson , Secretary of the Lodge of Friendship , No . 344 , was afterwards exalted ; and the other business of the meeting having been disposed of , the Comps . adjourned , and spent the remainder of the evening in a very agreeable manner .

Knights Templar.

KJTIGHTS TEMPLAR .

Newcastle-on-Tyne-. —Royal Kent Encampment ( No . 44 ) . —The annual meeting of this Encampment took place ( as it has regularly done since 1812 ) on Cood Friday , when the following were installed Officers for the ensuing year : —Fras . Villiers Charles Villiers Surtees , E . Com . ; Henry Bell , 1 st Capt . ; Henry Hotham , 2 nd Capt . ; ¥ m . Punshon , Prior ; Wm . Dalziel , Sub-Prior and Exp . ; Wm . Berkley , Chan , and Reg . ; John Toshach , V . Chan . ; Fred . P . Jonn , Treas .

and Aim . ; James Donald , Her . ; George Weatherhead , Capt . of Lines ; Comp . John Shepherd Trotter , Eq . The contents of the charity-box were then distributed to an old Fra . and the widow of a K . T . This ending the business , the Encampment was closed . There being no candidates for the higher Degrees , the Conclave was not opened in the R . C . and N . P . TJ . Degrees . There being no business , the Grand Com . of the Knights Grand Cross , George Hawks , did not hold a meeting of the Council .

" The Science of Masofry . —As he prosecutes the business of the Lodge , the studious Mason employs his leisure in studying the liberal arts and sciences—that valuable branch of education which tends so effectually to polish and adorn the mind . Astronomy , with its world of discoveries ; music , with its soothing , fascinating influences ; architecture , with its various orders and their origin , commend themselves to his early attention , and lead the way for the contemplation of his

own sentient being—that most fearful and wonderful piece of God ' s workmanship , endowed with its amazing faculties and powers of perception . Especially does he delight in the study of Geometry , the original synonyme of Masonry . By the light of this science he may curiously trace nature through her various wanderings to her most concealed recesses , and discern the power , wisdom , and goodness of the Grand Artificer of the Universe . It discovers to him how the

planets move in their several orbits and demonstrates their various revolutions . By it he is enabled to account for the return of seasons and assign causes for their various interesting scenes . Being of a divine and moral nature it is enriched with the most useful knowledge ; for while it proves the wonderful properties of nature , it demonstrates the more important truths of morality . It elevates the mind from things mortal and transitory , and conducts it to the contemplation of

that One Supreme Iking 9 to whose name all created beings , from the highest seraph in heaven to the lowest son of Adam , should bow in reverence . Such are the teaching's of Masonry—such the work of the Lodge . In such a school there is ample scope for the most gifted intellect ; and it is plain that in such pursuits there is no place for the profligate , the idle , or the vain . "— From Pro . W . B . Thrale ' s Address m the "American Freemason . "

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