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pleased at the manner in which the AVardens performed their portion of the ceremony , for it calledforth their best energies on the night of their opening to keep everything in good train . Bro . J . H . PoAver , one of the P . M . 's of the Royal Union Lodge ( No . 307 ) , very materially . contributed to the success of the evening ' s duties . His efficiency and gentlemanly deportment was admired by all present . The lodge room AA-as very tastefully and Masonically arranged ; the officers appeared in their neiv
collars , jewels , & c . The AV . M . ' s pedestal , standing a little in front of the raised dais of crimson cloth , had an excellent effect . A Scottish brother having been proposed and seconded as a . joining member , the brethren adjourned to an excellent banquet prepared by Bro . Trotman . The AV . M ., in proposing the first toast , made allusion to the sympathetic address of condolence which had been so unanimously approved for presentation to her Most Gracious Majesty upon her sad and irreparable bereavement ,
in Grand Lodge on the previous Wednesday . The health of her Majesty , coupled with the Craft , being taken on the cuff . The usual Masonic toasts ivere then continued in the usual form . —On Bro . POWEB proposing the " The Health of the AA ' . M ., "Bro . E . S . Cossens , " he expressed IIOAV glad he ivas , at his time of life , to be able to add one more to the number of lodges he had the honor to be the founder of , and the hope that T . G . A . O . T . U . would grant him a continuance of his wanted good health to perform his duties through the ensuing year , at the close of
wmen , rrom the zeal , energy , activity , and great Masonic knowledge possessed by the S . W . and J . W . designate he should , with the greatest confidence invite the brethren of the lodges in the neighbouring locality to come and examine their pillars , and -from the foundation that had been laid on that evening he had not the slightest doubt that at the end of his Mastership the register Avould exhibit as many subscribing members as would tend to the satifactory Avorking of the lodge . —On " The
Health of the Initiates " being proposed the W . M . called on Bros . F . Moore , D . Baskerville , E . Gillman , and H . BrOAvett , to respond . —Bro . MOOEE , represented that he felt as if he had been presented with a most elegant testimonial for services unperformed , but having noiv the opportunity of becoming acquainted Avith his duty , his utmost efforts should be exerted to deserve the testimonial . That the other brethren expressed their great pleasure in having found the door of a Masonic lodge
open to them , as it bad longbeen their ivish , and they Avould endeavour so to conduct themselves , as Apprentices , as to merit the approbation of the AV . M ., Avith the hope that they might in due time receive promotion at his hands . The AA ' . M . called on Bro . PoAver to come to his relief in delivering the charge to the « ntered apprentices , which he immediately did in the most approved manner . OAving to the business of the lodge and the ceremonies of the evening taking from 4 until after 8 o'clock , the brethren did not part until nearly 12 o'clock . The establishment of this lodge may be considered as a decided success .
HAMPSHIRE . KINGWOOD—Lodge of Unity ( So . 154)—This ancient lodge assembled at the White Hart Hotel , RingAA-ood , on Thursday , the 2 nd inst ., being the nearest to the full moon ( by Avhich its meetings have ever been regulated ) , and the festival of St . John , to install the W . M . for the present year . At the revival of this lodge in July last , immediately after the petition with respect therto Avas presented to the R . W . Prov . G . M ., Admiral
Sir Lucius Curtis , at his Provincial Grand Lodge , held at Lymington on the 9 th of that month , a notice of the proceedings Avas foi-Avarded to this Magazine , but as it never reached the hands of the editor , did not appear . On that occasion , hoAvever , Bro . AVard , P . M ., consented to act as AV . M . till another could be found , and on being installed appointed his officers as fblloAvs : — Bros . Etheridge and S . Tucker , M . A ., S . and J . Wardens ; Bro . Dr . Packman , Treasurer ; Bro . J . Travers , Secretary ; Bro . Call ,
P . M . ( for 53 years a member of the lodge ) , and Bro . Deazley ( since deceased ) , S . and J . Deacons ; Bro . Maffey , P . M ., I . G ., and Bro . Elliot , Tyler . The Lodge was arranged to be held quarterly , and , constituted as above , met accordingly in September , and again on the 2 nd inst ., when Bro . Maffey , P . M ., Avas duly installed in the chair . Bro . Dr . Packman and J . Travers , were continued in their respective offices' of Treasurer and Secretaryand the AV . Mthen invested his officers as folloAVS : —
, . Bro . S . Tucker , M . A ., S . AV ; Bro . Gardner , J . AV . ; Bro . S . Edmund LOAV ( the neAv host of the AVhite Hart , " a felloiv of infinite jest ) , S . D . ; Bro . J . LOAV , J . D ., and Bros . Young and Elliot , I . G . and Tyler . Various matters of business were then transacted , and the Grand Lodge communications read by the
Secretary , AVIIO received instruction from the W . M . to forward on the folloAving clay the amount found to be due to G-rand Lodge . Tho brethren afterAvards sat doivn to an entertainment Avell selected and served under the direction of Bro . Edmund LOAV . It is as Avell to observe that this lodge , meeting only quarterly , cannot make monthly returns to the Remembrancer . published by the proprietors of this Magazine , Avhere No . 154 , is invariablto be seen under the list of those which neglect to
y furnish notice of their days of meeting . Tho Lodge of Unity meets on the Thursday nearest to the full moon in the months of January , April , July , and October , which may , of course , be subject to a slight variation . [ We do not require to be furnished Avith the information monthly . Once is sufficient . ]
LEICESTERSHIRE . LEICESTER .- — St . John's Lodge ( No . 348 ) . —The annual festival of this lodge AVUS held at the Freemasons' Hall , on Wednesday , the Sth inst ., by postponement from St . John's day , AA'hen the folloiA ing Past Masters and other brethren AA-ere present : —Bros . Kelly , D . Prov . G . M . ; AVeare , AV . M . ; Marris , W . M . elect ; Pettifer , P . M . ; Morris , P . M . ; Crawford , P . M . and Treas . ; Gill , P . M . and Sec ; PrattP . M . ; BuckP . M . Visitors- Bros . J . F .
, , Klein , P . M . No . 21 , London ; J . Adlington , No . 1033 , Derby ; and Sheppard , W . M ., Johnson , S . AV ., Lloyd , Corkran , ancl Bithrey , John of Gaunt Lodge ( No . 766 ) . The minutes of the last meeting having been read and confirmed , the lodge Avas opened in the second degree , ivhen the chair AA-as taken by the D . Prov . G . M ., and the W . M . elect , Bro . William Henry Marris , having been presented , he gave his assent to the ancient charges , and liaving been duly obligated , a M . M . 's lodge and a board of
installed Masters having been severally opened , he Avas , in ancient form , placed in the chair of K . S ., and aftenvards proclaimed and saluted by the brethren . A vote of thanks to the retiring AV . M . was passed . The folloAving Avere appointed and invested as the officers for the year : —Bros . E . R . Denton , S . AV . ; H . Herbert , J . AV . ; Crawford ( re-elected ) , Treas . ; H . Gill , Sec ; AA . Jackson , S . D . ; Selby , I . G . ; Bainbridge , Tyler . The Treasurer having made a some-vhat unfavourable report of the present state of the lodge funds , the lodge ivas closed , and the brethren adjourned to the banquet , Avhen the usual loyal and Masonic toasts Avere duly honoured .
LANCASHIRE ( WEST ) . GAESTON . —Lodge of Harmony ( No . 267 . )—The regular monthly meeting of this lodge Avas held at the AA ' ellington Hotel , on Monday , January 6 th , Avhen it was opened by the AV . ill ., Bro . James Hamer , Prov . G . Treasurer , assisted by his officers , and a full attendance of brethren . The minutes of last meeting Avere read and confirmed . Mr . Peter Pilkington Avas initiated into the mysteries of the Order by P . M . Bro .
Edward Pierpoint ; Bro . Robert Johnson Avas passed to the second degree by P . M . Bro . Chas . Aldrich . Bros . Thomas Carter and Jacob Cohen were raised to the sublime degree of M . M . by the W . M . Bro . Leedham , J . W ., explained the Avorking tools ; Bro . Thompson , S . W ., delivered the charge . The circular from the Grand Secretary announcing an especial Grand Lodge to consider of an address of condolence to be presented to Her Most Gracious Majesty on the recent melanchol
y occasion of the decease of his late Royal Highness the Prince Consort Avas read , and the Secretary requested to convey the feelings of the lodge iu suitable terms to the Provincial Grand Lodge . Business of the lodge over , it Avas closed in solemn form . At refreshment , the usual loyal toasts Avere proposed by the W . M . in suitable terms , also the Masonic toasts . Bro . C . J . BANISTEE , Prov . G . D . C ., proposed "Thehealth of the Visitors , " Avhich ivas responded to bBro . Calvertof Lodge 965 Avho
y , , proposed " The Health of the three officiating Masters of the evening , " responded to by the AV . M . The AV . M . then in a humourous speech proposed "The Health of their Secretary , P . M . Bro . C . J . Banister , " Avho Avas everything in Masonry—drunk with acclamation . Bro . BAJ * ISTEB , in returning thanks , hoped that he should ever be able to do his duty , and said that he should not rest satisfied until every lodge in the three provinces he belonged to were life Governors of all the Masonic Charities .
Rom * . —Lodge of Alliance ( No . 965 ) . —The usual monthly meeting of this lodge was held at the Stanley Arms Hotel , Roby , on Tuesday , the 7 th inst . The brethren assembled at half-past three , P . M ., and the lodge opened by the AV . M ., Bro . Smith , the minutes Avere read and confirmed . Bro . John Pepper , P . M ., officiated as Installing Master , and Bro . Thomas Urmson , AV . M . elect , was presented by Bro . Smith and Bro . Hamer . The
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pleased at the manner in which the AVardens performed their portion of the ceremony , for it calledforth their best energies on the night of their opening to keep everything in good train . Bro . J . H . PoAver , one of the P . M . 's of the Royal Union Lodge ( No . 307 ) , very materially . contributed to the success of the evening ' s duties . His efficiency and gentlemanly deportment was admired by all present . The lodge room AA-as very tastefully and Masonically arranged ; the officers appeared in their neiv
collars , jewels , & c . The AV . M . ' s pedestal , standing a little in front of the raised dais of crimson cloth , had an excellent effect . A Scottish brother having been proposed and seconded as a . joining member , the brethren adjourned to an excellent banquet prepared by Bro . Trotman . The AV . M ., in proposing the first toast , made allusion to the sympathetic address of condolence which had been so unanimously approved for presentation to her Most Gracious Majesty upon her sad and irreparable bereavement ,
in Grand Lodge on the previous Wednesday . The health of her Majesty , coupled with the Craft , being taken on the cuff . The usual Masonic toasts ivere then continued in the usual form . —On Bro . POWEB proposing the " The Health of the AA ' . M ., "Bro . E . S . Cossens , " he expressed IIOAV glad he ivas , at his time of life , to be able to add one more to the number of lodges he had the honor to be the founder of , and the hope that T . G . A . O . T . U . would grant him a continuance of his wanted good health to perform his duties through the ensuing year , at the close of
wmen , rrom the zeal , energy , activity , and great Masonic knowledge possessed by the S . W . and J . W . designate he should , with the greatest confidence invite the brethren of the lodges in the neighbouring locality to come and examine their pillars , and -from the foundation that had been laid on that evening he had not the slightest doubt that at the end of his Mastership the register Avould exhibit as many subscribing members as would tend to the satifactory Avorking of the lodge . —On " The
Health of the Initiates " being proposed the W . M . called on Bros . F . Moore , D . Baskerville , E . Gillman , and H . BrOAvett , to respond . —Bro . MOOEE , represented that he felt as if he had been presented with a most elegant testimonial for services unperformed , but having noiv the opportunity of becoming acquainted Avith his duty , his utmost efforts should be exerted to deserve the testimonial . That the other brethren expressed their great pleasure in having found the door of a Masonic lodge
open to them , as it bad longbeen their ivish , and they Avould endeavour so to conduct themselves , as Apprentices , as to merit the approbation of the AV . M ., Avith the hope that they might in due time receive promotion at his hands . The AA ' . M . called on Bro . PoAver to come to his relief in delivering the charge to the « ntered apprentices , which he immediately did in the most approved manner . OAving to the business of the lodge and the ceremonies of the evening taking from 4 until after 8 o'clock , the brethren did not part until nearly 12 o'clock . The establishment of this lodge may be considered as a decided success .
HAMPSHIRE . KINGWOOD—Lodge of Unity ( So . 154)—This ancient lodge assembled at the White Hart Hotel , RingAA-ood , on Thursday , the 2 nd inst ., being the nearest to the full moon ( by Avhich its meetings have ever been regulated ) , and the festival of St . John , to install the W . M . for the present year . At the revival of this lodge in July last , immediately after the petition with respect therto Avas presented to the R . W . Prov . G . M ., Admiral
Sir Lucius Curtis , at his Provincial Grand Lodge , held at Lymington on the 9 th of that month , a notice of the proceedings Avas foi-Avarded to this Magazine , but as it never reached the hands of the editor , did not appear . On that occasion , hoAvever , Bro . AVard , P . M ., consented to act as AV . M . till another could be found , and on being installed appointed his officers as fblloAvs : — Bros . Etheridge and S . Tucker , M . A ., S . and J . Wardens ; Bro . Dr . Packman , Treasurer ; Bro . J . Travers , Secretary ; Bro . Call ,
P . M . ( for 53 years a member of the lodge ) , and Bro . Deazley ( since deceased ) , S . and J . Deacons ; Bro . Maffey , P . M ., I . G ., and Bro . Elliot , Tyler . The Lodge was arranged to be held quarterly , and , constituted as above , met accordingly in September , and again on the 2 nd inst ., when Bro . Maffey , P . M ., Avas duly installed in the chair . Bro . Dr . Packman and J . Travers , were continued in their respective offices' of Treasurer and Secretaryand the AV . Mthen invested his officers as folloAVS : —
, . Bro . S . Tucker , M . A ., S . AV ; Bro . Gardner , J . AV . ; Bro . S . Edmund LOAV ( the neAv host of the AVhite Hart , " a felloiv of infinite jest ) , S . D . ; Bro . J . LOAV , J . D ., and Bros . Young and Elliot , I . G . and Tyler . Various matters of business were then transacted , and the Grand Lodge communications read by the
Secretary , AVIIO received instruction from the W . M . to forward on the folloAving clay the amount found to be due to G-rand Lodge . Tho brethren afterAvards sat doivn to an entertainment Avell selected and served under the direction of Bro . Edmund LOAV . It is as Avell to observe that this lodge , meeting only quarterly , cannot make monthly returns to the Remembrancer . published by the proprietors of this Magazine , Avhere No . 154 , is invariablto be seen under the list of those which neglect to
y furnish notice of their days of meeting . Tho Lodge of Unity meets on the Thursday nearest to the full moon in the months of January , April , July , and October , which may , of course , be subject to a slight variation . [ We do not require to be furnished Avith the information monthly . Once is sufficient . ]
LEICESTERSHIRE . LEICESTER .- — St . John's Lodge ( No . 348 ) . —The annual festival of this lodge AVUS held at the Freemasons' Hall , on Wednesday , the Sth inst ., by postponement from St . John's day , AA'hen the folloiA ing Past Masters and other brethren AA-ere present : —Bros . Kelly , D . Prov . G . M . ; AVeare , AV . M . ; Marris , W . M . elect ; Pettifer , P . M . ; Morris , P . M . ; Crawford , P . M . and Treas . ; Gill , P . M . and Sec ; PrattP . M . ; BuckP . M . Visitors- Bros . J . F .
, , Klein , P . M . No . 21 , London ; J . Adlington , No . 1033 , Derby ; and Sheppard , W . M ., Johnson , S . AV ., Lloyd , Corkran , ancl Bithrey , John of Gaunt Lodge ( No . 766 ) . The minutes of the last meeting having been read and confirmed , the lodge Avas opened in the second degree , ivhen the chair AA-as taken by the D . Prov . G . M ., and the W . M . elect , Bro . William Henry Marris , having been presented , he gave his assent to the ancient charges , and liaving been duly obligated , a M . M . 's lodge and a board of
installed Masters having been severally opened , he Avas , in ancient form , placed in the chair of K . S ., and aftenvards proclaimed and saluted by the brethren . A vote of thanks to the retiring AV . M . was passed . The folloAving Avere appointed and invested as the officers for the year : —Bros . E . R . Denton , S . AV . ; H . Herbert , J . AV . ; Crawford ( re-elected ) , Treas . ; H . Gill , Sec ; AA . Jackson , S . D . ; Selby , I . G . ; Bainbridge , Tyler . The Treasurer having made a some-vhat unfavourable report of the present state of the lodge funds , the lodge ivas closed , and the brethren adjourned to the banquet , Avhen the usual loyal and Masonic toasts Avere duly honoured .
LANCASHIRE ( WEST ) . GAESTON . —Lodge of Harmony ( No . 267 . )—The regular monthly meeting of this lodge Avas held at the AA ' ellington Hotel , on Monday , January 6 th , Avhen it was opened by the AV . ill ., Bro . James Hamer , Prov . G . Treasurer , assisted by his officers , and a full attendance of brethren . The minutes of last meeting Avere read and confirmed . Mr . Peter Pilkington Avas initiated into the mysteries of the Order by P . M . Bro .
Edward Pierpoint ; Bro . Robert Johnson Avas passed to the second degree by P . M . Bro . Chas . Aldrich . Bros . Thomas Carter and Jacob Cohen were raised to the sublime degree of M . M . by the W . M . Bro . Leedham , J . W ., explained the Avorking tools ; Bro . Thompson , S . W ., delivered the charge . The circular from the Grand Secretary announcing an especial Grand Lodge to consider of an address of condolence to be presented to Her Most Gracious Majesty on the recent melanchol
y occasion of the decease of his late Royal Highness the Prince Consort Avas read , and the Secretary requested to convey the feelings of the lodge iu suitable terms to the Provincial Grand Lodge . Business of the lodge over , it Avas closed in solemn form . At refreshment , the usual loyal toasts Avere proposed by the W . M . in suitable terms , also the Masonic toasts . Bro . C . J . BANISTEE , Prov . G . D . C ., proposed "Thehealth of the Visitors , " Avhich ivas responded to bBro . Calvertof Lodge 965 Avho
y , , proposed " The Health of the three officiating Masters of the evening , " responded to by the AV . M . The AV . M . then in a humourous speech proposed "The Health of their Secretary , P . M . Bro . C . J . Banister , " Avho Avas everything in Masonry—drunk with acclamation . Bro . BAJ * ISTEB , in returning thanks , hoped that he should ever be able to do his duty , and said that he should not rest satisfied until every lodge in the three provinces he belonged to were life Governors of all the Masonic Charities .
Rom * . —Lodge of Alliance ( No . 965 ) . —The usual monthly meeting of this lodge was held at the Stanley Arms Hotel , Roby , on Tuesday , the 7 th inst . The brethren assembled at half-past three , P . M ., and the lodge opened by the AV . M ., Bro . Smith , the minutes Avere read and confirmed . Bro . John Pepper , P . M ., officiated as Installing Master , and Bro . Thomas Urmson , AV . M . elect , was presented by Bro . Smith and Bro . Hamer . The