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Metropolitan.
'\ V , M ., having elected hisofficers , proceeded to initiate Mr . Drew into the mysteries of ancient Freemasonry , and some other business having been disposed of , the brethren adjourned to refreshment . The AV . M . gave the customary loyal and Masonic toasts , " The P . M . s of the Lodge , " and " The Visitors , " which toast was responded to by Bros . Rackstraw , Stroud , Rivers , Lascellos , aud Drysdale . Bro . Thomas , in a very eloquent speech , proposed that the thanks of the Lodge should be recorded on the minutes to Bro . CookeP . M . for the very able manner in which
, , he had performed the ceremony of installation , and referred to tho period when their worthy brother obtained the knowledge of that ceremony . Then Freemasonry was carried on on a very limited scale , and was not so general as it was at present , neither had they then the assistance of Lodges of Instruction . He felt greatly indebted to Bro . Cooke for having come from Chelsea to perform that ceremony , and he had great pleasure in moving that the thanks of the Lodgo be recorded ou the minutes to him . The motion was unanimously carried , and the
business of the evening was terminated in perfect harmony . The P . M . s present were , Bros . Neats , Cooke , Harris , Farmer , and Thomas . The visitors were , Bros . Stroud , Rivers , Rackstraw , Lascelles , and Drysdale . PRINCE FREDERICK AVILLUM LODCII ; ( No . 1 , 055 ) . —This Lodge held a regular meeting on A \ ed . nesday last , at the Knights of St . John ' s Tavern , St . John ' s Wood . Bro . Coulcher , AV . M ., took the chair at five o ' clock , and opened the Lodge in the first degree , assisted by Bros . Adams and AV . Watson , P . Ms ., and the officers of
the Lodge . Bro . J . D . Allen was then raised to the M . M . degree . Bros . Moss , AVoods , C . Hudson , Baker , and King were passed as Fellow Crafts . This was followed by a ballot for Messrs . F . C . Danvers , Edwin Howard , Charles Tucker , and John F . AVuest , who were duly elected and initiated . The visitors were , Bros . Pearson , No . . 70 ; Edward Hogg , P . M ., No . 10-1 ; and Clement , P . M ., No . 25 , who paid some deserved compliments to the Lodge for its admirable working . Bro . Woode Banks deserves especial mention for his services at the harmonium during the ceremonies .
Provincial.
PROVINCIAL .
BERKSHIRE AND BUCKINGHAMSHIRE . PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE . At the laying the foundation stone of the Masonic Hall at Reading , the gathering of the JIasons of this united province on AVcduesday , March 23 rd , was such as must have satisfied the Provincial Grand Master of the readiness of the brethren to assemble at his bidding . The Provincial Grand Lodge was held iu the Town Hall , and was opened iu due
form by the most noble thoMarquisof Do \ vushire , R . \ V . Prov . G . M ., in the presence of above one hundred brethren . The minutes of the Prov . Grand Lodge held at AA'indsor on the 1 Sth of December last , which contained a code of by-laws for the government of the province having been read , Bro . How , P . M . No . 861 , moved two amendments in tho laws , which being seconded aud considered proper by the Prov . Grand Secretary , were adopted , and the minutes confirmed . The Prov . Grand Master for Oxfordwith some thirty brethren of that province
, , was announced , aud was received with grand honours , as were also the D . Prov . Grand Masters for Surrey and AV'ilts . The Prov . G . M . then called on the brethren to proceed to the election of a Treasurer , and thereupon Bro . How moved that Bro . Charles Cave , P . M . of No , 831 ) , be re-elected to that office , which was seconded ami carried unanimously .
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Metropolitan.
'\ V , M ., having elected hisofficers , proceeded to initiate Mr . Drew into the mysteries of ancient Freemasonry , and some other business having been disposed of , the brethren adjourned to refreshment . The AV . M . gave the customary loyal and Masonic toasts , " The P . M . s of the Lodge , " and " The Visitors , " which toast was responded to by Bros . Rackstraw , Stroud , Rivers , Lascellos , aud Drysdale . Bro . Thomas , in a very eloquent speech , proposed that the thanks of the Lodge should be recorded on the minutes to Bro . CookeP . M . for the very able manner in which
, , he had performed the ceremony of installation , and referred to tho period when their worthy brother obtained the knowledge of that ceremony . Then Freemasonry was carried on on a very limited scale , and was not so general as it was at present , neither had they then the assistance of Lodges of Instruction . He felt greatly indebted to Bro . Cooke for having come from Chelsea to perform that ceremony , and he had great pleasure in moving that the thanks of the Lodgo be recorded ou the minutes to him . The motion was unanimously carried , and the
business of the evening was terminated in perfect harmony . The P . M . s present were , Bros . Neats , Cooke , Harris , Farmer , and Thomas . The visitors were , Bros . Stroud , Rivers , Rackstraw , Lascelles , and Drysdale . PRINCE FREDERICK AVILLUM LODCII ; ( No . 1 , 055 ) . —This Lodge held a regular meeting on A \ ed . nesday last , at the Knights of St . John ' s Tavern , St . John ' s Wood . Bro . Coulcher , AV . M ., took the chair at five o ' clock , and opened the Lodge in the first degree , assisted by Bros . Adams and AV . Watson , P . Ms ., and the officers of
the Lodge . Bro . J . D . Allen was then raised to the M . M . degree . Bros . Moss , AVoods , C . Hudson , Baker , and King were passed as Fellow Crafts . This was followed by a ballot for Messrs . F . C . Danvers , Edwin Howard , Charles Tucker , and John F . AVuest , who were duly elected and initiated . The visitors were , Bros . Pearson , No . . 70 ; Edward Hogg , P . M ., No . 10-1 ; and Clement , P . M ., No . 25 , who paid some deserved compliments to the Lodge for its admirable working . Bro . Woode Banks deserves especial mention for his services at the harmonium during the ceremonies .
Provincial.
PROVINCIAL .
BERKSHIRE AND BUCKINGHAMSHIRE . PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE . At the laying the foundation stone of the Masonic Hall at Reading , the gathering of the JIasons of this united province on AVcduesday , March 23 rd , was such as must have satisfied the Provincial Grand Master of the readiness of the brethren to assemble at his bidding . The Provincial Grand Lodge was held iu the Town Hall , and was opened iu due
form by the most noble thoMarquisof Do \ vushire , R . \ V . Prov . G . M ., in the presence of above one hundred brethren . The minutes of the Prov . Grand Lodge held at AA'indsor on the 1 Sth of December last , which contained a code of by-laws for the government of the province having been read , Bro . How , P . M . No . 861 , moved two amendments in tho laws , which being seconded aud considered proper by the Prov . Grand Secretary , were adopted , and the minutes confirmed . The Prov . Grand Master for Oxfordwith some thirty brethren of that province
, , was announced , aud was received with grand honours , as were also the D . Prov . Grand Masters for Surrey and AV'ilts . The Prov . G . M . then called on the brethren to proceed to the election of a Treasurer , and thereupon Bro . How moved that Bro . Charles Cave , P . M . of No , 831 ) , be re-elected to that office , which was seconded ami carried unanimously .