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Provincial.
" O , thou supreme and Eternal Being , the source of all perfection and of divine love , look down with compassion upon the offspring of thy creative power , and let a double portion of thy spirit and grace rest upon our present engagement , ancl whilst we are uniting ourselves to each other in the strictest bonds of holy brotherhood , of divine and pure affection , may we still be more and more earnest to unite our
hands to THEE , tbe everlasting source of unsullied wisdom , before whom we bend in humble praise and adoration of thy incomprehensible power , thy glory , and the truth of thy salvation , who art the LORD of all ; to whom be all honour and glory , might , majesty , ancl dominion , now and for ever . Amen . " The Lodge was then closed with the customary form .
The brethren afterwards assembled at the King ' s Arms Inn , where a most sumptuous dinner was provided by Brother Oliver . On the removal of the cloth , a number of loyal and appropriate toasts were drank , and the evening closed , after a day passed in the truest joyful festivity , hallowed by a liberal subscription , which was entered into for the assistance of those brethren of the province who are in
distressed circumstances . WATFORD . —August 22 . —The summer meeting of the Watford Lodge , 580 , was held this clay at the Essex Arms , at eleven in the forenoon , Brother W . STUART , Esq ., M . P ., Past G . S . XV ., XV . M ., in the chair . The business of the day was well conducted in the three degrees by the R . W . Brother . Three gentlemen were initiated , viz . —The Hon . and Rev . W . R . Capel , brother to the Earl of Essex ; Mr . Howard , late of the Hon . East India maritime service , ancl Mr . T . A . Perry , of
Harpenden . After the Lodge was closed , a sumptuous banquet was served up in excellent style to nearly fifty brethren , including several visitors , among whom we noticed Brother Harper , G . S ., Brother Acklam , of the Grand Steward ' s Lodge , and several others . The newly initiated Brethren , especially the Rev . W . R . Capel , in very handsome terms , acknowledged
the compliment paid to them by the Lodge . Br . Maj oribanks , P . G . S . XV contributed equally to the substantial as to the convivial department ; to the former he supplied a " good fat buck , " and the latter he enlivened by that peculiar good humour and cheerfulness which always distinguish him . The vocal department was ably sustained by Brothers Jolly , Fitzwilliam , and others , but we must not forget to thank Brother Howard , one of the neophites , for the hearty enjoyment which his
truly comic humour afforded us . SOUTHAMPTON . —August 26 . —An immense concourse of spectators assembled in the Hig h-street of this town to witness the procession of the PROVINCIAL GRAND L ODGE of Hampshire , consisting of the various Lodges of Southampton , Portsmouth , Winchester , Lymington , & c .
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Provincial.
" O , thou supreme and Eternal Being , the source of all perfection and of divine love , look down with compassion upon the offspring of thy creative power , and let a double portion of thy spirit and grace rest upon our present engagement , ancl whilst we are uniting ourselves to each other in the strictest bonds of holy brotherhood , of divine and pure affection , may we still be more and more earnest to unite our
hands to THEE , tbe everlasting source of unsullied wisdom , before whom we bend in humble praise and adoration of thy incomprehensible power , thy glory , and the truth of thy salvation , who art the LORD of all ; to whom be all honour and glory , might , majesty , ancl dominion , now and for ever . Amen . " The Lodge was then closed with the customary form .
The brethren afterwards assembled at the King ' s Arms Inn , where a most sumptuous dinner was provided by Brother Oliver . On the removal of the cloth , a number of loyal and appropriate toasts were drank , and the evening closed , after a day passed in the truest joyful festivity , hallowed by a liberal subscription , which was entered into for the assistance of those brethren of the province who are in
distressed circumstances . WATFORD . —August 22 . —The summer meeting of the Watford Lodge , 580 , was held this clay at the Essex Arms , at eleven in the forenoon , Brother W . STUART , Esq ., M . P ., Past G . S . XV ., XV . M ., in the chair . The business of the day was well conducted in the three degrees by the R . W . Brother . Three gentlemen were initiated , viz . —The Hon . and Rev . W . R . Capel , brother to the Earl of Essex ; Mr . Howard , late of the Hon . East India maritime service , ancl Mr . T . A . Perry , of
Harpenden . After the Lodge was closed , a sumptuous banquet was served up in excellent style to nearly fifty brethren , including several visitors , among whom we noticed Brother Harper , G . S ., Brother Acklam , of the Grand Steward ' s Lodge , and several others . The newly initiated Brethren , especially the Rev . W . R . Capel , in very handsome terms , acknowledged
the compliment paid to them by the Lodge . Br . Maj oribanks , P . G . S . XV contributed equally to the substantial as to the convivial department ; to the former he supplied a " good fat buck , " and the latter he enlivened by that peculiar good humour and cheerfulness which always distinguish him . The vocal department was ably sustained by Brothers Jolly , Fitzwilliam , and others , but we must not forget to thank Brother Howard , one of the neophites , for the hearty enjoyment which his
truly comic humour afforded us . SOUTHAMPTON . —August 26 . —An immense concourse of spectators assembled in the Hig h-street of this town to witness the procession of the PROVINCIAL GRAND L ODGE of Hampshire , consisting of the various Lodges of Southampton , Portsmouth , Winchester , Lymington , & c .