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Provincial.
'Duke of Richmond , as P . G . M ., " and several other toasts were given with the usual honours amongst Masons , and drunk ivith the greatest enthusiasm . Song and sentiment followed in lively succession , and the evening was spent in that spirit of brotherly love and good will which on all occasions ought to distinguish the Craft . AA e hail the meeting as a new era in Freemasonry in this town . STAFFORD 28 th December 1835 . —A provincial Grand Lodge was
, held at the Shire Hall , in Stafford , by J . JI . Jlathew , Esq . the Deputy Grand JIaster of the county , in commemoration of the Festival of St . John , at which meeting the Reverend Richard Puckeridge , who had been previously elected JIaster of the Royal Chartley Lodge , was installed , in the chair , by the Deputy Grand JIaster , assisted by AV . H . White , Esq ., Grand Secretary of England . After the ceremony of Installation , the Brethren sat down to dinner at the Three Tuns Inn ,
and the evening was spent in the greatest harmony . Brother Longworth , P . S . of AVorks for the Eastern Division of Lancashire , contributed greatly to the amusement of the evening , as also did several other Brethren , by singing many appropriate songs .
STOKE-UPON-TRENT . —A deputation of gentlemen , from the congregation of the parish church of Stoke-upon-Trent , waited upon the Rev . Sir William Dunbar , Bart ., chaplain to No . 1 G . M . Lodge , on Tuesday , 23 rd February , to present him a tea service of silver , consisting of tea-pot , coffee-pot , sugar basin , cream ewer , cake basket , and salver . The different pieces were of the most costly and beautiful workmanship , the value of the whole being about one hundred pounds . On the salver was the following inscription : —•
" Presented to the Rev . Sir William Dunbar , Bart , by his congregation at Stoke-upon-Trent , as a small tribute , expressive of their affectionate regard , for his faithful and zealous exertions , as their minister . " The plate was presented in a very appropriate manner , by William Baker , Esq ., and upon receiving it , the Rev . Baronet addressed the deputation in an address replete with classic beauty and moral truth .
NORTHUMBERLAND . —Some epistolary comments have appeared in the Berwick and Kelso AA arder , in which , I . A ., —RUSTICUS , —A CONSTANT READER , —and an absent MEMBER OF THE LODGE St . Ebb , have taken parts . AVe have received some of the papers , but as that which contained the comments , which probably gave rise to well written replies , has not come to our hand , we refrain from any remarks . Our more immediate correspondent ivill perceive the propriety of this , and if he is desirous of our observation , he will be kind enough to furnish us with the entire details . —ED .
PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE . —On AVednesday the 27 th of January , being the birth-day anniversary of His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex , Grand JIaster of Free and Accepted Masons , a Provincial Grand Lodge for Northumberland was opened in ample form , in ancient Jlasons' Hall , Bell ' s Court , Newcastle , where the Right AVorshipful Sir M . AV . Ridley , Bart ., JI . P ., Provincial Grand Master , presided , and where the following Brethren were installed to the respective
provincial offices , viz . —Brother William Loraine , D . P . G . M . ; Edw . Pitts , P . S . G . AV . ; John Jobling , P . J . G . AV . ; Matthew Bell , M . P ., Bertram Mitford , Henry Hewitson , James Archbold , JI . L . Jobling , George Hawks , J . S . Turner , and C . H . Cook , P . G . Stewards ; the Rev . Robert Green , P . G . Chaplain ; Robert Thompson , P . G . Treasurer ; John Bell , P . G . Registrar ; Thomas Brown . P . G . Secretary ;
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Provincial.
'Duke of Richmond , as P . G . M ., " and several other toasts were given with the usual honours amongst Masons , and drunk ivith the greatest enthusiasm . Song and sentiment followed in lively succession , and the evening was spent in that spirit of brotherly love and good will which on all occasions ought to distinguish the Craft . AA e hail the meeting as a new era in Freemasonry in this town . STAFFORD 28 th December 1835 . —A provincial Grand Lodge was
, held at the Shire Hall , in Stafford , by J . JI . Jlathew , Esq . the Deputy Grand JIaster of the county , in commemoration of the Festival of St . John , at which meeting the Reverend Richard Puckeridge , who had been previously elected JIaster of the Royal Chartley Lodge , was installed , in the chair , by the Deputy Grand JIaster , assisted by AV . H . White , Esq ., Grand Secretary of England . After the ceremony of Installation , the Brethren sat down to dinner at the Three Tuns Inn ,
and the evening was spent in the greatest harmony . Brother Longworth , P . S . of AVorks for the Eastern Division of Lancashire , contributed greatly to the amusement of the evening , as also did several other Brethren , by singing many appropriate songs .
STOKE-UPON-TRENT . —A deputation of gentlemen , from the congregation of the parish church of Stoke-upon-Trent , waited upon the Rev . Sir William Dunbar , Bart ., chaplain to No . 1 G . M . Lodge , on Tuesday , 23 rd February , to present him a tea service of silver , consisting of tea-pot , coffee-pot , sugar basin , cream ewer , cake basket , and salver . The different pieces were of the most costly and beautiful workmanship , the value of the whole being about one hundred pounds . On the salver was the following inscription : —•
" Presented to the Rev . Sir William Dunbar , Bart , by his congregation at Stoke-upon-Trent , as a small tribute , expressive of their affectionate regard , for his faithful and zealous exertions , as their minister . " The plate was presented in a very appropriate manner , by William Baker , Esq ., and upon receiving it , the Rev . Baronet addressed the deputation in an address replete with classic beauty and moral truth .
NORTHUMBERLAND . —Some epistolary comments have appeared in the Berwick and Kelso AA arder , in which , I . A ., —RUSTICUS , —A CONSTANT READER , —and an absent MEMBER OF THE LODGE St . Ebb , have taken parts . AVe have received some of the papers , but as that which contained the comments , which probably gave rise to well written replies , has not come to our hand , we refrain from any remarks . Our more immediate correspondent ivill perceive the propriety of this , and if he is desirous of our observation , he will be kind enough to furnish us with the entire details . —ED .
PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE . —On AVednesday the 27 th of January , being the birth-day anniversary of His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex , Grand JIaster of Free and Accepted Masons , a Provincial Grand Lodge for Northumberland was opened in ample form , in ancient Jlasons' Hall , Bell ' s Court , Newcastle , where the Right AVorshipful Sir M . AV . Ridley , Bart ., JI . P ., Provincial Grand Master , presided , and where the following Brethren were installed to the respective
provincial offices , viz . —Brother William Loraine , D . P . G . M . ; Edw . Pitts , P . S . G . AV . ; John Jobling , P . J . G . AV . ; Matthew Bell , M . P ., Bertram Mitford , Henry Hewitson , James Archbold , JI . L . Jobling , George Hawks , J . S . Turner , and C . H . Cook , P . G . Stewards ; the Rev . Robert Green , P . G . Chaplain ; Robert Thompson , P . G . Treasurer ; John Bell , P . G . Registrar ; Thomas Brown . P . G . Secretary ;