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present W . M . of the Apollo Lotlge , who was so well supported by able officers and brethren . —The Chairman returned thanks . After several toasts the Chairman proposed the health of the Past Masters of the Alfred Lodge , coupling with it the name of Bro . R . J . Spiers , the late Master , whose services to masonry he highly eulogised . — Bro . Spiers returned thanks , and assured them that the year which had passed had been to him a most delightful oneand the labours had really
, been pleasures , for he had been so assisted hy every one in his own as well as the sister lodge , ancl the result had been most successful . He was pleased that the names of the Past Masters had been coupled with his , for he had hacl excellent examples to follow , ancl rejoiced to find that there were likewise many brethren in the lodge ready to follow in their footsteps , and take upon them the higher offices . There was one thing which he hoped would always be maintainednamelythe
excel-, , lent understanding and cordial feeling that at present existed between the two lodges , and which might be characterised as one of generous rivalry . He hoped that the Alfred Lodge would continue to deserve their respect , for he was sure that the present W . M . and his officers would do all in their power to merit it , and it would be always a source of satisfaction to him to find it worthy of the encomiums now bestowed upon it .
CHELMSFORD . —A warrant has been granted to the Royal Arch Masons of this town to open and hold a Chapter . The consecration is proposed to take place on Wednesday the 10 th May next , when a large assembly of Royal Arch Masons from the neighbourhood is expected . To commemorate the above event , and to give it more eclat , we understand that a ball is to be given in the evening , and it is hoped that the respected Prov . Grand Master , Rowland Alston , will grant a dispensation to permit it to be in masonic costume . A petition with that object
will , or has already been presented to that worthy Mason . Bro . Evans supplies the furniture for the new Chapter , and we have no doubt it will be clone with his usual precision and taste . We are informed that as many as twelve to fifteen candidates are already on the list for exaltation at the earliest period , and from the improving condition of the Lodge of Good Fellowship we have no doubt the Chapter will , ere long , be in the same flourishing condition . We should recommend our friends in the neighbourhood not to lose the opportunity of being present on this occasion , and we have little doubt the ball alone will amply repay them .
Lodge of Good Fellowship , No . 343 . —An Emergency Meeting was held on Thursday , the 10 th clay of February instant , at eight o ' clock , at the lodge room , White Hart Hotel ; the business of the evening was to take into consideration the reports of the Especial Grancl Lodge , holden on the 29 th day of November last , and of the Quarterly Communication for the 1 st December , so far as they relate to an amendment that 200 / . additional per annum be added to the Royal Masonic Benevolent Annuity Fund ; and the motion of our R . W . Bro . Dr . Crucefix" That
, 300 / . per annum be paid in annuities to the widows of brethren ; " it being at fhe same time intimated that to raise this sum of 500 / . per annum , an alteration must be made in the annual payments by lodges to the Fund of Benevolence ; ancl these votes stand for confirmation at the next Quarterly Communication on the 1 st March . To decide if the return from the lodse shall be made nreviouslv to the 1 st of March .
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present W . M . of the Apollo Lotlge , who was so well supported by able officers and brethren . —The Chairman returned thanks . After several toasts the Chairman proposed the health of the Past Masters of the Alfred Lodge , coupling with it the name of Bro . R . J . Spiers , the late Master , whose services to masonry he highly eulogised . — Bro . Spiers returned thanks , and assured them that the year which had passed had been to him a most delightful oneand the labours had really
, been pleasures , for he had been so assisted hy every one in his own as well as the sister lodge , ancl the result had been most successful . He was pleased that the names of the Past Masters had been coupled with his , for he had hacl excellent examples to follow , ancl rejoiced to find that there were likewise many brethren in the lodge ready to follow in their footsteps , and take upon them the higher offices . There was one thing which he hoped would always be maintainednamelythe
excel-, , lent understanding and cordial feeling that at present existed between the two lodges , and which might be characterised as one of generous rivalry . He hoped that the Alfred Lodge would continue to deserve their respect , for he was sure that the present W . M . and his officers would do all in their power to merit it , and it would be always a source of satisfaction to him to find it worthy of the encomiums now bestowed upon it .
CHELMSFORD . —A warrant has been granted to the Royal Arch Masons of this town to open and hold a Chapter . The consecration is proposed to take place on Wednesday the 10 th May next , when a large assembly of Royal Arch Masons from the neighbourhood is expected . To commemorate the above event , and to give it more eclat , we understand that a ball is to be given in the evening , and it is hoped that the respected Prov . Grand Master , Rowland Alston , will grant a dispensation to permit it to be in masonic costume . A petition with that object
will , or has already been presented to that worthy Mason . Bro . Evans supplies the furniture for the new Chapter , and we have no doubt it will be clone with his usual precision and taste . We are informed that as many as twelve to fifteen candidates are already on the list for exaltation at the earliest period , and from the improving condition of the Lodge of Good Fellowship we have no doubt the Chapter will , ere long , be in the same flourishing condition . We should recommend our friends in the neighbourhood not to lose the opportunity of being present on this occasion , and we have little doubt the ball alone will amply repay them .
Lodge of Good Fellowship , No . 343 . —An Emergency Meeting was held on Thursday , the 10 th clay of February instant , at eight o ' clock , at the lodge room , White Hart Hotel ; the business of the evening was to take into consideration the reports of the Especial Grancl Lodge , holden on the 29 th day of November last , and of the Quarterly Communication for the 1 st December , so far as they relate to an amendment that 200 / . additional per annum be added to the Royal Masonic Benevolent Annuity Fund ; and the motion of our R . W . Bro . Dr . Crucefix" That
, 300 / . per annum be paid in annuities to the widows of brethren ; " it being at fhe same time intimated that to raise this sum of 500 / . per annum , an alteration must be made in the annual payments by lodges to the Fund of Benevolence ; ancl these votes stand for confirmation at the next Quarterly Communication on the 1 st March . To decide if the return from the lodse shall be made nreviouslv to the 1 st of March .