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gonalItascrmxInstitutionfor(Sirls, ST . JOHN'S HILL , BATTERSEA RISE , S . W . Chief Patroness : HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN . Grand Patron and President : ILK . HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES , K . G ., & c , M . W . G . M . Grand Patroness : HER ROVAL HIGHNESS THE P RINCESS OF WALES . r -THTE NINETY . EIGHTH ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL of this JL Institution will tako place On WEDNESDAY , tho 19 th MAY next , UNDER THE PnnsinEXcy or General J . S . BROWNRIGG , C . B ., P . G . W . R . W . PKOV . GRAND MASTER OP SURREY . * * Brethren willing to serve the office of Steward are very tirgently iicec ?« 'ct •they will much oblige by forwarding their names as early as possible to the Secretary , who will g ladly givo any information required . F . R , W . HEDGES , Secretary . Oi ? i'iCE—5 FKEEMXSOSS' HALL , GREAT QUKE . V S'liiiir . T , LOXDOS * , W . C .
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GRAND MASTERS' LODGE OF INSTRUC HON FOR MARK MASTER MASONS . Urnler tUe Sanction of Oraml Masters' Lodge . THE ANNUAL FESTIVAL will be held afc the Holborn Restaurant , on "Wednesday , 17 th March 1886 , at seven o ' clock . Col . Rt . Hon . LORD JOHN H . TAYLOUR , R . W . PAST GRAND WARDEN , in the Chair . The Lodge will bo opened at the "Masonic Hall , Red Lion Square , at six o ' clock precisely . The lecture on the tracing board will Toe given . Tickets for tho supper , including admission to Lodge , five shillings . 0 . FITZGERALD MATIER , P . G . AV ., Secretary .
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STARANDGARTERHOTEL, KEW BRIDGE , BROTHER JOHN BRILL , PROPRIETOR . r ] pHE accommodation at tins Popular Establishment for X MASONIC L 0 OOES AP CHAPTERS Will bo found of the most complete aud perfect character . THE LODGE ROOMS A COMMODIOUS AND WELL APPOINTED . im BANQUET HALL WILL SEAT OVER 100 GUESTS , The Culinary Arrangements embrace every modern feature . Hjjccuil facilities fov ( KJtcbbmg | Urjf * fasts , Soirees , Concerts , I ' ulls , anil < £ . 6 . en ' uvg parties . The Stack or WISES c < Mui » rirMC «* all the "'' 'EST KNOWJS ISRAN'OS , Jisul Mill hv tbiiiifl i » PEK } 'J 3 CT COJSIHTION . PRIVATE ROOMS FOR LARGE OR SMALL PARTIES . GOOD STABLING . CARRIAGES . WAGONETTES . BRAKES , & c . ON HIRE . Scale of Charges and . further particulars on application . Tin : RiY .- iT . AI . TKED LODGTC , CHIS - WICK LODGE , CHISWICK "MARK LODGE , LUVVLTV AID Cn . vmiY LODGE , Itosi : oi- DENMARK CHAPTER , ST . MARY ' S C't . u'TEtt , A >* r > "ROYAL Ai . sitKD LODGE OP IXSTRUCTION , JlOT . D THElll -SIEBTItfGS AT THIS ESTABLISH-MEST .
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FHE 01 DEST ESTABLISHED FIRM IN THE WORLD J- 'Oll MASONIC TRACING BOARDS , LODGE , MASTERS ' AND ROYAL ARCH BANNERS . G . & C . BISHOP & CLARK , T ) cn *!& ; r > aintcrs , . ' Orsigncrs , £ . B ' tili X 3 anner £ Qahcrs , 2 GODLUVIAW STILEET , ST . PAUL'S ; and KNIGrHTEIDEE , STREET , E . C . Uy . i-i . pjsi-a-iin-ifsU 'o llvv „ Z ; ijv » i ? <* . ; . ijiifis :, mill 5 ? . I ? . H . the P * , 'il ! f « « i' tVsilc' 4 , ILLUMINATED VOTES CF THAHKS , CONGRATULATIONS , & c . "Pa , l . ro- ilsr-il "by t"ho CJ-va ut ' l TJOCI ^ O ol" Kn ^ laml .
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FA 3 TCY 3 SESS BAILS and PB 7 . 7 AIS THEATRICALS / lOSTUMES , WlOi " - * , KCKZNKRV , an ;! cverv nr-cp . ^ nry f . ] u Y , ? , S ! nT !' '! ' 0 : " ^ l !< J ' * - " - 1 Urc- ! 'i _ ]! r ° * , ' * - *" - - *"* - ' > St " ' " ope Lodge Ad , 12 (* 9 . Arli ' . ;* c * r .-- — ° W . WALLEK , Theatrical Costumier , 84 and 8 G Tabernacle Street , "Finsbury Square , London , E . C
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THEIMPERIALHOTEL. HOLBOBN VIADUCT , LONDON , Adjoining the TBBMISTS of the LONDON - CHATHAM and DOVRB RAit ^ AY , but distinct from the Viaduct Hotel . THE BEST FURNISHED AND MOST COMFORTABLE HOTEL IN LONUON HOT & COLD WATER LAID ON IN ALL BED ROOMS The JU » i > oiii * lineiits tlu-oujfliOHt so arrang-ed as to cu & m-c domestic comfort . EVERY ACCOMMODATION FOR MASONIC LODGE MEETINGS , J ^ uMtt ^ Dinners & "JSOfoireg JBttakfasis . THE AKEXANDBA PALACE LODGE , No . 15-il , THE MORNINGTON LODGE , NO . 1672 , THB CBUSADEBS LODGE , NO . 1077 , AND PKBSEVEKANCE LODGE , NO . 1743 , HOLD THEIB MEETINGS AT THIS ESTABLISHMENT . GOOD COOKING . FINE WINES . MODERATE CHARGES . The Edison Electric Light ' . TAKIFF on APPLICATION to Bro . A . BEGBIE .
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Prov. Grand Chapter Of Leicestershire And Rutland.
PROV . GRAND CHAPTER OF LEICESTERSHIRE AND RUTLAND .
C 0 NSECKAT 10 N OF ST . GEORGE'S CHAPTER .
THE annual convocation of this Provincial Grand Chapter , for the transaction of the general business ofthe Province , ancl for the special purpose of consecrating a new Royal Arch Chapter , to be attached to the Albert Edward Lodge , No 1560 , was held at Freemasons' Hall ,
Leicester , on Tuesday , 2 nd inst ., under the presidency of the Grand Superintendent the M . E . Comp . W . Kelly , F . S . A ., F . R . H . S ., & c . The meeting was numerously attended , amongst those present being the following
Officers ancl members of Provincial Grand Chapter : — Comps . G . Toller Prov . G . H ., Rev . W . Langley as Prov . G . J ., S . Partridge Prov . G . S . E ., 0 . J . Wilkinson as Prov . G . S . K , R . DalgleisbProv . G . P . S ., G . T . Willan Prov . G . A . S ., Rev . C . Henton Wood Prov . G . Reg ., A . Balmforth Prov .
G . S . B ., J . Yonng Prov . G . D . C , W . A . Musson Prov . G . Org ., R . Boughton-Smith P . P . G . A . S ., T . Halliday P . Z . 779 , A . P . Wood P . Z . 1130 , M . J . Walker H . 1130 , W . S . Black J . 1130 , C . S . Preston H . 279 , and J . Hassall J . 779 .
The Chapter having been duly opened , the Rolls of Chapters and P . G . Officers were called , the several Chapters being fully represented , ancl nearly every P . G . Officer at his post . After the reading ancl confirmation of the minutes of the
last general Convocation tbe ceremony of constitution and consecration of the new Chapter was proceeded with , at the commencement of which the Grand Superintendent , as Consecrating Officer , delivered the following address : —
EXCELLENT COMPANIONS , —We are met on this present occasion partly to conduct the ordinary bnsiness of Provincial Grand Chapter , but we have in addition been specially called together to consecrate tho new Chapter of St . George , to be attached to the Albert' Edward Lodge , No . 1560 , an event of rare occurrence , inasmuch as only three
new Chapters have been founded in fche province during the present centnry . Two of these Chapters I had the hononr of consecrating ; whilst of the earliest of them , which , was consecrated by that excellent Mason the lato V . W . Bro . John Savage P . G . D ., I was the M . E . Z . nominated in tho Charter . As to the precise period when Eoyal
Arch Masonry was first practised in Leicester , it seems difficult to decide , as in former days the old Atholl Lodges , like No . 91 , formerly existing here , until after tha Union in 1813 , worked under their Warrants not only the Craft degrees , bufc also the Mark , Royal Arch , Templar and some other Orders . It was by this body of seceders ,
the so-called Ancient or Atholl Masons , thafc fcho Order of the holy Royal Arch of Jerusalem was firsfc introduced . Dr . Oliver and some other writers ( bnfc probably erroneously ) thinking ifc was formed b y dividing the old Masters' grade into two parts . Tho first mention of the degree is in a printed work of 1741 ; it next appears in the Atholl
records in 1752 , and upon Lodge minutes at York in 17 * 52 . The Grand Royal Arch Chapter of England was constituted 22 nd Jnl y 17 G 7 , nnder Lord Blaney , then Immediate Past Grand Master of the regular Grand Lodge of England ; and to this body tho present
Supreme Grand Chapter of England owes its origin . By its authority Charters were granted and Provinces constituted . Leicestershire being so constituted , as early , at least , as 1793 , and having as its Grand Superintendent Thomas Boothby Parkyns , M . P . ( afterwards Lord iiancliffe ) , also P . G . Master for the Province , and who , in 1802 , waa tho
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gonalItascrmxInstitutionfor(Sirls, ST . JOHN'S HILL , BATTERSEA RISE , S . W . Chief Patroness : HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN . Grand Patron and President : ILK . HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES , K . G ., & c , M . W . G . M . Grand Patroness : HER ROVAL HIGHNESS THE P RINCESS OF WALES . r -THTE NINETY . EIGHTH ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL of this JL Institution will tako place On WEDNESDAY , tho 19 th MAY next , UNDER THE PnnsinEXcy or General J . S . BROWNRIGG , C . B ., P . G . W . R . W . PKOV . GRAND MASTER OP SURREY . * * Brethren willing to serve the office of Steward are very tirgently iicec ?« 'ct •they will much oblige by forwarding their names as early as possible to the Secretary , who will g ladly givo any information required . F . R , W . HEDGES , Secretary . Oi ? i'iCE—5 FKEEMXSOSS' HALL , GREAT QUKE . V S'liiiir . T , LOXDOS * , W . C .
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GRAND MASTERS' LODGE OF INSTRUC HON FOR MARK MASTER MASONS . Urnler tUe Sanction of Oraml Masters' Lodge . THE ANNUAL FESTIVAL will be held afc the Holborn Restaurant , on "Wednesday , 17 th March 1886 , at seven o ' clock . Col . Rt . Hon . LORD JOHN H . TAYLOUR , R . W . PAST GRAND WARDEN , in the Chair . The Lodge will bo opened at the "Masonic Hall , Red Lion Square , at six o ' clock precisely . The lecture on the tracing board will Toe given . Tickets for tho supper , including admission to Lodge , five shillings . 0 . FITZGERALD MATIER , P . G . AV ., Secretary .
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STARANDGARTERHOTEL, KEW BRIDGE , BROTHER JOHN BRILL , PROPRIETOR . r ] pHE accommodation at tins Popular Establishment for X MASONIC L 0 OOES AP CHAPTERS Will bo found of the most complete aud perfect character . THE LODGE ROOMS A COMMODIOUS AND WELL APPOINTED . im BANQUET HALL WILL SEAT OVER 100 GUESTS , The Culinary Arrangements embrace every modern feature . Hjjccuil facilities fov ( KJtcbbmg | Urjf * fasts , Soirees , Concerts , I ' ulls , anil < £ . 6 . en ' uvg parties . The Stack or WISES c < Mui » rirMC «* all the "'' 'EST KNOWJS ISRAN'OS , Jisul Mill hv tbiiiifl i » PEK } 'J 3 CT COJSIHTION . PRIVATE ROOMS FOR LARGE OR SMALL PARTIES . GOOD STABLING . CARRIAGES . WAGONETTES . BRAKES , & c . ON HIRE . Scale of Charges and . further particulars on application . Tin : RiY .- iT . AI . TKED LODGTC , CHIS - WICK LODGE , CHISWICK "MARK LODGE , LUVVLTV AID Cn . vmiY LODGE , Itosi : oi- DENMARK CHAPTER , ST . MARY ' S C't . u'TEtt , A >* r > "ROYAL Ai . sitKD LODGE OP IXSTRUCTION , JlOT . D THElll -SIEBTItfGS AT THIS ESTABLISH-MEST .
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FHE 01 DEST ESTABLISHED FIRM IN THE WORLD J- 'Oll MASONIC TRACING BOARDS , LODGE , MASTERS ' AND ROYAL ARCH BANNERS . G . & C . BISHOP & CLARK , T ) cn *!& ; r > aintcrs , . ' Orsigncrs , £ . B ' tili X 3 anner £ Qahcrs , 2 GODLUVIAW STILEET , ST . PAUL'S ; and KNIGrHTEIDEE , STREET , E . C . Uy . i-i . pjsi-a-iin-ifsU 'o llvv „ Z ; ijv » i ? <* . ; . ijiifis :, mill 5 ? . I ? . H . the P * , 'il ! f « « i' tVsilc' 4 , ILLUMINATED VOTES CF THAHKS , CONGRATULATIONS , & c . "Pa , l . ro- ilsr-il "by t"ho CJ-va ut ' l TJOCI ^ O ol" Kn ^ laml .
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FA 3 TCY 3 SESS BAILS and PB 7 . 7 AIS THEATRICALS / lOSTUMES , WlOi " - * , KCKZNKRV , an ;! cverv nr-cp . ^ nry f . ] u Y , ? , S ! nT !' '! ' 0 : " ^ l !< J ' * - " - 1 Urc- ! 'i _ ]! r ° * , ' * - *" - - *"* - ' > St " ' " ope Lodge Ad , 12 (* 9 . Arli ' . ;* c * r .-- — ° W . WALLEK , Theatrical Costumier , 84 and 8 G Tabernacle Street , "Finsbury Square , London , E . C
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THEIMPERIALHOTEL. HOLBOBN VIADUCT , LONDON , Adjoining the TBBMISTS of the LONDON - CHATHAM and DOVRB RAit ^ AY , but distinct from the Viaduct Hotel . THE BEST FURNISHED AND MOST COMFORTABLE HOTEL IN LONUON HOT & COLD WATER LAID ON IN ALL BED ROOMS The JU » i > oiii * lineiits tlu-oujfliOHt so arrang-ed as to cu & m-c domestic comfort . EVERY ACCOMMODATION FOR MASONIC LODGE MEETINGS , J ^ uMtt ^ Dinners & "JSOfoireg JBttakfasis . THE AKEXANDBA PALACE LODGE , No . 15-il , THE MORNINGTON LODGE , NO . 1672 , THB CBUSADEBS LODGE , NO . 1077 , AND PKBSEVEKANCE LODGE , NO . 1743 , HOLD THEIB MEETINGS AT THIS ESTABLISHMENT . GOOD COOKING . FINE WINES . MODERATE CHARGES . The Edison Electric Light ' . TAKIFF on APPLICATION to Bro . A . BEGBIE .
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Prov. Grand Chapter Of Leicestershire And Rutland.
PROV . GRAND CHAPTER OF LEICESTERSHIRE AND RUTLAND .
C 0 NSECKAT 10 N OF ST . GEORGE'S CHAPTER .
THE annual convocation of this Provincial Grand Chapter , for the transaction of the general business ofthe Province , ancl for the special purpose of consecrating a new Royal Arch Chapter , to be attached to the Albert Edward Lodge , No 1560 , was held at Freemasons' Hall ,
Leicester , on Tuesday , 2 nd inst ., under the presidency of the Grand Superintendent the M . E . Comp . W . Kelly , F . S . A ., F . R . H . S ., & c . The meeting was numerously attended , amongst those present being the following
Officers ancl members of Provincial Grand Chapter : — Comps . G . Toller Prov . G . H ., Rev . W . Langley as Prov . G . J ., S . Partridge Prov . G . S . E ., 0 . J . Wilkinson as Prov . G . S . K , R . DalgleisbProv . G . P . S ., G . T . Willan Prov . G . A . S ., Rev . C . Henton Wood Prov . G . Reg ., A . Balmforth Prov .
G . S . B ., J . Yonng Prov . G . D . C , W . A . Musson Prov . G . Org ., R . Boughton-Smith P . P . G . A . S ., T . Halliday P . Z . 779 , A . P . Wood P . Z . 1130 , M . J . Walker H . 1130 , W . S . Black J . 1130 , C . S . Preston H . 279 , and J . Hassall J . 779 .
The Chapter having been duly opened , the Rolls of Chapters and P . G . Officers were called , the several Chapters being fully represented , ancl nearly every P . G . Officer at his post . After the reading ancl confirmation of the minutes of the
last general Convocation tbe ceremony of constitution and consecration of the new Chapter was proceeded with , at the commencement of which the Grand Superintendent , as Consecrating Officer , delivered the following address : —
EXCELLENT COMPANIONS , —We are met on this present occasion partly to conduct the ordinary bnsiness of Provincial Grand Chapter , but we have in addition been specially called together to consecrate tho new Chapter of St . George , to be attached to the Albert' Edward Lodge , No . 1560 , an event of rare occurrence , inasmuch as only three
new Chapters have been founded in fche province during the present centnry . Two of these Chapters I had the hononr of consecrating ; whilst of the earliest of them , which , was consecrated by that excellent Mason the lato V . W . Bro . John Savage P . G . D ., I was the M . E . Z . nominated in tho Charter . As to the precise period when Eoyal
Arch Masonry was first practised in Leicester , it seems difficult to decide , as in former days the old Atholl Lodges , like No . 91 , formerly existing here , until after tha Union in 1813 , worked under their Warrants not only the Craft degrees , bufc also the Mark , Royal Arch , Templar and some other Orders . It was by this body of seceders ,
the so-called Ancient or Atholl Masons , thafc fcho Order of the holy Royal Arch of Jerusalem was firsfc introduced . Dr . Oliver and some other writers ( bnfc probably erroneously ) thinking ifc was formed b y dividing the old Masters' grade into two parts . Tho first mention of the degree is in a printed work of 1741 ; it next appears in the Atholl
records in 1752 , and upon Lodge minutes at York in 17 * 52 . The Grand Royal Arch Chapter of England was constituted 22 nd Jnl y 17 G 7 , nnder Lord Blaney , then Immediate Past Grand Master of the regular Grand Lodge of England ; and to this body tho present
Supreme Grand Chapter of England owes its origin . By its authority Charters were granted and Provinces constituted . Leicestershire being so constituted , as early , at least , as 1793 , and having as its Grand Superintendent Thomas Boothby Parkyns , M . P . ( afterwards Lord iiancliffe ) , also P . G . Master for the Province , and who , in 1802 , waa tho