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Prov. Grand Lodge Of Hampshire And The Isle Of Wight.
PROV . GRAND LODGE of HAMPSHIRE and the ISLE of WIGHT .
The Provincial Grand Lodge for the united Provinces of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight was held at the Town Hall , West Cowes , on Monday last . The R . W . P . G . M . Bro . W . W . B . Beach , MP ., presided , and was supported
by , among others , Bro . Melville Portal , a Past Grand Officer of England , who , in the absence through illness , of Bro . C . E . Deacon , D . P . G . M ., acted as his Deputy ; Bro . J . R . Stebbing , another of the Past Grand Officers of England , the P . G . Chaplain , the P . G . Officers , and many brethren of note in the province , including
representatives from the following lodges : — Medina , Economy , Royal Gloucester , Unity , Albany , East Medina , Hengist , Phcenix , Harmony , New Forest , Royal Sussex , Peace and Harmony , Portsmouth , Southampton , Yarborough , Oakley , Ryde , Panmure , Twelve Brothers , Carnarvon , Prospect , Friendship , United Brothers , and Vale of Avon .
The Grand Lodge having been opened in due form , and with prayer by the P . G .
CHAPLAIN , The R . W . Prov . GRAND MASTER offered a few observations on the minute books of the various lodges , to which he was sure , he said , attention needed only to be called to secure a remedy in future . Two only need be referred to here . In the exercise of so extreme a measure
as the exclusion of a member , due notice ought to be given to the Grand Secretary , and it was highly desirable for obvious reasons , pointed out , that every proposition of a joining member should be made in open lodge , and not simply entered upon the notices of the initiation
meeting . He then proceeded to refer to the absorption into the Province of Hampshire of that of the Isle of Wight , saying that Hampshire was in itself an important province , but it had been thought fit to increase that importance by joining to it the Isle of Wight . It was not for him
to give an opinion upon the advisability of that proceeding—suffice it to say , that when he was asked to accept the Grand Mastership of the united province he foresaw difficulties that might arise , and was so far not insensible to them that without first consulting with any brother he felt
it his duty to point out in the proper quarter the obstacles which presented themselvesto his mind . The Grand Master thought fit to say that there was nothing either in those objections or in the memorials that had been sent to him to lead him
to alter his opinion . Having placed himself in the Grand Master ' s hands , he felt that there was but one course for him to pursue , and had he not acted in obedience to those commands , he fe ' t that he should have f iled in the due
allegiance ^ he owed to him . ( Hear , hear . ) Great objections had been felt in the Isle of Wightnot , he believed , personal to himself . On the contrary , he had to acknowledge his belief that no such feeling was entertained ; but to the absorption of the province by a larger one , the
brethren fearing that thereby the importance of their province might be impaired . As , however , the decision had been made , he felt that he had but one course to pursue , and he appealed to the indulgence of those who felt aggrieved to permit him to point out to them the precise
position in which they now stood one towards another , and to consider what was his clear duty . For himself , he could only say that it would be his sincere wish , and even pride , so to exert himself that they should have no reason to feel they were placed in any inferior position
from that which the Isle of Wi ght brethren had occupied so long with honour to themselves and with credit to the Craft ; and he should strive so to study their interests , if they would allow him to do so , as to lead them to feel that they still had a large interest in the prosperity of this united province . On the other hand , now that
they had made those objections in high quarters which they were fully justified in making , he asked that , if they could not receive him with the alacrity which might have been experienced under other circumstances , they would be found working with their Hampshire brethren with but one object in view—the promotion of the wel-
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fare and prosperity of that Order , which they all in common loved so well . Having made a few other remarks , the R . W . P . G . M . concluded by tendering thanks to Bro . Gait for his liberal and kind offer to throw open his grounds to the brethren for a fete , and adding that its distance
from the place of meeting and the difficulty of access precluded its acceptance . He also thanked the Medina Lodge for their vote , asking him to meet them there . The customary business of the Grand Lodge was then transacted . After the usual grants , a
report was brought up and referred to the various lodges upon a scheme by a committee appointed to report upon the best means for organising the voting power in the province in reference to the variovts charities , the replies and suggestions of the different lodges to be made within three
months . The present suggestion is to form a committee of members representing the different divisions into which the province is mapped , by whom the voting papers shall be used , unless a brother specially desires to exercise his right . The Prov . Grand Officers for the year were
appointed as follows : Bros . C . E . Deacon , Dep . Prov . Grand Master ; Rev . J . M . Palmer , Ryde , Prov . G . S . W . ; Wallingford , Gosport , G . J . W . Rev . C . R . Pettat , G . Chaplain ; Frost , Treas . W . Hickman and J . E . Le Feuvre , Southampton , G . Sees . ; Bradbeer , Portsmouth , G . Reg . ;
W . Waters , Southampton , G . S . D . ; J . H . Smith , Cowes , GJ . D . ; J . Stapleford , jun ., Portsmouth , G . Sup . Works ; A . Cudlipp , Portsmouth , G . Dir . Cer . ; E . G . Holbrook , Fareham , Assist . do . ; J . P . Hine , Southampton , G . Sword-bearer ; Astridge , Portsmouth , G . Purs . ; R . Sharpe ,
Southampton , G . Org . ; A . L . Emanuel , Portsmouth ; John Adams , Southampton ; George Dymott , do . ; Montague Haynes , do . ; J . Houghton , Portsmouth ; and M . Green , Carnarvon Lodge , Stewards ; Dawkins and Biggs , Tylers . A vote of sympathy with the Dep . P . G . M . in
his illness was unanimously passed ; and after transacting the remaining business , P . G . Lodge was closed in due form , Bro . Emanuel , of Portsmouth , first cautioning brethren , and . especially the almoners , to exercise greater vi gilance for the detection of impostors , some of whom had recently called upon him . Many of the brethren afterwards dined together at the Foresters ' Hall .
The Knights Templars.
THE KNIGHTS TEMPLARS .
The number of names that even now remain to remind us of these once-famous fraternities will astonish most of our readers . The Temple , Whitefriars , Blackfriars , Charterhouse , St . Kalherine ' s , Greyfriars ( now Christ ' s Hospital ) , St . Bartholomew ' s , Austinfriars , Covent Garden ( properly
Convcnt-garcien ) , and many others , were all of them in ages gone by religious foundations , whose mighty influence and wide-spread power have effected to no little extent the history of our country . Besides these , there are the City Guilds , as numerous , and some of them as old , as the Brotherhoods we have
already alluded to . The Goldsmiths , incorporated in 1327 ; the Mercers , the first of the twelve great City companies ; the Merchant Tailors , founded 1466 ; the Fishmongers , established by Edward III . ; the Salters , the Skinners , the Vintners , the Clothworkers , the last of the twelve great
companies ; and many others , whose history is now but little known and still less cared for , but which have nevertheless had much to do with the liberty and prosperity wc at present enjoy . It is not my intention to dwell upon the antecedents of each individual fraternity , but simply to recall the
important incidents in the history of one of the greatest of their number , the Order of Knights Templars , whose origin is almost coeval with the Conquest . But before we enter the ancient abode of the Knights Templars let us consider for a moment the past history of the gateway that
bears their name—Temple Bar . Built in the year 1670 by Sir Christopher Wren , in the place of a wooden structure that formerly stood here , it possesses reminiscences worthy of recollection , although comparatively of recent date . Here , on those rare occasions when Royalty visits the City
the gates are closed in order that a curious and old custom may be performed with becoming dignity . The royal procession having arrived at the gate , the entrance to the civic domain , the herald sounds a trumpet , and knocks thrice upon the closed doors , which are immediately thrown open , and the Lord Mayor for the time being makes over his sword of
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state to the Royal Sovereign , who is graciously pleased to return it . Such , is the custom even to the present day , and such it has been for many centuries . When the Spanish Armada was driven from our shores , and good Queen Bess proceeded to St . Paul ' s to give thanks for so great a
deliverance , the same ceremony was enacted . And Cromwell , some years later , when lie and his Parliament dined in the City in state , allowed the old custom to be carried out , with this difference—the sword was delivered up to the Speaker instead of to the King . Oueen Anne , after Marlborough had "
humbled France at Oudenarde , Blenheim , Malpaquet , and Ramillies , went through the same ceremony when she too went to return thanks at St . Paul ' s . In the dirt-begrimed niches , two on either side of the archway , are statues representing Queen Elizabeth , James I ., Charles I ., and Charles II . And
on the gate above , in more recent times , were put up ornaments of another description . Here , for the edification of his Majesty's liege subjects , the mangled remains of Thomas Armstrong , one of the Rye House plot conspirators , were displayed . And here , too , might be seen , a little later , dangling in
the wind , the quarters of Sir John Friend and Sir William Perkins , who attempted the life of William III . The last mementos of this kind appeared in the year 1 745 , when , the heads of several of the unfortunate followers of the so-called Pretender were placed upon the bar—a grim and unedifying
spectacle one would fancy for business men . But people in those days thought otherwise ; for Walpole , in a letter to Montague , says , " I have been this morning to the Tower , and passed under the new heads at Temple Bar , where people make a trade of
letting spying-glasses at a half-penny a look . " It was here , too , that old Johnson , a true Jacobite at heart , stood with Goldsmith , and , pointing to the heads that still disfigured the gateway , exclaimed , with some hidden humour , " Forsitan et nostrum nomen , miscebitur istis I" —Bclgravia for August .
Summer Banquet Of The New Concord Lodge, No. 813.
SUMMER BANQUET OF THE NEW CONCORD LODGE , No . 813 .
The annual summer banquet of this flourishing Lodge took place on Monday last at the Crystal Palace . The tables were laid in the new terrace dining-rooms , and about eighty members and visitors , with a large proportion of ladies , sat down to a banquet of the most recherche ' character , supplied by Bro . Bertram , a P . M . of the Lodge ,
which was rendered more agreeable by the attention of an excellent staff of assistants , under the immediate superintendence of the manager Mr . C . N . Coates . Bro . Bartlett the W . M ., presided , and the South and West were respectively occupied by'Bro . Atkins , S . W ., and Bro . Salisbury , J . W . Among the company we noticed Bros . Emniens , Main , Wilson , and Hart , P . M . 'sof the Lodge ;
and among the visitors , Bro . T . Beard , P . M ., Bro . Terry , Bro . Capt . Taylor , Bros . Cobb , Lindsell , Osborn , Capt . Bohcnham , & c . At the usual time the PRESIDENT proposed the loyal toasts , which were enthusiastically received . The President then proposed the " Army , Navy , and Volunteers , " remarking that these were toasts which were always well
received by Englishmen , but there was a peculiar interest attaching to them at the present time , and especially to the Volunteers , who might very shortly have to undertake more active duties . lie was sure if they did so they would justify the expectations which the country had long entertained of their patriotism and courage , lie associated the toast with Captain Taylor , of the * Tower Hamlets
Rifle Brigade . Captain TAYI . OR , on rising to respond , was warmly received , lie said he had no claim to speak for the Army or Navy , but would simply remark that the country was justly proud of these two branches of the service , as they indeed ought to he . But as an old Volunteer , one in fact of the earliest , he could sneak on their behalf . He
believed the country had confidence , as the President had remarked , both in their patriotism and courage , and the Volunteers had confidence in the country , but he could not say they had reason to be satisfied with the way they had been treated by the Government . They had been ten years' drilling , and yet lo this day they were not fit for action , as they were armed with an old and useless arm ,
utterly incapable of opposing the superior weapons the enemy would bring against them . And yet the Secretary of War acknowledged that they had 300 , 000 good and efficient arms in store . If the Volunteers had been playing at soldiers , the Government had been playing with the Volunteers . ( Hear , hear . ) However , this point was now to be remedied , and if recent events showed a
possibility of the services of the Volunteers being required , there was , he believed , not a man among them who would skrink from his duly at whatever sacrifice it might be performed . ( Cheers . ) The PRESIDENT then proposed "Prosperity to the New Concord Lodge . " lie had been a member of that lodge for the last eight or nine years , and could , therefore , speak
from experience of lhe satisfactory progress it had made , and its present flourishing condition . Although ils members were not now in excess of ( lie limit which a good lodge should possess , yet he had seen many brethren take their first step in Masonry in this lodge who had since ,
from various causes , been scattered over the face of the globe , and thus had assisted in diffusing a knowledge of the principles and precepts of the Order . ( Cheers . ) He believed that not a few of the old members of the New Concord were now fighting for their Fatherland —( hear , hear)—and he might say that if the principles of Free-
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Prov. Grand Lodge Of Hampshire And The Isle Of Wight.
PROV . GRAND LODGE of HAMPSHIRE and the ISLE of WIGHT .
The Provincial Grand Lodge for the united Provinces of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight was held at the Town Hall , West Cowes , on Monday last . The R . W . P . G . M . Bro . W . W . B . Beach , MP ., presided , and was supported
by , among others , Bro . Melville Portal , a Past Grand Officer of England , who , in the absence through illness , of Bro . C . E . Deacon , D . P . G . M ., acted as his Deputy ; Bro . J . R . Stebbing , another of the Past Grand Officers of England , the P . G . Chaplain , the P . G . Officers , and many brethren of note in the province , including
representatives from the following lodges : — Medina , Economy , Royal Gloucester , Unity , Albany , East Medina , Hengist , Phcenix , Harmony , New Forest , Royal Sussex , Peace and Harmony , Portsmouth , Southampton , Yarborough , Oakley , Ryde , Panmure , Twelve Brothers , Carnarvon , Prospect , Friendship , United Brothers , and Vale of Avon .
The Grand Lodge having been opened in due form , and with prayer by the P . G .
CHAPLAIN , The R . W . Prov . GRAND MASTER offered a few observations on the minute books of the various lodges , to which he was sure , he said , attention needed only to be called to secure a remedy in future . Two only need be referred to here . In the exercise of so extreme a measure
as the exclusion of a member , due notice ought to be given to the Grand Secretary , and it was highly desirable for obvious reasons , pointed out , that every proposition of a joining member should be made in open lodge , and not simply entered upon the notices of the initiation
meeting . He then proceeded to refer to the absorption into the Province of Hampshire of that of the Isle of Wight , saying that Hampshire was in itself an important province , but it had been thought fit to increase that importance by joining to it the Isle of Wight . It was not for him
to give an opinion upon the advisability of that proceeding—suffice it to say , that when he was asked to accept the Grand Mastership of the united province he foresaw difficulties that might arise , and was so far not insensible to them that without first consulting with any brother he felt
it his duty to point out in the proper quarter the obstacles which presented themselvesto his mind . The Grand Master thought fit to say that there was nothing either in those objections or in the memorials that had been sent to him to lead him
to alter his opinion . Having placed himself in the Grand Master ' s hands , he felt that there was but one course for him to pursue , and had he not acted in obedience to those commands , he fe ' t that he should have f iled in the due
allegiance ^ he owed to him . ( Hear , hear . ) Great objections had been felt in the Isle of Wightnot , he believed , personal to himself . On the contrary , he had to acknowledge his belief that no such feeling was entertained ; but to the absorption of the province by a larger one , the
brethren fearing that thereby the importance of their province might be impaired . As , however , the decision had been made , he felt that he had but one course to pursue , and he appealed to the indulgence of those who felt aggrieved to permit him to point out to them the precise
position in which they now stood one towards another , and to consider what was his clear duty . For himself , he could only say that it would be his sincere wish , and even pride , so to exert himself that they should have no reason to feel they were placed in any inferior position
from that which the Isle of Wi ght brethren had occupied so long with honour to themselves and with credit to the Craft ; and he should strive so to study their interests , if they would allow him to do so , as to lead them to feel that they still had a large interest in the prosperity of this united province . On the other hand , now that
they had made those objections in high quarters which they were fully justified in making , he asked that , if they could not receive him with the alacrity which might have been experienced under other circumstances , they would be found working with their Hampshire brethren with but one object in view—the promotion of the wel-
Prov. Grand Lodge Of Hampshire And The Isle Of Wight.
fare and prosperity of that Order , which they all in common loved so well . Having made a few other remarks , the R . W . P . G . M . concluded by tendering thanks to Bro . Gait for his liberal and kind offer to throw open his grounds to the brethren for a fete , and adding that its distance
from the place of meeting and the difficulty of access precluded its acceptance . He also thanked the Medina Lodge for their vote , asking him to meet them there . The customary business of the Grand Lodge was then transacted . After the usual grants , a
report was brought up and referred to the various lodges upon a scheme by a committee appointed to report upon the best means for organising the voting power in the province in reference to the variovts charities , the replies and suggestions of the different lodges to be made within three
months . The present suggestion is to form a committee of members representing the different divisions into which the province is mapped , by whom the voting papers shall be used , unless a brother specially desires to exercise his right . The Prov . Grand Officers for the year were
appointed as follows : Bros . C . E . Deacon , Dep . Prov . Grand Master ; Rev . J . M . Palmer , Ryde , Prov . G . S . W . ; Wallingford , Gosport , G . J . W . Rev . C . R . Pettat , G . Chaplain ; Frost , Treas . W . Hickman and J . E . Le Feuvre , Southampton , G . Sees . ; Bradbeer , Portsmouth , G . Reg . ;
W . Waters , Southampton , G . S . D . ; J . H . Smith , Cowes , GJ . D . ; J . Stapleford , jun ., Portsmouth , G . Sup . Works ; A . Cudlipp , Portsmouth , G . Dir . Cer . ; E . G . Holbrook , Fareham , Assist . do . ; J . P . Hine , Southampton , G . Sword-bearer ; Astridge , Portsmouth , G . Purs . ; R . Sharpe ,
Southampton , G . Org . ; A . L . Emanuel , Portsmouth ; John Adams , Southampton ; George Dymott , do . ; Montague Haynes , do . ; J . Houghton , Portsmouth ; and M . Green , Carnarvon Lodge , Stewards ; Dawkins and Biggs , Tylers . A vote of sympathy with the Dep . P . G . M . in
his illness was unanimously passed ; and after transacting the remaining business , P . G . Lodge was closed in due form , Bro . Emanuel , of Portsmouth , first cautioning brethren , and . especially the almoners , to exercise greater vi gilance for the detection of impostors , some of whom had recently called upon him . Many of the brethren afterwards dined together at the Foresters ' Hall .
The Knights Templars.
THE KNIGHTS TEMPLARS .
The number of names that even now remain to remind us of these once-famous fraternities will astonish most of our readers . The Temple , Whitefriars , Blackfriars , Charterhouse , St . Kalherine ' s , Greyfriars ( now Christ ' s Hospital ) , St . Bartholomew ' s , Austinfriars , Covent Garden ( properly
Convcnt-garcien ) , and many others , were all of them in ages gone by religious foundations , whose mighty influence and wide-spread power have effected to no little extent the history of our country . Besides these , there are the City Guilds , as numerous , and some of them as old , as the Brotherhoods we have
already alluded to . The Goldsmiths , incorporated in 1327 ; the Mercers , the first of the twelve great City companies ; the Merchant Tailors , founded 1466 ; the Fishmongers , established by Edward III . ; the Salters , the Skinners , the Vintners , the Clothworkers , the last of the twelve great
companies ; and many others , whose history is now but little known and still less cared for , but which have nevertheless had much to do with the liberty and prosperity wc at present enjoy . It is not my intention to dwell upon the antecedents of each individual fraternity , but simply to recall the
important incidents in the history of one of the greatest of their number , the Order of Knights Templars , whose origin is almost coeval with the Conquest . But before we enter the ancient abode of the Knights Templars let us consider for a moment the past history of the gateway that
bears their name—Temple Bar . Built in the year 1670 by Sir Christopher Wren , in the place of a wooden structure that formerly stood here , it possesses reminiscences worthy of recollection , although comparatively of recent date . Here , on those rare occasions when Royalty visits the City
the gates are closed in order that a curious and old custom may be performed with becoming dignity . The royal procession having arrived at the gate , the entrance to the civic domain , the herald sounds a trumpet , and knocks thrice upon the closed doors , which are immediately thrown open , and the Lord Mayor for the time being makes over his sword of
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state to the Royal Sovereign , who is graciously pleased to return it . Such , is the custom even to the present day , and such it has been for many centuries . When the Spanish Armada was driven from our shores , and good Queen Bess proceeded to St . Paul ' s to give thanks for so great a
deliverance , the same ceremony was enacted . And Cromwell , some years later , when lie and his Parliament dined in the City in state , allowed the old custom to be carried out , with this difference—the sword was delivered up to the Speaker instead of to the King . Oueen Anne , after Marlborough had "
humbled France at Oudenarde , Blenheim , Malpaquet , and Ramillies , went through the same ceremony when she too went to return thanks at St . Paul ' s . In the dirt-begrimed niches , two on either side of the archway , are statues representing Queen Elizabeth , James I ., Charles I ., and Charles II . And
on the gate above , in more recent times , were put up ornaments of another description . Here , for the edification of his Majesty's liege subjects , the mangled remains of Thomas Armstrong , one of the Rye House plot conspirators , were displayed . And here , too , might be seen , a little later , dangling in
the wind , the quarters of Sir John Friend and Sir William Perkins , who attempted the life of William III . The last mementos of this kind appeared in the year 1 745 , when , the heads of several of the unfortunate followers of the so-called Pretender were placed upon the bar—a grim and unedifying
spectacle one would fancy for business men . But people in those days thought otherwise ; for Walpole , in a letter to Montague , says , " I have been this morning to the Tower , and passed under the new heads at Temple Bar , where people make a trade of
letting spying-glasses at a half-penny a look . " It was here , too , that old Johnson , a true Jacobite at heart , stood with Goldsmith , and , pointing to the heads that still disfigured the gateway , exclaimed , with some hidden humour , " Forsitan et nostrum nomen , miscebitur istis I" —Bclgravia for August .
Summer Banquet Of The New Concord Lodge, No. 813.
SUMMER BANQUET OF THE NEW CONCORD LODGE , No . 813 .
The annual summer banquet of this flourishing Lodge took place on Monday last at the Crystal Palace . The tables were laid in the new terrace dining-rooms , and about eighty members and visitors , with a large proportion of ladies , sat down to a banquet of the most recherche ' character , supplied by Bro . Bertram , a P . M . of the Lodge ,
which was rendered more agreeable by the attention of an excellent staff of assistants , under the immediate superintendence of the manager Mr . C . N . Coates . Bro . Bartlett the W . M ., presided , and the South and West were respectively occupied by'Bro . Atkins , S . W ., and Bro . Salisbury , J . W . Among the company we noticed Bros . Emniens , Main , Wilson , and Hart , P . M . 'sof the Lodge ;
and among the visitors , Bro . T . Beard , P . M ., Bro . Terry , Bro . Capt . Taylor , Bros . Cobb , Lindsell , Osborn , Capt . Bohcnham , & c . At the usual time the PRESIDENT proposed the loyal toasts , which were enthusiastically received . The President then proposed the " Army , Navy , and Volunteers , " remarking that these were toasts which were always well
received by Englishmen , but there was a peculiar interest attaching to them at the present time , and especially to the Volunteers , who might very shortly have to undertake more active duties . lie was sure if they did so they would justify the expectations which the country had long entertained of their patriotism and courage , lie associated the toast with Captain Taylor , of the * Tower Hamlets
Rifle Brigade . Captain TAYI . OR , on rising to respond , was warmly received , lie said he had no claim to speak for the Army or Navy , but would simply remark that the country was justly proud of these two branches of the service , as they indeed ought to he . But as an old Volunteer , one in fact of the earliest , he could sneak on their behalf . He
believed the country had confidence , as the President had remarked , both in their patriotism and courage , and the Volunteers had confidence in the country , but he could not say they had reason to be satisfied with the way they had been treated by the Government . They had been ten years' drilling , and yet lo this day they were not fit for action , as they were armed with an old and useless arm ,
utterly incapable of opposing the superior weapons the enemy would bring against them . And yet the Secretary of War acknowledged that they had 300 , 000 good and efficient arms in store . If the Volunteers had been playing at soldiers , the Government had been playing with the Volunteers . ( Hear , hear . ) However , this point was now to be remedied , and if recent events showed a
possibility of the services of the Volunteers being required , there was , he believed , not a man among them who would skrink from his duly at whatever sacrifice it might be performed . ( Cheers . ) The PRESIDENT then proposed "Prosperity to the New Concord Lodge . " lie had been a member of that lodge for the last eight or nine years , and could , therefore , speak
from experience of lhe satisfactory progress it had made , and its present flourishing condition . Although ils members were not now in excess of ( lie limit which a good lodge should possess , yet he had seen many brethren take their first step in Masonry in this lodge who had since ,
from various causes , been scattered over the face of the globe , and thus had assisted in diffusing a knowledge of the principles and precepts of the Order . ( Cheers . ) He believed that not a few of the old members of the New Concord were now fighting for their Fatherland —( hear , hear)—and he might say that if the principles of Free-