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. . PROVINCIAL CHAPTERS . Bristol . —Royal Clarence Chapter ( No . 81)— -A regular convocation was held in Freemasons' Hall , on the 11 th inst ,, in the presence of a numerous assemblage of past Principals and Companions . The solemn ceremony of installations of officers for the ensuing year took place . Comp . A . Dimoiine , M . E . Z ,, by re-election , presided , and installed into their respective chairs , —Comps . J . Bartlett , H . ; ¥ m ,
Heal , J , ; W . A . Scott , E . ; B . J . Weaver , N . ; B . BE . Rice , P . S ., who invested as his assistants , W . C . Jarrett and J . Piekfbrd . Among the visitors on this occasion were ~ -Comps . Wm . Merrick , M . E . Z , of the Beaufort Chapter No . 120 , and R . Cole , M . E . Z . of the Chapter of Hospitality No . 221 . The installation being concluded , the Companions adjourned to the banquet ^ room for refreshment , and spent a very pleasant evening .
Bristol . —Chapter of Hospitality ( No . 221 ) .- —At the usual monthly Convocation of this flourishing Chapter ( in which the Royal Sussex Lodge , No . 221 , and the Moira Lodge , No . 408 , are united ) , held at the Freemasons' Hall , on Thursday , 4 th inst ., the newly-elected Principals were duly installed by Comp . William Harris , P . Z ., assisted by Comps . Fargos , P . Z . No . 221 , and Dimoiine , Z . No . 81 , viz . Comps . R . J . Coles , No . 221 , M . E . Z . ; Edgar , No . 221 , H . ; and John Linter , No . 408 , J " . The M . E . Z ., after returning thanks for the honour
conferred upon him , and referring in highly eulogistic terms to the very admirable and efficient manner in which the duties of that office had been performed during the past year by Comp . W . Harris , J ^\ Z ., proceeded to invest the following Companions as officers for the ensuing year : —Comps . T . Pritchard , No . 221 , Treas . ; CM . Barnes , No . 221 , E . ; J . A . Gardiner , No . 221 , N . ; E . M . Harwood , No . 221 , P . S . ; J . D . Taylor , No . 221 : and F . A . Ware , No . 408 , Asst .
Scribes . We cannot conclude this brief report without adding our testimony to the very valuable services of the retiring M . E . Z ., Comp . W . Harris , who is also B . W . M . and founder of the promising Mark Masters' Lodge lately established in this province . During the three successive years in which he has filled the offices of J . H . and Z ., he has not once been absent from his post , and throughout the past twelve months the Chapter has been duly opened upon eyery convocation , — a circumstance unprecedented in its annals for many years past .
Colchester . —Patriotic Chapter ( No . 59 ) . —Thursday being the Annual Meeting for installing the Principals for the ensuing year , there was a strong muster of the Companions , when Comp . B . J . Bagshaw , M . P . for Harwich , was installed into the chair of Z ., by Comp . S . D . Forbes ; Comp . W . Griffin was installed as H ., by Comp . Bowler ; and Comp . Ellisdon as J ., by Comp . Slaney . The
following Companions were then inducted into their respective offices , viz . : —Comp . Slaney , Treasurer ; S . D . Forbes , P . S ., who appointed as his assistants , H . L . Maydwell and T . Hall , the W . Ms , of the two Lodges here ; W . Williams , S . E . ; and T . Osborne , S . N . ; after which four candidates were exalted to this sublime Degree .
Garston , Mar Liverpool .---Chapter of Harmony ( No . 267 ) . ~ -This Chapter held its regular meeting at the Wellington Hotel , on Thursday , February 11 . After the minutes of the last regular meeting , and the emergency were confirmed , the ballot was taken for Bros . Thomas Lyon , Thomas and Joseph Harrison , and George Mowld , and in each case was found unanimous ; the three former being in attendance , were exalted to the Sublime Degree by Comps . James Hamer ,
M . E . Z ; Dr . Cross , H . ; H . Edwards , J . ; C . J . Banister , Scribe E . ; Peter Maddox , P . S . ; John Pepper , N . Comp . II . Edwards , J ., gave the historical lecture ; Comp . J . Walmsley , P . Z ., delivered the symbolical ; and the M . E . Z . the mystic lecture . The Companions then adjourned to refreshment ; and on returning , after other candidates being proposed , the next meeting was fixed for the 2 nd Thursday in April , and the Chapter closed with due and solemn prayer .
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Royal Arch.
. . PROVINCIAL CHAPTERS . Bristol . —Royal Clarence Chapter ( No . 81)— -A regular convocation was held in Freemasons' Hall , on the 11 th inst ,, in the presence of a numerous assemblage of past Principals and Companions . The solemn ceremony of installations of officers for the ensuing year took place . Comp . A . Dimoiine , M . E . Z ,, by re-election , presided , and installed into their respective chairs , —Comps . J . Bartlett , H . ; ¥ m ,
Heal , J , ; W . A . Scott , E . ; B . J . Weaver , N . ; B . BE . Rice , P . S ., who invested as his assistants , W . C . Jarrett and J . Piekfbrd . Among the visitors on this occasion were ~ -Comps . Wm . Merrick , M . E . Z , of the Beaufort Chapter No . 120 , and R . Cole , M . E . Z . of the Chapter of Hospitality No . 221 . The installation being concluded , the Companions adjourned to the banquet ^ room for refreshment , and spent a very pleasant evening .
Bristol . —Chapter of Hospitality ( No . 221 ) .- —At the usual monthly Convocation of this flourishing Chapter ( in which the Royal Sussex Lodge , No . 221 , and the Moira Lodge , No . 408 , are united ) , held at the Freemasons' Hall , on Thursday , 4 th inst ., the newly-elected Principals were duly installed by Comp . William Harris , P . Z ., assisted by Comps . Fargos , P . Z . No . 221 , and Dimoiine , Z . No . 81 , viz . Comps . R . J . Coles , No . 221 , M . E . Z . ; Edgar , No . 221 , H . ; and John Linter , No . 408 , J " . The M . E . Z ., after returning thanks for the honour
conferred upon him , and referring in highly eulogistic terms to the very admirable and efficient manner in which the duties of that office had been performed during the past year by Comp . W . Harris , J ^\ Z ., proceeded to invest the following Companions as officers for the ensuing year : —Comps . T . Pritchard , No . 221 , Treas . ; CM . Barnes , No . 221 , E . ; J . A . Gardiner , No . 221 , N . ; E . M . Harwood , No . 221 , P . S . ; J . D . Taylor , No . 221 : and F . A . Ware , No . 408 , Asst .
Scribes . We cannot conclude this brief report without adding our testimony to the very valuable services of the retiring M . E . Z ., Comp . W . Harris , who is also B . W . M . and founder of the promising Mark Masters' Lodge lately established in this province . During the three successive years in which he has filled the offices of J . H . and Z ., he has not once been absent from his post , and throughout the past twelve months the Chapter has been duly opened upon eyery convocation , — a circumstance unprecedented in its annals for many years past .
Colchester . —Patriotic Chapter ( No . 59 ) . —Thursday being the Annual Meeting for installing the Principals for the ensuing year , there was a strong muster of the Companions , when Comp . B . J . Bagshaw , M . P . for Harwich , was installed into the chair of Z ., by Comp . S . D . Forbes ; Comp . W . Griffin was installed as H ., by Comp . Bowler ; and Comp . Ellisdon as J ., by Comp . Slaney . The
following Companions were then inducted into their respective offices , viz . : —Comp . Slaney , Treasurer ; S . D . Forbes , P . S ., who appointed as his assistants , H . L . Maydwell and T . Hall , the W . Ms , of the two Lodges here ; W . Williams , S . E . ; and T . Osborne , S . N . ; after which four candidates were exalted to this sublime Degree .
Garston , Mar Liverpool .---Chapter of Harmony ( No . 267 ) . ~ -This Chapter held its regular meeting at the Wellington Hotel , on Thursday , February 11 . After the minutes of the last regular meeting , and the emergency were confirmed , the ballot was taken for Bros . Thomas Lyon , Thomas and Joseph Harrison , and George Mowld , and in each case was found unanimous ; the three former being in attendance , were exalted to the Sublime Degree by Comps . James Hamer ,
M . E . Z ; Dr . Cross , H . ; H . Edwards , J . ; C . J . Banister , Scribe E . ; Peter Maddox , P . S . ; John Pepper , N . Comp . II . Edwards , J ., gave the historical lecture ; Comp . J . Walmsley , P . Z ., delivered the symbolical ; and the M . E . Z . the mystic lecture . The Companions then adjourned to refreshment ; and on returning , after other candidates being proposed , the next meeting was fixed for the 2 nd Thursday in April , and the Chapter closed with due and solemn prayer .