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at all times t 6 \& ffoj ^ y ^^ qnic ; jnsbrnotion to those in search of it . Bro . Collard thanked the Brethren for the hospitable manner in which the visitors had been received , and more particularly for the great pleasure had derived in seeing the business of the Lodge so ably conducted . The W . M . proposed the health of the officers , and thanked them for the great Masonic ability they displayed , and their valuable support in the working of the Lodge . The Brethren then separated , after spending a delightful evening , which was enlivened by some excellent singing from the Christy Minstrels and others .
Percy Lodge ( No . 234 ) . —This Lodge held its last regular meeting , until October next , on Tuesday , the 13 th instant , at Bro . Painter ' s , the Ship and Turtle , Leadenhall-street . There was a large number of the members in 'attendance , and the following visitors , viz . :- —Bros . Robert Cross , M . D ., a P . M . of the Lodge ; the Rev . J . G . Wood , of the Alfred Lodge , Oxford , Prov . G . Chaplain , for Oxfordshire ; John Watson , the W . M . of the St / Paul ' s Lodge ; Thomas Stevens Barringer , P . M ., and Sec . of the same Lodge ; F . Strebel , of Cologne , of the Minerva
and Rhenana Lodge , of Aix la Chapelle ,. a , member of the Grand Lodge at Berlin ; G . E . Sewell , of the Enoch Lodge ; Garrod , of the same Lodge , and Birch . — -Bro . Edward Burrell , P . M ., the W . M ., performed the ceremony of raising Bros . Winter aitd Eyre to the sublime degree o » f Master Mason . The Lodge was next occupied in arranging as to the votes to be given to the candidates for Masonic charities ; and business being over , the Brethren adjourned to a sumptuous banquet , after which , in proposing the health of the Queen , the W . M . reminded them that her majesty
was the daughter of a Mason , and her daughter was married to a Mason . The W . M . spoke in very high terms of the M . W . Grand Master , and stated that he believed the Craft were more and ~ more satisfied with the manner in which that truly English nobleman conducted the business of Masonry in Grand Lodge . The health of Bro . Woosnam , of Lodge No . 186 , who had become a joining member was given . In proposing the health of the visitors who had honoured them with their company , the W . M . said that it gave him peculiar pleasure on this occasion to
number itinong them a clergyman of the Church of England , and he was sure the Brethren must feel , with himself , both gratified and honoured by the visit of the Rev . Bro . Wood . It was a great satisfaction to Freemasons to know that their proceedings were sanctioned by some of the best men belonging to the Established Church , and he had no hesitation in stating emphatically , as his deliberate opinion , that as a general rule every person who had become a Mason was necessarily a better man than he would have been had he not been a Mason . The W . M . said
he believed our Bro . Wood had seen more of the practical working of Masonry in foreign countries , than any one present , and he was one of the leading Masons at Oxford , being the Prov . Grand Chaplain of Oxfordshire . The more frequently Bro . Wood honoured them with his presence the better the Brethren would be pleased . The W . M . % hen proceeded to make some comments on the other eminent Masons present as visitors , whose health was drunk with acclamation . Bro .
Barnnger returned thanks for the visitors , who he said , with himself , were delighted with the reception they had met in the Percy Lodge , With regard to the ceremony he regretted he had not been able to attend at the commencement ; but judging from the concluding part , which he had heard , he must say in truth that he never in his life had heard it performed in so excellent a manner as it had been by the W . M ,, and if that was a specimen of the working of the Percy XiodgGy they well deserved all the credit they had so long enjoyed of being one of the best working Lodges in the Craft . He concluded by thanking the Lodge for the
hospitable reception the visitors had met with at the banquet . After some excellent songs had been sung , the W . M . called upon Bro . Hides , who said he was obliged to leave for a quarter of an hour , when , almost immediately after Bro 0 Hides had retired , the Brethren were much astonished to observe the intrusion of a very extraordinary personage among them , who appeared to have arrived there by mistake , and though appearing vacant , seemed disposed to make himself at home and comfortabta The Tyler , it was thought , must be away , and the Brethren immediately hailed him , to know why any one had been allowed to enter the room ; when the veteran Tyler , Bro , Rice , answered , to their still greater astonishment , that he would
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Mmomc Mi1e01
at all times t 6 \& ffoj ^ y ^^ qnic ; jnsbrnotion to those in search of it . Bro . Collard thanked the Brethren for the hospitable manner in which the visitors had been received , and more particularly for the great pleasure had derived in seeing the business of the Lodge so ably conducted . The W . M . proposed the health of the officers , and thanked them for the great Masonic ability they displayed , and their valuable support in the working of the Lodge . The Brethren then separated , after spending a delightful evening , which was enlivened by some excellent singing from the Christy Minstrels and others .
Percy Lodge ( No . 234 ) . —This Lodge held its last regular meeting , until October next , on Tuesday , the 13 th instant , at Bro . Painter ' s , the Ship and Turtle , Leadenhall-street . There was a large number of the members in 'attendance , and the following visitors , viz . :- —Bros . Robert Cross , M . D ., a P . M . of the Lodge ; the Rev . J . G . Wood , of the Alfred Lodge , Oxford , Prov . G . Chaplain , for Oxfordshire ; John Watson , the W . M . of the St / Paul ' s Lodge ; Thomas Stevens Barringer , P . M ., and Sec . of the same Lodge ; F . Strebel , of Cologne , of the Minerva
and Rhenana Lodge , of Aix la Chapelle ,. a , member of the Grand Lodge at Berlin ; G . E . Sewell , of the Enoch Lodge ; Garrod , of the same Lodge , and Birch . — -Bro . Edward Burrell , P . M ., the W . M ., performed the ceremony of raising Bros . Winter aitd Eyre to the sublime degree o » f Master Mason . The Lodge was next occupied in arranging as to the votes to be given to the candidates for Masonic charities ; and business being over , the Brethren adjourned to a sumptuous banquet , after which , in proposing the health of the Queen , the W . M . reminded them that her majesty
was the daughter of a Mason , and her daughter was married to a Mason . The W . M . spoke in very high terms of the M . W . Grand Master , and stated that he believed the Craft were more and ~ more satisfied with the manner in which that truly English nobleman conducted the business of Masonry in Grand Lodge . The health of Bro . Woosnam , of Lodge No . 186 , who had become a joining member was given . In proposing the health of the visitors who had honoured them with their company , the W . M . said that it gave him peculiar pleasure on this occasion to
number itinong them a clergyman of the Church of England , and he was sure the Brethren must feel , with himself , both gratified and honoured by the visit of the Rev . Bro . Wood . It was a great satisfaction to Freemasons to know that their proceedings were sanctioned by some of the best men belonging to the Established Church , and he had no hesitation in stating emphatically , as his deliberate opinion , that as a general rule every person who had become a Mason was necessarily a better man than he would have been had he not been a Mason . The W . M . said
he believed our Bro . Wood had seen more of the practical working of Masonry in foreign countries , than any one present , and he was one of the leading Masons at Oxford , being the Prov . Grand Chaplain of Oxfordshire . The more frequently Bro . Wood honoured them with his presence the better the Brethren would be pleased . The W . M . % hen proceeded to make some comments on the other eminent Masons present as visitors , whose health was drunk with acclamation . Bro .
Barnnger returned thanks for the visitors , who he said , with himself , were delighted with the reception they had met in the Percy Lodge , With regard to the ceremony he regretted he had not been able to attend at the commencement ; but judging from the concluding part , which he had heard , he must say in truth that he never in his life had heard it performed in so excellent a manner as it had been by the W . M ,, and if that was a specimen of the working of the Percy XiodgGy they well deserved all the credit they had so long enjoyed of being one of the best working Lodges in the Craft . He concluded by thanking the Lodge for the
hospitable reception the visitors had met with at the banquet . After some excellent songs had been sung , the W . M . called upon Bro . Hides , who said he was obliged to leave for a quarter of an hour , when , almost immediately after Bro 0 Hides had retired , the Brethren were much astonished to observe the intrusion of a very extraordinary personage among them , who appeared to have arrived there by mistake , and though appearing vacant , seemed disposed to make himself at home and comfortabta The Tyler , it was thought , must be away , and the Brethren immediately hailed him , to know why any one had been allowed to enter the room ; when the veteran Tyler , Bro , Rice , answered , to their still greater astonishment , that he would