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Stebbing ; F , Perkins , the W . M . of the Royal Gloucester Lodge No : U 2 ; Thos . Webb , W . M . of the Lodge of Peace and Harmony , "No . 462 ; Gait , P . M . of No . 717 , Portsmouth ; Wilkinson , P . M . Lodge of Emulation } the Rev . George Bradshaw , Dr . Norcott , and numerous other Brethren not P . Ms . After Bro . Litchfield had been raised to the Sublime Degree , the R . W . Bro . Pullen conducted the installation with great accuracy and ability , delivering the addresses with even more than his usual eloquence , to the great gratification of the many distinguished Brethren present . The following officers were appointed and invested : —Bros . Geo . Langley , S . W . ; Chas , Davis , jun ., J . W . ; Geoi Win . Clarke , Sec . ; Welch , S . D . ; H . D . Cole , J . P . About thirty-six Brethren sat down to the banquet , under the presidency of Bro . Rankin Stebbing , and spent a most delightful evening . One circumstance gave sincere sorrow to the Brethren , the announcement of the loss of the valuable services of the Treasurer
and Secretary , Bro . P . M . Thomas Slade , who bad been seized with a paralytic stroke of a severe kind , by which he had lost a public appointment to which no superahnuatipn was attached , and by which his means of subsistence were gone . A . petition to the Lodge of Beixevolence was signed , and a hope w & expressed that as he had been a busy and ^ seiul worker in ^ M fifty years , a pupil of the late Peter Gilkes , of blessed memory , also the founder
of one Lodge , and P . M . of two , the Grand Lodge would deem it to be a case worthy of voting a large sum to the poor Brother in his affliction * Bro , Uyde Pullen referred ( when returning thanks for the warm and hearty manner in which his health was drunk ) to the case of Bro . Slade , to the accuracy of his working , and to his valuable services to Masonry in the south of England . He was sure his province ( the Isle of Wight ) , would lend all its aid to get Bro . Slade on the Benevolent Annuity Pund next year .
KENT . Appointments . — Lodges . * - Tuesday , May nth , Belvidere ( 741 ) , Star Hotel , Maidstone , at 7 ; Wednesday , 12 th , Union of Waterloo ( 13 ) , Red Lion , Woolwich , at ' 7 . Chapters . — Tuesday , llth , Adams' ( 184 ) , Freemasons' Hall , Sheerness , at 7 ; Wednesday , 12 th , Hope ( 248 ) , Globe Hotel , Greenwich , at 4 .
LANCASHIRE ( EAST ) . Appointments . —Lodge . —Wednesday , May 12 th , Antiquity ( 170 ) , One Horse-shoe , Bolton , at 7 . Chapters * —Monday , 10 th , Perseverance ( 432 ) , Old Bull , Blackburn , at 8 j Tuesday , llth , St . John ' s ( 268 ) , Commercial Inn , Bolton , at 7 . LANOASHIEE ( WEST . )
Appointments . — Lodges . — Monday , May lOth , Sincerity ( 308 ) , Adelphi Hotel , Liverpool , at 4 y Tuesday , llth , Merchants' ( 294 ) , Royal Hotel , Liverpool , at 6 3 Royal Preston ( 418 ) , Cross Axes , Preston , at 8 ; Thursday , 13 th , Harmonic ( 263 ) , Adelphi Hotel , Liverpool , at 6 ; Mariners ' , Instruction ( 310 ) , Liverpool , at 7 . Chapter . —Thursday , 13 th , Harmony ( 267 ) , Wellington Hotel , Garston , at 6 .
' Liverpool . —St . John ' s Lodge ( No . 971 ) . —At a Lodge of emergency held at the Caledonian Hotel , on the 29 th March , in consequence of the pressure of business on the regular night , the W . M ., Bro . John Thornton , initiated four Brethren into order , and passed two to the 2 nd Degree in his accustomed style ; the Lodge was then closed ( after partaking of refreshment ) in time , form , and harmony . On Wednesday , 7 th April , the regular meeting was held , when there was one of the
largest attendances , both of members and visitors , that the Lodge has had since its commencement . The Lodge having been duly opened by Bro . J . Thornton , W . M ., he proceeded to initiate five Brethren into the order , who had been duly balloted for ; after the usual routine business , and administering relief to two deserving Brethren , the Lodge was called off to refreshment . When the usual toasts
had been given , the health of the W . 1 VL was proposed , and lie was warmly congratulated on the extraordinary progress so young a Lodge has made—he having initiated , during his term of office ( viz . from the commencement of the Lodge not yet two years ) , no less than fifty-six members into the order , and placed the Lodge on as firm a footing as any in Liverpool . After spending-the evening agreeably , the Lodge was closed in harmony .
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Stebbing ; F , Perkins , the W . M . of the Royal Gloucester Lodge No : U 2 ; Thos . Webb , W . M . of the Lodge of Peace and Harmony , "No . 462 ; Gait , P . M . of No . 717 , Portsmouth ; Wilkinson , P . M . Lodge of Emulation } the Rev . George Bradshaw , Dr . Norcott , and numerous other Brethren not P . Ms . After Bro . Litchfield had been raised to the Sublime Degree , the R . W . Bro . Pullen conducted the installation with great accuracy and ability , delivering the addresses with even more than his usual eloquence , to the great gratification of the many distinguished Brethren present . The following officers were appointed and invested : —Bros . Geo . Langley , S . W . ; Chas , Davis , jun ., J . W . ; Geoi Win . Clarke , Sec . ; Welch , S . D . ; H . D . Cole , J . P . About thirty-six Brethren sat down to the banquet , under the presidency of Bro . Rankin Stebbing , and spent a most delightful evening . One circumstance gave sincere sorrow to the Brethren , the announcement of the loss of the valuable services of the Treasurer
and Secretary , Bro . P . M . Thomas Slade , who bad been seized with a paralytic stroke of a severe kind , by which he had lost a public appointment to which no superahnuatipn was attached , and by which his means of subsistence were gone . A . petition to the Lodge of Beixevolence was signed , and a hope w & expressed that as he had been a busy and ^ seiul worker in ^ M fifty years , a pupil of the late Peter Gilkes , of blessed memory , also the founder
of one Lodge , and P . M . of two , the Grand Lodge would deem it to be a case worthy of voting a large sum to the poor Brother in his affliction * Bro , Uyde Pullen referred ( when returning thanks for the warm and hearty manner in which his health was drunk ) to the case of Bro . Slade , to the accuracy of his working , and to his valuable services to Masonry in the south of England . He was sure his province ( the Isle of Wight ) , would lend all its aid to get Bro . Slade on the Benevolent Annuity Pund next year .
KENT . Appointments . — Lodges . * - Tuesday , May nth , Belvidere ( 741 ) , Star Hotel , Maidstone , at 7 ; Wednesday , 12 th , Union of Waterloo ( 13 ) , Red Lion , Woolwich , at ' 7 . Chapters . — Tuesday , llth , Adams' ( 184 ) , Freemasons' Hall , Sheerness , at 7 ; Wednesday , 12 th , Hope ( 248 ) , Globe Hotel , Greenwich , at 4 .
LANCASHIRE ( EAST ) . Appointments . —Lodge . —Wednesday , May 12 th , Antiquity ( 170 ) , One Horse-shoe , Bolton , at 7 . Chapters * —Monday , 10 th , Perseverance ( 432 ) , Old Bull , Blackburn , at 8 j Tuesday , llth , St . John ' s ( 268 ) , Commercial Inn , Bolton , at 7 . LANOASHIEE ( WEST . )
Appointments . — Lodges . — Monday , May lOth , Sincerity ( 308 ) , Adelphi Hotel , Liverpool , at 4 y Tuesday , llth , Merchants' ( 294 ) , Royal Hotel , Liverpool , at 6 3 Royal Preston ( 418 ) , Cross Axes , Preston , at 8 ; Thursday , 13 th , Harmonic ( 263 ) , Adelphi Hotel , Liverpool , at 6 ; Mariners ' , Instruction ( 310 ) , Liverpool , at 7 . Chapter . —Thursday , 13 th , Harmony ( 267 ) , Wellington Hotel , Garston , at 6 .
' Liverpool . —St . John ' s Lodge ( No . 971 ) . —At a Lodge of emergency held at the Caledonian Hotel , on the 29 th March , in consequence of the pressure of business on the regular night , the W . M ., Bro . John Thornton , initiated four Brethren into order , and passed two to the 2 nd Degree in his accustomed style ; the Lodge was then closed ( after partaking of refreshment ) in time , form , and harmony . On Wednesday , 7 th April , the regular meeting was held , when there was one of the
largest attendances , both of members and visitors , that the Lodge has had since its commencement . The Lodge having been duly opened by Bro . J . Thornton , W . M ., he proceeded to initiate five Brethren into the order , who had been duly balloted for ; after the usual routine business , and administering relief to two deserving Brethren , the Lodge was called off to refreshment . When the usual toasts
had been given , the health of the W . 1 VL was proposed , and lie was warmly congratulated on the extraordinary progress so young a Lodge has made—he having initiated , during his term of office ( viz . from the commencement of the Lodge not yet two years ) , no less than fifty-six members into the order , and placed the Lodge on as firm a footing as any in Liverpool . After spending-the evening agreeably , the Lodge was closed in harmony .