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who was prevented attending by a domestic bereavement . The Lodge having been duly formed , and declared open , the minutes of the last meeting were read by the Sec , Bro . W . R . Wood , P . M ., and received unanimous confirmation ; after which a successful ballot was taken for joining , of Bro . Chittenden"N o . 338 ; and Bro . Thomas Hughes was introduced , and passed to the second degree . The report of the committee on by-laws was received , and subject to a few matters of finance which were referred back for consideration , will be brought up at the next
Lodge for final confirmation . Two gentlemen were nominated as candidates to be balloted for next meeting . A most gratifying feature of the evening was the appearance of Bro . W . R . Wood , P . M . ( Sec ) , attired as a Grand Steward of England , who received the warm congratulations of the Lodge on the hoaourable office to which he has attained , and was saluted accordingly . The Lodge was then closed , and the next meeting will take place on Tuesday , June 1 st .
Royal Brunswick Lodge ( No . 1034 ) . — -The consecration of this new Lodge will take place at the Old Ship Hotel , Brighton , on Wednesday , the 17 th instant , at four o ' clock . The banquet will take place at six o ' clock precisely . The Worshipful Master , Wardens , and Officers , have freely issued invitations , and a goodly gathering is expected . Bro . John Bacon ( Prov . j . W . Sussex , and P . M . No . 394 ) , will be the first W . M ., and Bro . P . R . Wilkinson ( P . M . No . 338 , and P . Pro ? . G . D ., Sussex ) , Sec .
The meetings of the Lodge of Instruction , at the Old Ship Hotel , Brighton , have been invariably wellattended , and , from the interest taken therein , the most satisfactory workings may be anticipated .
Chichester . — Lodge of Union ( No . 15 . )— At the monthly meeting of this Lodge , held at the Lodge-room in the Council-house , on Thursday evening , May 6 th , the W . M . Bro . George Smith presiding , Bro . William Stich was passed to the degree of F . C ., and Bro . J . Y . Strange raised to the sublime degree of M . M . The W . M . and his officers were well up in their duties , and the ceremonies were accordingly admirably performed . Bro . Molesworth , S . W ., proposed , and Bro . J . Powell , junr ., P . M ., seconded the proposition , which was carried unanimously : — " That the Lodge subscribe two guineas annually to the Freemasons' Widows
Fund . " The Totes arising from this subscription were accorded to Mrs . Palmer , widow of Bro . Joseph Palmer , P . M ., No . 252 , for many years one of the minor / zanons of Chichester cathedral , and highly esteemed by those of his old townsmen Ktill living . No . 45 sets a good example to the country Lodges in regard to the charities , subscribing two guineas annually of each of the four charities , and numbering nearly thirty annual subscribers to the two annuity funds .
WARWICKSHIRE . Appointments . — Mark Lodge . — Howe ( Immemorial ) , Masonic Rooms , Newhall-btrcet , Birmingham , at <) . Birmingham . —Temperance Lodge ( No . 1041 ) . —( From the Journal of Tempera ) icc ) . —We are not Masons , and as conductors of this journal it is a matter of indifference to us whether Masonic principles make rapid strides towards universal approval or sink into insignificance . We hnow nothing about squares or compasses , degrees , or royal arches . To us the mysteries of Masonry are of no concern ; but as a straw will show the current of the stream , so it is possible that tho
movements or a body ho lar removed trom the temperance agitation as the Order of Freemasons , may afford an index of the progress which , slowly but surely , our principles are making amongst all classes in society . We have Ljou told that the Masonic body has nothing to do with disputed questions either of religion or politic . * , that its platform is broad enough for men of all creed \ and persuasions . Here then least of all might wo expect anything like a demonstration in favour of a principle on which public opinion is so much divided as that of total abstinence . And yet such is the inherent force of truth , that what has been least expected has conic to pass . There is now actually formed in Birmingham a Masonic Lodge
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who was prevented attending by a domestic bereavement . The Lodge having been duly formed , and declared open , the minutes of the last meeting were read by the Sec , Bro . W . R . Wood , P . M ., and received unanimous confirmation ; after which a successful ballot was taken for joining , of Bro . Chittenden"N o . 338 ; and Bro . Thomas Hughes was introduced , and passed to the second degree . The report of the committee on by-laws was received , and subject to a few matters of finance which were referred back for consideration , will be brought up at the next
Lodge for final confirmation . Two gentlemen were nominated as candidates to be balloted for next meeting . A most gratifying feature of the evening was the appearance of Bro . W . R . Wood , P . M . ( Sec ) , attired as a Grand Steward of England , who received the warm congratulations of the Lodge on the hoaourable office to which he has attained , and was saluted accordingly . The Lodge was then closed , and the next meeting will take place on Tuesday , June 1 st .
Royal Brunswick Lodge ( No . 1034 ) . — -The consecration of this new Lodge will take place at the Old Ship Hotel , Brighton , on Wednesday , the 17 th instant , at four o ' clock . The banquet will take place at six o ' clock precisely . The Worshipful Master , Wardens , and Officers , have freely issued invitations , and a goodly gathering is expected . Bro . John Bacon ( Prov . j . W . Sussex , and P . M . No . 394 ) , will be the first W . M ., and Bro . P . R . Wilkinson ( P . M . No . 338 , and P . Pro ? . G . D ., Sussex ) , Sec .
The meetings of the Lodge of Instruction , at the Old Ship Hotel , Brighton , have been invariably wellattended , and , from the interest taken therein , the most satisfactory workings may be anticipated .
Chichester . — Lodge of Union ( No . 15 . )— At the monthly meeting of this Lodge , held at the Lodge-room in the Council-house , on Thursday evening , May 6 th , the W . M . Bro . George Smith presiding , Bro . William Stich was passed to the degree of F . C ., and Bro . J . Y . Strange raised to the sublime degree of M . M . The W . M . and his officers were well up in their duties , and the ceremonies were accordingly admirably performed . Bro . Molesworth , S . W ., proposed , and Bro . J . Powell , junr ., P . M ., seconded the proposition , which was carried unanimously : — " That the Lodge subscribe two guineas annually to the Freemasons' Widows
Fund . " The Totes arising from this subscription were accorded to Mrs . Palmer , widow of Bro . Joseph Palmer , P . M ., No . 252 , for many years one of the minor / zanons of Chichester cathedral , and highly esteemed by those of his old townsmen Ktill living . No . 45 sets a good example to the country Lodges in regard to the charities , subscribing two guineas annually of each of the four charities , and numbering nearly thirty annual subscribers to the two annuity funds .
WARWICKSHIRE . Appointments . — Mark Lodge . — Howe ( Immemorial ) , Masonic Rooms , Newhall-btrcet , Birmingham , at <) . Birmingham . —Temperance Lodge ( No . 1041 ) . —( From the Journal of Tempera ) icc ) . —We are not Masons , and as conductors of this journal it is a matter of indifference to us whether Masonic principles make rapid strides towards universal approval or sink into insignificance . We hnow nothing about squares or compasses , degrees , or royal arches . To us the mysteries of Masonry are of no concern ; but as a straw will show the current of the stream , so it is possible that tho
movements or a body ho lar removed trom the temperance agitation as the Order of Freemasons , may afford an index of the progress which , slowly but surely , our principles are making amongst all classes in society . We have Ljou told that the Masonic body has nothing to do with disputed questions either of religion or politic . * , that its platform is broad enough for men of all creed \ and persuasions . Here then least of all might wo expect anything like a demonstration in favour of a principle on which public opinion is so much divided as that of total abstinence . And yet such is the inherent force of truth , that what has been least expected has conic to pass . There is now actually formed in Birmingham a Masonic Lodge