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Provincial
L SUFFOLK . PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE . '" ~~"~ ^ The annual Provincial Grand Lodge was held at the Assembly Rooms , Ipswich , on Friday , September 24 th , under the presidency of the R . W . Bro . Fr ^ burgh ^ Grand Registrar , who has been appointed by the M . W . G . M . to superintend the province until the ^ ointment of a Prov . G . M . The chair was taken by the
G . Reg . shortly after one o ' clock , Bro . W . P . Mills being the Prov . S . GvW , and Bro N . Tracy the Proy . J . G . W . There were also present Bro . ^ sident of the Board of General Purposes , Bro . W . Pulteiiey Scott , S . G . !) . ; Bro . the Rev . F . W . Freeman , D . Prov . G . M . ; Bro ; Robert Martin , P . D . Prov . G . M . ; Bro . W . L . Fox , Prov . G . Sec ., Norfolk ; Bros . Jonn , P . Prov . G . W ; B . Head , P . Prov . G . W ; John Pitcher , P . PrOv . G . W . ; John Franks , P . Prov . G . Reg . ; Jas .
Richmond , P . Prov . G . D . ; W . J . Jack , Prov . G . D . ; Rev . W . French , P . Prov . G . Chap . ; Chas . Snellen , P . Prov . G . D . C . ; C . T . Townsend , P . Prov . G . Burst . ; John Golding , P . Prov . G . Purst . ; W . Stagg , P . Prov . G . S . B . ; Dallenger , WM ., 96 ; W . C . Randall , W . M . 272 ; A . Fleming , P . M . 131 ; H . Luff ; S . W . 522 , & c „ & c . Amongst the yisitprs wereBro . Cockle , No . > 4 '¦;¦¦ Aldrieh , P . M . 196 ; R . G , Crookshank , Mount Olive Lodge , West Indies ; W . Cuckoo , St . John Lodge , Alloa ; Cameron Geddes , Albany Lodge , I . W ., & c , & c .
The Prov . Grand Lodge having been opened in strict conformity with the law as laid down in the Book of Constitutions , Br . Dorling , Prov . G . Sea , read the minutes of the last Prov . Grand Lodge—avhich were confirmed- —the patent from the M . W . G . M . placing the province under the superintendence of the R . W . G . Reg ., and the patent appointing the Rev . W . F . Freeman , D . Prov . G . M .
A very favourable report was then read from the finance committee , who recommended the grant of £ 10 to a distressed Brother , to assist him in emigrating , which was agreed to unanimously . On the list of Lodges being called over , it was found that all excepting ( No . 81 ) , Lowestoft , were represented ; this being the second year that that Lodge has been unrepresented at the Prov . G . Lodge . On the motion of the ' R . W . D . Prov . G . M ., a committee of five was appointed to revise the by-laws of the Prov . G . Lodge .
The R . W . D . Prov . G . M . had great pleasure in proposing that a vote of thanks be recorded on the minutes to the R . W . Bro . Robert Martin , for his great services and uniform courtesy during the five years he had filled the office of D . Prov . G . M . Their respected and R . W . Bro . had conferred the greatest benefits on the cause of Masonry in Suffolk ; and though he had resigned his distinguished office , he , ( Bro * Freeman , ) trusted that he would not be lost to them in Masonry , but that he might long live to benefit the province and the Craft , by his valuable advice and assistance . ( Applause . )
Bro . Benj . Head , P . Prov . G . W ., was much pleased at the opportunity afforded him of seconding the resolution , well knowing how valuable had been the services to the province of their distinguished Brother . ( Applause ) . The R . W . G . Reg . said that though he had not hitherto had the honour ofjbhe personal acquaintance of Bro . Martin , never having seen him until that morning , he
had the greatest pleasure in putting the resolutions , as from what he had heard he was convinced that the province was under the deepest obligations to Bro . Martin , and that he was fully worthy of the encomiums passed upon him by the R . W . D * Prov . G . M ., and Bro . Head . ( Applause ) . The motion was then put and carried by acclamation .
Bro . Martin , who was loudly cheered , assured the Brethren that he was highly gratified by the compliment just paid' to him , though he had been perfectly un * prepared for it , not imagining that such a resolution would be proposed . He could assure them , that in resigning the distinguished position he had had the honour to fill , as D . Prov . G . M ., for the last five years , he had only done so in order that he might not stand in the way of preferment . He remembered that when he was at school he learned a lesson in algebra , —in equation *— < l that if A was equal to B , arid B was equal to C , C was equal to either of the others ( laughter ) , and acting
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Provincial
L SUFFOLK . PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE . '" ~~"~ ^ The annual Provincial Grand Lodge was held at the Assembly Rooms , Ipswich , on Friday , September 24 th , under the presidency of the R . W . Bro . Fr ^ burgh ^ Grand Registrar , who has been appointed by the M . W . G . M . to superintend the province until the ^ ointment of a Prov . G . M . The chair was taken by the
G . Reg . shortly after one o ' clock , Bro . W . P . Mills being the Prov . S . GvW , and Bro N . Tracy the Proy . J . G . W . There were also present Bro . ^ sident of the Board of General Purposes , Bro . W . Pulteiiey Scott , S . G . !) . ; Bro . the Rev . F . W . Freeman , D . Prov . G . M . ; Bro ; Robert Martin , P . D . Prov . G . M . ; Bro . W . L . Fox , Prov . G . Sec ., Norfolk ; Bros . Jonn , P . Prov . G . W ; B . Head , P . Prov . G . W ; John Pitcher , P . PrOv . G . W . ; John Franks , P . Prov . G . Reg . ; Jas .
Richmond , P . Prov . G . D . ; W . J . Jack , Prov . G . D . ; Rev . W . French , P . Prov . G . Chap . ; Chas . Snellen , P . Prov . G . D . C . ; C . T . Townsend , P . Prov . G . Burst . ; John Golding , P . Prov . G . Purst . ; W . Stagg , P . Prov . G . S . B . ; Dallenger , WM ., 96 ; W . C . Randall , W . M . 272 ; A . Fleming , P . M . 131 ; H . Luff ; S . W . 522 , & c „ & c . Amongst the yisitprs wereBro . Cockle , No . > 4 '¦;¦¦ Aldrieh , P . M . 196 ; R . G , Crookshank , Mount Olive Lodge , West Indies ; W . Cuckoo , St . John Lodge , Alloa ; Cameron Geddes , Albany Lodge , I . W ., & c , & c .
The Prov . Grand Lodge having been opened in strict conformity with the law as laid down in the Book of Constitutions , Br . Dorling , Prov . G . Sea , read the minutes of the last Prov . Grand Lodge—avhich were confirmed- —the patent from the M . W . G . M . placing the province under the superintendence of the R . W . G . Reg ., and the patent appointing the Rev . W . F . Freeman , D . Prov . G . M .
A very favourable report was then read from the finance committee , who recommended the grant of £ 10 to a distressed Brother , to assist him in emigrating , which was agreed to unanimously . On the list of Lodges being called over , it was found that all excepting ( No . 81 ) , Lowestoft , were represented ; this being the second year that that Lodge has been unrepresented at the Prov . G . Lodge . On the motion of the ' R . W . D . Prov . G . M ., a committee of five was appointed to revise the by-laws of the Prov . G . Lodge .
The R . W . D . Prov . G . M . had great pleasure in proposing that a vote of thanks be recorded on the minutes to the R . W . Bro . Robert Martin , for his great services and uniform courtesy during the five years he had filled the office of D . Prov . G . M . Their respected and R . W . Bro . had conferred the greatest benefits on the cause of Masonry in Suffolk ; and though he had resigned his distinguished office , he , ( Bro * Freeman , ) trusted that he would not be lost to them in Masonry , but that he might long live to benefit the province and the Craft , by his valuable advice and assistance . ( Applause . )
Bro . Benj . Head , P . Prov . G . W ., was much pleased at the opportunity afforded him of seconding the resolution , well knowing how valuable had been the services to the province of their distinguished Brother . ( Applause ) . The R . W . G . Reg . said that though he had not hitherto had the honour ofjbhe personal acquaintance of Bro . Martin , never having seen him until that morning , he
had the greatest pleasure in putting the resolutions , as from what he had heard he was convinced that the province was under the deepest obligations to Bro . Martin , and that he was fully worthy of the encomiums passed upon him by the R . W . D * Prov . G . M ., and Bro . Head . ( Applause ) . The motion was then put and carried by acclamation .
Bro . Martin , who was loudly cheered , assured the Brethren that he was highly gratified by the compliment just paid' to him , though he had been perfectly un * prepared for it , not imagining that such a resolution would be proposed . He could assure them , that in resigning the distinguished position he had had the honour to fill , as D . Prov . G . M ., for the last five years , he had only done so in order that he might not stand in the way of preferment . He remembered that when he was at school he learned a lesson in algebra , —in equation *— < l that if A was equal to B , arid B was equal to C , C was equal to either of the others ( laughter ) , and acting