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Metropolitan.
at six o ' clock . Bro . Adams ,. P . M ., No . 20 ( 1 and 196 , took the chair , mid with the Brethren worked the seven sections in the first lecture . The Brethren , to the number of forty , then repaired to the banquet-room , where they were ably presided over by Bro . Carpenter , P . M ., No . 206 , and paid due respect to a splendid banquet provided in Bro . Ireland ' s usual style , which , with the wines , gave infinite gratification . After the usual masonic toasts the song and glass went merrily round . Several Brethren enrolled themselves members , and departed highly delighted with the evening ' s entertainment .
Provincial.
PKOVINCXAL ,
DURHAM . provincial grand lodge . The Prov . Grand Lodge was held at the New Town Hall , Durham , on Tuesday , October 7 th , when there were present : —Bros . John Fawcett , R . W . Prov . G . M . ; Henry Fenwick , M . P ., D . Prov . G . M . ; the'Rev . Robert James Simpson , Prov . G . S . W . ; Joseph Dodds , Prov . G . J . W . ; the Rev . John Cundill , Prov . G . Chap . ; Robert Reynolds , Prov . G . Treas . ; John Crossby , Prov . G . Sec . ; Edward D .
Frankland , as Prov . G . Reg . ; George Watson , Prov . G . S . D . ; William Tip lady , Prov . Gr . J . D . ; George A . Middlemiss , Prov . G . Sup . of Works ; Edward I ) . Davis , Prov . G-. D . C . ; John Smith , Prov . G . Org . ; Mark Douglas , Prov . G . P . ; William Attey , as Prov . G . S . B . ; William M . Laws , Prov . G . Tyler . The Lodge was opened ia due form . The minutes of a Prov . Grand Lodge , held at the Freemasons' Hall , Sunderland , October 2 nd , 1855 , were read and confirmed . The
R . W . Prov . G-. M . then made some observations upon the non-attendance of Prov . G . Officers , and said , as the fees for appointment to office had been abolished , he thought the fines for non-attendance should be rigidly enforced , except when , in accordance with the 11 th Rule , notice had been sent of their inability to attend . The Treasurer ' s accounts were examined , approved , and signed by the Prov . G . M ., after which , the D . Prov . G . M . explained that the item of stoclrinthe three per cent , consols Lad been entered in the Treasurer ' s account , and he debited only for the amount of the purchase money , but not for the gain upon the purchase , and this had been done at his recommendation to show the real subscribed funds of the
Lodge . The roll of Lodges w as then called , when all appeared by their representatives , except the Union Lodge , No . 667 , Barnard Castle . The fund Committee ' s report was read , and relief afforded to distressed Brothers . The Committee recommended that the sum of £ 5 . 5 s . be given annually as a subscription to the Boys' School , which was agreed to unanimously . The R . W . Prov . G . M . then appointed the following officers for the ensuing
year , and invested them with the Insignia of their office ; and when appointing Brother John Crossby to the chair of Prov . G . J . W ., said , that although lie was losing his valuable services as Secretary , yet it was a duty so to reward him for his long and zealous discharge of the duties of Prov . G . Secretary : —Bros . Henry Fenwick , M . l \ , D . Prov . G . M . ; William Stoker , Prov . G . S . W ; John Crossby , Prov . G . J . W . ; the Bev . John Cundill , Prov . G . Chap . ; Ohvpham , Prov . G . Reg . ; Robert Reynolds , Prov . G . Treas ; William H . Crookes , Prov . G . Sec . ; Benjamin
Brooks , Prov . G . S . D . ; John Hopper , Prov . G . J . D . ; George A . Middlemiss , Prov . G . Sup . of Works ; Edward D . Davis , Prov . G . D . C . ; Hemingway , Prov . G . Org . ; Moore , Prov . G . P . ; William Attey , Prov . G . S . B . ; William M . Laws , Prov . G . Tyler , Brother Robert Reynolds was re-elected Prov . G . Treasurer .
The following "were appointed Grand Stewards : —Industry ., No . 50 , Brother W H . Gossage ; St . John ' s , No . 95 , Bro . A . Ileslop ; Gran by , No . 146 , Bro Granville Ward ; Tees , No . 749 , Bro . E . T . Hall ; St . Helen ' s , No . 774 , Bro Thomas Cockhurn ; Fawcett , No . 959 , Bro , B , Evans ,
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Metropolitan.
at six o ' clock . Bro . Adams ,. P . M ., No . 20 ( 1 and 196 , took the chair , mid with the Brethren worked the seven sections in the first lecture . The Brethren , to the number of forty , then repaired to the banquet-room , where they were ably presided over by Bro . Carpenter , P . M ., No . 206 , and paid due respect to a splendid banquet provided in Bro . Ireland ' s usual style , which , with the wines , gave infinite gratification . After the usual masonic toasts the song and glass went merrily round . Several Brethren enrolled themselves members , and departed highly delighted with the evening ' s entertainment .
Provincial.
PKOVINCXAL ,
DURHAM . provincial grand lodge . The Prov . Grand Lodge was held at the New Town Hall , Durham , on Tuesday , October 7 th , when there were present : —Bros . John Fawcett , R . W . Prov . G . M . ; Henry Fenwick , M . P ., D . Prov . G . M . ; the'Rev . Robert James Simpson , Prov . G . S . W . ; Joseph Dodds , Prov . G . J . W . ; the Rev . John Cundill , Prov . G . Chap . ; Robert Reynolds , Prov . G . Treas . ; John Crossby , Prov . G . Sec . ; Edward D .
Frankland , as Prov . G . Reg . ; George Watson , Prov . G . S . D . ; William Tip lady , Prov . Gr . J . D . ; George A . Middlemiss , Prov . G . Sup . of Works ; Edward I ) . Davis , Prov . G-. D . C . ; John Smith , Prov . G . Org . ; Mark Douglas , Prov . G . P . ; William Attey , as Prov . G . S . B . ; William M . Laws , Prov . G . Tyler . The Lodge was opened ia due form . The minutes of a Prov . Grand Lodge , held at the Freemasons' Hall , Sunderland , October 2 nd , 1855 , were read and confirmed . The
R . W . Prov . G-. M . then made some observations upon the non-attendance of Prov . G . Officers , and said , as the fees for appointment to office had been abolished , he thought the fines for non-attendance should be rigidly enforced , except when , in accordance with the 11 th Rule , notice had been sent of their inability to attend . The Treasurer ' s accounts were examined , approved , and signed by the Prov . G . M ., after which , the D . Prov . G . M . explained that the item of stoclrinthe three per cent , consols Lad been entered in the Treasurer ' s account , and he debited only for the amount of the purchase money , but not for the gain upon the purchase , and this had been done at his recommendation to show the real subscribed funds of the
Lodge . The roll of Lodges w as then called , when all appeared by their representatives , except the Union Lodge , No . 667 , Barnard Castle . The fund Committee ' s report was read , and relief afforded to distressed Brothers . The Committee recommended that the sum of £ 5 . 5 s . be given annually as a subscription to the Boys' School , which was agreed to unanimously . The R . W . Prov . G . M . then appointed the following officers for the ensuing
year , and invested them with the Insignia of their office ; and when appointing Brother John Crossby to the chair of Prov . G . J . W ., said , that although lie was losing his valuable services as Secretary , yet it was a duty so to reward him for his long and zealous discharge of the duties of Prov . G . Secretary : —Bros . Henry Fenwick , M . l \ , D . Prov . G . M . ; William Stoker , Prov . G . S . W ; John Crossby , Prov . G . J . W . ; the Bev . John Cundill , Prov . G . Chap . ; Ohvpham , Prov . G . Reg . ; Robert Reynolds , Prov . G . Treas ; William H . Crookes , Prov . G . Sec . ; Benjamin
Brooks , Prov . G . S . D . ; John Hopper , Prov . G . J . D . ; George A . Middlemiss , Prov . G . Sup . of Works ; Edward D . Davis , Prov . G . D . C . ; Hemingway , Prov . G . Org . ; Moore , Prov . G . P . ; William Attey , Prov . G . S . B . ; William M . Laws , Prov . G . Tyler , Brother Robert Reynolds was re-elected Prov . G . Treasurer .
The following "were appointed Grand Stewards : —Industry ., No . 50 , Brother W H . Gossage ; St . John ' s , No . 95 , Bro . A . Ileslop ; Gran by , No . 146 , Bro Granville Ward ; Tees , No . 749 , Bro . E . T . Hall ; St . Helen ' s , No . 774 , Bro Thomas Cockhurn ; Fawcett , No . 959 , Bro , B , Evans ,