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Metropolitan
Confidence Lodge ( No . 228 ) . —A large number of the Brethren of this Lodge met at Bro . Wadeson ' s , Bengal Tavern , Birchindane , on the 11 th November , to witness the ceremony of installation , which was most efficiently performed by Bro . S . B . Wilson , S . D . of the Grand Lodge of England . The subscription for
the Indian Belief Fund was closed , and the proceeds , amonntmg to several pounds , have since been paid in to the proper authorities . It was then proposed , and unanimously carried , that the Lodge should adjourn to the 25 th November , in order to pay a visit to the Domatic , No . 606 . A vote of thanks was passed to Bro . Wilson for the able manner in which he had conducted the business of the evening , and the Lodge adjourned .
Provincial.
PEOVIFCIAL .
BEDFORDSHIRE . Bedford . —Stuart Lodge ( No . 787 ) . —A Lodge of Emergency was held on Friday , October 13 , which was very numerously attended . Captain Ledger , of the Beds . Militia , was initiated into the mysteries of the Order , the ceremony being ably performed by the W . M ., Bro . Dr . Prior . The charge was tastefully
and inpressively given to the new Brother by Bro . Thomas Biiey , P . M . Colonel Bobert H . Lindsell , of St . John and St . Paul Lodge , Malta , No . 437 , was elected a joining memher , on the proposition of Bros . Captain Meux Smith and Hooper . The labours of the evening being ended , nearly thirty Brethren partook of refreshment , and spent a pleasant evening .
BBISTOL . Royal Clarence Lodge ( No . 81 ) . —The ordinary fortnightly meeting of the above Lodge was held on Monday , 26 th October , when the W . M ., Bro . Samuel Bryant , P . Prov . G . S . W ., presided . The attendance was very numerous , many visitors being present . The Lodge was honoured by a fraternal visit from the W . M ., P . Ms ., and Brethren of the Boyal Sussex Lodge , No . 61 , of the " sister city , " Bath . Five candidates were accepted by ballot , four of whom being
present , were initiated into the Entered Apprentice Degree by the W . M ., in his usually correct and impressive manner . The ordinary business of the Lodge being concluded , the Brethren were called from labour to refreshment , and the cup of good fellowship was introduced and freely circulated . The usual Masonic and qther appropriate toasts were given and responded to by the W . M ., the S . W . ( Bro . Jarrett ) , and the visiting Brethren , the Grand Lodge of Scotland , the
Grand Lodge of Ireland , and " the American Lodges , " each having their representatives . The Brethren from Bath expressed themselves highly delighted with the reception which had been given them ; with the " chaste" manner in which the W . M . had conducted the ceremony ; and with the perfectly efficient appointments of the Lodge . The Lodge was then called from refreshment to labour , and closed in due form at half-past ten o ' clock .
CHESHIRE . The Provincial Grand Treasurer , Bro . James Bland , has just transmitted to Bro . Samuel Tomkins , the Grand Treas . in London , a bank-order for £ 158 . 10 s ., contributions from the Officers and Lodges in the Province , to the " Indian Mutiny Belief Fund . " This amount , together with £ 36 collected by the Chester
Lodge , and paid into the bank of that city , makes the handsome sum of £ 194 :. 10 s ., as a free-will and charitable offering to all classes who have suffered from the mutineers who have so barbarously butchered our countrymen , women , and children ; or , as Lord Palmcrston said , in his speech at the Mansion House , "Such atrocities have been committed in India , to be imagined and perpetrated only by demons sallying forth from the lowest depths of hell . "
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Metropolitan
Confidence Lodge ( No . 228 ) . —A large number of the Brethren of this Lodge met at Bro . Wadeson ' s , Bengal Tavern , Birchindane , on the 11 th November , to witness the ceremony of installation , which was most efficiently performed by Bro . S . B . Wilson , S . D . of the Grand Lodge of England . The subscription for
the Indian Belief Fund was closed , and the proceeds , amonntmg to several pounds , have since been paid in to the proper authorities . It was then proposed , and unanimously carried , that the Lodge should adjourn to the 25 th November , in order to pay a visit to the Domatic , No . 606 . A vote of thanks was passed to Bro . Wilson for the able manner in which he had conducted the business of the evening , and the Lodge adjourned .
Provincial.
PEOVIFCIAL .
BEDFORDSHIRE . Bedford . —Stuart Lodge ( No . 787 ) . —A Lodge of Emergency was held on Friday , October 13 , which was very numerously attended . Captain Ledger , of the Beds . Militia , was initiated into the mysteries of the Order , the ceremony being ably performed by the W . M ., Bro . Dr . Prior . The charge was tastefully
and inpressively given to the new Brother by Bro . Thomas Biiey , P . M . Colonel Bobert H . Lindsell , of St . John and St . Paul Lodge , Malta , No . 437 , was elected a joining memher , on the proposition of Bros . Captain Meux Smith and Hooper . The labours of the evening being ended , nearly thirty Brethren partook of refreshment , and spent a pleasant evening .
BBISTOL . Royal Clarence Lodge ( No . 81 ) . —The ordinary fortnightly meeting of the above Lodge was held on Monday , 26 th October , when the W . M ., Bro . Samuel Bryant , P . Prov . G . S . W ., presided . The attendance was very numerous , many visitors being present . The Lodge was honoured by a fraternal visit from the W . M ., P . Ms ., and Brethren of the Boyal Sussex Lodge , No . 61 , of the " sister city , " Bath . Five candidates were accepted by ballot , four of whom being
present , were initiated into the Entered Apprentice Degree by the W . M ., in his usually correct and impressive manner . The ordinary business of the Lodge being concluded , the Brethren were called from labour to refreshment , and the cup of good fellowship was introduced and freely circulated . The usual Masonic and qther appropriate toasts were given and responded to by the W . M ., the S . W . ( Bro . Jarrett ) , and the visiting Brethren , the Grand Lodge of Scotland , the
Grand Lodge of Ireland , and " the American Lodges , " each having their representatives . The Brethren from Bath expressed themselves highly delighted with the reception which had been given them ; with the " chaste" manner in which the W . M . had conducted the ceremony ; and with the perfectly efficient appointments of the Lodge . The Lodge was then called from refreshment to labour , and closed in due form at half-past ten o ' clock .
CHESHIRE . The Provincial Grand Treasurer , Bro . James Bland , has just transmitted to Bro . Samuel Tomkins , the Grand Treas . in London , a bank-order for £ 158 . 10 s ., contributions from the Officers and Lodges in the Province , to the " Indian Mutiny Belief Fund . " This amount , together with £ 36 collected by the Chester
Lodge , and paid into the bank of that city , makes the handsome sum of £ 194 :. 10 s ., as a free-will and charitable offering to all classes who have suffered from the mutineers who have so barbarously butchered our countrymen , women , and children ; or , as Lord Palmcrston said , in his speech at the Mansion House , "Such atrocities have been committed in India , to be imagined and perpetrated only by demons sallying forth from the lowest depths of hell . "