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* JERSEY . St . Helier . —Royal Sussex Lodge , ( No . 722 ) . —The officers and members of this Lodge met at their usual place of meeting , Masonic Hall , Museum-street , at 11 o ' clock , a . m ., on the 27 th December last , for the purpose of installing , for the ensuing year , the W . M . elect , Bro . C . G . F . Mavins , P . G . R ., who had been unanimously elected on the 14 th of that month . Bro . William Adams , P . M . and P . P . G . S . W . ( the Secretary and instructing master of this Lodge ) presided in the
chair , and most admirably and impressively performed the ceremony , assisted by several of the P . M . ' s of this and other Jjodges . On the re-entrance of the Brethren who had not yet passed the chair , and the usual salutations having been gone through , the Lodge was called from labour to refreshment . When the loving cup was passed , and after many congratulations to the W . M . and good wishes from one to the other , expressive of the happiness of being united in such a sacred tie of friendship and fraternal feelings , the Lodge again resumed its labours . The
W . M . then nominated and invested his officers , viz . Bros . W . Keating , S . W . ; C . Dundas , J . W . ; W . Adams , Sec . ; J . J . R . Peagam , S . D . ; W . H . Grant , J . D . ; John Mist , I . G . Bro . W . R . Cuming , who had been unanimously re-elected as Treasurer , was re-invested . The Lodge was then closed to consummate the day by a banquet at the H 6 tel de la Pomme d'Or ; the landlady of which is the widow of our late respected Bro . Boisuet . The dinner took place at 6 p . m ., and was attended by in any highly respectable Masons , amongst whom was our much
esteemed R . W . Bro . John James Hammond , P . G . M ., of the Provinces of Jersey and Guernsey , who , upon a special invitation from the Lodge , immediately responded , by forming one of the happy circle . The usual toasts over , the W . M . proposed the health of the R . W . Bro . J . J . Hammond , P . G . M ., who acknowledged the compliment in a very appropriate address , and concluded by
proposing the health and happiness of the W . M . C . G . F . Mavins , P . G . R ., which was drunk with enthusiasm by the company , as a marked sign of approval of the selection that had been made . A series of toasts followed in succession , and were replied to with much warmth and reciprocity of feeling , and the Brethren parted at half-past ten o ' clock , evidently much pleased and gratified at the delightful meeting they had experienced .
Scotland.
SCOTLAND .
Lerwick . —On the 30 th November , 1854 ( St . Andrew ' s day ) , the election of Office Bearers for the ensuing year took place , when the appointments were as follows : —Bros . William Sievwright , W . M . ; Gilbert Tait , S . W . ; George H . B . Hay , J . W . ; Robert Hicks , Dep . M . ; H . Cheyne , Proxy Master at the Grand Lodge of Scotland ; Thomas Gilbertson , Treas . ; William Alexander Grant , Sec . ; Andrew McBeth , S . D . ; Peter Colvin , J . D . : S . Gowdie , Stew . : John Yorston ,
ZETLAND
I . G . ; Robert Davidson , T . On ( St . John ' s day ) the Brethren met as usual at 11 o ' clock , when the customary business was transacted , and several sums granted to indigent Masons , and to widows of Masons . A donation of five pounds sterling was also voted to the Patriotic Fund , beinc : as larcre a contribution as the funds of the Lodge would admit of , and affording a proof that the Masonic virtue of relief is cherished by the Brethren in Ultima Thule .
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* JERSEY . St . Helier . —Royal Sussex Lodge , ( No . 722 ) . —The officers and members of this Lodge met at their usual place of meeting , Masonic Hall , Museum-street , at 11 o ' clock , a . m ., on the 27 th December last , for the purpose of installing , for the ensuing year , the W . M . elect , Bro . C . G . F . Mavins , P . G . R ., who had been unanimously elected on the 14 th of that month . Bro . William Adams , P . M . and P . P . G . S . W . ( the Secretary and instructing master of this Lodge ) presided in the
chair , and most admirably and impressively performed the ceremony , assisted by several of the P . M . ' s of this and other Jjodges . On the re-entrance of the Brethren who had not yet passed the chair , and the usual salutations having been gone through , the Lodge was called from labour to refreshment . When the loving cup was passed , and after many congratulations to the W . M . and good wishes from one to the other , expressive of the happiness of being united in such a sacred tie of friendship and fraternal feelings , the Lodge again resumed its labours . The
W . M . then nominated and invested his officers , viz . Bros . W . Keating , S . W . ; C . Dundas , J . W . ; W . Adams , Sec . ; J . J . R . Peagam , S . D . ; W . H . Grant , J . D . ; John Mist , I . G . Bro . W . R . Cuming , who had been unanimously re-elected as Treasurer , was re-invested . The Lodge was then closed to consummate the day by a banquet at the H 6 tel de la Pomme d'Or ; the landlady of which is the widow of our late respected Bro . Boisuet . The dinner took place at 6 p . m ., and was attended by in any highly respectable Masons , amongst whom was our much
esteemed R . W . Bro . John James Hammond , P . G . M ., of the Provinces of Jersey and Guernsey , who , upon a special invitation from the Lodge , immediately responded , by forming one of the happy circle . The usual toasts over , the W . M . proposed the health of the R . W . Bro . J . J . Hammond , P . G . M ., who acknowledged the compliment in a very appropriate address , and concluded by
proposing the health and happiness of the W . M . C . G . F . Mavins , P . G . R ., which was drunk with enthusiasm by the company , as a marked sign of approval of the selection that had been made . A series of toasts followed in succession , and were replied to with much warmth and reciprocity of feeling , and the Brethren parted at half-past ten o ' clock , evidently much pleased and gratified at the delightful meeting they had experienced .
Scotland.
SCOTLAND .
Lerwick . —On the 30 th November , 1854 ( St . Andrew ' s day ) , the election of Office Bearers for the ensuing year took place , when the appointments were as follows : —Bros . William Sievwright , W . M . ; Gilbert Tait , S . W . ; George H . B . Hay , J . W . ; Robert Hicks , Dep . M . ; H . Cheyne , Proxy Master at the Grand Lodge of Scotland ; Thomas Gilbertson , Treas . ; William Alexander Grant , Sec . ; Andrew McBeth , S . D . ; Peter Colvin , J . D . : S . Gowdie , Stew . : John Yorston ,
ZETLAND
I . G . ; Robert Davidson , T . On ( St . John ' s day ) the Brethren met as usual at 11 o ' clock , when the customary business was transacted , and several sums granted to indigent Masons , and to widows of Masons . A donation of five pounds sterling was also voted to the Patriotic Fund , beinc : as larcre a contribution as the funds of the Lodge would admit of , and affording a proof that the Masonic virtue of relief is cherished by the Brethren in Ultima Thule .