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the installation of its first W . M ., George Browne , Esq ., of Cottesmore Hall . The attendance , as mi ght ho expected on so interesting an occasion , was unusually large , and the Prov . G . Lodge was honoured by the visit of a deputation of members of the Province of Northampton and Herts , headed by the D . Prov . G . M ., Bro . S . Inns , and the Prov . G . S . W . Bro . Orflbrd .
, In the absence of the Earl Howe , owing to his infirm state of health , the D . Prov . G . M ., Bro . Kelly , discharged the duties of the day as acting Prov . G . M . Among the brethren of tlie Prov . G . Lodge present were—Bros . F . Goodyer , P . Prov . S . G . W ., acting as D . Prov . G . M . ; the Revs . Dr . Pyemont , Prov . G . S . W ., W . K . Eobinson , B . A ., and John Spittal , M . A ., Prov . G . Chaps ., and W . Langley , M . A .
P . Prov . G . Chap , and W . M . 1 , 130 ; S . Davis , P . M . 50 , Prov . G . J . W . ; C . Stretton , P . Prov . G . Beg . ( as Prov . G . Sec ); A . M . Duffi P . M . 523 , Prov . G . S . D . ; Henry Douglas , S . W . 1 , 130 , and Thomas Thorpe , S . D . 279 , Prov . G . Dirs . of Cers . ; W . Adcock , Sec . 1 , 130 , Prov . G . S . B . ; Charles Johnson , P . M . 491 , Prov . G . Org ., ancl T . H . Buzzard , S . W . 522 , Thomas Markham , J . AV ., 1 , 265 , and John Hunt , M . R . C . S ., 523 , Prov . Grand Stewards .
Among the members of private lodges in the province were—Bros . Toller , W . M . ; Eev . Dr . Haycroft , S . D . ; S . S . Partridge , J . D . ; M . H . Lewin , I . G . ; M . Hack , & c , of the John o' Gaunt Lodge , Leicester ; E . J . Crow , Sec . & Org . ; John Hart , I . G . ; L . L . Atwood , E . W . Widdowson , J . Wright , Smith , and others from St . John's Lodge ; J . J . Fast , J . W . ; S . Weaver , Sec ; J . E . Bright , S . D . ; J . Selby , F . 8 . Petty , W . Rew , W . A . LeadbetterW . HardJ . SnodinJ . E . W . Clarkeand WMaimof
, y , , , . , the Rutland Loclge , No . 1 , 130 , Melton ; whilst of tho new lodge the following members were present : —Bros . George Brown , W . M . designate ; G . M . Ashforth , M . D ., S . W . Thomas Markham , J . W . ; W . Berridge , J . M . Ivew , J . E . Bennett , W . E . Crowson , dipt . Bailey , and A . Brown , P . M . ( father of the W . M . ) The Chaplain of the new lodge , the Eev . Bro . Fred . Orme , rector of Lyndon , P . Prov . G . S . W . Hertswas prevented being present
, , owing to a family bereavement . Among the visiting brethren were—Bros . S . Inns ( Towcester ) , D . Prov . G . M . ; E . J . Orfford , P . M . 466 , Prov . S . G . AV . ; J . M . Heward . W . M . ; H . Wright , J . B . Corby , W . B , Dalton , M . Ward , W . Oldham , H . Duncome , W . Brown , T . Hassan , A . Coulson , G . Catmell , H . Michelson , ancl H . Whincup ( all of Loclge No . 466 Stamford ) from the province of Northampton
, , and Hunts ; Frederick Binckes , P . G . S . and Sec . to the Eoyal Masonic Institution for Boys ; Eev . F . Haw-ley , Pelham Lodge , Newark ; C . W . Ovitt , S . W . 831 ; W . Crowser , 142 ; ancl others . A letter was read from the E . W . Prov . G . Master , Bro . Earl Howe , expressing his deep sorrow that the state of his health , which confined him to his room , forbade his having the pleasure of meeting his brethren on the occasion ; his trust that all
would go off satisfactorily , and that his absence would injure no one but himself . He further expressed his anxious desire that arrangements should be made as early as practicable for his retirement from office . Letters of apology for absence were also read from Bro . the Duke of Manchester , Prov . G . M . Northampton and Hunts , Bros , the Earl of Shrewsbury , Earl Ferrers , S . AV . of the Ferrers and Ivanhoe LodgeAshb-de-la-ZouehEevFOrmeHervey
, y ; . . ; , G . Sec ; J . Symonds , P . G . D . ; and other brethren . Several present and past Prov . G . Officers were unable to be in their places , either owing to family bereavements , illness , or absence from the county . A letter was also read from the Et . Hon . the Lord Bishop of Peterborough , "regretting very much that his numerous engagements alreadmade must prevent his liance with the
y comp request of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Leicester , " that he would preach the sermon on the occasion . The preliminary business having been completed , the ceremonies of consecration and installation were most effectively aucl impressivel y carried out according to a printed programme supplied to every brother on entering tlie lodge . The oration , which was delivered by the Junior Prov . G . Chap .
Bro . the Eev . John Spittal , M . A ., vicar of St . Andrew ' s , Leicester , P . M . 523 , and P . Prov , S . G . W ., was an appropriate and eloquent disquisition on the leading principles of the Order , and a resume of the progress and extension of the Order in tho province under the fostering care of the Prov . G . Master and his Deputy , and which was greatly applauded by the brethren . During the ceremony the various musical chants and hymns , ably conducted by Bros . Johnston ancl Crow , and joined in by
seventy or eighty voices , coupled with tho mystic rites of the Order , had a highly impressive eil ' ect , far exceeding any similar ceremony in this province . The lodge having been declared duly constituted , the acting Prov . G . M . proceeded to install Bro . G . Brown into the chair of tho Vale of Catmos Lodge ( No . 1 , 265 ) , who having been duly saluted invested his Wardens , and received propositions of new candidates or joining members ,
& c , after which the Craft lodge was duly closed . . ^ Z . The acting Prov . G . Master then appointed and invested the following brethern as the officers of the Provincial Grand Lodge for the- " ensuing year : —Bros . W . Langley , P . Prov . G . Chap ., W . M . 1 , 130 , Prov . S . G . W . ; G . Brown , W . M . 1 , 265 , Prov . J . G . W . ; Eev . John Spittal , P . M . 523 , P . Prov . S . G . W ., and F . Orme , P . M . 1 , 265 , Prov . G . Chaps . ; W . Beaumont Smith ,
P . M . 523 , P . Prov . J . G . W . ( elected ) , Prov . G . Treas . ; G . Toller , jun ., W . M . 523 , Prov . G . Reg . ; C . Morris , P . M . 279 , and P . Prov . S . G . W ., Prov . G . Sec ; Right Hon . Earl Ferrers , S . W-779 , Prov . S . G . D . ; W . E . S . Stanley , S . W . 279 , Prov . J . G . D . ; J . J . Fash , J . W . 1 , 130 , Prov . G . Supt . of Works ; H . Douglas , S . W . 1 , 130 , Prov . G . Dir . of Cers . ; J . Hunt , 523 , Prov . G . Assist . Dir . of Cers . ; G . M . Ashforth , M . D ., S . W . 1 , 265 , Prov .
G . Sword Bearer ; E . J . Crow ( Fellow of the College of Organists ) Prov . G . Org : ; T . H . Buzzard , S . AV . 523 , Prov . G . Purst . ; and Bros . J . Hart , I . G . 279 ; L . L . Atwood , 279 ; Rev . N . Haycroft , D . D ., S . D . 523 ; J . H . Garnar , J . W . 779 ; J . E . Bright , S . D . 1 , 130 ; and Capt . J . Bailey , 1265 , Prov . G . Stewards ; Charles Bembridge , 276 , Prov . G . Tyler . At two o'clock the brethren went in procession to the beautiful parish church , numerous spectators lined the road , and the church was filled- by a large and higlily respectable congregation among whom were many ladies .
At the western entrance to the churchyard , the brethren were received by the clergy and churchwardens of the parish and conducted to the seats reserved for them . Prayers were said by the curates , the first lesson was read by the Rev . Bro . Spittal ,. M . A „ Vicar of St . Andrew ' s Leicester , and the second lesson by the Rev . Bro . Pyemont , D . D ., Vicar of AVhitwick . The sermon was preached by the Senior Purst . G . Chaplain , the Eev . W . Ivay RobinsonB . A . Master of the Grammar
SchoolWymond-, , , hain and P . M . No . 1130 . He took for his text the word of our Lord " AA'hen ye pray , say Our Father which art in Heaven . " The chief line of argument in the Rev . brothers' able and . learned discourse was that Freemasonry not claiming to be a system of religion , but rather one of morality , " veiled in allegory and illustrated by symbols , " and men of various nationalties and religious creedsthe Jewthe Mohammedantho
, , , Parsee , the Roman Catholic , the Greek , as well as Protestant Christians of various denominations being ranged under its banners , the prayers of the three degrees wore so framed that men of all nationalties and creeds could unite together in offering up their prayers to the One Eternal Being , the " Great Architect of the Universe , " and that , consequently , no direct reference could be made in them to the secoud person in the
ever-blessins Trinity , and that in so doing , we were not acting contrary to the practice of the early christian church , in which prayers were offered up direct to the Father without the intervention ' of the Son , or in the name of the Saviour , ( both modes being in use ) thus proving that our prayers being addressed to the Father direct , did not justly lay tho Order open to the charge of being anti-christian , as was sometimes urged against it by persons who were ignorant of its true principles , and which was a great mistake .
At the conclusion of tho sermon a collection , amounting to about £ 15 , was made in aid of the National Schools of tho parish and of the Eoyal Masonic Institution for Boys . The procession having returned to the Agricultural Hall , votes of thanks were passed to the preacher for his sermon , to the Eev . Bro . Spittal for his oration , and to the Alear of Oakham for the use of his church .
The business was concluded by an address from the Acting * Prov . G . Master , on the chief events of the day , and especially a discovery he hacl accidently made of the very curious fact , that although there was no record of the county of Rutland ever having had a Masonic lodge , it hacl formerly had two Provincial Grand Masters , one of whom was a Portugese Doctor of Philosophy , named Da Costa , who had previously been imprisoned in the dungeon of the Inquisition at Lisbon during three years , for the pretended crime of Freemasonry , and who had managed to escape to London , where he had this honorary dignity conferred upon him .
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Provincial.
the installation of its first W . M ., George Browne , Esq ., of Cottesmore Hall . The attendance , as mi ght ho expected on so interesting an occasion , was unusually large , and the Prov . G . Lodge was honoured by the visit of a deputation of members of the Province of Northampton and Herts , headed by the D . Prov . G . M ., Bro . S . Inns , and the Prov . G . S . W . Bro . Orflbrd .
, In the absence of the Earl Howe , owing to his infirm state of health , the D . Prov . G . M ., Bro . Kelly , discharged the duties of the day as acting Prov . G . M . Among the brethren of tlie Prov . G . Lodge present were—Bros . F . Goodyer , P . Prov . S . G . W ., acting as D . Prov . G . M . ; the Revs . Dr . Pyemont , Prov . G . S . W ., W . K . Eobinson , B . A ., and John Spittal , M . A ., Prov . G . Chaps ., and W . Langley , M . A .
P . Prov . G . Chap , and W . M . 1 , 130 ; S . Davis , P . M . 50 , Prov . G . J . W . ; C . Stretton , P . Prov . G . Beg . ( as Prov . G . Sec ); A . M . Duffi P . M . 523 , Prov . G . S . D . ; Henry Douglas , S . W . 1 , 130 , and Thomas Thorpe , S . D . 279 , Prov . G . Dirs . of Cers . ; W . Adcock , Sec . 1 , 130 , Prov . G . S . B . ; Charles Johnson , P . M . 491 , Prov . G . Org ., ancl T . H . Buzzard , S . W . 522 , Thomas Markham , J . AV ., 1 , 265 , and John Hunt , M . R . C . S ., 523 , Prov . Grand Stewards .
Among the members of private lodges in the province were—Bros . Toller , W . M . ; Eev . Dr . Haycroft , S . D . ; S . S . Partridge , J . D . ; M . H . Lewin , I . G . ; M . Hack , & c , of the John o' Gaunt Lodge , Leicester ; E . J . Crow , Sec . & Org . ; John Hart , I . G . ; L . L . Atwood , E . W . Widdowson , J . Wright , Smith , and others from St . John's Lodge ; J . J . Fast , J . W . ; S . Weaver , Sec ; J . E . Bright , S . D . ; J . Selby , F . 8 . Petty , W . Rew , W . A . LeadbetterW . HardJ . SnodinJ . E . W . Clarkeand WMaimof
, y , , , . , the Rutland Loclge , No . 1 , 130 , Melton ; whilst of tho new lodge the following members were present : —Bros . George Brown , W . M . designate ; G . M . Ashforth , M . D ., S . W . Thomas Markham , J . W . ; W . Berridge , J . M . Ivew , J . E . Bennett , W . E . Crowson , dipt . Bailey , and A . Brown , P . M . ( father of the W . M . ) The Chaplain of the new lodge , the Eev . Bro . Fred . Orme , rector of Lyndon , P . Prov . G . S . W . Hertswas prevented being present
, , owing to a family bereavement . Among the visiting brethren were—Bros . S . Inns ( Towcester ) , D . Prov . G . M . ; E . J . Orfford , P . M . 466 , Prov . S . G . AV . ; J . M . Heward . W . M . ; H . Wright , J . B . Corby , W . B , Dalton , M . Ward , W . Oldham , H . Duncome , W . Brown , T . Hassan , A . Coulson , G . Catmell , H . Michelson , ancl H . Whincup ( all of Loclge No . 466 Stamford ) from the province of Northampton
, , and Hunts ; Frederick Binckes , P . G . S . and Sec . to the Eoyal Masonic Institution for Boys ; Eev . F . Haw-ley , Pelham Lodge , Newark ; C . W . Ovitt , S . W . 831 ; W . Crowser , 142 ; ancl others . A letter was read from the E . W . Prov . G . Master , Bro . Earl Howe , expressing his deep sorrow that the state of his health , which confined him to his room , forbade his having the pleasure of meeting his brethren on the occasion ; his trust that all
would go off satisfactorily , and that his absence would injure no one but himself . He further expressed his anxious desire that arrangements should be made as early as practicable for his retirement from office . Letters of apology for absence were also read from Bro . the Duke of Manchester , Prov . G . M . Northampton and Hunts , Bros , the Earl of Shrewsbury , Earl Ferrers , S . AV . of the Ferrers and Ivanhoe LodgeAshb-de-la-ZouehEevFOrmeHervey
, y ; . . ; , G . Sec ; J . Symonds , P . G . D . ; and other brethren . Several present and past Prov . G . Officers were unable to be in their places , either owing to family bereavements , illness , or absence from the county . A letter was also read from the Et . Hon . the Lord Bishop of Peterborough , "regretting very much that his numerous engagements alreadmade must prevent his liance with the
y comp request of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Leicester , " that he would preach the sermon on the occasion . The preliminary business having been completed , the ceremonies of consecration and installation were most effectively aucl impressivel y carried out according to a printed programme supplied to every brother on entering tlie lodge . The oration , which was delivered by the Junior Prov . G . Chap .
Bro . the Eev . John Spittal , M . A ., vicar of St . Andrew ' s , Leicester , P . M . 523 , and P . Prov , S . G . W ., was an appropriate and eloquent disquisition on the leading principles of the Order , and a resume of the progress and extension of the Order in tho province under the fostering care of the Prov . G . Master and his Deputy , and which was greatly applauded by the brethren . During the ceremony the various musical chants and hymns , ably conducted by Bros . Johnston ancl Crow , and joined in by
seventy or eighty voices , coupled with tho mystic rites of the Order , had a highly impressive eil ' ect , far exceeding any similar ceremony in this province . The lodge having been declared duly constituted , the acting Prov . G . M . proceeded to install Bro . G . Brown into the chair of tho Vale of Catmos Lodge ( No . 1 , 265 ) , who having been duly saluted invested his Wardens , and received propositions of new candidates or joining members ,
& c , after which the Craft lodge was duly closed . . ^ Z . The acting Prov . G . Master then appointed and invested the following brethern as the officers of the Provincial Grand Lodge for the- " ensuing year : —Bros . W . Langley , P . Prov . G . Chap ., W . M . 1 , 130 , Prov . S . G . W . ; G . Brown , W . M . 1 , 265 , Prov . J . G . W . ; Eev . John Spittal , P . M . 523 , P . Prov . S . G . W ., and F . Orme , P . M . 1 , 265 , Prov . G . Chaps . ; W . Beaumont Smith ,
P . M . 523 , P . Prov . J . G . W . ( elected ) , Prov . G . Treas . ; G . Toller , jun ., W . M . 523 , Prov . G . Reg . ; C . Morris , P . M . 279 , and P . Prov . S . G . W ., Prov . G . Sec ; Right Hon . Earl Ferrers , S . W-779 , Prov . S . G . D . ; W . E . S . Stanley , S . W . 279 , Prov . J . G . D . ; J . J . Fash , J . W . 1 , 130 , Prov . G . Supt . of Works ; H . Douglas , S . W . 1 , 130 , Prov . G . Dir . of Cers . ; J . Hunt , 523 , Prov . G . Assist . Dir . of Cers . ; G . M . Ashforth , M . D ., S . W . 1 , 265 , Prov .
G . Sword Bearer ; E . J . Crow ( Fellow of the College of Organists ) Prov . G . Org : ; T . H . Buzzard , S . AV . 523 , Prov . G . Purst . ; and Bros . J . Hart , I . G . 279 ; L . L . Atwood , 279 ; Rev . N . Haycroft , D . D ., S . D . 523 ; J . H . Garnar , J . W . 779 ; J . E . Bright , S . D . 1 , 130 ; and Capt . J . Bailey , 1265 , Prov . G . Stewards ; Charles Bembridge , 276 , Prov . G . Tyler . At two o'clock the brethren went in procession to the beautiful parish church , numerous spectators lined the road , and the church was filled- by a large and higlily respectable congregation among whom were many ladies .
At the western entrance to the churchyard , the brethren were received by the clergy and churchwardens of the parish and conducted to the seats reserved for them . Prayers were said by the curates , the first lesson was read by the Rev . Bro . Spittal ,. M . A „ Vicar of St . Andrew ' s Leicester , and the second lesson by the Rev . Bro . Pyemont , D . D ., Vicar of AVhitwick . The sermon was preached by the Senior Purst . G . Chaplain , the Eev . W . Ivay RobinsonB . A . Master of the Grammar
SchoolWymond-, , , hain and P . M . No . 1130 . He took for his text the word of our Lord " AA'hen ye pray , say Our Father which art in Heaven . " The chief line of argument in the Rev . brothers' able and . learned discourse was that Freemasonry not claiming to be a system of religion , but rather one of morality , " veiled in allegory and illustrated by symbols , " and men of various nationalties and religious creedsthe Jewthe Mohammedantho
, , , Parsee , the Roman Catholic , the Greek , as well as Protestant Christians of various denominations being ranged under its banners , the prayers of the three degrees wore so framed that men of all nationalties and creeds could unite together in offering up their prayers to the One Eternal Being , the " Great Architect of the Universe , " and that , consequently , no direct reference could be made in them to the secoud person in the
ever-blessins Trinity , and that in so doing , we were not acting contrary to the practice of the early christian church , in which prayers were offered up direct to the Father without the intervention ' of the Son , or in the name of the Saviour , ( both modes being in use ) thus proving that our prayers being addressed to the Father direct , did not justly lay tho Order open to the charge of being anti-christian , as was sometimes urged against it by persons who were ignorant of its true principles , and which was a great mistake .
At the conclusion of tho sermon a collection , amounting to about £ 15 , was made in aid of the National Schools of tho parish and of the Eoyal Masonic Institution for Boys . The procession having returned to the Agricultural Hall , votes of thanks were passed to the preacher for his sermon , to the Eev . Bro . Spittal for his oration , and to the Alear of Oakham for the use of his church .
The business was concluded by an address from the Acting * Prov . G . Master , on the chief events of the day , and especially a discovery he hacl accidently made of the very curious fact , that although there was no record of the county of Rutland ever having had a Masonic lodge , it hacl formerly had two Provincial Grand Masters , one of whom was a Portugese Doctor of Philosophy , named Da Costa , who had previously been imprisoned in the dungeon of the Inquisition at Lisbon during three years , for the pretended crime of Freemasonry , and who had managed to escape to London , where he had this honorary dignity conferred upon him .