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Masonic Intelligence.
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE .
AT Montrose , oh the 7 th of January last , there were great rejoicings on . opening the New Bridge for carriages . It was long thought impracticable , being near half a mile across a rapid influx and reflux of the sea ; hut this important work has been happily accomplished , ' and the great post-road from the south . to the north of Scotland is now united . A procession of Freemasons , amidst immense multitudes , took place upon this occasion ; and the Grand Master pronounced the work well built and trust-worthy . The Chaplain returned thanks to Heaven for the completion of so great a public
good ; and the lady who laid the foundation-stone was the first to pass the bridge in her carriage , amidst the applauses of thousands . Theferrymen , who had weathered many a blast for their passengers , appeared in the procession with muffled oars . ¦ The Freemasons ofthe different Lodges of Montrose have it in contemplation to apply to government for leave to embody themselves for the defence of that place against foreign invasions , tp bounder the direction of the . magistrates , the Grand Master of St . Peter ' s Lpdge , and officers appointed by them .
On Thursdaythe 12 th of February was erected in the church-yard of Sunderland , a monument to the memory of a worthy Brother , who had been Secretary and Master of the Sea Captains Lodge in that town . It is a pedestal with a pyramid supporting a blazing urn , with many Masonic devices , and is the work of Brother WILLIAM SHIELDS . The inscription and lines are . on two sides of tlie pedestal .
- T - " ¦ S H S - ¦ w ' - " To the Memory , of WILLIAM . HILLS , M . M . This Monument was erected by An unanimous Vote of the SEA-CAPTAINS LODGE
, Of which he had been many Years An active and worthy Member . He died March 9 , 1794 : aged 49 . . Empty the glare of symbol and of sign , Unless th' internal import thro' them shine ; In KILLS the happy union we approv'd ,
As MAN rever'd him , and as MASON lov'd , J . F . S » FREEMASONS' SCHOOL , APRIL 13 , 1795 . This day the Anniversary Meeting of the Governors and Friends to the Freemasons' School , was held at the Society ' s Hall in Great Queen-street . ¦ By four o ' clock scarcely a seat was to be had , so popular is this Charity now ' become . The ' Earl of Moira ' presided , and , after a very plentiful and elegant
elinner , those ladies who had tickets were admitted into the gallery to view the procession of the little female objects of the Charity , who paraded three times rcund the rooir . preceded by the Stewards , and the Chevalier Ruspini , the worthy Instiiutpr , leading the two youngest ; ihe band of the first regiment playing several pieces of music . The Noble Chairman took this opportunity , so interesting to all present , to point out the benefit the public were likely to derive from the Institution—how much it behoved us to hold out a protecting band to that sex who had fewer resources than the other , and who , from the delicacy at-
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Masonic Intelligence.
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE .
AT Montrose , oh the 7 th of January last , there were great rejoicings on . opening the New Bridge for carriages . It was long thought impracticable , being near half a mile across a rapid influx and reflux of the sea ; hut this important work has been happily accomplished , ' and the great post-road from the south . to the north of Scotland is now united . A procession of Freemasons , amidst immense multitudes , took place upon this occasion ; and the Grand Master pronounced the work well built and trust-worthy . The Chaplain returned thanks to Heaven for the completion of so great a public
good ; and the lady who laid the foundation-stone was the first to pass the bridge in her carriage , amidst the applauses of thousands . Theferrymen , who had weathered many a blast for their passengers , appeared in the procession with muffled oars . ¦ The Freemasons ofthe different Lodges of Montrose have it in contemplation to apply to government for leave to embody themselves for the defence of that place against foreign invasions , tp bounder the direction of the . magistrates , the Grand Master of St . Peter ' s Lpdge , and officers appointed by them .
On Thursdaythe 12 th of February was erected in the church-yard of Sunderland , a monument to the memory of a worthy Brother , who had been Secretary and Master of the Sea Captains Lodge in that town . It is a pedestal with a pyramid supporting a blazing urn , with many Masonic devices , and is the work of Brother WILLIAM SHIELDS . The inscription and lines are . on two sides of tlie pedestal .
- T - " ¦ S H S - ¦ w ' - " To the Memory , of WILLIAM . HILLS , M . M . This Monument was erected by An unanimous Vote of the SEA-CAPTAINS LODGE
, Of which he had been many Years An active and worthy Member . He died March 9 , 1794 : aged 49 . . Empty the glare of symbol and of sign , Unless th' internal import thro' them shine ; In KILLS the happy union we approv'd ,
As MAN rever'd him , and as MASON lov'd , J . F . S » FREEMASONS' SCHOOL , APRIL 13 , 1795 . This day the Anniversary Meeting of the Governors and Friends to the Freemasons' School , was held at the Society ' s Hall in Great Queen-street . ¦ By four o ' clock scarcely a seat was to be had , so popular is this Charity now ' become . The ' Earl of Moira ' presided , and , after a very plentiful and elegant
elinner , those ladies who had tickets were admitted into the gallery to view the procession of the little female objects of the Charity , who paraded three times rcund the rooir . preceded by the Stewards , and the Chevalier Ruspini , the worthy Instiiutpr , leading the two youngest ; ihe band of the first regiment playing several pieces of music . The Noble Chairman took this opportunity , so interesting to all present , to point out the benefit the public were likely to derive from the Institution—how much it behoved us to hold out a protecting band to that sex who had fewer resources than the other , and who , from the delicacy at-