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Article CEREMONY OF OPENING WEARMOUTH BRIDGE; ← Page 4 of 11 →
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Ceremony Of Opening Wearmouth Bridge;
timber and planks under the materials of the road are coated over with a composition of chalk , tar , and sand . The particular description of the Carcases , Src . upon which the centre was laid , and the A'arious other very ingenious contrivances during the course of this very spirited undertaking , will be laid before the public in a Avork UOAV preparing for the particular information of professional men , by Mr . Clarke , of Sunderland .
The Commissioners , at a meeting held in Sunderland , resolved to open Wearmouth Bridge for public use on Tuesday , August the 9 th , 179 6 . Mr . SCARTH , as one of the Commissioners , delivered a request to the Provincial Grand Lodge held at Durham , that the Grand Lodge and Brethren would assist this ceremony iu Masonic form :
at which time the following resolutions were entered into : ' At the Annual Meeting * of the Provincial Grand Lodge for the ' County of Durham , held in the Granby Lodge Room , Durham , on ' Tuesday-in the Assize Aveek , being the 19 th of July , 179 6—the ' Provincial Grand Lodge , having taken into consideration a request * of the Commissioners of Wearmouth Bridge , relative to the
Cere' mony of Opening that Structure , on Tuesday the 9 th of August ' next ensuing , do resolve—That a GRAND LODGE shall be holden in ' Sunderland on that day ; and that the Procession , & c . be conducted ' in the following order : ' ' The Masonic Brethren are to meet in the Phoenix Hall , Sunder' land , at 9 o ' clock in the morning ; and , as soon as the Grand Lodge shall be to fro thence to the east door of
' opened , proceed m Mr . ' Irvin ' s Inn , there to be joined by the Commissioners , Clergy , Ma' gistrates , Officers of the Navy and Army , and Loyal Sunderland ' Volunteers ; from whence the Procession commences in the fol' lowing order , f ' That , in consideration of the hig h esteem and respect the
Pro' vincial Grand Lodge entertains for BROTHER BURDON ' , he be pre' sented with an apron lined with blue silk ; and , farther , considering ' him as the Father and Founder of the Structure , which we are , as ' Masons , invited to assist at the Ceremony- of Opening , he be re' quested to take the office of , and act as , Grand Master on that day , ' and afterwards rank as a Past Grand Master . ' That the Rev . W . Nesfield , Grand Chaplain , be requested to de' liver the Oration .
' ' That the Rev . John Brewster , Chaplain of the Senior Lodge , be requested to preach the Sermon . ' That Brother Stanfield be requested to act as Marshal ,
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Ceremony Of Opening Wearmouth Bridge;
timber and planks under the materials of the road are coated over with a composition of chalk , tar , and sand . The particular description of the Carcases , Src . upon which the centre was laid , and the A'arious other very ingenious contrivances during the course of this very spirited undertaking , will be laid before the public in a Avork UOAV preparing for the particular information of professional men , by Mr . Clarke , of Sunderland .
The Commissioners , at a meeting held in Sunderland , resolved to open Wearmouth Bridge for public use on Tuesday , August the 9 th , 179 6 . Mr . SCARTH , as one of the Commissioners , delivered a request to the Provincial Grand Lodge held at Durham , that the Grand Lodge and Brethren would assist this ceremony iu Masonic form :
at which time the following resolutions were entered into : ' At the Annual Meeting * of the Provincial Grand Lodge for the ' County of Durham , held in the Granby Lodge Room , Durham , on ' Tuesday-in the Assize Aveek , being the 19 th of July , 179 6—the ' Provincial Grand Lodge , having taken into consideration a request * of the Commissioners of Wearmouth Bridge , relative to the
Cere' mony of Opening that Structure , on Tuesday the 9 th of August ' next ensuing , do resolve—That a GRAND LODGE shall be holden in ' Sunderland on that day ; and that the Procession , & c . be conducted ' in the following order : ' ' The Masonic Brethren are to meet in the Phoenix Hall , Sunder' land , at 9 o ' clock in the morning ; and , as soon as the Grand Lodge shall be to fro thence to the east door of
' opened , proceed m Mr . ' Irvin ' s Inn , there to be joined by the Commissioners , Clergy , Ma' gistrates , Officers of the Navy and Army , and Loyal Sunderland ' Volunteers ; from whence the Procession commences in the fol' lowing order , f ' That , in consideration of the hig h esteem and respect the
Pro' vincial Grand Lodge entertains for BROTHER BURDON ' , he be pre' sented with an apron lined with blue silk ; and , farther , considering ' him as the Father and Founder of the Structure , which we are , as ' Masons , invited to assist at the Ceremony- of Opening , he be re' quested to take the office of , and act as , Grand Master on that day , ' and afterwards rank as a Past Grand Master . ' That the Rev . W . Nesfield , Grand Chaplain , be requested to de' liver the Oration .
' ' That the Rev . John Brewster , Chaplain of the Senior Lodge , be requested to preach the Sermon . ' That Brother Stanfield be requested to act as Marshal ,