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Ceremony Of Opening Wearmouth Bridge;
CEREMONY OF OPENING WEARMOUTH BRIDGE ;
WITH THE . ' ORATION AND SERMON GIVEN ON THAT OCCASION t AND Af . SO A DESCRIPTION OF THAT STRUCTURE .
Same superbitim Qussitam meritis . Hott . Od . xxx . Lib . iii . Ca ' rnr ,
^ CONTINUED FUCM ouu LAST . j A FTER the Oration , Grand Honours were given . The Grand ¦ * -k- Master , Brother Bur . Dos , then addressed the Brethren in a speech highly interesting , both from the manner and purport . Pie declared his thanks for the countenance and support which had been given to the undertaking ; pronounced his obligationsand those of the
coun-, ty at large , to the judgment and unwearied perseverance of Brother WILSON , the Architect ; and to Brother SCARTH , Senior Grand .. Warden , for his able assistance in the calculations , and the continued attention which he has given to the work . He expressed a grateful sense of the dignified appearance of the present scene , graced and honoured by the presence of a Prince of the Blood ; and called upon
the Brethren to proceed with hiin to the place of Divine Worship , to return solemn thanks to the great Architect , to whose protection he had submitted the progress of his undertaking , and under whose gracious providence it was now happily accomplished . Pie then pronounced the woik to be fit for public use . The Grand Honours were given ; and the Lodge wasveiled . The Deputy
, Grand Master gave directions to the Senior and Junior Grand Wardens , that they would cause the necessary proclamations to be made . They proceeded to the South and North ends of the Bridge , each attended by a Tyler and two Grand Stewards , when the Heralds , with speaking trumpets , made proclamation—That the work was well constructedand fit for public use .
, Till this moment , the whole was carried on with a reli gious and solemn silence , awfully wonderful , considering the immense multitude assembled . But now , on a signal from the trumpets and drums , the whole was one voice of acclamation and triumph . The Lincoln Militia , who were drawn up near the Bridge , fired three vollies— - VOL , VJI . Q q
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Ceremony Of Opening Wearmouth Bridge;
CEREMONY OF OPENING WEARMOUTH BRIDGE ;
WITH THE . ' ORATION AND SERMON GIVEN ON THAT OCCASION t AND Af . SO A DESCRIPTION OF THAT STRUCTURE .
Same superbitim Qussitam meritis . Hott . Od . xxx . Lib . iii . Ca ' rnr ,
^ CONTINUED FUCM ouu LAST . j A FTER the Oration , Grand Honours were given . The Grand ¦ * -k- Master , Brother Bur . Dos , then addressed the Brethren in a speech highly interesting , both from the manner and purport . Pie declared his thanks for the countenance and support which had been given to the undertaking ; pronounced his obligationsand those of the
coun-, ty at large , to the judgment and unwearied perseverance of Brother WILSON , the Architect ; and to Brother SCARTH , Senior Grand .. Warden , for his able assistance in the calculations , and the continued attention which he has given to the work . He expressed a grateful sense of the dignified appearance of the present scene , graced and honoured by the presence of a Prince of the Blood ; and called upon
the Brethren to proceed with hiin to the place of Divine Worship , to return solemn thanks to the great Architect , to whose protection he had submitted the progress of his undertaking , and under whose gracious providence it was now happily accomplished . Pie then pronounced the woik to be fit for public use . The Grand Honours were given ; and the Lodge wasveiled . The Deputy
, Grand Master gave directions to the Senior and Junior Grand Wardens , that they would cause the necessary proclamations to be made . They proceeded to the South and North ends of the Bridge , each attended by a Tyler and two Grand Stewards , when the Heralds , with speaking trumpets , made proclamation—That the work was well constructedand fit for public use .
, Till this moment , the whole was carried on with a reli gious and solemn silence , awfully wonderful , considering the immense multitude assembled . But now , on a signal from the trumpets and drums , the whole was one voice of acclamation and triumph . The Lincoln Militia , who were drawn up near the Bridge , fired three vollies— - VOL , VJI . Q q