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which equall y gratified and instructed the company . The eveningwas spent with that social hilarity and harmony befitting genui e Masons . Several songs were sung by the brethren present , with great effect . Brother Eales addressed the chair , and delivered-a warm and " well-merited elogium upon the manner in which the entire proceedings had been conducted ; calling the attention ofthe brethren to the
gratifying increase of Masonic feeling in' the province , and indeed , proving it by the auspicious addition of nearly seventy members to his ; own lodge within a very few years ; and having obtained leave to propose the health of the newly raised " Master Masons , " the brethren present will not readil y forget the sentiments uttered by Brother Brothwick on this occasion , nor the consummately polished and classical
language in whieh they were expressed ; neither will they lose sight of those feelings so congenial to Masonry , which were so well described and pourtrayed by Brother Barnet , of the Theatre Royal . The Stewards Brothers Drake , Conyngham , and Morrison , were warmly thanked for their liberal and gentlemanly conduct . The day was also made memorable by those holy acts of fraternal charity , which exalt , the craft beyond all the human institutions of the world .
WEYMOUTH , —WEDNESDAY , JUNE 4 . CEREMONY OF LAYING THE FOUNDATION-STONE OF THE EMBANKMENT WALL FOR THE NEW PARK . THE fourth of June , a day hitherto not unknown in the annals of
Weymouth , nor unendeared to the feelings of its inhabitants , has now an additional claim upon their recollection , in having witnessed the commencement of an undertaking , in the success of which the whole toivn is interested .
All business was suspended , and the day was resolved into a general holiday . The vessels in the bay were gaily decked in their colours , and presented a most animated appearance ^ A public breakfast was given by the Mayor . The Provincial Grand Lodge was opened in due form , in the Masonic Hall , at which the Brethren of All Soulswith many visiting
, Brethren , attended . The procession was headed by the Mayor and Authorities , assisted by the Clergy and Inhabitants , to whom succeeded the Mechanics and ' other Societies .- —after which followed the MASONIC BODY , in the following order :
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Provincial.
which equall y gratified and instructed the company . The eveningwas spent with that social hilarity and harmony befitting genui e Masons . Several songs were sung by the brethren present , with great effect . Brother Eales addressed the chair , and delivered-a warm and " well-merited elogium upon the manner in which the entire proceedings had been conducted ; calling the attention ofthe brethren to the
gratifying increase of Masonic feeling in' the province , and indeed , proving it by the auspicious addition of nearly seventy members to his ; own lodge within a very few years ; and having obtained leave to propose the health of the newly raised " Master Masons , " the brethren present will not readil y forget the sentiments uttered by Brother Brothwick on this occasion , nor the consummately polished and classical
language in whieh they were expressed ; neither will they lose sight of those feelings so congenial to Masonry , which were so well described and pourtrayed by Brother Barnet , of the Theatre Royal . The Stewards Brothers Drake , Conyngham , and Morrison , were warmly thanked for their liberal and gentlemanly conduct . The day was also made memorable by those holy acts of fraternal charity , which exalt , the craft beyond all the human institutions of the world .
WEYMOUTH , —WEDNESDAY , JUNE 4 . CEREMONY OF LAYING THE FOUNDATION-STONE OF THE EMBANKMENT WALL FOR THE NEW PARK . THE fourth of June , a day hitherto not unknown in the annals of
Weymouth , nor unendeared to the feelings of its inhabitants , has now an additional claim upon their recollection , in having witnessed the commencement of an undertaking , in the success of which the whole toivn is interested .
All business was suspended , and the day was resolved into a general holiday . The vessels in the bay were gaily decked in their colours , and presented a most animated appearance ^ A public breakfast was given by the Mayor . The Provincial Grand Lodge was opened in due form , in the Masonic Hall , at which the Brethren of All Soulswith many visiting
, Brethren , attended . The procession was headed by the Mayor and Authorities , assisted by the Clergy and Inhabitants , to whom succeeded the Mechanics and ' other Societies .- —after which followed the MASONIC BODY , in the following order :