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Vienna.
VIENNA .
The attention of the congress of Vienna has been called to the subject of the existing Masonic Lodges in that city . They look on them as secret societies which give cause for much inquietude in a political point of view without considering the difference between the countries which have been latel y disturbed , without the commotions having however , had any connexion with the order and the state of their own dominions , —did they give this but a fair consideration , many voices in tbe congress would have exclaimed for the protection and fostering of the lodges * .
UNITED STATES . Masonic Hall , New Torlc .- ^ -The first stone of this building erected under the direction of Mr . Hugh Reneigle , was laid in June , 1826 , with great ceremonies ; the front is Gothic , of eastern gray granite , with buttresses surmounted by pinnacles and battlements ; the
principal entrance is a gothic arch , 14 feet in height , above which a fine window 22 feet in height , lights the principal apartment , the noblest room in America , being 95 feet long , 47 wide , and 25 feet high , in the best style of florid gothic ; the roof is an imitation of that of Henry VHth . chapel , at Westminster , and the whole is ornamented with rich carved tracery . " This hall is annually opened for the exhibition of the American institute for the promotion of industry , agriculture , manufactures , & c .
JUNE 24 th GRAND LODGE OF TIIE STATE OF NEW YORK . An adjourned meeting of the R . XV . Grand Lodge of the State of New York , will be held this evening at 8 o ' clock , at Masonic Hall , to hear the report of the committee of arrangements , for uniting in the public solemnities on Thursday next , in honour of La Fayette , the intelligence of whose death has just reached the United States . By order of the Grand Lodge . —James Herring , Grand Secretary .
JUNE 26 . —In pursuance of the above meeting , the Grand Lodge of the State assembled early this morning , and afterwards joined in the great national procession . The number of the Brethren , and the grandeur of their appointments , attracted universal attention .
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Vienna.
VIENNA .
The attention of the congress of Vienna has been called to the subject of the existing Masonic Lodges in that city . They look on them as secret societies which give cause for much inquietude in a political point of view without considering the difference between the countries which have been latel y disturbed , without the commotions having however , had any connexion with the order and the state of their own dominions , —did they give this but a fair consideration , many voices in tbe congress would have exclaimed for the protection and fostering of the lodges * .
UNITED STATES . Masonic Hall , New Torlc .- ^ -The first stone of this building erected under the direction of Mr . Hugh Reneigle , was laid in June , 1826 , with great ceremonies ; the front is Gothic , of eastern gray granite , with buttresses surmounted by pinnacles and battlements ; the
principal entrance is a gothic arch , 14 feet in height , above which a fine window 22 feet in height , lights the principal apartment , the noblest room in America , being 95 feet long , 47 wide , and 25 feet high , in the best style of florid gothic ; the roof is an imitation of that of Henry VHth . chapel , at Westminster , and the whole is ornamented with rich carved tracery . " This hall is annually opened for the exhibition of the American institute for the promotion of industry , agriculture , manufactures , & c .
JUNE 24 th GRAND LODGE OF TIIE STATE OF NEW YORK . An adjourned meeting of the R . XV . Grand Lodge of the State of New York , will be held this evening at 8 o ' clock , at Masonic Hall , to hear the report of the committee of arrangements , for uniting in the public solemnities on Thursday next , in honour of La Fayette , the intelligence of whose death has just reached the United States . By order of the Grand Lodge . —James Herring , Grand Secretary .
JUNE 26 . —In pursuance of the above meeting , the Grand Lodge of the State assembled early this morning , and afterwards joined in the great national procession . The number of the Brethren , and the grandeur of their appointments , attracted universal attention .