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Masonic Chit Chat.
At eight o clock the Royal party sat down to a sumptuous banquet-Covers were laid for twenty-eight . The tables presented a rich display of gold and silver , and " vermielle" silver gilt , plateaux , candelabruins , assets monte , & c . Besides which was the magnificent candelabrum presented this year to His Royal Highness by " his affectionate Brethren the English Freemasons , on the Royal Duke having completed the term of twenty-five years as Grand Master ofthe Fraternity This candelabrum
forms a beautiful circular temple , supported bq fluted Corinthian columns . On the top ofthe dome is a small statue , and there are figures at each comer of the basement , the whole elaborately ornamented with Masonic emblems . At the end of the apartment was a beaufet of gold plate . The following composed the dinner party , viz . er Ia J y—on h « " right Lord Melbourne the ' left the
T . ^ 5 ; on Queens Duke of Sussex , Duchess of Kent , Maiquis of Landsdowne , Duke of Argyll , Marquis ancl Marchioness of AVestminster , Marquis of Conyno--ham , Earl and Countess of Shrewsbury , Earl and Countess of Mulgrave , Earl and Countess of Litchfield , Earl of Albemarle , Earl Fitzwilham , Countess of Leicester , Lady Cecilia Underwood , Lady Mary Stephenson , Lord Dinorben , Lady Mary Stopford , Lord John Churchill . Ladv
l lieresa Digby . I he Marchioness of Landsdowne was Lady in AVaitmg on Her Majesty . During the repast , the band of the Royal Artillery , led by Mr . Mackensie , and consisting of forty-four musicians , performed numerous beautiful airs , so well as to attract especial notice from the highest quarter .
The evening party , from the number of cards issued , began to arrive early , and commenced setting clown at half-past nine . At midni ght the cordon of carriages reached from Kensington in one uninterrupted line through the Queen ' s ( ci devant the King ' s ) private road in Hyde Park to the end of Piccadilly . Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge ( who dined with the Duke of Devonshire ' , the Duchess of Gloucester , Prince George and Princess Augusta of Cambrid ge subsequently ioineel the evening party .
It was stated that 1 , 400 cards of invitation were issued for the evening party ; from our own observation we should say that upwards of 1000 of the principal nobility , Foreign Ambassadors , and ministers ancl gentry were present on this occasion . At dusk the Gardens were illuminated with variegated lamps by Mr . Clark of Pimlico ; the splendid chandeliers were supplied by PIancock and Rixon , and the whole arrangements reflected great credit on those who had the
management . GODLY EXAMPLE . —The pious sentiment which the Duke of Sussex expressed to the deputation of Dissenters in London a few days ago ought to be known from east to west and north to south . ; and we avail ourselves of the opportunity in giving our aid in diffusing it . His Royal Highness said , " Gentlemen , I am now sixty-five years old thirty-five of these I have spent in indispositionGentlemen that
. , sobers a man—that makes him think—that corrects many of the opinions he might have entertained in former years . It has done so with T' T .-l , ? aecustomed every morning alone to read for two hours in the : Bible before breakfast ; and if any man reads that book ashe ought he himself will , m some measure , become inspired b y it . " His Royal
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Masonic Chit Chat.
At eight o clock the Royal party sat down to a sumptuous banquet-Covers were laid for twenty-eight . The tables presented a rich display of gold and silver , and " vermielle" silver gilt , plateaux , candelabruins , assets monte , & c . Besides which was the magnificent candelabrum presented this year to His Royal Highness by " his affectionate Brethren the English Freemasons , on the Royal Duke having completed the term of twenty-five years as Grand Master ofthe Fraternity This candelabrum
forms a beautiful circular temple , supported bq fluted Corinthian columns . On the top ofthe dome is a small statue , and there are figures at each comer of the basement , the whole elaborately ornamented with Masonic emblems . At the end of the apartment was a beaufet of gold plate . The following composed the dinner party , viz . er Ia J y—on h « " right Lord Melbourne the ' left the
T . ^ 5 ; on Queens Duke of Sussex , Duchess of Kent , Maiquis of Landsdowne , Duke of Argyll , Marquis ancl Marchioness of AVestminster , Marquis of Conyno--ham , Earl and Countess of Shrewsbury , Earl and Countess of Mulgrave , Earl and Countess of Litchfield , Earl of Albemarle , Earl Fitzwilham , Countess of Leicester , Lady Cecilia Underwood , Lady Mary Stephenson , Lord Dinorben , Lady Mary Stopford , Lord John Churchill . Ladv
l lieresa Digby . I he Marchioness of Landsdowne was Lady in AVaitmg on Her Majesty . During the repast , the band of the Royal Artillery , led by Mr . Mackensie , and consisting of forty-four musicians , performed numerous beautiful airs , so well as to attract especial notice from the highest quarter .
The evening party , from the number of cards issued , began to arrive early , and commenced setting clown at half-past nine . At midni ght the cordon of carriages reached from Kensington in one uninterrupted line through the Queen ' s ( ci devant the King ' s ) private road in Hyde Park to the end of Piccadilly . Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge ( who dined with the Duke of Devonshire ' , the Duchess of Gloucester , Prince George and Princess Augusta of Cambrid ge subsequently ioineel the evening party .
It was stated that 1 , 400 cards of invitation were issued for the evening party ; from our own observation we should say that upwards of 1000 of the principal nobility , Foreign Ambassadors , and ministers ancl gentry were present on this occasion . At dusk the Gardens were illuminated with variegated lamps by Mr . Clark of Pimlico ; the splendid chandeliers were supplied by PIancock and Rixon , and the whole arrangements reflected great credit on those who had the
management . GODLY EXAMPLE . —The pious sentiment which the Duke of Sussex expressed to the deputation of Dissenters in London a few days ago ought to be known from east to west and north to south . ; and we avail ourselves of the opportunity in giving our aid in diffusing it . His Royal Highness said , " Gentlemen , I am now sixty-five years old thirty-five of these I have spent in indispositionGentlemen that
. , sobers a man—that makes him think—that corrects many of the opinions he might have entertained in former years . It has done so with T' T .-l , ? aecustomed every morning alone to read for two hours in the : Bible before breakfast ; and if any man reads that book ashe ought he himself will , m some measure , become inspired b y it . " His Royal