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in an address embodying the general feeling of attachment , gratitude , and love , the value ofthe portrait as an inheritance , and the only means of handing down to posterity the lineaments of the form and countenance of one who ranks so high amongst Masons , and who had so nobly and successfully exerted his genius and abilities as the founder of the Lodge , and in the cause of Masonry in general ; that the Lodge may long be blessed with his society for its rule , governance , and instruction , and
that the Brethren of future ages may look at the portrait with the esteem and veneration the representative so justly merited . To this the worthy P . M . replied in a lengthened speech , * expressive of the pleasure he had experienced , and replete with practical knowledge , evincing the interest he had felt from its commencement , tbe delight it had afforded him to witness the advanced position of the Lodge , and enlarging upon the duties of the Brethren as to their general conduct , affording , at the same time , instruction , as well as a guide for its future discipline .
BRISTOL . —April 21 . —Efforts in favour of the restoration of the fine church of St . Mary Redcliffe have been made for several years past ; an able and energetic committee have sat constantly , and a considerable sum of money has been raised . This day was appointed hy the Mayor , John Kerle Haverfield , Esq ., and the corporation , assisted by the ancient Society of Freemasons , to lay the first stone in restoration of the fabric . The stone to be laidformed part of the last buttress on the north
, side of the chancel . Galleries were erected on each side of it for the Mayoress and about five hundred ladies , and were filled at an early hour . The procession formed on Colston ' s parade , and must have been more than a quarter of a mile in length ; the Freemasons , about two hundred in number , with their banners and insignia , forming a prominent feature . The effect of the scene , as the procession ascended the steps of the beautiful north porch , and gradually filled the churchyard , around the
platform prepared for the ceremony , was very striking . The Rev . Martin AVhish , the vicar , having offered up an eloquent prayer , the chairman of the committee read an address , which was inscribed on vellum , and afterwards handed it to the Mayor . From that address we make the following extracts : — " Upwards of four hundred years ago , a princely citizen of Bristol erected this church : —to-day , you , another citizen , commence its renewal ; and may it be considered a singular and interesting coincidence in favour of your fitness for the task , that the office of chief magistrate . was held by Canynge , six years , and that you have been already called thereto three times .
" To aid you in the pleasing task , we invite the assistance of the ancient Society of Freemasons , to whose progenitors Europe is indebted for the greater number of the wonderful buildings raised in the middle ages ; and we offer our cordial thanks for their ready co-operation . " The Mayor replied at some length , and concluded as follows : — " It remains for me to mention , that I feel a great honour has been conferred on me in being permitted to take a part in these proceedings . 1 beg to express my warmest thanks to the very Reverend the Dean of Bristo ] , to those gentlemen who have honoured me with their attendance , and especially to the Deputy Provincial Grand Master , and the Society of Freemasons , for their kind assistance in the ceremony of this day . "
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Provincial.
in an address embodying the general feeling of attachment , gratitude , and love , the value ofthe portrait as an inheritance , and the only means of handing down to posterity the lineaments of the form and countenance of one who ranks so high amongst Masons , and who had so nobly and successfully exerted his genius and abilities as the founder of the Lodge , and in the cause of Masonry in general ; that the Lodge may long be blessed with his society for its rule , governance , and instruction , and
that the Brethren of future ages may look at the portrait with the esteem and veneration the representative so justly merited . To this the worthy P . M . replied in a lengthened speech , * expressive of the pleasure he had experienced , and replete with practical knowledge , evincing the interest he had felt from its commencement , tbe delight it had afforded him to witness the advanced position of the Lodge , and enlarging upon the duties of the Brethren as to their general conduct , affording , at the same time , instruction , as well as a guide for its future discipline .
BRISTOL . —April 21 . —Efforts in favour of the restoration of the fine church of St . Mary Redcliffe have been made for several years past ; an able and energetic committee have sat constantly , and a considerable sum of money has been raised . This day was appointed hy the Mayor , John Kerle Haverfield , Esq ., and the corporation , assisted by the ancient Society of Freemasons , to lay the first stone in restoration of the fabric . The stone to be laidformed part of the last buttress on the north
, side of the chancel . Galleries were erected on each side of it for the Mayoress and about five hundred ladies , and were filled at an early hour . The procession formed on Colston ' s parade , and must have been more than a quarter of a mile in length ; the Freemasons , about two hundred in number , with their banners and insignia , forming a prominent feature . The effect of the scene , as the procession ascended the steps of the beautiful north porch , and gradually filled the churchyard , around the
platform prepared for the ceremony , was very striking . The Rev . Martin AVhish , the vicar , having offered up an eloquent prayer , the chairman of the committee read an address , which was inscribed on vellum , and afterwards handed it to the Mayor . From that address we make the following extracts : — " Upwards of four hundred years ago , a princely citizen of Bristol erected this church : —to-day , you , another citizen , commence its renewal ; and may it be considered a singular and interesting coincidence in favour of your fitness for the task , that the office of chief magistrate . was held by Canynge , six years , and that you have been already called thereto three times .
" To aid you in the pleasing task , we invite the assistance of the ancient Society of Freemasons , to whose progenitors Europe is indebted for the greater number of the wonderful buildings raised in the middle ages ; and we offer our cordial thanks for their ready co-operation . " The Mayor replied at some length , and concluded as follows : — " It remains for me to mention , that I feel a great honour has been conferred on me in being permitted to take a part in these proceedings . 1 beg to express my warmest thanks to the very Reverend the Dean of Bristo ] , to those gentlemen who have honoured me with their attendance , and especially to the Deputy Provincial Grand Master , and the Society of Freemasons , for their kind assistance in the ceremony of this day . "