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a very large assemblage of the ancient ancl honourable Order of Freemasons ; I have very great pleasure to express to you how well pleased I am , and how well pleased I am sure the Committee of this building will be , at the plan which you have exhibited to this company on this occasion . Having ascertained that the stone is fitly placed , I return to you , sir , your plan and the tools which have been used on this occasion ; and I am sure that you will go on in this good and Godly work that will perform it so that it shall benefit in your reputation and
; yon you raise you in the estimation of the public as an architect . I am certain that the population of this large town are well fitted to receive such a work as this ; that it will be benefited for many ages to come by the work which is now about to be commenced , and which I trust may be speedily finished , so that it may remain , in future ages , the admiration of all who may visit this town , and be also beneficial to the population and inhabitants who may frequent it . "
He then struck the stone with his mallet , saying , " Having authority to close this Grand Lodge , I hereby close it , and it is closed accordingly . " The Grand Treasurer and architect having depositee ! some money upon tbe stone for the workpeople , ancl the band having performed " God save tbe Queen , " the procession moved from the ground in the same order as that in which it reached it , and after making a
somewhat more circuitous route than in moving towards the scene of the operative work of the Craft , reached the Jephson Gardens somewhat behind the time announced . The collation was served by Bro . Eussell , in the Jephson Gaidens , in his splendid Indian tent , " where nearly three hundred and fifty ladies and gentlemen partook of au excellent aud abundant repast . The chair at the cross-table was ied bJ . W . Boughton
occup y Leigh , Esq ., the Dep . Prov . Grand Master , who was supported on Ms right by the Eev . L . Page Mercier ( Prov . Grand Chaplain ) ; by Mr . and Mrs . — Boughton Leigh , Eev . J . E . Young ( Sural Dean ) , Mrs . Young , Eev . Dr . Burbidge ( Head Master of the Leamington College ) , J . Hitchman , Esq ., Dr . Jeaffreson , & c . On the left of the chairman sat the Eev . J . II . Smith , President of the Literary and
Scientific Institution , N . L . Torre , Esq . ( Past Prov . Dep . Grand Master ) , Mr . Aid . Spiers , of Oxford , & c . There were four other tables , at which the two Prov . Grand Wardens , and Mr . John Bowen , and Mr . James Bird , officiated as vice-presidents . Among the company we also noticed , Mrs . Smith ( Milverton Lodge ) , Eev . Mr . Hitchcock , J . Hampden , Esq ., and Miss Hampden , Dr . Patrick Brown , Messrs . J . Prichard , E . A . Busby , E . Woodhouse , J . Haddon , E . Bobbins , T . H . Thorne , J . Nutter , S . TJ . Jones , O . White , T . Sharp , TL Harper , J . Amber , G . A . Cundall , S . A . Sandall , & c .
YORKSHIRE . HUM . —Laying the Fotmclation Stone of the Hill Literary and Philosophical Institution , May Hill . —This was a , memorable day for the good old town of Hull—a day that will ever be conspicuous in its annals , and will long be remembered with pleasure and pride by those who witnessed or shared its festivities . No event , perhaps , in connection with the history of our town , could be more deeply interesting than that of laying the foundation stone
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Oxfordshire.
a very large assemblage of the ancient ancl honourable Order of Freemasons ; I have very great pleasure to express to you how well pleased I am , and how well pleased I am sure the Committee of this building will be , at the plan which you have exhibited to this company on this occasion . Having ascertained that the stone is fitly placed , I return to you , sir , your plan and the tools which have been used on this occasion ; and I am sure that you will go on in this good and Godly work that will perform it so that it shall benefit in your reputation and
; yon you raise you in the estimation of the public as an architect . I am certain that the population of this large town are well fitted to receive such a work as this ; that it will be benefited for many ages to come by the work which is now about to be commenced , and which I trust may be speedily finished , so that it may remain , in future ages , the admiration of all who may visit this town , and be also beneficial to the population and inhabitants who may frequent it . "
He then struck the stone with his mallet , saying , " Having authority to close this Grand Lodge , I hereby close it , and it is closed accordingly . " The Grand Treasurer and architect having depositee ! some money upon tbe stone for the workpeople , ancl the band having performed " God save tbe Queen , " the procession moved from the ground in the same order as that in which it reached it , and after making a
somewhat more circuitous route than in moving towards the scene of the operative work of the Craft , reached the Jephson Gardens somewhat behind the time announced . The collation was served by Bro . Eussell , in the Jephson Gaidens , in his splendid Indian tent , " where nearly three hundred and fifty ladies and gentlemen partook of au excellent aud abundant repast . The chair at the cross-table was ied bJ . W . Boughton
occup y Leigh , Esq ., the Dep . Prov . Grand Master , who was supported on Ms right by the Eev . L . Page Mercier ( Prov . Grand Chaplain ) ; by Mr . and Mrs . — Boughton Leigh , Eev . J . E . Young ( Sural Dean ) , Mrs . Young , Eev . Dr . Burbidge ( Head Master of the Leamington College ) , J . Hitchman , Esq ., Dr . Jeaffreson , & c . On the left of the chairman sat the Eev . J . II . Smith , President of the Literary and
Scientific Institution , N . L . Torre , Esq . ( Past Prov . Dep . Grand Master ) , Mr . Aid . Spiers , of Oxford , & c . There were four other tables , at which the two Prov . Grand Wardens , and Mr . John Bowen , and Mr . James Bird , officiated as vice-presidents . Among the company we also noticed , Mrs . Smith ( Milverton Lodge ) , Eev . Mr . Hitchcock , J . Hampden , Esq ., and Miss Hampden , Dr . Patrick Brown , Messrs . J . Prichard , E . A . Busby , E . Woodhouse , J . Haddon , E . Bobbins , T . H . Thorne , J . Nutter , S . TJ . Jones , O . White , T . Sharp , TL Harper , J . Amber , G . A . Cundall , S . A . Sandall , & c .
YORKSHIRE . HUM . —Laying the Fotmclation Stone of the Hill Literary and Philosophical Institution , May Hill . —This was a , memorable day for the good old town of Hull—a day that will ever be conspicuous in its annals , and will long be remembered with pleasure and pride by those who witnessed or shared its festivities . No event , perhaps , in connection with the history of our town , could be more deeply interesting than that of laying the foundation stone