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R . G . Key , P . M . and P . G . JW . for his exertions in the Lodge duriii" - a period of two years , iu whicli time the Lodge had increased from four to nearly forty members . The Lodge being closed , the Brethren sat down to Banquet . The utmost good feeling existed among the Brethren , ancl some excellent songs were sung . Several visitors were present .
WALTHAM CROSS , CHAPTER 630 . —At the meeting in August , Companion W . Harrison , Q . C , was installed Second Principal . Companion Lazarus , an intelligent Mason , has been specially retained to assist in the practical duties of the Chapter . CAMBRIDGE , Sept . 3 . —The Lodge of the Three Grand Princi ples , assembled at the House of Commons Inn in this town , on Thursday afternoon , September 3 , when a sumptuous cold collation was served up in excellent
style . The chair was ably filled by the W . M . Bro . Nutter . After the cloth was removed , the usual loyal and Masonic toasts were given , and heartily responded to , the remaining part of the evening was spent with that good and Brotherly feeling which the Craft are known to build their foundation upon , " Faith , Hope , and Charity . " BRIGHTON , August 13 . — 'The first stone of the Adelaide wing of the Sussex County Hospital was laid at two ThursdaybBrother
P . M . on , y Cordy , W . M ., in the regretted absence , from indisposition , of the Earl of Munster , who had undertaken the pleasing duty . A crowd of elegantl y attired spectators occupied the site of the intended building . At two o clock the Clarence and the South Saxon Lodges of Freemasons arrived in procession , in order to assist at the ceremony . Amongst the c ° ™ P ? "y were Mr - Lawrence and Lady Jane Peel , Earl ancl Countess of Chichester , Colonel Eld , and the principal part of cur resident nobiand
jjty gentry . The ceremony was opened by the choristers singing a psalm , which was followed by a' prayer offered up to the Almi ghty for His blessing in the work about to be undertaken . On the conclusion of this , the Rev . J - S . M . Anderson , who addressed a very eloquent ancl appropriate speech to those present , concluding with a request that the Earl of Chichester , ( so far as he was able—not being a Mason ) , would supply the place of the Earl of Munster .
Mr . Cordy , the Worshipful Master of the Clarence Lodge , then received the trowel from the hands of his Lordship . On it was the following inscription : — ' To the Right Honourable George Earl of Munster , on the occasion of his laying the first corner stone of the Adelaide Wing to the Sussex County Hospital , the 13 th day of August 1840 , being the birth-day of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen Dowager . " Above the inscri ption the and Lodof the County
were arms ge Hospital , with the arms of the Earl of Munster on the reverse side of the trowel . 1 he trowel , which was of silver , with an ivory handle , was the workmanship of Messrs . Lewis and Son , Ship-street . Ihe stone being fully prepared , the Junior Warden , Mr . Cuff , next presented the W orshipful Master with the plumb , with which he proved its perpendicular , with the level , which he received from the hands of ine
oemor Warden , Mr . Hannan , he proved its horizontal ; and with the square the correctness ofthe angles . Then receiving the mallet from the hands of Brother Wisden , the builder , the Worshipful Master struck the stone three times—in the east , south , ancl west , and it -was gradually lowered into its place .
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Provincial.
R . G . Key , P . M . and P . G . JW . for his exertions in the Lodge duriii" - a period of two years , iu whicli time the Lodge had increased from four to nearly forty members . The Lodge being closed , the Brethren sat down to Banquet . The utmost good feeling existed among the Brethren , ancl some excellent songs were sung . Several visitors were present .
WALTHAM CROSS , CHAPTER 630 . —At the meeting in August , Companion W . Harrison , Q . C , was installed Second Principal . Companion Lazarus , an intelligent Mason , has been specially retained to assist in the practical duties of the Chapter . CAMBRIDGE , Sept . 3 . —The Lodge of the Three Grand Princi ples , assembled at the House of Commons Inn in this town , on Thursday afternoon , September 3 , when a sumptuous cold collation was served up in excellent
style . The chair was ably filled by the W . M . Bro . Nutter . After the cloth was removed , the usual loyal and Masonic toasts were given , and heartily responded to , the remaining part of the evening was spent with that good and Brotherly feeling which the Craft are known to build their foundation upon , " Faith , Hope , and Charity . " BRIGHTON , August 13 . — 'The first stone of the Adelaide wing of the Sussex County Hospital was laid at two ThursdaybBrother
P . M . on , y Cordy , W . M ., in the regretted absence , from indisposition , of the Earl of Munster , who had undertaken the pleasing duty . A crowd of elegantl y attired spectators occupied the site of the intended building . At two o clock the Clarence and the South Saxon Lodges of Freemasons arrived in procession , in order to assist at the ceremony . Amongst the c ° ™ P ? "y were Mr - Lawrence and Lady Jane Peel , Earl ancl Countess of Chichester , Colonel Eld , and the principal part of cur resident nobiand
jjty gentry . The ceremony was opened by the choristers singing a psalm , which was followed by a' prayer offered up to the Almi ghty for His blessing in the work about to be undertaken . On the conclusion of this , the Rev . J - S . M . Anderson , who addressed a very eloquent ancl appropriate speech to those present , concluding with a request that the Earl of Chichester , ( so far as he was able—not being a Mason ) , would supply the place of the Earl of Munster .
Mr . Cordy , the Worshipful Master of the Clarence Lodge , then received the trowel from the hands of his Lordship . On it was the following inscription : — ' To the Right Honourable George Earl of Munster , on the occasion of his laying the first corner stone of the Adelaide Wing to the Sussex County Hospital , the 13 th day of August 1840 , being the birth-day of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen Dowager . " Above the inscri ption the and Lodof the County
were arms ge Hospital , with the arms of the Earl of Munster on the reverse side of the trowel . 1 he trowel , which was of silver , with an ivory handle , was the workmanship of Messrs . Lewis and Son , Ship-street . Ihe stone being fully prepared , the Junior Warden , Mr . Cuff , next presented the W orshipful Master with the plumb , with which he proved its perpendicular , with the level , which he received from the hands of ine
oemor Warden , Mr . Hannan , he proved its horizontal ; and with the square the correctness ofthe angles . Then receiving the mallet from the hands of Brother Wisden , the builder , the Worshipful Master struck the stone three times—in the east , south , ancl west , and it -was gradually lowered into its place .