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Provincial.
A plate , bearing the inscription , was then handed to the G . R ., and deposited on the stone . Plaving completed his labour , lie then addressed the members of the brotherhood . At the conclusion of a beautifully impressive address , the universal response of the mystic fraternity , " So mote it be , " was again heard throughout the sacred pile . A Psalm having been sung , and a benediction pronounced , by the vicar , the congregation began to disperse ; the Masonic portion of the procession
leaving the church in the same order as they entered it , and walking through Church-street , High-street , and Bath-street , to the Music Hall , where the Special Provincial Grand Lodge was closed in due form . The members of the clerical profession retired to the Regent-hotel , and the more humble participators in the processional arrangements of the day to the Town Hall , where , as elsewhere recorded , they were hospitably entertained . The joyful ceremonies , of which we have now given a faithful outline , were succeeded by a banquet of no ordinary character , at the above establishment .
Shortly after five o clock the Rev . J . Craig , Vicar , took the chair ; the churchwardens , C . Barrow , Esq ., and Mr . Geo . Smith , officiating as croupiers . Among the company present we noticed Lord Somerville , Sir Charles Douglas , M . P . for Warwick , T . H . Hall , Esq ., F . R . S ., the preacher of the day , a large proportion of the clergy who assisted in the proceedings of the morning , S . Parry , Esq ., W . K . Eyton , Esq ., R . Jones , Esq ., J . Hitchman , Esq ., together with a numerous
assemblage of some of the oldest and most respectable inhabitants of the town . Grace was then said by the Rev . Chairman , who subsequently proposed " The health of her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen ' '— " Tiie Queen Dowager "— " Prince Albert , the Prince of Wales , and the rest of the Royal Family . " The CHAIRMAN , after thanking the Clergy who had honoured the ceremony with their presence , and kindly assisted in the services of the
day , proposed " Trie Bishop and Clergy of the Diocese , " not forgetting the rural Dean , who was present . The Rev . C . PILKINGTON , in the name of the bishop and clergy of the diocese , begged to acknowledge the toast just proposed . The Rev . CHAIRMAN felt peculiar pleasure in proposing the " Army and Navy , " inasmuch as there was one gentleman present—he would mention no names—who was connected with the latter service , and had
sent one hundred pounds towards the good and pious work in which they were engaged —( cheers ) . The toast having been cordiall y drunk , Lord SOMERVILLE said , on the part of the navy , to which he belonged , he begged to acknowledge most sincerely the compliment just paid to that service —( cheers ) . The VICAR had now the pleasure of proposing the health of a clergyman to whom he was deeply indebted , and he thought that that weight
of obligation would be cheerfully shared by every one present . He thought that the sentiments and opinions which they had heard promulgated from bis lips that day , would establish his claims to the grateful thanks of the present company . He trusted that the rev . gentleman would kindly permit him to circulate among the inhabitants of this town the discourse which he had so recently delivered in the parish church , satisfied as he was that the natural consequence of printing such a sermon would be a large amount of spiritual good to all by whom it was rightly read , and properly understood . He proposed the health of the Rev . Mr . Gresley —( great cheering ) .
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Provincial.
A plate , bearing the inscription , was then handed to the G . R ., and deposited on the stone . Plaving completed his labour , lie then addressed the members of the brotherhood . At the conclusion of a beautifully impressive address , the universal response of the mystic fraternity , " So mote it be , " was again heard throughout the sacred pile . A Psalm having been sung , and a benediction pronounced , by the vicar , the congregation began to disperse ; the Masonic portion of the procession
leaving the church in the same order as they entered it , and walking through Church-street , High-street , and Bath-street , to the Music Hall , where the Special Provincial Grand Lodge was closed in due form . The members of the clerical profession retired to the Regent-hotel , and the more humble participators in the processional arrangements of the day to the Town Hall , where , as elsewhere recorded , they were hospitably entertained . The joyful ceremonies , of which we have now given a faithful outline , were succeeded by a banquet of no ordinary character , at the above establishment .
Shortly after five o clock the Rev . J . Craig , Vicar , took the chair ; the churchwardens , C . Barrow , Esq ., and Mr . Geo . Smith , officiating as croupiers . Among the company present we noticed Lord Somerville , Sir Charles Douglas , M . P . for Warwick , T . H . Hall , Esq ., F . R . S ., the preacher of the day , a large proportion of the clergy who assisted in the proceedings of the morning , S . Parry , Esq ., W . K . Eyton , Esq ., R . Jones , Esq ., J . Hitchman , Esq ., together with a numerous
assemblage of some of the oldest and most respectable inhabitants of the town . Grace was then said by the Rev . Chairman , who subsequently proposed " The health of her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen ' '— " Tiie Queen Dowager "— " Prince Albert , the Prince of Wales , and the rest of the Royal Family . " The CHAIRMAN , after thanking the Clergy who had honoured the ceremony with their presence , and kindly assisted in the services of the
day , proposed " Trie Bishop and Clergy of the Diocese , " not forgetting the rural Dean , who was present . The Rev . C . PILKINGTON , in the name of the bishop and clergy of the diocese , begged to acknowledge the toast just proposed . The Rev . CHAIRMAN felt peculiar pleasure in proposing the " Army and Navy , " inasmuch as there was one gentleman present—he would mention no names—who was connected with the latter service , and had
sent one hundred pounds towards the good and pious work in which they were engaged —( cheers ) . The toast having been cordiall y drunk , Lord SOMERVILLE said , on the part of the navy , to which he belonged , he begged to acknowledge most sincerely the compliment just paid to that service —( cheers ) . The VICAR had now the pleasure of proposing the health of a clergyman to whom he was deeply indebted , and he thought that that weight
of obligation would be cheerfully shared by every one present . He thought that the sentiments and opinions which they had heard promulgated from bis lips that day , would establish his claims to the grateful thanks of the present company . He trusted that the rev . gentleman would kindly permit him to circulate among the inhabitants of this town the discourse which he had so recently delivered in the parish church , satisfied as he was that the natural consequence of printing such a sermon would be a large amount of spiritual good to all by whom it was rightly read , and properly understood . He proposed the health of the Rev . Mr . Gresley —( great cheering ) .