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the supreme Jehovah , the Great Redeemer , and the Divine Spirit ! We should rejoice with the sweet Psalmist of Israel , that man after God ' s own heart , who ' was glad to go into the house of the Lord , ' and ' would rather be a door-keeper in the house of his God , than dwell in the tents of ungodliness- '" The Rev . Chaplain concluded his appropriate address b y invoking a blessing on the undertaking .
Brother READE , of Winsford , then delivered a Masonic oration to the Brethren on the platform . " God save the Queen , " accompanied by the band , was then sung : three cheers were given ; the Provincial Officers descended from the platform , and returned , in the order in which the procession had arrived , to the Navigation Inn , where the Lodge was closed , and the Brethren adjourned to the Market-hall , in Over—a spacious and convenient
building for public purposes . The new church is a commodious and handsome structure , with a nave and chancel of good proportions , and a tower at the western end in the early English style of" architecture , built by Mr . Dean , of Davenham , after a design by Mr . Scott , of Lancaster , architect . The banquet-room was tastefully fitted up with evergreens , and other devices . At the upper end of the room , above the chair , was a fine
portrait of Lord Combermere ( in gold frame ) on his charger , as commanding at the battle of Salamanca , and near to that of his lordship , was an excellent likeness of the worthy Deputy Provincial , J . F . Maddock , Esq ., in Masonic costume , as D . P . G . M . of Cheshire , ( both these portraits being the property of the Cestrian Lodge , who kindly furnished them for the occasion ) . The respected D . P . G . M . Finchett Maddock , Esq ., presided at the banquet with his accustomed tact , ability , and urbanity .
NEWPORT , August 15 . —The imposing ceremony of the Dedication of the Silurian Lodge of Freemasons , was celebrated—an incident which will long be remembered in Newport for the splendour of the display , and the large number of visitors from Bristol , and the adjoining counties , which it attracted to the town .
At nine o ' clock , the Worshipful Master and Brethren of the Silurian Lodge , assisted by the Monmouth Lodge , and a large number of Brethren from the Cardiff , Swansea , and other neighbouring Lodges , assembled in the great room of the Council-house , in wiiich , having been properly tyled , the Silurian Lodge opened . By a dispensation from the Grancl Lodge of England , strangers were permitted to be present ; and as the space to be devoted to this purpose was limitedit was determined to appropriate the whole to the
, fair sex . The unusual circumstance of ladies being permitted to witness the interior of a Freemason ' s Lodge while at labour , being known , the greatest anxiety was evinced to obtain tickets , the whole of which were appropriated before the day of the ceremony . The Lodge having been opened in form , the Ty lers were withdrawn , and in a few minutes the gallery of the great room was crowded in part with ladieswho gazed with wonder and admiration at the
every , symbols before them , the uses of which are known to Masons alone . At one end of the room , the Master ' s chair was surmounted by a canopy of crimson velvet , the principal and other officers sat in their constant places , the Brethren seated on forms placed round the room at a distance from the walls , and the Lodge in the centre . At this
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Provincial.
the supreme Jehovah , the Great Redeemer , and the Divine Spirit ! We should rejoice with the sweet Psalmist of Israel , that man after God ' s own heart , who ' was glad to go into the house of the Lord , ' and ' would rather be a door-keeper in the house of his God , than dwell in the tents of ungodliness- '" The Rev . Chaplain concluded his appropriate address b y invoking a blessing on the undertaking .
Brother READE , of Winsford , then delivered a Masonic oration to the Brethren on the platform . " God save the Queen , " accompanied by the band , was then sung : three cheers were given ; the Provincial Officers descended from the platform , and returned , in the order in which the procession had arrived , to the Navigation Inn , where the Lodge was closed , and the Brethren adjourned to the Market-hall , in Over—a spacious and convenient
building for public purposes . The new church is a commodious and handsome structure , with a nave and chancel of good proportions , and a tower at the western end in the early English style of" architecture , built by Mr . Dean , of Davenham , after a design by Mr . Scott , of Lancaster , architect . The banquet-room was tastefully fitted up with evergreens , and other devices . At the upper end of the room , above the chair , was a fine
portrait of Lord Combermere ( in gold frame ) on his charger , as commanding at the battle of Salamanca , and near to that of his lordship , was an excellent likeness of the worthy Deputy Provincial , J . F . Maddock , Esq ., in Masonic costume , as D . P . G . M . of Cheshire , ( both these portraits being the property of the Cestrian Lodge , who kindly furnished them for the occasion ) . The respected D . P . G . M . Finchett Maddock , Esq ., presided at the banquet with his accustomed tact , ability , and urbanity .
NEWPORT , August 15 . —The imposing ceremony of the Dedication of the Silurian Lodge of Freemasons , was celebrated—an incident which will long be remembered in Newport for the splendour of the display , and the large number of visitors from Bristol , and the adjoining counties , which it attracted to the town .
At nine o ' clock , the Worshipful Master and Brethren of the Silurian Lodge , assisted by the Monmouth Lodge , and a large number of Brethren from the Cardiff , Swansea , and other neighbouring Lodges , assembled in the great room of the Council-house , in wiiich , having been properly tyled , the Silurian Lodge opened . By a dispensation from the Grancl Lodge of England , strangers were permitted to be present ; and as the space to be devoted to this purpose was limitedit was determined to appropriate the whole to the
, fair sex . The unusual circumstance of ladies being permitted to witness the interior of a Freemason ' s Lodge while at labour , being known , the greatest anxiety was evinced to obtain tickets , the whole of which were appropriated before the day of the ceremony . The Lodge having been opened in form , the Ty lers were withdrawn , and in a few minutes the gallery of the great room was crowded in part with ladieswho gazed with wonder and admiration at the
every , symbols before them , the uses of which are known to Masons alone . At one end of the room , the Master ' s chair was surmounted by a canopy of crimson velvet , the principal and other officers sat in their constant places , the Brethren seated on forms placed round the room at a distance from the walls , and the Lodge in the centre . At this