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was a large influx of strangers from the surrounding neighbourhood , and the windows and the tops of houses in the vicinity of the building site were filled with spectators . By one o ' clock the procession was formed at the Castle , and the corporate body , with the members of the Masonic Lodges of Colchester , Ipswich , and other towns , accompanied by a band of music , with flags , and the children of the Lancasterian and National Schools , walked in order , to discharge the business of the day . On arriving upon the platform , the Mayor spread the mortar with a silver trowel , bearing the following inscription : —
" Colchester , September 13 th , 1 ! M 3 . " Presented to R . Nunu , Esq ., M . D ., Mayor , hy the Members of the Angel Lodge of Freemasons ( No . 59 ) , upon the occasion of his laying the first stone of the New Town Hall , in this Borough . JNO . PATTISON , W . Master . " He then deposited beneath the stone a glass bottle , containing the coins of the present reign , with a scroll thus inscribed : — " This stone of the New Town Hall was laid , and these coins deposited , by Roger Nunn ,
Esq ., M . D , Mayor , 13 th Sept . 1843 . " The stone having been lowered , the Mayor struck it three times with a highly-polished mallet , made out of a beam taken from the old building . The Rev . S . CARR , vicar of St . Peter ' s , then read a prayer . After which the Masons handed the Mayor the corn , the wine , and the oilwhich he scattered and poured the stone .
, upon The MAYOR then advanced to the ladies' gallery , and addressed the meeting on the occasion of their assembling , in a very animated speech . The RECORDER followed in an address , complimentary to the Mayor and municipality of Colchester . Sir PI . SMITH , Bart ., testified his conversion to the object to which he was at first opposed . J . G . REBOW , Esq ., Chairman of the Building Committee , next
spoke , and was much cheered . Three times three " cheers" were then given for the undertaking , a similar tribute to the ladies , and the ceremony closed , the procession returning to the Castle , the Masonic body preceding the procession of the committee . On arriving at the Castle , the children of the charity schools were regaled with cake and wine , which had been kindly provided for them by
Mr . Marsden , one of the most zealous supporters of the New Town-hall . In the afternoon about fifty persons sat down to a very excellent dinner at the George Hotel ; Sir G . H . Smyth , Bart ., presiding . The Freemasons , about eighty , dined at the Three Cups Hotel , the W . M ., Bro . J . Pattison , in the chair , supported by the Mayor , A . Partridge , Esq ., the Prov . D . P . G . M . of Suffolk , the Rev . R . J . Hope , Chaplain to the Lodge , & c .
The dinner was not over-excellent , but the addresses of Dr . Nunn and the other leading Masons were , we understand , so apposite and eloquent , as to leave us to regret that our communication of an interesting and auspicious day has been so brief . Among the London visitors present were , Bro . W . L . Wright , W . M . Bank of England ; Bro . Chase , G . S . ; Bro . Ceal , No . 10 ; Bro . Broadhurst , 318 ;—in whose name , and as a Grand Officer , Bro . Chase returned thanks for their healths being drunk , very enthusiastically .
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Provincial.
was a large influx of strangers from the surrounding neighbourhood , and the windows and the tops of houses in the vicinity of the building site were filled with spectators . By one o ' clock the procession was formed at the Castle , and the corporate body , with the members of the Masonic Lodges of Colchester , Ipswich , and other towns , accompanied by a band of music , with flags , and the children of the Lancasterian and National Schools , walked in order , to discharge the business of the day . On arriving upon the platform , the Mayor spread the mortar with a silver trowel , bearing the following inscription : —
" Colchester , September 13 th , 1 ! M 3 . " Presented to R . Nunu , Esq ., M . D ., Mayor , hy the Members of the Angel Lodge of Freemasons ( No . 59 ) , upon the occasion of his laying the first stone of the New Town Hall , in this Borough . JNO . PATTISON , W . Master . " He then deposited beneath the stone a glass bottle , containing the coins of the present reign , with a scroll thus inscribed : — " This stone of the New Town Hall was laid , and these coins deposited , by Roger Nunn ,
Esq ., M . D , Mayor , 13 th Sept . 1843 . " The stone having been lowered , the Mayor struck it three times with a highly-polished mallet , made out of a beam taken from the old building . The Rev . S . CARR , vicar of St . Peter ' s , then read a prayer . After which the Masons handed the Mayor the corn , the wine , and the oilwhich he scattered and poured the stone .
, upon The MAYOR then advanced to the ladies' gallery , and addressed the meeting on the occasion of their assembling , in a very animated speech . The RECORDER followed in an address , complimentary to the Mayor and municipality of Colchester . Sir PI . SMITH , Bart ., testified his conversion to the object to which he was at first opposed . J . G . REBOW , Esq ., Chairman of the Building Committee , next
spoke , and was much cheered . Three times three " cheers" were then given for the undertaking , a similar tribute to the ladies , and the ceremony closed , the procession returning to the Castle , the Masonic body preceding the procession of the committee . On arriving at the Castle , the children of the charity schools were regaled with cake and wine , which had been kindly provided for them by
Mr . Marsden , one of the most zealous supporters of the New Town-hall . In the afternoon about fifty persons sat down to a very excellent dinner at the George Hotel ; Sir G . H . Smyth , Bart ., presiding . The Freemasons , about eighty , dined at the Three Cups Hotel , the W . M ., Bro . J . Pattison , in the chair , supported by the Mayor , A . Partridge , Esq ., the Prov . D . P . G . M . of Suffolk , the Rev . R . J . Hope , Chaplain to the Lodge , & c .
The dinner was not over-excellent , but the addresses of Dr . Nunn and the other leading Masons were , we understand , so apposite and eloquent , as to leave us to regret that our communication of an interesting and auspicious day has been so brief . Among the London visitors present were , Bro . W . L . Wright , W . M . Bank of England ; Bro . Chase , G . S . ; Bro . Ceal , No . 10 ; Bro . Broadhurst , 318 ;—in whose name , and as a Grand Officer , Bro . Chase returned thanks for their healths being drunk , very enthusiastically .