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lad y would refuse to marry a man because he was a Mason , a sentiment in which they seemed very cordially to concur . Other speeches were made in the course of the day by Brother Ellis , I earce , Roscorla , Edwards , Lyne ( who expressed his warm gratification at this auspicious opening of his new Lodge ) , the Rev . H . Grylls , Hugh Molesworth , Rowe , Clarke , and others .
The proceedings of the day were altogether of the most exhilaratinocharacter , and passed off without anything to mar its pleasures . ° The Provincial Grand Lodge for Cornwall is to be held at Helston next year , and a general invitation was given to the Masonic body of this county to attend .
PENZANCE . —July 7 . —The foundation-stone of the new pier was laid this day by the Mayor , assisted by Bro . Richard Pearce , Prov . S . G . W . and Bro . John Roscorla , Prov . S . G . D . The procession embraced the clergy * gentry , naval and military officers ofthe nei ghbourhood , the mayor , magistrates , and town council , with all friendl y societies as well as the J'reemasons . The ceremony was ably conducted . A dinner concluded the proceedingsbut the most pleasing wind dinner
; -up was a gratuitous to the poor ; ancl upwards of one thousand of the wives ancl daughters of thefishermen of Penzeance ancl the nei ghbourhood were regaled with tea - after which about fifty couple danced the " Furry" dance down several streets to the Exchange gates , which being opened pro bono publico , a rush took place , and about 5 , 000 persons became crowded together :
still the "b urry dance went on until " God save the Queen" terminated a day ancl evening that will not soon be forgotten by the merry folks of Penzance . J ^ - ^ NSTAPLE , July 5 - -Masonic Excursion down the River Taw . — 1 he thundering cannon of Appledore announced the approach of the gay aquatic party towards the shores of that delightful , but not sufficiently appreciated , watering place . We saw the terraces of West-bystrand beaming with female beauty , anxiousl y bending their graceful forms to catch a first glimpse of the passing pageant . But m-ondlv
passing Graysand and the Muscle Ridge the anchor dropped , and lo ' our destined haven hacl been reached ; then as each party came " unto those yellow sands , " they spread each in search of amusement , some to the merry dance , others to the music circle , to see the weir drawn and catch white bait , to play the manly game of quoits , and many a lovelorn maid and youth , quietly to breathe their tender sighs in some secluded sandy dell ; then came the all-important hour of dinner , ancl quoits white bait singingand '
, dancing , gave place to downri ght matter of fact eating and drinking . But time ancl tide await for no man , ancl early in the afternoon we reluctantly left where music , love , and happiness reigned supreme Shakspeare correctl y describes life to be " as a mingled yarn good and ill together ; " and it is our duty to record an event ivhich shed a gloom , though momentarily , on perhaps one of the happiest parties that ever forgot the troubles and anxieties of this mortal life The
Masonic barge and its attendant craft ( like ducklings closely surrounding the maternal duck ) , were quietly awaiting the returning tide , when two small boats , the Fancy and the Griddle , got jammed between the two arge barges ; all was in confusion , the wind driving them together ¦ four beings , whose fate seemed inevitable , were in the Griddle , and ther ' e was svery appearance of their finding a watery grave ; but we are happy to
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Provincial.
lad y would refuse to marry a man because he was a Mason , a sentiment in which they seemed very cordially to concur . Other speeches were made in the course of the day by Brother Ellis , I earce , Roscorla , Edwards , Lyne ( who expressed his warm gratification at this auspicious opening of his new Lodge ) , the Rev . H . Grylls , Hugh Molesworth , Rowe , Clarke , and others .
The proceedings of the day were altogether of the most exhilaratinocharacter , and passed off without anything to mar its pleasures . ° The Provincial Grand Lodge for Cornwall is to be held at Helston next year , and a general invitation was given to the Masonic body of this county to attend .
PENZANCE . —July 7 . —The foundation-stone of the new pier was laid this day by the Mayor , assisted by Bro . Richard Pearce , Prov . S . G . W . and Bro . John Roscorla , Prov . S . G . D . The procession embraced the clergy * gentry , naval and military officers ofthe nei ghbourhood , the mayor , magistrates , and town council , with all friendl y societies as well as the J'reemasons . The ceremony was ably conducted . A dinner concluded the proceedingsbut the most pleasing wind dinner
; -up was a gratuitous to the poor ; ancl upwards of one thousand of the wives ancl daughters of thefishermen of Penzeance ancl the nei ghbourhood were regaled with tea - after which about fifty couple danced the " Furry" dance down several streets to the Exchange gates , which being opened pro bono publico , a rush took place , and about 5 , 000 persons became crowded together :
still the "b urry dance went on until " God save the Queen" terminated a day ancl evening that will not soon be forgotten by the merry folks of Penzance . J ^ - ^ NSTAPLE , July 5 - -Masonic Excursion down the River Taw . — 1 he thundering cannon of Appledore announced the approach of the gay aquatic party towards the shores of that delightful , but not sufficiently appreciated , watering place . We saw the terraces of West-bystrand beaming with female beauty , anxiousl y bending their graceful forms to catch a first glimpse of the passing pageant . But m-ondlv
passing Graysand and the Muscle Ridge the anchor dropped , and lo ' our destined haven hacl been reached ; then as each party came " unto those yellow sands , " they spread each in search of amusement , some to the merry dance , others to the music circle , to see the weir drawn and catch white bait , to play the manly game of quoits , and many a lovelorn maid and youth , quietly to breathe their tender sighs in some secluded sandy dell ; then came the all-important hour of dinner , ancl quoits white bait singingand '
, dancing , gave place to downri ght matter of fact eating and drinking . But time ancl tide await for no man , ancl early in the afternoon we reluctantly left where music , love , and happiness reigned supreme Shakspeare correctl y describes life to be " as a mingled yarn good and ill together ; " and it is our duty to record an event ivhich shed a gloom , though momentarily , on perhaps one of the happiest parties that ever forgot the troubles and anxieties of this mortal life The
Masonic barge and its attendant craft ( like ducklings closely surrounding the maternal duck ) , were quietly awaiting the returning tide , when two small boats , the Fancy and the Griddle , got jammed between the two arge barges ; all was in confusion , the wind driving them together ¦ four beings , whose fate seemed inevitable , were in the Griddle , and ther ' e was svery appearance of their finding a watery grave ; but we are happy to