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of the parish , an excellent Masonic sermon was preached by the Rev . J . Gillbanks , Deputy Provincial Grand Chaplain . Service having been concluded , the procession again formed anil proceeded to the site of the new church , to lay the foundation stone . Upon a plate , with a suitable inscription on it , various coins of the present reign , and some written historical documents were placed , and it was then deposited . A prayer having been offered up by the Bishop and Mr . Salkeldtlie stone was
, raised , and his lordship proceeded to spread the cement with a silver trowel , which he handled in a workmanlike manner ; solemn music being played during the operation . On the stone being lowered and deposited , the Deputy Provincial Grand Master descended and applied to it the plumb-rule , level , and square , and announced that it was " true . " He then handed a mallet to the Bishop , who gave the stone tliree distinct knocks . The 100 th psalm was then sung , and another
prayer having been saicl , and a benediction pronounced , Br . Iredale , D . P . G . M ., delivered a suitable ancl eloquent oration . The national anthem having been sung , aud the ceremony concluded , the Brethren returned to their Lodge-room , and the Lodge was closed in due form . They afterwards dined in a large pavilion , decorated for the occasion by the worthy host , Br . John Gloag . Br . Iredale presided , supported by Br . J . Andrew and Br . AA . Wallas . The guests numbered 100 , ancl spent a most delightful evening .
NEWCASTLE . —29 th June , being St . Peter ' s clay , tbe Brethren of St . Peter ' s Lodge held their annual Festival at their Lodge room , St . Peter ' s Quay , on which occasion the following Brethren were installed Officers for the ensuing year : —Brothers Thomas AVilliam Fenwick , AV . AI . ; AVilliam Lax , S . AV . ; AVilliam B . Smith , J . AV . ; Rev . T . C . Smith , Chaplain ; AVm . Dalziel , AI . A . ; John Dove , Treasurer ; AVm . AVeir , Secretary ; Thomas A . Davison , S . D . ; John Cook , jun ., J . D . ; John Miller , S . S . ; Charles Sid well , J . S . ; AVilliam John Clelland , I . G . ; Robert Nicholson , Tyler . After the ceremonies of the day were concluded , the Brethren sat down to Banquet , and the evening was spent in harmony .
BANGOR , Jane 24 . — The Brethren transacted the business , and celebrated the mysteries of their Order at their Lodge-room in the Albion hotel ; at the close of which they repaired to the Castle hotel , where a sumptuous repast had been prepared . The chair was taken by Bro . Pritchard , Past Master ; Bro . Aronson occupied the vice-chair . The cloth having been removedthe chairman read letters from the
, absentee Brethren , assigning the causes which had induced an absence as much regretted by the hearers as the writers . The chairman then explained the reasons which hacl hitherto induced the Brethren to avoid any public demonstration of their existence in that locality , and stated his ardent hope and trust , that every festival of St . John , i . e . every 24 th of June and 27 th of December , would for the future witness a commemoration similar to the present .
In proposing the health of our beloved Sovereign , the chairman happily illustrated the well-known loyalty of their ancient brotherhood b y the fact that , in 1798 , when the peace of society had appeared to require the suppression of all other secret associations , the Order of Freemasons had enjoyed perfect freedom from surveillance , suspicion , and restraint ,
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Provincial.
of the parish , an excellent Masonic sermon was preached by the Rev . J . Gillbanks , Deputy Provincial Grand Chaplain . Service having been concluded , the procession again formed anil proceeded to the site of the new church , to lay the foundation stone . Upon a plate , with a suitable inscription on it , various coins of the present reign , and some written historical documents were placed , and it was then deposited . A prayer having been offered up by the Bishop and Mr . Salkeldtlie stone was
, raised , and his lordship proceeded to spread the cement with a silver trowel , which he handled in a workmanlike manner ; solemn music being played during the operation . On the stone being lowered and deposited , the Deputy Provincial Grand Master descended and applied to it the plumb-rule , level , and square , and announced that it was " true . " He then handed a mallet to the Bishop , who gave the stone tliree distinct knocks . The 100 th psalm was then sung , and another
prayer having been saicl , and a benediction pronounced , Br . Iredale , D . P . G . M ., delivered a suitable ancl eloquent oration . The national anthem having been sung , aud the ceremony concluded , the Brethren returned to their Lodge-room , and the Lodge was closed in due form . They afterwards dined in a large pavilion , decorated for the occasion by the worthy host , Br . John Gloag . Br . Iredale presided , supported by Br . J . Andrew and Br . AA . Wallas . The guests numbered 100 , ancl spent a most delightful evening .
NEWCASTLE . —29 th June , being St . Peter ' s clay , tbe Brethren of St . Peter ' s Lodge held their annual Festival at their Lodge room , St . Peter ' s Quay , on which occasion the following Brethren were installed Officers for the ensuing year : —Brothers Thomas AVilliam Fenwick , AV . AI . ; AVilliam Lax , S . AV . ; AVilliam B . Smith , J . AV . ; Rev . T . C . Smith , Chaplain ; AVm . Dalziel , AI . A . ; John Dove , Treasurer ; AVm . AVeir , Secretary ; Thomas A . Davison , S . D . ; John Cook , jun ., J . D . ; John Miller , S . S . ; Charles Sid well , J . S . ; AVilliam John Clelland , I . G . ; Robert Nicholson , Tyler . After the ceremonies of the day were concluded , the Brethren sat down to Banquet , and the evening was spent in harmony .
BANGOR , Jane 24 . — The Brethren transacted the business , and celebrated the mysteries of their Order at their Lodge-room in the Albion hotel ; at the close of which they repaired to the Castle hotel , where a sumptuous repast had been prepared . The chair was taken by Bro . Pritchard , Past Master ; Bro . Aronson occupied the vice-chair . The cloth having been removedthe chairman read letters from the
, absentee Brethren , assigning the causes which had induced an absence as much regretted by the hearers as the writers . The chairman then explained the reasons which hacl hitherto induced the Brethren to avoid any public demonstration of their existence in that locality , and stated his ardent hope and trust , that every festival of St . John , i . e . every 24 th of June and 27 th of December , would for the future witness a commemoration similar to the present .
In proposing the health of our beloved Sovereign , the chairman happily illustrated the well-known loyalty of their ancient brotherhood b y the fact that , in 1798 , when the peace of society had appeared to require the suppression of all other secret associations , the Order of Freemasons had enjoyed perfect freedom from surveillance , suspicion , and restraint ,