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the officers of tbe 72 nd Highlanders , for the loan of their hand and pipers . Tbe Cross will stand on five steps of Cornish granite , and will be about forty-four feet high . The stone selected by the committee is from the Nailsworth quarries ; many churches have been built of it , and a considerable part of Gloucester Cathedral , so we have ample proof of its durability . The base will be fifteen feet six inches square . There will be eight figures : the four before named , as in 1373 and 1461 , when the fi of
gures Henry I . stood eastward , Queen Elizabeth westward , Charles I . northward , and James I . southward . God bless the Church . ' and God bless our gracious Queen ! " The masonic ceremonial was then proceeded with . The Grand Superintendent of Works , Bro . H . Lloyd , handed the compass to the Grand Master , by whom it was returned to him with a direction that , he should ascertain the true position of the foundation . This accomplished
, the Grand Registrar , Bro . H . A . Palmer , presented to the Grand Master the plate of copper to be laid under the stone , which was returned to , and the inscription read aloud by him , as follows : — " This foundation-stone of a High Cross , intended to be erected by subscription by the citizens of Bristol , commemorative of those royal and other distinguished benefactors who , by their eminent services , raised the city to its present renown , ( in substitution of a similar civic cross formerly
erected in the High-street , afterwards removed to this place , and thence to Slotirhead , in Wiltshire , but now , from its dilapidated condition , incapable of restoration ) , was laid on the Sth day of August , in the year of our Lord 1850 , and in the fourteenth year of the reign of her most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria , by the Right Worshipful JOHN Ksai . E HABKRFIELD , Esq . ( Mayor for the fifth time ) , assisted by the Right Worshipful Henry Shute , Esq ., Provincial Grand Master , and the ancient and honourable fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons of Bristol , assisted by the Very Rev . the Dean and Chapter of the Cathedral Church , ( by whose permission the Cross here is to be erected ) , John Bayly , Esq . ( High Sheriff ) , the Magistrates , the Town Council , Town Clerk , and other civic authorities , and a large number of the inhabitants . "
The Grand Treasurer , Bro . T . T . Taylor , next produced the coins to be used in the ceremony , which having been deposited beneath the stone , the cornucopia of corn , and the silver ewers of oil and wine , and a casket of salt , were handed in rotation to the Grand Master , by whom a portion of the contents of each was deposited on the site of the erection . The Grand Master then handed to the Mayor a silver trowel , and requested his worship ' s assistance in the ceremony , after which the inscription-plate was deposited under the stone hy the Grand Superintendent of Works , and a tablet of porcelain was handed by the Grand Master to
Bro . Alderman POUNTNEY , who produced a small wreath of flowers , beautifully modelled in porcelain , and said—He felt honoured in having been permitted to take part in that most interesting ceremony , and in having heen permitted to lay beneath the stone a porcelain plate , suitably inscribed with the names of the distinguished individuals who had taken part in promoting the erection . He had further obtained permission to deposit with the plate the specimen of porcelain manufacture which he held in his hand , the finest of its kind that had
ever been manufactured in this city . His object was not to call especial attention to that particular branch of manufacture , but he hoped it would be accepted as indicative of the general manufacturing skill to be found in Bristol . Long may Bristol flourish , longer than
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Provincial.
the officers of tbe 72 nd Highlanders , for the loan of their hand and pipers . Tbe Cross will stand on five steps of Cornish granite , and will be about forty-four feet high . The stone selected by the committee is from the Nailsworth quarries ; many churches have been built of it , and a considerable part of Gloucester Cathedral , so we have ample proof of its durability . The base will be fifteen feet six inches square . There will be eight figures : the four before named , as in 1373 and 1461 , when the fi of
gures Henry I . stood eastward , Queen Elizabeth westward , Charles I . northward , and James I . southward . God bless the Church . ' and God bless our gracious Queen ! " The masonic ceremonial was then proceeded with . The Grand Superintendent of Works , Bro . H . Lloyd , handed the compass to the Grand Master , by whom it was returned to him with a direction that , he should ascertain the true position of the foundation . This accomplished
, the Grand Registrar , Bro . H . A . Palmer , presented to the Grand Master the plate of copper to be laid under the stone , which was returned to , and the inscription read aloud by him , as follows : — " This foundation-stone of a High Cross , intended to be erected by subscription by the citizens of Bristol , commemorative of those royal and other distinguished benefactors who , by their eminent services , raised the city to its present renown , ( in substitution of a similar civic cross formerly
erected in the High-street , afterwards removed to this place , and thence to Slotirhead , in Wiltshire , but now , from its dilapidated condition , incapable of restoration ) , was laid on the Sth day of August , in the year of our Lord 1850 , and in the fourteenth year of the reign of her most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria , by the Right Worshipful JOHN Ksai . E HABKRFIELD , Esq . ( Mayor for the fifth time ) , assisted by the Right Worshipful Henry Shute , Esq ., Provincial Grand Master , and the ancient and honourable fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons of Bristol , assisted by the Very Rev . the Dean and Chapter of the Cathedral Church , ( by whose permission the Cross here is to be erected ) , John Bayly , Esq . ( High Sheriff ) , the Magistrates , the Town Council , Town Clerk , and other civic authorities , and a large number of the inhabitants . "
The Grand Treasurer , Bro . T . T . Taylor , next produced the coins to be used in the ceremony , which having been deposited beneath the stone , the cornucopia of corn , and the silver ewers of oil and wine , and a casket of salt , were handed in rotation to the Grand Master , by whom a portion of the contents of each was deposited on the site of the erection . The Grand Master then handed to the Mayor a silver trowel , and requested his worship ' s assistance in the ceremony , after which the inscription-plate was deposited under the stone hy the Grand Superintendent of Works , and a tablet of porcelain was handed by the Grand Master to
Bro . Alderman POUNTNEY , who produced a small wreath of flowers , beautifully modelled in porcelain , and said—He felt honoured in having been permitted to take part in that most interesting ceremony , and in having heen permitted to lay beneath the stone a porcelain plate , suitably inscribed with the names of the distinguished individuals who had taken part in promoting the erection . He had further obtained permission to deposit with the plate the specimen of porcelain manufacture which he held in his hand , the finest of its kind that had
ever been manufactured in this city . His object was not to call especial attention to that particular branch of manufacture , but he hoped it would be accepted as indicative of the general manufacturing skill to be found in Bristol . Long may Bristol flourish , longer than