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Masonic Intelligence.
has set the example , and has expended hundreds of thousands , where we alas ! can spend only ten thousand pounds . It is true the magnitude of it will probably accommodate as many , but the space of ground will not permit us to indulge in that play of outline and form whicli onr knowledge of what is requisite for beauty ivould make us wish to acquire . Neither can ive accomplish that great desire on the ground of cost . Ten thousand pounds will not enable us to carry out so worthily as we could wish so
great a work . Nevertheless , I do look upon it as a stop in advance . And if it be found a useful ancl an ornamental work , our gratification will be extreme . It is probable that , at the conclusion of the work , we shall be very glad indeed to accept whatever compliment may be paid to us—whatever compliment may he bestowed upon the work in hand ; but I beg to say , that so far as convenience and the accommodation required , a greatpart is due to that gentleman who has just snt down . ( Cheers . ) I beg to
thank publicly tiie Chairman nnsl Directors of this company . We bave received from them extreme courtesy . But , at the same time , we make this admission and avowal—it is due to myself and partner to state—that never , in all our experience , have we received one tittle of the sound advice that we have received from the Chan-man of the St . George ' s Hall Company . ( Cheers . ) We look upon this edifice as one calculated to mark the times . If we cast our eyes hack upon ancient and modern periodswe shall see
, that the great edifices that have been erected have marked particular epochs . ( Hear , hear . ) In Egypt you see the Pharaohs ; they were powerful and mighty , and they commanded their own slaves to work ; they produced the pyramids , those wondrous fabrics which now astound the world . You have seen in later times still what your ancient Order was in the
fanes of Rome . ( Hear , hear . ) AA e are indebted in a great measure for those monstrous and wondrous fabrics to the Craft of Masonry . ( Cheers . ) It is a well-established fact , that the great architects of ancient Rome were Masons ( " Free and Accepted ? " ) . And if we descend from that time to later ages , mediioval Germany , Franco , Italy , Spain , and even England , can attest to their wonderful art . Strasbourg , Cologne , Aix-la-Chapelle , all attest the great power of the Masonic art . And I may say , although I am no Mason , that I should like to see these Masons emulate their glorious
talent . ( Cheers . ) It would have been most gratifying to us to have greater means at our disposal . Nevertheless , ive feel assured of this , that whatever ability or whatever interest we can apply to this matter , we ivill endeavour to bring it to a successful conclusion . And I feel confident of this , that whatever difficulty we may have to encounter , whatever trial we have to undergo , we have at least a right hand to help us in the support and advice of the Chairman of this company . ( Cheers . ) I feel further assured
of this , gentlemen , that if he had not died long ago , he would by this time have been convinced that nature meant him to be an architect . ( Loud cheers , ancl laughter . ) Alderman S . SMITH said : —My Lord and Gentlemen , I stand here as a specimen ot a dying man , who ought , to have been an architect . ( Loud laughter ) . It appears to me an extraordinary sentiment . ( Laughter . ) But I pass from that . I say I bave done my dutyancl if it had been twice
, as hard and difficult ancl long , I would still have endeavoured to doit . ( Hear , hear ) . I have heen entrusted with another toast . I have to propose the health of a nobleman , ancl one who is not only a nobleman , but a gentleman—a gentleman in every sense of the worcl , and upon whom depends the maintenance of peace ancl order in the AA ' est-Riding of the county of York . I am sure that when I mention the Right Hon . the Earl of Hare-
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Masonic Intelligence.
has set the example , and has expended hundreds of thousands , where we alas ! can spend only ten thousand pounds . It is true the magnitude of it will probably accommodate as many , but the space of ground will not permit us to indulge in that play of outline and form whicli onr knowledge of what is requisite for beauty ivould make us wish to acquire . Neither can ive accomplish that great desire on the ground of cost . Ten thousand pounds will not enable us to carry out so worthily as we could wish so
great a work . Nevertheless , I do look upon it as a stop in advance . And if it be found a useful ancl an ornamental work , our gratification will be extreme . It is probable that , at the conclusion of the work , we shall be very glad indeed to accept whatever compliment may be paid to us—whatever compliment may he bestowed upon the work in hand ; but I beg to say , that so far as convenience and the accommodation required , a greatpart is due to that gentleman who has just snt down . ( Cheers . ) I beg to
thank publicly tiie Chairman nnsl Directors of this company . We bave received from them extreme courtesy . But , at the same time , we make this admission and avowal—it is due to myself and partner to state—that never , in all our experience , have we received one tittle of the sound advice that we have received from the Chan-man of the St . George ' s Hall Company . ( Cheers . ) We look upon this edifice as one calculated to mark the times . If we cast our eyes hack upon ancient and modern periodswe shall see
, that the great edifices that have been erected have marked particular epochs . ( Hear , hear . ) In Egypt you see the Pharaohs ; they were powerful and mighty , and they commanded their own slaves to work ; they produced the pyramids , those wondrous fabrics which now astound the world . You have seen in later times still what your ancient Order was in the
fanes of Rome . ( Hear , hear . ) AA e are indebted in a great measure for those monstrous and wondrous fabrics to the Craft of Masonry . ( Cheers . ) It is a well-established fact , that the great architects of ancient Rome were Masons ( " Free and Accepted ? " ) . And if we descend from that time to later ages , mediioval Germany , Franco , Italy , Spain , and even England , can attest to their wonderful art . Strasbourg , Cologne , Aix-la-Chapelle , all attest the great power of the Masonic art . And I may say , although I am no Mason , that I should like to see these Masons emulate their glorious
talent . ( Cheers . ) It would have been most gratifying to us to have greater means at our disposal . Nevertheless , ive feel assured of this , that whatever ability or whatever interest we can apply to this matter , we ivill endeavour to bring it to a successful conclusion . And I feel confident of this , that whatever difficulty we may have to encounter , whatever trial we have to undergo , we have at least a right hand to help us in the support and advice of the Chairman of this company . ( Cheers . ) I feel further assured
of this , gentlemen , that if he had not died long ago , he would by this time have been convinced that nature meant him to be an architect . ( Loud cheers , ancl laughter . ) Alderman S . SMITH said : —My Lord and Gentlemen , I stand here as a specimen ot a dying man , who ought , to have been an architect . ( Loud laughter ) . It appears to me an extraordinary sentiment . ( Laughter . ) But I pass from that . I say I bave done my dutyancl if it had been twice
, as hard and difficult ancl long , I would still have endeavoured to doit . ( Hear , hear ) . I have heen entrusted with another toast . I have to propose the health of a nobleman , ancl one who is not only a nobleman , but a gentleman—a gentleman in every sense of the worcl , and upon whom depends the maintenance of peace ancl order in the AA ' est-Riding of the county of York . I am sure that when I mention the Right Hon . the Earl of Hare-