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Isle Of Wight.
Senior Grand Deacon . Junior Grand Deacon . Grand Secretary , with Book of Constitutions . Grand Treasurer . Grand Registrar . Past Grand Wardens . Visitors of Distinction .
Senior Grand Warden . Junior Grand Warden . Grand Steward . Volume ofthe Sacred Law . Grand Steward . The Grand Chaplain . A Grand Officer , with a Golden Vessel , containing Corn . Two Grand Officers , with Silver Vessels , containing Oil and AA'ine . Grand Sword Bearer . Grand Steward . The R . W . D . G . M . P . Grand Steward . The R . W . G . M . P . of the Province .
Grand Tyler . IL R . H . Prince Albert arrived punctually at one o'clock , when the Municipal and other sections of the Procession took their appointed places in the rear of the Masonic Body , as follows : —
The Church Building Committee . The County Magistrates . High Steward of the Island . Military and other Guests . The Borough Magistrates . The Members of the Town Council . Bergers and Serjeants at Mace . Tlie Right Rev . the ) ( The AVorshipful the
Lord Bishop V H . R . H . PRINCE ALBERT . 1 Mayor , in his of Winchester . ) ( robes of Office . The Church Wardens . The Clergy of the Island , & c . The procession then moved up the High-street into tbe Cornmarket , and passed through the western entrance of the ancient church tower ; and from thencebetween the ruinsto the
north-, , east corner , where the necessary arrangements had been made for laying the stone , a very substantial piece of Masonry , presented by Bro . Joseph , P . M ., No . 176 , and which bore , on a large brass plate , the following inscription : —
" On Thursday , August 24 , 1854 , THIS FOUNDATION STONE was laid by His ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PIUNCE ALBERT . Francis Pittis , Mayor . Edward Way , ) .-,, , , „ G . H . Connor , Minister . Henry Loosemore , } Churchwardens . The procession divided right and left , and the G . M . passed up the
centre and entered the enclosure , preceding H . R . H . Prince Albert and attendants , where the prescribed sentences of Scripture were read by the Bishop . The scene at this moment was most enlivening , the costumes of the officials , the clergy in their robes , the military , the sparkling regalia , and splendid new banners of the Brotherhood , aided by the strains of the military band , and the vast amphitheatre occupied by hundreds of ladies , formed a tout ensemble which will not soon be forgotten by those who had the privilege of Avitnessing it .
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Isle Of Wight.
Senior Grand Deacon . Junior Grand Deacon . Grand Secretary , with Book of Constitutions . Grand Treasurer . Grand Registrar . Past Grand Wardens . Visitors of Distinction .
Senior Grand Warden . Junior Grand Warden . Grand Steward . Volume ofthe Sacred Law . Grand Steward . The Grand Chaplain . A Grand Officer , with a Golden Vessel , containing Corn . Two Grand Officers , with Silver Vessels , containing Oil and AA'ine . Grand Sword Bearer . Grand Steward . The R . W . D . G . M . P . Grand Steward . The R . W . G . M . P . of the Province .
Grand Tyler . IL R . H . Prince Albert arrived punctually at one o'clock , when the Municipal and other sections of the Procession took their appointed places in the rear of the Masonic Body , as follows : —
The Church Building Committee . The County Magistrates . High Steward of the Island . Military and other Guests . The Borough Magistrates . The Members of the Town Council . Bergers and Serjeants at Mace . Tlie Right Rev . the ) ( The AVorshipful the
Lord Bishop V H . R . H . PRINCE ALBERT . 1 Mayor , in his of Winchester . ) ( robes of Office . The Church Wardens . The Clergy of the Island , & c . The procession then moved up the High-street into tbe Cornmarket , and passed through the western entrance of the ancient church tower ; and from thencebetween the ruinsto the
north-, , east corner , where the necessary arrangements had been made for laying the stone , a very substantial piece of Masonry , presented by Bro . Joseph , P . M ., No . 176 , and which bore , on a large brass plate , the following inscription : —
" On Thursday , August 24 , 1854 , THIS FOUNDATION STONE was laid by His ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PIUNCE ALBERT . Francis Pittis , Mayor . Edward Way , ) .-,, , , „ G . H . Connor , Minister . Henry Loosemore , } Churchwardens . The procession divided right and left , and the G . M . passed up the
centre and entered the enclosure , preceding H . R . H . Prince Albert and attendants , where the prescribed sentences of Scripture were read by the Bishop . The scene at this moment was most enlivening , the costumes of the officials , the clergy in their robes , the military , the sparkling regalia , and splendid new banners of the Brotherhood , aided by the strains of the military band , and the vast amphitheatre occupied by hundreds of ladies , formed a tout ensemble which will not soon be forgotten by those who had the privilege of Avitnessing it .