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Isle Of Wight.
Mayor aud Mayoress gave another promenade concert in the Town Hall , which was attended by about 1 , 000 persons , and was equally successful as the former one ; and on the following evening they entertained all tbe children above ten years of age belonging to the various schools in the city AA'ith tea and buns . The children , Avho amounted in number to about 1 , 100 , Avere attended by the parochial clergy ,
teachers , and others . The collection of paintings , & c , provided for the promenade concert of the previous evening remained undisturbed , in addition to which a concert was got up for the gratification of the children . On the following day , the public were admitted to the Hall without restriction , and in the evenings of each day the Mayor provided a bandAvhich layed for several hours .
, p Such generous efforts on the part of the Mayor to administer to the enjoyment of his fellow-citizens and others has naturally excited an earnest desire on the part of all to make him a suitable and permanent acknowledgment of the same . Tbe citizens have formed themselves into a committee , and contemplate presenting the Mayor with a service of plate of not less than 200 guineas value ; and the
ladies propose giving to the Mayoress , who was confined on the 15 th of September with a son ( her eleventh child ) , a silver cradle , to commemorate the two events . A committee in London , composed of literati and others , suggest as their token something that shah in a peculiar manner mark their sense of Bro . Spiers' sendees and desire to elevate his felloAV-men . In tbe mean time , the boys at the University Press School have taken time by the forelockand presented
, to the Mayor , on Sunday , the 17 th Sept ., a magnificent Bible , printed by themselves , and splendidly bound in purple morocco , as their tribute of acknowledgment of Bro . Spiers' regard for the well-being and elevation of the children of the humbler classes .
CHUEOHIII , MASONIC LODGE . —On Tuesday , the 22 nd of August , the Brethren of the Churchill Masonic Lodge , No . 702 , assembled at the Harcourt Arms Inn , Nuneham , when the Lodge was opened , and sundry business transacted . In the afternoon the Brethren dined together , when the AV . M . Bro . T . Joy , P . Prov . G . D . C , presided , and Avas supported by the Dep . Prov . G . M . for Oxfordshire , Bro . Capt . BoAvyer ; P . M . ' s Bros . Thompson , Blake , Furley , AVaiker , Sowter , and
Martin ; Bros . Cartwright , Bickerton , Shrimpton , J . Thorp , Hosken , Rev . T . Russell , Gardener , Brockliss , Thurland , Bruton , Rainsford , Hope , Strongbill , Drinkwater , J . Round , & c . & c . The dinner Avas served up in excellent style by Mr . Ansell , the host of the Harcourt Arms ; and under the able presidency of the AV . M . a very delightful evening was spent . The admirable manner in which the W . M . presides over this Lodgeand the success which has attended his effortsis
, , evinced by the fact that , since his election in May last , fourteen Brethren have joined the Lodge , and we understand that there Avill be a still further accession at the next meeting . Altogether the Lodge is in a very flourishing state , and reflects credit on the Province .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Isle Of Wight.
Mayor aud Mayoress gave another promenade concert in the Town Hall , which was attended by about 1 , 000 persons , and was equally successful as the former one ; and on the following evening they entertained all tbe children above ten years of age belonging to the various schools in the city AA'ith tea and buns . The children , Avho amounted in number to about 1 , 100 , Avere attended by the parochial clergy ,
teachers , and others . The collection of paintings , & c , provided for the promenade concert of the previous evening remained undisturbed , in addition to which a concert was got up for the gratification of the children . On the following day , the public were admitted to the Hall without restriction , and in the evenings of each day the Mayor provided a bandAvhich layed for several hours .
, p Such generous efforts on the part of the Mayor to administer to the enjoyment of his fellow-citizens and others has naturally excited an earnest desire on the part of all to make him a suitable and permanent acknowledgment of the same . Tbe citizens have formed themselves into a committee , and contemplate presenting the Mayor with a service of plate of not less than 200 guineas value ; and the
ladies propose giving to the Mayoress , who was confined on the 15 th of September with a son ( her eleventh child ) , a silver cradle , to commemorate the two events . A committee in London , composed of literati and others , suggest as their token something that shah in a peculiar manner mark their sense of Bro . Spiers' sendees and desire to elevate his felloAV-men . In tbe mean time , the boys at the University Press School have taken time by the forelockand presented
, to the Mayor , on Sunday , the 17 th Sept ., a magnificent Bible , printed by themselves , and splendidly bound in purple morocco , as their tribute of acknowledgment of Bro . Spiers' regard for the well-being and elevation of the children of the humbler classes .
CHUEOHIII , MASONIC LODGE . —On Tuesday , the 22 nd of August , the Brethren of the Churchill Masonic Lodge , No . 702 , assembled at the Harcourt Arms Inn , Nuneham , when the Lodge was opened , and sundry business transacted . In the afternoon the Brethren dined together , when the AV . M . Bro . T . Joy , P . Prov . G . D . C , presided , and Avas supported by the Dep . Prov . G . M . for Oxfordshire , Bro . Capt . BoAvyer ; P . M . ' s Bros . Thompson , Blake , Furley , AVaiker , Sowter , and
Martin ; Bros . Cartwright , Bickerton , Shrimpton , J . Thorp , Hosken , Rev . T . Russell , Gardener , Brockliss , Thurland , Bruton , Rainsford , Hope , Strongbill , Drinkwater , J . Round , & c . & c . The dinner Avas served up in excellent style by Mr . Ansell , the host of the Harcourt Arms ; and under the able presidency of the AV . M . a very delightful evening was spent . The admirable manner in which the W . M . presides over this Lodgeand the success which has attended his effortsis
, , evinced by the fact that , since his election in May last , fourteen Brethren have joined the Lodge , and we understand that there Avill be a still further accession at the next meeting . Altogether the Lodge is in a very flourishing state , and reflects credit on the Province .