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India.
the Hon . the Governor landed , and Avas received by the AV . the Acting M . and the Masons , AA'ho then proceeded to the spot , aud arranged themselves round tbe Foundation Stone , when the Hon . the Governor addressed the Masonic party as follows : — AVorshipful Master and Gentlemen , —I had the gratification , four years since , of enlisting your services , on the anniversary of our beloved Queen's birth-day , in
the performance of a most philanthropic work ; and for a similar object I have again solicited the exercise of that Craft , Avhieh , as I then observed , has charity ; tnd good will to all mankind for its ground-work , and I have selected a return of the same auspicious day for the present ceremony of haying the Foundation Stone of a Light-House on this spot , as a future guide to the mariner in the navigation of the entrance to the Straits of Malacca , and to the haven of Singapore . I now beg the favour of your proceeding with the work , and your acceptance of tiie Trowel which I have had prepared , as a memento of the call that has
been made this day upon the Lodge Zetland in the East . The Rev . C . J . Quartley , A . M ., late Chaplain at Singapore , having offered up several pniyers , the acting AV . M . then gave three strokes Avith bis gavel , and requested tbe Treasurer to deposit in tbe caAdty a bottle , containing an inscription on parchment , and the current coins of this settlement . The Secretary then read the inscription on the plate , Avhich Avas as follows : —•
In the Year of our Lord 1854 , and in the Seventeenth Year of the Reign of VICTORIA , Queen of Great Britain , and Ireland , The Most Noble JAMES ANDREW MARQUIS OF DALHOUSIE , K . T . being- Governor-General of British India ,
THE FOUNDATION STOKE of the Light-House , to be erected on the Coney , and dedicated to the memory of SIR STAMFORD RAFFLES , K . T ., LL . D ., F . B . S ., & S . A . L . S ., to whose Enlightened Policy the Mercantile World is indebted for the selection of Singapore as an Emporium ,
and for the Ereedom of its Commerce from all restraints , was laid on the 2-dth of May , the Anniversary of THE BIRTH-DAY OP HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY , by the AVORSHIPEUL MASTER , and the Brethren of the Lodge Zetland in the East , No . 74 S , In the presence of Colonel Butterworth , C . B ., The Governor o _ the Straits Settlements , and many of the British and Foreign
Residents at Singapore . The p late wns then placed over the cavity , the cement was spread by the acting AV . M ., and the upper stone lowered , the band playing " Rule Britannia . " The stone was then tested with tbe plumb level and square by tiie proper Officers , who reported that the Craftsmen had done their duty . The acting W . M . then took the plumb , level , and square , and having
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India.
the Hon . the Governor landed , and Avas received by the AV . the Acting M . and the Masons , AA'ho then proceeded to the spot , aud arranged themselves round tbe Foundation Stone , when the Hon . the Governor addressed the Masonic party as follows : — AVorshipful Master and Gentlemen , —I had the gratification , four years since , of enlisting your services , on the anniversary of our beloved Queen's birth-day , in
the performance of a most philanthropic work ; and for a similar object I have again solicited the exercise of that Craft , Avhieh , as I then observed , has charity ; tnd good will to all mankind for its ground-work , and I have selected a return of the same auspicious day for the present ceremony of haying the Foundation Stone of a Light-House on this spot , as a future guide to the mariner in the navigation of the entrance to the Straits of Malacca , and to the haven of Singapore . I now beg the favour of your proceeding with the work , and your acceptance of tiie Trowel which I have had prepared , as a memento of the call that has
been made this day upon the Lodge Zetland in the East . The Rev . C . J . Quartley , A . M ., late Chaplain at Singapore , having offered up several pniyers , the acting AV . M . then gave three strokes Avith bis gavel , and requested tbe Treasurer to deposit in tbe caAdty a bottle , containing an inscription on parchment , and the current coins of this settlement . The Secretary then read the inscription on the plate , Avhich Avas as follows : —•
In the Year of our Lord 1854 , and in the Seventeenth Year of the Reign of VICTORIA , Queen of Great Britain , and Ireland , The Most Noble JAMES ANDREW MARQUIS OF DALHOUSIE , K . T . being- Governor-General of British India ,
THE FOUNDATION STOKE of the Light-House , to be erected on the Coney , and dedicated to the memory of SIR STAMFORD RAFFLES , K . T ., LL . D ., F . B . S ., & S . A . L . S ., to whose Enlightened Policy the Mercantile World is indebted for the selection of Singapore as an Emporium ,
and for the Ereedom of its Commerce from all restraints , was laid on the 2-dth of May , the Anniversary of THE BIRTH-DAY OP HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY , by the AVORSHIPEUL MASTER , and the Brethren of the Lodge Zetland in the East , No . 74 S , In the presence of Colonel Butterworth , C . B ., The Governor o _ the Straits Settlements , and many of the British and Foreign
Residents at Singapore . The p late wns then placed over the cavity , the cement was spread by the acting AV . M ., and the upper stone lowered , the band playing " Rule Britannia . " The stone was then tested with tbe plumb level and square by tiie proper Officers , who reported that the Craftsmen had done their duty . The acting W . M . then took the plumb , level , and square , and having