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Provincial.
PROVINCIAL .
HERTFORD . —Dec . 31 , 1835 . —MOUNT L EBANON CHAPTER . —The Chapter met for the first time in the Town Hall , which presented a very imposing appearance , from the portraits ivhich adorn the walls , the elegant furniture of the Chapter , and the numerous attendance of the Companions . The following Principals were installed : —Comps . W R . G . Key , first ; G . Philipe , second ; AV . Lloyd Thomas , third . The folloiving address was unanimously agreed to , and Comp . Thomas
was requested to present it to the noble Companion : — , "To the Jlost Honourable the Jlarquess of Salisbury , Grand Superintendent of the Province of Herts . "We , the Principals , and other members of the Jlount Lebanon Chapter , No . 578 , beg to approach your lordship with feelings of most sincere regret and condolence for the serious and afflicting calamity fallen upon your lordship and family by the recent conflagration at
Hatfield House . " The partial destruction of such a noble edifice as your lordship ' s mansion , dear as it is to English history from its connexion with your lordship ' s celebrated ancestors , ivould of itself have been sufficient to awaken universal feelings of sorrow ; but that becomes of a minor character , from the afflicting circumstance of its being accompanied by the loss of your lordship ' s revered parent . " Placed , as your lordship is , so high amongst the nobles of the land , and but partially mixing with the subordinate ranks of life , your
lordship has not had the opportunity of hearing , to the fullest extent , of the many and extended benefits dispensed by her deceased ladyship amongst those classes , the recollection of ivhich will endear her memory to all , and her decease will create a loss which will be severely felt . " In common with the public , and your lordship ' s friends , we should , as individuals , deeply feel your lordship ' s loss ; but those feelings in us are of a much more painful and peculiar nature , not only from our relative situation to your lordshipas members of that supreme degree
, of Freemasonry , of which in this province your lordship is the head , but from your lordship forming a part of our body '"' , such opportunities have been afforded to us of seeing your lordship s virtues , kindness , and condescension , as to leave an impression nothing can efface . " Signed on behalf of the Chapter , " W . R . G . Key , Z . " Geo . P . Philipe , H . and P . Z .
" AA ' m . Lloyd Thomas , J . " It is stated that two new Lodges , and also two new Chapters , are contemplated for this province . CAMBRIDGE , Jan . Gth . —The annual JIasonic ball under the patronage of the Brethren of the Scientific Lodge of this town , took place on AVednesday last at the Red Lion . The attendance was numerous and very respectable , and dancing was kept up ivith considerable spirit until nearly four o ' clock .
Lines composed on the occasion . The festive scene invites the dance , And many an eye is beaming AVith hope and joy , that soon , perchance , In sorrow may be streaming ;
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Provincial.
PROVINCIAL .
HERTFORD . —Dec . 31 , 1835 . —MOUNT L EBANON CHAPTER . —The Chapter met for the first time in the Town Hall , which presented a very imposing appearance , from the portraits ivhich adorn the walls , the elegant furniture of the Chapter , and the numerous attendance of the Companions . The following Principals were installed : —Comps . W R . G . Key , first ; G . Philipe , second ; AV . Lloyd Thomas , third . The folloiving address was unanimously agreed to , and Comp . Thomas
was requested to present it to the noble Companion : — , "To the Jlost Honourable the Jlarquess of Salisbury , Grand Superintendent of the Province of Herts . "We , the Principals , and other members of the Jlount Lebanon Chapter , No . 578 , beg to approach your lordship with feelings of most sincere regret and condolence for the serious and afflicting calamity fallen upon your lordship and family by the recent conflagration at
Hatfield House . " The partial destruction of such a noble edifice as your lordship ' s mansion , dear as it is to English history from its connexion with your lordship ' s celebrated ancestors , ivould of itself have been sufficient to awaken universal feelings of sorrow ; but that becomes of a minor character , from the afflicting circumstance of its being accompanied by the loss of your lordship ' s revered parent . " Placed , as your lordship is , so high amongst the nobles of the land , and but partially mixing with the subordinate ranks of life , your
lordship has not had the opportunity of hearing , to the fullest extent , of the many and extended benefits dispensed by her deceased ladyship amongst those classes , the recollection of ivhich will endear her memory to all , and her decease will create a loss which will be severely felt . " In common with the public , and your lordship ' s friends , we should , as individuals , deeply feel your lordship ' s loss ; but those feelings in us are of a much more painful and peculiar nature , not only from our relative situation to your lordshipas members of that supreme degree
, of Freemasonry , of which in this province your lordship is the head , but from your lordship forming a part of our body '"' , such opportunities have been afforded to us of seeing your lordship s virtues , kindness , and condescension , as to leave an impression nothing can efface . " Signed on behalf of the Chapter , " W . R . G . Key , Z . " Geo . P . Philipe , H . and P . Z .
" AA ' m . Lloyd Thomas , J . " It is stated that two new Lodges , and also two new Chapters , are contemplated for this province . CAMBRIDGE , Jan . Gth . —The annual JIasonic ball under the patronage of the Brethren of the Scientific Lodge of this town , took place on AVednesday last at the Red Lion . The attendance was numerous and very respectable , and dancing was kept up ivith considerable spirit until nearly four o ' clock .
Lines composed on the occasion . The festive scene invites the dance , And many an eye is beaming AVith hope and joy , that soon , perchance , In sorrow may be streaming ;