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Provincial.
PROVINCIAL .
HERTFOROSIHRE . —The installation of the W . M . of the Hertford Lodge for the ensuing year took place at the Town-hall , Hertford , on Thursday , Nov . 5 , on which occasion there was a numerous attendance . The Lodge met at one o ' clock , on account of the pressure of masonic business .
Hatfield House , Nov . 27 . —This splendid mansion has just been greatly damaged by fire , and the Dowager Marchioness of Salisbury has fallen a victim to the flames . We have not room to detail the particulars of the awful calamity , nor does it become us to invade the sanctity of filial grief . Mr . Lloyd Thomas , the personal friend of his lordship the marquess , and surgeon to the household , fortunately was at hand , which was in some measure providential , as it was feared he had attended at an important masonic engagement in London .
This gentleman has sufficiently recognized those relics of the deceased parent of the marquess , which have been found , so as to satisfy a jury which has sat under the coroner . The afflicting event has , as might be expected , given rise to the expression of sympathy and condolence in every quarter . The following address was unanimously agreed to , and the mayor was requested to transmit it privatel y to his lordship : —
' To the Most Honourable the Marquess of Salisbury , High Steward of the Borough of Hertford , & c . & c . & c . " We , the Mayor , Recorder , Aldermen , Assistants , and other Officers of the Corporation of the borough of Hertford , beg leave to express our deep grief and sorrow to your lordship at the sudden and lamentable calamity with which it has been the will of Providence to visit your lordship and family .
" In mourning the loss of an affectionate relative , who for a long series of years proved herself so bright an ornament to society , and whose charity never ceased to flow , your lordship will have the melancholy consolation to reflect that her memory will be long cherished in the remembrance of both the hi gh and the low . " It is our fervent prayer that the Almighty may be pleased to comfort and support your lordship and family in this the hour of affliction , and that he may long preserve your lordship to he , as heretofore , an object of respect and esteem to your numerous and sincere friends and neighbours . "
We have further to state , that at a meeting of the Hertford Lodge of Freemasons , it was resolved b y the members that the Master be requested to convene a Lodge of Emergency , for the purpose of agreeing upon an address of condolence to their noble brother . The noble marquess stands at the head of the craft in this county , in his capacity of Provincial Grand Master , and as such he is entitle )! to the sympathy of every Lodge within the province . But the tie which binds his lordshi
p to his brother Masons in Hertfordshire is not merely an official tie , it is a tie of the heart . B y the condescending and friendl y manner in which he has always mixed with them , and by the truly masonic conduct which he has always shown towards them , individually and collectively , he has endeared himself to his brethren in a manner that none of them will soon forget .
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Provincial.
PROVINCIAL .
HERTFOROSIHRE . —The installation of the W . M . of the Hertford Lodge for the ensuing year took place at the Town-hall , Hertford , on Thursday , Nov . 5 , on which occasion there was a numerous attendance . The Lodge met at one o ' clock , on account of the pressure of masonic business .
Hatfield House , Nov . 27 . —This splendid mansion has just been greatly damaged by fire , and the Dowager Marchioness of Salisbury has fallen a victim to the flames . We have not room to detail the particulars of the awful calamity , nor does it become us to invade the sanctity of filial grief . Mr . Lloyd Thomas , the personal friend of his lordship the marquess , and surgeon to the household , fortunately was at hand , which was in some measure providential , as it was feared he had attended at an important masonic engagement in London .
This gentleman has sufficiently recognized those relics of the deceased parent of the marquess , which have been found , so as to satisfy a jury which has sat under the coroner . The afflicting event has , as might be expected , given rise to the expression of sympathy and condolence in every quarter . The following address was unanimously agreed to , and the mayor was requested to transmit it privatel y to his lordship : —
' To the Most Honourable the Marquess of Salisbury , High Steward of the Borough of Hertford , & c . & c . & c . " We , the Mayor , Recorder , Aldermen , Assistants , and other Officers of the Corporation of the borough of Hertford , beg leave to express our deep grief and sorrow to your lordship at the sudden and lamentable calamity with which it has been the will of Providence to visit your lordship and family .
" In mourning the loss of an affectionate relative , who for a long series of years proved herself so bright an ornament to society , and whose charity never ceased to flow , your lordship will have the melancholy consolation to reflect that her memory will be long cherished in the remembrance of both the hi gh and the low . " It is our fervent prayer that the Almighty may be pleased to comfort and support your lordship and family in this the hour of affliction , and that he may long preserve your lordship to he , as heretofore , an object of respect and esteem to your numerous and sincere friends and neighbours . "
We have further to state , that at a meeting of the Hertford Lodge of Freemasons , it was resolved b y the members that the Master be requested to convene a Lodge of Emergency , for the purpose of agreeing upon an address of condolence to their noble brother . The noble marquess stands at the head of the craft in this county , in his capacity of Provincial Grand Master , and as such he is entitle )! to the sympathy of every Lodge within the province . But the tie which binds his lordshi
p to his brother Masons in Hertfordshire is not merely an official tie , it is a tie of the heart . B y the condescending and friendl y manner in which he has always mixed with them , and by the truly masonic conduct which he has always shown towards them , individually and collectively , he has endeared himself to his brethren in a manner that none of them will soon forget .