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Scotland.
the noble President of the Monumental Committee ( and thoy may well look grave-like ) has a good report to render of his long stewardship . ABERDEEN . — GRAND CEREMONIAL . —FOUNDATION OF THE NEW BUILDINGS OF MARISCIIAL COLLEGE . —Oct . 18 . —According to previous arrangement , the Grand Masonic Procession and Ceremonial , at the laving the foundation-stone of Marischal College New Buildings took lace on AVednesday last . The weather proved exceedingly favourable
p , and nothing occurred to interrupt the enjoyment of the immense multitude who had turned out , in holiday attire , to witness the proceedings . Early in the morning the streets exhibited all the bustle of preparation ; flags were hoisted on the bartisan of the Town-House and on Marischal College , and the members of the various trades and Masonic bodies were actively engaged getting their emblems and devices in order . All the vessels in the harbour showed their colours . The Lord Provost and
Magistrates met in the Council Chamber ; the Burgesses of Guild in the AthenaHim ; the Professors in Marischal College ; the Incorjiorated Trades in Trinity Kail ; the Society of Advocates and the Justices of the Peace in the Court-Iiouse ; the Graduates and Students in Cooke ' s Circus ; the Junior Trades in the Barrack Square ; and each body proceeded in order to Union Street , AVest of tbe Public Rooms , where they were joined by the noblemen and gentlemen who formed the other
parts of the procession . The arrangements were then comjileted , nearly , although not quite the same as laid down in the printed jirogramme and a few minutes after twelve , tbe members of the various bodies , walking six a-breast , began to move : —the procession was one mile in length . A gallery had been fitted up in the College Court to contain twelve hundred people , who were admitted by ticket . It was crowded to excess ,
and many hundreds more would have been present had there been room . The bodies forming the procession , on entering the Court , went to the stations that had been assigned to them ; and tbe Duke of Richmond and several other noblemen and gentlemen , the Lord Provost and Magistrates , the Chancellor , the Oean of Faculty , the Assessors to the Rector , the Principals ancl Professors , the University and College Buildings Commissioners , the Provincial Giand JIaster , the R . AV . Masters
of the three ancient Lodges of Aberdeen , St . Machar , ancl St . Nicholas , the Architect and Contractor for the works , ancl the three Operatives appointed to lower the stone , took their places on a commodious platform near the stone . A p iece of ordnance was then fired three times as an announcement of the commencement of the ceremony , and the tools , jewels , and other Masonic insignia , were laid on tbe table before the Duke of Richmond . After the " Queen ' s Anthem" ancl tbe " Masons '
Anthem" had been played by the band , a most impressive prayer was offered up by the Rev . Principal Dewar , and the hymn of Madon ' s was sung by the boys of Gordon ' s Hospital , many of the other bodies present joining . AVhen tiie anthem was concluded , Provost Milne addressed the Duke of Richmond : —M y Lord Duke—As Provost of Aberdeen , in my own nameand in the name of tbe istrates and Town
Councilrepresen-, Mag , tatives of the community of this populous and ancient city , 1 beg your Grace will accept of my most sincere , and heartfelt thanks for your condescending kindness in honouring this great meeting with your Grace s presence upon this auspicious occasion . My Lord Duke , the citizens of Aberdeen owe a debt of gratitude to a discerning Government for the
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Scotland.
the noble President of the Monumental Committee ( and thoy may well look grave-like ) has a good report to render of his long stewardship . ABERDEEN . — GRAND CEREMONIAL . —FOUNDATION OF THE NEW BUILDINGS OF MARISCIIAL COLLEGE . —Oct . 18 . —According to previous arrangement , the Grand Masonic Procession and Ceremonial , at the laving the foundation-stone of Marischal College New Buildings took lace on AVednesday last . The weather proved exceedingly favourable
p , and nothing occurred to interrupt the enjoyment of the immense multitude who had turned out , in holiday attire , to witness the proceedings . Early in the morning the streets exhibited all the bustle of preparation ; flags were hoisted on the bartisan of the Town-House and on Marischal College , and the members of the various trades and Masonic bodies were actively engaged getting their emblems and devices in order . All the vessels in the harbour showed their colours . The Lord Provost and
Magistrates met in the Council Chamber ; the Burgesses of Guild in the AthenaHim ; the Professors in Marischal College ; the Incorjiorated Trades in Trinity Kail ; the Society of Advocates and the Justices of the Peace in the Court-Iiouse ; the Graduates and Students in Cooke ' s Circus ; the Junior Trades in the Barrack Square ; and each body proceeded in order to Union Street , AVest of tbe Public Rooms , where they were joined by the noblemen and gentlemen who formed the other
parts of the procession . The arrangements were then comjileted , nearly , although not quite the same as laid down in the printed jirogramme and a few minutes after twelve , tbe members of the various bodies , walking six a-breast , began to move : —the procession was one mile in length . A gallery had been fitted up in the College Court to contain twelve hundred people , who were admitted by ticket . It was crowded to excess ,
and many hundreds more would have been present had there been room . The bodies forming the procession , on entering the Court , went to the stations that had been assigned to them ; and tbe Duke of Richmond and several other noblemen and gentlemen , the Lord Provost and Magistrates , the Chancellor , the Oean of Faculty , the Assessors to the Rector , the Principals ancl Professors , the University and College Buildings Commissioners , the Provincial Giand JIaster , the R . AV . Masters
of the three ancient Lodges of Aberdeen , St . Machar , ancl St . Nicholas , the Architect and Contractor for the works , ancl the three Operatives appointed to lower the stone , took their places on a commodious platform near the stone . A p iece of ordnance was then fired three times as an announcement of the commencement of the ceremony , and the tools , jewels , and other Masonic insignia , were laid on tbe table before the Duke of Richmond . After the " Queen ' s Anthem" ancl tbe " Masons '
Anthem" had been played by the band , a most impressive prayer was offered up by the Rev . Principal Dewar , and the hymn of Madon ' s was sung by the boys of Gordon ' s Hospital , many of the other bodies present joining . AVhen tiie anthem was concluded , Provost Milne addressed the Duke of Richmond : —M y Lord Duke—As Provost of Aberdeen , in my own nameand in the name of tbe istrates and Town
Councilrepresen-, Mag , tatives of the community of this populous and ancient city , 1 beg your Grace will accept of my most sincere , and heartfelt thanks for your condescending kindness in honouring this great meeting with your Grace s presence upon this auspicious occasion . My Lord Duke , the citizens of Aberdeen owe a debt of gratitude to a discerning Government for the