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great clearness and energy ; and after remaining in the Lodge nearly an hour , took leave of the Brethren , who were hi ghly gratified with his condescension , and the warm interest he ever takes in the concerns of the Fraternity . SUNDERLAND . —PALATINE "LOI > GE , NOV . 4 . —Charles Buller , Esq . M . P ., Benjamin Hawes , Esq . M . P ., Prince Achmet Nadir Shahzade , and Joseph Simpson , Esq ., Mayor of Sunderland , were " made" Members of the Palatine Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons , at Kay ' s Hotel , on Monday evening last , when there was an unusual assemblage of the Brethren to witness the ceremonial .
THE DUKE OF SUSSEX AT SUNDERLAND , LAYING THE FOUNDATION-STONE OF THE ATHENJEUM . ( From the Morning Chi onlele . ) TUESDAY , 12 th Nov . —All that the industry of yesterday had left unfinished in the way of preparation , was this morning completed betimes . The cares of business were completely thrown aside—the shops were closed—banners were flung forth from the windowsand the ships
, in the river were dressed in their gay and various colours . Strangers flocked into the town from every quarter ; the streets were thronged with a good-humoured , laughing , curious crowd ; the bells from the different steeples proclaimed , in loud and merry peals , the general holiday ; and never did a multitude so mixed and so vast enter upon the enjoyment of a few hours snatched from toil with greater zest , with a greater determination to be happywith a stronger desire to do honour to the
, occasion ; nor , withal , with a higher sense of decorum and ofthe courtesy ( best manifested by orderly behaviour ) which was due to their illustrious visitor . _ It seems that the veterans of the town retained a very favourable impression from his Royal Highness ' s last visit , which took place about seventeen years ago ; and , although , upon the present occasion , it was understood that the proceedings of the day were to partake , in a considerable degree , of a Masonic character , that circumstance tended in no
respect to diminish the interest which reigned supreme in the public bosom , andwas ^ as warmly shared by the " uninitiated profane" as by the humblest or highest Brother of the Craft . Cine common sentiment appeared to possess the mind and govern the conduct of the whole ofthe immense mass—a desire to give his Royal Highness a hearty but respectful welcome ; and to convince him that the people of this part of the kingdom properly appreciated the endeavours which , throughout a
long life , he has unceasingly made to improve the condition , expand the mind , and raise the moral standard of his fellow-men . This must be taken as the first and most immediate cause for the earnest but controlled behaviour of all classes ; but , perhaps , it would not be difficult to trace a secondary cause for this respectful demeanour in the attachment of the people ofthe neighbourhood to the Earl of Durham , and the desire thence arising to do honour to any guest who miht he introduced to them b
g y the hospitable and much-loved lord of Lambton . It was expected that his Royal Highness would reach Sunderland somewhere about twelve o ' clock ; and by that time not only were the streets so crowded as to be almost impassable , but the windows of every house , from the basement to the roof—nay , the roofs themselves—as VOL . vi . 3 u
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great clearness and energy ; and after remaining in the Lodge nearly an hour , took leave of the Brethren , who were hi ghly gratified with his condescension , and the warm interest he ever takes in the concerns of the Fraternity . SUNDERLAND . —PALATINE "LOI > GE , NOV . 4 . —Charles Buller , Esq . M . P ., Benjamin Hawes , Esq . M . P ., Prince Achmet Nadir Shahzade , and Joseph Simpson , Esq ., Mayor of Sunderland , were " made" Members of the Palatine Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons , at Kay ' s Hotel , on Monday evening last , when there was an unusual assemblage of the Brethren to witness the ceremonial .
THE DUKE OF SUSSEX AT SUNDERLAND , LAYING THE FOUNDATION-STONE OF THE ATHENJEUM . ( From the Morning Chi onlele . ) TUESDAY , 12 th Nov . —All that the industry of yesterday had left unfinished in the way of preparation , was this morning completed betimes . The cares of business were completely thrown aside—the shops were closed—banners were flung forth from the windowsand the ships
, in the river were dressed in their gay and various colours . Strangers flocked into the town from every quarter ; the streets were thronged with a good-humoured , laughing , curious crowd ; the bells from the different steeples proclaimed , in loud and merry peals , the general holiday ; and never did a multitude so mixed and so vast enter upon the enjoyment of a few hours snatched from toil with greater zest , with a greater determination to be happywith a stronger desire to do honour to the
, occasion ; nor , withal , with a higher sense of decorum and ofthe courtesy ( best manifested by orderly behaviour ) which was due to their illustrious visitor . _ It seems that the veterans of the town retained a very favourable impression from his Royal Highness ' s last visit , which took place about seventeen years ago ; and , although , upon the present occasion , it was understood that the proceedings of the day were to partake , in a considerable degree , of a Masonic character , that circumstance tended in no
respect to diminish the interest which reigned supreme in the public bosom , andwas ^ as warmly shared by the " uninitiated profane" as by the humblest or highest Brother of the Craft . Cine common sentiment appeared to possess the mind and govern the conduct of the whole ofthe immense mass—a desire to give his Royal Highness a hearty but respectful welcome ; and to convince him that the people of this part of the kingdom properly appreciated the endeavours which , throughout a
long life , he has unceasingly made to improve the condition , expand the mind , and raise the moral standard of his fellow-men . This must be taken as the first and most immediate cause for the earnest but controlled behaviour of all classes ; but , perhaps , it would not be difficult to trace a secondary cause for this respectful demeanour in the attachment of the people ofthe neighbourhood to the Earl of Durham , and the desire thence arising to do honour to any guest who miht he introduced to them b
g y the hospitable and much-loved lord of Lambton . It was expected that his Royal Highness would reach Sunderland somewhere about twelve o ' clock ; and by that time not only were the streets so crowded as to be almost impassable , but the windows of every house , from the basement to the roof—nay , the roofs themselves—as VOL . vi . 3 u