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CHELMSFORD , Oct 24 . —At a Grand Provincial Meeting of the Essex Lodges , held at the White Hart Inn , Chelmsford , for the investiture of Provincial Officers for the ensuing year , R . Alston , Esq ., Provincial Grand Master , presiding , the following gentlemen were appointed : — Brethren Wackerbath , of Romford Lodge , Senior Grand Warden ; Slaney , Colchester Lodge , Junior AVarden ; Browse , Pursuivant ; Wakeling , Chelmsford Lodge , Senior Deacon ; Wilson , ditto , Junior Deacon ;
Durrant , sen ., ditto , Sword Bearer ; Abell , Colchester Lodge , Secretary ; Law , Chelmsford Lodge , Steward ; Butler , ditto , Steward ; Thompson , London , Master of Ceremonies ; Osborne , Colchester Lodge , Treasurer ; Braithewaite , Romford Lodge , Architect . —After the business of the day , the Brethren , consisting of thirty , sat down to banquet . IPSWICH , Oct . 9 . —Laying the Foundation Stone of the New Custom House . —This event took place with great pomp and solemnity . At ten
o ' clock the Free and Accepted Masons assembled at the New Assembly Rooms , and at eleven , marched to the Church of St . Mary Tower , where an impressive sermon was preached by the Rev . J . Fenwick , from the 107 th Psalm , 28 th and following verses . At the conclusion of the service , the Brethren marched in order to the Town Hall , where they were met by the Mayor and Corporation , when the whole body , in the course of an hour , arranged themselves in procession . On arriving
upon the ground , the yards of the several vessels lying along the line of Quay were manned , and saluted the assembled posse with three hearty cheers . AVhen the Brethren had taken their places upon the platform appropriated to them , and the officers had entered the circle , with the Mayor and other Municipal Officials , the more immediate proceedings of the day were entered upon . The Rev . J . FENWICK recited a short prayer . Bro . JONES ( Mayor of Sudbury , ) , came forward and deposited the coins , inclosed in a glass casewithin the cavity prepared in the lower
, stone . Bro . THOMPSON , of AVoodbridge , read the inscription engraved upon a brass plate . G . BULLEN , Esq ., D . P . G . M ., then came forward with the trowel—a very chaste ancl elegant piece of workmanship in silver , the production of Mr . R . S . Cole , silversmith , the handle formed of a piece of oak , a portion of one of the beams of the Old Custom House . The trowel was afterwards presented to George JosselynEsq . b
, , y the members of the Lodges 134 , 272 , and 522 , of Ipswich , in testimony of their high respect for him as Chief Magistrate , on the occasion of his laying the first stone of the New Custom House of that Borough . The MAYOR : I accept this memorial of your esteem and regard . It will be treasured by me as heing presented hy this body of Free and Accepted Masons ; nor shall I forget the sentiments and hopes with which they accompanied the gift . The Mayor then proceeded with the
ceremony . After appropriate addresses from the Mayor , the procession quitted the ground , and proceeded by the route of Quay-street , College-street , Queen-street , and King-street , to the Town Hall . The Brethren returned to the Assembly Rooms , and the members of the Corporation partook of an elegant collation prepared in the Council-chamber b y Mr . Smith , of the " Golden Lion . "
MASONIC DINNER . At four o ' clock th . Brethren sat down to a splendid banquet provided by Bro . Castle , of the Great AVhite Horse . vol .. r . 4 i :
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Provincial.
CHELMSFORD , Oct 24 . —At a Grand Provincial Meeting of the Essex Lodges , held at the White Hart Inn , Chelmsford , for the investiture of Provincial Officers for the ensuing year , R . Alston , Esq ., Provincial Grand Master , presiding , the following gentlemen were appointed : — Brethren Wackerbath , of Romford Lodge , Senior Grand Warden ; Slaney , Colchester Lodge , Junior AVarden ; Browse , Pursuivant ; Wakeling , Chelmsford Lodge , Senior Deacon ; Wilson , ditto , Junior Deacon ;
Durrant , sen ., ditto , Sword Bearer ; Abell , Colchester Lodge , Secretary ; Law , Chelmsford Lodge , Steward ; Butler , ditto , Steward ; Thompson , London , Master of Ceremonies ; Osborne , Colchester Lodge , Treasurer ; Braithewaite , Romford Lodge , Architect . —After the business of the day , the Brethren , consisting of thirty , sat down to banquet . IPSWICH , Oct . 9 . —Laying the Foundation Stone of the New Custom House . —This event took place with great pomp and solemnity . At ten
o ' clock the Free and Accepted Masons assembled at the New Assembly Rooms , and at eleven , marched to the Church of St . Mary Tower , where an impressive sermon was preached by the Rev . J . Fenwick , from the 107 th Psalm , 28 th and following verses . At the conclusion of the service , the Brethren marched in order to the Town Hall , where they were met by the Mayor and Corporation , when the whole body , in the course of an hour , arranged themselves in procession . On arriving
upon the ground , the yards of the several vessels lying along the line of Quay were manned , and saluted the assembled posse with three hearty cheers . AVhen the Brethren had taken their places upon the platform appropriated to them , and the officers had entered the circle , with the Mayor and other Municipal Officials , the more immediate proceedings of the day were entered upon . The Rev . J . FENWICK recited a short prayer . Bro . JONES ( Mayor of Sudbury , ) , came forward and deposited the coins , inclosed in a glass casewithin the cavity prepared in the lower
, stone . Bro . THOMPSON , of AVoodbridge , read the inscription engraved upon a brass plate . G . BULLEN , Esq ., D . P . G . M ., then came forward with the trowel—a very chaste ancl elegant piece of workmanship in silver , the production of Mr . R . S . Cole , silversmith , the handle formed of a piece of oak , a portion of one of the beams of the Old Custom House . The trowel was afterwards presented to George JosselynEsq . b
, , y the members of the Lodges 134 , 272 , and 522 , of Ipswich , in testimony of their high respect for him as Chief Magistrate , on the occasion of his laying the first stone of the New Custom House of that Borough . The MAYOR : I accept this memorial of your esteem and regard . It will be treasured by me as heing presented hy this body of Free and Accepted Masons ; nor shall I forget the sentiments and hopes with which they accompanied the gift . The Mayor then proceeded with the
ceremony . After appropriate addresses from the Mayor , the procession quitted the ground , and proceeded by the route of Quay-street , College-street , Queen-street , and King-street , to the Town Hall . The Brethren returned to the Assembly Rooms , and the members of the Corporation partook of an elegant collation prepared in the Council-chamber b y Mr . Smith , of the " Golden Lion . "
MASONIC DINNER . At four o ' clock th . Brethren sat down to a splendid banquet provided by Bro . Castle , of the Great AVhite Horse . vol .. r . 4 i :