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the Rev . T . G . Parr , for his kindness in allowing the fraternity the use of his church , and for his further favour in assisting in the service that day . The proposition was cordially received . The V . W . the PROV . GRAND CHAPLAIN observed that he had already on their behalf , expressed their obligations to his reverend brother , and regretted to him that their regulations could not permit him to be invited to their banquet .
The R . AV . the PROV . GRAND MASTER , after proposing , as the next toast , the Committee of Management and the Stewards of the Banquet , closed the Prov . Grand Lodge ; and Bro . the Rev . T . O . B . Floyer then , in due form , closed the Craft Lodge . The PROV . GRAND MASTER expressed his regret that the fact of so large a portion of the Brethren having to retire at an early hour , to meet their special train , prevented his proposing several other toasts which he
had intended . During the evening the band played , at intervals , some beautiful overtures , quadrilles , & c . The day was one that will not soon be forgotten by the Brethren ; the pleasure afforded them being altogether unalloyed
LEAMINGTON , Sept . 15 . —Laying the Foundation Stone of the Vicar ' s Grammar School . —The design of a grammar school , such as that which has orig inated with our vicar , is , in itself , the successful vindication of an ever-living principle—the practical excellence of good habits and intellect . Without seeking to exaggerate the vital importance of the work , or clothe it with a radiance foreign from its nature and prospects , but dealing soberly with the probabilities of life , we cannot , under universal encouragementanticipate any other than the happiest results to this
, town , from the establishment in question , which promises not less to grace pur precincts by rare architectural beauties , than by the laudable purposes which have prompted an undertaking so well calculated , in its details , to prepare the youthful mind for the multiplied transactions and circumstances of ordinary society . At the request of the vicar , the Masonic body of Warwickshire assembled hereto includeby their operative ceremoniesthe new
build-, , , ing within the long list of those renowned structures devised by that wisdom , supported by that strength , and adorned by that beauty , which have studded our land , from one end to the other , with invaluable legacies bequeathed to us by the Masonic architects of past centuries . We should he sadly unmindful of the humanising objects of the ancient Craft were we , in reference to such an event as this , to pursue any course which did not Correspond with the catholic benevolence of the age in which we live .
AVhy , it may be asked , such an event as that of the last few days ? Our answer isi that henceforth no Freemason can forget that here he stands upon a portion of the soil of Old England nationally identified with the mental training of the rising generation . Years—it may be centuries , hence—the intelligent Craftsman , the intellectual Freemason , will turn with pride to a noble scholastic pile as one from beneath whose cloistered shades has forth into the great world a briht spirit of m-
gone many g telligenc ' e ; and what will be the feelings of any member of the mystic union , who being duly impressed with the pure principles of the speculative ' science he professes , that will not feel the responsibilityofmaking those principles indigenous , as it were , to a town so largely identified witH"the mqfalhappiness and the intellectual culture of mankind ?) It will " hot be uninteresting , at some distant day , to speculate-upon the
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Provincial.
the Rev . T . G . Parr , for his kindness in allowing the fraternity the use of his church , and for his further favour in assisting in the service that day . The proposition was cordially received . The V . W . the PROV . GRAND CHAPLAIN observed that he had already on their behalf , expressed their obligations to his reverend brother , and regretted to him that their regulations could not permit him to be invited to their banquet .
The R . AV . the PROV . GRAND MASTER , after proposing , as the next toast , the Committee of Management and the Stewards of the Banquet , closed the Prov . Grand Lodge ; and Bro . the Rev . T . O . B . Floyer then , in due form , closed the Craft Lodge . The PROV . GRAND MASTER expressed his regret that the fact of so large a portion of the Brethren having to retire at an early hour , to meet their special train , prevented his proposing several other toasts which he
had intended . During the evening the band played , at intervals , some beautiful overtures , quadrilles , & c . The day was one that will not soon be forgotten by the Brethren ; the pleasure afforded them being altogether unalloyed
LEAMINGTON , Sept . 15 . —Laying the Foundation Stone of the Vicar ' s Grammar School . —The design of a grammar school , such as that which has orig inated with our vicar , is , in itself , the successful vindication of an ever-living principle—the practical excellence of good habits and intellect . Without seeking to exaggerate the vital importance of the work , or clothe it with a radiance foreign from its nature and prospects , but dealing soberly with the probabilities of life , we cannot , under universal encouragementanticipate any other than the happiest results to this
, town , from the establishment in question , which promises not less to grace pur precincts by rare architectural beauties , than by the laudable purposes which have prompted an undertaking so well calculated , in its details , to prepare the youthful mind for the multiplied transactions and circumstances of ordinary society . At the request of the vicar , the Masonic body of Warwickshire assembled hereto includeby their operative ceremoniesthe new
build-, , , ing within the long list of those renowned structures devised by that wisdom , supported by that strength , and adorned by that beauty , which have studded our land , from one end to the other , with invaluable legacies bequeathed to us by the Masonic architects of past centuries . We should he sadly unmindful of the humanising objects of the ancient Craft were we , in reference to such an event as this , to pursue any course which did not Correspond with the catholic benevolence of the age in which we live .
AVhy , it may be asked , such an event as that of the last few days ? Our answer isi that henceforth no Freemason can forget that here he stands upon a portion of the soil of Old England nationally identified with the mental training of the rising generation . Years—it may be centuries , hence—the intelligent Craftsman , the intellectual Freemason , will turn with pride to a noble scholastic pile as one from beneath whose cloistered shades has forth into the great world a briht spirit of m-
gone many g telligenc ' e ; and what will be the feelings of any member of the mystic union , who being duly impressed with the pure principles of the speculative ' science he professes , that will not feel the responsibilityofmaking those principles indigenous , as it were , to a town so largely identified witH"the mqfalhappiness and the intellectual culture of mankind ?) It will " hot be uninteresting , at some distant day , to speculate-upon the