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of pounds , to establish themselves m these rooms , and in a temple worthy of the Craft . The lodgeroom , though on what may be called the basement floor , on the inner or town side of the tower , is , on its outer or seaward aspect , at a ureat elevation above the harbour ; it is

approached through an ante-room , which has been suitably lilted up with lavatory , ccc in enammclled slate , presented to the Lodge by Bros . Nicholls and Owen . The ceiling of the lodge-room is painted in blue , with g ilt Masonic emblems , the furniture , manufactured by Bro .

George Kenning , of London and Liverpool , is in white and gold , and the upholstery of masonic blue . The room is warmed by a Gill ' s stove , presented by Bro . Robert AVilliams , ol Carnarvon . The Master ' s dais was presented

by Bro . R . AVilliams . The whole of the work was carried out by Bro . Owen Morris , under the siiperintenilance of Bro . R . J . Davids , the Architect , and to the satisfaction of the members of ihe Segonlium Locbi ' e .

A large number of Brethren assembled lo meet the Provincial , ( irand Master , but . Sir AV . AV . NVynn was prevented being present , in . consequence of having to attend the funeral , of his resident agent .

Thc Birthday of Her Majesty was the day appointed for the consecration ol the hall . Among the number of brethren present , were — Bros . Dymock , Dep . Prov . G . M . : A ' aughan , Williams , Prov , G . S . AV . ; T . AN ' . Goldsborough , P . Prov . G . S . NV . ; Ccpner AVynnc Edwards . Prov . G . LAV .: T . C Roden , P . " Prov . G . S . AV .

Love James Parry , M . P ., P . Prov . G . D . C Koberl Humphreys , P . G . S . 15 .: R . A . Jones , P . M . 6 ort ; NN ' . II . Carter , P . M . 606 : ' J ohn Owen , P . M . 584 : F . AV . Thomas , P . M . 3 S 4 : AI . Dyer , P . M . 584 ; John Peters , P . M . - , 07 : | . A . ' Kaslwood , P . M . -517 ; K . AV . AVo ' rrall . PM 722 : ( iLWoodlcvAVAL 7 ^ AV ....

.. . . . : . ¦¦ ' I--: VJ - " ¦ " > . ., . V _ , , .. .. / , ) , )• " Evans , W . M . 111 ? ,. The following ollicers and brethren ol the Segontium and other lodges were also present :--Segontium Lodge , Carnarvon , No . doCi : ¦ - - Bros ! | . AV . Poole , S . AN " .: G . C . . Bradbury

J . AN ' .: T . 11 . AVebb , Treasurer : C Foulkes , Secretary .: T . S . Nicholls , S . D . : AV . I layden . Org .: J . Lloyd , T . G . Cowell , C H . Rees , K . T . Ilalehan , Louis Aroiison , Thomas Roberts , John Pugh , AN'illiam Hurwood , John Moreton , R . R . AVilliams , John Thomas , AVm .

Maughan , AN 11 . Marrow , | . A . Ringrose , R . Griffith , AV . Hamer , Richard Humphreys , Richard Rowlands , Lewis Prolhcro , Owen Thomas , Thomas Thomas , AV . G . Owen , AN ' . Paynter , AV . Charlton , C Davis . AV . AVatkins , and ' jame llawkridge . St . Davids Lodge , Bangor , Xo . ., 84 : —Bros .

Henry Owen : Richard Rowlands , D . AVynn Williams , AN ' atson Roberts , Robert Owen , F . [ ones , ( ) wen Jones , and | . Jones . Ilibernia Lodge , Hol y head , No . 307 : —Bros . J . Lloyd , and Isaac Peters . St . John ' s Lodge , Leicester , No . 272 :-- Bro , J . Smith . StTudno LoiltreLlandudnoNo 7 : - e - J I ! VW

. . . . , , """ ' - "V' ^ V , „ .,,-.,,....,,., ,. //( J - Bro . Lloyd Jones . Alany other brethren were pres"n | , .-, hose names ' . ' -. e were unable to obtain . The R . AV . Deo . Grand il aster opened a special Grand Lodire , and , assisted by Bro .

Goldsborough proceeded to the solemn con . ecration of the Hall , in the course of which ceremony Bio . Roden delivered ihefollowing address : " Ri ght AVorshi p fc . l Provincial Grand Master , Officers , and Brethren , — Il is at all times

outduty as . Masons , to rentier honour to whom j honour is due : am ! il is especiall y incumbent upon Us thai we this day gratefully acknowledge oi ' . r obligations io those bv VVIIOM- favour and . Masonic spirit il is , that this lodge has been permitted to assemble in this venerable buildhnr . It

is , then , to the constable oi' ihe castle , the Right Honourable Bro . the Earl of Carnarvon , D . G . Master of England , and to our re .-pccled Brother Sir Llewellyn Turner , the deputy constable , ihat we are indebted for the privilege .

not onl y of niieiing vv ithiu these walls , so replete with historical interest , but for the still greater privilege , for the great advantage , and I will say fur the high honour , of bcinir allowed to Cull this noble ai'ailment cm iodi'e-ruom—and

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that , not for to-day only , but for the future , and I trust for a long and prosperous future . " There are vet other distinguished Brothers , to whom honour is due , to the R . AV . Prov . G . Master , Sir AA ' atkin . AVilliams Wynn . who , with that kindness and fraternal feeling by which he

is characterised , and for which he is justl y respected by the Masons of this Province , who has summoned this Provincial Grand Lodge , and to the Deputy Prov . G . Master , the A . A \' . Bro . Dymock , who by his presence and assistance in the consecration of this room to the uses of Masonry ,

has added so much to the mt-eiesl we all feel m the important object , for which , we are met together . Nothing could be more fitting than that this lodge , which derives its name from the Roman City , Segontium , which once stood near the spot on which we are now assembled ,

should have loimd a home and resting place within the walls of this antient castle . Surrounded , as we are , with the memorials of antiquity , and associated with the traditions of ages that are past , we might well sutler our minds , on such an occasion as the present , to

recal the period when our predecessors , some six hundred years ago , raised this mi ghty p ile ; and congratulate ourselves , not only on the liberty accorded to us of inleulcaling the peaceful ideas of our Craft in a place devoted , in bygone au ' es , to the purposes of war and bloodshed ,

but on ihe happy change of circumstances which time has w rotiglil since those days of strife . We mig ht , mark the contrast between the objects which l lie Master Masons who built this stronghold , had in view , as compared with those which now animate our breasts . They who laid these

Inundations and built these massive walls , laboured to raise a bulwark againsltheir enemies , and provide the means of agression : we , a far future generation of Masons , after the lapse ol six centuries , would fain use our working tools in the cultivation of the arts of peace , in

inculcating the principles of universal brotherhood and ihe practice of universal charity . AVe mig ht draw yet anolher contrast between that troublous tune when the lirst Prince of AVales was shown to the people from a window in this , the ( -lueen ' s Tower , and the time when ,

recently our beloved Past Grand Master , the present Prince of AN ales , received an enthusiastic welcome from his countrymen ofthe Principality , in this room , on his coming io inaugurate a work of public utility to the inhabitants of this town . It would conduce little lo our presentadvanta "' e ,

to enter into historical' controversies , and to attempt lo clear up the misty facts of a dubious antiquity , as regards this Royal Castle ol Carnarvon . If will be more , profitable to devote the few remaining moments at our disposal to the consideration of that which it

will devolve upon some , to teach , and on others to learn , within these time hallowed precincts . AVe do not in these days aspire to the creation of those stupendous fanes , which in the East , in Europe , and in this country , rose under the hands of our antient brethren , the ruins ol

some and ihe present existence of others of which testif y to their unrivalled genius and skill ; but we a . s speculative or Free and Accepted Masons have a temple to build up , the foundation stcne of which wan laid , masonically stieakirnr , at our initiation , not a materia ! structure , Lowerin"

towards t .-ie clouds , but the humble temple , ol our hearts and mind .. : which we have been tau ' - 'ht to render perfect in its parts and honourable to the builder , a temple the superstructure of which is composed of our thoughts , words , and actions , a spiritual edifice ever pointing upwards , and il

any one shall say" who will show usam 'rood ' " Let 11 s refer him to flic pure and elevatiii "" teaching-, of Freemasonry , and - ; bovv him how , thai the mind of the neophyte , instructed in the three grand principles ol our Order , Brotherl y Love , Relief and Truth , is modelled b y A'irltte and Science , and led even

to the throne ol God himself . All e ' ood is ol God , the Great Architect of the Universe , and the existence ol good proves the existence o ! ( iod . All ihat is good in us and in our < irdci is of Him , therefore we may point to the doctrines inculcated in the degrees of Freemasonry as oi God . Moreover , fhev are laii ^ lil in his word , which lies unfolded in every lodge ; and

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if we be conversant therewith and adhere thereto , they will bring us to Him who will not deceive us , neither will He suffer deception ; and while we claim that thc teaching of Freemasonry is of Divine ori gin , it is well , that we should accustom ourselves , not infrequently , to take a

retrospective view , in our own minds , of those degrees m Freemasonry through which wc have passed , and those great duties wc have . solemnly engaged ourselves to perform , in order that we may be assisted thereb y in practising- out of the lodge , those duties we are taught in it : that the world

. nay see the happy and beneficial effects of our antient Institution . If we purify our hearts from every baneful and malignant passion , and exercise ourselves in active beneficence and charity , if we be meek , humble , and resigned , faithful to our ( iod , our country , and our laws ;

if we drop thc tear of sympath y on the failings of a brother , and pour the healing balm of consolation into the bosom of the afilieted ; if we feed thc hungry , clothe the naked , and educate the ignorant ; if wc observe with loyalty and fidelity our obligations to our Order , to our lodges , and to one another ; and indelibly

imprint on our hearts the sacred dictates of Truth , of Honour , and of A'irtue , we shall not fail to commend our profession before men ; and we shall lay up for ourselve s a crown of rejoicing and joy when time with us shall be no more , and may these , the genuine tenets and princi p les of our Order be transmitted , pure and unsullied , through this lodge from , generation to generation .

On the conclusion of the ceremony , the brethren adjourned to the Royal Hotel , where an excellent banquet was prepared b y Bro . Edward I lumphreys . Grace having been said , the R . W . liro . Dy-Miock said : The lirst toast 1 have to propose is

one you will all drink with pleasure , it is " The Health ofthe Oueen . " This is a most auspicious clay for us to meet here , and these meetings show how many loyal subjects there are in the Principality of AVales . This is her birthday , and I hope we shall meet together , for many ' years to

come , on similar occasions , and drink her good health , and wish her many happy returns of the day . Bro . Dymock : The next toast is one of great , interest to us , more particularl y in this old town . The City of Carnarvon was the birth-place of

the first Prince of AVales . The present Prince of AVales is a Mason , and a Past Grand Master of Masons . 1 don ' t know any place so interesting in which we could meet as loyal and good subjects , as in the old Castle of Carnarvon . \\\; will drink his good health , and may he have , many long years to live .

Bro . Dymock then proposed , " The Healths < . sf the AI . AV . ( irand . Master , the Deputy ( irand Master , and the Grand Lodge of England . " Bro . Dymock : Brethren , the next is a bumper toast , it is " The Health of our Right AVorshipful Provincial ( irand Master , Sir NVatkin

AVilliams NVynn . " Nothing gives him greater gratification than in attending these meetings , there could be no better persoi 1 to represent the Principality of Wales , and . the increase m the . number of Masonic ledges in AVales , since he has

been the Grand . Master of the Province shows , it . Il is of no use for me to speak of him here in eulogistic terms , his character is so well known to you all . Long life and prosperity to him , and may we all meet him in this room before verv loii < r .

Bro . Goldsborough , P . Prov . G . S . AV . : I regret thai : the toast . I . have the honour to propose has not been j . laced in elber hand ' .-, not , brethren , on a-jcomit of any indisposition on my part to pr-. ' - pose it , very far indeed from that , but because 1 feel unable , for lack of words to express in an

adequate manner , those warm sentiments of Iraternal affection , esteem , and regard which I know to be entertained and felt in ' the hearts of all who enjoy the honour and pleasure of knowing the gentleman who is the subject of ibis toast ,

if is " Ihe Health ofthe Right NVorshi pful Bro . Dymock , our revered Deputy ( irand Master . ' ' ( Prolonged cheering . ) Thank you , brethren , for that unmistakable and enthusiastic , expression of your leelings , in such perfect unison and harmony with my own . To mention the name oi