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plish this most important work . At present no institution exists either in Reading or its neighbourhood which affords the educational facilities offered by the proposed school ; and the children of farmers , tradesmen , and the higher class of mechanics are debarred from a first-class education at a figure within the compass of either of them . It is hoped that the neighbouring landowners and agriculturists will unite with the merchants , professional men , and tradesmen of Reading- in helping forward
this most important , yet arduous , undertaking , and an appeal is confidently made to all classes to contribute according to their means towards tho erection of an institution which must be of lasting benefit alike to the citizens of Reading and the inhabitants of the adjacent counties . " Up to the present time not quite one-half of the £ 20 , 000 to be spent in the erection of the new school and its accessories has yet been raisedbut no fears can be entertained as to the
, remainder . Some of the donations assume princely proportions ; for instance , we have contributions from Mr . ~ R . Benyon , tbe high steward , £ 500 ; Air . J . II . Balgi-ave , the high sheriff , 500 guineas ; Sir J . H . Goldsmid , £ 500 ; Mr . Councillor Monck , £ 500 ; Messrs . J . and C . Simonds , £ 500 ; Alessrs . H . aud Q . Simonds , £ 500 ; Alessrs . Stephens and Bluntly , £ 500 ; Mr . AValter , M . P , and Col . Loyd Lindsav , ALP ., £ 300 each ; Air . Aid . Harris and the Town Clerk ( Air . F . Rogers ) , £ 200 each ;
Air . Shaw Lefevre , Air . S . Palmer , the Mayor ( Air . Peter Spokes ) , Air . A . AA aterhouse , and Air . A . AVaterbouse , jun ., £ 100 each ; and numerous donations of £ 50 and under . The contributions of the partners in the great firm of Huntley and Palmer , by whom a thousand men are kept in constant employ , made up a total of £ 800 ; while the Alessrs . Sutton contributed £ G 00 between them to the fund of the schools . The town of Reading-and the whole route through to the
, Eedlands Estate , were gaily decorated for the day . Triumphal arches were so numerous that it would be difficult to say where they were not . Festoons were linked from house to house and window to window ; aud reiterated assurances of welcome met the sight of the Prince and Princess in floral writings on tho walls . The first triumphal arch was at the head of the short road leading up to the town from the station . There was presently another at the entrance of the market-place , and close to
the ancient church of St . Lawrence and the Town Ball ; and when tho market-place was reached through this decorative portal , two more of these occasional structures were beheld , at tho opposite corners ofthe gaily-ornamented little square . They were both pleasantly demonstrative of tho loyal and public spirit of Reading , the one being erected by Air . Aid . Palmer , whose firm also furnished a more imposing arch ou the road ; and the other bAlessrs . Sutton , the Queen ' s seedsmen .
y At half-past twelve the train bearing their Royal Highnesses reached the station ofthe Great AVestern Railway , about a mile from the site of the New Schools , where a guard of honour was -formed by the staff of the Royal Berks Afilitia , drawn up in a line on tho platform , under command of Captain Lang . The 1 st Berks Vohmtici-s were the guard of honour on the terrace of the school buildings , under command of Captain Hunter ,
and the Berks Yeomanry Cavalry furnished tho escort from the railway station to the school ground , under command of Captain Tnll . Tbe arrival was signalled by hoisting the Royal Standard and firing a salute ; and ou the Prince and Princess alighting from the royal saloon carriage , the Mayor , who was in attendance with tne Corporation , presented their Royal Highnesses with an address of welcome to the town . They were then conducted to tho carriage in waiting for
open them , which , with other carriages , proceeded in procession , passing through the principal streets of the town , aud traversing a distance of about two miles . The . Provincial Grand Lodge of Berks and Bucks v .- as opened in the Assembl y Rooms , by Sir Bro . Daniel Gooch , Part ., 3 I . P ., Prov . G . Alaster , supported by Bro . the Rev . Sir J . AV . Haves , Bart ., D . Prov . G . AI ., and the officers of fho Provincial Grand Lod and
ge , adjourned . Tho procession was marshalled b y the Cr . Div . of Cers . and assistants to the triumphal arch at the railway gates . Amongst the brethren who joined in the procession were Bros . Sir Daniel Gooch , Bart ., Prov . G . M . for Berks and Bucks ; the Rev . Sir John Hayes , D . Prov . G . AI ,, P . Prov . G . Chap . ; lfagshawo , Prov . G . AI . fur Essex ; Augustus Smith , M . P ., and Prov . G . Af . Cornwall ; J . Rawson , P . DG . AI . for China Perkins
; Algernon , P . G . AV . ; Colonel Lindsay , J . S . Lefevre , Sir V . Goldsmid , . John Hervey , G . Sec . ; the lle ' v . J . B . Simpson , P . G . Chap . ; Rev . J . C . Alar ' tiii , I ' . G . Chap . ; Kev . AVRavenshaw , P . G . Chap . ; Lord Leigh , Prov . G . M . for
Warwickshire ; tho Rev . J . E . Cox , and many of the Provincial Grand Officers . The following members of lodges in the province were present : —Etonian Lodge , No . 200 , Bros . J . Strange , P . AI ., Prov . G . Dir . of Cers . ; J . S . Pullen , P . AI ., P . Prov . J . G . I ) . ; G . Cave , C- Ridout , and J . Sharp , P . AI . ' s ; B . Lovegrove , T . Eolfe , G- B . Aylmore , A \ . J . AVoodman , A . Portsmouth , P . E . Dixon , P . Alidhurst , A . C . Twiggs , and S . Dalton . Hope Lodge , No .
574 , Bros . AV . C . Bland , P . AI , P . Prov . J . G . AV . ; J . G . Hall , P . AI . ; G . J . Cosburn , See . ; B . Fielder , S . AV . ; It . Johnstone , J , AV . ; C . AAlieeler , S . D . ; J . Bance , J . D . ; A . Burns , Steward ; P . W . Beekingham , J . AVheelcr , \\ . iH . Herbert , T . Deller , , T . R . Stillman , Tyler . Union Lodge , No . 411 , Bros . J . Smith , P . Prov . G . Purst . ; AV . Rittson , P . Af . ; J . A . Strachan , J . AV . ; AV . T . Kmersly , I . G . ; A . M . Yetts , Std . ; S . A . Pooock , J . A . BlafieldT . T . CooperJ . AV . MarnettA . AVinterA . Slieppard
, , , , , J . Jlorriss , E . Baker , C . P . Tidd Pratt , M-A ., R . Rogers , AV . H . Presfcwick , J . AV . Simonds . Buckingham Lodge , No . 591 , Bros . A . L . Taylor , AV . M . ; C . P . AVhiskin , I . G . ; J . Dover . Scientific Lodge , No . S 40 , AVolverton , Bros . G . Ratcliffe , AV . M . ; R . King , J . AA . ; R . Hales , J . D . Abbey Lodge , No . 945 , Bro . W . Ballard , J . D . ; St . Barnabas Lodge , No . 948 , Bro . J . McCubbon , AV . AI . ; E . J-Trondell , Prov . G . R . 1 J . Hadley , S . D . ; G . At . Alaskell .
Greyfriars Lodge , No . 1 , 101 , Reading , Bros . R . J . Simpson , Prov . G . Chap , ; G . Chancellor , P . AI . 414 , S . AA . ; E . J . Tabor , J . AV . ; J . G . Godsmark , S . D . ; J . Stranson , I . G . ; J . P . Freeman , Sec . ; J . Eggington , Dir . of Cers . ; E . Alargrett , Steward ; C . Trimmer , L . Moule , II . C . Alargarett , AV . Dorchester , II . Byleton , J . Chesterton , C . Seymour , G . Sliarpe , B . W . Hammett , E . Reynolds , R . Brigham , and A . Scammell . Castle Lodge , No . 771 , Bros . A . B . Wall , J . AV . ; J . B . Sayer . J . D . ; E . Grisbwok , Dir . of
Cers . ; E . Giesler , J . Turner , A . Williams , C . Provost . St . John Lodge , No . 795 , Bros . C . AV . Moulc , J . R . Fonlger , W . M . 177 ; R . C . Frickett , A isifciug brethren ¦ . —Bros . C . Duffell Paullcner , de la Loge Espe-i-auce et Cordialite a Lausanne , Suisse , P . Prov . J . G . D . Oxov , S . W . 1 , 030 ; H . Thompson , P . AJ . 177 and 1 , 158 ; H . Dixon , P . AI . 172 ; J . J . AVedgwood , Dei-went Lodge , 40 , Hast . ings ; J . PiercePhilanthropic LodgeAbergavenny ; T . Deller
, , , P . JI . Hope Lodge , 574 ; R . Knight and H . AI . Powell , Oakley Lodge , 635 ; 8 . Gauntlett , S . AV . G 32 ; J . Potts , S . D . 599 , Prov . G . Supt . of AVorks , Oxfordshire ; \ V . Chamberlain , 599 : R . C . Thearle , E . Gregory , St . Kcw Lodge , 1 , 222 ; AA . B . Stacker , P . AI . 493 , P . Prov . S . G . D . Gloucestershire ; Lewis Ford , Lebanon Lodge , ' 193 , Gloucestershire ; A . G . AVitham , 973 ; AV . Aldridge , 771 ; J . G . Ford , P . AI . Belgrave Lodge , 749 ; J . Dew , P . AI .
694 , Prov . G . Reg . Hampshire ; J . E . Carter , 597 , Reading ; L . N . Blackmore , 402 , Southampton ; F . Pennicott , 209 ; It . H .. Durrani , 1 . 097 ; Vt . B . Sharp , 345 , Faversham ; J . Sparks , J . D l . t' 71 ; I ' . Strange I . 'iggo , Sec . 417 ; J . N . Palmer , P . Prov . G . Chap . Ox f ordshire , AV . AI . 60 S ; G . AI . Butler , 209 ; AV . Roe Edginton , R . W'hitakcr , AV . Norwood , 209 ; AV . Dalton , J . Johnston , 427 , Scotland j T . AVebb , 840 ; J . AV . Tilley , jun ., P . Prov . G . S . B ., P . AI . 209 ; G . L . Thompson , 1 , Edinboro ; W .
Blaeket , Tweed Lodge , 2 G , Scotland ; G . Biggins , P . M . and Dir , of Cers . CO !; II . J . Daniels , 694 ; H . Pook , " Confidence Lodge , 193 ; AV . Tavinir , J . D . 619 ; J . Richardson , 597 ; J . T . Doswell , Lodge of Ecnoiiiv , 7 G ; J . G . Wy ll ' te , I . G . ISO ; J . Hall , 694 ; AV . AVilcocks , 597 ; J . Parnell , P . AI . 520 ; G . Brant , P . AI . 792 , Grimsby , T . Hughes , Roval Alfred Lodge , 780 ; AV . Combes , P . G . S . B . Middlesex , P . AI . and Hon . Sec . 382 ; AV . H . Coulton , AV . AI . 382 ; E . C . AVoodward , Treas . 382 ; AV . C . Jameson , E . B . Cope , Apollo Lodge , 357 , Oxford ; Edmund Garden , Strawberry Hill Lodge , 946 . '
The procession was headed by a detachment of Yeomanry Cavalrv , with their band ; the Philanthropic Society , the Foresters ¦ an d Odd Fellows . Then came the Alasonic portion of the procession , in the following order : —
Two Tylers , with drawn swords . The Officers and brethren of tlie lodges iu the province . The Provincial Grand Lodge . Architect with the Plans . Au Entered Apprentice bearing the Cement . Grand Steward . Grand Steward ,
Cornucopia with corn , borne by the Alaster of a lodge . Two ewers with wine and oil , borne by AIasters of lodges . The mallet , borne by the Alaster of a lodge . P . Prov . Grand Pursuivants . Bro . Bon-yer , P . M . 574 , Prov . Grand Pursuivant . P . Prov . Grand Organists .
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Provincial.
plish this most important work . At present no institution exists either in Reading or its neighbourhood which affords the educational facilities offered by the proposed school ; and the children of farmers , tradesmen , and the higher class of mechanics are debarred from a first-class education at a figure within the compass of either of them . It is hoped that the neighbouring landowners and agriculturists will unite with the merchants , professional men , and tradesmen of Reading- in helping forward
this most important , yet arduous , undertaking , and an appeal is confidently made to all classes to contribute according to their means towards tho erection of an institution which must be of lasting benefit alike to the citizens of Reading and the inhabitants of the adjacent counties . " Up to the present time not quite one-half of the £ 20 , 000 to be spent in the erection of the new school and its accessories has yet been raisedbut no fears can be entertained as to the
, remainder . Some of the donations assume princely proportions ; for instance , we have contributions from Mr . ~ R . Benyon , tbe high steward , £ 500 ; Air . J . II . Balgi-ave , the high sheriff , 500 guineas ; Sir J . H . Goldsmid , £ 500 ; Mr . Councillor Monck , £ 500 ; Messrs . J . and C . Simonds , £ 500 ; Alessrs . H . aud Q . Simonds , £ 500 ; Alessrs . Stephens and Bluntly , £ 500 ; Mr . AValter , M . P , and Col . Loyd Lindsav , ALP ., £ 300 each ; Air . Aid . Harris and the Town Clerk ( Air . F . Rogers ) , £ 200 each ;
Air . Shaw Lefevre , Air . S . Palmer , the Mayor ( Air . Peter Spokes ) , Air . A . AA aterhouse , and Air . A . AVaterbouse , jun ., £ 100 each ; and numerous donations of £ 50 and under . The contributions of the partners in the great firm of Huntley and Palmer , by whom a thousand men are kept in constant employ , made up a total of £ 800 ; while the Alessrs . Sutton contributed £ G 00 between them to the fund of the schools . The town of Reading-and the whole route through to the
, Eedlands Estate , were gaily decorated for the day . Triumphal arches were so numerous that it would be difficult to say where they were not . Festoons were linked from house to house and window to window ; aud reiterated assurances of welcome met the sight of the Prince and Princess in floral writings on tho walls . The first triumphal arch was at the head of the short road leading up to the town from the station . There was presently another at the entrance of the market-place , and close to
the ancient church of St . Lawrence and the Town Ball ; and when tho market-place was reached through this decorative portal , two more of these occasional structures were beheld , at tho opposite corners ofthe gaily-ornamented little square . They were both pleasantly demonstrative of tho loyal and public spirit of Reading , the one being erected by Air . Aid . Palmer , whose firm also furnished a more imposing arch ou the road ; and the other bAlessrs . Sutton , the Queen ' s seedsmen .
y At half-past twelve the train bearing their Royal Highnesses reached the station ofthe Great AVestern Railway , about a mile from the site of the New Schools , where a guard of honour was -formed by the staff of the Royal Berks Afilitia , drawn up in a line on tho platform , under command of Captain Lang . The 1 st Berks Vohmtici-s were the guard of honour on the terrace of the school buildings , under command of Captain Hunter ,
and the Berks Yeomanry Cavalry furnished tho escort from the railway station to the school ground , under command of Captain Tnll . Tbe arrival was signalled by hoisting the Royal Standard and firing a salute ; and ou the Prince and Princess alighting from the royal saloon carriage , the Mayor , who was in attendance with tne Corporation , presented their Royal Highnesses with an address of welcome to the town . They were then conducted to tho carriage in waiting for
open them , which , with other carriages , proceeded in procession , passing through the principal streets of the town , aud traversing a distance of about two miles . The . Provincial Grand Lodge of Berks and Bucks v .- as opened in the Assembl y Rooms , by Sir Bro . Daniel Gooch , Part ., 3 I . P ., Prov . G . Alaster , supported by Bro . the Rev . Sir J . AV . Haves , Bart ., D . Prov . G . AI ., and the officers of fho Provincial Grand Lod and
ge , adjourned . Tho procession was marshalled b y the Cr . Div . of Cers . and assistants to the triumphal arch at the railway gates . Amongst the brethren who joined in the procession were Bros . Sir Daniel Gooch , Bart ., Prov . G . M . for Berks and Bucks ; the Rev . Sir John Hayes , D . Prov . G . AI ,, P . Prov . G . Chap . ; lfagshawo , Prov . G . AI . fur Essex ; Augustus Smith , M . P ., and Prov . G . Af . Cornwall ; J . Rawson , P . DG . AI . for China Perkins
; Algernon , P . G . AV . ; Colonel Lindsay , J . S . Lefevre , Sir V . Goldsmid , . John Hervey , G . Sec . ; the lle ' v . J . B . Simpson , P . G . Chap . ; Rev . J . C . Alar ' tiii , I ' . G . Chap . ; Kev . AVRavenshaw , P . G . Chap . ; Lord Leigh , Prov . G . M . for
Warwickshire ; tho Rev . J . E . Cox , and many of the Provincial Grand Officers . The following members of lodges in the province were present : —Etonian Lodge , No . 200 , Bros . J . Strange , P . AI ., Prov . G . Dir . of Cers . ; J . S . Pullen , P . AI ., P . Prov . J . G . I ) . ; G . Cave , C- Ridout , and J . Sharp , P . AI . ' s ; B . Lovegrove , T . Eolfe , G- B . Aylmore , A \ . J . AVoodman , A . Portsmouth , P . E . Dixon , P . Alidhurst , A . C . Twiggs , and S . Dalton . Hope Lodge , No .
574 , Bros . AV . C . Bland , P . AI , P . Prov . J . G . AV . ; J . G . Hall , P . AI . ; G . J . Cosburn , See . ; B . Fielder , S . AV . ; It . Johnstone , J , AV . ; C . AAlieeler , S . D . ; J . Bance , J . D . ; A . Burns , Steward ; P . W . Beekingham , J . AVheelcr , \\ . iH . Herbert , T . Deller , , T . R . Stillman , Tyler . Union Lodge , No . 411 , Bros . J . Smith , P . Prov . G . Purst . ; AV . Rittson , P . Af . ; J . A . Strachan , J . AV . ; AV . T . Kmersly , I . G . ; A . M . Yetts , Std . ; S . A . Pooock , J . A . BlafieldT . T . CooperJ . AV . MarnettA . AVinterA . Slieppard
, , , , , J . Jlorriss , E . Baker , C . P . Tidd Pratt , M-A ., R . Rogers , AV . H . Presfcwick , J . AV . Simonds . Buckingham Lodge , No . 591 , Bros . A . L . Taylor , AV . M . ; C . P . AVhiskin , I . G . ; J . Dover . Scientific Lodge , No . S 40 , AVolverton , Bros . G . Ratcliffe , AV . M . ; R . King , J . AA . ; R . Hales , J . D . Abbey Lodge , No . 945 , Bro . W . Ballard , J . D . ; St . Barnabas Lodge , No . 948 , Bro . J . McCubbon , AV . AI . ; E . J-Trondell , Prov . G . R . 1 J . Hadley , S . D . ; G . At . Alaskell .
Greyfriars Lodge , No . 1 , 101 , Reading , Bros . R . J . Simpson , Prov . G . Chap , ; G . Chancellor , P . AI . 414 , S . AA . ; E . J . Tabor , J . AV . ; J . G . Godsmark , S . D . ; J . Stranson , I . G . ; J . P . Freeman , Sec . ; J . Eggington , Dir . of Cers . ; E . Alargrett , Steward ; C . Trimmer , L . Moule , II . C . Alargarett , AV . Dorchester , II . Byleton , J . Chesterton , C . Seymour , G . Sliarpe , B . W . Hammett , E . Reynolds , R . Brigham , and A . Scammell . Castle Lodge , No . 771 , Bros . A . B . Wall , J . AV . ; J . B . Sayer . J . D . ; E . Grisbwok , Dir . of
Cers . ; E . Giesler , J . Turner , A . Williams , C . Provost . St . John Lodge , No . 795 , Bros . C . AV . Moulc , J . R . Fonlger , W . M . 177 ; R . C . Frickett , A isifciug brethren ¦ . —Bros . C . Duffell Paullcner , de la Loge Espe-i-auce et Cordialite a Lausanne , Suisse , P . Prov . J . G . D . Oxov , S . W . 1 , 030 ; H . Thompson , P . AJ . 177 and 1 , 158 ; H . Dixon , P . AI . 172 ; J . J . AVedgwood , Dei-went Lodge , 40 , Hast . ings ; J . PiercePhilanthropic LodgeAbergavenny ; T . Deller
, , , P . JI . Hope Lodge , 574 ; R . Knight and H . AI . Powell , Oakley Lodge , 635 ; 8 . Gauntlett , S . AV . G 32 ; J . Potts , S . D . 599 , Prov . G . Supt . of AVorks , Oxfordshire ; \ V . Chamberlain , 599 : R . C . Thearle , E . Gregory , St . Kcw Lodge , 1 , 222 ; AA . B . Stacker , P . AI . 493 , P . Prov . S . G . D . Gloucestershire ; Lewis Ford , Lebanon Lodge , ' 193 , Gloucestershire ; A . G . AVitham , 973 ; AV . Aldridge , 771 ; J . G . Ford , P . AI . Belgrave Lodge , 749 ; J . Dew , P . AI .
694 , Prov . G . Reg . Hampshire ; J . E . Carter , 597 , Reading ; L . N . Blackmore , 402 , Southampton ; F . Pennicott , 209 ; It . H .. Durrani , 1 . 097 ; Vt . B . Sharp , 345 , Faversham ; J . Sparks , J . D l . t' 71 ; I ' . Strange I . 'iggo , Sec . 417 ; J . N . Palmer , P . Prov . G . Chap . Ox f ordshire , AV . AI . 60 S ; G . AI . Butler , 209 ; AV . Roe Edginton , R . W'hitakcr , AV . Norwood , 209 ; AV . Dalton , J . Johnston , 427 , Scotland j T . AVebb , 840 ; J . AV . Tilley , jun ., P . Prov . G . S . B ., P . AI . 209 ; G . L . Thompson , 1 , Edinboro ; W .
Blaeket , Tweed Lodge , 2 G , Scotland ; G . Biggins , P . M . and Dir , of Cers . CO !; II . J . Daniels , 694 ; H . Pook , " Confidence Lodge , 193 ; AV . Tavinir , J . D . 619 ; J . Richardson , 597 ; J . T . Doswell , Lodge of Ecnoiiiv , 7 G ; J . G . Wy ll ' te , I . G . ISO ; J . Hall , 694 ; AV . AVilcocks , 597 ; J . Parnell , P . AI . 520 ; G . Brant , P . AI . 792 , Grimsby , T . Hughes , Roval Alfred Lodge , 780 ; AV . Combes , P . G . S . B . Middlesex , P . AI . and Hon . Sec . 382 ; AV . H . Coulton , AV . AI . 382 ; E . C . AVoodward , Treas . 382 ; AV . C . Jameson , E . B . Cope , Apollo Lodge , 357 , Oxford ; Edmund Garden , Strawberry Hill Lodge , 946 . '
The procession was headed by a detachment of Yeomanry Cavalrv , with their band ; the Philanthropic Society , the Foresters ¦ an d Odd Fellows . Then came the Alasonic portion of the procession , in the following order : —
Two Tylers , with drawn swords . The Officers and brethren of tlie lodges iu the province . The Provincial Grand Lodge . Architect with the Plans . Au Entered Apprentice bearing the Cement . Grand Steward . Grand Steward ,
Cornucopia with corn , borne by the Alaster of a lodge . Two ewers with wine and oil , borne by AIasters of lodges . The mallet , borne by the Alaster of a lodge . P . Prov . Grand Pursuivants . Bro . Bon-yer , P . M . 574 , Prov . Grand Pursuivant . P . Prov . Grand Organists .