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Account Of A Pantomime Entitled "Harlequin Free-Mason."
Pope Julius IL , Grand Master of Rome , retained Bramante as his architect and Grand Warden in 1503 , who dreAV the grand design of St . Peter ' s at Rome . The Pope , with Bramante , led a solemn assembly of cardinals , clergymen , and craftsmento level the footstone of that
, great cathedral in due form , A . D . 1507 . Raphael of Urbino , Jocunde of Yerona , Anthony San Gallo , Michael Angelo—these four succeeded each other till that lofty temple Avas finished "b y Michael Angelo .
Fourteenth banner . James I . —Inigo Jones . TAVO bearin g Whitehall . Sir T . Pervit . —Guy Fawkes . —A Nobleman . James I ., a Royal Grand Master , appointed Inigo Jones his Grand Master ancl Grand Surveyor
of all the lodges in his kingdom , and ordered him to draw the plan of a new palace at Whitehall . The King , Avith his Grand Master Jones , and his Grand Wardens William Herbert , Earl of Pembroke , and Nicholas Stone the sculptor , attended by many brothers in due form ancl other eminent
¦ persons , Avalked to Whitehall Gate , and levelled the footstone of the neiv banqueting house Avith three great knocks and loud huzzas , sound of trumpets , and a purse of broad pieces of . gold laid upon the stone for the masons to drink .
"The King and Craft . " Fifteenth banner . Sir W . Davenant . Charles II . Killigrew . General Monk . A Dutch Captain . The Lord Mayor . Four Dutch Sailors . TAVO bearing the Monument .
¦ Charles II . in his travels had been made a Freemason ; he encouraged the Augustan style , & c . Sixteenth banner .
William III . Queen Mary . TAVO carrying the Obelisk William III . had been privately made a Freemason , & c . Seventeenth banner . Sir Christopher Wren . Two noblemen .
Two bearing St . Paul ' s . ¦ Sir Christopher Wren finished St . Paul ' s , London , and celebrated the capestone when he erected the cross on the top of the Cupola in July , A . D ., 1708 . & C . J
Eighteenth banner . TAVO bearing Insignia . —Six Knights Templars . Nineteenth banner . Eoyal Arch . Six gentlemen Masons . Twentieth banner .
Modern Masons . A Tyler . Two Masons bearing Solomon ' s Pillars . Four SteAvards Avith Avands . Grand Marshall with truncheon . Secretary Avith cross pens
Account Of A Pantomime Entitled "Harlequin Free-Mason."
Grand Treasurer with keys . Six Fellow Crafts draAving the throne This seems to have concluded the procession , of Avhich the spectators by this time must have had enough ; as have possibly the readers of the MAGAZINE . The Avhole affair is , hoAvever ,
sufficiently curious to warrant its rescue from oblivion . It may , hoivever , be interesting to add that the following song is stated to have been given in the pantomime in question . It is copied into a common-place book , but ivithout any reference except to the title of the pantomime .
SONG BY A WASTER JMASOS . I . The sun ' s a Freemason , he works all the day , Village , city , and town to adorn , Then , from labour at rest , At his lodge in the west , Takes with good Father Neptune a glass on his wai
Thence ripe for the fair , He flies from all care , To dame Thetis ' s charms , Till roused from her arms By the morn . CnoEUs . So do wo , our labour done ;
First the glass and then the lass , And then Sweet slumbers give fresh force To run our course
AA'ith the rising sun . II . The course of the sun all our myst ' ries defines First Masonry rose in the East—Then to no point confined , His rays cheer mankind .
Besides , who'll deny that he well knows the signs ? The Grand Master lie Then of Masons shall be ; Nor shall aught the Craft harm , Till to shine , and to wirm He has ceas'd .
We may , in the next number of the FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE , be enabled to find space for some extracts from the critics of the day upon the pantomime " Harlequin Freemason , " possessing , as they do , some points of interest .
New Masonic Hall At Kotree, Western India.
NEW MASONIC HALL AT KOTREE , WESTERN INDIA .
The new Masonic Hall at Kotree was opened with great ceremony on the 29 th of December , 1865 . The fraternity met at the old rooms of Lodge Industry ( No . 878 ) at eleven o ' clock , from which they marched in procession to tbe new edifice , headed by the hand of the 2 nd Belooch Regiment . The consecration ceremony was very impressively performed
by the W . M ., Bro . G-oulding , assisted hy Bros . Wilkinson and Berrie . In the evening a grand dinner Avas given , of which about thirty ladies and fifty gentlemen partook . On the removal of the cloth the usual loyal and Masonic toasts ivere proposed and drankafter which dancing commenced ,
, which was kept up with great spirit till five in the morning . Several brethren from Kurrachee Avent oi-er to Kotree to assist at the interesting proceedings . — Masonic Iiccord of Western India .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Account Of A Pantomime Entitled "Harlequin Free-Mason."
Pope Julius IL , Grand Master of Rome , retained Bramante as his architect and Grand Warden in 1503 , who dreAV the grand design of St . Peter ' s at Rome . The Pope , with Bramante , led a solemn assembly of cardinals , clergymen , and craftsmento level the footstone of that
, great cathedral in due form , A . D . 1507 . Raphael of Urbino , Jocunde of Yerona , Anthony San Gallo , Michael Angelo—these four succeeded each other till that lofty temple Avas finished "b y Michael Angelo .
Fourteenth banner . James I . —Inigo Jones . TAVO bearin g Whitehall . Sir T . Pervit . —Guy Fawkes . —A Nobleman . James I ., a Royal Grand Master , appointed Inigo Jones his Grand Master ancl Grand Surveyor
of all the lodges in his kingdom , and ordered him to draw the plan of a new palace at Whitehall . The King , Avith his Grand Master Jones , and his Grand Wardens William Herbert , Earl of Pembroke , and Nicholas Stone the sculptor , attended by many brothers in due form ancl other eminent
¦ persons , Avalked to Whitehall Gate , and levelled the footstone of the neiv banqueting house Avith three great knocks and loud huzzas , sound of trumpets , and a purse of broad pieces of . gold laid upon the stone for the masons to drink .
"The King and Craft . " Fifteenth banner . Sir W . Davenant . Charles II . Killigrew . General Monk . A Dutch Captain . The Lord Mayor . Four Dutch Sailors . TAVO bearing the Monument .
¦ Charles II . in his travels had been made a Freemason ; he encouraged the Augustan style , & c . Sixteenth banner .
William III . Queen Mary . TAVO carrying the Obelisk William III . had been privately made a Freemason , & c . Seventeenth banner . Sir Christopher Wren . Two noblemen .
Two bearing St . Paul ' s . ¦ Sir Christopher Wren finished St . Paul ' s , London , and celebrated the capestone when he erected the cross on the top of the Cupola in July , A . D ., 1708 . & C . J
Eighteenth banner . TAVO bearing Insignia . —Six Knights Templars . Nineteenth banner . Eoyal Arch . Six gentlemen Masons . Twentieth banner .
Modern Masons . A Tyler . Two Masons bearing Solomon ' s Pillars . Four SteAvards Avith Avands . Grand Marshall with truncheon . Secretary Avith cross pens
Account Of A Pantomime Entitled "Harlequin Free-Mason."
Grand Treasurer with keys . Six Fellow Crafts draAving the throne This seems to have concluded the procession , of Avhich the spectators by this time must have had enough ; as have possibly the readers of the MAGAZINE . The Avhole affair is , hoAvever ,
sufficiently curious to warrant its rescue from oblivion . It may , hoivever , be interesting to add that the following song is stated to have been given in the pantomime in question . It is copied into a common-place book , but ivithout any reference except to the title of the pantomime .
SONG BY A WASTER JMASOS . I . The sun ' s a Freemason , he works all the day , Village , city , and town to adorn , Then , from labour at rest , At his lodge in the west , Takes with good Father Neptune a glass on his wai
Thence ripe for the fair , He flies from all care , To dame Thetis ' s charms , Till roused from her arms By the morn . CnoEUs . So do wo , our labour done ;
First the glass and then the lass , And then Sweet slumbers give fresh force To run our course
AA'ith the rising sun . II . The course of the sun all our myst ' ries defines First Masonry rose in the East—Then to no point confined , His rays cheer mankind .
Besides , who'll deny that he well knows the signs ? The Grand Master lie Then of Masons shall be ; Nor shall aught the Craft harm , Till to shine , and to wirm He has ceas'd .
We may , in the next number of the FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE , be enabled to find space for some extracts from the critics of the day upon the pantomime " Harlequin Freemason , " possessing , as they do , some points of interest .
New Masonic Hall At Kotree, Western India.
NEW MASONIC HALL AT KOTREE , WESTERN INDIA .
The new Masonic Hall at Kotree was opened with great ceremony on the 29 th of December , 1865 . The fraternity met at the old rooms of Lodge Industry ( No . 878 ) at eleven o ' clock , from which they marched in procession to tbe new edifice , headed by the hand of the 2 nd Belooch Regiment . The consecration ceremony was very impressively performed
by the W . M ., Bro . G-oulding , assisted hy Bros . Wilkinson and Berrie . In the evening a grand dinner Avas given , of which about thirty ladies and fifty gentlemen partook . On the removal of the cloth the usual loyal and Masonic toasts ivere proposed and drankafter which dancing commenced ,
, which was kept up with great spirit till five in the morning . Several brethren from Kurrachee Avent oi-er to Kotree to assist at the interesting proceedings . — Masonic Iiccord of Western India .