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Order Of The Procession On Laying The Foundation-Stone Of The New Buildings For The University Of Edinburgh,
JEKM ARCHITECTONICS IoaloCCLXXXIX CONSULE THOMA ELDER . ACADEMIC PR / EFECTO GULIELMO ROBERTSON , ARCHITECTO ROBERTO ADAM . O . F . F . O . S .
T RANSLATION of the I NSCRIPTION , not upon the stone s By the Blessing of Almighty GOD , In the Reign of the most munificent Prince GEO . III . The Buildings of the University of Edinburgh , Being originally very mean , And now , after two Centuries , almost a Ruin , The Right Honourable Francis Lord Napier , Grand Master of the
:. ; Fraternity of Freemasons in Scotland , Amidst the Acclamations Of a prodigious Concourse of all Ranks of People , Laid the Foundation-stone Of this New Fabric ; In which a Union of Elegance with Convenience , Suitable to the Dignity of such a celebrated Seat Of Learning ,
Has been studied ; . ¦ On the 16 th Day of November , In the Year of our Lord 17 S 9 , And of the iEra of Masonry 5789 , Thomas Elder being the Lord Provost of the City , William Robertson the Princi pal of the University , And Robert Adam the Architect . May the Undertaking prosper , and be crowned with Success !
_ The anthem being sung , ' the Brethren , & c . returned to the Par « liament-house , the procession being reversed . The Grand Master was supported on the right hand b y Sir William Forbes , Bart , a former Grand Master ; and on the-left by his Grace the Duke of Buccleugh . The Lord Provost , Magistrates , and . Council , walked in their robes ; his Lordshi p being supported on the ri ght and left by the two eldest Bailies . - - .
Principal Robertson was supported on the ri g ht hand by the Rev . Dr . Hunter , professor of divinity , and on the left by Dr . Hardie , pro- * fessor of church history . The ' other professors , and a great number of students , followed . The professors were in their gown ' s ; and all of them , as well as the students , had a " spri g of laurel in their hats . A large drawing of the east front of the New College was carried in
the procession before the Grand Lodge , by two operative Masons . '' The music , both vocal and instrumental , was well conducted , and consisted of-some excellent pieces composed for the occasion . A very elegant and sumptuous entertainment was afterwards given in George-street assembly-rooms , by the Lord Provost and Magistrates , to the Grand Master , the members of the Grand Lodge , and others of the Brethren ; and also to the nobility , gentry , and principal inhabitants of this city ; for . which purpose cards of invitation to
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Order Of The Procession On Laying The Foundation-Stone Of The New Buildings For The University Of Edinburgh,
JEKM ARCHITECTONICS IoaloCCLXXXIX CONSULE THOMA ELDER . ACADEMIC PR / EFECTO GULIELMO ROBERTSON , ARCHITECTO ROBERTO ADAM . O . F . F . O . S .
T RANSLATION of the I NSCRIPTION , not upon the stone s By the Blessing of Almighty GOD , In the Reign of the most munificent Prince GEO . III . The Buildings of the University of Edinburgh , Being originally very mean , And now , after two Centuries , almost a Ruin , The Right Honourable Francis Lord Napier , Grand Master of the
:. ; Fraternity of Freemasons in Scotland , Amidst the Acclamations Of a prodigious Concourse of all Ranks of People , Laid the Foundation-stone Of this New Fabric ; In which a Union of Elegance with Convenience , Suitable to the Dignity of such a celebrated Seat Of Learning ,
Has been studied ; . ¦ On the 16 th Day of November , In the Year of our Lord 17 S 9 , And of the iEra of Masonry 5789 , Thomas Elder being the Lord Provost of the City , William Robertson the Princi pal of the University , And Robert Adam the Architect . May the Undertaking prosper , and be crowned with Success !
_ The anthem being sung , ' the Brethren , & c . returned to the Par « liament-house , the procession being reversed . The Grand Master was supported on the right hand b y Sir William Forbes , Bart , a former Grand Master ; and on the-left by his Grace the Duke of Buccleugh . The Lord Provost , Magistrates , and . Council , walked in their robes ; his Lordshi p being supported on the ri ght and left by the two eldest Bailies . - - .
Principal Robertson was supported on the ri g ht hand by the Rev . Dr . Hunter , professor of divinity , and on the left by Dr . Hardie , pro- * fessor of church history . The ' other professors , and a great number of students , followed . The professors were in their gown ' s ; and all of them , as well as the students , had a " spri g of laurel in their hats . A large drawing of the east front of the New College was carried in
the procession before the Grand Lodge , by two operative Masons . '' The music , both vocal and instrumental , was well conducted , and consisted of-some excellent pieces composed for the occasion . A very elegant and sumptuous entertainment was afterwards given in George-street assembly-rooms , by the Lord Provost and Magistrates , to the Grand Master , the members of the Grand Lodge , and others of the Brethren ; and also to the nobility , gentry , and principal inhabitants of this city ; for . which purpose cards of invitation to