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Terse to take your Royal Highness under His most especial care and protection , and to bless your Royal Highness with health , peace , and happiness ; and when your Royal Highness shall be called to ascend the Throne of this great and happy nation , may we , as Masons , enjoy that countenance and protection which your exalted predecessors have been graciously pleased to bestow upon us . " Given in open Lodge this 24 th day of May , 1837 . "ELLAS HART . AV . M . "JEREMIAH STARK , Secretary . "
BOLTON , June loth , 1837 . —The Companions of the Chapter of Concord attached to Anchor and Hope Lodge , No . 41 , Bolton le-moors , opened their renewed Royal Arch Charter under the sanction of the Grand Chapter of England , on AA ednesday , the 31 st of May last , Companion Matthew Blunt , Z , Companion Stephen Blair , H , and Companion Joseph Lomax Heap , J . The hour fixed for attendance was two o ' clock p . m ., and such was the
anxiety of the Companions in Bolton and neighbourhood to hear the ceremony , & c , that they assembled numerously and punctually at She time stated . The regalia for the occasion was perfectly correct ; the principal Z appointed Companion Henry Knight principal ' s , Companion Benjamin Crampton , N , and Companion Thomas Piatt , as E . At halfpast two o ' clock the Chapter was opened in form , and eight of the Brethren of the Lodgeto which the said chapter is attachedwere
, , exalted to this sublime degree . The manner in which the principals performed the ceremony gave very great satisfaction to every Companion present , and added much to the reputation of the Chapter , proving that their labour and expense have not been spent in vain ; for their work is before the Lord , and their recompence is with their God . Such were the pleasing sensations throughout the whole of the proceedingsthe remembrance of that day will be cherished with feelings of
, peculiar delight . On the conclusion of business , the Chapter was closed in form , and die Companions partook of their repast . After the removal of the cloth , and the benediction had been pronounced by the principal ' fj , toasts , sentiments , and songs followed , which were given in peculiar order , and the days' proceedings terminated at " high twelve , " with unfeigned satisfaction to every one present .
AA ^ AKEFIELD , May 24 . —CELEBRATION OF THE PRINCESS VICTORIA ' BIRTH-DAY . —The coming of age of the heiress to the Throne of these realms was celebrated at AVakefield , on Wednesday , with becoming spirit . The delightfully sunny morning was ushered in with merrypeals from the bells of the Parish Church ; at an earl y hour strangers began to arrive from the neighbouring towns and villages ; the shops were closed and business was suspended , in order that the day might be
kept as a general holiday . As the hour approached for commencing the ceremony of laying the Foundation Stone of the New Corn Exchange Buildings , the Earl of Mexborough , the popular Provincial Grand Master of the Freemasons , arrived in town about two o ' clock , and was warmly greeted by the assembled populace . Between one and two o ' clock , the scenes in Woodstreet , Silver-street , and the Corn Market , were cheering in a great degree ; every window was occupied hy ladies , and the ' streets ' were almost impassibiy thronged . A little after the latter hour , the Masonic Procession moved from the Court-House in due order .
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Terse to take your Royal Highness under His most especial care and protection , and to bless your Royal Highness with health , peace , and happiness ; and when your Royal Highness shall be called to ascend the Throne of this great and happy nation , may we , as Masons , enjoy that countenance and protection which your exalted predecessors have been graciously pleased to bestow upon us . " Given in open Lodge this 24 th day of May , 1837 . "ELLAS HART . AV . M . "JEREMIAH STARK , Secretary . "
BOLTON , June loth , 1837 . —The Companions of the Chapter of Concord attached to Anchor and Hope Lodge , No . 41 , Bolton le-moors , opened their renewed Royal Arch Charter under the sanction of the Grand Chapter of England , on AA ednesday , the 31 st of May last , Companion Matthew Blunt , Z , Companion Stephen Blair , H , and Companion Joseph Lomax Heap , J . The hour fixed for attendance was two o ' clock p . m ., and such was the
anxiety of the Companions in Bolton and neighbourhood to hear the ceremony , & c , that they assembled numerously and punctually at She time stated . The regalia for the occasion was perfectly correct ; the principal Z appointed Companion Henry Knight principal ' s , Companion Benjamin Crampton , N , and Companion Thomas Piatt , as E . At halfpast two o ' clock the Chapter was opened in form , and eight of the Brethren of the Lodgeto which the said chapter is attachedwere
, , exalted to this sublime degree . The manner in which the principals performed the ceremony gave very great satisfaction to every Companion present , and added much to the reputation of the Chapter , proving that their labour and expense have not been spent in vain ; for their work is before the Lord , and their recompence is with their God . Such were the pleasing sensations throughout the whole of the proceedingsthe remembrance of that day will be cherished with feelings of
, peculiar delight . On the conclusion of business , the Chapter was closed in form , and die Companions partook of their repast . After the removal of the cloth , and the benediction had been pronounced by the principal ' fj , toasts , sentiments , and songs followed , which were given in peculiar order , and the days' proceedings terminated at " high twelve , " with unfeigned satisfaction to every one present .
AA ^ AKEFIELD , May 24 . —CELEBRATION OF THE PRINCESS VICTORIA ' BIRTH-DAY . —The coming of age of the heiress to the Throne of these realms was celebrated at AVakefield , on Wednesday , with becoming spirit . The delightfully sunny morning was ushered in with merrypeals from the bells of the Parish Church ; at an earl y hour strangers began to arrive from the neighbouring towns and villages ; the shops were closed and business was suspended , in order that the day might be
kept as a general holiday . As the hour approached for commencing the ceremony of laying the Foundation Stone of the New Corn Exchange Buildings , the Earl of Mexborough , the popular Provincial Grand Master of the Freemasons , arrived in town about two o ' clock , and was warmly greeted by the assembled populace . Between one and two o ' clock , the scenes in Woodstreet , Silver-street , and the Corn Market , were cheering in a great degree ; every window was occupied hy ladies , and the ' streets ' were almost impassibiy thronged . A little after the latter hour , the Masonic Procession moved from the Court-House in due order .