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that erection should endure ; and as time rolled by so may she go ou year after year increasing in prosperity . Bro . Alderman Pountney read the inscription from the porcelain plate as follows : — " The Committee of Subscribers superintending the erection consists of—The Very Rev . the Dean , Chairman ; the Itight Worshipful the Mayor . Vice-Chairman ; Philip W . S . Miles , Est ] ., the Hon . F . H . Berkeley , Members in Parliament for tite City ; W . H . G . Langton , Esq ., John Nash . Sanders , Esq ., John Decimus Pountncy , Esq , John Fisher , Esq ., Fret ! . WmGreen CGHeavenEsqWmHautenvilleEsqJohn WinMiles
. , Esq .. . . , ., . , ., . , ES ( f ., Geo . Rogers , Esq ., M . D .. Charles Tovey , Esq ., Arthur Hare Palmer , Esq . ( Members of the Town Council ); Thos . Garrard , Esq . ( Citv Treasurer ); Robert Ilright , Esq . ; Wm . Budd , Esq ., M . D . ; James Cuvnock , Esq . ; the Uev . John Eagles ' , John Hate , Esq . ; the Rev . R . B . Paul ( Vicar of St . Augustine ' s ) ; John A . Symond's , Esq ., M . D . ; Wm . Spark , Esq . ; John Taylor , Ksq . ; the Rev . Edwd . Young ; John Bates , Esq . ( Treasurer ) ; T . T . Taylor , Esq- ( Honorary Secretary ) . "John Norton , Architect ; Thos . Wilcox and Son , Builders . "
The Rev . CADDEL HOLDER , Grand Chaplain , then offered up thc following prayer : — " O thou Almighty Architect of the Universe , who art from everlasting to everlasting , before the mountains were brought forth , or ever the earth and the world were formed , who by thy wisdom hast stretched out the heavens , and sustainest the whole immeasurable frame of creation by thy All-pervading influence , let , we humbly beseech thee , thine eyes be open
and thine ear be attentive unto the prayer that is made in this place . And since thou hast mercifully commanded us to commit all our doings to thy most gracious favour , and hast promised to further us with thy continual help , hear , thou Lord of Israel , from the heavens , even from thy dwellingplace , these our supplications . Bless this our undertaking , and grant that the fabric about to be erected on this spot may long remain to commemorate the civil privileges granted to this city in the olden time , and may ever be regarded as prophetical of its increasing temporal and spiritual
prosperity . And as we are bound to pray for the powers that be , we beseech thee , Heavenly Father , to bless our Sovereign Lady the Queen , and all that are placed in authority under her , especially those who bear rule in this ancient and loyal corporation , that in their several stations they may glorify thy holy name here on earth , and finally , by thy mercy , obtain everlasting life , through our Lord Jesus Christ . Finally , we beseech thee , aid this and every other similar lawful work in its progress , and so teach us to glorify thy holy name on earth that , finally , by thy mercy , we may attain everlasting life , through Jesus Christ our Lord . "
This concluded , and the Right Worshipful the Mayor having spread the mortar over its bed , the stone was slowly lowered , the band playing an appropriate air . Having been deposited in its place , the Grand Wardens , by direction of the Grand Master , produced the plumb , level , and square with which the work was tried by the Grand Superintendent of Works and Deputy Grand Master , aud also by the Grand Master himself , who , having given three knocks on the stone
with his mallet , again received from the Master Masons who bore them the cornucopia and ewers , the contents of which he emptied over the stone . The architect , Mr . Norton , was then presented with the level , square , & c , and the plans which he had before handed to the Grand Master , and a flourish of trumpets announced that the stone was laid . The G _ RAN . II MASTER came forward to address the assembly . It was
customary , he said , for the Grand Master to make an oration upon such occasions , and more particularly might it be looked for at the present it being a proceeding in which the Order felt honoured in taking an active part ; hut as the rain was falling so fast he would not detain them . Much had been said by their worthy Mayor ; in fact , it
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Provincial.
that erection should endure ; and as time rolled by so may she go ou year after year increasing in prosperity . Bro . Alderman Pountney read the inscription from the porcelain plate as follows : — " The Committee of Subscribers superintending the erection consists of—The Very Rev . the Dean , Chairman ; the Itight Worshipful the Mayor . Vice-Chairman ; Philip W . S . Miles , Est ] ., the Hon . F . H . Berkeley , Members in Parliament for tite City ; W . H . G . Langton , Esq ., John Nash . Sanders , Esq ., John Decimus Pountncy , Esq , John Fisher , Esq ., Fret ! . WmGreen CGHeavenEsqWmHautenvilleEsqJohn WinMiles
. , Esq .. . . , ., . , ., . , ES ( f ., Geo . Rogers , Esq ., M . D .. Charles Tovey , Esq ., Arthur Hare Palmer , Esq . ( Members of the Town Council ); Thos . Garrard , Esq . ( Citv Treasurer ); Robert Ilright , Esq . ; Wm . Budd , Esq ., M . D . ; James Cuvnock , Esq . ; the Uev . John Eagles ' , John Hate , Esq . ; the Rev . R . B . Paul ( Vicar of St . Augustine ' s ) ; John A . Symond's , Esq ., M . D . ; Wm . Spark , Esq . ; John Taylor , Ksq . ; the Rev . Edwd . Young ; John Bates , Esq . ( Treasurer ) ; T . T . Taylor , Esq- ( Honorary Secretary ) . "John Norton , Architect ; Thos . Wilcox and Son , Builders . "
The Rev . CADDEL HOLDER , Grand Chaplain , then offered up thc following prayer : — " O thou Almighty Architect of the Universe , who art from everlasting to everlasting , before the mountains were brought forth , or ever the earth and the world were formed , who by thy wisdom hast stretched out the heavens , and sustainest the whole immeasurable frame of creation by thy All-pervading influence , let , we humbly beseech thee , thine eyes be open
and thine ear be attentive unto the prayer that is made in this place . And since thou hast mercifully commanded us to commit all our doings to thy most gracious favour , and hast promised to further us with thy continual help , hear , thou Lord of Israel , from the heavens , even from thy dwellingplace , these our supplications . Bless this our undertaking , and grant that the fabric about to be erected on this spot may long remain to commemorate the civil privileges granted to this city in the olden time , and may ever be regarded as prophetical of its increasing temporal and spiritual
prosperity . And as we are bound to pray for the powers that be , we beseech thee , Heavenly Father , to bless our Sovereign Lady the Queen , and all that are placed in authority under her , especially those who bear rule in this ancient and loyal corporation , that in their several stations they may glorify thy holy name here on earth , and finally , by thy mercy , obtain everlasting life , through our Lord Jesus Christ . Finally , we beseech thee , aid this and every other similar lawful work in its progress , and so teach us to glorify thy holy name on earth that , finally , by thy mercy , we may attain everlasting life , through Jesus Christ our Lord . "
This concluded , and the Right Worshipful the Mayor having spread the mortar over its bed , the stone was slowly lowered , the band playing an appropriate air . Having been deposited in its place , the Grand Wardens , by direction of the Grand Master , produced the plumb , level , and square with which the work was tried by the Grand Superintendent of Works and Deputy Grand Master , aud also by the Grand Master himself , who , having given three knocks on the stone
with his mallet , again received from the Master Masons who bore them the cornucopia and ewers , the contents of which he emptied over the stone . The architect , Mr . Norton , was then presented with the level , square , & c , and the plans which he had before handed to the Grand Master , and a flourish of trumpets announced that the stone was laid . The G _ RAN . II MASTER came forward to address the assembly . It was
customary , he said , for the Grand Master to make an oration upon such occasions , and more particularly might it be looked for at the present it being a proceeding in which the Order felt honoured in taking an active part ; hut as the rain was falling so fast he would not detain them . Much had been said by their worthy Mayor ; in fact , it