Royal Free Hospital.

As % JlcMartal In most strict conformity with the whole tenor of the Life of His late Royal Highness PRINCE AUGUSTUS FREDERICK , DUKE OF SUSSEX ,

and therefore the most fitting to secure and perpetuate the memory of his many virtues , this Foundation Stone of the " SUSSEX WING , " to the ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL , was laid in ample Masonic form on the 30 th day of July 1855

, , and in the Eighteenth year of the Reign of Her Most Gracious Majesty QUEEN VICTORIA , by The Right Hon . the EAEL OF ZETLAND , Grand Master of the Fraternity of Freemasons of England , Assisted by The Sussex Memorial Committee and

The Governors of the Royal Free Hospital . Architect : Builders : Mr . CHARLES INNES . Messrs . CARTER & ELLIS . The Grand Treasurer then deposited a Phial ' containing the Coins ; and one of the Vice-Presidents of the Hospital deposited a History of the Hospital and a Copy of the Laws of the Institution beneath the Stone . After which the Grand Secretary

placed the plate on the Lower Stone . The Cement was next placed on the upper face of the Bottom Stone , and the Grand Master adjusted the same with a very elegant Trowel , and the Upper Stone was lowered slowly , whilst the Band played " Rule Britannia . " The Grand Master next proved the just position and form of the Stone by the Plumb , Level , and Square , delivered to him by the Deputj r -Grand Master . Being satisfied in these particularshe gave the Stone three knocks with the Mallbelonging

, , to the Lodge of Antiquity , and which it will be recollected , were recently explained to have been presented to that Lodge by Br . Christopher Wren , it having been used by His Majesty Charles II . in laying the foundation-stone of St . Paul ' s Cathedral . The Cornucopia , belonging to the Grand Lodge , and which are very magnificent ,

containing the corn , and the ewers , with the wine and oil , as emblems of plenty , joy and rejoicing , were next banded to the Grand Master , who strewed the corn and poured the wine and oil over the stone , with the accustomed ceremonies . The Grand Chaplain having offered up an appropriate prayer to the Great Architect of the Universe , the acting G . M . inspected the plan of the intended building , and delivered it to the architect , together with the several tools used in proving the position of the stone , desiring him to proceed , without loss of time , to the completion

of the work . At the conclusion of the ceremony the band performed the national anthem of "jGod save the Queen , " and the brethren returned in procession to the Welsh School , when Grand Lodge was finally closed . There were a large number of ladies present during the ceremony . In the evening a large party of the brethren and friends of the institution sat down to a very elegant dinner which was served with a degree of taste and liberality which reflects the highest credit on the new proprietors , Messrs . Elkington & Co . —hut the late period of the month at which it took place , necessarily compels us to postpone our report of the speeches until our next number .