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Provincial.
there was a goodly gathering of the masonic brethren from all points of the province , under the presidency of their Provincial Grand Master , the Right Honourable the Earl of Mexborough . Many topics interesting to the Mason were discussed . The funds were stated to be in prosperous condition , and the hand of charity was cheerfully opened to the brother in distress . Bro . Clough , of Heckmondwike , was announced as one of the successful candidates for the Royal Masonic Benevolent Annuity
Fund , an institution which formed the model for , and is based upon , and worked after the manner of that admirable and truly philanthropic institution in our own town , which was founded by Mr . Alderman Sydney , formerly of Leeds , and now of the city of London— " The Decayed Tradesman ' s Benevolent Annuity Fund "—a charity to which every man and woman , who is blessed with the means , ought to rejoice to be a contributor . Twenty guineas were voted to the Royal Freemasons Charity
for Female Children , London ; and the sum often guineas to the Royal Masonic Institution for Clothing , Educating , and Apprenticing the Sons of Indigent and Deceased Freemasons . After the business of the Prov . Grand Lodge had terminated , the brethren sat down to a most excellent banquet , in the Music Saloon ; the Earl of Mexborough in the chair , supported on the right and left by his Prov . Grand Officers , the vicechairs being ably occupied by Bro . Dr . Fearnley , P . S . G . W ., and Bro .
Peace . P . J . G . W . Song succeeded speech , and all was joy and harmony , friendship and goodwill , until the hour came when the last railway train would start , and it was hard for brethren to say to one another the words — "Good night . "
DURHAM , March 30 . —Mechanics' Institute . — The ceremony of laying the foundation-stone of the new building of this Institution was gone through . A more striking instance of the change of the spirit of the times we never witnessed . Twenty-three years ago the Mechanics ' Institute was begun " amid darkness and gloom . " The clergy and gentry stood aloof from it , with some few honourable exceptions . Since then , the Institute has gone on in an almost uninterrupted course of improvement , and , population considered , is one of the first institutions of the
kind in the kingdom . Shortly after one o ' clock , a procession was formed at the Town Hall . The new Durham band proceeded first ; then followed the trades' banners ; the mayor , aldermen , and councillors of the city ; the committee of management , and the members of the Institute . At a short interval , the Freemasons followed in order , preceded by the old Durham band . John Fawcett , Esq ., the Provincial Grand Master , officiated on the occasion ; and J . F . Elliott , Esq ., President of the Institute , acted on behalf of the members . After the different bodies had taken their
respective stations , Mr . ELLIOT stood forward and said , —It is incumbent on me , in the first instance , to return thanks to you ( the P . G . M . ) for the honour you have conferred on the members of the Mechanics' Institute , by attending to-day at the ceremony of laying the foundation-stone of this building . For ten years out of the twenty-four during which this Institute has existed , the members have exerted themselves for the purpose of acquiring a building of their own ; and by the kindness and munificence of
numerous friends—and particularly of their excellent patron , Dr . Fenwick , and by the exertions of their late president , ( W . L . Wharton , Esq . ) — they are now about to reap the harvest of their exertions . Ri ght Worshipful Sir ( to the P . G . M . ) , I have the honour of presenting you with this trowel , to be used on this occasion ; and in placing it in your hands
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Provincial.
there was a goodly gathering of the masonic brethren from all points of the province , under the presidency of their Provincial Grand Master , the Right Honourable the Earl of Mexborough . Many topics interesting to the Mason were discussed . The funds were stated to be in prosperous condition , and the hand of charity was cheerfully opened to the brother in distress . Bro . Clough , of Heckmondwike , was announced as one of the successful candidates for the Royal Masonic Benevolent Annuity
Fund , an institution which formed the model for , and is based upon , and worked after the manner of that admirable and truly philanthropic institution in our own town , which was founded by Mr . Alderman Sydney , formerly of Leeds , and now of the city of London— " The Decayed Tradesman ' s Benevolent Annuity Fund "—a charity to which every man and woman , who is blessed with the means , ought to rejoice to be a contributor . Twenty guineas were voted to the Royal Freemasons Charity
for Female Children , London ; and the sum often guineas to the Royal Masonic Institution for Clothing , Educating , and Apprenticing the Sons of Indigent and Deceased Freemasons . After the business of the Prov . Grand Lodge had terminated , the brethren sat down to a most excellent banquet , in the Music Saloon ; the Earl of Mexborough in the chair , supported on the right and left by his Prov . Grand Officers , the vicechairs being ably occupied by Bro . Dr . Fearnley , P . S . G . W ., and Bro .
Peace . P . J . G . W . Song succeeded speech , and all was joy and harmony , friendship and goodwill , until the hour came when the last railway train would start , and it was hard for brethren to say to one another the words — "Good night . "
DURHAM , March 30 . —Mechanics' Institute . — The ceremony of laying the foundation-stone of the new building of this Institution was gone through . A more striking instance of the change of the spirit of the times we never witnessed . Twenty-three years ago the Mechanics ' Institute was begun " amid darkness and gloom . " The clergy and gentry stood aloof from it , with some few honourable exceptions . Since then , the Institute has gone on in an almost uninterrupted course of improvement , and , population considered , is one of the first institutions of the
kind in the kingdom . Shortly after one o ' clock , a procession was formed at the Town Hall . The new Durham band proceeded first ; then followed the trades' banners ; the mayor , aldermen , and councillors of the city ; the committee of management , and the members of the Institute . At a short interval , the Freemasons followed in order , preceded by the old Durham band . John Fawcett , Esq ., the Provincial Grand Master , officiated on the occasion ; and J . F . Elliott , Esq ., President of the Institute , acted on behalf of the members . After the different bodies had taken their
respective stations , Mr . ELLIOT stood forward and said , —It is incumbent on me , in the first instance , to return thanks to you ( the P . G . M . ) for the honour you have conferred on the members of the Mechanics' Institute , by attending to-day at the ceremony of laying the foundation-stone of this building . For ten years out of the twenty-four during which this Institute has existed , the members have exerted themselves for the purpose of acquiring a building of their own ; and by the kindness and munificence of
numerous friends—and particularly of their excellent patron , Dr . Fenwick , and by the exertions of their late president , ( W . L . Wharton , Esq . ) — they are now about to reap the harvest of their exertions . Ri ght Worshipful Sir ( to the P . G . M . ) , I have the honour of presenting you with this trowel , to be used on this occasion ; and in placing it in your hands