Freemasons' Quarterly Magazine (Volume 2) (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1854. Excerpt: ... Mayor and Mayoress gave another promenade concert in the Town Hall, which was attended by about 1,000 persons, and was equally successful as the former one; and on the following evening they entertained all the children above ten years of age belonging to the various schools in the city with tea and buns. The children, who amounted in number to about 1,100, were attended by the parochial clergy, teachers, and others. The collection of paintings, &c., provided for the promenade concert of the previous evening remained undisturbed, in addition to which a concert was got up for the gratification of the children. On the following day, the public were admitted to the Hall without restriction, and in the evenings of each day the Mayor provided a band, which played for several hours. Such generous efforts on the part of the Mayor to administer to the enjoyment of his fellow-citizens and others has naturally excited an earnest desire on the part of all to make him a suitable and permanent acknowledgment of the same. The citizens have formed themselves into a committee, and contemplate presenting the Mayor with a service of plate of not less than 200 guineas value; and the ladies propose giving to the Mayoress, who was confined on the 15th of September with a son (her eleventh child), a silver cradle, to commemorate the two events. A committee in London, composed of literati and others, suggest as their token something that shall in a peculiar manner mark their sense of Bro. Spiers' services and desire to elevate his fellow-men. In the mean time, the boys at the University Press School have taken time by the forelock, and presented to the Mayor, on Sunday, the 17th Sept., a magnificent Bible, printed by themselves, and splendidly bound in purple morocco, as their ...