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Thames Advertiser, Volume VII, Issue 1911, 5 December 1874, Page 3

In tho course of his address on the occasion of laying the foundation stone of the new Episcopal church at Naseby, Bishop Nevill remarked:—"l cannot close my remarks without noticing the presence of a speeial body, whose regalia at once strike the eye. First, then, I thank those gentlemen for, the readiness with which they have accepted the task of laying this stone to-day. lam grateful for the readiness with which they have come forward. Some, however, mightaay: ' 'Why do you, as a special church officer, the bishop of a province, seek assistance from others?' I reply: When I perceive the readings with which the lodge, as in this place, displays' to assist Euch x works, I ask myself, 'What am I that Ijljould ' discourage the expression of it'anything would be a justification, if/justification were needed, this would be; bub when I recall the history of the Freemasons, and look into the ' vista of the past, those men often were the only r ones who could undertake sujh works; in all < histories being the readiest, and & some places, as I have said, the only body that could, from their intelligence, do so—l say they are doing a work cognate to the principles they prof;ss. I heed sci'ce'y to remind yon, my Masonic brethren, of the works they have don -—the cathedrals of MiUn, Cologne; and York Minster, . which were built, not in one age, but by .the continuous efforts of the body of' Masons from age to age. T e archives of this have been proved; in York, to this day, there ixistg tho; history of these. The age in which we live ia not satisfied, with teaching,- and' theref ire I gladly note that the body of Freemasons, without slighting one of the least of those secrets and myaterio3, alwiys are fjund to part in works of veneration and religion. Therefore I accept their services, and invite the Worshipful ' Master to put in these foundations, after the ' forms peculiar to the office, on behalf of the, Qburch of England."—ptago ffuarrfKW., , \ A 25: ton gun—" Woolwich iafant"—inteti- ' ded for the armament of a fort.at Queehstoivn,' while being conveyed between two barges from ; Raulbowline to Carlyle Fort, slippel from the , h nvaora and fell into the harbonr, a depth of ' 36ft It is intended to try and raise it by. .. " -