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of " a friend," but few went single, and the visitois and 

 visited did mutual honour. When the cloth was re- 

 moved and the bumpered glasses sparkled on the board, 

 MASONRY gave to PATRIOTISM and LOYALTY, JOKE, 

 sentiment and SONG the fraternal grip ; and passing 

 the signs of CONVIVIALITY and ENJOYMENT they pro- 

 gressed on, till morning whispered ^^ In the East there 

 is Light /" and added the Craft's well-knov»n conclu- 

 sion of Silence and Peace. They then departed. In 

 short, though we have not been furnished with the 

 details, it appears that few of such Festivals have 

 been better celebrated ; the company more respe6l- 

 able ; or more harmony and gratification witnessed and 

 enjoyed." 



The description of the Demerary Exchange as it was 

 started in 1819, reminds us somewhat of the Museum 

 Buildings of to-day. The building selefled was the then 

 late Union Coffee House, and this is how it was laid 

 out: — 



" On the ground floor is to be the Coffee Room ; but 

 available on ball-nights, by the removal of partitions, 

 &c., as a cool and convenient supper room. On ascend- 

 ing the first stair-case and crossing the gallery to the 

 left, you enter the Public Room of this Lloyd's tn epi' 

 tome ; — which is to be fitted up with the customary ac- 

 commodation of such places ; including the book for the 

 insertion of arrivals and departures, of the prices of 

 freight and produce, and of articles of commercial news. 

 To the right on this floor, and leading to the Room for 

 the Captains of Vessels, Supercargoes and others most 

 immediately conne6ted — is a smaller apartment, intended 

 for the Post Office. The large room over the Public one 



