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William Henry Lambton, Esq. M P.
reprehension on the one hand , and such conscious animation on the other , as , by those who had the happiness to be present , will be long remembered with sensibility and grateful satisfaction . To his other extraordinary advantages he has to add the paramount blessing of domestic happiness . June 19 , 1791 , he was united to the Rig ht Hon . Lady Ann Villiers , second daughter to the Fail of
Jersey ; a Lady of first rate natural and acquired accomplishments both in mind and person ; and who has given to his stock of felicity the endearing addition of three sons and a daughter . We have thus , from the best documents we could collect , from the voice of general fame , and from the pleasure of some personal knowledge , endeavoured to give to our Masonic and other friends a
transient view of the Provincial Grand Master of the county of Durham . A regular summing up of character , we know , cannot , in existing circumstances , be expected from us ;—but we also know , that , by those who are best acquainted with the subject of these memoirs , we should be accused of the most culpable omission , were we not to add , that Mr . Lambton is not more admired for his
weight and talents as a Magistrate or Senator , than he is esteemed for the amiable and as useful virtues of a private Gentleman ; that hers not more regarded for the extent and splendour of his possessions , than he is beloved for his munificent and charitable dispensations ; and that even with those who ' may differ from him on political points , he is respected for his abilities , his disposition , and the whole tenour of his general character .
Part Of A Charge Lately Delivered To A Society Of Free Masons On An Extraordinary Occasion*.
PART OF A CHARGE LATELY DELIVERED TO A SOCIETY OF FREE MASONS ON AN EXTRAORDINARY OCCASION * .
FOR THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE .
BY DR . WATKINS . - ITT is impossible but that , in the very great political convulsion " - which has recently shaken Europe , our Society must have been materiall y affected . This I know , that , in the ' unhappy country where the shock has been the greatest , the brethren of ' the social
band have not been able to assemble according to their order without a dread of the Revolutionary Tribunal . Let this stand then as a * The Doctor , in his capacity of Master , was reduced to the painful necessity of announcing the expulsion of a Member , who , in open lodge , in defiance of the niosl friendly intimations aud exbortations , many times repeated , persisted in a violence of declamation on state affairs , which was calculated to incite to a hatred of the Government . An occasion so extraordinary will we trust justify the tenor of the charge ( though bordering ou politics ) , and be also our apology for inserting it .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
William Henry Lambton, Esq. M P.
reprehension on the one hand , and such conscious animation on the other , as , by those who had the happiness to be present , will be long remembered with sensibility and grateful satisfaction . To his other extraordinary advantages he has to add the paramount blessing of domestic happiness . June 19 , 1791 , he was united to the Rig ht Hon . Lady Ann Villiers , second daughter to the Fail of
Jersey ; a Lady of first rate natural and acquired accomplishments both in mind and person ; and who has given to his stock of felicity the endearing addition of three sons and a daughter . We have thus , from the best documents we could collect , from the voice of general fame , and from the pleasure of some personal knowledge , endeavoured to give to our Masonic and other friends a
transient view of the Provincial Grand Master of the county of Durham . A regular summing up of character , we know , cannot , in existing circumstances , be expected from us ;—but we also know , that , by those who are best acquainted with the subject of these memoirs , we should be accused of the most culpable omission , were we not to add , that Mr . Lambton is not more admired for his
weight and talents as a Magistrate or Senator , than he is esteemed for the amiable and as useful virtues of a private Gentleman ; that hers not more regarded for the extent and splendour of his possessions , than he is beloved for his munificent and charitable dispensations ; and that even with those who ' may differ from him on political points , he is respected for his abilities , his disposition , and the whole tenour of his general character .
Part Of A Charge Lately Delivered To A Society Of Free Masons On An Extraordinary Occasion*.
PART OF A CHARGE LATELY DELIVERED TO A SOCIETY OF FREE MASONS ON AN EXTRAORDINARY OCCASION * .
FOR THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE .
BY DR . WATKINS . - ITT is impossible but that , in the very great political convulsion " - which has recently shaken Europe , our Society must have been materiall y affected . This I know , that , in the ' unhappy country where the shock has been the greatest , the brethren of ' the social
band have not been able to assemble according to their order without a dread of the Revolutionary Tribunal . Let this stand then as a * The Doctor , in his capacity of Master , was reduced to the painful necessity of announcing the expulsion of a Member , who , in open lodge , in defiance of the niosl friendly intimations aud exbortations , many times repeated , persisted in a violence of declamation on state affairs , which was calculated to incite to a hatred of the Government . An occasion so extraordinary will we trust justify the tenor of the charge ( though bordering ou politics ) , and be also our apology for inserting it .