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Miscellaneous.
rank in life will depend upon the issue of a suit which , by his Majesty ' s ( George III . ) command , has been instituted in Doctors' Commons . " It is not generally known that the first wife of his Royal Highness , the Lady Louisa Augusta D'Ameland Murray , generally resided at Ramsgate , and was the youngest daughter of John , fourth Earl of Dunmore , and was buried at St . Lawrence , Thanet , in 1830 , where
a monument is erected to her memory . A clause in his Royal Highness ' s will expressed his wish that he should be buried , not in the royal mausoleum at Windsor , but at Kensal-green , or in some other public cemetery ; the object of this being that , at some future clay , the body of the Duchess of Inverness , who , though not recognised as such by the law , has been well known to be his wife for
many years , may ' repose beside his—an affecting testimony , in death , to the strength of his attachment to her , who , we believe , has acquitted herself in a most exemplary manner as a companion ancl nurse to him . THE RESTORATION TO SIGHT , AFTER AN OPERATION ON THE EYES . —The most touchingly pathetic address ever made by his late Royal Highness was on the 27 th January , 1837 . As an entire address , it was
perfect . The following extract is singularly applicable at the present moment : — " Darkness overtook me ; but the LIGHT is restored , ancl I again address you . To detail what my sufferings have been would be
a long story . He who presides over all vouchsafed His protection to me ; and this I tell you with thankfulness that , when the operation was performed , the beautiful flood of light burst upon me , most forcibly was that emphatic expression of Holy Writ brought to my recollection , the instant I regained my sight— ' AND GOD SAID LET THERE BE LIGHT , AND THERE WAS LIGHT . ' Nor will the objects I first beheld ever pass from my
mind—they were the clouds and the sunshine ; the sentiments they produced I will not attempt to describe , because it is indescribable . I feel that I am greeted by many kind faces ; my calendar , however , reminds me , that many a warm heart ancl happy face that almost ever presented itself , are not now here!—that is painful to reflect upon ; but they have met their reward above , " * This scriptural allusion to the recovery of
sight is beautifully made . The reader should here be reminded that the Duke of Sussex had passed more than twelve months in retirement before his surgeon could operate on the cataracts . It was during this eventful time that those who had the honor of an introduction to him could judge of the devotion of the Royal Mason to the interests ofthe order . His mental vision was not obscured , although outward light was ; on the
contrary , his thoughts were directed to the business of Grand Lodge , and to the general concerns of the Grand Mastership , with undeviating attention . The restoration of sight to the Grand Master was felt by all Masons as a blessing .
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Miscellaneous.
rank in life will depend upon the issue of a suit which , by his Majesty ' s ( George III . ) command , has been instituted in Doctors' Commons . " It is not generally known that the first wife of his Royal Highness , the Lady Louisa Augusta D'Ameland Murray , generally resided at Ramsgate , and was the youngest daughter of John , fourth Earl of Dunmore , and was buried at St . Lawrence , Thanet , in 1830 , where
a monument is erected to her memory . A clause in his Royal Highness ' s will expressed his wish that he should be buried , not in the royal mausoleum at Windsor , but at Kensal-green , or in some other public cemetery ; the object of this being that , at some future clay , the body of the Duchess of Inverness , who , though not recognised as such by the law , has been well known to be his wife for
many years , may ' repose beside his—an affecting testimony , in death , to the strength of his attachment to her , who , we believe , has acquitted herself in a most exemplary manner as a companion ancl nurse to him . THE RESTORATION TO SIGHT , AFTER AN OPERATION ON THE EYES . —The most touchingly pathetic address ever made by his late Royal Highness was on the 27 th January , 1837 . As an entire address , it was
perfect . The following extract is singularly applicable at the present moment : — " Darkness overtook me ; but the LIGHT is restored , ancl I again address you . To detail what my sufferings have been would be
a long story . He who presides over all vouchsafed His protection to me ; and this I tell you with thankfulness that , when the operation was performed , the beautiful flood of light burst upon me , most forcibly was that emphatic expression of Holy Writ brought to my recollection , the instant I regained my sight— ' AND GOD SAID LET THERE BE LIGHT , AND THERE WAS LIGHT . ' Nor will the objects I first beheld ever pass from my
mind—they were the clouds and the sunshine ; the sentiments they produced I will not attempt to describe , because it is indescribable . I feel that I am greeted by many kind faces ; my calendar , however , reminds me , that many a warm heart ancl happy face that almost ever presented itself , are not now here!—that is painful to reflect upon ; but they have met their reward above , " * This scriptural allusion to the recovery of
sight is beautifully made . The reader should here be reminded that the Duke of Sussex had passed more than twelve months in retirement before his surgeon could operate on the cataracts . It was during this eventful time that those who had the honor of an introduction to him could judge of the devotion of the Royal Mason to the interests ofthe order . His mental vision was not obscured , although outward light was ; on the
contrary , his thoughts were directed to the business of Grand Lodge , and to the general concerns of the Grand Mastership , with undeviating attention . The restoration of sight to the Grand Master was felt by all Masons as a blessing .