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Masonic Chit Chat.
children , she appeared angry with them , and ordered them to be silent . " —From the Morning Herald . "THE present Archbishop of Canterbury , when a tutor at Hartwell , ivas initiated as a Freemason in the Old Royal York Lodge , at Bristol , a Lodge now and for some time past extinct , in consequence chiefly of the extravagance of its members , in giving balls to the ladies , ecc . The
date of his Grace ' s initiation , as AVm . Howley , may be found in the books at Freemasons ' -hall , and is the 21 st Dec . 1791 . And the identity of the person was communicated to me by a physician of my acquaintance , who was also initiated in the same Lodge , and present when the said AVm . Howley was made . "—Morning Herald . AFFLICTING CIRCUMSTANCE . — " We regret to state that Mr . Bryant , the author , comedian , and Irish vocalist , during the last four months
has been afflicted most seriously , and is at present confined in the greatest distress at a lodging , No . 12 , Broad-court , near Covent-garden theatre . It appears that the unfortunate gentleman caught a severe cold in consequence of the duties attendant upon his profession , and it was
succeeded by acute rheumatism , general debility , and loss of sight . For the last twenty years he has been connected with several metropolitan theatres , and was the author of many successful pieces and songs . He was introduced to his profession as the pupil of the late Robert Palmer , the father of the stage , and was the intimate friend and companion of the late Mr . Edward Pidgeon , the translator of 'Cuvier ' s Animal Kingdom . '" The Members of the Fraternity will discover in the above paragraph
from the newspaper , that the individual referred to is the same Brother , who for a succession of years has enlivened . the Nore excursions by his talents as a vocalist . We , in common with many others , have listened with more than pleasure to his Irish Schoolmaster , and remember at this moment the exuberant spirits whicli he instilled into our much respected Brother , the late Colonel Forrest , when with such peculiar naivete he sang "An Irish Stew , " just as we were beginning to
pitch a little at the Nore . Had the Colonel lived to know poor Bryant ' s wants , he would have been foremost to relieve them . Let us hope he may not be forgotten . Any subscriptions in his behalf will by us " be thankfully received and faithfully applied . "
Masonic Obituary.
Masonic Obituary .
Brother Dr . PINCAIRD . On the 18 th of May an inquisition was holden before Mr . Stirling , at the Red Lion , Upper King-street , Bedford-square , on the remains of G . Pincaird , Esq ., M . D ., aged sixtyseven who met his death at his residence , No . 18 , Bedford-square , under the following circumstances : —It appeared from the evidence , that on F ' riday morning , the 15 th , the deceased , who had been in his drawingroom , where a member of the famil y had been reading to him , was
called on to attend a female patient in the parlour . He had been with her but a few minutes before the servants were alarmed by a violent ringing of the bell . On one of them going there , the deceased was found upon the floor apparently in the agonies of death . Dr . AVilliams ,
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Masonic Chit Chat.
children , she appeared angry with them , and ordered them to be silent . " —From the Morning Herald . "THE present Archbishop of Canterbury , when a tutor at Hartwell , ivas initiated as a Freemason in the Old Royal York Lodge , at Bristol , a Lodge now and for some time past extinct , in consequence chiefly of the extravagance of its members , in giving balls to the ladies , ecc . The
date of his Grace ' s initiation , as AVm . Howley , may be found in the books at Freemasons ' -hall , and is the 21 st Dec . 1791 . And the identity of the person was communicated to me by a physician of my acquaintance , who was also initiated in the same Lodge , and present when the said AVm . Howley was made . "—Morning Herald . AFFLICTING CIRCUMSTANCE . — " We regret to state that Mr . Bryant , the author , comedian , and Irish vocalist , during the last four months
has been afflicted most seriously , and is at present confined in the greatest distress at a lodging , No . 12 , Broad-court , near Covent-garden theatre . It appears that the unfortunate gentleman caught a severe cold in consequence of the duties attendant upon his profession , and it was
succeeded by acute rheumatism , general debility , and loss of sight . For the last twenty years he has been connected with several metropolitan theatres , and was the author of many successful pieces and songs . He was introduced to his profession as the pupil of the late Robert Palmer , the father of the stage , and was the intimate friend and companion of the late Mr . Edward Pidgeon , the translator of 'Cuvier ' s Animal Kingdom . '" The Members of the Fraternity will discover in the above paragraph
from the newspaper , that the individual referred to is the same Brother , who for a succession of years has enlivened . the Nore excursions by his talents as a vocalist . We , in common with many others , have listened with more than pleasure to his Irish Schoolmaster , and remember at this moment the exuberant spirits whicli he instilled into our much respected Brother , the late Colonel Forrest , when with such peculiar naivete he sang "An Irish Stew , " just as we were beginning to
pitch a little at the Nore . Had the Colonel lived to know poor Bryant ' s wants , he would have been foremost to relieve them . Let us hope he may not be forgotten . Any subscriptions in his behalf will by us " be thankfully received and faithfully applied . "
Masonic Obituary.
Masonic Obituary .
Brother Dr . PINCAIRD . On the 18 th of May an inquisition was holden before Mr . Stirling , at the Red Lion , Upper King-street , Bedford-square , on the remains of G . Pincaird , Esq ., M . D ., aged sixtyseven who met his death at his residence , No . 18 , Bedford-square , under the following circumstances : —It appeared from the evidence , that on F ' riday morning , the 15 th , the deceased , who had been in his drawingroom , where a member of the famil y had been reading to him , was
called on to attend a female patient in the parlour . He had been with her but a few minutes before the servants were alarmed by a violent ringing of the bell . On one of them going there , the deceased was found upon the floor apparently in the agonies of death . Dr . AVilliams ,