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Masonic Chit Chat.
MASONIC CHIT CHAT .
To THE EDITOR —SIR , —In your Review for September last , there appears two contradictory accounts of your celebrated Grand Organist , Sir George Smart . I beg to say Sir George was born in Oxford Street * his mother was a native of Shepton Mallet , but died in London . His father was from Tunbridge ; Sir George , in his early years , resided with his grandmother at Shepton Mallet , to which place he was taken at the age of twelvemonths for the benefit of his healthwhen he the
, was playfellow ofthe writer of this , and where , I am happy to say , the salubrious air of the town , wafted from the Mendip and its beautiful hills , and the kind attention of his friends , restored him to perfect health . If , therefore , we cannot claim him as a native , we can as a resident and the son of a native , ancl as such we are proud to place him with others who have done honour to the town—with Hugh Inge , formerly vicar of Doulton Lord Chancellor of Ireland , Bishop of Meath , and Archbishop of Dublin \^ alter Charleton
, son of the rector of Shepton Mallet , physician in ordinary to Charles I . ancl II . President of the College of Physicians , and author of " Chorea Uigantum , or an account of Stonehenge , " ancl of the learned and unfortunate dissenting minister , Simon Browne , all three of whom were born in the town , as were the ancestors of Lord Delawar the Lords Beauchamp , the Lords Poynter , the Dukes of Somerset , the Marquisses of Hertford , ancl others of the nobility ; and it is pleasing when admiring the beautiful views that surround us , to think that they have been admired by persons of such celebrity—that we are walking the same path as they did before us . °
I am , Sir , & c . r June 2 * 1840 . SHEPTONIENSIS . THE CHAPTER OF PROMULGATION of the Mount Sinai Chapter will resume their meetings on the 30 th instant , ancl continue them every Tuesday , from seven till nine , at the Gun Tavern , Pimlico , under the direction of Com panion George Aarons . STRONG MAN LODGE OF INSTRUCTION will re-open the first Sunday in September . J
REV . DR . OLIVER , April 27 . —At a vestry meeting , held on Monday , at Wolverhampton , to appoint churchwardens for the ensuing year , tbe Rev . George Oliver , D . D ., the incumbent , addressed the parishioners on the subject of church-rates ;— " As to the legality of church-rates , " said the reverend gentleman , "I continue to hold the sentiments I have heretofore professed ; but when I consider that the granting of such rates is optional , and that the discussion of the subject onl y tends to create feud to divide the town
— against itself—to set father against son , and son against father—to sever long-standing friendships , ancl to dissolve mutual ties ; when I reflect also that the agitation of that question is little less than a scourge on the public peace of the town , I cannot consent to aim a blow so heavy , ancl a discouragement so great upon what I consider to be the interests of the church . I shall not give my consent , therefore to the agitation of tbe question of the churchrates motto is
- . My "Peace ; " and the banner which I this day unfurl is the banner of Unity—a banner which cannot , as it shall not , be raised to lead you into contests , in which all is to be lost , and nothing is to be gained ( much approbation ) . 1 know I shall be asked how I purpose , without a rate , to provide for the congregational expences of the church ? My answer
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Masonic Chit Chat.
MASONIC CHIT CHAT .
To THE EDITOR —SIR , —In your Review for September last , there appears two contradictory accounts of your celebrated Grand Organist , Sir George Smart . I beg to say Sir George was born in Oxford Street * his mother was a native of Shepton Mallet , but died in London . His father was from Tunbridge ; Sir George , in his early years , resided with his grandmother at Shepton Mallet , to which place he was taken at the age of twelvemonths for the benefit of his healthwhen he the
, was playfellow ofthe writer of this , and where , I am happy to say , the salubrious air of the town , wafted from the Mendip and its beautiful hills , and the kind attention of his friends , restored him to perfect health . If , therefore , we cannot claim him as a native , we can as a resident and the son of a native , ancl as such we are proud to place him with others who have done honour to the town—with Hugh Inge , formerly vicar of Doulton Lord Chancellor of Ireland , Bishop of Meath , and Archbishop of Dublin \^ alter Charleton
, son of the rector of Shepton Mallet , physician in ordinary to Charles I . ancl II . President of the College of Physicians , and author of " Chorea Uigantum , or an account of Stonehenge , " ancl of the learned and unfortunate dissenting minister , Simon Browne , all three of whom were born in the town , as were the ancestors of Lord Delawar the Lords Beauchamp , the Lords Poynter , the Dukes of Somerset , the Marquisses of Hertford , ancl others of the nobility ; and it is pleasing when admiring the beautiful views that surround us , to think that they have been admired by persons of such celebrity—that we are walking the same path as they did before us . °
I am , Sir , & c . r June 2 * 1840 . SHEPTONIENSIS . THE CHAPTER OF PROMULGATION of the Mount Sinai Chapter will resume their meetings on the 30 th instant , ancl continue them every Tuesday , from seven till nine , at the Gun Tavern , Pimlico , under the direction of Com panion George Aarons . STRONG MAN LODGE OF INSTRUCTION will re-open the first Sunday in September . J
REV . DR . OLIVER , April 27 . —At a vestry meeting , held on Monday , at Wolverhampton , to appoint churchwardens for the ensuing year , tbe Rev . George Oliver , D . D ., the incumbent , addressed the parishioners on the subject of church-rates ;— " As to the legality of church-rates , " said the reverend gentleman , "I continue to hold the sentiments I have heretofore professed ; but when I consider that the granting of such rates is optional , and that the discussion of the subject onl y tends to create feud to divide the town
— against itself—to set father against son , and son against father—to sever long-standing friendships , ancl to dissolve mutual ties ; when I reflect also that the agitation of that question is little less than a scourge on the public peace of the town , I cannot consent to aim a blow so heavy , ancl a discouragement so great upon what I consider to be the interests of the church . I shall not give my consent , therefore to the agitation of tbe question of the churchrates motto is
- . My "Peace ; " and the banner which I this day unfurl is the banner of Unity—a banner which cannot , as it shall not , be raised to lead you into contests , in which all is to be lost , and nothing is to be gained ( much approbation ) . 1 know I shall be asked how I purpose , without a rate , to provide for the congregational expences of the church ? My answer