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Masonic Chit Chat.
is simple . I have no doubt whatever of the success of the voluntary system , if it is properly tested . I shall , with the assistance of ray warden , ancl the colleague you may appoint to act with him , give this plan a fair and a free trial ; ancl so long as I continue the resident incumbent of this parish , I pledge myself never to go for a rate if you will support me , which , I repeat , I have no doubt you will , in defraying the congregational expences of the church by your voluntary contributions . ' ' Di .
Oliver is a truly liberal divine . REPORTING EXTRAORDINARY . —The Grancl Masonic Loclge has suspended Mr . J . L- Stevens three months , for saying the Duke of Sussex , Grand Master , shewed more of King Craft than Masonic Craft ; Dr . Crucefix , Treasurer of the Masonic Asylum , and Alderman Wood , six months , for not rebuking the speaker . —Limerick Chronicle . —[ AVliat will the Grand Master say to this ? Surely he will summon the reporter for such nefarious
before Judge Harrison ancl his Board to answer conduct . ] SOMERSET , May 15 . —The Brethren did their cluty at Davies ' sbenefit on Friday , by giving him a " good house . " AVe could not like the play , but Davies as Sergeant Austerlitz secured the interest of ^ the audience for awhile . The "Mason" who possesses such a " wife" as the lady who delivered the admirable Masonic address in so animated
and graceful a manner , is to be congratulated . AVallack has drawn two tolerable houses . The fire ancl energy which marked his performances in former clays have not abated . —Somerset Constitution , May 16 ' . The Archduchess Maria Louisa of Parmo has just re-established iu her states the order of the Knights of Malta , ancl has created three commanderies , with endowments of 2 , 000 francs per annum to each .
THE LATE MR . PITTS . —PROPOSED S UBSCRIPTION FOR THE F AMILY OF THE LATE MR . PITTS , SCULPTOR . The sudden death of Mv . Pitts , the sculptor , under the circumstances detailed in the public papers , has left his widow , a daughter , and an infant child , entirely without means of support . The misery of their position is aggravated by the uncertainty whether a sum may be realized from his works sufficient to pay the claims on his estate . The hig h talents which the deceased
possessed as an artist , and evinced in his works , among which may be enumerated the well-known Shield of iEneas—Shield of Hercules—Contest between the Centaurs ancl Lapitha *— Pleiades—Sovereigns of England-Illustrations of Virgil ' s iEneid , and the integrity and simplicity of his character will it is hoped excite the sympathies of the generous patrons of art , and of the benevolent , ami procure for his unfortunate widow that pecuniary assistance which she so much needs . —May 30 .
There is a short list—too short a one—of subscribers , at the head of which stands Sir F . Chantry , R . A . How is it that for the widow and family of such an artist as " Pitts a committee bas not been formed , embracing , in addition to Sir F . Chantry , the names of Shee , AVestmacott , and all the members of the Royal Academy ? there should be no sqeamishness in such a cause . We hope that fair justice may be clone to the memory of a man that scarcely had an equal in his art .
S . BEKIR PACHA . — -This excellent Brother having fulfilled his mission in this country , has returned to Constantinople , bearing with him the esteem of his English friends , and impressed with the principles of freedom ancl justice which a sojourn here for some years has enabled him to study ancl comprehend—principles which he will carry out in his
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Masonic Chit Chat.
is simple . I have no doubt whatever of the success of the voluntary system , if it is properly tested . I shall , with the assistance of ray warden , ancl the colleague you may appoint to act with him , give this plan a fair and a free trial ; ancl so long as I continue the resident incumbent of this parish , I pledge myself never to go for a rate if you will support me , which , I repeat , I have no doubt you will , in defraying the congregational expences of the church by your voluntary contributions . ' ' Di .
Oliver is a truly liberal divine . REPORTING EXTRAORDINARY . —The Grancl Masonic Loclge has suspended Mr . J . L- Stevens three months , for saying the Duke of Sussex , Grand Master , shewed more of King Craft than Masonic Craft ; Dr . Crucefix , Treasurer of the Masonic Asylum , and Alderman Wood , six months , for not rebuking the speaker . —Limerick Chronicle . —[ AVliat will the Grand Master say to this ? Surely he will summon the reporter for such nefarious
before Judge Harrison ancl his Board to answer conduct . ] SOMERSET , May 15 . —The Brethren did their cluty at Davies ' sbenefit on Friday , by giving him a " good house . " AVe could not like the play , but Davies as Sergeant Austerlitz secured the interest of ^ the audience for awhile . The "Mason" who possesses such a " wife" as the lady who delivered the admirable Masonic address in so animated
and graceful a manner , is to be congratulated . AVallack has drawn two tolerable houses . The fire ancl energy which marked his performances in former clays have not abated . —Somerset Constitution , May 16 ' . The Archduchess Maria Louisa of Parmo has just re-established iu her states the order of the Knights of Malta , ancl has created three commanderies , with endowments of 2 , 000 francs per annum to each .
THE LATE MR . PITTS . —PROPOSED S UBSCRIPTION FOR THE F AMILY OF THE LATE MR . PITTS , SCULPTOR . The sudden death of Mv . Pitts , the sculptor , under the circumstances detailed in the public papers , has left his widow , a daughter , and an infant child , entirely without means of support . The misery of their position is aggravated by the uncertainty whether a sum may be realized from his works sufficient to pay the claims on his estate . The hig h talents which the deceased
possessed as an artist , and evinced in his works , among which may be enumerated the well-known Shield of iEneas—Shield of Hercules—Contest between the Centaurs ancl Lapitha *— Pleiades—Sovereigns of England-Illustrations of Virgil ' s iEneid , and the integrity and simplicity of his character will it is hoped excite the sympathies of the generous patrons of art , and of the benevolent , ami procure for his unfortunate widow that pecuniary assistance which she so much needs . —May 30 .
There is a short list—too short a one—of subscribers , at the head of which stands Sir F . Chantry , R . A . How is it that for the widow and family of such an artist as " Pitts a committee bas not been formed , embracing , in addition to Sir F . Chantry , the names of Shee , AVestmacott , and all the members of the Royal Academy ? there should be no sqeamishness in such a cause . We hope that fair justice may be clone to the memory of a man that scarcely had an equal in his art .
S . BEKIR PACHA . — -This excellent Brother having fulfilled his mission in this country , has returned to Constantinople , bearing with him the esteem of his English friends , and impressed with the principles of freedom ancl justice which a sojourn here for some years has enabled him to study ancl comprehend—principles which he will carry out in his