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Obituary.
in these few words , was unusually kind ; the difference in his demeanor was great , for during the last two years he had estranged himself from the exercise of civilities towards us , but , alas ! at the very moment when he * felt a desire to act as a friend , his power to do so was gone . About three years since he married ; a widow ancl child survive . Brother M'Gillivray was a Past Grancl AVarden , ancl Provincial Grancl Master for Upper Canada ; he received the thanks of Grand Lodge for his zeal in Masonry in that colony , and occasionally presided in Grancl
Lodge itself . Since writing the foregoing , we have received the following sketch from a former correspondent and Member of the Inverness Loclge : — " Poor Simon M'Gillivray is dead ! He was initiated into the mysteries of the Order in the Shakspeare Loclge , but the writer of this never was at that Loclge during the time of his being a member . _ He was known to him principallin a Lod that is not now in beingand a
y ge , valued member of that Loclge he was ; whenever he was present every thin" went on prosperously , ancl in his absence the Loclge suffered reverses : that Lodge was called the Royal Inverness Lodge , arid was the first warrant that Was granted by His Koyal Hig hness the Uuke ot Sussex , and was always in especial favour with our Grand Master . 1 oor M'Gillivray established the Lodge , although he was not her first Master . The first Master was Brother Col . Hamilton , but the writer of this sketch Brotlier the time he
was not acquainted with that distinguished during was first in office , but he always understood that his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex was present at the dedication of the Loclge . " The Royal Inverness Loclge was constituted at its formation of the officers ofthe loyal North Briton Volunteer Corps , of which the Duke was the commander , and the subject of this memoir had been captain m that corps , * of course , like other volunteer corps , it was broken up at the peace , ancl Brother M'Gillivray , if recollection serves , presented the Loclge with the drinking-shell ancl snuff-horn that belonged to the officers' mess , during the time that he was Master , in 1817 , he being
installed in that year . " The Loclge then met at the Freemasons x avem , and the Crrantl Master was present at the banquet , as our deceased Brotlier was au especial favourite with His Royal Hig hness . Brother M'Gillivray continued attending the Lodge until he left England in 1821 * ancl during his absence the Lodge got very much disorganized . He continued out of England until 1824 , and when he came back , set to work to get tbe ° in order againhe paid off the debt himselfamounting to
Lodge ; , 150 / ., ancl every thing now went on prosperously . The number of members increased vastly , four or five being initiated every meeting * among the first that joined were Brother Potter Macqueen ancl Brother George Lane Fox—the latter Brother seems to have left Masonry for many years ; belike the writer , no doubt , as he is past the middle of life , does not like to make new friendships , and therefore left . The Loclge went prosperousl until BroM'Gillivray went out of England again
on y . soon after his return , which was in 1827 , was the last time the writer saw him in the Inverness Lodge , it was at the installation of Brother Lord AVilliam Lennox , but the Loclge never recovered from the want of his vigilant care . The funds got ' into disorder , ancl the heavy expences of meeting at the Argyle Rooms , ( to which place the Loclge bad for several years been removed ) , increased the difficulties , ancl ultimately , anclpnn-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Obituary.
in these few words , was unusually kind ; the difference in his demeanor was great , for during the last two years he had estranged himself from the exercise of civilities towards us , but , alas ! at the very moment when he * felt a desire to act as a friend , his power to do so was gone . About three years since he married ; a widow ancl child survive . Brother M'Gillivray was a Past Grancl AVarden , ancl Provincial Grancl Master for Upper Canada ; he received the thanks of Grand Lodge for his zeal in Masonry in that colony , and occasionally presided in Grancl
Lodge itself . Since writing the foregoing , we have received the following sketch from a former correspondent and Member of the Inverness Loclge : — " Poor Simon M'Gillivray is dead ! He was initiated into the mysteries of the Order in the Shakspeare Loclge , but the writer of this never was at that Loclge during the time of his being a member . _ He was known to him principallin a Lod that is not now in beingand a
y ge , valued member of that Loclge he was ; whenever he was present every thin" went on prosperously , ancl in his absence the Loclge suffered reverses : that Lodge was called the Royal Inverness Lodge , arid was the first warrant that Was granted by His Koyal Hig hness the Uuke ot Sussex , and was always in especial favour with our Grand Master . 1 oor M'Gillivray established the Lodge , although he was not her first Master . The first Master was Brother Col . Hamilton , but the writer of this sketch Brotlier the time he
was not acquainted with that distinguished during was first in office , but he always understood that his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex was present at the dedication of the Loclge . " The Royal Inverness Loclge was constituted at its formation of the officers ofthe loyal North Briton Volunteer Corps , of which the Duke was the commander , and the subject of this memoir had been captain m that corps , * of course , like other volunteer corps , it was broken up at the peace , ancl Brother M'Gillivray , if recollection serves , presented the Loclge with the drinking-shell ancl snuff-horn that belonged to the officers' mess , during the time that he was Master , in 1817 , he being
installed in that year . " The Loclge then met at the Freemasons x avem , and the Crrantl Master was present at the banquet , as our deceased Brotlier was au especial favourite with His Royal Hig hness . Brother M'Gillivray continued attending the Lodge until he left England in 1821 * ancl during his absence the Lodge got very much disorganized . He continued out of England until 1824 , and when he came back , set to work to get tbe ° in order againhe paid off the debt himselfamounting to
Lodge ; , 150 / ., ancl every thing now went on prosperously . The number of members increased vastly , four or five being initiated every meeting * among the first that joined were Brother Potter Macqueen ancl Brother George Lane Fox—the latter Brother seems to have left Masonry for many years ; belike the writer , no doubt , as he is past the middle of life , does not like to make new friendships , and therefore left . The Loclge went prosperousl until BroM'Gillivray went out of England again
on y . soon after his return , which was in 1827 , was the last time the writer saw him in the Inverness Lodge , it was at the installation of Brother Lord AVilliam Lennox , but the Loclge never recovered from the want of his vigilant care . The funds got ' into disorder , ancl the heavy expences of meeting at the Argyle Rooms , ( to which place the Loclge bad for several years been removed ) , increased the difficulties , ancl ultimately , anclpnn-