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Obituary.
April . —At Taunton , Bro . JOHN PHIOHARD , upwards of thirty years clerk to tbe magistrates in this town ; our highly-respected Brother has descended to the grave full of years , having numbered eighty winters . April . —At Yeovil , MARY , the beloved wife of Bro . THOMAS CAVE , P . P . G . W ., Somerset . April 14 . —Bro . C . AUSTEN , at Luton , ( 698 ) , late under-sheriff of the county of Bedfordshire .
Lately at Chatteris , Cambridgeshire , Bro . POWELL , whose reverses of fortune had been patiently and manfully borne for some time past . Bro . Powell was initiated in the "Lodge of Light , " Birmingham , to which he expressed himself warmly attached , and we have no doubt the Brethren of that respectable Lodge will not forget the " widow and fatherless in their affliction . " April 21 . —An inquest was held by Mr . Payneat the George Inn
, , Borough , on the body of Bro . JOHN CHARLES STAIILSMIDT , NO . 1 , aged 51 , coal-merchant , of Belvidere-road , Lambeth . It appeared that the deceased left the corn-market in Mark-lane , and went to the offices of Mr . Cattarns , the solicitor to a company of which deceased was one of the trustees , and whilst seated writing at the clerk ' s table , he was observed to remain for a few minutes almost motionless . As it was thought that he was making some mental calculation , he was not
disturbed . He then complained of illness , and at the request of Mi * . Cattarns , he lay upon the sofa . Deceased then sent for a cab , and the driver was directed to go to Belvidere-road . Whilst passing opposite to the Town Hall , Southwark , the driver looked through the glass of the cab , when he saw the deceased leaning backwards , apparently in a fit . He drove his cab to the nearest chemist ' s shop , and had deceased taken into it . Mr . Howittsurgeonbled himand used other means
, , , to promote his recovery , but without success . He died in less than an hour . Mr . Calloway , the deceased's medical adviser , thought that death was the result of apoplexy . Verdict , " Natural death . " June 12 . —At Merton , Surrey , after a long and painful illness , borne with exemplary fortitude , MARY , the beloved wife of Bro . John B . Belville , 64 , Red Lion-street , Holborn .
Provincial.
PROVINCIAL .
MASONIC MEETING AT LINCOLN . —Jane Sth . —Dedication of the Hall . —The Masonic Brethren of Lincolnshire and the neighbourhood had a grand field-day on Thursday , the Oth inst ., being assembled for the purpose of formally dedicating the new Freemasons' Hall which has been built in the City of Lincoln . Visitors were present from all the Lodges now open in the province , as well as a r-Y-Tnero-as deputation from Nottingham and from Leicester , and individuals from still more distant Lodges in and near the metropolis , and from Yorkshire .
At ten o ' clock in the forenoon the Brethren began to assemble , and the Lodge having been duly opened in the Three Degrees , the members adjourned to the Guildhall ; ladies were then admitted into the gallery of the new Hall to witness the open portion of the ceremonial , but , from its small size , the invitations were restricted to one by each member of the Lodge . The director of ceremonies ( Brother E . A . Bromehead , Esq . ) having arranged the procession in the Guildhall adjoining , the Fraternity moved to the hall , marching slowly to solemn music , which
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Obituary.
April . —At Taunton , Bro . JOHN PHIOHARD , upwards of thirty years clerk to tbe magistrates in this town ; our highly-respected Brother has descended to the grave full of years , having numbered eighty winters . April . —At Yeovil , MARY , the beloved wife of Bro . THOMAS CAVE , P . P . G . W ., Somerset . April 14 . —Bro . C . AUSTEN , at Luton , ( 698 ) , late under-sheriff of the county of Bedfordshire .
Lately at Chatteris , Cambridgeshire , Bro . POWELL , whose reverses of fortune had been patiently and manfully borne for some time past . Bro . Powell was initiated in the "Lodge of Light , " Birmingham , to which he expressed himself warmly attached , and we have no doubt the Brethren of that respectable Lodge will not forget the " widow and fatherless in their affliction . " April 21 . —An inquest was held by Mr . Payneat the George Inn
, , Borough , on the body of Bro . JOHN CHARLES STAIILSMIDT , NO . 1 , aged 51 , coal-merchant , of Belvidere-road , Lambeth . It appeared that the deceased left the corn-market in Mark-lane , and went to the offices of Mr . Cattarns , the solicitor to a company of which deceased was one of the trustees , and whilst seated writing at the clerk ' s table , he was observed to remain for a few minutes almost motionless . As it was thought that he was making some mental calculation , he was not
disturbed . He then complained of illness , and at the request of Mi * . Cattarns , he lay upon the sofa . Deceased then sent for a cab , and the driver was directed to go to Belvidere-road . Whilst passing opposite to the Town Hall , Southwark , the driver looked through the glass of the cab , when he saw the deceased leaning backwards , apparently in a fit . He drove his cab to the nearest chemist ' s shop , and had deceased taken into it . Mr . Howittsurgeonbled himand used other means
, , , to promote his recovery , but without success . He died in less than an hour . Mr . Calloway , the deceased's medical adviser , thought that death was the result of apoplexy . Verdict , " Natural death . " June 12 . —At Merton , Surrey , after a long and painful illness , borne with exemplary fortitude , MARY , the beloved wife of Bro . John B . Belville , 64 , Red Lion-street , Holborn .
Provincial.
PROVINCIAL .
MASONIC MEETING AT LINCOLN . —Jane Sth . —Dedication of the Hall . —The Masonic Brethren of Lincolnshire and the neighbourhood had a grand field-day on Thursday , the Oth inst ., being assembled for the purpose of formally dedicating the new Freemasons' Hall which has been built in the City of Lincoln . Visitors were present from all the Lodges now open in the province , as well as a r-Y-Tnero-as deputation from Nottingham and from Leicester , and individuals from still more distant Lodges in and near the metropolis , and from Yorkshire .
At ten o ' clock in the forenoon the Brethren began to assemble , and the Lodge having been duly opened in the Three Degrees , the members adjourned to the Guildhall ; ladies were then admitted into the gallery of the new Hall to witness the open portion of the ceremonial , but , from its small size , the invitations were restricted to one by each member of the Lodge . The director of ceremonies ( Brother E . A . Bromehead , Esq . ) having arranged the procession in the Guildhall adjoining , the Fraternity moved to the hall , marching slowly to solemn music , which