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SHEPTON MALLET , May 4 . —The great bell was tolled from eight A . M . till twelve , and from that time till eight p . . muffled peals were rung every half-hour . BRIGHTON , May 4—Being the day appointed for the funeral of his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex , every mark of respect was paid to the lamented duke . The bells of the churches tolled at intervals during the morning . The royal standard was hoisted half-mast high at the Battery
and Chain-pier , and the flags on the steeples of St . Nicholas and St . Peter ' s were also floating half-mast high . At twelve o ' clock , in pursuance of a request from the high constable , most of the shops in the town were closed , and business altogether suspended .
UXBRIDGE . —The Rev . S . G Stamper preached a funeral sermon in the Independent Chapel , Uxbridge , on the death of his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex . The Dissenters generally , throughout the country , feeling that the cause of civil and religious liberty has lost a staunch supporter , have paid this last tribute of respect to the memory of the illustrious duke .
BRISTOL . —Thursday being the day set apart for the mournful ceremony , the bells of the several churches in this city were tolled muffled during the day , and the flags on the churches , and other public buildings , and on the shipping in the harbour , were flying half-mast high . Many of the shops were partially closed . The Jewish congregation held a" Mournful Assembly , " at which the Rev . Aaron Green delivered an oration in front of the Ark . A special
service was then chanted , after which the Ark was opened , and the Scrolls of the Law exposed to view . A regular service followed , and the " Mournful Assembl y " broke up . The municipality of the city met , and unanimousl y voted an address of condolence to her Majesty . NORWICH . —The town council attended divine service at the Cathedral , and afterwards voted an address of condolence to her Majesty . DOVER . —The mayor and burgesses voted an address of condolence to her Majesty .
The Honorable Twistleton Fiennes , P . G . M . for the Province of Kent , has appointed the Provincial Grand Anniversary of Freemasons to be held at Dover , on Monday , July 3 rd . It is expected that the Brethren will meet him at the New Town Hall , at Eleven o ' clock , to go from thence in procession , to church , to attend divine service , and return to the Apollonian Hall to dine , at three o ' clock . HERTFORD , May 27 . —A meeting of the Hertford Lodge of Freemasons was held . After business , at the banquet which followed , the chair was filled b y Sir Minto Farquhar , Bart ., the W . M .
LEAMINGTON SPA , April 22 ( From our own correspondent . )—The painful intelligence of the demise of his Royal Hi ghness the Duke of Sussex , which was received here at a late hour last evening , and became generally known this morning , occasioned a feeling of universal regret throughout the town among all classes of its inhabitants , and particularly affected the "Brethren of the Mystic Tye , " of whom a large muster had been convened on the preceding Monday , to meet the Grand Registrar from London , specially sent by the illustrious Duke , as Grand Master of the Craft , in order to hold a Proviucial Grand Lodge , and
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Provincial.
SHEPTON MALLET , May 4 . —The great bell was tolled from eight A . M . till twelve , and from that time till eight p . . muffled peals were rung every half-hour . BRIGHTON , May 4—Being the day appointed for the funeral of his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex , every mark of respect was paid to the lamented duke . The bells of the churches tolled at intervals during the morning . The royal standard was hoisted half-mast high at the Battery
and Chain-pier , and the flags on the steeples of St . Nicholas and St . Peter ' s were also floating half-mast high . At twelve o ' clock , in pursuance of a request from the high constable , most of the shops in the town were closed , and business altogether suspended .
UXBRIDGE . —The Rev . S . G Stamper preached a funeral sermon in the Independent Chapel , Uxbridge , on the death of his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex . The Dissenters generally , throughout the country , feeling that the cause of civil and religious liberty has lost a staunch supporter , have paid this last tribute of respect to the memory of the illustrious duke .
BRISTOL . —Thursday being the day set apart for the mournful ceremony , the bells of the several churches in this city were tolled muffled during the day , and the flags on the churches , and other public buildings , and on the shipping in the harbour , were flying half-mast high . Many of the shops were partially closed . The Jewish congregation held a" Mournful Assembly , " at which the Rev . Aaron Green delivered an oration in front of the Ark . A special
service was then chanted , after which the Ark was opened , and the Scrolls of the Law exposed to view . A regular service followed , and the " Mournful Assembl y " broke up . The municipality of the city met , and unanimousl y voted an address of condolence to her Majesty . NORWICH . —The town council attended divine service at the Cathedral , and afterwards voted an address of condolence to her Majesty . DOVER . —The mayor and burgesses voted an address of condolence to her Majesty .
The Honorable Twistleton Fiennes , P . G . M . for the Province of Kent , has appointed the Provincial Grand Anniversary of Freemasons to be held at Dover , on Monday , July 3 rd . It is expected that the Brethren will meet him at the New Town Hall , at Eleven o ' clock , to go from thence in procession , to church , to attend divine service , and return to the Apollonian Hall to dine , at three o ' clock . HERTFORD , May 27 . —A meeting of the Hertford Lodge of Freemasons was held . After business , at the banquet which followed , the chair was filled b y Sir Minto Farquhar , Bart ., the W . M .
LEAMINGTON SPA , April 22 ( From our own correspondent . )—The painful intelligence of the demise of his Royal Hi ghness the Duke of Sussex , which was received here at a late hour last evening , and became generally known this morning , occasioned a feeling of universal regret throughout the town among all classes of its inhabitants , and particularly affected the "Brethren of the Mystic Tye , " of whom a large muster had been convened on the preceding Monday , to meet the Grand Registrar from London , specially sent by the illustrious Duke , as Grand Master of the Craft , in order to hold a Proviucial Grand Lodge , and