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Masonic Chit Chat.
Titite , the executors of his late Royal Highness , and the Chevalier de Berardi . Several Freemasons were in attendance to testif y their regard to the memory of their lamented Grand Alaster . AA'e may take the opportunity of stating , upon goocl authority , that the debts of his Royal Highness have all been paid , with two exceptions—the first is a bond given to Mademoiselle d'Este for 10 , 000 / ., ancl the second is the account of his Royal Highness ' s legal executorwhich amounts to a considerable sum
, , owing to the great expense incurred in the adjustment and settlement of all claims upon the estate of the Duke . AVe must not omit to mention that the modest builder ofthe mausoleum has had his own name affixed to it in letters of an unusual size , which attract quite as much notice as tbe inscription to the memory of his Royal Highness . There seems to have been some want of the attention due to the living members of the family of his late Royal Highness , or Mr . Johnson , of the New-road , would not
have been permitted to disfigure , by his name , the beautiful ancl elegant tomb which covers the remains of an uncle of her present Majesty . In returning through the burying-ground we were struck with the spirit of speculation displayed even in the abode of the dead . Several tombs have been built , which are ready to be let to the highest bidder . Persons may here find , at a moment ' s notice , ancl take possession of a house ready prepared in consecrated ground , as if he were entering furnished apartments in any street in the metropolis .
LIBRARY OF THE DUKE OF SUSSEX . —The sale of the fifth portion commenced , consisting of the Latin Classics , the Drama , Poetry , JBelle Lettres , Biography , & c . ; 249 lots were disposed of , and fetched extraordinary high prices . The sale of this portion continued for twelve days .
THE SUSSEX MEMORIAL . — " Our attention has been called to an observation in the Freemasons' Quarterly Review , implying that the subscription for a monument ( Alasonic ?) to the memory of the late Duke of Sussex is lagging , ancl that the Rothschilds , Cohens , Salomons , Montefiores , and other Jews , appear to be unmindful of their obligations to the illustrious departevl ! This reproach is anything but justified , for we remember to have noticed some of the foregoing names attached to
the public subscription in the newspapers ; but we have still better evidence that the Jews , as a body , have been the foremost to record their sense of gratitude fo that lamented prince . Surely , the editor of the Review must have overlooked the fact , that the ' Jews' Literary and " Scientific Institution , ' at its recent foundation , was specially dedicated to the Duke ' s memory , under the title of ' Sussex Hall , ' ( vide our report of the proceeding on that interesting occasion , in No . 95 ) . We
found occasion to observe , at the time of the Duke ' s death , that no barren compliment , no cold momenta , spiritless for future generations , could be a worth y monument to such a man ; but that the Jews especially were called on to devise their memorial , of a character which might present to all times , some feature in accord with the scientific tastes—with the affection for Israel , ancl with the desire to elevate us nationally , which so eminentldistinguished that illustrious hilanthropistThe foundation
y p . of ' Sussex Hall , ' will certainly vindicate the Jews from the imputation of ingratitude towards the Duke ' s memory ; especiall y if those gentlemen whom the Alasonic Review mentions by name , shall continue to foster it , in consonance with their obligation already incurred as its 'patrons . ' As a further proof that the reproach is ill-founded , wc
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Masonic Chit Chat.
Titite , the executors of his late Royal Highness , and the Chevalier de Berardi . Several Freemasons were in attendance to testif y their regard to the memory of their lamented Grand Alaster . AA'e may take the opportunity of stating , upon goocl authority , that the debts of his Royal Highness have all been paid , with two exceptions—the first is a bond given to Mademoiselle d'Este for 10 , 000 / ., ancl the second is the account of his Royal Highness ' s legal executorwhich amounts to a considerable sum
, , owing to the great expense incurred in the adjustment and settlement of all claims upon the estate of the Duke . AVe must not omit to mention that the modest builder ofthe mausoleum has had his own name affixed to it in letters of an unusual size , which attract quite as much notice as tbe inscription to the memory of his Royal Highness . There seems to have been some want of the attention due to the living members of the family of his late Royal Highness , or Mr . Johnson , of the New-road , would not
have been permitted to disfigure , by his name , the beautiful ancl elegant tomb which covers the remains of an uncle of her present Majesty . In returning through the burying-ground we were struck with the spirit of speculation displayed even in the abode of the dead . Several tombs have been built , which are ready to be let to the highest bidder . Persons may here find , at a moment ' s notice , ancl take possession of a house ready prepared in consecrated ground , as if he were entering furnished apartments in any street in the metropolis .
LIBRARY OF THE DUKE OF SUSSEX . —The sale of the fifth portion commenced , consisting of the Latin Classics , the Drama , Poetry , JBelle Lettres , Biography , & c . ; 249 lots were disposed of , and fetched extraordinary high prices . The sale of this portion continued for twelve days .
THE SUSSEX MEMORIAL . — " Our attention has been called to an observation in the Freemasons' Quarterly Review , implying that the subscription for a monument ( Alasonic ?) to the memory of the late Duke of Sussex is lagging , ancl that the Rothschilds , Cohens , Salomons , Montefiores , and other Jews , appear to be unmindful of their obligations to the illustrious departevl ! This reproach is anything but justified , for we remember to have noticed some of the foregoing names attached to
the public subscription in the newspapers ; but we have still better evidence that the Jews , as a body , have been the foremost to record their sense of gratitude fo that lamented prince . Surely , the editor of the Review must have overlooked the fact , that the ' Jews' Literary and " Scientific Institution , ' at its recent foundation , was specially dedicated to the Duke ' s memory , under the title of ' Sussex Hall , ' ( vide our report of the proceeding on that interesting occasion , in No . 95 ) . We
found occasion to observe , at the time of the Duke ' s death , that no barren compliment , no cold momenta , spiritless for future generations , could be a worth y monument to such a man ; but that the Jews especially were called on to devise their memorial , of a character which might present to all times , some feature in accord with the scientific tastes—with the affection for Israel , ancl with the desire to elevate us nationally , which so eminentldistinguished that illustrious hilanthropistThe foundation
y p . of ' Sussex Hall , ' will certainly vindicate the Jews from the imputation of ingratitude towards the Duke ' s memory ; especiall y if those gentlemen whom the Alasonic Review mentions by name , shall continue to foster it , in consonance with their obligation already incurred as its 'patrons . ' As a further proof that the reproach is ill-founded , wc