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Masonic Chit Chat.
venture to mention the fact , that it has already heen in agitation to provide a portrait of the Duke , as the principal decoration of the Lecture Hall . The admirable subscription portrait , painted by S . A . Hart , Esq ., II . A ., at the Jews' Hospital , is another security that his memory will be cherished in Israel . "—Voice of Jacob . It is very probable that , had our attention been drawn to No . 95 of the " Voice of Jacob" we miht have written some other words on the
, g subject than what appeared in our last number , hut they would have had a very similar import ; and , indeed , however complimentary to the memory of the illustrious dead , is the TITLE of the " Sussex Hall , " still , such title does not aid in the erection of the " Sussex Alemorial ; " in fact , a disinterested party might question which is the most complimented in the title—the dead or the living . Seriously speaking , let anonymous subscriptions pour in from the RothschildsCohensSalomonsancl
, , , Montefiores , and let the cheek of the Christian mantle with a blush at the liberality of the Jew . We never doubted the gratitude of the men of Judah to their illustrious patron , and certainly as little intended to reproach them , when we drew their attention to the neglect his memory has sustained by the most ill-advised resolutions that ever disgraced a noble object . —ED . F . Q . R .
To THE EDITOR . —Your most valuable hint to the Catholics in behalf of the memory of their great benefactor , the late Duke of Sussex , should be heeded . The world in general , but the Roman Catholics of Great Britain in particular , owe to that illustrious Prince a lasting debt of gratitude . His great charity they should never forget , nor his exertions in behalf of their liberties , without which they must have remained a proscribed raceperhaps to this very hour . The Catholic reliion is
, g essentially charitable , and there can be no charity where there is no gratitude . I must , however , observe that the Catholic body is not wealthy , and that they have more than they can well do to sustain the expenses of their own charities , clergy , chapels and churches , and these considerations must not be lost sight of in judging of their gratitude to their deceased illustrious benefactor . E . D .
THE MASONIC MUSEUM AND LIBRARY . —If this Masonic bantling is still permitted to exist , we recommend the curators to purchase the original copy of " Calmet ' s Dictionnaire de la Bible , " 4 vols ., folio , calf gilt , with unwards of 300 plates in excellent preservation—the price is 51 . 5 s . It is in the possession of Air . Rubensole , 19 ,
Clerkenwellgreen . BIRTHS . —April 14 . —At Tibberton-square , the wife of Bro . Robert Field , Secretary to the Aged Masons' Asylum , of a son . May L—At Wakefield , the lady of Bro . Charles Clapham , ( AA . AL Unanimity , No . 179 ) of a still born son . MARRIAGE . —On Thursday , the 1 st May , at St . Mary ' s Church , AVhitby , by Bro . the Rev . E . W . Trevanion , Bro . AL AA'oodhouse of Whitby , to Alary , daughter of Bro . AVm . Morley , of the same place .
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Masonic Chit Chat.
venture to mention the fact , that it has already heen in agitation to provide a portrait of the Duke , as the principal decoration of the Lecture Hall . The admirable subscription portrait , painted by S . A . Hart , Esq ., II . A ., at the Jews' Hospital , is another security that his memory will be cherished in Israel . "—Voice of Jacob . It is very probable that , had our attention been drawn to No . 95 of the " Voice of Jacob" we miht have written some other words on the
, g subject than what appeared in our last number , hut they would have had a very similar import ; and , indeed , however complimentary to the memory of the illustrious dead , is the TITLE of the " Sussex Hall , " still , such title does not aid in the erection of the " Sussex Alemorial ; " in fact , a disinterested party might question which is the most complimented in the title—the dead or the living . Seriously speaking , let anonymous subscriptions pour in from the RothschildsCohensSalomonsancl
, , , Montefiores , and let the cheek of the Christian mantle with a blush at the liberality of the Jew . We never doubted the gratitude of the men of Judah to their illustrious patron , and certainly as little intended to reproach them , when we drew their attention to the neglect his memory has sustained by the most ill-advised resolutions that ever disgraced a noble object . —ED . F . Q . R .
To THE EDITOR . —Your most valuable hint to the Catholics in behalf of the memory of their great benefactor , the late Duke of Sussex , should be heeded . The world in general , but the Roman Catholics of Great Britain in particular , owe to that illustrious Prince a lasting debt of gratitude . His great charity they should never forget , nor his exertions in behalf of their liberties , without which they must have remained a proscribed raceperhaps to this very hour . The Catholic reliion is
, g essentially charitable , and there can be no charity where there is no gratitude . I must , however , observe that the Catholic body is not wealthy , and that they have more than they can well do to sustain the expenses of their own charities , clergy , chapels and churches , and these considerations must not be lost sight of in judging of their gratitude to their deceased illustrious benefactor . E . D .
THE MASONIC MUSEUM AND LIBRARY . —If this Masonic bantling is still permitted to exist , we recommend the curators to purchase the original copy of " Calmet ' s Dictionnaire de la Bible , " 4 vols ., folio , calf gilt , with unwards of 300 plates in excellent preservation—the price is 51 . 5 s . It is in the possession of Air . Rubensole , 19 ,
Clerkenwellgreen . BIRTHS . —April 14 . —At Tibberton-square , the wife of Bro . Robert Field , Secretary to the Aged Masons' Asylum , of a son . May L—At Wakefield , the lady of Bro . Charles Clapham , ( AA . AL Unanimity , No . 179 ) of a still born son . MARRIAGE . —On Thursday , the 1 st May , at St . Mary ' s Church , AVhitby , by Bro . the Rev . E . W . Trevanion , Bro . AL AA'oodhouse of Whitby , to Alary , daughter of Bro . AVm . Morley , of the same place .