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Obituary.
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Jan . 4 . —Major BENJAMIN RUSSRLL , aged 83 , after CO years Alasonic services in the Grand Lodge of Alassachusetts , of which he was the Senior Past Grand Master . Jan . 22 . —Bro . SAMUEL SPEAR , of Townsend , U . S . let , 57 , a faithful Mason . Feb 6 . —Brother the HON . JAMES LEWIS , U . S . a _ t . 60 , Boston , has gone to swell the ranks of the slumbering dead .
Feb . 8 . —Bro . Peter Toffler , set . 81 . He was initiated at Alexandria , D . C , and frequently sat side by side in Lodge with the immortal AVashington ; and was present at the laying of the corner-stone of the National Capitol , and participated in the ceremonies of that occasion , at which the venerated AVashington presided .
Funeral of Brother Lieut . MILBOURNE KEMEYS TYNTE , of the 1-th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards . —March 26 , 1845 . —This melancholy procession left the Artillery Barracks , Clonmel , at two o ' clock , in military order . It moved on slowly , and upon arriving near Newton Anna , the body was transferred to a hearse and six , wliich was there in attendance , and , accompanied by two carriages , proceeded for AVaterford , from whence it was conveyed to Bristol for interment in the family vault at HalswellSomersetshire . The military then returned to their quarters .
, The utmost sympathy was shown for the untimely fate of this lamented officer . He had only just completed his 22 nd year , and was beloved not only by his regiment , but by a large circle of acquaintance , from whom , by the inscrutable will of Providence , he was cut off in the full vigour of life , and its enjoyments . He assisted at the celebration of the festival of St . John , with his now mourning Brethren , of 327 , Taunton , on the 28 th of December last .
March 11 . —Bro . CHARLES BUCK , of AVeymouth , ret . 75 , of the late Arimathea Lodge of that town , and a retired officer of H . M . Customs al that port . April 27 . —At Shepton Mallet , at the advanced age of 93 years , Br . EDWARD MC . INNIS . He was formerly in the army , and served against the Americans in the war of independence . Br . Mc . Innis was initiated into Freemasonry in the year 1777 , and , in addition to those
sanctioned by the Grand Lodge of England , had taken the whole of the spurious or unrecognized degrees of the order . A few Brethren followed his remains to the tomb , and the last offices were performed by Bro . the Rev . F . F . Hole .
May 7 . — " In the Courier of 9 th May , was announced , among the obituaries , the death of Cursetjee Manockjee , Esq ., which occurred on the 7 th , but we should be the exception , we believe , to all the journals ofthe Presidency if we did not pay a more prominent tribute of respect to his memory . He was a gentleman much esteemed in Bombay , as has been testified , not only by the hundreds of his community who followed his remains from his late residence to the Temple of Silence , but by the respectful attention shewn by great numbers of all classes and denominations to his mourning family . The native journals , although conflict-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Obituary.
Obituary .
Jan . 4 . —Major BENJAMIN RUSSRLL , aged 83 , after CO years Alasonic services in the Grand Lodge of Alassachusetts , of which he was the Senior Past Grand Master . Jan . 22 . —Bro . SAMUEL SPEAR , of Townsend , U . S . let , 57 , a faithful Mason . Feb 6 . —Brother the HON . JAMES LEWIS , U . S . a _ t . 60 , Boston , has gone to swell the ranks of the slumbering dead .
Feb . 8 . —Bro . Peter Toffler , set . 81 . He was initiated at Alexandria , D . C , and frequently sat side by side in Lodge with the immortal AVashington ; and was present at the laying of the corner-stone of the National Capitol , and participated in the ceremonies of that occasion , at which the venerated AVashington presided .
Funeral of Brother Lieut . MILBOURNE KEMEYS TYNTE , of the 1-th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards . —March 26 , 1845 . —This melancholy procession left the Artillery Barracks , Clonmel , at two o ' clock , in military order . It moved on slowly , and upon arriving near Newton Anna , the body was transferred to a hearse and six , wliich was there in attendance , and , accompanied by two carriages , proceeded for AVaterford , from whence it was conveyed to Bristol for interment in the family vault at HalswellSomersetshire . The military then returned to their quarters .
, The utmost sympathy was shown for the untimely fate of this lamented officer . He had only just completed his 22 nd year , and was beloved not only by his regiment , but by a large circle of acquaintance , from whom , by the inscrutable will of Providence , he was cut off in the full vigour of life , and its enjoyments . He assisted at the celebration of the festival of St . John , with his now mourning Brethren , of 327 , Taunton , on the 28 th of December last .
March 11 . —Bro . CHARLES BUCK , of AVeymouth , ret . 75 , of the late Arimathea Lodge of that town , and a retired officer of H . M . Customs al that port . April 27 . —At Shepton Mallet , at the advanced age of 93 years , Br . EDWARD MC . INNIS . He was formerly in the army , and served against the Americans in the war of independence . Br . Mc . Innis was initiated into Freemasonry in the year 1777 , and , in addition to those
sanctioned by the Grand Lodge of England , had taken the whole of the spurious or unrecognized degrees of the order . A few Brethren followed his remains to the tomb , and the last offices were performed by Bro . the Rev . F . F . Hole .
May 7 . — " In the Courier of 9 th May , was announced , among the obituaries , the death of Cursetjee Manockjee , Esq ., which occurred on the 7 th , but we should be the exception , we believe , to all the journals ofthe Presidency if we did not pay a more prominent tribute of respect to his memory . He was a gentleman much esteemed in Bombay , as has been testified , not only by the hundreds of his community who followed his remains from his late residence to the Temple of Silence , but by the respectful attention shewn by great numbers of all classes and denominations to his mourning family . The native journals , although conflict-