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him , and loft him other marks of their visit than came from the knife . Poor Dyson told us these facts with simplicity and gratitude . In his earlier years he was a member of the Queen ' s Loyal Volunteer Association at Chelsea , and was a steady , regular soldier , as corporal from 1798 to the year 1814 , when the general peace rendered the services of the corps no longer needed . The late Countess of Harrington , as the representative of Queen Charlottepresented the colours in 1 S 04 .
, Bro . Dyson preserved the several documents of the corps , with the copies of sermons preached before it , and felt in their remembrance much pride and comfort . As a Mason he was sincere in his vocation ; as a man humble , it is true , but honourable in his principles , and therefore he conferred honour upon the Asylum , the benefits of which he was entitled to enjoy . In 1838 he was candidate for the office of sexton to St . Luke ' s
parish , Chelsea . His placard was a curiosity , " Happiness to those who wish it to others . Freedom of election and no oppression . John Dyson , thirty-five years an inhabitant and rate-payer of the parish , twenty-five years a subscriber of one guinea annually to the Parochial Schools , fourteen years ditto to the Licensed Victuallers' School , twenty-one years a Freemason , & c . & c . " But poor Dyson did not succeed to the office of sexton .
March 31 . —Lord SAYE AND SELE , set . 49 , after a few days'illness . His lordship was unmarried . He was Prov . Grand Master for Kent , but entrusted his worthy deputy with full powers to act . It is due to the deceased nobleman to state , that since he came to the title and estates , he performed very many acts of charity . The present lord , on hearing the appointment of his successor to the office of Prov . Grand Master , presented that Brother , L . C . Humfry , Esq ., with the Masonic paraphernalia of the deceased nobleman .
April 16 . —Suddenly , of apoplexy , at Bombay , the wife of Bro . W . A . Purnell , Esq ., P . P . G . D . ( President of the Medical Board ) . April 23 . —At his residence , Oakhill ' s House , near Taunton , Brother HENRY SULLY , M . D ., M . R . C . S ., surgeon extraordinary to his majesty the King of Hanover . The deceased Brother had been ever a most zealous and devoted worker of the Craft , and was distinguished by liaving conferred on him the important trust of Deputy Prov . Grand
Blaster of Somerset . He was the father of the province , being ( since the lamented death of the venerable and venerated Bro . F . A . Stradling " ) the oldest JIason in the county , having worn the distinguishing badge for more than half a century . His professional skill was of the first order , and many hundreds can noiv gratefully testify to the eminent benefit of his services ; the poor were amply supplied both with medicines and food as well as advice , and time was very often given to their
claims with loss and inconvenience to himself . As a friend and " boon companion , " he was much esteemed , and the hospitalities of his house were awarded with unsparing hand and heart . He lived to a " ripe old age , " nearly 80 , and the writer of this fedble tribute ( Bro . Eales White ) has a note written to him by his deceased friend , without the aid of spectacles , a few days only previous to his death . St . Lucia , May 8 . — " At his residence in Castries , after an illness of a few days , Brother CHARLES MACNAMARA , harbour-master and colonial landing-waiter of this port . He was in the 61 st year of his age , and a native of Grenada , had seen some service in the naval wars of the
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him , and loft him other marks of their visit than came from the knife . Poor Dyson told us these facts with simplicity and gratitude . In his earlier years he was a member of the Queen ' s Loyal Volunteer Association at Chelsea , and was a steady , regular soldier , as corporal from 1798 to the year 1814 , when the general peace rendered the services of the corps no longer needed . The late Countess of Harrington , as the representative of Queen Charlottepresented the colours in 1 S 04 .
, Bro . Dyson preserved the several documents of the corps , with the copies of sermons preached before it , and felt in their remembrance much pride and comfort . As a Mason he was sincere in his vocation ; as a man humble , it is true , but honourable in his principles , and therefore he conferred honour upon the Asylum , the benefits of which he was entitled to enjoy . In 1838 he was candidate for the office of sexton to St . Luke ' s
parish , Chelsea . His placard was a curiosity , " Happiness to those who wish it to others . Freedom of election and no oppression . John Dyson , thirty-five years an inhabitant and rate-payer of the parish , twenty-five years a subscriber of one guinea annually to the Parochial Schools , fourteen years ditto to the Licensed Victuallers' School , twenty-one years a Freemason , & c . & c . " But poor Dyson did not succeed to the office of sexton .
March 31 . —Lord SAYE AND SELE , set . 49 , after a few days'illness . His lordship was unmarried . He was Prov . Grand Master for Kent , but entrusted his worthy deputy with full powers to act . It is due to the deceased nobleman to state , that since he came to the title and estates , he performed very many acts of charity . The present lord , on hearing the appointment of his successor to the office of Prov . Grand Master , presented that Brother , L . C . Humfry , Esq ., with the Masonic paraphernalia of the deceased nobleman .
April 16 . —Suddenly , of apoplexy , at Bombay , the wife of Bro . W . A . Purnell , Esq ., P . P . G . D . ( President of the Medical Board ) . April 23 . —At his residence , Oakhill ' s House , near Taunton , Brother HENRY SULLY , M . D ., M . R . C . S ., surgeon extraordinary to his majesty the King of Hanover . The deceased Brother had been ever a most zealous and devoted worker of the Craft , and was distinguished by liaving conferred on him the important trust of Deputy Prov . Grand
Blaster of Somerset . He was the father of the province , being ( since the lamented death of the venerable and venerated Bro . F . A . Stradling " ) the oldest JIason in the county , having worn the distinguishing badge for more than half a century . His professional skill was of the first order , and many hundreds can noiv gratefully testify to the eminent benefit of his services ; the poor were amply supplied both with medicines and food as well as advice , and time was very often given to their
claims with loss and inconvenience to himself . As a friend and " boon companion , " he was much esteemed , and the hospitalities of his house were awarded with unsparing hand and heart . He lived to a " ripe old age , " nearly 80 , and the writer of this fedble tribute ( Bro . Eales White ) has a note written to him by his deceased friend , without the aid of spectacles , a few days only previous to his death . St . Lucia , May 8 . — " At his residence in Castries , after an illness of a few days , Brother CHARLES MACNAMARA , harbour-master and colonial landing-waiter of this port . He was in the 61 st year of his age , and a native of Grenada , had seen some service in the naval wars of the