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Masonic Chit Chat.
Oliver must consist less in the amount contributed than in the nnniler of contributors . We are happy to announce that the subscription which the churchwardens had yielded to general desire in agreeing to receive , already thrives beyond the most sanguine expectation . As it is intended to postpone the presentation of the memorial as little as possible , those who have not carried their intention of subscribing into effect are recommended to do so speedily . —Staffordshire Examiner .
WELLINGTON MEMORIAL . — " This honourable project is progressing well in Edinburgh . It should be a strictly architectural affair worthy the hero of a grateful country . We hope it will prove a grand Masonic turn-out . A considerable sum is already raised . " BROTHER BRYANT T . YOUNG , of Barbadoes , when in London , sent up addresses to the Queen and Prince Albert , on their signal preservation , which were very graciously acknowledged .
TAUNTON . —Our ^ enterprising manager , Brother Davis , lately nearly sustained a serious calamity by a threatened interference with his licence , if he persisted in playing Jack Sheppard . Such an interference by the patrons of the theatre would have been a proper expression of their determination to support the morality of the drama on the failure of other means , but coming from parties opposed to the drama generally , has rather created additional favour for the manager , who , of course ,
withdrew the obnoxious piece ; for , after all , it is about the most faulty that can be exhibited . We are certain that Brother Davis will profit eventually , and he deserves to do so , for his theatres are admirably conducted , and may be stated as examples to all provincial , aye , and even London managers . THE DUKE OP LUCCA , says the Diario di Roma , following the example of the King of Naples ancl the Archduchess Maria Louisa of Parma , has re-established in his dominions the Order of the Knights of Malta .
A VETERAN FREEMASON . —At the Masonic procession for laying the foundation of the Scott monument , on Saturday , Mr . R . Stevenson , painter , Advocate ' s Close , carried the old standard of the Defensive Band Lodge . Although he is now ( as we learn from his own mouth ) within a few days of completing the 95 th year of his age , he bore the flag as manfully , and walked as steadily as the youngest or stoutest standard-bearer in the whole long hue . Mr . Stevenson was an original which
member of a volunteer corps , named the Defensive Band , was enrolled in the year 1779 , on occasion of the redoubted Paul Jones threatening the shores of the Frith of the Forth . The flag which he carried to do honour to the memory of Sir Walter Scott is the identical one which was presented at the Cross to this patriotic band , soon after their enrolment , by the magistrates of Edinburgh . In the year 1782 , the members of tbe corps who were Freemasons , applied to the Grand under the title
Lodge for a charter , ancl formed themselves into a Lodge they still bear . The standard of the volunteer corps was made over to the Lodge , and Mr . Stevenson was elected standard-bearer , which office he has held ever since . Another circumstance is worthy of notice , and which may be called a singular coincidence in reference to the proceedings of Saturday , namely , that the then celebrated advocate , Mr . Crosby , ( the Pleydell of Sir Walter ' s Guy Mannering ) , was the first R . W . M . of the Defensive Band Lodge * The only other member of the volunteer VOT .. VII . ZZ
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Masonic Chit Chat.
Oliver must consist less in the amount contributed than in the nnniler of contributors . We are happy to announce that the subscription which the churchwardens had yielded to general desire in agreeing to receive , already thrives beyond the most sanguine expectation . As it is intended to postpone the presentation of the memorial as little as possible , those who have not carried their intention of subscribing into effect are recommended to do so speedily . —Staffordshire Examiner .
WELLINGTON MEMORIAL . — " This honourable project is progressing well in Edinburgh . It should be a strictly architectural affair worthy the hero of a grateful country . We hope it will prove a grand Masonic turn-out . A considerable sum is already raised . " BROTHER BRYANT T . YOUNG , of Barbadoes , when in London , sent up addresses to the Queen and Prince Albert , on their signal preservation , which were very graciously acknowledged .
TAUNTON . —Our ^ enterprising manager , Brother Davis , lately nearly sustained a serious calamity by a threatened interference with his licence , if he persisted in playing Jack Sheppard . Such an interference by the patrons of the theatre would have been a proper expression of their determination to support the morality of the drama on the failure of other means , but coming from parties opposed to the drama generally , has rather created additional favour for the manager , who , of course ,
withdrew the obnoxious piece ; for , after all , it is about the most faulty that can be exhibited . We are certain that Brother Davis will profit eventually , and he deserves to do so , for his theatres are admirably conducted , and may be stated as examples to all provincial , aye , and even London managers . THE DUKE OP LUCCA , says the Diario di Roma , following the example of the King of Naples ancl the Archduchess Maria Louisa of Parma , has re-established in his dominions the Order of the Knights of Malta .
A VETERAN FREEMASON . —At the Masonic procession for laying the foundation of the Scott monument , on Saturday , Mr . R . Stevenson , painter , Advocate ' s Close , carried the old standard of the Defensive Band Lodge . Although he is now ( as we learn from his own mouth ) within a few days of completing the 95 th year of his age , he bore the flag as manfully , and walked as steadily as the youngest or stoutest standard-bearer in the whole long hue . Mr . Stevenson was an original which
member of a volunteer corps , named the Defensive Band , was enrolled in the year 1779 , on occasion of the redoubted Paul Jones threatening the shores of the Frith of the Forth . The flag which he carried to do honour to the memory of Sir Walter Scott is the identical one which was presented at the Cross to this patriotic band , soon after their enrolment , by the magistrates of Edinburgh . In the year 1782 , the members of tbe corps who were Freemasons , applied to the Grand under the title
Lodge for a charter , ancl formed themselves into a Lodge they still bear . The standard of the volunteer corps was made over to the Lodge , and Mr . Stevenson was elected standard-bearer , which office he has held ever since . Another circumstance is worthy of notice , and which may be called a singular coincidence in reference to the proceedings of Saturday , namely , that the then celebrated advocate , Mr . Crosby , ( the Pleydell of Sir Walter ' s Guy Mannering ) , was the first R . W . M . of the Defensive Band Lodge * The only other member of the volunteer VOT .. VII . ZZ