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Obituary.
July 28 . —At Cowes , Isle of Wight , the M . W . the Pro-Grand Master the EARL OF DURHAM , in the 49 th year of his age . A full report of the funeral will be found in the Provincial Intelligence . July . —RICHARD , son of Brother Richard Spencer , P . M . No . 329 ,
tetat . 5 years . BARBADOS , July 15 . —At his residence Bay Estate , the HON . JOHN ALLEYNE BECKLES , Senior Member of Her Majesty ' s Council , late President of the island , and Provincial Grand Master of the body of Freemasons of this place . This gentleman held a high place in the esteem of this community , ancl the sudden bereavement which his family have sustained is universally deplored . His death was occasioned by a fit of lexy . We anxiouslawait the return of Brother B . T . Young , for
apop y information who will succeed our lamented friend . August . —In tlie prime of life , of fever , at his residence , Charleville , DR . LYNCH , Physician to the Dispensary and Fever Hospital of that town . The lamented deceased was a gentleman of superior attainments , an A . B . of our University , ancl a member of several literary and scientific societies . In his public capacity the effective performance of his arduous and important duty as medical attendant at the hospital , and
the alleviating kindness of his manner to the stricken and destitute , endeared him to the community within which his labours were exerted . In private life , his gentlemanly deportment , and the mild and alluring nature of his manners , with his mental acquirements , endeared and recommended him to a large and admiring circle of friends . The attendance at his funeral fully testified the general estimation in which he was held . The town on that morning , on which the body was removed to the family burial place at Mallow , was thronged with vehicles belonging to the gentry of the neighbourhood , who were anxious to pay a last tribute of respect and esteem to their departed friend . An immense
crowd of persons followed in the procession , preceded by the reverend clergymen of the parish , the Rev . Messrs . Croke and Constant , the Brothers of the Old Masonic Lodge of the town , 49 , of which the doctor was a most useful member , ancl had filled the chair with honour and dignity up to the last festival of St . John , together with other members , moved two by two , attired with crape on the left breast , ancl wearing white gloves . These followed immediately after the clergymen , for mile
leaving their carriages in the rear until they had proceeded a out of the town , when they entered them , and alig hted at Buttevant , again forming a procession with the Members of the Masonic Lodge , 99 , of Mallow , who there met them , and having walked through that town , took their respective vehicles , until they arrived at Mallow , when they moved in order to the entrance of the churchyard , manifesting the deepest regret and sorrow for their departed Brother . The lamented who
gentleman has left behind a bereaved widow ancl two children , are deprived of a most affectionate husband , and a fond and anxious parent . —Cork Paper , August 26 . The remains of GEORGE S PURRIER , ESQ ., ( of the firm of Bainbridge & Spurrier , of South Shields , solicitors , ) were interred at Tynemouth Priory on Monday last . The Freemasons of St . Hild ' s and St . G eorge s Lod attended the funeralas a mark of respect to their departed
ges , Brother ; ancl the members of the Law Society of North and South Shields also joined in the mournful procession . The Rev . the Vicar of Tvnemouth officiated on the occasion , in the presence of an unusual concourse of persons , drawn together by the burial of one who was gene-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Obituary.
July 28 . —At Cowes , Isle of Wight , the M . W . the Pro-Grand Master the EARL OF DURHAM , in the 49 th year of his age . A full report of the funeral will be found in the Provincial Intelligence . July . —RICHARD , son of Brother Richard Spencer , P . M . No . 329 ,
tetat . 5 years . BARBADOS , July 15 . —At his residence Bay Estate , the HON . JOHN ALLEYNE BECKLES , Senior Member of Her Majesty ' s Council , late President of the island , and Provincial Grand Master of the body of Freemasons of this place . This gentleman held a high place in the esteem of this community , ancl the sudden bereavement which his family have sustained is universally deplored . His death was occasioned by a fit of lexy . We anxiouslawait the return of Brother B . T . Young , for
apop y information who will succeed our lamented friend . August . —In tlie prime of life , of fever , at his residence , Charleville , DR . LYNCH , Physician to the Dispensary and Fever Hospital of that town . The lamented deceased was a gentleman of superior attainments , an A . B . of our University , ancl a member of several literary and scientific societies . In his public capacity the effective performance of his arduous and important duty as medical attendant at the hospital , and
the alleviating kindness of his manner to the stricken and destitute , endeared him to the community within which his labours were exerted . In private life , his gentlemanly deportment , and the mild and alluring nature of his manners , with his mental acquirements , endeared and recommended him to a large and admiring circle of friends . The attendance at his funeral fully testified the general estimation in which he was held . The town on that morning , on which the body was removed to the family burial place at Mallow , was thronged with vehicles belonging to the gentry of the neighbourhood , who were anxious to pay a last tribute of respect and esteem to their departed friend . An immense
crowd of persons followed in the procession , preceded by the reverend clergymen of the parish , the Rev . Messrs . Croke and Constant , the Brothers of the Old Masonic Lodge of the town , 49 , of which the doctor was a most useful member , ancl had filled the chair with honour and dignity up to the last festival of St . John , together with other members , moved two by two , attired with crape on the left breast , ancl wearing white gloves . These followed immediately after the clergymen , for mile
leaving their carriages in the rear until they had proceeded a out of the town , when they entered them , and alig hted at Buttevant , again forming a procession with the Members of the Masonic Lodge , 99 , of Mallow , who there met them , and having walked through that town , took their respective vehicles , until they arrived at Mallow , when they moved in order to the entrance of the churchyard , manifesting the deepest regret and sorrow for their departed Brother . The lamented who
gentleman has left behind a bereaved widow ancl two children , are deprived of a most affectionate husband , and a fond and anxious parent . —Cork Paper , August 26 . The remains of GEORGE S PURRIER , ESQ ., ( of the firm of Bainbridge & Spurrier , of South Shields , solicitors , ) were interred at Tynemouth Priory on Monday last . The Freemasons of St . Hild ' s and St . G eorge s Lod attended the funeralas a mark of respect to their departed
ges , Brother ; ancl the members of the Law Society of North and South Shields also joined in the mournful procession . The Rev . the Vicar of Tvnemouth officiated on the occasion , in the presence of an unusual concourse of persons , drawn together by the burial of one who was gene-