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discouragement , but continued to animate his life and conversation . If ever a man sacrificed his time and worldly interest in favour of the promotion of Freemasonry , that man was Alexander Deuchar . Through good report ancl evil report he persevered and prosecuted his object , ancl was as satisfied , it may be averred , with being present in communion when only two or three were gathered together as if surrounded b y hundreds . He was for many years Grancl Master of the Order of Knights Templars ,
ancl was the mainstay of that Order during his protectorship . His last acts as its ruler was the appointment , by patent , of his friend Dr . Crucefix , as Procurator General from the Grand Conclave of Scotland to that of England . He resigned the office shortly after . He ivas also a Grand First Principal of the Royal Arch , and had often presided as Master of Craft Lodges . The melancholy loss of his three sons by drowning ( that of Bro . David Deuchar , who was lost in the ill-fated " President , " is probably fresh in the reader ' s memory ) had much afflicted him .
A link is broken—a light extinguished—a pillar removed . * Bro . JOSEPH BONAPARTE . —This individual , at one time King of Naples , and afterwards of Spain , died on the 28 th ult . at Florence , after a long illness . His brothers , Louis and Jerome , were with him in his last moments . Louis is now the head of the family , but his health is also very bad , and his successor is Prince Louis Napoleon the prisoner at Ham .
DEATH OF ONE OF THE PATRIARCHS OF THE CRAFT . —In allusion to the decease of Bro . GEORGE HIRTZEL of Exeter , Bro . Eales AVhite thus portrays this interesting character : — " His Masonic career was quietly useful ancl important in his own immediate sphere . For the unfailing attachment of a clear-headed and good-hearted man , whose age closely approximated to fourscore and ten , to the straightforward principles and practice of the Craft ( three-fourths of which protracted and
honoured life he had been a member ) , coulcl not be without a great moral and physical influence on the younger portions of tbe fraternity . Not many months since he assisted in the festival and ceremonies attendant on the opening of the admirably appropriate new Masonic Ha'l , when his accurate detail of occurrences in the Craft sixty years since , enriched by singular pungency of wit and clearness oi anecdote , evinced a freshness of memory and powerful mind rarelsurpassed
y . Though a firm supporter of those in office , he refused any higher jewel than that of Senior Warden , in the Devon Provincial Lodge . He was first appointed to an important office , that of Grand Director of Ceremonies , which he held until age and infirmities interrupted his due performance of tbe active duties thereof ; he refused to appoint a deputy , carrying out the principle which he ever advocated , viz ., that no man should hold an office which he could not efficientlexecute . " The
y noble P . G . Master , the Earl Fortescue , who highly valued his venerable and faithful officer , immediately invested him with the purple , as J . G . Deacon , which constituted him a Grand Officer for life . Bro . George Hirtzel was one of the few valuable members of the Craft , who , disregarding personal labour , and , moreover , personal annoyance , will struggle almost sin gle handed for the honour of Masonry , and defend it from assault , however it may be sheathed by appearances .
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discouragement , but continued to animate his life and conversation . If ever a man sacrificed his time and worldly interest in favour of the promotion of Freemasonry , that man was Alexander Deuchar . Through good report ancl evil report he persevered and prosecuted his object , ancl was as satisfied , it may be averred , with being present in communion when only two or three were gathered together as if surrounded b y hundreds . He was for many years Grancl Master of the Order of Knights Templars ,
ancl was the mainstay of that Order during his protectorship . His last acts as its ruler was the appointment , by patent , of his friend Dr . Crucefix , as Procurator General from the Grand Conclave of Scotland to that of England . He resigned the office shortly after . He ivas also a Grand First Principal of the Royal Arch , and had often presided as Master of Craft Lodges . The melancholy loss of his three sons by drowning ( that of Bro . David Deuchar , who was lost in the ill-fated " President , " is probably fresh in the reader ' s memory ) had much afflicted him .
A link is broken—a light extinguished—a pillar removed . * Bro . JOSEPH BONAPARTE . —This individual , at one time King of Naples , and afterwards of Spain , died on the 28 th ult . at Florence , after a long illness . His brothers , Louis and Jerome , were with him in his last moments . Louis is now the head of the family , but his health is also very bad , and his successor is Prince Louis Napoleon the prisoner at Ham .
DEATH OF ONE OF THE PATRIARCHS OF THE CRAFT . —In allusion to the decease of Bro . GEORGE HIRTZEL of Exeter , Bro . Eales AVhite thus portrays this interesting character : — " His Masonic career was quietly useful ancl important in his own immediate sphere . For the unfailing attachment of a clear-headed and good-hearted man , whose age closely approximated to fourscore and ten , to the straightforward principles and practice of the Craft ( three-fourths of which protracted and
honoured life he had been a member ) , coulcl not be without a great moral and physical influence on the younger portions of tbe fraternity . Not many months since he assisted in the festival and ceremonies attendant on the opening of the admirably appropriate new Masonic Ha'l , when his accurate detail of occurrences in the Craft sixty years since , enriched by singular pungency of wit and clearness oi anecdote , evinced a freshness of memory and powerful mind rarelsurpassed
y . Though a firm supporter of those in office , he refused any higher jewel than that of Senior Warden , in the Devon Provincial Lodge . He was first appointed to an important office , that of Grand Director of Ceremonies , which he held until age and infirmities interrupted his due performance of tbe active duties thereof ; he refused to appoint a deputy , carrying out the principle which he ever advocated , viz ., that no man should hold an office which he could not efficientlexecute . " The
y noble P . G . Master , the Earl Fortescue , who highly valued his venerable and faithful officer , immediately invested him with the purple , as J . G . Deacon , which constituted him a Grand Officer for life . Bro . George Hirtzel was one of the few valuable members of the Craft , who , disregarding personal labour , and , moreover , personal annoyance , will struggle almost sin gle handed for the honour of Masonry , and defend it from assault , however it may be sheathed by appearances .