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Masonic Chit Chat.
authorities of the dockyard . The King entered one of the Queen ' s carriages and four , and left for town . His Majesty arrived at Mivart ' s Hotel soon after three o ' clock , ancl in the evening honoured Baron Dedel with his company at dinner , at his residence at Wilton-crescent . The Duke of Beaufort , Lord Fitzroy Somerset , and General Fagel , had the honour of meeting his Majesty . The King left town on Friday , shortly after two o ' clock , on a visit to the Queen aid Prince Albertat
, Osborne-house , Isle of Wight . We have great pleasure in announcing that the Queen , through the Duke of Wellington , as Commander-in-Chief , has appointed the King of Holland a Field Marshal in the British army , an honour conferred on a brave and liberal monarch , who hacl in his younger days fought and bled under our national flag , against a powerful and common enemy . It is an act in every respect becoming to the nation , and one which will give the greatest satisfaction to the
army . The King , as is no doubt known to the majority of our readers , is a general in our army , being next in seniority to General . Sir George Nugent , Bart ., G . C . B . His commissions in the British service are dated as follow : —Lieut .-Colonel , June 11 , 1811 ; Colonel , October 17 , 1811 ; Major-General , Dec . 13 , 1813 ; Lieut .-General , July 8 , 1814 ; ancl General , July 25 , 1814 . The Duke of Wellington was honoured by his Majesty ' s company
at dinner , at Apsley House , and the Archbishop of Canterbury at Lambeth Palace . We have not space to describe the round of entertainments given to the King during his brief sojourn in this country . His Majesty is a Freemason , but no measures were taken by the Fraternity to compliment him . Her Majesty has done Robert BellEsq . the high honour ot
present-, , ing him with a truly magnificent Vase , in acknowledgment of the promptitude with which he lately surrendered his magnificent seat , Norris Castle , in the Isle of Wight , to the use of his Majesty the King of the Netherlands . The presentation of the Vase was accompanied by an expression of feeling most gratifying to Mr . Bell , while it evinced the pleasure the Queen felt in testifying to the politeness of one of her subjects .
ASYLUM FOR AGED AND I > ISCAYI . D FREEMASONS . —Pursuant to an order of Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce , in a suit in which this charity is concerned , by which it was referred to the Master to appoint trustees to the institution , Master Dowdeswell on Wednesday approved of Lord Southampton , the Earl of Aboyne , the Hon . Col . Anson , M . P ., B . B . Cabbell , Esq ., and Dr . Crucefix , as such trustees . NELSON . — Prince Albert has presented to Greenwich Hospital the
coat and waistcoat in which Nelson died . The Queen has the ball which killed him ; il will probably be presented to the same collection . The coat is thus described in Sir Harris Nicolas ' s circular ; ancl it will be seen that it has an historical value : — " The coat is the undress uniform of a vice-admiral , lined with white silk , with lace on the cuffs and epaulettes . Four stars , of the orders of the Bath , St . Ferdinand ancl Meritthe Crescentand St . Joachimare sewn on the left breastas
, , , , Nelson habitually wore them , which disproves the story that he purposely adorned himself with his decorations on going into battle ! The course of the fatal ball is shown by a hole over the left shoulder , and a part of the epaulette is torn away ; which agrees with Hr . Sir William VOL . in . v Y
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Masonic Chit Chat.
authorities of the dockyard . The King entered one of the Queen ' s carriages and four , and left for town . His Majesty arrived at Mivart ' s Hotel soon after three o ' clock , ancl in the evening honoured Baron Dedel with his company at dinner , at his residence at Wilton-crescent . The Duke of Beaufort , Lord Fitzroy Somerset , and General Fagel , had the honour of meeting his Majesty . The King left town on Friday , shortly after two o ' clock , on a visit to the Queen aid Prince Albertat
, Osborne-house , Isle of Wight . We have great pleasure in announcing that the Queen , through the Duke of Wellington , as Commander-in-Chief , has appointed the King of Holland a Field Marshal in the British army , an honour conferred on a brave and liberal monarch , who hacl in his younger days fought and bled under our national flag , against a powerful and common enemy . It is an act in every respect becoming to the nation , and one which will give the greatest satisfaction to the
army . The King , as is no doubt known to the majority of our readers , is a general in our army , being next in seniority to General . Sir George Nugent , Bart ., G . C . B . His commissions in the British service are dated as follow : —Lieut .-Colonel , June 11 , 1811 ; Colonel , October 17 , 1811 ; Major-General , Dec . 13 , 1813 ; Lieut .-General , July 8 , 1814 ; ancl General , July 25 , 1814 . The Duke of Wellington was honoured by his Majesty ' s company
at dinner , at Apsley House , and the Archbishop of Canterbury at Lambeth Palace . We have not space to describe the round of entertainments given to the King during his brief sojourn in this country . His Majesty is a Freemason , but no measures were taken by the Fraternity to compliment him . Her Majesty has done Robert BellEsq . the high honour ot
present-, , ing him with a truly magnificent Vase , in acknowledgment of the promptitude with which he lately surrendered his magnificent seat , Norris Castle , in the Isle of Wight , to the use of his Majesty the King of the Netherlands . The presentation of the Vase was accompanied by an expression of feeling most gratifying to Mr . Bell , while it evinced the pleasure the Queen felt in testifying to the politeness of one of her subjects .
ASYLUM FOR AGED AND I > ISCAYI . D FREEMASONS . —Pursuant to an order of Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce , in a suit in which this charity is concerned , by which it was referred to the Master to appoint trustees to the institution , Master Dowdeswell on Wednesday approved of Lord Southampton , the Earl of Aboyne , the Hon . Col . Anson , M . P ., B . B . Cabbell , Esq ., and Dr . Crucefix , as such trustees . NELSON . — Prince Albert has presented to Greenwich Hospital the
coat and waistcoat in which Nelson died . The Queen has the ball which killed him ; il will probably be presented to the same collection . The coat is thus described in Sir Harris Nicolas ' s circular ; ancl it will be seen that it has an historical value : — " The coat is the undress uniform of a vice-admiral , lined with white silk , with lace on the cuffs and epaulettes . Four stars , of the orders of the Bath , St . Ferdinand ancl Meritthe Crescentand St . Joachimare sewn on the left breastas
, , , , Nelson habitually wore them , which disproves the story that he purposely adorned himself with his decorations on going into battle ! The course of the fatal ball is shown by a hole over the left shoulder , and a part of the epaulette is torn away ; which agrees with Hr . Sir William VOL . in . v Y