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Obituary.
" Those only who enjoyed the charms of his personal intercourse can describe the brilliancy of fancy which shone in all the caprices of his wit , or the tenderness of a nature which never allowed that wit to inflict a wound . "—Times . " Be his memory dear and honourable to us , as that of one so worth y ought ; what in him was true ancl valiant endures for evermore , beyond all memory or record . "' — Correspondent ofthe Examiner .
"His maiden speech was made in 1830 , on Mr . Davenport ' s motion on the currency . He was always theoreticall y in advance even of his liberal party , declaring himself a member of the press-gang ancl a gentleman of the press . lie wrote for the leading reviews . Altogether he was a cleve ? , amiable , and valuable man , and his loss at this particular period will be felt far beyond the circle of his party or his friends . "Morning Chronicle .
Provincial.
PROVINCIAL .
Notice . —We are requested to insert the following extract from the circular of the Prov . Grand Lodge for West Yorkshire , signed by the Prov . Grand Secretary : — 'iThe R . W . Deputy Prov . Grand Master wishes me to intimate that an association denominated ' The Loyal ancl Independent Order of Alasons' being , as is presumed , operative Masons , has been formed in some parts of this province ; and to prevent any misconception on the subject at a distance , he bids me to state that this association has no affinity with , or relation whatever to , OUR GLORIOUS FRATERNITY . "
MAIDSTONE , Dec , 5 . —The annual festival of the Belvidere Lodge was held this clay , when the Worshipful Master was installed by Bro . John Savage , who , with several London and provincial brethren attended . The particulars reached us too late for any but this brief notice . CHELMSFORD , Dee . 7 . —Lodge of Good Fellowship , No . 343 . —The installation of Bro . Butler took place this day in the presence of the members and several visitors . It is sufficient to say that the proceedings
were characterized by the usual solemnity , and that the hospitality of the banquet was graced by courtesy and good-humour . The Worshipful Master was happy in his addresses , as were the other brethren . Among the resolutions of the evening was a vote of five guineas towards the "testimonial" to the Prov . Grand Master , and another , of the like amount , to the widow and seven children of the late Bro . W . J . Hammond .
ROCHFORD , Nov . 23 . —The Alston Royal Arch Chapter , 186 , was duly consecrated by Comp . Thomas Tombleson , at the Old Ship . He was assisted by Comps . W . Watson as H . ; R . Osborn , J . ; W . Goring , P . S . ; and — Longstaff , Janitor ( all Burnites , or rather , true and stanch members of the Robert Burns Chapter ) . Comp . Thomas Starling * was installed as Z . ; Comp . R . G . Alston , as H . ; and Comp .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Obituary.
" Those only who enjoyed the charms of his personal intercourse can describe the brilliancy of fancy which shone in all the caprices of his wit , or the tenderness of a nature which never allowed that wit to inflict a wound . "—Times . " Be his memory dear and honourable to us , as that of one so worth y ought ; what in him was true ancl valiant endures for evermore , beyond all memory or record . "' — Correspondent ofthe Examiner .
"His maiden speech was made in 1830 , on Mr . Davenport ' s motion on the currency . He was always theoreticall y in advance even of his liberal party , declaring himself a member of the press-gang ancl a gentleman of the press . lie wrote for the leading reviews . Altogether he was a cleve ? , amiable , and valuable man , and his loss at this particular period will be felt far beyond the circle of his party or his friends . "Morning Chronicle .
Provincial.
PROVINCIAL .
Notice . —We are requested to insert the following extract from the circular of the Prov . Grand Lodge for West Yorkshire , signed by the Prov . Grand Secretary : — 'iThe R . W . Deputy Prov . Grand Master wishes me to intimate that an association denominated ' The Loyal ancl Independent Order of Alasons' being , as is presumed , operative Masons , has been formed in some parts of this province ; and to prevent any misconception on the subject at a distance , he bids me to state that this association has no affinity with , or relation whatever to , OUR GLORIOUS FRATERNITY . "
MAIDSTONE , Dec , 5 . —The annual festival of the Belvidere Lodge was held this clay , when the Worshipful Master was installed by Bro . John Savage , who , with several London and provincial brethren attended . The particulars reached us too late for any but this brief notice . CHELMSFORD , Dee . 7 . —Lodge of Good Fellowship , No . 343 . —The installation of Bro . Butler took place this day in the presence of the members and several visitors . It is sufficient to say that the proceedings
were characterized by the usual solemnity , and that the hospitality of the banquet was graced by courtesy and good-humour . The Worshipful Master was happy in his addresses , as were the other brethren . Among the resolutions of the evening was a vote of five guineas towards the "testimonial" to the Prov . Grand Master , and another , of the like amount , to the widow and seven children of the late Bro . W . J . Hammond .
ROCHFORD , Nov . 23 . —The Alston Royal Arch Chapter , 186 , was duly consecrated by Comp . Thomas Tombleson , at the Old Ship . He was assisted by Comps . W . Watson as H . ; R . Osborn , J . ; W . Goring , P . S . ; and — Longstaff , Janitor ( all Burnites , or rather , true and stanch members of the Robert Burns Chapter ) . Comp . Thomas Starling * was installed as Z . ; Comp . R . G . Alston , as H . ; and Comp .