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Masonic Chit Chat.
Brother G . R . Nicholls , of Sydney , is appointed Deputy Provincial Grand Alaster for Australasia . The appointment of the Prov . Grand Master , it is expected , is offered to Sir John Jameison . Brother Francis , of Ripley , has been appointed by Lord Monson Deputy Prov . Grand Master for Surrey . THE PRESENT ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY . —The name of this most reverend
'' relate , appears in the Grand Lodge books , as William Howley , Clerk , initiated 21 st December , J 791 . BRO . I . J . CUFF—The piece of plate voted in pursuance with thc direction of thc Grand Lodge , in December last , has been manufactured by Brother Broadhurst , of Regent-street , and has been presented to Brother Cuff . It is a tea-urn of elegant workmanship , and does . "Teat credit to the designer and the artist . °
Obituary.
Obituary .
In December last , Brother ROWLAND BURDON , M . P ., aged 90 He was initiated on the 4 th of February , 1790 , in the Phoenix Lod « -e No . Ill ( then 136 ) , and was Deputy Pro Grand Master for Durham ? under the late Mr . Lambton , father of the present Earl of Durham . Bro . Burdon was a good practical JIason , warm and zealous in the cause . One circumstance of peculiar importance is identified with our deceased Brother , and is a subject of deep interest now that this biograhical sketch
p accompanies the obituary of a meritorious friend and Brother . hi 1799 , when in his place in the House of Commons , he heard the reading of a bill , brought in by the government , for the suppression of seditious and secret meetings . It immediately occurred to him , that the bill would operate to prevent the meeting of Masonic Lodges . He wrote , and sent off by special messenger , a letter to the late Brother Whitethe then Grand
Wm . , Secretary , the father of the present functionary , intimating the necessity of convening the Grand Officers for the purpose of considering what steps should be taken on the subject , and promising to transmit to the Grancl Secretary a copy of the bill the moment it was printed . Brother Burdon ' s activity led to the happiest results . The bill was afterwards amended , and the two emphatic words " Freemasons excepted" being introduced , the Order , which was for t threatened b
a momen y peril , became still more substantially fixed in the minds ancl in the hearts of the wise and the just . Brother Burdon ' s best laurel in Masonry was won in the senate of his country . Jan . —Brother JAMES LONSDALE , of the Prince of Wales Lodge 324 , a gentleman of unaffected simplicity , and good breeding . As a portrait painter his reputation stood deservedl y high ; among his Alasonic productions are the portraits of the Royal Brothersthe Duke of
, York and the Duke of Clarence , ( afterwards William IV . ) consecutive Masters of Lodge 324 . Brother Lonsdale was for many years a member of the Beef Steak Club . An anecdote is told of his having accepted a wager that a portrait of a distinguished member , then under his easel , would not turn out a likeness , the wager was " dinner and wine for twenty . " Brother Lonsdale won the wager triumphantly , but the umpire decided that the portrait became thc property of the
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Masonic Chit Chat.
Brother G . R . Nicholls , of Sydney , is appointed Deputy Provincial Grand Alaster for Australasia . The appointment of the Prov . Grand Master , it is expected , is offered to Sir John Jameison . Brother Francis , of Ripley , has been appointed by Lord Monson Deputy Prov . Grand Master for Surrey . THE PRESENT ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY . —The name of this most reverend
'' relate , appears in the Grand Lodge books , as William Howley , Clerk , initiated 21 st December , J 791 . BRO . I . J . CUFF—The piece of plate voted in pursuance with thc direction of thc Grand Lodge , in December last , has been manufactured by Brother Broadhurst , of Regent-street , and has been presented to Brother Cuff . It is a tea-urn of elegant workmanship , and does . "Teat credit to the designer and the artist . °
Obituary.
Obituary .
In December last , Brother ROWLAND BURDON , M . P ., aged 90 He was initiated on the 4 th of February , 1790 , in the Phoenix Lod « -e No . Ill ( then 136 ) , and was Deputy Pro Grand Master for Durham ? under the late Mr . Lambton , father of the present Earl of Durham . Bro . Burdon was a good practical JIason , warm and zealous in the cause . One circumstance of peculiar importance is identified with our deceased Brother , and is a subject of deep interest now that this biograhical sketch
p accompanies the obituary of a meritorious friend and Brother . hi 1799 , when in his place in the House of Commons , he heard the reading of a bill , brought in by the government , for the suppression of seditious and secret meetings . It immediately occurred to him , that the bill would operate to prevent the meeting of Masonic Lodges . He wrote , and sent off by special messenger , a letter to the late Brother Whitethe then Grand
Wm . , Secretary , the father of the present functionary , intimating the necessity of convening the Grand Officers for the purpose of considering what steps should be taken on the subject , and promising to transmit to the Grancl Secretary a copy of the bill the moment it was printed . Brother Burdon ' s activity led to the happiest results . The bill was afterwards amended , and the two emphatic words " Freemasons excepted" being introduced , the Order , which was for t threatened b
a momen y peril , became still more substantially fixed in the minds ancl in the hearts of the wise and the just . Brother Burdon ' s best laurel in Masonry was won in the senate of his country . Jan . —Brother JAMES LONSDALE , of the Prince of Wales Lodge 324 , a gentleman of unaffected simplicity , and good breeding . As a portrait painter his reputation stood deservedl y high ; among his Alasonic productions are the portraits of the Royal Brothersthe Duke of
, York and the Duke of Clarence , ( afterwards William IV . ) consecutive Masters of Lodge 324 . Brother Lonsdale was for many years a member of the Beef Steak Club . An anecdote is told of his having accepted a wager that a portrait of a distinguished member , then under his easel , would not turn out a likeness , the wager was " dinner and wine for twenty . " Brother Lonsdale won the wager triumphantly , but the umpire decided that the portrait became thc property of the