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Masonic Chit Chat.
MASONIC CHIT CHAT .
THE DUKE OF SUSSEX . —It will he remembered that during the Duke of Sussex ' s visit to Sunderland , he assisted in laying the stone of a Masonic institution , and that under the foundation was placed a bottle , containing , among other things , a copy of a local paper , said to comprise some very severe reflections on the father and brother ( George IV . ) of the illustrious Duke . In reference to this affair , which , if true , was highly indecentwe make the following extract from a local print : — " We
, have the best authority for stating that a letter has been received from his Royal Highness , the Duke of Sussex , by the Earl of Durham , and communicated to a respectable gentleman of this town , expressing his dissatisfaction that such coarse , offensive , and disgusting libels should have been placed by his hands , but entirely against his private feelings ancl knowledge , in reference to his father ( George III . ) , ancl his brother ( George IV . ) under the foundation stone of the Sunderland Athen _ eum ,
, His Royal Highness desires to know by what means he has been made the dupe of party malice on such an important occasion , and the Duke demands to know by what member of the coinmittee these coarse and filthy slanders were committed to his hands . The Duke considers that he has been grossly and shamefully deceived , and he trusts that the committee will adopt immediate means of justifying themselves from this disgraceful insult . "—Northern Time , s .
DEATH OP THE LANDGRAVINE OP HESSE HOMBURGH—Frankfort , Jan . 11 , 1840 . —Her Royal Highness , the Landgravine of Hesse Homburgh , ( better known in England as the Princess Elizabeth , ) aunt of the Queen , died here last night of an inflammation of the bowels . She was attended by Dr . Downie , her physician in ordinary , and by Sir Charles Herbert , who resides here with his family . Her Royal Highness was in her 70 th year .
1 HE EARL OF DURHAM . — This distinguished nobleman is , to the great joy of his family and friends , so far restored from a most severe attack of influenza , as to have left London for Richmond , to which place his Lordship is very partial , ancl from the salubrity of which , he has before found his health to be considerably improved .
We understand that , in conformity with what took place among the Masonic Order on the occasion of the marriage of his late Majesty , King George III ., with her Majesty Queen Charlotte , the Brethren of the Royal Cumberland Lodge in this city met , on Thursday , for the purpose of preparing an Address of Congratulation to the Queen on her marriage with his Royal Highness Prince Albert , which it is intended to present to her Majesty by the hands of his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussexto whom it will be transmitted through Colonel
, Tynte , R . W . P . G . M ., of the province of Somerset . —Bath Journal . The Masonic Lodge , No . 100 , ( Dublin ) , have received the permission of his Royal Highness , the Prince Albert , to assume the style and title of "The Royal Albert Lodge . " The communication was made to Brother C . Ferguson , through the medium of his Royal Highness ' s private secretary .
To THE INHABITANTS OF WOLVERHAMPTON . —My Worthy Parishioners , —the cordial welcome with which so many amongst you have greeted my present visit to Wolverhampton—the affectionate anxiety
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Masonic Chit Chat.
MASONIC CHIT CHAT .
THE DUKE OF SUSSEX . —It will he remembered that during the Duke of Sussex ' s visit to Sunderland , he assisted in laying the stone of a Masonic institution , and that under the foundation was placed a bottle , containing , among other things , a copy of a local paper , said to comprise some very severe reflections on the father and brother ( George IV . ) of the illustrious Duke . In reference to this affair , which , if true , was highly indecentwe make the following extract from a local print : — " We
, have the best authority for stating that a letter has been received from his Royal Highness , the Duke of Sussex , by the Earl of Durham , and communicated to a respectable gentleman of this town , expressing his dissatisfaction that such coarse , offensive , and disgusting libels should have been placed by his hands , but entirely against his private feelings ancl knowledge , in reference to his father ( George III . ) , ancl his brother ( George IV . ) under the foundation stone of the Sunderland Athen _ eum ,
, His Royal Highness desires to know by what means he has been made the dupe of party malice on such an important occasion , and the Duke demands to know by what member of the coinmittee these coarse and filthy slanders were committed to his hands . The Duke considers that he has been grossly and shamefully deceived , and he trusts that the committee will adopt immediate means of justifying themselves from this disgraceful insult . "—Northern Time , s .
DEATH OP THE LANDGRAVINE OP HESSE HOMBURGH—Frankfort , Jan . 11 , 1840 . —Her Royal Highness , the Landgravine of Hesse Homburgh , ( better known in England as the Princess Elizabeth , ) aunt of the Queen , died here last night of an inflammation of the bowels . She was attended by Dr . Downie , her physician in ordinary , and by Sir Charles Herbert , who resides here with his family . Her Royal Highness was in her 70 th year .
1 HE EARL OF DURHAM . — This distinguished nobleman is , to the great joy of his family and friends , so far restored from a most severe attack of influenza , as to have left London for Richmond , to which place his Lordship is very partial , ancl from the salubrity of which , he has before found his health to be considerably improved .
We understand that , in conformity with what took place among the Masonic Order on the occasion of the marriage of his late Majesty , King George III ., with her Majesty Queen Charlotte , the Brethren of the Royal Cumberland Lodge in this city met , on Thursday , for the purpose of preparing an Address of Congratulation to the Queen on her marriage with his Royal Highness Prince Albert , which it is intended to present to her Majesty by the hands of his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussexto whom it will be transmitted through Colonel
, Tynte , R . W . P . G . M ., of the province of Somerset . —Bath Journal . The Masonic Lodge , No . 100 , ( Dublin ) , have received the permission of his Royal Highness , the Prince Albert , to assume the style and title of "The Royal Albert Lodge . " The communication was made to Brother C . Ferguson , through the medium of his Royal Highness ' s private secretary .
To THE INHABITANTS OF WOLVERHAMPTON . —My Worthy Parishioners , —the cordial welcome with which so many amongst you have greeted my present visit to Wolverhampton—the affectionate anxiety