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Obituary.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES . " Snt , " In justice to the memory of my very dear and lamented brother , Sir Alexander Burnes , will you contradict the statement you published both on Monday and to-day , that Sir Alexander Burnes urged the Cabul campaign ? His own opinion was against it from first to last , and he has perished while discharging his duty as an obedient soldier and servant of
the public , in opposition to his strongest convictions . " I would wish to leave my brother's character now in the hands of his friends , Mr . Elphinstone , Lord Ellenborough , Lord Munster , and the late Governor of Bombay , Sir James Carnac . " I am , Sir , your obedient servant , " DAVID BURNES , M . D . " " 4 , Vernon Place , Bloomsbury Square , " February 9 . "
The name of Burnes is not unknown in Masonry . The father of the family , Provost Burnes , of Montrose , was many years the honoured Master of St . Peter ' s Lodge , Montrose . On the 14 th February , 1834 , there was a gathering of the Lodge , at which the lamented Sir Alexander was present ; he was elected an honorary member from his Mother Lodge , " Benevolence , " Bombay , on which occasion he gave many undoubted proofs of Masonic remains which he discovered in his travels
in India , and in particular when near Bokhara , he traced on the ruins of an encampment the symbols of the Square and Compasses , The same Lodge , St . Peter ' s , held or met on the 1 st August , 1 S 34 , and enrolled on their books the names of three of his brothers , viz . Dr . James Burnes , K . II ., now Provincial G . M . for the Western Provinces of India ; David Burnes , ¦ ** •/ . D ., residing in London ; and the late Lieut . Charles Burneswho has haplesslshared the lamented
, y fate of his regretted brother . At this meeting of the Lodge , the venerable father . and his five sons were all present . BRO . EDWARD WHYTE . —It is with deep regret that we have to announce the death of a most estimable member of society—Edward Whyte , Esq ., senior partner of the firm of M'Kenzie , Lyall and Co . He was attacked with a malignant fever on the 27 th Nov ., and expired
on the 5 th Dec . Mr . Edward Whyte was universally respected and esteemed ; for a kinder-hearted or more honourable gentleman never breathed . During the twelve years he was in Calcutta , we do not believe that he ever created an enemy ; while few could know him for any length of time without becoming attached to him , for his kindness of manner and cheerful disposition . Never was an unsuccessful appeal made to his charity ; and his unostentatious , but profuse , liberality , relieved the wants
of hundreds who will deeply regret their irreparable loss . Mr . Whyte had amassed a moderate fortune , and was on the point of starting , in the steamer India , for his native country , when death out him off in the very prime of life—in his 32 nd year . His death will be a severe blow to his relatives and friends , and long will Edward Whyte be regretted by every body who knew him . Bro . Wh yte was Senior Warden of a Calcutta Lod ardent and
ge ; an enthusiastic Mason . His letter to his parents breathed the fondest aspirations of anticipated pleasure in the hope of meeting his Brethren in Scotland ; an anticipation , it may be hoped by his friends , to be realized m the Grand Lodge above . Jan . —" Bro . T . B . SYMONS , late principal partner in the old and respectable establishment known as the George and Vulture , Cornhill , VOL . IX .
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Obituary.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES . " Snt , " In justice to the memory of my very dear and lamented brother , Sir Alexander Burnes , will you contradict the statement you published both on Monday and to-day , that Sir Alexander Burnes urged the Cabul campaign ? His own opinion was against it from first to last , and he has perished while discharging his duty as an obedient soldier and servant of
the public , in opposition to his strongest convictions . " I would wish to leave my brother's character now in the hands of his friends , Mr . Elphinstone , Lord Ellenborough , Lord Munster , and the late Governor of Bombay , Sir James Carnac . " I am , Sir , your obedient servant , " DAVID BURNES , M . D . " " 4 , Vernon Place , Bloomsbury Square , " February 9 . "
The name of Burnes is not unknown in Masonry . The father of the family , Provost Burnes , of Montrose , was many years the honoured Master of St . Peter ' s Lodge , Montrose . On the 14 th February , 1834 , there was a gathering of the Lodge , at which the lamented Sir Alexander was present ; he was elected an honorary member from his Mother Lodge , " Benevolence , " Bombay , on which occasion he gave many undoubted proofs of Masonic remains which he discovered in his travels
in India , and in particular when near Bokhara , he traced on the ruins of an encampment the symbols of the Square and Compasses , The same Lodge , St . Peter ' s , held or met on the 1 st August , 1 S 34 , and enrolled on their books the names of three of his brothers , viz . Dr . James Burnes , K . II ., now Provincial G . M . for the Western Provinces of India ; David Burnes , ¦ ** •/ . D ., residing in London ; and the late Lieut . Charles Burneswho has haplesslshared the lamented
, y fate of his regretted brother . At this meeting of the Lodge , the venerable father . and his five sons were all present . BRO . EDWARD WHYTE . —It is with deep regret that we have to announce the death of a most estimable member of society—Edward Whyte , Esq ., senior partner of the firm of M'Kenzie , Lyall and Co . He was attacked with a malignant fever on the 27 th Nov ., and expired
on the 5 th Dec . Mr . Edward Whyte was universally respected and esteemed ; for a kinder-hearted or more honourable gentleman never breathed . During the twelve years he was in Calcutta , we do not believe that he ever created an enemy ; while few could know him for any length of time without becoming attached to him , for his kindness of manner and cheerful disposition . Never was an unsuccessful appeal made to his charity ; and his unostentatious , but profuse , liberality , relieved the wants
of hundreds who will deeply regret their irreparable loss . Mr . Whyte had amassed a moderate fortune , and was on the point of starting , in the steamer India , for his native country , when death out him off in the very prime of life—in his 32 nd year . His death will be a severe blow to his relatives and friends , and long will Edward Whyte be regretted by every body who knew him . Bro . Wh yte was Senior Warden of a Calcutta Lod ardent and
ge ; an enthusiastic Mason . His letter to his parents breathed the fondest aspirations of anticipated pleasure in the hope of meeting his Brethren in Scotland ; an anticipation , it may be hoped by his friends , to be realized m the Grand Lodge above . Jan . —" Bro . T . B . SYMONS , late principal partner in the old and respectable establishment known as the George and Vulture , Cornhill , VOL . IX .