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The Late Bro. Richard Smith,
The streets through which the procession had to pass were literally crammed with people ; it was not a moving mass , for the multitude was so great as to render that next to impossible , so they remained stationary , as by common consent , and formed a wall , as it were , on each side , allowing sufficient space in the centre for those connected with the mournful ceremony to pass through ; nearly all the shops on the
line of route , as well as several others in different parts of the city , were either wholly or partially closed , and the bells of the different churches tolled their melancholy chimes during the morning , whilst a muffled peal from the venerable tower of " Temple" indicated that there was the spot where the remains of the deceasetl were to find their last earthly resting-place . The grave was at the north-east corner of the churchyard , and thither the corpse was conveyed . The remainder of the solemn and affecting service for the dead was then read by Mr . Cogan , and the body committed to the earth .
On the return of the Brethren to the Masonic hall , a very impressive address was delivered by the Provincial Grand Chaplain , Bro . Rev . Dr . Irvine , which was listened to with the deepest interest and attention by one of the most numerous and respectable meetings of the Craft which for many years has distinguished that body : great , indeed , would have been our surprise hail it not been so . The Brethren met to do honour to one who was esteemed not only as a Brother '' most dear "—one , by whose elegance of diction and kindness of demeanour the great
principles of Masonry had been so frequently unfolded , but whose undeviating example to " relieve the wants of others" had been so successfully imitated . The arrangements of the hall were perfect , and the mourning with which it was decorated , contrasted with the light which reflected upou its various regalia , produced an effect no less solemn in its appearance than deeply interesting in its results . Amongst the Brethren present we perceived the venerable David Davies , F . C .
Husenbeth , R . Cadett Hoklen , R . B . Callender , R . C . Hanson , C . IT . Abott , AFilliam Claxton , W . D . Bushell , H . Bushell , Charles Castle , E . J . Staples , T . R . Sanders , F . Leman , Thomas Emery , AAllliam Sowell , R . L . Burne , W . Baker , Arthur H . Palmer , & c . & c . & c AA ^ e understand that this lamented gentleman has , by his will , bequeathed his valuable museum to the Bristol Infirmary , and has left a sum of . £ 400 , the interest to be applied to keeping it in order . The following characteristic anecdote of the deceased we copy from the Times : —
With the best wishes for his health and happiness and prosperity through life , These Five Volumes of " Warren's Collection" are Presented to ALFRED BLEECK , Esn , On the 4-lth Anniversary of liis liiilVwlay , By an Old Associate and Boon Companion in the Saint Austen and Phceilix Glee Societies , RICHARD SMITH , Surgeon , of Bristol . Now know ye all men whom it may concern , that these are the conditions of the Gift : —
1 st . That the said worthy Comrado , Alfred Blecck , Esq ., shall not part with them so long as he is able to bear a Bob in a Catch , Glee , or Madrigal . 2 nd . That during his ensuing Birfh-days he shall , together with the Company then and there assembled , at some convenient time in the evening , drink a bumper , in profound silence , to * ' The Pious Memory of the Donor . " But , after a lapse of two minutes exactly , the Company shall strike up Smart ' s glee of " With my jug in one hand and my pipe in the other . " And , to reeal to the memory of auld king syne , " Should auld acquaintance be I ' uigut , And never brought to mind . '' MUX OMNIS JIORIAU . VOL . I . G
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The Late Bro. Richard Smith,
The streets through which the procession had to pass were literally crammed with people ; it was not a moving mass , for the multitude was so great as to render that next to impossible , so they remained stationary , as by common consent , and formed a wall , as it were , on each side , allowing sufficient space in the centre for those connected with the mournful ceremony to pass through ; nearly all the shops on the
line of route , as well as several others in different parts of the city , were either wholly or partially closed , and the bells of the different churches tolled their melancholy chimes during the morning , whilst a muffled peal from the venerable tower of " Temple" indicated that there was the spot where the remains of the deceasetl were to find their last earthly resting-place . The grave was at the north-east corner of the churchyard , and thither the corpse was conveyed . The remainder of the solemn and affecting service for the dead was then read by Mr . Cogan , and the body committed to the earth .
On the return of the Brethren to the Masonic hall , a very impressive address was delivered by the Provincial Grand Chaplain , Bro . Rev . Dr . Irvine , which was listened to with the deepest interest and attention by one of the most numerous and respectable meetings of the Craft which for many years has distinguished that body : great , indeed , would have been our surprise hail it not been so . The Brethren met to do honour to one who was esteemed not only as a Brother '' most dear "—one , by whose elegance of diction and kindness of demeanour the great
principles of Masonry had been so frequently unfolded , but whose undeviating example to " relieve the wants of others" had been so successfully imitated . The arrangements of the hall were perfect , and the mourning with which it was decorated , contrasted with the light which reflected upou its various regalia , produced an effect no less solemn in its appearance than deeply interesting in its results . Amongst the Brethren present we perceived the venerable David Davies , F . C .
Husenbeth , R . Cadett Hoklen , R . B . Callender , R . C . Hanson , C . IT . Abott , AFilliam Claxton , W . D . Bushell , H . Bushell , Charles Castle , E . J . Staples , T . R . Sanders , F . Leman , Thomas Emery , AAllliam Sowell , R . L . Burne , W . Baker , Arthur H . Palmer , & c . & c . & c AA ^ e understand that this lamented gentleman has , by his will , bequeathed his valuable museum to the Bristol Infirmary , and has left a sum of . £ 400 , the interest to be applied to keeping it in order . The following characteristic anecdote of the deceased we copy from the Times : —
With the best wishes for his health and happiness and prosperity through life , These Five Volumes of " Warren's Collection" are Presented to ALFRED BLEECK , Esn , On the 4-lth Anniversary of liis liiilVwlay , By an Old Associate and Boon Companion in the Saint Austen and Phceilix Glee Societies , RICHARD SMITH , Surgeon , of Bristol . Now know ye all men whom it may concern , that these are the conditions of the Gift : —
1 st . That the said worthy Comrado , Alfred Blecck , Esq ., shall not part with them so long as he is able to bear a Bob in a Catch , Glee , or Madrigal . 2 nd . That during his ensuing Birfh-days he shall , together with the Company then and there assembled , at some convenient time in the evening , drink a bumper , in profound silence , to * ' The Pious Memory of the Donor . " But , after a lapse of two minutes exactly , the Company shall strike up Smart ' s glee of " With my jug in one hand and my pipe in the other . " And , to reeal to the memory of auld king syne , " Should auld acquaintance be I ' uigut , And never brought to mind . '' MUX OMNIS JIORIAU . VOL . I . G