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Foreign.
Surveyor-General Cleverly , S . AA " . of the Zetland Lodge , give promise of an erection that will prove a unique ornament to our cifcy . The Prov . Grand Master , and Officers of the Grand Lodge of China , with the Masters , Past Masters , Officers , and Brethren ofthe txx-o southern Lodges , will convene at eleven o ' clock on Tuesday morning , the ceremony taking place afc noon . To complete the day's festivitythe
, Zetland Lodge have issued numerous invitations for a hall at the Club House , of which xve hope to furnish a full account in due time , the meeting being taken advantage of to present to the B . AV . Samuel Eaxvson , P . G . M ., a valuable token of the esteem in which he is held b y the Brethren in Hong-Kong . —Dated January 26 th , 1853 . —Extracted from the Overland " Friend of China . "
Birth.
BIRTH .
On the 9 th Dec . 1852 , at St . George ' s , Bermuda , the lady of Bro . Lieut . M . S . Whitmore , " Royal Engineers ^ J . W , of ' 161 ) , of a daughter . DEATHS . BRO . THE HON . GEOEGE HENEY BURT . Died , in the island of St . Kitt's , West Indies , Oct . 9 , the Hon . George Henry BurtSpeaker of the House of Assembly of that island for twent and
, y years , Surveyor-General of Eoads . At a Meeting of the General Committee of the Mount Olive Lodge ( No . 336—241 ) , held on the 12 th Oct ., it xvas resolved " that , as a tribute of respect to the memory of the deceased , xvho had for many years so ably presided over the Brethren as Worshipful Master , the Lodge-room be hvmg in black until the next annual election on St . John's Day . "
BEO . JOHN T . VAUGHAN . Died , Dec . 1852 , afc the residence of Mr . John E . Brown , Ealmouth , Jamaica , to which be had been removed for the benefit of medical advice , Mr . John T . "Vaughan , many years overseer , but at the time of his decease lessee , of Sunderland estate , in this parish . He was the youngest son of the Hon . Samuel Vaughan , formerly Custos of St . James , The regret experienced by the relations and friends of the deceased , may in some measure be arrived at from the universal testimonial
of respect bestowed on his remains , which were followed to the grave by upwards of one hundred of the most respectable inhabitants of Montego Bay and its vicinity , preceded by the officers and members of the Friendly Loclge , who , in deep mourning , and xvearing their insignia , joined the procession , and imparted an affecting solemnity to the mournful occasion . The body was received at the entrance of the churchyard by the Eev . Mr . Moore , xvhile the Brethren opened their ranks to permit the coffin of their deceased Brother to pass between them , and after the beautiful service ofthe Church xvas performed , the Worshipful Blaster , A . Isaacs ,
supported by P . Ms . Thomas Watson and Eichard I . Poster , advanced to the head of the grave and xvent through the impressive funeral service , comprising a prayer and exhortation . At the conclusion of the prayers and responses , Masonic honours xvere given , and each Brother cast into the grave his left-hand glove , accompanied by a sprig of myrtle , emblematic of eternity . The scroll recording the birth , Masonic initiation , passing , and raising , of the deceased Brother , was then placed upon the coffin , aud the concluding oration was delivered , xvhen the Brethren left the churchyard in the same order that they had entered it . The deceased through life exhibited in every relation a thorough knowledge of his duties to society . His manners xvere pleasing , his conduct upright , and his integrity undoubted . His Jige xvas thirty-seven .
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Foreign.
Surveyor-General Cleverly , S . AA " . of the Zetland Lodge , give promise of an erection that will prove a unique ornament to our cifcy . The Prov . Grand Master , and Officers of the Grand Lodge of China , with the Masters , Past Masters , Officers , and Brethren ofthe txx-o southern Lodges , will convene at eleven o ' clock on Tuesday morning , the ceremony taking place afc noon . To complete the day's festivitythe
, Zetland Lodge have issued numerous invitations for a hall at the Club House , of which xve hope to furnish a full account in due time , the meeting being taken advantage of to present to the B . AV . Samuel Eaxvson , P . G . M ., a valuable token of the esteem in which he is held b y the Brethren in Hong-Kong . —Dated January 26 th , 1853 . —Extracted from the Overland " Friend of China . "
Birth.
BIRTH .
On the 9 th Dec . 1852 , at St . George ' s , Bermuda , the lady of Bro . Lieut . M . S . Whitmore , " Royal Engineers ^ J . W , of ' 161 ) , of a daughter . DEATHS . BRO . THE HON . GEOEGE HENEY BURT . Died , in the island of St . Kitt's , West Indies , Oct . 9 , the Hon . George Henry BurtSpeaker of the House of Assembly of that island for twent and
, y years , Surveyor-General of Eoads . At a Meeting of the General Committee of the Mount Olive Lodge ( No . 336—241 ) , held on the 12 th Oct ., it xvas resolved " that , as a tribute of respect to the memory of the deceased , xvho had for many years so ably presided over the Brethren as Worshipful Master , the Lodge-room be hvmg in black until the next annual election on St . John's Day . "
BEO . JOHN T . VAUGHAN . Died , Dec . 1852 , afc the residence of Mr . John E . Brown , Ealmouth , Jamaica , to which be had been removed for the benefit of medical advice , Mr . John T . "Vaughan , many years overseer , but at the time of his decease lessee , of Sunderland estate , in this parish . He was the youngest son of the Hon . Samuel Vaughan , formerly Custos of St . James , The regret experienced by the relations and friends of the deceased , may in some measure be arrived at from the universal testimonial
of respect bestowed on his remains , which were followed to the grave by upwards of one hundred of the most respectable inhabitants of Montego Bay and its vicinity , preceded by the officers and members of the Friendly Loclge , who , in deep mourning , and xvearing their insignia , joined the procession , and imparted an affecting solemnity to the mournful occasion . The body was received at the entrance of the churchyard by the Eev . Mr . Moore , xvhile the Brethren opened their ranks to permit the coffin of their deceased Brother to pass between them , and after the beautiful service ofthe Church xvas performed , the Worshipful Blaster , A . Isaacs ,
supported by P . Ms . Thomas Watson and Eichard I . Poster , advanced to the head of the grave and xvent through the impressive funeral service , comprising a prayer and exhortation . At the conclusion of the prayers and responses , Masonic honours xvere given , and each Brother cast into the grave his left-hand glove , accompanied by a sprig of myrtle , emblematic of eternity . The scroll recording the birth , Masonic initiation , passing , and raising , of the deceased Brother , was then placed upon the coffin , aud the concluding oration was delivered , xvhen the Brethren left the churchyard in the same order that they had entered it . The deceased through life exhibited in every relation a thorough knowledge of his duties to society . His manners xvere pleasing , his conduct upright , and his integrity undoubted . His Jige xvas thirty-seven .