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Obituary.
The hon . Kni ght was unmarried . The last public Masonic appearance ofthe worthy Knight was at the Grand Lodge in London on the 18 th of July last , when lie attended with the other members of the deputation from the Grand Lodge of Scotland , on the lamented death of their Patron , King AVilliam IV . Oct . 5 . —At his residence , Belville , Donnybrook , after a few hours illness , in his seventy-third yearARTHUR MORRISSON Esq . D . Lieut
, , , , and Alderman of the city of Dublin , and Past Master of Lodge No . 2 . Our deceased Brother was elected to the high office of Lord Afayor of his native city in 1835-6 , a station which he filled with strict devotedness to the public welfare , receiving on his retirement from it not only a marked compliment from the Lord Lieutenant , but die congratulations of persons of all parties and persuasions .
Oct . 11 . —Brother SAMUEL AVESLEY . —It is with unfeigned regret that we have to announce the death of this accomplished scholar and extraordinary musical genius . His last moments were engaged in imploring the blessing of the Almighty on his children ; and he expired in the effort of bidding them an affectionate farewell . Mr . AVesley was born on the 24 th day of February , 1766 , being the same day and month on which Handel came into the world ; he was
consequentl y in bis seventy-second year . AVhen only three years' old be could play and extemporise freely on the organ , and hefore lie was five had taught himself to read and write a print hand , from his unremitting study of the oratorio of Samson , which he had committed entirely to memory . He also learned b y heart within a month the whole of Handel ' s overtures , and before he was eight years of age had composed and written an oratoriowhich he entitled Ruth . His prospects
, in life were unfortunately clouded by a dreadful accident which befel him in the year 1787 . Returning home one evening from a visit to an intimate friend ( one ofthe oldest members of the Madrigal Society ) , in passing through Snow-hill he fell into a deep excavation which had been prejiared for the foundation of a new building . There he lay insensible until daylight disclosed his situation , and he was conveyed
home . His head had received a most serious injury , and the medical attendants wished to perform the operation of trepanning , but AVesley obstinately refused his consent , and the wound was permitted to heal . This he ever after regretted ; for it is supposed that , in consequence of some portion of the skull adhering to or pressing upon the brain , those periodical states of hi gh nervous irritability originated , ivhich subsequently checked and darkened the splendour of his career . On Saturday
last he j ) layed extemporaneously to a friend , and composed some Psalm tunes . On Monday he endeavoured to write a long testimonial for an old pupil , but which his strength only permitted him to sign , and in the evening he retired to his room with a presentiment which the event of yesterday has but too accuratel y verified . As a musician , his celebrity is greater on the Continent than in his own country . His compositions are grand and masteil his melodies
y ; sweet , varied , and novel ; his harmonies bold , imposing , unexpected , and sublime ; his resources were boundless , and if called upon to extemporise for half a dozen times during an evening , each fantasia was new , fresh , and perfectly unlike the others . His execution was very great , close and neat , and free from labour or effort ; and his touch on the jiianoforte delicate and ehantanlc in the highest degree . Mr . Wesley
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Obituary.
The hon . Kni ght was unmarried . The last public Masonic appearance ofthe worthy Knight was at the Grand Lodge in London on the 18 th of July last , when lie attended with the other members of the deputation from the Grand Lodge of Scotland , on the lamented death of their Patron , King AVilliam IV . Oct . 5 . —At his residence , Belville , Donnybrook , after a few hours illness , in his seventy-third yearARTHUR MORRISSON Esq . D . Lieut
, , , , and Alderman of the city of Dublin , and Past Master of Lodge No . 2 . Our deceased Brother was elected to the high office of Lord Afayor of his native city in 1835-6 , a station which he filled with strict devotedness to the public welfare , receiving on his retirement from it not only a marked compliment from the Lord Lieutenant , but die congratulations of persons of all parties and persuasions .
Oct . 11 . —Brother SAMUEL AVESLEY . —It is with unfeigned regret that we have to announce the death of this accomplished scholar and extraordinary musical genius . His last moments were engaged in imploring the blessing of the Almighty on his children ; and he expired in the effort of bidding them an affectionate farewell . Mr . AVesley was born on the 24 th day of February , 1766 , being the same day and month on which Handel came into the world ; he was
consequentl y in bis seventy-second year . AVhen only three years' old be could play and extemporise freely on the organ , and hefore lie was five had taught himself to read and write a print hand , from his unremitting study of the oratorio of Samson , which he had committed entirely to memory . He also learned b y heart within a month the whole of Handel ' s overtures , and before he was eight years of age had composed and written an oratoriowhich he entitled Ruth . His prospects
, in life were unfortunately clouded by a dreadful accident which befel him in the year 1787 . Returning home one evening from a visit to an intimate friend ( one ofthe oldest members of the Madrigal Society ) , in passing through Snow-hill he fell into a deep excavation which had been prejiared for the foundation of a new building . There he lay insensible until daylight disclosed his situation , and he was conveyed
home . His head had received a most serious injury , and the medical attendants wished to perform the operation of trepanning , but AVesley obstinately refused his consent , and the wound was permitted to heal . This he ever after regretted ; for it is supposed that , in consequence of some portion of the skull adhering to or pressing upon the brain , those periodical states of hi gh nervous irritability originated , ivhich subsequently checked and darkened the splendour of his career . On Saturday
last he j ) layed extemporaneously to a friend , and composed some Psalm tunes . On Monday he endeavoured to write a long testimonial for an old pupil , but which his strength only permitted him to sign , and in the evening he retired to his room with a presentiment which the event of yesterday has but too accuratel y verified . As a musician , his celebrity is greater on the Continent than in his own country . His compositions are grand and masteil his melodies
y ; sweet , varied , and novel ; his harmonies bold , imposing , unexpected , and sublime ; his resources were boundless , and if called upon to extemporise for half a dozen times during an evening , each fantasia was new , fresh , and perfectly unlike the others . His execution was very great , close and neat , and free from labour or effort ; and his touch on the jiianoforte delicate and ehantanlc in the highest degree . Mr . Wesley