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Non . —BRO . WILLIAMS , P . M . of the Percy Lodge No . 234 . - Nov . 24 . —BRO . JOHN WHEELER , at his house in Leather-lane , set . 04 , P . M . and Father of the Lodge of Fidelity No . 3 , of which he had been a member nearly forty years . He was attacked with rheumatic fever on his return from a visit to his aged mother : the complaint subsided into a low nervous fever , which terminated fatally . We understand that the patient was indifferent to medical aidor he might have survived .
, Bro . Wheeler in private life was a very estimable man . As a Mason he was a superior man ; kind-hearted and noble-minded ; ever supporting principle against prejudice , ancl maintaining the excellence of Freemasonry by the strict observance of its precepts . He was of the old Athol school ; and if not the last—nearly so—of those who so sturdily , and as honourably prevented that final schism which even at the Union threatened to affect the Order with anarchy . He was a firm supporter
of the Asylum for aged Masons , and was Past Z . of No . 3 , and Past Commander of the Cross of Christ Encampment . Kind friend ! when last we met , little did your friend think the task of recording his tearful tribute to your memory was so near at hand . Who is to perform the same office for him ? Nov . —BRO . SIR CHARLES WEBB DANCE , K . C . H ., & c . —We record with deep regret the death of the abovegallantsoldierandexemplary Mason . Unostentatious piety , active benevolence , and unsparing charity , strongly
marked his every action , by which the best principles of the Order were exemplified in their purity . He was a Grand Officer of the Province , and an Officer of the Lodge of Unanimity and Sincerity , Taunton . His lamented son , Bro . Charles Whitworth Allen Dance , who died in India , was also a member of this Lodge , and was initiated therein . Sir Charles was youngest son of the late Mr . George Dance , R . A .,- and a descendant of the famous Sir Nathaniel Dance , whose defeat of a French squadron
of men-of-war , under Admiral Linojs , by a fleet of Indiamen , forms a remarkable circumstance in our naval history . The gallant subject of this memoir was born in 1786 , and married , in 1816 , Miss Cooper , daughter of Mr . Alien Cooper . In September 1804 , he entered the army as cornet , and served under the Duke of Wellington in Portugal , Spain , France and Belgium . He greatly distinguished himself at the battle of Talavera , and was wounded at Waterloo . On
his return to England he was appointed Major and Lieuf .-Col . of the 2 nd Life Guards . During tlie Earl of Whitworth ' s government in Ireland , he was aide-de-camp to liis Excellency , by whom he was much beloved . The deceased , who held the Silver-stick at the Coronation of George the Fourth , was knighted on that occasion . The late king , in 1836 , conferred the Guelphic Order on Sir Charles , who retired on halfpay in 1822 , and eventually settled , with his amiable family , at Barrhouse , Taunton , where he died respected and esteemed .
BRO . MELMOTII S FUNERAL . — 1 he body of JAMES PROCTOR MELMOTH , Esq ., was deposited in the tomb at Sherborne , Dorset , accompanied by the universal regret and esteem of his fellow-townsmen . Two sons were the chief mourners , followed by the Brethren of the " Lodge of Benevolence , " of which he was a member .
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Non . —BRO . WILLIAMS , P . M . of the Percy Lodge No . 234 . - Nov . 24 . —BRO . JOHN WHEELER , at his house in Leather-lane , set . 04 , P . M . and Father of the Lodge of Fidelity No . 3 , of which he had been a member nearly forty years . He was attacked with rheumatic fever on his return from a visit to his aged mother : the complaint subsided into a low nervous fever , which terminated fatally . We understand that the patient was indifferent to medical aidor he might have survived .
, Bro . Wheeler in private life was a very estimable man . As a Mason he was a superior man ; kind-hearted and noble-minded ; ever supporting principle against prejudice , ancl maintaining the excellence of Freemasonry by the strict observance of its precepts . He was of the old Athol school ; and if not the last—nearly so—of those who so sturdily , and as honourably prevented that final schism which even at the Union threatened to affect the Order with anarchy . He was a firm supporter
of the Asylum for aged Masons , and was Past Z . of No . 3 , and Past Commander of the Cross of Christ Encampment . Kind friend ! when last we met , little did your friend think the task of recording his tearful tribute to your memory was so near at hand . Who is to perform the same office for him ? Nov . —BRO . SIR CHARLES WEBB DANCE , K . C . H ., & c . —We record with deep regret the death of the abovegallantsoldierandexemplary Mason . Unostentatious piety , active benevolence , and unsparing charity , strongly
marked his every action , by which the best principles of the Order were exemplified in their purity . He was a Grand Officer of the Province , and an Officer of the Lodge of Unanimity and Sincerity , Taunton . His lamented son , Bro . Charles Whitworth Allen Dance , who died in India , was also a member of this Lodge , and was initiated therein . Sir Charles was youngest son of the late Mr . George Dance , R . A .,- and a descendant of the famous Sir Nathaniel Dance , whose defeat of a French squadron
of men-of-war , under Admiral Linojs , by a fleet of Indiamen , forms a remarkable circumstance in our naval history . The gallant subject of this memoir was born in 1786 , and married , in 1816 , Miss Cooper , daughter of Mr . Alien Cooper . In September 1804 , he entered the army as cornet , and served under the Duke of Wellington in Portugal , Spain , France and Belgium . He greatly distinguished himself at the battle of Talavera , and was wounded at Waterloo . On
his return to England he was appointed Major and Lieuf .-Col . of the 2 nd Life Guards . During tlie Earl of Whitworth ' s government in Ireland , he was aide-de-camp to liis Excellency , by whom he was much beloved . The deceased , who held the Silver-stick at the Coronation of George the Fourth , was knighted on that occasion . The late king , in 1836 , conferred the Guelphic Order on Sir Charles , who retired on halfpay in 1822 , and eventually settled , with his amiable family , at Barrhouse , Taunton , where he died respected and esteemed .
BRO . MELMOTII S FUNERAL . — 1 he body of JAMES PROCTOR MELMOTH , Esq ., was deposited in the tomb at Sherborne , Dorset , accompanied by the universal regret and esteem of his fellow-townsmen . Two sons were the chief mourners , followed by the Brethren of the " Lodge of Benevolence , " of which he was a member .