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gated on the day of Atonement last , to join in prayer . An application for the loan of benches for the day having been made to the meetinghouse of the " Society of Friends , " in Houndsditch , ( a similar application having been granted by the National School and other Christian establishments ) , the reply of the "Friend" on duty was that "the Friends could not conscientiously lend out their benches to a religious worship which was opposed to theirs . "—Ibid . BIRTH . —June 25 . —The wife of Bro . J . Ogbum , P . M . Lodge , 428 , and P . G . Sword Bearer for Hants , of a son .
Obituary.
Obituary .
SIR WALTER SCOTT ' TOMBSTONE . —At the works of Messrs . M'Donald and Leslie , of this city , there has just been executed a massive tombstone , which is to be placed on the contiguous graves of the late Sir Walter Scott and of Lady Scott , at Dry burgh Abbey . It consists of a large block of the beautiful red granite , cut from Messrs . M'Donald and Leslie ' s quarries at Stirling-hill , near Peterhead , on the property of the Earl of Aberdeen . The block is seven feet long , by . six arid a half feet broadand weighs nearly five tons . The upper surface is cut in the
, form of a double sarcophagus . On the compartment is the following inscription : — " SIR WALTER SCOTT , Baronet , Died , September 21 , A . D . 1832 . " On the other : ¦ — " ¦ Dame CHARLOTTE MARGARET CARPENTER , wife of
Sir WALTER SCOTT , of Abbotsford , Baronet , Died at Abbotsford , May 15 , A . D . 1826 . " The letters are very deepl y cut in the imperishable material of which the tombstone is composed ., and will prove faithful to the record of departed genius and worth with which they are charged , in defiance of theelementaractidn of many a future age . —Aberdeen Journal . [[ Sir Walter was initiated in 1801 . 1
The following epitaph may be seen in Grantham churchyard : — John Palfryman which lieth here , Was aged just twenty four year ; And near this place his mother lies , Also his father—when he dies ! Sept . —Bro . JAMES BLACKJ set . 73 , at Dumfries . The deceased Brother was of the Athol or Ancient Order . Estimable in character and
firm in principle , —well-known in the east of London , —and member and Past Master pf the Lodge of Stability . A cotemporary with Bros . Broadfoot , Peter Thompson , the late J . H . Coe , and their friends ; Bro . Black was , ' however , more accessible to the progressive advances of the Order , and frequently regretted the prejudices of sorhe of his associates , with whom , however , to the last , he continued in uninterrupted : friendship . Bro . Black was a life subscriber to the Asylum and-Boys ' . School
, and bequeathed ten guineas to the Girls' School . ' -Some years-since > lie retired from London to his native town , Dumfries . ¦ , !;¦? . . rjim . u-yii-li'ic , . Dee . 15—jet . two years , Ellen , youngest child of Broi' JOHN WHITS MORE , i Secretary to the Aged Masons' Asylum . ¦ -,.. ' , . ; . £ -, / : '> . \ I
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gated on the day of Atonement last , to join in prayer . An application for the loan of benches for the day having been made to the meetinghouse of the " Society of Friends , " in Houndsditch , ( a similar application having been granted by the National School and other Christian establishments ) , the reply of the "Friend" on duty was that "the Friends could not conscientiously lend out their benches to a religious worship which was opposed to theirs . "—Ibid . BIRTH . —June 25 . —The wife of Bro . J . Ogbum , P . M . Lodge , 428 , and P . G . Sword Bearer for Hants , of a son .
Obituary.
Obituary .
SIR WALTER SCOTT ' TOMBSTONE . —At the works of Messrs . M'Donald and Leslie , of this city , there has just been executed a massive tombstone , which is to be placed on the contiguous graves of the late Sir Walter Scott and of Lady Scott , at Dry burgh Abbey . It consists of a large block of the beautiful red granite , cut from Messrs . M'Donald and Leslie ' s quarries at Stirling-hill , near Peterhead , on the property of the Earl of Aberdeen . The block is seven feet long , by . six arid a half feet broadand weighs nearly five tons . The upper surface is cut in the
, form of a double sarcophagus . On the compartment is the following inscription : — " SIR WALTER SCOTT , Baronet , Died , September 21 , A . D . 1832 . " On the other : ¦ — " ¦ Dame CHARLOTTE MARGARET CARPENTER , wife of
Sir WALTER SCOTT , of Abbotsford , Baronet , Died at Abbotsford , May 15 , A . D . 1826 . " The letters are very deepl y cut in the imperishable material of which the tombstone is composed ., and will prove faithful to the record of departed genius and worth with which they are charged , in defiance of theelementaractidn of many a future age . —Aberdeen Journal . [[ Sir Walter was initiated in 1801 . 1
The following epitaph may be seen in Grantham churchyard : — John Palfryman which lieth here , Was aged just twenty four year ; And near this place his mother lies , Also his father—when he dies ! Sept . —Bro . JAMES BLACKJ set . 73 , at Dumfries . The deceased Brother was of the Athol or Ancient Order . Estimable in character and
firm in principle , —well-known in the east of London , —and member and Past Master pf the Lodge of Stability . A cotemporary with Bros . Broadfoot , Peter Thompson , the late J . H . Coe , and their friends ; Bro . Black was , ' however , more accessible to the progressive advances of the Order , and frequently regretted the prejudices of sorhe of his associates , with whom , however , to the last , he continued in uninterrupted : friendship . Bro . Black was a life subscriber to the Asylum and-Boys ' . School
, and bequeathed ten guineas to the Girls' School . ' -Some years-since > lie retired from London to his native town , Dumfries . ¦ , !;¦? . . rjim . u-yii-li'ic , . Dee . 15—jet . two years , Ellen , youngest child of Broi' JOHN WHITS MORE , i Secretary to the Aged Masons' Asylum . ¦ -,.. ' , . ; . £ -, / : '> . \ I