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which deceased was a member , and many Brethren from other Lodges , accompanied his remains to their last resting place , as a token of respect to the memory of their departed Brother . The Rev . A . Reid , of St . Paul ' s Chapel , officiated , and , before the closing of the grave , Bro . W . E . Franklin , P . M ., Prov . S . G . D . for the Province of Durham , made some most affecting and appropriate Masonic
remarks on the solemnity of so sudden a call of one so young and apparently in the prime of health , as affording a striking lesson of the uncertainty of human existence , and making them feel how literally we stand on the very brink of the grave , into which we must all sooner or later descend . He called upon those who survived to remember only the many good qualities and virtues of the
deceased , and to cast the veil of charity over his failings , ever remembering that man is but clay , and that every one amongst us , in the sight of his Creator , is imperfect . A very powerful impression was made upon the Brethren on being informed by Bro . Franklin that less than a fortnight since Bro . Preston had himself presided at the teaching of those Masonic truths which , we trust , sustained him in his last moments .
MRS . DONALD KING . We have to" record with regret the death , at a comparatively early age , of this accomplished lady , who formerly held a distinguished position in the operatic world . Mrs . King was the daughter of Mr . Thomas M'Mahon , a schoolmaster , who left Ireland at an early age , in consequence of the state of its politics , and settled in Jersey , where , though a Roman Catholic , he became teacher of the
younger branches of the chief Protestant families ( including the clergy ) of the island . His daughter Anne ( the subject of the present notice ) was born in 1817 , and at the early age of six appeared as a pianist at a concert at Jersey with no little success . A few years later Anne M'Mahon entered the Royal Academy , where she much distinguished herself , and subsequently became a pupil of Signer Lanza . In 1836 she commenced her theatrical career at Bristol , and made such
progress in her profession that we find her in 1840 starring with the elder Braham . in Ireland . In the autumn of the same year she was married to the well-known tenor singer Bro . Donald William King ( now a P . M . of No . 12 ) , with whom she fulfilled several engagements in Edinburgh , Dublin , Manchester , & c . She made her first appearance in London under Bunn ' s management , at the Surrey , in Lucia , from which she was shortly afterwards transferred to Covent Garden , where she
played Adelgisa to Madame Nisen ' s Norma , and was declared by some of the first critics of the day to be the superior vocalist . Her increasing family prevented her following up her successes , and she withdrew from , the stage , and for some time past devoted herself to private tuition—occasionally , however , appearing in public with Bro . King , as a pianist . JVtrs . King was confined about three months since , and though she at first appeared to go on well , she was soon attacked by
a disease which has resulted in her death , which took place on the 0 th instant , at her residence in Lansdowne Place , Russell Square . She was a most accomplished woman , irrespective of her musical talent , being conversant with the French , Italian , and Latin languages . In private life she was distinguished for her amiability , and was one of the best of wives and most devoted of mothers . She leaves her husband and ten children to deplore her loss , many of whom are , however , yet too young to appreciate the full value of that loss .
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which deceased was a member , and many Brethren from other Lodges , accompanied his remains to their last resting place , as a token of respect to the memory of their departed Brother . The Rev . A . Reid , of St . Paul ' s Chapel , officiated , and , before the closing of the grave , Bro . W . E . Franklin , P . M ., Prov . S . G . D . for the Province of Durham , made some most affecting and appropriate Masonic
remarks on the solemnity of so sudden a call of one so young and apparently in the prime of health , as affording a striking lesson of the uncertainty of human existence , and making them feel how literally we stand on the very brink of the grave , into which we must all sooner or later descend . He called upon those who survived to remember only the many good qualities and virtues of the
deceased , and to cast the veil of charity over his failings , ever remembering that man is but clay , and that every one amongst us , in the sight of his Creator , is imperfect . A very powerful impression was made upon the Brethren on being informed by Bro . Franklin that less than a fortnight since Bro . Preston had himself presided at the teaching of those Masonic truths which , we trust , sustained him in his last moments .
MRS . DONALD KING . We have to" record with regret the death , at a comparatively early age , of this accomplished lady , who formerly held a distinguished position in the operatic world . Mrs . King was the daughter of Mr . Thomas M'Mahon , a schoolmaster , who left Ireland at an early age , in consequence of the state of its politics , and settled in Jersey , where , though a Roman Catholic , he became teacher of the
younger branches of the chief Protestant families ( including the clergy ) of the island . His daughter Anne ( the subject of the present notice ) was born in 1817 , and at the early age of six appeared as a pianist at a concert at Jersey with no little success . A few years later Anne M'Mahon entered the Royal Academy , where she much distinguished herself , and subsequently became a pupil of Signer Lanza . In 1836 she commenced her theatrical career at Bristol , and made such
progress in her profession that we find her in 1840 starring with the elder Braham . in Ireland . In the autumn of the same year she was married to the well-known tenor singer Bro . Donald William King ( now a P . M . of No . 12 ) , with whom she fulfilled several engagements in Edinburgh , Dublin , Manchester , & c . She made her first appearance in London under Bunn ' s management , at the Surrey , in Lucia , from which she was shortly afterwards transferred to Covent Garden , where she
played Adelgisa to Madame Nisen ' s Norma , and was declared by some of the first critics of the day to be the superior vocalist . Her increasing family prevented her following up her successes , and she withdrew from , the stage , and for some time past devoted herself to private tuition—occasionally , however , appearing in public with Bro . King , as a pianist . JVtrs . King was confined about three months since , and though she at first appeared to go on well , she was soon attacked by
a disease which has resulted in her death , which took place on the 0 th instant , at her residence in Lansdowne Place , Russell Square . She was a most accomplished woman , irrespective of her musical talent , being conversant with the French , Italian , and Latin languages . In private life she was distinguished for her amiability , and was one of the best of wives and most devoted of mothers . She leaves her husband and ten children to deplore her loss , many of whom are , however , yet too young to appreciate the full value of that loss .