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On The 1st Of May, The Designs In Competition For The New Public Offices Were Opened For Exhibition In Westminster Hall. On The 2nd, The Public Mind Was Relieved By The Intelligence Of The Safety Of The Onei Da. On The 4th, The Exhibition Of The Eoyal Academy Was Opened To The Public. On The Same Day, An Important Meeting Of Savings Banks Trustees And Managers Was Held In The Vestry Hall Of St. Clement's Danes, With Respect To The Provisions Of The New Bill For The Regulation Of Such Institutions.
On the 1 st of May , the designs in competition for the new public offices were opened for exhibition in Westminster Hall . On the 2 nd , the public mind was relieved by the intelligence of the safety of the Onei da . On the 4 th , the exhibition of the Eoyal Academy was opened to the public . On the same day , an important meeting of savings banks trustees and managers was held in the Vestry Hall of St . Clement ' s Danes , with respect to the provisions of the new bill for the regulation of such institutions .
On the 5 th , H . R . H . Prince Albert opened the Manchester Exhibition of the Fine Arts . On the 6 th , Prince Albert visited Salford , and inaugurated the statue of Sir Robert Peel , in Peel-park . On the same day a deputation of the representatives of the parishes in the East of London brought the subject of the equalization of the poor-rates under the consideration of the Poor-Law Board .
On the 7 th , the conduct of Sir William Magnay , as one of the directors of a continental railway , was brought before the Common Council as a just ground for excluding him from the Court of Aldermen . The subject was again debated on the 14 th , when it was decided that the decree of a foreign court of justice pronounced against an Englishman could not be relied on as an impeachment of his honesty in that assembly .
On the 15 th , Mr . Charles Pearson delivered a lecture in the Egyptian Hall of the Mansion House , upon secondary punishment . On the 23 rd , the members of the Home Circuit entertained Mr . Baron Channell at dinner , on his being raised to the Bench .
Obituary.
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BRO . CHARLES LESTER . At Dudley , on Tuesday , May 12 th , in the thirty-seventh year of his age , Bro . Charles Lester , P . M ., member of No . 313 and No . 435 , of which latter Lodge he was the oldest Past Master . The deceased Brother was the last Master of the Noah ' s Ark Lodge while located at Bilston , and the first upon its removal to
Tipton , a removal owing almost entirely to him , and one which saved the warrant from lapsing . At the last meeting of the Tipton Lodge , No . 435 , on Friday , the 15 th May , it was resolved , on the motion of the Rev . Bro . E . A . Gwynne , P . M . and Prov . G . Chap ., that the Lodge do go into mourning for three months . The Rev . Brother likewise paid a graceful tribute to his memory after Lodge was closed , and the toast was drunk in silence . His remains were interred in the burial-ground of the M . ethodist New Connection Body ( of which he was a member ) , Southampton-street , Dudley , on Tuesdav , May 19 th .
BRO . CAPTAIN JOHN VANHOKNK . At Fredericton , New Brunswick , on the 14 th April , Captain John Vanhorne , aged eighty-two years , formerly a ship-master of the port of St . John . Ilia remains were conveyed to the grave and interred by the Fraternity of Freemasons , of which he bad been a member for more than half a century . It baa
been generally understood , that many years ago , when sailing near the coast of P > arbary , Captain Vanhorne , with his crew , escaped the horrors of Algerino slavery , by hailing ( as only a Mason can hail ) the Corsair who was ahout to capture his vessel . The silent appeal of a lh'otber in distress found its response even in the breast of one whose trade was the bondage or destruction of his fellow-creatures . — Western Uenorter .
BRO . HENRY LAN DON . This Ihother died at his residence in Oompton-street ,, Soho , on the 22 nd of May , aged fifty-two . lie was initiated in the Lodge of Prudent Brethren , No . 10 !) , in . January , 1850 , and was highly respected .
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On The 1st Of May, The Designs In Competition For The New Public Offices Were Opened For Exhibition In Westminster Hall. On The 2nd, The Public Mind Was Relieved By The Intelligence Of The Safety Of The Onei Da. On The 4th, The Exhibition Of The Eoyal Academy Was Opened To The Public. On The Same Day, An Important Meeting Of Savings Banks Trustees And Managers Was Held In The Vestry Hall Of St. Clement's Danes, With Respect To The Provisions Of The New Bill For The Regulation Of Such Institutions.
On the 1 st of May , the designs in competition for the new public offices were opened for exhibition in Westminster Hall . On the 2 nd , the public mind was relieved by the intelligence of the safety of the Onei da . On the 4 th , the exhibition of the Eoyal Academy was opened to the public . On the same day , an important meeting of savings banks trustees and managers was held in the Vestry Hall of St . Clement ' s Danes , with respect to the provisions of the new bill for the regulation of such institutions .
On the 5 th , H . R . H . Prince Albert opened the Manchester Exhibition of the Fine Arts . On the 6 th , Prince Albert visited Salford , and inaugurated the statue of Sir Robert Peel , in Peel-park . On the same day a deputation of the representatives of the parishes in the East of London brought the subject of the equalization of the poor-rates under the consideration of the Poor-Law Board .
On the 7 th , the conduct of Sir William Magnay , as one of the directors of a continental railway , was brought before the Common Council as a just ground for excluding him from the Court of Aldermen . The subject was again debated on the 14 th , when it was decided that the decree of a foreign court of justice pronounced against an Englishman could not be relied on as an impeachment of his honesty in that assembly .
On the 15 th , Mr . Charles Pearson delivered a lecture in the Egyptian Hall of the Mansion House , upon secondary punishment . On the 23 rd , the members of the Home Circuit entertained Mr . Baron Channell at dinner , on his being raised to the Bench .
Obituary.
g & Iutuari >»
BRO . CHARLES LESTER . At Dudley , on Tuesday , May 12 th , in the thirty-seventh year of his age , Bro . Charles Lester , P . M ., member of No . 313 and No . 435 , of which latter Lodge he was the oldest Past Master . The deceased Brother was the last Master of the Noah ' s Ark Lodge while located at Bilston , and the first upon its removal to
Tipton , a removal owing almost entirely to him , and one which saved the warrant from lapsing . At the last meeting of the Tipton Lodge , No . 435 , on Friday , the 15 th May , it was resolved , on the motion of the Rev . Bro . E . A . Gwynne , P . M . and Prov . G . Chap ., that the Lodge do go into mourning for three months . The Rev . Brother likewise paid a graceful tribute to his memory after Lodge was closed , and the toast was drunk in silence . His remains were interred in the burial-ground of the M . ethodist New Connection Body ( of which he was a member ) , Southampton-street , Dudley , on Tuesdav , May 19 th .
BRO . CAPTAIN JOHN VANHOKNK . At Fredericton , New Brunswick , on the 14 th April , Captain John Vanhorne , aged eighty-two years , formerly a ship-master of the port of St . John . Ilia remains were conveyed to the grave and interred by the Fraternity of Freemasons , of which he bad been a member for more than half a century . It baa
been generally understood , that many years ago , when sailing near the coast of P > arbary , Captain Vanhorne , with his crew , escaped the horrors of Algerino slavery , by hailing ( as only a Mason can hail ) the Corsair who was ahout to capture his vessel . The silent appeal of a lh'otber in distress found its response even in the breast of one whose trade was the bondage or destruction of his fellow-creatures . — Western Uenorter .
BRO . HENRY LAN DON . This Ihother died at his residence in Oompton-street ,, Soho , on the 22 nd of May , aged fifty-two . lie was initiated in the Lodge of Prudent Brethren , No . 10 !) , in . January , 1850 , and was highly respected .