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Article SUMMARY OF NEWS FOE OCTOBER. ← Page 2 of 2 Article OBITUARY. Page 1 of 1
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Summary Of News Foe October.
PROVIDENT . The Times Eire Insurance Company having made arrangements to take uip the business of the Beacon and the Athenseum Companies , a meeting was held on the 1 st , at which it was resolved to increase the capital . The estimated premium income of the united companies for the present year is £ 50 , 000 . The annual meeting of the Unity General Life Assurance Association was held on the 22 nd , when a report was presented , which said , — "From the 80 th day of
June , 1355 , to the 30 th day of June , 1856 , the number of policies issued is 1 , 219 , assuring £ 401 , 091 , and producing in new annual premiums £ 13 , 091 . lis . 3 d Every policy having , previously to acceptance , received the utmost attention and consideration , all the assurances on the books of the association are of the best description . The directors have much pleasure in calling attention to the very satisfactory character of the business , the life losses amounting only to £ 5 , 652 . 10 s ., and the premium to £ 30 , 075 . " The report was adopted , and a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent , per annum declared .
MISCELLANEOUS . Cn the 3 rd , Mr . Deputy Hale was elected alderman for Coleman-street ward , in the room of Mr . Alderman Hunter , deceased . The Rev . B . E . Trench , M . A ., has been appointed dean of Westminster in the room of Dr . Buckland , deceased . The Prince of Wales has been visiting various places in Devonshire , and has preserved his incog , so well , that he is described by the local papers to have attended church at two places some thirty miles apart at the same time .
Lord Ernest Vane Tempest and Cornet Birt have been dismissed the army for practical joking , and breaking their parole . A new church , dedicated to St . Luke , was consecrated at Tiptree Heath on the 17 th . The ceremony was followed by a grand luncheon at Tiptree Hall , to which Mr . Sheriff Mechi and Mrs . Mechi had invited about 150 guests . About 3 , 600 of the soldiei-s and sailors who served in the Crimea were entertained at a grand banquet at Dublin on the 22 nd , the Lord-Lieutenant and a large number of the nobility and gentry of Ireland being present . Each man was amply supplied with a pot of porter and a pint of port wine .
Obituary.
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Cn the 17 th September , at Castellamare , in Naples , after a long and painful illness , the Hon . Susan Agnes , the beloved wife of Bro . Francis D . Massey Dawson , and eldest daughter of Lord Sinclair .
MARY ANNE OLIVER . Cn the 13 th October , at Lincoln , in her 80 th year , Mary Anne , wife of the V . W . Brother the Bev . George Oliver , D . D ., the historian of Freemasonry .
BRO . EDWARD HINTON . Died , October 11 th , at his residence , Northgate , Chichester , Bro . Edward Ilinton , of Lodge No . 45 , aged 72 years . Our deceased Brother was a man of considerable attainments and great energy ; ho was for some time Secretary to the Provincial Crand Lodge of Sussex . Notwithstanding his advanced age , Bro . ilinton cheerfully filled the chair of Senior Warden during the last year , and failing health alone prompted him to decline tho chair , now so ably filled by a son of one of Bro . Hinton ' s old associates in Masonry .
SUSAN AGNES DAWSON
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Summary Of News Foe October.
PROVIDENT . The Times Eire Insurance Company having made arrangements to take uip the business of the Beacon and the Athenseum Companies , a meeting was held on the 1 st , at which it was resolved to increase the capital . The estimated premium income of the united companies for the present year is £ 50 , 000 . The annual meeting of the Unity General Life Assurance Association was held on the 22 nd , when a report was presented , which said , — "From the 80 th day of
June , 1355 , to the 30 th day of June , 1856 , the number of policies issued is 1 , 219 , assuring £ 401 , 091 , and producing in new annual premiums £ 13 , 091 . lis . 3 d Every policy having , previously to acceptance , received the utmost attention and consideration , all the assurances on the books of the association are of the best description . The directors have much pleasure in calling attention to the very satisfactory character of the business , the life losses amounting only to £ 5 , 652 . 10 s ., and the premium to £ 30 , 075 . " The report was adopted , and a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent , per annum declared .
MISCELLANEOUS . Cn the 3 rd , Mr . Deputy Hale was elected alderman for Coleman-street ward , in the room of Mr . Alderman Hunter , deceased . The Rev . B . E . Trench , M . A ., has been appointed dean of Westminster in the room of Dr . Buckland , deceased . The Prince of Wales has been visiting various places in Devonshire , and has preserved his incog , so well , that he is described by the local papers to have attended church at two places some thirty miles apart at the same time .
Lord Ernest Vane Tempest and Cornet Birt have been dismissed the army for practical joking , and breaking their parole . A new church , dedicated to St . Luke , was consecrated at Tiptree Heath on the 17 th . The ceremony was followed by a grand luncheon at Tiptree Hall , to which Mr . Sheriff Mechi and Mrs . Mechi had invited about 150 guests . About 3 , 600 of the soldiei-s and sailors who served in the Crimea were entertained at a grand banquet at Dublin on the 22 nd , the Lord-Lieutenant and a large number of the nobility and gentry of Ireland being present . Each man was amply supplied with a pot of porter and a pint of port wine .
Obituary.
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Cn the 17 th September , at Castellamare , in Naples , after a long and painful illness , the Hon . Susan Agnes , the beloved wife of Bro . Francis D . Massey Dawson , and eldest daughter of Lord Sinclair .
MARY ANNE OLIVER . Cn the 13 th October , at Lincoln , in her 80 th year , Mary Anne , wife of the V . W . Brother the Bev . George Oliver , D . D ., the historian of Freemasonry .
BRO . EDWARD HINTON . Died , October 11 th , at his residence , Northgate , Chichester , Bro . Edward Ilinton , of Lodge No . 45 , aged 72 years . Our deceased Brother was a man of considerable attainments and great energy ; ho was for some time Secretary to the Provincial Crand Lodge of Sussex . Notwithstanding his advanced age , Bro . ilinton cheerfully filled the chair of Senior Warden during the last year , and failing health alone prompted him to decline tho chair , now so ably filled by a son of one of Bro . Hinton ' s old associates in Masonry .
SUSAN AGNES DAWSON