The Loss Of The " London."

THE LOSS OF THE " LONDON . "

LONDON , SATURDAY , JULY / fM ^ f

THE LATE BRO . THE REV . DR . WsffitMEli ^ ( Continued' from page 504 , vol . siv . ) But the subject opened up by tiie resolution was one that was so vast in its character , and so various in its aspect , that he could not possibly be

at a loss for something to say . He had been much , struck by an observation which had been made to him by a gentleman Avho had recently arrived in the colony , and who had felt no inconsiderable amount of surprise that there should be

such an universal manifestation of grief at the death of Dr . Woolley . This gentleman had ventured to say that he thought that the general manifestation of grief at their brother ' s death had been more like that which might have been

looked for , if it had been the * death of some great public man—some great benefactor , or some distinguished warrior to whom the whole community was under important obligations . His ( Bro .

¦ Simmons ) reply was that one who was ever forward to instruct his fellow-man , aud always ready to do his utmost to raise him in the social scale , was , in his opinion , quite as great a man as any successful warrior or distinguished politician . He

said that he felt ( and he believed all would agree with him ) that if ever there Avas a man in this colony who had exerted himself to promote the intellectual and moral elevation of his fellow-man . Dr . Woolley was that individual . He would be

missed most by the Masonic body , but he Avas a man beloved and regretted by all . His services to their body were of a very conspicuous aud positive character ; all that he did , he did well , and in obedience to an obvious sense of duty .

Instances might be easily adduced to show this , if those instances Avere such as Avere ever likely to be forgotten . It might , in . this way , easily be shown , that their late reverend brother had not shrunk

from offending those who stood high in power when the pursuance of a certain course of action appeared to him to be his duty . Every act of his Masonic life justified the high opinion they entertained of him . In the performance of his duties

as Prov . Grand Chaplain , their departed brother had never shrunk from the duties of that high office . And as he had set before them a bright example in his life , so had he been equally distinguished by the manner of his death . Expected

_ as he Avas , not by his family alone but by thousands of loving friends , what must have been his feelings Avhen he saw that the doom of the London Avas inevitable , when he marked the SIOAV but certain approach oi death in the- waters of the

dai'k and tempestuous deep ? His death became him well , and let their duty be equally well performed to- those Avhom he had left behind him . Let them act as if they thought that when Bro . Woolley was face to face with death it might have

been some consolation to him to think that they Avould care for his AA'idoAV and his children . The resolution Avas then put from the chair and carried unanimously . Bro . D . 0 . Dalgleish , P . Prov . S . G . W ., moved

the second resolution , which was as follows : —¦ " That it is the opinion of this meeting , that the most appropriate and Masonic testimonial will be to raise a fund for the benefit of the widow and family of our late Bro . Dr . Woolley ; and this

meeting pledges itself ; to use its utmost endeavours to carry the above resolution into effect . " Bro . Dalgleish said that in discharging the duty of moving this resolution , which had been handed to him , it was not necessary for him to insist upon the obligation under Avhich they Avere to raise up

such an appropriate memorial as had been pointed out , or to urge , how incumbent it was upon them , as a meeting of Masons , to pledge themselA r es to carry out the proposition which he had submitted . It would be easy to show on many grounds Avhy

they were specially called upon to take such a course as was proposed . He remembered Bro . Woolley for many years past as a man who seemed to take a noble pleasure in devoting his time and talents and energies to the elevation of his

fellowman , and to the special improvement and instruction of those very classes which were but too little thought of in every community . Dr . Woolley , although an eminently gifted man , had never thought himself above this , and now that he was

dead , his good deeds should not be forgotten . Dr . Woolley Avas not a man who suffered himself to be ignobly trammelled by mere social distinctions of rank and standing ; he recognised every man as his equal , if he had but those qualities which

entitled a man to the honour of such a distinction . He Avas the friend of all men , in all ranks , aud in all stations ; but it was as the consistent friend of all the Avorking classes that he would be best remembered . Every person in this sphere of life must feel that in losing Dr . Woolley , he had lost a