Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Obituary.
to the business of tavern keeping , originally managing the Brown Bear , in Piccadilly , for his mother . On his marriage he became the proprietor of the Man in the Moon , in A ine-street , St . James ' s , and afterwards of the Star ancl Garter , Kew-green . He was then for a short time- out of business , after which he took the Union Tavern , which was at a rather low ebb , but by the great attention of Bro . and Mrs . Adams , it has been raised to a very hih characterit being largely patronised b
g , y the Masonic body , both of london and the provinces—there being two excellent lodges and a chapter of instruction held at the house . He was a supporter of all the charities connected with his trade—a genial companion—ancl his loss will be severely felt hy his family , and a large circle of attached friends . It appears that Bro . Adams attended the volunteer review as a member of the 1 st Middlesex Artillery corps on Easter Monday
, and caught a cold , of which , however , little was thought . On the Friday he was taken seriously ill , and died on the following Monday , of gastric fever . His remains are to be interred on Saturday ( this daj' ) , in Brompton Cemetery , in a grave which he bought only about six weeks since for his step-son , Alfred Duddy , who was carried oflas suddenly as Bro . Adams .
REA . F . AA . FREEMAN . The remains of the lamented D . Prov . G . M . of Suffolk were interred at the church of Pulham St . Mary Magdalen , of which place he was Rector , on Saturday afternoon the 28 th of March . By a request from the Prov . G . M . of Suffolk , Col . A . S . Adair , who was himself present , a large number of Masons attended to pay their last tribute of respect to the memory of one who was
so deservedly and so highly regarded by all who had the pleasure ofhis acquaintance . Amongst the lodges in the province represented were , from Ipswich—Lodge 522 ( Perfect Friendship ); Bros . Edward Dorling , I-I . Luff , C . T . Townsend , F . B . Jennings J . Head , AV . P . Mills , J . Franks , R . N . Sanderson . —Halesworth —( Lodge 554 ) Prudence Bro . T . B . Streathern ; ( Stowmarket ) —737 , Phoenix , Bros . S . Freeman , F . Betts , Robinson , J . Iv .
Sedgwick , R . G . Fuller , G . Freeman , R . Fox , S . II . AVright , AV . Stagg , F . B . Marriott , E . Bewley , AA . S . Ranson ; ( Bungay)—1231 , AVaveney A alley , Bros . Capon , Neve , Bowen , AV . M . Swan , S . B . Adams ; ( Aldro' )—1235 , Adair Bros . E . Hayward , Wright ; ( Lowestoft)—S-4 , Unitv Bros . R . AA . Col Adair , Prov . G . M . of Suffolk ; R . Clarke , " AA . Graham ; ( AVoodbridge ) —96 , Doric Bros . B . Fenn , G . F . Graham , AV . Bruff , S . S . Jones , J . Mullet ; ( Hadleigh)— -417 , A irtue and Silence , Bro .
J . F . Robinson . Other lodges also sent their representatives , but their names we were unable to obtain . About 50 Masons were present dressed in black and wearing white gloves . The funeral took place at half-past 2 o'clock , having met previously at the house of the deceased . The company formed procession ancl preceded in order to the church . It was composed of private friends and relatives of the deceased gentleman , S . Freeman , Esq ., of Stowmarket , brother to the deceased , acting as chief mourner ;
the Masonic body ; the coffin , borne by eight of the labourers ; and 4 pall bearers ; a number of the principal inhabitants of Stowmarket , where the deceased formely resided ; and many of the residents in the neighbourhood . The service was most impressively read by the Rev . R . N . Sanderson , Prov . G . Chap , of Suffolk . At the conclusion of the solemn service the Masons formed a circle round tbe grave to take a last farewell of him who in life was beloved bthem all . The coffinwhich was of
y , plain polished oak , bore the following inscription , " The . Rev . F . W . Freeman , born llth October , 1811 , died 22 nd March , 1863 , " By the death of the deceased , the Masonic body of Suffolk have lost a valuable and energetic officer ancl the poor of Pulham a firm and faithful friend . The Masonic arrangements were under the direction of Bro . E . Dorling , Prov . G . Sec . for Suffolk .
BRO . JOHN GOODYEAR . On the 31 st March , at Cathebury , near AVatford , aged 53 , Bro . John Goodyear , in the AAlitford Lodge ( No . 580 ) . Bro . Goodyear passed through all the offices to the chair , and was exalted in the Watford Chapter . He attained the chair of J . He also entered the Stuart Encampment of Knight Templars , and was next in succession to the chair of E . C . Bro .
Goodyear ' s industry and courteous bearing had won him the good will of all , hence his loss will be severely felt by the AVatford brethren . He held the office of Prov . G . Dir . of Cers . of Herts , and was an officer of Grand Conclave .
Public Amusements
PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS
[ The following notices , in type last week , were unavoidably postponed by press of matter . ] ST . JAMES'S THEATRE . The Great Sensation Trial ; or , Circumstantial Effie Deans ; by Mr . AVm . Brough—is a burlesque founded on the travesties now in vogue of "The Heart of Mid Lothan . " The author was summoned to the footlights at the conclusion of the
piece , and the principal performers were also recalled ; so the burlesque must , we suppose , pronounced , pro tanto , a success . The principal parts very efficiently sustained ; ancl the two most talented burlesque actors of the clay—Miss Marie AA ilton and Mr . James Rogers—have been engaged on purpose to strengthen the cast . i LYCEUM THEATRE .
The melodrama of The Duke's Motto in whicli Mr . Fechter's performance of the leading character has for many weeks past commanded the admiration of full and fashionable audiences , is still as atractive as ever , ancl passes off nightly with all its customary eclat .
ADELPHI THEATRE . The Trial of Tompkins , a piece as irrational as its name , was produced at this theatre on Easter Monday , ancl was received with a favour more creditable to the generosity than to the discrimination of the audience . The story , without being comic , is so grossly improbable as to exceed the license even of farce , and notwithstanding that the piece has come from the practised hand of Mr . T . AVilliams , who has produced some good things in
his day , there is nothing in the dialogue to compensate for the absurdity of the plot . And the only thing that saved the piece was the admirable acting of Messrs . Bedford , Toole , and Sefton , and Misses Ivelley and Seaman . AVESTMINSTER THEATRE . The performances throughout the week have commenced with the time-honoured John Jones—as the comic singers advertise
— " late of the Haymarket , now of Westminster" followed by The Trial of Ejjie Deans , which went off with all its eclat ; ancl concluded with Mr . and Mrs . White , in which Mr . Frederick Lloyd , from Manchester , made his debut as Peter AVhite , and sent the audience laughing home . Mr . Lloyd is a geuial and humorous comedian , who both dances ancl sings well , and will be sure to become a favourite .
STRAND THEATRE . A new version , of the 40 thieves , entitlle All Baba , or the Thirty Nine Thieves , in accordance with the author ' s habit of taking one off , were produced here on Easter Monday . Abdalla , the ] chief ofthe banditti , is played by Miss Ada Swanborough with extraordinary dash and spirit . She makes the most incroyable of fascinating evildoers . Ganem , the son of Ali , was played by "Polly Marshall" with innate natural jollity . Morgiana was
entrusted to Miss Charlote Saunders , but the part was , comparatively speaking , an uninteresting one , ancl this mirth-moving and orignal artiste had very little to do . The Cassim Baba of Mr . Frank Seymour , and the Ali Baba of Mr . H . J . Turner , were capital specimens of buresque acting . The new scenery and appliances , together with the ballet and spectacular effects , are most creditable to the mangement .
CRYSTAL PALACE . The Crystal Palace on Easter Monday began to fill very early , and there was a round of amusement throughout the day ; the beautiful wedding decorations which have added so much to the appearance of the building during the last three or four weeks being still retained . There were performances hy the Palace and the Coldstream bands at various periods throughout the daythe French clowns , Arthur and Bertrand , with their wondrous
performances in a fairy drama , Pothemago—a Chinese divertissement by a well trained juvenile corps de ballet—with acrobats and comic singers withot number . MRS . BROAA N AT THE PLAY . Mrs . Brown's visit to Queen Alctoria ' s own theatre , to which Mr . Brown , who works in the docks , has been presented with an order , as presented by Mr . Arthur Sketchley , has become an established favourite at St . James Hall ; and " A Quiet Morning"
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Obituary.
to the business of tavern keeping , originally managing the Brown Bear , in Piccadilly , for his mother . On his marriage he became the proprietor of the Man in the Moon , in A ine-street , St . James ' s , and afterwards of the Star ancl Garter , Kew-green . He was then for a short time- out of business , after which he took the Union Tavern , which was at a rather low ebb , but by the great attention of Bro . and Mrs . Adams , it has been raised to a very hih characterit being largely patronised b
g , y the Masonic body , both of london and the provinces—there being two excellent lodges and a chapter of instruction held at the house . He was a supporter of all the charities connected with his trade—a genial companion—ancl his loss will be severely felt hy his family , and a large circle of attached friends . It appears that Bro . Adams attended the volunteer review as a member of the 1 st Middlesex Artillery corps on Easter Monday
, and caught a cold , of which , however , little was thought . On the Friday he was taken seriously ill , and died on the following Monday , of gastric fever . His remains are to be interred on Saturday ( this daj' ) , in Brompton Cemetery , in a grave which he bought only about six weeks since for his step-son , Alfred Duddy , who was carried oflas suddenly as Bro . Adams .
REA . F . AA . FREEMAN . The remains of the lamented D . Prov . G . M . of Suffolk were interred at the church of Pulham St . Mary Magdalen , of which place he was Rector , on Saturday afternoon the 28 th of March . By a request from the Prov . G . M . of Suffolk , Col . A . S . Adair , who was himself present , a large number of Masons attended to pay their last tribute of respect to the memory of one who was
so deservedly and so highly regarded by all who had the pleasure ofhis acquaintance . Amongst the lodges in the province represented were , from Ipswich—Lodge 522 ( Perfect Friendship ); Bros . Edward Dorling , I-I . Luff , C . T . Townsend , F . B . Jennings J . Head , AV . P . Mills , J . Franks , R . N . Sanderson . —Halesworth —( Lodge 554 ) Prudence Bro . T . B . Streathern ; ( Stowmarket ) —737 , Phoenix , Bros . S . Freeman , F . Betts , Robinson , J . Iv .
Sedgwick , R . G . Fuller , G . Freeman , R . Fox , S . II . AVright , AV . Stagg , F . B . Marriott , E . Bewley , AA . S . Ranson ; ( Bungay)—1231 , AVaveney A alley , Bros . Capon , Neve , Bowen , AV . M . Swan , S . B . Adams ; ( Aldro' )—1235 , Adair Bros . E . Hayward , Wright ; ( Lowestoft)—S-4 , Unitv Bros . R . AA . Col Adair , Prov . G . M . of Suffolk ; R . Clarke , " AA . Graham ; ( AVoodbridge ) —96 , Doric Bros . B . Fenn , G . F . Graham , AV . Bruff , S . S . Jones , J . Mullet ; ( Hadleigh)— -417 , A irtue and Silence , Bro .
J . F . Robinson . Other lodges also sent their representatives , but their names we were unable to obtain . About 50 Masons were present dressed in black and wearing white gloves . The funeral took place at half-past 2 o'clock , having met previously at the house of the deceased . The company formed procession ancl preceded in order to the church . It was composed of private friends and relatives of the deceased gentleman , S . Freeman , Esq ., of Stowmarket , brother to the deceased , acting as chief mourner ;
the Masonic body ; the coffin , borne by eight of the labourers ; and 4 pall bearers ; a number of the principal inhabitants of Stowmarket , where the deceased formely resided ; and many of the residents in the neighbourhood . The service was most impressively read by the Rev . R . N . Sanderson , Prov . G . Chap , of Suffolk . At the conclusion of the solemn service the Masons formed a circle round tbe grave to take a last farewell of him who in life was beloved bthem all . The coffinwhich was of
y , plain polished oak , bore the following inscription , " The . Rev . F . W . Freeman , born llth October , 1811 , died 22 nd March , 1863 , " By the death of the deceased , the Masonic body of Suffolk have lost a valuable and energetic officer ancl the poor of Pulham a firm and faithful friend . The Masonic arrangements were under the direction of Bro . E . Dorling , Prov . G . Sec . for Suffolk .
BRO . JOHN GOODYEAR . On the 31 st March , at Cathebury , near AVatford , aged 53 , Bro . John Goodyear , in the AAlitford Lodge ( No . 580 ) . Bro . Goodyear passed through all the offices to the chair , and was exalted in the Watford Chapter . He attained the chair of J . He also entered the Stuart Encampment of Knight Templars , and was next in succession to the chair of E . C . Bro .
Goodyear ' s industry and courteous bearing had won him the good will of all , hence his loss will be severely felt by the AVatford brethren . He held the office of Prov . G . Dir . of Cers . of Herts , and was an officer of Grand Conclave .
Public Amusements
PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS
[ The following notices , in type last week , were unavoidably postponed by press of matter . ] ST . JAMES'S THEATRE . The Great Sensation Trial ; or , Circumstantial Effie Deans ; by Mr . AVm . Brough—is a burlesque founded on the travesties now in vogue of "The Heart of Mid Lothan . " The author was summoned to the footlights at the conclusion of the
piece , and the principal performers were also recalled ; so the burlesque must , we suppose , pronounced , pro tanto , a success . The principal parts very efficiently sustained ; ancl the two most talented burlesque actors of the clay—Miss Marie AA ilton and Mr . James Rogers—have been engaged on purpose to strengthen the cast . i LYCEUM THEATRE .
The melodrama of The Duke's Motto in whicli Mr . Fechter's performance of the leading character has for many weeks past commanded the admiration of full and fashionable audiences , is still as atractive as ever , ancl passes off nightly with all its customary eclat .
ADELPHI THEATRE . The Trial of Tompkins , a piece as irrational as its name , was produced at this theatre on Easter Monday , ancl was received with a favour more creditable to the generosity than to the discrimination of the audience . The story , without being comic , is so grossly improbable as to exceed the license even of farce , and notwithstanding that the piece has come from the practised hand of Mr . T . AVilliams , who has produced some good things in
his day , there is nothing in the dialogue to compensate for the absurdity of the plot . And the only thing that saved the piece was the admirable acting of Messrs . Bedford , Toole , and Sefton , and Misses Ivelley and Seaman . AVESTMINSTER THEATRE . The performances throughout the week have commenced with the time-honoured John Jones—as the comic singers advertise
— " late of the Haymarket , now of Westminster" followed by The Trial of Ejjie Deans , which went off with all its eclat ; ancl concluded with Mr . and Mrs . White , in which Mr . Frederick Lloyd , from Manchester , made his debut as Peter AVhite , and sent the audience laughing home . Mr . Lloyd is a geuial and humorous comedian , who both dances ancl sings well , and will be sure to become a favourite .
STRAND THEATRE . A new version , of the 40 thieves , entitlle All Baba , or the Thirty Nine Thieves , in accordance with the author ' s habit of taking one off , were produced here on Easter Monday . Abdalla , the ] chief ofthe banditti , is played by Miss Ada Swanborough with extraordinary dash and spirit . She makes the most incroyable of fascinating evildoers . Ganem , the son of Ali , was played by "Polly Marshall" with innate natural jollity . Morgiana was
entrusted to Miss Charlote Saunders , but the part was , comparatively speaking , an uninteresting one , ancl this mirth-moving and orignal artiste had very little to do . The Cassim Baba of Mr . Frank Seymour , and the Ali Baba of Mr . H . J . Turner , were capital specimens of buresque acting . The new scenery and appliances , together with the ballet and spectacular effects , are most creditable to the mangement .
CRYSTAL PALACE . The Crystal Palace on Easter Monday began to fill very early , and there was a round of amusement throughout the day ; the beautiful wedding decorations which have added so much to the appearance of the building during the last three or four weeks being still retained . There were performances hy the Palace and the Coldstream bands at various periods throughout the daythe French clowns , Arthur and Bertrand , with their wondrous
performances in a fairy drama , Pothemago—a Chinese divertissement by a well trained juvenile corps de ballet—with acrobats and comic singers withot number . MRS . BROAA N AT THE PLAY . Mrs . Brown's visit to Queen Alctoria ' s own theatre , to which Mr . Brown , who works in the docks , has been presented with an order , as presented by Mr . Arthur Sketchley , has become an established favourite at St . James Hall ; and " A Quiet Morning"