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of which he has passed the various chairs—m April , 1850 , and now holds the office of Grand Standard-Bearer for the second time . He took the Mark degree in October , 1855 , in the so-called Bon Accord Lodge , of which , however , he has ceased to be a member , and is no longer connected with any Mark Lodge . Bro . Symonds is an

honorary member of the Lodge " La Clement Aniitie , " Paris , and took the degree of Rose Croix , which is deemed of the greatest importance on the Continent , in the Chapter La Clement A mitie , on the 31 st of January , 1853 , and joined the English metropolitan Chapter of Rose

Croix on the 13 th January , 1857 , and still continues a member of it . He has been elected a Member of the Board of General Purposes on several occasions , and is still a member . He has served the Stewardship for the Boys' School twice , and is now a Yice President ; the Royal Benevolent Institution for Aged Masons and their AVidows , twice , being a Life

Governor of both funds ; and the Girls' School , once , when he also became a Life Governor of that Charity . He was for several years a member of and constant attendant at the House Committee ofthe Girls' School , and also a member of the first House Committee of the Boys ' School , from which , however , he very soon retired ,

in consequence of the hour at which it is held interfering with other engagements . He is now a member of the Committee of the Royal Benevolent Institution for Aged Masons and their Widows , having been elected by Grand Lodge . Bro . Sjmionds

was also a member of the Committee which inquired into the educational requirements ofthe Girls' School in 1858 ; the Committee which drew up the report on Provincial Organization , to promote the interests of the Masonic Schools , in 1859 , which has been productive of

so mueh benefit to those Institutions ; and the recent Committee of Inquiry into the Management of the Boys ' School .

Bro . WiiMAJt HYDE PULLED , G . S . B . —Bro . Pullen was initiated in Oct ., 1843 , in the Prince Edwin ' s Lodge , No . 147 , at Hythe , Kent , and ere he was twelve months a Master Mason , he worked the whole seven sections of the first lecture , Bro . Savage presiding . This was the first occasion of the lectures being worked in

that lodge . He was Master of the Lodge in 1845-6 , and exalted to the Royal Arch degree in the Chapter of Love and Hnity , No . 235 , at Dover . On removing from Kent to the Isle of AVight , in 1847 , Bro . Pullen joined the East Medina Lodge , No . 204 , at Ryde , and

the Chapter attached to the same lodge , being the W . M . of it in 1850 , 1851 , and 1852 , and First Principal of the Chapter in 1855 . He founded the Ryde Lodge , No . 999 , in 1857 , being its first Master , and was appointed Deputy Grand Master of the province in 1854 ,

which office he still holds ; he is also the present Master of the Yarborough Lodge , No . 809 , Ventnor . He ia a member of the London Lodge , No . 125 , and of the Yarborough Lodge , No . 1113 , Brighton . Bro . Pullen has been equally active in all phases of Masonry ,

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having received the Knights Templar degree in the Royal Naval Encampment , the Mark degree in the Albany Lodge , and , under the Ancient and Accepted Eite , attained the 32 nd decree , or S . P . E . C . He established the A ectis Chapter of Sovereign Princes Rose Croix , at

Ryde , being the first M . AV . S . Bro . Ptillen ' s services in the cause of charity have been equally active . He was Steward at the Festival of the Benevolent Fund in 1851 , and of the Benevolent Institution at the Festivals in 1859 , 1860 , and 1861 . He also served the Stewardshi p

of the Festival for the Girls' School in 1857 and 1861 , and for the Boys' School in 1859 , and is a Life Governor of all the Institutions .

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( Continued from parje 363 . ) Joachim then fixed the time of his execution , and Nunziante was leaving the room , when the ex-King exclaimed , " Stay , my friend , shall I not see you again ? " "My orders , sire , " said the general , "are that I must witness the execution ; but I feel I have not the

courage to obey them . " "AVell , then , " replied Joachim , " do not distress yourself . Do not be present . Still , I should- like , to embrace you once more before I die . " " I will meet you on the road , " said the general . "Thank you , thank you , " said Joachim ; " now leave me to my reflections . " After seeing the prieststo whom

, he gave a written certificate that he died in the Christian faith , he threw himself upon his couch for about a quarter of an hour , remained meditating , probably reviewing his past life , from the moment when he quitted the ale-house in which he was born , to the time when he entered a palace as its sovereign .

Four o ' clock was the time fixed for the execution : as the clock struck , Joachim himself opened the door . General Nunziante was waiting outside . "Thank you , " said the ex-King ; " you have kept your word . God bless you ; good bye . You need follow me no further . " The general threw himself sobbing into his arms . " Come , come , do not give way to your feelings . Take example

from me , I am perfectly calm . " This coolness on the part of Joachim so overcame Nunziante , that , starting from his embrace , the general rushed from the place , running along the shore like a madman . Joachim now proceeded to the court-yard , where every preparation had been made for his execution . Nine men and a corporal were ranged close to the door of

the council-chamber . He asked permission for himself to give the order for the soldiers to fire ; he then took the position assigned for him , and taking from his pocket the watch , he pressed the likeness of his wife to his lips , and fixing his eyes steadily on the soldiers , desired them to load . AVhen the preparations were completed

he ordered them to fire ; five onl y of the nine obeyed . Not a bullet touched him . ; the soldiers had purposely fired over his head . He stood firm and apparently unmoved , "Thanks , my dear friends , " ho said ; " a thousand thanks ; but as sooner or later you will be compelled to dispatch methe last favour I aslc of you is to aim

, directly at my heart , ancl avoid , if possible , wounding me in the face . Come , let us go through the ceremony once more . " At the word "Fire , " he fell pierced by eig ht balls , without a struggle , without a sigh , and with * out even letting the watch fall from his hands . The soldiers took the corpse and laid it on the same bed