Obituary.

Obituary .

THE LATE BRO . JOHN COUTTS , P . G . P .

IT is with very great regret that we announce the death , at Bournemouth , on Tuesday , the 3 rd instant , of Bro . John Coutts , a Past Grand Pursuivant of England , at the comparatively early age of gftv-three . Our deceased brother had highly distinguished himself as i \ Craftsman , aud was beloved and respected for tho many admirable qualities he possessed by all who had tho privilege of being

acquainted with him . Bro . Coutts first saw the Light of Masonry in a Scotch Lodge , and joined our Egyptian Lodge , No . 27 , on tho 7 th of May 1861 . Thus , had he survived till to-day , he would havo lived to comp lete a connection with English Craft Masonry of oxactly twenty years . In due course our worthy brother rose to fill tho chair of his Lod » e , and so admirably did he discharge his duties as Worshipful

Master , that he was elected for a second timo , the full period of his Mastership oxtending over tho years 1867 and 1868 . He was also a Founder and first Worshipful Master of the following Lodges , namely : — the Harrow Lodge , No . 1310 , Harrow , in 1870 ; Ebury Lodge , No . 1348 , in 1871 ; the Chislehurst Lodge , No . 1531 , Chislehurst , in 1875 ; the Covent Garden Lodge , No . 1614 , in 1876 . His merits indeed

were so generally appreciated , that in 1870 he was appointed Grand Pursuivant , and ho had also filled the office of Prov . Grand Deacon Middlesex . His career in Royal Arch Masonry may be said to have been equally conspicuous . He was exalted in the Domatic Chapter , No . 177 , in 1863 , and was a P . Z . thereof . He joined the Royal Union Chapter , No . 382 , Uxbridge , in April 1864 . In 1871 he

became a Founder of the Royal Middlesex Chapter , No . 1194 , and in 1875 he joined the Ebury Chapter , No . 1368 , as a Founder and first M . E . Z . He was likewise a member of the Premier Conclave of the Order of the Red Cross of Rome and Constantino . But this is far from representing the sum of his Masonic achievements . He was a Life Governor and Annual Subscriber to each of our Masonic

Institutions . Ho had twice filled the office of Steward to the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , and both our Boys' and Girls' Schools had been served by him in a similar capacity . Had his life been prolonged , there would seem to bo little , if any , reason to doubt that our Institutions would have been still further aud more liberally , though not more willingly , supported . A career such as we have described

would do honour to any member of the Craft , and it must be a great consolation to the relatives and friends of our deceased brother to know that few members of the Craft iu England were more deservedly esteemed . It remains for us to offer our respectful sympathy to his family and friends in their bereavement , and to state that the funeral will take place on Monday next , at tho City of London Tower Hamlets Cemetery , Bow .

Mr. Ernest Seyd.

MR . ERNEST SEYD .

It is our painful duty to record this week the unexpected death , at the early age of fifty-one years , of Mr . Ernest Seyd , of the firm of Seyd and Co ., of Lombard-street , the author of several important works on questions connected with the Currency . Mr . Seyd had gone over to Paris to attend the Monetary Congress there assembled , when he was overtaken by an attack of congestion of the brain , to which he succumbed , after a brief period of suffering . Mr . Seyd had given evidence before Committees of the House of Commons on

several of the subjects on which he was acknowledged to be an authority , and that evidence had been not unfrnitful of good on several of the monetary questions of tho day . Among the numerous books and pamphlets , of which he was the author , must be mentioned the following , namely : " California and its Resources , " Trubner and Co ., London , 1858 ; " On the Establishment of an Anglo-Californian Bank and a Refinery of the Precious Metals in San Francisco "—for

private issue—London , 1868 ; " Bullion and Foreign Exchanges Theoretically and Practically Considered , " Effingham Wilson , Royal Exchange , London , 1868 ; " Tho Question of Seignorage aud Charge for Coining , " Effingham Wilson , 1868 ; " The Depreciation of Labour and Property whioh would follow the Demonetisation of Silver , " London , W . W . Morgan , 1869 ; "Letters to the Times "—see the

' Gold Coinage Controversy , " republished by the Bank of England , 1869 ; " Universal Coinage and Variations in Foreign Exchanges "read before the Statistical Society ; " Enquete sur la Question Monetaire , " published by the French Government ; " On the Currency Laws , and their effects on Pauperism , " read before the Statistical Societ y , 1871 ; " Die Miinz-Wiihrangs und Bankfragen in

Deutschlaacl , " Badeker , Elberfeld ( Prussia ) , 1871 ; ' * Suggestions in reference to the Metallic Currency of the Unites States of America , " London , Triibner & Co ., 1871 . The premature death of Mr . Soyd is to he greatl y regretted , as it leaves a gap in the ranks of those writers who treat of these important questions , which it will bo very difficult to fill n P . We experience the greater sense of satisfaction in offering this

s | i ght but sincere and respectful tribute of sympathy with the family of the deceased , because for many years we bad a personal acquaintance With him , and not only that , we took a considerable part in the Printing and publication of several of his works . We always found oin ^ as prompt and particular in his business engagements as he was genial and kind in his private and personal relations .

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