Familiar Figures In Newcastle.

FAMILIAR FIGURES IN NEWCASTLE .

UNDER this heading , and with the title "The Clerk of the Peace" the "Newcastle Weekly Chronicle" last Saturday gave a representation of Bro . John Gibson Youll , from which we learn that our Brother was born within a mile of Newcastle , on nth June 1836 , and was educated at a private school at Wallsend . Our contemporary continues :

'' He began his life ' s work by entering the office of Messrs . Jobling and Fleming , then well known local solicitors . He remained with this firm until their dissolution of partnership in 1852 . Mr . Youll then entered the office of Mr . Thomas Boag , public accountant , and a few years later , on the death

of that gentleman , he took over the practice and continued the business until June 1861 . But notwithstanding his liking for figures , law had even a greater hold on him . Mr . Youll

determined to enter the profession of a lawyer , and he served his articles with the late Mr . William Chartres . Subsequently he entered into partnership with that gentleman . The association lasted until the death of Mr . Chartres in 1880 .

Since that time , Mr . Youll has continued the practice under the old name , and is now assisted by his eldest son , Mr . T . Harold Youll . Mr . Youll was a member of the Newcastle Town Council for many years . He was first elected on ist November 1873 ;

five years later he was appointed Sheriff . He was raised to aldermanic rank on 26 th November 1888 , and became Deputy Mayor in the Mayoralty of Mr . Thomas Bell , on 12 th November 1889 . In 1890 , when Mr . N . G . Clayton died , Mr . Youll was , on 6 th August , appointed to be Glerk of the

Peace in his stead , and he still holds the office . This appointment necessitated the resignation of official positions , and Mr . Youll ceased his connection with his municipal colleagues and also with the Tyne Commission , of which he was a member . His resignation was received with sincere regret by both bodies .

Mr . Youll has long been connected with the mystic Craft of Freemasonry . He has held the office of P . M ., Prov . J . G . W ., Prov . G . H ., and E . P ., and is a member of the 30 th degree . It will be remembered that in April last Mr . Youll

completed the fiftieth year of his working professional life in the city , and celebrated the jubilee of his career as a solicitor . This career has been long , honourable , and successful . He received the hearty congratulations of a countless number

of friends , all of whom wished him continued prosperity and good health . Mr . Youll ' s smart , youthful figure has long been a familiar object in the streets of Newcastle . Our artist made his sketch in the course of a short interval during a busy day . "

The installation meeting of the Upton Lodge , No . 1227 , will be held on Thursday next , 14 th inst ., at the Great Eastern Hotel , Liverpool Street , at 4 o ' clock . We take the opportunity of congratulating the present W . M . Bro . W . Athol Bray , as well as the W . M .-elect Bro . H . J . Rowberry ,

on tne prosperous condition 01 tne JLodge , and the amount ot work already assured for the near future . The balance in the Treasurer ' s hands has grown during the year from £ 6 4 odd to £ 72 16 s gd , while in addition the Lodge has a valuable asset in the form of " arrears unpaid by members , " amounting to £ 109 7 s 6 d , an item which , although usually regarded

as of questionable advantage , is yet a splendid " nest egg " when there are no liabilities to set against it . The Lodge has spent £ 26 5 s in Charity during the past year , and has a balance of £ 92 7 s 4 d on its Benevolent Fund Account . In addition to the work of installation and the appointment of

Officers there is a full agenda of other business for Thursday , there being two candidates already accepted and four others proposed for initiation , a candidate for passing , and a candidate for the third degree . We hope to give a full report of the proceedings in our next issue .

A departure from the usual course is . being made in connection with the De Tatton Lodge , Altrincham , in that a kind of " round robin" is being signed inviting the Hon . Alan de Tatton Egerton , M . P ., to occupy the Master ' s chair during the ensuing twelve months . The Brethren have long

had a desire in this direction , and no doubt a great inducement to the hon . gentleman will be the fact that this Lodge is the only one in the Province bearing the territorial name of his family . Should Bro . Alan Egerton decide to accept , we can assure him of the loyal support of the

Familiar Figures In Newcastle.

Brethren , and they would , with the assistance of the various Past Masters , see that the duties each month gave him a very free hand all round . —" Manchester Herald . "

Bro . the Ven . W . M . Sinclair , D . D ., Archdeacon of London , Past Grand Chaplain of England has been appointed Chaplain to Bro . Alfred H . Bevan Grand Treasurer , Sheriffelect of the City of London .

"A Sprig Of Acacia."

"A SPRIG OF ACACIA . "

THE death occurred at Gloucester , on Monday evening , 28 th ult ., of Major Frowde , formerly well known as a clown , and one of the most prominent members of Henglers Circus Company . Deceased , upon retiring , settled in the neighbourhood of Gloucester . He was formerly a captain

commanding the Gloucestershire Artillery Volunteers , and an enthusiastic Freemason . He also held the Bishop ' s licence as lay reader . Major Frowde came from a good Devonshire family , and Mr . Henry Frowde , of Oxford University Press , is his half-brother .

THE remains of the late Dr . P . P . Truman , whose death under mournful circumstances took place at his residence , Radcliffe-on-Trent , Notts ., the previous Saturday night , were interred in the Church Cemetery at Nottingham . The first portion of the service was rendered in St . Andrew ' s

Church , where a large and representative gathering of the Masonic body , of which the deceased was a member , and others , had assembled , the De Vere Lodge , No- 1794 , of which the late Dr . Truman was a Past Master , being fully represented .

BY the death of Bro . Thomas Battrum another prominent public man in the parochial life of Willesden has been removed . Bro . Battrum , who was aged fifty-four , was born at Southwold , Suffolk , and died at his residence at Cricklewood , on the ist inst . The funeral took place on Tuesday , at Willesden New Cemetery , a large number of people being

present both in the vicinity of the deceased ' s residence and . at the graveside , as a mark of respect . The leaden coffin , covered by a handsome outer case of polished oak , had the emblems of the Craft—of which deceased was a member—at

both head and foot . Among others who followed his remains to the grave were a large number of members of the Willesden District Council and the Willesden Board of Guardians , representatives of the Foresters , and of the Brondesbury and Cricklewood Lodges of Freemasons .

THE mortal remains of the late Bro . William G . T . Sayer , of Fonthill Lodge , Honor Oak Road , who died in his fifty-ninth year , were consigned to the grave on Wednesday of last week , at Nunhead Cemetery , the interment being in the family grave . Perhaps few men in connection

with the Licensed Victualling world locally were better known or respected in the neighbourhood of East Dulwich , Forest Hill , and Peckham Rye , for the reason that he may be designated one of the pioneers of his trade in East Dulwich during the time when the demon builder cut up and desecrated

all those charming pleasaunces which stretched from the top of Rye Lane to Dulwich Village . Of late years Bro . Sayer , in conjunction with Mr . Scotts , was one of the proprietors of the King ' s Arms , on the Rye . Many years previous to that , however , he with his partner built and obtained the licenses

for the Oglander and Upland , both of which Hotels may now be reckoned among the principal houses of entertainment in that district . It would occupy too much space to enumerate all the other establishments with which the deceased was connected . As one of the directors of the Forest Hill

Brewery , in which he had a large interest , he was well known in that suburb , and in Masonic circles he was equally popular from the fact of his having been twice W . M . of the Peckham Lodge , No . 1475 , and was at the time of his death its Treasurer . As a Camberwell Vestryman , Bro . Sayer was

always consistent , and , although not of the macaw tribe of great talkers , his voting was always characteristic of the thorough business man , and as a member of the Sewers and Sanitary ( Public Health ) Committee , representing No . 6 Ward , he performed important duties with unobtrusive

earnestness . He leaves two daughters to mourn the loss of a kind and generous father . A great congregation of sympathetic friends , including Vestrymen , Masonic Brethren , Parochial representatives , Directors of breweries and

distilleries , and a large contingent of neighbours , surrounded the grave as the body was committed to its resting place , all taking the opportunity of paying a last tribute of respect to a valued acquaintance .