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loved and respected . Instances of peculiarity of character we , could recount , were it needful , that would redound to the honour of human nature , and many a benevolent action will come to the recollection of parties who will be reminded of his worth by the record of his death . The office-clerk found a patron in the principal , ancl the partner of his practice a firm friend and an able supporter . Brother Lythgoe servedmany years sinceas Grand Steward from
, , the Castle Lodge of Harmony , and was Secretary to the Board : —he had also passed the Chair of the Lodge . About two years since he was exalted to the Royal Arch . He was an active member of the Grand Lodge , taking a prominent part in its transactions . Some years since , he retired from it under some impression that discussion of motions was not supported ; but latterly he resumed his attendances with great regularity . If not eloquent in his addresses ,
he was forcible in his manner ; and the quality of his voice was peculiarly favourable—it was clear and impressive , and his language natural ; delivered , perhaps , too slowly , but never wandering from the point . He was among the earlier members of the Past Masters' Club , which he considered to be a very useful Masonic association , 'i he Boys' School , of which he was an exemplary supporter , will feel his loss ; he was a trustee and auditorancl a vacancy in those responsible situations will have to
, be supplied . His mantle will be an honourable trust . He was elected President of the Annual Excursion to the Nore upon the decease of the late Col . Forrest , ancl contributed , by his attention and service , very materially to the success of the Committee . In thus speaking of one to whom Masonry is greatly indebted , we are aware that we have not met the anxious desire of personal friends to do justice to his memory—of them we ask forbearance—to those from whom
he may at any time have differed in opinion —( and in this class we include ourselves)—we may remind them of his manner of so doing , ancl revert to it as an example of honourable advocacy . May the tears that were shed—and they were really- shed over his tomb—prove like the waters of affliction , to chasten the hearts of the many who were present .
BROTHER ROBERT TYTLER , M . D . —Calcutta , March 30 th . —Intelligence was received yesterday of the death of the celebrated Dr . Robert Tytler . Amongst the losses Masonry has suffered since the period of our last publication , we have much regret in announcing that of Dr . Tytler . Our readers will doubtless remember the papers which he furnished to this Journal , which were remarkable alike for the acute ancl vigorous style of the writing , ancl for the profound learning they
displayed—learning , we may add , the more remarkable , since it was conversant with a language and with habits of thought and feeling quite out of the ordinary route of scholastic men . Our deceased Brother was remarkable for the extreme ardour with which he pursued every topic likely lo conduce to the beneficence he was anxious to promote . He took up the question of the causes ancl treatment of cholera with great warmth at the time that indomitable scourge
was devastating a considerable portion of the globe . His theory was , that impure rice was the cause of the malady . This notion he embraced with so much devotion , that it was in vain to place before him the undeniable facts , that where the worst rice had been eaten no cholera hacl appeared , and that where none could have been procured , the disease had made frightful ravages . He saw nothing in the statements but argu-VOL . v . 3 A
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loved and respected . Instances of peculiarity of character we , could recount , were it needful , that would redound to the honour of human nature , and many a benevolent action will come to the recollection of parties who will be reminded of his worth by the record of his death . The office-clerk found a patron in the principal , ancl the partner of his practice a firm friend and an able supporter . Brother Lythgoe servedmany years sinceas Grand Steward from
, , the Castle Lodge of Harmony , and was Secretary to the Board : —he had also passed the Chair of the Lodge . About two years since he was exalted to the Royal Arch . He was an active member of the Grand Lodge , taking a prominent part in its transactions . Some years since , he retired from it under some impression that discussion of motions was not supported ; but latterly he resumed his attendances with great regularity . If not eloquent in his addresses ,
he was forcible in his manner ; and the quality of his voice was peculiarly favourable—it was clear and impressive , and his language natural ; delivered , perhaps , too slowly , but never wandering from the point . He was among the earlier members of the Past Masters' Club , which he considered to be a very useful Masonic association , 'i he Boys' School , of which he was an exemplary supporter , will feel his loss ; he was a trustee and auditorancl a vacancy in those responsible situations will have to
, be supplied . His mantle will be an honourable trust . He was elected President of the Annual Excursion to the Nore upon the decease of the late Col . Forrest , ancl contributed , by his attention and service , very materially to the success of the Committee . In thus speaking of one to whom Masonry is greatly indebted , we are aware that we have not met the anxious desire of personal friends to do justice to his memory—of them we ask forbearance—to those from whom
he may at any time have differed in opinion —( and in this class we include ourselves)—we may remind them of his manner of so doing , ancl revert to it as an example of honourable advocacy . May the tears that were shed—and they were really- shed over his tomb—prove like the waters of affliction , to chasten the hearts of the many who were present .
BROTHER ROBERT TYTLER , M . D . —Calcutta , March 30 th . —Intelligence was received yesterday of the death of the celebrated Dr . Robert Tytler . Amongst the losses Masonry has suffered since the period of our last publication , we have much regret in announcing that of Dr . Tytler . Our readers will doubtless remember the papers which he furnished to this Journal , which were remarkable alike for the acute ancl vigorous style of the writing , ancl for the profound learning they
displayed—learning , we may add , the more remarkable , since it was conversant with a language and with habits of thought and feeling quite out of the ordinary route of scholastic men . Our deceased Brother was remarkable for the extreme ardour with which he pursued every topic likely lo conduce to the beneficence he was anxious to promote . He took up the question of the causes ancl treatment of cholera with great warmth at the time that indomitable scourge
was devastating a considerable portion of the globe . His theory was , that impure rice was the cause of the malady . This notion he embraced with so much devotion , that it was in vain to place before him the undeniable facts , that where the worst rice had been eaten no cholera hacl appeared , and that where none could have been procured , the disease had made frightful ravages . He saw nothing in the statements but argu-VOL . v . 3 A