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Obituary.
geon , Bro . Sully . The solemn funeral service was performed by Bro . tbe Rev . F . Parsons , the chaplain of the regiment . Three volleys were fired over the " Soldier ' s Grave , " announcing , " He ' s qualtered in the arms of dwith , And he'll never , never march again . " Thousands of people accompanied the procession through the streets ,
and the large churchyard was crammed ; the pressure was so great as to embarrass the firing party ancl troops in their movements . Bro . M'Cann hacl not long since taken a public-house in Taunton , to which his comrades of the Yeomanry frequently resorted , and who will probably not desert the Mason ' s widow . Bro . M'Cann was the first to call upon our predecessor on his visits to Taunton , and ever expressed his great personal respect for him , and a
blessing for true ireemasonry . A daughter of poor M'Cann ' s is an inmate of the Royal Freemasons Charity , to which she was a fortunate candidate for admission about eighteen mouths since . June 6 . —At his residence , Bridge Row , Pimlico , Bro . ROBERT SARGENT , tetat 47 , P . M . of Lodge of Faith , No . 165 , of which he was a subscribing Member for upwards of twenty years . He twice served the office of AV . M ., and for many years acted as Treasurer . He was Gilkes in the St '
initiated into Freemasonry by Bro . Peter ( . James Union ) , under whose guidance he acquired such a knowledge of the mysteries of the Craft , as may be equalled , but can never be excelled . His " departed" worth will be ever remembered with grateful recollection by the Brethren of very many Lodges , who profited by his able instruction . His mortal remains were interred in St . Georges burial-ground , Bayswater , attended by many Members of the Lodge of Faith , and of the Lodge of St . Luke , No . 168 , Chelsea .
Provincial.
PROVINCIAL .
HERTS . —The Marquess of Salisbury , Provincial Grand Master for Herts appointed a Provincial Grand Lodge of Freemasons to be held at the Shire Hall , Hertford , on Thursday , 6 th May . There has not been a Provincial Grancl Lodge held at Hertford , we understand , for three years . AVALTHAM CROSS , March 5 . —No . 630 . —Bro . Crew , after a laudathe
tory address on his exalted merits , presented Bro . W . Hamson , on part of the Lodge , wich a jewel ; and Bro . Usborn enlarged upon the character of the Druses , in a very interesting manner . SURREY , CROYDON , May 28 . —Frederick Lodge of Unity , No 661 — First meeting of the season ; Bro . Hem-y Lloyd Morgan elected AV . M . It was moved , that a jewel be presented to Bro . Ed . Wilson , 1 . M ., m liment to his past servicesAVe congratulate tbe Lodge on the
comp . perfect unanimity which seems to prevail ; although the Oaks clay at Epsom , there was more than an average number of members present , besides several distinguished visitors . VOL . VIII . p ! '
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Obituary.
geon , Bro . Sully . The solemn funeral service was performed by Bro . tbe Rev . F . Parsons , the chaplain of the regiment . Three volleys were fired over the " Soldier ' s Grave , " announcing , " He ' s qualtered in the arms of dwith , And he'll never , never march again . " Thousands of people accompanied the procession through the streets ,
and the large churchyard was crammed ; the pressure was so great as to embarrass the firing party ancl troops in their movements . Bro . M'Cann hacl not long since taken a public-house in Taunton , to which his comrades of the Yeomanry frequently resorted , and who will probably not desert the Mason ' s widow . Bro . M'Cann was the first to call upon our predecessor on his visits to Taunton , and ever expressed his great personal respect for him , and a
blessing for true ireemasonry . A daughter of poor M'Cann ' s is an inmate of the Royal Freemasons Charity , to which she was a fortunate candidate for admission about eighteen mouths since . June 6 . —At his residence , Bridge Row , Pimlico , Bro . ROBERT SARGENT , tetat 47 , P . M . of Lodge of Faith , No . 165 , of which he was a subscribing Member for upwards of twenty years . He twice served the office of AV . M ., and for many years acted as Treasurer . He was Gilkes in the St '
initiated into Freemasonry by Bro . Peter ( . James Union ) , under whose guidance he acquired such a knowledge of the mysteries of the Craft , as may be equalled , but can never be excelled . His " departed" worth will be ever remembered with grateful recollection by the Brethren of very many Lodges , who profited by his able instruction . His mortal remains were interred in St . Georges burial-ground , Bayswater , attended by many Members of the Lodge of Faith , and of the Lodge of St . Luke , No . 168 , Chelsea .
Provincial.
PROVINCIAL .
HERTS . —The Marquess of Salisbury , Provincial Grand Master for Herts appointed a Provincial Grand Lodge of Freemasons to be held at the Shire Hall , Hertford , on Thursday , 6 th May . There has not been a Provincial Grancl Lodge held at Hertford , we understand , for three years . AVALTHAM CROSS , March 5 . —No . 630 . —Bro . Crew , after a laudathe
tory address on his exalted merits , presented Bro . W . Hamson , on part of the Lodge , wich a jewel ; and Bro . Usborn enlarged upon the character of the Druses , in a very interesting manner . SURREY , CROYDON , May 28 . —Frederick Lodge of Unity , No 661 — First meeting of the season ; Bro . Hem-y Lloyd Morgan elected AV . M . It was moved , that a jewel be presented to Bro . Ed . Wilson , 1 . M ., m liment to his past servicesAVe congratulate tbe Lodge on the
comp . perfect unanimity which seems to prevail ; although the Oaks clay at Epsom , there was more than an average number of members present , besides several distinguished visitors . VOL . VIII . p ! '