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Masonic Chit Chat.
The Marquis of Kildare , eldest son of the Duke of Leinster , Grand Master of Freemasons in Ireland , is preparing to go to college in England . His outfit of plate , & c , is in preparation . The noble Marquis is now in his 18 th year . His Lordship ' s brothers , Lords Gerald and Otbo Fitzgerald , will remain under the care of their noble father , at Carton . On the marriage of the Earl of Hillsborough to the daughter of Lord
Combermere , lately , dinners were given to the poor of every town and village in the neighbourhood of Combermere Abbey . Between nine thousand ancl ten thousand persons were regaled . —Salopian Journal . — This is something like Freemasonry . AIay her ladyship , the wife and daughter of Freemasons , become the joyful mother of many happy Lewises I
AIARRIED . —On the 5 th September , at AVest Hackney , by the Rev . Thomas Gregory , B . D ., Brother William Eccles , Esq ., of Old Broad Street , to Ellen Ann Shove , only daughter of William Gregory , Esq ., of Shacklewell . CimisTciiuRcii . —The workmen employed in widening the small bridge called Alilham ' s Bridge , near the ancient ruins at Christchurch , discovered , a short time since , near the abutments of the bridge , some
curious coins and tokens ; on one of the latter , about the size of a fourpenny piece , are six five pointed-stars , and the letters R . C . ; within a circle the date 1660 , and the words " in Dorchester ; " on the reverse is the name " Richard Cheney , " surrounded by some Alasonic emblems .
Obituary.
Obituary .
July 9 . —Died at his house , 80 , Pleasance , Edinburgh , JAMES BARTRAM , Esq ., Clerk to the Grand Lodge of Scotland . July 14 . —Of apoplexy , aged G 4 , MICHAEL MUCKLOW ZACHARV , Esq ., of the Adelphi Terrace , well known as a liberal patron of the arts , ami the proprietor of a splendid collection of pictures ; several of which are amongst the ornaments of the present exhibition of the British Institution . As a Freemason , Brother Zachary , in his own person , was a
pleasing illustration of benevolence and charity . As a Grand Officer he dignified his appointment . July 23 .- —Brother GEORGE ECCLES , a gentleman of spotless integrity and amiable manners . He was initiated in the Theatric Lodge , ( now the Lodge of Good Report , ) which he left , and joined the Bank of England , 329 . Ill health , however , obliged him to resign . Sept . —Brother RICHARD N . GRESLEY , aged 33 . He ivas initiated
in Apollo University Lodge , No . 460 , Oxford , on the 20 th February , 1826 ; joined Prince of Wales ' s Lodge , No . 324 18 th January , 1 S 28 ; and was a Contributing Member at the time of his death ; exalted in Prince of AA- ' ales ' s Chapter , 6 th December , 1833 . Brother Gresley was a subscriber to the Aged Mason ' s Asylum , and had served the office of Steward to both Charities ; also to the Birth Day Festival of His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex , G . AL VOL . iv . 3 D
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Masonic Chit Chat.
The Marquis of Kildare , eldest son of the Duke of Leinster , Grand Master of Freemasons in Ireland , is preparing to go to college in England . His outfit of plate , & c , is in preparation . The noble Marquis is now in his 18 th year . His Lordship ' s brothers , Lords Gerald and Otbo Fitzgerald , will remain under the care of their noble father , at Carton . On the marriage of the Earl of Hillsborough to the daughter of Lord
Combermere , lately , dinners were given to the poor of every town and village in the neighbourhood of Combermere Abbey . Between nine thousand ancl ten thousand persons were regaled . —Salopian Journal . — This is something like Freemasonry . AIay her ladyship , the wife and daughter of Freemasons , become the joyful mother of many happy Lewises I
AIARRIED . —On the 5 th September , at AVest Hackney , by the Rev . Thomas Gregory , B . D ., Brother William Eccles , Esq ., of Old Broad Street , to Ellen Ann Shove , only daughter of William Gregory , Esq ., of Shacklewell . CimisTciiuRcii . —The workmen employed in widening the small bridge called Alilham ' s Bridge , near the ancient ruins at Christchurch , discovered , a short time since , near the abutments of the bridge , some
curious coins and tokens ; on one of the latter , about the size of a fourpenny piece , are six five pointed-stars , and the letters R . C . ; within a circle the date 1660 , and the words " in Dorchester ; " on the reverse is the name " Richard Cheney , " surrounded by some Alasonic emblems .
Obituary.
Obituary .
July 9 . —Died at his house , 80 , Pleasance , Edinburgh , JAMES BARTRAM , Esq ., Clerk to the Grand Lodge of Scotland . July 14 . —Of apoplexy , aged G 4 , MICHAEL MUCKLOW ZACHARV , Esq ., of the Adelphi Terrace , well known as a liberal patron of the arts , ami the proprietor of a splendid collection of pictures ; several of which are amongst the ornaments of the present exhibition of the British Institution . As a Freemason , Brother Zachary , in his own person , was a
pleasing illustration of benevolence and charity . As a Grand Officer he dignified his appointment . July 23 .- —Brother GEORGE ECCLES , a gentleman of spotless integrity and amiable manners . He was initiated in the Theatric Lodge , ( now the Lodge of Good Report , ) which he left , and joined the Bank of England , 329 . Ill health , however , obliged him to resign . Sept . —Brother RICHARD N . GRESLEY , aged 33 . He ivas initiated
in Apollo University Lodge , No . 460 , Oxford , on the 20 th February , 1826 ; joined Prince of Wales ' s Lodge , No . 324 18 th January , 1 S 28 ; and was a Contributing Member at the time of his death ; exalted in Prince of AA- ' ales ' s Chapter , 6 th December , 1833 . Brother Gresley was a subscriber to the Aged Mason ' s Asylum , and had served the office of Steward to both Charities ; also to the Birth Day Festival of His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex , G . AL VOL . iv . 3 D