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dealings with these labour ships are a little strained , as sometimes they carry off a boy from a mission school who is not eligible ; but this time all was good fellowship , and all restraint went overboard . We got along splendidly , and I spent the evening on board . When I went the captain filled up my complement of stores , e „ r jce ) medicine , tobacco for trade , and fo forth , and would not take any return except for the latter article . We parted great friends , and each , I think , pleased that he had fallen in with a brother in this outlandish place . "I am just recovering from an attack of ague , and am hardly master of my hand yet , so please excuse this terrible scrawl . "—Kingston and Surbiton News .

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BRO . SIR HEDWORTH WILLIAMSON , PROV . GRAND MASTER OF DURHAM . We regret to record the death of Bro . Sir Hedworth Williamson , Bart ., which occurred on the 26 th ult ., at a quarter to four . It is some years since Bro . Sir Hedworth ' s health began to fail , and latterly there had been a perceptible change for the worse ; and a serious seizure , which occurred a few days ago , prepared his family and friends for the end . Bro . Sir Hedworth passed away at the

northern residence of the Williamson family , Whitburn Hall , which is picturesquely situated on the coast a little to the north of Sunderland . The sorrow which reigns at the old hall has , it can be said without exaggeration , penetrated every cottage in Whitburn , which is so inseparably connected with the name of Williamson . The deceased was a most distinguished brother . He was a member of the Palatine Lodge , No . 97 , for about half a century , and he became W . M . of it in 18-58 . At the time of his death he was the senior P . M . He was

made a Prov . S . G . W . in 1859 , and in 1867 he was appointed Dep . Prov . Grand Master . The late Marquis of Londonderry was Prov . Grand Master from 1880 up to the time of his death in 1885 , and then Bro- Sir Hedworth was appointed by H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , M . W . G . M ., to preside over the province , both in the Craft and Royal Arch . Bro . Sir Hedworth was installed by the late Lord Lathom in the Lecture Hall , Palace Green , Durham , on August 21 st , 1885 , and he continued to be the head of the province up to his death . Deceased was also a

member of the Lambton Lodge , No . 375 , Chester-Ie-Street . Two lodges in the province—the Williamson Lodge , No . 949 , at Sunderland , and the Hedworth Lodge , No . 2418 , at South Shields—are named after this distinguished member of Freemasonry . In the Royal Arch , he was M . E . Z . of the Strict Benevolence Chapter , No . 97 , in 1886 , and in 1890 , founder and first M . E . Z . ot the Williamson Chapter , No . 949 , and having been appointed Prin . G . Sojourner in Supreme G . Chapter in 1862 , was appointed G . Superintendent of Durham

in 1886 . He took a deep interest in the Charities of our Order , and presided at the memorable Festival which was held some time ago in behalf of the Durham Masonic Educational and Benevolent Institution and which proved so successful . From 1874 Bro . Sir Hedworth may be said to have settled down at Whitburn Hall to the life of a country gentleman . Of late years Bro . Sir Hedworth Williamson had not taken so great a part in what is called public life , though he continued to take an interest in , and fulfil the

duties attached to , various departments of local and county affairs . The title was created in 1642 , the deceased being the eighth baronet . The seventh , Sir Hedworth , was born at Whitburn in 1797 . He graduated M . A . at Cambridge , and married in March , 1826 , the third daughter of the first Lord Ravensworth . He occupied a most prominent position in the political and general life of Wearside . He was a deputy lieutenant of Durham , and held the Mayoralty of Sunderland for 1841-2 and again for 1847-8 . In 1847 he was elected—on the retirement of Mr .

Barclay—member of Parliament for Sunderland , and he represented that constituency until 1852 , when Mr . George Hudson ( the " Railway King" ) was elected along with Mr . W . Digby Seymour , who was for some time Recorder for Newcastle . The baronet whose loss is now the occasion of wide-spread mourning was born at Florence on March 25 th , 1827 . At the age of 21 he was appointed Attache to the British Embassy at St . Petersburg , and two years later—in 1850—he was transferred to Paris . His first prominent connection with public life was

in 1864 , in the summer of which year Lord Adolphus Vane Tempest , the representative of the Northern Division of Durham in Parliament , died . The Liberal county gentlemen , then a very considerable and influential body , agreed that Sir Hedworth should be their candidate , and he was received with such general good will that hc was returned unopposed . After the dissolution of 1865 he again came forward with his colleague in the representation of the division , Mr . R . D . Shafto , both being returned . While in Parliament Sir Hedworth was a uniform

supporter of the Liberal Ministry . He was always received with great favour on the occasions of his visits to the constituency during the recesses , and he waj also assured of a hearty welcome at Sunderland , in the political life of which borough—more particularly on the north side of the river—his family at one time wielded considerable political influence . Indeed , during this period Sir Hedworth , thanks to the geniality which characterised him to the end , thoroughly ingratiated himself in the favour of the townspeople , and , despite the privacy

into which he afterwards retired , he continued to occupy a very high place in the esteem and respect of all sections of the community . The deceased baronet took a most active interest in the affairs of the large town to which his family residence—said to have been partly built by the Pilkington ' s prior to 1600—is adjacent . He was a regular attender at the meetings of the River Wear Commission up to the end , and his fellow-members of that body did him the honour of electing him to the chairmanship , he being Sir James Lung ' s

predecessor in that important position . Apart from his connection with the Commission , he was associated with the public life of Sunderland in many ways . As a county magistrate his was a familiar figure on the bench at the sessions ; and apropos of his career as an administrator of justice , it is interesting to note that he always showed himself to be a severe enemy of persons guilty of cruel conduct to dumb animals . He frequently sat on the bench at the County Petty Sessional Court at Sunderland . He was a deputy-lieutenant of the county .

Before the formation of the County Council—of which he became a member—he closely followed the transaction of the county business by the magistrates at Quarter Sessions . He was bound to Sunderland itself in many directions ; and among the institutions in which he specially interested himself may be mentioned the Infirmary , of which he was an acting trustee and patron , and the Hudson Charity , an educational and maintenance charity , of which he was a trustee . One of the latest of his really public acts was the laying of the foundation stone of

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the extension of the Monkweai mouth Hospital . As lord of the manor at Monkwearmouth , he studied with deep attention the requirements of the locality in which his family held , and still hold , so great a proprietary interest . He was a practical supporter of numerous local charitable organisations , and to the Church he was a munificent donor . At one time Bro . Sir Hedworth was patron of the of the

living ancient church of St . Peter ' s , Monkwearmouth , and in this building are to be seen several mural monuments of his family . A portion of the land for the Roker Extension Park was granted to the Sunderland Corporation by the deceased baronet at a considerably reduced price . His father , it might be added , who was appointed J . G . W . of England in 1826 and died in 1861 , was Provincial Grand Master from 1841 to 1845 .

FUNERAL OF BRO . C . T . BAKER , OF HOLT . The remains of the late Bro . C . T . Baker , of Holt , were interred in Holt Churchyard on the 18 th ult . Deceased , who was 58 years of age , was very highly respected in the district . He had carried on an extensive ironmongery business at Holt for a considerable number of years , and he also opened up branches at Sheringham and Fakenham . The corteee left the Acacias , the late residence of

the deceased , at three o ' clock . Sixteen workmen acted as bearers , while over a score carried wreaths . The mourners were : Mr . C . M . Baker ( son ) , Mrs . Baker ( widow ) , Miss Baker , Miss Rosalind Baker , Miss Mabel Baker , and Miss Maud Baker ( daughters ) , and Mr . Miles Baker and Mr . Parsons Baker ( brothers ) . Among those who were also at the graveside were -. Mr . Alfred Desbois , Mr . C . J . Temple Lynes , Mr . Alfred Ling , Mr . William Leggatt , Mr . W . T . Sayer ,

Mr . J . Pinching ( Corpusty ) , Mr . H . Bowles ( Great Yarmouth ) , Mr . J . D . Ellis , Mr . S . L . Gooch , Mr . H . V . Sheringham , Mr . R . Mack , Dr . J . B . Gillam , Mr . P . Page , Mr . J . Wilson , the Rev . W . H . Marcon , Mr . W . Waller , Dr . Skrimshire , Messrs . M . Pegg , J . M . Hulls , S . Burroughes , W . Rush , O . Neal , W . W . Rush , J . Hammond , C . J . Cooke , Lee , J . Sewell , G . Larner , Parr , J . K . Gooch , W . W . Whistler , W . Hutchens , and H . Rust , and Bros . D . Davison , T . Puxley , J .

Lovelace , A . Shephard , and J . Francis of the Baring Lodge , No . 2602 , Cromer . The service was conducted by the Rev . E . W . Tourtell , curate in charge , who was assisted by the Rev . W . B . Dalby ( Kelling ) , and Mr . G . Wilkinson , who read the lesson . The collin was of polished oak , in brass fittings , and bore the inscription : " Charles Thomas Baker , born 22 nd May , 1842 , died 14 th August , 1900 . " Wreaths were sent by the widow and family ; " From Miles , with much

sympathy "; "In loving memory , Ada and her children "; "In affectionate remembrance , from Parsons and Sophie "; " In loving memory , from Bob ' . '; " In loving memory of dear cousin Tom "; " With sincere sympathy , from Helen and Wallace" ; also from Mr . F . W . Baker , the W . M . and brethren of the Baring Lodge , No . 2602 , Mr . and Mrs . Wilkinson , Mr . and Mrs . Scoley and

family , Dr . J . T . Skrimshire , Mr . and Mrs . Lee , Mr . and Mrs . Sydney Burroughes , Mr . and Mrs . Alfred Ling , Mr . and Mrs . H . S . Watson , Mr . an , d Mrs . W . J . Clarke , the Holt , Fakenham , Sheringham , and Hempstead farm employees , and two from the servants at the Acacias . As the brethren passed the grave each let fall a spray of the usual Masonic emblem .

BRO . JOHN FENWICK . A prominent figure in the social , commercial , and Masonic life in Queensland passed from our midst on 14 th July in the person of Bro . John Fenwick . The late brother had been more or less an invalid for some years , suffering from a chronic complaint , and on Wednesday , the nth July , became unconscious , remaining , with the exception of a few minutes' interval , in that state until his death . Bro . Fenwick was born in Newcastle , England , in September , 1823 . He arrived in Melbourne , Victoria , in 1854 , and resided there for some yearsuntil in

, the early sixties , in company with James Fenwick , he embarked in pastoral pursuits in Queensland , taking up Nullah Nullah Station , near Bowen . He was accompanied by his wife , who , it is worthy of note , was the first white woman to cross the Burdikin river . Owing to the unsuitability of the country for sheep , the venture was a failure , and he came to Brisbane in 1864 , and started in business as a stock and station agent , being joined at first by Mr . R . R . Mackenzie , and afterwards successively by Mr . J . Hamilton Scott and Mr . W . Kellettandlastlyby

, , , Mr . W . W . McLeod , the firm of Fenwick and Co . being one of the most respected in the Colonies . In 188 9 he paid a visit to the old country , but the climate was so uncongenial to him and Mrs . Fenwick , who was with him , that they had to hurry back to the sunnier south . Mrs . Fenwick died in 18 92 , and Bro . Fenwick never recovered from the shock . Bro . Fenwick was initiated in the Prince of Wales Lodge in 1866 . and was Master in 1869 . He was appointed District Grand Secretary in 1868 , which office he held until his death , dying , as he wished , in

harness . He was Past District Grand H . in Royal Arch , having held the office of M . E . Z . in the Prince of Wales and North Australian Chapters on several occasions . In 1897 he received Grand honours in the Grand Lodge and Grand Chapter . In the Mark Degree he was P . G . O . of England and Djputy Dist . G . M . of Queensland , Past Preceptor and Past Prior in the Order of the Temple ( Hinxman Preceptory ) , Past M . W . S . in the St . Aidan Chapter , and 30 in the A . and A . Scottish Rite , Past Commander N . in the St . George ( Royal Ark

Manners ) Lodge , No . 103 , & c . The funeral took place on 15 th July , the day following his death , at Toowong Cemetery ,, near Brisbane . Notwithstanding the shortness of the notice , 52 lodges in the district were represented , as well as the Grand Lodges in the Southern Colonies . Amongst others who were present were Bros , the Hon . A . C . Gregory , C . M . G ., Dist . G . Master , and B . L . Barnett , Dep . Dist . G . Master , and a large number of the other officers of Dist . G . Lodge , Present and Past •Bro . H . Courtenay Luck , Dist . G . Mark Master Masonand

, officers of the Dist . G . Mark Lodge ; Bro . Thomas Mylne , Dist . G . Master of the Scottish Constitution , and the officers of the Dist . G . Lod ge of Scotland ; Bro . Alfred Lerny , Dep . Prov . G . Master of the Irish Constitutian , and officers ' from the Irish Prov . G . Lodge ; and a large number of members of all Consti . tutions . The funeral cortege was the largest ever seen in Brisbane , and comprised members of both Houses of the Legislature and representative men of the

legal and medical professions and in the social and commercial world ; whilst the shoals of telegrams of condolence received from all parts of Australasia tesiifu-d to the esteem and respect in which our late brother was universally held . The service at the grave was conducted by Bro . the Rev . J . H . Roberts , Past Dist . G Chap ., the scene being most solemn and impressive , the hill-side being covered with the large assembly , while the grave was smothered with hundreds of floral tributes . May our departed brother rest in peace !

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