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BRO . EDWARD M . HUBBUCK , P . G . S . We regret to record the death , on the morning of the and inst ., at his residence , Rosenthal , Catford , Kent , of Bro . Edward Martin Hubbuck , a distinguished and ardent Freemason , Past Master and Treasurer of the Felicity Lodge , No . 5 S . He died at the comparatively early age of 64 after a very short illness . A neglected cold brought on pneumonia , to which he succumbed notwithstanding the

most eminent medical advice . He was never married , but as head of the old established firm of Messrs . Thos . Hubbuck and Sons , in the white lead and linseed oil business of Lime-street , City , his ample means enabled him to follow the generous impulse of his heart in dispensing benevolence and charity with a bountiful hand . His genial and hospitable disposition in private life , as well as his amiable character , will long be remembered by his friends

and associates , and his agreeable companionship will be regretted by all who knew him . For 40 years he had been a member of the Farriers City Company , of which he vvas Upper Warden , and would have been Master of the company next year . He vvas also a member of the New Thames Yacht Club , of the City Carlton and St . Stephen's Clubs . But it is as a hard working Freemason that Bro . Hubbuck will be best known to our readers . He was initiated in the

Felicity Lodge , then ISo . 66 , now No . 5 S , on the 20 th April , 1 S 57 , and vvas made a Master Mason on the 17 th June following . As the punctual coadjutor of Bro . Henry Muggeridge at the weekly meetings of the Stability Lodge of Instruction , from the time the lodge meetings were held at the Green Dragon Inn , Bishopsgate-street , whence it migrated to the Guildhall Coffee House and subsequently to Masons' Hall Tavern , Basinghall-street , many then

newly-initiated Masons during the last 25 years and many Past Masters of this day , together with not a few Past Grand Officers , vvill remember with grateful acknowled gment the instruction in the principles of the Craft and in the ritual of the ceremonies received from the lips of these two masters in Masonry . _ With Bro . Hubbuck the sometime irksome task of training a rough ashlar and shaping it to a perfect cube vvas indeed a labour consonant with his

love of Masonry , and most cheerfully and pleasantly in the absence of Bro . Muggeridge did he conduct this lodge of improvement with the strict verbal accuracy and impressive manner for which in all Ihe Masonic degrees the Stability Lodge has a well earned reputation . Bro . Hubbuck vvas of a disposition which led him not to seek promotion in Masonry beyond the position of universal respect he held in his mother lodge . He was Grand Steward in 1 S 62 , a liberal

contributor to the three Charities , to all of which he had served as Steward several times , and became either Vice-President or Life Governor of them . He attended Grand Lodge regularly , although he seldom spoke there . He vvas also a member of the Felicity Chapter of the Royal Arch , and belonged to the St . George ' s Lodge , No . 140 , as well as the Blackheath Lodge , No . 1320 , of which he was one of the founders . Our lamented brother ' s funeral took place

on Wednesday at Lee Cemetery , Kent , being attended by nearly 100 friends and brother Masons , besides his nephews and immediate relatives . The service vvas impressively read by the Rev . T . J . West , vicar of St . Mark ' s , Lewisham . Wreaths and floral crosses covered the coffin , and were afterwards deposited on the grave by loving hands . The

coffin , which vvas of polished oak , was laid in the family vault , and it vvas gratifying to see so many brethren of the Felicity Lodge present , who vyith other Masons cast into the open grave each one a sprig of acacia as a recognition of a Master in the Craft entered into rest . The worthy Tyler of the lodge vvas also at his post .

BRO . G . M . FELTON , C . C . It is with deep regret we have to report the death of Bro . George Matthew Felton at the early age of 49 years , which took place suddenly on the 4 th inst ., at his residence at Clapton . He was initiated in the Victoria Lodge , No . 1056 , on the 25 th September , 1 S 72 , and vvas a Past Master of that lodge ; he vvas the first Senior Warden of the Cripplepate Lodsre . No . 1613 , London , and its Master in 1 S 77 .

Bro . Felton was a leading member of the Corporation of the City of London , represented the Ward of Cripplegate Without in the Common Council , and last year filled theoffice of Chairman of the City Commission of Sewers . He had been Chairman of the C . ty of London School and was most highly respected and beloved by all who had the pleasure of his acquaintance , and his loss his most deeply deplored . We take the following from the City Press of the 7 th inst :

" Mr . Felton was born on November oth , 1 S 34 , in the Cityroad , and vvas educated at Dr . Tovvnley ' s school in Bishopsgate . After he had become well established in business he devoted a good deal of time to public work , notwithstanding the many claims he had upon his attention privately . He was chosen a member of the Court of Common Council in 1 S 74 , and was elected on several committees , among which vvas that of the City of London School , which he became

chairman of in 1 S 79 , when the designs for the rebuilding of the great establishment on the Thames Embankment had to be decided upon . How happily this matter vvas arranged is well known . In 1 S 77 he had become a member of the Commission of Sewers , and last year vvas elected chairman of that important body . He filled the office in a way that may be said to have given universalsatisfaction . Eminently practical and firm , he was yet remarkably conciliating , and

he made a host of friends by his force of character and his genial unassuming manner . At the end of his year of office the Commission , on the motion of Mr . Deputy White , seconded by Mr . Deputy Walter , passed the following resolution unanimously . 'That the best thanks of this Court are due and are hereby presented to George Matthew Felton , Esq ., for the able manner in which he has presided over the deli orations of the Commission during the

past year as chairman , and the Commissioners , whilst recognizing the ability and energy with which he has dealt with the various questions brought forward from time to time , appreciate the kindness and courtesy which he has extended to every member , and that they trust that he may long be spared to enjoy the reputation acquired by his aptitude and zeal in the public service .

the latter hope has not , unhapily , been realized . A sentence or two from his reply to the vote of thanks may be quoted as quite characteristic of him . He said : ' I can only wish I deserved half the encomiums that my friends have passed upon me , but this I will say , that 1 v , ave endeavoured to carry out the purpose for which you have placed me in this chair . I have . done

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that to the best of my ability , and I am pleased _ to see that it is appreciated . ' There is no vain-glory in this , neither is there mock humility . There is no effusiveness . Mr . Felton was accustomed to go straight to the mark , and having acknowledged the kindness and courtesy of

the Commission , he immediately went on to glance at the past , and to foreshadow the work and the responsibilities of the future . At yesterday ' s meeting of the Commission Mr . Felton's death vvas feelingly referred to by the Chairman , and a vote of condolence with the family was passed . "

BRO . JOHN DEIGUTON , P . G . D . Cambridge men of more than one generation vvill hear with sorrow of the death of V . W . Bro . John Deighton , P . G . D ., and for nearly a quarter of a century Deputy Prov . Grand Master for Cambridgeshire . He undertook the duties of Deputy Prov . Grand Master in somewhat troublous times . One of his first duties was to protest

against a motion made in a private lodge " that the Provincial Grand Master be requested to resign his office . " The fact that this motion vvas only defeated by one vote proved that the new Deputy Prov . Grand Master had no easy task before him ; but soon by firmness and courtesy he disarmed opposition and conciliated his adversaries . To-day the province of Cambridge—town and gown—is unanimous

in the grief over the friend and brother it has lost . Undoubtedly his great work was the foundation of the Isaac Newton University Lodge in the year 1 S 61 . AH Masons who were " up " at that time vvill remember how he gathered together the few undergraduates and B . As . who belonged to the Craft and encouraged them to apply for a warrant . He himself undertook the duties of Secretary ,

and in a few months the lodge had not only started , but vvas out of debt and flourishing . Many who have since been advanced to important positions in the Craft owe their earlier Masonic education to him . fhe Prov . Grand Master for Lincolnshire , the present Senior Grand Chaplain , the Deputy Prov . Grand Master for Berks and Bucks , and many others vvill gratefully acknowledge how much they

owe to him . Nor vvas it only in the Craft that he lived a useful life ; he was Alderman and J . P . for the borough of Cambridge , and , had he desired it , might have been Mayor . As a medical man he was beloved by all his patients , rich and poor ; the former vvill remember gratefully the " skill

and ability " with which he tended them in their hours of pain and sickness , and the poor will never forget how much he did for them . Only his most intimate friends knew that , busy as he was , he found time to give his valuable professional services when there vvas little chance of earthly fee or reward .

BRO . JAMES SHUTER , M . D ., F . R . C . S . Bro . James Shuter , M . D ., F . R . C . S ., of St . Bartholomew ' s and the Royal Metropolitan Free Hospitals , a brother very highl y respected and beloved , died suddenly on Thursday morning , the 1 st inst ., by misadventure , having taken a large dose of morphia in mistake for an ordinary draught . Bro . Shuter had attained great eminence in his profession ,

and a long and prosperous career seemed to be before him . His friends were warm and numerous and it was a terrible shock to them to learn of his untimely end . Bro . Shuter vvas initiated in the Lodge Loyalty and Charity , No . 15 S 4 , Kew Bridge , in 1879 , and the lodge vvill be in mourning on the toth for respect to his memory . He vvas buried at Kensal Green Cemetery on the 7 th , the Venerable Archdeacon

Emery , formerly college tutor of the deceased , officiating . The ordinary lectures and classes were suspended for the day , and the medical and surgical staff ( Bro . Shuter ' s colleague ' s ) as well as a large number of students and of former students now in practice , were in attendance to testify by their presence and their undoubted grief to the loss they had sustained .

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BIRTHS . BERGER . —On the 4 th inst ., at Oxford-gardens , the wife of L . N . Berger , of a daughter . M 00 RE . —On the sth inst ., at the Barracks , Brecon , the wife of G . K . Moore , Lieutenant 24 th Regiment , of a daughter .

PHILIPS . —On the and inst ., at Hounslow , the wife of Licut .-Colonel Philips , 4 th Hussars , of a son . RENDEL . —On the 4 th inst ., at Lancaster Gate , the wife of J . Rendel , of a daughter . TOD . —On the 7 th inst ., at Sans Souci , The Park , Highgate , N ., the wife of John Tod , of a daughter .

MARRIAGES . ELVIN—WILLIAMS , —On the 30 th ult ., at St . George ' s Church , Hanover-square , Bro . John Elvin , S . D . La Tolerance Lodge , No . 538 , and Preceptor to the Lodge of Instruction , to Gertrude , daughter of Bro .

Thomas Williams , P . M . GODLEV—SAYCE . —OP . the Cth inst ., at St . Mary ' s , Monmouth , the Rev . E . R . Godley , rector ot Tintern , to Florence Emily , daughter of the late VV . Sayce , formerly of the Knoll , Abergavenny .

DEATHS . FELTON . —On the 4 th inst ., at Clapton , Bro . George Matthew Felton , C . C , aged 49 . HUBBUCK . —On the 2 nd inst ., after a short illness , Bro . Edward Martin Hubbuck , P . M . 5 S , P . G . S ., of Rosenthal , Catford , and Lime-street , City , in the 04 th year of his age .

SHUTER . —On the 1 st inst ., by misadventure , Bro . James Shuter , M . A ., M . B . ( Cantab ) , F . R . C . S ., son of J . L . Shuter , of Lawn House , Tufncll-park-road , Holloway , aged 37 . SPECK . —On the 3 rd inst ., atFullmm-park-gardens , S . W ., T . S . Speck , Esq ., aged 47 .

TKEDWELL . —On the 5 th inst ., at St . John ' s Lodge , Lower Norwood , S . E ., Anne , widow of T . Tredvvell , Esq ., aged 71 . TUXI'ORU . —On the 20 th ult ., at Castelnau-villas , Barnes , Surrey , W . R . Tuxford , son of Weston and Jane Tuxford , aged 27 .

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Bro . ALFRED BROOKMAN- AXD THE NEW BRIDGE ACROSS THE RIVER THAMES . —In the Court of Common Council last week , Uro . A . Brookman proposed : "That the bridge House Estates Committee be relieved from the various references sent to it by by this Court upon matters relating to communications between the North and South sides of the River lhames east of London Bridge , and that such references , together with consideration of the whole

matter , be referred to a special committee to be appointed by the l ^ ourt , and that instructions be given to such committee to report forthwith thereon , especially as to the desirability ot erecting a low level brid ge with openings on a site either between the lower and St . Kathcrine ' s Docks , or west of the 1 ower by Great Tower Hill . " He disclaimed anv idea of discourtesy to or censure on his colleagues of the Bridge House Estates Committee ; that would be unbecoming for him and undeserved

on their part . But he vvas convinced that no scheme which did not comprehend Ihe construction of a bridge across the Thames cast of London Bridge would give sufficient relief to the traffic requirements , and he held an equally strong conviction that it would be a waste of time to fry and further induce the Committee to bring up a report embodying such a plan . He therefore asked the Corporation to appoint a special committee

charged specially to report on this question . He reminded them of the several deputations that had waited upon the Corporation in May , with a request for a low level bridge , when nothing vvas urged with respect to a ferry , and on that occasion he felt it his duty to vote with the majority , who were in favour of the memorials going to the Coal and Corn and Finance Committee , believing it vvas better another body than the Bridue House Estates Committee

should deal with the question . That Committee soon went to work and brought up a report , upon which the Corporation ordered , on the 19 th July , that the communications should be provided without delay , and he contended that this was a . distinct recommendation that bridge facilities should be arranged for . The Bridge House Estates Committee , to whom the reference vvas transferred , ignored that , and had onl y answered a part of their instructions

in deciding to apply for permission to divert their funds for the provision of steam fcrrier . In the hope that something useful might be done , he signed the report , for the necessity was immediate , and he was informed that the ferries might be placed on the river in something like four months . The Committee had not indicated the cost of the site of those ferries . Uro . Brookman expressed regret that maps had not been provided by which

the formation of the river might be considered , and this omission he attributed to the influence brought to bear by the Committee , who had declined to assist him . Ferries should be placed from Limehouse to the Commercial Docks , and from Millwall to Greenwich ; but the onl y plan the Committee entertained was the purchase of the Thames steam ferries , which had proved such a failure , and also to put another ferry across the river near the Tower , where it

vvas absolutely dangerous . He therefore thought it lime to speak out , and he asked that the Clerk would read ihe last resolution arrived at by the Bridge I louse Estate Commiitee . They had no business to appeal to Pailiamcnt without the Corporation knowing their plans , and he declared that the Committeeintendcd to do what the Corporation did not wish . The Corporation desired that accommodation should be provided , but the only proposal before the

Committee was that the plant of the steam ferry company should be leased for £ 30 , 000 for a few years , with , & 5 ooo extra for Sundays , or that it should be purchased for £ 50 , 000— £ 50 , 000 for a proved failure , which would not satisfy anybody except the sellers . Bro . Brookman wished to ask the Remembrancer whether he had received any instructions from the Committee to promote a Bill for the diversion of the funds

of the Bridge House Estates , with the object of leasing and establishing a ferry at Wapping?—It was decided that the question should not be answered . —Bro . Brookman proceeded , amid constant interruplion , to quote from the reports of various officials on the subject of Thames communications . Their engineer , he stated , had declared that ferries would only be useful much lower down the river , where a bridge would not be contemplated , and that ferries

to cross near the Tower were not the proper means of relief . Colonel Haywood had stated that the river near the Tower vvas so crowded with shipping and passenger steamboats that the management of the large pontoons necessary for the conveyance of horses and carriages would be attended with great inconvenience and difficulty , if not with danger . Pointing out that to the west there were fourteen bridges to a population of 2 , 300 , 000 , the engineer asserted it was

preposterous the use of a single bridge would be sufficient for a population of ij million . Bro . Brookman maintained that it was quite within the power of the Corporation to pay for a bridge , and that it vvas within the mark when he said that the Chamberlain would tell them there were ample funds available . He would ask them , were they doing their duty in keeping these funds locked up , and in permitting the large taxation which the Metropolitan

coard ot Works would have to exact if they were left to provide the accommodation ? Bro . Brookman , continuing his arguments , reminded the members that great dissatisfaction existed with respect to the proposed tunnel of the Board of Works . But he urged that if the Corporation determined to build a bridge , the Board might reconsider their determination , and would also co-operate with the Corporation with respect to the approachesas well as

-, pro v ' deTerry accommodation down the river . He appealed to the Corporation not to permit the money of the Committee to be frittered away in failures . —Bro . VV . S . Cover moved the previous question , on the ground that Bro . Brookman had given no grounds why the Bridge House Estates Committee should not conduct the references to the end . Nor had he touched rn the ways and means , and it should be

remembered no other Committee could deal with the funds of the Bridge House Estates . —Bro . Brookman denied the assertion of Bro . Gover that he had not considered ways and means . He repeated that there would not be the slightest difficulty in providing the funds for building the bridge . The Chamberlain would be able to satisfy them that the enormous increase of wealth in the Bridge House Estates would permit it to be done .

v — MADAME Tuss . vun AS'H SON ' S EXHIBITION . —Portr . iit Mmlds ot President Grevy , the Conite de Paris , One de Nemo-ire , late Comtede Chambord , and M . VVadilhifjlon . fo-Ui r . nirt Ureses from the hrst Parisian houses . Captain Webb ( t .-il ; eii from life ; Mr . 'Charles Famuli , M . P . Also lames Carev , ihe Informer ! MARUOOI ) ( taken from sittings just prior lo h ' i ^ death ) now on view . Admission is , L ' Mra rooms Od . Open from lolillio . [ ADVT . J