Obituary For 1878.

John May , of Plymouth ; John Miller , Deputy Grand Master of Madras ; John Henderson , P . M . 829 , Woolwich ; J . B . ForshaAv , of Ormskirk , W . M , of the West Lancashire lodge , 1403 ; G . Bubb , P . M . 190 , St . James ' s Union Lodge ; Prince Lucien Murat , for a while President of the Masonic Lodges of France under the Empire ; R . Wentworth Little , P . M ., and founder of the Rose of Denmark Lodge , 975 , Secretary of the Royal Jlasonic Institution for Girls , etc . ( Bro . Little Avas most active in all true Masonic work , and was deservedly held in the highest esteem ; his loss will be long felt by a large

circle of sympathising friends ); Thomas-Austin , P . M . 933 , and P . Z . 933 ; John Luter , of Cowes , of late years Tyler of Medina Lodge ; Dr . J . M . Cunningham , of Sussex , P < M . 315 , and 811 Brighton ; J . Verity , J . W . 1194 , Isleworth ; W . Brasier , of Margate , Union lodge , Kent , P , Z ., etc . ; Albert Schmidt , of Jersey ; W . W . Squires , of Nelson , NOAV Zealand ; S . H . Wagstaff , P . M . 1216 , P . Z ., etc . ; J . R . McDaniel , Past Grand Commander of Virginian Templars , at Washington ; the King of Hanover , Past Grand Master of the Old Grand Lodge of Hanover ; Robert Bagshawe , P . G . M ., and P-G . P . of the Province of Essex ; Samuel James Harvey , of Cainberwell , P . M . Skelmersdale Lodge , 1658 ; Sh- F . M . Williams , Bart ., M . P ., Deputy Grand Master of Cornwall , a Past

Grand Warden of England , and a munificent supporter of the charities ; J . A . Gooch , of Norwich , W . M . Lodge Prudence ; W . Cowling , P . M . York Lodge , 236 ; 0 . Jardine , P . M . 140 , St . George ' s Lodge ( droAvned in the Princess Alice disaster ); R . D . Duckett , of Lodge 228 ; William Winch , of the Lodge of Unions , 256 , Margate ; William Smith , C . E ., P . G . S ., P . M ., and P . Z . 33 ; F . W . Thiel , P . M . of Canterbury Lodge , 1048 , New Zealand ; Samuel Tomkins , Grand Treasurer ; Foster White , P . G-D ., Treasurer of St . Bartholomew ' s Hospital ; Edwd . BeckwithNew Cross ; Geo . LaAVof the Lion

, , and Lamb Lodge and Jerusalem Chapter ; John Mnhvarn , P . M ., at Longmore , near Buxton ; William Henry Sleeman , P . M . Gosport Lodge , 903 ; John Nealds , Secretary Eoyal Alfred Lodge , 777 ; John Johnstone , proprietor of the Standard ; J . Bond-Cabbell , J . P ., of Cromer Hall . Norfolk ; John Bosworth , P . M . 1328 ; George Woodley , of the Star of the East Lodge , 880 , Island of ^ -ante ; John Green , P . M . Lion Lodge , Whitby , 312 ; John LemonP . M . and P . Z . 327 Witon ; Francis FellowsS . W . of Lodge 192 ;

, , g , Woolf Lions , P . M . 1326 , and P . Prov . G . Reg . Middlesex ; Walter Graham , Lodge St . AndreAv , 418 , Auckland , New Zealand . The Times gives us the folloAving admirable summary of ' the general deaths in 1878 , Avhich Ave transfer gladly to the Slagazine , as deserving note by all our readers .

The record of " Death ' s Doings" for the year that has now reached its close is rather a long one , and contains in it several names-of world-Avide note . It is remarkable also for the many blanks which have been caused in Royal circles in Europe ancl in other parts of the Avorld Avithin the past twelvemonth . Among the crowned , or once crowned , heads of Europe and other Royal circles there have passed the following : —Victor EmmanuelKing of Italand his rival

away , y , , -Pope Pius IX . ; the Dowager Queen ( Christina ) of Spain , and the young Queen Mercedes , of Spain ; George , ex-King of Hanover ; the King of Burmah ; Prince Henry of Reussilostritz , and his Princess ; Charles , Duke of Schleswig-Holstein ; Prince Lucien Murat ; the Archduke Francis Charles , father of the Emperor of Austria ; the little Princess Marie of Hesse-Darmstadt ; and last , though not least , her mother , our own Princess Alice .

To the aboA ' e must be added five members of "the Sacred College of Cardinals " ( who rank Avith Royalty )—namely , Brossais-St . Marc , Amat , Berardi , Franchi , Cullen , and Asquini . From the roll of the Peerage of the three Kingdoms the following have passed uY ~ ~ Tlle ] Dul £ e of Cumberland ( ex-King of Hanover ); the Earls of Dysart , Russell , Ashburnham LauderdaleNortheskBathurst worthand Leitrimthe

, , , , Ravens , ; Marquises t Ailesbury and Tweeddale ; the Countess of Newburgh ; Viscount Southwell ; Lords m ' , cllelmsford , and Dynevor ; and the Baroness Gray . S" TV e lowing Baronets have died since the commencement of the year 1878 : — w . Richard Griffith , Sir George C . Colt-hurst , Sir Frederick M . Williams , Sir Courtenay J . ¦ Uonywood , Sir William Miles , Sir James Grant-Suttie , the Rev . Sir Thomas E . Wil ' mot