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Summary Of Smews For September.

a collier outside Dover Harbour , on the night of the 11 th of August , whereby the captain and some others were drowned . On the same day , a train ran over the body of a child , who had strayed upon the South Western line , near Guildford . On the 30 th , the Lords of the Admiralty , accompanied by the Home Secrefcarj ' , paid an official visit to Cork Harbour , and inspected the works at Haulbowline , and the convict establishment at Spike Island . The South London Floricultural Society closed the season with a magnificent flower show at Cremorne Gardens .

There was also on this day a formal meeting of the Convocation of the province of Canterbury . The Chambers only met for tho purpose of adjournment . An accident of a i r ery distressing character , occurred this day in Haversham Bay , resulting in the death of three young men , pupils of the scientific school there , who , while bathing , ivere carried by a ground swell , into deep waters , ancl drowned . On the 31 st , Isabella Mary Jolly , was committed from tho Westminster Police Court , charged with the murder of her mother at Brompton , of wliich mention was

made in our summary of last month . The same clay died Feargus O'Connor , late Member for Nottingham , ancl for a long time previously to his being afflicted with lunacy , a distinguished popular leader . The unfortunate man died in circumstances of great distress . The working classes in large numbers attended his remains to Kensal Green Cemetery , on the 10 th ult ., ancl by subscription among themselves , defrayed the expenses of his funeral . On the 1 st of September , the Rt . Hon . Sir J . Graham , Bart ., cut the first sod of a

branch of the Port Carlisle line to Silloth Bay . On the same day , Sir Charles Napier made public the correspondence which passed between himself while in command of the Baltic fleet , and the Rt . Hon . Baronet , Sir James Graham , as First Lord of the Admiralty . Several accidents took place on this day . By one , a gas explosion in his house , Chapel Street , Park Lane , Mr . Temple lost upwards of £ 40 , 000 ivorth of paintings and articles of verin . A fire the same evening , burnt down the extensive premises of Mr . Thacker , in Dame Street , Dublin . A gentleman was drowned by the upsetting of a boat in the Thames , near Putney .

A search was immediately made for the body , but without avail . Eight days afterwards it was found entangled in the piles for tbe erection of the new bridge , Westminster . Two brothers , named Lester , were also drowned this day , at Broad Pill , in Somersetshire . On the 2 nd , a painful discovery was made at Bath , aud a spendthrift of the name of Thomas Lutton , was happily detected in the parricidal attempt of slowly poisoning Mr . Charles Lutton , a respectable citizen of that city .

On the 3 rd , the Mayor of Worcester presided at a public meeting of the inhabitants of that city , at which resolutions condemnatory of capital punishment were agreed to . On the same clay , a meeting of the inhabitants of Derby , expressed themselves anxious to have the restoration of Poland , a condition of any treaty of peace with Russia . The return of the humane and benevolent Mrs . Bracebridge from the Military Hospitals in the East , was celebrated with great rejoicings at Atherston . There ivas a boiler losion at Prestonwherebone man lost his lifeA verdict

exp , y . of Manslaughter was returned by the Coroner ' s jury against the Engineer . On the 4 th , there appeared in the morning papers an account of the investiture of Omer Pacha , at Constantinople , by the English Ambassador , with the insignia of a Knight Grand Cross of the Bath . A coroner ' s jury , the same day , returned a verdict of Manslaughter , against a soldier named John Neal , who , in a quarrel , killed a fellow soldier , named Adriad Williams , in Cambridge BarracksPortsmouth .

, On the 5 th , the Canterbury Transport was lost off the Rock of Lisbon . The crew and passengers all escaped . The Early Closing Association commenced its winter campaign , with a public meeting at Exeter Hall .

“The Masonic Mirror: 1855-10-01, Page 57” Masonic Periodicals Online, Library and Museum of Freemasonry, 29 May 2025, django:8000/periodicals/mir/issues/mmg_01101855/page/57/.
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UNIFORMITY OF RITUAL. Article 1
FREEMASONRY IN ENGLAND. Article 4
MASONIC REMINISCENCES. Article 11
THE NEW CONSTITUTIONS OF THE FRENCH MASONS. Article 17
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE. Article 21
LONDON LODGES. Article 24
PROVINCIAL LODGES. Article 25
ROYAL ARCH. Article 42
SCOTLAND. Article 43
CORRESPONDENCE. Article 50
SUMMARY OF SMEWS FOR SEPTEMBER. Article 53
NOTICES. Article 59
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Summary Of Smews For September.

a collier outside Dover Harbour , on the night of the 11 th of August , whereby the captain and some others were drowned . On the same day , a train ran over the body of a child , who had strayed upon the South Western line , near Guildford . On the 30 th , the Lords of the Admiralty , accompanied by the Home Secrefcarj ' , paid an official visit to Cork Harbour , and inspected the works at Haulbowline , and the convict establishment at Spike Island . The South London Floricultural Society closed the season with a magnificent flower show at Cremorne Gardens .

There was also on this day a formal meeting of the Convocation of the province of Canterbury . The Chambers only met for tho purpose of adjournment . An accident of a i r ery distressing character , occurred this day in Haversham Bay , resulting in the death of three young men , pupils of the scientific school there , who , while bathing , ivere carried by a ground swell , into deep waters , ancl drowned . On the 31 st , Isabella Mary Jolly , was committed from tho Westminster Police Court , charged with the murder of her mother at Brompton , of wliich mention was

made in our summary of last month . The same clay died Feargus O'Connor , late Member for Nottingham , ancl for a long time previously to his being afflicted with lunacy , a distinguished popular leader . The unfortunate man died in circumstances of great distress . The working classes in large numbers attended his remains to Kensal Green Cemetery , on the 10 th ult ., ancl by subscription among themselves , defrayed the expenses of his funeral . On the 1 st of September , the Rt . Hon . Sir J . Graham , Bart ., cut the first sod of a

branch of the Port Carlisle line to Silloth Bay . On the same day , Sir Charles Napier made public the correspondence which passed between himself while in command of the Baltic fleet , and the Rt . Hon . Baronet , Sir James Graham , as First Lord of the Admiralty . Several accidents took place on this day . By one , a gas explosion in his house , Chapel Street , Park Lane , Mr . Temple lost upwards of £ 40 , 000 ivorth of paintings and articles of verin . A fire the same evening , burnt down the extensive premises of Mr . Thacker , in Dame Street , Dublin . A gentleman was drowned by the upsetting of a boat in the Thames , near Putney .

A search was immediately made for the body , but without avail . Eight days afterwards it was found entangled in the piles for tbe erection of the new bridge , Westminster . Two brothers , named Lester , were also drowned this day , at Broad Pill , in Somersetshire . On the 2 nd , a painful discovery was made at Bath , aud a spendthrift of the name of Thomas Lutton , was happily detected in the parricidal attempt of slowly poisoning Mr . Charles Lutton , a respectable citizen of that city .

On the 3 rd , the Mayor of Worcester presided at a public meeting of the inhabitants of that city , at which resolutions condemnatory of capital punishment were agreed to . On the same clay , a meeting of the inhabitants of Derby , expressed themselves anxious to have the restoration of Poland , a condition of any treaty of peace with Russia . The return of the humane and benevolent Mrs . Bracebridge from the Military Hospitals in the East , was celebrated with great rejoicings at Atherston . There ivas a boiler losion at Prestonwherebone man lost his lifeA verdict

exp , y . of Manslaughter was returned by the Coroner ' s jury against the Engineer . On the 4 th , there appeared in the morning papers an account of the investiture of Omer Pacha , at Constantinople , by the English Ambassador , with the insignia of a Knight Grand Cross of the Bath . A coroner ' s jury , the same day , returned a verdict of Manslaughter , against a soldier named John Neal , who , in a quarrel , killed a fellow soldier , named Adriad Williams , in Cambridge BarracksPortsmouth .

, On the 5 th , the Canterbury Transport was lost off the Rock of Lisbon . The crew and passengers all escaped . The Early Closing Association commenced its winter campaign , with a public meeting at Exeter Hall .

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