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Masonic Chit Chat.
three pictures which , it appeared , he had sent to adorn the room . He ( Mr . Cresweil ) believed that one of the grand Masonic festivals was held on St . John ' s day . One of the pictures in question was that of St . John , which , along with the others , was presented to Mr . Broadbent for the use ofthe Lodge , ancl to adorn the room in which they held their meetings . Mr . Bradley died in 1832 . An account of his property was taken , and it would appear that the three pictures in question were left out of the
inventory by the express desire of his widow , the present defendant , who told the appraiser that tliey belonged to the Freemasons . She afterwards married a Mr . Ledward , who continued the inn . Mr . Ledward died also , and from that time forward the defendant claimed the pictures as her own property . After commenting on the three pleas of the defendant , and observing that he should disprove them all , the learned gentleman called his witnesses .
Mr . Thomas Townsend , an auctioneer ancl appraiser , at Ashtonunder-Lyne , proved that about the year 1833 or 1834 , he took an inventory of the furniture ancl stock of Mr . Bradley . He noticed two or three pictures in the Lodge-room . Mrs . Bradley told him that he was not to take an account of the pictures , for they belonged to the Freemasons , and were a present that Mr . Astley had made to the Lodge . He completed his valuation without including the ictures .
p A formal demand of the pictures , as the property of the plaintiff , was then put in , and its service on the defendant proved . On receiving it she said , " Very well ; I will send it to my attorney . " Under the direction of his Lordship , the jury found for the plaintiff for the damages in the declaration , the defendant having liberty to move
to enter a nonsuit ; ancl it heing understood that the damages were to be reduced to a shilling on the return of the pictures , in the event of the verdict being confirmed . INTET-MENT OF MRS . TYNTE . —In the sepulchral aisle appropriated to the Halswell family , in the church at Goathurst , on the 21 st of April , was interred the body of Elizabeth , wife of Charles John Kemeys Tynte , Esq ., late M . P . for the AA estern Division of this county , and
Prov . G . M . for Monmouthshire . It may be interesting to the curious in sepulchral antiquities to be informed , that , during the process of excavating the ground for the interment of this excellent and much lamented lady , about three feet and a half below the surface of the pavement , were discovered two skeletons , male ancl female , ly ing parallel to each other : their heads slightly raised as on a small p illow ; their hands ancl arms folded across Ancl h of
their breasts in the attitude of prayer . , althougevery particle the softer parts of their composition , ancl even the materials of the coffins had mouldered into dust , the bones remained quite perfect . The hair of the female , however , was not destroyed ; some portions of it in good preservation , of a deep brown colour , and retaining its braided or plaited form . The teeth , preserving their natural whiteness and enamel , remained firmly fixed in their sockets ; the mouth closed . This skeleton The lower of the male
measured five feet eight inches in length . jaw had in some measure dropped ; the teeth loose , and not so white ; but , in the upper jaw , as securely fixed as those in the female . In both subjects , the ribs ancl the other boundaries of the thorax still remained vi situ . The pelvis , and the bones of the lower extremities , sound , and not at all displaced . A quantity of wood ashes , surrounding the bodies , retaining the usual grey colour , proves that it was then customary to roL . v . H H
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Masonic Chit Chat.
three pictures which , it appeared , he had sent to adorn the room . He ( Mr . Cresweil ) believed that one of the grand Masonic festivals was held on St . John ' s day . One of the pictures in question was that of St . John , which , along with the others , was presented to Mr . Broadbent for the use ofthe Lodge , ancl to adorn the room in which they held their meetings . Mr . Bradley died in 1832 . An account of his property was taken , and it would appear that the three pictures in question were left out of the
inventory by the express desire of his widow , the present defendant , who told the appraiser that tliey belonged to the Freemasons . She afterwards married a Mr . Ledward , who continued the inn . Mr . Ledward died also , and from that time forward the defendant claimed the pictures as her own property . After commenting on the three pleas of the defendant , and observing that he should disprove them all , the learned gentleman called his witnesses .
Mr . Thomas Townsend , an auctioneer ancl appraiser , at Ashtonunder-Lyne , proved that about the year 1833 or 1834 , he took an inventory of the furniture ancl stock of Mr . Bradley . He noticed two or three pictures in the Lodge-room . Mrs . Bradley told him that he was not to take an account of the pictures , for they belonged to the Freemasons , and were a present that Mr . Astley had made to the Lodge . He completed his valuation without including the ictures .
p A formal demand of the pictures , as the property of the plaintiff , was then put in , and its service on the defendant proved . On receiving it she said , " Very well ; I will send it to my attorney . " Under the direction of his Lordship , the jury found for the plaintiff for the damages in the declaration , the defendant having liberty to move
to enter a nonsuit ; ancl it heing understood that the damages were to be reduced to a shilling on the return of the pictures , in the event of the verdict being confirmed . INTET-MENT OF MRS . TYNTE . —In the sepulchral aisle appropriated to the Halswell family , in the church at Goathurst , on the 21 st of April , was interred the body of Elizabeth , wife of Charles John Kemeys Tynte , Esq ., late M . P . for the AA estern Division of this county , and
Prov . G . M . for Monmouthshire . It may be interesting to the curious in sepulchral antiquities to be informed , that , during the process of excavating the ground for the interment of this excellent and much lamented lady , about three feet and a half below the surface of the pavement , were discovered two skeletons , male ancl female , ly ing parallel to each other : their heads slightly raised as on a small p illow ; their hands ancl arms folded across Ancl h of
their breasts in the attitude of prayer . , althougevery particle the softer parts of their composition , ancl even the materials of the coffins had mouldered into dust , the bones remained quite perfect . The hair of the female , however , was not destroyed ; some portions of it in good preservation , of a deep brown colour , and retaining its braided or plaited form . The teeth , preserving their natural whiteness and enamel , remained firmly fixed in their sockets ; the mouth closed . This skeleton The lower of the male
measured five feet eight inches in length . jaw had in some measure dropped ; the teeth loose , and not so white ; but , in the upper jaw , as securely fixed as those in the female . In both subjects , the ribs ancl the other boundaries of the thorax still remained vi situ . The pelvis , and the bones of the lower extremities , sound , and not at all displaced . A quantity of wood ashes , surrounding the bodies , retaining the usual grey colour , proves that it was then customary to roL . v . H H