The Sun.
London, England, 1821-12-06 00:00:00

JAMES PERRY, EsQ.

This Gentleman, who has long been well
known to the Public as the Editor and chief, and
for many latter years, we believe, sole Proprietor
of The Morning Chronicle, closed his earthly
career on Tuesday last at Brighton. He had
suffered for a long time under a severe bodily
complaint, which admitted of no final cure. He
bore it, we understand, with patience 'and forti-
tude. He was peculiarly well qualified for the
situation of Conductor of a public Journal, by a
shrewd penetrating mind, great political expe-
rience, and facility of composition. He must
have nearly reached the seventieth year of his
age, but his mental faculties, we are assured, re-.
mained unimpaired to the last, though it is
understood that he had long been incapable
of literary exertions for the support of his
Journal. The necessity, therefore, of sub-
mitting the conduct of his Paper to other
hands will account for any deviation from the
strict principles of WitiGuism, which he pro-
fessed in early life, and uniformly maintained,
and for its tendency towards doctrines which have
been rendered too prevalent by the French Re-
volution. In his private character he was intel-
ligent, social, and benevolent. His intimacy
with the leading men of his Party enabled him
to obtain an extensive correspondence from many
men of wit and learning, which rendered his paper
altogether one of the most amusing Journals of
the time. His Party, therefore, will suffer much
by the loss of a man in whose judgment, honour,
and fidelity, they could securely confide. We
cannot conclude this brief tribute to a Gentle-
man, whose taste and independence placed him
fa; above that conduct which has too often been

imputed to the literary adjuncts of a Public Jour-
nal, better than by inserting the character which
Sir JAMES MAGICITsiTOSII gave of him in the House
of Commons, in the progress of the Blasphemous
and Seditious Libel Bill.—Sir JAMES expressed
himself in the following manner :
" lie knew a Gentleman who had had the conducting of one
of the Journals of this country for more than forty years. He
wished the House to consider for a moment the power this Gen-
tleman derived from the situation in which he was placed—to
consider the hurry in which - he was obliged to write—the
warmth which he could not fail frequently to feel, and which
he ought to feel—the number of persons to whom he was ne-
cessarily accessible—that he was exercising a power almost
despotic over the feelings and characters of innumerable indi-
viduals—and yet that with all these temptations to abuse—(and
here he would suppose him secured always from greater temp-
tations by his well known integrity, and the incorruptibility of
ins character—he would suppose it impossible that he could be
ever charged with venality, indecency, or improper motives of
any description)—:,wet, notwithstanding all these temptations,
he had never been even subject to an accusation for private
slander, and never been convicted of a public libel. The House
might suppose that he had been-favoured by the ruling poiver
but so far from this being the case, he had seen the men whom
he had always supported only 3 years in office. He would ask,
whether there were many men in Europe who could have come
through a period of such length, under the influence of so '
many trying circumstances, with so much credit to themselves ?
He would ask, if there were many men in Europe exposed to
so many temptations as this Gentleman, who, for more than 37
years, had been the Conductor of the principal Opposition
Paper—he meant the Proprietor of " THE Mons's° Cum)
NICLE?"
This liberal and just panegyric, Mr. CANNING,
then on the Treasury Bench,. supported in the
following -terms :
" He should say, with respect to the individual to whom he
(Sir J. 31 Ac o an) had "mite particularly alluded—that from
some circumstances he happened to be acquainted with—in his
own mind he was convinced he deserved that character which
had been given of him by his Hon. and Learned Friend."
Mr. 'l'tutt.t. trianate'rviiith prtidence the large
fortune which he had acquired by his talents and
assiduity. lie had collected a Library which in
many respects might bear a comparison with the
best private collections in this country. In his
domestic relations he was affectionate and liberal
and to his friends in general kind, attentive, and
hospitable.

JAMES PERRY, ESQ.—Died, on Tuesday, at
his house at Brighton, JAMES PERRY, Esq., Edi-
tor and Proprietor of The Morning Chronicle.—
This event will be deeply regretted in the lite-
rary and political world, in which he possessed
an extensive acquaintance. As the Editor of a
Newspaper, the public Press is greatly indebted
to him for the support «•rich it derived, in cha-
racter and respectability, from hilf liberal, uni-
form, and independent conduct. Early in life
he attached himself to the Whig Party, and,
steady and consistent, he maintained their prin-
ciples to his death. lie was a man of a strong,
discriminating mind, and in the private relations
of life highly esteemed as a father and a friend.
Although far advanced in years, his constitution
promised a much greater length of (lays ; but it
had been for some time gradually yielding to a
severe infernal disease, which baffled all human
skill.—( British Press.)

it • WIF7.
MASONIC NOTICES FOR NEXT WEEK.
ENGLAND.

Monday, December 10, LONDON.- Nos. 40, 100; 143, 241,
319, 333.
COUNTRY. Nos. 97, 131, 243, 320,
360, 378, 433, 437, 473,
517, 524, 536, 546, 538,
570, 574, 578, 597, 643,
701, 710.
- 11, LONDON. Nos. 23, 62, 290, 300, 316,
367, 479.
COUNTRY. Nos. 24, 67, 87, 130, 138,
145, 211, 263, 285, 292,
340, 427, 477, 537, 592,
604, 626, 640, 649, 668,
714.
Wednesday, - 12, LONDON. Nos. 3, 11, 16, 19, 29, 47,
79, 92, 96, 237, 257, 334,
353, 435.
COUNTRY. Nos. 54,121, 159, 164,.213,
215, 232, 291, 314, 344,
440, 442, 447, 472, 473,
543, 563, 647, 661.
13, LONDON. Nos. 6, 18, 194, 271, 299,
301326, 338, 499.
COUNTRY. Nos. 31, [lO,lll, 115,153,
172, 178, 269, 278, 354,
397, 506, 531, 540, 591,
•
637, 670.
- 14, LONDON. Nos. 128, 161, 275.
COUNTRY. Nos. 53, 282, 283.
- 15, LONDON. * * •
COUNTRY. No. 64.
IRELAND.
Monday; December 10, DUBLIN. No. 100.
Tuesday, 11, DUBLIN. No. 930.
C6ux. No. 71.
Wednesday, - 12, DUBLIN. 'Nos, 137, 141.
Thursday, - 13, DUBLIN. Nos. 6, 55.
It is proper to add, that though we have been favoured with
very copious information respecting the state of the Craft in
Ireland, it does not enable us to extend our Masonic Notices to
all the Lodges in Ireland, but that we expect soon to receive
from the same friendly sources such fitrther documents as will
put us in possession of the necessary information for this purpose.

Tuesday,

Thursday,

Friday,

Saturday,

ENGLAND.

It is our pleasing duty this week to announce to our Masonic
Readers, that it appears by the list of Lodges holding under
the Grand Lodge of England, inserted in the Freemasons' Calen-
dar for next year, which has just been published, that twenty-
two new Lodges have been added to the list published last year.
Of these, eleven are in the kingdom of Hanover, one at Frank-
fort, and One at Nurnberg; one in the Bay of Honduras, and
two in the West Indies ; three in England, two in Wales, and
one Regimental Lodge. They are as follows :-
723, British Constitutional Lodge, Bay of Honduras.
724, Lodge of Fortitude and Perseverance, in the 80th R. Foot.
725, Lodge of Sympathy, Star lnn, Wotton-under-Edge.
728, Cambrian Lodge, White Hart, Neath, Glamorganshire.
727, Good Hope Lodge, Cape of Good Hope.
728, St. David's Lodge, Milford, Pembrokeshire.
729, Lodge of Unanimity, King's Head, Rochester.
730, Royal Sussex Lodge, Island St. Vincent.
731, St. George's Lodge f Unanimity and Fidelity, Red Lion,
Petersfield, Hants.
732, St. George's Lodge, St. George's, Grenada.
733, Lodge of Probity and Freedom, Threadneedle-st., Burnley.
734, Lodge Socrates zur Standhaftigkeit, Frankfort.
735, Lodge Joseph zur Einigkeit, Nurnberg.
936, Lodge of the Brilliant Star, Celle, Hanover.
737, Lodge George of the Three Columns, Einbeck, Hanover.
738, Lodge Augusta of the Golden Compass, Gottingen, Ha-
nover.
739, Lodge at the Cedar, City of Hanover.
740, Lodge St. Alban, of the True Fire, Hags, Hanover.
741, Lodge Selena, of the Three Tovfers, Luneberg, Hanover.
742, Lodge Pythagoras, of the Three Streams, Munden, Ha-
nover.
743, Lodge George of the Silver Unicorn, Nienberg, Hanover.
744, Lodge of the Temple of Harmony, Osterode, Hanover.
Gratifying as this increase of numbers is, it is still more
gratifying to observe the general activity which pervades the Craft
in England, and the attention which is now universally paid to
the qualification of candidates for admission to a participation in
the privileges of the Order, a matter of more real importance to
the Institution than any accesion of numbers, or the greatest in-
crease in our funds that could take place. Although it is true
that few societies are exempted from censure, and that the oc-
casional irregularities of Masons have exposed the fraternity to
a full share of unmerited reproach, yet it is certain that by per-
severance in a prudent and enlightened conduct, the character
of an institution, having pure principles for its basis, may be
moulded to so great excellence, and be so durably established,
that it shall be hardly possible for prejudice or detraction to de-
fame it, or even for the occasional misconduct of some of its own
members to inflict upon it any permanent injury. One im-
portant step in the course of improvement, is the increased at-
tention which is now paid to the qualifications of the brethren
who preside at our meetings. When they are properly instruct-
ed, previous to entering upon the discharge of their offices, and
are duly impressed with the weight and responsibility of the
solemn trust reposed in them, a general reformation, we may
be assured, is not far distant. The propriety of our government
will then be universally acknowledged ; and all men will be
constrained to admit, that our honours are deservedly conferred.
The ancient consequence of the Order will be restored, and its
high reputation be preserved in perpetuity. Prudent actions
and moral virtue shall distinguish and justify our title to the
honours of Masonry, and our regular deportment display the
influence and utility of our rules, and of the beneficent prin-
ciples in which those excellent rules have originated.
We are sorry to admit (though indeed it is an obvious truth)
that many have enrolled their names in our records for the mere
purposes of conviviality, without inquiring into the nature of
the particular engagements to which they are subjected by be-
coming Masons ; and that several have been induced by motives
of interest, or by a desire to gratify an idle curiosity, while
some have been induced to join us for the mere purpose of
having opportunities to display their own powers of pleasing
as jolly companions. A general indifference and careless-
ness to Masonic duties, and the danger of the Institution falling
into contempt, or incurring odium, have been the necessary
results of such conduct, and of the ignorance or supineness
of too many of the Lodges, by which such irregular conduct
was permitted. Improper persons, thus improperly admitted
into the fraternity, being ignorant of the true nature of the In-
stitution, were induced to recommend others of the same cast
with themselves ; and hence, till lately, the true knowledge of
our sublime art decreased with the increase of its members ; the
most valuable parts and intentions of Masonry, were too fre-
quently abandoned or turned into ridicule ; and principles were
buried in oblivion which arc calculated to dignify the most exalt-
ed characters. The society has consisted of a vast variety of mem-
, bers, a very small number of whom werez eally conversant with the
tenets. of the Institution ; and-therefore we cannot wonder that
' few should have been distinguished for exemplary lives. Per-
sons who were precipitately introduced into the mysteries of the
Art, without the necessary qualifications, could not be ex-
peeled to pay much regard to the observance of duties which
were openly violated by their own initiation. By such indiscre-
tions, the best of Institutions was, in some measure, brought
into contempt, and the more deserving part of the community
justly, conceived a prejudice against the Society, of which
it was difficult afterwards to wipe off the impression.—
But it may be averred in favour of Masonry, that whatever
im-
perfections may have been found among its professors, the In-
stitution countenances no deviation from the rules of right rea-
son. While our laws are properly supported, they will be
proof against every attack of our most inveterate enemies.
Fiiendship and social delights can never be the object of re-
proach ; nor can that wisdom which time has sanctified be sub-
ject to ridicule. Men are not always aware, that by decrying
any laudable system, they derogate from the dignity of human
nature itself, and from that good order and wise disposition of
things, which the Almighty Author of the world has framed
for the government of mankind, and established as the basis
of the moral system. Whoever attempts to censure what he
does not comprehend, degrades himself ; and the generous heart
will always be led to pity the mistakes of such .ignorant pre-
sumption. To soothe the unhappy by sympathizing with their
misfortunes, and to restore peace and tranquillity to agitated
spirits, constitute the general and great ends of the Masonic
Institution. Masons are shocked at misery under every
fonn and appearance. When they behold an object pining
under the afflictions of a distressed body or mind, they
strive with healing accents to mitigate the pain of the un-
happy sufferer. When their pity is excited, they labour
to assuage grief, and cheerfully exert themselves to re-
lieve distress. If a, brother be in want, every heart is moved.
'When he is hungry, we feed him ; when he is naked, we clothe
him ; when he is in trouble, we fly to his relief. Thus we con-
firm the propriety of the title we bear, and convince thq
world, that the endearing appellation of " Bzother," amongst

`Masons, is something more than a film!. Our charitable
establishments, oui-quarterly contributions, and our private
subscriptions and donations, prove that we arc ever ready
with cheerfulness to alleviate the misfortunes of our fel•
low creatures. But our charity is discriminating ; for though
our benevolence, like our laws, be unlimited, yet our hearbe
glow principally with affection toward the more deserving past
of mankind.

The greatest danger to which this admirable Institution W 55
ever, perhaps, subjected, was the excessive desire which lately
actuated the general body, of rapidly enlarging the number of
members. While it is desirable that Masonry should univer-
sally flourish, it is by no means NECESSARY to itS-
versality, that the fraternity should embrace; not only all
climes and all countries, but all mankind., Wheie must be a
Moral fitness in the candidates for, admission,. or we shall find
that we have deceived ourselves in thinking that Masonry has
been.extended by the mere increase of nominal Masons. Tlic
administrators of those mysterious secrets which Kings and the
best of men have delighted to exercise themselves in, are at
length attentive to the most difficult and dclicate 'part of their
ditty;
.and endeavour to admit none into theloijge whose desire
to become Masons is inconsistent with that chanes.ohriety which
Masonry inculcates. Becoming and. ncv.;ssatiEdifficulties now
impede the entrance into the Masonic Temple., It begins
again
to be manifest, as in the days of our glory, -that. withoutthe
grace of moral accomplishment, a firm and virtuous industry,
and the desire of knowledge, there is no way,of obtaining asso-
ciation among the sons of peace. The depraved rrimd.will
shrink back from the attempt; while thetrulygstimable of man-
kind will press forward with respectful ardour. fbr admission,
and labour afterwards, with an enriching industry, for the sup-
port and embellishment of the Ordrr.
The same vigilance which is used at initiations, we rejoice to
learn, also superintends the elevation of apprentiees to the higher
degrees. No one is now set to form or perfect a plan, before he
has been well instructed how to handle a chisel. •• . • _

-This renewed attention to the qualification of. Candidates, and
to the regulations respecting the advancement of Brethren to
the higher degrees, and to the examinations which are neces-
sary to prove their qualifications, is. to be attributed, we be-
lieve, chiefly to the happy union which took.place in 1 13,
under the auspices of the
.present Royal and Most Worshipful
Grand Master, of which it may be said to be the first fruits.
Its beneficial (:.frects are beginning alleady to appear ; but there
is the greatest necessity for perseverance, and even for increased
strictness in examining the qualification.: of -persons proposed
as Candidates for admission, as well as for elevation to the su-
perior degrees, and to the higher honours of Masonry. •
It might be attended with • the best effects, if the several
Provincial Grand Masters were required, either personally or
by their deputies, once at least in every year, to visit each Lodge
in th eir respective provinces, and at such visitation to require front
the Master a list of all the new Membt....s, and to exarniae
him as to their qualification ; and, if he found any inad-
vertence to have occurred, to admonish him 'aCeordingly., At
such visitations, also, the new Members shiuld
he ir.li:i-
dually introduced to their Provincial Grand 31a.::tc..:s. or their
Deputies respectively ; and the Pmvincialoid l',lastcrs
should, through their Provincial Grand Secrehttic.-o,.tonsniit ace
a year to the Grand Lodge, Reports as to the State.4sf the (.;-raft
in their Provinces respectively,. founded on ttseoations Made
by them at their Provincial. visits. The conAuence of suca-
an arrangement would be, that- zeal and activity' would be
generally diffused and kept alive, and the fraternity would
become a body at once respectable and powerful';''and th:y
would be able, from their circumstances, to reduce to practice
the principles which arc inculcated by the systeth, and to main-
tain that character for hospitality and kindness to Brethren who
may happen to visit them, which originally gained for the In-
stitution the reputation it now enjoys, and the protection an 4
patronage of so many persons distinguished for their virtues,
their talents, and their rank.
To reform is at all times honourable ; and in the concerns of
a large community every member should give his own exertions;
as if the whole work -- depended upon his labours alone. Most
heartily do we congratulate the Ancient Craft on the spirit by
which they are now animated ; and on the victory which they
have already obtained over the prejudices formerly entertained
against the Institution.

OFFICERS OF THE UNITED GRAYf LODGE OF ENGLAND

FOR THE YEARS 1821, 1822.

PATRON.
The Icing's Most Excellent MAJESTY.

GRAND MASTER.

L. R• 11. Prince AUGUSTUS FREDERICK Dukc of SurssE:r,
Earl of Inverness, Baron of Arklow, Colonel of the Honour-
able Artillery Company of London, Knight of the Most
Noble Order of the Garter, &c. &c. &c.

PAST GRAND DIASTERS.
His Grace. John Duke of ATISO L, K.T., &c. 81e.
The Most Noble the Marquis of HASTINGS, K.G. e(c.&c. &C.

DEPUTY GRAND MASTER.
Right Hon. Lawrence Lord DUNDAS.
Sir-Fred. G. Fowke, Bart. Sen.:Grand Warden.
Valentine Jones, Esq. - Jun. Grand Warden.
John Dent, En. M. P. 1
_ Grand Treasurer.
Cockburne,
LL, B. - - Grand Chaplains.
Rev. S. S. Colman
William Meyrick, Esq. - Grand Registrar.
Mr. W. H. White
Mr. E. Harper - } Grand Secretaries.
Mr. J. G. H. Burmester G. S. for Germ. Correspondence.
Boughey Burgess, Esq. , Seni& Grand Deacon.
W. 1). Cummins, Esq. - Junior Grand Deacon.
John Soane,_Esq. - - Grand Superintendent of Works.
Sir George Nayler - - G. Director of the Ceremonies.
James R. Hayward, Esq. Grand Sword Bearer.
Sir George Smart - Grand Organist.

GENERAL FUND Or CITARITY.—Among the many most
excellent establishments which have been instituted amen.;
Masons to relieve Brethren who have been visited by calamities
to which we arc all alike exposed, there is none that has been pro'
ductive of more real good "than this fund, which, in addition to

the contributions which are annually made_.tO it from every
Lodge, is maintained by the profits arising from,t4e sale of the
Freemasons' Calendar and Pocket Book. We are, induccd,to
notice this circumstance at the present moiiient,.."becatua;
have found that it is no; so generally knowri'in'tTla Craft as it
ought to be, for we are persuaded that every Brother who NaP-.
pened to be acquainted with it, would wish to he in possession,
in preference to all Others, of a book of a convenient and porta-
ble size, which contains, besides the usual matter, a variety of
interesting and useful masonic information, and the profits bf
which are dclicated to the relief of distressed Brethren.