OUR present G. M. was born at Salford, in the County of Lancaster, on the 9th of November, 1797; and was initiated a member of the Abercrombie (then GRAND) Lodge, of the same place, on the 14th of March, 1820;-he was appointed to an inferior office on the first Lodge-night after his admission, and subsequently to the offices of V. G. and N. G., which offices he filled with credit to himself and satisfaction to his fellow-members. Our G. M. was one who strove zealously to preserve the privileges of the Abercrombie (or Grand) Lodge; but when it became evident that the advocacy of such privileges would cause disseverment between the Lodge and the Order, he evinced his attachment to the Institution by sacrificing his own private opinion, in order thereby to restore peace and unanimity amongst his brethren. In the year 1826 he was appointed D. G. M. of the Manchester District; and in 1827, D. G. M. of the Order-but private affairs piecluded the possibility of his being put in nomination for the situation of G. M. at that time. In the year 1831, he left the Abercrombie, and joined the Cumberland, of which Lodge he is now a subscribing member. He has attended the A. M. Cs. of Nottingham, Monmouth, Kendal, Derby, and London; at the two last named places he was appointed successively to the situations of D. G. M. and G. M. of the Order, to the latter without any opposition.

In the private circle of his friends and acquaintance, G. M. Gorbutt is universally respected for his unaffected piety, honesty, and integrity. In the Order, his mild and unassuming deportment, his suavity, affability, and condescension to all, will, no doubt, secure to him the respect, confidence, and esteem of his brethren. Others may have had more frequent opportunities of rendering service to the Order, but when called into action, no one has evinced a more sincere and ardent desire to promote and continue the growth of Odd Fellowship, than the subject of the present brief memoir. The clouds which have so recently darkened the horizon of Odd Fellowship are now cleared away; we have benefitted by the storm-the Order was never so firmly established as at present. May it be the study, therefore, of each and every member of our Institution, to endeavour to maintain the present state of prosperity, and exert himself to preserve peace and unanimity amongst us.

ADDRESS TO THE QUEEN ON HER ACCESSION TO THE THRONE. To the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty,

WE, the Grand Master and Board of Directors, acting in the name, and on the behalf of one thousand two hundred and thirteen Lodges, composing the Manchester Unity of the Loyal Independent Order of Odd Fellows, consisting of upwards VOL. 4.-No. 8-2 Z.

of eighty thousand members, beg leave to approach your Majesty, with feelings of grief and sympathy, on the occasion of the demise of our late Most Gracious Sovereign, whose protection of our rights and privileges, calls forth our warm and sincere gratitude.

While we deem it a privilege to congratulate your Majesty on your Majesty's Accession to the British Crown, we most humbly assure your Majesty of our devoted loyalty, and our unbounded attachment to your Crown, and the illustrious house of which your Majesty is now the head.

We assure your Majesty, that the Society we represent is of a philanthropic and charitable description, formed for the relief of its members in sickness and distress, and decent interment on death; that the sole qualification for admission is the possession of a good moral character, no reference whatever being had to the religious or political feelings of the person, so that he be well attached to the Government under which we live.

That your Majesty may long be permitted by the Almighty to fill the Throne of your ancestors, and always be looked up to by your subjects with feelings of loyalty and affection, blessed with a life of happiness and honour, are the sincere supplications of the Loyal Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of the Manchester Unity, whose devoted loyalty is equal to any other of your Majesty's subjects.

Given under our Seal at Manchester, in the county of Lancaster, this first day of August, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven, and signed on behalf of the Independent Order,

JAMES GORBUTT, G. M.

JOHN PEISER, D. G. M.

THOMAS ARMITT, C. S.

JOHN S. MYERS, Assistant C. S.
And Book-keeper to the Order.

MY LORD,

No. 5, Town Hall Buildings, Cross-street,
King-street, Manchester, Aug. 2, 1837.

I HAVE the honor of transmitting the dutiful Address of the Manchester Unity of the Loyal Independent Order of Odd Fellows, to Her Most Gracious Majesty, on her Majesty's Accession to the Throne, in hopes that your Lordship will take an early opportunity of presenting it to her Majesty.

I HAVE had the honour to lay before the Queen, the loyal and dutiful Address, on the occasion of Her Majesty's Accession to the Throne, from the Loyal

Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of the Manchester Unity, and 1 have to inform you that the same was very graciously received by Her Majesty.

PRESUMING the readers of the Magazine would not consider either that their time in reading had been unnecessarily occupied, or that the pages of the Magazine, appropriated to the following report, might have been filled by more interesting matter, we have taken the liberty of laying before them a detailed statement of the proceedings of the General Procession of the Manchester District of the M. U. of the I. O. of O. F., on behalf of the Funds of the Deaf and Dumb School, which took place on Wednesday, the 21st of June last; and, in so doing, allow us to observe, it is not for the sake of boasting of the charitable acts of our District, but we feel convinced that what has been done will be hailed with pride and pleasure by our brethren throughout the Unity, as it will have a tendency to convince the world at large, that Odd Fellows have both a heart to feel, and a sincere wish to relieve, their distressed fellow-creatures, but more especially those who, we may say, in a great measure, are nearly placed out of the pale of society-we mean the Deaf and Dumb.

Though a part of this report has already appeared in the Manchester newspapers, yet, considering our numerous body, and so widely spread as it is, we feel confident that there are many hundreds, yes, perhaps some thousands, who have not seen any account of it; therefore, for the reasons stated above, we feel wishful to lay it before them.

The idea of a procession first originated with the members of the St. Andrew Lodge in this town, who made application to the Quarterly Committee for its sanction, when it was unanimously resolved to carry the same into effect, and, accordingly, a Committee of Management was appointed for that purpose, who, in the first instance, opened a communication with the Committee for the management of the affairs of the Deaf and Dumb School. The Committee were highly pleased and gratified with the charitable intentions manifested by the members of the Manchester District towards the noble and excellent Institution at present under their care, and though not intending of themselves to have a procession on the opening of the School, they instantly resolved that one should take place, and that it should be accompanied by our pro

cession.

It might, perhaps, be as well here to state, that the new School at present occupied by the children is situated at Old Trafford, about two miles out of town, on the Chester Road: there is also a spacious chapel adjoining; and, on the other side of the latter, is an edifice for a Blind Asylum, not quite finished: the whole is in the style of the English academic architecture, and forms a building at once noble in appearance and highly creditable to the public spirit and charitable feelings of the inhabitants of Manchester.

According to the decision of the Quarterly Committee no regalia was to be used, but that members joining in the procession should be merely distinguished by wearing white gloves, and the Committee of Management to wear, in addition, white rosettes. The procession having been formed opposite the Town Hall, Salford, in the following order, viz :

Band.

Officers of the Order.

Manchester District Officers.
Salford District Officers.

The last Prov. G. M. supported by the Officers of the Funeral Fund.
Past Grand Masters.

Officers, Past Officers, and Brothers, three a-breast.

Two other Bands interspersed down the Procession.

It then joined the Procession of the Deaf and Dumb at the old school room, in Stanley-street, opposite the New Bailey, which had been formed in the following order, viz :

Two of the Fire Police, each bearing a British ensign.

Two Firemen ; one bearing the royal standard, and the other a flag with the arms of Manchester.

Two Firemen carrying union jacks.

The remainder of the Police Firemen flanked the Procession at intervals.
Mr. Rose, Superintendent of the Fire Police.
A Military Band.

The Clerk of the Works.

Mr. Richard Lane and Mr. David Bellhouse, the architect and builder.
Mr. Bingham, Master of the School;

preceding the Scholars, boys and girls, about fifty in number.
Three Police Firemen.

John Hyde, Esq., Boroughreeve of Manchester; and J. G. Frost, Esq., Boroughreeve of Salford.

Messrs. Geo. Hall and J. M. Lees, Constables of Manchester; and Messrs. Harvey and Carlton, Constables of Salford.

The Clergy; amongst whom we noticed the Rev. Richard Parkinson, A. M. Fellow of
the Collegiate Church; the Rev. Thomas Blackburne, Rector of Prestwich;
the Rev. William Huntington, of St. John's; the Rev. Joshua
Lingard, A.M. of St. George's, Hulme (Honorary Secretary
to the Institution); and other clergymen.

The Churchwardens and Sidesmen of Manchester and Salford.
The Committee of the Deaf and Dumb School, wearing white rosettes.
The Friends and Subscribers of the Institution.
Band of Music.

The Special Constables of Manchester, in divisions from No. 1 to No. 23, each division distinguished by its silk banner.

and from thence proceeded, through vast crowds of people, to the New School.

On arriving at Old Trafford, the scene was very striking. A great number of gaily-dressed ladies were stationed upon the steps, in the hall, and at the windows of the school; hundreds of persons of a lower rank were in the grounds adjacent and on the road; while a marquee erected within the court-yard of the school, and divers stalls for refreshments outside, added to the effect of the scene. When the procession had reached the main entrance to the school, a halt was made, and the head of our procession having advanced to the front, they were addressed to the following effect by the Rev. R. Parkinson, one of the Fellows of the Collegiate church :

"Gentlemen, I have been requested by the Committee of the Deaf and Dumb Institution, to return you, on their behalf, and also on behalf of the deaf and dumb children belonging to the Institution, their cordial thanks for your munificent donation to the funds of the Institution. It is an act which does you infinite credit, especially as you are the first Society to have performed an act of that nature. I trust that your generous example will be extensively followed, as I am convinced that Societies like