by the Halifax District.-May 3, 1845, a silver snuff box, to Prov. C. S, William Sutherby,, by the Lord Wenlock Lodge, Selby District.-February 28, 1845, a handsome silver watch and guard, to P. G. Robert Walls, by the Earl de Grey Lodge. Leeds District.

Karriages.

February 26, 1844, brother Stephen Robinson, to Miss Sarah Chapman. May 27, 1844, brother William Cooper, to Miss Sarah Nobles; both of the Caledonian Lodge: July 10, 1844, brother George Hall, to Hostess Paine: August 27, 1844, brother Thomas Strangward, to Miss Sarah Cross; both of the True Briton Lodge: June 30, 1844 P. S. John Warwick, of the Brothers' Return Lodge, to Miss Sarah Watts: all in the Northampton District.-September 12, 1844, brother Thomas Bennison Davies, Esq., surgeon, of the Sir Watkins Lodge, Ruabon, Wrexham District, to Eliza Christiana, eldest daughter of John Clerk, Esq.- August 6, 1844, Sec. James Ord, to Miss Askew: August 8, 1844, brother John Rowell, to Miss Proudwick: August 17, 1844, brother John Makepeace, to Miss Eleanor Mackey; all of the Haydon Lodge, Alston District.-July 21, 1844, brother Edward Clark, of the Rock of Friendship Lodge, Windsor District, to Miss Martha Luggatt.-August 27, 1844, P. G. John Slater, to Miss Clifford: September 4, 1844, Prov. G. M. Richard Greenley, to Miss Caroline Thirkell; both of the Lord Jolm Russell Lodge, Ebberston District.-August 12 brother Charles Pullen, of the Rural Charity Lodge, Birmingham District, to Miss Ann Horton.- February 41844. P. G. William Allen. of the Deritend Lodge, Birmingham District, to Miss Louisa Bird.December 16, 1844, P. D. G. M. Thomas Williams, of the Cardiff District, to Miss Jane Howell. January 1, 1845, brother George Gilbert, to Miss Banham: January 11, brother John Henman, to Miss Mary Steanes: January 28, brother Francis Bennett, to Miss Sophia Dimblebee: February 11. brother William Gutheridge, to Miss Sarah Woodford; all of the Temple of Peace Lodge, Market Harborough District.-November 23rd, 1844, brother William Smith, to Miss Isabella Lambert: December 29, 1844, brother Robert Todd, to Miss Jane Parker: February 15, 1845, P.S Thomas Nicholson, to Miss Esther Close; all of the Bruce Lodge, Tanfield.-January 22, 1845, P. G. Nicholas Raper, of the Middleham Castle Lodge, Middleham, to Miss Edith Kearton.-March 23, 1845, P.G. Robert Dean, of the Earl of Thannet Lodge; Skipton, to Miss Ann Preston.-January 9, 1845, brother James Barton, of the Duke of Richmond Lodge, Salford District, to Miss Jane Maxwell.-January 15, 1845, P. Prov. G. M. William B. Goring, of the Refuge in the Wilderness Lodge, Grassington District, to Sarah Metcalfe.-January 1, 1845. P. G John Marshall, of the Philanthropic Lodge, Horncastle District, to Miss Sarah Holmes -December 26, 1844, brother William Crooks, of the True Friendship Lodge, Staithes, to Miss Dina Verril.-January 5, 1945, brother H. Adams, of the Victoria Lodge, Derby, to Miss Mary Ann Butler-October 21, 1844, brother Thomas Bettles, to Miss Elizabeth Horner: November 1, 1844, brother Davis Parsons. to Miss Sarah Groome: January 2, 1845, brother John Allen, to Miss Caroline Soxby; all of the Widows' Protection Lodge, Northampton District-December 25, 1844, brother Richard Betson, to Miss Ann Tansley: February 5, 1845, P.G John Roddis, to Miss Jane James; both of the Caledonian Lodge, Northampton District. -November 4, 1844, V. G. William Proctor, of the Saint Andrew Lodge, Manchester District, to Miss Ellen Lord.-November 16, 1844. brother Joseph Horrocks, of the Prince Albert Lodge, Manchester District, to Miss Charlotte Perrin.-February 2, 1845, brother Thomas Jones, of the Prince Albert Lodge, Leominster District, to Miss Ann Watkins.-January 16, 1845, P. S Thomas Delingpole, of the Rural Charity Lodge, Birmingham District, to Miss Ann Maria White.

Beaths.

June 14, brother William Hall, of the Rose of Durham Lodge: July 24, brother William Wilkinson, of the Rose of Houghton Lodge: July 30, brother Joseph Laws, of the William Ratcliffe Lodge: August 7, brother Joseph Dodds, of the David Barclay Lodge: August 12, brother Charles Scott, of the Earl of Durham Lodge: August 23, the wife of brother John Stephenson, of the David Barclay Lodge; all in the Bishop Wearmouth District --April 4, 1845, brother James Anderson, of the Banks of Ury and Garioch Lodge, Aberdeen District.- February 4, 1845, brother Kobert Schofield, of the Philanthropic Lodge, Horncastle District.-August 17, 1844, brother John Carrington, of the Sitwell Lodge. Ilkiston District.-February 6, 1845, brother Matthew Short, of the Waterloo Lodge: February 8, brother John Fairlan, of the Sarah Losh Lodge: February 8, brother Edward Armstrong, of the Hotspur Lodge; all in the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District.-August 26, 1844, P. Prov. G. M. William Williamson, aged 60, of the Sussex Lodge, York District. He had been honorary treasurer to the Lodge for above fifteen years, and as a mark of the esteem of his brethren they have erected a tablet in the Lodge to perpetuate the remembrance of his virtues: also, P. G John Greenwood, aged 75, of the Sussex Lodge, York District; this deceased member received upwards of £150 from the funds of his Lodge.-January 14, 1845, the wife of brother Joseph Allen: January 22, 1845, the wife of brother John Chapman; both of the Widows' Protection Lodge: January 27, 1845, P. V. William Lewis, of the Caledonian Lodge: July 2, 1844, the wife of brother Charles Labrum, of the Good Intent Lodge: August 10, 1844, Martha, the wife of brother Thomas Mackaness; of the Duke of Manchester Lodge; all in the Northampton District-December 29, 1844, the wife of brother Millburn, of the Travellers' Home Lodge: January 11, 1845, the wife of P.P.G.M. James Bolt, of the same Lodge: January 14, 1845, the wife of brother Wrightson Cuthbert, of the Stapylton Lodge; both in the Stokesley District.- January 3, 1844, the wife of brother John Dawson, of the Nelson Lodge: January 4, 1844, brother William Williamson, of the same Lodge: January 5, 1844, brother William Spence, of the Bruce Lodge: January 20, 1844, the wife of brother Matthew Metcalf, of the Nelson Lodge: February 2, 1844, brother Christopher Cooper, of the Nimrod Lodge: May 27, 1844, P. P. G. M. John Sturdy, of the Nelson Lodge: September 18, 1844, the wife of brother John Hope, of the Middleham Castle Lodge: October 1, 1844, brother George Warrener, of the Bruce Lodge: October, 1844, the wife of P. G. James Buckle, of the Nimrod Lodge; all in the Masham District.-May 3, 1845, the wife of brother Alexander Buir, of the Banks of Ury and Garioch Lodge, Aberdeen District.- February 3, 1844, the wife of P. G. William Cooper, of the Smethwick Pride Lodge. Birmingham District.-January 29, 1845, aged 32 years, Ann. the wife of brother James Collier, of the Earl of Sefton Lodge, Manchester District: much and deservedly respected. [Presentations, &c., too late for this Number, will be inserted in the next.]

Manchester: P. G. M. MARK WARDLE and SON, Printers, Fennel Street.

MEMOIR OF JOSEPH WOODCOCK, P. PROV. G. M.

JOSEPH WOODCOCK was born in the township of Foolstone, in the parish of Kirkburton, in the West Riding of the County of York. In early life he was employed at the business of his father, who was a clothier, but having the misfortune to lose his wife, and having a larger family than he could employ at his own business to advantage, he removed into Derbyshire, and settled at Brookfield, in the parish of Glossop, where the family were employed in the cotton branch, by Mr. Samuel Shepley. Nothing of consequence occurred in the history of Mr. Woodcock for a number of years, when his father dying suddenly, he was left an orphan at a very critical time of life, young, inexperienced, and without a guide, Possessed of an ardent mind, capable of being moulded according to the society into which he might be thrown, it was fortunate for him, when cast upon the world, that he was always able to discriminate character. Though young, he shewed a provident and frugal disposition, by voluntarily employing the time he had to spare (after working twelve hours per day in a cotton factory) in a grocer's shop in the neighbourhood. He soon became an agreeable inmate with the family, and continued with them until the year 1831, when, being tired of single blessedness, he married Elizabeth, the eldest daughter of Mr. R. Shephard, a respectable farmer, near Glossop, and commenced the business of grocer, draper, and corn dealer, in which business, notwithstanding the smiles and frowns of fortune, he is doing a respectable trade at the present time. About the year 1836, he met with the most grievous calamity of his life. He had two beloved babes, a son and daughter, consigned to an early grave.

Two lovely flowers, jnst born to bloom
And grace the dawn of opening day,
Call'd hence unto an early tomb,

So soon to wither and decay;

Just born to give their parents joy,
When cruel death, with sore dismay,
Came like a tyrant to destroy,

And take those fleeting joys away.

But, he that taketh away can give, and Mr. Woodcock has, at the present time, two sons and two daughters, who contribute much to sweeten his cnp of existence, and he is passing through life like one that believes he was born to live in the world, and that the world was made for him to live in ; not sullen and melancholy,-but serene, generous, benevolent, and sympathetic. A kind father, an affectionate husband, a desirable friend, and free from dissimulation himself, no character is more abhorrent to him than the soft, crawling, sycophant, nor anything more contemptible than a brawling empty pretender; whilst persons of sound mind, though simple or illiterate, will find in him a reciprocity of feeling and an affability that will secure the smiles of the most fastidious. VOL. 8-No. 8-2 M.

Mr. Woodcock was made a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows on the 15th day of February, 1834, at the Key Lodge, Glossop District, and the Lodgenight following was appointed supporter to the N. G., it being a vacated office. In three months after he was elected Secretary, which office, though but a young member, he filled to the satisfaction of all. The following year he took an active subordinate office; the office of V. G. being too dull and inactive for his aspiring mind. Having finished a year of office, he was elected N. G., and the conciliatory manner in which he conducted the business of the Lodge, added much to his own honour and the credit of the Order. About this time he was appointed treasurer of the Lodge, which office he filled for seven years, in such a manner as constrained the members of the Lodge to notice his determination to serve them, and a presentation of a splendid Lever Watch, with appendages, given in the spirit of Odd Fellowship, conveyed to him the fact that his services were appreciated by the members of his Lodge, and that the honour and honesty pourtrayed by him in serving them was not overlooked.

In the early part of the year 1839, Mr. Woodcock was appointed G. M. of the Glossop District, and the same year was appointed to attend the A. M. C. at Birmingham. He has since been elected to represent the members in the above District at the A.M.Cs'. of York, Isle of Man, Wigan, Bradford, Newcastle, and Glasgow. At the Wigan A. M. C. he was elected one of that important body, the Appeal Committee, and was re-elected at Bradford to the same responsible office. At the Glasgow A. M. C. Mr. Woodcock was appointed one of ten trustees, in whose names should be invested one thousand pounds of surplus money belonging to the Order, the interest of which will go to the general fund of the Order.

In the early part of the year 1842, it was the wish of a certain party in the Glossop District to open a new Lodge, to meet on a Monday night, for the convenience of those persons who could not attend on a Saturday night; a project to which Mr. Woodcock readily gave his assent,

"Determined, if an infant passion struggled there,
To call that passion forth."

Application was made to the proper quarter for a dispensation, and the Lodge was called the Temple of Odd Fellowship. It was opened in February, 1842, and Mr. Woodcock, though he had passed the offices of the District, kindly consented to take the office of N. G. for the first year, his only objection being the following-to use his own words, "I am afraid I shall not have many members to preside over, and I cannot be comfortable in an Odd Fellows' Lodge if there be nothing to look at but chairs and tables." However, he took office on the terms that those who acted in concert with him should, along with himself, use their best endeavours to spread the principles of the Institution. To promulgate the philantrophical merits of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows; to act in brotherly unison in promoting its welfare; to use all reasonable exertions in carrying out its objects; to relieve the distresses of the unfortunate members of the Order; to alleviate the pangs, lessen the sorrows, and heal the wounds of the disconsolate widow's heart; to wipe the tear from the cheek of the forlorn orphan, and provide it with food, raiment, and learning, together with wearing all the honours the Order can confer on deserving individuals, seems to be the chief ambition of the subject of this memoir.

Whilst Mr. Woodcock sat as N. G. of the Temple of Odd Fellowship Lodge, the way in which he conducted the business, his urbanity of manners, the pleasantry of his remarks, and his indubitable determination to promote the best interests of the Lodge, soon won for him the golden opinions of every member of the Lodge. Without a good foundation we can have but faint hopes of the superstructure; and the members of the above Lodge are greatly indebted to Mr. Woodcock for the manner in which he laid the foundation, and watched over the welfare and interests of the Lodge, inasmuch as he was never known to flag in the business of Odd Fellowship, but always at his post, assiduous and unremitting in his exertions to carry out whatever was thought to be beneficial to the Lodge, District, or the Order at large.

In the year 1841, a Widow and Orphans' Fund was established in the Glossop District, and Mr. Woodcock was elected treasurer, which office he has filled with integrity up to the present time. He is also filling the office of G. M. of the Glossop District for the second time, in which office we leave him, hoping that his name and portrait