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Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution.
ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION .
THE Annual Meeting of the Governors and Subscribers of this Institution was held on Friday , 18 th inst ., at the Freemasons' Tavern , London , under the presidency of Bro . J . L . Mather P . A . G . D . C . The
Secretary of the Institution , Bro . James Terry P . G . Sword B . announced that tho M . W . the Grand Master had appointed Wednesday , the 27 th February next , as the date
for the Anniversary Festival of 1889 , and he further read a letter from the K , t . Hon . the Earl of Euston , Provincial Grand Master Norths and Hunts , in which his Lordship expressed the pleasure he should feel in presiding on that
occasion . The Annual Eeport of the Institution , as given in our last issue , together with the Report of the Auditors , was read and duly adopted .
Bro . J . A . Birch P . P . G . W . East Lancashire then brought forward certain propositions of which he had given notice , with a view of altering the day of election of the Benevolent Institution , so as to make the elections of the three Institutions fall together , in April . He was
opposed by several brethren , and his first suggestion being ultimately put , it was lost by a large majority . Bro . Birch then withdrew his other proposals , and Bro . John A = Farnfield P . A . G . D . C . was unanimously elected Treasurer of
the Institution , in succession to the late Bro . Edgar Bowyer . Auditors having been elected and Scrutineers chosen , the poll was declared open for the election of Annuitants , the result announced was published in our
last issue . At the conclusion of the Election some formal business was disposed of , and votes of thanks having been passed to the Scrutineers and to the Chairman , the proceedings terminated . The following is a list of the unsuccessful candidates , together with the number of votes recorded on
account of each of them , which votes will be carried forward on their behalf to the next election . MALES .
JNo . on List Forward Polled Total 50 Duffield , John 1692 6 Pry , Eobort Henry 571 910 1481 48 Smith , Thomas 134 C 46 Stevens , Frederick Kennedy 1324 12 Taylor , John Daniel 765 558 1323 54 Dodson , Edwin 102 E
57 Pigot , Joseph 917 56 Stevens , Joseph 835 43 Jennings , James Middleton 7 l £ 37 Windns , Arthur Edward 711 13 Mole , Alexander 560 54 614 41 Mills , Robert 582 19 Cooper , George 294 247 541
i Sari , ( Jnarles 2 U 2 208 oUL 61 Warr , James Richard 455 55 Eogers , James Thomas 382 53 Robinson , Elmit 377 3 Nichol , Robert 108 10 118 47 Stevens , Charles Palmer 115
4 McLean , William John 97 8 105 8 O'Kelly , William 52 28 80 65 Oliver , William George 74 33 Walter , Jonas 52 64 Puggs , Richard 46
z jansnam , John 33 11 < M 44 Deller , Thomas 35 10 Dale , Joseph Barker 15 8 23 28 Sellar , Alexander 15 7 22
oa unapman , Tnomaa zz 20 Warren , Charles 11 8 19 34 Glover , Richard IS 40 Smith , Thomas 15
W Fox , George 7 5 12 66 Horstead , James S 18 Kenworthy , Hugh 2 3 5 23 South , Thomas Georgo 3 14 51 Stephens , John 4 35 Close , John 3 43
Miller , Honry 32 Auderson , Ralph 2 59 Wilkinson , Francis 2 62 Stevcnsj George — FEMALES .
46 Warren , Frances Elizabeth 1462 39 Franklyn , Mary Every 13 S 0 32 Mahomed , Amelia Morrison 209 1137 1316 14 Cotes , Emma 791 430 1271 45 Trnslov , Jemima Sarah 1267 44 Cooke , Mary 1247 19 Weston , Julia OS 10 ft 1169 13 White , Mary 554 340 S ' Ji 30 Miinro , Eliza 254 624 878
Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution.
No . on List Forward Polled Total 35 Ransby , Alice 873 33 Taylor , Rosetta Harriett 274 529 803 16 Haskins , Emily E . 395 322 717 3 Timms , Sasan 600 98 698 5 Heppel , Mary 331 336 667
49 Gibson , Fanny 625 34 Richmond , Rebecca 552 43 Page , Hesse 536 10 Jackson , Elizabeth Reynolds 91 426 517 53 Jones , Caroline Sarah 480
15 Vile , Maria 219 235 454 18 Baker , Ann E . 224 83 307 4 Lovelock , Louisa 199 29 228 25 Thomas , Elizabeth 191 7 198 23 Russell , Olivia 164 5 169 1 Copeland , Charlotte 49 108 157
21 Foot , Mary Ann 15 102 117 12 Mannington , Eliz . Atkinson 94 2 96 61 Faulker , Catherine Ann 92 8 Redman , Mary 64 6 ? 0 62 Shemmonds , Caroline Jane 62
0 / ± srooks , Ann 57 2 Rigarlsford , Sarah 29 21 50 20 Manson , Mary Price 8 33 41 6 Greenwood , Helen 37 3 40
52 Barfield , Sarah Ann 24 58 Green , Mary Ann 21 28 Olive , Elizabeth 16 4 20 64 Parsons , Margaret 17 9 Salisbury , Jane 15 — 15 26 Newton . Marv Ann 2 11 13
42 Horsfield , Sarah 8 31 CowelLNanoy 5 16 22 Ionn , Elizabeth 12 3 56 Best , Elizabeth 3 37 Lemon , Charlotte — 51 Russ , Jane Mary Ann — 63 Godtsohalk , Clara —
The Election, 1888.
THE ELECTION , 1888 .
A KEMINISCENCE .
Round the Hall , round the Hall , Round the Hall , —crowded ; 'Lated with spirit of hope , Pressed over a hundred .
Forward , stout voters , brave ; Charge , for gcxl seats , t ' was said ; Into the scurry and strife Strode the bold hundred .
Forward , stont voters , brave ; Not hore a man dismayed , Hot though the old birds know , Others have blundered .
Theirs not to court reply , Theirs not to explain why , Theirs but to win , or die ; Into the scurry and strife Strc le the bold hundred .
Proxies to right of them , Proxies to left of them , Proxies in front of them , Signed papers galore . Up the heights went Mackay , Building his castle high , Grasping his votes , oh my !
Minus his quantity , Goodly Five Hundred . Up , then , stont Aaron Stone , Pledged here—a man , alone ; Gag'd , lcok you , to battle ; Inches across the chest ,
I stand this manly breast , Forty odd , it the best ; A magnum the wager . Now to po 3 t well their crew , Brockbank and Terry flow , Checkers and henchmen true , Endeav'ring to get in view
The missing Five Huudred . Proxies to right of them , Proxies to left of them , Proxies bohind them ,
Signed papers galore . Down the steps went Mr . skay , Asking for reason why , Scrutineers had passed by His miaaing Five Hundred ?
When shall tho story fado ? How were his hopes betrayed ; Explain how inisfcuko he made , With absent Five Hundred ?
Still , honour grand effort made , Ch <; er well for wager paid , All's well in pushing trade ; "Not lost"FivoHurid-nd .
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Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution.
ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION .
THE Annual Meeting of the Governors and Subscribers of this Institution was held on Friday , 18 th inst ., at the Freemasons' Tavern , London , under the presidency of Bro . J . L . Mather P . A . G . D . C . The
Secretary of the Institution , Bro . James Terry P . G . Sword B . announced that tho M . W . the Grand Master had appointed Wednesday , the 27 th February next , as the date
for the Anniversary Festival of 1889 , and he further read a letter from the K , t . Hon . the Earl of Euston , Provincial Grand Master Norths and Hunts , in which his Lordship expressed the pleasure he should feel in presiding on that
occasion . The Annual Eeport of the Institution , as given in our last issue , together with the Report of the Auditors , was read and duly adopted .
Bro . J . A . Birch P . P . G . W . East Lancashire then brought forward certain propositions of which he had given notice , with a view of altering the day of election of the Benevolent Institution , so as to make the elections of the three Institutions fall together , in April . He was
opposed by several brethren , and his first suggestion being ultimately put , it was lost by a large majority . Bro . Birch then withdrew his other proposals , and Bro . John A = Farnfield P . A . G . D . C . was unanimously elected Treasurer of
the Institution , in succession to the late Bro . Edgar Bowyer . Auditors having been elected and Scrutineers chosen , the poll was declared open for the election of Annuitants , the result announced was published in our
last issue . At the conclusion of the Election some formal business was disposed of , and votes of thanks having been passed to the Scrutineers and to the Chairman , the proceedings terminated . The following is a list of the unsuccessful candidates , together with the number of votes recorded on
account of each of them , which votes will be carried forward on their behalf to the next election . MALES .
JNo . on List Forward Polled Total 50 Duffield , John 1692 6 Pry , Eobort Henry 571 910 1481 48 Smith , Thomas 134 C 46 Stevens , Frederick Kennedy 1324 12 Taylor , John Daniel 765 558 1323 54 Dodson , Edwin 102 E
57 Pigot , Joseph 917 56 Stevens , Joseph 835 43 Jennings , James Middleton 7 l £ 37 Windns , Arthur Edward 711 13 Mole , Alexander 560 54 614 41 Mills , Robert 582 19 Cooper , George 294 247 541
i Sari , ( Jnarles 2 U 2 208 oUL 61 Warr , James Richard 455 55 Eogers , James Thomas 382 53 Robinson , Elmit 377 3 Nichol , Robert 108 10 118 47 Stevens , Charles Palmer 115
4 McLean , William John 97 8 105 8 O'Kelly , William 52 28 80 65 Oliver , William George 74 33 Walter , Jonas 52 64 Puggs , Richard 46
z jansnam , John 33 11 < M 44 Deller , Thomas 35 10 Dale , Joseph Barker 15 8 23 28 Sellar , Alexander 15 7 22
oa unapman , Tnomaa zz 20 Warren , Charles 11 8 19 34 Glover , Richard IS 40 Smith , Thomas 15
W Fox , George 7 5 12 66 Horstead , James S 18 Kenworthy , Hugh 2 3 5 23 South , Thomas Georgo 3 14 51 Stephens , John 4 35 Close , John 3 43
Miller , Honry 32 Auderson , Ralph 2 59 Wilkinson , Francis 2 62 Stevcnsj George — FEMALES .
46 Warren , Frances Elizabeth 1462 39 Franklyn , Mary Every 13 S 0 32 Mahomed , Amelia Morrison 209 1137 1316 14 Cotes , Emma 791 430 1271 45 Trnslov , Jemima Sarah 1267 44 Cooke , Mary 1247 19 Weston , Julia OS 10 ft 1169 13 White , Mary 554 340 S ' Ji 30 Miinro , Eliza 254 624 878
Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution.
No . on List Forward Polled Total 35 Ransby , Alice 873 33 Taylor , Rosetta Harriett 274 529 803 16 Haskins , Emily E . 395 322 717 3 Timms , Sasan 600 98 698 5 Heppel , Mary 331 336 667
49 Gibson , Fanny 625 34 Richmond , Rebecca 552 43 Page , Hesse 536 10 Jackson , Elizabeth Reynolds 91 426 517 53 Jones , Caroline Sarah 480
15 Vile , Maria 219 235 454 18 Baker , Ann E . 224 83 307 4 Lovelock , Louisa 199 29 228 25 Thomas , Elizabeth 191 7 198 23 Russell , Olivia 164 5 169 1 Copeland , Charlotte 49 108 157
21 Foot , Mary Ann 15 102 117 12 Mannington , Eliz . Atkinson 94 2 96 61 Faulker , Catherine Ann 92 8 Redman , Mary 64 6 ? 0 62 Shemmonds , Caroline Jane 62
0 / ± srooks , Ann 57 2 Rigarlsford , Sarah 29 21 50 20 Manson , Mary Price 8 33 41 6 Greenwood , Helen 37 3 40
52 Barfield , Sarah Ann 24 58 Green , Mary Ann 21 28 Olive , Elizabeth 16 4 20 64 Parsons , Margaret 17 9 Salisbury , Jane 15 — 15 26 Newton . Marv Ann 2 11 13
42 Horsfield , Sarah 8 31 CowelLNanoy 5 16 22 Ionn , Elizabeth 12 3 56 Best , Elizabeth 3 37 Lemon , Charlotte — 51 Russ , Jane Mary Ann — 63 Godtsohalk , Clara —
The Election, 1888.
THE ELECTION , 1888 .
A KEMINISCENCE .
Round the Hall , round the Hall , Round the Hall , —crowded ; 'Lated with spirit of hope , Pressed over a hundred .
Forward , stout voters , brave ; Charge , for gcxl seats , t ' was said ; Into the scurry and strife Strode the bold hundred .
Forward , stont voters , brave ; Not hore a man dismayed , Hot though the old birds know , Others have blundered .
Theirs not to court reply , Theirs not to explain why , Theirs but to win , or die ; Into the scurry and strife Strc le the bold hundred .
Proxies to right of them , Proxies to left of them , Proxies in front of them , Signed papers galore . Up the heights went Mackay , Building his castle high , Grasping his votes , oh my !
Minus his quantity , Goodly Five Hundred . Up , then , stont Aaron Stone , Pledged here—a man , alone ; Gag'd , lcok you , to battle ; Inches across the chest ,
I stand this manly breast , Forty odd , it the best ; A magnum the wager . Now to po 3 t well their crew , Brockbank and Terry flow , Checkers and henchmen true , Endeav'ring to get in view
The missing Five Huudred . Proxies to right of them , Proxies to left of them , Proxies bohind them ,
Signed papers galore . Down the steps went Mr . skay , Asking for reason why , Scrutineers had passed by His miaaing Five Hundred ?
When shall tho story fado ? How were his hopes betrayed ; Explain how inisfcuko he made , With absent Five Hundred ?
Still , honour grand effort made , Ch <; er well for wager paid , All's well in pushing trade ; "Not lost"FivoHurid-nd .