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Masonic Intelligence.
feeling and elegance , and concluded by clearly demonstrating the financial state of the accounts of the charities , adverting particularly to the item of . £ 100 . 19 s . paid into Ms hands hy the committee who conthicteil the excursion the Nore last summer . Brother Meyrick proposed "the Vice-presidents of the Charity . " The compliment was eloquently acknowledged by R . W . Brother
Petitt . Brother Moore proposed " the President , Vice-president , and Committee , who conducted the excursion to the Nore , " and stated , that the next trip was fixed for the 17 th of June . Brother Coe , the indefatigable treasurer to the committee , returned thanks . Lord Dundas proposed "the Stewards of the day , and thanks to
them for their entertainment , " on which Brother Jennings , the President of the Board , rose , and in their names acknowledged the honour , concluding a very neat address by showing the value of perseverance in a good cause , stating , that on the first summons of the Board , they could only muster five stewards . Naturally disheartened at this cheerless prospect , their first impression was to dissolve as a body ; and had such a step been decided upon , the festival could not have taken place , and
a meeting so desirable to Masonic intercourse , and its happy illustration , by so many gratifying proofs of its utility , would have been prevented , and the funds of the charity materially injured . The five stewards '"' , ivith most praiseworthy zeal , impressed with its importance , determined , on considei-ation , to conduct the festival , at all hazards , trusting to the liberality of the Brethren that their efforts would not be disregarded .
They were right in their conclusion ; for the Board became , soon afterwards , sufficiently numerous to prevent the expenses proving much more than usually onerous . The health of " the Fair Visitors in the Gallery" was next given hy the noble chairman , in terms of gallantry and politeness . When the ladies left the gallery , his lordship and the grand officers withdrew from
the hall . For the first time since the Union , a new arrangement was ordered by the Most Worshipful Grand Master , namely , that the professional Brothers should not retire to the ladies' room , where a concert had always been given . We subjoin the proceedings of the stewards , in consequence of this edict , as published by them , a copy of which was
found on every plate , on entering the hall . The Master of the Grand Steward's Lodge was requested to take the chair , and was supported by a considerable number of the Brethren ,
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Masonic Intelligence.
feeling and elegance , and concluded by clearly demonstrating the financial state of the accounts of the charities , adverting particularly to the item of . £ 100 . 19 s . paid into Ms hands hy the committee who conthicteil the excursion the Nore last summer . Brother Meyrick proposed "the Vice-presidents of the Charity . " The compliment was eloquently acknowledged by R . W . Brother
Petitt . Brother Moore proposed " the President , Vice-president , and Committee , who conducted the excursion to the Nore , " and stated , that the next trip was fixed for the 17 th of June . Brother Coe , the indefatigable treasurer to the committee , returned thanks . Lord Dundas proposed "the Stewards of the day , and thanks to
them for their entertainment , " on which Brother Jennings , the President of the Board , rose , and in their names acknowledged the honour , concluding a very neat address by showing the value of perseverance in a good cause , stating , that on the first summons of the Board , they could only muster five stewards . Naturally disheartened at this cheerless prospect , their first impression was to dissolve as a body ; and had such a step been decided upon , the festival could not have taken place , and
a meeting so desirable to Masonic intercourse , and its happy illustration , by so many gratifying proofs of its utility , would have been prevented , and the funds of the charity materially injured . The five stewards '"' , ivith most praiseworthy zeal , impressed with its importance , determined , on considei-ation , to conduct the festival , at all hazards , trusting to the liberality of the Brethren that their efforts would not be disregarded .
They were right in their conclusion ; for the Board became , soon afterwards , sufficiently numerous to prevent the expenses proving much more than usually onerous . The health of " the Fair Visitors in the Gallery" was next given hy the noble chairman , in terms of gallantry and politeness . When the ladies left the gallery , his lordship and the grand officers withdrew from
the hall . For the first time since the Union , a new arrangement was ordered by the Most Worshipful Grand Master , namely , that the professional Brothers should not retire to the ladies' room , where a concert had always been given . We subjoin the proceedings of the stewards , in consequence of this edict , as published by them , a copy of which was
found on every plate , on entering the hall . The Master of the Grand Steward's Lodge was requested to take the chair , and was supported by a considerable number of the Brethren ,