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Royal Freemasons' Charity For Female Children.
ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS . APRIL 14 . —QUARTERLY GENERAL MEETING . —After the annual business was gone through , a discussion took place upon the diminished subscription at the late festival ; and a sub-committee was appointed to
regulate some plan which might obtain the sentiments of the Governors and subscribing Lodges on the subject . The following circular was addressed to the Governors , consequent upon the appointment of such committee ; the majority of whom having declined to act , the remaining members , at a monthly meeting of the general committee , were requested to report progress at an especial general meeting .
" Mai / 1 G , 1834 . " A Special General Meeting of the Governors and Subscribers of this Institution will be held on Friday next , the 23 rd of May , at Freemason ' s Hall , Great Queen Street , at one o ' clock precisely ; to take into consideration the subject matter referred to a sub-committee at the last quarterly general meeting ; and the report made thereon . " By order . " A . U . THISELTON .
" SECRETARY . " MAY 23 . —A special general meeting of the governors and subscribers of this institution , convened by public advertisement , was held this day , at Freeraason ' s Hall . Present , His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex , Most Worshipful Grand Master , and president , Lord
John Churchill ; J . Ramsbottom , Esq . M . P . ; many Grand Officers , and a few other governors and subscribers . The resolution of the last Quarterly Court , from whence the present meeting emanated , was read . Mr . Lythgoe opened the business of the day , by a . liberal and enlarged examination into the results of the late regulations of his royal hig h-
ness , to whose well merited consideration b y the whole fraternity of Freemasons , he paid a just and warm eulogium , congratulating the meeting upon the presence of that illustrious individual ivhich must convince the most sceptical , that his readiness to meet public questions was the surest criterion of his inviolable adherence to the interests of the charity . And although it was a subject of regret , to differ from the
Royal President , he did so with a perfect conviction , that the sincerity of his motives were unquestionable . That he considered the effect of the late regulations had been injurious to the funds of the charityin VOL . I . Y
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Royal Freemasons' Charity For Female Children.
ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS . APRIL 14 . —QUARTERLY GENERAL MEETING . —After the annual business was gone through , a discussion took place upon the diminished subscription at the late festival ; and a sub-committee was appointed to
regulate some plan which might obtain the sentiments of the Governors and subscribing Lodges on the subject . The following circular was addressed to the Governors , consequent upon the appointment of such committee ; the majority of whom having declined to act , the remaining members , at a monthly meeting of the general committee , were requested to report progress at an especial general meeting .
" Mai / 1 G , 1834 . " A Special General Meeting of the Governors and Subscribers of this Institution will be held on Friday next , the 23 rd of May , at Freemason ' s Hall , Great Queen Street , at one o ' clock precisely ; to take into consideration the subject matter referred to a sub-committee at the last quarterly general meeting ; and the report made thereon . " By order . " A . U . THISELTON .
" SECRETARY . " MAY 23 . —A special general meeting of the governors and subscribers of this institution , convened by public advertisement , was held this day , at Freeraason ' s Hall . Present , His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex , Most Worshipful Grand Master , and president , Lord
John Churchill ; J . Ramsbottom , Esq . M . P . ; many Grand Officers , and a few other governors and subscribers . The resolution of the last Quarterly Court , from whence the present meeting emanated , was read . Mr . Lythgoe opened the business of the day , by a . liberal and enlarged examination into the results of the late regulations of his royal hig h-
ness , to whose well merited consideration b y the whole fraternity of Freemasons , he paid a just and warm eulogium , congratulating the meeting upon the presence of that illustrious individual ivhich must convince the most sceptical , that his readiness to meet public questions was the surest criterion of his inviolable adherence to the interests of the charity . And although it was a subject of regret , to differ from the
Royal President , he did so with a perfect conviction , that the sincerity of his motives were unquestionable . That he considered the effect of the late regulations had been injurious to the funds of the charityin VOL . I . Y