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Royal Freemasons' Charity For Female Children.
causing a lessened subscription on the late anniversary festival . Ancl that it had created some distrust , whereby a difficulty would occur in securing Stewards on a future occasion , and that already one Lodge had declined to send a representative . Mr . Lythgoe concluded his admirable address with the appropriate and courteous expressions ofhis hopes , that as the Most Worship ful Grand Master had been graciously ,
although ( to him ) unexpectedly pleased to attend , that no discussion should take place on the subject ; and conceiving it better to wait the further effect of time , be moved " that this meeting do not think it necessary to take any further steps relative to the late sub-committee , " which proposition was seconded by Mr . Moore , the Treasurer . Before the question was put , Mr . L . Thompson rose and deprecated the mode
of the proposers' address , whicli he considered founded in sophistry , and adverted to the festival of 1831 , when some irregularity occurred , he perfectly coincided in the new regulations , which were fully justified by expediency . He characterised the convening of the present meeting results of a hole and corner system , advocated by a few who would fan
the flame of discord ; declaring that earnest summonses had been circulated to ensure a full attendance of the governors . * His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex , President of the Institution , then addressed the meeting at considerable length , reverting to the period of his election to the Masonic Throne , dwelling with especial force upon the nature of the former festivals , and explaining the manner
in which the entertainments hacl gradually assumed the character of a concert in the ladies' room . He declared most emphatically that he acted from information , that at the festival of 1831 , there had been irregularities which could only be prevented by such measures as would effectually check their repetition ; and that on the recent promulgation of his orders , he had personal proof , that it was necessary to
exercise the power with which he was invested . But that , at the Boys ' Festival , his order only went to stop the concert in the glee room ; but not to prevent those brethren , who had for a long custom been privileged with the entree , from associating with the ladies . That therefore ^ e ' was not answerable for the conduct of others who exceeded his directions , doubtless from a misconstruction of them ; although those directions were addressed to them in writing , to prevent their
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Royal Freemasons' Charity For Female Children.
causing a lessened subscription on the late anniversary festival . Ancl that it had created some distrust , whereby a difficulty would occur in securing Stewards on a future occasion , and that already one Lodge had declined to send a representative . Mr . Lythgoe concluded his admirable address with the appropriate and courteous expressions ofhis hopes , that as the Most Worship ful Grand Master had been graciously ,
although ( to him ) unexpectedly pleased to attend , that no discussion should take place on the subject ; and conceiving it better to wait the further effect of time , be moved " that this meeting do not think it necessary to take any further steps relative to the late sub-committee , " which proposition was seconded by Mr . Moore , the Treasurer . Before the question was put , Mr . L . Thompson rose and deprecated the mode
of the proposers' address , whicli he considered founded in sophistry , and adverted to the festival of 1831 , when some irregularity occurred , he perfectly coincided in the new regulations , which were fully justified by expediency . He characterised the convening of the present meeting results of a hole and corner system , advocated by a few who would fan
the flame of discord ; declaring that earnest summonses had been circulated to ensure a full attendance of the governors . * His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex , President of the Institution , then addressed the meeting at considerable length , reverting to the period of his election to the Masonic Throne , dwelling with especial force upon the nature of the former festivals , and explaining the manner
in which the entertainments hacl gradually assumed the character of a concert in the ladies' room . He declared most emphatically that he acted from information , that at the festival of 1831 , there had been irregularities which could only be prevented by such measures as would effectually check their repetition ; and that on the recent promulgation of his orders , he had personal proof , that it was necessary to
exercise the power with which he was invested . But that , at the Boys ' Festival , his order only went to stop the concert in the glee room ; but not to prevent those brethren , who had for a long custom been privileged with the entree , from associating with the ladies . That therefore ^ e ' was not answerable for the conduct of others who exceeded his directions , doubtless from a misconstruction of them ; although those directions were addressed to them in writing , to prevent their