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The Charities.
There were other notices of motion of various interest , but as they were not entertained in Grand Lodge , it is not necessary to enumerate them . Brother Bossy received the well-merited thanks of the Board for his attention and urbanity . The business of the Board of Benevolence has been unusually heavy ; and perhaps the necessity of the Board , and its application to the
legitimate objects of Masonry , have never been more conspicuously proved . We are free to confess that a considerable improvement might be grafted upon its present construction , but great care should be manifested to carry out its real utility , and not to endanger by change this most valuable pillar of Masonic faith . It is but justice to Brother Farnfield , who , in the still necessary absence of the Grand Secretary , Brother White , has been so assiduous in the duties of his office , which have consequently multiplied , to state that nevertheless , they have been so satisfactorily performed , as to call forth very general approbation .
BOYS' SCHOOL . —GENERAL COURT , April 8 . —Brother B . B . Cabbell , V . P ., in the Chair . Brothers Lewis , Dobie , Savory , Silvester , Mestayer , Crucefix , Philipe , Jennings , and numerous other Governors . The minutes of the several Committees were confirmed , with the exception of all subsequent matter relative to the recent Ball affair , which it was unanimously agreed should be expunged . A vote of thanks to , and of entire confidence in the Treasurer , for fourteen years' efficient services , was unanimously carried .
Thus has ended a strange medley of circumstances , remarkable for unbusiness-like arrangement , and a lack of due courtesy , in return for a most exemplary instance of Masonic good-will . Motives have been ascribed , special pleading advanced , and , by way of purification , gentle allusions made to the presumed sanction of high authority , in a maiden address ; and all for what ?—to endeavour to conceal the effects of illtimed interference , which not all the votes of confidence can efface . The Ball Stewards may read in this their ample and best reward ; and although
no vote of thanks is awarded to them , it is registered ineffaceably in the testimony of general approbation . Mere want of decision , or inadvertence , must not , however , prevent us from declaring , that the Treasurer is most amply entitled to the vote for past services rendered to the Institution , such as no predecessor ever merited , and which , in all probabihty , no successor may hope to obtain ; and , as a general compliment ( except as regards his all but avowed opposition to the Asylum ) he is entitled to unqualified praise .
COMMITTEE , June 3 . —Present—Brother T . Moore , in the Chair ; Brothers M'Mullen , Philipe , Fourdrinier , Gilbert , Begbie , Coe . The only subject of discussion (!) was the propriety of apprising His Royal Highness , the President , that an entertainment would take place on the 11 th June , at the Eagle Tavern , in aid of the funds of this Institution . We trust the subject was so managed this time as not to be misunderstood .
The Quarterly General Court will be held at Freemasons' Hall on the 8 th July , at seven o ' clock , when three children will be elected on . the Institution . There arc six candidates .
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The Charities.
There were other notices of motion of various interest , but as they were not entertained in Grand Lodge , it is not necessary to enumerate them . Brother Bossy received the well-merited thanks of the Board for his attention and urbanity . The business of the Board of Benevolence has been unusually heavy ; and perhaps the necessity of the Board , and its application to the
legitimate objects of Masonry , have never been more conspicuously proved . We are free to confess that a considerable improvement might be grafted upon its present construction , but great care should be manifested to carry out its real utility , and not to endanger by change this most valuable pillar of Masonic faith . It is but justice to Brother Farnfield , who , in the still necessary absence of the Grand Secretary , Brother White , has been so assiduous in the duties of his office , which have consequently multiplied , to state that nevertheless , they have been so satisfactorily performed , as to call forth very general approbation .
BOYS' SCHOOL . —GENERAL COURT , April 8 . —Brother B . B . Cabbell , V . P ., in the Chair . Brothers Lewis , Dobie , Savory , Silvester , Mestayer , Crucefix , Philipe , Jennings , and numerous other Governors . The minutes of the several Committees were confirmed , with the exception of all subsequent matter relative to the recent Ball affair , which it was unanimously agreed should be expunged . A vote of thanks to , and of entire confidence in the Treasurer , for fourteen years' efficient services , was unanimously carried .
Thus has ended a strange medley of circumstances , remarkable for unbusiness-like arrangement , and a lack of due courtesy , in return for a most exemplary instance of Masonic good-will . Motives have been ascribed , special pleading advanced , and , by way of purification , gentle allusions made to the presumed sanction of high authority , in a maiden address ; and all for what ?—to endeavour to conceal the effects of illtimed interference , which not all the votes of confidence can efface . The Ball Stewards may read in this their ample and best reward ; and although
no vote of thanks is awarded to them , it is registered ineffaceably in the testimony of general approbation . Mere want of decision , or inadvertence , must not , however , prevent us from declaring , that the Treasurer is most amply entitled to the vote for past services rendered to the Institution , such as no predecessor ever merited , and which , in all probabihty , no successor may hope to obtain ; and , as a general compliment ( except as regards his all but avowed opposition to the Asylum ) he is entitled to unqualified praise .
COMMITTEE , June 3 . —Present—Brother T . Moore , in the Chair ; Brothers M'Mullen , Philipe , Fourdrinier , Gilbert , Begbie , Coe . The only subject of discussion (!) was the propriety of apprising His Royal Highness , the President , that an entertainment would take place on the 11 th June , at the Eagle Tavern , in aid of the funds of this Institution . We trust the subject was so managed this time as not to be misunderstood .
The Quarterly General Court will be held at Freemasons' Hall on the 8 th July , at seven o ' clock , when three children will be elected on . the Institution . There arc six candidates .