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The Charities.
GRAND MASONIC FESTIVAL IN AID OF THE ASYLUM FOR AGED AND DECAYED FREEMASONS . CELEBRATION OF THE FOURTH ANNIVERSARY AT FREEMASONS' HALL . —The fourth anniversary of the Asylum for Aged and Decayed Freemasons , was celebrated at the Freemasons' Tavern , Great Queen-street , on Wednesday , 19 th inst . ROWLAND GARDINER ALSTON , Esq ., Deputy Grand Master for Essex , and son of the member for Hertspresided on the occasionsupported
, , by a number of Brethren , zealous in the cause of the projected Asylum , as well as many charitable and influential individuals , not of the Craft . The galleries were filled by a number of ladies , who during the dinner partook of a cold collation and champagne , which was supplied with a liberal band . The musical portion of the evening ' s pleasures were under the direction of Mr . Hawes , who , with Messrs . Bellamy , Collier , Robinsonand other professional gentlemencontributed much to the harmony
, , with which every thing passed off . Miss Hawes also sang several delightful songs in the course of the evening . After the cloth had been drawn , and the Benedictus chaunted , The CHAIRMAN rose to propose the first toast of the evening . He said , that the feeling of loyalty was so invariably and so firmly based in the heart of every Englishman , that there could be no sort of question that the company present would receive the toast with that enthusiasm
which it so well deserved from every one of the subjects of that illustrious lad y , whose health he was about to propose —( cheers ) . He felt confident that every one in this Hall felt towards her that affection , duty , and loyalty , which it was equally their pleasure and duty to display on every occasion which presented itself —( hear ) . In every work of
chanty , and , indeed , every good work of whatever kind , that illustrious lady always set an example , which he trusted would be cheerfully followed by her subjects —( hear , hear ) . He begged to conclude by proposing " the health of our gracious Queen , and may God bless her !"—( loud cheers ) . The toast was drunk with three times three , the most enthusiastic cheers , the whole company standing . Anthem— " God save the Queen . " The CHAIRMANafter a short intervalagain roseThe next toast he
, , . had to propose to their notice was the health of the illustrious royal family of England ; and if it were necessary to do any thing to secure to this toast more than an ordinaril y good reception for it , it would be to couple with it the name of an illustrious lady , the widow of our late lamented sovereign —( loud cheers ) . The maimer in which they now received her name , proved to him ( the Chairman ) that she was entitled to every encomium which it was possible for him to
herpass upon ( loud cheers ) ; whether he took her in the capacity of woman , wife , or queen , she was entitled to every honour they could pay her —( renewed cheers ) . She inculcated by her acts the spirit of charity—she was the patron of every charity , and in particular the patron of their Female School —( cheers ) , and that institution derived great honour from her countenance . He begged to propose " the health of the Queen Dowager and the rest of the Royal Famil "—( great cheering )
y . Song— " Strike the lyre . " The CHAIRMAN again rose . He said the toast which it was now his duty to propose he had the greatest pleasure in offering to their notice—( hear ) . It was one of which it was impossible to say enough of its own merits . It was one involving the name of an illustrious personage , who high as his rank was , that rank was entirely eclipsed by his many illus-
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The Charities.
GRAND MASONIC FESTIVAL IN AID OF THE ASYLUM FOR AGED AND DECAYED FREEMASONS . CELEBRATION OF THE FOURTH ANNIVERSARY AT FREEMASONS' HALL . —The fourth anniversary of the Asylum for Aged and Decayed Freemasons , was celebrated at the Freemasons' Tavern , Great Queen-street , on Wednesday , 19 th inst . ROWLAND GARDINER ALSTON , Esq ., Deputy Grand Master for Essex , and son of the member for Hertspresided on the occasionsupported
, , by a number of Brethren , zealous in the cause of the projected Asylum , as well as many charitable and influential individuals , not of the Craft . The galleries were filled by a number of ladies , who during the dinner partook of a cold collation and champagne , which was supplied with a liberal band . The musical portion of the evening ' s pleasures were under the direction of Mr . Hawes , who , with Messrs . Bellamy , Collier , Robinsonand other professional gentlemencontributed much to the harmony
, , with which every thing passed off . Miss Hawes also sang several delightful songs in the course of the evening . After the cloth had been drawn , and the Benedictus chaunted , The CHAIRMAN rose to propose the first toast of the evening . He said , that the feeling of loyalty was so invariably and so firmly based in the heart of every Englishman , that there could be no sort of question that the company present would receive the toast with that enthusiasm
which it so well deserved from every one of the subjects of that illustrious lad y , whose health he was about to propose —( cheers ) . He felt confident that every one in this Hall felt towards her that affection , duty , and loyalty , which it was equally their pleasure and duty to display on every occasion which presented itself —( hear ) . In every work of
chanty , and , indeed , every good work of whatever kind , that illustrious lady always set an example , which he trusted would be cheerfully followed by her subjects —( hear , hear ) . He begged to conclude by proposing " the health of our gracious Queen , and may God bless her !"—( loud cheers ) . The toast was drunk with three times three , the most enthusiastic cheers , the whole company standing . Anthem— " God save the Queen . " The CHAIRMANafter a short intervalagain roseThe next toast he
, , . had to propose to their notice was the health of the illustrious royal family of England ; and if it were necessary to do any thing to secure to this toast more than an ordinaril y good reception for it , it would be to couple with it the name of an illustrious lady , the widow of our late lamented sovereign —( loud cheers ) . The maimer in which they now received her name , proved to him ( the Chairman ) that she was entitled to every encomium which it was possible for him to
herpass upon ( loud cheers ) ; whether he took her in the capacity of woman , wife , or queen , she was entitled to every honour they could pay her —( renewed cheers ) . She inculcated by her acts the spirit of charity—she was the patron of every charity , and in particular the patron of their Female School —( cheers ) , and that institution derived great honour from her countenance . He begged to propose " the health of the Queen Dowager and the rest of the Royal Famil "—( great cheering )
y . Song— " Strike the lyre . " The CHAIRMAN again rose . He said the toast which it was now his duty to propose he had the greatest pleasure in offering to their notice—( hear ) . It was one of which it was impossible to say enough of its own merits . It was one involving the name of an illustrious personage , who high as his rank was , that rank was entirely eclipsed by his many illus-