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The Glee Room.
ings , who is still living , was also a warm supporter of the charity , and admirably seconded the example of her royal friend . Children are admitted from seven to ten years of age , under certain certificates of health , and must be free from any perceptible tendency to infirmity ; vouchers of the father having subscribed to the tenets of the Craft are necessary ; proper certificates of marriage of the parents and baptism of the child , must be produced .
The children are , besides receiving a useful education , instructed in domestic duties , so that when they leave the school , they are placed out as apprentices to trades or in services , as may be congenial ivith their disposition and capacity . The governing power is vested in a House Committee , who have the immediate guardianship of the children ; an Audit Committee , a General Monthly Committeeand a QuarterlCourtwhoof course
, y , , , exercise the ' superior powers . There are a variety of regulations for qualifications as subscribers and life governors , according to the amount . One guinea constitutes an annual subscriber . Ten guineas a life governor . The by-laws have been just revised , but the Committee delay their publication in order to
include the names of the new subscribers at the ensuing festival , appointed for the 13 th May . In 1794 , no less than one hundred and fourteen Lodges had contributed in support of the charity , many of them by very liberal sums . The valuable exertions of the clerical Brethren were marked b y the most successful appeals from the pulpit , and a concert in the Hall produced a clear profit of 136 / . 2 * 9 d .
. As a considerable part of the childrens' time is employed in needlework , the public are respectfully informed that such work is executed at the school in the neatest manner , on the folloiving terms : — £ . s . d . £ . s . d . A full trimmed shirt , or shift , from . 0 2 3 to 0 3 3 A plain ditto 019 to 026 Table cloths 0 0 4 , to 0 1 n
Fine napkins . . . per dozen 0 1 6 to 0 2 6 Common ditto . . . ditto 0 1 0 to 0 1 6 Common pocket-handkerchiefs ditto 0 1 0 to 0 2 0 Cambric ditto . . . . ditto 0 3 0 Sheets . . . . per pair , 010 Marking , per dozen letters . . 003 Coarser work proportionably cheap .
Subscriptions for this Charity are received by the General Committee , which meets at the School-house , at one o ' clock , in the forenoon , on the last Thursday in every month . By John Ramsbottom , Esq ., M . P ., V . P ., Treasurer , 31 , Springgardens . —Messrs . Williams , Deacon , Labouchere , and Co ., 20 , Birchinlane . —Messrs . Biddulph , Cox , and Ridge , Bankers , 34 , Charing-cross . —Messrs . Hammersleys and Co . Bankers 57 Pall Mall . —Mr . W .
, , , Fletcher Hope , Secretary , 30 , Penton-place , Walworth . —Mrs . Crook , the Matron , at the School-house . —Mr . Canham , 7 , Bennett ' s Hill , Doctors' Commons . —And by the Grand Secretaries , at Freemason ' s Hall . It is the earnest wish of the Committee of Management that thc Establishment should be frequently visited by the friends and patrons of thc Institution , and especially by ladies .
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The Glee Room.
ings , who is still living , was also a warm supporter of the charity , and admirably seconded the example of her royal friend . Children are admitted from seven to ten years of age , under certain certificates of health , and must be free from any perceptible tendency to infirmity ; vouchers of the father having subscribed to the tenets of the Craft are necessary ; proper certificates of marriage of the parents and baptism of the child , must be produced .
The children are , besides receiving a useful education , instructed in domestic duties , so that when they leave the school , they are placed out as apprentices to trades or in services , as may be congenial ivith their disposition and capacity . The governing power is vested in a House Committee , who have the immediate guardianship of the children ; an Audit Committee , a General Monthly Committeeand a QuarterlCourtwhoof course
, y , , , exercise the ' superior powers . There are a variety of regulations for qualifications as subscribers and life governors , according to the amount . One guinea constitutes an annual subscriber . Ten guineas a life governor . The by-laws have been just revised , but the Committee delay their publication in order to
include the names of the new subscribers at the ensuing festival , appointed for the 13 th May . In 1794 , no less than one hundred and fourteen Lodges had contributed in support of the charity , many of them by very liberal sums . The valuable exertions of the clerical Brethren were marked b y the most successful appeals from the pulpit , and a concert in the Hall produced a clear profit of 136 / . 2 * 9 d .
. As a considerable part of the childrens' time is employed in needlework , the public are respectfully informed that such work is executed at the school in the neatest manner , on the folloiving terms : — £ . s . d . £ . s . d . A full trimmed shirt , or shift , from . 0 2 3 to 0 3 3 A plain ditto 019 to 026 Table cloths 0 0 4 , to 0 1 n
Fine napkins . . . per dozen 0 1 6 to 0 2 6 Common ditto . . . ditto 0 1 0 to 0 1 6 Common pocket-handkerchiefs ditto 0 1 0 to 0 2 0 Cambric ditto . . . . ditto 0 3 0 Sheets . . . . per pair , 010 Marking , per dozen letters . . 003 Coarser work proportionably cheap .
Subscriptions for this Charity are received by the General Committee , which meets at the School-house , at one o ' clock , in the forenoon , on the last Thursday in every month . By John Ramsbottom , Esq ., M . P ., V . P ., Treasurer , 31 , Springgardens . —Messrs . Williams , Deacon , Labouchere , and Co ., 20 , Birchinlane . —Messrs . Biddulph , Cox , and Ridge , Bankers , 34 , Charing-cross . —Messrs . Hammersleys and Co . Bankers 57 Pall Mall . —Mr . W .
, , , Fletcher Hope , Secretary , 30 , Penton-place , Walworth . —Mrs . Crook , the Matron , at the School-house . —Mr . Canham , 7 , Bennett ' s Hill , Doctors' Commons . —And by the Grand Secretaries , at Freemason ' s Hall . It is the earnest wish of the Committee of Management that thc Establishment should be frequently visited by the friends and patrons of thc Institution , and especially by ladies .