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The Asylum For The Aged And Decayed Freemason.
AA e adverted , not long since , to the probability that many excellent friends and liberal contributors to the other charities would not be backward in their liberality whenever " a mould and form" should be given to our hopes . Since then Mr . Ramsbottom has openly avowed that the necessity for an asylum does exist—and coming f ' r . om him as the treasurer of the Female School—and at the festivarheld in aid of the funds of that charitythe acknowledgment was greatlenhanced in value and
, y importance ; it served , at once , to remove the hasty impression ivhich was likely to be felt that the Girls School might sustain some loss through the interest which the asylum might create . Mr . Ramsbottom has dissipated this vague notion , and we thank him for the trul y liberal spirit ivhich he displayed , and which , through him , will be infused into the hearts of many . Several lodges have been addressed upon the subject and all with
success—many interesting facts might be adduced with no little effect did our cause , ( for such we hail it in the name of Freemasonry ) require us to do so—we-shall content ourselves with stating one honourable instance , the more because it refers to a brother in humble circumstances—who , on hearing the lodge addressed upon the subject , solicited the brethren to
permit him to enrol his name in their list , not from any hope that he might hereafter derive benefit from the asylum , for he was fortunately protected by a small superannuation stipend ; but because the sentiments he had heard delivered were so convincing and conclusive that he panted for an opportunity to give his mite . The party we allude to was Brother Dalton , Tyler to the Burlingtonlodge ; he tendered a subscription of five guineas . AVe shall not
describe the effect produced by this humble-minded , kind-hearted brother . Many and happy have been the bumper toasts we have " quaffed" in the Grand Stewards , British , Tuscan , Moira , Bank of England , Emulation , Unions , and many other lodges , in all twenty in number but none was to us so delicious as that ivhich commemorated Brother Dalton ' s health , with prosperity to the " Old Mason ' s Home . " The lodge may well be proud of him . It ivould be invidious to particularize
any lodge where so many have sanctioned the princi ples advocated , and we must therefore entreat the kind forbearance of numerous friends . On the 29 th of May a benefit in aid of the funds for the "asylum" took place , it proved most auspicious—we subjoin the following from the Public Ledger . To the editor of whicli journal we renew our grateful thanks . The company was graced by as elegant an assemblage of beautiful women as we ever saw attracted upon any public occasion .
ENGLISH OPERA-HOUSE . " Last night The Female Sleepwalker , a version of La Sonnambula , was repeated at this theatre , in aid of the funds for the support of the 'Asylum for aged Freemasons . ' The praise due to the management and to the company for the style of getting up , and for the performance of this opera has been already amply awarded them by the public ; and we now merely repeat the well-deserved eulogium on the part of those
to whom the house was granted on the occasion . The house was crowded in every part , and the boxes exhibited a display of beauty and fashion that we have not witnessed before during the present season . Not a seat was vacant ; indeed the appearance of the theatre at once convinced every beholder how warmly the call of benevolence can be responded to by a British audience . The pcrfor-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Asylum For The Aged And Decayed Freemason.
AA e adverted , not long since , to the probability that many excellent friends and liberal contributors to the other charities would not be backward in their liberality whenever " a mould and form" should be given to our hopes . Since then Mr . Ramsbottom has openly avowed that the necessity for an asylum does exist—and coming f ' r . om him as the treasurer of the Female School—and at the festivarheld in aid of the funds of that charitythe acknowledgment was greatlenhanced in value and
, y importance ; it served , at once , to remove the hasty impression ivhich was likely to be felt that the Girls School might sustain some loss through the interest which the asylum might create . Mr . Ramsbottom has dissipated this vague notion , and we thank him for the trul y liberal spirit ivhich he displayed , and which , through him , will be infused into the hearts of many . Several lodges have been addressed upon the subject and all with
success—many interesting facts might be adduced with no little effect did our cause , ( for such we hail it in the name of Freemasonry ) require us to do so—we-shall content ourselves with stating one honourable instance , the more because it refers to a brother in humble circumstances—who , on hearing the lodge addressed upon the subject , solicited the brethren to
permit him to enrol his name in their list , not from any hope that he might hereafter derive benefit from the asylum , for he was fortunately protected by a small superannuation stipend ; but because the sentiments he had heard delivered were so convincing and conclusive that he panted for an opportunity to give his mite . The party we allude to was Brother Dalton , Tyler to the Burlingtonlodge ; he tendered a subscription of five guineas . AVe shall not
describe the effect produced by this humble-minded , kind-hearted brother . Many and happy have been the bumper toasts we have " quaffed" in the Grand Stewards , British , Tuscan , Moira , Bank of England , Emulation , Unions , and many other lodges , in all twenty in number but none was to us so delicious as that ivhich commemorated Brother Dalton ' s health , with prosperity to the " Old Mason ' s Home . " The lodge may well be proud of him . It ivould be invidious to particularize
any lodge where so many have sanctioned the princi ples advocated , and we must therefore entreat the kind forbearance of numerous friends . On the 29 th of May a benefit in aid of the funds for the "asylum" took place , it proved most auspicious—we subjoin the following from the Public Ledger . To the editor of whicli journal we renew our grateful thanks . The company was graced by as elegant an assemblage of beautiful women as we ever saw attracted upon any public occasion .
ENGLISH OPERA-HOUSE . " Last night The Female Sleepwalker , a version of La Sonnambula , was repeated at this theatre , in aid of the funds for the support of the 'Asylum for aged Freemasons . ' The praise due to the management and to the company for the style of getting up , and for the performance of this opera has been already amply awarded them by the public ; and we now merely repeat the well-deserved eulogium on the part of those
to whom the house was granted on the occasion . The house was crowded in every part , and the boxes exhibited a display of beauty and fashion that we have not witnessed before during the present season . Not a seat was vacant ; indeed the appearance of the theatre at once convinced every beholder how warmly the call of benevolence can be responded to by a British audience . The pcrfor-