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Aged Masons' Asylum.
Board for his prompt attention to their wishes , and regretting the circumstances which prevent his presiding over them at the approaching Festival . That Brothei- Joseph G ' opeland Bell , P . M . of the Lodge of Regularity , No . 10 S , be requested to take the Chair on the 21 st . ' ' The correspondence between Mr . Pattison and Dr . Crucefix relative to the Asylum , also , a letter addressed by the Board of Stewards to the
Deputy Grand Master , the reply of the noble Brother , and a declaration hy the Treasurer relative to its contents , have been all entered upon the minutes . A Meeting of the Officers of the Board was especially convened on the 31 st May , at which the following resolution was passed unanimously . " That the declaration made by Brother Crucefix with reference to the letter of the Ri ght AVorshipful the Deyuty Grand Master is perfectly satisfactory , and that this Committee see additional reasons in the communication made for continued exertion in aid of the approaching
I ' estival . June 9 . '—At a numerous Meeting of the Board this evening , the arrangements were continued , and the following aiinoimcementinade by the Treasurer , was received with the most lively gratification . " That an interview which had been granted by His lloyal Highness the Grancl Master , that illustrious personage had been pleased to state , that he was not in any manner opposed to the objects of the
contemplated Asylum . " June 19 . —The Board having met by summons , it was resolved unanimously ' , "that in consequence of the very dangerous state of the health of the King , the Patron of the Craft , that the Festival be postponed until the 19 th of July . " An account was taken from the Stewards when it appeared , that the number of friends whose attendance on the 2 ist was calculated on , amounted to nearly three hundred .
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BOARD OF GENERAL PURPOSES , June 9 . 7 th . —First meeting : present , Brother Henderson , President , and twenty other Members . Brother Crucefix was elected Vice-President . There being no business of importance , the Board sat but for a short time . LODGE OF ANTIQUITY , June 2 Slh . —It was resolved that an Address of Condolence be presented to II . R . II . the Duke of Sussex , the Grand Master , and Master of this Lodge , upon the lamented decease of
his late Majesty King AVilliam the Fourth . The usual banquet was suspended . DUBLIN . —The festival of St . John ' s Day has been postponed until after the funeral of his late Majesty . LIMERICK , June 27 tt . —The Masonic Brethren attended , in full costume , in the prooession for proclaiming Her Majesty Queen Victoria . INDIA . June 29 th—We are this day favoured by advices , and regret that the lateness of their arrival prevents our doing justice to the various interesting topics upon which they treat .
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Aged Masons' Asylum.
Board for his prompt attention to their wishes , and regretting the circumstances which prevent his presiding over them at the approaching Festival . That Brothei- Joseph G ' opeland Bell , P . M . of the Lodge of Regularity , No . 10 S , be requested to take the Chair on the 21 st . ' ' The correspondence between Mr . Pattison and Dr . Crucefix relative to the Asylum , also , a letter addressed by the Board of Stewards to the
Deputy Grand Master , the reply of the noble Brother , and a declaration hy the Treasurer relative to its contents , have been all entered upon the minutes . A Meeting of the Officers of the Board was especially convened on the 31 st May , at which the following resolution was passed unanimously . " That the declaration made by Brother Crucefix with reference to the letter of the Ri ght AVorshipful the Deyuty Grand Master is perfectly satisfactory , and that this Committee see additional reasons in the communication made for continued exertion in aid of the approaching
I ' estival . June 9 . '—At a numerous Meeting of the Board this evening , the arrangements were continued , and the following aiinoimcementinade by the Treasurer , was received with the most lively gratification . " That an interview which had been granted by His lloyal Highness the Grancl Master , that illustrious personage had been pleased to state , that he was not in any manner opposed to the objects of the
contemplated Asylum . " June 19 . —The Board having met by summons , it was resolved unanimously ' , "that in consequence of the very dangerous state of the health of the King , the Patron of the Craft , that the Festival be postponed until the 19 th of July . " An account was taken from the Stewards when it appeared , that the number of friends whose attendance on the 2 ist was calculated on , amounted to nearly three hundred .
Latest.
LATEST .
BOARD OF GENERAL PURPOSES , June 9 . 7 th . —First meeting : present , Brother Henderson , President , and twenty other Members . Brother Crucefix was elected Vice-President . There being no business of importance , the Board sat but for a short time . LODGE OF ANTIQUITY , June 2 Slh . —It was resolved that an Address of Condolence be presented to II . R . II . the Duke of Sussex , the Grand Master , and Master of this Lodge , upon the lamented decease of
his late Majesty King AVilliam the Fourth . The usual banquet was suspended . DUBLIN . —The festival of St . John ' s Day has been postponed until after the funeral of his late Majesty . LIMERICK , June 27 tt . —The Masonic Brethren attended , in full costume , in the prooession for proclaiming Her Majesty Queen Victoria . INDIA . June 29 th—We are this day favoured by advices , and regret that the lateness of their arrival prevents our doing justice to the various interesting topics upon which they treat .