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Masonic Intelligence.
occasion appear to have directed their whole energy and attention to the subscriptions , in which they were indeed eminently successful , but a proportionate inattention to the maintenance of order among the guests , added to the impatience manifested b y many at the prolongation of the business of the table , occasioned confusion and disorder , which were heightened instead of repressed by the intemperate expressions of some gentlemen who vainl y attempted to enforce attention to the Chair . Let
us hope that our mention of this unpleasant ebullition may be preventive of aught similar at future festivals . AVe know not whether to condemn or to applaud the extreme liberality of the stewards with respect to the hospitality they evinced ; but it is gratifying to add that nothing could repress the liberal determination of the stewards and their friends to make the subscription worth y of the cause . Their efforts were crowned with success ; the amount exceeded every preceding collection , nearly reaching the glorious sum of ONE THOUSAND POUNDS ! The following is an abstract from the accounts for 1 S 36 , as distributed in the Hall .
Receipt . £ s . d . The King ' s Most Excellent Majesty . . a 21 0 0 'The Queen ' s Most Excellent Majesty . . a 10 10 0 H . R . H . the Duke of Sussex , M . W . G . M . . a 10 10 0 Lord H . J . Spencer Churchill , D . G . M ., Gth donation . 10 10 0 Lord Suffield , J . G AV . . . . ' . 10 10 0 L . H . Petit , Esq . V . P ., 2-ith donation . . 10 10 0 John Ramsbottom
, Esq ., M . P ., Treasurer and V . J ' ., 14 th donation . . . . . 10 10 0 W . W . Prescott , Esq ., Gr . Treasurer , 10 th donation . 10 10 0 Rev . J . A ^ ane , Grand Chaplain . . . . 10 10 0 The Members of the House Committee of the School . 10 10 0 B . B . Cahbell , Esq ., A ' . P ., 9 th donation . . 10 10 0 Moolvee Mahomed Ismael Khan o 5
. . . . o TheDep , Master of the Lodge of Antiquity ( Bro . Birnie ) . 52 10 0 Freemasons' Quarterl y Review . . . a 2 2 0 Masters and Past Masters' Club . ' a 3 3 0 L . H . Petit , Esq ., V . P . . . . . 52 10 0 Amount received of the Grand Lodge , being a moiety of Fees for registering the Initiation of Masons , during the
year , _ j 17 g 9 Amount of Needle-work done by the Children ' . ' . 128 5 7 Amount of Dividends . 4515 0 g Sundry subscriptions and donations . . ' 933 1 9 Found in Donation Box . . . . 316 Balance due to the Treasurer . . . . 121 G S 2
£ 3105 19 5 Disbursements . By Balance due to Treasurer as per last account . . 1081 9 8 Provisions for Children , Matron , and Assistants . 655 8 8 Medicine . . . , . 3 9 11 Amount paid for Rent , Taxes , Insurance , and Furniture 121 1 11 Carried forward £ 1861 13 2
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Masonic Intelligence.
occasion appear to have directed their whole energy and attention to the subscriptions , in which they were indeed eminently successful , but a proportionate inattention to the maintenance of order among the guests , added to the impatience manifested b y many at the prolongation of the business of the table , occasioned confusion and disorder , which were heightened instead of repressed by the intemperate expressions of some gentlemen who vainl y attempted to enforce attention to the Chair . Let
us hope that our mention of this unpleasant ebullition may be preventive of aught similar at future festivals . AVe know not whether to condemn or to applaud the extreme liberality of the stewards with respect to the hospitality they evinced ; but it is gratifying to add that nothing could repress the liberal determination of the stewards and their friends to make the subscription worth y of the cause . Their efforts were crowned with success ; the amount exceeded every preceding collection , nearly reaching the glorious sum of ONE THOUSAND POUNDS ! The following is an abstract from the accounts for 1 S 36 , as distributed in the Hall .
Receipt . £ s . d . The King ' s Most Excellent Majesty . . a 21 0 0 'The Queen ' s Most Excellent Majesty . . a 10 10 0 H . R . H . the Duke of Sussex , M . W . G . M . . a 10 10 0 Lord H . J . Spencer Churchill , D . G . M ., Gth donation . 10 10 0 Lord Suffield , J . G AV . . . . ' . 10 10 0 L . H . Petit , Esq . V . P ., 2-ith donation . . 10 10 0 John Ramsbottom
, Esq ., M . P ., Treasurer and V . J ' ., 14 th donation . . . . . 10 10 0 W . W . Prescott , Esq ., Gr . Treasurer , 10 th donation . 10 10 0 Rev . J . A ^ ane , Grand Chaplain . . . . 10 10 0 The Members of the House Committee of the School . 10 10 0 B . B . Cahbell , Esq ., A ' . P ., 9 th donation . . 10 10 0 Moolvee Mahomed Ismael Khan o 5
. . . . o TheDep , Master of the Lodge of Antiquity ( Bro . Birnie ) . 52 10 0 Freemasons' Quarterl y Review . . . a 2 2 0 Masters and Past Masters' Club . ' a 3 3 0 L . H . Petit , Esq ., V . P . . . . . 52 10 0 Amount received of the Grand Lodge , being a moiety of Fees for registering the Initiation of Masons , during the
year , _ j 17 g 9 Amount of Needle-work done by the Children ' . ' . 128 5 7 Amount of Dividends . 4515 0 g Sundry subscriptions and donations . . ' 933 1 9 Found in Donation Box . . . . 316 Balance due to the Treasurer . . . . 121 G S 2
£ 3105 19 5 Disbursements . By Balance due to Treasurer as per last account . . 1081 9 8 Provisions for Children , Matron , and Assistants . 655 8 8 Medicine . . . , . 3 9 11 Amount paid for Rent , Taxes , Insurance , and Furniture 121 1 11 Carried forward £ 1861 13 2