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The Charities.
It having reported tbe amount subscribed in the Hall , yesterday , to be 771 / . 15 * . Gd ., exclusive ofthe House Committee and many other deferred subscriptions , and that Brother Baumer had attended to the subscription lists with his customary kindness and diligence , resolved that the thanks of the House Committee be offered to Brother Baumer , for his attention to the interests of the charity . A letter from Bro . Ribbans was read , announcing a present of several
copies of a tale written by him , for presentation to AVards on leaving the school . The present was gratefully accepted , and thanks to Brother Ribbans recorded . ESPECIAL HOUSE COMMITTEE , May 28 . —Present , Dr . Crucefix in the Chair Bros . Acklam , Staples , Baumer , Kincaid , Rowe , and Chandler . The Abstract of Accounts for Grancl Lodge was agreed upon as follows : £ s . d . Receipts . . . 1941 6 3
Disbursements . . . £ 1317 2 8 Balance in Treasurer ' s hands . G 24 3 7 1941 6 3 LIABILITIES . Account unpaid for the Quarter ending Christmas 1839 . . 275 17 1
, Loan due to Grancl Loclge . . 1000 0 0 Subscriptions uncollected . £ 54 0 0 The account was signed by R . T . CRBCEFIX , Chairman , C . BAUMER , S . STAPLES , J . P . ACKLAM , J . D . KINCAID . Thanks voted to the Chair .
GENERAL COMMITTEE , May 28 . —Present , Brother Henderson in the Chair ; and a considerable number of Governors , including many ofthe Stewards of the late Festival ancl their Friends . A resolution to rescind the motion of censure on the Stewards , as passed by the House Committee , was carried . Brother TAYLOR resigned his place at the House Committee . Petitions were received .
The expunging of the motion of censure by the Stewards ancl their friends , most of whom appeared for the first time , does not alter the fact of the censure , any more than it purges the Stewards of an act oi gross violation of the principles of Freemasonry , in excluding Brethren from the Festival of CHARITY . The resolution to expunge , however intentionally rude , is , after all , innoxious . The CHAIRMAN probably felt ( as a high-minded man ) the importance
of the lesson , that Chairmanships are not always " lifeholds . " Dr . Crucefix stood the attack right well ; took part in the public business with great cheerfulness , and expressed his hope that future meetings would be as well attended as the present . HOUSE COMMITTEE , June 19 . —Present , Dr . Crucefix in the Chair ; Bros . Baumer , Rowe , Stevens . Brother Lewellyn attended for Brothei Gore , indisposed . Account of Needlework , 11 , 10 s . lie / .
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The Charities.
It having reported tbe amount subscribed in the Hall , yesterday , to be 771 / . 15 * . Gd ., exclusive ofthe House Committee and many other deferred subscriptions , and that Brother Baumer had attended to the subscription lists with his customary kindness and diligence , resolved that the thanks of the House Committee be offered to Brother Baumer , for his attention to the interests of the charity . A letter from Bro . Ribbans was read , announcing a present of several
copies of a tale written by him , for presentation to AVards on leaving the school . The present was gratefully accepted , and thanks to Brother Ribbans recorded . ESPECIAL HOUSE COMMITTEE , May 28 . —Present , Dr . Crucefix in the Chair Bros . Acklam , Staples , Baumer , Kincaid , Rowe , and Chandler . The Abstract of Accounts for Grancl Lodge was agreed upon as follows : £ s . d . Receipts . . . 1941 6 3
Disbursements . . . £ 1317 2 8 Balance in Treasurer ' s hands . G 24 3 7 1941 6 3 LIABILITIES . Account unpaid for the Quarter ending Christmas 1839 . . 275 17 1
, Loan due to Grancl Loclge . . 1000 0 0 Subscriptions uncollected . £ 54 0 0 The account was signed by R . T . CRBCEFIX , Chairman , C . BAUMER , S . STAPLES , J . P . ACKLAM , J . D . KINCAID . Thanks voted to the Chair .
GENERAL COMMITTEE , May 28 . —Present , Brother Henderson in the Chair ; and a considerable number of Governors , including many ofthe Stewards of the late Festival ancl their Friends . A resolution to rescind the motion of censure on the Stewards , as passed by the House Committee , was carried . Brother TAYLOR resigned his place at the House Committee . Petitions were received .
The expunging of the motion of censure by the Stewards ancl their friends , most of whom appeared for the first time , does not alter the fact of the censure , any more than it purges the Stewards of an act oi gross violation of the principles of Freemasonry , in excluding Brethren from the Festival of CHARITY . The resolution to expunge , however intentionally rude , is , after all , innoxious . The CHAIRMAN probably felt ( as a high-minded man ) the importance
of the lesson , that Chairmanships are not always " lifeholds . " Dr . Crucefix stood the attack right well ; took part in the public business with great cheerfulness , and expressed his hope that future meetings would be as well attended as the present . HOUSE COMMITTEE , June 19 . —Present , Dr . Crucefix in the Chair ; Bros . Baumer , Rowe , Stevens . Brother Lewellyn attended for Brothei Gore , indisposed . Account of Needlework , 11 , 10 s . lie / .