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The Charities.
It was observed that gross neglect had arisen by not having the list of Governors annually printed , as the lists were miserabl y defective ; but the Governors , on being informed that the practice was to take the directions of the General Court on this point , and that the neglect , if any , rested with themselves , then moved that a new list should be published as immediately after the Festival as possible . Mr . HARRISON moved , that " In consequence of the late period
ofthe proxy papers being issued , ancl many Governors not having received any proxy papers , the election of candidates be postponed until the second Thursday in May next , " which motion was carried unanimously .
Mr . MOOR moved , "That as the Freemasons' Quarterly Review was under the ban of Grand Lodge , that no advertisemens of the Charity be inserted therein . " Mr . LEWIS ( taking the last number of the Review from his pocket ) stated that the last advertisement in the number was incorrect , there being no hour of meeting specified . A GOVERNOR . —By what authority have the advertisements been inserted ?
The SECRETARY . —By order of the General Court . DR . CRUCEFIX observed , that as one governor had facetiously stated that the Freemasons' Quarterly Review was under the ban of Grand Lodge , and another had adverted to what was probably an accidental omission , he ( Dr . C . ) begged to observe that there was another publication professing to deal largely in Masonic information , but in reality affording but littlewhich was very incorrectparticularlas to the hours
, , y of the meeting of this Charity , to which he confined his remarks . That publication , although issued by command of the Grand Master , and , he understood , edited by the Board of General Purposes , was , with its faults , under the protection , not under the ban of the Grancl Lodge . Some explanation was necessary .
Mr . MOOR said , he did not move facetiously ; but spoke to facts . BRO . W . PI . WHITE . —The calendar was not responsible for the error complained of ; those who had the arrangement had not received any notice of the change in time of meeting . * The motion was carried ( few , however , voted ) . Some conversation ensued on the future arrangements of the Secretaryship , after which a unanimous vote of thanks to the Hon . Secretary for two ' -
yearsgra tuitous services was passed . Some notices of motion were given , and the Court adjourned . GENERAL COMMITTEE , April 29 . —Present , Bro . Harrison in tbe Chair , and a numerous assembly of Governors .
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The Charities.
It was observed that gross neglect had arisen by not having the list of Governors annually printed , as the lists were miserabl y defective ; but the Governors , on being informed that the practice was to take the directions of the General Court on this point , and that the neglect , if any , rested with themselves , then moved that a new list should be published as immediately after the Festival as possible . Mr . HARRISON moved , that " In consequence of the late period
ofthe proxy papers being issued , ancl many Governors not having received any proxy papers , the election of candidates be postponed until the second Thursday in May next , " which motion was carried unanimously .
Mr . MOOR moved , "That as the Freemasons' Quarterly Review was under the ban of Grand Lodge , that no advertisemens of the Charity be inserted therein . " Mr . LEWIS ( taking the last number of the Review from his pocket ) stated that the last advertisement in the number was incorrect , there being no hour of meeting specified . A GOVERNOR . —By what authority have the advertisements been inserted ?
The SECRETARY . —By order of the General Court . DR . CRUCEFIX observed , that as one governor had facetiously stated that the Freemasons' Quarterly Review was under the ban of Grand Lodge , and another had adverted to what was probably an accidental omission , he ( Dr . C . ) begged to observe that there was another publication professing to deal largely in Masonic information , but in reality affording but littlewhich was very incorrectparticularlas to the hours
, , y of the meeting of this Charity , to which he confined his remarks . That publication , although issued by command of the Grand Master , and , he understood , edited by the Board of General Purposes , was , with its faults , under the protection , not under the ban of the Grancl Lodge . Some explanation was necessary .
Mr . MOOR said , he did not move facetiously ; but spoke to facts . BRO . W . PI . WHITE . —The calendar was not responsible for the error complained of ; those who had the arrangement had not received any notice of the change in time of meeting . * The motion was carried ( few , however , voted ) . Some conversation ensued on the future arrangements of the Secretaryship , after which a unanimous vote of thanks to the Hon . Secretary for two ' -
yearsgra tuitous services was passed . Some notices of motion were given , and the Court adjourned . GENERAL COMMITTEE , April 29 . —Present , Bro . Harrison in tbe Chair , and a numerous assembly of Governors .