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Asylum For The Worthy Aged And Decayed Freemason.
ASYLUM FOR THE WORTHY AGED AND DECAYED FREEMASON .
GENERAL MEETING , 13 th April . —Present , Dr . Crucefix in the chair , aud several Governors . The minutes of the last General Court , and those of the several Committees , were read and confirmed ; and the reports of the Sub-Committee , in relation to the conference with the Board of General Purposes , were also read . A resolution , expressive of the grateful thanks of the General Meeting to the Sub-Committee for their diligence and
great attention to the important duty confided to them , was unanimously passed , and ordered to be entered on the minutes . The resolution also expressed the deep regret of the General Meeting at the unexpected result of a conference that promised to heal all difference of opinion . It was determined that a full statement of these proceedings should be submitted to the friends of the institution and the Masonic world , without note or comment . A gratuity of five guineas was voted to Bro . Nicholls , the late Collector .
The Festival.
THE FESTIVAL .
The Seventh Annual Festival , in aid ofthe Asylum for Worth y Aged and Decayed Freemasons , was held at the Freemasons' Hall , Great Queen Street , on Wednesday , the loth of June , 1842 , BRO . WM . SHAW , Grand Steward , and W . M . No . 66 , in the Chair .
STEWARDS . Bro . Samuel Staples . . P . M . 66 . President . " John Lane . . P . M . 40 ) " Zachariah Watkins . P . M . 318 ! j Vice Presidents . " Edward Brewster . . . 109 . Treasurer . " Richard Dix . . . . 20 ' . Hon Secretary . Br . William Vinson . G . S . L . Br . William Eccles , P . M . 118 Edward Hammett 9
" , W . M . No . " William Pressor , jun . 118 " John Moulding , W . M . . 1 <) « Thomas Lloyd , I . G . . 225 " John Stevens .... 23 * " William Tucker . . 327 " George Remmington , Z . . « William Grey Clark , S . D . 3 * 29 " John Corley , J . W . . . 49 " Edward Cuff ... 333 " Jeremiah How . ... 82 " Robert Turner , P P . G W " John Dubourg , P . M . . 10 S Line 466 " Edward Rawson Clark . 108 " Henry Smith . . 661 " John Hodgkinson , P . M .. 113 ' " John Lee Stevens .
Above a hundred Brethren and visions sat down shortly after six o ' clock , when Bro . William Shaw took the chair , at which time the galleries were filled with elegantl y dressed ladies , who shortly afterwards retired to partake of a collation , which , with an excellent dessert and plenty of iced champagne , had been provided for the fair visitors * Among the ladies included in the list of visitors , were several who had kindly volunteered their professional talents , and thereby gave an additional charm and lustre to the occasion , by affording , at different
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Asylum For The Worthy Aged And Decayed Freemason.
ASYLUM FOR THE WORTHY AGED AND DECAYED FREEMASON .
GENERAL MEETING , 13 th April . —Present , Dr . Crucefix in the chair , aud several Governors . The minutes of the last General Court , and those of the several Committees , were read and confirmed ; and the reports of the Sub-Committee , in relation to the conference with the Board of General Purposes , were also read . A resolution , expressive of the grateful thanks of the General Meeting to the Sub-Committee for their diligence and
great attention to the important duty confided to them , was unanimously passed , and ordered to be entered on the minutes . The resolution also expressed the deep regret of the General Meeting at the unexpected result of a conference that promised to heal all difference of opinion . It was determined that a full statement of these proceedings should be submitted to the friends of the institution and the Masonic world , without note or comment . A gratuity of five guineas was voted to Bro . Nicholls , the late Collector .
The Festival.
THE FESTIVAL .
The Seventh Annual Festival , in aid ofthe Asylum for Worth y Aged and Decayed Freemasons , was held at the Freemasons' Hall , Great Queen Street , on Wednesday , the loth of June , 1842 , BRO . WM . SHAW , Grand Steward , and W . M . No . 66 , in the Chair .
STEWARDS . Bro . Samuel Staples . . P . M . 66 . President . " John Lane . . P . M . 40 ) " Zachariah Watkins . P . M . 318 ! j Vice Presidents . " Edward Brewster . . . 109 . Treasurer . " Richard Dix . . . . 20 ' . Hon Secretary . Br . William Vinson . G . S . L . Br . William Eccles , P . M . 118 Edward Hammett 9
" , W . M . No . " William Pressor , jun . 118 " John Moulding , W . M . . 1 <) « Thomas Lloyd , I . G . . 225 " John Stevens .... 23 * " William Tucker . . 327 " George Remmington , Z . . « William Grey Clark , S . D . 3 * 29 " John Corley , J . W . . . 49 " Edward Cuff ... 333 " Jeremiah How . ... 82 " Robert Turner , P P . G W " John Dubourg , P . M . . 10 S Line 466 " Edward Rawson Clark . 108 " Henry Smith . . 661 " John Hodgkinson , P . M .. 113 ' " John Lee Stevens .
Above a hundred Brethren and visions sat down shortly after six o ' clock , when Bro . William Shaw took the chair , at which time the galleries were filled with elegantl y dressed ladies , who shortly afterwards retired to partake of a collation , which , with an excellent dessert and plenty of iced champagne , had been provided for the fair visitors * Among the ladies included in the list of visitors , were several who had kindly volunteered their professional talents , and thereby gave an additional charm and lustre to the occasion , by affording , at different