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Article ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT ANNUITY FUND. ← Page 2 of 2 Article FESTIVAL IN AID OF THE GIRLS' SCHOOL. Page 1 of 4 →
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Royal Masonic Benevolent Annuity Fund.
of the addresses made , a well merited tribute was paid to the memory of his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex , late Grand Master of the Brotherhood , and President of tiie Committee ofthe Benevolent Fund . The various officers having been re-elected , a ballot was taken , and the first fifteen candidates declared pensioners on the funds ; after which the meeting adjourned . " The Chronicle has committed one error : the election did not fall
on the first fifteen in the list , for the second candidate was unsuccessful . His name is John Morris , of AVhitehaven , aged 75 . He was initiated in 1 S 0 S , and has paid contributions to Grand Lodge for twenty-six years . His failure was no doubt a mistake , arising from that anomalous system of voting that cumulates without discretion , and thus prevents the exercise of free and considerate benevolence . AVe , however , cordiall
y congratulate the subjoined fifteen Brethren on their election to the benefits of a Masonic charity , and pass a special vote of thanks to those supporters of the Asylum who , by their presence , confirmed the generous principle that called this second institution into existence , and who also tended to lessen somewhat of that cheerlessness which the scanty attendance in the great hall naturally gave rise to . A committeeroom would have been more convenient .
SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES . Bro . A . Hollinrake , Todmorden . Bro . R . Tucker , Salisbury . " T . AVoodburne , Kendall . " J . Haycroft , Teignmouth . " W . Conry , Gosport . " S . Hunt , Kidderminster . ' ' AV . Orrell , Bolton . " T . Powell , London . " M . M'Mann , Deptford . ' " G . Colcott , London * '' J . Deans , Greenwich . " J . George , London . " C . D . Raabe , Hampton . " AV . Speight , London . " G . Kershaw , Romford .
Festival In Aid Of The Girls' School.
FESTIVAL IN AID OF THE GIRLS' SCHOOL .
FREEMASON ' HALL , 21 TH MAY , 1843 . Bro . LORD INGESTRIE , P . S . G . AV . in the Chair , Supported by the following Grand Officers : —Bros . Savage , Gaseoigne , Philipe , Hall , Adamthwaite , Cabbell , Crucefix , AVhite , GranvilleEvans , Jennings , M'MullenLawrenceDobieBossyLewis
, , , , , , Norris , Lawvie , and Sir George Smart . Also by The House Committee—Bros . Harvey , Tenison ( Ireland ) , Snowe ( Ireland ) , and upwards of one hundred other Brethren . The banquet over , and the cloth removed , Non IVobis was chaunted , and the usual loyal and Masonic toasts were given and received with due respect . " The Memory of the late Duke of Sussex" was drunk in solemn silence .
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Royal Masonic Benevolent Annuity Fund.
of the addresses made , a well merited tribute was paid to the memory of his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex , late Grand Master of the Brotherhood , and President of tiie Committee ofthe Benevolent Fund . The various officers having been re-elected , a ballot was taken , and the first fifteen candidates declared pensioners on the funds ; after which the meeting adjourned . " The Chronicle has committed one error : the election did not fall
on the first fifteen in the list , for the second candidate was unsuccessful . His name is John Morris , of AVhitehaven , aged 75 . He was initiated in 1 S 0 S , and has paid contributions to Grand Lodge for twenty-six years . His failure was no doubt a mistake , arising from that anomalous system of voting that cumulates without discretion , and thus prevents the exercise of free and considerate benevolence . AVe , however , cordiall
y congratulate the subjoined fifteen Brethren on their election to the benefits of a Masonic charity , and pass a special vote of thanks to those supporters of the Asylum who , by their presence , confirmed the generous principle that called this second institution into existence , and who also tended to lessen somewhat of that cheerlessness which the scanty attendance in the great hall naturally gave rise to . A committeeroom would have been more convenient .
SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES . Bro . A . Hollinrake , Todmorden . Bro . R . Tucker , Salisbury . " T . AVoodburne , Kendall . " J . Haycroft , Teignmouth . " W . Conry , Gosport . " S . Hunt , Kidderminster . ' ' AV . Orrell , Bolton . " T . Powell , London . " M . M'Mann , Deptford . ' " G . Colcott , London * '' J . Deans , Greenwich . " J . George , London . " C . D . Raabe , Hampton . " AV . Speight , London . " G . Kershaw , Romford .
Festival In Aid Of The Girls' School.
FESTIVAL IN AID OF THE GIRLS' SCHOOL .
FREEMASON ' HALL , 21 TH MAY , 1843 . Bro . LORD INGESTRIE , P . S . G . AV . in the Chair , Supported by the following Grand Officers : —Bros . Savage , Gaseoigne , Philipe , Hall , Adamthwaite , Cabbell , Crucefix , AVhite , GranvilleEvans , Jennings , M'MullenLawrenceDobieBossyLewis
, , , , , , Norris , Lawvie , and Sir George Smart . Also by The House Committee—Bros . Harvey , Tenison ( Ireland ) , Snowe ( Ireland ) , and upwards of one hundred other Brethren . The banquet over , and the cloth removed , Non IVobis was chaunted , and the usual loyal and Masonic toasts were given and received with due respect . " The Memory of the late Duke of Sussex" was drunk in solemn silence .