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The Charities.
Coldstream ancl other bands ; Grisi , E . Grisi , Rubini , Tamhuriiii , Giubelei , and Miss Poole , formed the orchestral force ; and various other means of amusement were provided , among them the throwing the lasso , & c . The refreshment tent of the Grand Master and his suite was as elegantly as it was abundantly supplied , ancl all terminated most happily . The experience of an attempt is necessary to decide the future . Some changes may be made , which , without decreasing , perhaps even b y increasing the comfort and pleasure , may also materially add to the profits , which , we regret to say , were but inconsiderable .
Asylum For The Aged And Decayed Freemason.
ASYLUM FOR THE AGED AND DECAYED FREEMASON .
PROCEEDINGS OF GENERAL MEETING OF JULY 31 . —Dr . Crucefix in the Chair . The following Brethren were elected as Annuitants : — George Colcotfc , Nathaniel Pearce , William Povey , William Johnson . John Dyson , The three former being in attendancewere paid the first quarter in
, advance . The Chairman , in addressing his aged friends , endeavoured to express the joyful sentiments of those with whom he had so long acted , at witnessing the glorious consummation of their noble liberality , and besought the claimants for Masonic justice then present , to look upon these small annuities not in the light of an alms-giving , but as a proof of their own Masonic worth . The Chairman could scarcely give utterance to his
words , the meeting was affected by the circumstance , and the good old men audibly sobbed out their gratitude to God , ancl their thanks to the Craft . New trustees were elected , and a new committee . The Treasurer ( Dr . Crucefix ) and the Secretary ( Brother Farnfield )
were unanimously re-elected . The meeting recommended to the Committee of Management to increase the number of Auditors from five to seven . Brother Nicholls was unanimously elected Collector , vice Brother Begbie , resigned . Brothers Crucefix , Bell , M'Mullen , and Watkins , were appointed as a Committee to take the most dutiful measures to solicit an audience with H . R . H . the Grand Masterfor the purpose of presenting a
memo-, rial , this day unanimously approved by the meeting . Sept . 11 . COMMITTEE . —A full attendance ; Dr . Crucefix in the Chair . The proceedings of the last general meeting were read for information . Brothers M'Mullen , Patten , Pike , Sangster , and Staples , were unanimously elected Auditors . The Treasurer reported the liberal grant of twenty guineas from the Provincial Grand Lodge of Dorsetconveyed most kindly through
, W . Eliot , Esq . Prov . G . M . On which it was unanimously resolved , " That the grateful thanks of the Committee be respectfully addressed to the R . W . Brother and the Grand Loclge over which he presides , for their fraternal and well-timed support . " A letter addressed by H . R . H . the Grand Master to the Committee of
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The Charities.
Coldstream ancl other bands ; Grisi , E . Grisi , Rubini , Tamhuriiii , Giubelei , and Miss Poole , formed the orchestral force ; and various other means of amusement were provided , among them the throwing the lasso , & c . The refreshment tent of the Grand Master and his suite was as elegantly as it was abundantly supplied , ancl all terminated most happily . The experience of an attempt is necessary to decide the future . Some changes may be made , which , without decreasing , perhaps even b y increasing the comfort and pleasure , may also materially add to the profits , which , we regret to say , were but inconsiderable .
Asylum For The Aged And Decayed Freemason.
ASYLUM FOR THE AGED AND DECAYED FREEMASON .
PROCEEDINGS OF GENERAL MEETING OF JULY 31 . —Dr . Crucefix in the Chair . The following Brethren were elected as Annuitants : — George Colcotfc , Nathaniel Pearce , William Povey , William Johnson . John Dyson , The three former being in attendancewere paid the first quarter in
, advance . The Chairman , in addressing his aged friends , endeavoured to express the joyful sentiments of those with whom he had so long acted , at witnessing the glorious consummation of their noble liberality , and besought the claimants for Masonic justice then present , to look upon these small annuities not in the light of an alms-giving , but as a proof of their own Masonic worth . The Chairman could scarcely give utterance to his
words , the meeting was affected by the circumstance , and the good old men audibly sobbed out their gratitude to God , ancl their thanks to the Craft . New trustees were elected , and a new committee . The Treasurer ( Dr . Crucefix ) and the Secretary ( Brother Farnfield )
were unanimously re-elected . The meeting recommended to the Committee of Management to increase the number of Auditors from five to seven . Brother Nicholls was unanimously elected Collector , vice Brother Begbie , resigned . Brothers Crucefix , Bell , M'Mullen , and Watkins , were appointed as a Committee to take the most dutiful measures to solicit an audience with H . R . H . the Grand Masterfor the purpose of presenting a
memo-, rial , this day unanimously approved by the meeting . Sept . 11 . COMMITTEE . —A full attendance ; Dr . Crucefix in the Chair . The proceedings of the last general meeting were read for information . Brothers M'Mullen , Patten , Pike , Sangster , and Staples , were unanimously elected Auditors . The Treasurer reported the liberal grant of twenty guineas from the Provincial Grand Lodge of Dorsetconveyed most kindly through
, W . Eliot , Esq . Prov . G . M . On which it was unanimously resolved , " That the grateful thanks of the Committee be respectfully addressed to the R . W . Brother and the Grand Loclge over which he presides , for their fraternal and well-timed support . " A letter addressed by H . R . H . the Grand Master to the Committee of