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The Reporter.
secrated the Lodge , it was remarked that , " the Brethren would cherish with peculiar pleasure the polite attention and Masonic regard shown by him who so impressively and effectively had that day been , under Providence , the means of bringing them to a new light , and that they gratefully ancl cordially wished him longevity and every earthly happiness . " A Lodge of Instruction is appointed at the Adam and Eve , Kensington , on Tuesday evenings . Bro . Barron , P . M ., the Secretary to the Zetland Lodge , has heen indefatigable in his exertions .
Masonic Chit Chat.
MASONIC CHIT CHAT .
MEMORIAL TO THE LATE DUKE OF SUSSEX . —July 14 . —A public meeting of the subscribers to the fund for erecting a memorial to His Royal Highness the late Duke of Sussex took place at Willis ' s Rooms , for the purpose of deciding in what manner the money already collected should be disposed of . Lorcl Viscount Ebrington , M . P ., presided . Amongst the gentlemen present were the Rev . Dr . Wolff , the Rev . Dr . Wortlhngtonthe Rev . Dr . BowlesB . B . CabbellEsq . Mr . Pritchard
, , , , , Mr . Dietrichsen , ancl about eighty other subscribers to the fund . The Chairman having briefly opened the proceedings , The Rev . Dr . Bowles , formerly Chaplain to His Royal Highness , read a brief report , which stated that the total amount of subscriptions already collected had been £ 2 , 238 15 s . ; the expenses incurred had been £ 455 15 . ? . 2 d . ; - leaving a sum of 1 , 782 19 s . lOrf . in the hands of the Committee . It was recommended that a full length marble statue of
His Royal Highness should be placed , with the permission of the Royal Commission of the Fine Arts , in some part of the new Houses of Parliament , the statue not to exceed the sum of £ 2 , 000 . The adoption of the report having been moved and seconded , Mr . Pritchard rose for the purpose of moving an amendment- He
doubted whether the proposal was the best that could be adopted . A statue in tbe Houses of Parliament would not be in accordance with the feeling and character of the departed Duke . His was a career of simple benevolence , ancl he thought it ivould be far better for the funds to be devoted to some purpose of an essential benevolent character . The amendment was as follows : — " That in the opinion of this meeting the memorial which ought to be erected to the memory of His Royal Hihness the Duke of Sussex is deducible with certainty and precision
g from his character . It is not a mausoleum , however stately , or a statue , however valuable as a work of art , for neither would confer any practical benefit on mankind ; but it is the foundation or enlargement of some institution which , whilst it linked his benevolence with futurity , and impressed the image of his virtues on succeeding generations , would be daily productive of the greatest possible amount of good to his fellow creatures—that the Royal Free Hospital for the destitute sick ancl
diseased is such an institution , ancl therefore that the amount of the Sussex Memorial Fund be appropriated to the building another wing to that most excellent charity , to be called " the Sussex wing , " and to contain not less than one hundred beds , with the addition of a marble statue , to be erected at a cost not exceeding 1 , 000 guineas , and a suitable inscription , and that such a building woulcl constitute a peculiarly appro-
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The Reporter.
secrated the Lodge , it was remarked that , " the Brethren would cherish with peculiar pleasure the polite attention and Masonic regard shown by him who so impressively and effectively had that day been , under Providence , the means of bringing them to a new light , and that they gratefully ancl cordially wished him longevity and every earthly happiness . " A Lodge of Instruction is appointed at the Adam and Eve , Kensington , on Tuesday evenings . Bro . Barron , P . M ., the Secretary to the Zetland Lodge , has heen indefatigable in his exertions .
Masonic Chit Chat.
MASONIC CHIT CHAT .
MEMORIAL TO THE LATE DUKE OF SUSSEX . —July 14 . —A public meeting of the subscribers to the fund for erecting a memorial to His Royal Highness the late Duke of Sussex took place at Willis ' s Rooms , for the purpose of deciding in what manner the money already collected should be disposed of . Lorcl Viscount Ebrington , M . P ., presided . Amongst the gentlemen present were the Rev . Dr . Wolff , the Rev . Dr . Wortlhngtonthe Rev . Dr . BowlesB . B . CabbellEsq . Mr . Pritchard
, , , , , Mr . Dietrichsen , ancl about eighty other subscribers to the fund . The Chairman having briefly opened the proceedings , The Rev . Dr . Bowles , formerly Chaplain to His Royal Highness , read a brief report , which stated that the total amount of subscriptions already collected had been £ 2 , 238 15 s . ; the expenses incurred had been £ 455 15 . ? . 2 d . ; - leaving a sum of 1 , 782 19 s . lOrf . in the hands of the Committee . It was recommended that a full length marble statue of
His Royal Highness should be placed , with the permission of the Royal Commission of the Fine Arts , in some part of the new Houses of Parliament , the statue not to exceed the sum of £ 2 , 000 . The adoption of the report having been moved and seconded , Mr . Pritchard rose for the purpose of moving an amendment- He
doubted whether the proposal was the best that could be adopted . A statue in tbe Houses of Parliament would not be in accordance with the feeling and character of the departed Duke . His was a career of simple benevolence , ancl he thought it ivould be far better for the funds to be devoted to some purpose of an essential benevolent character . The amendment was as follows : — " That in the opinion of this meeting the memorial which ought to be erected to the memory of His Royal Hihness the Duke of Sussex is deducible with certainty and precision
g from his character . It is not a mausoleum , however stately , or a statue , however valuable as a work of art , for neither would confer any practical benefit on mankind ; but it is the foundation or enlargement of some institution which , whilst it linked his benevolence with futurity , and impressed the image of his virtues on succeeding generations , would be daily productive of the greatest possible amount of good to his fellow creatures—that the Royal Free Hospital for the destitute sick ancl
diseased is such an institution , ancl therefore that the amount of the Sussex Memorial Fund be appropriated to the building another wing to that most excellent charity , to be called " the Sussex wing , " and to contain not less than one hundred beds , with the addition of a marble statue , to be erected at a cost not exceeding 1 , 000 guineas , and a suitable inscription , and that such a building woulcl constitute a peculiarly appro-