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The Charities.
THE CHARITIES .
AVE have received no Report of any sort whatever from either of the Schools , or the Royal Masonic Benevolent Annuity Fund . Surely the Secretaries of thc several Charities have not been instructed in this course—and yet it is hardly to be supposed that they could of their own accord agree in so unanimous a silence . AVe may possibly address a few words to each of their " AVorships . "
The Asylum For Worthy Aged And Decayed Freemasons.
THE ASYLUM FOR WORTHY AGED AND DECAYED FREEMASONS .
" That this Grand Lodge recommend the contemplated Asylum for the Aged and Decayed Freemason to the favourable consideration of the Craft . " — Unanimous resolution of Grand Lodge , Dec . G , 183 / . ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING , JULY 14 , 1847 . Present—Dr . Crucefix ( in the chair)—Bros . Staples , AVilcockson , SpencerT . B . BarnardPikeBrowseFaudelSolomonsEvans
, , , , , , , Tombleson , AV . L . AVright , Barrett , Burnidge , & c . The minutes of all meetings since the last general meeting were read and confirmed . Thanks were voted to the Board of Stewards who conducted the Ball in aid of the funds of this institution . Thanks were also voted to the Board of Stewards who conducted the Annual Festival .
RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY— " That as a mark of grateful respect for the great services rendered to the Charity on many occasions by Bros . Stephen Henry Lee , and John Lee Stevens , that this meeting confer on them respectively the rank of Honorary Life Governor , with the privileges thereof . " The Auditors' Report was received , and ordered to be entered on the minutes . Thanks were voted to the Auditors .
The Report of the sub-committee of inspection of site for building was read . Resolved unanimously , that the sub-committee be requested to continue their labours . The CHAIRMAN then addressed the meeting , congratulating them on the auspicious state of the charity , which might be considered as being now "fairly before the wind , " having risen superior to all prejudice . The late festival , thanks to the liberality of the Boarcl of Stewards and
their friends , was unusually productive . The Chairman of the day , Bro . R . G . Alston , had so greatly inspirited the meeting , as to render it impossible any longer to defer the consideration of the erection of the building , ancl he was happy to state that there was every prospect of a site being obtained suitable to the object so long and so anxiously desired . After many other observations , the Chairman observed , that in the opinion of the governors and subscribers , the proper time had arrived when
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The Charities.
THE CHARITIES .
AVE have received no Report of any sort whatever from either of the Schools , or the Royal Masonic Benevolent Annuity Fund . Surely the Secretaries of thc several Charities have not been instructed in this course—and yet it is hardly to be supposed that they could of their own accord agree in so unanimous a silence . AVe may possibly address a few words to each of their " AVorships . "
The Asylum For Worthy Aged And Decayed Freemasons.
THE ASYLUM FOR WORTHY AGED AND DECAYED FREEMASONS .
" That this Grand Lodge recommend the contemplated Asylum for the Aged and Decayed Freemason to the favourable consideration of the Craft . " — Unanimous resolution of Grand Lodge , Dec . G , 183 / . ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING , JULY 14 , 1847 . Present—Dr . Crucefix ( in the chair)—Bros . Staples , AVilcockson , SpencerT . B . BarnardPikeBrowseFaudelSolomonsEvans
, , , , , , , Tombleson , AV . L . AVright , Barrett , Burnidge , & c . The minutes of all meetings since the last general meeting were read and confirmed . Thanks were voted to the Board of Stewards who conducted the Ball in aid of the funds of this institution . Thanks were also voted to the Board of Stewards who conducted the Annual Festival .
RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY— " That as a mark of grateful respect for the great services rendered to the Charity on many occasions by Bros . Stephen Henry Lee , and John Lee Stevens , that this meeting confer on them respectively the rank of Honorary Life Governor , with the privileges thereof . " The Auditors' Report was received , and ordered to be entered on the minutes . Thanks were voted to the Auditors .
The Report of the sub-committee of inspection of site for building was read . Resolved unanimously , that the sub-committee be requested to continue their labours . The CHAIRMAN then addressed the meeting , congratulating them on the auspicious state of the charity , which might be considered as being now "fairly before the wind , " having risen superior to all prejudice . The late festival , thanks to the liberality of the Boarcl of Stewards and
their friends , was unusually productive . The Chairman of the day , Bro . R . G . Alston , had so greatly inspirited the meeting , as to render it impossible any longer to defer the consideration of the erection of the building , ancl he was happy to state that there was every prospect of a site being obtained suitable to the object so long and so anxiously desired . After many other observations , the Chairman observed , that in the opinion of the governors and subscribers , the proper time had arrived when