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Metropolitan.
METROPOLITAN .
THE GIELS' SCHOOL .- —On Thursday , July 14 th , tbe Quarterly Court of the Governors of this institution was held at the New School House , St . John's-bill , Battersea Rise , Bro . Patten , Y . P ., in the chair . The minutes of the last quarterly , and the various meetings of the General and Financial Committee , Avere read and confirmed , from the latter of which it appeared , that the expenses of tbe last three months had amounted to 5051 . 10 s . 8 d ., leaving a balance in
the hands of the bankers of 357 / . Is . 4 d . The Report of the Committee of Management was then presented , which stated that , by children leaving the school , there would be four A'acancies to fill up iu October next , and that four candidates had been duly approved by the committee , in addition to one , who had not been placed on the list on the occasion of the last election , in consequence of her having a sister in the school , it being one of the rules of the Institution that two members of the same family should not enjoy its privileges , were there more candidates for admission than vacancies to fill . The
report having been adopted , the Secretary ( Bro . Crew ) read a letter from Bro . White , the Grand Secretary , stating that 350 Z . had been paid into tbe hands of the bankers , as a donation from the Grand Lodge to the school . Upon this , Bro . Barrett moved a A'ote of thanks to the Grand Lodge for their munificent donation , which was carried by acclamation . The Secretary reported , that Bro . R . W . Wheeler had , by the presentation of a donation of fifty guineas , qualified
himself as a Yice-president of the Institution . It Avas then resolved that a vote of thanks should be given to Bro . Barrett , for moving the resolution in Grand Lodge , in A'irtue of which 350 / . was A'oted to this Institution , and to Bro . Dobie , G . Reg ., for seconding the same . After some further formal business the proceedings terminated . In the afternoon the annual fete given to the children during the fruit season was celebrated in the school-roomwhich Avas handsomel
, y decorated for the occasion by the children themselves . The room was crowded by the Brethren and their families , Avho took the greatest interest in the proceedings . Appropriate hymns having been sung , and addresses delivered , the fruits were distributed to the children , Avho joined the elder members of the party at a later period , in the covered corridor outside the school , where dancing and music bore sway for two or three hoursto the equal deliht of the children and
, g their visitors of larger groAvth . The proceedings passed off with great unanimity . The Avhole of the expenses of these reunions , Avhich cannot fail to have a favourable effect alike on the children and their visitors , are defrayed by private subscription , and in no Avay trench on the regular income of the Institution , " which , " in the Avords of a
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Metropolitan.
METROPOLITAN .
THE GIELS' SCHOOL .- —On Thursday , July 14 th , tbe Quarterly Court of the Governors of this institution was held at the New School House , St . John's-bill , Battersea Rise , Bro . Patten , Y . P ., in the chair . The minutes of the last quarterly , and the various meetings of the General and Financial Committee , Avere read and confirmed , from the latter of which it appeared , that the expenses of tbe last three months had amounted to 5051 . 10 s . 8 d ., leaving a balance in
the hands of the bankers of 357 / . Is . 4 d . The Report of the Committee of Management was then presented , which stated that , by children leaving the school , there would be four A'acancies to fill up iu October next , and that four candidates had been duly approved by the committee , in addition to one , who had not been placed on the list on the occasion of the last election , in consequence of her having a sister in the school , it being one of the rules of the Institution that two members of the same family should not enjoy its privileges , were there more candidates for admission than vacancies to fill . The
report having been adopted , the Secretary ( Bro . Crew ) read a letter from Bro . White , the Grand Secretary , stating that 350 Z . had been paid into tbe hands of the bankers , as a donation from the Grand Lodge to the school . Upon this , Bro . Barrett moved a A'ote of thanks to the Grand Lodge for their munificent donation , which was carried by acclamation . The Secretary reported , that Bro . R . W . Wheeler had , by the presentation of a donation of fifty guineas , qualified
himself as a Yice-president of the Institution . It Avas then resolved that a vote of thanks should be given to Bro . Barrett , for moving the resolution in Grand Lodge , in A'irtue of which 350 / . was A'oted to this Institution , and to Bro . Dobie , G . Reg ., for seconding the same . After some further formal business the proceedings terminated . In the afternoon the annual fete given to the children during the fruit season was celebrated in the school-roomwhich Avas handsomel
, y decorated for the occasion by the children themselves . The room was crowded by the Brethren and their families , Avho took the greatest interest in the proceedings . Appropriate hymns having been sung , and addresses delivered , the fruits were distributed to the children , Avho joined the elder members of the party at a later period , in the covered corridor outside the school , where dancing and music bore sway for two or three hoursto the equal deliht of the children and
, g their visitors of larger groAvth . The proceedings passed off with great unanimity . The Avhole of the expenses of these reunions , Avhich cannot fail to have a favourable effect alike on the children and their visitors , are defrayed by private subscription , and in no Avay trench on the regular income of the Institution , " which , " in the Avords of a