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Article ASYLUM FOR AGED AND DECAYED FREEMASONS. ← Page 8 of 8 Article SUPREME GRAND CHAPTER. Page 1 of 2 →
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Asylum For Aged And Decayed Freemasons.
For the Accommodation of Passengers , they will be embarked and landed , free of Expense , at the London Bridge Wharf ; without the use of Boats , from 7- till 8 precisely , and will be received at Rotherhithe , Limehouse Hole , Deptford , Greenwich , Blackwall , and Woolwich . —No Person will be admitted on Board without a Ticket . Refreshments may be obtained of the Steward on moderate Terms . " V * No Collection whatever will be Permitted .
Supreme Grand Chapter.
SUPREME GRAND CHAPTER .
QUARTERLY CONVOCATION , FEBRUARY 1 , 1837 . ^ rfgcnt . E . C : M'Gillivray , Pollock and Moore , M . D . as Principals . White , E ., Harper , N ., Bossy , S . B ., Crueefix , St . B . and several other Past Grand Officers and other Principals of Chapters . A was delivered from Companion Lord John Churchill
message , expressing that severe illness prevented his attendance—it was received with sincere regret . ^ After the report from the committee of general purposes was read , the Convocation proceeded to an inquiry into the late election of third Principal of a London Chapter . Companion Pollock desired to be informed by scribe E . whether a party having served the office of Assistant-sojourner qualified for election
, was to the third chair , and was answered in the affirmative . He then requested that a letter which was reported to have been received from the third Principal in excuse for his nonattendance , should not be read until the second Principal , who was
in attendance , had given his evidence . * The second Principal entered upon his explanation , regretting the absence of the Z of the Chapter , and expressed his unqualified conviction that the Companion who had received the greater number of votes , had never been appointed as A . S . by the P . S . and consequently was ineligible for election to the third chair . t Companion Pollock then desired that the letter of the third Principal should be read . The scribe of the Chapter was then requested to give his evidence , which firmed the substance of the third Princi
con pal ' s letter . Companion Pollock then moved that the election to the third chair of the party having the most votes ivas due and valid . The propriety of the arguments that had been adduced , was questioned by a Companion , as having the appearanceof preconcerted arrangement ; and unlesshe was told the contrary , he should beg the Convocation to pause before they hastily condemned the conduct of a Companion , who , however inadvertentl y he might have acted , yet was evidently impressed with a consciousness that he was acting rightly . First he should wish to enquire if the letter of the third Principalhad or had not been the subject of discussion elsewhere , as if so , it was
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Asylum For Aged And Decayed Freemasons.
For the Accommodation of Passengers , they will be embarked and landed , free of Expense , at the London Bridge Wharf ; without the use of Boats , from 7- till 8 precisely , and will be received at Rotherhithe , Limehouse Hole , Deptford , Greenwich , Blackwall , and Woolwich . —No Person will be admitted on Board without a Ticket . Refreshments may be obtained of the Steward on moderate Terms . " V * No Collection whatever will be Permitted .
Supreme Grand Chapter.
SUPREME GRAND CHAPTER .
QUARTERLY CONVOCATION , FEBRUARY 1 , 1837 . ^ rfgcnt . E . C : M'Gillivray , Pollock and Moore , M . D . as Principals . White , E ., Harper , N ., Bossy , S . B ., Crueefix , St . B . and several other Past Grand Officers and other Principals of Chapters . A was delivered from Companion Lord John Churchill
message , expressing that severe illness prevented his attendance—it was received with sincere regret . ^ After the report from the committee of general purposes was read , the Convocation proceeded to an inquiry into the late election of third Principal of a London Chapter . Companion Pollock desired to be informed by scribe E . whether a party having served the office of Assistant-sojourner qualified for election
, was to the third chair , and was answered in the affirmative . He then requested that a letter which was reported to have been received from the third Principal in excuse for his nonattendance , should not be read until the second Principal , who was
in attendance , had given his evidence . * The second Principal entered upon his explanation , regretting the absence of the Z of the Chapter , and expressed his unqualified conviction that the Companion who had received the greater number of votes , had never been appointed as A . S . by the P . S . and consequently was ineligible for election to the third chair . t Companion Pollock then desired that the letter of the third Principal should be read . The scribe of the Chapter was then requested to give his evidence , which firmed the substance of the third Princi
con pal ' s letter . Companion Pollock then moved that the election to the third chair of the party having the most votes ivas due and valid . The propriety of the arguments that had been adduced , was questioned by a Companion , as having the appearanceof preconcerted arrangement ; and unlesshe was told the contrary , he should beg the Convocation to pause before they hastily condemned the conduct of a Companion , who , however inadvertentl y he might have acted , yet was evidently impressed with a consciousness that he was acting rightly . First he should wish to enquire if the letter of the third Principalhad or had not been the subject of discussion elsewhere , as if so , it was