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The Charities.
There were present , Rev . Mr . Rodber , Treasurer ; a great number of Grand Officers , and several other Brethren . After much discussion , it was resolved that the requisition was vexatious (!) and the Court adjourned .
Vexatious the requisition might be—yet what caused this vexation but the slovenly mode in which a motion by a Grand officer was framed , and the unbusiness-like manner in which that motion was attempted to be purified ? The interests of the Institution demand that fairness in all things should be shown ; but for the discrepancy to which we allude , there would have been no requisition . " Put the saddle on the right horse , " say we ; the vexatious proceeding caused the requisitionand , in turning the tables , there was little credit and less justice . Notwithstanding , we regret the course taken by the requisitionists ; they had better have observed the more dignified course—silence .
THE FESTIVAL . Wednesday , March 9 . *—The Anniversary Festival of this charity was held at Freemasons' Hall . Bro . B . B . Cabbell , in the absence of Bro . the Hon . H . Fitzroy , who was to have taken the chair , presided . About 200 Brethren were present , and the subscriptions reached 589 ' / . 16 * . We regret that the noise was so great and uninterrupted as to make the worthy chairman ' s office any thing but easy ; and even the
procession of the boys , a scene of equal pride and interest to the Mason , scarcely succeeded to arrest the noise and tumult . To attempt to give the faintest outline of the ^ roceedings is impossible . We subjoin a List of the Stewards , with an account of the Receipt and Expenditure for the past year .
BOARD OF STEWARDS . Brothers President . — The Rev . WM . J . RODBER , Gr . Chap . No . 1 Vice-Pres . —THOMAS BACON 38 Treasurer . —HENRY THOMAS FOREMAN 233 Son . Sec . — GEORGE WARRINER 269
Bro . John Fox No . 2 Bro . George Soanes ..,.. No . 1 J 6 " John A . D . Cox 4 " Thomas Huggins 166 " R . J . J . E . Daly ... 8 " Daniel Lewellin 195 " C . W . De Bernardy .. 12 " Henry Charles Betts .. 218 " Victor Collin 14 " George R . Price 229 " W . E Jackson 30 " John Levey 229 " Rich . G . Baker 32 " Francis Lambert ...... 234 " Fred . Geo . Cox 37 " Joseph Compton Pott . 286 " John L . Evans 54 " W . G . Thiselton Dyer 324 " James Russell 108 " John Vink V . . ' . " . 393 " The Rev . Charles Vink 113
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The Charities.
There were present , Rev . Mr . Rodber , Treasurer ; a great number of Grand Officers , and several other Brethren . After much discussion , it was resolved that the requisition was vexatious (!) and the Court adjourned .
Vexatious the requisition might be—yet what caused this vexation but the slovenly mode in which a motion by a Grand officer was framed , and the unbusiness-like manner in which that motion was attempted to be purified ? The interests of the Institution demand that fairness in all things should be shown ; but for the discrepancy to which we allude , there would have been no requisition . " Put the saddle on the right horse , " say we ; the vexatious proceeding caused the requisitionand , in turning the tables , there was little credit and less justice . Notwithstanding , we regret the course taken by the requisitionists ; they had better have observed the more dignified course—silence .
THE FESTIVAL . Wednesday , March 9 . *—The Anniversary Festival of this charity was held at Freemasons' Hall . Bro . B . B . Cabbell , in the absence of Bro . the Hon . H . Fitzroy , who was to have taken the chair , presided . About 200 Brethren were present , and the subscriptions reached 589 ' / . 16 * . We regret that the noise was so great and uninterrupted as to make the worthy chairman ' s office any thing but easy ; and even the
procession of the boys , a scene of equal pride and interest to the Mason , scarcely succeeded to arrest the noise and tumult . To attempt to give the faintest outline of the ^ roceedings is impossible . We subjoin a List of the Stewards , with an account of the Receipt and Expenditure for the past year .
BOARD OF STEWARDS . Brothers President . — The Rev . WM . J . RODBER , Gr . Chap . No . 1 Vice-Pres . —THOMAS BACON 38 Treasurer . —HENRY THOMAS FOREMAN 233 Son . Sec . — GEORGE WARRINER 269
Bro . John Fox No . 2 Bro . George Soanes ..,.. No . 1 J 6 " John A . D . Cox 4 " Thomas Huggins 166 " R . J . J . E . Daly ... 8 " Daniel Lewellin 195 " C . W . De Bernardy .. 12 " Henry Charles Betts .. 218 " Victor Collin 14 " George R . Price 229 " W . E Jackson 30 " John Levey 229 " Rich . G . Baker 32 " Francis Lambert ...... 234 " Fred . Geo . Cox 37 " Joseph Compton Pott . 286 " John L . Evans 54 " W . G . Thiselton Dyer 324 " James Russell 108 " John Vink V . . ' . " . 393 " The Rev . Charles Vink 113