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To The Friends Of The Widow And The Fatherless, At Home And Abroad.
TO THE FRIENDS OF THE WIDOW AND THE FATHERLESS , AT HOME AND ABROAD .
AFTER tlie significant expression , by tlie largest majority ever recorded by the Grand Lodge of England , in favour of the pure tenets and principles of our Order , by svhich "units" svere convened into more than '' hundreds ; " little remains for me to do , but to congratulate tlie friends of " the svidosv anil the fatherless" on the confirmation , of the grant of fifty pounds . That such grant should have met svith opposition is among those anomalies that are unaccountable .
The widow , my client , in the tidiness of her gratitude , is indeed trul y thankful for the moral as svell as for the pecuniary aid ; and , as her advocate , I am desired to state her humble request , that great as have been her mental sufferings during svhich her character and circumstances have been submitted to a most unusual severity of examin ition , tlie remembrance of all unkindness may pass asvay , and that onl y of generous sympathy and grateful acknowledgment may remain .
J svould obey her to the very letier in this sentiment , did I not kii > sv that subscriptions have been , and continue to be , svithheld to an amount far exceeding one hundred pounds . These subscriptions at first abided the result of the opinion of Grand Lodge , svhich having been so unequivocally expressed , I nosv appeal to a sense of justice in terms stronger , if possible , than I have hitherto done , to the sympathy of benevolence , that the payment ofthe debts to the svidosv , for such they have nosv become , be no longer svithheld .
I cannot too gratefully thank the generous supporters of Masonic principle for their attendance in Grand Lodge on the . 3 rd instant . Their own excellent hearts svill readily supply my svant of language to say all I feel . ROB . THOS . CRUCEFIX . Grove , Graveseml . March . 27- 11 ) 47 . j 05 ? Subscriptions svill reach me safely through the Post Office , in the form of a Post Office order .
THE GOVERNESSES' BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION . —The annis-ersal Festival of this most excellent Charity ss'ill take place on the 2 i > th April at the London Tavern , Bishopsgate-street , on ¦ which occasion , H . R . H . the Duke of Cambridge has expressed his intention to preside as Chairman . The objects of the supporters are too obvious to require other comment , than the hope of their entire fulfilment . We sincerely trust generosity svill go hand-in-hand svith sympathy in making the collection svorthy so praisesvorthy a cause .
OBITUARY . —St . Vincent ' s , Feb . 2 , set . 50 , Bro . the Rev . and Hon . Nathaniel Struth , Speaker of the House of Assembly ; lie svas a most dignified and exemplary character . His remains svere followed to the grave by the governor and all the influential residents . The members of the Lodge of svhich the deceased svas Past . Master attended in procession , but not having a dispensation , svere prevented from performing
the Masonic funeral ceremony . DERRY , March 22 . —A Quarterly Communication of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Derry and Donegal svas held this day , under the presidency of Sir James Stewart , Bart ., P . G . M ., assisted by Bro . A . Grant , D . P . G . M . We have no room for particulars of this most interesting meeting .
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To The Friends Of The Widow And The Fatherless, At Home And Abroad.
TO THE FRIENDS OF THE WIDOW AND THE FATHERLESS , AT HOME AND ABROAD .
AFTER tlie significant expression , by tlie largest majority ever recorded by the Grand Lodge of England , in favour of the pure tenets and principles of our Order , by svhich "units" svere convened into more than '' hundreds ; " little remains for me to do , but to congratulate tlie friends of " the svidosv anil the fatherless" on the confirmation , of the grant of fifty pounds . That such grant should have met svith opposition is among those anomalies that are unaccountable .
The widow , my client , in the tidiness of her gratitude , is indeed trul y thankful for the moral as svell as for the pecuniary aid ; and , as her advocate , I am desired to state her humble request , that great as have been her mental sufferings during svhich her character and circumstances have been submitted to a most unusual severity of examin ition , tlie remembrance of all unkindness may pass asvay , and that onl y of generous sympathy and grateful acknowledgment may remain .
J svould obey her to the very letier in this sentiment , did I not kii > sv that subscriptions have been , and continue to be , svithheld to an amount far exceeding one hundred pounds . These subscriptions at first abided the result of the opinion of Grand Lodge , svhich having been so unequivocally expressed , I nosv appeal to a sense of justice in terms stronger , if possible , than I have hitherto done , to the sympathy of benevolence , that the payment ofthe debts to the svidosv , for such they have nosv become , be no longer svithheld .
I cannot too gratefully thank the generous supporters of Masonic principle for their attendance in Grand Lodge on the . 3 rd instant . Their own excellent hearts svill readily supply my svant of language to say all I feel . ROB . THOS . CRUCEFIX . Grove , Graveseml . March . 27- 11 ) 47 . j 05 ? Subscriptions svill reach me safely through the Post Office , in the form of a Post Office order .
THE GOVERNESSES' BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION . —The annis-ersal Festival of this most excellent Charity ss'ill take place on the 2 i > th April at the London Tavern , Bishopsgate-street , on ¦ which occasion , H . R . H . the Duke of Cambridge has expressed his intention to preside as Chairman . The objects of the supporters are too obvious to require other comment , than the hope of their entire fulfilment . We sincerely trust generosity svill go hand-in-hand svith sympathy in making the collection svorthy so praisesvorthy a cause .
OBITUARY . —St . Vincent ' s , Feb . 2 , set . 50 , Bro . the Rev . and Hon . Nathaniel Struth , Speaker of the House of Assembly ; lie svas a most dignified and exemplary character . His remains svere followed to the grave by the governor and all the influential residents . The members of the Lodge of svhich the deceased svas Past . Master attended in procession , but not having a dispensation , svere prevented from performing
the Masonic funeral ceremony . DERRY , March 22 . —A Quarterly Communication of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Derry and Donegal svas held this day , under the presidency of Sir James Stewart , Bart ., P . G . M ., assisted by Bro . A . Grant , D . P . G . M . We have no room for particulars of this most interesting meeting .