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Article UNITED GRAND LODGE OF ENGLAND. ← Page 2 of 2 Article QUARTERLY COMMUNICATION.* Page 1 of 7 →
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United Grand Lodge Of England.
to accept the annual grant of one hundred pounds , gis'en by the Grand Chapter in aid of the Royal Alasonic Benevolent Annuity Fund , be considered at the ensuing Grand Lodge . The report of the annual audit ss-as read . The report of the Board of General Purposes svas read , among other subjects , it stated —• " That the proceedings of Masonic meetings found their way into the
public journals and other periodicals , which was a direct violation of the Consitutions . " A memorial svas read from the Victoria Lodge , St . Vincent , praying that a lasv might be so framed as to meet the case of the coloured population , many of svhom svere men of intelligence , and tlesirous to be initiated into Freemasonry ; some of svhom svere not " free by birth , " being born of mothers " not free ; " others svere themselves " free , " hut
not born so . The financial report svas most favourable : —Benevolent Fund , 11 , 000 / . consols ; Fund for General Purposes , 6 , 400 / . 3 per cent , reduced .
NOTICES OF MOTION . Bro . SCARBOROUGH—The immediate application to the purchasing of hooks , & c . of 20 / ., the sum voted by Grand Lodge from the Fund of General Purposes , together svith the sum remaining in hand . That the library shall remain open every day from 10 A . M . till 8 p . ; and that a promulgation be made by the Grand Lodge , requesting donations of books , & c .
Bro . HAVERS—That a grant of SO / , be made in favour of the nine motherless orphans of the late Rev . Bro . Hesvlett . Bro . CRUCEFIX—Uenesved his motion ( to take precedence by consent ) of annuities for svidosvs . Also— " That the sum of one thousand pounds be granted in aitl of the poor in Scotland and Ireland , nosv suffering from famine , such sum to be taken from the Fund of General Purposes . " SCRUTINEERS—Bros . Goodchap , Leveck , Lazarus . The Board of Benevolence svas then opened , and among other votes svas the recommendation to Grand Lodge of the sum of fifty pounds to the svidosv and orphan children of the late Bro . Daly .
Quarterly Communication.*
QUARTERLY COMMUNICATION . *
AIAROII 3 , 1847 . Present—R . W . Bro . H . R . Lesvis , P . G . M . ( Sumatra ) as G . AI . It . - Alston , P . G . AI . ( Essex ) as D . G . AI . „ T . H . Hall , P . G . AI . ( Cambridge ) as S . G . W . R . G . Alston , P . J . G . W . as J . G W . V . W . Rev . Bro . Fallofield , J . Henderson , W . H . White ; W . Bros . G . R . Rowe , M . D ., Granville , M . D ., Crucefix , M . D ., Parkinson , B . Lasvrence , Shadbolt , Norris , Bossy , M'Mullen , Jennings , Chapman ,
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United Grand Lodge Of England.
to accept the annual grant of one hundred pounds , gis'en by the Grand Chapter in aid of the Royal Alasonic Benevolent Annuity Fund , be considered at the ensuing Grand Lodge . The report of the annual audit ss-as read . The report of the Board of General Purposes svas read , among other subjects , it stated —• " That the proceedings of Masonic meetings found their way into the
public journals and other periodicals , which was a direct violation of the Consitutions . " A memorial svas read from the Victoria Lodge , St . Vincent , praying that a lasv might be so framed as to meet the case of the coloured population , many of svhom svere men of intelligence , and tlesirous to be initiated into Freemasonry ; some of svhom svere not " free by birth , " being born of mothers " not free ; " others svere themselves " free , " hut
not born so . The financial report svas most favourable : —Benevolent Fund , 11 , 000 / . consols ; Fund for General Purposes , 6 , 400 / . 3 per cent , reduced .
NOTICES OF MOTION . Bro . SCARBOROUGH—The immediate application to the purchasing of hooks , & c . of 20 / ., the sum voted by Grand Lodge from the Fund of General Purposes , together svith the sum remaining in hand . That the library shall remain open every day from 10 A . M . till 8 p . ; and that a promulgation be made by the Grand Lodge , requesting donations of books , & c .
Bro . HAVERS—That a grant of SO / , be made in favour of the nine motherless orphans of the late Rev . Bro . Hesvlett . Bro . CRUCEFIX—Uenesved his motion ( to take precedence by consent ) of annuities for svidosvs . Also— " That the sum of one thousand pounds be granted in aitl of the poor in Scotland and Ireland , nosv suffering from famine , such sum to be taken from the Fund of General Purposes . " SCRUTINEERS—Bros . Goodchap , Leveck , Lazarus . The Board of Benevolence svas then opened , and among other votes svas the recommendation to Grand Lodge of the sum of fifty pounds to the svidosv and orphan children of the late Bro . Daly .
Quarterly Communication.*
QUARTERLY COMMUNICATION . *
AIAROII 3 , 1847 . Present—R . W . Bro . H . R . Lesvis , P . G . M . ( Sumatra ) as G . AI . It . - Alston , P . G . AI . ( Essex ) as D . G . AI . „ T . H . Hall , P . G . AI . ( Cambridge ) as S . G . W . R . G . Alston , P . J . G . W . as J . G W . V . W . Rev . Bro . Fallofield , J . Henderson , W . H . White ; W . Bros . G . R . Rowe , M . D ., Granville , M . D ., Crucefix , M . D ., Parkinson , B . Lasvrence , Shadbolt , Norris , Bossy , M'Mullen , Jennings , Chapman ,