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Masonic Intelligence.
Court to commemorate the kindness of these gentlemen by paying them the compliment of making them honorary life-governors . ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS . Oct . 12 . —THOS . MOORE , Esq ., P . G . D . Treasurer , in the chair . — The report from the Nore committee was read : by which it appears that the praiseworthy exertions of the Brethren were rewarded by a
profit of 78 £ . 2 s . in favour of the charity . Upon the report being received it was—Resolved unanimously , that the thanks of this General Court are respectfully offered to the President , Vice President , Treasurer , Secretary , and members of the committee , who superintended the excursion to the Nore on the 22 nd of July last , for their kind exertions on the occasion , and for the above liberal subscription thereby produced .
ASYLUM FOR THE AGED AND DECAYED FREEMASON . Oct ; 27 . Royal Pavilion Theatre . —Last night the performances were for the benefit of the Asylum for Aged and . Decayed Freemasons , and it gives us pleasure to announce that they attracted a full , and , we may add , a fashionable house . Venice Preserved , was the first piece , and the principal characters being supported by Freer , Elton , and Mrs . Wingrove , it went off exceeding well . In the course of the evening
there was an immense variety of singing and dancing , all of which tended to amuse the Craft to the top of their bent . A medley dance by Mademoiselle Leoni , the Swiss Toy Girl , in character , by Miss Bigg , and an Irish song by Adams , drew forth great approbation . An interlude , written by Campbell , of Sadler ' s Wells , called The Bankrupt Mason , kept the house in a roar , and well it might . The Miller ' s Maid was , howeverthe magnet of the evening . An address was
de-, livered by a Brother in the Craft , and too much praise cannot be given to the committee who conducted the proceedings . We earnestly recommend to other Lodges the example which the Lodge of Prosperity 78 , has shown them ; and if they will only follow the course which Brothers Barnes , Adams , and others have so laudably pursued , we can predict that success fully proportionate will reward their zeal . We hear that fifty pounds is about to be paid over to the treasurer of the Asylum .
We have received several letters from London and provincial Lodges , expressive of their good wishes , and enclosing copies of minutes in explanation . We offer no apology for inserting the following appeal ; it speaks a language not easily misunderstood , and we hope the appeal will be felt accordingly .
ASYLUM FOR THE AGED AND DECAYED FREEMASON . " A letter was read at a meeting of several Brethren on the 12 th of November , when it was unanimously resolved to adopt the suggestions therein made , and in honour of the writer ( Brother Richard Spencer ) , it was agreed that the contributions should be received as the
" ' SPENCERIAN COLLECTION . ' " The following extracts will be sufficient , and the Subscription is most earnestly recommended to the kind sympathy of the LADIES , many of whom have expressed their warmest wishes for the success of the undertaking : — " ' About five years since it was reported in various newspapers , and
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Masonic Intelligence.
Court to commemorate the kindness of these gentlemen by paying them the compliment of making them honorary life-governors . ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS . Oct . 12 . —THOS . MOORE , Esq ., P . G . D . Treasurer , in the chair . — The report from the Nore committee was read : by which it appears that the praiseworthy exertions of the Brethren were rewarded by a
profit of 78 £ . 2 s . in favour of the charity . Upon the report being received it was—Resolved unanimously , that the thanks of this General Court are respectfully offered to the President , Vice President , Treasurer , Secretary , and members of the committee , who superintended the excursion to the Nore on the 22 nd of July last , for their kind exertions on the occasion , and for the above liberal subscription thereby produced .
ASYLUM FOR THE AGED AND DECAYED FREEMASON . Oct ; 27 . Royal Pavilion Theatre . —Last night the performances were for the benefit of the Asylum for Aged and . Decayed Freemasons , and it gives us pleasure to announce that they attracted a full , and , we may add , a fashionable house . Venice Preserved , was the first piece , and the principal characters being supported by Freer , Elton , and Mrs . Wingrove , it went off exceeding well . In the course of the evening
there was an immense variety of singing and dancing , all of which tended to amuse the Craft to the top of their bent . A medley dance by Mademoiselle Leoni , the Swiss Toy Girl , in character , by Miss Bigg , and an Irish song by Adams , drew forth great approbation . An interlude , written by Campbell , of Sadler ' s Wells , called The Bankrupt Mason , kept the house in a roar , and well it might . The Miller ' s Maid was , howeverthe magnet of the evening . An address was
de-, livered by a Brother in the Craft , and too much praise cannot be given to the committee who conducted the proceedings . We earnestly recommend to other Lodges the example which the Lodge of Prosperity 78 , has shown them ; and if they will only follow the course which Brothers Barnes , Adams , and others have so laudably pursued , we can predict that success fully proportionate will reward their zeal . We hear that fifty pounds is about to be paid over to the treasurer of the Asylum .
We have received several letters from London and provincial Lodges , expressive of their good wishes , and enclosing copies of minutes in explanation . We offer no apology for inserting the following appeal ; it speaks a language not easily misunderstood , and we hope the appeal will be felt accordingly .
ASYLUM FOR THE AGED AND DECAYED FREEMASON . " A letter was read at a meeting of several Brethren on the 12 th of November , when it was unanimously resolved to adopt the suggestions therein made , and in honour of the writer ( Brother Richard Spencer ) , it was agreed that the contributions should be received as the
" ' SPENCERIAN COLLECTION . ' " The following extracts will be sufficient , and the Subscription is most earnestly recommended to the kind sympathy of the LADIES , many of whom have expressed their warmest wishes for the success of the undertaking : — " ' About five years since it was reported in various newspapers , and