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Masonic Intelligence.
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE .
MASONIC OFFERING TO TPIE GRAND MASTER . The labours of the Committee have been most successful , and the General Aleeting has empowered them to obtain a design for approval . It is most desirable that such design should combine in its object all that the tasteful mind can suggest , and that art can execute , so that when completed , "the offering" which is to be presented to our
illustrious Grand Master at the ensuing Grand Festival , may equally commemorate the virtues of the Mason , the gratitude of the Craft , and the progress of the arts . For the information of such Lodges and Brethren as may not yet have been recorded in this most praiseworthy undertaking , we have to state , that the subscription will finally close on the first of March . In consequence of the expected absence of H . R . H . from London on
the 27 th of January , his natal day , —the celebration of that happy event is postponed until the 6 th of February . Lord Durham will preside as Chairman . The opportunity is thus afforded the Craft of testify ing to the illustrious Prince their loyalty and gratitude , and the Board of Stewards will be cheered in their pleasing duty by the good wishes and willing support of every warm-hearted Mason . The first meeting of the Board was held on the 20 th of this month , when the general regulations were entered into . The Hon . Fox Maule is the President .
QUARTERLY CONVOCATION . —Nov . 1 , 1837 . PRESENT . E Comps . Burckhardt , Pollock , Shadbolt , as Z . H . J . Comps . White , Harper , Lawrence , Philipe , Petit , Henderson , Hope , Bossy , Crucefix , and several Principals of Chapters . After the confirmation of the minutes of the last Convocation the
Report from the Committee of General Purposes was read , and the portion which referred to a complimentary award of fifty pounds annually , ivhich the Committee recommended should be voted to the Grand Scribes in future , was then moved . It was proposed as an amendment , that the past services of those companions entitled them to a more liberal remuneration than the finances would probablallow but the te t certain
of the Grand Chapter y ; proposer that the amount mig ht be doubled without inconvenience , as there was every probability that the future fees for certificates and warrants would be -really increased . On a division , the amendment was lost by a majority of ONE . The orig inal motion was then put , and carried unanimously : the Grand Chapter was then closed .
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Masonic Intelligence.
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE .
MASONIC OFFERING TO TPIE GRAND MASTER . The labours of the Committee have been most successful , and the General Aleeting has empowered them to obtain a design for approval . It is most desirable that such design should combine in its object all that the tasteful mind can suggest , and that art can execute , so that when completed , "the offering" which is to be presented to our
illustrious Grand Master at the ensuing Grand Festival , may equally commemorate the virtues of the Mason , the gratitude of the Craft , and the progress of the arts . For the information of such Lodges and Brethren as may not yet have been recorded in this most praiseworthy undertaking , we have to state , that the subscription will finally close on the first of March . In consequence of the expected absence of H . R . H . from London on
the 27 th of January , his natal day , —the celebration of that happy event is postponed until the 6 th of February . Lord Durham will preside as Chairman . The opportunity is thus afforded the Craft of testify ing to the illustrious Prince their loyalty and gratitude , and the Board of Stewards will be cheered in their pleasing duty by the good wishes and willing support of every warm-hearted Mason . The first meeting of the Board was held on the 20 th of this month , when the general regulations were entered into . The Hon . Fox Maule is the President .
QUARTERLY CONVOCATION . —Nov . 1 , 1837 . PRESENT . E Comps . Burckhardt , Pollock , Shadbolt , as Z . H . J . Comps . White , Harper , Lawrence , Philipe , Petit , Henderson , Hope , Bossy , Crucefix , and several Principals of Chapters . After the confirmation of the minutes of the last Convocation the
Report from the Committee of General Purposes was read , and the portion which referred to a complimentary award of fifty pounds annually , ivhich the Committee recommended should be voted to the Grand Scribes in future , was then moved . It was proposed as an amendment , that the past services of those companions entitled them to a more liberal remuneration than the finances would probablallow but the te t certain
of the Grand Chapter y ; proposer that the amount mig ht be doubled without inconvenience , as there was every probability that the future fees for certificates and warrants would be -really increased . On a division , the amendment was lost by a majority of ONE . The orig inal motion was then put , and carried unanimously : the Grand Chapter was then closed .