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Asylum For The Worthy Aged And Decayed Freemason.
The following notice of motion was then given : — That it is desirable that there be two elections of Candidates , namely , on the second AVednesday in January , and on the second Wednesday in July .
And it was resolved—That this Notice of Motion be also printed in the notice for the Meeting to be held on the 13 th of November . R . T . CRUCEFIX , M . D ., Chairman . Nov . 13 . —A Special General Meeting of the Governors and
Subscribers was held this evening , at seven o ' clock precisely , in compliance with the purport of the foregoing resolutions , and for general business . Present : Bro . R . T . Crucefix , M . D ( Treasurer ) , in the chair ; Bro . Alderman Thos . Wood , and about eighty other subscribers . _ The CHAIRMAN drew the attention of the meeting to an anonymous circular , which had been circulated in the room . BRO . ALD . THOS . WOOD inquired who was the author . The waiter called
was , who stated , that he had been requested by some gentleman , whom he could not recognize , to distribute them ; ivhich he had done , but was ignorant of the contents . —The worthy Alderman commented severel y upon the abominable nature of the circular ; and was proceeding to move that the landlord be called in—when a person named * * rose , and avowed himself the author of the circular , and requested permission to read it , which was granted;—but as he took opportunities in so 'doing , to vary the expressions , it was unanimously resolved that the Chairman should read the paper . —At the Chairman ' s having done so ,
It was resolved , with only TWO dissentients , '• THAT BROTHER * * HAVING CIRCULATED IN THIS MEETING AN ANONYMOUS PAPER , RELATIVE TO THE AGED MASONS' ASYLUM THIS MEETING IS OF OPINION , THAT SUCH PAPER IS FALSE AND SCURRILOUS , AND DESERVING THE SEVERE CENSURE OF THIS MEETING . "
_ The Minutes of the last General Meeting were then put for confirmation , and were opposed by two Brothers ; the one using as an argument , that we were bound to defer at all times to authority , —and the other , that he had supported the Institution under an impression , that it was to be converted into an annuity scheme . The confirmation of the Minutes was most ably supported by Brother Alderman Wood , Brothers Udall , Bell , Watkins , Stevens , and others . THE CHAIRMAN offered a few remarks , and the Minutes were confirmed by a large majority ; onl y ten hands being held up against the confirmation .
BRO . FARNFIELD , the Secretary , stated , that it being now beyond a doubt that a difference of opinion existed between the M . W . Grand Master and the promoters of this Institution , and fearing , from the situation he held m the Grand Secretary ' s office , it might operate to his injury were he to continue in the office it had pleased the subscribers to elect mm to , since the commencement of the Institution—he , therefore after
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Asylum For The Worthy Aged And Decayed Freemason.
The following notice of motion was then given : — That it is desirable that there be two elections of Candidates , namely , on the second AVednesday in January , and on the second Wednesday in July .
And it was resolved—That this Notice of Motion be also printed in the notice for the Meeting to be held on the 13 th of November . R . T . CRUCEFIX , M . D ., Chairman . Nov . 13 . —A Special General Meeting of the Governors and
Subscribers was held this evening , at seven o ' clock precisely , in compliance with the purport of the foregoing resolutions , and for general business . Present : Bro . R . T . Crucefix , M . D ( Treasurer ) , in the chair ; Bro . Alderman Thos . Wood , and about eighty other subscribers . _ The CHAIRMAN drew the attention of the meeting to an anonymous circular , which had been circulated in the room . BRO . ALD . THOS . WOOD inquired who was the author . The waiter called
was , who stated , that he had been requested by some gentleman , whom he could not recognize , to distribute them ; ivhich he had done , but was ignorant of the contents . —The worthy Alderman commented severel y upon the abominable nature of the circular ; and was proceeding to move that the landlord be called in—when a person named * * rose , and avowed himself the author of the circular , and requested permission to read it , which was granted;—but as he took opportunities in so 'doing , to vary the expressions , it was unanimously resolved that the Chairman should read the paper . —At the Chairman ' s having done so ,
It was resolved , with only TWO dissentients , '• THAT BROTHER * * HAVING CIRCULATED IN THIS MEETING AN ANONYMOUS PAPER , RELATIVE TO THE AGED MASONS' ASYLUM THIS MEETING IS OF OPINION , THAT SUCH PAPER IS FALSE AND SCURRILOUS , AND DESERVING THE SEVERE CENSURE OF THIS MEETING . "
_ The Minutes of the last General Meeting were then put for confirmation , and were opposed by two Brothers ; the one using as an argument , that we were bound to defer at all times to authority , —and the other , that he had supported the Institution under an impression , that it was to be converted into an annuity scheme . The confirmation of the Minutes was most ably supported by Brother Alderman Wood , Brothers Udall , Bell , Watkins , Stevens , and others . THE CHAIRMAN offered a few remarks , and the Minutes were confirmed by a large majority ; onl y ten hands being held up against the confirmation .
BRO . FARNFIELD , the Secretary , stated , that it being now beyond a doubt that a difference of opinion existed between the M . W . Grand Master and the promoters of this Institution , and fearing , from the situation he held m the Grand Secretary ' s office , it might operate to his injury were he to continue in the office it had pleased the subscribers to elect mm to , since the commencement of the Institution—he , therefore after