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Article UNITED GRAND LODGE OF ENGLAND. ← Page 3 of 3 Article QUARTERLY COMMUNICATION.—Dec. 7. Page 1 of 1
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United Grand Lodge Of England.
The finance report of the Board exhibited a deficit of upwards of £ 200 , due to the Grand Treasurer , on the Fund of Benevolence ; in other respects it was satisfactory . A petition to the Grand Lodge was read , from Bro . George Aarons , praying to be reinstated in his Masonic rank and rights , in consideration of his deep misfortune ( the loss of his wife ) , as the only resource left him to cheer the sad hours caused bhis bereavementand also that he
y , might-be enabled to continue his Masonic instruction to his Brethren . Of the truth or fallacy of the charges against him , he offered no remark , but left the case to the consideration of the Brethren . SCRUTINEERS APPOINTED . *—Bros . Maior , Perry , Lazarus , Bateman , AValsh , AVait .
Quarterly Communication.—Dec. 7.
QUARTERLY COMMUNICATION . —Dec . 7 .
R . AV . JOHN RAMSBOTTOM , M . P ., as Grand Master . The minutes of the last Grand Lodge were read and confirmed . Bro . Peter Thompson nominated H . R . H . the Duke of Sussex to be Grand Master for the ensuing year . The reports of the Board of General Purposes were received . The sum of £ 50 was unanimously voted to Mrs . Barnett , widow of
the late D . P . G . M . for Lincolnshire . The petition of Bro . Aarons , praying to be reinstated , was granted , on which he was called in before the Grand Lodge , and after having been addressed in suitable terms by the R . AV . Brother on the throne , who recommended him to avoid . any detailed allusion to the case : —Bro . Aarons briefly expressed his thanks , and resumed his seat in Grand Lodge . The Grand Lodge was adjourned at a QUARTER PAST NINE O ' CLOCK !
AA e congratulate the Grand Lodge at having arrived to a point of no small importance . On this evening there was no motion on the paper . The petition of Mrs . Barnett , so unfeelingly objected to at the last Grand Lodge , having been referred to the Board of General Purposes , was found to be a pure statement of facts , and a vote of £ 50 passetl unanimously . An erring Brother was restored to his Masonic privileges . And to the great credit of Bro . Ramsbottomdo we pay
testi-, mony to the manner in which he presided , and for which he was rewarded by the applause that greeted his retirement . BOARD OF GRAND STEWARDS , Dec . 7 . —The following Brethren were unanimously elected officers of the Board . Bro . AV . Shaw , President ; Shuttlewoi-th , Treasurer ; and Dover , Secretary .
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United Grand Lodge Of England.
The finance report of the Board exhibited a deficit of upwards of £ 200 , due to the Grand Treasurer , on the Fund of Benevolence ; in other respects it was satisfactory . A petition to the Grand Lodge was read , from Bro . George Aarons , praying to be reinstated in his Masonic rank and rights , in consideration of his deep misfortune ( the loss of his wife ) , as the only resource left him to cheer the sad hours caused bhis bereavementand also that he
y , might-be enabled to continue his Masonic instruction to his Brethren . Of the truth or fallacy of the charges against him , he offered no remark , but left the case to the consideration of the Brethren . SCRUTINEERS APPOINTED . *—Bros . Maior , Perry , Lazarus , Bateman , AValsh , AVait .
Quarterly Communication.—Dec. 7.
QUARTERLY COMMUNICATION . —Dec . 7 .
R . AV . JOHN RAMSBOTTOM , M . P ., as Grand Master . The minutes of the last Grand Lodge were read and confirmed . Bro . Peter Thompson nominated H . R . H . the Duke of Sussex to be Grand Master for the ensuing year . The reports of the Board of General Purposes were received . The sum of £ 50 was unanimously voted to Mrs . Barnett , widow of
the late D . P . G . M . for Lincolnshire . The petition of Bro . Aarons , praying to be reinstated , was granted , on which he was called in before the Grand Lodge , and after having been addressed in suitable terms by the R . AV . Brother on the throne , who recommended him to avoid . any detailed allusion to the case : —Bro . Aarons briefly expressed his thanks , and resumed his seat in Grand Lodge . The Grand Lodge was adjourned at a QUARTER PAST NINE O ' CLOCK !
AA e congratulate the Grand Lodge at having arrived to a point of no small importance . On this evening there was no motion on the paper . The petition of Mrs . Barnett , so unfeelingly objected to at the last Grand Lodge , having been referred to the Board of General Purposes , was found to be a pure statement of facts , and a vote of £ 50 passetl unanimously . An erring Brother was restored to his Masonic privileges . And to the great credit of Bro . Ramsbottomdo we pay
testi-, mony to the manner in which he presided , and for which he was rewarded by the applause that greeted his retirement . BOARD OF GRAND STEWARDS , Dec . 7 . —The following Brethren were unanimously elected officers of the Board . Bro . AV . Shaw , President ; Shuttlewoi-th , Treasurer ; and Dover , Secretary .