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The Charities.
A generous lady , the late Mrs . Hannah Waldo Astley , widow of Bro . Jolm Astley , bequeathed £ 50 to tbe Asylum , which has been paid b y her executors , less the legacy duty , to the Treasurer . About sixty years since , a warrant was granted for the members of the equestrian company of old John Astley ; it was named the Grove Lodge , the place of amusement being then called the Grove . The audience were received in a kind of large booth or tentwhen the weather
, ivas bad , otherwise the company performed in the open air ; as circumstances improved , the accommodations kept pace with success , and the hearty old proprietor at length saluted the public under the roof of a handsome theatre , aud so great was his success , that a rival theatre then called Hughes ' s Circus , was built . We remember the old brother , Jack Astley , so portly that he filled his " sulky . " To him succeeded the younger Jackwho with his widoware now all in the tomb . Mrs .
, , Astley was formerly a Miss Smith , ancl was , both before and after her marriage , a melo-dramatic actress of much celebrity . She was very tall , of fair complexion ; and her most luxuriant hair reached nearly to the ground . The Grove Lodge existed but a few years , the warrant being withdrawn , owing to the irregularity of its members .
THE ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT ANNUITY INSTITUTION is , we understand , in a very favourable state . Several candidates are passed as eligible . THE GIRLS' SCHOOL . —Good report continues to be heard in favour of this admirable seminary ; the Festival is appointed for the 15 th of May , when benevolent patrons of the orphans and daughters of deceased Brethren will no doubt exercise their accustomed philanthropy , and we trust with the usual success .
1 HE BOYS SCHOOL . —From an observation by the Treasurer of this charity , it would appear that the expectaion of the long wished for building is not altogether broken to the hope . We refer our readers to the provincial intelligence for Dorsetshire , wherein it appears that Brother Rodber announced the probability of a building heing erected at no distant period . All we venture to observe at present is , that if there be any serious intention of this project , as the lease of the Girls ' School edifice is running to a close , the possibility of a union of the schools with the Asylum may now be advantageously considered .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Charities.
A generous lady , the late Mrs . Hannah Waldo Astley , widow of Bro . Jolm Astley , bequeathed £ 50 to tbe Asylum , which has been paid b y her executors , less the legacy duty , to the Treasurer . About sixty years since , a warrant was granted for the members of the equestrian company of old John Astley ; it was named the Grove Lodge , the place of amusement being then called the Grove . The audience were received in a kind of large booth or tentwhen the weather
, ivas bad , otherwise the company performed in the open air ; as circumstances improved , the accommodations kept pace with success , and the hearty old proprietor at length saluted the public under the roof of a handsome theatre , aud so great was his success , that a rival theatre then called Hughes ' s Circus , was built . We remember the old brother , Jack Astley , so portly that he filled his " sulky . " To him succeeded the younger Jackwho with his widoware now all in the tomb . Mrs .
, , Astley was formerly a Miss Smith , ancl was , both before and after her marriage , a melo-dramatic actress of much celebrity . She was very tall , of fair complexion ; and her most luxuriant hair reached nearly to the ground . The Grove Lodge existed but a few years , the warrant being withdrawn , owing to the irregularity of its members .
THE ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT ANNUITY INSTITUTION is , we understand , in a very favourable state . Several candidates are passed as eligible . THE GIRLS' SCHOOL . —Good report continues to be heard in favour of this admirable seminary ; the Festival is appointed for the 15 th of May , when benevolent patrons of the orphans and daughters of deceased Brethren will no doubt exercise their accustomed philanthropy , and we trust with the usual success .
1 HE BOYS SCHOOL . —From an observation by the Treasurer of this charity , it would appear that the expectaion of the long wished for building is not altogether broken to the hope . We refer our readers to the provincial intelligence for Dorsetshire , wherein it appears that Brother Rodber announced the probability of a building heing erected at no distant period . All we venture to observe at present is , that if there be any serious intention of this project , as the lease of the Girls ' School edifice is running to a close , the possibility of a union of the schools with the Asylum may now be advantageously considered .