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United Grand Lodge .
Lodge ; but it was impossible that he could yet have received any such communication , and therefore it would be improper to put an <«; parte statement before this meeting . Having said thus much , he should coiitout himself until ho received further intelligence . The list of the P . Ms . nominated for the Board of Benevolence , was read by the G . S . ; viz .:
—W . Bro . J . Smith , No . 9 W . Bro . A . Atwood , No . 212 „ C . Robb , „ 19 „ D . Samuel , „ 264 „ C . Fox . „ 25 „ G . Biggs , „ 269 „ J . Barnes , „ 80 „ II . S . Cooper , „ 276 G . Todd ,, „ 168 „ W . H . Andrew 752 „ S . B . Wilson , 188 „ J . Savage , „ 805
The number of Brethren thus put in nomination being no more than required by the law , a ballot was unnecessary . They were then declared duly elected . The Report of the Board of Benevolence for September , October , and November , having been read , Bro . J . SAVAGE moved that the part of the Report , which had reference to the widow of Bro . Harvey , late of the Lodge No . 114 , Sunderland , should be
carried into effect . The talo of this poor widow was very short , but very touching . Her husband had been a mariner at Sunderland , but was lost in his vessel , and his eldest son had perished with him . Bro . Harvey had left a widow with several children . Under these circumstances , the Board had unanimously recommended that the sum of ' Ml . should be given to the widow , and he believed the money would be very properly bestowed . It would be a great bounty
to the poor woman , who had sustained a double loss . This motion being seconded , it was earned unanimously . The several Lodges summoned by order of the last Quarterly Communication to show cause why their Warrants should not be declared forfeited , for neglect to make returns in conformity with the laws , and who had not made any communication in reply to such summons , were now called over , and no one appearing on their
behalf , it was on motion , duly made , Resolved Unanimously : — " That the Warrants of the said Lodges be declared forfeited , and their numbers erased from the list ; but that the names and numbers bo not published until after confirmation of this Resolution at the meeting of the Grand Lodge on the 3 rd of March next . " The Report of the Board of General Purposes having beeii read , was received , and ordered to be entered on the minutes .
Tho Report stated that the Board had received an application from Messrs . Wm . Watson , Thos . S . Coggin , and Benj . Banks , to take a lease of the Freemasons' Tavern , and portions of the adjoining houses , as the same had been leased to Mr . T . M . Bacon , for a term of fourteen years from Michaelmas last , determinable by either party at the end of the first seven years , by giving six months' notice in writing , at the same rent as they had been let to Mr . Bacon , viz ., 1 , 100 / .
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United Grand Lodge .
Lodge ; but it was impossible that he could yet have received any such communication , and therefore it would be improper to put an <«; parte statement before this meeting . Having said thus much , he should coiitout himself until ho received further intelligence . The list of the P . Ms . nominated for the Board of Benevolence , was read by the G . S . ; viz .:
—W . Bro . J . Smith , No . 9 W . Bro . A . Atwood , No . 212 „ C . Robb , „ 19 „ D . Samuel , „ 264 „ C . Fox . „ 25 „ G . Biggs , „ 269 „ J . Barnes , „ 80 „ II . S . Cooper , „ 276 G . Todd ,, „ 168 „ W . H . Andrew 752 „ S . B . Wilson , 188 „ J . Savage , „ 805
The number of Brethren thus put in nomination being no more than required by the law , a ballot was unnecessary . They were then declared duly elected . The Report of the Board of Benevolence for September , October , and November , having been read , Bro . J . SAVAGE moved that the part of the Report , which had reference to the widow of Bro . Harvey , late of the Lodge No . 114 , Sunderland , should be
carried into effect . The talo of this poor widow was very short , but very touching . Her husband had been a mariner at Sunderland , but was lost in his vessel , and his eldest son had perished with him . Bro . Harvey had left a widow with several children . Under these circumstances , the Board had unanimously recommended that the sum of ' Ml . should be given to the widow , and he believed the money would be very properly bestowed . It would be a great bounty
to the poor woman , who had sustained a double loss . This motion being seconded , it was earned unanimously . The several Lodges summoned by order of the last Quarterly Communication to show cause why their Warrants should not be declared forfeited , for neglect to make returns in conformity with the laws , and who had not made any communication in reply to such summons , were now called over , and no one appearing on their
behalf , it was on motion , duly made , Resolved Unanimously : — " That the Warrants of the said Lodges be declared forfeited , and their numbers erased from the list ; but that the names and numbers bo not published until after confirmation of this Resolution at the meeting of the Grand Lodge on the 3 rd of March next . " The Report of the Board of General Purposes having beeii read , was received , and ordered to be entered on the minutes .
Tho Report stated that the Board had received an application from Messrs . Wm . Watson , Thos . S . Coggin , and Benj . Banks , to take a lease of the Freemasons' Tavern , and portions of the adjoining houses , as the same had been leased to Mr . T . M . Bacon , for a term of fourteen years from Michaelmas last , determinable by either party at the end of the first seven years , by giving six months' notice in writing , at the same rent as they had been let to Mr . Bacon , viz ., 1 , 100 / .