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History Of The Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.
HISTORY OF THE ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS .
( Continued from page 203 . ) The point is not a material one , but we incline to think it covers the whole period , as the first entry on the " Cr . " side of the next quarter ' s account is" Balance of last years account audited , £ 23 12 s . sjd . " At all events , it can only be a question of some months more or fewer as to when the proposition referred to in the minute we have just quoted was first acted upon ,
for that it was acted upon wc have the most conclusive evidence in this and the subsequent Statements of Account , which from this time forward to the Union appear to constitute regularlya part of the official Proceedings circulated by Grand Lodge . But if wc cannot decide exactly when it was that Grand Lodge took the Boys' Charity under its wing , still less can we presume to account for its adoption of such a policy . We can only surmise
that , as a lew months previous lo the aforesaid meeting held for the audit of Grand Lodge accounts on the said 3 rd January , 1805 , Bro . Wm . Burwood , the " Inslitutor" and Treasurer of the Charity , had become bankrupt , Grand Lodge was anxious to continue an Institution , which , even in the then few years of its existence , had been found capable of rendering so
much valuable service to the poorer members of the Fraternity . This we repeal is merely a surmise of ours , but it is not unreasonable to attribute the proposal of the Grand Secretary on 3 rd January , 1 S 05 , in some way or other to the calamity which had befallen Bro . Burwood on the 26 th June preceding , and his ( the Grand Secretary ' s ) desire to rescue the Charity which Bro . Burwood had instituted from the wreck of the lattcr ' s fortunes . ' At all
events , whatever may have been the cause which induced Grand Lodge to extend its care and protection lo the Boys' Charity , certain it is that once that care was extended , the future of the Institution may be said to have been assured . The published statement of Bro . Leslie ' s account for the quarter to the end of June , 1 S 06 , to which wc have already referredwhether the receipts and payments as " per particular , " covered the
whole or only a part of the previous nine months—shows that the Charily was not in an over-prosperous state . 'The Expenditure amounts to £ 152 4 s . Sd ., and the Receipts lo only . £ 128 2 s . 6 d ., leaving a Balance due to the Treasurer , Bro . Leslie , of , £ 23 12 s . 2 d . With such a deficit staring them in the face the Committee and Governors may well have felt some alarm , and finding Grand Lodge so favourably disposed towards
the Charity , they probably did the best thing under the circumstances and boldly addressed themselves lo that body on behalf of the Institution . Of the character of their application we know nothing . This much , however , is recorded in the archives of Grand Lodge for 3 rd September , 1806 , namely , that " upon reading the memorial by and on behalf of the Committee of the Masonic Charity for clothing and educating the sons of
Indigent Freemasons , it was ordered ' That the sum of One Hundred Pounds be subscribed by the Grand Lodge as a Donation in Aid and for the laudable Purposes of the Charity—and that the Institution be recommended to the Attention and Support of Ihe Lodges particularly in and adjacent to the Cities of London and Westminster as well as to the Country , Foreign , and Military Lodges . '" The said ; £ ioo figures in the Grand Treasurer ' s accounts as having been paid the same day , and in the
Minutes of the next Grand Lodge held on 3 rd December , 1806 , we read that " 'The R . W . Bro . Charles I lumphrcys / Past S . G . Warden , presented the 'Thanks of and from the last General Meeting of the Governors and Subscribers of the Charity for Clothing and Educating the Sons of Indigent Freemasons for the very liberal Donation of £ 100 granted by Grand Lodge upon the 3 rd of September last in aid of the laudable purposes of that Charily , and the same was received and ordered to be entered on the Minutes . "
1 timing to the Quarterly Statements of Account for the year 1806-7 , which , however , want the particulars for Ihe concluding quarter to June , 1 S 07 , we find—principally of course owing to this Grand Lodge donation of £ 100—a marked improvement . The receipts for the nine months to March , 1807 , amount to £ 21 $ 13 s . 6 d ., and the expenditure 10 ^ 177 os . 8 'd . Among items of the former we note in the quarter to September , in addition to the
Grand Lodge £ 100 , a sum of £ 33 ys . 61 I in respect of the Annual Festival or other entertainment in aid , held at the Mermaid Tavern , Hackney , on loth July ; £ 6 , being "dividend upon £ 300 Five per Cent . Annuities ( Navy ) , due at Midsummer last , after deducting 10 per cent . "; and £ 14 6 s . Cd ., being the Proceeds of two Charity Sermons at St . Michael ' s Church , Cornhill , after paying Scxlon and Pew-opcncrs ; and in the quarter
to March , 1 S 07 , a second half-year ' s dividend on X 300 , amountingto £ 7 ios . and £ 6 15 s ., being the amount due to Bro . Burton , of Little Queen-streel , for printing for 1806 , and very liberally contributed by him to the Charity . The principal items of expenditure are £ 35 for " 28 suits of Cloalhcs " ; £ 10 13 s . for five dozen shirts ; £ 10 ios ., being , one year ' s salary due 3 rd October , 180 C , to Wm . Hancock , Secretary . From these statements we
gather that there were about 28 boys on the establishment , and likewise that the Charity had already contrived to secure to itself a nest-egg in the shape of ^ " 300 Stock in the Navy Five per Cent . Annuities . The accounts for the years 1807-8 are incomplete ; but so far as they go , they enable us to judge that the progress made by the Charity was by no means what its friends and supporters musl have desired . The account for
the quarter ending with the early days of March , 1808 , opens with a deficit brought forward from the previous quarter of £ 20 18 s . 11 id ., and it closes with a slightly increased deficit , amounting to £ 23 4 s . 3 id . The principal items of receipt arc a further donation of £ 6 12 s . from Bro . Burton , of Little Queen-street , being the amount of the bill due to him for printing ; £ 5 5 s . from Lodge No . 259 , Leicester-fields ; £ 2 4 s . from a Guernsey Lodge
( No . 222 ); and £ 2 2 s . in each casefrom Lodges Nos . 3 , 7 ( Woolwich ) , 234 , and 304 ( Woolwich ) . The chief portion of the expenditure is for tuition , with books added in the case of some of the boys . However , Grand Lodge appears to have been rcsolvedon ( irmly establishingthe Institution . AttheCommunication held on the 2 nd March , 1808 , wc read in the minutes that "A motion was also made by Past Grand Warden Chas . Humphreys , and seconded , that a
Donation of One Hundred Pounds be granted and paid to the Treasurer of the Charity for Clothing and Educating the Sons of Indigent Freemasons ; the question being thereupon put , was carried unanimously . " Thus the closing quarter of the year , thanks to this most substantial aid , terminates very satisfactorily , the balance in favour of the Charity being ^ 55 13 s . 3 id .
The year that follows ( 1 S 08-9 ) discloses a condition of things still more gratifying . The number of boys on the establishment seems to have been about the same as before , the amount of expenditure for the whole term being £ 311 is . On the other hand , the receipts , including the balance brought forward from the preceding year , represent a total of A ' 435 igs . 3 d .
History Of The Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.
In this sum is included in the first place a number of contributions entered on the Sth August , 1808 , and amounting together lo £ Si 13 s ., and from the fact of the last item— £ 11 16 s . —being entered as from "Brothers , names unknown , " we judge them lo have been the proceeds of a , or perhaps the , Festival of the year . The principal contributions are ten guineas from Bro Oakes , subsequently a Grand Warden , and five guineas each from Bros .
W . Comerford Clarkson , G . Treas . ; R . Leslie , G . Sec . ; J . B . Roachc , P . G . W . ; Manner , of the Grand Master ' s Lodge ; and Davey , of No . 225 . Among lesser gifts are several from brethren of United Mariners Lodge , No . 23 , Lodges Nos . 2 , 4 , 5 , 7 ( Woolwich ) , 10 , 225 , 259 , 244 , and 304 ( Woolwich ) , the last named being very numerously represented . On 9 th February , 1809 , is entered a sum of £ 6 13 s ., received from Bro . Burton ,
the printer , described as his third donation , and making in all £ 20 . On iolh March appears a further donation of , £ 100 from Grand Lodge , which , on the motion of Bro . Chas . Humphreys , seconded by Bro . Roach , both of them being Past Grand Wardens , had been unanimously voted two days pieviously and ordered to be paid to the Treasurer . Lastly , under date of the 24 th April , are entered the " subscriptions , & c , " received at the
anniversary dinner , amounting to ; £ III 17 s ., and including £ 10 from " His Grace John Duke of Atholl , ike , hkc , Patron , by Thomas Harper , Esq ' ., D . G . M . ; " £ 10 ios . from " the Hon . H . Butler , Baker-street , Portman-square ( annual );'' a"d , £ 3 5 s . each from Bros . Chas . Humphreys and Isaac Lindo . Among the other contributors are ' * Capt . Foster , Rotterdam , " and a strong muster of members of Lodges Nos . 259 and 304 ( Woolwich ) , but especially of the
latter . Indeed , so satisfactory does the account appear to have been in the estimation of the authorities that when on the 7 th July , 1809 , at the Annual General Meeting of the Governors and Subscribers , it was audited , and a balance of £ 124 iSs . 3 d . found to remain in the hands of the Treasurer , " nine more children were immediately admitted , making the number now in the Schools , 40 . " Only two other matters remain to be noted in order to
complete our sketch of this year . Taking the latter of the two first we find it entered in the minutes of Grand Lodge for the 7 th June , 1 S 09 , that it was moved by Bro . Mahon , Grand Sword Bearer , and seconded by Bro . Chas . Humphreys , " that the sum of five shillings be paid by every gentleman upon being initiated into the Craft towards the support of the Masonic Charity . 'The question being thereupon put and passed in the negative . " There
seems little reason to doubt that the "Masonic Charity" here referred to must have been the Masonic Boys' Institution , and if our surmise be correct , it shows that some brethren already entertained the idea that the time had arrived when the Institution should receive the regular and official support of Grand Lodge , such policy being formally adopted three years later , namely , in June , 1 S 12 . The other point is that the public celebration of St . John the Baptist ' s Festival , which had been discontinued from 1799 , was
revived on 27 th June , 1808 , when the brethren met at the White Conduit House Gardens , Pentonvillc , and marched in procession , with their banners and wearing their insignia , to St . Mary ' s Church , Islington , where a sermon was preached by the Rev . E . Barry , M . D ., Grand Chap ., and thence to Highbury Barn Gardens , where the Feast was held . In the printed programme of the arrangements on this and subsequent celebrations of the same Festival , we find a provision inserted to the effect that " the Boys of the Masonic Charity will atttend and precede the procession . "
The year 1 S 09-10 is a still more eventful one , as will be seen from the ampler details wc are fortunately in a position to furnish . On the nth October , 1 S 09 , a Grand Lodge of Emergency was held at the Crown and Anchor Tavern , "in consequence of a requisition to the R . W . Deputy Grand Master and signed by 27 names being Grand Officers , Masters , and Past Masters of different Lodges , " the object being "to take into
consideration the propriety of celebrating the 25 th October instant , being the anniversary of our present Majesty's reign and commencing the Fiftieth year , suitable to the Loyalty , Honor , and Dignity of the Ancient Craft . " The Grand Officers present were Bros . Thomas Harper , D . G . M . ; James Perry , P . D . G . M . ; Thomas Scott , G . S . W . ; Malcolm Gillies , G . J . W . ; Robert Leslie , G . Sec . ; Robert Gill , P . G . S . W . ; Charles Humphreys
P . G . S . W . ; Richard Humphreys , P . G . S . W . ; J . B . Noache , P . G . S . W . ; Edwards Harper , Deputy G . Sec . ; Rev . II . J . Knapp , Deputy G . Chap . ; Thomas Mahon , G . S . B . ; and , there was no doubt , more than the usual array of " Masters , Wardens , and Past Masters of the lodges in and adjacent to London and Westminster . " The requisition having been read , Bro . Charles Humphreys moved and Bro . Scott seconded " That the Ancient
Craft dine together on the 25 th day of October , Inst ., to celebrate the fiftieth year of his present Majesty ' s Reign , and that each Brother dining do pay One Guinea and that the Surplus after paying for the Dinner do go either to the General Fund of Charity or to the School . " The proposal , however , does not appear lo have found favour with Grand Lodge . After some time spent in discussing it , the motion was withdrawn , and thereupon
" it was moved by Bro . Cranfield , of No . 255 , and seconded ^ -That Two hundred Guineas be taken out of the fund of the Grand LodgfeH ^ tne purpose of taking 'Ten more Boys into and under the protection * otfflte Charity lor Clothing and Educating the Sons of Deceased and Indigent " freemasons in compliment to the Anniversary of the 50 th year of his' presefit Majesty ' s
Reign , to make the number of Boys to Fifty in the said Charity . -Wc are told that " the Motion was most cordially received , but for ceruiih good reasons ' was agreed to stand over for further consideration at the Grand Lodge in December . " However , so long a delay in dealing with the proposal did not occur .
Grand Lodge Of Quebec.
GRAND LODGE OF QUEBEC .
We are by no means surprised to hear that the attempt to afford the Grand Lodge of Quebec and its subordinate lodges that relief from the operation of the Legislative Acts and Ordinances directed against secret
societies which is enjoyed by the Freemasons of the United Kingdom and Canada , or more properly perhaps Ontario , has failed . A bill for the purpose was introduced by Mr . White into the Provincial Parliament meeting at Montreal , and was read a first time . But on the 17 th April the measure
was refused a second reading , and the day following the session came to an end . Wc much regret that our Quebec brethren arc placed in so awkward a predicament that they cannot meet in their lodges without violating the laws of the province in which they reside , but let us hope the lesson which
this rebuff must teach them will not be thrown away , and that henceforth the demeanours of the Quebec Grand Lodge towards its ancient parent , the Grand Lodge of England , will be more in accordance with the dictates of a becoming modesty .
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History Of The Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.
HISTORY OF THE ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS .
( Continued from page 203 . ) The point is not a material one , but we incline to think it covers the whole period , as the first entry on the " Cr . " side of the next quarter ' s account is" Balance of last years account audited , £ 23 12 s . sjd . " At all events , it can only be a question of some months more or fewer as to when the proposition referred to in the minute we have just quoted was first acted upon ,
for that it was acted upon wc have the most conclusive evidence in this and the subsequent Statements of Account , which from this time forward to the Union appear to constitute regularlya part of the official Proceedings circulated by Grand Lodge . But if wc cannot decide exactly when it was that Grand Lodge took the Boys' Charity under its wing , still less can we presume to account for its adoption of such a policy . We can only surmise
that , as a lew months previous lo the aforesaid meeting held for the audit of Grand Lodge accounts on the said 3 rd January , 1805 , Bro . Wm . Burwood , the " Inslitutor" and Treasurer of the Charity , had become bankrupt , Grand Lodge was anxious to continue an Institution , which , even in the then few years of its existence , had been found capable of rendering so
much valuable service to the poorer members of the Fraternity . This we repeal is merely a surmise of ours , but it is not unreasonable to attribute the proposal of the Grand Secretary on 3 rd January , 1 S 05 , in some way or other to the calamity which had befallen Bro . Burwood on the 26 th June preceding , and his ( the Grand Secretary ' s ) desire to rescue the Charity which Bro . Burwood had instituted from the wreck of the lattcr ' s fortunes . ' At all
events , whatever may have been the cause which induced Grand Lodge to extend its care and protection lo the Boys' Charity , certain it is that once that care was extended , the future of the Institution may be said to have been assured . The published statement of Bro . Leslie ' s account for the quarter to the end of June , 1 S 06 , to which wc have already referredwhether the receipts and payments as " per particular , " covered the
whole or only a part of the previous nine months—shows that the Charily was not in an over-prosperous state . 'The Expenditure amounts to £ 152 4 s . Sd ., and the Receipts lo only . £ 128 2 s . 6 d ., leaving a Balance due to the Treasurer , Bro . Leslie , of , £ 23 12 s . 2 d . With such a deficit staring them in the face the Committee and Governors may well have felt some alarm , and finding Grand Lodge so favourably disposed towards
the Charity , they probably did the best thing under the circumstances and boldly addressed themselves lo that body on behalf of the Institution . Of the character of their application we know nothing . This much , however , is recorded in the archives of Grand Lodge for 3 rd September , 1806 , namely , that " upon reading the memorial by and on behalf of the Committee of the Masonic Charity for clothing and educating the sons of
Indigent Freemasons , it was ordered ' That the sum of One Hundred Pounds be subscribed by the Grand Lodge as a Donation in Aid and for the laudable Purposes of the Charity—and that the Institution be recommended to the Attention and Support of Ihe Lodges particularly in and adjacent to the Cities of London and Westminster as well as to the Country , Foreign , and Military Lodges . '" The said ; £ ioo figures in the Grand Treasurer ' s accounts as having been paid the same day , and in the
Minutes of the next Grand Lodge held on 3 rd December , 1806 , we read that " 'The R . W . Bro . Charles I lumphrcys / Past S . G . Warden , presented the 'Thanks of and from the last General Meeting of the Governors and Subscribers of the Charity for Clothing and Educating the Sons of Indigent Freemasons for the very liberal Donation of £ 100 granted by Grand Lodge upon the 3 rd of September last in aid of the laudable purposes of that Charily , and the same was received and ordered to be entered on the Minutes . "
1 timing to the Quarterly Statements of Account for the year 1806-7 , which , however , want the particulars for Ihe concluding quarter to June , 1 S 07 , we find—principally of course owing to this Grand Lodge donation of £ 100—a marked improvement . The receipts for the nine months to March , 1807 , amount to £ 21 $ 13 s . 6 d ., and the expenditure 10 ^ 177 os . 8 'd . Among items of the former we note in the quarter to September , in addition to the
Grand Lodge £ 100 , a sum of £ 33 ys . 61 I in respect of the Annual Festival or other entertainment in aid , held at the Mermaid Tavern , Hackney , on loth July ; £ 6 , being "dividend upon £ 300 Five per Cent . Annuities ( Navy ) , due at Midsummer last , after deducting 10 per cent . "; and £ 14 6 s . Cd ., being the Proceeds of two Charity Sermons at St . Michael ' s Church , Cornhill , after paying Scxlon and Pew-opcncrs ; and in the quarter
to March , 1 S 07 , a second half-year ' s dividend on X 300 , amountingto £ 7 ios . and £ 6 15 s ., being the amount due to Bro . Burton , of Little Queen-streel , for printing for 1806 , and very liberally contributed by him to the Charity . The principal items of expenditure are £ 35 for " 28 suits of Cloalhcs " ; £ 10 13 s . for five dozen shirts ; £ 10 ios ., being , one year ' s salary due 3 rd October , 180 C , to Wm . Hancock , Secretary . From these statements we
gather that there were about 28 boys on the establishment , and likewise that the Charity had already contrived to secure to itself a nest-egg in the shape of ^ " 300 Stock in the Navy Five per Cent . Annuities . The accounts for the years 1807-8 are incomplete ; but so far as they go , they enable us to judge that the progress made by the Charity was by no means what its friends and supporters musl have desired . The account for
the quarter ending with the early days of March , 1808 , opens with a deficit brought forward from the previous quarter of £ 20 18 s . 11 id ., and it closes with a slightly increased deficit , amounting to £ 23 4 s . 3 id . The principal items of receipt arc a further donation of £ 6 12 s . from Bro . Burton , of Little Queen-street , being the amount of the bill due to him for printing ; £ 5 5 s . from Lodge No . 259 , Leicester-fields ; £ 2 4 s . from a Guernsey Lodge
( No . 222 ); and £ 2 2 s . in each casefrom Lodges Nos . 3 , 7 ( Woolwich ) , 234 , and 304 ( Woolwich ) . The chief portion of the expenditure is for tuition , with books added in the case of some of the boys . However , Grand Lodge appears to have been rcsolvedon ( irmly establishingthe Institution . AttheCommunication held on the 2 nd March , 1808 , wc read in the minutes that "A motion was also made by Past Grand Warden Chas . Humphreys , and seconded , that a
Donation of One Hundred Pounds be granted and paid to the Treasurer of the Charity for Clothing and Educating the Sons of Indigent Freemasons ; the question being thereupon put , was carried unanimously . " Thus the closing quarter of the year , thanks to this most substantial aid , terminates very satisfactorily , the balance in favour of the Charity being ^ 55 13 s . 3 id .
The year that follows ( 1 S 08-9 ) discloses a condition of things still more gratifying . The number of boys on the establishment seems to have been about the same as before , the amount of expenditure for the whole term being £ 311 is . On the other hand , the receipts , including the balance brought forward from the preceding year , represent a total of A ' 435 igs . 3 d .
History Of The Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.
In this sum is included in the first place a number of contributions entered on the Sth August , 1808 , and amounting together lo £ Si 13 s ., and from the fact of the last item— £ 11 16 s . —being entered as from "Brothers , names unknown , " we judge them lo have been the proceeds of a , or perhaps the , Festival of the year . The principal contributions are ten guineas from Bro Oakes , subsequently a Grand Warden , and five guineas each from Bros .
W . Comerford Clarkson , G . Treas . ; R . Leslie , G . Sec . ; J . B . Roachc , P . G . W . ; Manner , of the Grand Master ' s Lodge ; and Davey , of No . 225 . Among lesser gifts are several from brethren of United Mariners Lodge , No . 23 , Lodges Nos . 2 , 4 , 5 , 7 ( Woolwich ) , 10 , 225 , 259 , 244 , and 304 ( Woolwich ) , the last named being very numerously represented . On 9 th February , 1809 , is entered a sum of £ 6 13 s ., received from Bro . Burton ,
the printer , described as his third donation , and making in all £ 20 . On iolh March appears a further donation of , £ 100 from Grand Lodge , which , on the motion of Bro . Chas . Humphreys , seconded by Bro . Roach , both of them being Past Grand Wardens , had been unanimously voted two days pieviously and ordered to be paid to the Treasurer . Lastly , under date of the 24 th April , are entered the " subscriptions , & c , " received at the
anniversary dinner , amounting to ; £ III 17 s ., and including £ 10 from " His Grace John Duke of Atholl , ike , hkc , Patron , by Thomas Harper , Esq ' ., D . G . M . ; " £ 10 ios . from " the Hon . H . Butler , Baker-street , Portman-square ( annual );'' a"d , £ 3 5 s . each from Bros . Chas . Humphreys and Isaac Lindo . Among the other contributors are ' * Capt . Foster , Rotterdam , " and a strong muster of members of Lodges Nos . 259 and 304 ( Woolwich ) , but especially of the
latter . Indeed , so satisfactory does the account appear to have been in the estimation of the authorities that when on the 7 th July , 1809 , at the Annual General Meeting of the Governors and Subscribers , it was audited , and a balance of £ 124 iSs . 3 d . found to remain in the hands of the Treasurer , " nine more children were immediately admitted , making the number now in the Schools , 40 . " Only two other matters remain to be noted in order to
complete our sketch of this year . Taking the latter of the two first we find it entered in the minutes of Grand Lodge for the 7 th June , 1 S 09 , that it was moved by Bro . Mahon , Grand Sword Bearer , and seconded by Bro . Chas . Humphreys , " that the sum of five shillings be paid by every gentleman upon being initiated into the Craft towards the support of the Masonic Charity . 'The question being thereupon put and passed in the negative . " There
seems little reason to doubt that the "Masonic Charity" here referred to must have been the Masonic Boys' Institution , and if our surmise be correct , it shows that some brethren already entertained the idea that the time had arrived when the Institution should receive the regular and official support of Grand Lodge , such policy being formally adopted three years later , namely , in June , 1 S 12 . The other point is that the public celebration of St . John the Baptist ' s Festival , which had been discontinued from 1799 , was
revived on 27 th June , 1808 , when the brethren met at the White Conduit House Gardens , Pentonvillc , and marched in procession , with their banners and wearing their insignia , to St . Mary ' s Church , Islington , where a sermon was preached by the Rev . E . Barry , M . D ., Grand Chap ., and thence to Highbury Barn Gardens , where the Feast was held . In the printed programme of the arrangements on this and subsequent celebrations of the same Festival , we find a provision inserted to the effect that " the Boys of the Masonic Charity will atttend and precede the procession . "
The year 1 S 09-10 is a still more eventful one , as will be seen from the ampler details wc are fortunately in a position to furnish . On the nth October , 1 S 09 , a Grand Lodge of Emergency was held at the Crown and Anchor Tavern , "in consequence of a requisition to the R . W . Deputy Grand Master and signed by 27 names being Grand Officers , Masters , and Past Masters of different Lodges , " the object being "to take into
consideration the propriety of celebrating the 25 th October instant , being the anniversary of our present Majesty's reign and commencing the Fiftieth year , suitable to the Loyalty , Honor , and Dignity of the Ancient Craft . " The Grand Officers present were Bros . Thomas Harper , D . G . M . ; James Perry , P . D . G . M . ; Thomas Scott , G . S . W . ; Malcolm Gillies , G . J . W . ; Robert Leslie , G . Sec . ; Robert Gill , P . G . S . W . ; Charles Humphreys
P . G . S . W . ; Richard Humphreys , P . G . S . W . ; J . B . Noache , P . G . S . W . ; Edwards Harper , Deputy G . Sec . ; Rev . II . J . Knapp , Deputy G . Chap . ; Thomas Mahon , G . S . B . ; and , there was no doubt , more than the usual array of " Masters , Wardens , and Past Masters of the lodges in and adjacent to London and Westminster . " The requisition having been read , Bro . Charles Humphreys moved and Bro . Scott seconded " That the Ancient
Craft dine together on the 25 th day of October , Inst ., to celebrate the fiftieth year of his present Majesty ' s Reign , and that each Brother dining do pay One Guinea and that the Surplus after paying for the Dinner do go either to the General Fund of Charity or to the School . " The proposal , however , does not appear lo have found favour with Grand Lodge . After some time spent in discussing it , the motion was withdrawn , and thereupon
" it was moved by Bro . Cranfield , of No . 255 , and seconded ^ -That Two hundred Guineas be taken out of the fund of the Grand LodgfeH ^ tne purpose of taking 'Ten more Boys into and under the protection * otfflte Charity lor Clothing and Educating the Sons of Deceased and Indigent " freemasons in compliment to the Anniversary of the 50 th year of his' presefit Majesty ' s
Reign , to make the number of Boys to Fifty in the said Charity . -Wc are told that " the Motion was most cordially received , but for ceruiih good reasons ' was agreed to stand over for further consideration at the Grand Lodge in December . " However , so long a delay in dealing with the proposal did not occur .
Grand Lodge Of Quebec.
GRAND LODGE OF QUEBEC .
We are by no means surprised to hear that the attempt to afford the Grand Lodge of Quebec and its subordinate lodges that relief from the operation of the Legislative Acts and Ordinances directed against secret
societies which is enjoyed by the Freemasons of the United Kingdom and Canada , or more properly perhaps Ontario , has failed . A bill for the purpose was introduced by Mr . White into the Provincial Parliament meeting at Montreal , and was read a first time . But on the 17 th April the measure
was refused a second reading , and the day following the session came to an end . Wc much regret that our Quebec brethren arc placed in so awkward a predicament that they cannot meet in their lodges without violating the laws of the province in which they reside , but let us hope the lesson which
this rebuff must teach them will not be thrown away , and that henceforth the demeanours of the Quebec Grand Lodge towards its ancient parent , the Grand Lodge of England , will be more in accordance with the dictates of a becoming modesty .