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Quarterly Communication Of Grand Lodge.
and wear the clothing of , a Past Grand Pur-. suivant , which was agreed to .
THE BOARD OF G ENERAL PURPOSES . A ballot took p lace for members of the Board of General Purposes . From the Master ' s list the following are the successful candidates : —H . W .
Hemsworth , 190 ; II . Lloyd , 143 ; S . May , 780 ; T . Price , 216 ; F . Richardson , 14 ; F . W . ¦ Shields , 33 ; E . W . Stewart , 12 . The Past Masters were : —W . M . Bywater ,
19 ; E . Cox , 657 ; J . W . Halsey , 134 ; J . B . Monckton , 1 , 150 ; F- Robinson , 259 ; J . E . Saunders , 1 .
THE COLONIAL BOARD . A ballot took p laco for members of the Colonial Board , and the following were the successful candidates : F . Adlard , 7 ; B . Baker , 21 ; F . Bennoch , 1 ; C . A . Cottebrune , 733 ; E . Cox , 657 ; M . S . Machin , 930 ; J . G . Marsh , 28 .
THE BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION . Four vacancies in this committee were filled up as under : —C . Hosgood 192 , H . M . Levy 188 , J . G . Thompson 862 , F . Walters 73 .
THE BOARD OF BENEVOLENCE . The report of tbe Board of Benevolence for ¦ the last quarter was presented , in which were recommendations for the following grants ,
viz . : — The Widow of the lato Bro . F . D -, ofthe Royal Sussex Lodge of Hospitality , No . 187 , Bristol . £ 30 0 0 Bro . R . J . C , of the Humber Lodge , No . 57 , Hull £ 75 0 0
Bro . J . A . , of the Skiddaw Lodge No . 1002 , Cockermouth £ 30 0 0 Bro . W . H -, of the Howe Lodge , No . 587 , Birmingham £ 30 0 0 The Widow of the late Bro . C . H . J , of the Palladiu Lodge , No . 120 , Hereford £ 30 0 0
These recommendations were put seriatim and agreed to .
THE BUILDING COMMITTEE . A report was brought up from the Building Committee , the concluding portion of which was as follows : — " The labours of the Committcs being now ended it is their duty
" 1 st . —Gracefully to acknowledge the confidence which Grand Lodge has been pleased to place in them . " 2 nd To assure Grand Lodge that ( under , at times , very difficult circumstances ) they have endeavoured faithfully to perform
their duty . " 3 rd . —To claim the indulgence of Grand liodgc for any short coinings , to tender their resignations , " and to offer , individually or collectively , any assistance which the Board of General Purposes may at any future time
require in the explanation of any matters of doubt . " The Committee respectfully place their resignations in the hands of Grand Lodge , and submit the following resolution for its adoption . "' That the work for which the Building Committee was appointed being now concluded
their resignation of their office be accepted . " JOHN HAVERS , Chairman . '' Freemasons' Hall , Maj-, 17 th , 1869 . " The Chairman having quitted the Chair , it was unanimously resolved that the Committee being now virtually dissolved , they cannot separate
without offering to their respected Chairman , Bro . JOHN HA visits , P . G . W ., their deep sense of the ability and kindness with which he has presided over them during the last six years and a half . His energy and attention in carrying out the works entrusted to the Committee by the Craft has only been
exceeded by the courtesy with which ho has listened to the suggestions of each of its Members , and the unity with which they have worked htu . oeen mainly owing to the judicious manner iu which ho has presided over them . Thoy , therefore , on this , the last time of their meeting , desire , with all respect
and kind feeling , to oft ' er him their best and most cordial thanks and good wishes for his future health and happiness . J . LLEWELLYN EVANS . J . RANKIN STEDIUNO . JOHN SAVAOK . JOHN HERVEY . GEOUOK PI . UCKNETT .
"Tlie only other member of the Committee , Bro . HENRY GRIS-SEM , is abroad . " Bro . J . HAVEIIS moved that the , report be taken as read , which was passed . II o also
Quarterly Communication Of Grand Lodge.
moved that it be entered on the minutes . At the completion of seven years' labour he thanked the brethren for the confidence they had placed in them , and asked their kind indulgence for any short-comings there may have been . [ The motion was agreed to . ] Br . Havers proposed the
last resolution the Committee had to otter Grand Lodge , which was to the effect , " That the work for which the Building Committee was appointed being concluded , their resignation of their office be accepted . " In doing this he said the Committee had no desire to screen themselves from
any responsibility , but having concluded their work , they asked Grand Lodge to accept their resignation . The motion was then put by the M . W . G . M . Bro . J . E . SAUNDERS of the Grand Master ' s Lodge , moved a rider to this resolution . He said
the Committee had framed the motion with great delicacy , and having done a great and good work iu the completion ofthe building , they resigned their trust into the hands of the Grand Lodge . The foundation was laid in careful thought , and the last stone in rejoicing . He felt they owed a
deep debt of gratitude to the Building Committee which had been so ably presided over by Bro . Havers , and to whom great honour was due . The resolution lie proposed was , " That the work for which the Building Committee was appointed having been completed to the entire satisfaction
of Grand Lodge , their resignation of office be accepted . " Bro . NUNN seconded the motion as amended , which was put and agreed to . Bro . HAVERS expressed his gratitude to the Committee for the insertion of these words .
THE COMMITTEE ON THE BOARD OF BENEVOLENCE . The report of the Committee on the Eoyal Masonic Benevolent Institution was deferred until the next Grand Lodge , on account of au infotmality in soma notices not having been given at the Board of Masters .
THE PROPOSITION TO APPLY THE FUND OF THE BOAUD OF BENEVOLENCE TO THE SCHOOLS . The second report of the Committee on the Fund of Benevolence was circulated amongst the brethren , and a tabular statement of the Fund for some years past , showing the surplus each
year , was exhibited . It stated , m reference to Bro . Clabon ' s proposition , that no reason existed for continuing this accumulation , and recommended that two-thirds of the surplus annuall y be appropriated to the Boys' and Girls' Schools . The committee proceeded in the first instance
to consider the general question of tho appropriation of the Fund of Benevolence , and the mode of dealing therewith ; as to the amount of relief to which the Lodgo of Benevolence , and the Grand Master , on tlio recommendatioji of that lodgo aro now limited as to the inquiry
mado into the cases of applicants ; as to relief to the Scottish , Irish , and Foreign Masons , ifec . Bro . CLADON said as tho report had been circulated amongst the members of the Craft , it would be unnecessary for him to go into details , but ho would refer to a few of the principal
points . The report proposed that two-thirds of tho surplus funds of the Board of Benevolence should be applied towards assisting children on their leaving the schools , for many of them were iu a very helpless state , and his proposition was to come forward and help them . He urged
them to educate them so as to enable them to get their own living . IJe referred to one of the best boys in the Boys' School , who was discharged at 151 years of age , and , as ho had no friends , he got a situation in a stockbroker ' s office at Gs . per week , but as there was a balance of . £ 10
from an old charity fund , the House Committee supplemented that sum by a subscription out of their own pockets to assist this boy in obtaining a proper position in life . At tho same time they found a large surplus in the Board of Benevolence , but they had never heard one word as to
helping these children on their leaving the schools , and tho question was whether Grand Lodge should help them , or whether they should take the means for doing so from the Board of Benevolence . Tlie surplus lust year was . £ 1400 , in addition to tho printed report ; but he did
Quarterly Communication Of Grand Lodge.
not ask to take one penny of the sm-plus until the claims of the Board of Benevolence were satisfied . If they were to go on accumulating it would be of no use to Freemasonry . If tli « accumulation was to go on , it would soon amount to . £ 100 , 000 , which would be holding out
temptation to some persons to come into masonry for the sake of the benefits to be derived from it , who ought to begin masonry by helping others . He was of opinion , therefore , that the time waa come when they should deal with that surplus , for iu something like ten years a fund would
accumulate sufficient for all tho purposes of their schools . He was about to read some passages from a pamphlet written by Bro . M . Cooke , when Bro . GREGORY rose to order . The M . W . GRAND MASTER ruled Bro . Clabon . could not read the passages .
Bro . CLABON continued : He said at the time of the union this fund was created as a trust . He believed it was a trust , and quoted the 18 th Article of Union of the 1 st December , 1813 , which said " the fund appropriated to the objects of Masonic benevolence shall not be infringed on .
for any purpose , but shall be kept strictly and solely devoted to charity ; and pains shall be taken to increase the same . By adopting his plan—to help the children—was the best way of hel ping Masons themselves and which would be strictly applying the funds to the cause of charity .
He said in answer to the question , as to wh y he proposed to give some of the surplus to the Boys' and Girls' School and not to the Benevolent lustitution for Aged Freemasons , they were already assisted by grants from Grand Lodge and Grand Chapter .
The Benevolent Institution possessed a large fund and did not spend their annual income . After addressing the Grand Lodge for about half an hour , lie as chairman of the committee moved the resolution that the report of the committee be adopted . He referred to an ,
amendment , notice of which had been given by the Earl of Limerick , which would empower the Board of Benevolence to grant sums to the Boys ' and Girls' School on the recommendation of tho House Committee , but he thought that brethren who attended the Board of Benevolence would
agree with him that the duties of that board were already sufficiently onerous , they having to sit from four to five hours to dispose of the business , and that there ought to be no addition to their labours . BRO . JOHN HAVERS suggested that as there
were many brethren from tlie country who had come up to vote upon the subject they should take it at once as the maiu question . ( Hear , hear . ) Bito . CLABON adopted that course and
moved" Until Grand Lodge shall otherwise direct , onethird of the annual surplus of the Fund of Benevolence shall be appropriated for the Koyal Masonic Institution for Boys , and another third for the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls , iu forming funds for apprenticing the children of Freemasons who have
been in those schools , or in otherwise assisting them to commence life . " Such one-third part respectively shall be invested in the names of four trustees for each school , to be appointed by Grand Lodge , and the dividends paid to the treasurer of each school .
" The general committee , on the recommendation of the house committee of each school , may apply the dividends of the fund ? respectively appropriated to the school for the benefit of children who have been at the School during the preceding twelve months , in apprenticing them to any business or
profession , or otherwise aiding them to obtain employment , or in applying any sum granted , by annual instalments , for a limited period , for the benefit of those proceeding to any school , college , or university . " No sum exceeding £ 25 shall be appropriated for
the benefit of any child , without the consent of the quarterly court of the school , and such court shall render to Grand Lodge an annual account of tho receipts and expenditure on account of the said fuiidn . " That the scheme , as recommended by the
committee , be , and the same is hereby . adopted by Grand Lodge , and added to the Book of Constitutions under the head Fund of Benevolence , after No . LC , as Nos . 17 , 18 , 19 , and 20 . " Bro . UDALL seconded the motion . The Earl of LIMEIIICK then moved an amendment : —
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Quarterly Communication Of Grand Lodge.
and wear the clothing of , a Past Grand Pur-. suivant , which was agreed to .
THE BOARD OF G ENERAL PURPOSES . A ballot took p lace for members of the Board of General Purposes . From the Master ' s list the following are the successful candidates : —H . W .
Hemsworth , 190 ; II . Lloyd , 143 ; S . May , 780 ; T . Price , 216 ; F . Richardson , 14 ; F . W . ¦ Shields , 33 ; E . W . Stewart , 12 . The Past Masters were : —W . M . Bywater ,
19 ; E . Cox , 657 ; J . W . Halsey , 134 ; J . B . Monckton , 1 , 150 ; F- Robinson , 259 ; J . E . Saunders , 1 .
THE COLONIAL BOARD . A ballot took p laco for members of the Colonial Board , and the following were the successful candidates : F . Adlard , 7 ; B . Baker , 21 ; F . Bennoch , 1 ; C . A . Cottebrune , 733 ; E . Cox , 657 ; M . S . Machin , 930 ; J . G . Marsh , 28 .
THE BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION . Four vacancies in this committee were filled up as under : —C . Hosgood 192 , H . M . Levy 188 , J . G . Thompson 862 , F . Walters 73 .
THE BOARD OF BENEVOLENCE . The report of tbe Board of Benevolence for ¦ the last quarter was presented , in which were recommendations for the following grants ,
viz . : — The Widow of the lato Bro . F . D -, ofthe Royal Sussex Lodge of Hospitality , No . 187 , Bristol . £ 30 0 0 Bro . R . J . C , of the Humber Lodge , No . 57 , Hull £ 75 0 0
Bro . J . A . , of the Skiddaw Lodge No . 1002 , Cockermouth £ 30 0 0 Bro . W . H -, of the Howe Lodge , No . 587 , Birmingham £ 30 0 0 The Widow of the late Bro . C . H . J , of the Palladiu Lodge , No . 120 , Hereford £ 30 0 0
These recommendations were put seriatim and agreed to .
THE BUILDING COMMITTEE . A report was brought up from the Building Committee , the concluding portion of which was as follows : — " The labours of the Committcs being now ended it is their duty
" 1 st . —Gracefully to acknowledge the confidence which Grand Lodge has been pleased to place in them . " 2 nd To assure Grand Lodge that ( under , at times , very difficult circumstances ) they have endeavoured faithfully to perform
their duty . " 3 rd . —To claim the indulgence of Grand liodgc for any short coinings , to tender their resignations , " and to offer , individually or collectively , any assistance which the Board of General Purposes may at any future time
require in the explanation of any matters of doubt . " The Committee respectfully place their resignations in the hands of Grand Lodge , and submit the following resolution for its adoption . "' That the work for which the Building Committee was appointed being now concluded
their resignation of their office be accepted . " JOHN HAVERS , Chairman . '' Freemasons' Hall , Maj-, 17 th , 1869 . " The Chairman having quitted the Chair , it was unanimously resolved that the Committee being now virtually dissolved , they cannot separate
without offering to their respected Chairman , Bro . JOHN HA visits , P . G . W ., their deep sense of the ability and kindness with which he has presided over them during the last six years and a half . His energy and attention in carrying out the works entrusted to the Committee by the Craft has only been
exceeded by the courtesy with which ho has listened to the suggestions of each of its Members , and the unity with which they have worked htu . oeen mainly owing to the judicious manner iu which ho has presided over them . Thoy , therefore , on this , the last time of their meeting , desire , with all respect
and kind feeling , to oft ' er him their best and most cordial thanks and good wishes for his future health and happiness . J . LLEWELLYN EVANS . J . RANKIN STEDIUNO . JOHN SAVAOK . JOHN HERVEY . GEOUOK PI . UCKNETT .
"Tlie only other member of the Committee , Bro . HENRY GRIS-SEM , is abroad . " Bro . J . HAVEIIS moved that the , report be taken as read , which was passed . II o also
Quarterly Communication Of Grand Lodge.
moved that it be entered on the minutes . At the completion of seven years' labour he thanked the brethren for the confidence they had placed in them , and asked their kind indulgence for any short-comings there may have been . [ The motion was agreed to . ] Br . Havers proposed the
last resolution the Committee had to otter Grand Lodge , which was to the effect , " That the work for which the Building Committee was appointed being concluded , their resignation of their office be accepted . " In doing this he said the Committee had no desire to screen themselves from
any responsibility , but having concluded their work , they asked Grand Lodge to accept their resignation . The motion was then put by the M . W . G . M . Bro . J . E . SAUNDERS of the Grand Master ' s Lodge , moved a rider to this resolution . He said
the Committee had framed the motion with great delicacy , and having done a great and good work iu the completion ofthe building , they resigned their trust into the hands of the Grand Lodge . The foundation was laid in careful thought , and the last stone in rejoicing . He felt they owed a
deep debt of gratitude to the Building Committee which had been so ably presided over by Bro . Havers , and to whom great honour was due . The resolution lie proposed was , " That the work for which the Building Committee was appointed having been completed to the entire satisfaction
of Grand Lodge , their resignation of office be accepted . " Bro . NUNN seconded the motion as amended , which was put and agreed to . Bro . HAVERS expressed his gratitude to the Committee for the insertion of these words .
THE COMMITTEE ON THE BOARD OF BENEVOLENCE . The report of the Committee on the Eoyal Masonic Benevolent Institution was deferred until the next Grand Lodge , on account of au infotmality in soma notices not having been given at the Board of Masters .
THE PROPOSITION TO APPLY THE FUND OF THE BOAUD OF BENEVOLENCE TO THE SCHOOLS . The second report of the Committee on the Fund of Benevolence was circulated amongst the brethren , and a tabular statement of the Fund for some years past , showing the surplus each
year , was exhibited . It stated , m reference to Bro . Clabon ' s proposition , that no reason existed for continuing this accumulation , and recommended that two-thirds of the surplus annuall y be appropriated to the Boys' and Girls' Schools . The committee proceeded in the first instance
to consider the general question of tho appropriation of the Fund of Benevolence , and the mode of dealing therewith ; as to the amount of relief to which the Lodgo of Benevolence , and the Grand Master , on tlio recommendatioji of that lodgo aro now limited as to the inquiry
mado into the cases of applicants ; as to relief to the Scottish , Irish , and Foreign Masons , ifec . Bro . CLADON said as tho report had been circulated amongst the members of the Craft , it would be unnecessary for him to go into details , but ho would refer to a few of the principal
points . The report proposed that two-thirds of tho surplus funds of the Board of Benevolence should be applied towards assisting children on their leaving the schools , for many of them were iu a very helpless state , and his proposition was to come forward and help them . He urged
them to educate them so as to enable them to get their own living . IJe referred to one of the best boys in the Boys' School , who was discharged at 151 years of age , and , as ho had no friends , he got a situation in a stockbroker ' s office at Gs . per week , but as there was a balance of . £ 10
from an old charity fund , the House Committee supplemented that sum by a subscription out of their own pockets to assist this boy in obtaining a proper position in life . At tho same time they found a large surplus in the Board of Benevolence , but they had never heard one word as to
helping these children on their leaving the schools , and tho question was whether Grand Lodge should help them , or whether they should take the means for doing so from the Board of Benevolence . Tlie surplus lust year was . £ 1400 , in addition to tho printed report ; but he did
Quarterly Communication Of Grand Lodge.
not ask to take one penny of the sm-plus until the claims of the Board of Benevolence were satisfied . If they were to go on accumulating it would be of no use to Freemasonry . If tli « accumulation was to go on , it would soon amount to . £ 100 , 000 , which would be holding out
temptation to some persons to come into masonry for the sake of the benefits to be derived from it , who ought to begin masonry by helping others . He was of opinion , therefore , that the time waa come when they should deal with that surplus , for iu something like ten years a fund would
accumulate sufficient for all tho purposes of their schools . He was about to read some passages from a pamphlet written by Bro . M . Cooke , when Bro . GREGORY rose to order . The M . W . GRAND MASTER ruled Bro . Clabon . could not read the passages .
Bro . CLABON continued : He said at the time of the union this fund was created as a trust . He believed it was a trust , and quoted the 18 th Article of Union of the 1 st December , 1813 , which said " the fund appropriated to the objects of Masonic benevolence shall not be infringed on .
for any purpose , but shall be kept strictly and solely devoted to charity ; and pains shall be taken to increase the same . By adopting his plan—to help the children—was the best way of hel ping Masons themselves and which would be strictly applying the funds to the cause of charity .
He said in answer to the question , as to wh y he proposed to give some of the surplus to the Boys' and Girls' School and not to the Benevolent lustitution for Aged Freemasons , they were already assisted by grants from Grand Lodge and Grand Chapter .
The Benevolent Institution possessed a large fund and did not spend their annual income . After addressing the Grand Lodge for about half an hour , lie as chairman of the committee moved the resolution that the report of the committee be adopted . He referred to an ,
amendment , notice of which had been given by the Earl of Limerick , which would empower the Board of Benevolence to grant sums to the Boys ' and Girls' School on the recommendation of tho House Committee , but he thought that brethren who attended the Board of Benevolence would
agree with him that the duties of that board were already sufficiently onerous , they having to sit from four to five hours to dispose of the business , and that there ought to be no addition to their labours . BRO . JOHN HAVERS suggested that as there
were many brethren from tlie country who had come up to vote upon the subject they should take it at once as the maiu question . ( Hear , hear . ) Bito . CLABON adopted that course and
moved" Until Grand Lodge shall otherwise direct , onethird of the annual surplus of the Fund of Benevolence shall be appropriated for the Koyal Masonic Institution for Boys , and another third for the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls , iu forming funds for apprenticing the children of Freemasons who have
been in those schools , or in otherwise assisting them to commence life . " Such one-third part respectively shall be invested in the names of four trustees for each school , to be appointed by Grand Lodge , and the dividends paid to the treasurer of each school .
" The general committee , on the recommendation of the house committee of each school , may apply the dividends of the fund ? respectively appropriated to the school for the benefit of children who have been at the School during the preceding twelve months , in apprenticing them to any business or
profession , or otherwise aiding them to obtain employment , or in applying any sum granted , by annual instalments , for a limited period , for the benefit of those proceeding to any school , college , or university . " No sum exceeding £ 25 shall be appropriated for
the benefit of any child , without the consent of the quarterly court of the school , and such court shall render to Grand Lodge an annual account of tho receipts and expenditure on account of the said fuiidn . " That the scheme , as recommended by the
committee , be , and the same is hereby . adopted by Grand Lodge , and added to the Book of Constitutions under the head Fund of Benevolence , after No . LC , as Nos . 17 , 18 , 19 , and 20 . " Bro . UDALL seconded the motion . The Earl of LIMEIIICK then moved an amendment : —