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Supreme Grand Chapter.
The foregoing petitions , being in all respects regular , the Committee recommended that the prayers thereof be respectively granted . The Committee also recommended that a petition from the Principals and members of the Royal Albeit Chapter , No . 907 , London , praying for a charter of confirmation , the original being lost , be granted . On the motion of Col . CREATON charters were granted for the eight chapters for which the petitions were recommended .
Col . CREATON moved : 1 hat in accordance with the recommendation of the Committee the following grants be made lo each of the Masonic Charities ; the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls , £ 500 ; the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , £ 500 ; and the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , £ 5 °° > « dso that a sum of £ 500 be expended on the purchase of an organ , to be presented by Grand Chapter to Grand Lodge , to replace that destroyed in the recent fire . These resolutions were carried nem . con .
The complaint from the Grand Superintendent of Northumberland against a member of No . 24 Chapter , and the appeal against the sentence of suspension by the said companion were fully discussed , with the result that the recommendation of the Committee that the Grand Chapter do not hear the appeal until the companion makes due submission to the Grand Superintendent of his provir . ee for the contempt of his authority was confirmed .
Comp . J OHN" HAVERS announced that in addition to the Prince of Wales , the Earl of Carnarvon , and the Earl of Lathom , the Prince of Wales had appointed Comps . Col . Creaton , Robert Grey , and Turtle Pigott , D . C . L ., to be on Committee of General Purposes . Comps . W . Perryman , J . Lewis-Thomas , E . Letchworth , G . Lambert , J . Clever , and Sampson Peirce were elected on the Committee of General Purposes by Grand Chapter . Grand Chapter was then closed .
History Of The Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.
HISTORY OF THE ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS .
{ . Continued from page J 2 a . ) 'Hie Grand Lodge of Emergency adjourned till the toth October , When the same Grand Officers , with the exception of Bros . Perry , Leslie , and Knapp , being present as well as Bro . Clarkson , G . Treas ., " the proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Emergency of nth Instant were read and confirmed , except as to that part of withdrawing the , Motion for a
Donation of'I wo hundred Guineas to the Masonic Charity , and it was thought expedient after much debate thereon to adopt that as a Motion to be ingrafted upon the Proceedings of that Meeting ; which being put for confirmation from the Chair passed unanimously in the affirmative . " The resolution was duly confirmed at the Grand Lodge held on 6 th December , but without waiting for such a formality , the particular manner in which it had
been agreed to celebrate the auspicious event of his Majesty being on the eve of entering upon the Fiftieth yc . tr of his Reign was made the subject of reference in the address of congratulation to the King from Grand Lodge . The following are the terms of the reference : "The blessed consequences of the Protection that wc have received from your Majesty arc , that we have reached a degree of unexampled prosperity , and have shared in the
Universal happiness ol your I' . mpirc . I he past feeling of our sensibility lo this blessing leads us to commemorate the event of your Alajesty ' s entering into the fiftieth year in a way that shall keep it constantly present to the Recollection of those amongst us who may in all time to come require the aid and solicitude of paternal care . " It only remains for us to add with reference to this event , so honourable to our brethren of the " Ancient "
Fraternity , that in the Grand Treasurer ' s Accounts for the 4 th Ouartcr of the year 1801 ) there appears amongst the payments an entry " dated 6 th December of £ 210 , " Cash paid the Treasurer of the Masonic Charity as a Donation to commemorate the Fiftieth year of His Majesty ' s Reign , and thereby to enable the Governors of that Institution to increase the number of Objects under its Protection to Fifty . —My order of the Grand Lodge . "
This act of liberality , coupled with a very successful Anniversary Festival held at the Crown and Anchor Tavern on the 5 th March , 1810 , when a sum of £ 140 ios . 6 d . was raised , enabled the Governors not only to make the needful provision for the increased number of boys , but also to purchase a further . £ 200 Navy Five per Cent . Annuities , making the total Stock belonging to the Institution , £ 500 Navy Five per Cent . But notwithstanding
this , while the total receipts , including the balance forward , amounted to £ 598 13 s . 9 d ., the total expenditure , including £ 203 for the purchase of the said additional £ 200 Stock , only reached £ 561 ) lis . 5 d ., leaving a balance to carry forward to the credit of the Institution of £ 38 2 s . 40 * . The year 1810-11 offers little matter for comment , the principal feature worth mentioning being a further donation of 100 guineas , voted bv Grand
Lodge on the 5 th December , 1810 . The Anniversary Festival , on the 29 th April , 1811 , yielded £ 110 14 s . 6 d .-but of this £ 50 was on account of a benefit at the Woolwich Theatre—and the total receipts , including balance from previous account , £$ 22 is . iod ., while the expenditure was £ 316 14 s . Sd ., there being then a small balance of £ 5 7 s . 2 d . over , but happily on the right side of the account . The next year ( 1811-12 ) , thanks yet again which
to Grand Lodge , on 4 th December , 1811 , voted another contribution of 200 guineas , produced £ 455 7 s . iod . —the second principal item being £ 88 4 s ., proceeds of Anniversary Festival on the 13 th April , 1812—the actual proceeds reached £ 103 8 s . Gd . ; but the " odd" money in "plate , " amounting to £ 15 4 s . 6 d ., appears to have been overlooked , and is not brought to account till the year 1 S 12-13 . The expenditure tvas , £ 353 16 in
ys . 4 , d ., of which £ 135 s . 3 d . was respect of clothing , £ 127 17 s . id . for tuition and books , and there were two premiums paid of £ 5 each , £ 10 , making the total outlay on the boys £ 273 13 s . 6 d . The expenses of management amounted to £ 54 os . iod ., being made up of £ 29 16 s . for salaries of Secretary , Collector , and Messenger , and £ 34 4 s . iod . for printing , postages , advertisements , use of room ; the remaining £ 15 15 s . being for Children's refreshment at Anniversary Dinner , expenses of said dinner
and Bibles . Thus the year ' s account ended with a balance in the Treasurer's hands of £ 101 iSs . 6 d ., and when—not to weary our readers with more figures—18 months later the Union between the two Masonic Societies was accomplished , and the Boys'Charity , laying aside its distinctive character of an " Ancient " Institution , passed under the protection and patronage of the United Grand Lodge of England , the Executive must have had the satisfaction of feeling that their labours had not been in vain as regards the financial portion of their work , the amount in Bro . Leslie ' s hands for
History Of The Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.
the use of the Charity , notwithstanding there had been a further increase in the number of boys on the establishment , being no less than £ 207 7 s . Sid . In the preceding paragraph we have been at the pains of enumerating the several heads of expenditure for the year from Midsummer Day , 1 S 11 , to Midsummer Day , 1 S 12 , so that our readers might have the opportunity of knowing , in the first place , how the funds of the Charity were bestowed ,
and , in the next place , how economically they were administered . But the difficulty we have heretofore laboured under of having to write a connected story out of disconnected and sparse , albeit official , materials , happily terminates with the close of the year 1811 , and from 27 th January , 1 S 12 , wc have the minutes of the Institution to guide us . It is to be regretted , perhaps , that the information they contain is not more ample , many matters of
interest , of the occurrence of which we have certain knowledge , being altogether omitted . But though the steering apparatus with which we are now provided may not be the most perfect of its kind , it is better than none at all , and it will be chiefly our own fault if we cannot complete our narrative without serious interruption . We shall occasionally stop in order to express an opinion on the policy pursued by those in authority , but otherwise , as
there are few deficiencies to make good , there will seldom be need for us to cast about in different directions for information material to our purpose . The minutes contain all this , and our chief anxiety henceforth will be so to construct our story as lo make it acceptable reading in the twofold sense of agreeable as well as authentic . But to resume our story . The figures for 1811 -12 look well enough on paper
to us who study them after so long an interval , but the Committee then in charge of the Institution understood them better , and were well aware that , in spite of the outward complexion of affairs being so favourable , there was a something wanted in order to make firm the foundations of the Charity . Grand Lodge had contributed both frequently aud generously , and the Festivals had been fairly productive ; but funds from other sources had not
been received to any great extent . Hence , in the opinion of those most competent to judge , the adoption of some unusual course had become inevitable . This much had been decided at the Quarterly Meeting of Governors and Subscribers held in the early days of January , 1 S 12 , and an extraordinary meeting of the Committee was therefore fixed for the 27 th of the same month , at the Virginia Coffee House , Comhill—the usual meeting
place , when " it was unanimously resolved that the Masters and Wardens of the subscribing lodges and those brothers who are disposed to become subscribers be requested to meet the Governors , & c , of this Institution at the above house on Friday , the 28 th of February next , at 7 o ' clock in the evening , for the purpose of taking into consideration the present state of the Charity , and to devise such means as will enable the Committee to carry the intentions of the Founders more fully into effect . " The General
Meeting was accordingly held as arranged , the chair was taken by Bro . the Rev . Henry John Knapp , D . G . Chaplain , and there were present the Treasurer ( Bro . Robert Leslie , G . Sec ) , with Bros . Corcoran , Barron , Palmer , Gilbert , Shcrvill , Bruce ( W . M . 63 ) , Grout ( 245 ) , Face ( 245 ) , Clark ( 225 ) , Hazell ( 194 ) , Mellish ( 194 ) , Peck ( 258 ) , Cranfield , Gibbs , Stevens ( 255 ) , Crawley ( 8 ) , Spiers ( 8 ) , Mills ( 268 ) , Jefferson ( 268 ) , Hill
( 194 ) , Cohen ( 7 ) , Ponter ( 194 ) , Pitman ( 255 ) , McCann ( 244 ) , Buntcr ( 194 ) , Broadfoot ( 306 ) , Graham ( 306 ) , Southby ( 258 ) , Barron ( 244 ) , Lewis ( 245 ) , Clark ( 23 ) , Alec ( 255 ) , Mapp ( 195 ) , E . Harper ( G . M . L . ) , Bcswick ( 77 ) , Oliver , Secretary ( VV . Hancock ) , and Collector ( B . Aldhousc ) . The result will be best stated in the words of the original record : It was resolved that it appears to this meeting' that there arc at present Cloathcd
and Educated by the Chanty 50 Hoys , and that there are upwards of 20 Candidates waiting for admission , but that its Finances will not now permit any increase on the present number . That , without the co-operating aid of some permanent Fund to be raised by the Masonic Body at large , the kind and liberal views of the Founders of the Charity , and the most anxious wishes of its best supporters cannot be realised , inasmuch as the
resources of the Institution , which arise trom voluntary subscriptions and donations , have for a long time past ( although dispensed with the greatest frugality ) been found insufficient for Cloathing and Educating the Children at present on the establishment without the aid and assistance ot R . W . Grand Lodge , which it has on every occasion most promptly and liberally granted , and for which this meeting returns to the Grand Lodge its most sincere and grateful acknowledgments . U-. A ! .... ! nlc lk . 1 . f AM In . Uanict . i > AF n . >«*•«> * . &» « . «» , > . KTMCAH n cmnll .... n . ... A—A ^ JITIBiav iiiai ¦¦ vu ni v . vvwjr ill uiaavu a . Oman audi ITGIi
, I « . U , » - »» VJ ; I « HJ .. * mauu , . ordered by the Grand Lodge to be paid towards the support of the Charity , in addition to the fee paid to the Grand Lodge Fund , the advantages which the Institution would derive from the adoption of such a measure throughout the Craft at large would in a very few years enable the Committee to provide for the Infant Sons of their Deceased arm lnflicTon ! - Rrpthrpn in ft manner most rnnrrenial to the wichpc of the . Governor * : anil
Subscribers in general , and more suitable to the ample resources and exalted character of the Ancient Craft . Resolved therefore that these resolutions be most respectfully submitted to the R . W . Grand Lodge at its next Quarterly Communication , imploring it to take the same into its most serious consideration , and to adopt such measures to aid the objects of this meeting as the R . W . Grand Lodge , in its superior wisdom , may deem most advisable .
Curiously enough , though the needs of the Charity , as thus set forth , were clearly of the most extreme urgency , there is no further mention of the subject in the minutes , not even so much as a record of thanks lo Grand Lodge for the very efficient measures of relief which , in accordance with the suggestion contained in the third resolution , it at once adopted and , as soon as the necessary requirements permitted , had carried into effect . Wc arc
therefore under the necessity of refernhg to the Grand Lodge minutes for the completion of the incident , and there we read that , when the memorial from the Governor and Subscribers of the Institution , embodying the above resolutions had been presented , " it was thereupon Moved and Ordered unanimously that in aid of the said Charity all and every of the Warranted Lodges in and adjacent to the Cities of London and Westminster do and
shall upon the Initiation and Register of every new-made Brother from and after the 4 th of June receive and pay the sum of five shillings independent of and with the sum now paid to the Grand Lodge as usual ; and that all and every the Country , Military , and Foreign Lodges holding Warrants from and under this R . W . Grand Lodge upon the Initiation and Register of every new-made Mason in the Books of the Grand Lodge shall receive
and pay the sum of 2 s . Od . for the benefit and in support of the said Charity , independent of and with the sum of 5 s . now paid to the Grand Lodge upon the Register of new-made Brothers , and that they make a Return to the Grand Lodge of all such new-made Masons upon or near to every St . John's Day according to Regulation . " This Resolution was passed by Grand Lodge on the 4 th March , 1812 , and although at its next meeting on
3 rd June , when in common with the rest of the minutes it was submitted for confirmation , it was " moved by Bro . Gorlon , of No . 159 , and seconded by Bro . Richard Varney , of No . 37 , " That the consideration of the said motion do stand over for six months . " Upon the question being put the amendment was negatived , and the resolution confirmed , but in the following somewhat improved form as regards phraseology : " Resolved and Ordered—That from and after the date hereof Every Lodge in and adjacent to London and
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Supreme Grand Chapter.
The foregoing petitions , being in all respects regular , the Committee recommended that the prayers thereof be respectively granted . The Committee also recommended that a petition from the Principals and members of the Royal Albeit Chapter , No . 907 , London , praying for a charter of confirmation , the original being lost , be granted . On the motion of Col . CREATON charters were granted for the eight chapters for which the petitions were recommended .
Col . CREATON moved : 1 hat in accordance with the recommendation of the Committee the following grants be made lo each of the Masonic Charities ; the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls , £ 500 ; the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , £ 500 ; and the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , £ 5 °° > « dso that a sum of £ 500 be expended on the purchase of an organ , to be presented by Grand Chapter to Grand Lodge , to replace that destroyed in the recent fire . These resolutions were carried nem . con .
The complaint from the Grand Superintendent of Northumberland against a member of No . 24 Chapter , and the appeal against the sentence of suspension by the said companion were fully discussed , with the result that the recommendation of the Committee that the Grand Chapter do not hear the appeal until the companion makes due submission to the Grand Superintendent of his provir . ee for the contempt of his authority was confirmed .
Comp . J OHN" HAVERS announced that in addition to the Prince of Wales , the Earl of Carnarvon , and the Earl of Lathom , the Prince of Wales had appointed Comps . Col . Creaton , Robert Grey , and Turtle Pigott , D . C . L ., to be on Committee of General Purposes . Comps . W . Perryman , J . Lewis-Thomas , E . Letchworth , G . Lambert , J . Clever , and Sampson Peirce were elected on the Committee of General Purposes by Grand Chapter . Grand Chapter was then closed .
History Of The Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.
HISTORY OF THE ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS .
{ . Continued from page J 2 a . ) 'Hie Grand Lodge of Emergency adjourned till the toth October , When the same Grand Officers , with the exception of Bros . Perry , Leslie , and Knapp , being present as well as Bro . Clarkson , G . Treas ., " the proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Emergency of nth Instant were read and confirmed , except as to that part of withdrawing the , Motion for a
Donation of'I wo hundred Guineas to the Masonic Charity , and it was thought expedient after much debate thereon to adopt that as a Motion to be ingrafted upon the Proceedings of that Meeting ; which being put for confirmation from the Chair passed unanimously in the affirmative . " The resolution was duly confirmed at the Grand Lodge held on 6 th December , but without waiting for such a formality , the particular manner in which it had
been agreed to celebrate the auspicious event of his Majesty being on the eve of entering upon the Fiftieth yc . tr of his Reign was made the subject of reference in the address of congratulation to the King from Grand Lodge . The following are the terms of the reference : "The blessed consequences of the Protection that wc have received from your Majesty arc , that we have reached a degree of unexampled prosperity , and have shared in the
Universal happiness ol your I' . mpirc . I he past feeling of our sensibility lo this blessing leads us to commemorate the event of your Alajesty ' s entering into the fiftieth year in a way that shall keep it constantly present to the Recollection of those amongst us who may in all time to come require the aid and solicitude of paternal care . " It only remains for us to add with reference to this event , so honourable to our brethren of the " Ancient "
Fraternity , that in the Grand Treasurer ' s Accounts for the 4 th Ouartcr of the year 1801 ) there appears amongst the payments an entry " dated 6 th December of £ 210 , " Cash paid the Treasurer of the Masonic Charity as a Donation to commemorate the Fiftieth year of His Majesty ' s Reign , and thereby to enable the Governors of that Institution to increase the number of Objects under its Protection to Fifty . —My order of the Grand Lodge . "
This act of liberality , coupled with a very successful Anniversary Festival held at the Crown and Anchor Tavern on the 5 th March , 1810 , when a sum of £ 140 ios . 6 d . was raised , enabled the Governors not only to make the needful provision for the increased number of boys , but also to purchase a further . £ 200 Navy Five per Cent . Annuities , making the total Stock belonging to the Institution , £ 500 Navy Five per Cent . But notwithstanding
this , while the total receipts , including the balance forward , amounted to £ 598 13 s . 9 d ., the total expenditure , including £ 203 for the purchase of the said additional £ 200 Stock , only reached £ 561 ) lis . 5 d ., leaving a balance to carry forward to the credit of the Institution of £ 38 2 s . 40 * . The year 1810-11 offers little matter for comment , the principal feature worth mentioning being a further donation of 100 guineas , voted bv Grand
Lodge on the 5 th December , 1810 . The Anniversary Festival , on the 29 th April , 1811 , yielded £ 110 14 s . 6 d .-but of this £ 50 was on account of a benefit at the Woolwich Theatre—and the total receipts , including balance from previous account , £$ 22 is . iod ., while the expenditure was £ 316 14 s . Sd ., there being then a small balance of £ 5 7 s . 2 d . over , but happily on the right side of the account . The next year ( 1811-12 ) , thanks yet again which
to Grand Lodge , on 4 th December , 1811 , voted another contribution of 200 guineas , produced £ 455 7 s . iod . —the second principal item being £ 88 4 s ., proceeds of Anniversary Festival on the 13 th April , 1812—the actual proceeds reached £ 103 8 s . Gd . ; but the " odd" money in "plate , " amounting to £ 15 4 s . 6 d ., appears to have been overlooked , and is not brought to account till the year 1 S 12-13 . The expenditure tvas , £ 353 16 in
ys . 4 , d ., of which £ 135 s . 3 d . was respect of clothing , £ 127 17 s . id . for tuition and books , and there were two premiums paid of £ 5 each , £ 10 , making the total outlay on the boys £ 273 13 s . 6 d . The expenses of management amounted to £ 54 os . iod ., being made up of £ 29 16 s . for salaries of Secretary , Collector , and Messenger , and £ 34 4 s . iod . for printing , postages , advertisements , use of room ; the remaining £ 15 15 s . being for Children's refreshment at Anniversary Dinner , expenses of said dinner
and Bibles . Thus the year ' s account ended with a balance in the Treasurer's hands of £ 101 iSs . 6 d ., and when—not to weary our readers with more figures—18 months later the Union between the two Masonic Societies was accomplished , and the Boys'Charity , laying aside its distinctive character of an " Ancient " Institution , passed under the protection and patronage of the United Grand Lodge of England , the Executive must have had the satisfaction of feeling that their labours had not been in vain as regards the financial portion of their work , the amount in Bro . Leslie ' s hands for
History Of The Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.
the use of the Charity , notwithstanding there had been a further increase in the number of boys on the establishment , being no less than £ 207 7 s . Sid . In the preceding paragraph we have been at the pains of enumerating the several heads of expenditure for the year from Midsummer Day , 1 S 11 , to Midsummer Day , 1 S 12 , so that our readers might have the opportunity of knowing , in the first place , how the funds of the Charity were bestowed ,
and , in the next place , how economically they were administered . But the difficulty we have heretofore laboured under of having to write a connected story out of disconnected and sparse , albeit official , materials , happily terminates with the close of the year 1811 , and from 27 th January , 1 S 12 , wc have the minutes of the Institution to guide us . It is to be regretted , perhaps , that the information they contain is not more ample , many matters of
interest , of the occurrence of which we have certain knowledge , being altogether omitted . But though the steering apparatus with which we are now provided may not be the most perfect of its kind , it is better than none at all , and it will be chiefly our own fault if we cannot complete our narrative without serious interruption . We shall occasionally stop in order to express an opinion on the policy pursued by those in authority , but otherwise , as
there are few deficiencies to make good , there will seldom be need for us to cast about in different directions for information material to our purpose . The minutes contain all this , and our chief anxiety henceforth will be so to construct our story as lo make it acceptable reading in the twofold sense of agreeable as well as authentic . But to resume our story . The figures for 1811 -12 look well enough on paper
to us who study them after so long an interval , but the Committee then in charge of the Institution understood them better , and were well aware that , in spite of the outward complexion of affairs being so favourable , there was a something wanted in order to make firm the foundations of the Charity . Grand Lodge had contributed both frequently aud generously , and the Festivals had been fairly productive ; but funds from other sources had not
been received to any great extent . Hence , in the opinion of those most competent to judge , the adoption of some unusual course had become inevitable . This much had been decided at the Quarterly Meeting of Governors and Subscribers held in the early days of January , 1 S 12 , and an extraordinary meeting of the Committee was therefore fixed for the 27 th of the same month , at the Virginia Coffee House , Comhill—the usual meeting
place , when " it was unanimously resolved that the Masters and Wardens of the subscribing lodges and those brothers who are disposed to become subscribers be requested to meet the Governors , & c , of this Institution at the above house on Friday , the 28 th of February next , at 7 o ' clock in the evening , for the purpose of taking into consideration the present state of the Charity , and to devise such means as will enable the Committee to carry the intentions of the Founders more fully into effect . " The General
Meeting was accordingly held as arranged , the chair was taken by Bro . the Rev . Henry John Knapp , D . G . Chaplain , and there were present the Treasurer ( Bro . Robert Leslie , G . Sec ) , with Bros . Corcoran , Barron , Palmer , Gilbert , Shcrvill , Bruce ( W . M . 63 ) , Grout ( 245 ) , Face ( 245 ) , Clark ( 225 ) , Hazell ( 194 ) , Mellish ( 194 ) , Peck ( 258 ) , Cranfield , Gibbs , Stevens ( 255 ) , Crawley ( 8 ) , Spiers ( 8 ) , Mills ( 268 ) , Jefferson ( 268 ) , Hill
( 194 ) , Cohen ( 7 ) , Ponter ( 194 ) , Pitman ( 255 ) , McCann ( 244 ) , Buntcr ( 194 ) , Broadfoot ( 306 ) , Graham ( 306 ) , Southby ( 258 ) , Barron ( 244 ) , Lewis ( 245 ) , Clark ( 23 ) , Alec ( 255 ) , Mapp ( 195 ) , E . Harper ( G . M . L . ) , Bcswick ( 77 ) , Oliver , Secretary ( VV . Hancock ) , and Collector ( B . Aldhousc ) . The result will be best stated in the words of the original record : It was resolved that it appears to this meeting' that there arc at present Cloathcd
and Educated by the Chanty 50 Hoys , and that there are upwards of 20 Candidates waiting for admission , but that its Finances will not now permit any increase on the present number . That , without the co-operating aid of some permanent Fund to be raised by the Masonic Body at large , the kind and liberal views of the Founders of the Charity , and the most anxious wishes of its best supporters cannot be realised , inasmuch as the
resources of the Institution , which arise trom voluntary subscriptions and donations , have for a long time past ( although dispensed with the greatest frugality ) been found insufficient for Cloathing and Educating the Children at present on the establishment without the aid and assistance ot R . W . Grand Lodge , which it has on every occasion most promptly and liberally granted , and for which this meeting returns to the Grand Lodge its most sincere and grateful acknowledgments . U-. A ! .... ! nlc lk . 1 . f AM In . Uanict . i > AF n . >«*•«> * . &» « . «» , > . KTMCAH n cmnll .... n . ... A—A ^ JITIBiav iiiai ¦¦ vu ni v . vvwjr ill uiaavu a . Oman audi ITGIi
, I « . U , » - »» VJ ; I « HJ .. * mauu , . ordered by the Grand Lodge to be paid towards the support of the Charity , in addition to the fee paid to the Grand Lodge Fund , the advantages which the Institution would derive from the adoption of such a measure throughout the Craft at large would in a very few years enable the Committee to provide for the Infant Sons of their Deceased arm lnflicTon ! - Rrpthrpn in ft manner most rnnrrenial to the wichpc of the . Governor * : anil
Subscribers in general , and more suitable to the ample resources and exalted character of the Ancient Craft . Resolved therefore that these resolutions be most respectfully submitted to the R . W . Grand Lodge at its next Quarterly Communication , imploring it to take the same into its most serious consideration , and to adopt such measures to aid the objects of this meeting as the R . W . Grand Lodge , in its superior wisdom , may deem most advisable .
Curiously enough , though the needs of the Charity , as thus set forth , were clearly of the most extreme urgency , there is no further mention of the subject in the minutes , not even so much as a record of thanks lo Grand Lodge for the very efficient measures of relief which , in accordance with the suggestion contained in the third resolution , it at once adopted and , as soon as the necessary requirements permitted , had carried into effect . Wc arc
therefore under the necessity of refernhg to the Grand Lodge minutes for the completion of the incident , and there we read that , when the memorial from the Governor and Subscribers of the Institution , embodying the above resolutions had been presented , " it was thereupon Moved and Ordered unanimously that in aid of the said Charity all and every of the Warranted Lodges in and adjacent to the Cities of London and Westminster do and
shall upon the Initiation and Register of every new-made Brother from and after the 4 th of June receive and pay the sum of five shillings independent of and with the sum now paid to the Grand Lodge as usual ; and that all and every the Country , Military , and Foreign Lodges holding Warrants from and under this R . W . Grand Lodge upon the Initiation and Register of every new-made Mason in the Books of the Grand Lodge shall receive
and pay the sum of 2 s . Od . for the benefit and in support of the said Charity , independent of and with the sum of 5 s . now paid to the Grand Lodge upon the Register of new-made Brothers , and that they make a Return to the Grand Lodge of all such new-made Masons upon or near to every St . John's Day according to Regulation . " This Resolution was passed by Grand Lodge on the 4 th March , 1812 , and although at its next meeting on
3 rd June , when in common with the rest of the minutes it was submitted for confirmation , it was " moved by Bro . Gorlon , of No . 159 , and seconded by Bro . Richard Varney , of No . 37 , " That the consideration of the said motion do stand over for six months . " Upon the question being put the amendment was negatived , and the resolution confirmed , but in the following somewhat improved form as regards phraseology : " Resolved and Ordered—That from and after the date hereof Every Lodge in and adjacent to London and