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Consecration Of The University Of London Lodge, No. 2033.
lodge was incomplete . In it many an old touch of friendshi p had been revivified . In all sincerity he welcomed the presence of visitors . Around him he saw many who were distinguished in various walks of life , amongst others the W . M . of the recommending lodge , and Bros . Pope and Clarke , who on many occasions had been awkward opponents , but who on that occasion might be trusted not to disturb the harmony of the meeting .
Bro . SAMUEL POPE , Q . C ., replied , expressing his extreme gratification at assisting in the formation of the London . University Lodge , for which he predicted a brilliant future . Bro . CLARKE , Q . C ., also expressed the pleasure he felt at assisting at the inauguration ol the lodge . Bro . Pope had vindicated the value of the
lodge in connection with the University of London . Many men who had gone to all parts of the world would be glad to find a meeting place in that lodge . Men who had gone into diverse occupations would find in Masonry a mcetng ground . The W . M . would Of all men be the most unlikely to allow Masonry to deviate from the paths of neutrality and from the ancient landmarks of the Order .
Bro . WHITMOUE also replied . The WoRsmri'ui , MASTER then gave the toast of " The Sister University Lodges . " Bro . GREY , W . M . of the Isaac Newton Lodge , responded , remarking that his presence there on that occasion showed that there was a desire that a bond of union should subsist between the older and younger Universities .
The next toast was that of " The Officers . " Bro . Lemon , the W . M . said , . had worked with unceasing perseverance , and the Secretary , Bro . Spratling , had ungrudgingly bestowed his time . Bro . Meadows also had rendered valuable assistance , and to Bro . Ralph Gooding their thanks were especially due for having kindly taken the place of the Lord Mayor as Senior Warden .
Bro . MEADOWS replied for " The Officers , " and said that their sue cess was mainly due to the able work of their indefatigable Secretary , Bro Spratling . The Tyler ' s toast closed the proceedings . The musical arrangements were under the direction of Bro . W . Coates
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HISTORY OF THE ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS .
{ Continued from page 2 JJ . ) CHAPTER III .
FROM THE UNION TO THE RESIGNATION , AS TREASURER , or BROTHER ISAAC LINDO , P . G . S . W . 1814—1823 . It must not be imagined that the consummation of the long-desired Union of the two Fraternities of Masons on the 27 th December , 1813 , exercised any immediate influence on the fortunes of the Boys' Institution . It had been ordered by the Committee at its meeting on the iolh of the same
month " that no election of Candidates take place until it be ascertained what support the Charity may be likely to meet with from the Union of the two Societies of Freemasons , and accordingly , when on the 7 th January , 1814 , the regular meeting of the Governors and Subscribers was held as usual , it was arranged " that the vacancies in the Charity be filled up from the List of Candidates at the Ouarterly Meeting in April next , unless the
Committee in the interim find cause to order to the contrary , " and even this delay was prolonged , the first election under the new order of things not taking place till the month of July . However , steps were taken for the purpose apparently of showing what had been effected by the Charily during the short period of its existence , and a resolution was passed -that Lists of the Boys educated" under its superintendence "be printed and circulated amongst the Governors and Subscribers , with the names and places of abode of the Schoolmasters . " But the executive had not long to
wait ere they were certified of the intentions of the United Grand Lodge towards the Charity . It has already been stated in ' our introductory Chapter that when on the 2 nd March , 1814 , Grand Lodge held its first Communication alter the Union , the Board of Schools delivered a report in which were set forth the character , sources of income , and the number of children borne on the establishment of the Masonic Girls' and Boys '
Institutions , and it was there and then resolved to contribute to the funds of both Schools in the same manner as the Alholl Grand Lodge had contributed to its Boys' Institution under the law passed in June , 1812 . The resolutions thus passed were to the effect ( a ) " That the Charge of registering new-made Masons initiated within the London District shall in future be One Guinea , of which Five Shillings shall be applied towards the
maintenance of the Schools ; " and (/>) "That the Registry of new-made Masons in' Distant , Foreign , and Military Lodges be Half-a-Guinea , of which Two and Sixpence shall be applied to the Schools . " Moreover , in June , Grand Lodge was please to vote a donation of £ 50 to each School . ThusJ when the Annual General Meeting was held the month following , the seven vacancies which had occurred since the previous July were filled up
. from a list of fourteen Candidates , a new Committee of Management was chosen , and arrangements were made for the audit of the Accounts at the next meeting of the Committee . The Salary of the Secretary , Bro . W . Hancock , was-incrcascd to £ 40 per annum , and that of the Messenger to Ten Guineas per annum . But what it is of more general interest to rccoid is that the meeting confirmed the Committee ' s
recommendation agreed to the previous month as to " the propriety of passing a resolution authorising the admission" into the Charity " of Children of Brethren initialed under the Fraternity of which H . R . Highness the Duke of Sussex was latel y Grand Master , subject to the Rules and Regulations of the Institution ; " and at the Quarterly Meeting in October it was further resolved that this Resolution should be "
published in the next Quarterly Account . " In the interim , however , the Festival , which had more than once been postponed , was held under the presidency of H . R . H . the Duke of Kent on the 27 th July , when a total of subscriptions was announced of £ 171 10 s . 6 d . A few days later—on the 1 st August—the Committee audited the Treasurer's accounts , when there was found to be a balance of oyer £ 244 in'the Treasurer's hands . The
following day a Special General Meeting was held under the presidency of Bro . James Agar , P . D . G . M ., when , Bro . Isaac Lindo having stated the object of the Meeting was to take into consideration the financial affairs of the Charity , and having shown that in addition to the Audited Balance of oyer £ 244 a further sum of about £ iSo had been received in respect of the Festival , so that there was in the Treasurer ' s hands a sum of about £ AH >
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it was unanimously agreed " that the Treasurer , Robert Leslie , Esq ., beauthorised and is requested forthwith to lay out so much of the said sum of £ 424 6 s . iojd . as will be sufficient to purchase the sum of £ 250 Navy 5 per cent . Annuities in the names of the new Trustees—Bros . Leslie , Scott , Gill , and Lindo— " in addition to the sum of £ 500 now remaining in that Fund in trust for the Institution . " This resolution was ordered to be
communicated to the several Subscribing Lodges , so that they might take immediate steps for paying up any sums they might be in arrear to the Institution , and also to Bro . Leslie . The latter , however , did not at once see fit to comply with the resolution , on the ground that he proposed resigning the office of Treasurer at an early date , and at the Quarterly Meeting , in October he attended personally and announced that he had purchased i , ' ioo
in the names of the new trustees , and proposed purchasing a lurther ^ , , and that in January he should lay down his office . On this it was resolved at the instance of Bro . Lindo " that the election of a Treasurer to the Charity take place at the next Quarterly Meeting , that the Treasurer in future be elected annually . —that he be required to give Bond to the Trustees ( himself and two other responsible persons ) in the sum of . £ 500 for the faithful
discharge of the duties of the office , and that the Secretary be . directed to give notice thereof accordingly in the next Quarterly Accounts . " In January , 1 S 15 , Bros . Lindo and Scott ' were severally proposed for the vacant post and the former was elected by 15 votes to 5 given to the latter , and the following month Bro . Leslie ' s accounts were audited , the balance due by him to the Institution being found to be £ 91 us . I lid . Bro . Leslie , however , though he sought refuge in retirement from the cares and responsibilities of office ,
did not wholly lay aside his interest in the Institution with which , first as Secretary and then as Treasurer , he had been associated from the date of its establishment , and for many years to come wc find him from time to time present at the Committee and Quarterly Meetings ; but the part he plays on these occasions is of necessity a less conspicuous one , and , as far as this history is concerned , wc shall lose sight of him altogether , except perchance when the names of the Trustees , of whom he still remained one , are incidentally mentioned .
Before entering on the Trcasurcrship of Bro . Lindo there are one or two matters which it will be as well to recite . In May , 1814 , the Committee had presented to them the petition of the " widow of Wm . Mason , rate of Lodge No . 235 , and under the Grand Lodge of Ireland" on behalf of his son , and after considering the question at some length it was decided by a majority of one "that the candidate was not eligible . " It was then moved
by Bro . Edwards Harper and seconded by Bro . Lindo _ " that ( in order to prevent any ambiguity as to the true interest and meaning of the 5 th Article of the Rules and Regulations ) in future no petition be received nor any candidate partake of the Benefits of this Charity unless the Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge in England shall certify that the Father has been a registered and contributing member of the same Grand Lodge for three
years ( except in cases where the Child shall happen to be fatherless ) , which . being put was carried in the affirmative . " Another resolution agreed to in Committee on 7 th November may be specified , more especially as , if the good intentions of its proposers had been carried out , future members of . Committees , both ordinary and special , would have been spared a considerable amount of trouble . On this occasion it was moved and seconded bv
Bros . Edwards Harper and R . F . Mestayer respectively " That a Register or List of the Boys which are now and may be hereafter admitted into this Institution be entered in a Book to be kept distinct for the purpose , in which also shall be entered his age , date of admission , the Bills and Expenses that each Boy has incurred to the Charity . —That an alphabetical list of such names be made out and the Book containing the information be laid on the
tabic at every Quarterly Meeting of the Committee . " 'The want of such a Register was made a ground of complaint by a Special Committee appointed in 1849 to report on the Financial Condition of the Charity . A leading characteristic of Bro . Lindo ' s Trcasurcrship will be found in the apparently incessant attention of that worthy brother to the duties of his office , and , though the same good fortune does not appear to have attended
the Institution during the close as during the commencement of his term of office , there can be no question as to the beneficial influence he exercised in its management . He seems to have been a thorough man of business , and nothing connected with the Institution appears to have escaped his attention . Ac one time wc read of his having paid a visit of inspection to the different schools at which the boys were educated , when he found several of them
absent through illness , and that the parents . were unable to provide the necessary medicines and medical attendance . Thereupon he moved , and the motion was agreed to unanimously , " that it be recommended to the next Quarterly Meeting to authorise him to subscribe in his name , on behalf of the Institution , to five public dispensaries in London and its environs the sum of one guinea each annually , for the benefit of such of the children of
this Charity as may stand in need of medical relief . " And when the said Quarterly Meeting was held on the 6 th January , 1817 , the resolution was adopted without a single dissentient . Again , in December , 1818 , we read that " it was unanimously resolved that thc'Treasurer be requested to select and order the clothing for the Children , which , bylettcr . he politely undertook to do . And it was ordered that .... the cloth for the Children ' s shirts be procured by
the Matron of the Royal Freemasons' Charity for I'emale Children , and that they be made at that establishment "; and in December , 1819 , and succeeding years he seems to have readily undertaken this duty . On other occasions his services were equally at the disposal of the Charity , so that it may safely be affirmed that in the lesser as well as the more important concerns of the Institution Bro . Lindo was equally foremost in lending a helping hand . But
undoubtedly one of his greatest services was rendered in connection with Bro . Daniel and the union of his "Modem" Boys' Charity with that founded by the " ' Ancients . " His first step on behalf of Bro . Daniel was at the Quarterly Meeting held at Freemasons' Hall—a move thither from the Virginia Coffee-house at the most important gatherings having just then been agreed upon—on 1 st April , 1816 , when—to use the simple words
of the minute— " Upon motion made by the Treasurer , and seconded by the Secretary , it was unanimously resolved that the resolution passed in the year ' 1 S 04 respecting Bro . F . C . Daniel , Esq ., be now rescinded , and that Bro . Daniel be requested to attend the future meetings of the Charity as a Life Governor thereof . " In the December following wo find a resolution was passed by the Festival Stewards to the effect that the offer of Bro . Daniel's
services as Steward at the next Festival be gratefully accepted , and also that . a proposition of his— "That Wm . Chinn and J . W . Hucklebridgc , Esq ., and the Chevalier Ruspini be added to the list of Stewards "—was thankfully acceded to . It was not , however , till the year 1817 was somewhat advanced that the important question of uniting the two Charities was formally submitted . ( To be continued . )
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Consecration Of The University Of London Lodge, No. 2033.
lodge was incomplete . In it many an old touch of friendshi p had been revivified . In all sincerity he welcomed the presence of visitors . Around him he saw many who were distinguished in various walks of life , amongst others the W . M . of the recommending lodge , and Bros . Pope and Clarke , who on many occasions had been awkward opponents , but who on that occasion might be trusted not to disturb the harmony of the meeting .
Bro . SAMUEL POPE , Q . C ., replied , expressing his extreme gratification at assisting in the formation of the London . University Lodge , for which he predicted a brilliant future . Bro . CLARKE , Q . C ., also expressed the pleasure he felt at assisting at the inauguration ol the lodge . Bro . Pope had vindicated the value of the
lodge in connection with the University of London . Many men who had gone to all parts of the world would be glad to find a meeting place in that lodge . Men who had gone into diverse occupations would find in Masonry a mcetng ground . The W . M . would Of all men be the most unlikely to allow Masonry to deviate from the paths of neutrality and from the ancient landmarks of the Order .
Bro . WHITMOUE also replied . The WoRsmri'ui , MASTER then gave the toast of " The Sister University Lodges . " Bro . GREY , W . M . of the Isaac Newton Lodge , responded , remarking that his presence there on that occasion showed that there was a desire that a bond of union should subsist between the older and younger Universities .
The next toast was that of " The Officers . " Bro . Lemon , the W . M . said , . had worked with unceasing perseverance , and the Secretary , Bro . Spratling , had ungrudgingly bestowed his time . Bro . Meadows also had rendered valuable assistance , and to Bro . Ralph Gooding their thanks were especially due for having kindly taken the place of the Lord Mayor as Senior Warden .
Bro . MEADOWS replied for " The Officers , " and said that their sue cess was mainly due to the able work of their indefatigable Secretary , Bro Spratling . The Tyler ' s toast closed the proceedings . The musical arrangements were under the direction of Bro . W . Coates
History Of The Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.
HISTORY OF THE ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS .
{ Continued from page 2 JJ . ) CHAPTER III .
FROM THE UNION TO THE RESIGNATION , AS TREASURER , or BROTHER ISAAC LINDO , P . G . S . W . 1814—1823 . It must not be imagined that the consummation of the long-desired Union of the two Fraternities of Masons on the 27 th December , 1813 , exercised any immediate influence on the fortunes of the Boys' Institution . It had been ordered by the Committee at its meeting on the iolh of the same
month " that no election of Candidates take place until it be ascertained what support the Charity may be likely to meet with from the Union of the two Societies of Freemasons , and accordingly , when on the 7 th January , 1814 , the regular meeting of the Governors and Subscribers was held as usual , it was arranged " that the vacancies in the Charity be filled up from the List of Candidates at the Ouarterly Meeting in April next , unless the
Committee in the interim find cause to order to the contrary , " and even this delay was prolonged , the first election under the new order of things not taking place till the month of July . However , steps were taken for the purpose apparently of showing what had been effected by the Charily during the short period of its existence , and a resolution was passed -that Lists of the Boys educated" under its superintendence "be printed and circulated amongst the Governors and Subscribers , with the names and places of abode of the Schoolmasters . " But the executive had not long to
wait ere they were certified of the intentions of the United Grand Lodge towards the Charity . It has already been stated in ' our introductory Chapter that when on the 2 nd March , 1814 , Grand Lodge held its first Communication alter the Union , the Board of Schools delivered a report in which were set forth the character , sources of income , and the number of children borne on the establishment of the Masonic Girls' and Boys '
Institutions , and it was there and then resolved to contribute to the funds of both Schools in the same manner as the Alholl Grand Lodge had contributed to its Boys' Institution under the law passed in June , 1812 . The resolutions thus passed were to the effect ( a ) " That the Charge of registering new-made Masons initiated within the London District shall in future be One Guinea , of which Five Shillings shall be applied towards the
maintenance of the Schools ; " and (/>) "That the Registry of new-made Masons in' Distant , Foreign , and Military Lodges be Half-a-Guinea , of which Two and Sixpence shall be applied to the Schools . " Moreover , in June , Grand Lodge was please to vote a donation of £ 50 to each School . ThusJ when the Annual General Meeting was held the month following , the seven vacancies which had occurred since the previous July were filled up
. from a list of fourteen Candidates , a new Committee of Management was chosen , and arrangements were made for the audit of the Accounts at the next meeting of the Committee . The Salary of the Secretary , Bro . W . Hancock , was-incrcascd to £ 40 per annum , and that of the Messenger to Ten Guineas per annum . But what it is of more general interest to rccoid is that the meeting confirmed the Committee ' s
recommendation agreed to the previous month as to " the propriety of passing a resolution authorising the admission" into the Charity " of Children of Brethren initialed under the Fraternity of which H . R . Highness the Duke of Sussex was latel y Grand Master , subject to the Rules and Regulations of the Institution ; " and at the Quarterly Meeting in October it was further resolved that this Resolution should be "
published in the next Quarterly Account . " In the interim , however , the Festival , which had more than once been postponed , was held under the presidency of H . R . H . the Duke of Kent on the 27 th July , when a total of subscriptions was announced of £ 171 10 s . 6 d . A few days later—on the 1 st August—the Committee audited the Treasurer's accounts , when there was found to be a balance of oyer £ 244 in'the Treasurer's hands . The
following day a Special General Meeting was held under the presidency of Bro . James Agar , P . D . G . M ., when , Bro . Isaac Lindo having stated the object of the Meeting was to take into consideration the financial affairs of the Charity , and having shown that in addition to the Audited Balance of oyer £ 244 a further sum of about £ iSo had been received in respect of the Festival , so that there was in the Treasurer ' s hands a sum of about £ AH >
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it was unanimously agreed " that the Treasurer , Robert Leslie , Esq ., beauthorised and is requested forthwith to lay out so much of the said sum of £ 424 6 s . iojd . as will be sufficient to purchase the sum of £ 250 Navy 5 per cent . Annuities in the names of the new Trustees—Bros . Leslie , Scott , Gill , and Lindo— " in addition to the sum of £ 500 now remaining in that Fund in trust for the Institution . " This resolution was ordered to be
communicated to the several Subscribing Lodges , so that they might take immediate steps for paying up any sums they might be in arrear to the Institution , and also to Bro . Leslie . The latter , however , did not at once see fit to comply with the resolution , on the ground that he proposed resigning the office of Treasurer at an early date , and at the Quarterly Meeting , in October he attended personally and announced that he had purchased i , ' ioo
in the names of the new trustees , and proposed purchasing a lurther ^ , , and that in January he should lay down his office . On this it was resolved at the instance of Bro . Lindo " that the election of a Treasurer to the Charity take place at the next Quarterly Meeting , that the Treasurer in future be elected annually . —that he be required to give Bond to the Trustees ( himself and two other responsible persons ) in the sum of . £ 500 for the faithful
discharge of the duties of the office , and that the Secretary be . directed to give notice thereof accordingly in the next Quarterly Accounts . " In January , 1 S 15 , Bros . Lindo and Scott ' were severally proposed for the vacant post and the former was elected by 15 votes to 5 given to the latter , and the following month Bro . Leslie ' s accounts were audited , the balance due by him to the Institution being found to be £ 91 us . I lid . Bro . Leslie , however , though he sought refuge in retirement from the cares and responsibilities of office ,
did not wholly lay aside his interest in the Institution with which , first as Secretary and then as Treasurer , he had been associated from the date of its establishment , and for many years to come wc find him from time to time present at the Committee and Quarterly Meetings ; but the part he plays on these occasions is of necessity a less conspicuous one , and , as far as this history is concerned , wc shall lose sight of him altogether , except perchance when the names of the Trustees , of whom he still remained one , are incidentally mentioned .
Before entering on the Trcasurcrship of Bro . Lindo there are one or two matters which it will be as well to recite . In May , 1814 , the Committee had presented to them the petition of the " widow of Wm . Mason , rate of Lodge No . 235 , and under the Grand Lodge of Ireland" on behalf of his son , and after considering the question at some length it was decided by a majority of one "that the candidate was not eligible . " It was then moved
by Bro . Edwards Harper and seconded by Bro . Lindo _ " that ( in order to prevent any ambiguity as to the true interest and meaning of the 5 th Article of the Rules and Regulations ) in future no petition be received nor any candidate partake of the Benefits of this Charity unless the Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge in England shall certify that the Father has been a registered and contributing member of the same Grand Lodge for three
years ( except in cases where the Child shall happen to be fatherless ) , which . being put was carried in the affirmative . " Another resolution agreed to in Committee on 7 th November may be specified , more especially as , if the good intentions of its proposers had been carried out , future members of . Committees , both ordinary and special , would have been spared a considerable amount of trouble . On this occasion it was moved and seconded bv
Bros . Edwards Harper and R . F . Mestayer respectively " That a Register or List of the Boys which are now and may be hereafter admitted into this Institution be entered in a Book to be kept distinct for the purpose , in which also shall be entered his age , date of admission , the Bills and Expenses that each Boy has incurred to the Charity . —That an alphabetical list of such names be made out and the Book containing the information be laid on the
tabic at every Quarterly Meeting of the Committee . " 'The want of such a Register was made a ground of complaint by a Special Committee appointed in 1849 to report on the Financial Condition of the Charity . A leading characteristic of Bro . Lindo ' s Trcasurcrship will be found in the apparently incessant attention of that worthy brother to the duties of his office , and , though the same good fortune does not appear to have attended
the Institution during the close as during the commencement of his term of office , there can be no question as to the beneficial influence he exercised in its management . He seems to have been a thorough man of business , and nothing connected with the Institution appears to have escaped his attention . Ac one time wc read of his having paid a visit of inspection to the different schools at which the boys were educated , when he found several of them
absent through illness , and that the parents . were unable to provide the necessary medicines and medical attendance . Thereupon he moved , and the motion was agreed to unanimously , " that it be recommended to the next Quarterly Meeting to authorise him to subscribe in his name , on behalf of the Institution , to five public dispensaries in London and its environs the sum of one guinea each annually , for the benefit of such of the children of
this Charity as may stand in need of medical relief . " And when the said Quarterly Meeting was held on the 6 th January , 1817 , the resolution was adopted without a single dissentient . Again , in December , 1818 , we read that " it was unanimously resolved that thc'Treasurer be requested to select and order the clothing for the Children , which , bylettcr . he politely undertook to do . And it was ordered that .... the cloth for the Children ' s shirts be procured by
the Matron of the Royal Freemasons' Charity for I'emale Children , and that they be made at that establishment "; and in December , 1819 , and succeeding years he seems to have readily undertaken this duty . On other occasions his services were equally at the disposal of the Charity , so that it may safely be affirmed that in the lesser as well as the more important concerns of the Institution Bro . Lindo was equally foremost in lending a helping hand . But
undoubtedly one of his greatest services was rendered in connection with Bro . Daniel and the union of his "Modem" Boys' Charity with that founded by the " ' Ancients . " His first step on behalf of Bro . Daniel was at the Quarterly Meeting held at Freemasons' Hall—a move thither from the Virginia Coffee-house at the most important gatherings having just then been agreed upon—on 1 st April , 1816 , when—to use the simple words
of the minute— " Upon motion made by the Treasurer , and seconded by the Secretary , it was unanimously resolved that the resolution passed in the year ' 1 S 04 respecting Bro . F . C . Daniel , Esq ., be now rescinded , and that Bro . Daniel be requested to attend the future meetings of the Charity as a Life Governor thereof . " In the December following wo find a resolution was passed by the Festival Stewards to the effect that the offer of Bro . Daniel's
services as Steward at the next Festival be gratefully accepted , and also that . a proposition of his— "That Wm . Chinn and J . W . Hucklebridgc , Esq ., and the Chevalier Ruspini be added to the list of Stewards "—was thankfully acceded to . It was not , however , till the year 1817 was somewhat advanced that the important question of uniting the two Charities was formally submitted . ( To be continued . )