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ask them to toast tlie Girls * School and the Asylum for Aged Freemasons and their Widows . ( Loud and continued cheering . ) Bro . Crew , having been most enthusiastically called upon , replied to the toast , and in doing so said ; , it was impossible not to feel most warmly the manner in which he had been called upon to come forward and return thanks on behalf of the Masonic charities . ( Hear , hear . ) He felt some difficulty in addressing so large an assembly as the one he saw before him . It had , it was true , often
fallen to his lot in private Lodges to speak on behalf of that particular . ' charity , with which he was himself connected , but there was no one of the charities in which he did not feel the same interest / The great basis of Freemasonry was charity , and if they vgere to strike that foundation away , the building would at once fall to the ground . He had especially to thank them on behalf of the Girls ' School , for unless it had received the support of the Brethren , it could not have effected the vast amount of good which had flowed from its institution . The girls , he could assure them , were taught to feel , that although they might , in the
ordinary course of things here below , have lost the might be sure of finding parents and Brethren in the members of the Craft . ( Cheers , ) He was not less anxious to thank them on behalf of the other Masonic charities , which he hoped to see flourishing ; for , although it was desirable that they should have schools for the education of the young , it was no less important that they should have an asylum for the aged , and for the widows of those who had passed away from among them . To show the advantages of the charities generally , he would mention a few facts . Among the names of the boys who were that evening
presented to receive prizes , he recognized one boy whose uncle had subscribed £ 300 to the institution . ( Hear , hear . ) If then the institution received that money from the uncle , it was fairly repaying it to the nephew . The moral of this was , that they should never forget that it might be their own turn , or the turn of their children , to become dependent on these institutions ; and as they now supported them by their subscription , so they might , should such a day ever happen , fairly
claim that relief as a right . ( Hear , hear . ) He could , from his own experience , bring before them the particulars of cases which would strike them with dismay . He could tell them of a child at present in the Girls' School , who had been , in the time of her father ' s prosperity , made by him a life governess of the institution . Much , then , was required from them in the support of these institutions , and they had no right to shrink from proving to the world that Masonry was something more than a name .
Bro . Thiselton , the Secretary , then read a list of subscriptions , which , with £ 10 . 10 s . from the Queen , a like sum from , the noble chairman , and £ 50 a special subscription from the D . G . M ., the Earl of Yarborough , for the purchase of furniture , amounted to £ 1 , 200 . The following is the return of subscriptions : —The B . W . B . B . Cabbell , M . P ., Prov . G . M . for Norfolk , £ 10 . 10 s . ; Thomas Willis Fleming , Prov . G . M . for the Isle of Wight , £ 29 . 3 s . ; George Harcourt , M . D ., I ) . Prov . G . M . for Surrey , P . M . No . 486 , £ 18 . 18 s . ; the Rev . W . H . Lyall , P . M . No . 10 , £ 46 . Ms . ;
William Blenkin , J . D . No . 1 , £ 52 . 10 s . ; John Randall , M . D ., S . W . No . 4 , £ 27 . 8 s . ; B . Head , P . M . No . 5 , £ 68 . 5 s . ; Isidor Levinson , W . M . No . 7 , £ 58 . 16 s . ; Thomas Fenn , No . 8 , £ 37 . 16 s . ; William Stanley Mastennan , W . M . No . 11 , £ 23 . lis . 6 d . ; Samuel Glover , W . M . No . 14 , £ 18 . 18 s . ; Henry James Codden , No . 21 , £ 27 . 6 s . ; Thomas Yallop , No . 30 , £ 25 . 4 s . ; Richard "Dames , No . 32 , £ 21 3 s . ; William Kynaston , No . 66 , £ 3 . 1 . 10 s . ; It . Gregory , No . 87 , £ 34 . 2 s . ; Pierre F . J Grosjenn , W . M . No . 108 , £ 34 . 13 s . ; Edmund Phillips , J . G . I ) .
No . 113 , £ 44 . 2 s . ; John Horatio Wynne , No . 118 , £ 19 . 19 s . ; Charles Morbey , P . M . No . 169 , £ 12 . Is . 6 d . ; J . F . Tan Hoppen , £ 27 . Os . ; George Guvton , P . M . No . 201 , £ 26 . 5 s . ; James Burton , P . M . No . 202 , £ 16 . 16 s . ; Morris Levinson , W . M . No . 209 , £ 9 . 14 s . ; John Gurton , W . M . No . 211 , £ 39 . 7 s . ; Thomas Green , P . M . No . 212 , £ 73 . 13 s . : John Watson , No . 229 , £ 50 . 8 s . ; Joseph Freeman , No . 233 , £ 78 . 15 s . ; James R . Sheen , P . M . No . 237 , £ 25 . 4 s . ; Charles Bailey , No . 269 , £ 29 . 8 s . ; H . K . Fnrnell , W . M . No . 275 , £ 28 . 10 s . ; Geo . Jos . Lyons , No . 324 , £ 15 . 15 s . ; Zachariah Watkins , P . M . No . 329 , £ 27 . Cs . ; George J . A . Lulf , W . M . No . 318 , £ 42 ; James Robins , P . M . No . 661 , £ 33 . 12 s ,
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ask them to toast tlie Girls * School and the Asylum for Aged Freemasons and their Widows . ( Loud and continued cheering . ) Bro . Crew , having been most enthusiastically called upon , replied to the toast , and in doing so said ; , it was impossible not to feel most warmly the manner in which he had been called upon to come forward and return thanks on behalf of the Masonic charities . ( Hear , hear . ) He felt some difficulty in addressing so large an assembly as the one he saw before him . It had , it was true , often
fallen to his lot in private Lodges to speak on behalf of that particular . ' charity , with which he was himself connected , but there was no one of the charities in which he did not feel the same interest / The great basis of Freemasonry was charity , and if they vgere to strike that foundation away , the building would at once fall to the ground . He had especially to thank them on behalf of the Girls ' School , for unless it had received the support of the Brethren , it could not have effected the vast amount of good which had flowed from its institution . The girls , he could assure them , were taught to feel , that although they might , in the
ordinary course of things here below , have lost the might be sure of finding parents and Brethren in the members of the Craft . ( Cheers , ) He was not less anxious to thank them on behalf of the other Masonic charities , which he hoped to see flourishing ; for , although it was desirable that they should have schools for the education of the young , it was no less important that they should have an asylum for the aged , and for the widows of those who had passed away from among them . To show the advantages of the charities generally , he would mention a few facts . Among the names of the boys who were that evening
presented to receive prizes , he recognized one boy whose uncle had subscribed £ 300 to the institution . ( Hear , hear . ) If then the institution received that money from the uncle , it was fairly repaying it to the nephew . The moral of this was , that they should never forget that it might be their own turn , or the turn of their children , to become dependent on these institutions ; and as they now supported them by their subscription , so they might , should such a day ever happen , fairly
claim that relief as a right . ( Hear , hear . ) He could , from his own experience , bring before them the particulars of cases which would strike them with dismay . He could tell them of a child at present in the Girls' School , who had been , in the time of her father ' s prosperity , made by him a life governess of the institution . Much , then , was required from them in the support of these institutions , and they had no right to shrink from proving to the world that Masonry was something more than a name .
Bro . Thiselton , the Secretary , then read a list of subscriptions , which , with £ 10 . 10 s . from the Queen , a like sum from , the noble chairman , and £ 50 a special subscription from the D . G . M ., the Earl of Yarborough , for the purchase of furniture , amounted to £ 1 , 200 . The following is the return of subscriptions : —The B . W . B . B . Cabbell , M . P ., Prov . G . M . for Norfolk , £ 10 . 10 s . ; Thomas Willis Fleming , Prov . G . M . for the Isle of Wight , £ 29 . 3 s . ; George Harcourt , M . D ., I ) . Prov . G . M . for Surrey , P . M . No . 486 , £ 18 . 18 s . ; the Rev . W . H . Lyall , P . M . No . 10 , £ 46 . Ms . ;
William Blenkin , J . D . No . 1 , £ 52 . 10 s . ; John Randall , M . D ., S . W . No . 4 , £ 27 . 8 s . ; B . Head , P . M . No . 5 , £ 68 . 5 s . ; Isidor Levinson , W . M . No . 7 , £ 58 . 16 s . ; Thomas Fenn , No . 8 , £ 37 . 16 s . ; William Stanley Mastennan , W . M . No . 11 , £ 23 . lis . 6 d . ; Samuel Glover , W . M . No . 14 , £ 18 . 18 s . ; Henry James Codden , No . 21 , £ 27 . 6 s . ; Thomas Yallop , No . 30 , £ 25 . 4 s . ; Richard "Dames , No . 32 , £ 21 3 s . ; William Kynaston , No . 66 , £ 3 . 1 . 10 s . ; It . Gregory , No . 87 , £ 34 . 2 s . ; Pierre F . J Grosjenn , W . M . No . 108 , £ 34 . 13 s . ; Edmund Phillips , J . G . I ) .
No . 113 , £ 44 . 2 s . ; John Horatio Wynne , No . 118 , £ 19 . 19 s . ; Charles Morbey , P . M . No . 169 , £ 12 . Is . 6 d . ; J . F . Tan Hoppen , £ 27 . Os . ; George Guvton , P . M . No . 201 , £ 26 . 5 s . ; James Burton , P . M . No . 202 , £ 16 . 16 s . ; Morris Levinson , W . M . No . 209 , £ 9 . 14 s . ; John Gurton , W . M . No . 211 , £ 39 . 7 s . ; Thomas Green , P . M . No . 212 , £ 73 . 13 s . : John Watson , No . 229 , £ 50 . 8 s . ; Joseph Freeman , No . 233 , £ 78 . 15 s . ; James R . Sheen , P . M . No . 237 , £ 25 . 4 s . ; Charles Bailey , No . 269 , £ 29 . 8 s . ; H . K . Fnrnell , W . M . No . 275 , £ 28 . 10 s . ; Geo . Jos . Lyons , No . 324 , £ 15 . 15 s . ; Zachariah Watkins , P . M . No . 329 , £ 27 . Cs . ; George J . A . Lulf , W . M . No . 318 , £ 42 ; James Robins , P . M . No . 661 , £ 33 . 12 s ,