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THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND THE CANADAS
We have great pleasure in acknowledging the following testimony to the value of our labours : — TO THE EDITOR OF THE FEEEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR . Sir and Brother , —Allow me to express the great pleasure it gives me to be the medium of conveying the . accompanying expression of the satisfaction and approval of the Brethren of St . John ' s Lodge , No . 491 , of the course pursued by you in communicating early and reliable intelligence of the doings in Grand Lodge , and also for your steady advocacy of the cause of Canadian Masons , thus making known to our English Brethren the disadvantages under which we have so long laboured .
Had the admissions and promises lately made in Grand Lodge been made a couple of years earlier , it might have prevented a great deal of what to the world must appear very unseemly among those who call themselves Brothers ; hut the wedge of disunion has entered , and no one can tell whether the rent caused thereby shall ever be closed up ; and the measure of relief that two years ago would have seemed ample to all , may fail now in satisfying those who have hitherto held fast in their allegiance to the Grand Lodge of England .
I remain , Sir and Brother , yours fraternally , S . D . Fowlee , P . M . and Sec . Kingston , 28 th May , 1857 . St . John ' s Lodge , No . 491
Extract from the Minutes of a Meeting of StV John ' sLodge , No . 491 , held ^ at Kingston ( Cah ^ 1857 , 1 ' Whereas this Lodge has observed wrth great pleasure the manner in which the interests of the Craft in Canada have been advocated in the Freemmontf Magazine .
"Be it therefore resolved , that the thanks of this Lodge be tendered and are hereby given to the Editor , both for his exertions in our behalf and also for the early information received through the medium of his Magazine of the transactions of G rand Lodge , which otherwise would not reach us by the ordinary channel through the Grand Secretary ' s Office for several months .
" Resolved , that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the Editor of the Freemasons' ' Magazine " " Samuel D . Bowler , P . M . andSee . "
ROYAL FREEMASONS' SCHOOL FOR FEMALE CHILDREN . A Quarterly General Court of the Governors and Subscribers of this Institution was held at the Office , 16 a , Great Queen-street , on Thursday , 9 th July , the Worshipful Bro . Joseph Taylor in the chair . The Treasurer was authorized and requested to sign cheques for the last quarter ' s disbursements , amounting to £ 460 . 105 . 4 d ., and to purchase Stock to the amount of £ 1 , 000 , which will increase the funded property to £ 11 , 000 , independent of £ 2 , 171 standing to the credit of the " .. Sustentation Fund , " leaving a balance of £ 995 in the banker ' s hands .
In pursuance of a motion emanating from the House Committee , a recommendation was brought up from the General Committee that a gratuity of fifty guineas be presented to Bro . F . Crew , the Secretary of the institution , as a mark of
appreciation of long and faithful services , and of the great exei'tions used by him for the ^ furtherance of its interests , resulting in the present happy state of prosperity . This was carried , not only unanimously , but with cordial acclamation . Our respected Brother has been prevented by indisposition from discharging hia usual active duties since the end of June last , and it cannot prove otherwise than most consolatory to him . to receive such a recognition of his zeal and usefulness .
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THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND THE CANADAS
We have great pleasure in acknowledging the following testimony to the value of our labours : — TO THE EDITOR OF THE FEEEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR . Sir and Brother , —Allow me to express the great pleasure it gives me to be the medium of conveying the . accompanying expression of the satisfaction and approval of the Brethren of St . John ' s Lodge , No . 491 , of the course pursued by you in communicating early and reliable intelligence of the doings in Grand Lodge , and also for your steady advocacy of the cause of Canadian Masons , thus making known to our English Brethren the disadvantages under which we have so long laboured .
Had the admissions and promises lately made in Grand Lodge been made a couple of years earlier , it might have prevented a great deal of what to the world must appear very unseemly among those who call themselves Brothers ; hut the wedge of disunion has entered , and no one can tell whether the rent caused thereby shall ever be closed up ; and the measure of relief that two years ago would have seemed ample to all , may fail now in satisfying those who have hitherto held fast in their allegiance to the Grand Lodge of England .
I remain , Sir and Brother , yours fraternally , S . D . Fowlee , P . M . and Sec . Kingston , 28 th May , 1857 . St . John ' s Lodge , No . 491
Extract from the Minutes of a Meeting of StV John ' sLodge , No . 491 , held ^ at Kingston ( Cah ^ 1857 , 1 ' Whereas this Lodge has observed wrth great pleasure the manner in which the interests of the Craft in Canada have been advocated in the Freemmontf Magazine .
"Be it therefore resolved , that the thanks of this Lodge be tendered and are hereby given to the Editor , both for his exertions in our behalf and also for the early information received through the medium of his Magazine of the transactions of G rand Lodge , which otherwise would not reach us by the ordinary channel through the Grand Secretary ' s Office for several months .
" Resolved , that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the Editor of the Freemasons' ' Magazine " " Samuel D . Bowler , P . M . andSee . "
ROYAL FREEMASONS' SCHOOL FOR FEMALE CHILDREN . A Quarterly General Court of the Governors and Subscribers of this Institution was held at the Office , 16 a , Great Queen-street , on Thursday , 9 th July , the Worshipful Bro . Joseph Taylor in the chair . The Treasurer was authorized and requested to sign cheques for the last quarter ' s disbursements , amounting to £ 460 . 105 . 4 d ., and to purchase Stock to the amount of £ 1 , 000 , which will increase the funded property to £ 11 , 000 , independent of £ 2 , 171 standing to the credit of the " .. Sustentation Fund , " leaving a balance of £ 995 in the banker ' s hands .
In pursuance of a motion emanating from the House Committee , a recommendation was brought up from the General Committee that a gratuity of fifty guineas be presented to Bro . F . Crew , the Secretary of the institution , as a mark of
appreciation of long and faithful services , and of the great exei'tions used by him for the ^ furtherance of its interests , resulting in the present happy state of prosperity . This was carried , not only unanimously , but with cordial acclamation . Our respected Brother has been prevented by indisposition from discharging hia usual active duties since the end of June last , and it cannot prove otherwise than most consolatory to him . to receive such a recognition of his zeal and usefulness .