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White asi E . ; T . H . White as N . ; Walmsley as S . B . ; Smith , D . C . ; Gole , Biggs > Havers , Farnfield , Gray Clarke , P . Scott , and about a dozen others . The minutes of the last convocation having been read , Comp ^ White announced that Comp . Gray Clarke having been installed as a first principal , the M . E . G . Z . had been pleased to nominate him to the chair of Ezra ; and also that , in consequence of Comp . Roxburgh not being qualified , Comp . Pulteny Scott had been nominated as second Assist . Soj . The Comps . having been invested with their insignia of office ,
Comp . Havers said , after what had just taken place , he was sure it would be contrary to the feeling of Grand Chapter , were they to let the opportunity pass of paying a tribute to the worthy Companion who had filled the office of Grand Ezra for more than half a century . He was sure they would all participate in the feeling which he now expressed , that they could not separate that evening without a recognition by Grand Chapter of the services of Comp . White . He Was sure , that having filled the office for more than fifty years , they would feel with
him that they owed to their worthy Companion a deep debt of gratitude ; and if advancing age or infirmities prevented his performing the duties of office so efficiently as formerly , their gratitude would not be the less for what he had done . He should therefpre propose a vote of thanks from the Grand Chapter to their excellent Scribe E . for his valuable services . It was not to Comp . White- as a Past Officer that he proposed this vote , but as Scribe E ., and he trusted he would long be spared to benefit Grand Chapter by his valuable advice and assistance .
Comp . G . Biggs seconded the motion . Comp . Dobie could not put the question from the chair without bearing his testimony to the great value of the services of Conip , White . Ever since he had been associated in the duties of Masonry— -even before he came to England , having originally joined the Order in Scotland—he had been acquainted with the name
add worth of Comp . White . For the last twenty-five years he had been on terms of intimate acquaintance with him , and he had never found a more excellent Mason , or one who was more intimately acquainted with the laws of the institution . It gave him great pleasure to put the motion , as they owed it to a zealous Mason and most excellent man , not to let him . quit the office he had so long and honourably held without some acknowledgment of his
services . The question was put and carried by acclamation . Comp . Havers having apologized for the absence of the G . Reg . ( Comp . Henderson ) , said that he was authorized to state by that learned Brother , that having duly considered the position of the Mount Horeb Chapter , at St . Kitts , he
was clearly of opinion , with the General Committee , that it might be acknowledged , subject to its being attached to a regular Lodge . He therefore moved that Grand Chapter adopt the recommendation of the General Committee to recognize the Mount Horeb Chapter , subsequent to its being attached to a regular Lodge , and paying the necessary fees for the Companions exalted .
Comp . J . Newton Tomkins seconded the motion , and expressed his gratification that the G . Reg . had arrived at the same conclusion as the Committee . He , in common with the members of the Committee , had given the subject every consideration , and , assisted by the advice of their valued companion , the late Scribe E ., to whom they had that evening paid but a just tribute of respect , had come to the conclusion that that was the best and most practical settlement of the difficulty in which , from circumstances , the Chapter had become involved .
The resolution having been carried , the report from the General Committee was brought up . It stated that at the last account there was a balance in hand of £ 478 . 6 s . 8 d ., and during the quarter there had been received £ 193 . 16 s . 5 & ., making a total of £ 672 . 3 s . Id . The disbursements amounted to £ 90 . 2 s ., leaving a balance in the Treasurer ' s bands of £ 582 . Is . Id . Of this amount , the Committee recommended the funding of £ 300 , making the funded property £ 1 , 800 , Petitions had been received from Newcastle-upon-Tyne for a Chapter to be attached to > Lodge No . 624 , to be called the Ogle Chapter . Also from Bacup , Lancashire , for a Chapter to be attached to Lodge No . 358 , to be called the Bacup Chapter ; and
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Eoyal Arch.
White asi E . ; T . H . White as N . ; Walmsley as S . B . ; Smith , D . C . ; Gole , Biggs > Havers , Farnfield , Gray Clarke , P . Scott , and about a dozen others . The minutes of the last convocation having been read , Comp ^ White announced that Comp . Gray Clarke having been installed as a first principal , the M . E . G . Z . had been pleased to nominate him to the chair of Ezra ; and also that , in consequence of Comp . Roxburgh not being qualified , Comp . Pulteny Scott had been nominated as second Assist . Soj . The Comps . having been invested with their insignia of office ,
Comp . Havers said , after what had just taken place , he was sure it would be contrary to the feeling of Grand Chapter , were they to let the opportunity pass of paying a tribute to the worthy Companion who had filled the office of Grand Ezra for more than half a century . He was sure they would all participate in the feeling which he now expressed , that they could not separate that evening without a recognition by Grand Chapter of the services of Comp . White . He Was sure , that having filled the office for more than fifty years , they would feel with
him that they owed to their worthy Companion a deep debt of gratitude ; and if advancing age or infirmities prevented his performing the duties of office so efficiently as formerly , their gratitude would not be the less for what he had done . He should therefpre propose a vote of thanks from the Grand Chapter to their excellent Scribe E . for his valuable services . It was not to Comp . White- as a Past Officer that he proposed this vote , but as Scribe E ., and he trusted he would long be spared to benefit Grand Chapter by his valuable advice and assistance .
Comp . G . Biggs seconded the motion . Comp . Dobie could not put the question from the chair without bearing his testimony to the great value of the services of Conip , White . Ever since he had been associated in the duties of Masonry— -even before he came to England , having originally joined the Order in Scotland—he had been acquainted with the name
add worth of Comp . White . For the last twenty-five years he had been on terms of intimate acquaintance with him , and he had never found a more excellent Mason , or one who was more intimately acquainted with the laws of the institution . It gave him great pleasure to put the motion , as they owed it to a zealous Mason and most excellent man , not to let him . quit the office he had so long and honourably held without some acknowledgment of his
services . The question was put and carried by acclamation . Comp . Havers having apologized for the absence of the G . Reg . ( Comp . Henderson ) , said that he was authorized to state by that learned Brother , that having duly considered the position of the Mount Horeb Chapter , at St . Kitts , he
was clearly of opinion , with the General Committee , that it might be acknowledged , subject to its being attached to a regular Lodge . He therefore moved that Grand Chapter adopt the recommendation of the General Committee to recognize the Mount Horeb Chapter , subsequent to its being attached to a regular Lodge , and paying the necessary fees for the Companions exalted .
Comp . J . Newton Tomkins seconded the motion , and expressed his gratification that the G . Reg . had arrived at the same conclusion as the Committee . He , in common with the members of the Committee , had given the subject every consideration , and , assisted by the advice of their valued companion , the late Scribe E ., to whom they had that evening paid but a just tribute of respect , had come to the conclusion that that was the best and most practical settlement of the difficulty in which , from circumstances , the Chapter had become involved .
The resolution having been carried , the report from the General Committee was brought up . It stated that at the last account there was a balance in hand of £ 478 . 6 s . 8 d ., and during the quarter there had been received £ 193 . 16 s . 5 & ., making a total of £ 672 . 3 s . Id . The disbursements amounted to £ 90 . 2 s ., leaving a balance in the Treasurer ' s bands of £ 582 . Is . Id . Of this amount , the Committee recommended the funding of £ 300 , making the funded property £ 1 , 800 , Petitions had been received from Newcastle-upon-Tyne for a Chapter to be attached to > Lodge No . 624 , to be called the Ogle Chapter . Also from Bacup , Lancashire , for a Chapter to be attached to Lodge No . 358 , to be called the Bacup Chapter ; and