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THE PRESIDENT or THE BOARD or GENERAL Pr / RrosES then moved the confirmation of the minute of Grand Lodge , held in December . 1 S 59 , erasing the Lodge of Concord ( No . 49 ) , from the fist of lodges . The erasing of the lodge referred to had been already postponed at the instance of Bro . Madden , who had promised to lay before the Board of General Purposes sufficient evidence in the shape of facts to justify them in departing from that course ; but as the worthy brother whom he mentioned had failed to fulfil that pledge , he ,
( Brother Havers ) had most reluctantly to move that the minutes of the meeting in December last be confirmed . The lodge had not met since 1 S 1-9 ; there were now in London only two brethren who had been members of it at that time , they had no warrant , no minute book , and , for his own part , he saw no way out of the difficulty , as under the Book of Constitutions the G . M . could not grant a warrant of confirmation to fewer than seven brethren . Mr . SLIGHT , P . G . D ., seconded the motion .
Mr . MADDEN , P . M ., 49 , said he had succeeded in finding a third member of the lodge , but who was at present in Canada . The widow of Brother Crucifix assured him that both the warrant and the minute book were likly to be found where they had been left by the late Bro . Nieholls , who had been tyler of the lodge . He had twice tendered the fees due from the lodge , and was ready to find at least a dozen brothers ready to revive anil work the lodge . Bro . STEBBINCT moved , as an amendment , that it being desirable
that every opportunity should bo given for the revival of dormant lodges that the confirmation of the minute for the erasure of Lodge 49 be considered at a future period . This amendment was opposed to the letter of the original resolution , but was perfectly in keeping with the wishes and spirit of its mover , who evidently felt that he had to perform a disagreeable duty in asking them to erase an old lodge . Bro . BARNARD seconded the amendment .
Bro . HAVEHS cautioned Grand Lodge against the danger of enunciating a principle out of indulgence to any particular loclge , and repeated that the G . M , could not grant a warrant of confirmation to fewer than seven brethren . He would , however , waive
his motion if Bro . Madden thought , that within six months from the present time , he would be able to recover the warrant and minute book . Bro . MAUDES thanked Bro . Havers for his fraternal offer , which he most gladly accepted . An amendment in the spirit of Bro . Havers' concession was then put and agreed to . Bro . BARRETT , P . M . 212 , then proposed that for the future Grand
Lodge do supply the annuitants residing at Croydon with coals and candles , the cost to be paid out of the Fund of Generat Purposes . There was , ho said , a large annual surplus accruing to the fund in question , and as there were many of the annuitants who could not exist upon the amount of their annuities , if they had to provide fuel out of it , Grand Lodge ought to provide tliein with coals and candles . Bro . GALE seconded the motion .
Bro . TOJIICINS , Cf . Treas ., in reply to the inquiry of a brother , stated that the Fund of Benevolence amounted to £ 19 , 000 , and that of the Board of General Purposes to £ 9500 . Bro . GEORGE LAMBERT objected to the resolution , inasmuch as it confined the distribution of the coals to the inmates of the Croydon Asylum , instead of extending the benefits to all the annuitants . He would now move an amendment to that effect . Bro . HAMJIAUOM seconded the amendment .
Bro . SYMONDS considered the amendment , involving as it did a large outlay of money , was irregular inasmuch as it came before Grand Lodge without any previous notice . Sir Lucius CURTIS ruled the amendment to be out of order . Bro . SXJIONOS then opposed the ori ginal resolution upon tho grounds that unless all the annuitants partook of the grant , Grand Lodge would not be acting with discriminating charity . It would , too , have a tendency , as was the case in the provinces , to throw the
support of the charities rather upon Grand Lodge than upon the subscription of individual members . Bro . BLAKE spoke in support of the motion . Bro . MASON supported the original motion . If Grand Lodge gave its charity with a warm instead of a cold hand they would , instead of stopping up the outpourings of individual charity , stimulate it . There was no force in the argument that because they could not relieve all they ought not to relieve any .
Bro . ADDISON suggested that the question should be postponed to the next meeting of Grand Lodge . Bro . AAIT . T . T .-OIS suggested , as an animendmeut , the establishment of a coal fund b y the transfer of £ 3 , 000 from the Fund of General Purposes , the interest thereof to be applied in the manner suggested by Bro . Barrett . Bro . Dr . IIAUCOVKT thought the charities of the Order should be supported from every part of England . Bro . GREUOIIY argued that the funds of the Board of General I
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Purposes should not be alienated from their specific purposes without clue caution . Bro . Horwoort maintained that the mover of the resolution had failed to show any necessity for the grant . He thought that it there was any money to be voted for the purposes ashed , it should come from thc | Fund of Benevolence rather than from the fund proposed . He hoped Bro . Barrett would postpone his resolution until he was able to inform Grand Lodge of the necessity for
the grant . The PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD or GENERAL PrurosES observed that , as a large corporate body , having subordinate charities , they delegated the domestic management of those charities to certain committees , and when those committees complained of want of funds , Grand Lodge would assist them with the warm hand of charity . They allowed £ 150 per annum to the Girls' School , tho same amount to the Boys' Institution , and £ S 00 per annum to tho annuity funds , and the present motion was tantamount to asking them to vote £ 900 to them .
Bro . N UTT observed that the amount paid to some of the brethren at Croydon was scarcely sufficient to keep them from starving . Bro . O'CONNOR thought an inconvenient precedent might bo established were they to interfere with the domestic management of tbe charities . After some further discussion , the motion was negatived by a majorit y of sixty-six to fifty-four . Bro . JoSErit SMITH then proposed that out of the amount of
stock in the 3 per cent . Consols , now standing in the names of the Trustees of the Fund of Benevolence of Grand Lodge , the Grand Treasurer be directed to transfer the sum of £ 4 , 000 , U per cent . Consols , in equal proportions , into the name of the trustees of tho following Masonic charities : —Royal Freemasons' School for Female Children , £ 1 , 000 ; Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , £ 1 , 000 ; Royal Benevolent Institution for Granting Annuities to Aged Freemasons , £ 1 , 000 ; Royal Benevolent Institution for Granting
Annuities to the AATdows of Freemasons , £ 1 , 000 . It was his wish to increase the means of the charities , especially those set apart for annuitants , so that applicants might not have to remain for years candidates for relief . Bro . ADLARD seconded the motion . Bro . ELLIOT proposed as an amendment , that the matter be referred to the Board of General Purposes to consider the question , and report upon it to Grand Lodge .
Bro . JENNINGS also advocated a postponement , but was opposed to the interference of the Board of General Purposes in the matter . Bro . ELLIOT , in deference to the views of Bro . Jennings , consented to make his amendment one of postponement merely . Bro . PERKENS , G . S . AA " ., seconded the amendment . Bro . SMITH had no objection to the amendment , but he would leave with Grand Lodge the responsibility of the postponement . After some further discussion , the amendment was agreed to , and , it being past 11 o ' clock , tbe proceedings terminated , and Grand Lodtre was closed in ample form .
Provincial.
PROVINCIAL .
CHANNEL ISLES . JEHSET . —Lodge JM Cesaree ( No . 8 G 0 ) . Tho ordinary monthly meeting was held on Thursday , August 29 th . The Lodge wa > opened in the 1 st . Degree , by Bro . Baudains , AAVAL , assisted by Bros . Adams and Robert , as Senior and Junior AA'ardens , in tho unavoidable absence of the proper ollicers . The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed . The usual questions having been put to Bros . Gallichan and Dr . Krug , as tests of
proficiency , these brethren were duly raised as 31 astcr Masons , by the AY . M ., assisted by Bro . Schmitt , P . M ., who performed the latter part of the ceremony . The Lodge was afterwards resumed in the 1 st . Degree , into which Messrs . Crouzier and Le Montais were admitted with the usual forms by the AY . M . Several business communications were made to the Lodge , among which was one announcing a further sum of ten shillings , added to £ 2 Is . previously contributed by Bro . Dr . Hopkins , P . M ., as the profits arising from the
sale of his published memoir of the late Bro . John Asplct . Tho Lodge determined that the whole amount should be joined to the fund already in hand for the erection of a Masonic Hall . The AY . AI . then summoned his predecessor in the Chair , Bro . Le Cras , to the pedestal , and addressed him as follows : — "In compliance with the decision of the brethren of this Lodge , I am highly gratified in having the privilege to present to you an affectionate memorial , as a grateful acknowledgement of your Masonic , merit and
private worth , and at the same time to convey to you , with this testimonial , their united expressions of most sincere and heartfelt appreciation of your Masonic career , distinguished in an extraordinary degree by devotedness and zeal ; for after you had been elected to fill the honourable Chair of Lodu-e f . a Cesaree , the confidence of
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THE PRESIDENT or THE BOARD or GENERAL Pr / RrosES then moved the confirmation of the minute of Grand Lodge , held in December . 1 S 59 , erasing the Lodge of Concord ( No . 49 ) , from the fist of lodges . The erasing of the lodge referred to had been already postponed at the instance of Bro . Madden , who had promised to lay before the Board of General Purposes sufficient evidence in the shape of facts to justify them in departing from that course ; but as the worthy brother whom he mentioned had failed to fulfil that pledge , he ,
( Brother Havers ) had most reluctantly to move that the minutes of the meeting in December last be confirmed . The lodge had not met since 1 S 1-9 ; there were now in London only two brethren who had been members of it at that time , they had no warrant , no minute book , and , for his own part , he saw no way out of the difficulty , as under the Book of Constitutions the G . M . could not grant a warrant of confirmation to fewer than seven brethren . Mr . SLIGHT , P . G . D ., seconded the motion .
Mr . MADDEN , P . M ., 49 , said he had succeeded in finding a third member of the lodge , but who was at present in Canada . The widow of Brother Crucifix assured him that both the warrant and the minute book were likly to be found where they had been left by the late Bro . Nieholls , who had been tyler of the lodge . He had twice tendered the fees due from the lodge , and was ready to find at least a dozen brothers ready to revive anil work the lodge . Bro . STEBBINCT moved , as an amendment , that it being desirable
that every opportunity should bo given for the revival of dormant lodges that the confirmation of the minute for the erasure of Lodge 49 be considered at a future period . This amendment was opposed to the letter of the original resolution , but was perfectly in keeping with the wishes and spirit of its mover , who evidently felt that he had to perform a disagreeable duty in asking them to erase an old lodge . Bro . BARNARD seconded the amendment .
Bro . HAVEHS cautioned Grand Lodge against the danger of enunciating a principle out of indulgence to any particular loclge , and repeated that the G . M , could not grant a warrant of confirmation to fewer than seven brethren . He would , however , waive
his motion if Bro . Madden thought , that within six months from the present time , he would be able to recover the warrant and minute book . Bro . MAUDES thanked Bro . Havers for his fraternal offer , which he most gladly accepted . An amendment in the spirit of Bro . Havers' concession was then put and agreed to . Bro . BARRETT , P . M . 212 , then proposed that for the future Grand
Lodge do supply the annuitants residing at Croydon with coals and candles , the cost to be paid out of the Fund of Generat Purposes . There was , ho said , a large annual surplus accruing to the fund in question , and as there were many of the annuitants who could not exist upon the amount of their annuities , if they had to provide fuel out of it , Grand Lodge ought to provide tliein with coals and candles . Bro . GALE seconded the motion .
Bro . TOJIICINS , Cf . Treas ., in reply to the inquiry of a brother , stated that the Fund of Benevolence amounted to £ 19 , 000 , and that of the Board of General Purposes to £ 9500 . Bro . GEORGE LAMBERT objected to the resolution , inasmuch as it confined the distribution of the coals to the inmates of the Croydon Asylum , instead of extending the benefits to all the annuitants . He would now move an amendment to that effect . Bro . HAMJIAUOM seconded the amendment .
Bro . SYMONDS considered the amendment , involving as it did a large outlay of money , was irregular inasmuch as it came before Grand Lodge without any previous notice . Sir Lucius CURTIS ruled the amendment to be out of order . Bro . SXJIONOS then opposed the ori ginal resolution upon tho grounds that unless all the annuitants partook of the grant , Grand Lodge would not be acting with discriminating charity . It would , too , have a tendency , as was the case in the provinces , to throw the
support of the charities rather upon Grand Lodge than upon the subscription of individual members . Bro . BLAKE spoke in support of the motion . Bro . MASON supported the original motion . If Grand Lodge gave its charity with a warm instead of a cold hand they would , instead of stopping up the outpourings of individual charity , stimulate it . There was no force in the argument that because they could not relieve all they ought not to relieve any .
Bro . ADDISON suggested that the question should be postponed to the next meeting of Grand Lodge . Bro . AAIT . T . T .-OIS suggested , as an animendmeut , the establishment of a coal fund b y the transfer of £ 3 , 000 from the Fund of General Purposes , the interest thereof to be applied in the manner suggested by Bro . Barrett . Bro . Dr . IIAUCOVKT thought the charities of the Order should be supported from every part of England . Bro . GREUOIIY argued that the funds of the Board of General I
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Purposes should not be alienated from their specific purposes without clue caution . Bro . Horwoort maintained that the mover of the resolution had failed to show any necessity for the grant . He thought that it there was any money to be voted for the purposes ashed , it should come from thc | Fund of Benevolence rather than from the fund proposed . He hoped Bro . Barrett would postpone his resolution until he was able to inform Grand Lodge of the necessity for
the grant . The PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD or GENERAL PrurosES observed that , as a large corporate body , having subordinate charities , they delegated the domestic management of those charities to certain committees , and when those committees complained of want of funds , Grand Lodge would assist them with the warm hand of charity . They allowed £ 150 per annum to the Girls' School , tho same amount to the Boys' Institution , and £ S 00 per annum to tho annuity funds , and the present motion was tantamount to asking them to vote £ 900 to them .
Bro . N UTT observed that the amount paid to some of the brethren at Croydon was scarcely sufficient to keep them from starving . Bro . O'CONNOR thought an inconvenient precedent might bo established were they to interfere with the domestic management of tbe charities . After some further discussion , the motion was negatived by a majorit y of sixty-six to fifty-four . Bro . JoSErit SMITH then proposed that out of the amount of
stock in the 3 per cent . Consols , now standing in the names of the Trustees of the Fund of Benevolence of Grand Lodge , the Grand Treasurer be directed to transfer the sum of £ 4 , 000 , U per cent . Consols , in equal proportions , into the name of the trustees of tho following Masonic charities : —Royal Freemasons' School for Female Children , £ 1 , 000 ; Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , £ 1 , 000 ; Royal Benevolent Institution for Granting Annuities to Aged Freemasons , £ 1 , 000 ; Royal Benevolent Institution for Granting
Annuities to the AATdows of Freemasons , £ 1 , 000 . It was his wish to increase the means of the charities , especially those set apart for annuitants , so that applicants might not have to remain for years candidates for relief . Bro . ADLARD seconded the motion . Bro . ELLIOT proposed as an amendment , that the matter be referred to the Board of General Purposes to consider the question , and report upon it to Grand Lodge .
Bro . JENNINGS also advocated a postponement , but was opposed to the interference of the Board of General Purposes in the matter . Bro . ELLIOT , in deference to the views of Bro . Jennings , consented to make his amendment one of postponement merely . Bro . PERKENS , G . S . AA " ., seconded the amendment . Bro . SMITH had no objection to the amendment , but he would leave with Grand Lodge the responsibility of the postponement . After some further discussion , the amendment was agreed to , and , it being past 11 o ' clock , tbe proceedings terminated , and Grand Lodtre was closed in ample form .
Provincial.
PROVINCIAL .
CHANNEL ISLES . JEHSET . —Lodge JM Cesaree ( No . 8 G 0 ) . Tho ordinary monthly meeting was held on Thursday , August 29 th . The Lodge wa > opened in the 1 st . Degree , by Bro . Baudains , AAVAL , assisted by Bros . Adams and Robert , as Senior and Junior AA'ardens , in tho unavoidable absence of the proper ollicers . The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed . The usual questions having been put to Bros . Gallichan and Dr . Krug , as tests of
proficiency , these brethren were duly raised as 31 astcr Masons , by the AY . M ., assisted by Bro . Schmitt , P . M ., who performed the latter part of the ceremony . The Lodge was afterwards resumed in the 1 st . Degree , into which Messrs . Crouzier and Le Montais were admitted with the usual forms by the AY . M . Several business communications were made to the Lodge , among which was one announcing a further sum of ten shillings , added to £ 2 Is . previously contributed by Bro . Dr . Hopkins , P . M ., as the profits arising from the
sale of his published memoir of the late Bro . John Asplct . Tho Lodge determined that the whole amount should be joined to the fund already in hand for the erection of a Masonic Hall . The AY . AI . then summoned his predecessor in the Chair , Bro . Le Cras , to the pedestal , and addressed him as follows : — "In compliance with the decision of the brethren of this Lodge , I am highly gratified in having the privilege to present to you an affectionate memorial , as a grateful acknowledgement of your Masonic , merit and
private worth , and at the same time to convey to you , with this testimonial , their united expressions of most sincere and heartfelt appreciation of your Masonic career , distinguished in an extraordinary degree by devotedness and zeal ; for after you had been elected to fill the honourable Chair of Lodu-e f . a Cesaree , the confidence of