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West Lancashire Charity.
WEST LANCASHIRE CHARITY .
THE report of the working for the year 1900 of the West Lancashire Masonic Educational Institution , which , since its foundation in 1850 , has done so much for the education , clothing , maintenance and advancement in life of the
children of distressed and deceased Freemasons , has just been issued . Reference is made to the many appeals upon the generosity of the people of the country during the past year , and to the . noble manner in which all classes responded to the calls , and while they had cheerfully and freely
supported every demand of a national or special description the Brethren had been as mindful as ever of those splendid Institutions of which the Fraternity has just reason to be proud , and which did such an incalculable amount of good quietly and unostentatiously . During the year the Brethren
of the x rovmce contributed to the funds of the Educational Institution , either personally or through their Lodges , the sum of £ 9 10 9 s 4 d , to which must be added the sum of £ 1 , 000 received from the Lord Lathom Memorial Fund , and contributed last year to found a presentation which should
preserve to all time the memory of the late revered Prov . Grand Master . Those items , together with the revenue from invested funds , and the profit of the bail held in the Town Hall ,, Liverpool , brought the income to the handsome total of £ 3 , 044 7 s 4 d , out of which £ 1 , 459 JSs lid had been
paid ' for , the / , education , clothing , and maintenance of the children , irrespective of £ 120 16 s 8 d cost of presentation to London Orphan Schools , this making the total expenditure on behalf of the children £ 1 , 580 15 s yd . A further sum of £ 1 , 500 has been invested , bringing the total
investments up to £ 24 , 928 7 s . The year was commenced with 211 children on the foundation of the Institution , and there were since admitted 45 , while 46 had ceased to be a charge upon
the funds , owing to the attainment of the age limit and other causes . The children continue to make satisfactory progress at school , and there were very few cases of sickness to report .
A specially interesting feature in connection with the annual meeting of the De Tabley Lodge , No . 941 , was the presence of the newly-installed Provincial Grand Master of Cheshire Bro . the Hon . A . de Tatton Egerton , M . P ., who ,
in speaking in response to the toast of his health , referred in impressive terms to the glorious association of Masonry , and urged the Brethren to always bear in mind the why and the wherefore of the Fraternity , and the maintaining and upholding of the ancient and honourable Institution .
The fourteenth annual ball in connection with the Downshire Lodge , No . 594 , in aid of Masonic Charities in West Lancashire , " unexpectedly and mournfully interrupted in consequence of the nation ' s great bereavement , took place
on ^ Monday evening under distinguished patronage , at the Ad ' elphi Hotel , ' Liverpool , where there was a . . numerous gathering of members and friends . Under the direction of Brother Charles Dreymann Worshipful Master the festive gathering was carried out with spirit .
* * . An interesting meeting of the rapidly increasing Engineer Lodge , No . 2599 , took place at the FrascaS Restaurant , Oxford Street , W ., on Saturday . As usual
there was ^ plenty of business on the agenda , for " the work ' s the thing" with the Royal Engineers , " and as every Officer makes it a pleasure as well as a duty to be proficient in his part , it'is' ' always agreeable to be present at the meetings . We shall give further particulars next week .
North And East Yorkshire.
NORTH AND EAST YORKSHIRE .
THE Lodge Room of the York Lodge , No . 236 , presented a brilliant scene on Friday afternoon , 8 th inst , on the occasion of the assembling of a special Provincial Grand Lodge for the purpose of passing an address of condolence
with King Edward VII . on the death of her late Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria , and also expressive of continued loyalty to the Throne . The Marquis of Zetland Provincial Grand Master occupied the chair , and there were
also present Bros , the Very Rev . the Dean of York P . G . Chap . England , the Lord Mayor of York ( Brother E . W . Purnell ) , 'P . B . Whytehead 2328 P . G . S . B . Eng ., W . Cowper 602 P . P . S . G . W . P . G . S . B . Eng ., etc ., etc .
Bro . E , M . Peci < Prov . G . Secretary read a number of letters of apology for non-attendance , and the Prov . Grand Master read a letter he had received from Brother Lord
Bolton Deputy Prov . G . M ., in which his lordship expressed his great regret that illness prevented him from being . present . . The Provincial Grand Master then read the address from the Province to the King , and said he did not think
it was necessary tor him to add very many words of his own in order to ensure that the address which he had just read to them would be received with harmony and unanimity . He would confine his remarks to saying , and he was quite sure that all would agree with him when he made the
observation , -that the reign of her Majesty , the late Sovereign , was no ' t remarkable alone for the many years that she occupied the Throne . If they looked back on past history he did not think they would find any similar period where so many advantages had been gained , so much
advancement made , and the prosperity of the people so thoroughly advanced and studied as during her reign . He felt that if he were to touch only slightly on a few of the chief characteristics of her late Majesty ' s reign he would occupy their time unduly , but he would say the rapid advancement in different
spheres , whether they looked at science , whether they looked at education , or the prosperity of the citizens and the happiness of the country , all those circumstances were due to a very large extent to the knowledge of men and affairs , to the sound advice given to her Ministers , and to the tact
and judgment which her "late Majesty possessed to such a remarkable degree . Again , her Majesty made herself endeared to the hearts of all her subjects by the kind sympathy which she extended so lavishly to people in all parts of her Empire . They as freemasons owed a deep
debt of gratitude to the members of the Royal Family . They recognised in her late Majesty an extreme liberality to all cases of want and distress , and that liberality was extended to all charitable institutions . He was sure that the charitable institutions which were so prominently connected with
Freemasonry enjoyed the full sympathy of her late Majesty . They owed a debt of gratitude to the King for the able , impartial , and wise manner in which he had ruled over them as Grand Master for the last twenty-seven years . He did not think that at any previous time in the history of Masonry
it had enjoyed a higher or more satisfactory position than it did at the present moment , and he was sure this was due to the knowledge , ability , discretion , and power and time which his Majesty the King had devoted to promote the interests of Freemasonry in this country . He might take
the opportunity of saying it was a matter of satisfaction not only to himself but to all belonging to the Craft , that the high position which the King was compelled to vacate owing to his accession to the Throne was to be filled by his hlustrious brother the Duke of Connaught . Pie had the utmost Confidence that Freemasonry would continue to flourish
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West Lancashire Charity.
WEST LANCASHIRE CHARITY .
THE report of the working for the year 1900 of the West Lancashire Masonic Educational Institution , which , since its foundation in 1850 , has done so much for the education , clothing , maintenance and advancement in life of the
children of distressed and deceased Freemasons , has just been issued . Reference is made to the many appeals upon the generosity of the people of the country during the past year , and to the . noble manner in which all classes responded to the calls , and while they had cheerfully and freely
supported every demand of a national or special description the Brethren had been as mindful as ever of those splendid Institutions of which the Fraternity has just reason to be proud , and which did such an incalculable amount of good quietly and unostentatiously . During the year the Brethren
of the x rovmce contributed to the funds of the Educational Institution , either personally or through their Lodges , the sum of £ 9 10 9 s 4 d , to which must be added the sum of £ 1 , 000 received from the Lord Lathom Memorial Fund , and contributed last year to found a presentation which should
preserve to all time the memory of the late revered Prov . Grand Master . Those items , together with the revenue from invested funds , and the profit of the bail held in the Town Hall ,, Liverpool , brought the income to the handsome total of £ 3 , 044 7 s 4 d , out of which £ 1 , 459 JSs lid had been
paid ' for , the / , education , clothing , and maintenance of the children , irrespective of £ 120 16 s 8 d cost of presentation to London Orphan Schools , this making the total expenditure on behalf of the children £ 1 , 580 15 s yd . A further sum of £ 1 , 500 has been invested , bringing the total
investments up to £ 24 , 928 7 s . The year was commenced with 211 children on the foundation of the Institution , and there were since admitted 45 , while 46 had ceased to be a charge upon
the funds , owing to the attainment of the age limit and other causes . The children continue to make satisfactory progress at school , and there were very few cases of sickness to report .
A specially interesting feature in connection with the annual meeting of the De Tabley Lodge , No . 941 , was the presence of the newly-installed Provincial Grand Master of Cheshire Bro . the Hon . A . de Tatton Egerton , M . P ., who ,
in speaking in response to the toast of his health , referred in impressive terms to the glorious association of Masonry , and urged the Brethren to always bear in mind the why and the wherefore of the Fraternity , and the maintaining and upholding of the ancient and honourable Institution .
The fourteenth annual ball in connection with the Downshire Lodge , No . 594 , in aid of Masonic Charities in West Lancashire , " unexpectedly and mournfully interrupted in consequence of the nation ' s great bereavement , took place
on ^ Monday evening under distinguished patronage , at the Ad ' elphi Hotel , ' Liverpool , where there was a . . numerous gathering of members and friends . Under the direction of Brother Charles Dreymann Worshipful Master the festive gathering was carried out with spirit .
* * . An interesting meeting of the rapidly increasing Engineer Lodge , No . 2599 , took place at the FrascaS Restaurant , Oxford Street , W ., on Saturday . As usual
there was ^ plenty of business on the agenda , for " the work ' s the thing" with the Royal Engineers , " and as every Officer makes it a pleasure as well as a duty to be proficient in his part , it'is' ' always agreeable to be present at the meetings . We shall give further particulars next week .
North And East Yorkshire.
NORTH AND EAST YORKSHIRE .
THE Lodge Room of the York Lodge , No . 236 , presented a brilliant scene on Friday afternoon , 8 th inst , on the occasion of the assembling of a special Provincial Grand Lodge for the purpose of passing an address of condolence
with King Edward VII . on the death of her late Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria , and also expressive of continued loyalty to the Throne . The Marquis of Zetland Provincial Grand Master occupied the chair , and there were
also present Bros , the Very Rev . the Dean of York P . G . Chap . England , the Lord Mayor of York ( Brother E . W . Purnell ) , 'P . B . Whytehead 2328 P . G . S . B . Eng ., W . Cowper 602 P . P . S . G . W . P . G . S . B . Eng ., etc ., etc .
Bro . E , M . Peci < Prov . G . Secretary read a number of letters of apology for non-attendance , and the Prov . Grand Master read a letter he had received from Brother Lord
Bolton Deputy Prov . G . M ., in which his lordship expressed his great regret that illness prevented him from being . present . . The Provincial Grand Master then read the address from the Province to the King , and said he did not think
it was necessary tor him to add very many words of his own in order to ensure that the address which he had just read to them would be received with harmony and unanimity . He would confine his remarks to saying , and he was quite sure that all would agree with him when he made the
observation , -that the reign of her Majesty , the late Sovereign , was no ' t remarkable alone for the many years that she occupied the Throne . If they looked back on past history he did not think they would find any similar period where so many advantages had been gained , so much
advancement made , and the prosperity of the people so thoroughly advanced and studied as during her reign . He felt that if he were to touch only slightly on a few of the chief characteristics of her late Majesty ' s reign he would occupy their time unduly , but he would say the rapid advancement in different
spheres , whether they looked at science , whether they looked at education , or the prosperity of the citizens and the happiness of the country , all those circumstances were due to a very large extent to the knowledge of men and affairs , to the sound advice given to her Ministers , and to the tact
and judgment which her "late Majesty possessed to such a remarkable degree . Again , her Majesty made herself endeared to the hearts of all her subjects by the kind sympathy which she extended so lavishly to people in all parts of her Empire . They as freemasons owed a deep
debt of gratitude to the members of the Royal Family . They recognised in her late Majesty an extreme liberality to all cases of want and distress , and that liberality was extended to all charitable institutions . He was sure that the charitable institutions which were so prominently connected with
Freemasonry enjoyed the full sympathy of her late Majesty . They owed a debt of gratitude to the King for the able , impartial , and wise manner in which he had ruled over them as Grand Master for the last twenty-seven years . He did not think that at any previous time in the history of Masonry
it had enjoyed a higher or more satisfactory position than it did at the present moment , and he was sure this was due to the knowledge , ability , discretion , and power and time which his Majesty the King had devoted to promote the interests of Freemasonry in this country . He might take
the opportunity of saying it was a matter of satisfaction not only to himself but to all belonging to the Craft , that the high position which the King was compelled to vacate owing to his accession to the Throne was to be filled by his hlustrious brother the Duke of Connaught . Pie had the utmost Confidence that Freemasonry would continue to flourish