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Article GRAND FESTIVAL OF THE ORDER. ← Page 17 of 18 →
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Grand Festival Of The Order.
( CIRCULAR . ) Royal Freemasons' Charity for Female Children , Westminster Road , ZSth May , 1836 . The House Committee feel themselves called upon , with the permission ancl under the sanction of the M . AV . Grand Master , H . R . H . the Duke of Sussex , President of the Institution , to appeal to the various Lodges and Chapters , Grand Officers , and other members of the the
Fraternity , on present state of the finances . It is pretty generally known , that in consequence of the decay of the oak sleepers and planking on which the School Plouse was erected about tlie year 1793 , ancl the quality of the soil , serious and alarming settlements in the edifice became evident about eighteen months since , and upon a survey it was found that the only means of upholding the building would be to underpin the foundation walls , remove the decayed timber , and after excavating the soil till a solid foundation should be arrived at , then to form a concrete , and build new brick footings to all the foundation walls of the structure , both external and internal .
The expense of these works , including other essential repairs , and some requisite additions , notwithstanding the attention which has been paid to economy , has been about 2600 / . The alternative to this would have been to rebuild entirely , but that would have occasioned a much larger outlay , and would , for a considerable time , have put a stop to the progress of the school . Towards meeting this heavy expenditure , various sums have already been contributed
, as specified below , amounting together to about 550 / ., still leaving a debt of above 2000 Z . to be liquidated . To meet this unexpected and heavy charge , the funds of the Institution are inadequate , without reducing the number of children upon the establishment , a measure which it must be the most anxious wish of every Brother to avert . The House Committee therefore appeal with confidence to the Fraternity , which has established , ancl to the present time upheld the Institution , to unite with them strenuously in raising the funds requisite for the sustainment of this work of charity to its fullest extent .
H . JOHN SPENCER CHURCHILL , D . G . M . and Chairman of the House Committee . Contributions will be gratefully received by John Ramsbottom , Esq ., Treasurer to the Charity , 31 , Spring Gardens ; AV . AV . Prescott , Esq ., Gr . Treasurer , 62 , Threadneedle Street ; Messrs . AVilliams and Co ., 20 , Birchin Lane ; Sir Francis Ommany , Navy Agent , 22 , Norfolk Street , Strand ; John Laurie , Esq ., Army Agent , 10 , Charles Street , St
. James ' s Square ; the Grand Secretary , at Freemasons' Hall ; the Secretary to the Institution , Mr . W . Fletcher Hope , 30 , Penton Place , Walworth ; the Matron , Mrs . Crook , at the School House , AA estminster Road ; the Collector , Mr . John Canham , 7 , Bennet ' s Hill , Doctor ' s Commons . Among the contributions already received , and included in the late festival and preceding returns are the following : — £ sd .
. The Grand Lodge of England . . . 100 0 0 Supreme Grancl Chapter . . . 52 10 0 Lodge of Fidelity , 3 . . . . 10 10 0 Royal Somerset House and Inverness Loclge , 4 . 15 15 0 VOL . m . 2 c
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Grand Festival Of The Order.
( CIRCULAR . ) Royal Freemasons' Charity for Female Children , Westminster Road , ZSth May , 1836 . The House Committee feel themselves called upon , with the permission ancl under the sanction of the M . AV . Grand Master , H . R . H . the Duke of Sussex , President of the Institution , to appeal to the various Lodges and Chapters , Grand Officers , and other members of the the
Fraternity , on present state of the finances . It is pretty generally known , that in consequence of the decay of the oak sleepers and planking on which the School Plouse was erected about tlie year 1793 , ancl the quality of the soil , serious and alarming settlements in the edifice became evident about eighteen months since , and upon a survey it was found that the only means of upholding the building would be to underpin the foundation walls , remove the decayed timber , and after excavating the soil till a solid foundation should be arrived at , then to form a concrete , and build new brick footings to all the foundation walls of the structure , both external and internal .
The expense of these works , including other essential repairs , and some requisite additions , notwithstanding the attention which has been paid to economy , has been about 2600 / . The alternative to this would have been to rebuild entirely , but that would have occasioned a much larger outlay , and would , for a considerable time , have put a stop to the progress of the school . Towards meeting this heavy expenditure , various sums have already been contributed
, as specified below , amounting together to about 550 / ., still leaving a debt of above 2000 Z . to be liquidated . To meet this unexpected and heavy charge , the funds of the Institution are inadequate , without reducing the number of children upon the establishment , a measure which it must be the most anxious wish of every Brother to avert . The House Committee therefore appeal with confidence to the Fraternity , which has established , ancl to the present time upheld the Institution , to unite with them strenuously in raising the funds requisite for the sustainment of this work of charity to its fullest extent .
H . JOHN SPENCER CHURCHILL , D . G . M . and Chairman of the House Committee . Contributions will be gratefully received by John Ramsbottom , Esq ., Treasurer to the Charity , 31 , Spring Gardens ; AV . AV . Prescott , Esq ., Gr . Treasurer , 62 , Threadneedle Street ; Messrs . AVilliams and Co ., 20 , Birchin Lane ; Sir Francis Ommany , Navy Agent , 22 , Norfolk Street , Strand ; John Laurie , Esq ., Army Agent , 10 , Charles Street , St
. James ' s Square ; the Grand Secretary , at Freemasons' Hall ; the Secretary to the Institution , Mr . W . Fletcher Hope , 30 , Penton Place , Walworth ; the Matron , Mrs . Crook , at the School House , AA estminster Road ; the Collector , Mr . John Canham , 7 , Bennet ' s Hill , Doctor ' s Commons . Among the contributions already received , and included in the late festival and preceding returns are the following : — £ sd .
. The Grand Lodge of England . . . 100 0 0 Supreme Grancl Chapter . . . 52 10 0 Lodge of Fidelity , 3 . . . . 10 10 0 Royal Somerset House and Inverness Loclge , 4 . 15 15 0 VOL . m . 2 c