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The Charities.
under the hospitable auspices of Brethren who represent two of the most charitable families in Freemasonry . What luck will be ours should we fall under their care at the Asylum Festival too ! Bro . the Rev . Sir WM . DUNBAR returned thanks for the Board of Stewards in very appropriate terms , observing that their responsibility as Stewards , both in procuring the attendance of members of the Craft , aud in providing suitable and sufficient entertainment for them , was
amply compensated by the liberal support the charity had received from those who had attended . The Chairman soon after retired amidst the plaudits of the company , and we joined the Stewards and their friends at tea , to he the more presentable to the ladies fair in the glee-room . Of our enjoyment there we took no notes—what blockheads we should have been to have thus wasted the few moments of delight , to which music gave wings and beauty their fascination ?
The Asylum.
THE ASYLUM .
The sixth anniversary Festival of the Asylum for Aged and Decayed Freemasons was celebrated on Tuesday , the loth June , by a dinner in Freemasons' Hall , Great Queen-street , to which about one hundred and fifty warm friends and supporters of the charity sat down . Bro . Benjamin AVood , M . P ., was to have presided on the occasion , but the business consequent upon the approaching elections prevented his being present .
Bro . JOSEPH COPELAND BELL , however , was introduced by Dr . Crucefix , at the request of the Board of Stewards , as the locum tenens , and went through the business of the chair with a spirit which greatly conduced to the harmony and p leasures of the evening , as well as to the advantage of the charity . Mr . Hawes and his " pupils , Miss Maria B . Hawes , Miss Van Millenger , Miss Turner , Mr . Jolley , Mr . Broadhurst , Mr . Collier , Signor Brizzi , Mr . Bradbury , and Mr . Cronin contributed their valuable aid to the good cause , by affording a rich musical treat in the course of the
evening . The gallery was filled with ladies , who by their graceful presence gave an additional charm and sanction to the objects for which their husbands , parents or brothers had assembled . As soon as the cloth had been withdrawn , The CHAIRMAN rose . —He said he now found himself placed in a situation which he did not anticipate when he had promised himself the pleasure of being present at their festival this evening . But the hon .
gentleman who was to have taken the chair ( Bro . Benjamin Wood , M . P . ) , being prevented from so doing b y his parliamentary duties , that honour hacl devolved upon him , and having been by the kindness of his Brethren placed in that chair , he would endeavour to do his duty to the best of his abilities—( cheers ) . The first toast which he had to propose would come home to the bosom of every Englishman and every Englishwoman ; for it was the health of an illustrious personage , who was placed not only at the head of her own sex , but at the head of the nation—( cheers ); without further preface , he begged to give the health of " Her VOL . VHI . r > D
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The Charities.
under the hospitable auspices of Brethren who represent two of the most charitable families in Freemasonry . What luck will be ours should we fall under their care at the Asylum Festival too ! Bro . the Rev . Sir WM . DUNBAR returned thanks for the Board of Stewards in very appropriate terms , observing that their responsibility as Stewards , both in procuring the attendance of members of the Craft , aud in providing suitable and sufficient entertainment for them , was
amply compensated by the liberal support the charity had received from those who had attended . The Chairman soon after retired amidst the plaudits of the company , and we joined the Stewards and their friends at tea , to he the more presentable to the ladies fair in the glee-room . Of our enjoyment there we took no notes—what blockheads we should have been to have thus wasted the few moments of delight , to which music gave wings and beauty their fascination ?
The Asylum.
THE ASYLUM .
The sixth anniversary Festival of the Asylum for Aged and Decayed Freemasons was celebrated on Tuesday , the loth June , by a dinner in Freemasons' Hall , Great Queen-street , to which about one hundred and fifty warm friends and supporters of the charity sat down . Bro . Benjamin AVood , M . P ., was to have presided on the occasion , but the business consequent upon the approaching elections prevented his being present .
Bro . JOSEPH COPELAND BELL , however , was introduced by Dr . Crucefix , at the request of the Board of Stewards , as the locum tenens , and went through the business of the chair with a spirit which greatly conduced to the harmony and p leasures of the evening , as well as to the advantage of the charity . Mr . Hawes and his " pupils , Miss Maria B . Hawes , Miss Van Millenger , Miss Turner , Mr . Jolley , Mr . Broadhurst , Mr . Collier , Signor Brizzi , Mr . Bradbury , and Mr . Cronin contributed their valuable aid to the good cause , by affording a rich musical treat in the course of the
evening . The gallery was filled with ladies , who by their graceful presence gave an additional charm and sanction to the objects for which their husbands , parents or brothers had assembled . As soon as the cloth had been withdrawn , The CHAIRMAN rose . —He said he now found himself placed in a situation which he did not anticipate when he had promised himself the pleasure of being present at their festival this evening . But the hon .
gentleman who was to have taken the chair ( Bro . Benjamin Wood , M . P . ) , being prevented from so doing b y his parliamentary duties , that honour hacl devolved upon him , and having been by the kindness of his Brethren placed in that chair , he would endeavour to do his duty to the best of his abilities—( cheers ) . The first toast which he had to propose would come home to the bosom of every Englishman and every Englishwoman ; for it was the health of an illustrious personage , who was placed not only at the head of her own sex , but at the head of the nation—( cheers ); without further preface , he begged to give the health of " Her VOL . VHI . r > D