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The Charities.
The amount subscribed exceeded 900 / . ' A hymn and chorus , composed ( we believe hy Bro . Crew ) was simg by the children . Among the two hundred brethren present was Bro . General Geo . Cooke , who came especially from America , and gave his third donation of fifty guineas . Bro . Beadon of the Bedford also completed his subscription of fifty guineas . The musical arrangements were most perfect , ancl the ladies bore
ample testimony to the kind attention of all the Stewards , who vied with each other in rendering the entertainment so delightful . BOYS' SCHOOL . —At the ensuing Quarterly General Court , to he held on the 3 rd of July , six candidates will be declared elected . Notices of Motion . —1 . No petition to be received where the father has ceased to be a subscribing member to the Grand Loclge of England for three years previous to the presentation of such petition . 2 . For the appointment of a Special Committee to report on the expediency of establishing or renting a School-house for maintenance , clothing , and educating the boys , & c .
Asylum For Worthy Aged And Decayed Freemasons.
ASYLUM FOR WORTHY AGED AND DECAYED FREEMASONS .
The thirteenth annual festival in aid of the funds of this benevolent and praiseworthy object took place at Freemasons' Tavern on Wednesday the 2 nd of June , when a numerous assembly of the brethren of the Order , and a great number of those who , not Masons , take an interest in the works of charity , gathered together to show their concurrence in the objects of the promoters of the Asylum , and to swell the funds destined for its foundation and support . Nor was the manifestation
confined to the sterner sex ; the ladies , whose hands and hearts are always open to aid the cause of benevolence , and to whose warm sympathies and active co-operation every charitable institution in the land owes so much , were not slack in testifying their approbation of the projected Asylum for aged and decayed brothers of the Craft ; ancl though the laws of public etiquette forbade their mingling at the social board , they graced the gallery of the magnificent hall in which the
banquet was held with a galaxy of beauty and grace , fit ornament to the holy cause of charity . The tables in the hall presented every luxury of the season , and did great credit both by the abundance of their burden and the taste with which it was displayed , to the catering talent of the brothers Bacon , who took care , that however numerous the assemblage , and it was far more numerous than at any former festival in aid of the Asylum , there should be enough , and to spare ; The hour
fixed for the commencement of the feast was six o ' clock , but some short delay occurred in consequence of the absence of Bro . the Hon . Colonel Anson , M . P ., Prov . Grand Master , a warm and constant supporter of the Asylum , who had consented to take the chair upon the occasion ; and after a short delay , which the company present bore with great patience and good humour , Bro . Bigg was inducted to the chair pro tern ., and , after grace by the Rev . Bro . Carver , began that indulgence in the pleasures of taste so proverbially dear to Englishmen , and the
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The Charities.
The amount subscribed exceeded 900 / . ' A hymn and chorus , composed ( we believe hy Bro . Crew ) was simg by the children . Among the two hundred brethren present was Bro . General Geo . Cooke , who came especially from America , and gave his third donation of fifty guineas . Bro . Beadon of the Bedford also completed his subscription of fifty guineas . The musical arrangements were most perfect , ancl the ladies bore
ample testimony to the kind attention of all the Stewards , who vied with each other in rendering the entertainment so delightful . BOYS' SCHOOL . —At the ensuing Quarterly General Court , to he held on the 3 rd of July , six candidates will be declared elected . Notices of Motion . —1 . No petition to be received where the father has ceased to be a subscribing member to the Grand Loclge of England for three years previous to the presentation of such petition . 2 . For the appointment of a Special Committee to report on the expediency of establishing or renting a School-house for maintenance , clothing , and educating the boys , & c .
Asylum For Worthy Aged And Decayed Freemasons.
ASYLUM FOR WORTHY AGED AND DECAYED FREEMASONS .
The thirteenth annual festival in aid of the funds of this benevolent and praiseworthy object took place at Freemasons' Tavern on Wednesday the 2 nd of June , when a numerous assembly of the brethren of the Order , and a great number of those who , not Masons , take an interest in the works of charity , gathered together to show their concurrence in the objects of the promoters of the Asylum , and to swell the funds destined for its foundation and support . Nor was the manifestation
confined to the sterner sex ; the ladies , whose hands and hearts are always open to aid the cause of benevolence , and to whose warm sympathies and active co-operation every charitable institution in the land owes so much , were not slack in testifying their approbation of the projected Asylum for aged and decayed brothers of the Craft ; ancl though the laws of public etiquette forbade their mingling at the social board , they graced the gallery of the magnificent hall in which the
banquet was held with a galaxy of beauty and grace , fit ornament to the holy cause of charity . The tables in the hall presented every luxury of the season , and did great credit both by the abundance of their burden and the taste with which it was displayed , to the catering talent of the brothers Bacon , who took care , that however numerous the assemblage , and it was far more numerous than at any former festival in aid of the Asylum , there should be enough , and to spare ; The hour
fixed for the commencement of the feast was six o ' clock , but some short delay occurred in consequence of the absence of Bro . the Hon . Colonel Anson , M . P ., Prov . Grand Master , a warm and constant supporter of the Asylum , who had consented to take the chair upon the occasion ; and after a short delay , which the company present bore with great patience and good humour , Bro . Bigg was inducted to the chair pro tern ., and , after grace by the Rev . Bro . Carver , began that indulgence in the pleasures of taste so proverbially dear to Englishmen , and the