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Masonic Chit Chat.
MASONIC CHIT CHAT .
The following circular has been addressed to the present Board of Grand Stewards . ' GRAND STEWARDS' LODGE . AVilliam Fletcher Hope , Esq . R . AV . M .. BROTHER , —As one of the Grand Stewards presented at the late
festival , you have the privilege of becoming a Member of the Grand Stewards' Lodge without Ballot . You are therefore requested to meet your Brethren of the Grand Stewards'Lodge , at Freemasons' Tavern , on Wednesday , May l £ ? th , at five o ' clock precisely . If I hear nothing from you to the contrary prior to Monday , May 17 thit will be my duty to enrol name as a Member of that Lod
, your ge , and should you attend on AVednesday , you will be furnished with a ticket for the festival by the Treasurer , at the expense of the Lodge , it having been resolved to support the Girls' Charity by dining in the Hall on that day . By order , RCHARD LEA AVILSON , Secretary . 22 i Milk-street , Cheapside , May 4 , 1841 .
GRAND STEWARDS APPOINTED FOR 1811-2 . NO . NO . NO . Robert Edwards 1 Frederick HogarcL . 21 j James C . Crespin .. GS Thomas Wormald .. 2 Geo . E . Brooks 23 j D . AV . Osbaldiston 72 G . B . Mathew 4 Henry C . Grauz .. 27 Henry Meyer 108 ( ti , e nr ^ ctei ^ ppoimed Au £ r > JJ . Thiselton 30 ; G . G . Kirby 116 Samuel Baldwin 8 j Richard G . Baker .. 32 ! Henry T . Foreman 233 Joseph Clark 14 j H - Bellamy Webb 37 j John Mortimer .. 324
THE MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS . To the Editor ofthe Morning Advertiser . SIR , —The above Institution is the only one in London which recognizes no particular sect . It was instituted in the year 1798 , and its object was to clothe , educate , and apprentice the sons of indigent and deceased Freemasons . The Institution , in its infancy , was only enabled
to extend its benefit to twenty boys . At present the number has been increased to sixty-five . The children are taught reading , writing , and arithmetic , at schools in the immediate neighbourhood of their respective parents . At the age of fourteen , they are ( unless provided for by their friends ) apprenticed to good trades . Since this Institution was established , 577 boys have received the benefits of it ; andas Freemasonry does not interfere with man ' s
reli-, gious or political feelings , it is only the initiated who can appreciate its moral and intellectual beauties . The expense of the Institution is about £ 500 per annum , which is defrayed by donations and subscriptions . As it is the intention of some friends of the Institution to have a gala
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Masonic Chit Chat.
MASONIC CHIT CHAT .
The following circular has been addressed to the present Board of Grand Stewards . ' GRAND STEWARDS' LODGE . AVilliam Fletcher Hope , Esq . R . AV . M .. BROTHER , —As one of the Grand Stewards presented at the late
festival , you have the privilege of becoming a Member of the Grand Stewards' Lodge without Ballot . You are therefore requested to meet your Brethren of the Grand Stewards'Lodge , at Freemasons' Tavern , on Wednesday , May l £ ? th , at five o ' clock precisely . If I hear nothing from you to the contrary prior to Monday , May 17 thit will be my duty to enrol name as a Member of that Lod
, your ge , and should you attend on AVednesday , you will be furnished with a ticket for the festival by the Treasurer , at the expense of the Lodge , it having been resolved to support the Girls' Charity by dining in the Hall on that day . By order , RCHARD LEA AVILSON , Secretary . 22 i Milk-street , Cheapside , May 4 , 1841 .
GRAND STEWARDS APPOINTED FOR 1811-2 . NO . NO . NO . Robert Edwards 1 Frederick HogarcL . 21 j James C . Crespin .. GS Thomas Wormald .. 2 Geo . E . Brooks 23 j D . AV . Osbaldiston 72 G . B . Mathew 4 Henry C . Grauz .. 27 Henry Meyer 108 ( ti , e nr ^ ctei ^ ppoimed Au £ r > JJ . Thiselton 30 ; G . G . Kirby 116 Samuel Baldwin 8 j Richard G . Baker .. 32 ! Henry T . Foreman 233 Joseph Clark 14 j H - Bellamy Webb 37 j John Mortimer .. 324
THE MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS . To the Editor ofthe Morning Advertiser . SIR , —The above Institution is the only one in London which recognizes no particular sect . It was instituted in the year 1798 , and its object was to clothe , educate , and apprentice the sons of indigent and deceased Freemasons . The Institution , in its infancy , was only enabled
to extend its benefit to twenty boys . At present the number has been increased to sixty-five . The children are taught reading , writing , and arithmetic , at schools in the immediate neighbourhood of their respective parents . At the age of fourteen , they are ( unless provided for by their friends ) apprenticed to good trades . Since this Institution was established , 577 boys have received the benefits of it ; andas Freemasonry does not interfere with man ' s
reli-, gious or political feelings , it is only the initiated who can appreciate its moral and intellectual beauties . The expense of the Institution is about £ 500 per annum , which is defrayed by donations and subscriptions . As it is the intention of some friends of the Institution to have a gala