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Masonic Intelligence.
the father liaving , without , authority , placed tlie names of {' our . governors and subscribers on his canvassing-card . Messrs . Gilbert and Stallwood being appointed scrutineers of the ballot for the election of six boys out of nine candidates , the election was proceeded in , and reported to have fallen upon the following , viz . AVm . Thos . Hill G . AA . Rackstraw Hen . V . Noone John Scott Chas . Jas . Kearns Nathan Jlyers .
A letter was read from Jlr . AVm . Geo . Thiselton , surgeon ( a Brother in the Order ) , offering his services ( gratuitously ) as a medical attendant to the institution . The kind offer was received gratefully , and the secretary was directed to acknowledge the same , with an expression of thanks on the part of the meeting . Mar . 7 th . —At a meeting of the Committee , the following resolution was carried unanimously : — .
" That the Committee of the Royal JIasonic Institution for Boys , beg , on behalf of themselves and the governors at large , to tender to Bro . Thomas Jloore ( the respected and esteemed Treasurer of the institution ) their deep regret at the late severe domestic loss sustained by him , and to assure him of their sympathy ; with their readiness to supply , as far as they may be able , the increased attention which his absence ( not , they trust , of long continuance ) "must render necessary to the
business of the charity . " The secretary was directed to forward immediately a copy of this resolution to Brother Jloore . A letter was read from the treasurer of the Union Lodge , JIargate , stating that the names of the governors had been placed by mis-take , and not intentionally , by the friends of the hoy "Conconi ; " upon which the Committee directed that the hoy ' s name should be replaced upon the list of candidates .
THE FESTIVAL . Mar . 9 th . —Freemasons' Hall . —Present , R . G . ALSTON , Esq . M . P ., S . G . AV ., in the chair , also the following Grand Officers : — Lord H . John S . Churchill , D . G . M . ; Hen . 11 . AVillett , P . G . AV . ; Benj . B . Cabbell , P . G . AV . ; George Stone , P . G . W . ; Rev . AVm . Fallowfield , G . C . ; Edwards Harper , G . S . ; Arch . Keightley , G . D . ; Benj . Lawrence , G . D . ; T . F . Savory , P . G . D . ; John JIasson , G . S . B .
On the removal of the cloth , and after grace , the chairman proposed first , " The King , " Patron of JIasonry and of this Institution , which was received with three times three , and next " The Queen , " and the rest of the Royal Family ; " and here , " said the chairman , " I can with confidence appeal to the ladies , that in proposing the health of the first lad y in the land , I am bringing before them a bright example for themselves . What , then , would they think of us as Jlasons , if we did not mark this moment as one of enthusiasm ?"
Glee— " Ladies , Good Night . " The next toast was happily prefaced . " The illustrious individual whose health I am now about to propose is too well known to you all to require any eulogium from myself . I may be permitted , however , to state , that I address you from my heart , in the sincerity of my emotion . The elder Brethren of the Craft will cheerfully join with me in this sentiment—nor ivill any , I dare believe , differ in its propriety .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Masonic Intelligence.
the father liaving , without , authority , placed tlie names of {' our . governors and subscribers on his canvassing-card . Messrs . Gilbert and Stallwood being appointed scrutineers of the ballot for the election of six boys out of nine candidates , the election was proceeded in , and reported to have fallen upon the following , viz . AVm . Thos . Hill G . AA . Rackstraw Hen . V . Noone John Scott Chas . Jas . Kearns Nathan Jlyers .
A letter was read from Jlr . AVm . Geo . Thiselton , surgeon ( a Brother in the Order ) , offering his services ( gratuitously ) as a medical attendant to the institution . The kind offer was received gratefully , and the secretary was directed to acknowledge the same , with an expression of thanks on the part of the meeting . Mar . 7 th . —At a meeting of the Committee , the following resolution was carried unanimously : — .
" That the Committee of the Royal JIasonic Institution for Boys , beg , on behalf of themselves and the governors at large , to tender to Bro . Thomas Jloore ( the respected and esteemed Treasurer of the institution ) their deep regret at the late severe domestic loss sustained by him , and to assure him of their sympathy ; with their readiness to supply , as far as they may be able , the increased attention which his absence ( not , they trust , of long continuance ) "must render necessary to the
business of the charity . " The secretary was directed to forward immediately a copy of this resolution to Brother Jloore . A letter was read from the treasurer of the Union Lodge , JIargate , stating that the names of the governors had been placed by mis-take , and not intentionally , by the friends of the hoy "Conconi ; " upon which the Committee directed that the hoy ' s name should be replaced upon the list of candidates .
THE FESTIVAL . Mar . 9 th . —Freemasons' Hall . —Present , R . G . ALSTON , Esq . M . P ., S . G . AV ., in the chair , also the following Grand Officers : — Lord H . John S . Churchill , D . G . M . ; Hen . 11 . AVillett , P . G . AV . ; Benj . B . Cabbell , P . G . AV . ; George Stone , P . G . W . ; Rev . AVm . Fallowfield , G . C . ; Edwards Harper , G . S . ; Arch . Keightley , G . D . ; Benj . Lawrence , G . D . ; T . F . Savory , P . G . D . ; John JIasson , G . S . B .
On the removal of the cloth , and after grace , the chairman proposed first , " The King , " Patron of JIasonry and of this Institution , which was received with three times three , and next " The Queen , " and the rest of the Royal Family ; " and here , " said the chairman , " I can with confidence appeal to the ladies , that in proposing the health of the first lad y in the land , I am bringing before them a bright example for themselves . What , then , would they think of us as Jlasons , if we did not mark this moment as one of enthusiasm ?"
Glee— " Ladies , Good Night . " The next toast was happily prefaced . " The illustrious individual whose health I am now about to propose is too well known to you all to require any eulogium from myself . I may be permitted , however , to state , that I address you from my heart , in the sincerity of my emotion . The elder Brethren of the Craft will cheerfully join with me in this sentiment—nor ivill any , I dare believe , differ in its propriety .