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Quarterly Communication.
ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR HOYS . OCT . 13— . QUARTERLY GENERAL COURT . —Present , T . Moore , Esq ., Treasurer , in the chair ; also the following Governors and Subscribers , viz . Messrs . Begbie , Broadfoot , Black , Cabbell , Coe , Gilbert G ., Giraud , Henderson , Lythgoe , Rowe IL , Savory T . F ., Sweatman , Smith T . 11 ., Stone , jun ., White W . H .
The business commenced at seven o ' clock , when the minutes of tbe last Quarterly General Court , and the subsequent proceedings of the Committee , were read and confirmed ; after which Mr . Lythgoe rose and stated , that having understood His Royal Highness the President had entertained an opinion that a conditional promise had been made at the extraordinary meeting in May last , to expunge at the July
meeting all those minutes which had a reference to His Royal Highness , but in which promise he ( Mr . L . ) not only disclaimed any participation , but could not even challenge his memory with the recollection of any other governor having so promised ; still , as His Royal Highness had so
interpreted the general discussion , he bowed with deference to the difficulties of the case , and considered it was most incumbent upon the 2 iatrons and well-wishers of the charity to pay a respectful attention to the illustrious President and Grand Master ; and actuated by such sentiments , he proposed the following resolution : — " That so much of the minutes of the general meeting of the 14 th
day of April last , and of the subsequent meetings , as relates to the orders issued by the M . W . G . M . for the regulation of the festivals of this charity , be expunged from , and no longer form part of those minutes respectively . " Mr . T . R . Smith expressed his surprise that , impressed as it appeared His Royal Highness was with such given promise , that Mr . White ,
his Grancl Secretary and personal friend , with other Grand officers , who were present at the last General Court , should have made no allusion whatever to the subject , and permitted the minutes to be unanimously confirmed .
Mr . White exonerated himself , by expressing , very warmly , his opinion that he had been improperly called upon , as he had no conversation with His Royal Highness upon the subject . The discussion becoming more animated than congenial , the worthy Chairman proceeded to the business of the Court . Upon which Mr . Smith observed , that , as Mr . Lythgoe , whom he considered to be so
vitally connected with the peculiar circumstances of the case , having thought it expedient to move the Resolution , he , Mr . S ., felt it to be his duty to second it , as the best means of averting what otherwise might prove seriously detrimental to the interests of the charity . Mr . Rowe did not consider that the present Court possessed the VOL . i . 3 I
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Quarterly Communication.
ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR HOYS . OCT . 13— . QUARTERLY GENERAL COURT . —Present , T . Moore , Esq ., Treasurer , in the chair ; also the following Governors and Subscribers , viz . Messrs . Begbie , Broadfoot , Black , Cabbell , Coe , Gilbert G ., Giraud , Henderson , Lythgoe , Rowe IL , Savory T . F ., Sweatman , Smith T . 11 ., Stone , jun ., White W . H .
The business commenced at seven o ' clock , when the minutes of tbe last Quarterly General Court , and the subsequent proceedings of the Committee , were read and confirmed ; after which Mr . Lythgoe rose and stated , that having understood His Royal Highness the President had entertained an opinion that a conditional promise had been made at the extraordinary meeting in May last , to expunge at the July
meeting all those minutes which had a reference to His Royal Highness , but in which promise he ( Mr . L . ) not only disclaimed any participation , but could not even challenge his memory with the recollection of any other governor having so promised ; still , as His Royal Highness had so
interpreted the general discussion , he bowed with deference to the difficulties of the case , and considered it was most incumbent upon the 2 iatrons and well-wishers of the charity to pay a respectful attention to the illustrious President and Grand Master ; and actuated by such sentiments , he proposed the following resolution : — " That so much of the minutes of the general meeting of the 14 th
day of April last , and of the subsequent meetings , as relates to the orders issued by the M . W . G . M . for the regulation of the festivals of this charity , be expunged from , and no longer form part of those minutes respectively . " Mr . T . R . Smith expressed his surprise that , impressed as it appeared His Royal Highness was with such given promise , that Mr . White ,
his Grancl Secretary and personal friend , with other Grand officers , who were present at the last General Court , should have made no allusion whatever to the subject , and permitted the minutes to be unanimously confirmed .
Mr . White exonerated himself , by expressing , very warmly , his opinion that he had been improperly called upon , as he had no conversation with His Royal Highness upon the subject . The discussion becoming more animated than congenial , the worthy Chairman proceeded to the business of the Court . Upon which Mr . Smith observed , that , as Mr . Lythgoe , whom he considered to be so
vitally connected with the peculiar circumstances of the case , having thought it expedient to move the Resolution , he , Mr . S ., felt it to be his duty to second it , as the best means of averting what otherwise might prove seriously detrimental to the interests of the charity . Mr . Rowe did not consider that the present Court possessed the VOL . i . 3 I