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Lodges Of Instruction.
load of debt incurred by the necessary works in upholding the schoolhouse last year . Sept . 23 rd . —The liberal conduct of Bro . Hope , the Secretary , was brought under the consideration of the House Committee . It appears that our estimable friend had , at a considerable expense , erected an outbuilding in the play-ground , that the children might have the advantage of recreation in bad weather . The thanks of the Committee were very properly voted to Mr . Hope . The building was found so advantageous , that it has since been enlarged by order of the Committee .
BOYS' SCHOOL . July llth . —QUARTERLY COURT . —Present , T . R . Smith , Esq ., in the Chair . The following candidates were admitted into the school : — E . Leonard T . L . Conconi T . Headley R . Godlonton . E . L . AAliitford G . C . Farrow G . AVatson . The Committee of Management ( twenty in number ) were re-elected "
Bro . Coe reported that the profits ofthe excursion to the Nore might be calculated at GO / . A vote of thanks to the President ancl Committee of the Nore excursion , acknowledging their kind services on the occasion , was unanimously passed ; and a second vote to Bro . Coe , in particular , for his continued zeal in promoting the interests of this charity . Bro . Dr . Crucefix moved that a congratulatory address be presented to H . R . H . the Duke of Sussex , the illustrious President of this
Institution , upon the happy occasion of his restoration to si ght ; the motion was seconded hy Mr . Birnie , and carried unanimously ; after which it was unanimously resolved that Mr . Smith , the present Chairman , be requested to prepare and present the address . After the thanks of the meeting were offered to the Chairman , the court adjourned . Sept . Sth . —The accounts were inspected , and a report made that 300 / . Si stock had been purchased , making the total funded stock 5 , 300 / . 3 ss per cent .
Asylum For The Aged And Decayed Freemason.
ASYLUM FOR THE AGED AND DECAYED FREEMASON .
THE FESTIVAL . *
THE friends and subscribers to this excellent ancl praiseworthy institution—object , we should , perhaps , more properly call it , for the affair is but yet in embryo—dined together on Friday , 22 d July last , at Lovegrove ' s AVest India Arms Tavern , Blackwall . About 120 Brethren were present from the various metropolitan Lodges , including some provincial and many other guests , not Masons , who availed themselves of the opportunity to evince those feelings of true philanthropy ancl genuine
benevolence , which need not the aid of Masonry to concentrate their dwelling in the good man ' s heart . The chair was filled by Dr . Crucefix , a name well known in the Masonic world , and treasurer of the institution—we may for a moment call it so as , by the result of the evening , it will be seen that the first stone is all but laid . The Chairman was sup-
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Lodges Of Instruction.
load of debt incurred by the necessary works in upholding the schoolhouse last year . Sept . 23 rd . —The liberal conduct of Bro . Hope , the Secretary , was brought under the consideration of the House Committee . It appears that our estimable friend had , at a considerable expense , erected an outbuilding in the play-ground , that the children might have the advantage of recreation in bad weather . The thanks of the Committee were very properly voted to Mr . Hope . The building was found so advantageous , that it has since been enlarged by order of the Committee .
BOYS' SCHOOL . July llth . —QUARTERLY COURT . —Present , T . R . Smith , Esq ., in the Chair . The following candidates were admitted into the school : — E . Leonard T . L . Conconi T . Headley R . Godlonton . E . L . AAliitford G . C . Farrow G . AVatson . The Committee of Management ( twenty in number ) were re-elected "
Bro . Coe reported that the profits ofthe excursion to the Nore might be calculated at GO / . A vote of thanks to the President ancl Committee of the Nore excursion , acknowledging their kind services on the occasion , was unanimously passed ; and a second vote to Bro . Coe , in particular , for his continued zeal in promoting the interests of this charity . Bro . Dr . Crucefix moved that a congratulatory address be presented to H . R . H . the Duke of Sussex , the illustrious President of this
Institution , upon the happy occasion of his restoration to si ght ; the motion was seconded hy Mr . Birnie , and carried unanimously ; after which it was unanimously resolved that Mr . Smith , the present Chairman , be requested to prepare and present the address . After the thanks of the meeting were offered to the Chairman , the court adjourned . Sept . Sth . —The accounts were inspected , and a report made that 300 / . Si stock had been purchased , making the total funded stock 5 , 300 / . 3 ss per cent .
Asylum For The Aged And Decayed Freemason.
ASYLUM FOR THE AGED AND DECAYED FREEMASON .
THE FESTIVAL . *
THE friends and subscribers to this excellent ancl praiseworthy institution—object , we should , perhaps , more properly call it , for the affair is but yet in embryo—dined together on Friday , 22 d July last , at Lovegrove ' s AVest India Arms Tavern , Blackwall . About 120 Brethren were present from the various metropolitan Lodges , including some provincial and many other guests , not Masons , who availed themselves of the opportunity to evince those feelings of true philanthropy ancl genuine
benevolence , which need not the aid of Masonry to concentrate their dwelling in the good man ' s heart . The chair was filled by Dr . Crucefix , a name well known in the Masonic world , and treasurer of the institution—we may for a moment call it so as , by the result of the evening , it will be seen that the first stone is all but laid . The Chairman was sup-