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The Saturday Review On The Installation.
We are all quite aware of the fact that people can be charitable and good in plain every-day attire , and we may inform the Saturday , if it really needs the information , that a great portion of the vast sum which is annually devoted to charitable purposes , is subscribed without any of
the official displays which have called forth so many of its compliments . Our chief dignitaries , whose titles have afforded the Saturday Review so much simulated amusement , are men who would be the first to scout and laugh to scorn any useless parade of ribbons and medals ; and the fact
that they condescend to wear the insignia of the Order on State occasions must be regarded as sufficient proof that some solid meaning underlies them . If Masons are all fools , some of the illustrious men whose names adorn the page of history should have worn the cap and bells which
the Saturday Review so gracefully holds up to our vision . Frederick the Great , the Duke of Wellington , Archbishop Howley , to say nothing of noblemen and gentlemen of the highest culture , were members of the Craft . It is really kind of the Saturday Review to take off the
headdress which fits it so well , and offer it as a suitable adornment for our silly heads . We really cannot be so cruel as to rob it of an article of attire for the exclusive privilege of wearing which it has laboured so strenuousl y during
the last twenty years . It would be nothing without the congenial jingle of its own bells , and if it still fancies that its fool ' s baton is the omnipotent wand of a great literary authority , we shall not be harsh enough to destroy the illusion .
Our Grand Officers.
OUR GRAND OFFICERS .
A FEW particulars as to certain of our Grand Officers may not be uninteresting to our readers . The M . W . Pro . Grand Master , the Right Honourable the Earl of Carnarvon , was born , according to Dcbrctt , in the year 1831 , and succeeded his father , the third Earl , in 1849 . He was educated at Eton and Christ Church ,
Oxon , where he took his degree of B . A . in 185 ' 2 , with first class honours in classics ; the honorary degree of D . C . L . being conferred upon him in 1859 . The Earl was
Under-Secretary in 1858-9 , and Secretary of State for the Colonies in 1866-7 , to which latter office he was re-appointed on the accession to power last year of the second Disraeli administration . He has been Hicrh Steward of Oxford
University since 1859 , was Major in the Hants Yeomanry Cavalry 1862-8 , and is a Dep .-Lieut , and J . P . for Hants , as well as Constable of Carnarvon Castle . The serious affliction which his Lordship recently sustained is still fresh in the memories of our readers , and still commands
all their sympathies . As to his Masonic career , the noble Earl was initiated in the Westminster and Keystone Lodge , No . 10 , on 5 th February 1856 . He was installed W . M . of this Lodge on the 20 th May of the year following , in the presence of the Earl of Zetland , our then M . W . G . M .,
Lord Panmure D . G . M ., and about two hundred distinguished brethren . He has since become a subscribing member of the Apollo University Lodge , No . 357 , Oxford . He became D . G . M . in 1870 , and also holds the Pro . Grand Mastership in Somersetshire . The Earl is also Pro . Grand
First Principal of the Supreme Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons , M . W . Past Grand Master of Mark Master Masons , as well as Prov . G . M . oi the same for Somersetshire , and M . P . Sovereign Grand Commander of the Ancient and Accepted Rite .
Lord Skelmersdalo , born 1837 , succeeded his grandfather , the first Baron , in 1853 . He was educated at Eton and Christ Church , Oxon ; was a Lord-in-Waiting to Her Majesty 1866-8 , and was appointed Captain of Her Majesty ' s Yeomen of the Guard in 1874 . He is a J . D .
and D . L . of Lancashire , and since 18 b 0 Captain of the Lancashire Yeomanry Hussars . In 1871 he was chosen one of the " whips " for the Conservative party . His
Lordship was initiated in the Apollo University Lodge , in 1856 , and besides being D . G . M ., is Provincial Grand Master for the Western Division of Lancashire , and has this week been appointed H . of Grand Chapter .
The Marquis of Hamilton , Senior G . W ., is the eldest son of His Grace the Duke' of Abereorn , G . M . of Ireland , and was born in the year 1838 . He was educated at Harrow and Christ Church , having taken his B . A . in 1860 , and his M . A . in 1865 . He has been Hon . Col . of the Prince of Wales ' s own Donegal Militia since 1860 , was appointed a
Our Grand Officers.
Lord of the Bed Chamber to His Royal Highness in 1866 , assisted to invest ( as bearer of a portion of the insignia ) His Majesty Christian IX . of Denmark with the Order of the Garter , and accompanied the Prince of Wales to Russia in 1866 . He is a J . P . for Co . Donegal , and has sat in the
House of Commons for that county since 1860 . His Lordship has the Danish Order of the Dannebrog , the Russian Order of St . Anne , and the Austrian Order of the Iron Crown . The Marquis was initiated in the Apollo University Lodge , in 1857 .
The Right Honourable D . Stone , Lord Mayor of London , who has just been appointed Junior Grand Warden , was initiated in the month of February 1851 , in the Tuscan
Lodge , No . 14 , and resigned his membership in October 1857 . As our readers will remember , his Lordship was recently elected an honorary member of the Great City Lodge , No . 1428 .
We hope to find space in future issues to follow up these short sketches of the most prominent members of Grand Lodge .
Commercial Integrity.
COMMERCIAL INTEGRITY .
THE moralist who cares to lecture society upon its shortcomings may find much scope for scathing invective in the revelations of the inner life of commercial society with which the newspapers of the day are teeming . He might tell us , if homilies were not out of fashion , that middle class people are rapidly falling away from the old
standard of integrity which was reverenced by our grandfathers , and he might rail to his heart ' s content against the eager seeking for wealth which is the characteristic of the age , against the frivolity of society generally , and against the manifest disregard for good faith and truth
which prevails so largely amongstcommercial men . Perhaps he would not be listened to if he were to preach from so trite a text as that which heads this article . Or if ho were to compel attention , by eccentricity of manner , or the mere force of unadorned eloquence , ho might fairly surmise that
his moralising would be forgotten or ignored by the time the sun rose upon tho next business day . An impatience of mere lecturing , as well as a contempt for the so-called humdrum ethics of tho past , is a common failing of tho men of the day , who affect to think that success justifies
any policy , and will condone any breach of the moral code . We do not intend to set ourselves up as the correctors of the errors of our time , nor aro we willing to assume the part of a priggish censor of failings which have grown with the nation ' s growth , and which , if not corrected , may sap ,
at no distant day , those broad principles upon which society stands . Yet while disclaiming the role of the moralist , we would venture to direct attention to the fact that integrity , in its worldly sense , is tho key-stone of the structure of a nation ' s commercial greatness , and we may hint that there
are signs abroad which would appear to show that the time is approaching when no man ' s word will be taken as his bond . Let us say what we will , or disguise the facts to which we allude as we may , it is patent to every observer of the signs of the times that a respect for truth , for its
own sake , is not among the crowning virtues of some of the business men of this or any other city in the kingdom . Men are compelled to give in their adhesiou to scientific truths , and no more think of questioning the facts which the chemist or the astronomer brings to light than they
would think of questioning the validity of the laws of gravitation . But , moral truth , in all its wide ramifications , appears to bo losing its hold upon the minds of all classes . If men do not actually lie , in the vulgar acceptation of the word , they do not scruple , in business matters at least , to
indulge in interested exaggerations which they know do not fairly characterise the transactions in which they are engaged . And if a qualm of conscience ever comes over
them they are ready enough to console themselves with the plausible fallacies of a commercial casuistry , which in its way is worse than anything ever invented by the schoolmen or the Jesuits . A man will defend a statement which
appears very like a falsehood , on the plea that exaggeration , puffing , and the other arts of the shop or the warehouse are necessary in business . He will tell you that he might as well close his shop at once if ho were to tell the
honest truth to his customers ; and he will go to church on Sunday , after a w eek spent in pushing worthless goods , with no conception that tricks of this kind are incompatible
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The Saturday Review On The Installation.
We are all quite aware of the fact that people can be charitable and good in plain every-day attire , and we may inform the Saturday , if it really needs the information , that a great portion of the vast sum which is annually devoted to charitable purposes , is subscribed without any of
the official displays which have called forth so many of its compliments . Our chief dignitaries , whose titles have afforded the Saturday Review so much simulated amusement , are men who would be the first to scout and laugh to scorn any useless parade of ribbons and medals ; and the fact
that they condescend to wear the insignia of the Order on State occasions must be regarded as sufficient proof that some solid meaning underlies them . If Masons are all fools , some of the illustrious men whose names adorn the page of history should have worn the cap and bells which
the Saturday Review so gracefully holds up to our vision . Frederick the Great , the Duke of Wellington , Archbishop Howley , to say nothing of noblemen and gentlemen of the highest culture , were members of the Craft . It is really kind of the Saturday Review to take off the
headdress which fits it so well , and offer it as a suitable adornment for our silly heads . We really cannot be so cruel as to rob it of an article of attire for the exclusive privilege of wearing which it has laboured so strenuousl y during
the last twenty years . It would be nothing without the congenial jingle of its own bells , and if it still fancies that its fool ' s baton is the omnipotent wand of a great literary authority , we shall not be harsh enough to destroy the illusion .
Our Grand Officers.
OUR GRAND OFFICERS .
A FEW particulars as to certain of our Grand Officers may not be uninteresting to our readers . The M . W . Pro . Grand Master , the Right Honourable the Earl of Carnarvon , was born , according to Dcbrctt , in the year 1831 , and succeeded his father , the third Earl , in 1849 . He was educated at Eton and Christ Church ,
Oxon , where he took his degree of B . A . in 185 ' 2 , with first class honours in classics ; the honorary degree of D . C . L . being conferred upon him in 1859 . The Earl was
Under-Secretary in 1858-9 , and Secretary of State for the Colonies in 1866-7 , to which latter office he was re-appointed on the accession to power last year of the second Disraeli administration . He has been Hicrh Steward of Oxford
University since 1859 , was Major in the Hants Yeomanry Cavalry 1862-8 , and is a Dep .-Lieut , and J . P . for Hants , as well as Constable of Carnarvon Castle . The serious affliction which his Lordship recently sustained is still fresh in the memories of our readers , and still commands
all their sympathies . As to his Masonic career , the noble Earl was initiated in the Westminster and Keystone Lodge , No . 10 , on 5 th February 1856 . He was installed W . M . of this Lodge on the 20 th May of the year following , in the presence of the Earl of Zetland , our then M . W . G . M .,
Lord Panmure D . G . M ., and about two hundred distinguished brethren . He has since become a subscribing member of the Apollo University Lodge , No . 357 , Oxford . He became D . G . M . in 1870 , and also holds the Pro . Grand Mastership in Somersetshire . The Earl is also Pro . Grand
First Principal of the Supreme Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons , M . W . Past Grand Master of Mark Master Masons , as well as Prov . G . M . oi the same for Somersetshire , and M . P . Sovereign Grand Commander of the Ancient and Accepted Rite .
Lord Skelmersdalo , born 1837 , succeeded his grandfather , the first Baron , in 1853 . He was educated at Eton and Christ Church , Oxon ; was a Lord-in-Waiting to Her Majesty 1866-8 , and was appointed Captain of Her Majesty ' s Yeomen of the Guard in 1874 . He is a J . D .
and D . L . of Lancashire , and since 18 b 0 Captain of the Lancashire Yeomanry Hussars . In 1871 he was chosen one of the " whips " for the Conservative party . His
Lordship was initiated in the Apollo University Lodge , in 1856 , and besides being D . G . M ., is Provincial Grand Master for the Western Division of Lancashire , and has this week been appointed H . of Grand Chapter .
The Marquis of Hamilton , Senior G . W ., is the eldest son of His Grace the Duke' of Abereorn , G . M . of Ireland , and was born in the year 1838 . He was educated at Harrow and Christ Church , having taken his B . A . in 1860 , and his M . A . in 1865 . He has been Hon . Col . of the Prince of Wales ' s own Donegal Militia since 1860 , was appointed a
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Lord of the Bed Chamber to His Royal Highness in 1866 , assisted to invest ( as bearer of a portion of the insignia ) His Majesty Christian IX . of Denmark with the Order of the Garter , and accompanied the Prince of Wales to Russia in 1866 . He is a J . P . for Co . Donegal , and has sat in the
House of Commons for that county since 1860 . His Lordship has the Danish Order of the Dannebrog , the Russian Order of St . Anne , and the Austrian Order of the Iron Crown . The Marquis was initiated in the Apollo University Lodge , in 1857 .
The Right Honourable D . Stone , Lord Mayor of London , who has just been appointed Junior Grand Warden , was initiated in the month of February 1851 , in the Tuscan
Lodge , No . 14 , and resigned his membership in October 1857 . As our readers will remember , his Lordship was recently elected an honorary member of the Great City Lodge , No . 1428 .
We hope to find space in future issues to follow up these short sketches of the most prominent members of Grand Lodge .
Commercial Integrity.
COMMERCIAL INTEGRITY .
THE moralist who cares to lecture society upon its shortcomings may find much scope for scathing invective in the revelations of the inner life of commercial society with which the newspapers of the day are teeming . He might tell us , if homilies were not out of fashion , that middle class people are rapidly falling away from the old
standard of integrity which was reverenced by our grandfathers , and he might rail to his heart ' s content against the eager seeking for wealth which is the characteristic of the age , against the frivolity of society generally , and against the manifest disregard for good faith and truth
which prevails so largely amongstcommercial men . Perhaps he would not be listened to if he were to preach from so trite a text as that which heads this article . Or if ho were to compel attention , by eccentricity of manner , or the mere force of unadorned eloquence , ho might fairly surmise that
his moralising would be forgotten or ignored by the time the sun rose upon tho next business day . An impatience of mere lecturing , as well as a contempt for the so-called humdrum ethics of tho past , is a common failing of tho men of the day , who affect to think that success justifies
any policy , and will condone any breach of the moral code . We do not intend to set ourselves up as the correctors of the errors of our time , nor aro we willing to assume the part of a priggish censor of failings which have grown with the nation ' s growth , and which , if not corrected , may sap ,
at no distant day , those broad principles upon which society stands . Yet while disclaiming the role of the moralist , we would venture to direct attention to the fact that integrity , in its worldly sense , is tho key-stone of the structure of a nation ' s commercial greatness , and we may hint that there
are signs abroad which would appear to show that the time is approaching when no man ' s word will be taken as his bond . Let us say what we will , or disguise the facts to which we allude as we may , it is patent to every observer of the signs of the times that a respect for truth , for its
own sake , is not among the crowning virtues of some of the business men of this or any other city in the kingdom . Men are compelled to give in their adhesiou to scientific truths , and no more think of questioning the facts which the chemist or the astronomer brings to light than they
would think of questioning the validity of the laws of gravitation . But , moral truth , in all its wide ramifications , appears to bo losing its hold upon the minds of all classes . If men do not actually lie , in the vulgar acceptation of the word , they do not scruple , in business matters at least , to
indulge in interested exaggerations which they know do not fairly characterise the transactions in which they are engaged . And if a qualm of conscience ever comes over
them they are ready enough to console themselves with the plausible fallacies of a commercial casuistry , which in its way is worse than anything ever invented by the schoolmen or the Jesuits . A man will defend a statement which
appears very like a falsehood , on the plea that exaggeration , puffing , and the other arts of the shop or the warehouse are necessary in business . He will tell you that he might as well close his shop at once if ho were to tell the
honest truth to his customers ; and he will go to church on Sunday , after a w eek spent in pushing worthless goods , with no conception that tricks of this kind are incompatible