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Notabilia.
a Masonic Charity for cloathing and educating the Sons of Indigent Freemasons , and for that purpose they immediately opened a snbscription , which at their second meeting increased beyond their most sanguine expectations , that enabled them to receive sis children to the benefit of tins Charity ; but as it is their intention to extend tho same .
the fraternity nt large , the huinano and benevolent in general , are therefore most earnestly solicited to contribute towards accomplishing this landablo undertaking , whose object is to cloatho and instruct the Suns of Indigent Freemasons , and to train them up in tho knowledge of virtue and religion , and to inculcate strongly on their minds obedience to their superiors . "
From the above it will be seen that even at tho first meeting tho Founders were enabled to do something , but to do them credit it shonld bo known that the work commenced so well wns vigorously continued , and to snch an extent were they successful that on the 1 st October of tho same year a
meeting was advertised for tho 5 th October , when twelve moro children were to be received into the Charity . This information wo gather from an advertisement , in tho
following terms , which appeared in tho Times of Wednesday , 3 rd October 1798 . and which wo aro enabled to place before our readers through the courtesy of a correspondent , who forwards a copy of tho same : —
Afasontc Charity for Cloathing , and Educating the Sons of Indigent Freemasons according to the old Institutions . A General Meeting of tho Subscribers to this Institution will be held at the "Kings Arms , " Greonbank , Wapping , on Friday nost , the 5 th day of October instant , at 6 o ' clock in the Evoning , in order to receive Twelve Children into this Charity .
J . MONTEFOIRE , Attorney at Law , Sec Sampson ' s Gardens , October 1 st , 1798 . We gather from this that in the short space of three months after tho proposal was put forward no less than
eighteen sons of Freemasons were being clothed and educated at tho expense of what to-day is known as tho Royal Masonic Institution for Boys ; at that time the children were put out to schools in the neighbourhood of their residences . We shonld very much like to trace still further the growth
of our Charities , and shall be pleased if any of our readers can assist us in tho undertaking . The information would not only be interesting from an antiquarian point of view , but would serve as a guide to those connected with younger branches of Masonic Charity Systems , as for instance the Mark Bonovolent Fund , Pupils' Assistance Fund , & c .
Freemasons In The House Of Lords.
FREEMASONS IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS .
AS far as we have been able to ascertain at present , the following members of our Fraternity are entitled to sit in the House of Lords by ( a ) hereditary ri ght , ( 6 ) election as representative Peers for Ireland or Scotland , ( c ) as one of twenty-five Bishops of the Anglican Church : —
Duke of Cornwall ( Prince of Wales ) , K . G . G . M . England . Doko of Connaught , K . G . P . S . G . W . Duke of St . Albans , P . G . M . ( Notts ) . Dnko of Manchester , P . G . M . ( Norths and Hunts ) . * Dnke of Marlborough , K . G .
* Duke of Abercorn , K . G . ( sits as Marqnis of Abercorn ) , G . M . Ireland . * Duke of Leinster ( sits as Viscount Leinster ) . Duke of Athole ( sits as Earl Strange ) , P . G . M . Perthshire West . Marquis of Londonderry , P . G . M . Durham . Marquis of Head fort , S . G . W . Ireland ( sits as Baron Kenlis ) .
Marqnis of Donegal ! , P . G . M . Antrim ( sits as Baron Fishervvick ) . * Earl of Home ( sits as Baron Douglas ) . * Earl of Shaftesbury , K . G . * Earl of Erne , K . P . ( sits as Baron Fermanagh ) . * Earl of Meath ( sits as Baron Chaworth ) .
Earl of Haddington , S . G . Deacon Scotland ( Scotch Rep . Peer ) . * EarI Granville , K . G . * Earl Cowper , K . G . * Earl of Lathom , Dep . G . Master England and P . G . M . Lancashire West . Earl of Charlemont ( sits as Baron Charlemont ) , K . P .
Earl of Fife , K . T . P . G . M . Banffshire ( sits as Baron Skene ) . Earl of Breadalbane , P . G . M . East Perthshire . Earl of Dnnmoro ( sits as Baron Dnnraore ) . Earl of Carnarvon , Pro G . M . and P . G . M . Somersetshire . * Earl of Mar and Kellie , Dep . G . M . Scotland ( Scotch Rep . Peer ) .
Earl of Limerick , P . G . M . Bristol ( sits as Baron Foxford ) . * Earl of Jersey , P . G . Warden . Earl of Donoughmore , P . G . Warden . Earl of Monnt-Edgcnmbe , P . G . M . Cornwall . Earl of Wemyss and March , P . G . M . Scotland .
Earl of Dunravon ( sits as Baron Kenry ) . Earl of Clonmell ( Irish Representative Peer ) . Earl of Hardwicko , P . G . M . Cambridgeshire . Earl of Ferrers , P . G . M . Leicester and Rutland . Earl of Zetland , P . G . M . N . and E . Yorkshire . Earl of Rosslyn , P . G . M . Scotland .
Freemasons In The House Of Lords.
Earl of Huntingdon , P . G . M . Midland Counties , Ireland . Earl of Onslow , G . S . W . England . Viscount Powersconrt , K . P . ( Irish Rep . Peer ) , P . G . M . Wicklow and Wexford . Viscount Falmouth . "Viscount LifFord ( Irish Rop . Peer ) \
isconnt Strathallan ( Scotch Rep . Peer ) . Baron Amherst P . G . M . Kont . Baron Hartismere ( Ilenniker ) P . G . W . liarou Methuen P . G . M . Wilts . Baron Sherborne , P . G . M . Gloucestershire Baron Waveney , P . G . M . Suffolk .
Baron Lotidesborongh , P . G . Warden . Baroti Danboyne ( Irish Rep . Peer ) , P . G . M . North Mnnster Baron Harlech , P . G . M . North Connaught . Baron Plnnkot , Bishop of Meath ( G . Chaplain , Ireland ) . Baron Tenterden , K . C . B . P . G . M . Essex . * Baron De Tabley , P . G . M . Cheshire . * Baron Northwick .
•Raron Lmly . * Baron Suffield , P . G . M . Norfolk . * Baron Carow . * Baron Wolverton . * Baron Lilford . * Bnron Poltimoro . Baron Leigh P . G . M . Warwickshire Bishop of Peterborough .
Tho three that follow aro , in tho case of Nos . 1 and 2 , members of tho Irish , and in No . 3 of tho Scotch Peerage , but they are not cnti . tied as suoh to sit in the Peers' House of Parliament . Earl of Bandon ( Irish Peer ) , Grand Secretary , Ireland . Earl of Arran ( Irish Peer ) , 32 Scotland . Earl of Northesk ( Scotch Peer ) 31 Scotland .
N . B . Thoso marked with a * were initiated in tho Apollo Uni . versity Lodge , No . 357 , Oxford . We shall be obliged if any of onr readers will favour ns with tho names and Masonic rank of other noble Lords who may be ontitlod to the same rights and privileges as those contained in the foregoing list .
We omitted from our list of members of the new Parliament who belong to the Craft , the name of Brother Eneas Mclntyre , Q . C ., who was successful in winning the second seat for the City of Worcester . His rival was Bro .
J . Derby Allcroft , who was member for that City in the last Parliament . The contest was a very close one indeed , Bro . Mclntyre securing the victory by a majority of only nino votes—2511 to 2502 .
We must add to the list the name of Bro . Joseph Dodds who is the representative in Parliament of Stockton-on-Tees , for which constituency he was first returned in 1868 . Bro . Dodds is a Past Master of the Tees Lodge , No . 509 , Stockton .
Bro . R . F . Gould , on whom His Royal Highnes the Grand Master has just conferred the honour of a Grand Senior Deaconship , and who has made so great a mark in Masonic literature , by those most useful works of his " The Four old Lodges " and " The Atholl Lodges , " was initiated
into Freemasonry whilst stationed with the depot of Ms regiment ( the 31 st Foot ) at Walmer , in 1855 , in the Royal Navy Lodge , Ramsgate , then No . 621 , now No . 429 . On joining the servico companies abroad , he subsequently bore an active part in Masonry in Malta , Gibraltar , the Cape of
Good Hope , India , and China . He has filled the chair of W . Master in not lesa than fonr Lodges , viz ., Inhabitants Lodge , No . 153 , Gibraltar ; Northern Lodge of China , No . 570 , Shanghai ; Meridian Lodge , No . 743 , 31 st regiment ; and Moira Lodge , No . 92 , London . In May 1858 he was
appointed Prov . S . G . W . for Andalusia . He was exalted a R . A . Mason in 1857 at Valetta , and since then has filled the chair of First Principal in Zion Chapter , No . 570 , Shanghai , and Moira Chapter , No . 92 . Bro . Gould is a
member both of the Board of General Purposes , and of the Colonial Board , having served three years on the former , and four years on the latter , and has likewise qualified as a Life Governor of the Boys' School and the Benevolent Institution . Bro . Gonld served in the North China and
Tae-ping campaigns of 1860 and 1862 respectively , with the 31 st regiment . On his retirement from the army he studied for , and was called to , the Bar in 1868 , and has since practised on the Western Circuit .
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Notabilia.
a Masonic Charity for cloathing and educating the Sons of Indigent Freemasons , and for that purpose they immediately opened a snbscription , which at their second meeting increased beyond their most sanguine expectations , that enabled them to receive sis children to the benefit of tins Charity ; but as it is their intention to extend tho same .
the fraternity nt large , the huinano and benevolent in general , are therefore most earnestly solicited to contribute towards accomplishing this landablo undertaking , whose object is to cloatho and instruct the Suns of Indigent Freemasons , and to train them up in tho knowledge of virtue and religion , and to inculcate strongly on their minds obedience to their superiors . "
From the above it will be seen that even at tho first meeting tho Founders were enabled to do something , but to do them credit it shonld bo known that the work commenced so well wns vigorously continued , and to snch an extent were they successful that on the 1 st October of tho same year a
meeting was advertised for tho 5 th October , when twelve moro children were to be received into the Charity . This information wo gather from an advertisement , in tho
following terms , which appeared in tho Times of Wednesday , 3 rd October 1798 . and which wo aro enabled to place before our readers through the courtesy of a correspondent , who forwards a copy of tho same : —
Afasontc Charity for Cloathing , and Educating the Sons of Indigent Freemasons according to the old Institutions . A General Meeting of tho Subscribers to this Institution will be held at the "Kings Arms , " Greonbank , Wapping , on Friday nost , the 5 th day of October instant , at 6 o ' clock in the Evoning , in order to receive Twelve Children into this Charity .
J . MONTEFOIRE , Attorney at Law , Sec Sampson ' s Gardens , October 1 st , 1798 . We gather from this that in the short space of three months after tho proposal was put forward no less than
eighteen sons of Freemasons were being clothed and educated at tho expense of what to-day is known as tho Royal Masonic Institution for Boys ; at that time the children were put out to schools in the neighbourhood of their residences . We shonld very much like to trace still further the growth
of our Charities , and shall be pleased if any of our readers can assist us in tho undertaking . The information would not only be interesting from an antiquarian point of view , but would serve as a guide to those connected with younger branches of Masonic Charity Systems , as for instance the Mark Bonovolent Fund , Pupils' Assistance Fund , & c .
Freemasons In The House Of Lords.
FREEMASONS IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS .
AS far as we have been able to ascertain at present , the following members of our Fraternity are entitled to sit in the House of Lords by ( a ) hereditary ri ght , ( 6 ) election as representative Peers for Ireland or Scotland , ( c ) as one of twenty-five Bishops of the Anglican Church : —
Duke of Cornwall ( Prince of Wales ) , K . G . G . M . England . Doko of Connaught , K . G . P . S . G . W . Duke of St . Albans , P . G . M . ( Notts ) . Dnko of Manchester , P . G . M . ( Norths and Hunts ) . * Dnke of Marlborough , K . G .
* Duke of Abercorn , K . G . ( sits as Marqnis of Abercorn ) , G . M . Ireland . * Duke of Leinster ( sits as Viscount Leinster ) . Duke of Athole ( sits as Earl Strange ) , P . G . M . Perthshire West . Marquis of Londonderry , P . G . M . Durham . Marquis of Head fort , S . G . W . Ireland ( sits as Baron Kenlis ) .
Marqnis of Donegal ! , P . G . M . Antrim ( sits as Baron Fishervvick ) . * Earl of Home ( sits as Baron Douglas ) . * Earl of Shaftesbury , K . G . * Earl of Erne , K . P . ( sits as Baron Fermanagh ) . * Earl of Meath ( sits as Baron Chaworth ) .
Earl of Haddington , S . G . Deacon Scotland ( Scotch Rep . Peer ) . * EarI Granville , K . G . * Earl Cowper , K . G . * Earl of Lathom , Dep . G . Master England and P . G . M . Lancashire West . Earl of Charlemont ( sits as Baron Charlemont ) , K . P .
Earl of Fife , K . T . P . G . M . Banffshire ( sits as Baron Skene ) . Earl of Breadalbane , P . G . M . East Perthshire . Earl of Dnnmoro ( sits as Baron Dnnraore ) . Earl of Carnarvon , Pro G . M . and P . G . M . Somersetshire . * Earl of Mar and Kellie , Dep . G . M . Scotland ( Scotch Rep . Peer ) .
Earl of Limerick , P . G . M . Bristol ( sits as Baron Foxford ) . * Earl of Jersey , P . G . Warden . Earl of Donoughmore , P . G . Warden . Earl of Monnt-Edgcnmbe , P . G . M . Cornwall . Earl of Wemyss and March , P . G . M . Scotland .
Earl of Dunravon ( sits as Baron Kenry ) . Earl of Clonmell ( Irish Representative Peer ) . Earl of Hardwicko , P . G . M . Cambridgeshire . Earl of Ferrers , P . G . M . Leicester and Rutland . Earl of Zetland , P . G . M . N . and E . Yorkshire . Earl of Rosslyn , P . G . M . Scotland .
Freemasons In The House Of Lords.
Earl of Huntingdon , P . G . M . Midland Counties , Ireland . Earl of Onslow , G . S . W . England . Viscount Powersconrt , K . P . ( Irish Rep . Peer ) , P . G . M . Wicklow and Wexford . Viscount Falmouth . "Viscount LifFord ( Irish Rop . Peer ) \
isconnt Strathallan ( Scotch Rep . Peer ) . Baron Amherst P . G . M . Kont . Baron Hartismere ( Ilenniker ) P . G . W . liarou Methuen P . G . M . Wilts . Baron Sherborne , P . G . M . Gloucestershire Baron Waveney , P . G . M . Suffolk .
Baron Lotidesborongh , P . G . Warden . Baroti Danboyne ( Irish Rep . Peer ) , P . G . M . North Mnnster Baron Harlech , P . G . M . North Connaught . Baron Plnnkot , Bishop of Meath ( G . Chaplain , Ireland ) . Baron Tenterden , K . C . B . P . G . M . Essex . * Baron De Tabley , P . G . M . Cheshire . * Baron Northwick .
•Raron Lmly . * Baron Suffield , P . G . M . Norfolk . * Baron Carow . * Baron Wolverton . * Baron Lilford . * Bnron Poltimoro . Baron Leigh P . G . M . Warwickshire Bishop of Peterborough .
Tho three that follow aro , in tho case of Nos . 1 and 2 , members of tho Irish , and in No . 3 of tho Scotch Peerage , but they are not cnti . tied as suoh to sit in the Peers' House of Parliament . Earl of Bandon ( Irish Peer ) , Grand Secretary , Ireland . Earl of Arran ( Irish Peer ) , 32 Scotland . Earl of Northesk ( Scotch Peer ) 31 Scotland .
N . B . Thoso marked with a * were initiated in tho Apollo Uni . versity Lodge , No . 357 , Oxford . We shall be obliged if any of onr readers will favour ns with tho names and Masonic rank of other noble Lords who may be ontitlod to the same rights and privileges as those contained in the foregoing list .
We omitted from our list of members of the new Parliament who belong to the Craft , the name of Brother Eneas Mclntyre , Q . C ., who was successful in winning the second seat for the City of Worcester . His rival was Bro .
J . Derby Allcroft , who was member for that City in the last Parliament . The contest was a very close one indeed , Bro . Mclntyre securing the victory by a majority of only nino votes—2511 to 2502 .
We must add to the list the name of Bro . Joseph Dodds who is the representative in Parliament of Stockton-on-Tees , for which constituency he was first returned in 1868 . Bro . Dodds is a Past Master of the Tees Lodge , No . 509 , Stockton .
Bro . R . F . Gould , on whom His Royal Highnes the Grand Master has just conferred the honour of a Grand Senior Deaconship , and who has made so great a mark in Masonic literature , by those most useful works of his " The Four old Lodges " and " The Atholl Lodges , " was initiated
into Freemasonry whilst stationed with the depot of Ms regiment ( the 31 st Foot ) at Walmer , in 1855 , in the Royal Navy Lodge , Ramsgate , then No . 621 , now No . 429 . On joining the servico companies abroad , he subsequently bore an active part in Masonry in Malta , Gibraltar , the Cape of
Good Hope , India , and China . He has filled the chair of W . Master in not lesa than fonr Lodges , viz ., Inhabitants Lodge , No . 153 , Gibraltar ; Northern Lodge of China , No . 570 , Shanghai ; Meridian Lodge , No . 743 , 31 st regiment ; and Moira Lodge , No . 92 , London . In May 1858 he was
appointed Prov . S . G . W . for Andalusia . He was exalted a R . A . Mason in 1857 at Valetta , and since then has filled the chair of First Principal in Zion Chapter , No . 570 , Shanghai , and Moira Chapter , No . 92 . Bro . Gould is a
member both of the Board of General Purposes , and of the Colonial Board , having served three years on the former , and four years on the latter , and has likewise qualified as a Life Governor of the Boys' School and the Benevolent Institution . Bro . Gonld served in the North China and
Tae-ping campaigns of 1860 and 1862 respectively , with the 31 st regiment . On his retirement from the army he studied for , and was called to , the Bar in 1868 , and has since practised on the Western Circuit .
HOLLOWAT ' S PILLS . —Easy Digestion . —These admirable Pills cannot bo too highly appreciated for the wholesome power they exert over all disorders of the stomach , liver , bowels and kidneys , They instantaneously relieve and steadily work out a thorough cure , and in . its course dispel headache , biliousness , flatulence , and depression of spirits . It is wonderful to watch the daily improvement of the complexion , a 3 Holloway ' s Pills purify the blood and restore plumpness to the t ' aco which has lost both flesh and colour . These Pills combine every excellence desirable in a domestic remedy . Tho most certain and beneficial results flow from the occasional use of this regulating mediciDe ; even persons in health , or when following sedentary occupation , will find it an invaluable aperient .