About Visiting

only come from some neighbouring Lodge , or across the river , still , so far as the Lodge visited is concerned , a stranger in a strange land , and to bo taken in and cared for as though he wero the son of our own mother , and dear to n 3 as tho apple of our oyo . On the other hand let it bo rememboved by all intending visitors that where one proposes to visit a strange Lodgo , ho should , in

deference to tho proprieties of the occasion , go sufficiently early to afford an opportunity for tho required examination beforo tho usual henr for opening , so that it may not bo said that ho has delayed the work or kept the brethren nndnly from their homes , for theso Masons , whether visiting or members , should never forget that after our duty to the Great Architect of the Universe , we are to remember the dear ones at home . —Masonic Advocate .

Fcomina , desidiao qua ) dum vacafc bora solutrc , Es levii , es celso dura snpercilio ; Mobilis es , quantum vix est mutabilis umbra , Quam jacit incertis popnlus alba comis : Tu , tamen , oppressam si frontem torserit angor , Dnlco ministerinm , naminis instar , agis .

TRANSLATION : Oh woman ! in onr hours of ease , Uncertain , coy , and hard to please ,

And variable as tho shade , By the light quivering aspen made ; When pain and anguish wring tho brow , A ministering angel thou ! T . B . W .

The Election Of An Alderman.

THE ELECTION OF AN ALDERMAN .

A WARDMOTE of the Ward of Cheap was held on Friday , under the presidency of the Lord Mayor , at the Guildhall Tavern , to nominate candidates for the vacant office of Alderman . On opening the wardmote , tho Lord Mayor called upon the Town Clerk to read the precept which had been issued declaring another election . This having been read ,

His Lordship said that the meeting would learn from the precept just read that they w ere summoned together to nominate a successor to their late much-respected Alderman , and , although that meeting was not one of an ordinary character , it was in accordance with the request of the Aldermen , who had vested in them certain rights and privileges which thev had thought proper to use , and had requested

him to convene that meeting . He would add that any recrimination of any kind or character , any vulgar and low expression , or insulting remarks , which might bo used must tend to damage , more or less , tho cause for which they were met ; and if there was one universal system which one elector gave to another , it was a fair aud impartial hearing . He , as Lord Mayor , would take care that no unfair proceeding

should for one moment be permitted . If there were any ill-disposed persons present , to interfere with the proceedings , they would be immediately ejected . Mr . Wood said he rose to propose a gentleman as candidate for the office of Alderman for the Ward of Cheap . He contended that Sir Joh n Bennett had been duly elected , and he therefore asked wh y

were they met there that day for tho purpose of electing anothei Alrerm . au ? He would not make ono single remark with regard to the legal aspect of the case , but he would say that the present pro - ceeding was not the cause of Sir John Bennett ' s unwillingness to accept office , but because the Court of Aldermen refused to receive him . They were therefore bronghfc into sad and serious conflict

with the Court of Aldermen in tho City . That Court was not a Court of Appeal , and the gentlemen composing it , in their sound conscience , had judged him whom they had chosen ( Sir John Bennett ) to be not a fit and proper person , and one not calculated to sustain the dignity of an Alderman for the City of London . It was , he thought , impossible for antagonism to be sharper then that

between the Court of Aldermen aud the electors . He claimed to be as capable of judging as to whether Sir John Bennett was a fit and proper person for the office as any member of tho Corporation , and he contended that Sir John had been elected , and wa 3 a fit and proper person to represent the Ward of Cheap . He proposed the namo of Sir John Bennett as Alderman for the Ward .

Mr . Wheeler seconded the nomination . Mr . Tytho proposed the name of Mr . Edgar Breffitt , and said that they might fairly attribute to thoso too zealous friends of Sir John Bennett that they thought to carry him iu as Alderman by a device and a contrivance . Ho argued , therefore , that the decision of the Court of Aldermen was a proper one .

Mr . Stonehatn seconded tho nomination of Mr . Breffitt as a fit and proper person to represent tho Ward of Cheap as Alderman . He condemned the proceedings taken by the friends of Sir John Bennett with reference to No . 61 Cheapside , and objected to havo his vote swamped by tho votes bought at that house for the sum of 30 s . Mr . Mason supported the nomination of Sir John Bennett , whom he believed to be a porson of transcendental ability . Ho was devoted

to the canso of public improvement , and had afc heart the welfare of the people . Tho electoi' 3 of the Ward of Cheap would not allow this matter to be stifled , and he thought it would havo to bo considered whether a custom which was good many years ago could bo good at the present clay . A custom to be good must be reasonable , and , therefore , a serious question must arise as to the power to be used by the Aldermen . He did not doubt but ; that Sir John Bennett would be elected to-morrow . § ° w § spsecbeg pf % desultory daragter followed , whea

The Election Of An Alderman.

Sir John Bennett addressed the Wardmote , and said that tho supposed privilege which the Conrt of Aldermou had exercised waa out of date and ought to be expunged from the Statute Book . Ho thought that some such result must follow , and he was utterly opposed to the life election of Aldermou . He thanked tho electors in

advance for tho majority which they would give him to-morrow . Mr . Broffitt also made somo remarks , in which ho said that if tho voto of the Aldermen was taken away he should bo most willing to resign in Sir John Bonnett ' s favour . Tho namo of each candidate was then submitted to the electors ;

present , aud tho Lord Mayor declared the show of hands to bo iu favour of Sir John Bennett . A poll was demanded by each candidato , and the election will tako place on Saturday between tho hours of 10 a . m . and 4 p . m . —Echo .

THE HOSPITAL SUNDAY FUND . —The Hospital Sunday Fund is in . deed one of the most gigantic failures which has been seen in London dnriug tho last decennium . Established with excellent objects , it has unfortunately allowed its influence to be exerted in sapping tho foundations of thrift and independence among tho working classes , and in directly enconraging pauperism at its weakest point of

resistance . In keeping np tho system of govornors' letters , it seeks to perpetuate a system of patronago which is entirely opposed to truo charity , and enables the pushing protege" of a rich man to obtain relief for which he could woll afford to pay , whilst the deserving poor aro forced on ono side . Again , its parsimony to the provident institutions has been so glaring that many of those oxcellouh

chanties havo been obliged to withdraw from the Fund altogether . Though these wero precisely the institutions which doserved tho greatest support , they have received littlo or nothing ! There is no intelligible system of distribution of the funds collected , the Distribution Committee having acknowledged at a recent interview with the representatives of an Institution which has been very unfairly

treated by the Fund , that " the distribution was based -on a system , of secrecy and freemasonry" —whatever that may mean . In dealing with the different classes of hospitals , the greatest favouritism has been shown , and whilst the general hospitals have been largely rewarded , those devoted to special purposes have received the most miserable pittances . —Medical Examiner ,

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