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and pressed upon tho notice of those two bodies . Wo feel sure they only need the offer of a favourable opportunity in order to at once do a most graceful and serviceable act most gracefully .
The Eligibility Of Candidates For The Masonic Schools.
THE ELIGIBILITY OF CANDIDATES FOR THE MASONIC SCHOOLS .
WITHIN the last few months we have deemed it our duty to lay most forcibly before the Masonic world certain facts connected with the qualification of candidates for admission into our Boys' School . We attach no
special blame to the Committee who pass the petitions , and may be said to do all that the laws require of them ; but it is very certain that something is wrong , or it would have been impossible for such scandals to have occurred as that to which we drew attention in October ,
and which , on Monday last , was submitted to the Quarterly General Court of the Boys' School for final decision . What that decision would have been , we should have imagined , was incapable of question ; but the action of some of the brethren who were present at the General
Committee Meeting of the Institution held the previous Saturday , and of the members of the House Committee who were instructed to inquire into the merits of the case , proved otherwise , and the matter resolved itself into one
on which the general body of the subscribers were called upon to adjudicate . Although we imagine most of our readers are well acquainted with the case in question , it may be as well to again lay the facts briefly before them before we proceed further .
On the 16 th of November 1878 , Brother Francis Collingwood died , leaving four children , one of whom has since come of age , while another has married . During the year ensuing the decease of Bro . Collingwood , a petition was presented
to the Boys' School on behalf of one of his sons—Arthur Harvey Collingwood . The petition having been approved , the lad was placed on the ballot paper for the April election of 1880 , and on that occasion 743 votes were
recorded on his behalf . In the early part of the year , viz ., in February 1880 , letters of administration were granted to the widow of Bro . Collingwood , who proved the estate of her deceased husband as being under £ 9000 . Such being the case , we pointed out that some explanation was
due to the subscribers of the Boys' School before the lad was admitted , it being absurd to imagine that the benefits of the Institutions were ever intended for the assistance of families in possession of anything like the income it was fair to assume the Collingwoods enjoyed . In support of
this theory we have only to refer to the action taken at the last October Quarterly Court , when the House Committee was instructed to inquire into the facts of the case , and report thereon to the Court to be held on the 10 th inst . That report , and a recommendation based on it , were
submitted to the General Committee , on Saturday , 1 st inst ., and it is to that report and recommendation we will now give consideration . As we have said , the estate of Bro . Collingwood was proved as being under £ 9000 , but , as is common in such cases , the first declaration has been amended
and to-day we are in possession of information from which we gather , that Mrs . Collingwood has , in her own right , property of the value of £ 1927 , that is , £ 1170 in cash , and £ 757 due on bills current . In addition to this , a sum of £ 2127 stands invested , one-half of which amount is for the
benefit of the lad Arthur Harvey Collingwood , on whose behalf the petition was presented to the Boys' School . The interest thereon is to be applied during his minority to pay for his education and maintenance , arid the principal sum to revert to him on his coming of age . The other half is
to be applied m like manner for the benefit of another child , still under age . It will thus be seen that the mother and these two children have between them a capital sum of £ 4054 , and that without taking into consideration the amount that has been paid to the other children who , having
attained their majority , were entitled to their respective shares of the testator ' s property , and who , we consider , have as much right to be called on to contribute to their mother ' s assistance as have the generously disposed of the Masonic Craft .
We should have imagined that the House Committee , having possessed themselves of this information , would have unanimously advised that the lad be disqualified , but
The Eligibility Of Candidates For The Masonic Schools.
such was not the case ; they even recommended the opposite , and suggested that he be admitted . The reason for this step we are at a loss to comprehend , unless they consider themselves in a measure pledged to uphold what had already been done , or were desirous of obtaining the opinion
of the general body of the subscribers on the subject , as a test question between themselves and the constituency they represent . The General Committee of the Institution declined to endorse the recommendation of the House Committee , and thus the question went before the subscribers ,
with the result that , after a most animated discussion , m which opinions were strongly expressed against the eligibility of the candidate , it was deemed prudent , by Bro . Girling , who had charge of the case , to decline , on behalf of the lad , any benefits the School might be able to offer .
The solution of the difficulty , as thus obtained , was satisfactory in one way , but most objectionable in another , as the subject of the eligibility of such candidates is virtually still an open question ; whereas , had Bro . Girling allowed the vote to be taken on the merits of the case , it
would have been decided authoritatively once and for all . By this we do not intend to convey that there was any doubt as to the result—Bro . Girling saw that , before he so contemptuously renounced the benefits he and others had strenuously sought for—but now the record stands that
the lad ' s name was erased from the list of successful candidates , after his friends had announced their withdrawal , on his behalf , of all their claims ; and it may be urged on some future occasion that this course was adopted , not from the fact of his ineligibility , but because
his friends thought fit to withdraw him , and that it was deemed necessary for the meeting to endorse the decision by vote as a mere matter of form . We trust such a rendering of the records of last Monday ' s meeting will never occur , or indeed that the benefits of our Schools will never
again be sought on behalf of a child so unfitted to receive them as young Collingwood . Taking into consideration the termination of this most unpleasant affair , we shall refrain from further commenting on the conduct of the family who have endeavoured to divert the outcome of
Masonic benevolence to a wrong use ; but we should like to know how they reconcile the facts of the case with the statement contained in the ballot papers , to the effect that four children were dependent on the widow , when in reality two were over the age of twenty-one years , and all are
provided for out of the proceeds of their late father s estate . The question whether the possession of property will , in future , debar persons from applying to the Masonic Schools for relief is one which must be settled ere long ; and if it be
found necessary to alter the laws in any respect , the sooner the change is commenced the better it will be . In these remarks we have not taken any notice of the arguments used in favour of the admission of the lad—and there were
some brethren who spoke strongly on the subject—preferring to leave the discussion of them to some future occasion , when we hope all will be able to approach the question
at issue on its merits , without any feeling on the part of Collingwood's supporters that a " spirit of animosity " is urging us to do what we deem to be our duty to the Masonic Brotherhood and the Charities it supports .
The Grill Room At The Angel, Islington.
THE GRILL ROOM AT THE ANGEL , ISLINGTON .
SO long as London remains the hnge metropolis it is , so long will there be in its different districts certain central points of attraction , to which particular lines of traffic , both of foot passengers and vehicles , will converge . There is , perhaps , between the tendency of the present generation towards the removal of old laud-marks , and the exigencies of a hugely overgrown city , which is always growing
still more huge , a possibility that the old buildings -which mark these different centres will give place to new ones , or be improved off the face of the earth , leaving nothing but their names behind . But however changed they may be in appearance , the centres were originally selected with so much judgment , that they bid fair to remain always .
There is no longer a Flower-pot in Bishopsgate Street , but the ground on which it stood is still a starting-point for the traffic between the Northern and North-Eastern suburbs and the East of the City . Temple Bar has gone the way of other City gates , and the memorial which marks the western limit of the Lord Mayor's jurisdiction may follow in its footsteps , but the boundary will always remain . The Horns ,
Kennington , the Koyal Oak , Westbourne Park , and the Mother Bedcap , may cease to exist , yet the centres will be retained , as has been that of Charing Cross and others that might be named . Chalk Farm , with its associations of the duello , has passed away , but it remains in all its pristine glory of a land-mark to the inhabitants of North-Western London . And so it will be with the Angel , Islington , whither converges and whence diverges pretty well all the lines of vehioular
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Our Schools And Grand Lodge.
and pressed upon tho notice of those two bodies . Wo feel sure they only need the offer of a favourable opportunity in order to at once do a most graceful and serviceable act most gracefully .
The Eligibility Of Candidates For The Masonic Schools.
THE ELIGIBILITY OF CANDIDATES FOR THE MASONIC SCHOOLS .
WITHIN the last few months we have deemed it our duty to lay most forcibly before the Masonic world certain facts connected with the qualification of candidates for admission into our Boys' School . We attach no
special blame to the Committee who pass the petitions , and may be said to do all that the laws require of them ; but it is very certain that something is wrong , or it would have been impossible for such scandals to have occurred as that to which we drew attention in October ,
and which , on Monday last , was submitted to the Quarterly General Court of the Boys' School for final decision . What that decision would have been , we should have imagined , was incapable of question ; but the action of some of the brethren who were present at the General
Committee Meeting of the Institution held the previous Saturday , and of the members of the House Committee who were instructed to inquire into the merits of the case , proved otherwise , and the matter resolved itself into one
on which the general body of the subscribers were called upon to adjudicate . Although we imagine most of our readers are well acquainted with the case in question , it may be as well to again lay the facts briefly before them before we proceed further .
On the 16 th of November 1878 , Brother Francis Collingwood died , leaving four children , one of whom has since come of age , while another has married . During the year ensuing the decease of Bro . Collingwood , a petition was presented
to the Boys' School on behalf of one of his sons—Arthur Harvey Collingwood . The petition having been approved , the lad was placed on the ballot paper for the April election of 1880 , and on that occasion 743 votes were
recorded on his behalf . In the early part of the year , viz ., in February 1880 , letters of administration were granted to the widow of Bro . Collingwood , who proved the estate of her deceased husband as being under £ 9000 . Such being the case , we pointed out that some explanation was
due to the subscribers of the Boys' School before the lad was admitted , it being absurd to imagine that the benefits of the Institutions were ever intended for the assistance of families in possession of anything like the income it was fair to assume the Collingwoods enjoyed . In support of
this theory we have only to refer to the action taken at the last October Quarterly Court , when the House Committee was instructed to inquire into the facts of the case , and report thereon to the Court to be held on the 10 th inst . That report , and a recommendation based on it , were
submitted to the General Committee , on Saturday , 1 st inst ., and it is to that report and recommendation we will now give consideration . As we have said , the estate of Bro . Collingwood was proved as being under £ 9000 , but , as is common in such cases , the first declaration has been amended
and to-day we are in possession of information from which we gather , that Mrs . Collingwood has , in her own right , property of the value of £ 1927 , that is , £ 1170 in cash , and £ 757 due on bills current . In addition to this , a sum of £ 2127 stands invested , one-half of which amount is for the
benefit of the lad Arthur Harvey Collingwood , on whose behalf the petition was presented to the Boys' School . The interest thereon is to be applied during his minority to pay for his education and maintenance , arid the principal sum to revert to him on his coming of age . The other half is
to be applied m like manner for the benefit of another child , still under age . It will thus be seen that the mother and these two children have between them a capital sum of £ 4054 , and that without taking into consideration the amount that has been paid to the other children who , having
attained their majority , were entitled to their respective shares of the testator ' s property , and who , we consider , have as much right to be called on to contribute to their mother ' s assistance as have the generously disposed of the Masonic Craft .
We should have imagined that the House Committee , having possessed themselves of this information , would have unanimously advised that the lad be disqualified , but
The Eligibility Of Candidates For The Masonic Schools.
such was not the case ; they even recommended the opposite , and suggested that he be admitted . The reason for this step we are at a loss to comprehend , unless they consider themselves in a measure pledged to uphold what had already been done , or were desirous of obtaining the opinion
of the general body of the subscribers on the subject , as a test question between themselves and the constituency they represent . The General Committee of the Institution declined to endorse the recommendation of the House Committee , and thus the question went before the subscribers ,
with the result that , after a most animated discussion , m which opinions were strongly expressed against the eligibility of the candidate , it was deemed prudent , by Bro . Girling , who had charge of the case , to decline , on behalf of the lad , any benefits the School might be able to offer .
The solution of the difficulty , as thus obtained , was satisfactory in one way , but most objectionable in another , as the subject of the eligibility of such candidates is virtually still an open question ; whereas , had Bro . Girling allowed the vote to be taken on the merits of the case , it
would have been decided authoritatively once and for all . By this we do not intend to convey that there was any doubt as to the result—Bro . Girling saw that , before he so contemptuously renounced the benefits he and others had strenuously sought for—but now the record stands that
the lad ' s name was erased from the list of successful candidates , after his friends had announced their withdrawal , on his behalf , of all their claims ; and it may be urged on some future occasion that this course was adopted , not from the fact of his ineligibility , but because
his friends thought fit to withdraw him , and that it was deemed necessary for the meeting to endorse the decision by vote as a mere matter of form . We trust such a rendering of the records of last Monday ' s meeting will never occur , or indeed that the benefits of our Schools will never
again be sought on behalf of a child so unfitted to receive them as young Collingwood . Taking into consideration the termination of this most unpleasant affair , we shall refrain from further commenting on the conduct of the family who have endeavoured to divert the outcome of
Masonic benevolence to a wrong use ; but we should like to know how they reconcile the facts of the case with the statement contained in the ballot papers , to the effect that four children were dependent on the widow , when in reality two were over the age of twenty-one years , and all are
provided for out of the proceeds of their late father s estate . The question whether the possession of property will , in future , debar persons from applying to the Masonic Schools for relief is one which must be settled ere long ; and if it be
found necessary to alter the laws in any respect , the sooner the change is commenced the better it will be . In these remarks we have not taken any notice of the arguments used in favour of the admission of the lad—and there were
some brethren who spoke strongly on the subject—preferring to leave the discussion of them to some future occasion , when we hope all will be able to approach the question
at issue on its merits , without any feeling on the part of Collingwood's supporters that a " spirit of animosity " is urging us to do what we deem to be our duty to the Masonic Brotherhood and the Charities it supports .
The Grill Room At The Angel, Islington.
THE GRILL ROOM AT THE ANGEL , ISLINGTON .
SO long as London remains the hnge metropolis it is , so long will there be in its different districts certain central points of attraction , to which particular lines of traffic , both of foot passengers and vehicles , will converge . There is , perhaps , between the tendency of the present generation towards the removal of old laud-marks , and the exigencies of a hugely overgrown city , which is always growing
still more huge , a possibility that the old buildings -which mark these different centres will give place to new ones , or be improved off the face of the earth , leaving nothing but their names behind . But however changed they may be in appearance , the centres were originally selected with so much judgment , that they bid fair to remain always .
There is no longer a Flower-pot in Bishopsgate Street , but the ground on which it stood is still a starting-point for the traffic between the Northern and North-Eastern suburbs and the East of the City . Temple Bar has gone the way of other City gates , and the memorial which marks the western limit of the Lord Mayor's jurisdiction may follow in its footsteps , but the boundary will always remain . The Horns ,
Kennington , the Koyal Oak , Westbourne Park , and the Mother Bedcap , may cease to exist , yet the centres will be retained , as has been that of Charing Cross and others that might be named . Chalk Farm , with its associations of the duello , has passed away , but it remains in all its pristine glory of a land-mark to the inhabitants of North-Western London . And so it will be with the Angel , Islington , whither converges and whence diverges pretty well all the lines of vehioular