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The Boys' School Inquiry.
often existed we are assured is the case , and this alone proves to our mind that the Secretary has not taken so much upon himself as has been accredited to him . No doubt the Secretary has assumed or acquired considerable power in the management of this
Institution , but is this to be wondered at when we consider the many years during which he has filled the position he now holds , or the way in which the
Charity has grown under his management . The Institution was very different when he became its Secretary , in 1861 , to what it is now . Then it had no
buildings of its own ; now it possesses an establishment which has cost about £ 85 , 000 , in addition to the site , of over fourteen acres , which cost about £ 9 , 000
additional . We clo not claim that Bro . Binckes lias been the means of securing these splendid results to the Craft , but we have no hesitation in saying that
very much of the success oi this Institution , and indeed of the other two Institutions also , is due to his personal exertions , and it is possible to urge this
without implying any slur on their respective managements . We have always regarded the three Masonic Charitable Institutions as being inseparably associated , one
with the other , and in this one respect is the affinity particularly noticeable . It is almost impossible for the Secretary of either one of them to advocate the support of his own without urging the claims
of the others also . Those who know Bro . Binckes must agree that in this respect he has ever been most liberal in his views , and again we urge it is not too
much to say that the present success of the three Masonic Institutions is mainly due to the work and influence of this one man . Such being the case , is it , mst . ifinlYI p , —fvevm th p , standnoint of imnartial
judges—to make such severe and public condemnations as are contained in the Report before ns ? Long years of service and the peculiar growth of
circumstances appear to count for nothing m the eyes of the brethren who signed this Report ; and again we think it would have beon much better if they had drawn up their complaints against the
Secretary and other officials , and privately presented them to each , with the stipulation that unless they were at once acted upon they would lie handed over
to the Institution itself as public property . We have already gone far beyond the limits we originally intended for our present remarks , but the subjects we have touched upon aro of public
importance ; in addition to this , we consider that the parties attacked have no ready means of defending
themselves , or at least they have not the power of giving equal publicity to their defence , to what has been given to the attacks made upon them , and on this account we have taken the earliest opportunity of
expressing our views , which we assure our readers are neither " inspired" nor formulated by the parties concerned . We do not even know if those for whom
we have spoken will endorse what we have written , but we conscientiously believe that we have pointed , out one or two methods by which unanimity may be
restored and iuture troubles prevented . We hope to have further opportunities of discussing the Report and its consequences in our pages .
The Royal Masonic Institution For Girls.
THE ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS .
THE Annnal Festival of this Institution will take place at the Freemasons' Tavern , London , on Wednesday next , when we hope thafc a large and influential gathering > vill result . Not only so , but that the amount of subscriptions and donations then announced will be in accord with
the importance of this great Masonic Charity . It is wifch great regret we learn that in consequence of a severe domestic bereavement Lord Henniker , Provincial Grand Master of Suffolk , will be unable to take the chair
The Royal Masonic Institution For Girls.
on the occasion , as previously arranged . Fortunately for the Institution , Lord Henniker has a very efficient Deputy in the district over which he rules , in the person ef the Rev . C . J . Martyn , Past Grand Chaplain , and we are pleased to announce that that brother has agreed to take
the place of his Masonic chief at next Wednesday's Festival . The Craft will unite with ns in tendering sympathy to Lord Henniker , and we are sure , will , under the circumstances , do as much ,
in his absence as they would have done in his presence , to aid in the cause he has pledged himself to snpport . The Institution is to be congratulated in securing in this emergency so good a substitute as Bro . Martyn
who is one of the mosfc zealous and best friends of Masonic Benevolence to be found anywhere in Freemasonry . Let us hope that , for his sake , for the sake of the absent brother who has long been looking forward to this presidency , and last , bnt not least , for the sake of the orohan e * irls craviner
' , — . l Q . ~ CD admission to the School , that the Festival of Wednesday will prove another great success , worthy of being chronicled among the brightest achievements of the English Craft .
The Special General Court of the Governors aud Subscribers of the Institution was held on Thursday . Bro . Charles Hammerton presided . The proposition , "That the sum authorized to bo expended ur . der tho resolution passed at thc General Court hold on tho 1-lth day of April 1838 , bo extended to an amount not exceeding £ 31 , 000 ;"
was brought forward , and unanimously agreed to . The Building Committe bave now full authority to proceed , and we feel convinced that practical results will immediately follow from their efforts .
The Gould Testimonial Fund.
THE GOULD TESTIMONIAL FUND .
AMONG the more recent contributors to this fund are Bros . Lord George Hamilton , M . P ., S . G . W . ; Sir
Robert N . Fowler , Bart ., M . P ., P . G . W ., Colonel R . Townley Caldwell Grand Superintendent R . A . Cambridgeshire , Josiah Houle P . M . and Secretary 92 , J . Lambert Sim P . P . G . W . Surrey , Bertram Noakes P . M . 92 , Robert
McCoskry Graham 33 ° , New York , J . B . Mackey P . M . 257 , Rev . W . Ronaldson P . M . and Secretary 844 District S . G . W . Otago , Professor W . Mattien Williams 207 H , R . Temple District J . G . W . Burma , J . W . Whitmnrsu
Grand Pursuivant , H . H . Crawford City Silicitoi P . G . Steward J . W . 1 , and Harold M . Carter P . M . 92 .
Obituary.
Obituary .
— : o : — BRO . WILLIAM HILTON , DEATH has indeed been busy in our ranks during the current year . The latest effort we have io record of the *• grim destroyer " is the decease of the worthy brother whose name heads this notice . Bro . Hilton was ; i
wellknown attendant at the Committee Meetings of tho Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution . He was a Past Master , and has conducted the Secretarial duties , for nearly twenty
years , of the Royal Alfred Lodge , No . 780 . His funeral will take place at Brompton Cemetery on Tuesday nextj at two o ' clock .
BRO . S . BENNETT . AT St . Dominick , on Thursday , the 9 th insfc ., Bro . S . Bennett , a Pasfc Master of 557 , was buried amid considerable tokens of fraternal esteem . Abut two hundred fi-innrta
assembled , including Bro . J . C . Betty W . M ., J . Mornington J . W ., J . Williams , W . Bond , G . Woolcock , and J . H . Cousins P . M . ' s , W . Turner Secretary , W . Dymond Organist , J . Collins , J . Phillips , L . Reep , and J . G . Spear all of 557 ; E . Herring ancl J . Babbage P . M . ' s of 1071 ; A . H . Bates S . W ., R . P . Coath , W . Coulter , and
W . Grylls J . D ., all of Lodge 21 G 6 ; H . Mortimore P . P . G . S . B . and J . Nettle of 159 . The funeral was most imposing and impressive .
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The Boys' School Inquiry.
often existed we are assured is the case , and this alone proves to our mind that the Secretary has not taken so much upon himself as has been accredited to him . No doubt the Secretary has assumed or acquired considerable power in the management of this
Institution , but is this to be wondered at when we consider the many years during which he has filled the position he now holds , or the way in which the
Charity has grown under his management . The Institution was very different when he became its Secretary , in 1861 , to what it is now . Then it had no
buildings of its own ; now it possesses an establishment which has cost about £ 85 , 000 , in addition to the site , of over fourteen acres , which cost about £ 9 , 000
additional . We clo not claim that Bro . Binckes lias been the means of securing these splendid results to the Craft , but we have no hesitation in saying that
very much of the success oi this Institution , and indeed of the other two Institutions also , is due to his personal exertions , and it is possible to urge this
without implying any slur on their respective managements . We have always regarded the three Masonic Charitable Institutions as being inseparably associated , one
with the other , and in this one respect is the affinity particularly noticeable . It is almost impossible for the Secretary of either one of them to advocate the support of his own without urging the claims
of the others also . Those who know Bro . Binckes must agree that in this respect he has ever been most liberal in his views , and again we urge it is not too
much to say that the present success of the three Masonic Institutions is mainly due to the work and influence of this one man . Such being the case , is it , mst . ifinlYI p , —fvevm th p , standnoint of imnartial
judges—to make such severe and public condemnations as are contained in the Report before ns ? Long years of service and the peculiar growth of
circumstances appear to count for nothing m the eyes of the brethren who signed this Report ; and again we think it would have beon much better if they had drawn up their complaints against the
Secretary and other officials , and privately presented them to each , with the stipulation that unless they were at once acted upon they would lie handed over
to the Institution itself as public property . We have already gone far beyond the limits we originally intended for our present remarks , but the subjects we have touched upon aro of public
importance ; in addition to this , we consider that the parties attacked have no ready means of defending
themselves , or at least they have not the power of giving equal publicity to their defence , to what has been given to the attacks made upon them , and on this account we have taken the earliest opportunity of
expressing our views , which we assure our readers are neither " inspired" nor formulated by the parties concerned . We do not even know if those for whom
we have spoken will endorse what we have written , but we conscientiously believe that we have pointed , out one or two methods by which unanimity may be
restored and iuture troubles prevented . We hope to have further opportunities of discussing the Report and its consequences in our pages .
The Royal Masonic Institution For Girls.
THE ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS .
THE Annnal Festival of this Institution will take place at the Freemasons' Tavern , London , on Wednesday next , when we hope thafc a large and influential gathering > vill result . Not only so , but that the amount of subscriptions and donations then announced will be in accord with
the importance of this great Masonic Charity . It is wifch great regret we learn that in consequence of a severe domestic bereavement Lord Henniker , Provincial Grand Master of Suffolk , will be unable to take the chair
The Royal Masonic Institution For Girls.
on the occasion , as previously arranged . Fortunately for the Institution , Lord Henniker has a very efficient Deputy in the district over which he rules , in the person ef the Rev . C . J . Martyn , Past Grand Chaplain , and we are pleased to announce that that brother has agreed to take
the place of his Masonic chief at next Wednesday's Festival . The Craft will unite with ns in tendering sympathy to Lord Henniker , and we are sure , will , under the circumstances , do as much ,
in his absence as they would have done in his presence , to aid in the cause he has pledged himself to snpport . The Institution is to be congratulated in securing in this emergency so good a substitute as Bro . Martyn
who is one of the mosfc zealous and best friends of Masonic Benevolence to be found anywhere in Freemasonry . Let us hope that , for his sake , for the sake of the absent brother who has long been looking forward to this presidency , and last , bnt not least , for the sake of the orohan e * irls craviner
' , — . l Q . ~ CD admission to the School , that the Festival of Wednesday will prove another great success , worthy of being chronicled among the brightest achievements of the English Craft .
The Special General Court of the Governors aud Subscribers of the Institution was held on Thursday . Bro . Charles Hammerton presided . The proposition , "That the sum authorized to bo expended ur . der tho resolution passed at thc General Court hold on tho 1-lth day of April 1838 , bo extended to an amount not exceeding £ 31 , 000 ;"
was brought forward , and unanimously agreed to . The Building Committe bave now full authority to proceed , and we feel convinced that practical results will immediately follow from their efforts .
The Gould Testimonial Fund.
THE GOULD TESTIMONIAL FUND .
AMONG the more recent contributors to this fund are Bros . Lord George Hamilton , M . P ., S . G . W . ; Sir
Robert N . Fowler , Bart ., M . P ., P . G . W ., Colonel R . Townley Caldwell Grand Superintendent R . A . Cambridgeshire , Josiah Houle P . M . and Secretary 92 , J . Lambert Sim P . P . G . W . Surrey , Bertram Noakes P . M . 92 , Robert
McCoskry Graham 33 ° , New York , J . B . Mackey P . M . 257 , Rev . W . Ronaldson P . M . and Secretary 844 District S . G . W . Otago , Professor W . Mattien Williams 207 H , R . Temple District J . G . W . Burma , J . W . Whitmnrsu
Grand Pursuivant , H . H . Crawford City Silicitoi P . G . Steward J . W . 1 , and Harold M . Carter P . M . 92 .
Obituary.
Obituary .
— : o : — BRO . WILLIAM HILTON , DEATH has indeed been busy in our ranks during the current year . The latest effort we have io record of the *• grim destroyer " is the decease of the worthy brother whose name heads this notice . Bro . Hilton was ; i
wellknown attendant at the Committee Meetings of tho Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution . He was a Past Master , and has conducted the Secretarial duties , for nearly twenty
years , of the Royal Alfred Lodge , No . 780 . His funeral will take place at Brompton Cemetery on Tuesday nextj at two o ' clock .
BRO . S . BENNETT . AT St . Dominick , on Thursday , the 9 th insfc ., Bro . S . Bennett , a Pasfc Master of 557 , was buried amid considerable tokens of fraternal esteem . Abut two hundred fi-innrta
assembled , including Bro . J . C . Betty W . M ., J . Mornington J . W ., J . Williams , W . Bond , G . Woolcock , and J . H . Cousins P . M . ' s , W . Turner Secretary , W . Dymond Organist , J . Collins , J . Phillips , L . Reep , and J . G . Spear all of 557 ; E . Herring ancl J . Babbage P . M . ' s of 1071 ; A . H . Bates S . W ., R . P . Coath , W . Coulter , and
W . Grylls J . D ., all of Lodge 21 G 6 ; H . Mortimore P . P . G . S . B . and J . Nettle of 159 . The funeral was most imposing and impressive .