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y * w . " ¦¦ A maagaa ^ jw-M-wwragaas SATUBDAY . 21 ST JULY 1894 .

The Institutions, &C.

THE INSTITUTIONS , & c .

— : o : — Board of Benevolence . THE monthly meeting of the Board of Benevolence was held on Wednesday evening , at Freemasons ' Hall , London . Bro . Eobert Grey , President , took the chair . In the regretted absence of the Senior Vice President , Bro . James Brett , his seat was taken by the Junior Vice President , Bro . C . A . Cottebrnne , whose chair was in turn occupied by Major Gen . Frederick Gadsden .

The other Brethren present were Bros . E . Letchworth G . S ., A . A . Pendlebury A . G . S ., W . Dodd , W . H . Lee , S . Valentine , D . D . Mercer , S . V . Abraham , Charles Dairy , George Graveley , Henry Garrod , E . C . Mulvey , W . M . Bywater , T . W . Whitmarsh , Charles J . E . Tijou , S . H . Goldschmidt , Walter Martin , F . Hilton , Eobert A . Gowan , J . Bunker , W . F . Lamonby , George Macfarlane , Charles Atkins , Thomas Glass , George Mickley , John J . Pakes , H . Massey , W . A . Moss , S . Bolton , J . W .

Burgess , George J . Smith , F . H . Cheesewright , W . B . Fendick , Henry Wm . Lee , J . Pickett , T . S . Eedman , Charles E . Collum , C . H . Webb , J . H . Ceam , J . M . Klenck , and H . Sadler G . T . The Brethren first confirmed recommendations to the Grand Master made at the June meeting to the

amount of £ 410 . They then dealt with the new list , on which there were twenty-seven cases , qualified through Lodges in the London district , and at Cape Colony , Chigwell , Calcutta , Newport 11 , of W . ) , Chacewater ,

Cockermouth , Eochford , Twickenham , Taiping , Aldershot , Liverpool , Brixham , Princetown , Milford Haven , Manchester , Dartmouth , Wigan , Malta , Cairo , Budleigh Salterton , Colchester and Barrow-in-Furness .

Two of the cases were deferred aud one was dismissed . The others were voted a total of £ 505 , which was made up of five recommendations to the Grand Master of £ 40 each , and two of £ 30 each . Eight grants of £ 20 each , eight of £ 10 each , and one of £ 5 were also made .

The Secretary of the Eoyal Masonic Institution for Boys will be pleased to hear from any Brother willing to undertake the office of Steward in connection with tho

Ninety-seventh Anniversary Festival of the Institution , which event will be celebrated in July next , under the presidency of the Et . Hon . Lord Egerton of Tatton , Provincial Grand Master of Cheshire .

o o o At a recent meeting of thc Benevolent Lodge , Teignmouth , the Provincial Grand Master Lord Ebrington was elected an Honorary Member .

Correspondence.

CORRESPONDENCE .

We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions of our Correspondents . All Letters must bear the name and address of the writer not necessarily for publication , but as a guarantee of good faith . We cannot undertake to return rejected communications .

CAMBEIAN LODGE OF AUSTRALIA , No . 656 . To the FREEMASON ' S CHRONICLE . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —Our many friends who have so kindly supported us in our long straggle for our rights will , I think , be pleased to sec from tho following account of our Installation meeting , taken from the " Sydney Morning Herald , " of 9 th Juno 1894 , that we are at last happily at work .

Yours fraternally , S . R . BASKETT , 656 E . C , P . M . 1367 , & c , [ The report referred to appears elsewhere in this issue . —Ed . F . C ]

Masonic Sonnets. No. 96.

Masonic Sonnets . No . 96 .

, _ BY BUO . CHAS . F . FORSHAW , LL . D ., 295 and 2417 ( E . C . ) Hon . Mem 1242 ( E . C . ) and 24 ( S . C ) . — : o : — MASONIC SUCCOUR .

IT needs no lengthy purse to help a friend , To aid a Brother on his way thro' life ; True warmth of soul a glow will ever lend—This generous impluse soothes the sternest strife If you have Faith in all the Mystic ways That twine the pathway of our Art about , It is your duty fallen ones to

raise—Your daily work to put their woes to rout . Thus , suffering Craftsmen rise above their needs , Assisted by some true Masonic heart , Who guides and stimulates and intercedes , When all the Hopes inbred of life depart . Founded on Love , let all our actions be That all the world may Hail Freemasonry ! Winder House , Bradford , 17 th July 1894 .

To many persons the Order is looked upon as a secret society ; but , in the ordinary acceptation of the term , it is not deserving of the appellation . A secret society

is regarded as something inimical to the interests of good government ; but even the most anti-Freemason cannot , with justice , allege that this is the case with this powerful body . It is only secret in the sense that meetings of friendly societies are secret , and with this distinction

that it is much more difficult to become a Freemason True , some Lodges are not so particular as others as to the admission of members , but , generally speaking , the

status required is somewhat of a high one , and without wishing to disparage those of humbler means , in no sense of the word can it be called a poor man ' s concern . - - The object of existing English Freemasonry is " the practice of moral and social virtue , " and , above all , of

mutual relief . On the Continent it has unfortunately been used as a political agent , and has been strongly condemned by the Eoman Catholics as subversive both

of religious and civil authority . In England , however , it has never been regarded as revolutionary , although a few people in this country are wrongheaded enough to believe that nearly every evil under the sun is due to the power of this Order . The facfc of the Prince of Wales

and other members of the Eoyal Family being among its leading representatives ought to be sufficient to give the contradiction to any such allegations . - Freemasonry , at least in this country , is doing a very noble work in assisting its needy members . The real truth is , we need more of such institutions founded on

the laudable basis of helping those belonging to such who have , through no fault of their own , not succeeded in the battle of life , and we heartily wish thc newlyestablished Barnet Lodge of Freemasons a very successful future . — " Barnet Times . "

o o o Letters of Allotment of the London Exhibitions , Limited , were posted to applicants on Saturday , the 14 th inst . We are informed that the share capital offered for subscription was over applied for

, notwithstanding the antagonistic articles which appeared in sonic of our contemporaries , the result of which , thc Company inform * - * us , was thc withdrawal by one applicant of his application for two shares . *