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Staffordshire Masonic Charitable Association.
any good work for the purpose of getting elected a candidate ' whether to the Boys ' , Girls ' , or Benevolent Institution , without effeoting its objeot . Having succeeded on all these occasions , they might take credit for those successes from the simple fact that the organisation , which was formed for the purpose , had accomplished its
object . The President said perhaps the poorest Lodge in the province had from necessity to make the largest application for benefits , but he hoped that those Lodges receiving benefits wonld endeavour to do all they could , and nse every effort they could , to recompense tho Association , to show that they were actually grateful for the benefits
conferred upon them . In connection with the subscriptions , whether considered as to the A or B fund , they were a matter for congratnlation . He thought the brethren of the different Lodges would see that tho longer the Association existed , tbe greater the necessity for their holding together , and uniting in loyal supprt to the institution of
which thoy were members . He then most cordially moved the adoption of the roport . Bro . J . F . Pepper seconded the adoption of the report , which was carried . Bro . Pepper then moved the re . election of Bro . Frank James as president for tho ensuing year . He said Bro . James had shown a great interest in the work of the
Association , and since his election to the office he had not missed a single meeting . Bro . A . G . Price seconded , and said that the Province of Staffordshire was deeply indebted to Bro . James for hi 3 great exertions in tho work of the Association . The motion was carried unanimously . In acknowledging his re-election , Bro . James
thanked the brethren heartily for the vote of confidence thay had passed in him . While he cordially accepted the office for the present year he did desire distinctly to give them intimation that at the expiration of this year he shonld like to retire . Yes , he could assure them that he had so many engagements ofapnblioand private
character that he must ask them to seriously consider before that time next year , and endeavour to find some brother to occupy the position he now held . For a period of ten years , ever since the lamented death of the Earl of Shrewsbury , he had been president of the
Association , and it was true that he had never been absent from one of tho meetings , either general or committee , bnt it was absolutely impossible that he could continue to occupy the position of president of the Masonic Charitable Association of Staffordshire after this
year . The brethren of the South , for a considerable period , had done honourable work , and no doubt honourable work wonld continue to be done by them , and he hoped some one from tbe North would undertake the duties he now cordially accepted . Bro . Bodenbam , who was prevented from being present through illness , was re-elected
a Vice-President of the Association , along with Bro . W . H . Bailey 624 . Bro . Bayliss was re-elected Treasurer , and Bro . Humphries Secretary , and Bros . Humphries aad Turner were appointed Managers of elections , and a cordial vote of thanks was passed to Bro . Bayliss for his services in the past . Pros . Joyce and Wcodhouse
were re-elected Auditors . A discussion took place on a communication that had been received from Bros . Greatbach ( Hanley ) , and Turner ( Longton ) , with regard to the expenditure at the Masonic Charitable Institutions . Bro . Greatbach said he had carefully compared tho cost of edncating the boys at institutions similar to
that of the Masonic Institution for Boys in London , and ho was firmly convinced that the cost of maintenance at the latter institution was excessive . The cost for educating each boy was £ 45 lis , whereas at other institutions , sneh as the Commercial Travellers ' , the
Yorkshire Society , the Licensed Victuallers' Society , and the Clerks ' and Warehousemen ' s Society , all b"ing institutions similar in character , and on all fours with the Masonic Institution for Boys , the cost was much less . He contended that the statistics which he now
read proved that tho cost per boy per annum ought not to exceed £ 35 , and if the cost was reduced to that amount the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys would provide for 13 where only 10 now receive the benefits of the Institution . The matter onght to be taken in hand , and something done to reform the expenditure of the
institution . He concluded by moving , "That a presentment bo made from the Staffordshire Masonic Charitable Association t > the Provincial Grand Lodge of Staffordshire , that the Staffordshire Masonic Charitable Association is of opinion that the expenditure at tho Royal Masonic Institution for Boys is excessive and inindiciouslv
applied , and that it i 3 desirable for the Provincial Grand Lodge of Staffordshire to petition H . R . H . the M . W . G . M ., as President of the Institution , to anthorize the appointment of an independent Committee to investigate and report to the M . W . G . M . what alterations are necessary to render the said Institution more extensively useful . "
The President expressed his hearty sympathy with the remarks made by Bro . Greatbach . This was no new matter by any means . For years passed he , from his position , had been preaching the same doctrine , that they were not getting , as Masons , the larger amount of benefits for the enormous snms of mony which they annually
contributed to those Institutions . When they considered the contributions of brethren iu support of tho three institutions amounted to over £ 50 , 000 a year , there was very considerable room for doing an enormous amount of good , and the only question that had been present to his mind had been , did that £ 50 , 000 a year do
that amount of good , and was that amount of discretion exercised over the fnnds which there ought to be ? Over and over ao-ain he had brought forward to this Association comparative figures of tho cost of education at different institutions , and there had always been this fact noticed that the Masonic Institutions had been largely and
grossly in excess of any other similar charitable institutions . Bro , Turner ( Longton ) seconded the proposiiou of Bro . Greatbach , and corroborated the remarks of tho hitter , but after some discussion , on
the suggestion of Bro . Bayliss , tho proposition was withdrawn , and Bro . Baylis moved and Hnmshaw seconded a resolution to the effect that a committee be nominated to consider the whole question , which was carried . The next annual meeting is to be held at Lichfield .
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Reviews.
REVIEWS .
All Books intended for Review should be addressed to the Editor of The Freemason ' s Chronicle , Belvidere Works , Hermes Hill , Pentonville , London , M " .
Our Warrior Princes . The Four Edwards , and the War of the Roses By Roscoe Mongan , B . A . London : Dean and Son , 160 A Fleet street , E . C . Undecorated Heroes . By Philip H . Hemyng , late R . N . London Dean and Son , 160 A Fleet-street , E . C .
OF all the tempting dishes of interest and information that can be spread before the boys of Britain , those which savour of adventnre and " accidents by flood and field , " ate ever the most acceptable , and this fact has evidently been recognised by the firm of publishers named , in their issue of the " Deeds of Daring Library . " In the first
named volume is given an historical record of many of the internecine battles that are emblazoned on the scroll of English annals , the main accidents of which are graphically described , and in a style of diction which the rising generation love , because they can easily comprehend it . The four Edwards inolnde , of course , the coiqneror
of Wales and Scotland , the victor on the field of Cressy , the chival . rous " Blaok Prince . " the hero of Poitiers ; the valiant Edward IV ., nnd th « chequered fortunes of the Wars of the Roses . The < e a e all presented in an attractive form , and will not only prove imere-ting and entertaining to boys , but will serve also as an extremely useful guide
to the important study of English history . The work bristles w th martial episodes which have left their mark npon the national escutcheon , and they are clothed with such facile skill that thf > y cannot prove otherwise than attractive to the intelligent youthful readers to whom they are addressed . The little work is plentifully
embellished with engravings and maps , the former including the famous collapse of Stirling Bridge , tbe murder of Rutland by CI - fiord , the sanguinary combat between Frenoh and English cavalry in the Somme ; the charge of French cavalry , led by Marshals Andreghen and Clermont , and their overthrow by the English archers a .
Poitiers ; the Black Prince ' s march through Roncesvalles ; Stanley presenting to the Duke of Richmond the Crown of Richard III ., which had been found in a bush in the battle-field of Bosworth ; Mil many others . The work is dedicated to Lieut .-Col . F . M . Wardrop , of the 3 rd Dragoon Guards , whose splendid reconnaissance with " he
Daring Five during the Soudan campaign will be remembered by the merest tyro in the modern history of English warfare . The second work under our consideration is of a more varied description , but is nevertheless brimful of exciting and interesting episode and adventnre . The author gives as his raison d'dlre for the work that in
the present day we have the Victoria Cross for naval nnd military heroes , the Albert medal for civilian heroes , and the Royal Humane Society ' s medal for those who exhibit their heroism in swing life from drowning ; while every little engagement that in former days would scarcely have been noticed in the Gazette is now rewarded
by a medal or a bar . But that magnificent bull-dog com age which is so typical of the true Briton , and which , when united with the necessary presence of mind , produces the hero par excellence , is often unnoticed and unrewarded , and of these the author has
collected and put into handy form a series of instances of undaunted bravery and presence of mind , with the threefold object of amusing his elder readers , endning them with a spirit of emulation , and rescuing the names of a few undecorated heroes from undeserved oblivion .
There are capitally written stories of adventure on land and sea , and these are well illustrated by original engravings by H . Leask . Both these works are well got up and calculated to amuse , and instruct our youth , without any of the pernicious senrimomalism which nnfortnnately permeates so ninoh of the literatnre for boys which emanates from the cheap press of the present day .
Another of those popular entertainments provided during the season for the pupils of our Boys' School , at Wood Green , will be given this ( Saturday ) evening , when the entertainers will be the Carolina Minstrels , who have distinguished themselves at our Institutions on many former occasions .
This week has again beia an exceptionally busy one in Masonic circles . The consecration of the Prince Edward Lodge , No . 2019 ; Lodge of Israel , 205 , installation ; the Lodge of Union , 414 , installation ; the Neptune Lodtje , 22 , installation ; Polish National Lodge , 551 ; and several other meetings are deferred until our next issue ,
Deaths.
DEATHS .
BURRT 3 LL . —On the 21 th intt ., Bro . Sir WALTEI : W . BVUKELI ,, Bart ., Provincial Grand Master of Sussex . TELFER—On Sunday , the 21 th inst ., at , 21 Harley Boart . St . John ' s Wood , Bro . . LUCES SoitEavii . t , E TEWER , United Strength Lodge , No . 22 S , aged 10 ycara .
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The Bevised Book of Constitutions ; Critically Considered and Compared with the Old Edition . London : Simpkin , Marshall & Co . 4 Stationers' Hall Court , "B . C . Sent on receipt of stamps , Ono Shilling , by W "W . Morgan , Freemasons ' Chronicle Office , Belvidere Works , Hermes Hill , Pentonville .
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Staffordshire Masonic Charitable Association.
any good work for the purpose of getting elected a candidate ' whether to the Boys ' , Girls ' , or Benevolent Institution , without effeoting its objeot . Having succeeded on all these occasions , they might take credit for those successes from the simple fact that the organisation , which was formed for the purpose , had accomplished its
object . The President said perhaps the poorest Lodge in the province had from necessity to make the largest application for benefits , but he hoped that those Lodges receiving benefits wonld endeavour to do all they could , and nse every effort they could , to recompense tho Association , to show that they were actually grateful for the benefits
conferred upon them . In connection with the subscriptions , whether considered as to the A or B fund , they were a matter for congratnlation . He thought the brethren of the different Lodges would see that tho longer the Association existed , tbe greater the necessity for their holding together , and uniting in loyal supprt to the institution of
which thoy were members . He then most cordially moved the adoption of the roport . Bro . J . F . Pepper seconded the adoption of the report , which was carried . Bro . Pepper then moved the re . election of Bro . Frank James as president for tho ensuing year . He said Bro . James had shown a great interest in the work of the
Association , and since his election to the office he had not missed a single meeting . Bro . A . G . Price seconded , and said that the Province of Staffordshire was deeply indebted to Bro . James for hi 3 great exertions in tho work of the Association . The motion was carried unanimously . In acknowledging his re-election , Bro . James
thanked the brethren heartily for the vote of confidence thay had passed in him . While he cordially accepted the office for the present year he did desire distinctly to give them intimation that at the expiration of this year he shonld like to retire . Yes , he could assure them that he had so many engagements ofapnblioand private
character that he must ask them to seriously consider before that time next year , and endeavour to find some brother to occupy the position he now held . For a period of ten years , ever since the lamented death of the Earl of Shrewsbury , he had been president of the
Association , and it was true that he had never been absent from one of tho meetings , either general or committee , bnt it was absolutely impossible that he could continue to occupy the position of president of the Masonic Charitable Association of Staffordshire after this
year . The brethren of the South , for a considerable period , had done honourable work , and no doubt honourable work wonld continue to be done by them , and he hoped some one from tbe North would undertake the duties he now cordially accepted . Bro . Bodenbam , who was prevented from being present through illness , was re-elected
a Vice-President of the Association , along with Bro . W . H . Bailey 624 . Bro . Bayliss was re-elected Treasurer , and Bro . Humphries Secretary , and Bros . Humphries aad Turner were appointed Managers of elections , and a cordial vote of thanks was passed to Bro . Bayliss for his services in the past . Pros . Joyce and Wcodhouse
were re-elected Auditors . A discussion took place on a communication that had been received from Bros . Greatbach ( Hanley ) , and Turner ( Longton ) , with regard to the expenditure at the Masonic Charitable Institutions . Bro . Greatbach said he had carefully compared tho cost of edncating the boys at institutions similar to
that of the Masonic Institution for Boys in London , and ho was firmly convinced that the cost of maintenance at the latter institution was excessive . The cost for educating each boy was £ 45 lis , whereas at other institutions , sneh as the Commercial Travellers ' , the
Yorkshire Society , the Licensed Victuallers' Society , and the Clerks ' and Warehousemen ' s Society , all b"ing institutions similar in character , and on all fours with the Masonic Institution for Boys , the cost was much less . He contended that the statistics which he now
read proved that tho cost per boy per annum ought not to exceed £ 35 , and if the cost was reduced to that amount the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys would provide for 13 where only 10 now receive the benefits of the Institution . The matter onght to be taken in hand , and something done to reform the expenditure of the
institution . He concluded by moving , "That a presentment bo made from the Staffordshire Masonic Charitable Association t > the Provincial Grand Lodge of Staffordshire , that the Staffordshire Masonic Charitable Association is of opinion that the expenditure at tho Royal Masonic Institution for Boys is excessive and inindiciouslv
applied , and that it i 3 desirable for the Provincial Grand Lodge of Staffordshire to petition H . R . H . the M . W . G . M ., as President of the Institution , to anthorize the appointment of an independent Committee to investigate and report to the M . W . G . M . what alterations are necessary to render the said Institution more extensively useful . "
The President expressed his hearty sympathy with the remarks made by Bro . Greatbach . This was no new matter by any means . For years passed he , from his position , had been preaching the same doctrine , that they were not getting , as Masons , the larger amount of benefits for the enormous snms of mony which they annually
contributed to those Institutions . When they considered the contributions of brethren iu support of tho three institutions amounted to over £ 50 , 000 a year , there was very considerable room for doing an enormous amount of good , and the only question that had been present to his mind had been , did that £ 50 , 000 a year do
that amount of good , and was that amount of discretion exercised over the fnnds which there ought to be ? Over and over ao-ain he had brought forward to this Association comparative figures of tho cost of education at different institutions , and there had always been this fact noticed that the Masonic Institutions had been largely and
grossly in excess of any other similar charitable institutions . Bro , Turner ( Longton ) seconded the proposiiou of Bro . Greatbach , and corroborated the remarks of tho hitter , but after some discussion , on
the suggestion of Bro . Bayliss , tho proposition was withdrawn , and Bro . Baylis moved and Hnmshaw seconded a resolution to the effect that a committee be nominated to consider the whole question , which was carried . The next annual meeting is to be held at Lichfield .
£ 20 . — TOBACCONISTS CoinrEtfciNG . —An illustrated guide ( 110 pages ) , " How to Open Respectably from £ 20 to £ 2000 . " 3 Stamps . TI . MYERS & Co ., Ciaar and To ' meco Merchants , 10 !) Tlnston Road , London , Wholesale only , Telephone No . 7 . "> H .
Reviews.
REVIEWS .
All Books intended for Review should be addressed to the Editor of The Freemason ' s Chronicle , Belvidere Works , Hermes Hill , Pentonville , London , M " .
Our Warrior Princes . The Four Edwards , and the War of the Roses By Roscoe Mongan , B . A . London : Dean and Son , 160 A Fleet street , E . C . Undecorated Heroes . By Philip H . Hemyng , late R . N . London Dean and Son , 160 A Fleet-street , E . C .
OF all the tempting dishes of interest and information that can be spread before the boys of Britain , those which savour of adventnre and " accidents by flood and field , " ate ever the most acceptable , and this fact has evidently been recognised by the firm of publishers named , in their issue of the " Deeds of Daring Library . " In the first
named volume is given an historical record of many of the internecine battles that are emblazoned on the scroll of English annals , the main accidents of which are graphically described , and in a style of diction which the rising generation love , because they can easily comprehend it . The four Edwards inolnde , of course , the coiqneror
of Wales and Scotland , the victor on the field of Cressy , the chival . rous " Blaok Prince . " the hero of Poitiers ; the valiant Edward IV ., nnd th « chequered fortunes of the Wars of the Roses . The < e a e all presented in an attractive form , and will not only prove imere-ting and entertaining to boys , but will serve also as an extremely useful guide
to the important study of English history . The work bristles w th martial episodes which have left their mark npon the national escutcheon , and they are clothed with such facile skill that thf > y cannot prove otherwise than attractive to the intelligent youthful readers to whom they are addressed . The little work is plentifully
embellished with engravings and maps , the former including the famous collapse of Stirling Bridge , tbe murder of Rutland by CI - fiord , the sanguinary combat between Frenoh and English cavalry in the Somme ; the charge of French cavalry , led by Marshals Andreghen and Clermont , and their overthrow by the English archers a .
Poitiers ; the Black Prince ' s march through Roncesvalles ; Stanley presenting to the Duke of Richmond the Crown of Richard III ., which had been found in a bush in the battle-field of Bosworth ; Mil many others . The work is dedicated to Lieut .-Col . F . M . Wardrop , of the 3 rd Dragoon Guards , whose splendid reconnaissance with " he
Daring Five during the Soudan campaign will be remembered by the merest tyro in the modern history of English warfare . The second work under our consideration is of a more varied description , but is nevertheless brimful of exciting and interesting episode and adventnre . The author gives as his raison d'dlre for the work that in
the present day we have the Victoria Cross for naval nnd military heroes , the Albert medal for civilian heroes , and the Royal Humane Society ' s medal for those who exhibit their heroism in swing life from drowning ; while every little engagement that in former days would scarcely have been noticed in the Gazette is now rewarded
by a medal or a bar . But that magnificent bull-dog com age which is so typical of the true Briton , and which , when united with the necessary presence of mind , produces the hero par excellence , is often unnoticed and unrewarded , and of these the author has
collected and put into handy form a series of instances of undaunted bravery and presence of mind , with the threefold object of amusing his elder readers , endning them with a spirit of emulation , and rescuing the names of a few undecorated heroes from undeserved oblivion .
There are capitally written stories of adventure on land and sea , and these are well illustrated by original engravings by H . Leask . Both these works are well got up and calculated to amuse , and instruct our youth , without any of the pernicious senrimomalism which nnfortnnately permeates so ninoh of the literatnre for boys which emanates from the cheap press of the present day .
Another of those popular entertainments provided during the season for the pupils of our Boys' School , at Wood Green , will be given this ( Saturday ) evening , when the entertainers will be the Carolina Minstrels , who have distinguished themselves at our Institutions on many former occasions .
This week has again beia an exceptionally busy one in Masonic circles . The consecration of the Prince Edward Lodge , No . 2019 ; Lodge of Israel , 205 , installation ; the Lodge of Union , 414 , installation ; the Neptune Lodtje , 22 , installation ; Polish National Lodge , 551 ; and several other meetings are deferred until our next issue ,
Deaths.
DEATHS .
BURRT 3 LL . —On the 21 th intt ., Bro . Sir WALTEI : W . BVUKELI ,, Bart ., Provincial Grand Master of Sussex . TELFER—On Sunday , the 21 th inst ., at , 21 Harley Boart . St . John ' s Wood , Bro . . LUCES SoitEavii . t , E TEWER , United Strength Lodge , No . 22 S , aged 10 ycara .
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The Bevised Book of Constitutions ; Critically Considered and Compared with the Old Edition . London : Simpkin , Marshall & Co . 4 Stationers' Hall Court , "B . C . Sent on receipt of stamps , Ono Shilling , by W "W . Morgan , Freemasons ' Chronicle Office , Belvidere Works , Hermes Hill , Pentonville .