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The City Guilds.
davs , as every man paid for his dinner , these fees became the nucleus and foundation of all their greatness . Let us , therefore , hear no more nonsense about any analogy between the Guilds and modern Clubs and associations . " Now we beg to say that such an argument , however tenable
joo years ago , is no longer so now . 300 years a ° "o , if you like , the trading guilds being formed orig inally for the purposes of mutual aid and regulation of trade , no doubt were empowered by royal charters to receive members , and give the freedom to the apprentices , and much of
restriction attended the exercise of the various Crafts in these Guilds . But even this privilege was not originally granted , only confirmed , as the royal charter only sanctioned what had long existed by custom , common law , and immemorial usage . The Guilds in their original
formation and idea were purely indigenous , independent , self-supporting associations , sanctioned no doubt by early law , and regulated from time to time by Acts of Parliament . But they have never received royal or state , or municipal grants , except the privilege of taxing themselves , for
the support of the Guild . Latterly , as we know , the restrictive privileges of the Guilds have been abolished , and the London Companies , except for their charitable trusts , the liberty and freedom of the City of London ^ are purely voluntary associations . No doubt an " ex post facto " law
could be passed to compel them to exhibit their private accounts , but , in our opinion , it would be an interference with the rights of property , and set a most dangerous precedent . It appears to us that many of those who attack the City companies do not realize the difference between
charitable endowments and general bequests . All the Guilds had , and still have , the right , to assess their members , for their own purposes , and to affix certain fees for taking up the freedom . A large portion of their property is that which is left them bv individual members , for the " de
bene esse of the Guild itself , and that is a matter purely within their own direction and decision how it is spent . Mr . Phillips ' s complaint , that the Guilds , in some cases of charity , only pay now what was paid of old , forgets that by his law if it be correct , ( and he gives chapter
and verse , apparently , for his statement that such is the case ) , hundreds of educational charities must be gravely affected . We know of countless cases where , despite the increased value of property , the lay or other holder only gives the amount of the original rent charge or
customary ptyment . If the statement of Mr . Phillips as regards the Waxchandlers ' Company and William Kendall ' s will be correct , then there are hundreds of persons in this country who have been living " on the spoils of the poc r . " For the guilds are
not singular in this view of matters . If , where a rent-charge is to be paid for ever out of property to the poor , as in William Kendall ' s case , of £ 8 per annum , and that land then bringing in £ 9 4 s ., now returns £ 300 , and the whole £ 300 belong to the poor , then we need hardly
add that the Charity Commissioners have a goodly harvest of corrective administration before them all over England . In all probability , in William Kendall ' s case the property was given absolutely to the poor on an assumed value , saving the ri ghts of the legatee , otherwise as
countless other cases to the contrary are notorious in respect of hospitals , grammar schools , parsons' payments , and the like , it is impossible to realize the effect of a literal application of what Mr . R . Phillips calls the undoubted law on the subject . In Donkyn ' s case (
Merchant Taylors' Company ) , cited also by Mr . Phillips , his bequest would seem to imply that he left Bell Alley for the purposes of charity , and not merely a rent charge . Of course a good deal turns upon the exact words of the wills themselves , and other considerations which we
need ' not enter into to-day . We may observe that the Companies have paid imposts to 'he Crown more than once . We think 'hat the indictment drawn up by Mr . Phillips a gainst the Companies in the Times of April
, '/ th unfair and unjust , and the more we look J ! Jto the matter the more we deprecate this Oriental method of dealing with our ancient j-i t y Companies , simply , apparentl y , ! because "ley are well to do in the world .
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THE NEW GRAND OFFICERS .
SENIOR GRAND WARDEN . H . R . H . the DUKE OF CONNAUGHT , K . G ., was initiated in the Prince of Wales ' s Lodge , No . 259 , London , 24 th March , 1874 ; has not taken any office .
J UNIOR GRAND WARDEN . H . R . H . PRINCE LEOPOLD , K . G ., was initiated in the Apollo University Lodge , No . 3 $ y , Oxford , in May , 1874 ; W . M . in 1876 ; was appointed Prov . Grand Master of Oxfordshire 31 st Dec , 1875 ; joined No . 10 , London , 8 th April , 1875 , and is now the W . M . ; joined 1478 , Warminster , Wilts ., on the 39 th March , 1876 .
GRAND CHAPLAINS . Bro . the Rev . WILLIAM LAKE ONSLOW , ( while serving in H . M . S : Euryalus , Captain J . W . Tarleton , C . B ., as especial Naval Instructor to H . R . H . the Prince Alfred ) , was initiated in the Union Lodge , at Malta , on the 28 th of Dec
1859 , and duly received the Second and Third Degrees ; was admitted into the Royal Arch on the 30 th day of Dec , 1859 , in the chapter attached to the Union Lodg ; e , No . 588 , at Malta : was received into the degree of Mark Master Mason on the 3 rd day of July , i 86 " i , in the
Virgin Lodge , No . 588 , Halifax , Nova Scotia ; while serving as Chaplain and Naval Instructor of H . M . S . St . George , Captain the Honourable F . Egerton , he became Chaplain of the Virgin Lodge , and on leaving for England the brethren presented the Rev . Brother with a beautiful
Mark jewel , made of pure gold of Nova Scotia ; while acting as Chaplain and Naval Instructor of H . M . S . Racoon , commanded by the Count Gleichen , he became Chaplain of the Lodge of Friendship , No . 278 , at Gibraltar , from Dec , 1863 , to May , 1864 , and was appointed
Provincial Grand Chaplain for the province of Gibralta . Returning to England to take the living of Sandvinghavn at the kind desvre of our M . W Grand Master ; he became Chaplain of the Philanthropic Lodge , No . 107 , King ' s Lynn , in 1866 , and of which lodge he is still Chaplain ;
he was appointed , during the regime of the Honourable Fred . Walpole , Provincial Grand Chaplain for Norfolk ; he preached the sermon on the occasion of the Provincial Grand Lodge meeting at North Walsham , in 1870 . Bro . W . Lake Onslow ' s services as Chaplain in H . M . 's navy have been many and brilliant .
Bro . the Rev . C . W . ARNOLD , M . A ., Trin . Col . Cam ., Principal of the Woking College : late Head Master of the Royal Naval School New Cross , and formerly Head Master of King Edward ' s School . Chelmsford , was initiated March 23 rd , 1834 , and raised January 8 th ,
1856 , in the Lodge of the Three Grand Principles , Cambridge , No . 6 45 ( now No . 441 ) ; was elected W . M . Lodge of Good Fellowship , Chelmsford , No . 270 , in 1857 , - was appointed Prov . G . Chaplain for Essex in 1857 , which office
he held till 186 7 ; was the first W . M . of the Weyside Lodge , Woking ; No . 1395 , m ^ 72 ; Prov . G . Chaplain for Surrey , 1875 ' ¦ > Deputy Prov . G . M . for Surrey , 18 / 6 . Appointed Grand Chaplain in 1876 , and again in 1877 .
SENIOR GRAND DEACONS . Captain NATHANIEL GEORGE ! PHILIPS holds the following distinguished offices : Gentleman Usher to Her Majesty the Queen , P . M ., P . Z ., P . S . G . C , Prov . Prior of Suff . and Camb ., Prov . Gd . J . W . M . M ., M . 111 . Lieut . Grand
Commander of the Supreme Council of the 33 ° ; Memb . of Su . G . Chapter of Ireland , G . Repres . of S . C ., N . and S . J ., U . S . ; ditto of Chile , Central America , Costa Rica , Ireland , Greece , Peru , Mexico , Switzerland , and of France ; Hon . Mem . of S . C ., N . and S . J ., U . S . Dep . G . D . M . R . and G . M .
Bro . PETER DE LANDE LONG was initiated in the Jerusalem Lodge , No . 197 , on the 27 th April , 1866 . In about a year afterwards he retired , and was one of the original members of the Buckingham and Chandos , No . 1150 , and
served all the offices in the lodge , including the Chair , and is still a member of that lodge . He is also a member and P . M . of British Union Lodge , No . 114 . He was exalted in British Chapter , No . 8 , on . the 6 th May , 1870 , and is now its M . E . Z . Bro . De Lande Long
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has been a member of the Board of General Purposes for the last five years , and has occupied the Vice President ' s chair for three years past , which important office he still holds . He is a Life
Governor of the three Masonic Charities , having served as Steward to each , and is a member of the House Committee of the Girls' School .
J UNIOR GRAND DEACONS . The appointment , by H . R . H . the Prince of Wales of Bro . EDWARD J . MORRIS , of Swansea , and late D . P . Grand Master of the Eastern Division of South Wales , to the office of Junior Grand Deacon for the ensuing year , is
regarded in the Sister Provinces of South Wales as a very graceful compliment , and as a recognition of Masonic services to the Provinces of no ordinary kind . As a Mason Bro . Morris ' s career has been a brilliant one . Initiated in the Indefatigable Lodge , No . 237 , Swansea , in
May , 18 . 56 , he in succession held the office of Secretary , Junior Warden , Senior Warden , and in i 860 , four years after his initiation , was elected W . M ., an office which he again filled in 1864 . In 1859 he was appointed Prov . G . Deacon . During his second Mastership of the
Indefatigable Lodge , in 1864 , he initiated , in Wales , the system of working the Sections , and held Lodges of Instruction for that purpose—on one occasion he , assisted by his officers , worked the Fifteen Sections . In addition to his labours in the Indefatigable , he was the founder of the
Talbot Lodge , No . 1323 , Swansea , of which he was the first W . M . He is an honorary member of the Cambrian , Afane , Caradoc , and Merlin Lodges in the Eastern Division , and of the St . Peter ' s in the Western . He is the oldest Mark Master Mason in South Wales , and the founder and first W . M . of the Talbot
Lodge of Mark Masons , Swansea . In Royal Arch Masonry , too , he has been equally successful . He was exalted in the Virtue and Hope Chapter , 237 , Swansea , in October , 1857 , served in all the chairs , and filled the first chair three times ; he has also been M . E . Z . of the St .
David ' s and Talbot Chapters , of the latter of which he was the founder . It was by his advice and assistance that the Merlin Chapter , No . 476 , Carmarthen , was resuscitated , and in which he has also filled the chair of M . E . Z . He is an honorary member of the St , David ' s
Merlin , and St . Ellin Chapters , which last he consecrated . He is a P . E . ? . of the Palestine Encampment of Knights Templar , Swansea , and held the office of Sub-Prior of South Wales . He is also a member of the Rose Croix and 30 th Degrees .
Bro . HENRY C . TOMBS was initiated in 186 3 in the Royal Sussex Lodge of Emulation , No . 3 . 55 ; is now P . M . of that lodge , and P . Z . of the chapter attached thereto . In 1868 he was appointed , and has since held , the office of Prov . G . Sec . for Wiltshire , under the R . W . Prov . G .
Master , Lord Methuen . On the formation of the Provincial Grand Chapter for Wiltshire Bro . Tombs was appointed , and has since held , the office of P . G . S . E . under E . Comp . Lord Henry T . Thynne , P . G . N ., and Prov . G . Superintendent Wiltshire , and was one of the two Wiltshire
Stewards on the occasion of the installation of H . R . H . the Prince of Wales at Albert Hall . A few years since Bro . Tombs organized an efficient charity organization for his province , which has worked most effectually and beneficially , and is now in active co-operation with several surrounding provinces . Owing to professional
engagements , he has been recently obliged to resign the Charity Secretaryship , but , fortunately for the province , has been succeeded in that office by Bro . Wm . Nott , of Devizes , P . M ., P . Z ., P . P . G . R . Wiltshire . In 1876 he undertook Stewardships for the Girls' School and Benevolent Instition , and the aggregate of his lists amounted to £ 318 .
GRAND SWORD BEARER . Bro . GEO . TOLLER , jun ., was initiated into Masonry in the John of Gaunt Lodge , No . 523 , Leicester , in 1866 , and after successivel y filling the Wardens' chairs , became W . M . in 1869 ;
was Prov . G . Secretary of Leicestershire from 186 9 to 1872 , when he was , at his own request , relieved from office ; afterwards appointed Prov . Senior G . Warden , and is again at the present time Prov . G . Secretary ; exalted to the Royal
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The City Guilds.
davs , as every man paid for his dinner , these fees became the nucleus and foundation of all their greatness . Let us , therefore , hear no more nonsense about any analogy between the Guilds and modern Clubs and associations . " Now we beg to say that such an argument , however tenable
joo years ago , is no longer so now . 300 years a ° "o , if you like , the trading guilds being formed orig inally for the purposes of mutual aid and regulation of trade , no doubt were empowered by royal charters to receive members , and give the freedom to the apprentices , and much of
restriction attended the exercise of the various Crafts in these Guilds . But even this privilege was not originally granted , only confirmed , as the royal charter only sanctioned what had long existed by custom , common law , and immemorial usage . The Guilds in their original
formation and idea were purely indigenous , independent , self-supporting associations , sanctioned no doubt by early law , and regulated from time to time by Acts of Parliament . But they have never received royal or state , or municipal grants , except the privilege of taxing themselves , for
the support of the Guild . Latterly , as we know , the restrictive privileges of the Guilds have been abolished , and the London Companies , except for their charitable trusts , the liberty and freedom of the City of London ^ are purely voluntary associations . No doubt an " ex post facto " law
could be passed to compel them to exhibit their private accounts , but , in our opinion , it would be an interference with the rights of property , and set a most dangerous precedent . It appears to us that many of those who attack the City companies do not realize the difference between
charitable endowments and general bequests . All the Guilds had , and still have , the right , to assess their members , for their own purposes , and to affix certain fees for taking up the freedom . A large portion of their property is that which is left them bv individual members , for the " de
bene esse of the Guild itself , and that is a matter purely within their own direction and decision how it is spent . Mr . Phillips ' s complaint , that the Guilds , in some cases of charity , only pay now what was paid of old , forgets that by his law if it be correct , ( and he gives chapter
and verse , apparently , for his statement that such is the case ) , hundreds of educational charities must be gravely affected . We know of countless cases where , despite the increased value of property , the lay or other holder only gives the amount of the original rent charge or
customary ptyment . If the statement of Mr . Phillips as regards the Waxchandlers ' Company and William Kendall ' s will be correct , then there are hundreds of persons in this country who have been living " on the spoils of the poc r . " For the guilds are
not singular in this view of matters . If , where a rent-charge is to be paid for ever out of property to the poor , as in William Kendall ' s case , of £ 8 per annum , and that land then bringing in £ 9 4 s ., now returns £ 300 , and the whole £ 300 belong to the poor , then we need hardly
add that the Charity Commissioners have a goodly harvest of corrective administration before them all over England . In all probability , in William Kendall ' s case the property was given absolutely to the poor on an assumed value , saving the ri ghts of the legatee , otherwise as
countless other cases to the contrary are notorious in respect of hospitals , grammar schools , parsons' payments , and the like , it is impossible to realize the effect of a literal application of what Mr . R . Phillips calls the undoubted law on the subject . In Donkyn ' s case (
Merchant Taylors' Company ) , cited also by Mr . Phillips , his bequest would seem to imply that he left Bell Alley for the purposes of charity , and not merely a rent charge . Of course a good deal turns upon the exact words of the wills themselves , and other considerations which we
need ' not enter into to-day . We may observe that the Companies have paid imposts to 'he Crown more than once . We think 'hat the indictment drawn up by Mr . Phillips a gainst the Companies in the Times of April
, '/ th unfair and unjust , and the more we look J ! Jto the matter the more we deprecate this Oriental method of dealing with our ancient j-i t y Companies , simply , apparentl y , ! because "ley are well to do in the world .
The New Grand Officers.
THE NEW GRAND OFFICERS .
SENIOR GRAND WARDEN . H . R . H . the DUKE OF CONNAUGHT , K . G ., was initiated in the Prince of Wales ' s Lodge , No . 259 , London , 24 th March , 1874 ; has not taken any office .
J UNIOR GRAND WARDEN . H . R . H . PRINCE LEOPOLD , K . G ., was initiated in the Apollo University Lodge , No . 3 $ y , Oxford , in May , 1874 ; W . M . in 1876 ; was appointed Prov . Grand Master of Oxfordshire 31 st Dec , 1875 ; joined No . 10 , London , 8 th April , 1875 , and is now the W . M . ; joined 1478 , Warminster , Wilts ., on the 39 th March , 1876 .
GRAND CHAPLAINS . Bro . the Rev . WILLIAM LAKE ONSLOW , ( while serving in H . M . S : Euryalus , Captain J . W . Tarleton , C . B ., as especial Naval Instructor to H . R . H . the Prince Alfred ) , was initiated in the Union Lodge , at Malta , on the 28 th of Dec
1859 , and duly received the Second and Third Degrees ; was admitted into the Royal Arch on the 30 th day of Dec , 1859 , in the chapter attached to the Union Lodg ; e , No . 588 , at Malta : was received into the degree of Mark Master Mason on the 3 rd day of July , i 86 " i , in the
Virgin Lodge , No . 588 , Halifax , Nova Scotia ; while serving as Chaplain and Naval Instructor of H . M . S . St . George , Captain the Honourable F . Egerton , he became Chaplain of the Virgin Lodge , and on leaving for England the brethren presented the Rev . Brother with a beautiful
Mark jewel , made of pure gold of Nova Scotia ; while acting as Chaplain and Naval Instructor of H . M . S . Racoon , commanded by the Count Gleichen , he became Chaplain of the Lodge of Friendship , No . 278 , at Gibraltar , from Dec , 1863 , to May , 1864 , and was appointed
Provincial Grand Chaplain for the province of Gibralta . Returning to England to take the living of Sandvinghavn at the kind desvre of our M . W Grand Master ; he became Chaplain of the Philanthropic Lodge , No . 107 , King ' s Lynn , in 1866 , and of which lodge he is still Chaplain ;
he was appointed , during the regime of the Honourable Fred . Walpole , Provincial Grand Chaplain for Norfolk ; he preached the sermon on the occasion of the Provincial Grand Lodge meeting at North Walsham , in 1870 . Bro . W . Lake Onslow ' s services as Chaplain in H . M . 's navy have been many and brilliant .
Bro . the Rev . C . W . ARNOLD , M . A ., Trin . Col . Cam ., Principal of the Woking College : late Head Master of the Royal Naval School New Cross , and formerly Head Master of King Edward ' s School . Chelmsford , was initiated March 23 rd , 1834 , and raised January 8 th ,
1856 , in the Lodge of the Three Grand Principles , Cambridge , No . 6 45 ( now No . 441 ) ; was elected W . M . Lodge of Good Fellowship , Chelmsford , No . 270 , in 1857 , - was appointed Prov . G . Chaplain for Essex in 1857 , which office
he held till 186 7 ; was the first W . M . of the Weyside Lodge , Woking ; No . 1395 , m ^ 72 ; Prov . G . Chaplain for Surrey , 1875 ' ¦ > Deputy Prov . G . M . for Surrey , 18 / 6 . Appointed Grand Chaplain in 1876 , and again in 1877 .
SENIOR GRAND DEACONS . Captain NATHANIEL GEORGE ! PHILIPS holds the following distinguished offices : Gentleman Usher to Her Majesty the Queen , P . M ., P . Z ., P . S . G . C , Prov . Prior of Suff . and Camb ., Prov . Gd . J . W . M . M ., M . 111 . Lieut . Grand
Commander of the Supreme Council of the 33 ° ; Memb . of Su . G . Chapter of Ireland , G . Repres . of S . C ., N . and S . J ., U . S . ; ditto of Chile , Central America , Costa Rica , Ireland , Greece , Peru , Mexico , Switzerland , and of France ; Hon . Mem . of S . C ., N . and S . J ., U . S . Dep . G . D . M . R . and G . M .
Bro . PETER DE LANDE LONG was initiated in the Jerusalem Lodge , No . 197 , on the 27 th April , 1866 . In about a year afterwards he retired , and was one of the original members of the Buckingham and Chandos , No . 1150 , and
served all the offices in the lodge , including the Chair , and is still a member of that lodge . He is also a member and P . M . of British Union Lodge , No . 114 . He was exalted in British Chapter , No . 8 , on . the 6 th May , 1870 , and is now its M . E . Z . Bro . De Lande Long
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has been a member of the Board of General Purposes for the last five years , and has occupied the Vice President ' s chair for three years past , which important office he still holds . He is a Life
Governor of the three Masonic Charities , having served as Steward to each , and is a member of the House Committee of the Girls' School .
J UNIOR GRAND DEACONS . The appointment , by H . R . H . the Prince of Wales of Bro . EDWARD J . MORRIS , of Swansea , and late D . P . Grand Master of the Eastern Division of South Wales , to the office of Junior Grand Deacon for the ensuing year , is
regarded in the Sister Provinces of South Wales as a very graceful compliment , and as a recognition of Masonic services to the Provinces of no ordinary kind . As a Mason Bro . Morris ' s career has been a brilliant one . Initiated in the Indefatigable Lodge , No . 237 , Swansea , in
May , 18 . 56 , he in succession held the office of Secretary , Junior Warden , Senior Warden , and in i 860 , four years after his initiation , was elected W . M ., an office which he again filled in 1864 . In 1859 he was appointed Prov . G . Deacon . During his second Mastership of the
Indefatigable Lodge , in 1864 , he initiated , in Wales , the system of working the Sections , and held Lodges of Instruction for that purpose—on one occasion he , assisted by his officers , worked the Fifteen Sections . In addition to his labours in the Indefatigable , he was the founder of the
Talbot Lodge , No . 1323 , Swansea , of which he was the first W . M . He is an honorary member of the Cambrian , Afane , Caradoc , and Merlin Lodges in the Eastern Division , and of the St . Peter ' s in the Western . He is the oldest Mark Master Mason in South Wales , and the founder and first W . M . of the Talbot
Lodge of Mark Masons , Swansea . In Royal Arch Masonry , too , he has been equally successful . He was exalted in the Virtue and Hope Chapter , 237 , Swansea , in October , 1857 , served in all the chairs , and filled the first chair three times ; he has also been M . E . Z . of the St .
David ' s and Talbot Chapters , of the latter of which he was the founder . It was by his advice and assistance that the Merlin Chapter , No . 476 , Carmarthen , was resuscitated , and in which he has also filled the chair of M . E . Z . He is an honorary member of the St , David ' s
Merlin , and St . Ellin Chapters , which last he consecrated . He is a P . E . ? . of the Palestine Encampment of Knights Templar , Swansea , and held the office of Sub-Prior of South Wales . He is also a member of the Rose Croix and 30 th Degrees .
Bro . HENRY C . TOMBS was initiated in 186 3 in the Royal Sussex Lodge of Emulation , No . 3 . 55 ; is now P . M . of that lodge , and P . Z . of the chapter attached thereto . In 1868 he was appointed , and has since held , the office of Prov . G . Sec . for Wiltshire , under the R . W . Prov . G .
Master , Lord Methuen . On the formation of the Provincial Grand Chapter for Wiltshire Bro . Tombs was appointed , and has since held , the office of P . G . S . E . under E . Comp . Lord Henry T . Thynne , P . G . N ., and Prov . G . Superintendent Wiltshire , and was one of the two Wiltshire
Stewards on the occasion of the installation of H . R . H . the Prince of Wales at Albert Hall . A few years since Bro . Tombs organized an efficient charity organization for his province , which has worked most effectually and beneficially , and is now in active co-operation with several surrounding provinces . Owing to professional
engagements , he has been recently obliged to resign the Charity Secretaryship , but , fortunately for the province , has been succeeded in that office by Bro . Wm . Nott , of Devizes , P . M ., P . Z ., P . P . G . R . Wiltshire . In 1876 he undertook Stewardships for the Girls' School and Benevolent Instition , and the aggregate of his lists amounted to £ 318 .
GRAND SWORD BEARER . Bro . GEO . TOLLER , jun ., was initiated into Masonry in the John of Gaunt Lodge , No . 523 , Leicester , in 1866 , and after successivel y filling the Wardens' chairs , became W . M . in 1869 ;
was Prov . G . Secretary of Leicestershire from 186 9 to 1872 , when he was , at his own request , relieved from office ; afterwards appointed Prov . Senior G . Warden , and is again at the present time Prov . G . Secretary ; exalted to the Royal