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The Struggle In France.
seem to be advocating the change . ) " The Freemasons of other Grand Lodges will renounce french Freemasonry ; it will become smaller and smaller by degrees , and its eventual fall is certain . " We may beg to observe here that these are almost our own words on a previous occasion .
¦ What good , then , can result from such a "discussion ? " We in England shall emphatically , not only reply none , but , on the contrary , the " greatest positive harm . " In fact it is apparent , even to the most superficial observer of the struggle in France , that the only persons who
profit by this insane controversy are those who detest and denounce Freemasonry . Monsigneur Dupanloup will come out with another " Etude , " and will appeal to all the faithful and all the Freemasons with great effect , whether his original words of warning are not
made good , in that French Freemasonry has take the needful and logical step he declared it must take , that it could not stand where it was , and , no longer Theistic , even in outward profession , openly declares its distinct negation of
God . We do not actually know who is the leading spirit in this unwise movement , otherwise , ( for history always repeats itself ) , we should be tempted to look , as the Americans say , for a Jesuit " Affinity . "
The Candidates For The Girls' And Boys' Schools.
THE CANDIDATES FOR THE GIRLS' AND BOYS' SCHOOLS .
There are , " place aux dames , " 54 candidates for the Girls' School election , April 14 th , and 13 to be elected . Of these 54 , 2 come up for the 5 th application , 1 for the 4 th , 13 for the 3 rd , 2 for the 2 nd , and 26 for the ist application . We beg our brethren to note
this bst fact , that since the October election 16 fresh candidates have cropped up for the Girls' School . Of the status of the applicants some curious facts appear before us . There ate it orphans of tradesmen , 8 of merchants , 5 licensed victuallers , 3 agents and clerks , hotel
proprietors , brewers , officers in the army , noncommissioned officers , employers of labour , and solicitors , 2 each ; while engineers , officials , architects , surveyors , and farmers are each re ^ presented by one candidate . Such an analysis suggests manv considerations , as it demonstrates
what we have often stated before , that we have , as Freemasons , to provide for the education of contrasted classes , and that therefore any theory of a education purely eleemosynary , the maximum , so to say , of a pauper district school , is most mistaken and mischievous . And
we feel ourselves that " maximum" is rapidly and happily , rising , as if education is to be education in everything but name , we must educate up to the actual intellects of the children , and not down to an artificial standard of a dull uniformity . This is now
happily an axiom of all true educationalists . In the Boys' School list there appear $ g applicants and 12 to be elected April 16 . Of these 1 comes up for a 7 th application , 1 for a 6 th , 5 for a jth , 8 for a 4 th , 5 for a 3 rd , 20 for a 2 nd , and 19 for a ist . As in the Girls' School , the status
ot the applicants is suggestive of many observations . Of the orphans of tradesmen we have i / , of clerks and agents 8 , of officials 6 , of merchants and manufacturers 6 , of commercial travellers 5 , of hotel managers and brewers 3
each , of engineers , master mariners , 2 each , and of schoolmasters , civil engineers , farmers , licensed victuallers , clerk in Holy Orders , no occupation , 1 each . Can any simple facts or fi gures more clearly testify to the worth and need of our two great educational institutions r
Our National Finances.
OUR NATIONAL FINANCES .
Though , as we have often before observed , we are not politicians in any sense of the word , much less have we , as Freemasons , anything to do with this political party or that , the " ins " or the " outs , " yet , as it appears to us , there are
many questions of social and general importance which may well attract our own notice , and be considered by us to merit the special attention ° f our many patient and friendly readers . Thus the question of the National Finances is one which affects us all greatly in many way ' s , some
Our National Finances.
more , some less , and as it comes before us at this season may well serve to give variety and interest to the careful columns of the Freemason . lt has long been a question , with all " who study and consider such matters , whether the estimates of the Chancellor of the Exchequer ' would be
realized , whether our National balance sheet would " square , '' to use a common expression , or whether there would not be a deficiency to announce . Troubled times , bad trade , slack returns , and want of confidence in many departments of business , have greatly affected the returns of the last twelve months , though the
result equally verifies the careful and cautious estimates of Sir Stafford Northcote a year ago . He took the returns , as will be remembered , at the sum of ^ 78 , 412 , 000 . It up to the 24 th of March , 1877 , from April 1876 , they have reached £ 76 , 799 , 676 , and when to this is added the return of the week ending April ist , which may fairly be calculated at a liberal amount : ( there
are always "sweepings at the last moment ) , we may have a small deficiency in the estimate for the year , about £ 100 , 000 , though even that is doubtful . Supposing that the last week ' s return does not reach £ 1 , 600 . 000 , we do not think that the amount of the actual
deficit will at any rate exceed £ 200 , 000 , and even that is more nominal than real , and is practically matter of very little moment . For the last twelve months up to March 24 , the customs have produced ^ 19 , ^ 80 , 000 , as against £ 19 , 6615 , 000 last year j excise ,
£ 27 , 418 , 000 , as against £ 27 , 324 , 000 ; stamps , ^ 10 , 670 , 000 , as against £ 10 , 779 , ; land tax and house duty , £ 2 , 249 , , as against £ 2 , 446 , 000 ; property and income tax , £ 4 , 941 , 000 , as against ^ 3 , 926 , 000 ; Post-office , £ 5 , 95 8 , , as against £ 5 , 500 , 000 ; Telegraph
Service , £ 1 , 250 , 000 , as against £ 1 , 200 , 000 ; Crown Lands , £ 388 , 000 , as against £ 395 , ; and miscellaneous , ^ 4 , 142 , 576 , as against ^ 3 , 9 68 , 658—in all , 6 ^ 76 , 799 , 576 , as against £ 75 , 673 , 658 . In respect to actual income of the year , there is already over a million of increase
and if the last week be a good one , it will bring up that increase on the year to nearly two and a half millions . But still , the result is below the estimate , and it is stated that the budget for last year , owing to supplemental estimates , and other matters , will exceed ^ 79 , , 000 . It would
appear at first sight as if the look-out was not , financially considered , a cheerful one for the British Tax-payer . But we believe that with reviving trade , if peace is happily preserved , or a close brought to a harassing and embarrassing " statu quo " in the East somehow , the pecuniary
difficulties of the Chancellor of the Exchequer will rapidly vanish away , and we have no fear but that 1878 , if all goes well , will witness increased returns , and a substantial surplus to relieve the difficulties of our Finance Minister , and to gladden the hearts of a confiding public .
Since we wrote these words , the return of the last week is announced , and so much larger is it than estimated , as we fancied , that the estimate of the cautious Chancellor of the Exchequer has been actually exceeded , aud he has a balance of ££ 152 , 883 to his credit . Let us hope that the
season of depression is over , and that better days are in store for trade and business amongst us ! We may add , that the whole amount received by the Chancellor of the Exchequer is £ 7 ^ 'S ^ 5 i ° 3 (> > as against an estimated income of £ 78 , 412 , 153 . The return of the last week was ^ 1 , 760 , 360 .
The Metropolitan And City Police Orphanage.
THE METROPOLITAN AND CITY POLICE ORPHANAGE .
_ There are several benevolent and humane societies which appeal strongly to our sympathies and pockets year by year , and as Englishmen we may always feel very proud , in our opinion , of that noble charitable system which is alike both a
living proof of ever zealous sympathy for others , and a lasting credit to advancing civilization . Most of us have , probably , some one pet society to which we devote a good deal of our time , thoughts ,
and means , and very wonderful and very praiseworthy is this great army of self-sacrificing workers in this crowded metropolis , on behalf of that ennobling and goodly principle of active and sympathetic charity , in its widest form and
The Metropolitan And City Police Orphanage.
in its truest sense . There are numberless useful and beneficial societies , which deserve our active countenance , as we said before , but just now , more than ever ( when we are talking so much , perhaps just a little too much , of discriminate almsgiving ) , we seem to look for certain
" marks" or features of well-managed associations and institutions . The first of these is , that it shall be self-supporting , if possible ; the second , that it shall be indigenous , so to say , shall be kept up to a great extent by those by whom it was started , and for whom it was
intended ; thirdly , that it shall be economicall y managed ; and fourthly , that it shall be doing well its proper work . Perhaps few institutions so answer to these characteristics of a wellmanaged and effective orphanage as the Metropolitan and City Police Orphanage , which
though amongst the youngest , is alread y hardly second to any in the reality of its work , and the practicality of its kindly mission . It is located comfortably at Twickenham , and is carefully educating 200 orphans of the Metropolitan and City Police , of whom 115 are boys and 85 are girls .
The Rev . D . Anderson , Vicar of Holy Trinity , gives a favourable report of the Institution , its actual work , its careful progress , and as Mr . Anderson has had much experience in school work , his testimony is very valuable . Those of us who know anything of police work itself , the
' wear and tear of human life ifc entails necessarily , the strain upon corporeal powers and mental faculties , the accidents to which it is liable , and the dangers which , in a population like that of London , always attend the discharge of police duties , must be aware that by no
profession , save that of the soldier and sailor in war time , is the need of such an institution so great , nor by any are its blessings so trul y felt . We rejoice to think that the very great and deserved success which has attended the labours of those who have set on foot and have so far
carefully conducted this truly valuable institution , valuable both for what it is and for what it yet may be , to a body of men , whose faithful discharge of their duty under often trying circumstances , deserves to be remembered and appreciated b y us all—is not only happily
maintained , but seems to point even to still greater results . By the balance sheet to the end of 1876 it would seem that there was—Credit to the end of 1875 £ S 37 l ( > * The Annual Subscriptions amounted to 2151 10 8 Donations received 1029 2 o
Subscriptions of Sergeants and Constables of the Force 2314 5 2 Subscriptions of retired Sergeants and Constables 42 o 4
Profit on Concerts and other entertainments of the Force 2888 9 4 Boxes at the Stations 67 8 5 Dividends on Stock 68 8 6 £ 10 , 099 o 6
PER CONTRA . Repairs , £ 3 66 12 9 Furniture and Clothing 1719 18 8 Salaries and Wages 930 10 4 Housekeeping < H 39 5 10 Taxes , Gas , & c 4 . 27 % o
Fuel .:......... ; 99 c o Books , Printing , & c 275 6 5 Medical Attendance 123 r 11 Postage y 6 2 Sundries 117 irt rr
Purchase of Iron House , & c 1473 14 0 Purchase of Stock 1052 17 5 Balance 1044 7 7 There is now in Metropolitan Stock the sum of ^ 3050 8 s . od . to the credit of the
Institution . We need hardly point out to our readers how singularly healthy and satisfactory is the balance sheet thus submitted to their notice . To one point in it let us , however , give our attention , as it is , wc venture to think , the clue to the great success of the Institution itself ,
namely , that the force itself , one way or another , raises considerably above the half of the whole income of the Orphanage . Here then is the claim for the continued sympathy of all who in this great capital of ours are sensible of the value and importance of the Metropolitan
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The Struggle In France.
seem to be advocating the change . ) " The Freemasons of other Grand Lodges will renounce french Freemasonry ; it will become smaller and smaller by degrees , and its eventual fall is certain . " We may beg to observe here that these are almost our own words on a previous occasion .
¦ What good , then , can result from such a "discussion ? " We in England shall emphatically , not only reply none , but , on the contrary , the " greatest positive harm . " In fact it is apparent , even to the most superficial observer of the struggle in France , that the only persons who
profit by this insane controversy are those who detest and denounce Freemasonry . Monsigneur Dupanloup will come out with another " Etude , " and will appeal to all the faithful and all the Freemasons with great effect , whether his original words of warning are not
made good , in that French Freemasonry has take the needful and logical step he declared it must take , that it could not stand where it was , and , no longer Theistic , even in outward profession , openly declares its distinct negation of
God . We do not actually know who is the leading spirit in this unwise movement , otherwise , ( for history always repeats itself ) , we should be tempted to look , as the Americans say , for a Jesuit " Affinity . "
The Candidates For The Girls' And Boys' Schools.
THE CANDIDATES FOR THE GIRLS' AND BOYS' SCHOOLS .
There are , " place aux dames , " 54 candidates for the Girls' School election , April 14 th , and 13 to be elected . Of these 54 , 2 come up for the 5 th application , 1 for the 4 th , 13 for the 3 rd , 2 for the 2 nd , and 26 for the ist application . We beg our brethren to note
this bst fact , that since the October election 16 fresh candidates have cropped up for the Girls' School . Of the status of the applicants some curious facts appear before us . There ate it orphans of tradesmen , 8 of merchants , 5 licensed victuallers , 3 agents and clerks , hotel
proprietors , brewers , officers in the army , noncommissioned officers , employers of labour , and solicitors , 2 each ; while engineers , officials , architects , surveyors , and farmers are each re ^ presented by one candidate . Such an analysis suggests manv considerations , as it demonstrates
what we have often stated before , that we have , as Freemasons , to provide for the education of contrasted classes , and that therefore any theory of a education purely eleemosynary , the maximum , so to say , of a pauper district school , is most mistaken and mischievous . And
we feel ourselves that " maximum" is rapidly and happily , rising , as if education is to be education in everything but name , we must educate up to the actual intellects of the children , and not down to an artificial standard of a dull uniformity . This is now
happily an axiom of all true educationalists . In the Boys' School list there appear $ g applicants and 12 to be elected April 16 . Of these 1 comes up for a 7 th application , 1 for a 6 th , 5 for a jth , 8 for a 4 th , 5 for a 3 rd , 20 for a 2 nd , and 19 for a ist . As in the Girls' School , the status
ot the applicants is suggestive of many observations . Of the orphans of tradesmen we have i / , of clerks and agents 8 , of officials 6 , of merchants and manufacturers 6 , of commercial travellers 5 , of hotel managers and brewers 3
each , of engineers , master mariners , 2 each , and of schoolmasters , civil engineers , farmers , licensed victuallers , clerk in Holy Orders , no occupation , 1 each . Can any simple facts or fi gures more clearly testify to the worth and need of our two great educational institutions r
Our National Finances.
OUR NATIONAL FINANCES .
Though , as we have often before observed , we are not politicians in any sense of the word , much less have we , as Freemasons , anything to do with this political party or that , the " ins " or the " outs , " yet , as it appears to us , there are
many questions of social and general importance which may well attract our own notice , and be considered by us to merit the special attention ° f our many patient and friendly readers . Thus the question of the National Finances is one which affects us all greatly in many way ' s , some
Our National Finances.
more , some less , and as it comes before us at this season may well serve to give variety and interest to the careful columns of the Freemason . lt has long been a question , with all " who study and consider such matters , whether the estimates of the Chancellor of the Exchequer ' would be
realized , whether our National balance sheet would " square , '' to use a common expression , or whether there would not be a deficiency to announce . Troubled times , bad trade , slack returns , and want of confidence in many departments of business , have greatly affected the returns of the last twelve months , though the
result equally verifies the careful and cautious estimates of Sir Stafford Northcote a year ago . He took the returns , as will be remembered , at the sum of ^ 78 , 412 , 000 . It up to the 24 th of March , 1877 , from April 1876 , they have reached £ 76 , 799 , 676 , and when to this is added the return of the week ending April ist , which may fairly be calculated at a liberal amount : ( there
are always "sweepings at the last moment ) , we may have a small deficiency in the estimate for the year , about £ 100 , 000 , though even that is doubtful . Supposing that the last week ' s return does not reach £ 1 , 600 . 000 , we do not think that the amount of the actual
deficit will at any rate exceed £ 200 , 000 , and even that is more nominal than real , and is practically matter of very little moment . For the last twelve months up to March 24 , the customs have produced ^ 19 , ^ 80 , 000 , as against £ 19 , 6615 , 000 last year j excise ,
£ 27 , 418 , 000 , as against £ 27 , 324 , 000 ; stamps , ^ 10 , 670 , 000 , as against £ 10 , 779 , ; land tax and house duty , £ 2 , 249 , , as against £ 2 , 446 , 000 ; property and income tax , £ 4 , 941 , 000 , as against ^ 3 , 926 , 000 ; Post-office , £ 5 , 95 8 , , as against £ 5 , 500 , 000 ; Telegraph
Service , £ 1 , 250 , 000 , as against £ 1 , 200 , 000 ; Crown Lands , £ 388 , 000 , as against £ 395 , ; and miscellaneous , ^ 4 , 142 , 576 , as against ^ 3 , 9 68 , 658—in all , 6 ^ 76 , 799 , 576 , as against £ 75 , 673 , 658 . In respect to actual income of the year , there is already over a million of increase
and if the last week be a good one , it will bring up that increase on the year to nearly two and a half millions . But still , the result is below the estimate , and it is stated that the budget for last year , owing to supplemental estimates , and other matters , will exceed ^ 79 , , 000 . It would
appear at first sight as if the look-out was not , financially considered , a cheerful one for the British Tax-payer . But we believe that with reviving trade , if peace is happily preserved , or a close brought to a harassing and embarrassing " statu quo " in the East somehow , the pecuniary
difficulties of the Chancellor of the Exchequer will rapidly vanish away , and we have no fear but that 1878 , if all goes well , will witness increased returns , and a substantial surplus to relieve the difficulties of our Finance Minister , and to gladden the hearts of a confiding public .
Since we wrote these words , the return of the last week is announced , and so much larger is it than estimated , as we fancied , that the estimate of the cautious Chancellor of the Exchequer has been actually exceeded , aud he has a balance of ££ 152 , 883 to his credit . Let us hope that the
season of depression is over , and that better days are in store for trade and business amongst us ! We may add , that the whole amount received by the Chancellor of the Exchequer is £ 7 ^ 'S ^ 5 i ° 3 (> > as against an estimated income of £ 78 , 412 , 153 . The return of the last week was ^ 1 , 760 , 360 .
The Metropolitan And City Police Orphanage.
THE METROPOLITAN AND CITY POLICE ORPHANAGE .
_ There are several benevolent and humane societies which appeal strongly to our sympathies and pockets year by year , and as Englishmen we may always feel very proud , in our opinion , of that noble charitable system which is alike both a
living proof of ever zealous sympathy for others , and a lasting credit to advancing civilization . Most of us have , probably , some one pet society to which we devote a good deal of our time , thoughts ,
and means , and very wonderful and very praiseworthy is this great army of self-sacrificing workers in this crowded metropolis , on behalf of that ennobling and goodly principle of active and sympathetic charity , in its widest form and
The Metropolitan And City Police Orphanage.
in its truest sense . There are numberless useful and beneficial societies , which deserve our active countenance , as we said before , but just now , more than ever ( when we are talking so much , perhaps just a little too much , of discriminate almsgiving ) , we seem to look for certain
" marks" or features of well-managed associations and institutions . The first of these is , that it shall be self-supporting , if possible ; the second , that it shall be indigenous , so to say , shall be kept up to a great extent by those by whom it was started , and for whom it was
intended ; thirdly , that it shall be economicall y managed ; and fourthly , that it shall be doing well its proper work . Perhaps few institutions so answer to these characteristics of a wellmanaged and effective orphanage as the Metropolitan and City Police Orphanage , which
though amongst the youngest , is alread y hardly second to any in the reality of its work , and the practicality of its kindly mission . It is located comfortably at Twickenham , and is carefully educating 200 orphans of the Metropolitan and City Police , of whom 115 are boys and 85 are girls .
The Rev . D . Anderson , Vicar of Holy Trinity , gives a favourable report of the Institution , its actual work , its careful progress , and as Mr . Anderson has had much experience in school work , his testimony is very valuable . Those of us who know anything of police work itself , the
' wear and tear of human life ifc entails necessarily , the strain upon corporeal powers and mental faculties , the accidents to which it is liable , and the dangers which , in a population like that of London , always attend the discharge of police duties , must be aware that by no
profession , save that of the soldier and sailor in war time , is the need of such an institution so great , nor by any are its blessings so trul y felt . We rejoice to think that the very great and deserved success which has attended the labours of those who have set on foot and have so far
carefully conducted this truly valuable institution , valuable both for what it is and for what it yet may be , to a body of men , whose faithful discharge of their duty under often trying circumstances , deserves to be remembered and appreciated b y us all—is not only happily
maintained , but seems to point even to still greater results . By the balance sheet to the end of 1876 it would seem that there was—Credit to the end of 1875 £ S 37 l ( > * The Annual Subscriptions amounted to 2151 10 8 Donations received 1029 2 o
Subscriptions of Sergeants and Constables of the Force 2314 5 2 Subscriptions of retired Sergeants and Constables 42 o 4
Profit on Concerts and other entertainments of the Force 2888 9 4 Boxes at the Stations 67 8 5 Dividends on Stock 68 8 6 £ 10 , 099 o 6
PER CONTRA . Repairs , £ 3 66 12 9 Furniture and Clothing 1719 18 8 Salaries and Wages 930 10 4 Housekeeping < H 39 5 10 Taxes , Gas , & c 4 . 27 % o
Fuel .:......... ; 99 c o Books , Printing , & c 275 6 5 Medical Attendance 123 r 11 Postage y 6 2 Sundries 117 irt rr
Purchase of Iron House , & c 1473 14 0 Purchase of Stock 1052 17 5 Balance 1044 7 7 There is now in Metropolitan Stock the sum of ^ 3050 8 s . od . to the credit of the
Institution . We need hardly point out to our readers how singularly healthy and satisfactory is the balance sheet thus submitted to their notice . To one point in it let us , however , give our attention , as it is , wc venture to think , the clue to the great success of the Institution itself ,
namely , that the force itself , one way or another , raises considerably above the half of the whole income of the Orphanage . Here then is the claim for the continued sympathy of all who in this great capital of ours are sensible of the value and importance of the Metropolitan