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Seaside Manners.
ijlli" ' ' - "loud" grievance seems to have arisen , from some idle excursionists , and " some silly young men neither uncommon bores just now , and we think that it is an abnormal occurrence , one at any rate " above par " in respect of the wonted facetiousness and polished amenities of a Folkestone crowd of " waiters" if not on
" Providence , " on the "Bowlong Steam boats . " While then , we feel that we cannot always expect " smooth water , " and that we must all " rough it a little , " we yet strongly object to remarks on elderly , middle-aged , and young females , just landed from a rough passage , as
alike unmanly and unseasonable . Our fair sisters , always an object of sympathy to us , seem especially so to be , in that depressed and crumpled condition in which they too often land after a boisterous crossing , and deserve all pity and consideration , instead of chaff" and criticism
at the hand of that pitiless monster man . We also venture to opine that if ladies , ( yes , ladies ) , and gentlemen , old and young , will chaff" unoffending passengers , they should do so " sotto voce , " as surely the " horrors ofthe mid-channel " are enough for sensitive bosoms
and shivering frames , without the " horse laugh " . or the vapid joke ofthe idle and the witless , and the useless lounger . Still our young men must have something to do . and at present their idea of amusement does not go very far , This perhaps , is as harmless as any , even though they do
hurt the feelings of some suffering women , the feeble , the lame , the ailing—what does it matter ? There are things which a " fellah " must see , do , and say , at Folkestone , and why deprive him of an avocation marked by so much good taste and such good feeling ? They might do
worse , poor young fellows . Let us hope that good sense and kindly consideration will put an end to proceedings which seem only worthy of " roughs , " and which , to say the truth , are a Jisgrace to the good manners of the public , and indeed to all concerned .
Original Correspondence.
Original Correspondence .
[ We do not hold ourselves responsible for , or even as approving olehcopinions expressed by our correspondents , but we wish , in a spirit of fair play to all , to permit—within certain necessary limits—tree discussion . —ED . 1
A QUERY . To the Editor ofthe " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , If " E . M . " will refer to a correspondence which
appeared in the Freemason a few weeks bac ! r , under the head of "The Right of Visiting , " he will see in a Utter from Bro . Hervey , G . S ., an opinion given by the Grand Registrar which will , I thint , answer his query . Yours fraternally , ARTHUR LEARED , P . M .
AN URGENT APPEAL . To the Editor of the' Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — After the meeting of the De W arren Lodge , No . 1 3 01 , held on Monday night , in submitting the toast of "The M . W . Grand Master , " the acting W . M . introduced
the subject of the shocking famine at present existing in India , and the noble sum announced to be proposed at the next meeting of the United Grand Lodge to be voted towards the fund now being raised in this country to afford relief to the poor starving inhabitants . A general conversation then took place upon the great amount
of misery caused by the famine , ana the smallness of the sum required to furnish food sufficient to sustain each native for a week , and the opinion was expressed that neither the vast extent of the famine northe awful amount 01 suffering entailed thereby was sufficiently thought of by the people of England . It was suggested that if the members of lod in
every ge this country would subscribe only one shilling each ( a sum small enough in itself)—and you would consent to receive the amounts and forward them to the proper authoritiesmany hundred pounds extra would very easily be raised , * great amount of suffering would be alleviated , while no Brother would feel the loss of his contribution .
wh hi 1 * P resent at once paid their shillings ( 13 ) , winch I was requested to forward to you for the above Purpose , in the hope that the scheme would meet your oth ° ^ i' an < 1 be the means of causing the brethren of ' rn u to " ¦ fact seriously upon the evils resulting fat ? m ° dreadful of a 11 calamities — death by
' remain , dear Sir and Brother , yours fraternally , M ... "WM , COOKE , P . M ., Sec . 1302 . "aWax , Sept . 4 , 1877 .
AN APPEAL , r . „ . T ° 'he Editor ofthe " Freemason " "ear Sir and Brother , — Roval M The deatl * > of Bro . John Noon , Quarter-Master ° n the gth " M * ° u We « ington Lodge , No . 784 , at Deal , with nineiiu ' ? 7 ' aged fifty-one » Itft h | s w * sons Aih ? . n ' only a small annuity . One of his ' 1 Dert Allen Moon , has been placed on the list for '
Original Correspondence.
election into the Koyal Masonic Institution for Boys , to which his father was a subscriber , and some particulars of his services may interest your readers , who have votes for the Institution . He commanded a detachment serving in the Arctic Regions , from 1850 to 1854 , during the discovery of the North-West Passage , and is thus mentioned in the records :
"One person especially distinguished himself not only as a sportsman , but in the execution of any service requiring unflagging energy and marked intelligence ; and this man was the non-commissioned officer of Royal Marines , Sergeant Noon . " He did good service everywhere ; but no better instance can be given of the metal of which such men as he are
made th m what occurred on the 4 th of January , 1852 . A coloured man serving in the ship , whilst out sporting , wounded a deer , and , after following it awhile , discovered he had lost his way just as a fog came on . The temperature was very low , the man was tired , and the peril of his position caused him to lose his presence of mind , and to wander about . By great good fortune Sergeant Noon ,
who was likewise out in quest of game , joined him , but the poor creature was so beside himself with excitement and horror that every endeavour to soothe him , by promising to take him safely on board the ship , faileel . Fits came on , which , when they passed off , left the man quite prostrated in strength . By entreaty and remonstrance the Serjeant induced him
to walk a little ; but at 2 p . m ., when the glimmering twilight , called the day of that season , was fast closing in , the "" unfortunate man ' s energies entirely failed , and he sank upon the ground , bleeding at his mouth and nose , and wiithing in convulsions . The sergeant saw now that all hope of the man saving himself was at an end , and to leave him where he was , many miles from the ship ,
was to leave him to ceitam death—he would have been devoured by the wolves even before the process of freezing to death would have released him from his misery . There was no alternative but to drag him to the ship—no easy matter , when the sergeant dared not part with his gun , and the man was one of the heaviest of a fine crew . Serjeant Noon , then , with heroic resolution set to his task . Slinging
both muskets over his shoulder , he took the man ' s arms round his own neck , and commenced dragging his half dead shipmate towards the Investigator . The lab-iur was , as may be supposed , excessive ; and the only relief the Serjeant had was , whenever he had dragged the body up one side of a hill , or when he came to a ravine , to lay him down , and roll him to the bottom ; rather severe
treatment for an invalid , but it had the merit of arousing the man somewhat from his lethargy . By eleven o ' clock at night the gallant marine had thus conveyed bis burden to within a mile of the ship ; but ten hours of such toil , and darkness , cold , and snow , now began to tell upon him . He could drag his burden no longer , and , as a last resource , he implored thc unfortunate ' man to make an effort , and
tried to cheer him up by pointing to the rockets which the captain of the Investigator caused co be thrown up as a guide to the missing men . Finding , however , that all his entreaties were replied to only by a request to be " left alone to die , " the sergeant laid him in a bed of deep snow , and started off for assistance from the ship . This was already on its way j and Noon met and conducted
two out of three parties to where the man lay , and just in time to save him . He was found with his arms raised , and rigid in that position , his eyes epen , and his mouth so firmly frozen as to require much force to open it for the purpose of pouring restoratives down , his throat , whilst his hands , feet , and face were much frost-bitten . His life was however , saved , and for that the courage and
devotion displayed by the Serjeant deserved all the credit . He served with the battalion in China during the war in 185 J—1859 , was at the storming of Canton , the taking and destruction of Shektsing , and other engagements . He accompanied the expedition to the North j and at the attack on the Peiho forts on 25 th June , 1859 , was thus ir .
cntionee'i n the official gazetted dispatches : —'" The conspicuous gallantry of Sergeant-Major Noon and Quarter-master Sergeant Hailing also attracted his notice . " In March , i 860 , at a general parade at Woolwich , General Sir A . Blaxland Strausham , then commanding the division , presented him with the silver medal awarded him Ly the Lords of thc Admiralty for " meritorious conduct ,
especially for his gallant behaviour while serving in China . " He was also granted an annuity of £ 10 . He saved the life of one of his officers , and also of a drummer boy , about 14 years of age . The poor lad had been struck down by a round shot , which completely carried away the inner part of his thigh . He was lying hopelessly in the mud , the missiles of every description flying thickly about
him , when he called to Sergeant-Major Noon to take him to a place of safety , which he did at the imminent risk of his life , and deposited him in a boat at some distance . On this occasion the loss sustained by his corps amounted to no less than 19 officers and 190 men killed and wounded . On leaving China he was presented with a piece of plate , as a . token of esteem in which he was held by his comrades there .
He was commissioned as Quarter-Master , 13 th Sept ., 1867 , and received the medal for the Arctic service , and a medal with clasps for Canton . Exposure to climate and and the hardships he endured brought on the illness which caused his death , and obliged his son to seek the support of the brethren for his election to our school . —Voting
papers may be sent to Lieutenant Des Barnes , R . M , W . M . Lodge 1096 , Walmer Barracks , Kent , or to Captain Mascall , R . M ., at the office of the Dorcas Beneficent Society , 7 , Wei ling ton-street , Strand , W . C . I am , Sir , your obedient setvant , W . PORTLOCK DADSON , Captain Royal Body Guard , Bayard Lodge , No . r 6 i < i
Original Correspondence.
To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — I am led to believe that the little brochure , " Industry and Idleness , " reviewed in your paper , is by Bro . Bolingbroke Ribbans , well known to the members of " , " then held at the George and Vulture , Cornhill , some 44 years ago . Will you permit this , my humble tribute to the universal
kind feeling which that worthy brother ' s acquaintance then engendered in the hearts of some old brothers—Lofty , Norris , White , Hamden , Majors , Edward , Unwin , Henckey and Shakeshaft—most of whom have been gathered to their fathers ; but maybe one or two of the galaxy will appreciate the pleasure of this allusion to what is recollected of Masonic society in 1833 . Yours truly , GEORGE FRERE , Slough .
SEASONABLE ADVICE . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — Ithink this little offering of " seasonable advice " from Figaro , quoted by The Times , may interest some of your writers . It is very neat : —
Une pauvre grand-mere cent une lettre d ' adieu a son petit-fils , " jeune drole , condamne pour quelque bagatelle , aux travaux force ' s a perpe ' tuile '—Conduis-toi bien , et surtout evite les mauvaises connaissances ! " —Figaro . Yours fraternally , A FRISND .
THIRD CLASS BY ALL TRAINS . PROPOSED TESTIMONIAL TO MR . ALLPORT , OF THE MIDLAND RAILWAY . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — I was very much struck with " H . W . V letter in your last impression , because he actually states a parallel
case to what is daily happening on the Great Northern Railway . Servants of many years' standing have this summer been refused a pass for their wives , with a few exceptions , which , Mr . Editor , I blush for shame when I write , are given to men getting the greatest salaries , while their poorer brethren have in many cases to forego their annual excursion to the sea-side .
Thanks to the Midland directors , who pursue a different policy , their servants can take their wives and families to any sea-side place they choose . I hope the testimonial to Mr . Allport will prove a good one , not in a large amount of cash , but in a host of small subscribers , showing him how grateful his fellow country men and women are . Yours fraternally , A POOR MASON .
THE BOYS ' AND GIRLS' SCHOOLS—EN TRANCE BY PURCHASE . To the Editor of Ihe "Freemason , " Dear Sir and Brother , — Will you kindly allow me to ask on what principle the above is calculated , as the amount demanded seems to others than myself quite inadequate for the
maintenance and education of the children for the stipulated time ; that is if such maintenance and education be as good as we are accustomed to consider them to be . I cannot but think that this is a matter worthy of very grave thought , for it seems that one party or other must be a loser . If the child or its parents , then it seems a source of income unworthy of our Order and therefore of our
Charities ; if the latter be the loser , the sooner the sy . « tem is put an end to the better ; for why should any part of our Charities ( however fragmentary ) be taken from those who urgently want it , in order to confer a very questionable benefit upon those who do not—witness their ability to raise the purchase money . One other consideration—Is the purchase system
beneficial to the children in the schools ? Certainly not to those who so enter , for it must tend to make them think more highly of themselves as a class than the rest . Certainly not to those ordinarily elected , for , whilst it may
give room for them to suspect favouritism , it must make them sensible of a certain sense of inferiority . Lastly , to the management of the schools it must be extremely detrimental , as must always be the existence ot any possibility of the formation of cliquism amongst the children . Faithfully and fraternally yours , Q .
"SEASIDE MANNERS . " [ We _ take the following from a vast number of amusing letters in the Times toe several days , sufficient to point out a nuisance and suggest a remedy . —ED . ] Sir , —In a letter signed " S . P ., " and published in your columns to-day , the writer declares that the scandalous conduct of some of those who daily await the arrival of the
steamboat passengers is exceptional , was confined to a particular occasion , and was a source of annoyance and distress to the regular visitors to Folkestone , to the inhabitants of that place , and to " S . P . " himself . These last assertions I readily believe , but I wholly deny that the conduct complained of is exceptional . 1 have watched the arrival of the passengers scores of times , and have
constantly heard jeering and insulting remarks upon their appearance made in loud tones by bystanders , not by " inhabitants or regular visitors , " but by young men whp are out for their holiday , and employ it in exhibiting their vulgarity at the expense of those whose age , sex , or infirmity makes the pastime safe . On none of the many
occasions that I have witnessed these scenes do I remember to have heard any able-bodied unencumbered young man chaffed . There can be discretion when impudence is likely to secure a thrashing . The South-Eastern Company ought to be ashamed f themselves that they have not long since devised 1
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Seaside Manners.
ijlli" ' ' - "loud" grievance seems to have arisen , from some idle excursionists , and " some silly young men neither uncommon bores just now , and we think that it is an abnormal occurrence , one at any rate " above par " in respect of the wonted facetiousness and polished amenities of a Folkestone crowd of " waiters" if not on
" Providence , " on the "Bowlong Steam boats . " While then , we feel that we cannot always expect " smooth water , " and that we must all " rough it a little , " we yet strongly object to remarks on elderly , middle-aged , and young females , just landed from a rough passage , as
alike unmanly and unseasonable . Our fair sisters , always an object of sympathy to us , seem especially so to be , in that depressed and crumpled condition in which they too often land after a boisterous crossing , and deserve all pity and consideration , instead of chaff" and criticism
at the hand of that pitiless monster man . We also venture to opine that if ladies , ( yes , ladies ) , and gentlemen , old and young , will chaff" unoffending passengers , they should do so " sotto voce , " as surely the " horrors ofthe mid-channel " are enough for sensitive bosoms
and shivering frames , without the " horse laugh " . or the vapid joke ofthe idle and the witless , and the useless lounger . Still our young men must have something to do . and at present their idea of amusement does not go very far , This perhaps , is as harmless as any , even though they do
hurt the feelings of some suffering women , the feeble , the lame , the ailing—what does it matter ? There are things which a " fellah " must see , do , and say , at Folkestone , and why deprive him of an avocation marked by so much good taste and such good feeling ? They might do
worse , poor young fellows . Let us hope that good sense and kindly consideration will put an end to proceedings which seem only worthy of " roughs , " and which , to say the truth , are a Jisgrace to the good manners of the public , and indeed to all concerned .
Original Correspondence.
Original Correspondence .
[ We do not hold ourselves responsible for , or even as approving olehcopinions expressed by our correspondents , but we wish , in a spirit of fair play to all , to permit—within certain necessary limits—tree discussion . —ED . 1
A QUERY . To the Editor ofthe " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , If " E . M . " will refer to a correspondence which
appeared in the Freemason a few weeks bac ! r , under the head of "The Right of Visiting , " he will see in a Utter from Bro . Hervey , G . S ., an opinion given by the Grand Registrar which will , I thint , answer his query . Yours fraternally , ARTHUR LEARED , P . M .
AN URGENT APPEAL . To the Editor of the' Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — After the meeting of the De W arren Lodge , No . 1 3 01 , held on Monday night , in submitting the toast of "The M . W . Grand Master , " the acting W . M . introduced
the subject of the shocking famine at present existing in India , and the noble sum announced to be proposed at the next meeting of the United Grand Lodge to be voted towards the fund now being raised in this country to afford relief to the poor starving inhabitants . A general conversation then took place upon the great amount
of misery caused by the famine , ana the smallness of the sum required to furnish food sufficient to sustain each native for a week , and the opinion was expressed that neither the vast extent of the famine northe awful amount 01 suffering entailed thereby was sufficiently thought of by the people of England . It was suggested that if the members of lod in
every ge this country would subscribe only one shilling each ( a sum small enough in itself)—and you would consent to receive the amounts and forward them to the proper authoritiesmany hundred pounds extra would very easily be raised , * great amount of suffering would be alleviated , while no Brother would feel the loss of his contribution .
wh hi 1 * P resent at once paid their shillings ( 13 ) , winch I was requested to forward to you for the above Purpose , in the hope that the scheme would meet your oth ° ^ i' an < 1 be the means of causing the brethren of ' rn u to " ¦ fact seriously upon the evils resulting fat ? m ° dreadful of a 11 calamities — death by
' remain , dear Sir and Brother , yours fraternally , M ... "WM , COOKE , P . M ., Sec . 1302 . "aWax , Sept . 4 , 1877 .
AN APPEAL , r . „ . T ° 'he Editor ofthe " Freemason " "ear Sir and Brother , — Roval M The deatl * > of Bro . John Noon , Quarter-Master ° n the gth " M * ° u We « ington Lodge , No . 784 , at Deal , with nineiiu ' ? 7 ' aged fifty-one » Itft h | s w * sons Aih ? . n ' only a small annuity . One of his ' 1 Dert Allen Moon , has been placed on the list for '
Original Correspondence.
election into the Koyal Masonic Institution for Boys , to which his father was a subscriber , and some particulars of his services may interest your readers , who have votes for the Institution . He commanded a detachment serving in the Arctic Regions , from 1850 to 1854 , during the discovery of the North-West Passage , and is thus mentioned in the records :
"One person especially distinguished himself not only as a sportsman , but in the execution of any service requiring unflagging energy and marked intelligence ; and this man was the non-commissioned officer of Royal Marines , Sergeant Noon . " He did good service everywhere ; but no better instance can be given of the metal of which such men as he are
made th m what occurred on the 4 th of January , 1852 . A coloured man serving in the ship , whilst out sporting , wounded a deer , and , after following it awhile , discovered he had lost his way just as a fog came on . The temperature was very low , the man was tired , and the peril of his position caused him to lose his presence of mind , and to wander about . By great good fortune Sergeant Noon ,
who was likewise out in quest of game , joined him , but the poor creature was so beside himself with excitement and horror that every endeavour to soothe him , by promising to take him safely on board the ship , faileel . Fits came on , which , when they passed off , left the man quite prostrated in strength . By entreaty and remonstrance the Serjeant induced him
to walk a little ; but at 2 p . m ., when the glimmering twilight , called the day of that season , was fast closing in , the "" unfortunate man ' s energies entirely failed , and he sank upon the ground , bleeding at his mouth and nose , and wiithing in convulsions . The sergeant saw now that all hope of the man saving himself was at an end , and to leave him where he was , many miles from the ship ,
was to leave him to ceitam death—he would have been devoured by the wolves even before the process of freezing to death would have released him from his misery . There was no alternative but to drag him to the ship—no easy matter , when the sergeant dared not part with his gun , and the man was one of the heaviest of a fine crew . Serjeant Noon , then , with heroic resolution set to his task . Slinging
both muskets over his shoulder , he took the man ' s arms round his own neck , and commenced dragging his half dead shipmate towards the Investigator . The lab-iur was , as may be supposed , excessive ; and the only relief the Serjeant had was , whenever he had dragged the body up one side of a hill , or when he came to a ravine , to lay him down , and roll him to the bottom ; rather severe
treatment for an invalid , but it had the merit of arousing the man somewhat from his lethargy . By eleven o ' clock at night the gallant marine had thus conveyed bis burden to within a mile of the ship ; but ten hours of such toil , and darkness , cold , and snow , now began to tell upon him . He could drag his burden no longer , and , as a last resource , he implored thc unfortunate ' man to make an effort , and
tried to cheer him up by pointing to the rockets which the captain of the Investigator caused co be thrown up as a guide to the missing men . Finding , however , that all his entreaties were replied to only by a request to be " left alone to die , " the sergeant laid him in a bed of deep snow , and started off for assistance from the ship . This was already on its way j and Noon met and conducted
two out of three parties to where the man lay , and just in time to save him . He was found with his arms raised , and rigid in that position , his eyes epen , and his mouth so firmly frozen as to require much force to open it for the purpose of pouring restoratives down , his throat , whilst his hands , feet , and face were much frost-bitten . His life was however , saved , and for that the courage and
devotion displayed by the Serjeant deserved all the credit . He served with the battalion in China during the war in 185 J—1859 , was at the storming of Canton , the taking and destruction of Shektsing , and other engagements . He accompanied the expedition to the North j and at the attack on the Peiho forts on 25 th June , 1859 , was thus ir .
cntionee'i n the official gazetted dispatches : —'" The conspicuous gallantry of Sergeant-Major Noon and Quarter-master Sergeant Hailing also attracted his notice . " In March , i 860 , at a general parade at Woolwich , General Sir A . Blaxland Strausham , then commanding the division , presented him with the silver medal awarded him Ly the Lords of thc Admiralty for " meritorious conduct ,
especially for his gallant behaviour while serving in China . " He was also granted an annuity of £ 10 . He saved the life of one of his officers , and also of a drummer boy , about 14 years of age . The poor lad had been struck down by a round shot , which completely carried away the inner part of his thigh . He was lying hopelessly in the mud , the missiles of every description flying thickly about
him , when he called to Sergeant-Major Noon to take him to a place of safety , which he did at the imminent risk of his life , and deposited him in a boat at some distance . On this occasion the loss sustained by his corps amounted to no less than 19 officers and 190 men killed and wounded . On leaving China he was presented with a piece of plate , as a . token of esteem in which he was held by his comrades there .
He was commissioned as Quarter-Master , 13 th Sept ., 1867 , and received the medal for the Arctic service , and a medal with clasps for Canton . Exposure to climate and and the hardships he endured brought on the illness which caused his death , and obliged his son to seek the support of the brethren for his election to our school . —Voting
papers may be sent to Lieutenant Des Barnes , R . M , W . M . Lodge 1096 , Walmer Barracks , Kent , or to Captain Mascall , R . M ., at the office of the Dorcas Beneficent Society , 7 , Wei ling ton-street , Strand , W . C . I am , Sir , your obedient setvant , W . PORTLOCK DADSON , Captain Royal Body Guard , Bayard Lodge , No . r 6 i < i
Original Correspondence.
To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — I am led to believe that the little brochure , " Industry and Idleness , " reviewed in your paper , is by Bro . Bolingbroke Ribbans , well known to the members of " , " then held at the George and Vulture , Cornhill , some 44 years ago . Will you permit this , my humble tribute to the universal
kind feeling which that worthy brother ' s acquaintance then engendered in the hearts of some old brothers—Lofty , Norris , White , Hamden , Majors , Edward , Unwin , Henckey and Shakeshaft—most of whom have been gathered to their fathers ; but maybe one or two of the galaxy will appreciate the pleasure of this allusion to what is recollected of Masonic society in 1833 . Yours truly , GEORGE FRERE , Slough .
SEASONABLE ADVICE . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — Ithink this little offering of " seasonable advice " from Figaro , quoted by The Times , may interest some of your writers . It is very neat : —
Une pauvre grand-mere cent une lettre d ' adieu a son petit-fils , " jeune drole , condamne pour quelque bagatelle , aux travaux force ' s a perpe ' tuile '—Conduis-toi bien , et surtout evite les mauvaises connaissances ! " —Figaro . Yours fraternally , A FRISND .
THIRD CLASS BY ALL TRAINS . PROPOSED TESTIMONIAL TO MR . ALLPORT , OF THE MIDLAND RAILWAY . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — I was very much struck with " H . W . V letter in your last impression , because he actually states a parallel
case to what is daily happening on the Great Northern Railway . Servants of many years' standing have this summer been refused a pass for their wives , with a few exceptions , which , Mr . Editor , I blush for shame when I write , are given to men getting the greatest salaries , while their poorer brethren have in many cases to forego their annual excursion to the sea-side .
Thanks to the Midland directors , who pursue a different policy , their servants can take their wives and families to any sea-side place they choose . I hope the testimonial to Mr . Allport will prove a good one , not in a large amount of cash , but in a host of small subscribers , showing him how grateful his fellow country men and women are . Yours fraternally , A POOR MASON .
THE BOYS ' AND GIRLS' SCHOOLS—EN TRANCE BY PURCHASE . To the Editor of Ihe "Freemason , " Dear Sir and Brother , — Will you kindly allow me to ask on what principle the above is calculated , as the amount demanded seems to others than myself quite inadequate for the
maintenance and education of the children for the stipulated time ; that is if such maintenance and education be as good as we are accustomed to consider them to be . I cannot but think that this is a matter worthy of very grave thought , for it seems that one party or other must be a loser . If the child or its parents , then it seems a source of income unworthy of our Order and therefore of our
Charities ; if the latter be the loser , the sooner the sy . « tem is put an end to the better ; for why should any part of our Charities ( however fragmentary ) be taken from those who urgently want it , in order to confer a very questionable benefit upon those who do not—witness their ability to raise the purchase money . One other consideration—Is the purchase system
beneficial to the children in the schools ? Certainly not to those who so enter , for it must tend to make them think more highly of themselves as a class than the rest . Certainly not to those ordinarily elected , for , whilst it may
give room for them to suspect favouritism , it must make them sensible of a certain sense of inferiority . Lastly , to the management of the schools it must be extremely detrimental , as must always be the existence ot any possibility of the formation of cliquism amongst the children . Faithfully and fraternally yours , Q .
"SEASIDE MANNERS . " [ We _ take the following from a vast number of amusing letters in the Times toe several days , sufficient to point out a nuisance and suggest a remedy . —ED . ] Sir , —In a letter signed " S . P ., " and published in your columns to-day , the writer declares that the scandalous conduct of some of those who daily await the arrival of the
steamboat passengers is exceptional , was confined to a particular occasion , and was a source of annoyance and distress to the regular visitors to Folkestone , to the inhabitants of that place , and to " S . P . " himself . These last assertions I readily believe , but I wholly deny that the conduct complained of is exceptional . 1 have watched the arrival of the passengers scores of times , and have
constantly heard jeering and insulting remarks upon their appearance made in loud tones by bystanders , not by " inhabitants or regular visitors , " but by young men whp are out for their holiday , and employ it in exhibiting their vulgarity at the expense of those whose age , sex , or infirmity makes the pastime safe . On none of the many
occasions that I have witnessed these scenes do I remember to have heard any able-bodied unencumbered young man chaffed . There can be discretion when impudence is likely to secure a thrashing . The South-Eastern Company ought to be ashamed f themselves that they have not long since devised 1