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ever , but the laws of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution required that such notice should be given before any motion for an intended change was made . He had thought it best to assimilate the laws of this Institution in this respect to those ofthe Benevolent Institution ,
and he was sure that the more this matter was considered the more they would feel that it was the proper thing to do . In the motion he had to submit he had stated in his notice that the alteration should be made in consideration of the length and efficiency of Bro . Binckes ' s services .
Bro . Binckes had been their Secretary for thirteen years , so that there really was length of service in his case . In their own privale businesses , as merchants , warehousemen , solicitors , or any other line of business , the brethren remunerated the services of those whom they had employed
for any long space of time , by giving them a larger salary than they did servants who had been with them but a short time . A body with which he as well as his brother on his left ( Jesse Turner ) was connected , the Corporation of London , had adopted a plan by which there was a revision
of all salaries once every five years . Now , on looking over tbe papers in Bro . Binckes ' s office he found that the last time there was a revision of Bro . Binckes ' s salary was in 186 9 , which was just five years from the present time , though when he gave notice of this motion he had not
that fact in mind , or any intention to assimilate the Masonic Institutions to the Corporation . He would call attention to the fact that in consequence of the increased cost of living tho additional £ 50 a year would really only bring up Bro . Binckes ' s salary to what it was in 186 9 , so
far as regarded its purchasing power ; and it was hardly such an increase as it seeme 1 at first sight to be . The second fact he had mentioned in his notice , the efficiency of Bro . Binckes ' s services , would be acknowledged by everyone who knew anything about that brother . At the
time when Bro . Thistelton was Secretary they used to think a festival very favourable if they could get £ 200 . On one occasion he ( Bro . Symonds ) remembered he said to Bro . Thistleton , scratching his head at the same time , that bethought £ Sco was a very
small amount but that brother smiled blandly , and said it was a good one , and that they had not had such a sum before within his knowledge . Now , it was not very long ago that £ 23 , 000 were announced at two successive festivals ; that was in a great measure owing to the exertions of Bro . Binckes . ( Hear , hear ) .
He did not think he need dilate further upon the subject j it was nothing but absolutely just to Bro . Binckes that after so long and efficiently serving the institution he should have this addition made to his salary . ( Hear , hear . ) Bro . H . Browse , V . P ., seconded the motion . He had been one of those who had revised Bro .
Binckes ' s salary in 186 9 , when his commission on the subscriptions , which it was at first thought best to pay , was discontinued , and a sum paid to him as salary in lieu of commission . This salary did not amount to nearly so much as his income , when he was paid commission , and it was now thought , after five years , that that should be increased . ( Hear , hear . )
Bro . Raynham W . Stewart , V . P ., supported the proposition , on account not only of the length of the service of Bro . Binckes , but also of its efficiency . The brethren were told at the time the payments to Bro . Binckes were revised that his zeal and energy on behalf of the institntion would fall off . This had not been the case at
all , as Bro . Binckes was as energetic and zealous now as formerly . He was only sorry that Bro . Symonds had not gone further in his motion , and made the amount £ 100 . The motion was carried unanimously , and authority was given to sign the necessa . y cheque .
Bro . Binckes , who had been out of the room during these proceedings , was then called in , and informed by the Chairman of the result of Bro . Symonds' motion .
Bro . Binckes said he felt it was always a very delicate and difficult matter to speak of himself , but he hoped they would allow him in brief , though sincere words , to express his thanks to the brethren for their too kind appreciation of
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his services . He need hardly say that he felt very much the compliment paid to him ; he felt it perhaps the more deeply because the motion carried with it in some way or other a mark of approval of the manner in which he had endeavoured to discharge his duties , and when the
Chairman said it was carried without opposition that it greatly enhanced its value . If any brethren had entertained a feeling not entirely approving of what he had done , he hoped they would live long enough to find he had done
right , and to give him credit in the meantime for the most honest endeavour to do so . Whatever mig ht be tlieir feelings it would make no difference at all in the energy with which he should continue to discharge his duties ; except tbat would rather stimulate him to increased
exertion on behalf of the interests of the institution . He would repeat how deeply he felt the kindness of the brethren in passing this resolution , and would once again warmly thank them for their kindness . ( Hear , hear ) . The brethren then adjourned , after passing a vote of thanks to the Chairman .
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ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS .
The General Committee held its usual monthly meeting on the 30 th ult , in the Library , Freemasons' Hall . Bro . Ben . Head , V . P ., presided . There were also present , Bros . Major Creaton
H . Browse , H . C . Levander , A . T . Tattershall , E . Clark , Griffiths , Smith , ] . F . Peacock , R . B . Webster , H . A . Dubois , II . Massey , A . H . Diaper , Raynham W . Stewart , and Dr . Ramsay . The sum of £ 1 coo was ordered to b e invested ,
and Col . F . Burdett and Dr . Ramsay were elected on the House Committee , in place of Major Creaton , now Trustee , and Bro . George Cox , deceased . Nominations were received for
the House and Audit Committees , and the brethren then proceeded with the consideration of petitions received since last meeting . The committee afterwards adjourned .
The Initiation" Of H.R.H. Prince Leopold.
THE INITIATION" OF H . R . H . PRINCE LEOPOLD .
An emergency meeting of the Apollo Univer sity Lodge , No . 357 , Oxfordshire , was held on the ist inst ., for the purpose of initiating into Masonry H . R . H . Prince Leopold , who is now resident in Oxford . The interesting ceremony that was about to be
perlormed drew together the largest number of members of thc lodge that has probably ever been assembled in the University Masonic Hall at any ono time , and from the fact that , at the special request of H . R . H ., no visitors were admitted , and that the training for the college boat races prevented many biethren who would
otherwise have been present from attending , the very large number present , nearly one hundred , showed the deep interest with which the entrance of H . R . H . into Masonry was regarded by all the brethren ' . in the University . The acting Provincial Grand Master , Bro . .. Eneas J . Mclntyre , Q . C , Grand Registrar , was unfortunately unable to attend .
'Ihe ceremony of initiation was performed by the W . M ., Bro . V . Morrell , assisted by his ofiicers , who all performed their parts with their usual promptitude and accuracy . After the lodge was closed , the brethren adjourned to a banquet , presided over by the W . M .,
upon whose right hand sat Bro . H . R . H . Prince Leopold . The usual loyal and Masonic toasts having been given , the toast of the evening , given by the W . M ., was drunk with great enthusiasm , and duly responded to by his Royal Highness , " who also subsequently returned
thanks for congratulations addressed to him by the French and Italian readers ofthe University , on behalf of their respective nationalities . The brethren did not separate till a late hour , after a very pleasant and most successful meeting .
It should be mentioned that Bro . H . R . H . Prince Leopold was proposed in open lodge by desire of , and on behalf of , Bro . H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , K . G ., the immediate Past Master of the lodge , and that Mr . R . H . Collins , of Lincoln College , Secretary to H . R . H . Prince
The Initiation" Of H.R.H. Prince Leopold.
Leopold , was initiated at the same lime as his Royal Highness . By special permission , the W . M . of the Alfred Lodge , No . 340 , was present to represent the M ? sons of the City of Oxford and as no other
visitors were admitted , we are indebted to one of the members of the Apollo University Lodge for this account of a ceremony , which cannot fail to be of interest , not only to all members of the Craft , but also to all the loyal subjects of her Majesty .
Original Correspondence.
Original Correspondence .
[ We do not hold onr . elves responsible for , or even as approving of , the opinions expressed by our correspondents , but we wish , iu a spirit of fair play to all , to permit—withiu- certain necessary limits—free discussion . — Ko . J
EARLY GRAND MOTHER ENCAMPMENT OF SCOTLAND .
To the Editor of the Freemason . Dear Sir and Brother , — There appears in your impression of April 18 th , a notice of a meeting of the Grand Council of the Early Grand Encampment of Scotland in Kilmarnock . Now , Sir , I wish , through
the columns of your valuable Masonic paper , to make it known that the Encampments mentioned have neither right nor title to announce themselves the Grand Council , as the charter , empowering the Earl y Grand in Scotland to form a Grand Council was granted to the oldest
number in Scotland , which is Muirkirk , and it is stated that Muirkirk was the only Encampment that was not represented , and explained their absence by the fact that Muirkirk had made application to the Chapter General to come under that lodge . Now Sir , that statement is entirely
without foundation , and I believe a mere fabrication of their own , to fulfil some purpose as yet unknown to Muirkirk ' s Sir Knights , and I think it was a great pity that any warm remarks should have been passed on a subject in which there was no truth , nor is it likelv Muirkirk will
ever take such a step as alienate themselves from a body of which in virtue of her charter , she is supreme , and I would wish further to let them know that if they cannot work the Grand Council according to the Ancient Irish Charter , they should not impose on the Masonic
community by granting and regranting charters , when they know they have not such a power , without at least the concurrence of the oldest encampment , which is Muirkirk . Your inserting the above in your valuable paper will oblige . Yours fraternally , J AMES ADAMSON . Grand Scribe .
RAILWAY MANAGEMENT . To the Editor of the Freemason . Dear Sir and Brother , —
Allow me to correct an error m your issue of to-day , taken from the Manchester Guar ~ dian , and which has also appeared I believe in the Pall Mall Gazette and Standard , to the effect that thc Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company have been the first to open the
booking offices at the principal stations from 8 a . m . to 7 p . m . Such is not the case , as the North Eastern Railway Company at some of their stations ( personally , I know of Harrogate
and Leeds ) have had that arrangement in vogue , at least a fortnig ht before the Lancashire and Yorkshire advertised theirs . I think honour ought to be given to those to whom it is due .
Yours fraternally , J BA . RK . ER . April 11 , 1874 .
MR . CUFFE . To the Editor of Ihe Freemason . Dear Sir and Brother ,
I am glad to learn that Bro . A . A . Bagshawe has moved in the matter of Mr . Cnife ' s refusal to bury a Roman Catholic Freemason , but I think it is evident that Grand Lodge can tlo nothing . What I wanted the Chatham lodges to do , but which apparently they have not spirit enough to do , inasmuch as nothing
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ever , but the laws of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution required that such notice should be given before any motion for an intended change was made . He had thought it best to assimilate the laws of this Institution in this respect to those ofthe Benevolent Institution ,
and he was sure that the more this matter was considered the more they would feel that it was the proper thing to do . In the motion he had to submit he had stated in his notice that the alteration should be made in consideration of the length and efficiency of Bro . Binckes ' s services .
Bro . Binckes had been their Secretary for thirteen years , so that there really was length of service in his case . In their own privale businesses , as merchants , warehousemen , solicitors , or any other line of business , the brethren remunerated the services of those whom they had employed
for any long space of time , by giving them a larger salary than they did servants who had been with them but a short time . A body with which he as well as his brother on his left ( Jesse Turner ) was connected , the Corporation of London , had adopted a plan by which there was a revision
of all salaries once every five years . Now , on looking over tbe papers in Bro . Binckes ' s office he found that the last time there was a revision of Bro . Binckes ' s salary was in 186 9 , which was just five years from the present time , though when he gave notice of this motion he had not
that fact in mind , or any intention to assimilate the Masonic Institutions to the Corporation . He would call attention to the fact that in consequence of the increased cost of living tho additional £ 50 a year would really only bring up Bro . Binckes ' s salary to what it was in 186 9 , so
far as regarded its purchasing power ; and it was hardly such an increase as it seeme 1 at first sight to be . The second fact he had mentioned in his notice , the efficiency of Bro . Binckes ' s services , would be acknowledged by everyone who knew anything about that brother . At the
time when Bro . Thistelton was Secretary they used to think a festival very favourable if they could get £ 200 . On one occasion he ( Bro . Symonds ) remembered he said to Bro . Thistleton , scratching his head at the same time , that bethought £ Sco was a very
small amount but that brother smiled blandly , and said it was a good one , and that they had not had such a sum before within his knowledge . Now , it was not very long ago that £ 23 , 000 were announced at two successive festivals ; that was in a great measure owing to the exertions of Bro . Binckes . ( Hear , hear ) .
He did not think he need dilate further upon the subject j it was nothing but absolutely just to Bro . Binckes that after so long and efficiently serving the institution he should have this addition made to his salary . ( Hear , hear . ) Bro . H . Browse , V . P ., seconded the motion . He had been one of those who had revised Bro .
Binckes ' s salary in 186 9 , when his commission on the subscriptions , which it was at first thought best to pay , was discontinued , and a sum paid to him as salary in lieu of commission . This salary did not amount to nearly so much as his income , when he was paid commission , and it was now thought , after five years , that that should be increased . ( Hear , hear . )
Bro . Raynham W . Stewart , V . P ., supported the proposition , on account not only of the length of the service of Bro . Binckes , but also of its efficiency . The brethren were told at the time the payments to Bro . Binckes were revised that his zeal and energy on behalf of the institntion would fall off . This had not been the case at
all , as Bro . Binckes was as energetic and zealous now as formerly . He was only sorry that Bro . Symonds had not gone further in his motion , and made the amount £ 100 . The motion was carried unanimously , and authority was given to sign the necessa . y cheque .
Bro . Binckes , who had been out of the room during these proceedings , was then called in , and informed by the Chairman of the result of Bro . Symonds' motion .
Bro . Binckes said he felt it was always a very delicate and difficult matter to speak of himself , but he hoped they would allow him in brief , though sincere words , to express his thanks to the brethren for their too kind appreciation of
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his services . He need hardly say that he felt very much the compliment paid to him ; he felt it perhaps the more deeply because the motion carried with it in some way or other a mark of approval of the manner in which he had endeavoured to discharge his duties , and when the
Chairman said it was carried without opposition that it greatly enhanced its value . If any brethren had entertained a feeling not entirely approving of what he had done , he hoped they would live long enough to find he had done
right , and to give him credit in the meantime for the most honest endeavour to do so . Whatever mig ht be tlieir feelings it would make no difference at all in the energy with which he should continue to discharge his duties ; except tbat would rather stimulate him to increased
exertion on behalf of the interests of the institution . He would repeat how deeply he felt the kindness of the brethren in passing this resolution , and would once again warmly thank them for their kindness . ( Hear , hear ) . The brethren then adjourned , after passing a vote of thanks to the Chairman .
Royal Masonic Institution For Girls.
ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS .
The General Committee held its usual monthly meeting on the 30 th ult , in the Library , Freemasons' Hall . Bro . Ben . Head , V . P ., presided . There were also present , Bros . Major Creaton
H . Browse , H . C . Levander , A . T . Tattershall , E . Clark , Griffiths , Smith , ] . F . Peacock , R . B . Webster , H . A . Dubois , II . Massey , A . H . Diaper , Raynham W . Stewart , and Dr . Ramsay . The sum of £ 1 coo was ordered to b e invested ,
and Col . F . Burdett and Dr . Ramsay were elected on the House Committee , in place of Major Creaton , now Trustee , and Bro . George Cox , deceased . Nominations were received for
the House and Audit Committees , and the brethren then proceeded with the consideration of petitions received since last meeting . The committee afterwards adjourned .
The Initiation" Of H.R.H. Prince Leopold.
THE INITIATION" OF H . R . H . PRINCE LEOPOLD .
An emergency meeting of the Apollo Univer sity Lodge , No . 357 , Oxfordshire , was held on the ist inst ., for the purpose of initiating into Masonry H . R . H . Prince Leopold , who is now resident in Oxford . The interesting ceremony that was about to be
perlormed drew together the largest number of members of thc lodge that has probably ever been assembled in the University Masonic Hall at any ono time , and from the fact that , at the special request of H . R . H ., no visitors were admitted , and that the training for the college boat races prevented many biethren who would
otherwise have been present from attending , the very large number present , nearly one hundred , showed the deep interest with which the entrance of H . R . H . into Masonry was regarded by all the brethren ' . in the University . The acting Provincial Grand Master , Bro . .. Eneas J . Mclntyre , Q . C , Grand Registrar , was unfortunately unable to attend .
'Ihe ceremony of initiation was performed by the W . M ., Bro . V . Morrell , assisted by his ofiicers , who all performed their parts with their usual promptitude and accuracy . After the lodge was closed , the brethren adjourned to a banquet , presided over by the W . M .,
upon whose right hand sat Bro . H . R . H . Prince Leopold . The usual loyal and Masonic toasts having been given , the toast of the evening , given by the W . M ., was drunk with great enthusiasm , and duly responded to by his Royal Highness , " who also subsequently returned
thanks for congratulations addressed to him by the French and Italian readers ofthe University , on behalf of their respective nationalities . The brethren did not separate till a late hour , after a very pleasant and most successful meeting .
It should be mentioned that Bro . H . R . H . Prince Leopold was proposed in open lodge by desire of , and on behalf of , Bro . H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , K . G ., the immediate Past Master of the lodge , and that Mr . R . H . Collins , of Lincoln College , Secretary to H . R . H . Prince
The Initiation" Of H.R.H. Prince Leopold.
Leopold , was initiated at the same lime as his Royal Highness . By special permission , the W . M . of the Alfred Lodge , No . 340 , was present to represent the M ? sons of the City of Oxford and as no other
visitors were admitted , we are indebted to one of the members of the Apollo University Lodge for this account of a ceremony , which cannot fail to be of interest , not only to all members of the Craft , but also to all the loyal subjects of her Majesty .
Original Correspondence.
Original Correspondence .
[ We do not hold onr . elves responsible for , or even as approving of , the opinions expressed by our correspondents , but we wish , iu a spirit of fair play to all , to permit—withiu- certain necessary limits—free discussion . — Ko . J
EARLY GRAND MOTHER ENCAMPMENT OF SCOTLAND .
To the Editor of the Freemason . Dear Sir and Brother , — There appears in your impression of April 18 th , a notice of a meeting of the Grand Council of the Early Grand Encampment of Scotland in Kilmarnock . Now , Sir , I wish , through
the columns of your valuable Masonic paper , to make it known that the Encampments mentioned have neither right nor title to announce themselves the Grand Council , as the charter , empowering the Earl y Grand in Scotland to form a Grand Council was granted to the oldest
number in Scotland , which is Muirkirk , and it is stated that Muirkirk was the only Encampment that was not represented , and explained their absence by the fact that Muirkirk had made application to the Chapter General to come under that lodge . Now Sir , that statement is entirely
without foundation , and I believe a mere fabrication of their own , to fulfil some purpose as yet unknown to Muirkirk ' s Sir Knights , and I think it was a great pity that any warm remarks should have been passed on a subject in which there was no truth , nor is it likelv Muirkirk will
ever take such a step as alienate themselves from a body of which in virtue of her charter , she is supreme , and I would wish further to let them know that if they cannot work the Grand Council according to the Ancient Irish Charter , they should not impose on the Masonic
community by granting and regranting charters , when they know they have not such a power , without at least the concurrence of the oldest encampment , which is Muirkirk . Your inserting the above in your valuable paper will oblige . Yours fraternally , J AMES ADAMSON . Grand Scribe .
RAILWAY MANAGEMENT . To the Editor of the Freemason . Dear Sir and Brother , —
Allow me to correct an error m your issue of to-day , taken from the Manchester Guar ~ dian , and which has also appeared I believe in the Pall Mall Gazette and Standard , to the effect that thc Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company have been the first to open the
booking offices at the principal stations from 8 a . m . to 7 p . m . Such is not the case , as the North Eastern Railway Company at some of their stations ( personally , I know of Harrogate
and Leeds ) have had that arrangement in vogue , at least a fortnig ht before the Lancashire and Yorkshire advertised theirs . I think honour ought to be given to those to whom it is due .
Yours fraternally , J BA . RK . ER . April 11 , 1874 .
MR . CUFFE . To the Editor of Ihe Freemason . Dear Sir and Brother ,
I am glad to learn that Bro . A . A . Bagshawe has moved in the matter of Mr . Cnife ' s refusal to bury a Roman Catholic Freemason , but I think it is evident that Grand Lodge can tlo nothing . What I wanted the Chatham lodges to do , but which apparently they have not spirit enough to do , inasmuch as nothing