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The Irish Masonic Orphan Institutions.
tory . It has ' rount - numbers from dividends , r / q 0 . official and individual annual subscriptions , / IOIO * 17 s . < 5 d . ; life donations ^ 668 annuity from Grand Lodge , -C ' IOO J receipts of annual meeting , £ 360 J 8 S - 4 - 5 Masonic Ball , £ 50 ; -nr ! small items £ < 6 18 s . 8 d ; in all , including
balance of previous ) ear , £ 1158 5 s . nd ., MiSoo is . id . The expenditure is as follows : — Salaries and wages , , = £ 209 14 s -jd . ; furnishing , & c , £ 3 7 J 4 S- 8 d . ; visiting teachers , £ 237 4 s . od ; provisions , £ 579 < 5 s . od .- clothing end n'oairs , ,= £ 182 is . < 4 . ; books , & c , £ 101
! gs . od . ; coals , gas , and chandlery , £ 75 AS . id . ; apprentice and outfit fees , £ 55 ios . 8 d . ; medicines , & c , £ 29 js . 2 d . ; small expenses , about another £ 100 3 investments , £ i °° 5 5 - ° d- > an < ^ balance at bankers , , £ 825 12 s . 2 d . The funded stock of the school now
consists of £ 9682 2 s . id . This report is highly satisfactory , and we can say the same as regards the Masonic Orphan Boys' School . That has now 23 inmates , who also educationally seem to be in thorough efficiency . Its financial report is also encouraging--, especially when we remember
that it was only established in 1868 . It began the year with a cash balance of £ 89 6 16 s . 9 d . It has received £ 253 ios . od . donations ; annual subscriptions , , £ 507 2 s . yd . ; dividends , £± 36 8 s . 2 d ; and small sums , £ 5 16 s . 6 d . ; in all £ 180 r 4 s . od . It has , per contra , paid for maintenance , education , and clothing of pupils £ 903 6 s . 8 d ;
outfits and fees , £ 30 us . jd . ; salary of Assistant Secretary , £ 60 ; small sums , £ 7 17 s . 4 d . ; and , having invested £ 323 12 s . 6 d ., has an available balance of , £ 476 16 s . id . It has now £ 8059 12 s . id . invested capital , and has before it a good promise of utility and activity . We almost wonder that our good brethren in Ireland do not have an annual festival on behalf of this
most useful institution . We think , that had they , aswe have , an annual festival for the Boys' School they might gain a great accession of income , and increase the benefits of this needful institution . Still , it is only in its youth , and it will reach , let us hope , a hale maturity and a green old age .
North And East Yorkshire.
NORTH AND EAST YORKSHIRE .
We have perused a printed report of the proceedings of the Provincial Grand Lodge of North and East Yorkshire , which we publish elsewhere , with mingled feelings of astonishment and amusement , and to say the truth , no little
indignation . As a general rule , it is not the custom in the provinces to print the report of the proceedings of the last Provincial Grand Lodge until the next is summoned ; at least , such is not the normal habit of Provincial Grand
Secretaries , though of course we admit there are , and may be , exceptions to the rule . And of course we freely admit also , that what is the custom of one province may not be that of another . In West Yorkshire , for instance , the
agenda paper of the approaching quarterly meeting contains the minutes of the previous assembly . And this , we think , is by far the best course . There is , probably , some reason for this hasty and unusual publication , and we fancy it may be found in the very unwise resolution
moved by P . G . Treasurer Hollon , and carried , apparently , without one voice of dissent by our good brethren at Ilcdcar . We are deeply sorry for such erratic proceedings in the cause alike of Masonic truth and honour , fair play , and constitutional principles of Freemasonry .
In the first place , the motion is founded on the report of the Investigation Committee of West Yorkshire . We have pointed out more than once that such report is unreliable for many reasons , the chief being its ex parte character . We say distinctly , and we challenge contradiction
, that no one brother was examined who * new anything at all about the school except Bro . Winn , and he is avowedly a pure partizan ofthe uismissed head master . Bro . Tew knew nothing about the school confessedly , and as for Bro . egl « r s statistical calculations , and the tabular statements
drawn up according to the" sup . Pressed pamphlet , " by Bro . Booth , of Halifax , " aT p 'n our opinion , utterly valueless in re-Pect of the controversy . Bro . Pegler ' s opinion . M , 1 cost rests u P no acquaintance with such -cnools asthe Boys ' School , and are all through
North And East Yorkshire.
coloured by a fallacy , that because a given school anywhere educates for so much , therefore the Boys'School is to do it for so much . All who have had to do with education know well , that no lower , unsound , retrograde view of the requirement of education can be evinced by any one ,
except indeed by those who are utterly ignorant of the subject , or uphold a mistaken theory respecting that great duty of education about which they talk so pretentiously . We would ask , who else was examined by the so-called Investigation Committee who could throw anv
light upon the subject ? We pause for a reply ; and we shall be really glad to know who did really give evidence , as we have often asked the question before , and no one has condescended to reply to it . No minutes of evidence have been printed , as far as we know , and unless the
suppressed pamphlet is as untruthful in fact as it was un-Masonic in its libels , the Investigation Committee based their reports on the pamphlets formerly distributed broadcast , the evidence of Bros . Tew and Winn , the tabular statements of Bro . Booth , and the invaluable statistics of Bro .
Pegler . So much as to the report itself . In respeet of the evidence of the printed reports alluded to by Bro . Hollon , we cannot profess to understand to what he alludes . It seems very perverse in 1875 to raise a question as to expenditure which had been incurred without
anvanimadversion , five years at the least previously , and about which no complaint had ever been made , and anything more thoroughly unjustifiable than to start a "hare" of undue expenditure after the accounts have been closed and settled , we have never heard of . As regards the
incriminations of unusual and extravagant expenditure , they are out of place , as such complaints ought to be made in the legal courts of the Boys' School , not in Provincial Grand Lodge meetings , which are constitutionally incompetent to entertain such
questions . We recommend the General Committee of the Boys' School to treat all such expressions of opinion as utterly " ultra vires , " and simply appeal to and trust in the good sense and Masonic principles of the Craft at large . But we are deeply concerned for the honesty of our
common character as Freemasons to note the Jesuitical charge of " venue , " and of attack . The whole proceedings arose out of a personal attack on Bro . Binckes , in connection with Bro . Perrott ' s removal ; now it is stated forsooth , it is not Bro . Binckes , but the House Committee which
is blamed . We beg to protest , in the name of many brethren in all provinces , against this unseemly and unjust attack on the House Committee . It is really too bad . If any complaints exist as to the expenditure ofthe Boys' School generally , some brother should manfully bring
forward a motion on the subject at the Quarterl y Court . If any honest feeling exists as to the general administration of the School , let it be expressed in a regular and befitting way . But we object to these random statements , and this meaningless agitation in the best
interests of the Boys' School . But we repeat , if any one has a real complaint let him openly make it . But during the recent un-Masonic agitation , reckless charge and general vituperation could hardly further go . Whether any grounds exist for any of the extraodinary allegations which
have been made openly and surreptitiously , we cannot tell until they are honestl y placed before a competent court . But they will prove to be , we fancy . more or less , the product of a heated imagination . In the suppressed pamphlet it was insinuated that either Bro . Binckes or this very
Committee , the " powers that be , " had appropriated a few shillings of a savings' bank account ; and now we aro gravely assured by a brother whose right and qualifications to express such an opinion we both deny and doubt , that the House Commitie is utterly incompetent to
perform itsduty . All this is wrong , mostdiscreditable , dirty and un-Masonic , and shows how theagitation fostered and by whom these incriminations are continued against the Boys' School . Nevertheless , we feel sure , that these questionable
proceedings will be condemned at once by the great good sense of our fraternity , and meet both as they well deserve in some form or other , the outspoken condemnation and reprobation of our honourable and hi ghminded Craft . ,
A Charge Against The French Freemasons.
A CHARGE AGAINST THE FRENCH FREEMASONS .
We thought it only fair to our brethren in France to call the attention of our esteemed Bro . Caubet , the Grand Secretary of the Grand Orient , to a charge made against the French Freemasons on the alleged somewhat
questionable authority of a certain well-known M . Naquet of encouraging " free love " and illegal marriages . We believe that it is an entire calumny , and we shall await with interest Bro . Caubet ' s reply to our friendly and fraternal en quiry .
An Insult To Freemasonry.
AN INSULT TO FREEMASONRY .
We take the following from the "Thanet Guardian " of September 2 nd . We shall allude to it next week : — " On Thursday afternoon the Watch Committee of the Borough of Margate met for the purpose of appointing a Superintendent of Police in succession
to Mr . Compton . There were six applicants 5 and we understand that the choice of the committee fell upon Sergeant Romanis , who has had twelve years' experience in the City police . We have been informed that each candidate was asked whether he was a Freemason , and that on one
answering in the affirmative , the Mayor stated that the answer was fatal to his candidature . Of course we are merely quoting information that has been communicated to us , the meeting being private , but we can scarcely understand why the fact of being a Freemason should of itself be a disqalification . "
The Last Quarterly Communication.
THE LAST QUARTERLY COMMUNICATION .
We reserve all remarks upon ' this meeting until our next , as owing to the time we go to press on Thursdays it is not possible for us to do more than give the proper report of the proceedings by our own reporter , which is al wavs
accurate , and can always be depended upon . All the Craft will read with pleasure the admirable suggestion of our worthy Bro . the Grand Registrar , happily carried , as only fair to the provincial brethren .
Royal Masonic Institution For Girls.
ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS .
A full report of the proceedings at the ceremony of laying the foundation-stone of the new North-east Wing , Large Hail , & c , at the Institution , Battersea Rise , will appear in our SECOND EDITION , which will be ready early Saturday morning .
Original Correspondence.
Original Correspondence .
[ We do nst hold ourselves responsible for , or even As approving of thc opinions expressed by our correspondents , but we wWu , In a spirit of fair play to all , to permit—within certain necessary limits—free discussion . —ED . ]
THE MASONIC PRESS . To the Editor oj the Freemason . Dear Sir and Brother , — Much controversy seems to be going on about the " why and wherefore " of the apathy of the Masonic reading public , and the non-support of tne Masonic press . I will therefore venture to uoint out tn von to-dav what , in
my humble opinion , are the real causes of the apathy and indifference of the Craft in this respect . In my humble opinion , one of the great hindrances to a general support of the press by the Craft is the " personality , " often bitter , always disgraceful , which characterizes so many Masonic writers . I do not think that the " Freemason " can fairly be accused of yielding to this vicious influence .
as I know you , Sir , have declared war , so to say , against all personality . But still in past times , and at the present time , ^ and in saying this I know I speak the sentiments of many good brethren ) , the personality of Masonic writers indisposes many brethren from taking much interest in Masonic literature . It is curious that it should be so , and yet none are so personal as Freemasons when they onctj begin to write .
1 have perused , very often with astonishment , mingled with regret , the lucubrations of Masonic journalists , and the " barbed arrows " of Masonic correspondents . Nothing more derogatory to Freemasonry , or more discreditable even to humanity , has ever been put forward In print than some of the so-called essays and elaborate attacks on others , which may sometimes be seen by the curious in Masonic Journalism . Indeed , it is not too much to say , that some Masonic writers seem to wish to convince thc world
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The Irish Masonic Orphan Institutions.
tory . It has ' rount - numbers from dividends , r / q 0 . official and individual annual subscriptions , / IOIO * 17 s . < 5 d . ; life donations ^ 668 annuity from Grand Lodge , -C ' IOO J receipts of annual meeting , £ 360 J 8 S - 4 - 5 Masonic Ball , £ 50 ; -nr ! small items £ < 6 18 s . 8 d ; in all , including
balance of previous ) ear , £ 1158 5 s . nd ., MiSoo is . id . The expenditure is as follows : — Salaries and wages , , = £ 209 14 s -jd . ; furnishing , & c , £ 3 7 J 4 S- 8 d . ; visiting teachers , £ 237 4 s . od ; provisions , £ 579 < 5 s . od .- clothing end n'oairs , ,= £ 182 is . < 4 . ; books , & c , £ 101
! gs . od . ; coals , gas , and chandlery , £ 75 AS . id . ; apprentice and outfit fees , £ 55 ios . 8 d . ; medicines , & c , £ 29 js . 2 d . ; small expenses , about another £ 100 3 investments , £ i °° 5 5 - ° d- > an < ^ balance at bankers , , £ 825 12 s . 2 d . The funded stock of the school now
consists of £ 9682 2 s . id . This report is highly satisfactory , and we can say the same as regards the Masonic Orphan Boys' School . That has now 23 inmates , who also educationally seem to be in thorough efficiency . Its financial report is also encouraging--, especially when we remember
that it was only established in 1868 . It began the year with a cash balance of £ 89 6 16 s . 9 d . It has received £ 253 ios . od . donations ; annual subscriptions , , £ 507 2 s . yd . ; dividends , £± 36 8 s . 2 d ; and small sums , £ 5 16 s . 6 d . ; in all £ 180 r 4 s . od . It has , per contra , paid for maintenance , education , and clothing of pupils £ 903 6 s . 8 d ;
outfits and fees , £ 30 us . jd . ; salary of Assistant Secretary , £ 60 ; small sums , £ 7 17 s . 4 d . ; and , having invested £ 323 12 s . 6 d ., has an available balance of , £ 476 16 s . id . It has now £ 8059 12 s . id . invested capital , and has before it a good promise of utility and activity . We almost wonder that our good brethren in Ireland do not have an annual festival on behalf of this
most useful institution . We think , that had they , aswe have , an annual festival for the Boys' School they might gain a great accession of income , and increase the benefits of this needful institution . Still , it is only in its youth , and it will reach , let us hope , a hale maturity and a green old age .
North And East Yorkshire.
NORTH AND EAST YORKSHIRE .
We have perused a printed report of the proceedings of the Provincial Grand Lodge of North and East Yorkshire , which we publish elsewhere , with mingled feelings of astonishment and amusement , and to say the truth , no little
indignation . As a general rule , it is not the custom in the provinces to print the report of the proceedings of the last Provincial Grand Lodge until the next is summoned ; at least , such is not the normal habit of Provincial Grand
Secretaries , though of course we admit there are , and may be , exceptions to the rule . And of course we freely admit also , that what is the custom of one province may not be that of another . In West Yorkshire , for instance , the
agenda paper of the approaching quarterly meeting contains the minutes of the previous assembly . And this , we think , is by far the best course . There is , probably , some reason for this hasty and unusual publication , and we fancy it may be found in the very unwise resolution
moved by P . G . Treasurer Hollon , and carried , apparently , without one voice of dissent by our good brethren at Ilcdcar . We are deeply sorry for such erratic proceedings in the cause alike of Masonic truth and honour , fair play , and constitutional principles of Freemasonry .
In the first place , the motion is founded on the report of the Investigation Committee of West Yorkshire . We have pointed out more than once that such report is unreliable for many reasons , the chief being its ex parte character . We say distinctly , and we challenge contradiction
, that no one brother was examined who * new anything at all about the school except Bro . Winn , and he is avowedly a pure partizan ofthe uismissed head master . Bro . Tew knew nothing about the school confessedly , and as for Bro . egl « r s statistical calculations , and the tabular statements
drawn up according to the" sup . Pressed pamphlet , " by Bro . Booth , of Halifax , " aT p 'n our opinion , utterly valueless in re-Pect of the controversy . Bro . Pegler ' s opinion . M , 1 cost rests u P no acquaintance with such -cnools asthe Boys ' School , and are all through
North And East Yorkshire.
coloured by a fallacy , that because a given school anywhere educates for so much , therefore the Boys'School is to do it for so much . All who have had to do with education know well , that no lower , unsound , retrograde view of the requirement of education can be evinced by any one ,
except indeed by those who are utterly ignorant of the subject , or uphold a mistaken theory respecting that great duty of education about which they talk so pretentiously . We would ask , who else was examined by the so-called Investigation Committee who could throw anv
light upon the subject ? We pause for a reply ; and we shall be really glad to know who did really give evidence , as we have often asked the question before , and no one has condescended to reply to it . No minutes of evidence have been printed , as far as we know , and unless the
suppressed pamphlet is as untruthful in fact as it was un-Masonic in its libels , the Investigation Committee based their reports on the pamphlets formerly distributed broadcast , the evidence of Bros . Tew and Winn , the tabular statements of Bro . Booth , and the invaluable statistics of Bro .
Pegler . So much as to the report itself . In respeet of the evidence of the printed reports alluded to by Bro . Hollon , we cannot profess to understand to what he alludes . It seems very perverse in 1875 to raise a question as to expenditure which had been incurred without
anvanimadversion , five years at the least previously , and about which no complaint had ever been made , and anything more thoroughly unjustifiable than to start a "hare" of undue expenditure after the accounts have been closed and settled , we have never heard of . As regards the
incriminations of unusual and extravagant expenditure , they are out of place , as such complaints ought to be made in the legal courts of the Boys' School , not in Provincial Grand Lodge meetings , which are constitutionally incompetent to entertain such
questions . We recommend the General Committee of the Boys' School to treat all such expressions of opinion as utterly " ultra vires , " and simply appeal to and trust in the good sense and Masonic principles of the Craft at large . But we are deeply concerned for the honesty of our
common character as Freemasons to note the Jesuitical charge of " venue , " and of attack . The whole proceedings arose out of a personal attack on Bro . Binckes , in connection with Bro . Perrott ' s removal ; now it is stated forsooth , it is not Bro . Binckes , but the House Committee which
is blamed . We beg to protest , in the name of many brethren in all provinces , against this unseemly and unjust attack on the House Committee . It is really too bad . If any complaints exist as to the expenditure ofthe Boys' School generally , some brother should manfully bring
forward a motion on the subject at the Quarterl y Court . If any honest feeling exists as to the general administration of the School , let it be expressed in a regular and befitting way . But we object to these random statements , and this meaningless agitation in the best
interests of the Boys' School . But we repeat , if any one has a real complaint let him openly make it . But during the recent un-Masonic agitation , reckless charge and general vituperation could hardly further go . Whether any grounds exist for any of the extraodinary allegations which
have been made openly and surreptitiously , we cannot tell until they are honestl y placed before a competent court . But they will prove to be , we fancy . more or less , the product of a heated imagination . In the suppressed pamphlet it was insinuated that either Bro . Binckes or this very
Committee , the " powers that be , " had appropriated a few shillings of a savings' bank account ; and now we aro gravely assured by a brother whose right and qualifications to express such an opinion we both deny and doubt , that the House Commitie is utterly incompetent to
perform itsduty . All this is wrong , mostdiscreditable , dirty and un-Masonic , and shows how theagitation fostered and by whom these incriminations are continued against the Boys' School . Nevertheless , we feel sure , that these questionable
proceedings will be condemned at once by the great good sense of our fraternity , and meet both as they well deserve in some form or other , the outspoken condemnation and reprobation of our honourable and hi ghminded Craft . ,
A Charge Against The French Freemasons.
A CHARGE AGAINST THE FRENCH FREEMASONS .
We thought it only fair to our brethren in France to call the attention of our esteemed Bro . Caubet , the Grand Secretary of the Grand Orient , to a charge made against the French Freemasons on the alleged somewhat
questionable authority of a certain well-known M . Naquet of encouraging " free love " and illegal marriages . We believe that it is an entire calumny , and we shall await with interest Bro . Caubet ' s reply to our friendly and fraternal en quiry .
An Insult To Freemasonry.
AN INSULT TO FREEMASONRY .
We take the following from the "Thanet Guardian " of September 2 nd . We shall allude to it next week : — " On Thursday afternoon the Watch Committee of the Borough of Margate met for the purpose of appointing a Superintendent of Police in succession
to Mr . Compton . There were six applicants 5 and we understand that the choice of the committee fell upon Sergeant Romanis , who has had twelve years' experience in the City police . We have been informed that each candidate was asked whether he was a Freemason , and that on one
answering in the affirmative , the Mayor stated that the answer was fatal to his candidature . Of course we are merely quoting information that has been communicated to us , the meeting being private , but we can scarcely understand why the fact of being a Freemason should of itself be a disqalification . "
The Last Quarterly Communication.
THE LAST QUARTERLY COMMUNICATION .
We reserve all remarks upon ' this meeting until our next , as owing to the time we go to press on Thursdays it is not possible for us to do more than give the proper report of the proceedings by our own reporter , which is al wavs
accurate , and can always be depended upon . All the Craft will read with pleasure the admirable suggestion of our worthy Bro . the Grand Registrar , happily carried , as only fair to the provincial brethren .
Royal Masonic Institution For Girls.
ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS .
A full report of the proceedings at the ceremony of laying the foundation-stone of the new North-east Wing , Large Hail , & c , at the Institution , Battersea Rise , will appear in our SECOND EDITION , which will be ready early Saturday morning .
Original Correspondence.
Original Correspondence .
[ We do nst hold ourselves responsible for , or even As approving of thc opinions expressed by our correspondents , but we wWu , In a spirit of fair play to all , to permit—within certain necessary limits—free discussion . —ED . ]
THE MASONIC PRESS . To the Editor oj the Freemason . Dear Sir and Brother , — Much controversy seems to be going on about the " why and wherefore " of the apathy of the Masonic reading public , and the non-support of tne Masonic press . I will therefore venture to uoint out tn von to-dav what , in
my humble opinion , are the real causes of the apathy and indifference of the Craft in this respect . In my humble opinion , one of the great hindrances to a general support of the press by the Craft is the " personality , " often bitter , always disgraceful , which characterizes so many Masonic writers . I do not think that the " Freemason " can fairly be accused of yielding to this vicious influence .
as I know you , Sir , have declared war , so to say , against all personality . But still in past times , and at the present time , ^ and in saying this I know I speak the sentiments of many good brethren ) , the personality of Masonic writers indisposes many brethren from taking much interest in Masonic literature . It is curious that it should be so , and yet none are so personal as Freemasons when they onctj begin to write .
1 have perused , very often with astonishment , mingled with regret , the lucubrations of Masonic journalists , and the " barbed arrows " of Masonic correspondents . Nothing more derogatory to Freemasonry , or more discreditable even to humanity , has ever been put forward In print than some of the so-called essays and elaborate attacks on others , which may sometimes be seen by the curious in Masonic Journalism . Indeed , it is not too much to say , that some Masonic writers seem to wish to convince thc world