Freemasonry In New South Wales.

munion . I feel it my imperative duty as your Chaplain , speak boldly and publicly concerning an attack made on Freemasonry by one high in authority . I need not say , you , my brethren , who are acquainted with the true princip les of our ancient Craft , that the most outrageous charges of atheism , immorality , and treason , are wholly unfounded and baseless ; we can only conclude that these of

charges are made by one who is entirely ignorant a subject on which he so rashlv ventured . Brethren , I , as a minister of God , and a member of the Order , give my unqualified denial to them all , and I say they are false and uncalled for . As to our loyalty , no Order can surpass us , and allow me to express on your behalf our fealty to our beloved Queen , whose subjects we arc ( may she yet

reign long and happy ) , and may God continue to shower down upon her His kindness and mercy . As a proof of our loyalty , monarchs , princes , and persons of the highest rank have in all ages belonged to our Order , and promoted its interests . Were we otherwise than loyal , we might as ] j—would the Heir Apparent to the Biitish thronejhave become a Freemason . and consented to fill the chair as our

Grand Master ? Brethren , on this the anniversary of his birthday , let us , in God's most holy name , wish him all happ iness and prosperity . On the conclusion of this able address , of which the above is only a sketch , a grand anthem was performed . And here it may be mentioned that the whole of the musical portion of the programme , which formed a very

important one , was , with the assistance of a good choir , and the advantage of having visiting Bro . Best to preside at the harmonium , carried out most admirably . Bro . p . M . Downer in a few applicable remarks , dwelling especially on the bold refutation made by the worthy Bro . Chaplain against the base and unfounded invectives which

had been so unwarrantably hurled against the Order by Dr . Vaughan , proposed— " That a vote of thanks be ao corded to Rev . Bro . Johnson , for the able and suitable address which he had so kindly and fraternally delivered on this auspicious occasion , " which was carried by acclamation .

W . Bro . Hindmarsh , W . M . of the Inverell Lodge then presented , on behalf of himself and the officers and brethren of that lodge , Bro . J . T . French with a very handsome gold Masonic jewel , in recognition of the very valuable services rendered by him to the Inverell Lodge , at and since its formation . Bro . French , in thanking the W . M . and brethren of tbe Inverell Lodge , said " tbat in doing what he had done , and done with pleasure , he

considered he had only been performing a duty he owed to the Craft ; he should always be proud in being privileged to wear so handsome a jewel , so fraternally bestowed upon him . The lodge then closed , the whole of the brethrer . expressing their delight and satisfaction at the way in which the ceremony had been carried out by W . M . Bro . J . Munro , and his officers , to whom thc greatest praise'is due . It is such ceremonies as these that tend to raise the

esteem of the beauties of the Order in the minds of the younger Masons . The brethren then repaired to the Royal Hotel , where an excellent luncheon had been provided for them . THE BAM .. —The lodge-room was soon transformed into an elegant ball-room , very neatly decorated with festoons of evergreens and flowers , Masonic emblems , and

numbers of flags , a notable feature being a very handsome Prince of Wales ' s feather over the W . M . 's canopy ; also , most prominently displayed , was a life-like oil-painting of Bro . P . M . Downer , executed by Bro . Donald Wagner , of this town , and in a spirit of fraternal feeling presented by him to the lodge . The portrait is a most truthful and excellent one , and does thc highest credit to

the aitist . Although there were about one hundred persons present , the hall was not at all crowded . Dancing commenced punctually at nine o ' clock , and was continued until long after daylight ; everyone seemed so thoroughly to enjoy themselies that thc night passed away imperceptibly . The ladies , who were dressed with the most exquisite taste , appeared to have made up their minds to

be completely happy ; and a more enjoyable evening , or rather we might say night , could not have been spent . Herr Wirth ' s band discoursed excellent music . Bros . S . Ashton and H . Lewis , the M . C . ' s , did all in their power to make everything go smoothly . The refreshments during the whole of the evening , provided by the Glen Innes Campagnoni , Mr . John Noonen , were all that could be desired .

The gth November , 1876 , will long be remembered , not only by the brethren of the Order , but also by their fair sisters . Both socially and financially it was an immense success . The balance , which will be something considerable , will be handed over to the Building Fund .

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THE SCOTTISH FHEEMASCN , NO . 1 . We like the appearance and matter of this " interesting little " Masonic " stranger" very much indeed . It is very " VCH printed , got up , and arranged , and reflects equal credit on its publisher , editor , and printer . The time has clearly arrived when the Scottish Freemasons should have an organ le

1 "' own , as the Scottish Masonic intelligence cannot Uuch is cur impression ) be fairly or properly dealt with Without more space than an ordinary Masonic journal can afford to supply . The Order in Scotland is a very intelli-S > t , influential , and estimable body of men , and we trust at blighter days are opening out for them , and that they may , ise to the proper level , alike of their own duties and

¦ " e wants of Freemasonry . We have no doubt that the nancial position of thc Grand Lodge has greatly affected eir general contentment and prosperity , and when that is tit p -8 llt ; - as we trust soon wil 1 be the case > Scot' freemasonry will come at once " to the fore . " The <*''« is " i Freemason will , we venture to think , assist in this s °° a work , and aid towards this desirable end . We con-

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gratulate our estimable and energetic publisher on his seeking to establish in Scotland an indigenous Masonic journal , and we hope , as we believe , that supported by Scottish energy and good will , this new literary venture ( one , by the way , of a most effective and readable character ) will meet with the success it so well deserves . The Scottish Freemason has our " hearty good wishes , " and we feel convinced that it has before it a course of prestige and prosperity .

Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.

ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS .

The General Committee of this Institution met on Saturday last at Freemasons' Hall . Bro . W . F . Collard Moutrie occupied the chair . Among the other brethren present were Bros . Henry Browse , Benjamin Head , Capt .

John Wordsworth , J . G . Chancellor , Jesse Turner , S . Rosenthal , J . W . Dennison , J . C . Dwarber , John Symonds , William Mann , A . Durrant , Robert B . Webster , Henry W . Hunt , F . Adlard , Rev . Dr . Morris ( head master ) , W . Hyde Pullen , H . Massey ( Freemason ) , and F . Binckes , Secretaiy .

After the reading and confirmation of the minutes of former meeting a slight discussion arose on some of the business then done . A fterwards the report of the special House Committee was brought up , which stated that the proposition for accommodating iao boys extra in the Institution had been submitted to them , with the question

of increasing the buildings at Wood Green , and thatafter examining the plans for these buildings they found that the probable outlay which would be incurred in erecting these buildings would be about £ 22 , 000 . The petition of Mrs . Belmore , the widow of the late George Belmore , the actor , for placing one of her children

in the Institution , was read , and the boy having been examined in reading was placed on the list . Bro . H . G . Warren gave notice in writing of motion for the Quarterly Court in terms similar to that given by him at the General Committee of the Girls' School , on the 22 nd February , for increasing the amount of securities

for the Secretary and clerk . Bro . John Symonds said that if Bro . Warren had been present he had intended to suggest to him that the amounts should be fixed by the Courts , and that they should be struck out of the laws . Bro . Binckes read a letter from the solicitors to the

Institution , stating that , in conformity with the resolution passed at the last meeting of the General Committee , they had deposited the securities of the Institution with the bankers , Messrs . Willis , Pereival , & Co ., 76 , Lombard . street , and now forwarded a list of those deeds to the Secretary . The committee having sat an hour , adjourned .

Ihe adjourned meeting of the Special House Committee appointed to enquire into the best method of extending the Institution by adding further building to the present school-house at Wood Green , sufficient to accommodate 1 : o additional boys , was held at Freemasons' Hall on Saturday last , when there were present Bros . Henry Browse , W . F . Collard Moutrie , Benjamin Head , Captain

J . Wordsworth , and F . Binckes , Secretary . Other plans were laid before the committee besides those laid before them at the meeting the week previously , and having been considered , it was found that the probable outlay which would be incurred by erecting the proposed new buildings would be about £ 22 , 000 . It was resolved to report this to the General Committee and Quarterly Court , and the committee then adjourned .

From the Class list of the Cambridge Local Examination ( Christmas , 1876 ) just out , we are enabled to give the results as far as concerns our Boys' School . They are exceedingly satisfactory . The number of candidates was 28 , and 26 have passed . Of these 26 there were 23 juniors , and 1 senior . Of the 21 ; juniors , more than half

( 14 ) gained a place in the honour list—2 in the ist class , 3 in the 2 nd class , and 9 in the 3 rd class . The quality of the work done in the school is testified to by these figures , and there is no need of any comment . The following is a complete list of tbe successful candidates : — SENIOR . —1 passed , R . Bryant .

JUNIORS . —istClass : r , Paiker ; 2 , Green . 2 nd Class , 4 , Bowler ; s , Sage ; 6 , Pawley . 3 rd Class : 7 , Uwins : 8 , Newman , 9 , Markin ; 10 , Rose ; 11 , Grimes ; 12 , Heaviside ; 13 , Doswell ; 14 , Widdowson ; 13 , Watkins . SATISFIED THE EXAMINERS : 16 , W . Sparkes ; 17 , Pinson ; 18 , Harding ; 19 , Tayler ; 20 , Battye ; 21 , Booser ; 22 , Warr ; 23 , Moon ; 24 , Whyatt ; 25 , A . Bryant j 26 , W . White . "

THE " SCOTTISH FREEMASON . —The first number of this new organ for the Craft has just been published , and promises fair to be a success . It is got up in first-class style , clearly printed on excellent paper . In addition to accounts of Masonic proceedings in different parts of the country , detailed reports are given of festivals and other meetings in a form such as the brethren have not been favoured with for a considerable time past , and

at a length which they could not expect in ordinary newspapers . The leading principles are ably set forth in an aiticle entitled " What is Masonry ? " and some fine " Lines to the Craft" are given from thc pen of Bro . F . B . Covell . There is also the first instalment of a Masonic tale , entitled " The Broken Emblem , " and other items for the benefit of those who , although belonging to the neutral world , may read the journal , so as to learn what their Masonic friends have been doing . —Glasgow News .

Masonic And General Tidings.

Masonic and General Tidings .

The annual grand vocal and instrumental concert will be given in aid of the funds of the Metropolitan and City Police Orphanage , on Friday , thc 23 rd inst ., at St . James ' s Hall . Among the eminent vocalists announced to appear , we notice Mr . Sims Reeves , Bro . Lewis Thomas , Madame Edith Wynne , and Miss Emily Mott ( daughter of Bro . Superintendent Mott ) . The concert will

commence at 8 p . m . ROYAL ARCH MASONRY , PROVINCE OF QUEBEC , CANADA . —At a late emergent convocation , held in the City of Toronto , Province of Ontaria , the M . E . the Grand Chapter of Canada unanimously recognised the recently established Grand Chapter of the Province of Quebec , of which M . E . Comp . Graham , of Richmond ,

P . Z ., is ist Grand Principal . The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland held a chapter of the Order of St . Patrick on Saturday night in Dublin Castle for the installation of the Duke of Manchester , R . W . P . G . M . Northamptonshire , as a Knight Companion of the Order . The imposing ceremony was witnessed by a very large assembly .

On Monday night , at the Lodge of Joppa , London , Bro . Davis , of lodge of Israel , Birmingham , stated that the endeavour now being made by English lodges to obtain the removal of the exclusion of non-Christians from Freemasonry by the German Grand Lodge had the hearty sympathy of the brethren at Birmingham , as well as the Provincial Grand Master of

Warwickshire , the brethren of Plymouth , and the Earl of Mount-Edgecumbe , Provincial Grand Master for Cornwall . He had no doubt all lodges in England would unite with Lodge Montefiore in petitioning the Grand Lodge on the subject . We understand that the Provincial Grand Lodge of Suffolk will be held on Friday , the 29 th June , at

Hadleigh , under the presidency of the popular Prov . Grand Master , Lord Waveney . In a congregation held at Oxford on Saturday last the degrees of Batchelor of Divinity and Batchelor of Arts were conferred on Bro . the Right Hon . Lord Donoughmore , S . G . Warden . THE SOCIETY OF ANCIENT BRITONS . —

Thursday being St . David's Day , about a hundred gentlemen dined together at Willis ' s Rooms , in celebration of the 162 nd anniversary of the Honourable and Loyal Society of Ancient Britons . Lord Dynevor occupied the chair , and amongst those present were Sir Alexander Wood , the treasurer of the society , Mr . C . W . Wynn , M . P . ; Mr . C . Stepney , M . P . ; Bro . Sir George Elliot ,

R . W . P . G . M . South Wales ; Mr . J . C . Kenyon ; Mr . Charles Shaw , Mr . Cecil Morgan , Mr . E . Rhys Wingfield , and Bro . J . C . Parkinson . The charity , which is known as "The Welsh Charity School , " was first established in 1713 , its objects being then modestly confined to the payment of premiums on the apprenticeship of two boys , one trom South Wales and the other from North

Wales . Afterwards a school was established at Clerkenwell-green , which was removed first to Gray's-inn-road , and afterwards , in 1837 , to Ashford , in Middlesex , and the number of children now in the school is 130 boys and 70 girls , 2516 boys having since the foundation been admitted upon the establishment and wholly maintained in the house , of whom 1133 have been apprenticed . The noble chairman in proposing the toast of the evening ,

" Prosperity to the Society of Ancient Britons , " pleaded earnestly for increased support to the institution , and subscriptions were subsequently announced to the amount of nearly ^" qoo , including £ 105 from the Queen , £ 105 from the chairman , in addition to £ 10 ios . annually , and 30 guineas each from Earl Powis and Bro . Sir Watkin Williams Wynn , R . W . Prov . Grand Master North Wales and Shropshire .

A change has , within the last few days , taken place in the old established firm of Waterlow and Sons ( Limited ) . Arrangements have been made by which it will in future be carried on by Messrs . Waterlow , Brothers , and Layton , at the old premises , Birchin-Iane , Cornhill .

Bro . Alfred T . Layton , who is well known to many mem « bers of the legal profession , having been engaged in the various departments for many years , is also a distinguished Mason . PROVINCE of SOUTH "WALES . —H . R . H . the

Prince of Wales , M . W . G . M ., has delegated to Bro . . / Eneas J . M'Intyre , Q . C , Grand Registrar , the duty of installing Bro . Sir George Elliot , Bart ., M . P ., as Provincial Grand Master of South Wales , Eastern Division . The ceremony will take place at Abcrdare on the 4 th proximo , and the brethren who have charge of the arrangements for the occasion expect upwards of 1000 visiting brethren , a large

proportion being Grand Officers . The Installing Master will be assisted by Sir Albeit Woods ( Garter ) , Grand Director of Ceremonies . The new vicar of Aberdare , Bro . Rev . W . W . Jones , M . A ., the successor to the late Canon Jenkins , will give a special service in the parish church of Aberdare . Aberdare has been selected from its being situated midway between the important Masonic centres of

Swansea and Cardiff , and on account of its abundant communication by railway with all parts of the principality and the adjacent provinces . The brethren are very popular in Wales , and the appointment of Sir George to this important position has been long expected . Bro . Sir

George Elliot has held the position of Deputy Grand Master of Middlesex , achieving that position after being the W . M . of the Bard of Avon Lodge , formerly a Warwickshire lodge , held at the famous Red Horse at Stratford-on-Avon , and now held as a summer lodge on thc banks of the broader Thames .