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independent of what the various lodges have done themselves , and they number nearly 600 under thc Scottish Constitution alone , and many have blessed our fraternity for their aid . In England there exist several Masonic institutions , snch as that proposed for Scotland , and over £ 20 , 000 is annually subscribed for to support them . In America they abound , as indeed they do throughout thc
globe , so that a I-rcemason may travel throughout the whole world , and at all times feel that he is not far from one who will aid and assist him in a manner known to our fraternity . There is another feature that I would just mention , and that is the feeling of friendship , that is at once established between brother Freemasons , and that feeling is constantly kept prominently before us in all our
mcetings . No matter where or how you may come in contact wilh them , thc same feeling is found , as I can testify from my own experience , in Italy , Azores , Bermuda , and America . I , would just mention , that in forty States in America , during 1873 , no less a number than 3 6 , 434 gentlemen were admitted members of our fraternity , and during-the same period there were no less than 528 , 190
subscribing members belonging to the various lodges . In Scotland , I find that during the same period , no less than 3 , 683 were admitted to our fraternity , which must be very gratifying to all of you , showing that Freemasonry is flourishing in our midst , even to a greater extent than iu America , were it is making such rapid strides . In conclusion it gives me very great pleasure in representing this
ancient lodge , and seeing so many brethren and gentlemen , with their wives and sweethearts , present , to meet with us at this , our ninety-second anniversary , and I hope that all of us will enjoy this evening ' s amusement , and that it may be marked as a most successful gathering . Several loyal and patriotic toasts were given and responded to , which were followed by a well attended assembly , the ladies being
111 most elegant form , and the dancing was kept up with great spirit until morning . Too much credit cannot be given to I ' ro . Galbmith for the very excellent spread he provided on his own premises . GLASGOW . —LODGE COMMEIICIAL ( No . 3 60 ) , held their bi-monthly meeting in their hall , 30 , Hope Street , Glasgow , on Friday , the 2 nd inst ., Bro . John Monro , R . W . M .,
presiding -. J . M . Olliver , S . W . ; T . Graham , S . D ., acting as J . W . ; A . Morton , I . P . M . ; J . Brode . S . M . ; Bro . D . Lamb , D . M .: Visitors—Bro . A . Thorburn , R . W . M . Lodge Glasgow , No . 4 ; Pro . R . Munro , J . W . Lodge No . 4 ; Bro . Lindsay Gray , D . M . Lotlge St . Mark , No . 102 ; and others . Bro . John Monro , R . W . M ., opened the lodge , and the Secretary read the minutes of last meeting , which
were approved of . Bro . D . Lamb , D . M ., on behalf of the members of the lodge , presented Bro . A . Morton , late Secretary , with a gold pencil case , as token of their regard , an'd tlie very high estimation they held of Bro . Morton , both in and out of the lodge room , for he had always done his duty in a most courteous and faithful manner , and he hoped he would be loug spared to be
amongst them . Bro . Morton , in a few well chosen remarks , acknowledged the high compliment f that had been paid to him , and said that any services he coultl at any time rentier to the lodge , it would give him great pleasure to do so . Thc lodge was then raised to the degree of Fellow Craft , when Bro . A . Martin anil Bro . W . Harrison retired . Thc lotlge being raised to the sublime degree of
M . M ., Bros . Martin and Harrison re-entered , anil received that degree , Bro . J . Brode , S . M ., and Bro . D . Lamb officiating . The lodge was then closed in due form . TIIORNLIEBANK . —TIIOHNTIIKE LODGE ( NO . 512 ) . — This lodge met in the School Room , Thornliebank , on Saturday , the 20 th ult ., present Bro . R . Scobie , R . W . M . ; Bro . R . Fletcher , S . AV . ; Bro . R . M'Ewan , J . AV . ; Bro . W .
Jardiue , Treas . ; Bro . T . E . Schuden , Sec , and several others . The lodge being opened by thc R . W . M ., the Secretary read the minutes of last meeting , which were approved of . Applications were read from thc following gentlemen for admission into the Order , viz . John Ferguson ; F . Gallagher ; James Jardine ; R . S . Slatt ; A . Nicholson ; and W . Buckley ; there being no objection , thc
candidates received the E . A . degree , Bro . R . Scobie officiating in a very efficient manner . After several loyal and Masonic toasts had been given by the R . W . M ., Bro . M'Ewan , J . AV ., proposed " The New Laitl Stones , " and saidit augured well for the prosperity of the lodge when they found such worthy gentlemen ns the present coming forward to join them . Bro . A . Nicholson said as a young
Mason he thanked them for thc honour they had conferred on him and his companions ; he had thought a good deal about Masonry , and for mauy years had been opposed to it , but at last made up his mind to join it , and having done so he could only now express bis regret that he hatl not done so before , for he really could now sec some of thc advantages of Freemasonry , and he would only be too
happy to do all that might lie in his power to forward the interest of the Craft in general and the Thorntree Lodge in particular . Bro . Buckley also replied . The R . W . M . then proposed " The Visitors , " coupled with the name of Bro . G . W . AVhceler , Lodge 73 , Glasgow , the compliment being suitably acknowledged . After several songs , etc ., from Bros . Gallagher , Clark , I Iutton , anil others , Bro . Wheeler
proposed " Prosperity to the Thorntree Lodge " coupled with the name of Bro . Scobie , R . W . M . ; Bro . Scobie replied , and said while they continued to get good members , their prosperity was certain , anil he should make it his study to bring about that result . The lodge was then closed in due form . COATBRIDGE . —ST . ANDIIKW ( N O . 544 ) . —The regular fortnightly meeting of this lodge was held in their
Hall , Bank-street , on the 20 th ult ., Bro . A . Kennedy , R . W . M ., presiding . Bro . Jas . Kennedy , S . W . ; Bro . Mailer , acting J . W . ; and the remaining officers in their respective places . The lodge was opened by thc R . W . M ., and thc three candidates who were proposed and ballottcd for at the previous meeting received thc E . A . degree , Bro . D . Reid , R . W . M . No . 4 65 , officiating in a very impressive manner , Bro . Kennedy , K . W . M ., giving a short lecture on
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the same degree . Bro Bassett was raised to the sublime degree of M . M ., Bro . Kennedy , R . W . M . officiating . After other business connected with the lodge had been gone through , the lodge was closed in due form .
Laying The Foundation Stone Of The Merchant Taylors' School, By His Royal Highness The Prince Of Wales, M.W. Grand Master.
LAYING THE FOUNDATION STONE OF THE MERCHANT TAYLORS' SCHOOL , BY HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES , M . W . GRAND MASTER .
His Royal Highness the Prince of AVales , accompanied by her Royal Highness the Princess , by the Princess Mary and thc Duke of Teck , and by the Archbishop of Canterbury , and a numerous assemblage , took the principal part in the ceremony of celebrating the installation of Merchant Taylors' School in the Charterhouse . Although
Charterhouse School is removed to Godalming , the poor brethren remain in their old building to continue the long tradition of monkish life upon that spot . Parts of the oltl school have also been preserved—the gown-boys' buildings and thc master's house—and form part of the edifice , the first stone of which was laid by the Duke of Edinburgh two years ago . There arc now in the completed building , 19
class-rooms , two large school-rooms , a library , a lecturetheatre , and a magnificent assembly-room , in which the school will meet for prayers when the boys first arrive in the morning , and on grand days for speeches . It will easily hold the 400 or 500 boys whom thc school now contains ; and they are to assemble there on Saturday and Tuesday next . There are the old cloisters , some new cloisters , fives
courts , and a playground of considerable size for a city school . From the old Merchant Taylors' School some books have been brought up , together with the monitors ' table and prompters' bench , on which from year to year the eight monitors and the eight boys who prompt them in their speeches have cut their names . There are also the masters' chairs of black oak . These relics take the place
of the Charterhouse stones , similarly inscribed , which have gone to Godalming . Kitchens and dining-rooms in which thc boys will be supplied at an extremely low tariff occupy a portion of the quadrangle . Thc principal building is a handsome red brick structure , designed by Mr . E . l'Anson , built by Messrs . Brown and Robinson , and ventilated throughout by Phipson's apparatus , which pours hot air in
winter , cold air in summer into the class-room . At half-past 8 yesterday morning there was a celebration of the Holy Communion , ami at 11 service in the chapel of the pensioners of the Charterhouse . Here the Rev . Dr . Baker , the head master , read the service , and the Rev . Mr . Whittington , lecturer of St . Peter ' s , Cornhill , and the Rev . Mr . Airey , read thc lessons . Thc Bishop of
Ely ( Dr . Woodford ) preached a sermon from Ecclesiastes , " I le that incteaseth knowledge increascth sorrow . " 1 Ic acknowledged the truth of the maxim spoken by the wisest of the children of the East , anil followed it through the various branches of study—of science which only reveals remoter difficulties ; of history , which shows man building up and finding that he laid his foundation on
the sand ; of the knowledge of humanity , which teaches the grown man to substitute wariness for the open trust of boys , anti which , by revealing to Him who was above all a Man of Sorrows and acquainted with grief , the real thoughts of even the high spirits by whom He was surrounded , contributed probably a great part to His weight of sadness . But , he said , that nobility was
revealed through suffering , and that it is not when the ship sits brightly upon a summer sea wc recognize the skill of the constructor , but when she holds her own before the storm . Those who dwelt upon this ground before the Reformation passed centuries of uneventful repose , but there came a time when , while serving God to the best of their knowledge , they had to choose between death and
the denial of the faith which their hearts believed . A modern historian , who is without sympathy for the form of faith which these poor Carthusians professed , has described with admiration how they prepared for their end , not less deserving the memory of mankind than those 300 who combed their locks as they sat in thc straight place of Thermopyltc . So closes the last ante-Reformation scene in
the history of thc Charterhouse , with the sight of those hardened into greatness by persecution and the approach of death . Speaking next to the boys as their old schoolfellow , he told them their lot was cast in days of much intellectual warfare , when oltl forms of thought were being sifted to the uttermost , and the very knowledge which they gained there might involve them in the struggle . By
keeping their faith unshaken and their judgment clear they might attain in these quieter times a like nobility to those old Carthusians ; and by following out the spirit in which their school was founded , " to the honour of Christ Jesus , " they might become worthy servants of Him in Church and State . Punctually at half-past one thc Royal party arrived and
proceeded to the lecture-theatre . They were received by thc Master of the Company , Mr . J . Coysgarne Sim ; thc Head Master of the school , Dr . Baker ; and the wardens . Thc 49 th Middlesex ( Post Office ) Rifle A ' oluntcers , under Lieutenant-Colonel Du Plat Taylor , formed thc guard of honour . LordandLady Suffield , Sir W . Knollys , and Colonel Ellis , Lady Caroline Cust and Captain St . John Mildmay
were in attendance on their Royal Highnesses , who were received with enthusiastic applause , the Coldstream band , under Mr . F . Godfrey , playing " God Bless thc Prince ol AVales . " The Prince was in ordinary morning dress , and the Princess wore a light polonaise , a dark hat , with light blue feather .
In the lecture-theatre , the Master ( Mr . Sim ) , after a few words of gratitude for the fresh mark of thc Royal favour to that institution which thc Prince of Wales had given , called upon the clerk of the Company , Mr . F . Grantham Faithful , to read a statement in reference to the history and hopes of the school .
Laying The Foundation Stone Of The Merchant Taylors' School, By His Royal Highness The Prince Of Wales, M.W. Grand Master.
Mr . Grantham Faithful then read the following address , which was handed , on emblazoned vellum , to his Royal Highness : — " May it please your Royal I lighncsscss , my Lords , Ladies , and Gentlemen , — "Tbe London school ofthe Merchant Taylors' Company known as Merchant Taylors' School , was founded more
than three centuries ago—i . e ., in the year 1561 , with a view ( as the statutes record ) to the better education and bringing up of children in good manners and literature . It was established by the Master , Wardens , and Court of Assistants of the Merchant Taylors' Company , at the suggestion of Sir Thomas White , thc munificicnt founder of St John ' s College , Oxford , Mr . Richard Ililles , and other prominent
members of the guild , and was built in "Lawrence Pountney-hill , partly by contributions from their private purses , partly out ofthe corporate funds of the Company . The . school was designed for 250 boys . The building in which you arc now assembled will hold twice that number . The old school on Lawrence Pountney-hill contained nothing within its precincts that could be dignified by the name of a
playground , and this has always been considered by thc Court of the Merchant Taylors' Company a very great drawback . Here not only will the school buildings be large , airy , wellwarmed , and well-ventilated , but there will be a good playground for the boys . Since thc first stone of these buildings was laid in June , 1873 , by his Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh , thc school has been entirely
reorganized , and whereas hitherto the education has been for the most part classical , a modern department has now been established , so that such boys as may desire to be instructed in modern languages , English literature , ami natural science , will have an opportunity of studying those subjects under a competent staff of masters . " The school has been much sought after in the past ,
partly in consequence of the excellence of the educational curriculum , which is fully up to thc standard of our best public schools ; partly on account of thc valuable Scholarships and Exhibitions which it has in connection with the Universities , and especially with St . 'John ' s College , Oxford . Among the many distinguished men of bygone times who have received their education in it may be enumerated five
translators of the Bible ( among whom was Bishop Andrews ) , thc pious and loyal Archbishop J uxon , Dr . Wren , Bishop of Ely , Dr . Mews , Bishop of Winchester ; Lord Give , the founder of our Indian Empire ; and last , not least , Edmund Spenser , thc poet , author of the " Faerie Glucene , " the fact of whose education at the school has only become known during the last year by the research of the Historical
Manuscripts Commission among some papers 111 possession of the Townley family . Coming to thc present time , it will , perhaps , be only necessary to mention , with the view of showing that the education given at Merchant Taylors ' has not deteriorated , that of our present English Episcopate , thc Bishop of Ely and the Suffragan Bishop of Nottingham were alumni of the school , and that of our Colonial
Episcopate , thc Bishop of Capetownand the Bishop designate of Ballarat received their education within its walls . " Sorry , Sir , as we are to bill farewell to a building so full of interesting associations as the old school at Lawrence Pountney-hill , wc may yet fairly predict for the new school , to be opened under your Royal Highness ' s auspices , a future , with God ' s blessing , no less distinguished than
has been its past , and we contemplate with satisfaclion the probability of a still larger measure of success attending the efforts of the Merchant Taylors' Company to further tbe cause of mental culture through the widening of the range of subjects to be taught here , and the twofold increase in the number of those for whom additional educational , advantages will be provided .
On the conclusion of the reading thc Prince of Wales said , addressing the Master , the Merchant Taylors , their Itoyal and Serene Highnesses , My Lords , Ladies , and Gentlemen , —I beg to return you my warmest thanks for the address you have presented to me , and for the excellent and admirable report it contains on thc state of this ancient school . It only remains for me to assure you of the great interest which the Princess and myself
take in thc proceedings of to-day . I beg now to declare the Merchant Taylor ' s School open . ( Loud cheers . ) An ode in Latin Alcaics was then declaimed with effect by Shearman , the head monitor of the school , " iu order , " said the Master of the Company , " that the first words spoken in thc school , after your Royal Highness declared it open , should be from the monitor . " Addressing the Prince of AA ' ales as
" . , . . Amantis spes patria * ct decus , " Quern semper artes ingenuas sequi " Insuevit excmplum parentum , " thc ode went on"Tuque—O quibus te laudibus efferam ? " Inccdc ! Praesens Gratia luibcbere : " Incede , Alexandvca , festi
" Pars mcrito mclior diei ! " Mutantur aides , non animus : manet " Immota prisca * religio Domus : " / "Etcrnus o Rector secundos " Continue ! sine fine cursus . ' " When thc lines in which the Princess was addressed as " rightly the better half of the festival" were reached , the ode was interrupted by applause , which was also
very loud at the end . The Master of the Company then handed to the Princess a gold medal , the obverse of which bore the likeness of their Highnesses , and the reverse the arms of the Company supported by its dromedaries . It bore the inscription— " Merc . Sciss . Schola rea-dificata , et ausp . Alberto Eduardo Galliarum Princ . el Alcxandr . conj . ejus instaur . " and the date April 6 , 1875 . A similar medal in silver was handed to thc Prince ol Wales , and by him presented to the head monitor .
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independent of what the various lodges have done themselves , and they number nearly 600 under thc Scottish Constitution alone , and many have blessed our fraternity for their aid . In England there exist several Masonic institutions , snch as that proposed for Scotland , and over £ 20 , 000 is annually subscribed for to support them . In America they abound , as indeed they do throughout thc
globe , so that a I-rcemason may travel throughout the whole world , and at all times feel that he is not far from one who will aid and assist him in a manner known to our fraternity . There is another feature that I would just mention , and that is the feeling of friendship , that is at once established between brother Freemasons , and that feeling is constantly kept prominently before us in all our
mcetings . No matter where or how you may come in contact wilh them , thc same feeling is found , as I can testify from my own experience , in Italy , Azores , Bermuda , and America . I , would just mention , that in forty States in America , during 1873 , no less a number than 3 6 , 434 gentlemen were admitted members of our fraternity , and during-the same period there were no less than 528 , 190
subscribing members belonging to the various lodges . In Scotland , I find that during the same period , no less than 3 , 683 were admitted to our fraternity , which must be very gratifying to all of you , showing that Freemasonry is flourishing in our midst , even to a greater extent than iu America , were it is making such rapid strides . In conclusion it gives me very great pleasure in representing this
ancient lodge , and seeing so many brethren and gentlemen , with their wives and sweethearts , present , to meet with us at this , our ninety-second anniversary , and I hope that all of us will enjoy this evening ' s amusement , and that it may be marked as a most successful gathering . Several loyal and patriotic toasts were given and responded to , which were followed by a well attended assembly , the ladies being
111 most elegant form , and the dancing was kept up with great spirit until morning . Too much credit cannot be given to I ' ro . Galbmith for the very excellent spread he provided on his own premises . GLASGOW . —LODGE COMMEIICIAL ( No . 3 60 ) , held their bi-monthly meeting in their hall , 30 , Hope Street , Glasgow , on Friday , the 2 nd inst ., Bro . John Monro , R . W . M .,
presiding -. J . M . Olliver , S . W . ; T . Graham , S . D ., acting as J . W . ; A . Morton , I . P . M . ; J . Brode . S . M . ; Bro . D . Lamb , D . M .: Visitors—Bro . A . Thorburn , R . W . M . Lodge Glasgow , No . 4 ; Pro . R . Munro , J . W . Lodge No . 4 ; Bro . Lindsay Gray , D . M . Lotlge St . Mark , No . 102 ; and others . Bro . John Monro , R . W . M ., opened the lodge , and the Secretary read the minutes of last meeting , which
were approved of . Bro . D . Lamb , D . M ., on behalf of the members of the lodge , presented Bro . A . Morton , late Secretary , with a gold pencil case , as token of their regard , an'd tlie very high estimation they held of Bro . Morton , both in and out of the lodge room , for he had always done his duty in a most courteous and faithful manner , and he hoped he would be loug spared to be
amongst them . Bro . Morton , in a few well chosen remarks , acknowledged the high compliment f that had been paid to him , and said that any services he coultl at any time rentier to the lodge , it would give him great pleasure to do so . Thc lodge was then raised to the degree of Fellow Craft , when Bro . A . Martin anil Bro . W . Harrison retired . Thc lotlge being raised to the sublime degree of
M . M ., Bros . Martin and Harrison re-entered , anil received that degree , Bro . J . Brode , S . M ., and Bro . D . Lamb officiating . The lodge was then closed in due form . TIIORNLIEBANK . —TIIOHNTIIKE LODGE ( NO . 512 ) . — This lodge met in the School Room , Thornliebank , on Saturday , the 20 th ult ., present Bro . R . Scobie , R . W . M . ; Bro . R . Fletcher , S . AV . ; Bro . R . M'Ewan , J . AV . ; Bro . W .
Jardiue , Treas . ; Bro . T . E . Schuden , Sec , and several others . The lodge being opened by thc R . W . M ., the Secretary read the minutes of last meeting , which were approved of . Applications were read from thc following gentlemen for admission into the Order , viz . John Ferguson ; F . Gallagher ; James Jardine ; R . S . Slatt ; A . Nicholson ; and W . Buckley ; there being no objection , thc
candidates received the E . A . degree , Bro . R . Scobie officiating in a very efficient manner . After several loyal and Masonic toasts had been given by the R . W . M ., Bro . M'Ewan , J . AV ., proposed " The New Laitl Stones , " and saidit augured well for the prosperity of the lodge when they found such worthy gentlemen ns the present coming forward to join them . Bro . A . Nicholson said as a young
Mason he thanked them for thc honour they had conferred on him and his companions ; he had thought a good deal about Masonry , and for mauy years had been opposed to it , but at last made up his mind to join it , and having done so he could only now express bis regret that he hatl not done so before , for he really could now sec some of thc advantages of Freemasonry , and he would only be too
happy to do all that might lie in his power to forward the interest of the Craft in general and the Thorntree Lodge in particular . Bro . Buckley also replied . The R . W . M . then proposed " The Visitors , " coupled with the name of Bro . G . W . AVhceler , Lodge 73 , Glasgow , the compliment being suitably acknowledged . After several songs , etc ., from Bros . Gallagher , Clark , I Iutton , anil others , Bro . Wheeler
proposed " Prosperity to the Thorntree Lodge " coupled with the name of Bro . Scobie , R . W . M . ; Bro . Scobie replied , and said while they continued to get good members , their prosperity was certain , anil he should make it his study to bring about that result . The lodge was then closed in due form . COATBRIDGE . —ST . ANDIIKW ( N O . 544 ) . —The regular fortnightly meeting of this lodge was held in their
Hall , Bank-street , on the 20 th ult ., Bro . A . Kennedy , R . W . M ., presiding . Bro . Jas . Kennedy , S . W . ; Bro . Mailer , acting J . W . ; and the remaining officers in their respective places . The lodge was opened by thc R . W . M ., and thc three candidates who were proposed and ballottcd for at the previous meeting received thc E . A . degree , Bro . D . Reid , R . W . M . No . 4 65 , officiating in a very impressive manner , Bro . Kennedy , K . W . M ., giving a short lecture on
Scotland.
the same degree . Bro Bassett was raised to the sublime degree of M . M ., Bro . Kennedy , R . W . M . officiating . After other business connected with the lodge had been gone through , the lodge was closed in due form .
Laying The Foundation Stone Of The Merchant Taylors' School, By His Royal Highness The Prince Of Wales, M.W. Grand Master.
LAYING THE FOUNDATION STONE OF THE MERCHANT TAYLORS' SCHOOL , BY HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES , M . W . GRAND MASTER .
His Royal Highness the Prince of AVales , accompanied by her Royal Highness the Princess , by the Princess Mary and thc Duke of Teck , and by the Archbishop of Canterbury , and a numerous assemblage , took the principal part in the ceremony of celebrating the installation of Merchant Taylors' School in the Charterhouse . Although
Charterhouse School is removed to Godalming , the poor brethren remain in their old building to continue the long tradition of monkish life upon that spot . Parts of the oltl school have also been preserved—the gown-boys' buildings and thc master's house—and form part of the edifice , the first stone of which was laid by the Duke of Edinburgh two years ago . There arc now in the completed building , 19
class-rooms , two large school-rooms , a library , a lecturetheatre , and a magnificent assembly-room , in which the school will meet for prayers when the boys first arrive in the morning , and on grand days for speeches . It will easily hold the 400 or 500 boys whom thc school now contains ; and they are to assemble there on Saturday and Tuesday next . There are the old cloisters , some new cloisters , fives
courts , and a playground of considerable size for a city school . From the old Merchant Taylors' School some books have been brought up , together with the monitors ' table and prompters' bench , on which from year to year the eight monitors and the eight boys who prompt them in their speeches have cut their names . There are also the masters' chairs of black oak . These relics take the place
of the Charterhouse stones , similarly inscribed , which have gone to Godalming . Kitchens and dining-rooms in which thc boys will be supplied at an extremely low tariff occupy a portion of the quadrangle . Thc principal building is a handsome red brick structure , designed by Mr . E . l'Anson , built by Messrs . Brown and Robinson , and ventilated throughout by Phipson's apparatus , which pours hot air in
winter , cold air in summer into the class-room . At half-past 8 yesterday morning there was a celebration of the Holy Communion , ami at 11 service in the chapel of the pensioners of the Charterhouse . Here the Rev . Dr . Baker , the head master , read the service , and the Rev . Mr . Whittington , lecturer of St . Peter ' s , Cornhill , and the Rev . Mr . Airey , read thc lessons . Thc Bishop of
Ely ( Dr . Woodford ) preached a sermon from Ecclesiastes , " I le that incteaseth knowledge increascth sorrow . " 1 Ic acknowledged the truth of the maxim spoken by the wisest of the children of the East , anil followed it through the various branches of study—of science which only reveals remoter difficulties ; of history , which shows man building up and finding that he laid his foundation on
the sand ; of the knowledge of humanity , which teaches the grown man to substitute wariness for the open trust of boys , anti which , by revealing to Him who was above all a Man of Sorrows and acquainted with grief , the real thoughts of even the high spirits by whom He was surrounded , contributed probably a great part to His weight of sadness . But , he said , that nobility was
revealed through suffering , and that it is not when the ship sits brightly upon a summer sea wc recognize the skill of the constructor , but when she holds her own before the storm . Those who dwelt upon this ground before the Reformation passed centuries of uneventful repose , but there came a time when , while serving God to the best of their knowledge , they had to choose between death and
the denial of the faith which their hearts believed . A modern historian , who is without sympathy for the form of faith which these poor Carthusians professed , has described with admiration how they prepared for their end , not less deserving the memory of mankind than those 300 who combed their locks as they sat in thc straight place of Thermopyltc . So closes the last ante-Reformation scene in
the history of thc Charterhouse , with the sight of those hardened into greatness by persecution and the approach of death . Speaking next to the boys as their old schoolfellow , he told them their lot was cast in days of much intellectual warfare , when oltl forms of thought were being sifted to the uttermost , and the very knowledge which they gained there might involve them in the struggle . By
keeping their faith unshaken and their judgment clear they might attain in these quieter times a like nobility to those old Carthusians ; and by following out the spirit in which their school was founded , " to the honour of Christ Jesus , " they might become worthy servants of Him in Church and State . Punctually at half-past one thc Royal party arrived and
proceeded to the lecture-theatre . They were received by thc Master of the Company , Mr . J . Coysgarne Sim ; thc Head Master of the school , Dr . Baker ; and the wardens . Thc 49 th Middlesex ( Post Office ) Rifle A ' oluntcers , under Lieutenant-Colonel Du Plat Taylor , formed thc guard of honour . LordandLady Suffield , Sir W . Knollys , and Colonel Ellis , Lady Caroline Cust and Captain St . John Mildmay
were in attendance on their Royal Highnesses , who were received with enthusiastic applause , the Coldstream band , under Mr . F . Godfrey , playing " God Bless thc Prince ol AVales . " The Prince was in ordinary morning dress , and the Princess wore a light polonaise , a dark hat , with light blue feather .
In the lecture-theatre , the Master ( Mr . Sim ) , after a few words of gratitude for the fresh mark of thc Royal favour to that institution which thc Prince of Wales had given , called upon the clerk of the Company , Mr . F . Grantham Faithful , to read a statement in reference to the history and hopes of the school .
Laying The Foundation Stone Of The Merchant Taylors' School, By His Royal Highness The Prince Of Wales, M.W. Grand Master.
Mr . Grantham Faithful then read the following address , which was handed , on emblazoned vellum , to his Royal Highness : — " May it please your Royal I lighncsscss , my Lords , Ladies , and Gentlemen , — "Tbe London school ofthe Merchant Taylors' Company known as Merchant Taylors' School , was founded more
than three centuries ago—i . e ., in the year 1561 , with a view ( as the statutes record ) to the better education and bringing up of children in good manners and literature . It was established by the Master , Wardens , and Court of Assistants of the Merchant Taylors' Company , at the suggestion of Sir Thomas White , thc munificicnt founder of St John ' s College , Oxford , Mr . Richard Ililles , and other prominent
members of the guild , and was built in "Lawrence Pountney-hill , partly by contributions from their private purses , partly out ofthe corporate funds of the Company . The . school was designed for 250 boys . The building in which you arc now assembled will hold twice that number . The old school on Lawrence Pountney-hill contained nothing within its precincts that could be dignified by the name of a
playground , and this has always been considered by thc Court of the Merchant Taylors' Company a very great drawback . Here not only will the school buildings be large , airy , wellwarmed , and well-ventilated , but there will be a good playground for the boys . Since thc first stone of these buildings was laid in June , 1873 , by his Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh , thc school has been entirely
reorganized , and whereas hitherto the education has been for the most part classical , a modern department has now been established , so that such boys as may desire to be instructed in modern languages , English literature , ami natural science , will have an opportunity of studying those subjects under a competent staff of masters . " The school has been much sought after in the past ,
partly in consequence of the excellence of the educational curriculum , which is fully up to thc standard of our best public schools ; partly on account of thc valuable Scholarships and Exhibitions which it has in connection with the Universities , and especially with St . 'John ' s College , Oxford . Among the many distinguished men of bygone times who have received their education in it may be enumerated five
translators of the Bible ( among whom was Bishop Andrews ) , thc pious and loyal Archbishop J uxon , Dr . Wren , Bishop of Ely , Dr . Mews , Bishop of Winchester ; Lord Give , the founder of our Indian Empire ; and last , not least , Edmund Spenser , thc poet , author of the " Faerie Glucene , " the fact of whose education at the school has only become known during the last year by the research of the Historical
Manuscripts Commission among some papers 111 possession of the Townley family . Coming to thc present time , it will , perhaps , be only necessary to mention , with the view of showing that the education given at Merchant Taylors ' has not deteriorated , that of our present English Episcopate , thc Bishop of Ely and the Suffragan Bishop of Nottingham were alumni of the school , and that of our Colonial
Episcopate , thc Bishop of Capetownand the Bishop designate of Ballarat received their education within its walls . " Sorry , Sir , as we are to bill farewell to a building so full of interesting associations as the old school at Lawrence Pountney-hill , wc may yet fairly predict for the new school , to be opened under your Royal Highness ' s auspices , a future , with God ' s blessing , no less distinguished than
has been its past , and we contemplate with satisfaclion the probability of a still larger measure of success attending the efforts of the Merchant Taylors' Company to further tbe cause of mental culture through the widening of the range of subjects to be taught here , and the twofold increase in the number of those for whom additional educational , advantages will be provided .
On the conclusion of the reading thc Prince of Wales said , addressing the Master , the Merchant Taylors , their Itoyal and Serene Highnesses , My Lords , Ladies , and Gentlemen , —I beg to return you my warmest thanks for the address you have presented to me , and for the excellent and admirable report it contains on thc state of this ancient school . It only remains for me to assure you of the great interest which the Princess and myself
take in thc proceedings of to-day . I beg now to declare the Merchant Taylor ' s School open . ( Loud cheers . ) An ode in Latin Alcaics was then declaimed with effect by Shearman , the head monitor of the school , " iu order , " said the Master of the Company , " that the first words spoken in thc school , after your Royal Highness declared it open , should be from the monitor . " Addressing the Prince of AA ' ales as
" . , . . Amantis spes patria * ct decus , " Quern semper artes ingenuas sequi " Insuevit excmplum parentum , " thc ode went on"Tuque—O quibus te laudibus efferam ? " Inccdc ! Praesens Gratia luibcbere : " Incede , Alexandvca , festi
" Pars mcrito mclior diei ! " Mutantur aides , non animus : manet " Immota prisca * religio Domus : " / "Etcrnus o Rector secundos " Continue ! sine fine cursus . ' " When thc lines in which the Princess was addressed as " rightly the better half of the festival" were reached , the ode was interrupted by applause , which was also
very loud at the end . The Master of the Company then handed to the Princess a gold medal , the obverse of which bore the likeness of their Highnesses , and the reverse the arms of the Company supported by its dromedaries . It bore the inscription— " Merc . Sciss . Schola rea-dificata , et ausp . Alberto Eduardo Galliarum Princ . el Alcxandr . conj . ejus instaur . " and the date April 6 , 1875 . A similar medal in silver was handed to thc Prince ol Wales , and by him presented to the head monitor .