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Consecration Of The Temple Bar Lodge, No. 1728.
and I take it that there is no more thorough , significant , and eloquent representative of that abiding clement than our noble charities—our Boys' School turning out into life hundreds of boys , well and properly cd'icatcd to fulfil their duties as good citizens and as men who arc under a responsibility to God ; our Girls ' School turning out girls who will be , I trust , thc future
mothers of our English homes , conducting them as I believe they shoulel be conducted , as the great units and centres of civilization , anil of all that is holy and of good report ; and our Benevolent Institution , supporting our agt-el men and women , the representatives , to some , of byegone chattels who are to be put on the shelf as useless , hut who to noble men and Masons are the remnant of
•vhat once was gooel and noble , labours well and truly done , anel to whom if we be true men we should pay that respect and sometimes veneration which is due to the aged which is one of those olel lessons in our English school , which even in School Boarel days wc must read again . I feel , therefore , that in proposing to you the toast of " Thc Masonic Charities " I am not proposing a formal toast ,
but a good toast , and one which you will all drink with thc zeal which becomes Masons , and thc intelligence which is the characteristic of eilucated men . I have never done much myself on behalf of our Masonic Charities ; but I need not remind you how heartily , and thorough ]) -, and liberally they are supported by the great body of our brethren . The magnificent collections at our festivals
speak trumpet-tongued , anel therefore it would be surplusage if I were to attempt to paint the lily in regard tc the support which they receive . But I am bound as an honest man and Mason to say that our Masonic Charities , like all human institutions , arc neither infallible nor perfect , and that there is scope , and great scope , for reform in the mode of election to the chanties . ( Cries of
" Question , Question . " ) It is the question cf thc day , and must come forward . Honesty is the prime attribute of Englishmen . I never hunted for popularity , and never will do so ; and I have that trust and confiilence in my brethren , whether Englishmen , whether Christians or Jews , or whatever their profession may be , that I feel that honesty is paramount
and stands above all other attributes . ( Renewed cries of " Question . " ) It is the question , I am rightly reminded by my brother—the question of the day , and it is the question which must come to the front , and I will be the one that will bc ready to sacrifice my popularity on lhat question . I say that there is jobbery ( cries of no , no , ) in regard to all charities in England ; and therefore 1 hold
that our brethren will do well to take" stock with regard to the manner in which candidates arc elected to our Masonic charities . 1 say it quietly , dispassionately and deliberately , and I am quite sure that investigation into the different claims of candidates forms one of the first necessities of our charities being properly worked ; anel secondly , that the more we carry our charities out of the happy-go-lucky
and haphazard system into thc intelligent and deserving category the better it will be . Now , brethren , I do not wish for a moment to throw any cold water on the charities . I air . thoroughly disinterested ; but I am bound as a Mason and an Englishman to speak what I feel ; anel what I say I believe to bc true . But while I say this , that our Masonic charities are capable of improvement , ( and
I hope no man at this table will say thc charities are perfect and incapable of improvement ) , I say it is the bour . dcn duty of every one of us Masons , so far as God gives us power to do so , compatible with the other claims upon us , by our voice , our money , our influence , to make them perfect . Many and many a time have I wished I was a rich man to support those charities more than I do ;
but this I will say , 1 have done what I recommend the brethren all to elo , young anil olel , to visit the charities to sec thc fruits of the labour of our Sectetaries , and our subscribers , and of the great men who have helped on our charities . Notwithstanding thc imperfections which must attach to them , as to every other charity , we should be reaely to come forwarel to help
those charities , and where there is an opportunity to support them . Let me just before I sit down mention a case in a charity I am professionally connected with : A little while ago a dear and excellent colleague died of cancer , leaving a wielow a share of £ ( ioo . The interest of that was all the poor widow had to live upon , and we were anxious to get the child into the
Clergy Orphan School . The widow hael to go to thc expense of £ \ I os . Od . to print cards . 1 protestcil against it , and 1 am happy to say that this morning we have by perseverance got one great leading member of the committee to give his liat against that hoiriblc waste oi money , \ vhich could benefit only the printer . It is the abominable system , and I elenounce here as a disgraceful waste
for it is either something or nothing . If the cards arc of no use , why then it is waste to have them ; if they are of use , then the persons who can put them forth by the thousauds , and others by the tens or hundreds , there is an inequality , and the poorest suffer and go to the wall . Bro , Simpson concluded by asking the brethren to join him heartily in elrinkiug the toast of " The Masonic
Institutions . " Bro . Binckes in reply , said that nothing ever gave him greater pride , pleasure , or gratification than to have his name associated with this toast . He knew what the Institutions were now , anil what they had been years ago . Many of the brethren equally knew what they were , thc most sanguine among them a few years ago ,
never could have anticipated thc success that now attciuleel thc Institutions . A few years ago thc number of children the school supported could almost bc counted on the fingers . Now they supported more than 300 children , and very shortly there would be more than 200 boys in the Boys' School . Thc Secretaries were most deeply grateful for the enormous support rendered to those Institutions , and he for one was proud that for the last 25 years of
Consecration Of The Temple Bar Lodge, No. 1728.
his life he had spent his time ( he would not go into thc question of paiel or unpaie )) in thc support of those institutions . He saiel it without fear of contradiction , that contrast those institutions , and their annual expenditure , as thc brethren might with other Institutions , they would not find any more honestly or faithfully administered than the Masonic Institutions . As we said in one oi
our ceremonies whatever you choose to contribute shall be giatefully received and faithfully applied , and we might say so it was with these institution ' . He rose to respond that evening under perhaps greater circumstances of difficulty than ever he eliel during the last 25 years . He knew Bro . Simpson ' s feelings aael notions about these charitable matters ; but he ( Bro . Binckesi eliel place it
before the brethren ( and the brethren should either deny or endorse what he said ) that anything more unjustifiable than the opportunity taken by Bro . Simpson of introducing a question of charitable aelministration at a Masonic meeting like that could not have been imagined . It was not fair . We might all have our opinions as to how charities should be aelministered , as to how children
should bc educited , but these questions should come before the Quarterly Courts , and net bc introduced at Masonic Lodges , where the brethren met for the single purpose of the Craft , and not for the discussion of questions which might lead to divergence of opinion and perhaps to feelings far stronger than was desirable among brethren He did not think it right , anil he vvas speaking there
111 the presence of distinguished members of thc Order , and he said it with his impulsive feelings , but he never for one instant had alloweel himself to ventilate this question in a private Masonic Lodge . He hail been appointed as one of a deputation to wait on the Prime Minister of this country , anil had stated his views on thc subject there , and he would state them at the Quarterly
Court ; but he would say , in Heaven ' s name do not let us have these iliffcrences of opinion brought into private Masonic meetings . A greater mistake vvas never made than for Bro . Simpson to introduce this question to a Masonic meeting of how the boys and girls shoulel be electeel to the schools , or thc old p .-ople to the Benevolent Institution . Why vvas he ( Bro . Binckes ) there as the
honoured guest invited by thc ludge . He felt the compliment very highly anil appreciated it most sincerely . Do not let them think him egotistic when he saiel he expected his name woulel be coupled with this toast . He was proud to say the Institution ; had had a most successful year in 1877 . Over £ 42 , 000 had been contributed to them , and he believed that in the current year , spite again of
commercial depression they weulel exceed what they hael done in the past . He was going to be plain—if he was not plain and could not speak his mind he v $ as nothing—and he would say , elo not allow—and he asked the W . M . with all submission and respect—elo not for a moment allow administrative questions to be discussed over the social table . There were the House Committee , where every
brother had the most perftct right of enunciating his opinions in the most open way . Notice of motion coulel be given to alter the laws , and on a majority being founel to be in favour of the alteration it woulel bc made . But when . at a Masonic meeting the ton it of "Success to the Masonic Institutions" was proposed , he held that no greater solecism coulel be introetuced by anybody than to bring forwaid his private opinions on the
question of administration . If a brother wished ' heartily success to the Institutions , he ( Bro . Binckes ) could tell him how it was to be achieved . Let them give their money , let them give their names as Stewards . All the Institutions were enjoying a large amount of success . Thc Benevolent Institution had a large amount of funded property ; thc Girls' School the same ; but the Boys' School was not so
fortunate . Questions hael been raised whether they should husbanel their resources . They were both husbanding their resources for the future anel taking care of thc present . They had funded £ Sooo , and they were going to make up the number of boys to 220 or 225 . The Duke of Connaught woulel take the chair at next festival , and when in
a few days Iemple Bar would bc a thing of the past , he thought ths Temple Bar Lodge woulel raise a lasting monument in connection with Freemasonry by sending a Steward to represent it at the next festival of the Boys ' School . Without quarrelling with Bro . Simpson on thc question of administration , he for one would never surrender the right of private juelgment . The most deserving cases should be admitted , anil if he gave his ten , twenty
or fifty guineas he woulel exercise his votes as he liked , and give them to thc case he thought most deserving . If people liked to spend £$ , J ^ , or £ 15 in canvassing carels , why shoulel they be debarred ? He concluded by saying that he would not leave the room without taking the name of a brother as a Steward for the Boys' School . Bro . Binckes afterwards announced that the W . M . had kindly consented to take the Stewardship for the Boys ' School . The other toasts were given , anel thc brethren separated .
Consecration Of The Cholmeley Lodge No. 1731.
CONSECRATION OF THE CHOLMELEY LODGE No . 1731 .
The above lodge was consecrated on Wednesday last at the Alexandra Palace ' , by Bro . John Hervey , Grand Secrctaiy , assisted by Bro . Henry Gustavus Buss , Assist .
Grand Secretary ; Bros . ill . J . Mc . lntyre and Thomas Fenn , as Wardens ; and the Rev . C . W . Arnold , G . C , as Chaplain . Bro . Henry R . Cooper Smith , vvas thc W . Master designate ; Bro . Thomas Clarke Tatham , S . W . ; and Bro . John Bradley Dyne , J . W .
H . R . H . THE PRINCE OF WALES . —A wellexecuted Crayon Portrait of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales , with a Biographical Sketch , appeared in last Saturday ' s Whitehall Review .
Opening Of A New Masonic Hall In Liverpool.
OPENING OF A NEW MASONIC HALL IN LIVERPOOL .
Another striking cviilence of thc steaely progress of Freemasonry in the Province of West Lancashire , especially in anel around Liverpool , was furnished on Wednesday , the 2 nd inst ., by the opening and dedication of a commodious and well constructcel hall for Masonic
purposes , the ceremony attracting the largest and most influential meeting of the Craft seen in Liverpool for a long time . The building has been named the Skelmersdale Masonic Hall ( out of compliment to our esteemed Deputy Grand Master and Provincial Grand Master ot West Lancashire ) , and is situated at the corner of Kirkstallstreet anel Westminster-road , Kirkdale , Liverpool , having
been erected for thc purpose of giving accommoelation for brethren at the north-end of the town . The formal dedication of the building to Masonic purposes took place in connection with thc annual installation of the Walton Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons , No . 10 S 6 , and the ceremony was most impressively performed by Bros . H . S . Alpass , P . G . Sec , assisted by a large gathering
of P . G . OfPccrs , W . M . ' s , P . M . ' s , anel prominent members of other lodges . Amongst the brethren connected with thc Walton Loelge present were Bros . G . E . Hanmer , W . M . ; f . C . Lunt , P . M . ; John Lunt , P . M ., P . P . G . D . C . ; T . P . McArthur , P . M . ; J . Ellis , P . M . ; R . Abraham , P . M . ; W . Scphton , P . M . ; G . J . Tovvnscnd , S . W . ; W . Walker , J . W . ; W . Archer , P . M .,
Treasurer ; Rev . Dr . Hyde , Secretary ; I . Leece , J . D . ; G . Riley , E . Plummer , M . Lansing , W . Blcase , J . J . Mills , W . Hughes , W . Temple , R . Woodend , A . Rodgers , H . Gill , T . Haslam , R . Beckett , J . Evans , E . Atkinson , H . Spencer , H . Walker , T . Lewis , J . Davies W . Smith , R . Parry , G . Marsden , F . S . Hal pin , E . H . King , J . Parry , G . Cain , W . Roberts , H . Hughes , J .
Griffiths H . Woithmgton , Sec . 1574 ; E . Smith , T . Balsbaw , R . Roberts , W . Copestake , J . Whalley , W . Roberts , anel W . Evans . The long array of visitors included the names of Bros . H . S . Alpass , P . G . Secretary ; Dr . S . J . McGcorge , P . G . Reg . ; H . Jackson , P . G . A . D . C ; J . Wells , P . G . S . ; J . E . Jackson , P . G . S . ; H . Pearson , P . G . S . ; P . Macmulelrow , P . G . S . D . ; W . fyrer ,
P . G . S . of W . ; E . C . Cooper , P . G . S . ; J . Skeaf , P . G . O . ; J . R . Ross , S . D . 1289 ; W . Pulford , W . M . 477 ; W . McGauk-y , 724 ; W . B . Townscnd , S . D . 1211 ; J . P . Hewitt , 1239 ; E . O . Simpson , P . G . S . ; J . Calvcrlcy , 1211 ; J . B . Sprake , 1211 ; W . Quayle , W . M . 1505 ; J . Armstrong , W . M . 1250 ; T . McWcan , J . W . ' 1035 ; J . W . McWean . S . W . 103 ; ; J . Smith , " 77 ; C .
Stopford , 14 ; J . Beesley , 823 ; R . H . Webster , 823 ; W . Biadshaw , 673 ; C . Arden , Sec . 135 6 ; H . Williams , P . M . 249 ; J . B . Gill , 1054 ; J . Normanton , 6 C 7 ; H . W . Hickson , J . D . 1713 ; T . S . Atkinson , J . D . 110 S •, j . Cobham , P . M . 241 ; R . Seddon , 1035 ; Joseph Wood , Treasurer 1094 , ( Freemason ); W . Jones , P . M . 220 , 1299 , 1675 ; G . Fowler , W . M . 155 ; W . Atkinson , 203 ; S . E . Ibbs , ' P . M .
594 , P . P . G . St . B . ; E . T . Gee , 1035 ; A . Willis , W . M . 1035 ; J . Croxton , 249 ; J . H . Carter , 1570 ; P . M . Asher , 477 ; J . Queen , 673 ; J . D . Thomas , 1289 ; T . Dixon , 477 ; W . Roberts , 1264 ; G . Lloyd , 477 ; T . F . Carter , 1 G 09 ; T . Hughes , 216 ; T . Chesvvorth , P . M . 724 ; J . Busfielel , 216 ; C . Haswell , 203 ; W . Fish , 1264 ; Fred . I . Pentin , S . W . 1713 ; A . Hart , S . W . 724 ; S . J . Henochsberg , J . D .
1502 ; W . Webster , D . R . Davies , 126 4 ; J . K . Moore , 431 ; H . Burrows , W . M . 673 ; W . Curtis , 1035 ; J . Roberts , 1182 ; W . H . Vevers , ' 594 ; J . Davison , 724 ; A . Fitzsimons , 220 ; J . Threlfall , 1035 , and others . The hall is Gothic in style , with ornamental brickwork , having an Ionic doorway , and has cost about £ 2000 . It consists of a lodge room on the seconel floor , with
anterooms , lavatories , Ax , and a large dining- hall on the ground floor , with the necessary offices , cloak-room , & c . The latter room is seventy feet by twenty-eight feet , being sixteen feet high , and thc lodge room is fifty-five by twentyeight feet , with segmental archcel ceiling , which greatly promotes its acoustic properties . Messrs . R . Wells and Co ., the contractors , while observing architectural outlines .
have admirably kept in view the requirements of Freemasonry , and the result is that a hall of the finest capacity has been provided . The building operations were personally superintended by Bro . J . Wells , P . G . S ., P . M . 680 . A striking novelty in the fitting of the building arc the pneumatic bells and speaking tubes , fitted by Messrs . Homfray and Co . ( by their Liverpool agent , Bro . W .
Scphton , P . M . 1086 ) , and the communication thus readily established between the W . M . and the Tyler will bc a great advantage for Masonic purposes . Messrs . Chappell had charge of thc brickwork ; Mr . P . Stock executed the plastering ; Bro . W . Griffiths thc painting ; Bro . J . Hayes the plumbing ; Bro . W . Jones the gasfittings ; and Messrs . Walker and Pendleton were entrusted with the heating
apparatus , which seems to be admirable . There was an attendance of about 150 brethren , and the influential nature of the meeting may be seen by the fact that there were no fewer than thirty-six Past Masters present . After the lodge had been duly- opened by Bro . G . E . Hanmer , W . M ., Bro . Alpass , P . G . Sec , took the chair , and dedication prayer was offered by Bro . thc
Rev . Dr . Hyde . Boyce ' s anthem , " I have built surely Thee an house , " was then sung by Bros . C . Haswell , I . Busfield , J . Queen , and T . J . Hughes , Bro . J . Skeaf , P . G . O ., presiding at the harmonium . Bro . II . S . Alpass , as thc Presiding Officer , in dedicaiing the building to Masonry , referred to thc great advantage of having halls specially dedicated to the purposes of Masonry , and said
that in Liverpool there were happily only three loelges which now met at an hotel . This state of things , as compared with lhat which formerly existed , hael in a great measure secured the success of Masonry in this town and province . In West Lancashire there were more subscribing members than in any other in the kingdom , and the numbers continued to increase most steadily . He was certain
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and I take it that there is no more thorough , significant , and eloquent representative of that abiding clement than our noble charities—our Boys' School turning out into life hundreds of boys , well and properly cd'icatcd to fulfil their duties as good citizens and as men who arc under a responsibility to God ; our Girls ' School turning out girls who will be , I trust , thc future
mothers of our English homes , conducting them as I believe they shoulel be conducted , as the great units and centres of civilization , anil of all that is holy and of good report ; and our Benevolent Institution , supporting our agt-el men and women , the representatives , to some , of byegone chattels who are to be put on the shelf as useless , hut who to noble men and Masons are the remnant of
•vhat once was gooel and noble , labours well and truly done , anel to whom if we be true men we should pay that respect and sometimes veneration which is due to the aged which is one of those olel lessons in our English school , which even in School Boarel days wc must read again . I feel , therefore , that in proposing to you the toast of " Thc Masonic Charities " I am not proposing a formal toast ,
but a good toast , and one which you will all drink with thc zeal which becomes Masons , and thc intelligence which is the characteristic of eilucated men . I have never done much myself on behalf of our Masonic Charities ; but I need not remind you how heartily , and thorough ]) -, and liberally they are supported by the great body of our brethren . The magnificent collections at our festivals
speak trumpet-tongued , anel therefore it would be surplusage if I were to attempt to paint the lily in regard tc the support which they receive . But I am bound as an honest man and Mason to say that our Masonic Charities , like all human institutions , arc neither infallible nor perfect , and that there is scope , and great scope , for reform in the mode of election to the chanties . ( Cries of
" Question , Question . " ) It is the question cf thc day , and must come forward . Honesty is the prime attribute of Englishmen . I never hunted for popularity , and never will do so ; and I have that trust and confiilence in my brethren , whether Englishmen , whether Christians or Jews , or whatever their profession may be , that I feel that honesty is paramount
and stands above all other attributes . ( Renewed cries of " Question . " ) It is the question , I am rightly reminded by my brother—the question of the day , and it is the question which must come to the front , and I will be the one that will bc ready to sacrifice my popularity on lhat question . I say that there is jobbery ( cries of no , no , ) in regard to all charities in England ; and therefore 1 hold
that our brethren will do well to take" stock with regard to the manner in which candidates arc elected to our Masonic charities . 1 say it quietly , dispassionately and deliberately , and I am quite sure that investigation into the different claims of candidates forms one of the first necessities of our charities being properly worked ; anel secondly , that the more we carry our charities out of the happy-go-lucky
and haphazard system into thc intelligent and deserving category the better it will be . Now , brethren , I do not wish for a moment to throw any cold water on the charities . I air . thoroughly disinterested ; but I am bound as a Mason and an Englishman to speak what I feel ; anel what I say I believe to bc true . But while I say this , that our Masonic charities are capable of improvement , ( and
I hope no man at this table will say thc charities are perfect and incapable of improvement ) , I say it is the bour . dcn duty of every one of us Masons , so far as God gives us power to do so , compatible with the other claims upon us , by our voice , our money , our influence , to make them perfect . Many and many a time have I wished I was a rich man to support those charities more than I do ;
but this I will say , 1 have done what I recommend the brethren all to elo , young anil olel , to visit the charities to sec thc fruits of the labour of our Sectetaries , and our subscribers , and of the great men who have helped on our charities . Notwithstanding thc imperfections which must attach to them , as to every other charity , we should be reaely to come forwarel to help
those charities , and where there is an opportunity to support them . Let me just before I sit down mention a case in a charity I am professionally connected with : A little while ago a dear and excellent colleague died of cancer , leaving a wielow a share of £ ( ioo . The interest of that was all the poor widow had to live upon , and we were anxious to get the child into the
Clergy Orphan School . The widow hael to go to thc expense of £ \ I os . Od . to print cards . 1 protestcil against it , and 1 am happy to say that this morning we have by perseverance got one great leading member of the committee to give his liat against that hoiriblc waste oi money , \ vhich could benefit only the printer . It is the abominable system , and I elenounce here as a disgraceful waste
for it is either something or nothing . If the cards arc of no use , why then it is waste to have them ; if they are of use , then the persons who can put them forth by the thousauds , and others by the tens or hundreds , there is an inequality , and the poorest suffer and go to the wall . Bro , Simpson concluded by asking the brethren to join him heartily in elrinkiug the toast of " The Masonic
Institutions . " Bro . Binckes in reply , said that nothing ever gave him greater pride , pleasure , or gratification than to have his name associated with this toast . He knew what the Institutions were now , anil what they had been years ago . Many of the brethren equally knew what they were , thc most sanguine among them a few years ago ,
never could have anticipated thc success that now attciuleel thc Institutions . A few years ago thc number of children the school supported could almost bc counted on the fingers . Now they supported more than 300 children , and very shortly there would be more than 200 boys in the Boys' School . Thc Secretaries were most deeply grateful for the enormous support rendered to those Institutions , and he for one was proud that for the last 25 years of
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his life he had spent his time ( he would not go into thc question of paiel or unpaie )) in thc support of those institutions . He saiel it without fear of contradiction , that contrast those institutions , and their annual expenditure , as thc brethren might with other Institutions , they would not find any more honestly or faithfully administered than the Masonic Institutions . As we said in one oi
our ceremonies whatever you choose to contribute shall be giatefully received and faithfully applied , and we might say so it was with these institution ' . He rose to respond that evening under perhaps greater circumstances of difficulty than ever he eliel during the last 25 years . He knew Bro . Simpson ' s feelings aael notions about these charitable matters ; but he ( Bro . Binckesi eliel place it
before the brethren ( and the brethren should either deny or endorse what he said ) that anything more unjustifiable than the opportunity taken by Bro . Simpson of introducing a question of charitable aelministration at a Masonic meeting like that could not have been imagined . It was not fair . We might all have our opinions as to how charities should be aelministered , as to how children
should bc educited , but these questions should come before the Quarterly Courts , and net bc introduced at Masonic Lodges , where the brethren met for the single purpose of the Craft , and not for the discussion of questions which might lead to divergence of opinion and perhaps to feelings far stronger than was desirable among brethren He did not think it right , anil he vvas speaking there
111 the presence of distinguished members of thc Order , and he said it with his impulsive feelings , but he never for one instant had alloweel himself to ventilate this question in a private Masonic Lodge . He hail been appointed as one of a deputation to wait on the Prime Minister of this country , anil had stated his views on thc subject there , and he would state them at the Quarterly
Court ; but he would say , in Heaven ' s name do not let us have these iliffcrences of opinion brought into private Masonic meetings . A greater mistake vvas never made than for Bro . Simpson to introduce this question to a Masonic meeting of how the boys and girls shoulel be electeel to the schools , or thc old p .-ople to the Benevolent Institution . Why vvas he ( Bro . Binckes ) there as the
honoured guest invited by thc ludge . He felt the compliment very highly anil appreciated it most sincerely . Do not let them think him egotistic when he saiel he expected his name woulel be coupled with this toast . He was proud to say the Institution ; had had a most successful year in 1877 . Over £ 42 , 000 had been contributed to them , and he believed that in the current year , spite again of
commercial depression they weulel exceed what they hael done in the past . He was going to be plain—if he was not plain and could not speak his mind he v $ as nothing—and he would say , elo not allow—and he asked the W . M . with all submission and respect—elo not for a moment allow administrative questions to be discussed over the social table . There were the House Committee , where every
brother had the most perftct right of enunciating his opinions in the most open way . Notice of motion coulel be given to alter the laws , and on a majority being founel to be in favour of the alteration it woulel bc made . But when . at a Masonic meeting the ton it of "Success to the Masonic Institutions" was proposed , he held that no greater solecism coulel be introetuced by anybody than to bring forwaid his private opinions on the
question of administration . If a brother wished ' heartily success to the Institutions , he ( Bro . Binckes ) could tell him how it was to be achieved . Let them give their money , let them give their names as Stewards . All the Institutions were enjoying a large amount of success . Thc Benevolent Institution had a large amount of funded property ; thc Girls' School the same ; but the Boys' School was not so
fortunate . Questions hael been raised whether they should husbanel their resources . They were both husbanding their resources for the future anel taking care of thc present . They had funded £ Sooo , and they were going to make up the number of boys to 220 or 225 . The Duke of Connaught woulel take the chair at next festival , and when in
a few days Iemple Bar would bc a thing of the past , he thought ths Temple Bar Lodge woulel raise a lasting monument in connection with Freemasonry by sending a Steward to represent it at the next festival of the Boys ' School . Without quarrelling with Bro . Simpson on thc question of administration , he for one would never surrender the right of private juelgment . The most deserving cases should be admitted , anil if he gave his ten , twenty
or fifty guineas he woulel exercise his votes as he liked , and give them to thc case he thought most deserving . If people liked to spend £$ , J ^ , or £ 15 in canvassing carels , why shoulel they be debarred ? He concluded by saying that he would not leave the room without taking the name of a brother as a Steward for the Boys' School . Bro . Binckes afterwards announced that the W . M . had kindly consented to take the Stewardship for the Boys ' School . The other toasts were given , anel thc brethren separated .
Consecration Of The Cholmeley Lodge No. 1731.
CONSECRATION OF THE CHOLMELEY LODGE No . 1731 .
The above lodge was consecrated on Wednesday last at the Alexandra Palace ' , by Bro . John Hervey , Grand Secrctaiy , assisted by Bro . Henry Gustavus Buss , Assist .
Grand Secretary ; Bros . ill . J . Mc . lntyre and Thomas Fenn , as Wardens ; and the Rev . C . W . Arnold , G . C , as Chaplain . Bro . Henry R . Cooper Smith , vvas thc W . Master designate ; Bro . Thomas Clarke Tatham , S . W . ; and Bro . John Bradley Dyne , J . W .
H . R . H . THE PRINCE OF WALES . —A wellexecuted Crayon Portrait of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales , with a Biographical Sketch , appeared in last Saturday ' s Whitehall Review .
Opening Of A New Masonic Hall In Liverpool.
OPENING OF A NEW MASONIC HALL IN LIVERPOOL .
Another striking cviilence of thc steaely progress of Freemasonry in the Province of West Lancashire , especially in anel around Liverpool , was furnished on Wednesday , the 2 nd inst ., by the opening and dedication of a commodious and well constructcel hall for Masonic
purposes , the ceremony attracting the largest and most influential meeting of the Craft seen in Liverpool for a long time . The building has been named the Skelmersdale Masonic Hall ( out of compliment to our esteemed Deputy Grand Master and Provincial Grand Master ot West Lancashire ) , and is situated at the corner of Kirkstallstreet anel Westminster-road , Kirkdale , Liverpool , having
been erected for thc purpose of giving accommoelation for brethren at the north-end of the town . The formal dedication of the building to Masonic purposes took place in connection with thc annual installation of the Walton Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons , No . 10 S 6 , and the ceremony was most impressively performed by Bros . H . S . Alpass , P . G . Sec , assisted by a large gathering
of P . G . OfPccrs , W . M . ' s , P . M . ' s , anel prominent members of other lodges . Amongst the brethren connected with thc Walton Loelge present were Bros . G . E . Hanmer , W . M . ; f . C . Lunt , P . M . ; John Lunt , P . M ., P . P . G . D . C . ; T . P . McArthur , P . M . ; J . Ellis , P . M . ; R . Abraham , P . M . ; W . Scphton , P . M . ; G . J . Tovvnscnd , S . W . ; W . Walker , J . W . ; W . Archer , P . M .,
Treasurer ; Rev . Dr . Hyde , Secretary ; I . Leece , J . D . ; G . Riley , E . Plummer , M . Lansing , W . Blcase , J . J . Mills , W . Hughes , W . Temple , R . Woodend , A . Rodgers , H . Gill , T . Haslam , R . Beckett , J . Evans , E . Atkinson , H . Spencer , H . Walker , T . Lewis , J . Davies W . Smith , R . Parry , G . Marsden , F . S . Hal pin , E . H . King , J . Parry , G . Cain , W . Roberts , H . Hughes , J .
Griffiths H . Woithmgton , Sec . 1574 ; E . Smith , T . Balsbaw , R . Roberts , W . Copestake , J . Whalley , W . Roberts , anel W . Evans . The long array of visitors included the names of Bros . H . S . Alpass , P . G . Secretary ; Dr . S . J . McGcorge , P . G . Reg . ; H . Jackson , P . G . A . D . C ; J . Wells , P . G . S . ; J . E . Jackson , P . G . S . ; H . Pearson , P . G . S . ; P . Macmulelrow , P . G . S . D . ; W . fyrer ,
P . G . S . of W . ; E . C . Cooper , P . G . S . ; J . Skeaf , P . G . O . ; J . R . Ross , S . D . 1289 ; W . Pulford , W . M . 477 ; W . McGauk-y , 724 ; W . B . Townscnd , S . D . 1211 ; J . P . Hewitt , 1239 ; E . O . Simpson , P . G . S . ; J . Calvcrlcy , 1211 ; J . B . Sprake , 1211 ; W . Quayle , W . M . 1505 ; J . Armstrong , W . M . 1250 ; T . McWcan , J . W . ' 1035 ; J . W . McWean . S . W . 103 ; ; J . Smith , " 77 ; C .
Stopford , 14 ; J . Beesley , 823 ; R . H . Webster , 823 ; W . Biadshaw , 673 ; C . Arden , Sec . 135 6 ; H . Williams , P . M . 249 ; J . B . Gill , 1054 ; J . Normanton , 6 C 7 ; H . W . Hickson , J . D . 1713 ; T . S . Atkinson , J . D . 110 S •, j . Cobham , P . M . 241 ; R . Seddon , 1035 ; Joseph Wood , Treasurer 1094 , ( Freemason ); W . Jones , P . M . 220 , 1299 , 1675 ; G . Fowler , W . M . 155 ; W . Atkinson , 203 ; S . E . Ibbs , ' P . M .
594 , P . P . G . St . B . ; E . T . Gee , 1035 ; A . Willis , W . M . 1035 ; J . Croxton , 249 ; J . H . Carter , 1570 ; P . M . Asher , 477 ; J . Queen , 673 ; J . D . Thomas , 1289 ; T . Dixon , 477 ; W . Roberts , 1264 ; G . Lloyd , 477 ; T . F . Carter , 1 G 09 ; T . Hughes , 216 ; T . Chesvvorth , P . M . 724 ; J . Busfielel , 216 ; C . Haswell , 203 ; W . Fish , 1264 ; Fred . I . Pentin , S . W . 1713 ; A . Hart , S . W . 724 ; S . J . Henochsberg , J . D .
1502 ; W . Webster , D . R . Davies , 126 4 ; J . K . Moore , 431 ; H . Burrows , W . M . 673 ; W . Curtis , 1035 ; J . Roberts , 1182 ; W . H . Vevers , ' 594 ; J . Davison , 724 ; A . Fitzsimons , 220 ; J . Threlfall , 1035 , and others . The hall is Gothic in style , with ornamental brickwork , having an Ionic doorway , and has cost about £ 2000 . It consists of a lodge room on the seconel floor , with
anterooms , lavatories , Ax , and a large dining- hall on the ground floor , with the necessary offices , cloak-room , & c . The latter room is seventy feet by twenty-eight feet , being sixteen feet high , and thc lodge room is fifty-five by twentyeight feet , with segmental archcel ceiling , which greatly promotes its acoustic properties . Messrs . R . Wells and Co ., the contractors , while observing architectural outlines .
have admirably kept in view the requirements of Freemasonry , and the result is that a hall of the finest capacity has been provided . The building operations were personally superintended by Bro . J . Wells , P . G . S ., P . M . 680 . A striking novelty in the fitting of the building arc the pneumatic bells and speaking tubes , fitted by Messrs . Homfray and Co . ( by their Liverpool agent , Bro . W .
Scphton , P . M . 1086 ) , and the communication thus readily established between the W . M . and the Tyler will bc a great advantage for Masonic purposes . Messrs . Chappell had charge of thc brickwork ; Mr . P . Stock executed the plastering ; Bro . W . Griffiths thc painting ; Bro . J . Hayes the plumbing ; Bro . W . Jones the gasfittings ; and Messrs . Walker and Pendleton were entrusted with the heating
apparatus , which seems to be admirable . There was an attendance of about 150 brethren , and the influential nature of the meeting may be seen by the fact that there were no fewer than thirty-six Past Masters present . After the lodge had been duly- opened by Bro . G . E . Hanmer , W . M ., Bro . Alpass , P . G . Sec , took the chair , and dedication prayer was offered by Bro . thc
Rev . Dr . Hyde . Boyce ' s anthem , " I have built surely Thee an house , " was then sung by Bros . C . Haswell , I . Busfield , J . Queen , and T . J . Hughes , Bro . J . Skeaf , P . G . O ., presiding at the harmonium . Bro . II . S . Alpass , as thc Presiding Officer , in dedicaiing the building to Masonry , referred to thc great advantage of having halls specially dedicated to the purposes of Masonry , and said
that in Liverpool there were happily only three loelges which now met at an hotel . This state of things , as compared with lhat which formerly existed , hael in a great measure secured the success of Masonry in this town and province . In West Lancashire there were more subscribing members than in any other in the kingdom , and the numbers continued to increase most steadily . He was certain