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Masons , therefore , they were indebted to Bro . Binckes , and it was always with pleasure the brethren heard from him an account of what was done in the cause ofthe Masonic Charities . He ( Sir E . Lechmere ) had the great pleasure of presiding last year at the Maik Benevolent Fund

Festival , whicli he thought was very fairly successful . After what they had heard in Grand Lodge that evening he hoped something would be done to induce the brethren whose names were down to pay . They were bound in honour to pay , and he trusted that Bro . Binckes would

do his best to create that honourable feeling . Bro . Binckes , after some preliminary observations , said : After the speech just made he was disposed to say "' . Approbation from Sir Hubert Stanley is praise indeed . " He felt very highly indeed the compliment which Sir E . Lechmere

had paid him for his share in the great work of Masonic charity , no matter in what phase it was exercised . In this Mark Degree the bretlnon harl not derogated from their character as Masons generally in support of their institutions . They had munificently—and he used that word

without fear of its being contradicted in any shape or way—and this Grand Lodge had munificently , supported the institutions connected with the Craft •and he would ask Bro . Meggy whether they had not been very successful in the short time they had been in existence in establishing

on a sound basis their own peculiar sphere of duty , their Mark Benevolent Fund—whether in their character as members of the great body from whom , as they heard just now from the lips of the Grand Master , it was the boast of all of them to deduce their Masonic origin , or

whether in their peculiar character as Mark Masons , they had not forgotten to give liberally and generously Masonic charity wherever it was wanted . Without wearying the brethren with details about the institutions , he would say that Bro . Sabine , who had before represented the

Mark Degree , was this year its Steward on behalf of the Boys' School , for which he ( Bro . Binckes ) need hardly say his sympathies were trong . Bro . Sabine had made an appeal mildly to the brethren in Grand Lodge that they would do what they could to make up his list to *; oo

guineas . He hoped that they would , and that Bro . Sabine would not be disappointed . They had often heard the watchwords of Masonry given as brotherly love , relief , and truth , faith , hope and charity ; and any disquisitions or addresses by brethren situated as he ( Bro . Binckes )

was that evening called upon to respond to this toast would be out of place . But those who would carry their recollection back to that unique , unparalleled ceremony at the Albert Hall recently would remember that they had a new formula given to them from the lips of His Royal

Highness the Prince of Wales . He summed it up very briefl y indeed ; reducing the triad to two , he said there were the two sentiments , Loyalty and Charity . He ( Bro . Binckes ) would undertake to say that there was not a brother in the room who , if theloyalty of Freemasonry was challenged ,

would not offer himself as the champion to maintain that sentiment of loyalty which animated the breasts of Freemasons generally . Every one of them would gladly spring forward and offer himself as a champion to do battle for loyalty to the throne of this country against those who had said

we were undermining religion . With reference to charity he could simply say what they were all acquainted with—they were daily supporting the great course of Masonic practical charity . It was incumbent on them all to do it . Year b y year the resources of the institutions were

increasing , thus showing that Masonic charity was more than a name . They were proud to know they were 3 mong the most loyal subjects of the throne . To have his name associated with this toast was a great honour conferred , and to have it proposed by Sir E . Lechmere , whose Masonic

deeds were so great , whose charity was so extensive , and whose sympathies with distress were so wide , was to him ( Bro . Binckes ) a greater compliment than if it had fallen from the lips of any in that room—he did not even except the

Grand Master , whose kindness he had often had the opportunity of acknowled ging , or the brother on his left ( Bro . Portal ) , whose kindness he had more frequentl y had an opportunity of ac . knowled ging . What were they doing with th

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Benevolent Fund ? Not much , he must admit . It was fortunate for the degree that the demands on the funds had been very small , few , and limited . As he had said before , this was the best test and evidence of the soundness of the Order , and of the good , fair , substantial prosperity of

the members who composed it . They were establishing a fund , and he contended that they were justified in establishing a fund , that when a necessitous case arose would give them the means of relieving it . Fortunately , hitherto , the fund had been more than ample for the

demands that had been made upon it . But it might not always be so . Look at the daily press of that morning , which announced large failures in commercial circles . It was very serious , and some of their most prosperous members of yesterday might without any cause or blame of their

own he hurled down from the height of prosperity to the lowest abyss of adversity to-daynnd mig ht beforo the nc : it mcctinsj of this Grand Lodge come before the Benevolent Fund as applicants for relief . All these were matters of uncertainty , and therefore they were justified in

having a fund . Do not let them say , because they were adding £ 100 now and ^ 100 then , that the time " would come when they would never have the demands upon the fund to absorb it . In this country this was not known . We were all standing on the crater of a volcano , and we

did not know but that we might fall into it . Therefore he hoped that on the 21 st of July , when Bro . Romaine Callender would preside at the festival at the Alexandra Palace , they would have one of the most successful gatherings they had ever had . The mention of this toast had had

this happy result—it had induced his distinguished and honourable friend on his left ( Sir F . Perkins ) to offer himself as a Steward on that occasion . ( Cheers . ) Bro . Trollope of Hastings would also either come or send a representative ; and before the end of 21 st July no doubt there would be a goodly array of Stewards , and if the

fund went on in its comparatively small way no doubt they would have the pleasure of congratulating themselves on the success of their charitable efforts in this degree the same as they did with the Craft . They all felt the greatest delight in the success of their great institutions , and that gratification could not be diminished by the internal satisfaction each of them felt that

they , as members of that Grand Lodge , had not neglected their duties as Mark Masons in supporting the great institutions connected with the Craft . With every feeling of gratitude , he ( Bro . Binckes ) was deeply indebted for the toast that had been proposed , and most sincerely did he

appreciate the high compliment paid him by Sir E . Lechmere in associating his name with the toast . It should be the means of stimulating him in his exertions in promoting the interests of our glorious institutions . ( Cheers . ) The brethren then separated .

Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.

ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS .

On Saturday last the General Committee of this institution met at Freemasons' Hall . Bro . John Symonds , V . P . and Trustee , presided , supported by a very large number of brethren , among whom were Eros . John Wordsworth , H . Browse , W " . Roebuck , Benj . Head , W . Paas , Henry Dubosc , sen ., J . G . Chancellor , John Creaton , II .

Albert , II . W . Hunt , Dudley Rolls , F . H . Ebsworth , A . II . Tattershall , Charles Jardinc , J . A . Earnfield , Victor M . Lafitton , John W . Dennison , L . Ruf , Frederick Hare , D . Nicols , Wm . Jones , John Buhner , Thomas Cubitt , Geo . J . Palmer , Raynham W . Stewart , W . !•' . C . Moutrie , J . M . P . Montagu , E . J . Bradstreet , W . H . Smith , George Barratt , II . Whitfield , J . C . Dwarber , Jesse Turner , George

Kenning , Charles Sanders , Geo . Angold , John M . Clabon , IL Young , Peter Matthews , R . B . Webster , John A . Rucker , II . W . Hammond , D . M . Dewar , F . Rcily , J . N . Frost , A . II . Diaper , F . J . Cronin , John Hcaley , B . Mallam , T . K . Kent , W . C . Crick , John Ilolbrook , II . Browse , jun ., Richard Motion , Robt . Kenyon , J . M . Hamilton , Herbert Dickctts , F . Adlard , W . II . Saunders , J . W . Doscll , S .

Rosenthal , J . B . Lcmaitrc , Frederick J . Cox , Wm . Giles , W . Browne Kidder , E . Snell , John McQueen , 11 . J . Lewis , Thomas Meggy , Robert Jones , G . R . Wace , Chas . Chard , Al . J . Mclntyre , Q . C ., E . M . Haigh , F . G . Ramsey , A . D . Loewcnstark , F . B . Davage , George Motion , S . B . Wilson , Donald W . King , and F . Binckes , Secretary .

The minutes of 1 st of May Committee havingbcen read and verified , and those of the House Committee of 21 st ult . read for information , five petitions were read and accepted , four being country cases and one a London case . The sum of £$ was granted as an outfit fcr an ex-pupil of the Institution , after which the elections for House Com-

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mittce and Audit Committee were taken , Bros . Webster , Diaper , Jardine , and Cubitt being appointed scrutineers . At five o'clock the poll was declared , and thc following brethren were declared duly elected : — HOUSE COMMITTEE : —Bros . Browse , Chancellor ,

Dubosc , Head , Hunt , Moutrie , Paas , Pullen , Roebuck , Rosenthal , Stewart , and Wordsworth . AUDIT COMMITTEE : —Bros . Boyd , Doscll , Head , Mann , Pearse , Pullen , Terry , Turner , and Webster . Votes of thanks to the Scrutineers and the Chairman closed thc proceedings .

Multum In Parbo; Or Masonic Notes And Queries.

Multum in Parbo ; or Masonic Notes and Queries .

MASONIC MARKS . I recommend the veteran Mason ( whom I recognise under the signature of II . II . ) and well known Craftsman to procure the Builder for April 4 th and iSth , June Oth , and July 1 ith , for information as to Masonic Marks , and also another , which unfortunately I have missed . The foregOlllg are Worth flieii-weight xn trol < l , antl ale all for tile

year 18 ( 13 . ( Price 4 d . each . ) The Royal Institute of British Architects in their Sessional Papers iSuS-t ) 9 have devoted No . 9 ( Price is . ) entirely to an able article entitled " Something about Masons ' Marks in various countries , " by George Goodwin , F . R . S ., F . S . A ., etc ., * and several hundreds of Marks are inserted which have been copied from the originals in different

parts of the world . A copy should be in the possession of every lodge , and certainly of every Mark Lodge , and carefully studied by all students of Freemasonry . W . J . HUGIIAN . * To be obtained from the Secretary , 9 , Conduit-street , Hanover-square , W . I do not remember the Freemasons ' Magazine alluded to b y H . H .

H . H ., P . J . G . W . of England , has not looked back far enough in the Freemasons' Magazine . The vols , for 1851-2-3 contain a large number of various marks under the head of " Ancient Masons' Marks . " IIENIIY T . BOBART , W . M . 1085 .

MASONIC MEDALS AND TOKENS . I notice Bro . George Kenning is about to issue a medal , commemorative of the Installation of I I . R . I I . the Prince of Wales as M . W . G . M . I have an old Masonic token in copper , which was circulated because of the installation ( or probably election ) of H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , 24 th November , 1790 . It is the size of the present halfpenny ,

and on the observe occur the arms of thc Grand Lodge of England ( moderns ) surrounded with the words " Prince of Wales , elected G . M . 24 th November , 1790 . " On the reverse is a Cupid within a triangle , having his left hand resting on the plumb rule , a mallet and trowel being at thc feet , and his right hand pointing to the letter G , and a radiated eye above . At the two lower corners of the

triangle are the " square and compass" and hour-glass respectively . On thc sides of the triangle arc " Wisdom , Strength and Beauty , " and outside these words is the motto , " Sit Lux ct Lux Fuit . " On the rira is engraved what appears to be " Masonic token , Schichley Fecit , 1794 . " * I have heard it was also issued in gold , but have not seen one .

Cannot some brother afford us information on this point , as also of any similar kind which have been circulated in this country . I think thc above a most sensible plan of commemorating the event , and certainly much better than expensive jewels , of which too many are worn alread y by

brethren only nominally entitled to them . WILLIAM J AMES HUOIIAN . * An engraving is to be found in thc Freemasons ' Magazine for 25 th July , 18 ( 18 , and a description by me , as also about Masonic seals .

Bno . "LUPUS" AND ANCIENT INDENTURE , HE GLOVES A Nil A 1 'RONS . Cannot the copy of the indenture mentioned by our Bro . " Lupus " ( whose communications we shall be glad to see continued in these pages ) be substantiated by reference to the original document ? It is a most important agreement , and I hope Bro . Woodford will be able to look up

the subject , as Bro . " Lupus " suggests . Anything relating to the Freemasons prior to the last century is of consequence to us Masonic students ; and wc shall hail facts—no matter which way they tendwith great delight , and be thankful for fresh , authentic .

and unequivocal information of any kind whatsoever as to the ch aractcr and aims of all Masonic lodges , before Grand Lodges . We must be careful , however , ir : accepting accounts of this society , such as the extract from Timbs' " Club Life of London , " without careful scrutiny . W . J . HUGHAN .

The Times of India , says : " A military camp of 20 , 000 men is to be formed at cither Agra or Delhi when the Prince of Wales comes , of a mixed British and Indian force , to which will be added contingents from neighbouring States , making a display hitherto unsurpassed . "

HOLLOWAY ' S PILLS AND OINTMKMT . —In spile of all competition or opposiiion , the sterling qualities of these remedies . have caused them to maintain the first position as curative and alleviating agents . No other remedies so quickly and effectually cure diarrhu-a , cramps , dysentery , and all towel complaints of a similar character . In thc most acute and violent attacks it will he found that no matter how severe the vomiting and pain may be , that the brisk and frequent friction of this Ointment into thc p it of ithe stomach and abdominal surface will allay the irritabilitvof the stomach and soothe the pain as soon as Ihe vomiting , & c , lias ceased . The Pills should be taken internally , to remove away any irritant matter . —A uvr .