Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution.

ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION .

The monthly meeting of the Committee of this Institu tion was held on Wednesday afternoon , at Freemasons Hall , Bro . Kaynham W . Stewart , P . G . D ., in the chair There were also present Bros . Robert P . Tate , C . A . Cotte brune , Julius Quitmann , Charles John Perceval , Rev . A

F . A . Woodford , C . G . Dilley , James Brett , J . R . Gallant , J . A . Farnfield , W . H . Goodall , G . L . Moore , William Stevens , Charles Godtschalk , A . H . Tattershall , C . Rawson , Charles Daniel , John J . Berry , J . G . Gordon Robbins , J . M . Case , C . H . Webb , James Terry , Sec ., and H . Massey ( Freemason ) . After the' minutes had been read and confirmed , Bro .

TERRV read the letter from General Brownrigg , C . B ., Prov . G . M . for Surrey , accepting the chairmanship of the next festival of the Institution , in February , 1 SS 3 . Bro . TERRY then reported the death of two annuitants and one approved candidate . He also read the Warden's report and the Finance Committee's report . From the latter it was shown that the balance in favour of the Male Fund

was £ 492 2 s . 4 d . ; Female Fund , £ . 338 Ss . rod ; and Sustentation Fund , £ 49 2 s . ad . The report was received and adopted , and ordered to be entered on the minutes . Three petitions were examined and the petitioners placed on the list of candidates for next election . With respect to one of the petitioners a long discussion

arose . The petitioner , who was fully qualified , belongs to a London Lodge , which , it was explained by Bro . Terry , while it has subscribed some £ 200 to the Institution , has received in annuities to its members from the Institution nearly £ 3000 . It was further stated , that the rule of the lodge appeared to be that as soon as a Past Master or other member reached the age of sixty years he considered

himself entitled to apply for the annuity ; and it might be mentioned that although it is a matter outside the Benevolent Institution , yet to show the position of the lodge with regard to seeking relief , its members , or former members , are constantly before the Lodge of Benevolence , and many children of members have been educated in the Boys' and Girls' Schools .

Bro . \ V . STEPHENS thought the attention of the lodge should be called to the fact of so many of its members constantly seeking relief , and moved that the Secretary be directed to write to this effect . The CHAIRMAN thought no good would come of such a letter . Probably the Masterof the lodge would say , " Mind your own business . " TL _ D A 17 A 117 / . ^ n . > — : jit U ! .. il 1 , _ lie i \ f \ saiu uic Iiau limue

x cv . n . L-. . vvuuwruKU : « uu | ecr . a deep impression on him , as , no doubt , it had on several other members of the Committee , and he thought the attention of the Master of the lodge should be called to the subject . If the practice of this lodge was to be followed by other lodges , the Institution would not be able to give relief . The Committee were trustees of the funds of the Institution for the subscribers , and they ought to pass a vote of

disapproval to this principle . A letter might be drawn up in a friendly manner and sent to the Master of the lodge . The CHAIRMAN said the Committee could not go beyond calling attention to the fact , and desiring that more care should be taken as to the class of men initiated in the lodge . Certainly the attention of the Grand Secretary or

the Board cf General Purposes might be requested to the subject . After some further discussion , Bro . WOODFORD moved a formal vote that the Secretary be directed to write a letter to the W . M . of the lodge on the subject . Bro . GORDON ROBBINS moved the previous question , which was put and carried . The Committee then adjourned .

Laying The Foundation Stone Of A Masonic Hall At Paisley.

LAYING THE FOUNDATION STONE OF A MASONIC HALL AT PAISLEY .

On the 7 th inst . the foundation stone of a Masonic Hall was laid by Sir Arch . Campbell , Bart ., of Blythswood , Prov . Grand Master Renfrewshire East , and the demonstration was the largest in a Masonic sense ever witnessed in Paisley , there beins close on 2000 Freemasons , including

deputations from sister lodges in all parts of the country , who took part in the proceedings . The hall is being built by the Masonic Hall Company , the Directors of which in March of this year invited a number of architects to submit plans for the buildings , when those submitted by Messrs . W . G . Wilson , A . R . I . B . A ., and J . B . Stewart , 134 , Wellington-street , Glasgow ,

were approved , and are being carried out under their superintendence . The frontage , in High-street , will be in three floors and attics ; on the street floor there will be two shops , with saloons and cellars . The first Moor will be occupied by offices , and the upper Boors by dwellinghouses . The hall , with rooms attached , is placed at the back part of the site , and will be entered from the street by

a passage , the front , to High-street , is in the French Renaissance style . A feature will be made to the entrance to the hall in the shape of a porch slightl y projected , having a niche with statue over . The hall will be thirty-seven feet long , by twenty-three feet six inches broad , and the decorations will be emblematical . The Masons began to assemble in St . James-street shortly

after two o ' clock , and for the next hour they arrived in hundreds . The Prov . Grand Lodge Renfrewshire East was opened in the County Hall , and there received deputations . The procession moved off shortly after three o'clock , and traversed the principal streets . Immediately prayer had been offered by the Prov . Grand Chaplain , Rev . Bro . Mills , the Prov . Grand Master called upon the Prov . Grand

Secretary and Treasurer to place the coins , & c , in the cavity of the stone , and the architect to bring forward the necessary workman . The jar was duly brought forward containing the following : All the coins of the realm ( one of each ) , various papers in connection with business of the company , lists of office-bearers of Lodges St . Mirin , I 2 y , and Renfrew County Kilwinning , 370 , Paisley , a copy each of the

Grand Lodge bye-laws , the " Cosmopolitan Masonic Calendar for 18 S 2 , " and the Freemason , besides all the local papers , the Paisley Directory , and a programme of the proceedings . The jar , & c , being duly placed , the stone was laid in the usual Masonic manner . Aflerwhich ceremony had been completed , Sir ARCHIBALD CAMI"I ! EI . I . said he had , at the request of the Freemasons of the province , had the honour of

Laying The Foundation Stone Of A Masonic Hall At Paisley.

laying that stone that day . It was a memorial-stone , which he trusted might be long remembered by the members of the Craft in after days . It had been long felt necessary that , as they were increasing in numbers in the town of Paisley , they should have a better local habitation than the lodges up to that time had occupied ; and therefore that hall had now been inaugurated , so that the Masons of Paisley and of the province might have a fitting

place to meet in . But it would not have been brought to that point had it not been for the energy of those who composed the Committee ; and among them and the directors of the Masonic Hall Company they found the honoured name of Provost MacKean , of that city . It was much to his credit and due to the energy he always showed on all public occasions that that building was now being erected ; and he felt confident that with such a gentleman at the

head of the affairs it would be a benefit to the Craft . It was with great pleasure that he now declared this hall begun for the Freemasons , and he hoped and trusted that all good fellowship and charity might be found within its walls . Provost MACKEAN in the name of the directors of the Masonic Hall , said he had to thank them for their attendance there that day in laying that memorial-stone . He hoped that all the good would come of it that their worthy

brother , Sir Archibald , had wished , and that there would be brotherly love and kindliness of heart among all Freemasons there and throughout the world . To all appearance it was a prosperous concern , and they hoped when their Hall was opened their brethren from a distance would never fail to give them a call on a lodge night , and give them the right hand of fellowship . Sir ARCHIBALD ' S call upon the brethren for three

cheers was promptly and vociferously responded to . The procession then returned in inverted order , and the Provincial Grand Lodge was closed in due form . The directors of the company entertained the officebearers of the Prov . Grand Lodge Renfrewshire East , and several distinguished members of the Craft , to dinner in the Globe Hotel , after the ceremony of laying the foundationstone . Among those present were the following : Bros . Sir Archibald C . Campbell , Bart ., of Blythswood , Prov . G . M .

Renfrewshire East ; Cochran-Patrick , M . P ., Prov . G . M . Ayrshire ; Hector M'Lean , Prov . G . M . Lanarkshire Upper Ward ; John Clark Forrest , Prov . G . M . Lanarkshire Middle Ward ; D . Murray Lyon , G . Sec . ; and many officers of Prov . Grand Lodge of Renfrewshire East and other provinces . Most of the directors of the company were also present . The toast list included the usual loyal and Masonic , besides other toasts connected with the occasion , and a pleasant evening was enjoyed by the brethren .

The Morgan Monument.

THE MORGAN MONUMENT .

From the Nets York Times , September 15 th . To most people the fact of the existence of a " National Christian Association " was made known for the first time the other day by the unveiling of a statue erected by the association in honour of one William Morgan . Judging from the names of those who took part in the edifying ceremony

the National Christian Association consists chiefly of Blanchards , together with an occasional Taggart , but it is evidently an energetic and determined bod y of men , who are resolved to save their country if they have to erect a dozen monuments . At first sight it may seem rather odd that a National Christian Association should take pains to honour the

memory of a drunken vagabond , whose one claim to fame lies in the fact that he either violated a dozen or more of the most solemn oaths or told a large collection of ingenious falsehoods . To add to the beauty and symmetry of his moral character , Mr . William Morgan always maintained that he violated his alleged oaths and betrayed the confidence of his associates from a sense of duty . He thus crowned his moral edifice with hypocrisy , and was as

various and miscellaneous a rascal as our prolific country has produced . That such a man should have been honoured with a monument by an association of Christians would certainly be a very singular fact were it not that the National Christian Association is engaged in a work of such tremendous importance that it cannot stop to inquire into the moral character of its great apostle and protomartyr .

From the proceedings at the unveiling of the Morgan monument at Baltimore , it appears that the National Christian Association has for its object the exposure and defeat of the hellish conspiracy against Christianity , morality , and free government , summaril y comprehended under the name of Freemasonry . Mr . William Morgan was oneof the first men who called the attention of Americans tn

the dangerous character of I'reemasonry , and that either he or some one else was thereupon killed by Freemasons or other persons is , in the opinion of the National Christian Association , an undoubted fact , _ Every one knows of the existence at the present day of Freemasonry , but had it not been for the National Christian Association few of us would have known what

desperate and wicked men the Freemasons are . They are beyond any question the leading fiends of the nineteenth century , and their practices are as abominable as their principles are infamous . Hypocrisy is one of the invariable characteristics of the Freemason . It is this that enables him to wear the expression of innocence and dullness which one always notes in the faces of Freemasons when an entire lodge stands up to

be photographed with its aprons and horse collar . The fat , amiable brother , who wears his hat to denote that he is the Master of the lodge , is apparently utterly incapable of murder and treason ; and the rest of the brethren look as if the were on the point of singing hymns and giving five cents each to the missionary cause . Yet , thanks to the National Christian Association , we know that these men

are the most skilful of hypocrites , for , in spite of their smooth and innocent faces , they are plotting the destruction of everything except their villainous fraternity . The Freemasons of the lower grades are sworn to bear eternal hatred to religion , morality , and order . In the secrecy of their lodge-room they commit the most fearful

crimes . 1 hey inveigle upright men into their lodges and then cut them into fine slices , and dispose of them to the manufacturers of canned provisions ; and they take turns in trampling on the Bible and in reading aloud selections from Talmagc ' s sermons and Tupper's poetry . The Freemason who is a juryman always votes for the acquittal of a

The Morgan Monument.

brother Freemason , and the conviction of every prisoner who is not a Freemason . Contrary to the opinion entertained by many worth y Protestants that the Jesuits are the instigators of every crime that has been committed for the last century , the Freemasons are really the guilty parties . They brought about our civil war merely to gratify their thirst for blood ; and the present Egyptian war is solely due to the hatred of Arabi , who is a leading Freemason

, toward Gladstone , who has never joined the fraternity . The higher grade of Freemasonry , known as the Order of Knights Templar , is simply an armed and drilled force with which the Freemasons propose , at the proper moment , to seize upon the Government and establish a military despotism . These warriors present a most ferocious appearance . Clad in cocked hats , black coats , and shoulder straps—the uniform worn by the original Templars in the

time of the Crusaders—they march through our streets and fill the minds of the members of the National Christian Association with just alarm . It is now pretty well ascertained that prior to seizing the Government of the country , the Templars intend to poison nine-tenths of their fellowcitizens by putting arsenic in their beer , and thus rendering them

incapable of resistance . It is with this purpose in view that the Templars have made themselves familiar with every beer saloon in the country , and have gained the confidence of every beer-seller . The proof that they have done this is simply overwhelming , and the act admits of but one interpretation , provided wc rigidly exclude all others .

Fortunately , the National Christian Association is aware of the nature of Freemasony , and will baffle with monuments the wicked schemes of the Freemasons . The unveiling of the Morgan monument has already stricken te -n ' ? thc hosts of Freemasonry , and if the association will only erect a few more monuments , and make a few morespeeches . the Freemasons will disband and throw themselves on the mercy of the National Christians .

Royal Arch.

Royal Arch .

JERUSALEM CHAPTER ( No . 1 S 5 ) . —The first meeting of the season of this excellent chapter was held on Iuesday evening at the Freemasons' Tavern . Comp . Nathan Moss , M . E . Z ., presided , and there were present Comps . George Davis , H . ; A . Stewart , J . ; F . B . £ Y ? , ? . ' - S £ - - Blbom , S . N . ; John Davis , P . S . 1 Watlis , First A . S . ; R . T . Elsam . P . Z : lohnHnl

brook , f . / .. ; 1 . . Wal's , P . Z . ; E . Harfeld , P . Z . and I reas . ; L . A . Harris , J . Harris , George Whitley , James bmith , and E . J . M . Ploton . The visitors were Comps . John A . Mumford , 46 , ( California ); T . Underwood , 1366 ; h . Rogers , 1642 ; W . H . Perryman , 134 S ; and H . Massey , P . Z . 619 , { Freemason ) . Bro . Ernest Isaacson , Joppa Lodge , No . iSS . was

exalted to the Degree , the work being performed in a superb manner . I he M . E . Z ., at the conclusion of the work , men turned to the companions the receipt of Col . Shadwell H . Clerke s circular , bringing to the notice of the Craft and Arch the Prince of Wales ' s wish in regard to the Royal College of Music . The Lodge was then closed , and the afterwards

companions partook of a very nice banquet and honoured the usual toasts . All the speeches were concise and to the point . Comp . Mumford , from California , responded for "The Visitors . " TheM . E . Z . presented in the name of the chapter a handsome P . Z ' s . jewel to Comp . T . C . Walls , I . P . Z ., and explained that the jewel was not ready for presentation at the former meeting .

WHITBY . —Britannia Chapter ( No . 312 V—A convocation of this chapter ivas held at the Masonic ' Hall , on Monday , the oth inst . Present : Comps . J . Stevenson , M . E . Z . ; W . H . Marwood , H . ; J . $ . Moss , J . ; B ! Newbald , acting S . L . ; J . N . Lawson , S . N . ; W . H . Falkingbridge . PS . ; Francis Thornton , A . S . ; Trueman , Janitor and H Walker

; . C . . The minutes of the previous chapter were read and confirmed , and a successful ballot was taken for a candidate . 1 he chapter then proceeded to exalt Bro . John Brand , 31-, into Royal Arch Masonry , which was done by the M . E . Z TO a very impressive manner . The chapter was then closed in ancient and solemn form .

Births, Marriages And Deaths.

Births , Marriages and Deaths .

piie charge is 2 s . Cd . for announcements not exceeding Four Lines under this heading . ] BIRTHS . HARE .-On the Sth inst ., at Sackville-street , Piccadilly , the wife of Lieut .-Colonel R . P . Hare late Royal Horse Artillery , of a son . y jKlM-s .-On the Sth inst ., at Grove House , Clapham-road , the wife of Bro . H . C . Jepps , W . M . 1 S 03 , P . M . iy ot a son . - "

MARRIAGE . DAViK 8-T . siiALK . -pn the nth inst ., at St . Barnabas Kensington , by the Rev . G . R . Thornton , Thomas Davies , of the Registrar-General ' s Department , -Somerset House , and Epsom , to Emma , second daughter of Edmund Charles Tisdale , Holland-parkroad , Kensington , \ V . v

DEATHS . RAYNE .-On the th inst ., at Shirley Lodge , Ealing , M . Rayne , M I . C . E late Chief Engineefof the fndus Valley State Railway , aged 51 . STR ' E ! k ~ ° n thc 5 th ,, ( " ? ' ¦' . at h , ' residence , Emley Woodhouse , near Wakefield , Yorks , K . Stringer aged 76 . ¦• »

iWoXKv J KNT . Advances on Property . Loans Negotiated . — £ 5 to £ 1000 , with and without securities , at moderate Interest upon Promissory Notes , repayable at a fixed period , or by instalments ; also upon Deeds , Life I oJicies , Furniture , Jewellery , Shares , Warrants . St ,, rt-=

/ rompt attention , with secrecy . Trade bills discounted . Deposits received . THE LONDON BANK , 71 tleet-street , rf . C . ; SS High-street , Islington , N . ; ' a ' nd 113 , Church-street , Edgware-road , W . Open dailv ta ° ry -L ^ Dvr . ] Estab , ishcd , S 3 S - E . J . READ S « £