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NOTICE . A SECOND EDITION of the "Freemason " ¦ will bs issued early on Saturday morning , which will contain a full report of the General Committee meeting of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls .

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TheFreemason,SATURDAY , MAY 27 , 1876 .

The City's Welcome To The Prince Of Wales.

THE CITY'S WELCOME TO THE PRINCE OF WALES .

We shall ail have read with pleasure and approval the agreeable account of our Royal Grand Master ' s visit to Guildhall last Friday , of the loyal reception of the Princess of Wales and the Royal Family , of the hearty enthusiasm which greeted the Prince of Wales , and of the

great success which attended all the efforts of the Corporation to do honour to their Royal and illustrious guest ! Everything seems to have been most admirably conceived and carried out , and amid the many memorable entertainments which have been given by the Corporation of the

City of London , none have been more brilliant , and none more complete . The speeches were all hearty and to the point , not too long to be non-effective , and not too prosy to be wearisome ; but all happy in tone , and genial in temper , and wisely limited in duration , so as not to interfere

with the more graceful claims and pressing fasci nations of Terpsichore ! We especially commend the Lord Mayor ' s address , ar . d the happy reply of our Royal Grand Master , as thoroughly true and manly , thoroughly English in sentiment , and entirely in harmony with the feelings and opinions

of all present . Like in all that he does , he has clearly pointed out that he thoroughly understands what are the duties and responsibilities of his exalted rank , and we can quite realize how that geniality of temperament , and kindness of manner , and cordiality of utterance , have left the most favourable impressions in far lands , and

among other people , just as they have moved the dusky races of Hindostan , and have aroused and animated the enduring and heartfelt loyalty of Englishmen . To the Princess of Wales the festivity must have been one of great pleasure , inasmuch as after a long separation hpr husband was once more safe and sound at home

again , a " mong his o . vn people , in the midst of his loyal fellow citizens , returned to his happy home , and surrounded by many of the greatest and noblest in the land . The Duke of Edinburgh spoke as a gallantsailor . modestly and manfully , and the Duke of Cambridge was , as he ever is , clear and

soldierlike in his recognition of the services and duty of the army , and his honest and becoming pride in that great profession over which he so fitly presides . Indeed , all the proceedings of this great gala were marked from firft to last by the English word " thorough , " reflecting the highest

credit , as we said before , on the Executive Committee and on all interested in the carrying out of the needful arrangements . We miss , indeed , the eloquent words of the " Premier , " who , " more suo , " would have lent the grace of his eloquence to commend and to intensify that

loyal gathering and that goodly scene . But still we may well be content with the display , and proud of the City ' s welcome to the Prince of Wales . The memories of such happy high days survive the passage of time and the fleeting avocations of social life . They record the

sayings and doings of the noblest in rank and the most exalted in the world ' s roll of honour and merit . They remind the statesman and the student , the thoughtful and the serious of the sympathies of a great people and the aspirations of the loyal and the patriotic , and they serve to

point out to us clearly how close after all , is the tie which , happily for us all in this favoured land , still binds together the throne of our fathers , the prestige of the House of Brunswick with Englishmen of all ranks and conditions , high and humble , rich and poor . Esto perpetua ,

we shall say to this loving union , and may after generations still peruse the record in the truthful pages of the " Freemason " of a similar gathering in the great Guildhall , and of that unchanged attachment which should ever exist

between the Sovereign of the realm and the City of London , between those who are called to bear rule over us according to our ancient laws and our wise constitution , and all classes of this loyal and mighty Empire .

The Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution.

THE ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION .

All will have perused m our Second Edition last week the result of the election on Friday . Twenty-three male candidates were elected without a poll , among whom we rejoice to see poor Bro . Dr . Stewart ' s name , and 21 widows out of 32 . So successful is the Institution that

we almost regret that the other 10 candidates were not also elected by resolution of committee , as we are quite sure that such a proposition would have received the enthusiastic support of the Craft . Indeed , we are almost inclined to think that the present position of the charity

would warrant the committee electing them b y a special meeting and supplementary resolution . The happy return of our Royal Grand Master would bj a sufficient justification as a commemorative act . At any rate they might have the annuity allowed them until the next

election . The Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution has now a permanent income of ^ 2211 13 s . 2 d . ; the yearly claims on the two funds amount to s £ 8 gjz , which is an increase , as Bro . Terry properly reminds us , of se ? 3 S 6 f , during the last four years . But we are quite

sure of this , that this most valuable Institution will never want the loyal and unswerving support of our great and benevolent Order , and we note with much satisfaction ' that , § £ 5500 in round numbers have been invested during the last 12 months , and that the joint balance still amounts

to £ S l 4 3 s - 3 d . We therefore beg to call attention once more to the most happy and creditable position of this very valuable charity of our Craft , and we beg to tender to Bro . Terry not only our hearty felicitations on this most

prosperous state of affairs , but our sincere grfod wishes that his zealous and praiseworthy exertions will be rewarded by a still enlarged measure of liberal support in the future by our charitable and increasing Order .

Thorough.

THOROUGH .

Some Freemasons , alike in speech and essay , often take a desponding view both of the prospects and " outcome " of Masonic literature . We do not . True , indeed , it is , to the most superficial student of English Masonic history , that Masonic literature has always waged moreor less a desperate warfare for existence , for success ! Rut we think that this can be accounted for in the

nature of things , and the peculiarity of the position of Freemasonry itself . As a rule , Freemasons , who are men of the world , men of business , as well as Freemasons , enjoy with all others the expanded and even overpowering literature of the day . The interest attached to

Masonic " belles lettres , " to its past history and passing topics , to its archaeological essays , and its didactic expositions , have only , so to say , a claim on the few among the many , commend themselves ever alone to a limited and , we may add , a select circle . The great rnass of our Order come

to Freemasonry for recreation and refreshment , for the privacy and inner life of the fraternal social circle , and unless they have some deep personal interest in the columns of the " Freemason , " for instance , they can afford but a few passing moments to its consideration or perusal !

A similar state of things exists as to Masonic archaeology , exposition , moral axioms , and the lucubrations and theories of conflicting schools . This is all reading over and above the common and almost needful literature of the day , and demands time and requires leisure . Whatever the

future may have in store for us , we cannot , it appears to us , ever expect , under any circumstance , a very general taste for Masonic literature , whether of the graver or the lighter kind , though we could fairly wish that more support were accorded by Freemasons , on Masonic

principles , too , to Masonic literature . The " Free * mason , " for instance , has always been a thorough Masonic paper , conducted on simp le , straightforward , business , Masonic princip les / from ils first hour of existence to the present

time . It has never appealed to the Order for support , either in accents of adulation , or > n whining tones , in lugubrious lamentations , or in recklessness of assertion j but it has gone forth to the entire fraternity as a literary organ , standing