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To Our Readers.
TO OUR READERS .
The FREEMASON is a Weekly News paper , price ACI > It is published every Friday morning , and contains the most important , interesting , and useful information relating to Freemasonry in every degree . Subscription , including postage : United America , India , India , China , & c .
Kingdom , the Continent , & c . Via Brindisi . Twelve Months ios . 6 d . 12 s . od . 17 s . 4 d . Six •„ 5 s . 3 d . 6 s . 6 d . 8 s . 8 d . Three „ 2 s . 8 d . 3 s . 3 d . 4 s . 6 d . Subscriptions may be paid for in stamps , but Post Office Orders or Cheques are preferred , the former payable to
GEORGE KENNING , CHIEF OFFICE , LONDON , the latter crossed London Joint Stock Bank . Advertisements and other business communications should be addressed to the Publisher . Communications on literary subjects and books for
review are to be forwarded to the Editor . Anonymous correspondence will be wholly disregarded , and the return of rejected MSS . cannot be guaranteed . Further information will be supplied on application to Ihz Publisher , 198 , Fleet-street , London .
Important Notice.
IMPORTANT NOTICE .
It is very necessary for our readers to advise us of all money orders they remit , more especially those from the United States of America and India ; otherwise we cannot tell where to credit them . Several P . O . O . ' s are now in hand , but having received no advice we cannot credit them .
To Advertisers.
TO ADVERTISERS .
The FREEMASON has a large circulation in all parts of the Globe , its advantages as an advertising medium can therefore scarcely be overrated . ADVERTISEMENTS to ensure insertion in current week ' s issue should reach the Office , 198 , Fleet-street , by 12 o ' clock on ¦ "Wednesdays . SCALE OF CHARGES FOR
ADVERTISEMENTS . Whole of back page £ 12 12 o Half ,, „ ... ... ... ... 6 10 o inside pages ... ... ... ... 7 7 ° Half of ditto 400 Quarter ditto ... ... ... .. 2 10 o Whole column 2 10 o
Half „ 1 10 o Quarter „ 100 Per inch 050 These prices are for single insertions . A liberal reduction is made for a series of 13 , 26 , and 52 insertions . Further particulars may be obtained of the Publisher , 198 , Fleet-street , London .
Answers To Correspondents.
Answers to Correspondents .
By an oversight of the " Reader " several Latin words last week are misspelt , much to our annoyance and that of the writer ' s . Thus " ipsoe " is put for " ipse "; " Ducta dibntanlium " for " Ductor dubitantium " ; and " eligantiurum" for " elegantiaium . "
BOOKS , & c , RECEIVED . "Songs of the Focsle , " "Hebrew Leader , " "Australian Freemason , " "Der Triangel , " "Alliance , " "Broad Arrow , " " Proceedings of Grand Lodge of New Mexico , "
"Otago Daily Times , " "Freemasons' Repository , " "Masonic Newspaper , " " Keystone , " " Eminent Radicals in Parliament , " " The Conquorer ' s Dream , and other Poems , " " Bulletin du Grand Orient de France , " " St . Christopher Advertiser . "
Births, Marriages, And Deaths.
Births , Marriages , and Deaths .
[ The charge is 2 s . 6 d . for announcements not exceeding Four Lines under this heading . ]
BIRTHS . COURTENAY . — On the 8 th inst ., at 19 , Westbourne-terrace-road , W ., the wife of Mr . George Courtenay , of a daughter . WAUDBV . —On the 8 th inst ., at Stoke Albany Rectory , Market Harbro' the wife of Major Wauiiby , Bombay Staff Corps , of a son .
MARRIAGE . WOOD—MAYIIEW . —On the 7 th inst ., at St . Paul's , Heme Hill , by the Rev . W . Powell , Henry Agustus Wood , of Mithim , Surrey , to Elizabeth Martha ( Lizzie ) , daughter of the late Mr . W . T , Mayhew , of Heme Hill .
DEATHS . GII . CIIHIST . — On the 9 th inst ., at West-villa , Ball ' s Pond , Bro . William Gilchrist , aged 5 6 years . PUI . I . EN . —On the 8 th inst ., at Edmonton , Arthur Edward , son of the late Mr . James Thomas Pullen , Solicitor , aged 30 years .
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THEFREEMASON. SATURDAY , J 14 , 1879 .
Our Fund Of Benevolence.
OUR FUND OF BENEVOLENCE .
Our Fund of Benevolence has now reached it seems £ 50 , 000 , no doubt a considerable sum , and sundry proposals have from time to time been made in respect of its application and use . Our esteemed and distinguished Bro . J . M . Clabon , whose opinion we all value , and whose
services we all recognize , has propounded , if we understand him rightly , a scheme , or rather has drawn indistinctly the outline of a scheme , for the appropriation of the accumulation by devoting a portion of it annually to " exhibitions " or " scholarships " for the Girls' and Boys' Schools
for those who shall pass , of course , a specific examination from our two great metropolitan Institutions . Another suggestion has been made , namely , the making of increased grants to our Masonic Charities . And thus the matter seems
to come before us , the more so as Bro . Clabon ' s withdrawing his motion at the last Grand Lodge on a point of order , proposes to reintroduce it on a subsequent occasion , in a way too which will necessitate certain changes in the Book of Constitutions . We fear somewhat that our esteemed
Bro . Clabon has a little underrated , in his honest desire to do good , the difficulties of the case . The Fund of Benevolence , according to our Book of Constitutions , must be " solely devoted to charity . " Scholarships and exhibitions may come under the practice of charity , but we doubt
if they are consistent with the theory of the Book of Constitutions . Annuities are clearly charity in its widest sense , but could we give annuities from the Fund of Benevolence under the present Book of Constitutions ? We think there can be but one answer to the question .
And as we , in common with all Masons , honour Bro . Clabon ' s motives and intentions , we feel sure that he will forgive us , if we point out to him that many difficulties and grave questions must arise in any such appropriation of the Fund of Benevolence . The original intention of that
fund is general Masonic charity . We now propose to divert a portion of it to the limited area of two Schools , no doubt most excellent institutions in themselves , and most Masonic . How will such an appropriation affect our provincial brethren ? and how will it deal with provincial
educational organizations ? How does it bear on the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution ? Will Grand Lodge consent to give to the Schools large annual grants without distinct control over the expenditure ? Or is Grand Lodge likely to part with its funds without some guatantee that
they will be devoted to the purpose for which they are professedly asked ? Now these are questions to which our brethren will certainly want an answer . Let us suppose for a moment that Bro . Clabon carries his motion—what must be the result ? Oae of two things ; either a Grand Lodge
Committee will have to be formed for the arrangement and management of these exhibitions or a joint Committee of . the Educational Institutions and Grand Lodge must be constituted to work out the details , because certain contingencies and consequences are inevitable . If we
are to e ; rant exhibitions we must have examinations , a Board of Examiners , a Board of Managers . For to suppose that Grand Lodge will blindly grant a lump-sum to the Schools is , we feel sure , a chimera , which will have to be abandoned when once ventilated before the
common sense of Grand Lodge itself . We ourselves do not deny that it would be both feasible and possible to constitute a central Board of Management , which would appoint examiners , but then all Masons' sons and daughters , alike in province and metropolis , must be permitted to
compete for the scholarships . There could , no doubt , following the arrangements of the Oxford and Cambridge Middle Class Examinations , be " local centres " for examinations for those unable to come to London . But all this requires a vast amount of thoughtful organization and an expens ive machinery to work out . But we venture io
Our Fund Of Benevolence.
doubt whether the Grand Lodge or the Craft is prepared or wishful for so great a change , and we are still more inclined to disbelieve that a majority would welcome this arrangement of the matter . We are afraid , as we said at the outset , that the grave and essential difficulties of any such
plan are hardly yet realized even by our distinguished Bro . J . M . Clabon . Any proposal 0 f his will , however , always receive from the Order the respectful attention and consideration which his high position and Masonic services demand and when his motion comes before us again in
tangible form and with practical bearing , we shall be most happy to receive it , and discuss it in that tone and temper which best become Freemasons . But we think it well to sound a note of caution , as a good deal can necessaril y be said on both sides of the question .
Wire Pulling.
WIRE PULLING .
The conversation which arose in the last Grand Lodge was both seasonable and noteworthy . We all of us , at least a good many of us , saw or received a certain mysterious list , on whitey-brown paper , before the Quarterl y Communication , which was undoubtedly issued by
some " Masonic wire puller . '' Authority knew it not , and the President of the Board of Purposes , " more suo , " most eloquently and emphaticall y repudiated any such proceeding on the part of any supposititious authority . Bro . Monckton stated the fact correctly , when he pointed out ,
that lists had been issued from time to time at Quarterl y Communication , and to such a bona fide representation of the liberty of Masonic choice and voting we , ourselves , make no objection . But we do most strongly object , on every principle of legitimate and manly exercise
of the voting power , that any brother 01 brethren , more or less distinguished as the case may be , should circulate surreptitiously and industriousl y before the meeting of Grand Lodge , and among a " select circle , " thus packing Grand Lodge , this distinct appeal to party organization . It is
one thing—and very often useful—to circulate lists in the Grand Lodge itself of those whom the brethren are invited in a fraternal spirit to vote for , because then all such lists stand or fall by their own merits , but it is quite another thing to constitute practically a private canvass of
members of Grand Lodge some days before its assembly , in order to carry a list recommended by certain brethren . This , in our opinion , is a proceeding alike undignified and undesirable , and more "honoured ( Masonically ) in the breach than the observance . " Because one of two consequences must ensue , either we are
dictated to by a " clique —a " caucus , or wc accept the nomination of one or two active and enterprising brethren , who , to use a common saying , put in " two words" for others and " half-a-dozen " for themselves . Strictly speaking , it would be better if we were all content with the official list distributed in Grand Lodge ,
and did not require to be told how to vote , or whom to vote for . But the lists circulated in Grand Lodge , as we said before , arf . one thing , the lists circulated before Grand Lodge meets are quite 2 different thing . There is one consolation , however , in the matter . No " clique" or
" caucus , " no reign of individualism , can long flourish in English Freemasonry . Were these proceedings to be perpetuated and grow into a nuisance , threatening alike the independence and prestige of Grand Lodge itself , the good sense and united action of independent Masons would
speedily sweep away the organization of wire pullers , " and render our elections a dignified representation of the fair play and accurate selection of the brethren of our amiable and excellent Craft , of those whom they deemed the best qualified for the Board of General Purposes .
A Disagreeable Subject.
A DISAGREEABLE SUBJECT .
There are a good many subjects in this qu world of ours about which it is better not to write at all . It is always wiser , in our opi " ]' to " wash our own dirty linen at home , " and 1 seems very injudicious to communicate to a curious public what properly belongs alone to tn domain of private sentiment and personal settle *
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To Our Readers.
TO OUR READERS .
The FREEMASON is a Weekly News paper , price ACI > It is published every Friday morning , and contains the most important , interesting , and useful information relating to Freemasonry in every degree . Subscription , including postage : United America , India , India , China , & c .
Kingdom , the Continent , & c . Via Brindisi . Twelve Months ios . 6 d . 12 s . od . 17 s . 4 d . Six •„ 5 s . 3 d . 6 s . 6 d . 8 s . 8 d . Three „ 2 s . 8 d . 3 s . 3 d . 4 s . 6 d . Subscriptions may be paid for in stamps , but Post Office Orders or Cheques are preferred , the former payable to
GEORGE KENNING , CHIEF OFFICE , LONDON , the latter crossed London Joint Stock Bank . Advertisements and other business communications should be addressed to the Publisher . Communications on literary subjects and books for
review are to be forwarded to the Editor . Anonymous correspondence will be wholly disregarded , and the return of rejected MSS . cannot be guaranteed . Further information will be supplied on application to Ihz Publisher , 198 , Fleet-street , London .
Important Notice.
IMPORTANT NOTICE .
It is very necessary for our readers to advise us of all money orders they remit , more especially those from the United States of America and India ; otherwise we cannot tell where to credit them . Several P . O . O . ' s are now in hand , but having received no advice we cannot credit them .
To Advertisers.
TO ADVERTISERS .
The FREEMASON has a large circulation in all parts of the Globe , its advantages as an advertising medium can therefore scarcely be overrated . ADVERTISEMENTS to ensure insertion in current week ' s issue should reach the Office , 198 , Fleet-street , by 12 o ' clock on ¦ "Wednesdays . SCALE OF CHARGES FOR
ADVERTISEMENTS . Whole of back page £ 12 12 o Half ,, „ ... ... ... ... 6 10 o inside pages ... ... ... ... 7 7 ° Half of ditto 400 Quarter ditto ... ... ... .. 2 10 o Whole column 2 10 o
Half „ 1 10 o Quarter „ 100 Per inch 050 These prices are for single insertions . A liberal reduction is made for a series of 13 , 26 , and 52 insertions . Further particulars may be obtained of the Publisher , 198 , Fleet-street , London .
Answers To Correspondents.
Answers to Correspondents .
By an oversight of the " Reader " several Latin words last week are misspelt , much to our annoyance and that of the writer ' s . Thus " ipsoe " is put for " ipse "; " Ducta dibntanlium " for " Ductor dubitantium " ; and " eligantiurum" for " elegantiaium . "
BOOKS , & c , RECEIVED . "Songs of the Focsle , " "Hebrew Leader , " "Australian Freemason , " "Der Triangel , " "Alliance , " "Broad Arrow , " " Proceedings of Grand Lodge of New Mexico , "
"Otago Daily Times , " "Freemasons' Repository , " "Masonic Newspaper , " " Keystone , " " Eminent Radicals in Parliament , " " The Conquorer ' s Dream , and other Poems , " " Bulletin du Grand Orient de France , " " St . Christopher Advertiser . "
Births, Marriages, And Deaths.
Births , Marriages , and Deaths .
[ The charge is 2 s . 6 d . for announcements not exceeding Four Lines under this heading . ]
BIRTHS . COURTENAY . — On the 8 th inst ., at 19 , Westbourne-terrace-road , W ., the wife of Mr . George Courtenay , of a daughter . WAUDBV . —On the 8 th inst ., at Stoke Albany Rectory , Market Harbro' the wife of Major Wauiiby , Bombay Staff Corps , of a son .
MARRIAGE . WOOD—MAYIIEW . —On the 7 th inst ., at St . Paul's , Heme Hill , by the Rev . W . Powell , Henry Agustus Wood , of Mithim , Surrey , to Elizabeth Martha ( Lizzie ) , daughter of the late Mr . W . T , Mayhew , of Heme Hill .
DEATHS . GII . CIIHIST . — On the 9 th inst ., at West-villa , Ball ' s Pond , Bro . William Gilchrist , aged 5 6 years . PUI . I . EN . —On the 8 th inst ., at Edmonton , Arthur Edward , son of the late Mr . James Thomas Pullen , Solicitor , aged 30 years .
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THEFREEMASON. SATURDAY , J 14 , 1879 .
Our Fund Of Benevolence.
OUR FUND OF BENEVOLENCE .
Our Fund of Benevolence has now reached it seems £ 50 , 000 , no doubt a considerable sum , and sundry proposals have from time to time been made in respect of its application and use . Our esteemed and distinguished Bro . J . M . Clabon , whose opinion we all value , and whose
services we all recognize , has propounded , if we understand him rightly , a scheme , or rather has drawn indistinctly the outline of a scheme , for the appropriation of the accumulation by devoting a portion of it annually to " exhibitions " or " scholarships " for the Girls' and Boys' Schools
for those who shall pass , of course , a specific examination from our two great metropolitan Institutions . Another suggestion has been made , namely , the making of increased grants to our Masonic Charities . And thus the matter seems
to come before us , the more so as Bro . Clabon ' s withdrawing his motion at the last Grand Lodge on a point of order , proposes to reintroduce it on a subsequent occasion , in a way too which will necessitate certain changes in the Book of Constitutions . We fear somewhat that our esteemed
Bro . Clabon has a little underrated , in his honest desire to do good , the difficulties of the case . The Fund of Benevolence , according to our Book of Constitutions , must be " solely devoted to charity . " Scholarships and exhibitions may come under the practice of charity , but we doubt
if they are consistent with the theory of the Book of Constitutions . Annuities are clearly charity in its widest sense , but could we give annuities from the Fund of Benevolence under the present Book of Constitutions ? We think there can be but one answer to the question .
And as we , in common with all Masons , honour Bro . Clabon ' s motives and intentions , we feel sure that he will forgive us , if we point out to him that many difficulties and grave questions must arise in any such appropriation of the Fund of Benevolence . The original intention of that
fund is general Masonic charity . We now propose to divert a portion of it to the limited area of two Schools , no doubt most excellent institutions in themselves , and most Masonic . How will such an appropriation affect our provincial brethren ? and how will it deal with provincial
educational organizations ? How does it bear on the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution ? Will Grand Lodge consent to give to the Schools large annual grants without distinct control over the expenditure ? Or is Grand Lodge likely to part with its funds without some guatantee that
they will be devoted to the purpose for which they are professedly asked ? Now these are questions to which our brethren will certainly want an answer . Let us suppose for a moment that Bro . Clabon carries his motion—what must be the result ? Oae of two things ; either a Grand Lodge
Committee will have to be formed for the arrangement and management of these exhibitions or a joint Committee of . the Educational Institutions and Grand Lodge must be constituted to work out the details , because certain contingencies and consequences are inevitable . If we
are to e ; rant exhibitions we must have examinations , a Board of Examiners , a Board of Managers . For to suppose that Grand Lodge will blindly grant a lump-sum to the Schools is , we feel sure , a chimera , which will have to be abandoned when once ventilated before the
common sense of Grand Lodge itself . We ourselves do not deny that it would be both feasible and possible to constitute a central Board of Management , which would appoint examiners , but then all Masons' sons and daughters , alike in province and metropolis , must be permitted to
compete for the scholarships . There could , no doubt , following the arrangements of the Oxford and Cambridge Middle Class Examinations , be " local centres " for examinations for those unable to come to London . But all this requires a vast amount of thoughtful organization and an expens ive machinery to work out . But we venture io
Our Fund Of Benevolence.
doubt whether the Grand Lodge or the Craft is prepared or wishful for so great a change , and we are still more inclined to disbelieve that a majority would welcome this arrangement of the matter . We are afraid , as we said at the outset , that the grave and essential difficulties of any such
plan are hardly yet realized even by our distinguished Bro . J . M . Clabon . Any proposal 0 f his will , however , always receive from the Order the respectful attention and consideration which his high position and Masonic services demand and when his motion comes before us again in
tangible form and with practical bearing , we shall be most happy to receive it , and discuss it in that tone and temper which best become Freemasons . But we think it well to sound a note of caution , as a good deal can necessaril y be said on both sides of the question .
Wire Pulling.
WIRE PULLING .
The conversation which arose in the last Grand Lodge was both seasonable and noteworthy . We all of us , at least a good many of us , saw or received a certain mysterious list , on whitey-brown paper , before the Quarterl y Communication , which was undoubtedly issued by
some " Masonic wire puller . '' Authority knew it not , and the President of the Board of Purposes , " more suo , " most eloquently and emphaticall y repudiated any such proceeding on the part of any supposititious authority . Bro . Monckton stated the fact correctly , when he pointed out ,
that lists had been issued from time to time at Quarterl y Communication , and to such a bona fide representation of the liberty of Masonic choice and voting we , ourselves , make no objection . But we do most strongly object , on every principle of legitimate and manly exercise
of the voting power , that any brother 01 brethren , more or less distinguished as the case may be , should circulate surreptitiously and industriousl y before the meeting of Grand Lodge , and among a " select circle , " thus packing Grand Lodge , this distinct appeal to party organization . It is
one thing—and very often useful—to circulate lists in the Grand Lodge itself of those whom the brethren are invited in a fraternal spirit to vote for , because then all such lists stand or fall by their own merits , but it is quite another thing to constitute practically a private canvass of
members of Grand Lodge some days before its assembly , in order to carry a list recommended by certain brethren . This , in our opinion , is a proceeding alike undignified and undesirable , and more "honoured ( Masonically ) in the breach than the observance . " Because one of two consequences must ensue , either we are
dictated to by a " clique —a " caucus , or wc accept the nomination of one or two active and enterprising brethren , who , to use a common saying , put in " two words" for others and " half-a-dozen " for themselves . Strictly speaking , it would be better if we were all content with the official list distributed in Grand Lodge ,
and did not require to be told how to vote , or whom to vote for . But the lists circulated in Grand Lodge , as we said before , arf . one thing , the lists circulated before Grand Lodge meets are quite 2 different thing . There is one consolation , however , in the matter . No " clique" or
" caucus , " no reign of individualism , can long flourish in English Freemasonry . Were these proceedings to be perpetuated and grow into a nuisance , threatening alike the independence and prestige of Grand Lodge itself , the good sense and united action of independent Masons would
speedily sweep away the organization of wire pullers , " and render our elections a dignified representation of the fair play and accurate selection of the brethren of our amiable and excellent Craft , of those whom they deemed the best qualified for the Board of General Purposes .
A Disagreeable Subject.
A DISAGREEABLE SUBJECT .
There are a good many subjects in this qu world of ours about which it is better not to write at all . It is always wiser , in our opi " ]' to " wash our own dirty linen at home , " and 1 seems very injudicious to communicate to a curious public what properly belongs alone to tn domain of private sentiment and personal settle *