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Fountains Abbey Hotel , Praed-street , Paddington , to listen to the rehearsal of the ceremonies of consecration and installation . Lodge having been opened in the three degrees by the Preceptor , Bro . G . Bead P . M . 511 , Bro . J . Terry P . P . G . J . W . Herts and Secretary of the R . M . B . I . was invited to the chair to perform the ceremonies referred to above . He was most ably supported by Bro . J . Stevens P . M . as

S . W ., and the followiug brethren , holding offices as indicated . Bros . F . T . 0 . Keeble P . M . 1426 J . W ., R . E . CursonsS . D ., A . Harding J . D ., C . R . Wickena I . G ., H . Dehaue W . M . 1543 P . P . G . S . D . Essex Sec , C . S . Mote and W . Death Stewards , G . Davis P . M . 176 M . C . and M . S . Rnbinstein Organist . In addition to tho foregoing brethren were also present Bros . Capt . A . Nichols P . D . S . West Punjab , G .

Hesse 167 , M . S . Spiegel P . M . 188 , W . A . Cnbitt J . W . 193 , J . Peile 198 , G . J . Earney 511 , W . Fieldson I . P . M . 5-18 , J . Evens W . M . aud J . T . Westley 753 , T . Artaud 1305 , W . J . Mason 1328 , W . H . Chalfout W . M . 1425 , W . Newton 1541 , W . Rowe 1543 , H . Davey 1608 , W . Honeyball W . M . eleot 1681 , E . Stevens 1826 , G . P . Festa I . P . M . 1900 , aud about fifty others , most of whom belonged to the Hyde Park Lodge of Instruction . Nine new members were made in due course ,

thus strengthening this already strong and popular Lodge . We need not describe the ceremony of consecration ; most Masons are familiar with it , and those who are not cannot do better than be present at the next opportunity that presents itself , especially if Bro . Terry presides . He ia facile princeps in all that relates to the ceremonial of the Fraternity , and the way in which he consecrated the Lodge and

rehearsed the ritual of installation on Monday night was calculated to increase his reputation . The charms of Bro . Terry ' s working consist in earnestness , clearness of utterance , and directness of purpose . While he observes all the technical points of the ceremonies , he never fails to go beneath the shell and lay bare the kernel—the spiritual basis of the Craft . He was particularly impressive on the occasion

we are describing , and those who think lightly , or do not think at all , of the religious character of the Order had better make the acquaintance of Bro . Terry ' s working . They would learn much of the real essence of Freemasonry , and could not fail to have a higher estimate of its functions and a nobler conception of the G . A . O . T . U . We were sor ry that a portion of the installation ceremony was omitted , owing

jo want of time , and in deference to the wishes of the majority ot the brethren . Past Masters require to have the rust rubbed off now and then , and no one is more fitted to give the polishing touch than Bro . Terry . We should have liked to witness the conferring of the " Master ' s degree "—if we may be permitted to use the term—at the hands of Bro . Terry , but under the circumstances the omission was perhaps wisely made . Music , as is well known , forms a

conspiouous part in the ceremony of consecration , and bnis division of labour was ably sustained by Bro . Rubinstein . Tne whole proceedings were condnoted with dne solemnity , and were listened wifca rapt attention and joined in with reverence and heartiness . Before the Lodge was closed , Bro . J . Stevens S . W . said it was seldom that the brethren heard the ceremony of installation given in any manner

and still more rare to hear it given in suoh a way as it had been rendered that night . Bro . Terry was an old acquaintance of his , an honour he , and all who knew him , prized . The ceremonies they had listened to had been very carefully rehearsed , and he ( Bro . Stevens ) thought they ought not to separate without conveying to Bro . Terry an expression of their esteem for him , and the high estimation in

which he is held by the Craft—not in mere words only , but from the heart . Bro . Terry filled an important post , the dnfcies of which were well discharged . There were many claims upon his time , yet he was always willing to go among the brethren to instruct and please them . Bro . Stevens moved that a hearty vote of thanks be given to Bro . Terry , and that it be entered on the minntes of the

Lodge . This was seconded by Bro . Read , and carried unanimously . Bro . Terry , in reply , expressed his gratification at the remarks of his old friend , Bro . Stevens . He was only carrying out one of tho obligations he had undertaken—to communicate instrnction . It was true he was engaged in heavy work ; he had been particularly busy that day , owing to the election for the Boys' School , but be always

endeavonred to find time to keep engagements with the brethren of the Craft outside the claims of his immediate duties . Tho highest reward to him was to know that his services were appreciated , and in thanking the Lodge for their vote , he said he should be happy to visit them again , should they desire his help and he could make it

convenient to attend . The remarks of both Bro . Stevens and Bro . Terry were received with muoh approbation by the brethren present . It was announced that Bro . Stevens wonld be present on the 3 rd December next , and give an explanation of the second degree . The same brother will explain the first degree at the Eceleston Lodge of Instruction , Ebury Bridge , on Saturday evening , 3 rd November .

Kingsland Lodge of Instruction , No . 1693 . —On Mon . day , 15 th instant , at Bro . Baker ' s , Cock Tavern , Highbury , N . Bros . Brock W . M ., Jordan S . W ., Clark J . W ., Collingridge Secretary , Dixie S . D ., Crosbie J . D ., Trewinnard P . M . Preceptor , Rhodes I . G ., and other brethren . Lodge was opened in due form in the first and

second degrees , when the ceremony of passing was rehearsed , Bro . Weeden acting as candidate . The ceremony of the third degree was also rehearsed , Bro . Hall P . M . acting as candidate . Brother Hall will rehearse the ceremony of installation on Monday , 22 nd October , at 8-30 .

The Late Social Science Congress.

THE LATE SOCIAL SCIENCE CONGRESS .

Ttf the Health Department Bro . George Smith , of Coalville , read ¦*• two papers . One paper relating to the sad condition of the canal children , and the steps he proposes for brinsrinsr about a free

education ; and also to secure , without inconvenience and with but little cost , the better sanitary condition of their floating homes , for Which power is taken in a Bill he has had before Parliament during 'he last four sessions to amend the Canal Boats Act of 1877 . Upon one of the olanses of the Bill , to whioh some objection has

The Late Social Science Congress.

been taken , Bro . Smith said : Sub-section 2 of section 3 says , " a child or youug person under the age of 16 years shall not be employed for hire or profit in or for purposes of a canal boat on Sunday ; " what is the object of that Sub-seotion 2 of Clause 3 of the Bill ? I may say that the principal objeots of this section are threehold ; First , the gradual lessening of Sunday traffic without the boatmen aud boat

owners experiencing any loss or inconvenience thereby . Second , to enable those boatmen who , with large families , iu order to conform to the requirements of tho Act , and the regulations of the Local Government Board , divide their families and work a pair df boats , putting the girls to sleep in oue cabin and the boys in another , caunot afford to have a home on laud immediately the Act comes into

operation , but whose children are required to make the number of attendances at day schools per quarter . To put it in another way , the children living in a canal boat will be required to make 200 attendances in a day school in the year , or 50 attendances per quarter , to enable them to pass the Third Standard before they can work , which would not be a great hardship , as the boats , vans , shows ,

and like places are stationary , on au average , fully one-third of the year . To prevent the infliction of what at first sight may appear hardship on the boating parents—to compel them to tie up their boats on week days till the boat children have made their attendances—I propose , as you will see in my remarks , tbat the ohildren should be allowed to make 50 out of 200 attendances required in a Sunday

School ; and , thirdly , the gradual lessening of child slavery ; which the canal children have to endure , in toiling and trudging on and after the canal boats , from fourteen to sixteen hours daily , winter and summer , from the year ' s beginning to the year ' s end while their fathers are generally , to say the least of it , taking matters quietly . Most of the work in connection with boating , when tbe women and

children live io the cabins , devolves upou those least able to bear it . It has been said more than once that the restrictions which . I propose would be interfering too muoh with traffic and individual liberty , and consequently lessening of canal trade wonld be the result . This I deny in toto , again and again , that is , if we put in contrast the restrictions our factory laws , mining laws , & c , exact from the parent

property owner and manufacturers , and the results that have bee achieved by factory legislation and the spread of sanitary law The passing of the Bill in its pres . nt form will admit of the bo afc children of nine years old ( who pass the Becond , third , or such stand , ard as the Education Department may think well to fix ) , working ] j the hours in the week , without cessation of toil from Monday m

rning to Sunday morning round and round again . Surely , then , ft j a only just , fair , and honest , to give tbe poor canal and van children of tender years a few honrs rest ont of 168 in the week . Even when this easy and simple bill has passed , a boatman can compel a boat child of ten years to work 144 hours in the week , while straw-plait manufacturers , silk weavers , tile-makers , and others , of any class , grade ,

and employment , light and heavy , can only compel a child of thirteen years , or a yonng person ; to work 56 honrs per week ont of 168 . Bro . Smith explained how the annual registration of the boats , for a fee of 5 s , is to bo brought about , without any inconvenience to either boatmen or boatowners . Without the annual registration of the boats Bro . Smith stated that the Act of 1877 wonld continue to be a

failure in its main features , as would any other Act dealing with the education and welfare of tbe canal and gipsy ohildren , who live in moving and temporary homes . In the other paper read by Bro . George Smith , of Coalville , relating to the condition of our gipsies and their ohildren , Bro . Smith stated that there are among ns at the present time nearly 50000

men , women , and ohildren , living in tents , vans , shows , carts and wigwams , tramping the country as gipsios and vagabonds of the deepest dye , attending fairs , feasts and fetes , 30 , 000 of whom will be children of school age , not five per cent , of whom can read and write a sentence , and who—with some bright exceptions—are a disgrace to civilisation , and an encouragement to those who predict the downfall

of Christianity , and the spreading of the darkest heathenism npon its ruins . Bro . Smith referred to some of the leading features of the present day gipsyism , which are at work among the lower grades of society , working out peril , mischief , poverty , and degradation to themselves , and the darkest , direful evils for the country ' s welfare , the sad consequence of which it is impossible to estimate or form any

idea of . Bro . Smith stated that 75 per cent , of the gipsies living together as man and wife are not lawfully married , and that during his visits for many years to the gipsies and other travelling vaga . bonds in various parts of the country , he has come upon men , women and children of all ages and sizes , huddling together upon rotten straw and bags , full of vermin and filth , that would cause the heart

of the nation to ache and bleed rivers of sympathy aud help , if Englishmen did but know the depths to whioh our present-day gipsies have snnk . Bro . Smith also said that he had' recently seen 17 families of gipsies pigging together , numbering close upon 100 human beings , in ten wigwams , not three out of the number could tell a letter . He also gave instances how small-pox has been and is carried

about the country by means of gipsy vans , tents , and wigwams . Only a few days ago Bro . Smith said amall-pox was carried to Ashton by a gipsy van , and more than twenty persons were ill of this dreadful disease at that time at Ashton . Brother Smith proposes to bring about an improvement in the condition of the gipsies and other children by extending the provisions of the Canal Boats Act of 1877 , and his Amending Bill .

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