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/• ritv to the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , ' ^ he remembered , when hc took the chair at the ' t - of the Boys' School 21 years ago , the unprece-F t , f subscription of £ 3780 was brought up , and that •^ 11 rnnirratulated themselves upon such an enormous they t being brought up to the funds of the Charity ; and amount d ^ Binckes then pr 0 phe 3 ied that even h r r " nn mieht be collected . But they all answered , ' Bro . £ ' i ° « thou art beside thyself ; too much zeal for Freely 01 ";; , ' hath made thee mad . ' Without attempting to

t - - nate—I should be cruel to do it—the satisfaction 1 - " h the Secretary would have in reading out the list of wrintions , he ( the Chairman ) said he was not breaking 5 , rnnfidence in saying that they had collected more than v . the prophesied amount . " In reading out the lists , n ' n Binckes , amon ^ other remarks , said "he had some n since instituted what had been termed a crusade in X , P nravinces to tell the provincial brethren , at personal .. ill about this Institution , and this , he believed , was Visits , ' " , . 1 .. ,:. iu „ i il ,,.,, u . J „ f ! , „ : „„ maHn at that time that they had of being made

" Z nnlv means rnuainted with what was being done by the Institution . The results of the crusade were most satisfactory ; but he lV , to Binckes ) , when he vvas ridiculed for prophesying the Election of £ 10 , 000 in a single year , had no thought that r , should live to announce such a sum as that which he had to announce , namely , £ 22 , 444 , " afterwards increased The ' above are a few facts and opinions about Bro . Festivals ate

Binckes and the Boys' School . I repeat , they not of my invention or fiction , but derived from official minutes and contemporary reports in the Masonic press . As I have trespassed too largely already on your space , I will reserve some further facts and opinions similarly derived for another letter . —Faithfully and fraternally , To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sirand Brother , As a Steward , I beg to protest against the issuing of the circular emanating from the Provisional Management Committee of the Boys' School . How two such eminent men and Masons as my Lord Euston and Bro . F .

A . Philbrick , Q . C , could attach their names to such a misleading and ^ unwarrantable statement , which is calculated to damage the forthcoming Festival materially , I cannot understand . Every Steward who has discussed Ihe matter agrees with me that the brethren above named

evidently support the scandalous statements made by a certain brother at the Special Court—statements which I trust the individual against whom they were made is taking legal proceedings to refute . —I am , yours faithfully and fraternally , . W . M ., V . P . I append a copy of circular—the italics are mine : "To Brother

" A Steward for the Festival of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys . "The Provisional Management Committee appointed at the Special Court on the Sth June , in fulfilment of the duties intrusted to them , mostearnestly intreat the Stewards to spare no exertion in obtaining a liberal response to their

appeal for aid . "The circumstances under which the Institution is placed imperatively demand a most generous response from all its friends . "The Commiiteehas arranged with the Treasurer of the Institution that all contributions which may be remitted to him shall be paid into a separate accountand applied by

, this Committee in the interest of the Institution . " We are , dear Sir and Brother , " Yours faithfully and fraternally , " EUSTON , Prov . G . M . Norths and Hunts , "Chairman . " FRED . A . PHILBRICK , Q . C , G . Reg ., " Vice-Chairman . "

GRAND LODGE OF NEW SOUTH WALES . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , My worthy friends , Bro . Hughan and yourself , do J > ot seem to understand fully the objections the Cambrian ' s

loyal brethren have to joining the G . L . of N . S . W . We 00 not take technical objection to those members who have gon e over ; far from it—we say go , and may you be happy . We do object , however , to the treatment meted out to "s by some of those who have left us , and who , in spite of

B -C . 219 , which says " Should the majority of any lodge ¦ « -the power of assembling remains with the rest of the members ... " In this case the rest ( and a considerable r f-s ' ) of the members are ourselves ; consequently , the Waiter should have been handed to us . Again , the majorit y have not determined to retire . They have not

en considered the matter of retiring . New members na en J PPed on the night of initiation into signing a vva „ whicl 1 the V knew nothing , and thus the number Hi 1 J - Members who were known to be opposed to "e lod ge joining the new Order had their notices of an in-, mal meetino- ( of which nnlv about ^ S hours' nrttir . e had

¦ Hh ' v ! ^ "dentally forgotten or mislaid until Monday nre Sa "i meet'ng having actually taken place on the offir V ' ° if aturday ; and at this meeting the presiding pla — A claimed a deliberative vote—in the wrong shilff t ' len a casting vote , was actually some ninety hie jp . arrears , and for this reason should have vacated ofa - M as . w-M . These and many other actions bein S j ar k'nd are what cause us to insist on justice :- .. S . UOne tO US . If is c >__ 1 lh _ . ro or _» cnrv . o - __™« Miuni — ~ « \ L

_ -n N S W L * . **•« ...... ... „ ......, QJW .. . _ .. _>»< .. known fir ° folding aloof , and if our wrongs were in rm "umber would be greatly increased . We are actions ^ l ? id of the H S ht of da J bein 2 shed on all our that th '" unfortunate matter , but I am much afraid "iver ¦ Proceedings have widened the breach , and 6 56 E r ^ ' ? '" Cambrian Lodge of Australia , No . charter h » composed of the same members . Had our havo __ . een . given to us when asked for , you vvould now

fr iendlv - ° Constitutions working in the most good to th r ' ' ''' S each other , and generally doing caiiin fu " ? - 2 han , that our treatment by persons a sure H m f Se - s Masons has ca"sed this feeling , but I We would h lf tlle wIl 0 ' e facts were known in England , told ° exonerated from any blame , and would be fraternal ° nothing but what we are doing . —Yours « naiiy , GE 0 # ROBINSON , SvdnP « Sfnj brian Lodge of Australia , No . 656 , E . C . J " cy gth June .

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© raft | $ a . sourg , ANGLO-AMERICAN LODGE ( No . 2191 ) . — The installation meeting of this young and flourishing lodge took place at the Criterion , Piccadilly , on Tuesday , the 18 th inst ., vvhen there was , as usual , a large attendance of brethren . Amongst the brethren present vvere Bros . Adolphus Clark , W . lvl . ; Fred . Kedge , S . W . ; Rev . J . S . Brownrigg , P . G . Chap ., Chap . ; John B . Gumming ,

Treas . ; George Reynolds , Sec . ; James Woolley , S . D . ; W . Hancock , J . D . ; John Skinner , D . C ; Jas . Woodward , Stwd . ; Herbert VV . Schartau , Org . ; Dr . Turtle Pigott , P . A . G . D . C ; Dr . I . Zacharie , P . G . M . California ; and Dr . J . J . Wedgwood . Visitors : Bros . Lennox Browne , P . M ., Treas . 2108 ; General Darius Wilson , 143 , New York ; C . W . S . Collins , 172 ; J . P .

Allen , P . M . 1056 ; Cornelius Cornes , 41 ; S . A . VVhite , Pentucket , Mass . ; James D . Graham , W . M . 1 559 ; Peter Parsons , P . M . 749 ; VV . Barringer , 1614 ; R . J . Laundy , D . C . 1260 ; W . Wchards , P . M . 1 S 53 ; JGordon Langton , P . M . 9 6 ; W . Dickeson , P . M . 179 ; A . Hamilton , I . P . M . 917 ; H . E . Sanders , 917 ; J . Perks , 205 ; J . T . Norman , 772 ; W . Kedge , 749 ; B . H . Paul ,

P . M . 197 , P-G . S . ; T . C . Pratt , P . M . 957 ; W . J . Spratling , Prov . G . Treas . Middx . ; Colonel J . C . New , P . M . 23 , Consul , U . S . A . ; Wm . Groves , P . M . 749 ; C . M . Loomis , Hiram Lodge , Connecticut ; F . Eckstein , P . M . 1196 ; C . E . Birch , P . M . 1223 ; W . R . Faulks , 1614 ; R . Derman , 144 6 ; Sidney Hill , 1558 ; Dr . B . W . Rogers , 5 , Colorado ; Harry Wallis , J . W . 214 ; R . Mackway , Org . 19 S 7 ; T .

Adams , P . M . 181 ; George Bokenham , 1962 ; W . G . Fenn , W . M . 53 S ; W . E . Bush , 1829 ; VV . N . Hopphouse , 168 ; Douglas W . Tough , P . M . 905 ; John Huy , 1 S 0 ; Stephen Cooper , P . P . G . S . B . Middx . ; A . L . Burren , D . C . 1614 ; Carlo Grassi , P . M . 1559 ; F . M . Noakes , 214 S ; W . Crawford , P . M . 127 ; C Ackerman , 1706 ; H . S . Stokes , P . M . 131 , U . S . A . ; E . Jacobs , P . M . j 614 ; and W . W . Lee , 1 S 97 .

The lodge was opened and the minutes confirmed , after which the correspondence was read , and included several letters from Grand Officers and others , expressing their regret at being unable to attend . The report of the Audit Committee , showing a substantial balance was received and adopted . fJro . Frederick Kedge was next presented as the W . M . elect , and a Board

numbering 32 Installed Masters having been formed , he vvas regularly installed into the chair by his immediate predecessor , Bro . Adolphus Clark , I . P . M . The officers for the year were appointed , and with the exception of Bro . Tilton , P . D . G . M ., who is absent on the continent , were invested as follows : Bros . Theodore H . Tilton , P . G . D . New York City , S . W . ; Jas . Woolley , J . VV .

Rev . J . S , Brownrigg , P . G . C , Chap . ; John B . Gumming , Treas . ; George Reynolds , Sec . ; Walter Hancock , S . D . ; George H . Reynolds , J . D . ; John Skinner , I . G . ; Jas . Woodward , D . C ; Herbert W . Schartau , Org . ; Arthur Harris , F . Jackson , and J , B . Grieves , Stwds . ; and R . Potter , P . M ., Tyler . The Installing Master , Bro . Clark , I . P . M ., delivered the customary addresses in an effective

and impressive manner . TheW . M ., in presenting a handsome P . M . ' s jewel ( manufactured by Bro . George Kenning ) , to Bro . A . Clark , I . P . M ., as a mark of ihtir esteem , and in appreciation of his services during the past year , expressed the hope that he would live long to wear it , and regard it with pride . He trusted that when the I . P . M . looked at it , it vvould

remind him of pleasant days spent in the lodge . Bro . Adolphus Clark , I . P . M ., said he could not find words to express his thanks for the beautiful jewel presented to him . He was quite aware that he vvas not entitled to it , having done nothing to deserve it , but he received it as a mark of good-will and fraternal feeling towards him . He should always be proud of it , having

been one of the founders and the second VV . M ., and so long as he lived he should remember the pleasant time spent in the Anglo-American Lodge . Bro . Brackstone Baker , P . G . D ., P . M ., said it devolved upon him , on behalf of this lodge , to offer to Bro . New , asakindof vicarious duty , a silver inkstand which the lodge had purchased , with an inscription , to their most

worthy and very much beloved member and founder , Bro . T . M . Waller . That vicarious duty he had to perform on behalf of the lodge , and ask Bro . New to receive it on behalf of Bro . Waller . Bro . New ' s remarkable success at the bar vvould teach him that old Latin quotation to the effect that a man who holds a power of attorney could not delegate it to another , but they vvould delegate it to another

that evening . They regretted the necessity which caused the absence of Bro . Waller , who , however , had written him a letter before he started , saying that he vvas obliged to leave on Sunday as a son , aged 10 or 11 , had been stricken down and had died from Diphtheria , and another was afflicted . No one could wish him to remain under those circumstances , although they greatly regretted it . Losing

one of their founders , it would be doing him scant honour to praise him in his absence , it would be like the tombstone inscription which generally began "Here lies . " Bro . Waller had endeared himself by his geniality , his friendliness , and sociability , and by that wonderful flow of eloquence which had so frequently amused them . They vvere always pleased to hear him and enjoyed his eloquence .

The difficulty had been what form the presentation should take . A walking stick cr a travelling case had been suggested , but they were both too suggestive of his leaving them . In this difficulty one bright genius , no doubt the Secretary , who was at that moment hiding in the background , suggested , an ink stand , and that suggestion was acted upon , for it vvas suggestive of keeping up a written communication with them . The inscription vvas hardly

worthy of the donee , although sufficient for the capacities of the donors . It was embossed with the emblems of that lodge , by , and through which , they had known the merits and the friendship of Bro . Waller . He had nothing more to say except that he trusted that Bro , New vvould exercise those consulate capabilities he knew so well how to exercise , and get this inkstand transported without duty into the States . It endeavoured to express their friendship for Bro . Waller , their regret at his leaving them , and their

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hopes to see him again . He vvould simply say " Speed the parting , welcome the coming guest . " Bro . Col . J . C . New said it gave him great pleasure to accept vicariously this very neat and fitting mementj of their friendship for their Bro . Waller . It would certainly be his pleasing duty , and no duty would be more fitting than the one of transmitting it . This demonstrated one

thing to Masons—that Masonry vvas confined to no clime or country . Whether under the flag that he and Bro . Waller loved so well , under the tricolour of France , or any other nation where civilisation extended , the principles of Masonry were found . The principles of Masonry were created when God said " Let there be light , " where continued vvhen Solomon built the Temple , and would live for

time and eternity . In this lodge in the Mother Country of Great Britain , it vvas fitting such an emblem should be given to so good a Mason as Bro . Waller . Every true and good Mason vvas a good citizen , for , whether he be a dweller in America or in the British Isles , his allegiance vvas

to his country , as it was to the principles of the Order . The foundation principles of Masonry inculcated true , loyal fidelity to the land they lived in . It afforded him great pleasure to accept this memorial . He had no idea he should be called upon for a speech , but the heart beat of one true Mason went out in lieu of words .

The inkstand , which is a handsome silver one , besides having the jewel of the lodge embossed upon it , bears the following inscription : " Presented to Brother Thomas M . Waller by the brethren of the Anglo-American Lodge , No . 2191 , London , England , in remembrance of the fraternal regard and affection they have towards him , and their regret at his leaving them . 18 th June , iSSo . Bros .

Brackstone Baker , P . G . D ., P . M . ; Major George Lambert , P . G . S . B ., P . M . ; Adolphus Clark , I . P . M . ; Frederick Kedge , VV . M . ; John B . Gumming , Treas , ; George Reynolds , Secretary . " Bro . Col . New was proposed for election as a member of the lodge . The lodge vvas formally closed , and the brethren

adjourned to the Victoria Hall , wh « re a recherche repast was served . After dessert the usual loyal and Masonic toasts received due notice . In proposing " The Grand Officers , " the W . M . said that those who attended Grand Lodge were perfectly cognisant of the great interest taken by the Grand Officers

in tbe Craft and the earnest way in which they worked . He had not had the pleasure of attending the Communications of Grand Lodge for a long period , but during that time he had been very pleased and very much struck with the earnest manner in which the whole of the G . Officersfrom the upper to the lower—performed their duties . They would be very much wanting if they did not give these

brethren a cordial toast , and he , therefore , charged them to drink to the health of the Grand Officers , coupling with it the name of Bro . Pigott . Bro . Turtle Pigott , P . A . G . D . C , in reply , said he always remarked at these banquets that the W . M . in introducing the toast of the Grand Officers began to praise them and then punished them by calling upon them to respond . He

was very pleased to be present , and have the opportunity of saying how delighted he was to see the excellent work , having been one of the Consecrating Officers . As long as they had W . M . ' s who could do their work as well as Bro . Clark had done his that night , this lodge would be sure to prosper . On behalf of the Grand Officers , he thanked them .

Bro . Rev . J . S . Brownrigg , P . G . Chap ., said some of the brethren had kindly called upon him , and in their kindly , ness had forgotten all his dull speeches , and vvere anxious he should inflict upon them some of his platitudes . Unfortunately the toast submitted to him was incapable of platitudes—it vvas "The Sister Grand ] Lodges of the United States of America and the Dominion of Canada . "

He thought there vvas one thing this lodge had done , and that was to bring the American brethren of the States into closer communion with their English brethren , not merely in this lodge , but in other Masonic organisations they had introduced their American brethren . He should never forget —it vvas not actually a Craft meeting—the war in which the Americans sang " God Save the Queen . " They must

not take Masonry as it vvas represented by their own press , or any other press , but as they found Masons . They always found them thoroughly loyal to the mother country , and they would find their hearts beat together if they only knew how to touch them . He vvas born in Canada , and left it vvhen he was three years old , and had no doubt that should he visit it again , he should find the Dominion as

loyal to the old country as in America , and he could say no more . There was but one name with which they could couple the toast—that of Bro . Baker . Bro . Brackstone Baker , P . M ., P . G . D ., who met with a hearty reception , said their reverend Chaplain's doctrine of natural selection had led him to mention his name to return thanks for this comprehensive toast , but there vvas another

Darwinian doctrine which was the survival of the fittest . Bro . Brownrigg had been in Canada , and yet professed to know nothing of his birth-place . He ( Bro . Baker ) was born in a Canadian Iodge , and was brought up in an American lodge , and now he had been adopted in an English lodge . He could therefore claim to be naturalised . That vvas not altogether a pleasant meeting that evening ,

remembering their kind , good , and genial member they had lost—lost to sight—to memory dear . The appropriate inkstand which vvas given to Bro . New , whom he was glad to hail as another member of their lodge , vvould , no doubt , be employed when Bro . Waller wrote to them . There was nothing' more amusing than the 4 th July speeches , as Bro . Waller called them . The American Grand Lodges vvere

grand Institutions . Therewereabout 44 , andhe ( Bro . Baker ) represented 22 , and he had , therefore , some title to speak . These Grand Lodges enacted laws for themselves . One was there should be no dual membership . He would simply tell them that the Masons of the Grand Lodges of New York had behind them 60 millions of inhabitants ready to support them , and that vvas why the American name had so much power , and they vvere a tower of strength , being solid

together . They of the United Kingdom were scattered about in the colonies . He should never tire of speaking of the stars and stripes and the Union Jack , for they vvere of the same colors , although a little differently arranged . Our motto was "All right ; " the American vvas "Go ahead , " and between the two they made the most complete nation possible . Americans could never forget that although born in America , their forefathers vvere buried in this country , where they should look for their armorial