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The Masonic M1eegr
house , it was resolved " That a Sub-Committee be appointed to revise the laws of the Institution , for the purpose of making them applicable to the altered state of circumstances , and that the report of the Committee on the resolution of the General Committee of the 7 th of March , 1857 , as riow approved , be referred to such Sub-Committee as instruction for their guidance . " The Committee appointed
consists of Bros . Cabbell , John Hervey , Symonds , Lyall , Potter , Hopwood , Bisgood , Robinson , Green , Binckes , Browse , Cox , Warren ^ and Hewett . It appears that a custom has grown up in this institution which cannot be too strongly deprecated , viz ., that of ah owing' Brethren to take part in the proceedings of Committees and vote for candidates while their subscriptions are in arrear . The sooner the custom is amended the better will it be for the interests of the charity *
We observe that the Committee lay too much stress on the value of Government certificates being held by candidates for the office of Schoolmaster . Bo they know what such certificates are , and thevalue in which they are held by the profession ? Such certificates only imply that the candidates are fitted to take the management of schools where the pittance allowed them does not exceed £ 50 a year , and that > should the schools he placed under Government inspection , the educational Board
may add to the pittance an amount not exceeding one-third from the national funds . Surely it cannot be proposed to put the Freemasons V School under Government inspection ? If not , the certificate is of but little use , and the highlyeducated schoolmaster would not condescend to accept it . The salary proposed to be given ( though certainly not what we think it ought to be ) is too large to enable the Master to seek Government aid , and we trust the Craft are too independent to allow him to do so because he is inadequately paid by his employers .
BOYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION . We are happy to hear a very influential Board of Stewards has been formed for conducting the Triennial Eestival of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution for Decayed Freemasons and their Widows . The M . W . the G . M . has fixed on Wednesday , the 17 th of June , for the Eestival to come off , and we sincerely hope the Brethren will muster in strong numbers to support , the Stewards at this interesting and charitable meeting .
Metropolitan
METROPOLITAN
Grand Master ' s Lodge ( No . 1 ) . —The monthly meeting of this highly respectable Lodge was held at the Preemasons' Tavern , on Monday , April 20 , when Bro . Harris , P . M . ( who presided in the unavoidable absence of Bro . Bawson , W . M . ) , most efficiently raised a duly qualified Brother to the Sublime Degree of a M . M . Other business having been gone through , the Brethren retired to dinner , and spent a most harmonious evening .- The visitors wore Bros . W . P . Scott , W . M . No . 2 ; W . YalUnco , P . M . No . 14 ; Fish and Ward , P . Ms . No . 158 ; 11 . W . Wheeler , "W . M . No . 321 ; E . Luraley , No . 109 , & c . & c . Bros . "Donald King and Thomas Jolly , jun ., contributed much to the enjoyment of the evening by their excellent vocal powers .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Masonic M1eegr
house , it was resolved " That a Sub-Committee be appointed to revise the laws of the Institution , for the purpose of making them applicable to the altered state of circumstances , and that the report of the Committee on the resolution of the General Committee of the 7 th of March , 1857 , as riow approved , be referred to such Sub-Committee as instruction for their guidance . " The Committee appointed
consists of Bros . Cabbell , John Hervey , Symonds , Lyall , Potter , Hopwood , Bisgood , Robinson , Green , Binckes , Browse , Cox , Warren ^ and Hewett . It appears that a custom has grown up in this institution which cannot be too strongly deprecated , viz ., that of ah owing' Brethren to take part in the proceedings of Committees and vote for candidates while their subscriptions are in arrear . The sooner the custom is amended the better will it be for the interests of the charity *
We observe that the Committee lay too much stress on the value of Government certificates being held by candidates for the office of Schoolmaster . Bo they know what such certificates are , and thevalue in which they are held by the profession ? Such certificates only imply that the candidates are fitted to take the management of schools where the pittance allowed them does not exceed £ 50 a year , and that > should the schools he placed under Government inspection , the educational Board
may add to the pittance an amount not exceeding one-third from the national funds . Surely it cannot be proposed to put the Freemasons V School under Government inspection ? If not , the certificate is of but little use , and the highlyeducated schoolmaster would not condescend to accept it . The salary proposed to be given ( though certainly not what we think it ought to be ) is too large to enable the Master to seek Government aid , and we trust the Craft are too independent to allow him to do so because he is inadequately paid by his employers .
BOYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION . We are happy to hear a very influential Board of Stewards has been formed for conducting the Triennial Eestival of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution for Decayed Freemasons and their Widows . The M . W . the G . M . has fixed on Wednesday , the 17 th of June , for the Eestival to come off , and we sincerely hope the Brethren will muster in strong numbers to support , the Stewards at this interesting and charitable meeting .
Metropolitan
METROPOLITAN
Grand Master ' s Lodge ( No . 1 ) . —The monthly meeting of this highly respectable Lodge was held at the Preemasons' Tavern , on Monday , April 20 , when Bro . Harris , P . M . ( who presided in the unavoidable absence of Bro . Bawson , W . M . ) , most efficiently raised a duly qualified Brother to the Sublime Degree of a M . M . Other business having been gone through , the Brethren retired to dinner , and spent a most harmonious evening .- The visitors wore Bros . W . P . Scott , W . M . No . 2 ; W . YalUnco , P . M . No . 14 ; Fish and Ward , P . Ms . No . 158 ; 11 . W . Wheeler , "W . M . No . 321 ; E . Luraley , No . 109 , & c . & c . Bros . "Donald King and Thomas Jolly , jun ., contributed much to the enjoyment of the evening by their excellent vocal powers .