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NEWPORT (U.D.) SCHOOL BOARD. —. An adjourned meeting of this-Board was held ca.Tri day lastai their offices, in Skiimar,street, to coasider the report o £ :the Sites Committee and the appointment of an architect for Alteryn and Pillgwenlly Schools also to recai-ve tenders for building a new class-room for Stow-hall Eoy:>' School, and to pass resolutions thereon. There were preseut^-Mr. D. Edwards (in the chair)^ Mr. E. Thomas (in the vice-chair) j.I&evs. J. Douglaa,. H. Oliver, aud D .Cavalli; with ilu-ssn. R. Davies-and M. Wheeler. It being.considered by the Claik- and the Chaiiujan that the best course would be fur the Board to deal with these matters, in coinmittee,. the reporters-for a time withdrew, aud on their re-admission, they were j informed that the following report of the Sito8 Com- mittee had.ibeen adopted by the.-Board :— .1 At a Sites Committee, held the 18th of October, 1878, present—Messrs. David Edwards (in the chair), Wheeler, Thomas, Colborne, a-il Douglas, it was pro- posed by Mr. Wheeler, seconded by Mr. Thoraas> and carried tuiauiruously, (Mr. CcUaorne and the ILev. J. Douglas not being present), that the Board to recom- mended to accept the offer of Mr. Hodgkinson. to sell theee-quarters of an acre of land.at Alteryn, indicated on the plant aubtcjitted, for £300, the timber to be baieu at valuation,. Mr, Colborne now came in, and handed to the- Chair- man the following suggestion, in writing, which was ordered to be entered on the minutes That in order to enable the Board to consider the various questions connected with the erection of the new schools, and other important matters relating to the business of the Board, a tracing should be obtained from the Town Surveyor of the large plan of the borough.. That a communication should btf addressed to Lord Tredegar, pointing out that under the peremptory instructions of the liducation De- partment, the School Board had no alternative but to erect a. school in the neighbourhood of the Barracks, and they trust that his Lordship taking into consideration the public purpose for which the land is required, will consent to the Board having a piece of land ou liis Lordship's pro- perty,.u £ ar the farm house, at the price recently paid to his Lordship for the extension to the Newport Cemetery.' It was proposed by IvLr.. Thomas, seconded by Mr. Wheeler, and unanimously carried (with the exception of Mr,. Colborne, who did not vote) that the offer of the Tredegar Wharf Company, to, sell 3,166> square yards of groiuid in Pottery-terrace Pillgwenlly, for a school site, for £ 1,200 be recommendedvto the Board for acceptance. for £ 1,200 be recoinmended,to the Board for acceptance. The Clerk read a letter from,the Education Deptineut, dated 12th October, 1818, returning plans of Marshes- road Schools and requesting that the infant school-room should be lengthened 10-feet, as indicated in pencil, and further requesting that the plans should be sent back for approval, which had bean, done. The Clerk stated that no meeting bad taken place between the Committee and the Christchurch School. I Board, in consequence of the absence of one of the menir-1 bers of the Christchurch. Sschool .Howard, in consequence, of. which the Committee is- not prepared to report on a site for a school at Baruaj'd-town at present." The Board also resolved to advertise in the locaL papers for plans oS the Schools to be built at Alteryn and PiHg\ven)ly—no names to. be on the plans;. they also accepted the lowest tender for building the class- room at Stow-hill School, via., vir. Blackburn's. tell.. der, at £ 175. The Clerk Tgad a letter from the Education De- partment, stating that the plans for the Marshes-road Schools were returned, and intimating that they were satisfactory. There was no other business.

I heard the following startling announcement given out by the parish clerk in a small church in Somerset- shire recently, where the rector has to divide his labours between two churches I gees. notice nex Sunday there wnn't be no Sunday, 'canse rector's goin' to t'other parish tishin' By this the accustomed congregation understood that the clergyman would be officiating a few miles otf. Dear me," said my old nurse, yesterday, looking briskly over the newspaper she was readiug, What an old man M r Edison mast be getting. I remember well when there was all that talk of his making the lighthouse, and that was before you were born. The Edison Lighthouse, you know." Yes I knew. But I did not like to ruffle the old lady's mind by explaining. The Globe says .the Rev. Orby Shipley, B.A., of Cambridge University, and his wife were receivediuto the Pomau Catholic Church on Saturday last by the Very lie v. Mgr. Capel, and on Sunday two Oxford undergraduates seceded. EXHIBITION NOTES. PAR.IS. "The GaUgiia/ii s Messenger" of October 15, says: -'Messrs. Hornimun have had wonderful success with their famous tea in the Paris Exhibition it is now sought after by foreigners as well as English. There is no doubt but that Messrs. Horniman's tea is a great acquisition on the continent it is possessed of a most delicious flavour, and is unique in quality the price, too, is such as to bring it within the reach of all classes." HOLLOVVAY'S OINTMENT AND PILLS.—For bad legs, bad breasts scorbutic and scrofulu3 sores this is a genuine specific. The grateful and earnest gratitude of thousands who have experienced its unrivalled power over these com- plaints, and who have been raised from prostrate helpless- ness and a condition loathsome to themselves and others, renders it quite unnecessary to enlarge in this place upon its extraordinary virtues. The parts affected should be bathed in lukewarm water, and when the pores are thereby opened the Ointment should be well rubbed in, at least twice a day. It is always advisable to take Holloway's Pills in these disorders, as this much assists the Oint- ment's action. The Pills check the fever, purify the blood, and eject all morbid matter engcndered by these diseases. MORE CURES OF ASTHMA, CONSUMPTION AND COUGHS, BY DR. LOCOCK'S PULMONIC WAFERS.— From Mr C. Reinhardt, Chemist, Briggate, LteJs.— Many and surprising are the testimonies of relief afforded to confirmed cases of Asthma, and Consumption, and longstanding Coughs, and it will gratify me to refer to many. respectable parties who are really anxious to make known the benefit they have derived from this seasonable remedy. I enclose a testimonial of no ordinary value, as it is the genuine expression of a grateful man's feelings." Dr Locock's Wafers instantly relieve and rapidly cure Asthma, Consumption, Bronchitis, Colds. Shortness of Breath. Phlegm, Paias in the Chest, Rheumatism, aud taste pleasantly. Price Is 1 i and 2s 9d per box.

NEWPORT 1 POLICE INTELLIGENCE. COUNTY POLICE. — SATURDAY. [Magistrates W. S. CARTWRIGHT, Esq. (in the chair); F. J. HALL, and T. GRATREX. Esqs.] ASSAULT. Samuel Young, of Llanvaches, was sum- moned for assaulting William Partridge, of Christ- clillrch.-Complainant said that defendant gave him a ride, and he paid for a glass of beer for defendant. While they were drinking the beer defendant struck him in the stomach, and knocked him down. This was done without the slightest provocation on his part.-At the request of complainaot the magistrates coosented to the summons being withdrawn on pay- ment of costs. DRUNK.—John Pritchard, a collier, charged with being drunk on licensed premraes, to wit, the Com- mercial beerhouse,. Pontymiste?, was fined 5s. and costs-Rees Parlier, a haulier, charged with being drank and riotous at Cross Keys, was tined 10s. and coats, or 14 days. BOROUGH POLICE.—Monday. [Magistrates T. Coivyss, Est]., M..V. (iu the chai?), W. EVANS, and T. P. WANSBR<_VIGK, Esqrs.] MISCELLANEOUS.—Juhn Andrews, for being drunk and causing a crowd tc. assemble in Commercial-road, was lined 5s., or seven days.—Robert Allison, charged with being drunk and indecent in High-street, was fined 28. or seven days-—Ann Wilde, charged with being drunk and indecent in the Old GNeo, on Satur- day night, was fined 5s.- or seven days.— Harvey Gillett,. charged with being drunk and disorderly in Commercial-street, was.fined 5s. including costs. INDIGENCY.—Dennis Kayes and Mary Murphy were charged with indecently exposing tiaemselves on the railway, near King's-pnrade.—Hayes- was tined 21s, or a month's imprisonment Murphy was com- mitted tcva month's imprisonment, without, the option of a fins: REM^CHJEB.—Sarah Brooka was charged with wil- fully breaking two panes of glass in the Vistoria-hall. -Henry Richards, builder, deposed to seeing the defendant throwing a stone at the window of thu Couuty-rcoin, Victoria-hall. — The case was re- manded until Wednesday, the defendant to be keptiu custody during that time. ALLEGES > ASSAULT. — Alfred James was charged under warrant with assaultirg James Hiaes.—The case was adjourned for a week, as the prosecutor did I not appear. ALLEGED-CRIMPING.—Georgo- Carroll was-charged under wawant with enticing William Reed, Peter Nelson, and August Ralson to desert the ship Day- break in August last.—The cast-was brought forward seveial weeka ago, but was then adjourned in order that some-of the sailors, said to-be enticed, might be present.—Sfosesutor did not now appear, and the prisoner was discharged. ALLKUETJ• NEX-LECTING TO JO2»^— Michael XSurphy, Thomas Baldwin, and William Smith were charged with neglecting to proceed to ata in the ss.. Mary Louise.—Marine-officer Harwocd produced articles sigued by the prisoners agreeing to proceed on a voy- age to New Orleans.—The Bench did not oonsidstf that there was sntScieat evidence to proceed with the case, and the prisoners were discharged. OBSTRUCTION-. — Messrs. Orphan and Swantou, builders, Mamdee, were summoned for obstructing the pavement,.ou Stow-hilt, by placing a quantify of rubbish thereon.—Ordered to pay costs, 4s (id. WEDNESDAY,. [Magistrates The MAYOR, and R..G. CuLLUM.„Ssq.] DESEKTISI KJ.^ FAMILY.— John Fitzgerald, a dis- reputable looking fellow, was charged with deE-erting his wife and- live chilnren, thereby causing them to be- come chargeable to the Newport Union for near!y»four years, i.e., since the early part of 1875.—Mr. W. Downing Ewans, the Clerk to the Union, proseaated, and Mr. Watkins, relieving-officer, proved the csjee.— Inspector Wilcox deposed to apprehending the p isouer at Bristol, where he was working in the Gas Works. W hen, taken into custody the prisone-r said he h d left his family because of the drunken habits of his wife.—Prisoner now said he bad been out of work and hf.d ouly iound an occasional job since 1875; he had written to his wife three times, but as to got no reply to. his third letter he did not write again. He offered to go back to work at Bristol now anthmake an allowance weekly for the support of his family.— The Mayor But your family havs been supported by the public since 1875, and it is only now that yoa find that you ought to provide for them., We consider the case provtd rjNd. we send you to 2sk for two caonths' hard labour. A VIOLENT WOMAN.—Ellen Bryan. was charged with being.drunk aud assaultiug. Nora Welsh.—Pro- secutrix stated that ou Saturday the prisoner broke the window of her house, and that on Monday she gave witness a "bating."—Ins;)eetor Curtis deposed to seeing the prisoner strike pro3ecutor sevoral tiines.. Prisoner It's only Saturday that I cainc out oi Usk afore.—Mr.. Ivessick Short ini-pnnsoments eeem to do you no good we muse send you back again, I'm afraid.—Tne Bench committed the prisoner to. gaol for 28 day a-,—Prisoner (to proseclltJ-ix) God help you when I come ont.-The Bench ordered prisoner to be bound over to keep the peace towards the prosecutrix. DISORDERLY.—Joseph Fitzgerald was charged with beiug druuk and disorderly in Mellon-street,, and with assaulting P.C.'s Tooze and Sarter.—Prisoner had nothing to say, and he was sent to Usk fonsix weeks with hard labour. Ari. LRISU. EMIGRANT.—William Woods,, a boy of about 12.yeavs, was charged \Ndth vagrancy. by sleep- ing; in a wheebarrow at the Alexandra,. Dock -It appears that the lad had corae over from. Ireland in a boat some time in August last, aud as he had no place of abode and no frieuds, he slept out. Me now said he wished to go back to Ireland, and as the captain of the Cork steamer had offered to take the poor boy back without charge, the Beuoh ordered the lad to be liberated and handed to the captain. AssA.ULT.-Wm. Briggs was summoned for assault- ing Morgan James.—Complainant said that he aud de- fendant had a few words oil Saturday night, and just outside the Falcon Inn, the defendant gave cohi- plainaut a blow iu the chest.—Ordered to pay costs, 7.s. 6d. SISTERLY LOVE.—Elisabeth Brian, was charged with assa,ulting Mary RiclmrJa. -Defendant and complain- ant are sisters, one married and the otiier single, and. both were bound over to keep tlw, peace towards each ether for six months. NEGLECTING TO PROCEED TO SEA. — Isaac Chorlsy was charged with neglecting to proceed to Sea in the, steam-ship Glandon, on a voyage to Delaware.—John Harries, marine othcer, produced the articles sigued by defendant, and deposed to apprsheuding the defendant at Carditl.—Defendant said lie had gone on board,, but as he went out again to a public-house, where he slept for a few hours, the ship went away with his clothes.. It was the first time he had done anything of the kind, and it would be the last.—-The Beuch committed him to prison for a month. OBSTRUCTING.—William Williams, an old man, was charged with obstructing the pavement, by wheeling 1. hand truck upon it.-P.G. Parker said the defendant was wheeling a truck on the pavement in CVmuiercial- street, and refused to go off the pavement until he reached the eod of the street. Defendant admitted the charge, and said he always saw Small trucks wheeled on the pavement; he was not aware that he was liable to punishment for what he did.—Fined 5a. I A BATCH OF SuHMONSM. William ivilev and Mary Fitzgerald were summoned for assaulting"Mary Jane 8'i u L" Johns; David Hobbs was summoned for assaulting Mary Perrott and Edmund Johna was summoned for assaulting v\ illiain Kiiey.—This was a ruw that had taken place in Cross-street, on Saturday night. There seemed to have been an indiscriminate slapping of faces and punching of noses, and each party, after going home, took out a summons against the other. The lirst assault committed was tae one by Hubb", upon Mrs. Perrott Mrs. Johns was Mrs. Perrott's daughter, and she went to take her mother s part; Iviley got into a quarrel with Mrs. John s husband Mary Fitzgerald interfered as a peacemaker, and re- ceived a blow in the face, aud gave one in return to someone she, nothing daunted, took the valiant Kiley quietly away from the battle-field, after he had received a blow in the nose, which nearly killed him.— The case against Johns was dismissed, Kiley to pay costs Hobbs was fined 10s. G,1., or 14 days Iviley and Fitzgerald were bound over to keep the peace, and ordered to pay costs. SCHOOL BOAKO CASES. Anthony Oldfield, Thomas England, William Howell, uohn Roderick, James Andrews, and Henry Wilkes, were ordered by the Beuch to send their children regularly to some effi- cient school.

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I SANCTIFIED AND LEGALISED BEGGARS. The mendicant Religious Orders of the Church of Rome have been, even more than some of its other institutions, the opprobrium of that Church. Far more severe censures have been passed upon the begging "brother" and "sister" than that of the satirical French poet, who justly scoffed at those who could solemnly vow to give up that which they neither had nor could expect to have, that they might idly live upon what others possessed. The contempt which, in Roman Catholic co uitriies, was very generally entertained for the alms-claiming friar and nun was well known to the Jesuits—so much so, indeed, that these good fathers have made it a practice in some Continental States to impose, as an act of penance, on certain members of their Society, the humiliation of going, with a wallet in hand, from door to door, to beg fer broken victuals or a penny. The man who could do this at his Superior's command was deemed a thorough Jesuit, and was- honoured accordingly. When at an early period of the present century, it was resolved to "develope" Popery, so that the Church" migl&t be enabled to cope with surviving prejudices, as well as with modern know ledge and cnligbtment, the difficulty of levying sacerdotal dues became apparent. The changes wrought by time in public opinion, and in the social conditions of nations, rendered it futile for monks or nuns to seek support at the bands of any but good Catholics"—of Catholics, that is to say, who were content to ignore all that their fathers had told them of the lives of monks and nuns in the past. The collection of money is, nevertheless, to Pope and priest, as Leo XUI. has ao recently declared, "the work of capital importance. The needs of the Church in this age demand that the purse of the here- tic and freethinker should be taxed, equally with that of the faithful. Bow might the contributions of men ou-tside of "the Chu.rch," or indifferent to her progress, be obtained ? The Jesuits were not long ere they said:—Let the "religions" assume a new guise, and pre&sr a new plea. Let them ask not for themselves, but 5or the poor inhabitants of the town and village,. In certain countries where the poor are entirely de- peudeut upou private and individual charity there may be a pretext for such an institution as that of the Little Sisters of tie Poor," whose object is ostensi- bly to ascertain the wants of their poor neighbours, and to claim assistance for the destitute. In England the presence of tnese teeters" is an anomaly. It may be said to be an insult to the Government and to the people. It is England's high privilege, it is her noble charac- teristic, that by her laws the poor mail's rights are recognised. By them. he may claim food and shelter in his distress. To those who know—and who does not know ?—that which England does for the sufferers of every land, as well as for the British poor, it cannot but seem preposterous that foreign "religious" should be brought to this country to point out to Englishmen the claims of humanity- More preposterious sisill is it that the Popish sister" should eiijpy a privilege denied to the English wife or mother, however sore'iy distressed. The sister" may beg, it seems, from door to door, without danger or disgrace.. This was shown by the decision of the magistrate at the Manchester police-court, when two Sister ."f the Poor," who- had been brought up on a charge ot begging, were declared by the Chairman to have been exercising "the highest quality of our nature—that of asking for charity for those who require it." In those words most beggars might liud their justification. True, it was contended for "the Little Sisters," that they were begging 5or the charitable insitutions they are maintaining. It is well-known to Roman Catholics that, with the inmates of those institutions, the sisters receive from members of their-Church, as well as from others, donations in money, and kind. It is also known that some Iloinan Catholics who have been undcn-the sisters' care have not alway-3 Bpoken in praise of their institutions. Mr. Wood, who gave the sisters in charge to the police under the Vagrancy Act, is the object of a great deal of polite censure, such as was naturally to be expected from Ultramontane ire. One Popish journal- ist declares that he cannot say "a thousandth part of what is bad enough" for Mr. Wood, without giving him "a chance which cattle of his breed, understand how to turn to account. Nor can the same good Catholic writer, who stands, it seems, in wholesome fear of ccnsequeuces, recommend the public to do anything to him that vfould be likely to tell on a hide so tough, on a nature so brutish such as hor e- whipping, tarring and feathering, riding on a rail." Notwithstanding the cruelty aud brutality of which Mr. Wood is accused, the Ultramontanes du not deny that the two nuns 011 being arrested were treated with no disreBpect. They were conveyed to the polioe- station in. a cab, and were placed, not in a cell, but in, the day soom of the building, and were provided with every convenience, being, the sisters themselves said, as comfortable as they could expect under the cir- cumstances." At the request of the sisters the:? friends were speedily informed of their position. WhiLifc Papists aio thus leniently dealt with in Protestant England,, how does it fare with the Protes- tant under Popish rule ? How does it fare with the Protestant amidst that Spanish people whose nationa- lity may be said to have been preserved,, in modern times, by English Stiendahip and English valour ?' The Spanish Liberal papers, and among them, the Iberia of Madrid,, have of late contained state wants in reference to the treatment of a Protestant minister, which, reflect disgrace upon the rule of King Alfonso. It will be remembered that the Protestant pa&tor of Alroy had been condemned to a term of imprisonment, for interference, as it was stated, with the alcalde in the discharge o £ his magisterial duty. The- alcalde had accompanied a parish priest to the bedside of a Protestant woman, who was lying at the point of death in estate of unconsciousness. Notwithstanding the opposition of the woman's relatives, amd the re- monstrances and protests of the Protestant castor, the priest administered extreme unction to the woman, and subsequently had lier corpse conveyed to the Rnman Catholic cemetery. The Protestant minister, Mr. Bell Oliel, was prosecuted for his resistance on this occasion, and was sentenced to be imprisoned for two months-. In prisoner. Ben Oliel "is treated as the worst af criminals," according to the statement of a Spanish paper, which, for giving publicity to the details of the case, has been suspended. The call, in which the Pastor is confined, is described as very small and damp,, without air, ami with very little light, even at mid-day. The walls bear traces of human blood. lbs- ceiling swarms with foul in- sects, by which the cajtive is molested by day as well as by night. He is not allowed to have, as the other prisoners have, a bed of his own, but is compelled to lie upon a hard and filthy board. He eats on the Hoar, without knife or fork, and drinks foul water out of a filthy jug. Xor doss this suffice to gratify the good Catholic Director of the prison. Pastor Ben Oliel is constrained to speak to the members of his family through the window of his cell, and that but for a few minutes. Yet, in Spanish prisons, the pri- socers are allowed, generally speaking, to see and corn- municate freely with friends.^ ijae fanatical alcalde hopes, no doubt, the Jtercanlil alenciu.no observes, to gain eternal glory by thus tormenting a Protes- tant." The Iberia, adjures the authorities to interfere, and reminds them that the penal code forbids such scanda- lous ill-treatment of a prisoner. Another Madrid paper says, in reference to the case "It appears to us, this is not exactly the way to realise, i» p»"actice* the so-much-boasted religious liberty of Spain.— and St. Jameses Chronicle.

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I MARK MASONRY AT TREDEGAR. ¡ On Thursday, 2tth October, the banquet of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons, Monmouthshire, the Prince of Wales Chapter of -r R.A.M., 1098, and the Ashlar Lodge of M. M.M., No. 185, took place. Toe PLOVUI Arch Masons, Prince of Wales Chapter, held a convocation at the Masonic ». Hall, at 12, high noon, when Bro G. A. Brown M.E.C. installed the following officers for the ensuing year. John J. Morgan, M.E.Z., Nichol Bradley, II., Edward ? Swidenbauk, J. Captain, John A. Shepard, J.O., C. H. It. Harris, S.D., James Parette, P.S. The instal- C lation of Bro.-John Lewis, as W.M. of the Ashlar 8 Lodge of Mark Master Masons, took place at ona J o'clock. The ceremony was coudncted by Bro. Wm. J Williams, Abergavenny. There were present—Bros. L. A. Hoinfrav, P.G.M.M.M., Captain S. G. Hoaifray, P.G. and S.W.M.M., G. A. Brown, P.G.J.W.M.M., { Wm. Watkins, P.M., No. 109 P.G. and Strd. B., J. ] L. Hunter Little, P.G.S.D.W.M., 109, Egbert Horlick, P.Z., 109S, W. Lindsay (Chaplain 214), John Lewis, P.GS.B.W.M., Captain E, Haldam, P.P.G.M.O., James Horner, P. K T., E. J. Barker, 211, J. H. Wheeler. P.G. St. B. IOJ, Thomas Harrhy, J.W., 214, G. Golding, Organist, 18.5, E. Swidenbauk, S.D., W. P. Pugh, 214. I The Provincial Grand Lodge of Mark Master I Masons, was held under the banner of the Ashlar i Lodge at two o'clock. The Lodge was opened in due form, and the Provincial Grand Officers for the ensuing year were invested as follows —Bros. Captain S. G. Houifray, S.W., G. A- Brown, J. W., Captain Perkins, M.O., John Lewis, S.O., T. C. H. Little, J.O.. J. C. Lindsay (Chaplain), Samuel Davies, Registrar, William Watkins, Secretary, T. H. Gage, Assistant Secretary, James Horner, Treasurer, C.. P. Evans, S.D., Nicholl nraclley, J.O., A. McMahon, Inspector of Works, Llewellyn Gravenor, DC., Edward Swideabank, A.D.C., Thomas Harrhy, Sword Bearer, D. E. Wil- liams, Standard Bearer, H. John Groves, and G. Golding, Organists. W. H. Wheeler, I.G., Henry Fletcher, Tyler, W. S. Tait,. R. Spencer, and E. J. Baker, Stewards. The banquet took place at four o'clock at the Castle Hotel, under the presidency of the R. W. the Provincial Grand Mark Master, Bro..L. Augustus Homfray, and the vice-chair, was occupied by Bro. Captain S. G. Homfray, P.G.S. W.M.M.r Host Bro. Taylor excelled all his previous efforts in the way of catering, and the room was set off to the best advantage by floral decorations intermixed with the insignia of the < Masonic Order. Choice bouquets were placed on the table, and hot-house flowering plants gave the finishing touch, the whole work being carried out by Mrs. Taylor and Miss Williams., The viands and wines were very choice. The President gave "The Queen," which was re- ceived right loyally, as was, the toast of the Prince of Wales and the rest of the Royal Family. Bro. G. A. Brown proposed the toast of "M.W.G. M. M.M. Lord Skelmersdale, and the rest of the Grand Dicers." Bro. Williams proposed the toast of the "R.W. r Prov. G.M.M.M. Bro. L„ A, Homfray, and the officers of the Provincial Grand Lodge," and felt sure that all would join in wishing to see Bro. Homfray re-elected at the end of this term. Song By the sad sea waves" Bro,. John Lewis. Bvo. L. A. Homfray in returning thanks, said he was only a young mason, but he had always remembered I the day he made a study of masonry, with the utmost pleasure. The collars were few, and it was a matter j cuite impossible to confer them on all who really I merited the honour it was a mixed banquet, therefore he would not express all he had to say some belongad to the Arch, some to the Mark, and some to the Blue, but as the general principle of Masonry was Charity, t he felt that that principle had been carried out in Tre- degar. (Hear, hear.) There was one fact which j added to the importance of the present occasion as | aSecting himself the town of Tredegar was the place of his birth, and the thought of the many acts of kindness he had recei ved at the hands of his fellow- t townsmen was more fresh in his reeollection he felt proud to be amongst them once again, and esptcially { suider the circumstances which had brought them in contact on that important oceasiocw He would con- clnde by expressiug how thoroughly pleased he was with his officers for the way in which they had dis-«- charged their several duties. (Hear, hear, and three | cheers.) j Song —" Abyssinian Gold," Bro. Captain S. Gv The toast of "The Grand Chapter of R.A.M" was Homfray (encored. > proposed i:i appropriate terms by Bro. J. J. Morgan* who paid a well-merited compliment to excellent companion Bro. S. G, Homfray, P.G.S.B. of England,. and D.P.G. Master of Monmouthshire. Song-" Give me a grip of your hand" Bro. Joba James. Toast—"The Provincial Grand Chapter." This. f mas proposod by Brother William Davies, and in I giving the toast he regretted be had not become one I of the Mark Masons, but experience bad taught him j to make up his mind, and he believed he was'already accepted—he was delighted to see such a gathering of companions and brothers from the other lodges- he j begged to couple the toast with the names of com- panions G. A.. Brown and j!. Lewis. Companion Brown spoke- of the progress of Masonry in Tredegar, and drew attention to the influence gained since the introduction of the Prince of Wales Chapter of Royal Arsh Masons-aod the Mark Masters Lodge. Companion Little said he could not express all be wished, as iit was a. mixed meeting he was. gratified beyond measure to witness the strong and loyal feel- ing amongst the^ various degrees of Masonry which was that day exnibited in Tredegar, it beitig open to masons OJ every grade—there was a great gap between t the first and third degree in Blue Masonry, but their Grand rasters had proved Mark Masonry to be of so much importance, that it ought to be considered a part of recognized Masonry. He begged to give the toast of "The Principds, Past Principals and Odicers of the Priuce of Wales Chapter." Brother Nichoi Bradley responded in one of his telling speeches. Song. Nly old friend John," Bro. J. James. Toast—"The Installing Masters- and Principals," proposed by Brother Williams, of Abergavenny. Companion <3. A. Brown responded, and said he felt great interest in Masonry, especially in Royal Arch Masonry. Brotner VV illiam Davies proposed the toast of The Mark Lodges of the Province, Brother Little, in responding, said Mark Masonry was a recognised grade in Mixaonry in America, and, was a step towards the Chapter, and admission to tho Chapter would not be given except .to a Mark Mason., He hoped the day was not far distant when the Grand Lodge of Eugland would view Masonry in the sama light. The other toasts" The Chapters of the Province," "The Visitors, The Masonic Charities," and the "Tyiter" were all d>jly honoured, and the Masonio questions terminates, The evening was spent in harmony, and several matters of local interest were discussed. Mr. John Spooner in proposing The Volunteers" gave a history of the volunteer movement "iiee the days of the 4-tli Mon., and hoped the 11th Mon. would ere Jong occupy a high possitiou amongst the reserve forces of the country. —Captain J. A. Shepard and Lieutenant C, H. Harris responded. The "Town and Trade," The Press," and other toasts were given, songs being sunt; at intervals by I those possessed of well tuned voices, and thus came to a conclusion one of the greatest days in Masonry yet witnessed in Tredegar.

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