The Express.
London, England, 1864-01-23 00:00:00

THE ODD YELLOWS' SOCIETY.

The " Manchester Unity"of the "Odd Fellows,"
we of the most antserons end important at our mutual
bens& neastiss, easembled at deism yesterday evening to
the somber at upwards of 3UO, to celebrate the app • twat
of Mr. V. IL Burgers es Greed Mester at the
Unity. Additional interest we given to the ormarkin from
the tut that Mr. Burgess is a readmit of Lorries. and the
woad Grand Muter who bas been chases from sarript the
:metropolitan brethren. The importance et this society ma
be best estimated by a perseal of the following partiouleirs,
which were obligiogly famished to us by Mr. T. N. Day;
P.P.G.M. :

"The l[asabeeter
Unity of the Indepsodest Order of
Odd Fellows' Finally Society has for sassy can compied
• prionniseet position among institutions of its deer. It
is, without exception, the mast gigantic moiety is the world.
Without laying claim to übiquity, it may be alarmed that
its ramifications snood to every part of theaivilised globs
when the Segos nee has talons the land. It numbers is
its nab di/unbent the Usited Eisplem living
dominion no lees than 330.000 members, while its semen-
d capital readies the 'anon' amount of 2,000,0004
The Order may be briefly described as • vast benefit ce
insurance society, =ducted on strictly mutual priaciples,
with hennas in all parts of Great Britain and Ireland, the
minim, sad parts of Europa Them benches or lodges
are governed by throe dame penodioally ended, who ad
an chairman, vionhairman, and morstary. The lodges
within a ecisiesiest area combine together to form ',distant,
which is governed in a similar manner to the lodges. The
union of the districts constitutes the whole Order, which
praises the seam type of government, the °deers
bearing in respective take of Osumi Mann,
Deputy (hand Master, and earrespeediag seeretary,
who an amend Li the performance of their duties by
12 experieseed members, called the board of directoss. The
number al lodges exceeds 4,000, tad there an searly 500
districts. Every lodge ban satire oostral d its sick and
funeral hod ; but districts, at their eprios, may have a
common fund for death isearanes, and for the relief
of widows sad orphanages lodges where a member pays
(according to age) 7d. per week, the anionet is distributed is
thefollowiag moaner, measly —44 d. to the Sick saddened
Feed ; Id. to the Widows end orphan' Fund ; ltd. Is
the lacidental Einem Fund, • pony or these fartiders
of which is paid to the medical dame for aeleadeaco
time of salutes', so that • halfpenny or threaferthings pr
week fa left for relieving distressed member, far wag
merstaries, providing books, stalimsery, peen" sad other
week* expeama. la return for this payment. a member
reserves 12.. per week in manes for the kit an months ;
6en for the sunned six months ; red Ss. for the remainder al
the lambs may be ill ; with free medial &Steadman. At
the death of • member his widow repave' 101.
from the Fsseral Fund; 101. from the Widows"
sad Orphans' Fund, and 21. for each child ends, 14 years al
age. A member au the death of his wife receives 74
Them amounts vary slightly I. different iodise and dis-
tricts, but the above may be takes an a fair array spec-
men. To prove the charitable imputes of the members, and
to show that a red salty exists among them, it will be
simply to mate, donor she Irish human is 1811,
the awn ef 1,9051. was contributed to the relief al the dia
trees is Ireland and Soodaed ; 2,5904 was eabseribed to the
patriotic food I. 1856; the Conakry weavers revived is •
few weeks 1501. ; sad don the distress is the cones die.
traits, no Mss *as 4,8004 has been forwarded for the re.
lid of the distressed. It ha. hen calculated that the poor.
rates of the country ate spared upwards of 2 milling
annually threogh the operations of benefit societies."
Oa the removal of the oath the need loyal nests wore
no rind with deg hewer and esibesiesin. When giving
the " Prince sad Pelona of Wales,'
The Qumran (ft. A. H. Layer& ILP.) reminded hots
beaten that as the arrival of the Friss/cm Alexaadra is this
country the borough of Southwark bed saratorfolly dis-
puted with the faty of Loudon the hosier el bidding her
a 11•110•10. Her royal highness bed, tharefere, early in-
spired is the berserk • steep istarest is her welfare. If
that interest could be incesserd, it would been by the het
that her royal Wiliness bad mainly biome mother to the
heir to the Woes at England. (Chan.) Her royal high-
seas royal father, the Eng of Denim* was wow tsslos-
in far • lisiginy *wile to preeetve hie kiardem from the
projects of enjuseidshis ambition. He (Mr. Lipid) felt
sure that in snob a straggle his Majesty would hays the
hearty sympathies al the people of England. (Load cheers.)
The next toad was the hentu of Xr. V. R. Burnes, to
'donate above deans an peed master el the Unity the
prowl company had itammbiesi. Mr. Layard, after an de-
quest eulnium OS MS who, like Mr. ogss.. bedlam the
architects of their own fertnnes. to mete the par-
ticular claims which thin guests id as the good opinica of
the Ifeatilmeter Unity. Fur twenty two yens Mr. Bargees
had been warseary t o the ledge with which he was eon
noted, sad daring that period bed administered, without •
shad* of suspicion is hi. integrity, • wards el 46,4001.
funds of the society. He had psepowd sad carried nosy
valuable improvenients—.soh as the externs of the sick
foal, and pionally had carried as the business of hi.
as the soundest priticiplea After aikidos to the net •
spirit 'visaed by Mr. Tidd Platt towna the "Odd Pollan,
the Cuirass ancluded hy proposing the health of Yr.
Burgess, which was received with much esithualatan,
accompanied by the mystic oiremosial of the order.
Mr. BUSGrea returned thanks, and took the elipatesity
to defend the *minutiae against the strictures of Mr. Tidd
Pratt. He anitinded that it was fouodad on the saandest
prisdples, and was, of all the benefit societies, the beet
sultaito the waste and wishes of the working man. The
speaker conciliaded by readier mole /gum shoatsg the
shady sad sapid program of the society, sad the
of the 'abandon apse which it. payments sad dlowanom
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