Centenary Souvenir Booklet compiled by Bro. P.W.Caine P.C.R. published by Independent Order of Rechabites (Salford Unity) Isle of Man District No. 6 in 1936

100 Years of Manx Rechabitism

THE INDEPENDENT ORDER OF RECHABITES was formed at Salford on the 25th August, 1835; Eleven months later, a Tent was opened in the Isle of Man,
The way had been paved by a vigorous total abstinence campaign conducted by the celebrated Manxman James Teare who spent the greater part of his life as a temperance lecturer and organiser, and made thousands of converts up and down England and Scotland. He had for a long time lived in Preston, and was an associate of the "Seven Men of Preston". who signed the historic pledge. Mr Teare came to Ramsey in December of 1835, and :visited other parts of the island and for the next few months temperance societies were springing up in the towns and villages. Pogress was constantly being reported in letters to the newspapers; and even in January it was announced that the Ramsey society had nearly 400 members, and had established ten branches parishes of the Northern district. The Douglas society, also was strong. Coffee-houses and "temperance-inns" were being opened, the launching of ships was being celebrated without a drop of strong liquor being offered as refreshment, a temperance magazine was announced as approaching publication, and the prospectus was issued of a temperance hall.

THE FIRST MEMBERS

The first Tent was opened in Douglas on July 25th, 1836.The fact is noticed, in a friendly manner, in the "Mona's Herald" newspaper of August 13th, and from that notice. it is to be gathered that the Tent was originally christened "Mona Peaceful." In all subsequent references however, it receives the name of " Mona Union." It was the twenty-second tent in the history of the Order.

Bro. John Morrison, the-first member to be initiated, told the H.M.C. in 1883 that the Tent was instituted by two brethren from Manchester. The contribution book- which fortunately has been preserved, and is therefore the earliest Rechabite document in the Isle of Man, does not indicate who those brethren were. The members initiated on that night seem to have been proposed by each other.
Thirteen members constituted the nucleus of Manx Rechabitism. They were: John Morrison, William Renny, Robert Cannell, John Trimbel, William Stephen, James Kelly, Thomas Cannell, Thomas Tinnion, Thomas Robert Cartwright, Robert Fargher, John Cain, James Hales, and Edward Kelly.

Of this number, John Morrison, Robert Fargher, and John Cain were perhaps the most prominent, though Robert Cannell has been described by the late Mr James Cowin as " the poet of the Manx temperance movement." Thomas Cannell was the grandfather of Bro. Joseph A. Phillips, of Douglas, and one of John Morrison's grandsons, Mr W. E. Killip died in Douglas early in 1936. Robert Fargher (grandfather of Bro. R.-G. Fargher,P.D.C.R.) was the founder of "Mona's Herald," and a vigorous political reformer; John Cain was also active in the reform movement, and was an ardent Methodist. He is the first Chief Ruler of whom there is any record, for he signs himself as " C.R." in presenting an auditors' report to the H.M.C. of June-July, 1837.

The Mona Jonadab Tent, at Michael; was formed on February 28th, 1837; the Mona Joshua Tent at Peel, in March or early April of 1837, and the Mona Daniel Tent, at Castletown, on April 12th, 1837. The Tent at Peel changed its: name to Star of Mona, and the title of Mona Joshua was taken by a Tent which for many years existed at Ballaugh. The Michael Tent's first procession, on July 7th, 1837, is recorded in: the newspapers, but Mona Jonadab was not the second Manx Tent - that satisfaction was enjoyed by a Tent formed at Dalby and named Mona Zion. Mona Zion and Mona Jonadab were respectively numbered 49 and 50. The Dalby Tent failed and so did the Mona Salem and Mona's Delight Tents formed at Foxdale and Laxey about the same period.

THE FORMATION OF THE DISTRICT.

The Isle of Man District was formed as the outcome of the first Movable Conference of the Order, held on December 26th,1836. There were nine districts, of which the Isle of Man was numbered 6. Robert Fargher became the first District Chief Ruler. In that capacity he served on a committee for amending the initiation ritual and the general laws. The Isle of Man district originally included Cumberland, and it was not till the Conference of 1839 that the Cumberland district (originally called the Cockermouth district) became an effective body. For quite a considerable time the Mona Union Tent continued to make 'sick gifts' to brethren resident in Cumberland, and in 1844 the members of the Whitehaven Tent were invited, and apparently accepted the invitation, to join in the Mona Union Tent's procession.

FIRST RECHABITE MAGAZINE-PRINTED IN THE ISLE OF MAN

.The Isle of Man, as represented by Robert Fargher, rendered one great service to the Order in its early days. It provided the first Rechabite magazine, " The Isle of Man Temperance Advocate and Guardians" Newspapers printed in the Isle of Man had special privileges in those days, and many journals intended for general British circulation were printed in Douglas. The Conferences of 1836, 1837, and 1838 expressed warm appreciation of the " Isle of Man Guardian," but after the last-mentioned year the Order decided to have a magazine for itself. The " Isle of Man Guardian," incorporated with"The British Temperance Advocate," continued to be published by Mr Fargher and his partners for a considerable time. Some copies of it are preserved in the Manx Museum; It was described as the organ of the British Association for the Promotion of Temperance, published by authority of a conference held in Birmingham in 1838. A few years later, the "Temperance Advocate" was coming out in " a new series." It was published by William Livesey, a brother of "the seven men of Preston," who lived in Douglas for many years, and presented the drinking fountain which stands at the end of the Red Pier. The publishers were Lees &: Robinson, of 66 Athol Street, Douglas, and later W. Robinson & Co., acting on behalf of the proprietor, Dr. F. R. Lees, of Leeds, one of the most famous of total abstinence propagandists.

It would be agreeable to suppose that among other pioneers of Rechabitism were two Manxmen not residing in their nativeland. John Garrett, of Liverpool, - was elected High Deputy Ruler in December, 1836, he emigrated to Australia (following his trade as painter before he could succeed to the chair, but when going, he asked for a number of books so that he could introduce the Order there, and in 1842 and 1844 he was writing to the Conference telling them of his success. He was the first secretary of the Sydney district. In July, 1837, Robert Kelly of Liverpool, was elected High Deputy Ruler, and he became High Chief Ruler in 1841.

THE FIRST PROCESSION:

Manx Newspaper's Objection to "Women Exposing Themselves to the Public Gaze."

A series of processions took place in the Isle of Man on July 25th, 1837 (the anniversary of the Mona Union Tent) and following days. The Liverpool Teetotal Band, numbering about eighteen, took part " a set of wretched musicians,"the " Manx Sun" calls them! - and the brethren wore white sashes and rosettes. The account given by the "Manx Liberal" is much too good to lose.

" Scarcely has one silly pageant passed from our view"-[it may be interpolated that Oddfellow lodges had been formed in the Island a little while before, and the pomp and vainglory of their processions had already aroused the wrath of the"Liberal"] -"but another, if possible still sillier, is ready to supply its place. With the nature of tee-totalism, no one can find fault, we feel favourably disposed towards it from the great and obvious benefit it has conferred on society, being mainly instrumental in removing from it many vile and revolting scenes of self-abasement ...
" This could all be accomplished, and men, however vile, could return to that line of duty they had so recklessly left, without all this parade of flags, stars, gilt sparrows, inverted wine glasses, scarfs, medals, rosettes, and such masonic or oddfellow- looking trumpery, without having recourse to the thundering drum or the vile squeaking of the wry-necked fife and filling our peaceable old town with all the tumult and noise of a general election. But even admitting the utility of the procession as regards the males, we know not a more ridiculous, nay revolting, spectacle than that of the rosy cheeked daughters of our Isle--against whom it would be foul and wrong even to breathe a suspicion-injurious to their virtues - to see them parading our streets, and forming a conspicuous part in the procession, and courting observation - the retiring from which is women's greatest charm - and allowing the world to judge that their practices must have been the most abandoned, to justify such a humiliation, in which They roughen to the sense And all the winning softness of the sex is lost.

" It is equally, or even more absurd, to foster in the minds of children of the most tender years that love of parade and show which is eagerly enough imbibed without such excitement. We observed many whose age could not have been more than five or six years, of course utterly unable to have a correct idea of what they were doing."

This comment, hostile as it is, illuminates another chapter in Rechabite history. For twenty years, until the Conference of 1856, there was an order of female Rechabites, and writers have stated that it was formed in the Isle of Man. Medals were struck in commemoration, and one was issued in the Isle of Man. A perfect specimen of this medal is contained in the unrivalled Manx coinage collection of Mr J. D. Clucas, J.P. of Thornhill, Lezayre. The late Bro. Richardson Campbell, High Secretary, remarks in his history of Rechabitism that in the lists of Female Tents and District afterwards published the name of the Isle of Man does not appear, and he assumes that the Isle of Man members were in favour of one Order for both sexes. The newspaper quotation given above makes this assumption doubtful, and it is destroyed altogether by an advertisement in the "Mona's Herald" of July 24th, 1838, in which the male and female Rechabites are requested: to assemble at their respective Tents. These, however, are the only references to female Rechabitism which can be found. The date of the medal. as seen in the reproduction given in this booklet, is 1840. But the temperance societies continued to have a considerable proportion of females in their membership.

ISLE OF MAN CREDITED WITH THE FIRST JUVENILE TENT.

The allusion to the juvenile paraders is also suggestive. It is understood that juvenile Rechabitism is entitled to celebrate its centenary, for in December of 1836 the H.M.C. decided to admit young people under sixteen years into the Order, in branches of their own under the superintendence of an adult branch,, and in 1837 the recommendation was made that a children's funeral fund should be established. The Isle of Man has laid claim to the honour of founding the first juvenile Tent, and in 1912 the District held seventy-fifth anniversary celebrations. Confirmation of this claim is found in the biographical notices of Bro. Henry T. McIver which appeared in the Manx newspapers at the time of his death, in November,1891. "Of his young life," says the "Mona's Herald." "the first account we have is that in his eleventh year he joined the juvenile Tent of Rechabites, which had been instituted in Douglas in November, 1836, and which is the oldest juvenile Tent in the Order."

If this statement is correct, the Isle of Man brethren had, opened juvenile branches before that course had been decided upon by the Order as a whole. Unfortunately it is not now possible to discover the data upon which the District acted in1912, and the brother mainly responsible for the inception of those demonstrations has passed away. Bro. Richardson Campbell stated in 1909 that he knew of no documents relating to juvenile Rechabitism earlier than 1839, but he included Mona Union, Douglas, among a list of juvenile Tents which existed before 1841. From the brief reports of Rechabite processions given in the Manx newspapers for the first few years, it is impossible to tell whether the children taking part belonged to the Order or to the temperance societies.

EARLY DOCUMENTS FROM FIVE TENTS.

The manuscripts belonging to this early period are very few. The Mona Union Tent's earliest existing minute-book begins in 1843, and is accompanied by a register of officers' attendances; the contribution book, as has been stated, is original. A tantalising thing has happened to Mona Jonadab's first minute-book. Two leaves have been cut out. But for that, there would have been a record of the earliest meeting !The original contribution book survives, and the first names in it are those of Patrick Kelly, schoolmaster (grandfather of Mr J. D. L. Kelly) and Edward Cannell, highroad overseer. Bro.Kelly was Tent secretary for a great many years. The minute books of Star of Mona and Mona Daniel start in 1845. Mona Daniel has a contribution book showing three members initiated on the first night, but the book has the appearance of being a copy made by Bro. Quayle Stowell, the then secretary when he opened his minute-book in 1845. These three foundation members were James Cregeen (stonecutter), Robert Rankin and John Cowell. Richard Stowell followed a fortnight later and "Quaylie" himself was initiated in October of 1838.The Mona Fellowship minute book begins in December, 1843, about a year after the Tent was formed.

CASTLETOWN RECHABITES CELEBRATE QUEEN VICTORIA'S CORONATION.

The Castletown brethren had a very spectacular entry into the public notice. The coronation of Queen Victoria took place at the end of June, 1838, and the Mona Daniel Tent made its first anniversary celebration fit in with the loyal rejoicings. Their band and regalia added greatly to the impressiveness of the proceedings. Part of the- "Mona's Herald" account reads as follows:
"At 11 o'clock, the members of the Independent Order of Rechabites (who celebrated their anniversary on this occasion),with the children of the various Sunday-schools of the town and neighbourhood to the number of about 1,000, assembled at the green, and walked in procession, accompanied by the Rechabite Band, to St. Mary's Church.
"The Rechabites,- two and two, with their band of music, and two splendid banners: one bearing a representation of the prophet Jeremiah and the sons of Rechab, reverse, the Arms of the Order, supported by Peace and Plenty. The other bore the Temperance Arms; reverse, John the Baptist preaching in the wilderness, supported by Temperance and Justice. The flags were painted by Messrs Smith, of Castletown, and by our own countryman Mr C. Hudson, of this town [Douglas]. They were very much admired, and reflected credit upon the artists.
"The Rechabites retired to the Tent, at the Schoolhouse [probably the Primitive Methodist], where a plentiful supply of tea, buns, and beef, was provided; after partaking of it, the band and a few of the members again walked through some of the streets. A public temperance meeting- was held in the market-place, where great attention was given to the addresses delivered."
During these festivities a printing press belonging to the"Mona's Herald" was carried in a cart, and from it "stanzas," composed by "a Manx Rechabite," were printed and distributed. Two verses may be selected:_

"While priests and sages slumber'd,
And dreamt no ills were seen,
The drunkard's woes, unnumber'd,
Were noticed by our Queen;
And she her purpose sealing,
Impelled by sacred laws,
With patriotic feeling
Espoused the Temperance cause.

"While by the Temperance banners
Our Queen Victoria stands,
Would she could change the manners
Of these intemperate lands
Then peace, in rivers flowing,
Would blessings spread around,
And fruits of virtue growing,
Would plenteously abound "

A WONDERFUL DlSTINCTION. ISLE OF MAN DISTRICT LARGEST IN THE ORDER.

For a considerable time the Isle of Man enjoyed the distinction of being the largest home district in the Order. In 1873 the directors reported:_
"The Isle of Man District continues to maintain its noble position in a numerical point of view. There are twelve Tents and a membership of 1,600, being an increase of nearly 300since last Conference."
In 1875, "The Isle of Man District continues to grow"; in1877, its membership was over two thousand; in 1879? "The Isle of Man District remains giant No. 1", in 1883, "The Isle of Man still retains the first place." In 1885 it was outstripped by the Gwent and Glamorgan district, but it nevertheless had a membership of 2,481.

TWO MANX H.C.R.s

THE NOBLE LIFE OF HENRY T. McIVER.

The, Isle of Man provided the Order with two High Chief Rulers. Daniel Joughin, of Ramsey, was elected in 1861, and presided over the Conference of 1863. Bro. Joughin was a bank agent, and the father of Bro. D. C. Joughin, Mrs. C. H.Kee, and Miss A. M. Joughin, of Ramsey. In 1869 came Henry Thomas McIver.
Bro. McIver, who carried on business in Douglas as a timber merchant, and later as a bookseller, was one of the greatest temperance workers the Isle of Man ever had. He became secretary of the Mona Union Tent in 1858, and for a great many years was secretary of the Isle of Man District. While he was High Chief Ruler, the Corresponding Secretary became ill and resigned, and Bro. McIver was appointed to fill his place. He found, however, that his engagements in the Isle of Man were so pressing, old associations so difficult to break off, and the Manx members so desirous that he should stay, that he felt it his duty to decline. He continued to be re-elected as a member of the Board of Directors for sixteen years, and his temperance activity in the Isle of Man in which he did not take the leading part. His portrait hangs in the Mona Union Tent room, and his brother Rechabites further honoured his memory by providing the headstone over his grave in Bradden Cemetery. His daughter, Miss McIver, resides at Summer Hill Douglas. Opportunity may be taken here to state that there is at least one other Rechabite headstone in a Manx graveyard. The Michael brethren paid this tribute to a young member of their Tent; John Quayle, who died in 1872.

One other Manxman has been a director - Bro. John Joughin of Peel, who served for the term beginning in 1877. Bro Joughin, who for some years was secretary of the Star of Mona Tent, was the well-known boat-owner, and sat in the House of Keys for about twenty-five years.

H.M.C.s IN THE ISLE OF MAN.

The High Movable Conference of the Order was held in the Isle of Man in 1856 and 1883.

THE OLD PROCESSIONS.

The Rechabite processions used to be very colourful events indeed. There were the sashes, the banners, the wands ornamented with various emblems. The Star of Mona Tent's minutes of May 14th, 1846, for instance, recite a proposition"that our members have suitable club sticks at their procession.?' "Club Day" is the title and theme of a spirited dialect sketch written by the Manx playwright, the late Bro. Christopher R. Shimmin, M.H.K. In the Mona Daniel Tent at one period, members were commanded to wear not only their sashes, but top-hats and white gloves.
Every member was expected to attend the anniversary celebration and also to attend the funeral of a deceased brother. The following rules were adopted by the District Council in1864, and are preserved in the Mona Daniel minutes:_
"Anniversary Day._That all members residing in the Isle of Man shall attend and walk at the anniversary day, and take tea or dinner, as the Tent may appoint. There shall be a Tent opened on the morning of the anniversary day, at which Tent every member shall attend to pay for his tea or dinner at the appointed hour. Each member shall walk in the procession according to his place on the book, and into such place of worship as the Tent may appoint, and shall continue there the whole time of divine service, and then join the procession as before, or in case of extreme necessity, obtain leave of absence from the presiding officer. In default of the above to be fined 2s 6d, besides the expenses of the day.
"Members' funerals._That every member of this Tent shall attend at the funeral of any of its members, if in health and residing within two miles of the deceased brother's residence, and shall walk with white sash and black rosette from the deceased brother's residence to the place of interment, providing it be not more than five miles from the deceased brothers's residence, or be fined one shilling. The stewards to notice the members, or appoint some person to do so."
Naturally, questions arose from time to time as to whether the fine should or should not be enforced in some particular case. The frequent direction in the minutes, "Members to pay for their tea, whether they take it or not," may seem a little harsh, but the Tent had to incur obligations to the caterer on the expectation of the full membership being seated at the table. Sometimes Tents had to forgo the procession because of a fear than they couldn't pay for it. There were also fines for leaving one's place in the procession without the leave of the marshals, or for smoking whilst in procession.
The larger and more prosperous Tents were able to make the procession a perfect gala day. The Mona Union Tent, in the seventies and eighties, regularly engaged three or four bands.
Some were celebrated sets of musicians from Lancashire and Yorkshire. The Stalybridge, Saltaire, Leigh, and Lees bands figure frequently in the records. In the early days, the procession, sermon, and tea were the preliminary to a public temperance meeting in the evening; but a less enthusiastic generation abolished the public meeting in favour of a steamer trip to the Calf of Man or Ramsey Bay. The Ramsey processions during the 'sixties wound up with athletic sports for the juveniles, and there were steamer excursions from Douglas.
Rechabite bands were formed in the Isle of Man very soon after the introduction of the Order, and no small part of the minute-books is- taken up with purchases of instruments and arrangements for training adult and juvenile musicians. A Manx band took part in a great demonstration in Liverpool in1839, and Bro. John Cain, of Douglas, was one of the speakers at the public meeting.

SOME EARLY TEMPERANCE SPEAKERS.

The Rev. Thomas Caine, vicar of Lonan, was greatly honoured among Manx Rechabites. While curate of Ballaugh under the saintly Hugh Stowell, he was organising meetings of a temperance society even before James Teare's whirlwind campaign. The pledge of this society was not, however, total abstinence, but abstinence from spirits and a promise not to enter a public-house except when obliged by shelter or necessity. For thirty or forty years Mr Caine was regularly invited to take part in the anniversary proceedings. Among other clergymen and ministers who preached for the MonaUnion Tent was the famous Manxman Hugh Stowell Brown whose pastorale was the Myrtle Street Baptist Church :Liverpool. Laymen who frequently spoke at Rechabite celebrations throughout the Island included Thomas Kermode of Peel (father of the late Mr. T. C. Kermode, M.H.K.), John Stevenson Moore of Lhergydhoo; a member of the House of Keys (grandfather of ex-Deemster Stevenson Moore), and the celebrated-revivalist Ewan or Evan Christian of Lewaigue.

NOTICING SOME MEMBERS BY MEANS OF THE BELLMAN.

A delightful quaintness creeps in among the usually dull and mechanical Tent records. For instance, payments were made from time to time to the bellman for summoning members to special meetings. Every now and then a half-penny is paid for candles, or a penny for a matchbox. In 1852, Bro. T. Cannell, guardian of the Mona Union Tent, was instructed to purchase two new sconces for the candles of the Tent.
Among the. honorary members of the Mona Union Tent was Pierre Henri Joseph Baume, the wealthy miser who left his estate to charities. in the minute containing the first suggestion that Mr. Baume should be admitted, he is simply described as "the Frenchman."

THE ISLE OF MAN ENCAMPMENT. -

An Encampment, for brethren who had passed through the chairs of their Tents or the chair of the District, was formed in the Isle of Man in or about 1890, but it had not a long life. Among its most active officers were Bro. W. J. Dawson and Bro.R. S. Sim, now P.D.C.R.

THE TENTS AT THE END OF A CENTURY.

The Tents which now constitute the Isle of Man District are: Mona Union (Douglas), 1836, Mona Jonadab (Michael) 1837; Star of Mona-(Peel), 1837; Mona Daniel (Castletown),1837; Mona Fellowship (Ramsey), 1842, Mona Rushen, 1859, Mona Ebenezer. (Surby), 1866; Good Samaritan (Crosby),1867; Sons of Mona (Laxey), 1867; Star of Foxdale, 1870;Rising Star (Glen Maye), 1873; and Santon Union 1887. In recent years, Mona Joshua (Ballaugh), King Orry (AbbeyLands), North Douglas, and Ellan Vannin (Ramsey) have been amalgamated. The Ellan Vannin Tent consisted wholly of female members, some of whom now take an active part in the affairs of the Mona Fellowship Tent. There are other Tents in which the sisters hold office and display great energy in the cause.

Many years ago a suggestion was made in the Mona Union Tent that a branch should be formed at The Cooil, but it did not come into effect. In 1879 the District Council was discussing a proposal to open a Tent in connection with the Liverpool Manx Society.

VETERAN OFFICE-BEARERS.

The oldest office-holder in the Isle of Man, probably, is Bro Joseph A. Phillips, who has been treasurer of the Mona Union Tent for 41 years. He was elected Levite as long ago as 1875 and was Chief Ruler in 1876. A comrade of his, Bro. Charles H. Kay, P.D.C.R., has been District Treasurer since 1904, was District Secretary between 1891 and 1895, is a former secretary oI the Mona Union Tent, and commenced attending High Moveable Conference in 1893. No earlier Conference representative is now living. Bro. Kay began office, as one of the juvenile superintendents appointed by the Mona Union Tent, in 1881.

THE OLDEST MANX RECHABITE.

Bro. Moses Lace, of Hill Street, Douglas, has been a member of the Order for 83 years. He joined the Star of Mona Tent at the age of five, and was one of the founders of the Star of Foxdale Tent in the year 1870. For some years he was the Mona Union guardian and regalia keeper. Bro. Lace is still active, and is known and held in affection by a great number of his countrymen.

The following three pages contain a list, so far as the information is procurable, of the holders of the principal offices in the District.

In addition, references can be found to the office of D.C.R. having been held- by Bros. Robert Fargher and John Morrison who are mentioned earlier in this book; John Teare, Robert Quiggin (who died at his home in Peel on the morning of the District Meeting in 1860), Thomas Goldsmith, and Quayle Stowell. Nine of these brethren have been members of the Manx Legislature.

The office of Juvenile District Secretary, created about thirty years ago, has been held by Bros. James H. Cain, R. G.Fargher, J. R. Quayle, James Clinton, James Craine, T. Kermode, J. Edward Callister, John C. Radcliffe, Francis Rome and R. J. Kissack. The only holders of the office of District Book Examiner have been B'ros. James H Cain and James Darbyshire.

MEMBERSHIP AND FUNDS.

The membership of the Order in the Isle of Man on the31st December, 1935, was 1,907 adults and 501 juveniles. The District had funds totalling £10,110 11s 4d, and the funds of the several Tents came to a total of £69,146 0s 5d, plus Juvenile Tent funds amounting to £933 6s 6d.

CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS.

The Centenary was celebrated on May 21st, 1936, and was the occasion of great enthusiasm. About 750 brethren and sisters, adult and juvenile, carrying banners and wands surmounted with emblematic ornaments, marched in procession to the Villa Marina grounds, Douglas, where effective and much-appreciated addresses were given by Bro. James W.Brown, H.S.J.T., and Bro. Sir William R. Williams, J.P. (a former Lord Mayor of Cardiff), M.B.D., Past H.T. Mr Ramsey B. Moore, Attorney-General of the Isle of Man. who is a Past Chief purer in the Order, presided.

A public meeting and entertainment took place in the evening, at which Bros. Brown and Williams again spoke, and the chair was taken by Mr. W. Cunningham. a centenary medal was issued' and is photographically reproduced in this page.