AN ORDER INDEED.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4611, 31 December 1875, Page 2

AN ORDER INDEED.

The following extraordinary letter and enclosure has been received by his Worship the Slay or of Wellington : To tho Right Worshipful Mayor and Aldermen of tho City of Wellington. Gentlemen, —ln the fulness of our hearts, and by some happy inspiration, we have been led to organise the Loyal British Order. We earnestly pray your loyal Municipal Council to receive graciously this communication, and aid us by your, influence in this important national undertaking. When you read this letter the walls of Sydney will be placarded with particulars of the formation of this glorious order, of which we enclose to you a manuscript cops'. Will you kindly post these papers in or about your Town Hall, so that loyal Britons may initiate the Loyal British Order in your colony ._ Signatures of Provisional Committee Chairman, Samuel Beamar; Secretary, William E, Stokes. PROCLAMATION. Australians of British descent, loyal Britons, read this! Thinking men and women will perceive that sectarian jealousies have so far divided the public intoseveral religious and political sections, comprising many thousands of good Christian patriots, and each section is jealous of the other; that united action of the whole community, in loyal, national, demonstrations of joy, or of necessity, are impracticable now in this country. To enable men to meet, and iu their meetings to forbid allusion to past or present religious discords, to extinguish these jealousies in a common patriotism, to form an order of loyal British men, to move only in the support of our “ Home and Colonial Constitutional Government of Great Britain," and to - affect the consolidation of tho British Empire all over the world ! These are the aims and objects of the LOYAL BRITISH ORDER. All hail the day! when all may act as one With hearts of oak, to rally round tho throne. Millions of strong, tearless voices raise One joyful shout, as in tho byegone days Great Britain's pride, her sous on land or sea Unconquered still, uncouquercd still shall be. At the present moment this order is in good hands, and engaging the attention of loyal men in the colonies of New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, Fiji, New Zealand, and Tasmania, The provisional committee expect opposition from traitors only, and hereby advise them not to try it on. No offence is intended to any ; yet tho committee pledge their honor as Britons that this order has been organised without tho knowledge of xisting society, to be

come a tower of strength to all loyal persons. The first monster meeting will be heM soon, when a committee of twelve gentlemen—to elect their own chairman, also a secretary—will be elected to hold office fo,r one year. All offices will he honorap*. anil should ?*e filled by gentlemen without sectarian bitterness, yeK of undoubted loyalty of character. Loyal tritons, Australians of British descent, sign the roll without delay. Tickets of membership gratis. The roll is for signature at with tickets for the first thousand members. Signatures of provisional committee, Samuel Beaman, Chainhan ; \\ iixiam E. Stokes, Hon. Sec. pro tcm..