" proper form." By the time the toast of the Worshipful A REFORM IN MASONIC TOASTING. Master is reached at an ordinary gathering most of the T AST week we inserted a paragraph from one of our company are about tired of the talkee-talkee, and it very -*-^ contemporaries, referring to the monotonous way in often happens that the remaining toasts have to be rushed which the toasts are given at Masonic meetings, in which through, in order to clear them off before closing time ; it was urged that surely some originality could penetrate while it . is no unusual sight to witness the departure of into a Masonic gathering. We ventured to differ in this half or two thirds of a company long before the list is respect, as at the time of writing we almost feared brought near . a conclusion. there was no escape from the weary hum-drum process If there was anything fresh to be urged in connection of mutual admiration and all round back scrubbing we with these early complimentary toasts we should be the have so long been accustomed to, but before our words last to advocate their curtailment, but it is one wearisome were printed we found that reform was . possible, the repetition time after time, with never a change to break lesson coming from the highest in the Craft , the Most the monotony of the thing. Why not, then, follow the Worshipful the Grand Master himself, who demonstrated excellent example set by our Grand Master, cut off the to the large assembly present at the Centenary Festival superfluous " gas " from the start, and at once get to work of the Boys School, at the Albert Hall, that there with the toasts which afford a little scope for the exercise was no necessity for the monotonous repetition of tho of originality in proposition or response ? same old toasts we have all long since become heartily If the Grand Officers felt aggrieved at being thus shorn sick of. The Queen and the Craft—proposed by the of some, of their splendour, how would it be to reverse the Prince of Wales in about thirty words ; the Most order of our toasts, making the list somewhat as follows : Worshipful the Grand Master, Chairman of the Festival, Loyalty to , the Throne and devotion to the Craft , the proposed in commendably brief terms by Earl Amherst ; Initiate, the Visitors, the Officers, the Worshipful Master, an interesting response by the Prince ; and a rattling the Past Masters, the Grand Officers. By such an arrange- speech from him in proposing the toast of the evening, ment the old fogies of the Craft , Brethren who have borne with a few concluding remarks from Bro. Keyser in the heat and burden of the dav, and have made themselves acknowledgment, ended the programme, and the very large accustomed to long drawn out sittings, would be in their company rose from their seats with the feeling that all glory, and could be as prosy as they wished after the more that was necessary had been said, without the wearying lively members had taken their departure. Such a radical utterances inseparable from complimentary toasting as change would be out of place, we admit, but something known to those who—from choice or from necessity—have might be done to get rid of a part of the senseless adulation to sit out any considerable number of Masonic after-dinner wound out night after night at every Masonic gathering. gatherings. Now that the Grand Master has set so splendid an example is it not possible for a reform to be attempted ? If it be true, as stated, that kings can do no wrong, the Some years ago Bros. Willing, Stiles, and a few of their same can hardly be said to apply to the sycophants and mere courtiers who hedge the throne, and who at one time make friends who had a little respect for the feelings of " themselves conspicuous by the absurd laudation they lavish listeners," tried as an amendment the united sentiment of upon their patrons, at another sting the hand held out to help " Loyalty to the throne, and devotion to the best interests them, for no apparent reason unless it be to prove the of the Craft " in place of the three or four toasts which insincerity of their devotion, or the under-current of venom hidden beneath their usually soft and velvety language. Well usually head our list, but whether vested interests, in the may our Bro. Richard Eve pray with the poet to be saved form of some enterprising champagne dealer ; or the from his friends, after the great prominence given by a pressure of some of the " talking-machines " of the period contemporary to some of his shortcomings, and the patronising lecture showered, with all the importance of leaded type, stopped this improvement we know not, certain it is the upon his devoted head . It seems Bro. Eve was, for once in innovation did not become popular, and the relief which a way, out of date, and the kind , fatherly censor of the then seemed to be within reach was snatched from us. Masonic world at once makes it his business to air his superior We believe Freemasons can be just as loyal to their knowledge, and point out the awful possibilities that may arise in consequence of the bad example set by the Chairman rulers without three verses of " God save the Queen "— of the Governing body of the Boys School, in mixing a few which even the Prince of Wales appeared to think was a dates out of chronological order. No self-respecting Head little too much of a good thing when rendered in extenso Master would tolerate for a sinele moment such a murderinp- of chronology as Bro. Eve was guilty of , argues the critic, at the Centenary Festival ; " God bless the Prince of and naturally the self-respecting Editor is' equally sensitive, Wales," in its entirety ; and the long rigmarole of titles although we marvel to know what other great crime Brother and distinctions which are usually associated with the Eve has been guilty of to deserve so severe an exhibition of revolt on the part of a hitherto most obedient flatterer toasts of the Pro and Deputy , " A Grand Masters, and the fellow feeling makes one wondrous kind " 'tis said , and Grand Officers, when given in what is considered to be as we were once the victim of one of these periodical displays of superior knowledge on the part of our contemporary, we of the Dorset County Council. Member of the Society of can sympathise with Bro. Eve, in being thus made the Arts, F.R.G.S., F.C.A., F.S.S., Member of St. George's laughing stock of the readers of the paper referred to, but is Society (London), Deputy Chairman of the Poole Con- it not childish in the extreme to make so much out of so little servative Association, President of St. George's Guild (Poole), when, with a very small amount of trouble, a dozen and, above all, a thoroughly genial and companionable interesting items and as many real grievances might be Brother, whose acquaintance is esteemed by all who know discovered, with which to air one's editorial superiority ? him. May we include him in the wish we expressed last Had it been the " contemptible rag " which another very week, and hope he may live for many years to see the result prominent official of the Boys School lately referred to in our of the great efforts made on behalf of the Boys School presence that had thus criticised Bro. Eve, the onslaught Centenary—to the success of which he added in so marked a would no doubt have been treated with the scorn it deserved , manner. but—Et tu, Brute !—this is too awful to contemplate. Those who live in glass houses should certainly be careful how they throw stones, and accordingly we hesitate to direct the KING 'S COURT LODGE. attention of our Bro. Editor to his ninth and tenth paragraphs on page 281. We think there is sufficient therein to cause THE consecration of the King's Court Lodge, No 2689, him to ponder before he again makes so merry over the Gillingham, was performed on Thursday, 2nd inst., by the " viel " of a fellow sufferer. All things come to those who Provincial G.M. of Dorset Bro. Montague J. Guest, and the wait ! ceremony was largely attended by Brethren from the surrounding district, about 120 members of this and other Lodges in Dorset and adjacent counties being present. The premises in which When we saw a representation of the Lodge meeting held the Lodge meetings are held have been erected on the site of an in the quarries of King Solomon's Temple, at Jerusalem, at old malthouse, adjacent to the Phcenix Hotel, the designs for the the time of the Masonic Cruise organised by Bros. Lunn Lodge room and appurtenances being drawn up by Bro. Miles and Perowne, we thought was a splendid idea it would be to (Hants). The Lodge Room, which has a separate entrance in hold, open air meetings during the summer months, provided the lane leading from the Square , is handsomely designed, and proper arrangements could be made for efficient Tvlin_. and the ante rooms and lavatory are also fitted up with every the matter is this week brought to our mind when we read convenience. The furniture is of a choice description, being of the report sent us of the Royal Alfred Lodge of Instruction, carved oak in the Jacobean style. A beautiful banner was wherein it is mentioned that the grounds of Bro. Purkiss's presented by the " Friendship and Sincerity " (Shaftesbury) Star and Garter Hotel, at Kew Bridge, are just now well Lodge to the Gillingham Brethren. It is thoroughly illustrative worthy a visit. How enjoyable it would be to hold an of the newly consecrated " King's Court " Lodge. There are Instruction meeting, or, better still, a Provincial Grand Lodge, four coats-of-arms painted on it, representing four Kings who in the open air ; and in the latter case, at least, there should occupied the King's Court Palace, and surmounting them is King not be much difficulty in making such arrangements' as to John's crown , the banner being otherwise adorned with Masonic render the gathering possible. It would only require a emblems, and the motto " Usque stat Fortuna Domus." dozen or so assistant Tylers or sentries, and there should be At one o'clock the Brethren assembled at the rooms, but the plenty of Brethren willing to undertake the duties. consecration ceremony was, in order that the large company of visiting Brethren might be accommodated, performed at the Drill Hall, kindly lent for the occasion by Capt. Freame, and to which Last week we had no time to do more than briefly refer furniture and other appurtenances of the Lodge were conveyed to what Bro. J. H. Whadcoat had done for Masonic and for the purpose. The Deputy P.G.M. Bro. Colonel Brymer, other Charity Funds—splendid donations on his part having M.P., was amongst those present at the consecration service. been referred to from time to time in our pages, but his The consecration ceremony was followed by the installation latest exploit in this direction, the gift of 1,000 guineas to the of the W.M. designate, Bro. P. J. Gavin P.M. P.J.G.D. by Bro. Boys School Centenary Fund, well entitles him to further Harry Strange P.M. P.P.G.S.B. reference on this occasion. We first had the pleasure of Shortly before four o'clock the members and visiting making Bro. Whadcoat's acquaintance when he was installed Brethren marched from the Drill Hall to the Parish Church, in as Master of the Royal Athelstan Lodge, on which occasion full regalia. The Vicar (Rev. Canon Davies) conducted a short he said so important a Lodge ought to possess a permanent service before a crowded congregation. The service was fully Benevolent Fund, and begged to be allowed to make a choral. The sermon was preached by the Rev. Rowland Hill contribution towards starting such a Fund—something to Prov.G.Ch., vicar of Lyme Regis, who took his text from form a nucleus on which to work in the future. His offer Matthew xiii, 33, " Another parable spake He unto them : The was accepted , and it was not until one of the rulers of the kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and Lodge determined to explain matters to the Brethren that hid in three measures of meal till the whole was leavened." they were made aware of Bro.. Whadcoat's generosity—his Our Rev. Brother compared the operation of leaven to God's " modest " contribution on that occasion being works, which he pointed out were performed secretly and quietly, a cheque for but the results were open and 250 guineas. Quite recently, too our Bro. Whadcoat praiseworthy. He thought no , has more appropriate portion of Scripture than his text could be interested himself in the work of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution to the funds of which he found for the representation of the work of a Masonic Lodge. , very largely contributed From the effect of the works of the inner natural world God in connection with the Life Saving equipment at Poole, failed not to bring about where he has latel good times and mighty changes in the y resided—as reported by us at the time. outer world. He implored his fellow members to be ever working with the grace and power of God, and with uplifted hands in prayer, and then he felt certain they would be rewarded with Bro. Whadcoat was initiated in the St. James Lodge, prosperity , No. and when they stood before God's throne that which 448, Halifax, Yorks, in 1880 , and is at the present time was faithfully and secretly practised and offered would be a member of the Grand Master's Lodge, No. 1; the Royal rewarded and its result seen in the fulness of revelation. Athelstan, No. 19 (P.M.) ; the Amity, No. 137 (P.M.) : the " We give Thee but Thine own " was the hymn sung while St. Aldhelm's, No. 2559 ; and the Old Masonians, No. 2700 the offerory was being taken on behalf of Masonic Charities by (one of the Founders). He is also a member of the Amity eight members of the Craft. After the blessing, pronounced by Chapter, No. 137 (S.E.) ; Amity Mark Lodge, No. 132 the Vicar, " Our day of praise is done " was sung as a recessional, (W.M. and Prov.G.J.D.); Invicta Chapter R.C, No. 10; and the congregation dispersed , the " Hallelujah Chorus " being and Hyde Preceptory K.T., Wimborne (First Constable). played by the organist (Bro. J. Ley), who had the direction of all the musical services of the day. The newly installed W.M. presided at a banquet subsequently The special donation made to the Boys School in answer held in the Market Hall, which had been elaborately decorated to the appeal of the Prince of Wales is by no means the first for the event. Music was furuished by the Westminster singers, contribution Bro. Whadcoat has made to the Charity Funds in a programme of glees and part songs. The caterer was Bro. of the Order, he being a Patron of each of the three H. A. Norris. Institutions, and a Vice-President of the Dorset Masonic It may be mentioned that the collections taken at the church Charity, so that we were quite justified in speaking last week and banquet in aid of the Masonic Charities realised a sum of of his splendid donations to Masonic and other Charity nearly £14. Funds. A letter congratulating the W.M., Secretary, and all 000 concerned in the initiation of the new Lodge, on the arrangements made for the opening ceremonies and gatherings, and on the In public life he fills the position of Mayor of the town success attending their efforts in that direction, has been received and county of Poole_, is Aldeiman and J.P., and a member from the Provincial Grand Lodge of Dorset. In submitting the first the Prince said : Brethren, the time-honoured THE BOYS SCHOOL CENTENARY. toast I am going to propose to you requires no preface from me, and I know you will drink it with enthusiasm. It is "The Queen and the Craft." This THERE are some sights, comparatively commonplace in was followed by the National Anthem, heartily joined in by the whole of the themselves, which yet seem to def y description, and this large assembly. may certainly be regarded as the case when we attempt to call Earl Amherst Deputy Grand Master next proposed the toast of His Eoyal to mind the scene which presented itself on Friday, the 10th inst., Highness the Prince of Wales, K.G., &c, &c, Most Worshipful Grand Master, Presiden t of the Institution, ancl Chairman of the Centenary Festival. He when one entered the Albert Hall, to take part in the celebration said they had very much to do there that evening. The toast he had to of the Centenary Festival of the Royal Masonic Institution for introduce was a most important one, and he hoped they would not measure Boys. No matter what the occasion that calls together a full its importance by the brevity of his remarks. He should have liked to call it dress assembly at this world renowned Concert Hall, the general the toast of the evening, but were he to do so he felt the Grand Master would call him to order. It was needless for him in an assembly like that of keen appearance is . sure to be of an imposing nature, but when, in Masons to dilate on the manifold benefits that had accrued to the Craft from addition to the ordinary garb of the world is added the special His Eoyal Highness's long tenure of office as Most Worshipful Grand Master. colouring of Masonic regalia and jewellery, the effect is They were registered iu letters of, gold, and his reign might be referred to as considerably heightened , as has been remarked time after time by the reign of the best Grand Master the Craft had ever known. The Brethren would also remember that His Eoyal Highness had many calls upon him, and those who have endeavoured to give a word picture of a Masonic if his multifarious engagements did not enable him to be with them so much gathering in this splendid building. But even the special as some of them would like, they must always remember he found time to surroundings of an ordinary Masonic meeting were improved upon preside over important meetings of the Craft, such as the one that called on this occasion—as we so well remember was also the case, ten them together that night; nor could they forget that only three days ago when tbe Girls School celebrated a similiar epoch in its they were honoured in that hall by the gracious presence of the Princess of years ago, Wales, who came there to help them in their great work of Masonic Charity, history—by the white cloths and general decorations of the tables and to give away the rewards of merit which had been gained by the boys, set out in the arena, the orchestra, the amphitheatre, and the and on which occasion His Boyal Highness spoke in such happy terms of the loggia boxes of tbe building. The sight when the large company great Masonic virtue of charity. Bemembering all these things he asked them of Brethren and the considerable number of ladies who filled the all on this memorable day—which he hoped would come to be referred to as , their glorious 10th of June— to show their appreciation of the Grand Master. upper tiers of boxes, &c, rose to greet the Prince of Wales, on The toast was most heartily honoured. his entrance, was one that cannot have failed to make an The Grand Master, in acknowledgment of the toast, said he was not inpression on all who witnessed it, and we can well believe the likely to forget the reception he met with on coming into that magnificent Royal Chairman was sincere when, later on , he said he was not hall, filled with so vast an assemblage ; nor the way in which they had received the toast so kindly proposed by the Eight Worshipful Deputy Grand likely to forget the reception he had on entering the magnificent Master. As had been mentioned, his manifold duties would not allow him Hall. It was certainly an inspiring moment. to meet the Brethren as often as he would like ; but he knew that when he The large company was provided for at ninety-two tables, did have the hon our and pleasure of appearing among them the reception he with a seating accommodation of close on 3,000, in the lower parts met with caused him the deepest gratification and pleasure. It was now thirty years since he was initiated a member of the Craft, and he had had of the building, while, high up in the top gallery there was the high honour and privilege of having been their Grand Master for twenty- provision for more, with, to all appearance, not a vacant seat four years. He could only say that during that time he had been most ably throughout the vast building. ¦ The catering was entrusted to supported by all the Officers of Grand Lod ge, by the Provincial Grand Masters Messrs. Spiers and Pond , and they carried out their part of the —of whom he was glad to see many there that night—and by the Brethren arrangements in a way that reflected great credit upon them , generally. They had , he thought, every reason to congratulate themselves, as the large body they now were, that Freemasonry was flourishing, not only for although , as we have seen it stated , the majority of those in every part of the United Kingdom, but in every one of those distant who attended were present to take part in a great celebration countries which were under the sceptre of England. It might be interesting rather than to enjoy a feast, there was every opportunity of to them on that occasion if he were to mention that when he was elected to the chair of Grand Master there were 1,306 Lodges on the roll'of Grand partaking of tbe one equally with the other. Lodge of England. Dnring the period of twenty-four years about 280 Lodges The Prince of Wales entered, in procession , with a large in the colonies had formed themselves into separate Grand Lodges, of all of number of distinguished Brethren, and, amid the heartiest of which he had the honour of being patron , and there were, at the present welcomes, proceeded up the centre of the hall to his seat in front moment, on the roll of Grand Lodge, no fewer than 2,270 Lodges. Assuming, of the orchestra , where he bowed his acknowledgment for the very therefore, an average of 50 in every Lodge, there appeared to be at the present moment nearly 114 ,010 Masons belonging to the Lodges under the cordial reception accorded him. The Prince then called upon Grand Lodge of England, against about 65,000 in the year 1875. It must be Bro. Rev. C. J. Martyn Past Grand Chaplain Deputy Provincial a satisfaction to them to hear this, as it showed to the country in genera) , and Grand Master of Suffolk to say grace, and the festive proceedings to the world in general , that Freemasonry— although , no donbt, it flourished were thus fairly started upon. A trumpeter of the Blues called all over the world—flourished , he thought, in no country as it did in their own. It was alluded to the other day, when the Princess of Wales gave the the company to order ere the Deputy Grand Master announced prizes to the boys, that the watchword he made use of some time ago was that the Prince of Wales would be pleased to take a glass of wine " Loyalty and Charity." As long as that remained their watchword he had with his Brethren , and this was the signal for another outburst of bnt little doubt that all of them who were Freemasons could close their eyes enthusiasm. The same course was adopted whenever the at night, with the leflection that they had done their best towards their chairman fellow creatures. desired to attract, the attention of his audience, and it A few moments later the Prince again rose, to propose the toast of the proved a pleasing change to the old fashioned system of a toast evening - Success to the Eoyal Masonic Institution for Boys. They were met master, many of whom seem to have an idea that their efficiency there that night on a very auspicious occasion , he said , as they were is best measured by the amount of noise they occasion ; but, of ceJebrating the Centenary Festival of the Eoyal Masonic Institution for Boys. course, it is not every chairman who is blessed with so excellent It was a very great thing that an educational establishment like that one had been able to maintain itself so well for a space of a hundred years, and a delivery as the Prince of Wales, or who can make himself so their desire that night was to obtain sufficient funds in order to meet the distinctly heard as does His Royal Highness, even at a gathering requirements ol the School to remove it from its presen t place at Wood small in comparison with that addressed by the Prince on this Green to Bushey, in Hertfordshire. He had little doubt from the enormous occasion. At the conclusion of the dinner the Grand Master at assemblage that he saw there that night, and from what he had heard elsewhere, that they would increase their funds to a> very large extent—he once proceeded with the toast list, which was commendably brief , hoped to a record extent. Most likely tbe Brethren knew that members of and comprised three items only. his family had been greatly associated with this Charity. His grandfather, Royal Maso nic Inst itution for Girls. Offices—5 Freemasons' Hall, Great Queen Street , London, W.C.

Chief Patroness. —HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN. Grand Patron and President.—-H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES, K.G., &c, M.W.G.M. Grand Patroness. —H.R.H. THE PRINCESS OF WALES. Banters.—LONDON & WESTMINSTER BANK LTD. (B LOOMSBURY BRANCH ), H IGH H OLBORN, W.C.

1,928 Girls haVe been p rovided w?ith Education , Clothing, and Maintenance , the f ull number of Girls nouV receiving its benefits being 267. Every information will be gladly given, and Subscriptions and Donations thankfully received by F. R. W. HEDGES, Secretary, 5 FREEMASONS' HALL, LONDON , W.C. the Duke of Kent, presided at a Festival in the year 1814 , when the sum of He stated that the total number of Stewards at the moment was 3,898, of £171 was collected, and his great uncle, the Duke of Sussex, one of his whom 1,300 represented the Lodges and Chapters of London, 2,576 those of predecessors in the Chair, presided also at a Festival dinner, and the sum of the Provinces, and 22 Colonial and Foreign Brethren. He then enumerated £178 was collected. No doubt, Brethren, in those days that was considered in alphabetical order the different Provinces, and the total of the contributions a very large sum, but he had every reason to believe that they would get a from each. All of the Provinces, he said, had contributed to the Festival, little more than that that night. He had the honour of presiding twenty- and nearly every one of the Provincial Grand Masters was included as a eight years ago, only a short time after he was initiated a member of the Steward, the result being a contribution of £78,900 from Lodges outside of the Craft, at a Festival dinner of that very Charity, when upwards of £10,000 was metropolis. London sent up £48,000, Grand Lodge had specially voted obtained, but he should be very much disappointed if they did not get 500 guineas, Bro. Keyser had given 5,000 guineas, and H.E.H. the Prince of tenfold that amount that night. He might also remind them that King Wales had made a personal donation of one hundred guineas, and with these William IV. was patron ; and their gracious Queen, his beloved mother, had details Brother McLeod left it to the Eoyal Chairman to make the final been Grand Patron of the Institution ever since the year 1852. He had announcement. alluded before to the fact that it had been found necessary, owing to the The Prince of Wales rose, with every evidence of pleasure and extreme want of room, and owing to an inferior class of houses being built in the satisfaction, and said : As Chairman that night it was now his privilege to neighbourhood of the School at Wood Green, to remove the Sohool to a more announce that a grand total had been subscribed of £133 ,000 ; which sum, a enlarged space. The new Schools, it was estimated, would cost £100,000, moment later, the Prince of Wales announced had been increased by a and they would be adapted for 500 boys. He understood that already the contribution from Bro. J. H. Whadcoat, Mayor of Poole, of one thousand very large sum of £60,000 had been received towards that amount, and, ai guineas, with which statement the Grand Master vacated the chair, and they were doubtless aware, Brother Keyser had most generously announced marched in procession from the hall, amid the heartiest enthusiasm, thus his intention of giving the sum of five thousand guineas for the building of completing the greatest event ever known in the annals of Masonic the chapel , of the new Schools. Therefore, he lived in hopes that £40,000 Benavolence, or, indeed , anything ever accomplished in the cause of Charity in more would be raised that evening, in order to form a sufficient sum to meet any part of the world. the ordinary expenses of the year. Two thousand, three hundred sons of deceased , indigent Freemasons had been educated, clothed and maintained We last week gave our summary of bhe number of Stewards during the hundred years of the existence of the Institution, and at present aud amounts contributed from the several Provinces, and once there were 280 boys in it. They received a suitable education to enable them to again take the opportunity of congratulating the Institution and earn their own living, and endeavours were always made to obtain good those who worked on its behalf on the splendid result. situations for them when they left school. He could only say, that when he was present a few days ago at the distribution of prizes by the Princess of Wales, he felt that a finer set of lads it would be impossible to see. They were append the Annual Report of the Head Master to the •well set np, and from the prizes they received it was evident to him that WE their education , as he said on that occasion , had been most carefully Board of Management. attended to. Eighty-three under tbe age of seventeen years had passed in Gentlemen,—I have the honour to submit to you for the ninth time a the first division of the London University matriculation, and had short account of tho work and conduct of the School during the past year. gained prizes ; and open scholarships had been obtained in various The work has been tested in a variety of ways. centres. The boys entered for examination were below the average age of First, by the teaching Staff : full details have been laid before you by me most of the competitors, and the fact that out of the School of 259 boys sixty- at your successive monthly meetings. three were successful was, he was sure they would agree with him, highly Secondly, by outside Examiners :—the Eev. T. J. Sanderson, M.A., late creditable to their instructors, and was a proof of the sound education which Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge (appointed by the University of Cambridge was given by the Institution. They might all congratulate the Head Syndicate for the Examination of Schools) , Edwin Lott, Esq., Mus. Doc, Master and those under him for the way in which they conducted the School . and Inspectors from South Kensington who periodically visit the classes in Tbe Board were also anxious to extend the educational advantages of the Mathematics and Natural Science. The report of Mr. Sanderson dealing School to a larger number of boys, if possible, which was another reason for with the general class-work of every boy in the School has been published in deciding to remove it to a more suitable and convenient quarter, where full for the information of friends of the School, and I would therefore only additional subjects of technical education could likewise be taken up. The call attention here to the words in which he sums up a long and minute School , as they knew, was entirely supported by voluntary contributions, and report : "A satisfactory Examination was passed, showing a general chiefly by the subscriptions at those Festivals ; and he therefore hoped that improvement since my last visit. The discipline of the School , so far as it Centenary Festival might go forth now and for ever in the annals of the came under my notice, was excellent." Dr. Lott also states that the work Craft as a record. He had some statistics there which he might give, but and progress of the year have been better than ever before. they wduld only weary, and many of them were known to them already. All Thirdly, very many boys have entered for public examinations of various he had now to ask them was to do their utmost to obtain the sum which was kinds. I append a list of these, and I can honestly say that if in some required, and to remember they were there—though it was a charming and a previous year the number of certificates has been slightly greater, yet the convivial meeting—-with one great purpose, that of charity, and to support work has never been of fuller or better quality . I would especially call an Institution which all heartily approved of , and which, he thought, attention to the successes of 3. A. Coupland , gained direct from the School. deserved well of the country. He thanked them very much for the kindness In forming a judgment on the work cf the School we ought to consider with which they had listened to the remarks he had made, and could assure two points. them again th at he felt very proud to occupy the chair on that memorable The first is that owing to the insufficient accommodation of our buildings occasion , because it gave him very great pleasure to meet them all that we have to discharge nearly all our boys as soon as they reach fifteen—the night. He was glad to see so many who had been able to come from distant number over that age being at present only seven. How terribly this cramps parts of tho country, to assist in what must be their common cause of me in the organising of a boy's educational life I How hardly it presses on charity. The toast he had now to give was " Success to the Boyal Masonic the boys themselves. A large proportion i.e. must enter lor the Cambridge Institution for Boys," and it afforded him great pleasure to connect with it Local Junior at fourteen and a half at the latest—or they cannot enter at all. the name of Bro. Keyser. The candidates for the Senior are of course in a still worse case. It means, The remarks of the Grand Master were frequently endorsed by the in fact, that in a School where from the very nature of things development is heartiest outbursts of approval , and at their conclusion the toast was later and the prepaiation needs to be more deliberate than usual, boys are honoured in the most enthusiastic manner possible, in fact, the immense unduly hurried in order to gain these certificates before leaving School, and number of those present, and the universal enthusiasm which prevailed , fail to do themselves ful) justice. 1 rejoice greatly that the generosity of the rendered the moment one lon g to be remembered by all who were privileged Craft in this Centenary year is supplying us with larger and better equipped to participate. buildings at Bushey, whereby we shall be enabled largely to increas* the Bro. C. E. Keyser P.G.D. Patron and Treasurer of the Institution number of boys retained to a higher age. This will enable us to take our acknowledged tbe toast. His position as Treasurer of that great Institution, pu blic examinations more deliberately, to get into touch with the higher he said , conferred on him the privilege and at the same time the responsi - examinations, and so to establish a definite and permanent standard of bility of responding to the toast that bad been so admirably placed before education in the Schcol. them by His Boyal Highness the Prince of Wales. It was impossible, in his The second point for consideration is the very wide training the School mind, to over-estimate the benefits that would accrue to the Institution from is now giving. Short as our school life is, yet is is not focussed on any single tbe presidency of the Prince of Wales, and he sincerely hoped that the result examination , tempting ns to cram. A limitation of that kind might bring of tbe gathering would be such as to gratif y His Eoyal Highness. It had us a few more certificates, but it would fatally limit the education the been the custom on such occasions for the Treasurer to give some account of School ought to give. I have tried to make the curriculum as wide as the Institution , but he felt there was little for the Treasurer to add that day. possible. Thus, in addition to the subjects usually taken in schools of this The great question they bad before them was the removal of the School from class, every boy is taught to sing at sight, to produce his voice in a proper Wood Green to Bushey, and when that was first mooted there were many way, and as he reacnes the top ot the bchool, to know something of the theory Brethren who felt they wei e making a great mistake *, but he was happy to of music. Every boy is taught tbe elements of Shorthand. Tbe Medical say that now all approved of it, and some of those Provinces which offered Officer has commenced a yearly course of lectures on Ambulance Work, the greatest opposition were now the strongest in supporting it. There was There are special classes for instruction in Photography, for tbe study of one small item he would like to refer to, as bearing on the work of the facts connected with Railways, for teaching some fuller knowledge of tha Institution . At the early part of the year tbe Grand Master had been Colonies. There is a club for the study of Field Botany. These and other pleased to grant them a Warrant for the Old Masonians Lodge, No. 2700, similar things are giving our boys some breath of cultivation , and have and that Lodge was duly consecrated by the Grand Secretary. It was already told most favourably in the development of mind and character. If provided specially to afford accommodation for old pupils who had been you view our work in this light, you will agree with me in saying tbat our educated in tbe Institution, and he had the honour of being its first results in public examinations are satisfactory. Similarly, much organised Master. With the exception of himself and the Junior Warden every Officer wo) k has be en done dui ing the year by means of Lectures (usually illustrated of that Lodge was an old boy educated in their School , and although they by the Lantern) given at regular intervals on winter evenings by Assistant were old boys of the Institution , thry v.ere youi g men of thepiesent day, ana Masters and friends. The subjects have taken a wide range, f.e. " Charles it was very gratifying that so many ot their old scholars were thus early able Dickens," " Wild Flowers," " North Sea Fishes," " Travels in Canada," to identify themselves with the Ciaft. Some of them had read of the labours " The New River," " Dutch Republic," " Greek and Roman Athletics." of Hercules, bufc after the efloits of Bro. McLeod, their Secretary, in Moreover , -we have enjoyed several entertainments at the School , such as the connection with this event, thnt record would sink into insignificance, and annual conceit given by the Derby Allcroft Lodge; and by the generosity of had not the staff of tbe Institution been helped by a laige number of willing the Members of the Be aid and other Brethren, selected boys have been able workers the work in connection v.ith the celebration could not have been got to see plays of Shakespeare and other excellent plays at the London Theatres. through. He desired , on behalf of tbe Institution, to express their heartfelt All this serves (in my judgment) a very valuable educational purpose. gratitude to the Stewards, and concluded with the hope that the result of the On behalf of the School 1 offer hearty thanks to all the kind friends who Festival would be gratif ying to the Grand Master, and that it might eclipse have by Lectures and Entertainments contributed to make our life happy all previous records. and homelike • to those who have given ns prizes for Sports or ior School The crowning moment of Bro. McLcoo 's efforts to make this memorable woi k ; to those also who have sent us subscription s or books for our Library event a success came when he rose to announce the totals of the subscriptions. and Reading Eooms. As Head Master, I prize these invitations and gifts By this time it had become generally recognised that a great result bad been most of all lor the sympathy and appreciation which they are intended to achieved , and as Bro. McLeod was so intimately associated with it his mark. appearance was the signal for a hearty outburst ol applause— a mark of Another department iu the life of the School deserves attention. lam approval of his work, and of impatimci to hear what he had to announce. exhibiting some of the work done this term in the Carpentry, Printing and Bookbinding Shops, and I append a list of the articles and of the names of from the ashes of a number of antiquated endowments—a the boys who have made them. Some of the work is of high merit. But I substantial sequel to the report of the Charity Commissioners— the would carefully remind you that the whole of this work (as well as and it is an interesting fact that the feudal lords feoffees have printing of the School Magazine—one of tha best " got up " of School Magazines) is done as a voluntary occupation—in out-of-School hours. Thc joined hands with the modern County Council in its endowment value to a Boarding School of this department of work, which is now taken and establishment. In all probability this will be the last public up by over fifty boys, can hardly be overestimated. act of the lords feoffees before they vanish into the history of the But we have not neglected the physical side of education. We have , and past. done fairly well in our matches at football and cricket with other schools ' practically every boy spends some part of every day at cricket, football , The proceedings of Tuesday were most interesting and hockey, fives, gymnastics. I ought to say that, thanks to Mr. Roberts, who picturesque, for the ceremony was performed with Masonic takes an especial interest in the games of the School, and to G. Jones (late ot honours by Sir Charles Legard Past Provincial Grand Warden of the Surrey Eleven) who has been our Cricket Professional for the last two the North and East Eidings, by special commission of the Grand years, we have an exceptional amount of cricketing promise amongst the younger boys. This will happily find in the playing fields at Bushey ample Master of the Province the Marquess of Zetland. The members scope for development. of the Londesborough Lodge and visiting Brethren from all parts On the whole, I think that the year has been one of progress in work and of the ridings assembled in the Masonic Hall at noon, whence, conduct. The future, too, is more hopeful. We have had of course many headed by a brass band , they marched in procession to the site and some things to regret. These are disappointments, many failures, b Eoad in full inevitable in a large School like ours. We have lately been under the shadow of tbe school, in the Bessing y , regalia, covered with of a great grief. That has, I hope and believe, not been without its deep and the jewels of office and bearing the symbols of the Craft. The lasting lessons for us all. But on the whole the School is distinctly better beautiful and impressive ritual observed on such occasions was than it waa a year ago. Very much of . this is due to my staff of Masters performed, and the National and Masonic anthems heartily. Our reverently whom I take this public opportunity of thanking most _ the band from the New S relations have been of the most cordial kind, and I appreciate more than I were accompanied by pa. There was a can say, not only their admirable work, but their sympathy and kindness great crowd of spectators , and from first to last the ceremony was towards me in times of difficulty and trouble. I thank also the Matron , most successful , the laying of the stone by Sir Charles Legard whose diligence in her never-ending duties, and whose care for the comfort being the signal for a hearty cheer . of the bovs. are worthy of great praise, and of my high appreciation. Nor must I fail to express my gratitude to the Medical Officer , whose skill and The school, which is being erected from designs by Messrs. assiduity have kept the School quite free from any outbreak of serious illness. Botterill , Sou and Bilson. of Hull, will cost about £10 ,000. It And if I may, Gentlemen , I should like to thank you all, and Bro. McLeod has an elegant elevation, and is planned after the most approved as ¦well , for many acts of kindness and many expressions of confidence models of scholastic architecture. The central hall, with its towards me. You have so often encouraged me in moments of despondency, mullioned stone windows and open timbered roof so often looked lightly on my shortcomings, that I should be ungrateful , is the chief indeed if I did not believe and say that no Head Master could serve under a feature of the building. It will be 50ft. long and 30ft. wide, and more helpful or considerate Governing Body. around it the class rooms will be ranged. Matters have been so arranged that the building may be easily extended at a future SPECIMENS OF TECHNICAL WORK DONE BY THE BOYS. time ; but for the present accommodation for about one hundred CARPENTRY. scholars, including a number of boarders, has been provided for. ' C. W. Bewsher.—Carved Walnut Smoker 's Cabinet, Carved Pearwood At two o clock about 150 ladies and gentlemen attended Paper Knife, Carved Oak Letter-Rack, Mahogany Bracket, Plain Deal Box. luncheon in the Victoria Eoom s, which were lavishly and A. W. Huskinson.—Carved Walnut Reading Desk, Carved Oak Letter- handsomely decorated. Mr. T. Harland (chairman of the Rack, Carved Pearwood Paper Knife, Plain Deal Drawing Board. governing body) presided , and he was supported by Sir Charles B. H. Good.—Oak Envelope Case, Mahogany Puzzle Box, Carved Oak and Lady Legard, together with several other influential people Book Slide. of the neighbourhood. Among the toasts given on the occasion E. F. Sellentin.—Mahogany Letter-Tray, Oak Chip-Carved Card- was one in honour of " The Freemasons," who were thanked for Tray, Mahogany Watch-Stand (turned), Yew Ring-Stand (turned). the part they had taken in the proceedings of fche day. H. Lord.—Mahogany Letter-Tray, Mahogany Chip-Carved Puzzle Match Box, Oak Picture-Frame, Pearwood Paper Knife. W. Cullis.—Oak Chip-Carved Puzzle Match Box. H. J. Cox.—Inlaid Key-Rack, Oak Letter-Rack, Oak Letter-Tray. T. A. Bott.—Oak Letter-Tray, Picture Frame. A Feature of the Metrop olis. D. Morgan.—Egyptian Watch-Stand, Miniature Deal Book Shelves. H. T. Youens.—Carved Oak Letter-Rack, Oak and Mahogony Letter- Trays, Magic Lantern Slide Box. E. Walker and S. M. Hales.—Oxford Frames. SPIERS _6 POND'S W . L. Dallas.—Mahogany Pipe-Racks. H. Tanner.—Inlaid Card-Tray, Chip-Carved Oak Book Slide. A. E. Blackwell.—Deal Book-Rest. Criterion Restaurant, J. 0. Naysmith.—Mahogany Letter-Tray. Specimen Joints. PICCADILLY CIR CUS, LONDON, W. PRINTING. Various Boys.—Portfolio of Specimens. EAST ROOM. Finest Cuisine, unsurpassed by the B. H. Green, W. Hills, H. Corner.—The Programme. most renowned Parisian Eestaurants. BOOKBINDING. Luncheons, Dinners, and Suppers, W. L. Kemp.—" Familiar Wild Flowers " 5 vols, half purple calf , cloth a la carte and prix fixe. Viennese sides. "Round the Coast," hall green roan, cloth sides. Small Blotter in purple roan. Band. R. H. Evans.—Large Blotter in green roan. H. B. Earl.—Music Portfolios, various. GRAND HALL. Musical Dinner 3/6 per head. S. I. Dowdell.—" Pearson's Magazine," half purple roan, cloth sides. Blotter in purple roan. Accompanied by the Imperial Austrian H. A. Dodds.—" Chambers's Journal," half green roan, cloth sides. Band. Blotter in green roan. A. D. Rogers.—" Windsor Magazine," half maroon roan, cloth sides. Blotter in maroon roan. WEST ROOM. Academy Luncheon 2/6, Diner J. H. Rangeley.— " The Album," and " Album Supplement," half red Parisien 5/-, during both of which roan, cloth sides. A. B. Perkins.—" Album Supplement " and " Round the World ," half the renowned Mandolin Quartette red roan, cloth sides. performs. A. W. Clarke.—" Famous Cricketers," half green roan , cloth sides. Album Supplement," half red roan, cloth sides. BUFFET and Quick service a la carte and GRILL ROOM. moderate prices. Joints in each room STONE -LAYING AT BRIDLINGTON. fresh from the Spit every half-hour. " I lHE people of Bridlington cannot be placed in the category JL of those beings who " want but little here below ; " for they AMERICAN BAR. Service of special American want a great deal, and they generally get it, says the " Yorkshire Dishes, Grills, &c. Daily Post." It is satisfactory to find , however, that while they are doing marvellous things to attract and entertain their visitors, they do not intend to neglect their children. On Tuesday the people witnessed the laying of the foundation stone of a Grammar Splendid Suites of Rooms f or School, which in every respect will be worthy of the name and worthy of the town. The institution may be said to be raised Military and other Dinners. , HOTEL ROM VEAU , STAR & GARTER HOTEL , KEW BR IDGE Golden Square , Regent Street, Brother Capt. W. T. PURKISS, V.D., Proprietor. London, W., The accommodation at this Popular Establishment for Two minutes from Piccadilly Circus. MASONIC LODGES AND CHAPTERS ACCOMMODATION FOR MASONIC MEETINGS. Will be found of the Most Complete and Perfect Character. WINES , SPIRITS & CIGARS OF THE BEST QUALITY . The Lodge Rooms are Commodious and well Appointed. The Banquet Hall G-ood Cuisine. Moderate Charges. will seat over 100 Quests. LEON PETER, Proprietor . The Culinary Arrangements embrace every modern feature. Special Facilities for Wedding Breakfasts, Soirees, Concerts, W H I TT I N GTO N HOTEL, Balls, and Evening Parties, Moor Lane , Moorgate Street, E.C. The Stock of Wines comprises all the Best Known Brands, and will be found in Perfect Condition . EXCELLENT accommodation for Lodge meetings. Banquet Private Rooms for Large or Small Parties. Good Stabling. Room holds over 100 guests. Brethren -wishing for fresh quarters will find every convenience, combined with comfort. Scale of Charges and further particulars on Application. WINES, SPIRITS, and CIGARS of the best quality. The Eooms can be had also for Instruction Lodges The Royal Alfred Lodge, Chiswick Mark Lodge, Loyalty and Charity Lodge, , Suppers, Rose of Denmark Chapter, St. Mary's Chapter, and Royal Alfred Lodge of Concerts, Dinners, &c. Por further particulars apply to Instruction hold their meetings at this Establishment. Bro. George Stevenson, Proprietor. THE CASTLE HOTEL, EAST MOLESEY, Early application is requested. Adjoining Hampton Court Station, J. GROSE , FACING THE RIVER AND PA LACE. HOSIER, CLOVER AND SHIRT MAKER ,

Special Provision for Lodge and other meetings, including ATHLETIC OUTFITTER, BY APPOINTMENT TO THE GERMAN GYMNASTIC SOCIETY, A MASONIC T E M PLE HONOURABLE ARTILLERY COMPANY, &c. with ample Ante-Rooms, Banquet Hal l , and every convenience. VEST— GBOSE'S Skin-tight Buttonless Gymnastic ... 5/6 FIVE LODGES ALREADY MEET HERE. VESTS, buttonless, 1/- , 1/6, 2/-, 2/6. SWEATERS , 2/6, 3/6, 4/6, 5/6, 6/6 TROUSERS in White Flannel ... 6/6, 7/6, 8/6, 10/6, 12/6 , 14/6, 16/6 Ample acepmmodation in the new wing of this old-established and noted SHOBTS ADD __ICKKBBOC_GT?S 1/3, 1/6, 2/6, 3/6, 4/6, 5/6, 8/6 Riverside Hotel for Banquets for any number up to 100. Every convenience SHOES—Canvas , India Rubber Sole 1/6J, 1/ 11, 2/8, 2/6, 2/11, 3(6 for Ladies' Gatherings. Spacious landing to river, whence Steam Lauches SHIRTS in White Flannel or Oxford 2/6, 3/9, 4/6, 6/6 can start. Specimens of Menus, with prices, sent on application. BELTS—6£d, 1/- , 1/6. BLAZERS—4/6, 5/11, 7/6. TWO BILLIARD TABLES. GOOD STABLING ACCOMMODATION. U Old JevOry, Cheapside, London. STEAM LAUNCHES AND SCULLING BOATS J. GROSE is the only ALL-ROUND ATHLETE with Practical provided at the shortest notice. experience supplying the above requisites ; English Leader since Tariff, &c. of Bro. JOHN MAYO, Proprietor. 1870 at the Geman Gymnastic Society, King's Cross. London. Coo perative Cruises and fours , ORGANIZED BY HENRY S. LUNN , M.D., B.Ch., F.R.G.S., CONNOP F. S. PEROWNE. Six Guinea Geneva TO UP , vOtth Extensions to Chamonix and Zermatt. Lectures by Sir Robert Ball, Mr. EdvOard Whymper, and Dr. Lunn. Ten Guinea Oberland and Engadine Tours. Ten Guinea Norwegian Cruises. £21 Cruise to the Northern Capitals, st. Petersbur g, Stockholm, Copenhagen, and Christiania. £3 5s Cycling Tours. £3 5s Scotch Tours. Special Hunting Expeditions, SOMAL1LAND: Elep hant , Rhinoceros, Lion, die. BRITISH COLUMBIA : Bear, Wolf, Moose, Sic. Fishing Expedition , Lap land , Finla nd , Norrtay, and S rteden.

SPECIAL MASONIC CRUISE TO THE HOLY LAND. A Month's Cruise for Twenty-five Guineas, visiting Athens, Constantinople, the Holy Land , and Egypt. Chaplains : ReV. Canon Child, G.C., and ReV. Canon Bullock, P.G.C. Full details, vtiith p lan of the Steamer, from the Secretary, 5 Endsleigh Gardens, London, N.W. THE CYCLIST (the world's recognised GREAT WE STERN RAILWAY. says, authority on Cycling subjects) after CHANNEL ISLANDS, Via WEYMO UTH. an inspection of the best productions QUICKEST AND BEST ROUTE. which could he put forward at the Shortest Sea Passage. Annual Exhibition (Stanley Show), that On Saturdays, 18th and 25th June, Excursions to Guernsey and Jersey for a fortnight or less, -will leave Paddington Station at 9*15 p.m. Beturn Fare, Third Class and After Cabin, 24/6.

Special Fast Excursions will leave Paddington Station as under : Wednesdays, 22nd and .29th June.—To Swindon , Cirencester, ton Chatford, Stroud, Gloucester, Cheltenham, Hereford , Chepstow, Newport, Cardiff, Swansea, &c, for a week or a fortnight, and to ^ee. Shrewsbury, Welshpool, Aberystwyth, Llangollen, Corwen, Bala, Festiniog, Dolgelly, Barmouth, Rhyl, Llandudno , Bettwys-y-Coed, Car- narvon, Llanberis (for Snowdon), &c, for 6, 9, 13 or 16 days. Thursdays, 23rd and SOt h June.—To Weston-super-Mare, Bridgwater, Taunton, Minehead, Lynton, Lynmouth, Barnstaple, llfra- combe, Tiverton , Exeter, Dawlish, Teignmouth, Torquay, Dartmouth, Cyc le, Plymouth, Yealmpfcon , Launoeston, Bodmin, Wadebridge, Newquay, Truro, Falmouth, St. Ives, Penzance, &c, for a week, a fortnight, &o. Friday, 24th June.—To Bath, Bristol, Trowbridge, Frome, Shepton UNDOUBTEDLY TAK E THE PALM.' Mallet, Wells, Yeovil, Bridport, Weymouth (for the Channel Islands), Portland, &c, for a week, a fortnight, &o. , , ¦#¦ ,1- *_..* -lw„.*-*i.*|llta.™.,«i BMlli flt«» ™_~,..«vill»Milll_ *« .. rtilKjtIh-x. Friday Night, 24t h June.—To Exeter, Dawlish, Teignmouth, Torquay, Plymouth, Fowey, Newquay, Truro, Falmouth, St. Ives, Two Prices. Two Qualities. Penzance, &c, for a week, a fortnigh t, &c. ¦¦vl¦ , "«Y'1'F"" ""'^" ->ar-' njv'tiT-' .i^>¦"w^' ¦•¦¦^*lF ¦¦l}il ¦¦™¦¦-l',l«"ll F'¦'"' ¦''' ,lll^,*•>l^" Saturdays, 18t h and 25th June.—To Douglas (Isle of Man) for 3, 8, 10, 15 or 17 days. Cheap Third Class Return Tickets are issued daily by certain Complete Catalogue on application to trains to Windsor 2/6, Burnham Beeches 3/-, Maidenhead 3/-, Henley 3/6, the Sole Manufactures, Goring 6/-, &c. Improved Train Service. Tickets, pamphlets, and Farmhouse and Country Lodging Lists can be obtained at the Company 's Stations and at the usual Receiving Offices. THE BEESTO N CYCLE Co. LTD., COVENTRY. J. L. WILKINSON, General Manager. W. A. MEDLAND THE SPATEN RESTAURANT , <£. (FROM JOHN BARKER AND Co., KENSINGTON), ^ 33 Nettfgate Street, London, E.C. Upholsterer , Chemical Cleaner* Dyer, CHARLES RIEMANN - - - Proprietor. CABINET MAK GRILL AND LINING ROOM. LARGE AND COMMODIOUS ROOMS FOR ER , &c , L ARGE AND SMALL PARTIES. CONTINENTAL AND ENGLISH CUISINE. "THE CELEBRATED MUNICH SPATEN BEER 163 BROADHU RST GARDENS , ON DRAUGHT. WEST HAMPSTEAD , LONDON , N.W. Wines and Cigars of the Finest Quality.

BOOKBINDING in all its branches. Prices on application . Morgan, " Freemason's Chronicle " Office , New Barnet. R UGS (skin or wool) cleaned or dyed and re-mounted. CARPETS taken up, beaten, cleaned, and re-laid. OLD Books and Curiosities relating to Freemasonry or other Secret ORIENTAL CARPETS altered and repaired. Societies wanted. Address, W. W. Morgan, New Barnet. BLINDS and POLES made and fixed. OLD TAPESTRY cleaned and repaired. gPWW^--*l*^-^Wr|**Mi ?siw\Aiw^.*w img BEDSTEADS re-lacquered. QUILTS and BLANKETS cleaned. BEDDING purified and re-made. a^ ^^^^ M^^ a LOOSE COVERS made to order. CURTAINS, DRAPERIES, TABLE COVERS, &C, &C SATUEDAY, 18TH JUNE 1898. cleaned whole, by dry process.

R. M. I. GIRLS. Furniture re-upholstered & repaired. SATUEDAY , 25th inst., will be ex-pupils day at the Girls Removals and Warehousing. School, aud, as usual, the House Committee will be pleased to see as many ex-pupils as can make it convenient to attend, Estimates Free. between the hours of 3 and 8 p.m. The Committee, however, wish to impress upon ex-pupils that the day is set apart for them and them only, and that other visitors are not invited or expected The Freemason 's Chronicle. to attend. A Weekly Record of Masonic I ntelligence. Published every Saturday, Price 3d.

THE FREEMASON'S CHRONICLE will be forwarded direct from the Office , Fleet Works, Bulwer Road, New Barnet , on receipt of R. M. i. B OYS. remittance for the amount. Tuesday next, 21st inst,, Bro. Wm. Short (of the Derby The Terms of Subscription (payable in advance) are— ON Twelve Months, post free ...... £0 13 6 Allcroft Lodge, No. 2168) and friends will give a musical Postal Orders to be made payable to W. W. MORGAN, at the New and miscellaneous entertainment to the pupils of the School , Barnet Office. Cheques crossed " London and South Western Bank." at Wood Green , under the direction of Bro . R. D. Cummings. The doors will be open to friends of the Institution at 2 o'clock , Scale of Charges for Advertisements. the performance to commence at 2*30. Those who have had the Page ...... £10 10 0 Births, Marriages, and Deaths, ls per line. pleasure of being present at previous entertainments by the Brethren of the Derby Allcroft Lodge will no doubt look forward General Advertisements, Trade Announcements, &c., narrow column , 5s with pleasurable anticipation to this further evidence of interest per inch. News column Advertisements ls per line. Special terms for a 1 series of insertions or special positions on application. in the School on the part of Bro. Cummings and his friends. The Eoyal Masonic Institution for Aged Freemasons and BERKSHIRE. Widows was adopted as the Charity to be supported by the Province this year, and Bro. E. F. Moresby-White ( Grantham) THE Prince of Wales having appointed Lord Wantage to the office of Provincial Grand Master of Berkshire, in the and Bro. Shephard (Louth) were re-appointed Charity Stewards. room of the late Duke of Clarence, since whose decease the A committee was appointed to revise the bye-laws. Province has been in charge of Bro. John Morland , M.A., Deputy Bro. Major Smythe P.P.G.M. proposed a resolution Provincial Grand Master, it has been arranged that the installa- expressing regret at the death of the Duke of St. Albans, and tion of Lord Wantage shall take place at the next Provincial this was seconded by Bro. T. Beaulah (Boston) and carried, all Grand Lodge, which will probably be held at Beading in August, the Brethren standing. when a large and influential gathering of members of the Craft is The Provincial Grand Master invested his Officers for the anticipated. ensuing year, as follow : Bro. E. F. Moresby-White ...Senior Warden Wilson . ....Junior Warden Eev. H. S. Fawssett - - - 1 „, , . KENT. Eev. W. Horn - j ChaPla»"- C. M. Nesbitt ....Treasurer THE annual meeting of Provincial Grand Lodge was held at B. Vickers ---- - Secretary Margate, on Wednesday, when Earl Amherst Deputy G. Spilman ....Senior Deacon Grand Master of England Prov.G.M. presided over a T. H. White ....Junior Deacon gathering of B. G. Stone ....Superintendent of Works some 300 Brethren. After the business had been completed a H. Watson - ---- Registrar service was attended at the Parish Church, where a sermon was G. F. Barrell ...- Director of Ceremonies preached by Bev. Bro. Fawssett Prov.G.Chaplain. The service J. Frankish ...- Deput y Dir. of Cers. was followed by a banquet at the Foresters Hall. W. Hill ----- Sword Bearer ' ' W. I_ __1 . . - - - } S^ndard Bearers C. A. Guy ----- Assistant Secretary T. B. Adlard ....Organist Barlow .....Pursuivant LINCOLNSHIRE. T. C. Cook - Assistant Pursuivant W. W. Smith - - - - \ THE Provincial Grand Lodge was held at Louth, under the banner of the Lindsey Lodge, on Thursday, 9th inst., and T. C. Moss ----- was attended by Brethren from each of the twenty-four Ktc noiey : : : : ewarda Lodges in the Province. The members of the Lindsey Lodge, of H. Walker h which Bro. W. J. Shepherd is Worshipful Master, had made J. Cooper - - - - - / elaborate and satisfactory arrangements for the important W. Donner ----- Tyler. gathering, and the meeting was one of the pleasantest and most The Prov.G.Master stated that the Provincial Grand Lodge successful in recent years. The numerous visitors, who arrived was invited to visit Boston and Brigg next year, and having about mid-day, were accorded a hearty welcome, and were most regard to the fact that it was twenty years since the Lodge hospitably entertained. assembled in Brigg he had selected that as the place of the next Provincial Grand Lodge was held in the Town Hall, the meeting. Brethren assembling under their respective banners at half-past In the afternoon the customary banquet was provided in the twelve o'clock. The Provincial Grand Master Lord Yarborough Corn Exchange, the Prov.G.M. presiding. was in his place, and he was supported on the dais by Bro. W. The usual Masonic toasts were honoured.—" Boston Harling Sissons Deputy Provincial G.M., Bro. Major Smyth Independent." P.P.G.M., and a large number of Provincial Officers. The Lodge having been duly opened and the roll called , the Prov. G.M. expressed the gratification be felt at seeing such a The most grotesque ignorance prevails among many large number of Brethren present , and said the meeting was one Roman Catholic priests and laymen as to Freemasonry. I of the largest they had had for some time. He was also glad fancy, however, that much of this ignorance is assumed on to note that every Provincial Officer , with one exception , was the part of the priests, who think it interferes with their present , and said that he appreciated their services most highly. power that there should be any secret not poured into their Ihe present promised to be a busy week for Lincolnshire ears in the confessional . Among the other lies circulated Freemasons. That day they were holding their Provincial Grand among dupes, who have not the mental courage to read or Lodge in one of the prettiest towns in Lincolnshire—a town which was closel to think for themselves, is that Freemasonry is an Atheistic y associated with the names of Smyth , Locock, and and that it has to do with that ancient and Fowler, and which had ever been an active institution, centre of Masonry in loded member of the aristocracy—the devil. The the Province. And on the following day (Friday; many of exp them Grand Lod of Freemasonry in this country has just cut off would be gathered together in London, out of respect to His Boyal ge from its connection the Grand Lodge of Peru, because the Highness the Prince of Wales tbe Most Worshipful Grand Master, in support of that excellent charity, the Masonic Institution for latter has abolished the Bible from the Lodges. The same Boys. In reviewing the events of the year he said that death had action was taken with regard to the Grand Orient of France. removed their Eight Worshi pful Brother the Duke of St. Albans I hope, therefore, that the priests will disseminate no more Prov.G.M. of the neighbouring Province of Nottingham, who was lies about Freemasonry in this country. Many Catholics, a most wise ruler oi the Craft, una a distinguished Freemason, and both in England and in Ireland, have been Freemasons.— who, for many yeai s, held tie high office of Provincial Grand '' Reynolds' Weekly Newspaper." Master of Lincolnshire. He said it was a source of great satisfaction to him to know that the Lodges in the Piovince were in a satisfactory condition , and that the Order in Lincolnshire was The Jubilee Masters' Lodge, which is among the latest steadily growing in strength and in usefulness. In conclusion he to receive the sanction of the Grand Master, will be thanked the Brethren for the sympathy they extended to him on consecrated at the Hotel Cecil, London, on Monday the occasion of the recent calamitous fire at Brocklesby, and afte rnoon, at half-past four. announced that Grand Lodge rank had been conferred on Bros. B. Vickers (Lincoln), W. Dixon (Lincoln), and G. Barrell (Spalding). He personally thanked the W.M., Wardens and "A SPRIG OF ACACIA. " Brethren of the Lindsey Lodge for the careful arrangements they AMID general expresssions of regret the funeral of the late had made for the reception of Provincial Grand Lodge. John Saunders, of Knowle, near Salterton, took place on Bro. B. Vickers Prov.G. Secretary read the reports of the Monday, in the churchyard at East Budleigh. The deceased was various Committees, and Bro. Nesbitt Prov.G. Treasurer well known and highly respected in the neighbourhood , and his presented the accounts, all of which were approved. Bro. death, resulting from a painful internal disorder, at the early age Nesbitt remarked that on every fund there was, as compared of 41, was universally regretted. Bro. Saunders was a prominent with last year, an increase. Bro. E. C. Hallowes P.P.Assist.G. member of the Harmony Lodge, No. 372, and had it not been Secretary (Lincoln), in the absence of Bro. H. Watson Prov.G. for his affliction he would have been installed as W.M. last Eegistrar , who , it was stated , was in Germany, presented the January, but the serious nature of his malady compelled him to Eegister of the Lodges, which showed a membership of 1,208 in decline the honour. Tbe Burial Service was read in an impressive J 897 as against 1,152 in 1896. manner by the Eev. Eees Charles Price, Curate of St. Peter's, Bro. W. H. Sissons read the list of contributions by the Salterton, and the customary Masonic rites were observed at the Lodges to the Centenaiy Festival of the Boys School , which graveside. The deceased was also a member of the local Lodge amounted to between i'l/zOO and £1,300. of Oddfellows, and, in addition to the Masonic Fraternity, a large Bro. _ esbitt was le-elected Ti easmer, and Bros. Norfolk number of the members of that Lodge attended the funeral as a and Swift were elected Auditors * mark of respect and esteem. having been done Bro. Wm. Bussell, a highly respected member of the Craft, LODGE MEETINGS NEXT WEEK. who for some years past has been Grand Treasurer of the Province of Kent, and was last year Assistant Grand Director of Ceremonies of England, Pulle r particulars as to place of meeting of the undermen- explained in detail what had been done. He said the subject of a tioned Lodges are given in the Freemasons ' Calendar Masonic Hall was no novelty to the Freemasons of Gravesend. Many years and Pocket Book (publishe d by Grand Lodge for the ago it was proposed to have one, and the scheme was looked, upon with such benefit of the Chari ty Fund). favour by the Provincial Grand Master, Provincial Secretary, and other Officers , that a considerable sum of money was subscribed for the purpose. A plot of land had been purchased , but there, alas, the scheme, owing to lack Monday. 2019 Crook, Crook of interest and keen opposition of some interested parties, fell through. The 2149 Gordon, Hanley 1506 White H'rse o' K't., HlbrnV.Hl. land was sold , and the money invested so that it would again be available for 2216 Egerton, Swinton the purpose. Since that time tho number of Lodges had increased, and the 77 Freedom , Gravesend 2320 St. Martin, Castleton number of Freemasons had more than doubled. It was therefore considered 236 York, York 2330 St. Lawrence, Pudsey that the present position of the Craft in Gravesend warranted another 248 True Love & Unity, Brixham 2357 Barry, Cadoxton strenuous and serious effort being made to secure the establishment of a 312 Lion, Whitby 2385 Godson, Oldbury Masonic Hall. A tew Brethren interested in the movement had met together, 359 Peace & Harmony, South'pton 2444 Noel , Kingston-on-Thames and had invited the Masters, Wardens, and Secretaries of the various Lodges 466 Merit. Stamford Baron 2448 Bradstow, Broadstairs to assist them—with a result that a Company had been formed, " The 872 Lewis, Whitehaven Gravesend Masonic Hall Company, Limited," and he believed a copy of the 949 Williamson, Monkwearmouth Thursday. prospectus was in the hands of everyone present. They had once more 986 Hesketh, Croston House Committee, Girls School, secured a plot of land , on a very favourable site about equi distant from 1030 Egerton, Heaton Norris 4.30. the three stations, and he thought the scheme looked fair to be accomplished 1146 De Moulham, Swanage at last. No person was making a penny out of the transaction the land 65 Prosperity, Guildhall Tavern , 1199 Ariculture, Yatton QQ filintoon pm* AlKinn would be handed over to the Company at the same price that was given for Twickenham 1238 Gooch. Fulham it , there were no expenses for promotion , &c, but those who had started the 1255 Dundas, Plymouth 858 South Middlesex , . movement wanted to enlist the sympath dalene CafeBoyal y of every Freemason in the town 1337 Anchor, Northallerton 1523 St. Mary Mag , in order that the Hall might be a prosperous , useful, and ornamental addition 1443 Salem, Dawlish 51 Angel, Colchester to the Borough. He could not possibly form any idea of the probable income 1631 St. Andrew, Gorleston 78 Imperial George, Middleton or expenditure, but if it met with proper support it would undoubtedly give 1674 Carodoc, Ehyl 202 Friendship, Devonport a fair return for the money invested. The object of the present meeting was 1814 Worsley, Worsley 346 United Brethren, Blackburn to enable tho Brethren to satisf y their minds as to the objects of the 1833 St. Keyna, Keynsham 410 Grove, Ewell Provisional Committee, to ask any questions relating thereto, and, if satisfied , 2069 Prudence, Leeds 594 Downshire, Liverpool to take up as many shares as they could afford , in order that the building 2074 St. Clare, Landport 787 Beaureper, Belper might be commenced without delay. 2086 Dacre, Stevenage 935 Harmony, Salford Several Brethren took advantage of the opportunity of asking various 2208 Horsa, Bournemouth 1163 Emulation, Birmingham questions, all of which were answered to their satisfaction. 2349 West Lane. Century, Blackpool 1345 Victoria, Eccles Bro. Fred Mitchell then proposed , " That in the opinion of this meeting 2425 Ecclesburne, Duffield 1404 Saint Vincent, Bristol the scheme now put forward for the erection of a Masonic Hall should be 2557 Temperance, Newcastle-on-T. 1418 Fraternity, Stockton-on-Tees adopted, and those present promise their cordial support." This was 1437 Liberty of Havering, Romford seconded by Bro. Whitfield , and carried unanimously. A vote of thanks to b' ht the proceedings Tuesday. 1616 Fr'ndship & Harmony, W'y ge the Chairman broug to a close. 1702 Sub-Urban, Great Stanmore Board of General Purposes, Free- 1705 Prince of Wales, Gosport masons' Hall, at 5. 1817 St. Andrew, Shoeburyness 1339 Stockwell, Camberwell 1971 Ald'shot , Army & Navy, A'shot. PRESENTATION TO COLONEL SACKVILLE WEST . 1695 New Finsbury Park, Via. H'tl. 2101 Bramston Beach, Godalming Tuesday afternoon an emergency meeting of the Bangor Freemasons ON 2191 Anglo-American, Criterion 2184 Boyal Vict. Jubilee, Rainham was held at the Masonic Hall, Bangor,*in which the St. David Lodge, 47 Newstead, Nottingham 2195 Military Jubilee, Dover No. 384, and tbe Royal Leek Lodge, No. 1849 , united for the purpose of , Etruria 223 Charity, Plymouth 2214 Josiah Wedgewood presenting Bro. Colonel the Hon. W. E. Sackville West P.G.W. England and 418 Menturia, Hanley 2215 Anfield, Anfield P.P.G.S.W. North Wales -with an address and jewel on his approaching 432 Abbev. Nuneaton 2261 Armitaee, Milnsbridge departure from the Province. The joint Lodges assembled at half-past four, 667 Alliance, Li', jrpool 2263 St. Leonards , Sheffield there being a very large attendance. Athletic Liverpool 681 Scarsdale, Cuesterfield 2335 Cydling and , After closing, the W.M. of the St. David Lodge Bro. W. M'Kenzie 830 Endeavour, Dukinfield 2375 Hilbre, Hoylake Williams presented Colonel West with the address, which he read, and the Jersey 2462 Clarence, West Hartlepool jewel. In doing so, Bro. Williams expressed the high esteem in which Bro. 958 St. Aubin, Ash 1006 Tregullow, St. Day 2463 Boofle-WUbraham , Knotty West was held by both the Lodges, ancl paid him a high compliment on the 1089 De Shuriand, Sheerness 2474 Hatherton , Walsall work which he had done in Masonry for many years past. The address read as follows : 1225 Hindpool, Barrow-in-Furness Friday. 1424 Brownrigg of Unity, Old B'pton To the Right Worshipful Brother Colonel the Hon. William Edward 1427 Percy, Newcastle-on-Tyne Council Boys " School, Freemasons' Sackville West P.M. P.G.W. Eng. and P.P.G.S.W. Wales. Hall, at 4. 1570 Prince Arthur, Liverpool Bight Honourable Sir and Brother,—We, tbe Worshipful Masters and 1787 Grenville, Buckingham 60 Peace and Harmony, F.H. Wardens, on behalf of the Brethren of St. David's Lodge, No. 334, and Eoyal 1893 Lumlev. Skeimess 2076 Quator Coronati , F'masons'-h. Leek Lodge, No. 1849 , beg to express our deep regret at your departure from 1903 Pr. Ed. Saxe Weimar, P'tsm¦ 'th. Baugor, and the consequent severance of tho very close connection which , Rugeley 36 Glamorgan , Cardiff 1941 St. Augustine 523 John of Gaunt, Leicester has existed between you aud the Masonic body of North Wales during your 2155 Makerfield , Newton-le-Willowi 602 North York Middlesbrough residence among us for tho past twenty years. We desire to place on record 2360 Victoria Southport , appreciation of the valuable advice and ready hel , 761 St. John, Dursley our p which you have at all 2414 Wychwood, Burford times extended to Masonic movements, and of the deep interest you have ldesley 1294 St. Alban, Grimsby furtherance of the princi 2572 Tyldesley, Ty 1644 Alma Mater, Birmingham always taken in the ples of the Order. We pray the Great Architect of the Universe may be pleased to extend to you many years 1712 St. John, Newcastle-on-Tyne in which to enjoy the retirement and rest Wednesday. 1822 St. Quintin, Cowbridee you have so well earned, and we feel convinced that, wherever you may take up your residence, Masonry in Board of Benevolence, F.M.H., 5. 1920 Eurydice, Surbiton the locality will have a true and faithful supporter. 14th 2371 Felix, Felixstowe June 1898. 2 Antiquity, Freemasons'-hall 2415 Tristram, Shildon Bro. Colonel Sackvule West , in. reply, said it was with feelings oi 82 Foundation, Cheltenham very great sorrow that he was about to leave his Masonic and other 220 Harmony, Garston Saturday. friends in Bangor, and it was gratifying to him to find that he had 257 Phcenix, Portsmouth secured the approbation of the Brethren during the time he had resided 724 Derby, Liverpool 1541 Alexandra Palace, Holborn amongst them. He was an old Mason when he came to Bangor, and he 778 Bard of Avon, Hampton Court 2472 Walthamstow, Walthamstow was pleased to find that great progress had been made in Masonry since 1039 St. John, Lichfield 631 Methuen, Taplow that time. They had had the Province of North Wales constituted, 1296 Vale of Brislington, Brislington 1462 Wharncliffe , Penistone new Lodges had been consecrated , and he ventured to say Masonry had 1633 Avon, Manchester 1531 Chislehurst, Chislehurst made a more marked advance during those years than for many years 1756 Kirkdale, Liverpool 1851 Ewell, Kingston preceding. He was deeply grateful for ali the kind things that had been 1760 Leopold, Scarborough 1982 Greenwood , Sutton said of him, and for the beautiful presents made to him, which he should 1967 Beacon Court, New Brompton 2087 Electric, Hampton Court always treasure as mementos of his connection with the Lodges. 1984 Earl of Clarendon, Watford 2460 Ascot. Ascot A banquet was subsequently held at thc Castle Hotel, at which Bro. Colonel Sackville West was the guest. After the usual Loyal and Masonic toasts, his health was proposed in felicitous and eulogistic terms by Bro R. H. Pritchard W.M. of thc Boyal Leek Lodge P.P.G.K. A MASONIC HALL FOR GRAVESEND. IN order to fulfil a long-felt want in this ancient Borough, a public meeting of Freemasons was called at the Town Hall, Gravesend, on Thursday, 9th inst., to explain the action of the Provisional Committee CONTINENTAL SCHISM. appointed to take the necessary steps for establishing a Masonic Hall in the town. rriHE Correspondent of the " Daily Chronicle " telegraphs Alderman Edward C. Paine, J.P., Deputy Mayor, presided, and was I from Eome, under date 12th inst., as follows : •supported by Bros. William Bussell, T. T. Hogg, George Eackstraw, Fredk. A schism has occurred in Italian Mitchell Freemasonry. The , George Masters, William Hawker, Bev. Augustus Jackson, B. 3. Milanese Lodges have separated themselves from Beamish, James A. Whitfield , Surgeon Colonel Prescott , William Gunn , Hy. the Grand Doughty, Arthur Konaldson , William Barlow, C. P. Bowen, T. Gee, J. G. Orient of Eome, and have instituted a separate Grand Lodge. Prevost , J. Gillett, Thos. H. Lygo, J. Axcell, T. A. Mummery, Thos. Smith, The Milanese Grand Orient has also been recognised by the F. W. Martin, George Bayner, A. E. Lockhart, Frank Hitchens, J. Lane, W. Grand Orient of L< ranee. This will xneau , of course H. , that whatever Hedger, Dr. H. T. Sells, Charles Cobham, J. Pettingill, Mark Paton , and its former relatioos to the Fraternity in England a large number of other Brethren , representing the various Lodges and , America, and Chapters, whose names we could not gather. Germany, the Milanese Order will cease to be recognised by thoso Bro. Paine commenced the proceedings by calling upon Bro. J. P. White countries, which have long since had no relations with the the Honorary Secretary, to read the circular convening the meeting. This Grand Orient of France. ROYAL ARCH. REPORTS OE MEETINGS.

§T. LEONARD CHAPTER , No. 1766. we shall be pleased to receive particulars of Masonic CONVOCATION was held at the Great Eastern Hotel, on Wednesday , A when Comp. William Shurmur P.G.Std.Br. presided in the absence of meetings for insertion in our columns, and where desired the M.E.Z. Comp. James Speller , and was assisted by Comps. James Boulton will endeavour to send a representative, to report Lodge or P.A.G.D.C. as H., and William Gower as J. There were also present Comps. other proceedings. S. C. Kaufman I.P.Z., George H. Clark S.E., Arthur Ounnington S.N., C. Batchelor, A. Greenwood , A. A. Barnes, J. Tollworth y, H. Prenton , &c. The Chapter having been formally opened by the Principals, the Companions were admitted, when the minutes of the last convocation were CRAET: PROVINCIAL. read and confirmed. The ballot was taken for the following Brethren as candidates for exaltation :—Bernard Jacob, Herbert Pate, William Dunz, of the St. Leonard SINCERITY LODGE , No. 189. Lodge,- No. 1766 ; Charles Thompson, of the Shurmur Lodge, No. 2374 ; and H. Williamson, of the Old Concord Lodge, No. 172 ; all of whom were AT the monthly meeting, held at the Town Hall, Stonehouse, on approved . Monday, 13th inst., Bro. F. S. Hodge S.W. was unanimously elected Bros. Dunz, Thompson , Pate and Williamson being in attendance were W.M. for the ensuing year. Bro. G. Hawken was re-elected Treasurer. admitted, and regularly exalted to the supreme degree. The ceremony was The Worshipful Master-elect, in returning thanks, said he trusted that rendered by Comp. Shurmur in his most able manner, and doubtless made the confidence of the Brethren would be shown to be justified , and that a due impression upon the candidates. Comp. Clark also acted most the honour of Lodge Sincerity would be untarnished in his keeping. efficiently as the Principal Sojourner. Brother Hawken expressed his willingness to again look after the The lectures were admirably rendered by Comp. Gower, who gave the financial interests of the Lodge, as requested by the Brethren . Historical ; Comp. Boulton , who delivered the Symbolical ; and Comp. It was resolved to apply to the Provineial Grand Master Sir Stafford Shurmur, who explained the'Mystical portions of the Degree. Northcote, to grant a dispensation so that the installation could be There being no other business, the Chapter was closed, and the postponed until the third Monday in the ensuing month. The banquet Companions adjourned to dinner. is to be held at the Duke of Cornwall Hotel. Although Comp. Speller was unable to be present, he was not unmindful of his duties as M.E.Z., and provided an excellent musical entertainment, which was arranged by Comp. Prenton. RURAL PHILANTHROPIC LODGE, No. 291.

KJ KJ U the monthly meeting, held at tho Bailway Hotel, Highbridge, on AT Friday, 10th inst., Bro. F. W. Bishop S.W., of Bridgwater, was unanimously chosen W.M. for the ensuing year, as successor to Brother J. MARK MASONRY. Burnett. Bro. T. Floyd Norris was appointed Treasurer. —: o :— ooo FORTITUDE LODGE, No. 78. BENEVOLENCE LODGE THE installation meeting was held on Tuesday , 7th inst., at Truro, when , No. 666. Bro. E. Benney was placed in the chair and subsequently appointed the THE annual election meeting took place at Princetown , Dartmoor, on Officers for the year. Bro. W. J. Johns Treasurer of the Lodge was warmly Wednesday, Sth inst., when Brother James Clift S.W. was unanimously congratulated on the honour conferred on him by the Grand Master, in the chosen as W.M., with Bros. Stapledon and Barrington Treasurer and Tyler appointment to the office of Grand Standard Bearer of England. respectively. The installation meeting will take place on the 13th proximo, and will be followed by a banquet at the Duchy Hotel. V \ IMPORTANT.—Pleaseis note that A. JUGLA'S \ Trad mark as f^y :Lrf \ e under *.— HIGH PEAK LODGE, No. 1952. GOLD M£D THE annual festival was celebrated at the Town Hall, Chapel-en-le-Fritb , »^\ 4 on Monday, 13th inst., when Bro. W. Hobson was installed W.M. for ^ / "7 ° x? the year, and the assistan t Officers were appointed.

JOSIAH WEDGWOOD LODGE, No. 2214. Thursday, 9th inst., the members, with their wives and friends, had a ON most enjoyable outing to Chester, and Eaton Hall. The party, which E/ ll ALFRED JUGLA—(a candidate) . numbered about a hundred , on arriving at the ancient city, were met by a A well-known electioneering agent writes as follows number of brakes, in which they drove through Chester to the Bed Lion :— "A. JUGLA Hotel for luncheon. Afterwards they proceeded by way of the suspension heads the poll a long way as the best man in London for perfectly fitting genuine Kid Gloves, and my wife declares that his black bridge, crossing Queen's Park to Ecclestone Ferry, where the boat " Ontario " gloves are the was specially chartered for the river trip to Eaton. All aboard , the party were only really black gloves to be had in London ; the others are black and white, or so badly dyed that they stain the hand like ink. photographed. The weather was all that could be desired , and the journey was much enjoyed to the Heron Bridge—some two miles from Eaton . Here an unfortunate mishap occurred. A valve of the engine refused to act and HIGHLY FINISHED PERFECT FITTING SHIRTS , made to measure or ready further progress was impeded for half-an-bour. Eventually the party landed made. and walked through the Duke of Westminster's estate to the Hall, the various departments of which were inspected. The return journey was made GLOVES TO MEASURE OR FROM STOCK , if by the doz. or doz. subject to a discount via the Paddocks, the main entrance, and Chester Castle, and dinner was \ of 6/- per dozen. partaken of at the Bed Lion. Chester was left in three specially provided saloons at 7*30, the day's proceedings having been quite successful. A. JU GLA , 24 Coventry St., London, W.O. LONDON WATERPROOFIN G COMPA NY , METROPOLITAN. 133 MINORIES, ALDGATE J Ul ALL SAINTS LODGE, No. 1716. MEETING of this flourishing Lodge was held at the Lodge room, The Visitors included Bros. W. T. Legg P.M. 898, W. Boyce P.M. 1679, F. G. Pacey 174, J. J. Olley W.M. 2511, E. C. Collins P.G.W. Hants. CLARENCE AND AVONDALE LODGE , No. 2411. P.M. 903, A. Arrowsmitb P.M. 733, George Etheridge P.M. 554, Henry Tuesday, at 8 o'clock, at Bro. E. W. Greenwood's, the Masonic Hall Cawley 1421, F. Thornton J.W. 1805 , William W. Ives S.W. 2615, Hendy ON and Red Lion Hotel, Leytonstone, Bro. Samuel Fennell W.M. of the Bunleh 2444, J. Day P.M. 212, Fred R. H. Gooch P.M. 781, Arthur Dickson Mother Lodge in the ohair of K.S., assisted by Bros. J. Davey S.W., T. Blyth 898, W. Kearton S.D. 209, B. Mills J.D. 209, Malcolm Boyle 209. J.W., B. Stewart P.M. Preceptor, E. Greenwood Treasurer, Sidney Vernon Secretary, J. Oxley P.M. S.D., W. Gernon J.D., T.Barnes I.G., J. West P.M., A. P. Bebrouth P.M., J. Linton, G. Tbody, J. Wynman, and others. CHRISTOPHER LODGE No. 2309. Bros. West and Thody were examined as candidates for the second , degree, and that ceremony was rehearsed. The W.M. resumed the Lodge 11th inst., the annual installation was celebrated at Bro. ON Saturday, to the first degree, and then vacated the chair in favour of Bro. Oxley, who Page's Christopher Hotel, Eton, when Bro. Kirkham installed Bro. _. examined Bro. Thody as a Fellow Craft, and afterwards went through the J. Manlove as his successor in the chair, and that Brother appointed the third ceremony with him as the candidate. The work was well performed in following as the Assistant Officers of the year : Bros. Everard S.W., Layton each case. J.W., Jackson S.D., Blom J.D., Whiteman I.G., F. M. Bidley Steward. This Lodge of Instruction meets every Tuesday, at the magnificent The ceremony of installation was completed by the delivery of the Masonic Hall, at Leytonstone, at 8 o'clock, and with Bro. Stewart P.M. ably addresses, given by Bro. Kirkham in a most impressive manner, and highly filling the duties of Preceptor should be a favourite in the neighbourhood, as appreciated by all present. Other business was transacted, and the Lodge he is well qualified to teach the ritual, and takes considerable pains with the was closed, the Brethren adjourning to the banquet room. Brethren who place themselves under his care. The dinner was served under the personal supervision of Bro. Page, who was warmly complimented on the excellence of the repast. After the usual Loyal toasts Bro. Kirkham assumed the gavel, for the purpose of performing what was to him a very pleasant duty, to propose COMMEMORATION LODGE, No. 2663. the health of the W.M. The way in which Bro. Manlove had performed his THIS Lodge, which meets at Bro. C. Holland's Star and Garter Hotel, duties in the chair convinced him he would make a perfect ruler of the Lodge. Arbour Square, Commercial Road, held their first annual supper on He wished him a prosperous year of office. Monday evening, 6th inst., when a very representative gathering assembled The W.M. was heartily received on rising to respond. He sincerely and did full justice to the excellent fare provided by the genial host. The thanked the I.P.M. for his very kind remarks, and promised to do everything chair was occupied by the W.M. of the Commemoration Lodge Bro. Hubbard, in his power to make the Lodge even more prosperous than it had hitherto supported by the Preceptor Bro. DeCasseres P.M. 1349 in the vice-chair. been . He hoped his efforts would be crowned with success. He was very The proceedings were most enjoyable, and the usual Loyal and Masonic proud of his position in the Lodge, and trusted he should receive the same toasts were duly proposed and heartily drunk. The toasts were interspersed support from the Officers as had been accorded his predecessor. with songs, &o. The next duty which devolved upon the W.M. was a most pleasant one— being the presentation to their Immediate Past Master of a Past Master's jewel of the Lodge. The gift had been well earned, and the members hoped Bro. Kirkham would live for very many years to wear it. Garrick.—Owing to the indifferent state of Mr. William Gillette's The Immediate Past Master, in reply, sincerely thanked the W.M. for health, a short rest before resuming his American engagements in August is his very kind toast, and the Brethren most heartily for the way in which they absolutely necessary, his season therefore with Mr. Brickwell at this Theatre, had honoured it. He had always endeavoured to do his duty in tha Lodge, will terminate after the performance of " Too much Johnson " on Tuesday and the handsome jewel they had just been good enough to present him went evening, 28th inst. On the following evening (Wednesday, 29th) will be to prove that he had given satisfaction . Whenever it lay in his power to presented " Sue," the play by Messrs Bret Harte and T. Edgar Pemberton , render any assistance to the Lodge he should be delighted to be called upon . adapted from Mr. Harte's story " The Judgment of Bolinas Plain," which He concluded with a hearty expression of thanks to the Brethren who had was produced here with such conspicuous success on Friday afternoon of last helped him as Officers during the year, and the members generally for the week. Following on " Sue " will be " Tresa," by Mr. George Pleydell support they had rendered. Bancroft, which was successfully produced at Camberwell and Birmingham The Tyler's toast concluded the proceedings. by Mr. Albert Mayer, and for which the original cast have been engaged, including Mr. Arthur Bourchier and Miss Violet Vanbrugh. Mr. Leo Trevor's play, which was lately copyrighted under the title of " Brother Officers ," and for which a powerful company has already been engaged, will INSTRUCTION. succeed " Tresa," whenever it is found necessary to withdraw that piece. ST. MICHAEL LODGE, No. 211. Monday, at Bro. C. H. Gates's, Richmond Boad, Shepherds Bush, W., ON the Brethren assembled in strong force to witness the working of the first part of the fifteen sections. The chair was occupied by Bro. G. E. The first summer outing of the Duke of Fife Lodge, Higgenson P.M. 1791 as W.M., who was assisted by Bros. J. Knight S.W., F. No. 2345 (to which Ladies are invited) will take place on Craggs P.M. J.W., B. H. Williams P.M. Preceptor, F. Johnson Treasurer, C. Wednesday, 29th inst. under the presidency of Bro. Thos. C. Barber J.W. 1585 Secretary, T. Jobson S.D., F. Webb J.D., T. Ridgway Morris W.M. The Brethren and friends will assemble at I.G., J. R. Hubbard P.P.J.G.D., E. Kirkham P.M. 2309, W. Hide P.M. 1275, R. Josey P.M. 1828, Fred Payne, W. Cave, H. Williams, Cordiss, P. Prior, E. Clapham Junction (No. 4 Platform) at 8 a.m. punctually, H. Hart, A. Bray, E. Cleave, F. Ridley, J. Turner, J. Wynman, and several and proceed by train to Windsor, thence per steam launch others, in all about sixty. to Crown Hotel, Great Marlow, where dinner will be served The first four sections were worked by Bros. W. R. Carpenter S.W. 2150, W. Hide P.M. 1275, W. T. Ridgway 1275, and R. W. Williams P.M., at 2 p.m. ; leaving 4*30 p.m. on return journey, calling at and then the Lodge was called off. On resuming, Bro. Jobson worked the Ferry Hotel, Cookham, for tea, and reaching Windsor in fifth section, in place of Bro. Wood , who was unavoidably prevented from time for the 0/30 p.m. train to Clapham Junction. The attending ; while Bros. Reid W.M.-elect 1275 and A. G. Wedmore S.D. 1791 tickets will be 6d each (exclusive of wine, &c), to completed the series. 17s We compliment the Brethren engaged in the work on the knowledge include train, launch, light refreshments on board, dinner, they displayed , their working being most perfect. If any special praise is to and tea. Brethren are requested to make application for be awarded it must be given to Bro. Ridgway, who worked the third section tickets to the Secretary (Bro. J. W. Folkard P.M. P.Z., 10 without a, hitch, although he has only been a Master Mason about four months. Lavender Sweep, S.W.), not later than Wednesday, 22nd Several of the visitors were elected as members of the Lodge. inst., in order that the necessary arrangements to ensure The remaining sections will be worked on Monday next, at 8 o'clock, their comfort may be completed. Brethren may invite friends and Brethren wishing for a real Masonic treat are strongly advised to visit who are not Masons. The W.M. and Committee rely on the Lodge on that occasion. the cordial support and co-operation of the Brethren to make the outing a success. ROYAL ALFRED LODGE, No. 780. ON Thursday , 9th inst., at the Star and Garter Hotel, Kew Bridge, Bro. Justin Allen W.M., J. W. Blaydes S.W., H. T. Johnson J.W., R. H. Williams Preceptor, J. H. Gumming Sec, E. H. Wilcox S.D., R. W. Robin- A very pleasant summer outing has been arranged by son J.D., A. E. Furness I.G., F. J. Cross, F. M. Ridley, W. T. Ridgway. the members of La Tolerance Lodge, No. 538, and should Lodge was opened to the second degree, and Bro. Ridley answered the the weather prove propitous, a most enjoyable day will be questions leading to the third, which ceremony was rehearsed. ensured. The party will leave Paddington at 10*48 a.m. by Lodge -was reduced to the first degree, and called off and on. 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