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CONTENTS. THE APRIL SCHOOL ELECTIONS. L EADERS— PAGE Our Diamond Jubilee Commemoration Number ... ... ... 131 The voting papers for the School Elections , which will bc The April School Elections ... ... ... ... ... 131 held on the second Thursday Consecration of the Alleyn Lodge, No. 2647 ... _ ... ... ... 132 and Friday in A pril , rcspectivelv , Red Cross of Roman and Constantine—Grand Imperial Conclave ... ... 133 have been issued , and we are in a posit ion to furnish such Centenary Meeting of the Lodge of Stability, No. 217 ... ... ... _r* 133 Re-Opening of the Masonic Rooms in Rochdale ... ... ... 135 general information as to the numbers and distribution of the Ladies' Night at the Finsbury Park Lodge, No. 1288 ... ... ... 135 Masonic Conversazione in Bournemouth ... ... ... ... 136 candidates, and the vacancies which will bc filled up in the two Conversazione of the Waterloo Union Lodge, No. 13 ... ... ... 13C Schools. For the election inlo fhe Consec ration of the Chaloner Lodge, No. 2644 ... ... ... *'• 137 Mark Masonry ... ... ... ... ... ... J 137 Royal Ark Mariners ... ... ... ... ... ... 137 R OYAL M ASONIC I NSTITUTION FOR G IRLS , Sec ret Monitor ... ... ... ... ... ... 137 MASONIC NOTES— which will be held in Freemasons' Tavern , at the close of the Girls' and Boys' School Examinations .. ... ... ... 139 ordinary business of the Quarterl y General Court of Governors Masonic Vagrant ... ... ... ... ... ... 139 Correspondence ... ... ... ... ... ... 140 and Subscribers, on Thursday the <STh prox., there are 20 candi- Masonic Notes and Queries ... ... ... ... ... 140 dates, of whom the lirst six were unsuccessful in October last Reviews ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 140 Craft Masonry ... ... ... ... ... ... 140 and bring forward the votes they then obtained , and the re- Royal Arch ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 143 have; Our Portrait Gallery ... _ ... ... ... ... ... 143 maining 23 had their claims approved and placed on the Royal Ma sonic Benevolent Institution ... ... ... ... 144 list during the last six months. The vacancies are 20 so lhat The Recent Festival of Ihe Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution ... ... 141 . Lodges and Chanter of Instruction... ... ... ... ... 144 each of the candidates , but more particularl y (hose who enter Ancient and Accepted Rite ... ... ... ... ... 144 Masonic and General Tidings ... ... ... ... ... 140 upon tin* poll with a goodly array of votes to their credit , has a fair chance of winning a place, and as there are four Inst cases , OUB DIAMOND JUBILEE COMMEMORATION there is every reason to hope that these will receive such an amount of support as will secure (hem from ihe unhappy lot of NUMBER. being sent empty away. The candidates are distributed between For some time past the public mind lias , been engaged in con- town and country as follows : London is responsible lor live and sidering how most fittingl y' to commemorate the completion of has a part interest with the Province ol" Surrey in earning the thc 60th year of tlie Q UEEN 'S reign. So far, only two schemes election oi' a sixth , the remaining 23 being Provincial. The live have been sanctioned , one—the thanksgiving service at St. London girls are placed at Nos. 4, 12 , 17, 21 , and 22 , the lirst Paul' s Cathedral , which her Majesty will attend in State—being mentioned having been a candidate at the election in October , national ; and the other—the Prince of WALES 'S Hosp ital Fund 1S96, when she had the good fortune to poll 16117 vo,('s i which for London—being Metropolitan. But it is probable that every will be ol" essential service lo her mi (his occasion , more town in the United Kingdom , and every society and institution , especiall y as this is her last chance of winnin g admission into but more especially those which minister to the needs of the the School. The London-Surrey g irl at No. 1 is also a candi- poorer classes, will adopt its own method of celebrating this auspi- date for tin* last time , but as she brings forward 2711*) voles from cious event. What the Masons throughout the Empire may decide last October , it will be exceedingl y hard lines indeed if she does upon doing is as yet unknown , but there can be little doubt that not succeed in finding a place among the successful at the ap- a Society whose watchwords are " Loyalty " and " Charity, " proaching contest. As regards the 23 girls from (I K * Provinces, will be equally forward with the rest of their fellow-subjects of four of them , who are all new to election experiences, and rank her Majesty in rendering honour to a lady whose reign, of un- in thc list as Nos. 9, 14, 20, and 25, are furnished by West York- precedented length, has at the same time been one of unpre- shire, No. 20 being a last case ; Gloucestershire is responsible cedented progress and prosperity. But though we cannot utter for Nos. 7 and 15, and the Western Division of South Wales what we do not know as regards the form which any Special for No. 2, who has already 204 1 voles lo her credit from last Masonic Commemoration of the Diamond Jubilee that may ulti- October, and No. 11. The other 15 Provincials are distributed mately be decided upon mayassume, we take an early opportunity singly among the following Provinces , or groups of Provinces , of announcing our intention of publishing a special number, to namely: Surrey (No. 3) ; Warwickshire (No. 5) ; North Wales be called " The Royal Diamond Jubilee Commemoration and South Wales (W.D.) (No. 6); Cornwall (No. 8); Middlesex Number," on similar lines to that which we issued in 188 7 in (No. 10) ; West Lancashire (No. 13) ; North Wales (No. 18) ; commemoration of the QUEEN 'S Jubilee. Tlie contents will Northants and Hunts (No. 19) ; Oxfordshire (No. 23) ; Cam- include a review of Freemasonry in the United Kingdom , from bridgeshire (No. 24) ; Kent (No. 26) ; Staffordshire (No. 27) ; 188 7 to 1897, in continuation of the similar review from 1S37 to Berkshire (No. 28) ; Lincolnshire , N. and K. Yorkshire , Surrey, 1887, which appeared in the Jubilee year ; and as the Q UEEN 'S and Staffordshire (No. 29) ; and the District of Bengal (No. 16) Family has been so closely connected with the Craft during the The only remark we are called upon to make in respect to any past 160 years, there will also be an article entitled " Royalty one of these cases is that the Staffordshire girl (No. 27) has but and Freemasonry," in which Masonic particulars will be given this one chance of being admitted , and it will behove her friends of all those members of the Royal Family who hav e been mem- and supporters to work their hardest in order to ensure her admis- bers of our Order. In addition , there will be articles by Bro. sion. Taking the candidates collectivel y, we note that 23 of them W. J. HUGHAN and other eminent Masonic writers, the whole are fatherless, three have lost both parents , and three have both being profusely and appropriatel y illustrated. Wc shall spare parents living. In by far the largest number of cases the father no pains in order to make this number worthy of the Cra ft and was a subscribing member of a lodge, or lod ges for 10 6f our own reputation as its representative organ , and we trust years and upwards, and in three cases for upwards of 20 years, that at least an equal measure of success will attend this as at- while in about one-fourth of them he had been a supporter of, tended the previous Special numbers we have published. or had acted as Steward for , one or more of our Institutions , Additional particulars will be found on page 14 6. Many of them also had worthil y filled oflice in lodges and Prov Grand Lodge. Such arc the leading circumstances connected No. 57 (Worcestershire) . It is a long list, and seeing that there with the Girls' School candidates, so far as they are disclosed by are only 21 vacancies to be competed for, the struggle for the lists appended to the voting papers. places is likely to be a very keen one. Of the whole 60 boys The Quarterl y General Court of the Governors and Sub- there are 51 who are fatherless, one who is motherless, ancl whose scribers of the father is a lunatic , four who have lost both parents, and four who R OYAL M ASONIC I NSTITUTION FOR BOYS have both parents living. In only a very small proportion of the will be held at Freemasons' Tavern , on Friday, tlie 9th April , cases was the father able in his life to" assist our Institutions, and as soon as the ordinary business of the Court has been either by donations or by acting as a Steward at one or more transacted, or at the very* latest at 1 p.m., a poll will be opened Festivals, but there are several who had held high office in for the election of 21 from a list of 60 candidates, of whom lodges or Provincial Grand Lodge, and some who were members 28 remain over from the election in October, 1896, and the of two or more lodges. A large proportion of them were remaining 32 have had their claims accepted and their names subscribing members for less than 10 years. placed on the list during the last six months. These 60 boys As usual, we conclude these remarks by appealing earnestly to are distributed in the manner following as between London on all those lodges and brethren who are not committed to the sup- the one hand and the Provinces and a District Abroad. London port of particular candidates, to give their votes and influence sends up 19 candidates of its own and has a j oint interest with to those children who will be shut out from the benefits of one of the Provinces in each of three other cases.