not too much to hope that the work of erecting the new THE QUARTERLY COURTS. School might be well started upon, even if not completed, THE Quarterly Courts of the two Institutions are to be before the celebration actually occurs. We think it would held next week, that in connection with the Girls be much better to let the new School be opened as a part School on Thursday, and that of the Boys School the following of the Centenary scheme than that the laying of its Foundation day, the business to be transacted, in addition to the half- Stone should be associated with so important an event, but yearly elections, being of a formal character in the one case we must not be too hasty, as of course there is much to be and of a special nature in the other, for a proposition will accomplished before the work can be started upon—the first be submitted to the Governors and Subscribers of the Boys and all important step being the carrying of the proposition Institution to allow of the purchase of a site and the erection to be submitted by Bro. Eichard Eve to the Quarterly Court of a new School thereon, and the disposal of the existing on Friday next. We wish him a full attendance of Governors property at Wood Green to the best advantage, an arrange- and others interested, and the unanimous vote of the company ment which we hope will be agreed to and entered upon with in the great work he and his fellow workers on the School the greatest enthusiasm, as we believe that with proper have now fairly set themselves to accomplish. management the change will prove particularly beneficial , and one of the most important events in the history of the School in modern times. Lord Llangattock Provincial Grand Master of the Eastern Division of South Wales, has given the Vicar, the Eev. G. Guise In the case of the Girls School twenty-four children are Lewis, another £100 towards the completion of the restoration to be elected, from a list of thirty-one approved candidates, so of the ancient Abbey Church of Llanthoney, Monmouthshire. that, in a manner of speaking, the struggle here will be somewhat lacking in excitement, although we anticipate the supporters of some of the weaker candidates will use every As recorded elsewhere, the Bromley St. Leonard Lodge, No. 1805, has decided to remove its quarters to the Bow effort in their power to take advantage of the exceptionally Bells, Bow Road, where the next meeting of the Lodge will favourable conditions of the coming contest, conditions which, be held on Wednesday, 22nd inst., under the presidency of it is fair to imagine, are not likely to be of frequent occurence Bro. C. J. E. Tijou P.A.G.P. of England. in the future. The Boys School, however, presents a different aspect, for We are pleased to learn that the Duke of Devonshire, K.G., with fifty candidates to go to the poll , there are but twenty- has fixed Wednesday, 24th June, for the ninety-eighth Anniversary eight vacancies to be filled , allowing for the admission of Festival of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys, over which upwards of one half of the candidates, which, though far His Grace will preside. The Secretary, Brother McLeod, will be glad to receive names of Brethren as Stewards, the number at short of what is to be done in the case of the Girls School, the present time falling far short of the requirements of the is eminently satisfactory, and shows a healthy state of affairs Institution. in connection with the Institution. Other matters that will require the attention of the Boys The Provincial Grand Mastership of Devonshire, vacant by Court are the election of a Treasurer for the ensuing twelve the resignation of Viscount Ebrington , has been filled by the months, the election of twelve members of the Council, and Grand Master by the appointment of Sir Stafford Northeote, M.P., the Brother who has held the office of Provincial Grand the filling up of vacancies on the Board of Management, all Mark Master since the beginning of 1890, and the one which of which items will really sink into insignificance before the rumour designated as the new ruler of the Craft in the Province proposal to be submitted by Bro. Eichard Eve, as Chairman as soon as Lord Ebrington announced his retirement. of the Board of Management, in regard to the purchase of a new site and the erection of a new School, with greater Amongst curious occupations, that of " Masonic tutor " is conveniences than at present surround the property owned by one but little known to the general bod y even of the the Institution at Wood Green. educated public, and yet both in London and the Provinces there are rnauy gentlemen who gain a handsome living b We have already said we hope this proposal will be carried y it. To understand this occupation rightly, it must be said with acclamation, and we take this early opportunity of (writes a Mason) that many people who have become congratulating the Board of Management on the decision they Freemasons are so impregnated with enthusiasm in the cause that they ire to attain hi have arrived at to seek the sanction of the Subscribers to a plan asp gh honours as office-bearers and masters in the Craft, and to these a Masonic tutor—who is of immediate action , which course we deem to be far preferable thoroughly posted in all the forms and ceremonies of Masonry to allowing the question to stand over until the celebration of and in its literature and history—-is invaluable. Then, again , the Centenary, with which event the proposal of re-building has in the case of Masons who have all the enthusiasm but little of the time to master the intricacies of the Craft , a read y tufco ;- is of generally been associated by those who think with us that an the greatest convenience. These tutors are, of course, members early removal is both desirable and necessary. held in high esteem by their Masonic Brethren , though We have yet two clear years before the Centenary frequently they are men whose success in other directions has not been altogether in accordance with their own merits, and, celebration, and as, in all probability, the officials of the being thorough Masons, they are recommended as tutors.— Institution have made some preparation for the change, it is " Eastern Daily Press." of the vernal equinox also coincided with that same Tauri star, and gave it THE GREAT PYRAMID , for the time extraordinary chronological super-eminence over all others." Taking then for granted that the date of erection is astronomically fixed BY BRO . J OHN CHAPMAN, F.R.M.S., P.PBOV.G.D. DEVON. by the then polar star, a Draconis, and having shown that the still more important constellation, the Pleiades, at the same moment indicated the (Continued from page 155.; angle of the Grand Gallery, we must conclude that these star pointings had THE HISTORIC TESTIMONY OF THE GREAT PYRAMID. a closer connection with the chronological scale of the Great Pyramid than is generally admitted. HAVING treated upon the Scientific revelations of the Great Pyramid, and finding its solutions of the various problems worked out with a We have already alluded to the Messianic lines, that are so exquisitely mathematical nicety which cannot be improved, we will now proceed with its cut in the wall of the entrance passage, 357 inches from the opening ; but, Historic pointing. The computing of Bible dates, according to the efforts of before dealing with these lines, let us note the fact that this part of the wall distinguished chronologers, indicate very great uncertainty. It is true that is composed of blocks of stone constructed in two rows, that have suggested the late researches in this interesting field of labour have proved highly to some the idea of the doubling of the space, as a measuring record. Let satisfactory, but the chain of evidence is far from complete. The Assyrian us leave this until more light is evolved, seeing that it terminates before the explorations have revealed facts that have corrected some of the fallacious block of stone that precedes the Messianic line, and which will form the dates that have been given ; a careful examination, however, of several of point for many of the date measurements. The mean transverse height of these charts (by able authors) will lead us to the conclusion that they have not this passage being only some forty-seven inches, and the breadth forty-one yet obtained satisfactory data on which to establish a perfect chronology. The inches, we shall not have too much space in which to adjust the instruments monumental records of both Egypt and Assyria have been carefully placed for computing the various angles and distances ; but, with the exercise of a before the student, to enable him, as far as they go, to spell out the facts of little patience, the circumscribed area will undoubtedly yield its time- Biblical history. Mr. W. Rowbottom has contributed a very interesting work recording scale. Having, then, disposed for the present of the indications of on this subject, entitled " The Mystery of the Bible Dates solved by the Great the first 357 inches of this passage, we now come to the important lines Pyramid," which is well worth perusing. Mr. Rowbottom says what must known as Messianic, at which we fix the date of the birth of Abram.