Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.

the motion , with the above addition , was carried . Bro . 0 . H . Webb ' s motion : — " That Law No . 71 ( empowering the Committee to make grants not exceeding £ 10 in each case , in aid of Boy 3 after obtaining engagements ) be rescinded , "

received careful attention . Bro . Binckes explained how it was that these grants had become so general , and urged how desirable it was that the Graft generally should do all it could to advance their old pupils in their battle with life .

A great deal in this regard he anticipated would be the result of the " Old Masonians' Association , " which organisation was becoming very popular amongst the " old boys . " Several other brethren spoke to the question , and

as a result the proposal was negatived . The proposed amendment to Law 55 was deferred . The name of a candidate having been removed from the list , in consequence of an improvement in his circumstances , and an additional

vacancy having been caused by the removal from the School of a boy who is to be educated at Harrow , the number of candidates for next election was declared as 76 , and the number of vacancies to be filled 21 . A vote of thanks to the Chairman concluded the proceedings .

ROYAL MASONIO INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS .

rjiHE Quarterly General Court of the Governors and - ** Subscribers of this Institution was held on Saturday , 28 th ult ., at Freemasons' Hall , London , under the presidency of Bro . Horace Brooks Marshall , J . P ., P . G . Treas . Among those present were Bros . Ralph Clutton , George

Cooper , E . Letchworth , H . Massey , C . H . Webb , C . J . Perceval , W . Watkins , A . E . Gladwell , Peter de Lande Long , W . E . Hollingum , C . Stratford , Thos . Fenn , Wm . Russell , W . P . Masters , and P . R . W . Hedges Secretary .

After the reading and confirmation of the minutes , and the reading of the minutes of General and House Committees for information , the list of candidates for the election of October next was settled—64 candidates with

9 vacancies . Bro . B . Letchworth P . G . D . then , for

Bro . Prank Richardson P . G . D ., moved : — " That a gratuity of £ 25 bo made to Miss M . P . Goodridge , Assistant Governess , on her ret ' -ement from the School , for the puipoie of be ng mairied . " The motion was carried , with two dissentients .

Bro . W . Russell , for Bro . J . Smith Eastes P . G . D D . P . G . M . Kent ,

moved—That tho COIUG accept the sum of One Thousand . Guineas from the Prov ' nce of Kent in commemoration of the Centenary of the Institution , for the purchase of a perpetual presentation of one Girl to the School , to be called the ' Jubilee ' Presentation , tho right of sach presentation

being ve'ted in the PVovmcial Grand Alaslor of Kent for the time being , or other duly authorised person , in accordance with an a < - 'cement similar to those pro \ Id- ' lg for presentations from West Yorkshire to this Institution . "

Bro . C . H . Webb seconded the motion , which was put , and carried unanimously . Bro . C . J . Perceval , Vice-President , moved : — ' * That tho following addition be made to Law LV . af r the word i- ' voHiood in tho sixth " no , viz .. — ' In any of which cases the Father must have been a subscribing Member of a Lodge for Three years . "

Bro . Perceval said he brought this motion forward for this reason . At the last election a girl was returned at the head of the poll whose father had not been in Masonry three months , and had not taken his third degree . When he saw such a case overriding those of

girls whose fathers had been sixteen-and-a-half years in Masonry , thirteen years , and twenty years , who had been doing good service to Masonry if length of service gave a claim , then a child whose father had done nothing , and had not even taken his Third Degree , had no claim . If the

father had been taken away by death , and not done any good thing for Masonry , that was another matter ; they could not hel p that ; he had not had it in his power to do anything ; but he thought the benefits of the Institution should not be given to children whose fathers had

been so short a time in Masonry . After considerable discussion the motion was put and carried . The brethren then adopted Bro . Fenn ' s advice to keep the funds which were invested in Consols in that security . To adopt tho

Chancellor of tho Exchequer ' s Conversion Scheme would bo a loss to the Institution of £ 500 . The brethren afterwards considered the plans of the new buildings , as explained b y Bro . Clutton . A vote of thanks to the ^ hairamn closed the proceedings .

Mrs . Stirling has written a characteristic prefaco l ' or tho fourth odition of Robert Overton's " Queer Fish , " about to bo isauod by Mesars . Deuu and Bon .

Supreme Grand Chapter.

SUPREME GRAND CHAPTER .

THE Quarterly Convocation of Grand Chapter was held at Freemasons' Hall , on Wednesday . Among those present were Comps . Rev . H . Adair Pickard , Grand Superintendent Oxfordshire , who acted as M . E . Z ., Thomas Fenn as H ., Baron de Ferrieres as J ., Col . Shadwell

H . Clerke S . E ., John M . Case as S . N ., James Glaisher as P . S ., Samuel Pope as 1 st Assistant , J . A . Lloyd 2 nd Assistant , F . Richardson D . C , W . A . Barrett Org . Grand Chapter having been regularly opened and the minutes

confirmed , the report of the Committee of General Purposes , which was taken as read , and which appeared in our last issue , was received and ordered to be entered on the minutes . The whole of the recommendations contained in the report having been confirmed , Grand Chapter waa closed .

Scotland.

SCOTLAND .

— . u—ST . JOHN LODGE , No . 112 .

AT Musselburgh , on 24 th nit ., in St . John ' s Hall , thia old Lodge , whioh for some time has been in the condition whioh Freemasons describe aa " dormant , " waB re-opened under the moat happy ciroumstances . Several enthusiastic brethren had taken the proper preliminary steps , and in the presence of a large gathering of Freemasons , the Lodge was re-opened by the Committee under

Grand Lodge on the visitation of Lodges in the Metropolitan Province . Bro . James Criohton presided , Bro . Abbott aoted as Senior Warden , and Bro . Allan Mackenzie as Junior Warden , and the secretarial part of the work was in charge of Bro . D . Murray Lyon the Grand Secretary . The opening ceremony was conducted

by these Office-bearers , and thereafter a large number of members of other Lodges were affiliated as members of the Lodge of St . John , and notice was given of intention to propose about a dozen gentlemen for initation in the Lod » e . The other business consisted of the nomination of Office-bearers for the ensuing year , when the

following were duly proposed : —Bros . James Hogg R . W . M ., J . H . Forrester Depute Master , A . E . Peacook Substitute Master and Treasurer , John Russell Secretary , Councillor White Senior Warden , and Bro . Wooley Junior Warden . Lodge 112 was formed in the year 1768 , and in the course of the speeches whioh followed the business

meeting , many of the brethren present , including representatives from most of the Lodges in the Province , embraced the opportunity of expressing gratification that this old Lodge had been resuscitated , and congratulated the members on their choice of such an excellent Mason as Master , and the heartiest wishes were expressed for a successful future for Lodge St . John , Fisherrow .

THE remains of the late Bro . Thomas R . D . Maxwell

were interred in the Kirkdale Cemetery , on Friday , tho 27 th ult . The cortege , consisting of a hearse and several mourninp ; broughams , left the residence of his sister , and arrived at the Cemetery at one o ' clock . The coffin , which

was covered with beautiful floral wreaths , bore the inscription : — " Thomas R . D . Maxwell , died 23 rd July 1888 , aged 35 years . " The Rev . S . Rogers conducted the burial

service , the hymns sung being " Safe in the arms of Jesus , " and "Brief , life is here our portion . " The deceased , who was a licensed victualler , was highly respected by all who knew him .

The London and North Western Railway Company announce a further acceleration of their day service to Scotland . On and after Monday next a Special Express will leave Euston Station at 10 a . m . every week day , and will arrive at Edinburgh , via the West Coast route , at 6 p . m ., thus completing the journey in eight hours .

This train is only timed to stop three times on the journey of four hundred miles , viz . at Crewe , Preston and Carlisle , and as at one of these stations—Preston—twenty minutes will be allowed for refreshment , it is not muoh to expect that ere long the time occupied on tho journey will be again reduced , arrangements being

made for the midday meal to be taken en route . The two great reductions in timo which havo been made by this Company during the present season are sufficient , to prove that we have not yet heard the last of the wonders associated with the iron road . What would our forefathers say to tho journey from London to Edinburgh being completed in eight hours ?

Messrs . Dean aud Sou ( 160 A Floet-street ) announce a socond edition of Mr . Frederick Webb ' s " Now Reciter , Reador , and Orator , " and a volume of ballads for recitation , entitled " Sylvia's Ride for Life , " by tho same author .

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