The Girls School Festival.

THE GIRLS SCHOOL FESTIVAL .

T ^ HE Anniversary Festival on behalf of the Royal * Masonic Institution for Girls will be held on Wednesday next , under the presidency of the Right Hon . Viscount Dungarvan , D . L ., Provincial Grand Master

of Somerset . We are pleased to know there is every probability that the meeting will prove a success , and will provide the necessary funds for another year ' s work of this most useful Institution , where upwards of

260 daughters of deceased Brethren are being clothed and maintained , besides receiving an education which it is quite right to say prepares them for any station in life they may be called upon to fill .

With so many children ' to provide for , and an assured income which , although sufficient to be very proud of , yet does not provide any considerable portion of the year ' s necessary expenditure , it naturally follows

that on the result of the Anniversary Festivals very much depends , and this being so anxiety generally arises as to what each in turn will produce . This year a goodly number of Brethren have been enrolled as

Stewards , and there is little reason to think they will be less successful than many who have gone before them , although it must be borne in mind that very heavy calls have recently been made upon Brethren in

support of Masonic Education . We can but hope the Stewards have been fortunate in their appeals , and that the result of next week ' s Festival will be to add

another to the alread y long list of triumphs secured by the Masonic Brethren of England in support of the Charitable Educational Institutions associated with their Order .

We direct special attention to the report given elsewhere , in connection with the account of the meeting of the Grand Lodge of Scotland , as to the work of the Glasgow Lodges during the past year . Not only are some interesting details given as to the number of members in the Province , but we

also learn that the thirty-seven Lodges possess funds amounting to £ 16 , 770 , not always including movable property , the average showing over £ 416 for ordinary funds , and £ 62 for Benevolent funds . A very large number of English Masons have been accustomed to regard their

Scottish friends and their Lodges with a certain amount of scorn , but we should like to see the English Province which could show such figures as those just quoted . On the English side of the border there is usually so narrow a margin between subscriptions on the one side of the account ,

and refreshment on the other , as to make it often a difficult matter to keep current expenses within the available balance . We do not wish to see English Masonry turned into a mere benefit society , but as things are now conducted there is a very wide difference between Masonic preaching and Masonic practice .

Another point in connection with this report . It is therein stated that none of the thirty-seven Lodges meets on licensed premises , or in connection therewith ; on the contrary , they all have halls , specially built or adapted for Masonic purposes .

Royal Arch.

ROYAL ARCH .

GRAND CHAPTER . I j ^ HE Quarterly Convocation was held on Wednesday , at JL Freemasons' Hall , London , under the presidency of Earl Amherst Pro Grand Z . H . R . H . the Prince of Wales was proclaimed as reinstalled Grand Z ., while the subordinate Officers were appointed as follow :

The Earl Amherst Pro Z . The Earl of Warwick - - - H . W . W . B . Beach , M . A ., M . P . - - 3 . Edward Letchworth , F . S . A . - - Scribe E . Rev . W . Gardiner , B . D . - - - Scribe N . Sir George D . Harris - - - Pres . Com . Gen . Purps . Alfred H . Bevan .... Treasurer John Strachan , Q . C . ... Registrar

Edward Beaumont - - - Deputy Registrar Alderman Sir Joseph C . Dimsdale - - Principal Sojourner Rear-Admiral W . H . 0 . St . Clair - - 1 A „? cif < 1 „ f a „ j „„„„ 0 ,= P . Colville Smith ... - f Assistant Sojourners Lieut .-Col . George P . Parkyn - - Sword Bearer Lieut .-Col . George W . Dixon - - Deputy Sword . Bearer

Edmund Roberts - - - - N James W . Burgess - - - - I jlknKty " : : : : Utad « aB «»» John Welford - - - - Major Henry Wright - - j Prank Richardson .... Director of Ceremonies Dr . A . G . Standberg - - - Deputy Dir . of Cers . Charles T . Tyler - - - - 1

0 J R Tiiou - - " - f Assistant Dirs . of Cers . W . Fisher I W . H . Thomas - - - . . Organist William Lake .... Assistant Scribe E . H . Sadler ..... Janitor .

Past Grand rank was conferred by the Prince of Wales upon Sir John Edge , Q . C ., the Revs . R . Peck and E . Parr , Captain C . H . Garnett , Comps . C . A . B . Bignold , J . H . Handyside , W . F . Lamonby , James Fernandez , C . D . Hoblyn , James Newton , P . C . L . Crump , and Hermann Klein .

North And East Yorkshire.

NORTH AND EAST YORKSHIRE .

rriHE Provincial Grand Chapter was held on Wednesday , JL 3 rd inst ., at the Masonic Hall , Scarborough , over which the Provincial Grand Superintendent , the Marquis of Zetland presided .

There was a large attendance of Companions from Hull , Whitby , Malton , Middlesbrough , & c . The officers for the year were invested , and a banquet followed at the Balmoral Hotel .

Suffolk

SUFFOLK

rjpHE annual meeting of this Provincial Grand Chapter JL was held on Friday , 28 th ult ., at the Town Hall , Halesworth . The occasion was the more important , as the opportunity was taken of consecrating the new St . Edmund ' s Chapter , No . 1983 . After the Provincial Chapter had been formally opened ,

under the presidency of Rev . C . J . Martyn P . G . Prin . Soj . Provincial Grand Superintendent , the minutes were read and confirmed . The rolls of the Officers and Chapters were called , and the reports received showed a satisfactory increase of membership during the year . After the report of the

Board of General Purposes had been read and ordered to be entered on the minutes , the Chapter unanimously elected Comp . J . M . Canova St . Edmund ' s , 198 3 to be Treasurer for the Province . Comps . H . J . Wright and A . A . Bennett were re-elected Auditors .