Royal Masonic Institution For Girls.

all donations , subscriptions , and legacies not distinctly to bo appropriated to tho Sustentation of Building Fund , shall be devoted to tho maintenance and education of the children , and to that object alone , and that any surplus there may be when all tho expenditure on that account has been

defrayed , shall bo invested in Government Stock , and the interest appropriated to tho same purpose . Here again wo think Bro . Webster ought to havo tho whole Quarterly Court in his favour . A leading member of the bar has already given it as his opinion that moneys subscribed to

the general Fund of the School—that is , of course , for its management and the maintenance of the pupils—cannot legally be expended on buildings , and having regard to the very considerable sums which have been latterly voted for

buildings and the purchase of buildings , we think it is high time this opinion , coming as it does from an impartial source , should be embodied in a law . When these motions havo been disposed of , the election will commence .

Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.

ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS .

THE Quarterly General Court of this Institution will be held at the same time and place on Monday next . In this case there are more vacancies to be filled , but at the same time and unfortunately , the proportion of

candidates is greater than for tho Girls' School , the former being twenty , and the latter seventy-nine , or as nearly as possible in the ratio of four candidates to one vacancy , while in the Girls' School it is three and a half to one .

Sixteen , or about one in five , are from London , the remaining sixty-three being distributed as follow : —Hants and Isle of Wight seven , Devon , Kent , and Warwickshire four each ; Worcestershire and Yorkshire ( N . and E . R . ) three each ; two each from Lincolnshire , Dorset , Essex , Surrey ,

Durham , Middlesex , Northumberland , West Yorkshire , East Lancashire , South Wales ( West ) ; and one each from Beds , Berks and Bucks , Bristol , Cambridgeshire , Cheshire , Gloucestershire , Herts , North Wales and Salop , South Wales ( East Division ) , Suffolk , Sussex , Guernsey , Cape

Town , South Africa , West Coast of Africa , West Indies , Singapore , and Hong Kong . The first in numerical order on the list has to his credit 727 votes as the result of six previous ballots , and has a brother in the School . The next four have been candidates already four times , No . 2 having

1095 votes to the good , and No . 3 617 , Nos . 4 and 5 having respectively 18 and 4 . One of them , No . 3 , has a sister in the Girls' School . The eight that follow have tried three times already . No . 8 has a brother in the School , and No . 11 two sisters in the Girls' School . As to votes , No . 10

has 1450 to his credit , No . 9 has 1273 , and No . 7 has 1089 . Then come fourteen who have been candidates at two previous ballots , and of these ( No . 15 ) has 1413 votes to his credit , while two are voteless . The twenty-five from Nos . 28 to 52 , both inclusive , made their first attempt

in October last , and two of them , No . 37 , with 785 votes , and No . 47 , with 623 votes , polled with a fair amount of success , while others had not even one vote recorded for them . Among them No . 29 has a brother in the Institution already . The other candidates , twenty-seven

in number , will havo had their cases submitted to the ordeal of the ballot for the first time on Monday , and two of them , Nos . 63 and 70 , will be shut out by reason of age , if they are not fortunate enough to be elected on this occasion . Six of the candidates have lost both parents ,

and three have both still living , though in one case the mother has been deserted since 1871 , and the boy is to all intents and purposes fatherless . Of the remainder one has lost his mother , while all the rest are fatherless . The fathers in thirteen cases have

contributed to , or acted as Steward for , one or more of our Institutions , The majority of the fathers were subscribing members for less than ten years , some even for two or three years only . However , the father of No . 7 was a

subscriber for a quarter of a century , and that of No . 41 , for only a few months short of that period , while others were members of the Craft for only less considerable periods , ranging from fifteen to twenty years .

The ^ Masonic Hcvievj of Cincinnnati , Ohio , has now reached its fifty-third volume , and contains sixty-four pages of excellent matter , ^ instead of forty-eight , as before .

Correspondence.

CORRESPONDENCE .

We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions of our Cor . respondents . We cannot undertake to return rejected communications . All Letters must bear the name an I address of the Writer , not necessarily for publication , but as a guarantee of good faith .

ROYAL MASONIC PUPILS' ASSISTANCE FUND

To the Editor of the FREEMASON ' S CHRONICLE . DEAR BROTIIEK AND SIR , —As Bro . While , in this week ' s Freemason , continues to boast ho will do all iu his powor to injure a "Fund " which , if it does not moot his approval , his Masonic duty should teach him he ought not to abase or slander , I think for the benefit of your

readers you should publish my reply , as it contains facts which , as they are in print , are indisputable , and may prove beneficial to the welfare of the Royal Masonio Pnpils' Assistance Fund you so kindly support . I have , I hope , done nothing to hurt Bro . While ' s feelings ; and believe me I am actuated by no vindictive feeling , but am simpl y prompted by a sense of duty I owe the " Fund" and its Patrons . Yours fraternally , DICK RADCLYPIE .

Royal Masonic Pupils' Assistance Fund.

ROYAL MASONIC PUPILS' ASSISTANCE FUND .

To the Editor of the FREEMASON . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —In strict justice I consider yon should let me answer your leaders and letters , and I will be as brief as possible . I think the extracts and references given below will prove how incorrect Bro . While ' s assertions and your suppositions havo been . Immediately after the Boys' Festival in June 18791 wrote to you and

other papers , suggesting tho formation of a Fund . On page 273 of your issue 5 th July 1879 appeared my letter , from which I will give extracts ( although the subject , to my mind , is so worthy of yonr space that to repeat the whole of the articles and letters would not bo the most uninteresting portion of your paper ) as they may suffice to prove my case .

Page 273 , column 2 , line 39 , " I would propose on the next Stewards ' papers a column be left for subscriptions and donations to the " Assistance Fund ; " this would save expense of collecting , and as an inducement to the Brethren and Stewards to collect for the Fnnd , to allow , say , one vote for every £ 20 collected for this purpose . There need be no special banquet or festival , simply let it be recognised as

a special Fund , and Stewards for the Boys' and Girls' Festivals invited to solicit subscriptions . " &> Jnly 18 th , page 128 , Scottish Freemason , the above letter was also published . On page 127 , column 2 , line 14 , EDITOR WRITES" We fully agree with what our Bro . Earl Kosslyn said in conclusion , only we do not call it a fault but simply a ivant . " " The system

will not be complete until something more is done for the children when starting in life , the most critical time in the life of man . " " This , however , in England wonld necessitate a fourth Institution . " ( This I do not personally agree with , as I hope some measure will be devised to make it a supplementary fund ) . After waiting to see if my suggestions were taken up , I determined to act . On page 314 of your

issue 2 nd August , I wrote informing yon of the fact , and concluded with this remark , " I shall be very glad to receive the names of any brethren willing to act as Stewards , or support the scheme , and rough proof of prospectus ( I sent one to you ) shall be forwarded for their approval . Suggestions will be received by , & c . " This letter also appeared in the FREEMASON ' S CHRONICLE , and a leader by the same

paper with favourable review , entitled " Our Scholars in After Life , promised support ; and also again in issue of 9 th August a second article , under same title ( FREEMASON ' S CHRONICLE ) . In this same number , page 101 , is a letter of mine , in which occur these passages : — " The question is such an universal one it would be arrogance on one man ' s part to dictate . I am anxious to

hear suggestions as to how money could be raised , how it should be applied . The more I think that we have no Assistance Fund ATTACHED to our Grand Charities , tho more inexplicable it is . There is scarcely another Charity to be found that does not assist , & c . " On August 16 th I find a letter of mine in the FREEMASON ' S CHRONICLE and the prospectus ; this I expected wonld have appeared in your

issue of same date , however you published it lator . On page 148 Scottish Freemason , 29 th August 1879 , appears the prospectus . In the Freemason issue of 30 th August yon DO print the prospectus , but not my letter ; but in the same issue , page 348 , you devote a whole column leader to tho "Assistance Fund . " I give a few of your comments : — " Started under high auspices . " " A list of names

follow , including Bro . Kenning ' s , and the names of many more will soon join the movement and it will easily bo got into working order . " "It appears to us a practical scheme , and likely to commend itself to all . " "There is nothing about the plan grand or pretentious , chimerical or Utopian . It is simply a plain and practical development of what is right , needful and truly considerate . "

" There has been happily a growing conviction that our duty to the orphans cannot and does not cease with the conclusion and limits of ' school age . '" "All over the land great anxiety has been evinced to discover a method and elaborate a plan by which the boys and girls on leaving school might find a continuance of culture , care , friendly help , and genial " surveillance " by which at the most

dangerous period of life they may bo shielded , " & c . " This new Society will seek to carry on the good work , and watch over , & c , to enable them to reap the benefits of that admirable education , " & o . " We are aware that this is not the best of times to make appeals or found new Charitable Institutions , but we think the useful , the needful , and the practical so PREDDJIINANT in this simple and straightforward scheme , whichj'weprint [ elsewhere in detail ,, that * , we [ have