Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.

ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS .

A SPECIAL meeting of the House and Bnilding Com mittee was held , at Freemasons' Hall , at 4 p . m ., on Thursday afternoon , for the purpose of examining the tenders for the erection of the new building at Wood Green . Among those present were Bros . Berridge , J . L Mather , W . Eoebuck , and Bro . F . Binckes , Secretary .

The following firms , 14 in number , tendered estimates for the work , namely—Mr . E . Conder , Messrs . Bangs and Co ., Humphreys and Son , E . Laurence and Son , Ashby Bros , Ashbv and Horner , Perry and Co ., Deakin and Son , Martin

Wells and Co ., Grimwood and Sons , Peto , Fish , Prestige and Co ., M . Patrick * and Son , and W . and T . Denne , the work for which these were submitted being ranged under the three heads of schools and laundry , assembly hall , and sundry fittings , as follow : — School ancl - Assembly Sundry m ., „ i Laundry . Hall . Fittings . 10 tal

-D . King and Son ... £ 8 . 530 £ 3 , 820 £ 985 £ 13 . 335 Ashby and Horner ... 8 , 543 3 , 627 1 . 054 13 . 224 Humphreys and Son ... 8 , 700 3 , 500 950 13 . 150 M . Patrick and Son ... 8 , 400 3 , 600 950 12 . 950 Bangs and Co . ... 8 , 403 3 , 583 948 12 934 Grimwood and Sons .. 8 , 475 3 , 440 984 12 , 899 W . and T . Denne ... 8 , 450 3 , 428 930 12 , 811 E . Laurence and Son ... 8 , 255 3 , 595 943 12 . 793

Ashbv Bros 8 , 307 3 , 482 988 12 . 777 Peto Bros 8 273 3 , 442 963 12 678 Perry and Co 8 , 129 3 , 525 950 12 , 604 Martin , Wells and Co . 8 400 3 , 250 860 12 , 510 E . Conder 8 , 094 3 . 333 910 12 , 327 Fish , Prestige and Co . 7 , 966 3 , 400 946 12 , 312 Architect's estimate ... £ 8 , 282 £ 3 , 560 £ 943 £ 12 , 785

The tender of Messrs . Fish , Prestige and Co . was accepted , and we congratulate this firm on the result , more especially as the work already done by them for the Institution has invariably given satisfaction .

The monthly meeting of the Committee of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution was held on Wednesday , at Freemasons' Hall . The death of three male annuitants was announced , and it was intimated that the Snpreme Council had renewed their annual gift of tea , sugar , and

tobacco to the residents of the Institution . A vote of thanks was directed to be forwarded to the donors for their handsome present . Cheques for the ensuing quarter ' s annuities were ordered to be signed . The applications of

two widows for half their late husband ' s annuities were granted . The petitions of one man and three widows were examined and passed . It was unanimouslv resolved to forward a letter of condolence to Lady Wilson on the death , of Sir Erasmus Wilson .

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Obituary .

SIR ERASMUS WILSON P . G . D . THE country has sustained a heavy loss by the death of Sir Erasmus Wilson , F . R . S ., whose many and valuable contributions to medical science , and whose numerous acts of philanthropy—notably his enlargement of the Sea-Bathing Infirmary at Margate—were recognised three

years since , when Her Majesty conferred upon him the honour of Knighthood . As a surgeon he will be best remembered as our greatest authority on diseases of the skin , his " Students' Book of Diseases of the Skin " and " Report on Leprosy" being among his ablest and best-known

works . He became a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1831 , a Fellow in 1843 , a Member of Council in 1870 , and President in 1881 . No doubt the public will remember him best from his having charged himself with the entire expense—amounting to upwards of £ 10 , 000—of

bringing over to this country the obelisk known as Cleopatra ' s Needle , which many , many years ago was presented to the British nation by the then Pasha of Egypt . In Masonry , though his career was comparatively a short one ,

our deceased brother won for himself a hi gh position . He was initiated in the Lodge of Antiquity , No . 2 , in 1870 , of which , as well as of the Erasmus Wilson Lodge , No . 1464 , Greenbithe , ho was a Past Master . Ho was a Past 55 . of

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St . James ' s Chapter , No . 2 , having been exalted to th R A . Desrreo in Docembor 1871 . In 1874-5 he was a Grand Steward , being President of Hi * Board of Grand Stewards at the Installation Festival nf H . RH . the Pri nce of Wales as Grand Master . In 1878 he was appointed a

G . S . Deacon of United Grand Lodge , nnd G . S . N , of the Supreme G . Chapter . He wns a Vice Patron of all three Institutions , and had five times served the office of Festival Steward , viz . twice for tho Boys' School , once for the Girls '

nnd twice for the Benevolent Institution . His funeral took place on Wednesday ; among those present to pav the last tribute of respect being Bro . Col . Creaton Past Grand Treasurer .

Bro. T. Moring, P.M.

BRO . T . MORING , P . M .

WE have also to announce the death of Bro . Thomas Moring , P . M . of the Albion Lodge , No . 9 , where he was initiated on the lst October 1850 . In 1859 he was raised to the chair , and at the time of his death held the

responsible office of Treasurer . Bro . Morin ? was a contributor to all three Institution 1 ' , and , in addition , he had served as Steward for the Girls' School and the Benevolent .

William Carthew Davey W.M. Elect 1512.

WILLIAM CARTHEW DAVEY W . M . ELECT 1512 .

THE funeral of the above highlv respected brother , whose almost sudden death occurred last week , took place at the Norwood Cemetery , on Monday , the 11 th instant , and was attended by a large assembly of sorrowing relatives and friends , amonsrst whom were many brethren , members of

his respective Lodge aud Chapter , and others . The burial service was rendered in the private chapel of the Lambeth Workhouse , of which the deceased had been for many years the able and valued Master . Amongst those present at this service were Brother P . W . Funnell , the

Chairman of the Board of Guardians , the two Vice Chairmen , Messrs , Mills and Forman , and many other influential officials and residents connected with the Parish . A large proportion of the congregation followed the cortege to the Cemetery , where had assembled numerous

members of the Hemming Lodge , No . 1512 , of which the deceased was W . M . elect , and of the Lebanon Chapter , No . 1326 , of which he was a Past Officer . Amongst these we noticed Bros . Thomas Moody W M ., Past Masters T . Hammond , T . W . Ockenden , and C . W . Fox : W .

Hammond P . M . Secretary , Ballard , Ealy , and others of No . 1512 ; the M . E . Z . and Comps . J . 0 . Woodrow , and James Stevens P . Z ., with other members of the Lebanon Chapter ; W . Pound P . M ., J . Brown , Allison , and many brethren from the neighbouring Lodges . These , with the

principal Officers of the Workhotse and several bovs and girls from the Parochial Schools , constituted a gathering at tbe grave far larger than is usually witnessed on similar sad occasions , and testified to the esteem in which our late brother had been held by those who had benefited by

association with him . At the close of the solemn and impressive ceremony , and after due respect had been shown to the bereaved relatives and sorrowing friends , the

brethren and companions gathered around the grave of their lamented brother , and depositing sprigs of acacia upon the coffin , paid the last sad tribute of respect to one whose memory will long be cherished amongst them .

Bro. James Coverley.

BRO . JAMES COVERLEY .

THE death of this venerable brother occurred on the 6 th instant , in his ninety-sixth year . Bro . Coverley was a P . M ., and for over forty years Secretary of the Euphrates Lodge , No . 212 ; and was certainly one of the oldest Freemasons in England . He was initiated in the Eup hrates

upwards of 49 years ago , and continued a working member , holding the office of Secretary , down to the time of his death . We believe he never joined another Lodge . The

funeral took place at 11 ford Cemetery , on Wednesday last , the 13 th instant , and besides a numerous attendance of sorrowing relatives and personal friends , there was a large assemblage of the members of the Euphrates . Lodge .

The iEolns Waterspray Ventilator , which was fixed eighteen months ago in the Physicians' Consnltine Room of the London Hospital , has given snch satisfaction to thn Medical Staff that another installation of the ^ lolus System in the Throat Consulting room baa been resolved ou . , The work io now in bund .