Royal Masonic Institution For Girls.

ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS ,

nnHE report has just been issued of the result of the Associated I Board of the Eoyal College and the Eoyal Academy of Music School Examination , and it appears that , nine Girls having entered , the whole of them passed , two being specially credited with "Distinction , " a result on which the executive of the Institution are to be congratulated .

Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.

ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS

THE monthly meeting of the Council was held at Freemasons ' Hall , W . C ., on Friday , 25 th ult ., Bro . Eicbard Eve in the chair . There were also present Bios . Keyser , Srnitbson , Cumberland , Eussell , Burgess , Diamond , Imray , Pritchard , Greaves ,

LeFeuvre , and McLeod Secretary . On the recommendation of the Board of Management two grants of £ 10 each were made towards the apprenticeship of deserving ex-pupils .

An investment of over £ 4 , 000 was ordered to be made from the General Funds , and the Secretary announced that the total amount of investments now reached a sum of £ 60 , 000 , over

twothirds of which had been secured during the past four years , and had been invested without charge of brokerage by Bro . Thomas Fenn Past Pres . B . G . Pmps . The announcement gave general satisfaction , and a cordial vote of thanks was given Bro . Fenn .

Seven petitions were accepted for the next election and one rejected , as not being considered eligible under the laws and objects of the Institution . It was reported that the health of the School continued most satisfactory .

Sussex.

SUSSEX .

THE Joint Committee representing the Eastbourne Corporation and the local Freemasons met at the Eastbourne Town Hall , to consider the arrangements for the public reception of his Eoyal Highness the Duke of Connaught on the 20 th inst . The Mayor ( Councillor Skinner ) occupied the chair , and reported that he had seen Mr . Allen Sarle , the Manager and General

Secretary of the London , Brighton , and South Coast Eailway , who had kindly promised to run a special from and to London for the conveyance of his Eoyal Highness , the times , subject to the approval of his Eoyal Highness , being as follow : —From Victoria 1-20 , East Croydon 1-45 , Lewes 2-36 , arriving at Eastbourne at

3 o clock . Eeturn journey : From Eastbourne at 9 , Lewes 9-24 , East Croydon 10-18 , reaching Victoria at 10-40 . The Mayor and Corporation will receive the Duke at the Station , and an address will be read by the Town Clerk . Letters were read from Lieutenant-Colonel Card well ( 2 nd S . A . V . ) and Major Savage

( 1 st S . V . E . E . ) , promising a guard of honour at the Station , and from Colonel Sir Fitzroy Maclean promising a contingent of the West Kent Queen ' s Own Yeomanry for an escort . The Committee decided to ask the bands of the 2 nd S . A . V . and of the 1 st S . V . E . E . to play , the one at the Station , and

the other at the Queen ' s Hotel , on the arrival of the Duke ; and the Chief Constable ( Mr . Plumb ) , who was present at the Meeting , promised to make other band arrangements . The inhabitants along the route were requested to decorate their houses , and it was resolved to ask the Fire Brigade to erect

and man an arch at the sea end of Devonshire place , and the fishermen to place a similar adornment on the Grand Parade at the top of Victoria Place . The Chief Constable agreed to see the Lifeboat authorities and the Chief Officer of Coastguards with the

view of representatives , together with the Lifeboat , being brought into display . The annual meeting of the Provincial Grand Lod ge will take place at the Queen ' s Hotel at 3-30 , and the banquet at five o ' clock . — " Sussex Daily News . "

Consecrations.

CONSECRATIONS .

CROUCH END LODGE .

rFlHE Gatehouse Hotel , Highgate , has often been the scene of _ L the meeting of large assemblies of guests bent on spending a pleasant and profitable evening , but never , perhaps , has a more successful evening been spent at this historic house than that of Thursday , 7 th inst ., when the Crouch End Lodge , No . 2580 ,

opened its doors to Members and Visitors for the first time . A more fortunate choice of meeting-place could not have been desired . Freemasonry itself being of such antiquity , it seems fitting that gatherings relating to it should be held at a place redolent with memories of the past . Such a thought must have

crossed the minds of many of those who passed beneath the portals of " Ye Gatehouse , " and were welcomed by its cheery landlord . The history of this hostelry has so often been given

that space can be more profitably employed by passing on to the object of the assembling of so many individuals well-known in the vicinity of Crouch End and Highgate—the consecration of the Lodge .

The Founders were exceedingly fortunate in obtaining the services of so distinguished a Mason as Bro . Letchworth , F . S . A ., to perform the office of Consecration . In this he was assisted by the following distinguished Brethren : —Lennox Browne P . D . G . D . C . as S . W ., J . S . Cumberland Dep . G . S . B . as J . W .,

Frank Eichardson P . G . D . as D . C , Slaughter P . G . J . W . Herts as I . G ., and Eev . J . Studholme BrownriggP . G . Chap . as Chaplain . The ceremony was timed for 5 p . m ., and at that hour some eighty Brethren assembled in the new Masonic Hall , a fine building well suited to the purpose for which it had been designed .

The Consecrating Officer , in addressing the Brethren , said they had met for that most interesting of ceremonies , the consecration of a new Lodge . He hoped and predicted for it a career of great prosperity , and he felt sure that through its instrumentality Masonry would make great advances in the neighbourhood .

An oration by the Chaplain on the nature and principles of the institution followed . The rev . gentleman observed that what had up to recent years been a suburb was now almost absorbed in the metropolis . He exhorted the Brethren to emulate the

example of those Lodges formed anterior to theirs , and to further the examples of Christian benevolence and charity set by them , at the same time bearing in mind that interest in Freemasonry should not interfere with the ordinary duties which they were called upon to perform . At the conclusion of tho oration Bro . Letchworth dedicated

the Lodge . The Consecration being ended , the business of the Lodge proceeded , Bro . E . Stratton Gerrish being installed as Master , and investing the following as his Assistant Officers : Bros . G . E . Beardmore P . M . Acting I . P . M ., H . J . Abrahams S . W ., C . T .

Eayner J . W ., H . Ogden Mellor W . M .-elect 1897 Treasurer , E . C ; Turner P . M . Secretary , George Colville S . D ., A . G . Dove J . D ., N . J . Lew I . G ., G . C . Dent P . M . D . C ., T . P . Cook Steward , W . E . Bennett Assistant Steward , E . W . Edgeiey P . M . Tyler . Most

of the above are well known in the neighbourhood , and all are enthusiastic in the cause . Mention need only be made of such names as Bros . Levy , Mellor , and Turner , to say nothing of the other Officers , to enable those interested in Masonry to recognise that the interests of the Lodge are in good hands .

The banquet was served at 7-30 . To provide for eighty Brethren is no easy matter , but the greatest praise must be accorded to Bro . Wyatt , the proprietor of the " Gatehouse , " for the sumptuous repast provided under his direction by Messrs .

Beale , the well-known caterers . After grace had been sung the usual Loyal toasts were proposed , the W . M . observing that during the rule of Her Most Gracious Majesty no less than 2 , 150 Lodges had been founded .