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lopl 1 |_ . aivtc Institution far % om , WOOD GREEN" , LONDON , H . Grand I '; - , roil : II EH . MAJESTY TflT . QUEEN . President : Uis lloyal H IGHNESS THE PUINCK OK WALKS , __ . '_ i ., M .. \ . G .. M . A QUARTERLY GENERAL COURT of the Governor . ) and Subscribers will be held in the Large Hall , Freomasons' Tavern , Great Queen Street , Lincoln ' s Inn Fields , London , on Friday , the > 6 th day of April 1889 , for the transaction of tho ordinary business of the institution . To elect a Treasurer for tho year ensuing . To elect aa Members of the General Committee , representing the Life and Annual Subscribers , Twelve Brethren not being Life Governors . To consider the following Notice of Motion _ — By Bro . A . F . GODSOK , M . P ., P . G . D ., Patron , on behalf of tho House Committee : "That three additional boys be elected at tho Quarterly Court on the 26 th April , to fill the same number of additional vacancies . To elect Seventeen , or—should the Notice of Motion by Bro . Godson be adopted—Twenty Boys from a list of Seventy two Candidates , as approved by t __ , e General Committee . The chair will bo taken at Twelve o ' clock at noon precisely . The Ballot for the Election of Boys will open at Ono o'Clo ck , or so soon as the General Business of the Court shall havo terminated , and will close at Three o'clock precisely . By Order , FREDERICK BINCKES ( P . G . Sword Bearer ) , V .-Pat ., Secretary . OPJICK—6 Freemasons' Hnll , London , W . C . 12 th April 1889 .

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THE NINETY-FIRST ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL WILL BE HELD AT THE END OF JUNE 1889 . Tho services of Brethren aa Steward * , represent . !! , ; Lodges or Provinces , are earnestly solicited , and will be gratefully acknowledged .

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^ g rilltoamr | itstitatimt ferr <& irl & , ST JOHN'S HILL , BATTERSEA RISE , S . W . INSTITUTED 1788 . Chief Patroness : HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN . Grand Patron and President : H . R . HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES , K . G ., & c , M . W . G . M . Grand Patroness : HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCESS OF WALES . A QUARTERLY GENERAL COURT of tho Governors and Subscribers of this Insti'ution will be held in the Hall of the Freemasons ' Tavern , Great Queen Street . Lincoln ' s Inn Fi . lds , London , on _ _ tuidiy , tho 27 th day of April 1 SS . U , at Twelve o'clock precisely , on the general business of the Institution , to receive recommendation of General Committee , consider Notices of Motion as under , and to elect 17 Girls—or , in the event of the proposed addition being adopted , 37—into tho School fr im a lis . of 73 ( the name of Charlotte Elizabeth Le-ter , No . 7-1 on tho List , having been withdrawn ) approved Candidates . The Election will commence at One o'clock ( or after the usual business is over ) . NOTICES OF MOTIONBy Bro . E . LBTCHWORTH , P . G . D ., Vice-Pat ., upon recommendation of tho House Committee : " That 20 additional vacancies ( making 37 in all ) be declared for fche April Election , thereby raising the number of Elected Girls on the Institution to 257 . " By Bro . J . S . C-. ___ IEBLA . ND , P . Prov . G . W . N . andE . Yorks . " That all Motions or particular business to be brought before the Quarterly Courts of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls shall be printed and distributed in the Room at the Meetings of such Courts for tho information of the Brethren present . " By Bro . Wii . Momw : "That the recommendation of tho General Committee be adopted" as under . — " That the following alterations and additions be made in the Laws of the Institution , viz . " . — 1 . "By altering Law 35 by the addition after tho word 'admission' in the 9 th line , of the words ' after having a report of tho Petitions Committee , ' and aftor the word ' audit' the words 'and Petitions . '" "PETITIONS COMMITTEE . " _ . " From the General Committee , Five or Seven Life Governors , being Freemasons , shall be elected annually to act as a Petitions Committee . They shall bo nominated and elected in liko manner , and at the same meeting as the House Committee . Threo shad form a quorum . They shall meet from lime to time as circumstances may require , and receive and examine Pvtitions of Ctinrlidates for admission , and investigate and make such inquiries relating to tho circumstances slated in the Petition , or of the relations of the Petitioner , and may require such confirmation thereof as they mav deem advisable , and thoy shall report thc result of such examination or investigation to tho General Committee , but they shall not havo power to reject an > Petition , " 3 . To add to Sub-Sec . 1 of Law 51 : " Also such information , as may be required by the Petition s Committee , shall also be furnished . " 1 . "To alter Sub-Sec . 6 of Law tl , bv providing that all Petitions must bo sent to the Secretary at least 1-1 days before tho Meetings of the General Committee . " 5 . " That in the event of the above propositions being carried and confirmed , the first Committee be elected at the Meeting of the General Committee next after the above propositions become Laws of the Institution . " F . R . XV . HEDGES , Secretary . OFFICE—5 Freemasons' Hall , Great Queen Street , W . C . 20 th April 18 S 9 .

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To Founders of Lodges , Chapters , Preceptories , & c . npHE WINDSOR CASTLE MASONIC TEMPLE to be LET . _ JL Replete with every convenience ( including Organ ) , for Craft Lodges , R . A . Chapters , Encampments , Preceptories , & c . Resident Tyler . Apply to E . GRISBROOK , "Windsor ,

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— : o : — PROVINCIAL GRAND CHAPTER OF SUSSEX . AT the Royal Pavilion , Brighton , on Saturday , the 13 th inst ., the animal meeting was held of the Provincial Grand Chapter of Sussex . Among those who attended were the Grand S . E . of England ( Colonel Shadwell H . Gierke ) , Lord Euston Grand Superintendent of Norths and

Hunts , P . A . Philbrick Grand Superintendent of Essex , Major-General Barnett Ford , Bengal , H . F . Currie , South Africa , E . Pontifex , London , Lieut .-General 0 . W . Randolph , Col . Dalbiao , Sir F . Knowles , & c . About 100

were present . The Provincial Grand Superintendent ( Comp . Gerard Ford ) presided . The roll of the Chapters in the province was called , each one being represented . Tho financial statement presented was satisfactory , the

audit committee tiking opportunity in their report to express deep regret at the death of Comp . R . Crosskey during the past financial year , he having held the position of Treasurer for some years . The statistics showed a

slight decrease in the total number of members , owing to death and other causes . A sum of ten guineas was voted to the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , the amount to be placed on the list of Comp . Dawes , who had

undertaken to act as Steward at the coming Festival . The Grand Superintendent then delivered an eloquent address . While regretting a slight diminution in numbers , and that the past year had been a somewhat

uneventful one in Arch Masonry , he said there was still cause for congratulation . Theirs was a kind of Upper House in the Craft , leaving the burden and heat of the day to be borne by the more representative assembly , and

breathing an atmosphere of quiet and dignified repose . Those who soared still higher , into the fancy degrees , doubtless breathed an almost rarified atmosphere , where gales and squalls were quite unknown . But they were all

built on the one great square foundation of Craft Masonry , o . which the Arch Degree was so essential and necessary a part . In fact , it was the coup do grace of the grand conception of Masonry . The Royal Arch was considered by

many to be the most beautiful and perfect degree conceivable , so well was it thought out and complete in the most minute detail . Nothing impressed a brother so much on his entrance into Freemasonry as the government of the Craft

and the regulations which marked out so clearly the path which the Free and Accepted Mason should always tread . As Companions of the Order they had pledged themselves to support those placed in authority , and strictly to obey the

laws established for the good government of the Order . There could not exist the essential close companionship , with the strength and influence which it should possess , without a spirit of cheerful obedience to lawfully-constituted

authority . He trusted he held the reins of office lightly , but his duty required of him a strict endeavour to keep steadily , evenly and undeviatingly in the straight road .

Some complaint had been made of him as a strict disciplinarian , but he assured the Companions his only desire was to . secure that obedience to law and order which was so essential

to success . He knew it was frequently far more easy to say ' ' yes" than " no , " but a stern sense of duty often compelled him to take the far less agreeable course of the

two . Pope had well described " Order as Heaven ' s first law . " This aphorism was based on sound philosophy and was the outcome of a life of careful observation and

intimate acquaintance with nature . One of their fraternal promises was " to be faithful to our God , our country and our laws . " The grand old fathers who had preceded them in the Craft had formulated a code of laws which they ought diligeutly to maintain . As a part of their system