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Royal Masonic Institution For Girls.
the Princess of Wales , Grand Patroness ; and the other members of the Royal family . The Chairman thought it was very fortunate that many years asro the Prince of Wales was persuaded to become Grand Master
of England . He had recently heard of an American newspaper which suggested that the initiation of the son of His Royal Highness was a hole and corner affair , and that it ought to have taken place in a larger assembly of
Masons . His Royal Hig hness was Master of the Royal Alpha Lodge , and he appealed to those present whether it was not perfectl y natural that the Prince should desire to initiate his son in the Lodge over which he presided . He
had the privilege of being present at that initiation , ancl hoped Prince Albert Victor would follow in the footsteps of his Royal father . The toast of the Pro Grand Master , the Deputy Grand Master , and the Graud Officers was
next submitted . The Chairman said this was really the proposition of his own health , bnt with that modesty which at all times distinguished Freemasons he could not omit giving it . Ho believed that all the Grand Officers
tried to do their duty as well as they could . The position was sometimes an anomaly , all there was to do being to set a good example to the younger brethren , which he hoped and believed they did . With the toast was coupled
the namo of Brother Sir William Clark , District Grand Master of Victoria , who he felt sure must have been pleased , like others who had recently arrived from the
Colonies , at the welcome which had been given them in connection with the Exhibition just opened in London . Brother Sir W . Clark felt highly complimented in having his name associated with those included in the toast .
He should be very glad when they had an Institution in Victoria similar to that the Festival of which they were then celebrating , and he did not think it would be long before such would be established . The brethren of
Victoria had already done their best as far as a Charitable Fund was concerned , but had not as yet been rich enough to endow an Edncational Institution . When he was previously in England the brethren of the Colony had
asked him if Lady Clark would take charge of an orphan girl who bad been educated in the School . They took her , and- found her a well-educated ancl well-conducted girl . She had since met with great success in Victoria .
Bro . T . W . Tew , Prov . G . Master West Yorkshire , proposed the health of the Chairman . General Brownrigg had occasionally visited West Yorkshire , where the brethren were always proud to meet him in their Lodges .
Bro . Tew then traced the career of " Our next Chairman , " both military and Masonic , ancl concluded by formally submitting the toast . General Brownrigg , having replied ,
submitted the toast of the evening—Success to the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls , coupled with the health of the Treasurer . He briefly traced the rise of the Charity ,
Royal Masonic Institution For Girls.
and said it was utterly impossible for any one who had not seen the School to form any conception of what it was . There was neatness , regularity , and perfect discipline connected with it such as he had never seen at any other
school , and he had had some experience in looking after schools of different sorts . The drill of the girls was the most perfect he had ever witnessed . On one occasion he had been asked to say something to the girls as to what he
had seen . He told them that in his soldier days he had seen the manoeuvres of almost every military nation in the world , but had never seen anything to equal the beauty of their drill . He was an old adjutant , but had never seen
anything so perfect as the wheeling and counter-marching of the girls at Battersea . He did not tell them that , but he did say they were the prettiest battallion he had ever
seen . He urged the brethren to support this excellent School , mentioning that a very good plan was to put down their children ' s names as Governors and Life Governors .
He had qualified the son of his old age—who was that day four weeks old—as a Governor of the Institution . Bro . H . B . Marshall , P . G . Treasurer and Vice-President of the Institution , replied . He felt that the Treasurers of the Masonic Charitable Institutions were much to be envied .
His experience of Treasurers outside of Freemasonry was that very frequently they had to provide the treasure , rather than take care of it . A very different state of things existed with them , and he submitted it could not be too
often or too widely made known or repeated for the benefit of managers of Charitable Institutions outside Masonry that the sumptuous banquet they had just partaken of was not provided at the cost of the Institution , but out
of the pockets of the brethren . It was also the custom of the Stewards to commemorate the generosity of the brethren by inviting the children to an annual outing at the Crystal Palace . Very gratefully , on behalf of the
Executive Committee , did he acknowledge the generosit y of the brethren in entrusting them with funds sufficient to maintain and educate adequately to fight the battle of life the 243 girls that had been committed to their care ,
and they looked forward to the time when , by a continuance and by an extension of generosity they might still further spread tbe benefits of the Institution . Bro . F . R . W . Hedges , Secretary of the Institution , then read
the list of amounts subscribed , of which we give fall details in our present issue , after which the Chairman proposed the toast of the other Masonic Charities—and
success to them , to which Bro . Terry , Secretary of the Benevolent Institution , responded . The Stewards of the Day ancl the Ladies having been toasted the proceedings were brought to a conclusion .
We append the list of contributions .
London.
LONDON .
HOUSE COMMITTEE . £ s a Br . Edgar Bowyer - 52 10 0 Ralph Glutton - . 21 0 0 Eobert Gray - - 68 5 0 Charles Hammerton - 100 0 0 — : o : —
H A Hunt - - 31 10 0 E Letchworth - 47 5 0 P De Lande Long - 31 10 0 Horace B Marshall - 105 0 0 E C Mather - - 21 0 0 J H Matthews . 21 0 0 James Moon - 21 0 0
Colonel James Peters - 21 0 0 Prank Richardson - 138 10 0 Lodge 1 Br . R Herve Giraud - 21 0 0 Chapter 1 Comp . Ralph Gooding , M . D . 21 0 0
Lodge 2 Br . T P Shipp - . 23 2 0 3 J Larkin . - 81 18 0 4 H K Pollard - - 16 16 0 5 A Ball - . 74 11 0 6 Gen . J S Brownrigg , C . B . ( see Surrey ) 7 A Sanvee . . 16 . 16 0 8 H Pullman 10 PA Scratchley - 63 0 0 11 F C McQueen . . 25 0 0 14 Valentine Robinson - 14 14 0 18 Capt , 0 . Probyn ] - 42 0 0
Lodge £ s d 19 W M Bywater - - 52 10 0 21 Marcus R Sewill . 29 8 0 26 Francis W Macan - 27 6 0 29 John Clarricoats 26 5 0 jar
oo D nauowes - o * z u 55 Edward H Brown - 50 0 0 Chapter 58 Comp . W John Crump - 51 9 0 Lodge 63 Br . Ashley Gibbings . 55 13 0 69 Geo F Marshall - 75 0 0
90 W Peter Brown - 36 15 0 90 John H TJstnar - 71 7 0 91 W James Parker - 43 1 0 92 Eichard W Tweedie - 147 John Dixon - . 60 0 0 162 T Bnrne - - 40 19 0 166 FW Smith - - 30 9 0
172 John Whaley - - 46 9 0 174 J S Fraser - . 52 10 0 179 WF Hughes - - 45 0 0 183 Stephen Richardcon - 54 12 0 193 Frank Silvester . 35 19 0 194 J Chapman . . 25 0 0
197 R F Grantham - 52 0 0 198 Maj . G . Lambert , F . S . A . 21 0 0 205 J Da Silva , . fO 0 0 222 J Dixon Sykes - 68 5 0 231 N N Sherwood - 31 0 0 256 John A Farnfield - 49 7 0 259 Sir Lionel E Darell , Bart . 52 10 0 715 J A Alsop - - 21 0 0 749 G Samuel Elliott . 31 17 0 754 A G Fidler - . 64 1 0 781 T B Daniell . . 105 0 0 822 E McAlister Seaton . 44 2 0 834 James Sims - - 69 11 0
Lodge £ a d 857 Joseph F Lavington . 40 0 0 907 R Jennings - " ) oe . - n 907 GWallact - j 36 15 0 917 G Redding - - 27 16 0 liov nicnara rsira
•zs z u 1178 Francis W Stamp . 105 0 0 1196 G E Fairchild - - 85 1 0 1216 G Waterall - . 36 15 0 1329 GW Marsden jun . . 41 3 6 1348 James "Warren - - 40 0 0 1361 J J "Wedgwood , M . D . - 26 5 0
1381 John Plowman - - 52 10 0 1383 KR Murchison . . 108 0 0 1420 C J Richardson- . 50 8 0 1421 CHBardouleau - ) 1 nK n n 1421 Rowland Hirst - \ 1 Vd U U 1475 W T P Montgomery - 100 0 0 1489 Wm . Gray - - 16 16 0
1538 R C Liversedge . 15 15 0 1539 W G Cannon - . 36 15 0 1584 T Drew Bear - - 40 7 0 1615 Capt . FSG Moon - 21 0 0 1623 J J Howes . - 80 0 0 Chapter 1624 Comp . Chas . Tayler - 120 15 0 Lodge 1641 Br . R Greenwood - - 22 6 0 1679 E F Storr - - 30 0 0 1693 James Cooper - - 31 10 0 1704 T Weils Thorpe - 36 15 0 1716 WC Young - - 47 5 0 1719 H J Davis - . 47 5 0 1732 Beruhard Kauffman . 164 17 0 1767 J W Barker . . 31 10 0 1820 Henry Grey - - 42 0 0 Chapter 1900 Comp . G P Festa . 21 0 0
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Royal Masonic Institution For Girls.
the Princess of Wales , Grand Patroness ; and the other members of the Royal family . The Chairman thought it was very fortunate that many years asro the Prince of Wales was persuaded to become Grand Master
of England . He had recently heard of an American newspaper which suggested that the initiation of the son of His Royal Highness was a hole and corner affair , and that it ought to have taken place in a larger assembly of
Masons . His Royal Hig hness was Master of the Royal Alpha Lodge , and he appealed to those present whether it was not perfectl y natural that the Prince should desire to initiate his son in the Lodge over which he presided . He
had the privilege of being present at that initiation , ancl hoped Prince Albert Victor would follow in the footsteps of his Royal father . The toast of the Pro Grand Master , the Deputy Grand Master , and the Graud Officers was
next submitted . The Chairman said this was really the proposition of his own health , bnt with that modesty which at all times distinguished Freemasons he could not omit giving it . Ho believed that all the Grand Officers
tried to do their duty as well as they could . The position was sometimes an anomaly , all there was to do being to set a good example to the younger brethren , which he hoped and believed they did . With the toast was coupled
the namo of Brother Sir William Clark , District Grand Master of Victoria , who he felt sure must have been pleased , like others who had recently arrived from the
Colonies , at the welcome which had been given them in connection with the Exhibition just opened in London . Brother Sir W . Clark felt highly complimented in having his name associated with those included in the toast .
He should be very glad when they had an Institution in Victoria similar to that the Festival of which they were then celebrating , and he did not think it would be long before such would be established . The brethren of
Victoria had already done their best as far as a Charitable Fund was concerned , but had not as yet been rich enough to endow an Edncational Institution . When he was previously in England the brethren of the Colony had
asked him if Lady Clark would take charge of an orphan girl who bad been educated in the School . They took her , and- found her a well-educated ancl well-conducted girl . She had since met with great success in Victoria .
Bro . T . W . Tew , Prov . G . Master West Yorkshire , proposed the health of the Chairman . General Brownrigg had occasionally visited West Yorkshire , where the brethren were always proud to meet him in their Lodges .
Bro . Tew then traced the career of " Our next Chairman , " both military and Masonic , ancl concluded by formally submitting the toast . General Brownrigg , having replied ,
submitted the toast of the evening—Success to the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls , coupled with the health of the Treasurer . He briefly traced the rise of the Charity ,
Royal Masonic Institution For Girls.
and said it was utterly impossible for any one who had not seen the School to form any conception of what it was . There was neatness , regularity , and perfect discipline connected with it such as he had never seen at any other
school , and he had had some experience in looking after schools of different sorts . The drill of the girls was the most perfect he had ever witnessed . On one occasion he had been asked to say something to the girls as to what he
had seen . He told them that in his soldier days he had seen the manoeuvres of almost every military nation in the world , but had never seen anything to equal the beauty of their drill . He was an old adjutant , but had never seen
anything so perfect as the wheeling and counter-marching of the girls at Battersea . He did not tell them that , but he did say they were the prettiest battallion he had ever
seen . He urged the brethren to support this excellent School , mentioning that a very good plan was to put down their children ' s names as Governors and Life Governors .
He had qualified the son of his old age—who was that day four weeks old—as a Governor of the Institution . Bro . H . B . Marshall , P . G . Treasurer and Vice-President of the Institution , replied . He felt that the Treasurers of the Masonic Charitable Institutions were much to be envied .
His experience of Treasurers outside of Freemasonry was that very frequently they had to provide the treasure , rather than take care of it . A very different state of things existed with them , and he submitted it could not be too
often or too widely made known or repeated for the benefit of managers of Charitable Institutions outside Masonry that the sumptuous banquet they had just partaken of was not provided at the cost of the Institution , but out
of the pockets of the brethren . It was also the custom of the Stewards to commemorate the generosity of the brethren by inviting the children to an annual outing at the Crystal Palace . Very gratefully , on behalf of the
Executive Committee , did he acknowledge the generosit y of the brethren in entrusting them with funds sufficient to maintain and educate adequately to fight the battle of life the 243 girls that had been committed to their care ,
and they looked forward to the time when , by a continuance and by an extension of generosity they might still further spread tbe benefits of the Institution . Bro . F . R . W . Hedges , Secretary of the Institution , then read
the list of amounts subscribed , of which we give fall details in our present issue , after which the Chairman proposed the toast of the other Masonic Charities—and
success to them , to which Bro . Terry , Secretary of the Benevolent Institution , responded . The Stewards of the Day ancl the Ladies having been toasted the proceedings were brought to a conclusion .
We append the list of contributions .
London.
LONDON .
HOUSE COMMITTEE . £ s a Br . Edgar Bowyer - 52 10 0 Ralph Glutton - . 21 0 0 Eobert Gray - - 68 5 0 Charles Hammerton - 100 0 0 — : o : —
H A Hunt - - 31 10 0 E Letchworth - 47 5 0 P De Lande Long - 31 10 0 Horace B Marshall - 105 0 0 E C Mather - - 21 0 0 J H Matthews . 21 0 0 James Moon - 21 0 0
Colonel James Peters - 21 0 0 Prank Richardson - 138 10 0 Lodge 1 Br . R Herve Giraud - 21 0 0 Chapter 1 Comp . Ralph Gooding , M . D . 21 0 0
Lodge 2 Br . T P Shipp - . 23 2 0 3 J Larkin . - 81 18 0 4 H K Pollard - - 16 16 0 5 A Ball - . 74 11 0 6 Gen . J S Brownrigg , C . B . ( see Surrey ) 7 A Sanvee . . 16 . 16 0 8 H Pullman 10 PA Scratchley - 63 0 0 11 F C McQueen . . 25 0 0 14 Valentine Robinson - 14 14 0 18 Capt , 0 . Probyn ] - 42 0 0
Lodge £ s d 19 W M Bywater - - 52 10 0 21 Marcus R Sewill . 29 8 0 26 Francis W Macan - 27 6 0 29 John Clarricoats 26 5 0 jar
oo D nauowes - o * z u 55 Edward H Brown - 50 0 0 Chapter 58 Comp . W John Crump - 51 9 0 Lodge 63 Br . Ashley Gibbings . 55 13 0 69 Geo F Marshall - 75 0 0
90 W Peter Brown - 36 15 0 90 John H TJstnar - 71 7 0 91 W James Parker - 43 1 0 92 Eichard W Tweedie - 147 John Dixon - . 60 0 0 162 T Bnrne - - 40 19 0 166 FW Smith - - 30 9 0
172 John Whaley - - 46 9 0 174 J S Fraser - . 52 10 0 179 WF Hughes - - 45 0 0 183 Stephen Richardcon - 54 12 0 193 Frank Silvester . 35 19 0 194 J Chapman . . 25 0 0
197 R F Grantham - 52 0 0 198 Maj . G . Lambert , F . S . A . 21 0 0 205 J Da Silva , . fO 0 0 222 J Dixon Sykes - 68 5 0 231 N N Sherwood - 31 0 0 256 John A Farnfield - 49 7 0 259 Sir Lionel E Darell , Bart . 52 10 0 715 J A Alsop - - 21 0 0 749 G Samuel Elliott . 31 17 0 754 A G Fidler - . 64 1 0 781 T B Daniell . . 105 0 0 822 E McAlister Seaton . 44 2 0 834 James Sims - - 69 11 0
Lodge £ a d 857 Joseph F Lavington . 40 0 0 907 R Jennings - " ) oe . - n 907 GWallact - j 36 15 0 917 G Redding - - 27 16 0 liov nicnara rsira
•zs z u 1178 Francis W Stamp . 105 0 0 1196 G E Fairchild - - 85 1 0 1216 G Waterall - . 36 15 0 1329 GW Marsden jun . . 41 3 6 1348 James "Warren - - 40 0 0 1361 J J "Wedgwood , M . D . - 26 5 0
1381 John Plowman - - 52 10 0 1383 KR Murchison . . 108 0 0 1420 C J Richardson- . 50 8 0 1421 CHBardouleau - ) 1 nK n n 1421 Rowland Hirst - \ 1 Vd U U 1475 W T P Montgomery - 100 0 0 1489 Wm . Gray - - 16 16 0
1538 R C Liversedge . 15 15 0 1539 W G Cannon - . 36 15 0 1584 T Drew Bear - - 40 7 0 1615 Capt . FSG Moon - 21 0 0 1623 J J Howes . - 80 0 0 Chapter 1624 Comp . Chas . Tayler - 120 15 0 Lodge 1641 Br . R Greenwood - - 22 6 0 1679 E F Storr - - 30 0 0 1693 James Cooper - - 31 10 0 1704 T Weils Thorpe - 36 15 0 1716 WC Young - - 47 5 0 1719 H J Davis - . 47 5 0 1732 Beruhard Kauffman . 164 17 0 1767 J W Barker . . 31 10 0 1820 Henry Grey - - 42 0 0 Chapter 1900 Comp . G P Festa . 21 0 0