Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.

Hogard , Clause 3 , Law 25 , was rescinded . Two motions by Bro . J . A . Birch P . P . J . G . W . East Lancashire , and Bro . R- Wylie P . P . J . G . W . West Lancashire , were set down on the agenda , respecting the alteration of the days on

which the elections of the three Institutions should he held ; but , in order to save the time of the Court , Bro . Birch said they would be embodied in one resolution , to be moved by himself and seconded by Bro . Wylie , as follows : —

That , in order to suit tho better convenience of the brethren representin" the Provinces and to facilitate the Business of the Elections , it is desirable that the day of Election be altered ; and that a Committee be appointed to consider the matter and confer with CommiHo-s of t'ie two other Institutions , and to report to the Quarterly General Court in October .

The Chairman said five brethren were appointed on Saturday as the Committee to act for the Girls' Schoolthree London and two Provincial brethren . After a desultory conversation the motion was agreed to . A

committee having been appointed , it was resolved , on the motion of Bro . J . L . Mather , that the following should be added to Law 53 : —

Provided that a Candidate shall not be disqualified by reason of his age exceeding eleven years at the date of Election in cases were such excess would not have arisen had the Election been held on the Monday immediately succeeding the second Saturday in April . On the motion of the Chairman it was resolved that

twenty-seven boys be elected to the benefits of the Boys School , instead of twenty-five , as previously agreed to . The poll was then opened , the list containing forty-five candidates ; and later in the afternoon the results wero

announced . The names of the successful candidates will be found in our advertisement columns , and below we give the list of those who were not successful on this occasion , with the number of votes that they will carry forward for any future effort they may make to secure the privileges of the School .

UNSUCCESSFUL . Name . Foiward , Polled . Total . Cable , David William Ewart — 1262 1262 Le Gros , Francis — 1046 1046 Wood , Joseph 726 117 843

Ball , Charles — 747 747 Pitt , Edward John — 700 700 Gray , Harold 235 270 505 Couch , Cyril Courtenay — 258 253 Turner , Francis Pater — 243 243

McCoy , Ewarfc Gilbert — 208 208 Green , Charles William 59 91 150 Scott , Erederick William John 41 72 113 Fursey , Samuel Henry Eeginald — 104 104 Cannon , George 40 52 92

Burgess , Edgar Holmes 39 13 52 Scholes , Arthur Henry * — 32 32 Siggers , Clement — 20 20 Bostock , Martin Eoddwell — 8 8 Grossman , John — — —

* Will be removed from List under Law 53 , being eleven years of age , and unsuccessful .

The Board of Benevolence held its monthly meeting on Wednesday last , at Freemasons' Hall , under the presidency of Bro . R . Grey P . G . D . There was a very full attendance of the members of the Board . Several recommendations ,

amounting in the aggregate to £ 450 , made at the March meeting , were confirmed , and a long list of new cases was considered . Two were deferred , and two dismissed . The remainder were relieved , with a total of £ 1 , 130 , which was

composed of one recommendation of £ 150 , one of £ 103 , one of £ 75 , two of £ 50 each , six of £ 40 each , seven of £ 30 each , and eight grants of £ 20 each , one of £ 15 , seven of £ 10 each , aud two of £ 5 each .

By a supplementary list just issued we learn that Mr . W . W . Wallis , son . of Bro . Percy Wallis , Prov . Senior Grand Warden Derbyshire , a Vice-President of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , and a staunch supporter of

the Masonic Institutions , has succeeded in passing the Cambridge Local Examination . We congratulate Brother Percy Wallis on this proof of his son ' s assiduity in regard to his studies .

The installation of Bro . Herbert Dicketts , the W . M . elect ; of the Metropolitan Council ( T . I . ) , in succession to Brother Henry Venn , will take place at the Masonic Hall , Red

Lion Square , on Friday next , the 29 th inst ., at four o ' clock > n the afternoon . A banquet will be provided at the Holborn Restaurant , for those only who signify their intention of being present before the 28 th April . )

Obituary.

Obituary .

—; u ;—BRO . ALFRED MEADOWS , M . D ., P . G . D . ANOTHER veteran member of our Fraternity has been called away from the scene of his useful labours in the Craffc ; and the intelligence of the death of Bro . Dr . Alfred Meadows , Past Grand Deacon of the Grand Lodge , and

Past Grand Sword Bearer of the Supreme Grand Chapter of England , has been received with feelings of genuine sorrow by all who knew him , either personally or by repute . Our deceased brother was initiated in tho Time Immemorial

Royal Somerset House and Inverness Lodge , No . 4 , in 1869 , and in 1876 was elected W . M ., and at the same time represented it on the Board of Grand Stewards . In the following year he was exalted

to the R . A . Degree in the Moira Chapter , No . 92 , in which he was installed First Principal in 1881 ; and in 1885 he was appointed and invested S . G . D . in the United Grand Lodge , and G . S . B . in Supreme Grand

Chapter . He was also founder and present W . M . of the University of London Lodge , No . 2033 , and a joining member of the Drury Lane Lodge , No . 2127 . In 1884 he was advanced to the Mark in the Bon Accord

Lodge , and was installed first W . M . of the Chiswick Lodge , No . 357 , in 1885 . He had also been perfected a Rose Croix in the A . and A . Ri * e ; while as regards our

Institutions , he had qualified as Life Governor of , and served as , Festival Steward for all three of them . The news of his death has been a source of very wide spread regret , the Craft having lost a most valuable and eminently

useful coadjutor . The funeral takes place at Colnbrook this ( Saturday ) afternoon .

BRO . ALFRED RICHARDS , P . G . D . D . C . WITH unfeigned regret we have to announce the demise of Brother A . Richards , whose efforts on behalf of Freemasonry were so widely known and deservedly

appreciated by the Craft . The deceased was initiated into the St . Andrew's Lodge , in 1850 , and eight years later he filled the chair of that Lodsre . Bro . Richards

was also a Royal Arch Mason , though he did not attach himself to the Mark Degree ; and after thirty years of assiduous support to the Craft , in the various positions he filled , he was appointed , in 1884 , by United

Grand Lodge as Grand Deputy Director of Ceremonies , and as 2 nd Grand Standard Bearer in the Supreme Grand Chapter . He was , moreover , received into the Ancient and Accepted Rite , in which he attained to the 31 ° , and was a Life Governor and Festival Steward of both the

Masonic Schools . The death of one who stood highly in the estimation of all the brethren with whom he was brought into contact is a source of very general regret , and the loss to the Craft one which cannot easily be repaired .

A Convocation of the North London Chapter of Improvement was held on Thursday , at Northampton House ,

Canonbury . Comps . H . Jenkins M . E . Z ., F . Brasted H ., W . Radcliffe J ., W . Salmon S . N ., J . E . Sheffield P . S . There was a fair attendance , and the ceremony of Exaltation was rehearsed in an able and impressive manner . Comp . T . C . Edmonds is the Preceptor .

The following Festivals took place afc the Freemasons ' Tavern for the week ending 23 rd April 1887 : — Monday—Grand Master ' s Lodge , Eoyal Albert Lodge , British Lodgo , Eoyal Masonic Institntion for Boys ( Election ) , Gavel Clnb Cinderella . Tuesday—Old Acquaintance Musical Society Smoking

Concert , Salisbury Lodge , Wanderers Chapter , Jerusalem Chapter Society of Architects . Wednesday—Grand Steward ' s Lo lge , Buckirgham and Chandos Lodge , Oak Lodge , Koviomagus . Thursday — Globe Lodge , St . Mary ' s Lorlgp , Universal Lodsre . Friday—Swiss Secours Dinner and Ball . Saturday—Press Club Dinner .

Thursday , the 28 th inst ., has been appointed for the reception of Works of Art intended for tho Summer Exhibition of the 19 th Century Art Society , at the Conduit Street Galleries .