Committee Meeting Of The Benevolent Institution.

COMMITTEE MEETING OF THE BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION .

THE Committee of the Eoyal Masonic Benevolent Institution met ou Tuesday last at Freemasons' Hall , to reeeivo the Report of tbo Sab-Committee appointed to consider tho office duties and emoluments of Collector . Colonel Creaton presided , and the other brethren present were James Brett , VV . Hale , II . n . Girand , C . A . Cottebrnne , J . M . Case , C . J . Perceval , John Henry Leggott , Henry Cox , Thomas Cnbitt , F . Ad lard , (! . Bolton , Henry G . Warren , John Bnlmer ,

John C . Stevens , J . Newton , Charles Atkins , A . H . Tnttershall , Charles Lncey , John I ,. Mather , John Constable , Charles Daniel , William Clarke , J . A . Fnvntiekl , Julius t ^ iitmaun . James Kencb , Colonel H . E . Sotnerville Barney , Louis Stean , \ V . Hilton , E . J . Barron , W . F . C . Moutrie , Charles Frederick HosaTil , Edgar Bowyer , Captain N . G . Philips , Rev . A . F . A . Woodford , C . G . Dilley , and James Terry

Secretary . After considerable discussion tho resolutions , of which tho following is a summary , were agreed to .- —That a collector be appointed ; that ho bo a Master Mason , that his sign at the timo of election be not leas than 25 , or over 15 years ; that his duties bo to collect all annual subscriptions as well as the donations remaining unpaid on tho Stewards' lists after the sottlinpr day ; that he report

himself at the ( flico every morning at ten o'clock and sign his -one , and be in attendance on Tuesdays and Fridays from eleven a . m . till two p . m . ; that ho keep the alphabetical register of subscribers and donors , whether of Lodjres or individuals ; that he attend the office upon all other occasions to render assistance when required by tho Secretary ; that he give security for £ 500 in some approved guarantee

society , tbepTOtnium to be paid by the Institution ; that he bo paid a commission of live per cent , upou all sums actually received by him , but not any upon amounts paid into the office , and for which receipts are given by the Secretary ; that the address of the collector be at the office of the Institution ; that tho Secretary be empowered to

advertise in the daily papers , inviting candidates for the office whose quali-• fications must be in accordance with the foregoing recommendations ; that he be not permitted to hold auy other office for which ho receives remuneration ; and that his accounts be made up once a week , and the monic 3 received by him paid into tho bankers every Friday .

Committee Meeting Of The Girls' School.

COMMITTEE MEETING OF THE GIRLS' SCHOOL .

rpHE General Committee of the Royal Masonic Institution for -A- Girls held their monthly meeting afc Freemasons' Hall , on Thursday . There were present Bros . Colonel John Creaton Grand Treasurer ( in the chair ) , Colonel James Peters , S . G . Foxall , Griffiths I Smith , n . A . Dubois , C . A . Cofcfc- brune , Captain J . Wordsworth , H . JWassey , Arthur E . GlarHvell , F . Walters , T . F . Peacock , Andrew MkL

dlemass , John Mason , E . Letchvvorth , and F . R . W . Hedges Secretary . Bro . Griffiths Smith gave notice of motion for next meeting for raising the salary of tho drawing mistress from £ 30 to £ 10 a year . In consequence of a sum of 100 guineas being presented to the Institution by the Prudent Brethren Lodge and Chapter , to commemorate

the memory of tho late John Boyd aud his services to the Institution , the brethren , on tho motion of Bro . C . A . Cottebrune , seconded by Bro . Colonel Peters , established an annual prize of the value of three guineas , to be competed for by the pupils . Ten candidates wero placet ] on the list for election in October , for which there are fiftyfour candidates and seventeen vacancies . The Chairman was

authorised to sign a chi qne f ' or £ fi 000 for the purchase of Lyncombe House , which will be transferred to tho trustees nest Monday . Authority was given to insure Lyncombe House for £ 4000 . It was stated by the Chairman that this house would probably be ready to receive the twenty-five additional children in October . The Committee then adjourned .

On Tuesday next , the 29 fch instant , a new Lodge bearing tlie style and title of the Claremont Lodge , No . 1861 , will be added to the roll of Lodges iu > the Province of Surrey . The place selected for the consecration is the

School Room , Park-road , Esher , and the ceremony will be performed by General Brownrigg , C . B ., Prov . Grand Master Surrey , who will be assisted by his Deputy , lite E . " . 0 . W . Ar » .. M . V . ' - " - •' ¦ ¦ r - ' ' '"' ¦ ' " " OffiY . T . ! ... - » ¦¦ ;¦ ¦ -. y . ¦ ' !' ¦

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We have jus , ' , had transmitted to us the oleaMiig ii . nligence that Bro . John Constable , Tun p ie ( Mark ) Loth-.. No . 173 , has been elected an honorary member of the Spes ,

Committee Meeting Of The Girls' School.

Bona Mark Lodge , No . 253 , Port Elizabeth , in recognition of the many and valuable services ho rendered , during the time of his visit to South Africa , in organising this new and prosperous Mark Lodge . We congratulate Bro . Constable on having received so sincere and well-merited a compliment .

We understand that a marriage has been arranged , and iwll shortly take place , between Bro . Lord Brooke , M . P ., eldest son of the Earl of Warwick , and Miss Frances Evelyn Maynnrd , grand daughter of the last Viscount Mavnard and step-daughter of the Earl of Rosslyn M . W . P . G . Master Mason of Scotland .

The installation meeting of the Evening Star Lodge , No . 1719 , was held on Tuesday evening , afc Freemasons ' Hall , at the usual hour ; but we regret to say our representative was prevented through indisposition from

attending . We are in a position , however , to state that there was a very full attendance of Offieers , Members , and Visitors , and that everything passed off in a manner worthy of so interesting an occasion . Bro . A . J . Duff-Filer P . G . S . B . P . M .

occupied the chair in the absence of Bro . Aird , the retiring W . M ., and after Bro . Herbert T . Bailey had been raised to the degree of M . M ., effect was given to the resolution of the Committee appointed to report on the best mode of recognising the services rendered by Bro . Magnus Ohren ,

Secretary to the Lodge , on his appointment as G . A . D . of C , and Bro . Ohren was invested with the clothing of his office in Grand Lodge by the acting W . M . Bro . Duff-Filer . The presentation having been suitably and most feelingly acknowledged , and a splendid P . M . ' s jewel having been

voted to Bro . Aird , who unfortunately was not present to l-oceive it , Bro . Duff-Filer vacated the chair in favour of Bro . J . Walter Sugg P . M ., who thereupon proceeded to instal Bro . William Sugg in the chair of K . S . This was very ably done , and the following brethren were then

appointed to office for the ensuing year : —Bros . T . A . Greono S . W ., James Glaisher J . W ., Aird I . P . M ., A . J . Duff-Filer P . M . Sec , Magnus Ohren S . D ., J . Walter Sugg J . D ., T . N . Kirkham D . C ., G . C . Trewby I . G ., A . Mead and Jos . Mainwaring Stewards , C . T . Speight Tyler . The customary banquet followed .

On Thursday , the Prince and Princess of Wales , accompanied by their two sous , and attended by their respective suites , formally opened a new recreation ground for the poor of Whitochapel . His Royal Highness had expressed a wish that the visit should be unattended by any

demonstration , and the wish was respected ; so that beyond a guard of honour of Tower Hn mists Volunteers and their band , and the hand of the Wliitechapel workhouse school , as well as groups of children from the various schools in the neighbourhood , to the number in all of 3000 , all of whom were

assembled on the ground itself , there was no indication of the visit of Royalty to this East End neighbourhood . The ceremony was of the briefest and simplest , and , in spite of the comparative privacy of the visit , their Royal Highnesses , both in going and returning , were heartily cheered by the crowds assembled .

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