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CITY OF LONDON TRUSS SOCIETY . 35 , FINSBURY SQUARE . PATRON—H . R . H . THE PRINCE OF WALES , K . G . TREASURER—JOHN NORBURY , Esq . THE EIGHTY-EIGTH ANNUAL FESTIVAL WILL TAKB PLACE AT THE ALBION , ALDERSGATE STREET , ON FRIDAY , J 14 th , 1895 . THE RIGHT REV . THE LORD BISHOP OF DERRY , Vice-President , in the Chair . Since its establishment in 1807 this important Charity has reliever OVER HALF A MILLION of the Ruptured Poor in and from all parts of the United Kingdom and the Colonies . SUBSCRIPTIONS and DONATIONS will be thankfully received by the Society's Bankers , Lloyd's Bank , Limited , 72 , Lombard-street , B . C ., and by the Secretary , 35 , Finsbury-square . JOHN WHITTINGTON , Secretary . N . B . —Premises recently enlarged , providing , inter alia , separate entrances and waiting rooms for men and women , with a female attendant for the latter .

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ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION FOR AGED FREEMASONS AND WIDOWS OF FREEMASONS . LIST OF UNSUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES AT THE ELECTION ON MAY 17 th . MALES . Name . Total Name . Total Polled . Polled . lames Long 31 S 1 Richard Day 185 ? , f $ LeSS 3146 George H . Clements ... 176 William H . Hawkins 2666 lames Mott 16 S George Whitley ... 2405 Henry Winsor 139 Joseph Eastabrook ... 2025 Wm . B . Graham ... no Samuel Wright 1890 Wm . W . Walesby ... 3 S icorge T . Brown .,. 1533 Robert Pitts 37 Joseph Cattley 146 9 Dennis Sullivan 37 l homas Pethers 1163 Peter Valentine Hatton 3 6 Henry Wilson 1021 Thomas Hooper 22 John Musham 6 99 John Delve 21 Arthur George Read ... 688 R . P . Morrison 17 ' homas Ducas 687 Thos . S . Stockman ... 13 J-dvvard Smith 67 S Joseph Pearson 9 11 ? v ) B " 507 Edward Carpenter ... 7 Atr j !? 505 William M . Richmond 5 "" red Ransom 417 Solomon Kessell — Koberl . Nichol 360 William Williams ... — Wm . J . McLean ... 252 ., WIDOWS . Name . Total Name . Total p . „ , polled . Polled . "cbecca Moorhouse ... 30 iS Jane Salisbury 146 ^ elaSiniHodgetts ... 18 91 Elizabeth Olive 106 ^ atah Rigarlsford ... 175 S Annie Cartledge ... 82 p annah , Blnns Yates ... 1435 Elizabeth Clarke ... 40 r . izabeth Anna Sutton 1301 Elizabeth lonn 47 s ' ?*« J V . Randal ... 906 Mary Ann Snart ... 35 fe F ' n- i" ' 34 S Clara ' ames 33 iiza Emma Dickinson 337 Ruth Scholfield ... 30 ' ¦ Catherine Huxham 294 Arabella Deller ... 26 £ ' ?• Wagner 286 Charlotte Lemon ... 17 0 ii „ U £ ann'ngton ... 2 S 5 Agnes A . Sargent ... 12 M ., 1 A RUS S U 2 59 Margaret Miller ... n NanLr" ? , « Ann Banning ,, Ph „ . i * 9 P « " 2 ° 9 Martha Francrs Wright 1 S ^ M *? " * ' * M » HWd g .. -I

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SATURDAY , J UNE I , 18 95 .

Masonic Notes.

Masonic Notes .

The regular Quarterly Communication of United Grand Lodge will be held on Wednesday next , the 5 th instant . The Agenda will be found elsewhere in our columns , from which it will be seen that a very full programme of business will come before the brethren . The Report of the Board of General Purposes contains

sundry recommendations ( 1 ) as to the appointment of an Assistant Grand Secretary for German corrcspondence , and ( 2 ) as to the recent proposal for the amalgamation of the Colonial Board with the Board of General Purposes . Among the notices of motion will be found one by Bro . W . Woodward , P . M . 1920 ,

in reference to the proposal he set forth in a letter addressed to this journal some few weeks since as to the Masonic Body assisting in the work of decorating St . Paul ' s Cathedral . As to the Past Masters nominated to serve on the Board of General Purposes , it must suffice if we say their number is legion .

Masonic Notes.

The regular Quarterly Communication of the Mark Grand Lodge will be held at Mark Masons' Hall on Tuesday next , when his Royal Highness the Grand Master will be installed and proclaimed , and the Grand Officers for the year will be appointed and invested The agenda includes also the consideration of the

report of the General Board , and the nomination by the Grand Master of six , and the election by Grand Lodge of five , members of the General Board . The Grand Festival will afterwards be held . Wc may add that the 27 th Anniversary Festival of the Mark Benevolent Fund , at which Bro . Lord Skelmersdale will preside , has been fixed for Wsdncsday , the ioth July .

The final meeting of the Board of Stewards for the recent Festival of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls will be held at Freemasons' Hall , on Friday , the 7 th inst ., when the accounts will be dealt with and ordered to be paid , and votes of thanks to the different officers will be passed . The Board will afterwards be dissolved .

It may be as well to ' notify our readers of the fact that the monthly meeting of the Committee of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , which is usually held on the last Friday in the month , will be postponed in consequence of the occurrence of Whitsuntide , till

Friday , the 7 th inst . We may also remind our readers that the Boys' Annual Athletic Sports will be held at Kempton Park on Saturday next , the Sth inst . Those who desire information as to the times of the trains to and from Kempton Park Station will obtain all

necessary particulars of the Secretary at the offices of the Institution , 6 , Freemasons' Hall . Or they may consult the . Freemason ( or last week , in which we noted most of the arrangements for travelling and refreshment on the grounds .

* Since the article on " The Grand Lodge of Ireland and the 'Antient' Grand Lodge of England" was written , we have received the complete Part I . — " Fasciculus Primus " — of Bro . Chetwode-Crawlcy ' s " Cxmentaria Hibernica . " We arc , therefore , in a position to estimate better the importance of this

valuable work , and shall take an early opportunity of placing our views on it in its entirety before our readers . Not that we shall have occasion to modify anything we have said ; but the whole is better and more instructive , as well as greater , than a limited number of its parts , and it will now be possible for us to deal with the book comprehensively .

* An important event was celebrated at Leeds on Monday , the 27 th ult ., the centenary of the constitution of the Alfred Lodge , No . 306 , to which the Prov . Grand Master of West Yorkshire , Bro . the Right

Hon . W . L . | ackson , M . P ., referred in his recent address . The auspicious event passed off most successfully , and we can only regret that the demand upon our space necessitates our postponing our report till next week . #

* A scheme is on foot for organising a testimonial to the family of the late Bro . E . A . Francis , P . M ., P . Z ., Preceptor of the Brixton Lodge of Instruction , No . 1049 , who died at the early age of 45 years in December . The idea is to raise such a sum of money as will

enable the widow to clear off , or at all events materially reduce , the mortgage on her house , and if this is done , there is a reasonable probability that she will be freed from all serious care as lo the future . Bro . Francis was a most exemplary Mason , and held in high esteem by all who had the privilege of his acquaintance . He

was initiated in Vermont , U . S . A ., in 1873 , and on returning to England joined , in 1879 , the Skelmersdale Lodge , No . 1658 , and was installed W . M . in 1890 . He was also a P . M . No . 18 3 , and P . Z . of the Burdel Chapter , No . 1293—having been exalted to the Royal Arch in the Panmure Chapter , No . 720 , in 1885—and

P . P . ist A . G . Soj . of Middlesex . He was also a Life Governor of the Masonic Institutions , and had served sundry Stewardships on their behalf , but his most successful work was done in his capacity of Preceptor of the Brixton Lodge of Instruction , No . 1949 , Treasurer of the Industry Chapter of Improvement ,

No . 186 , and as Preceptor of the Rose of Denmark Lodge of Instruction , No . 975 . In these several capacities , as well as in that of President of the Masonic Benevolent Association connected with the Brixton Lodge of Instruction , our late Bro . E . A .

Francis did very great service to the Craft , and wc trust this appeal on behalf of his widow and children will be productive of benefit to them . Full particulars to be had of Bro . George R . Langley , i 8 , Gowlettroad , East Dulwich , S . E .