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THE HOSPITAL for Sick Children , Great Ormond-street , London , W . C—Largest and First Children ' s Hospital in the United Kingdom . —The Committee of Management have the honour to announce that the Right Hon . the LORD MAYOR has kindly consented to PRESIDE at the ANNUAL FESTIVAL DINNER , to take place at the Hotel Metropole , on TUESDAY , APRIL 22 nd , at 7 . 30 p . m . The income during 1 SS 9 amounted to only ^ Sooo , while the necessary expenditure vvas over £ 10 , 000 , the deficit being met from legacies vvhich should have been invested for the endowment of the Hospital . ONE THOUSAND NEW SUBSCRIPTIONS of £ 1 is . each are URGENTLY NEEDED . _ An URGENT APPEAL is made to the public for £ 2000 tosvards the general expenses , and for £ 9000 , being the sum required to finish the Hospital . LIST OF STEWARDS . The Lord Aberdare . C . D . Kemp-Welch , Esq . J . Cuthbert Axton , Esq . George Kenning , Esq . Afred J . Baker , Esq . Mr . Alderman and Sheriff C . A . Ballance , Esq ., F . K . C . S . Stuart Knill . S . B . Bancroft , Esq . Dr . Julius Klein , M . A . Charles Barry , Esq . The Rev . Charlton George Mr . Tinder-Sheriff Beard . Lane , Master of the Mer-Richard Birkin , Esq . cers' Company . Charles Bi-amley , Esq . G . Lindo , Esq ., Master of the Gainsford Bruce , Esq ., Q . C , Gold and Silver Wyre M . P . Drasvers' Company . G . Troyte Bullock , Esq . Montague Lubbock , Esq ., George Burt , Esq . M . D . The Right Hon . the Earl of Arthur Lucas . Esq . Carnarvon . Harry H . Murks , Esq ., L . C . C . AV . B . Cheadle , Esq ., M . D . Percy Marsden , Esq . AV . Moresby Chinnery , Esq . Howard Marsh , Esq . Nathaniel L . Cohen , Esq . . C , P . Matthews , Esq . Benjamin Louis Cohen , Esq . Mr . Tinder-Sheriff Metcalfe . The Lord Alwyne Compton . Angel Money , Esq ., M . D . Sir Charles Craufurd , Bart . Joseph Seba ' g Montefiore . Esq . The Rev . Daere Craven , M . A . John H . Morgan , Esq . The Lord Crewe . A . C . Morton , Esq ., M . P . Frank H . Cripps , Esq . The Rov . AV . A . Newton . J . Crowdy , Esq , Edmund Osven , Esq . Sir Charles Dalrymple , Bart ., Sir James Paget , Bart . M . P . Stephen Paget , Bt ., F . K . C . S . Sir Lionel Darell , Bart . AV . H . Pannell , Esq . John Deacon , Esq . Charles Park , Esq . Alderman Sir Polydore do G . Pardy , Esq . Keyser . H . F . Pardy , Esc < . Samuel Dickinson , Esq . George Pepler , Esq . E . Dyson , Esq ., C . C . Henry D . Phillips , Esq . K F . Field , Esq . Guy Pym , Esq . Gaston Foi , Esq . The Most Hon . the Marquis Sir Julian Goldsmid , Bart ., of Ripon , K . G . M . P . The Lord Rothschild . Viscount Gort . Alfred do Rothschild , Esq . AV . B . Hadden , Esq ., M . D . Cecil Henry Russell , Esq . Aldrmn . Sir Reginald Hanson , Tho Lord Sandhurst . Bart ., LL . D . Mr . Alderman Savory . Ml * . Sheriff Harris . Thomas Smith , Esq . Alfred Hoare , Esq ., L . C . C . John Smithers , Esq . I . Holmes , Esq . Octavius Sturges , Esq ., M . D . H . B . Holmes , Esq . H . H . AValford , Esq . Ihe Hon . Spencer Hylton Colonel AVilkinson . Jolliffe . His Grace the Lord Arch-I . H . Janson , Esq . hishop of York . Over £ 1300 has already been received . Subscriptions and Donations may be sent to ADRIAN HOPE , Secretary .

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AUCTION LAND AND ESTATE AGENCY OFFICES , 14 , GREAT J AMES STREET , BEDFORD Row , W . C . VALUATIONS of every description of Property made for Probate and Administration for Residuary Accounts and for Purchase or Private Sale . Railway Compensation Claims prepared and adjusted . Sales by Auction , or by Private Contract of Freehold , Copyhold and Leasehold Property , Ground Rents , Rent Charges , Reversions , Annuities , Life Interests , Life Policies , Advowsons , Shares , Patent Ri g hts , and every description of Investments , Household Furniture , Farming , and other Stocks and Effects conducted on moderate terms . Furnished and Unfurnished Town and Country Residences . Farms , Hunting Boxes , also Shooting , Fishing , & c , let . Rents Collected and Legally Recovered , and all other Business connected vvith the Management of Estates undertaken on Economical Terms . Businesses Transferred . Balance Sheets prepared , Tradesmen ' s and Companies' Accounts audited , and every matter incidental to the profession carried out vvith promptness and dispatch by MESSRS . WARLTERS , RICHARDSON & Co ., Auctioneers , Land Agents , Surveyors , Valuers , and Accountants , 14 , Great James-street , Bedford-row , W . C . ( Two doors from the Middlesex Registration Office ) .

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NORMAN , SON , AND BOWEN , AUCTIONEERS AND VALUERS , Auction Rooms and Ware Rooms , 7500 feet . 62 A , ALDERSGATE STREET , Opposite the "City Press" Office . PERIODICAL SALES OF OFFICE FURNITURE , & c . STOCKS TENDERED and SOLD BY AUCTION . EXAMINATIONS . — Payments . _ , _ based on results . — Preliminary , legal , medical , scientific , matriculation , chartered accountant , and Civil Service , male and female . The dullest and most backward got through . Private lessons in mechanics , physics , practical chemistry , and biology given . For list of successes and honours apply to Mr . HENRY WAITE , 342 , Strand .

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FOR SALE . — "FREEMASON"from 1877 to 1 SS 9 inclusive . First three volumes bound , remajnder unbound . —For Price , write to "SIGMA , " ofiice of this Paper . Just Published . Post Free , 6 hd . THE CORRESPONDENCE bearing on the AGE of the SUN , SQUARE , and COMPASSES LODGE , No . 119 , WHITEHAVEN . Whitehaven : CALLENDER AND DIXON .

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rvRDER OF THE TEMPLE . CONVENT GENE RAL . A SPECIAL MEETING OF CONVENT GENERAL will be held at the MARK MASONS' HALL , GREAT QUEEN STREET , LONDON , on FRIDAY , the iSth of APRIL INSTANT , AT 5 O ' CLOCK I \ M . To receive Notices of Motion for Alterations in the Statutes . WM . TINKLER , Vice Arch-Chancellor . 3 and 4 , Lincoln ' s-Inn-Fields , London , W . C , 2 nd April , 1 S 90 .

To Correspondents.

To Correspondents .

Several communications unavoidably stand over .

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SATURDAY , APRIL , 5 , 1890 .

Masonic Notes.

Masonic Notes .

Lady Monckton , with the help of several kindhearted and talented friends , gave the children of our Girls' School a great treat on Saturday afternoon last . Her ladyship recited in her own inimitable manner , drawing laughter and tears alternately . Miss Rosa Leo

sang charmingly , Bro . " Leslie Mayne " accompanying her , and in a composition of his own— " Pack clouds away " —evoking rapturous applause . Miss Angela Vanbrugh , a very young lady , proved herself a

thorough mistress of the art of violin playing , and Mr . Morten Cotton , a prince among amateur buffo singers , made the little folks laugh till they cried b y his clever and comic effusions .

* * * The programme proper over , the children sang three part songs in the most delightful manner , ably conducted by Mrs . Rowarth , their Singing Mistress , and then , under Miss Davies , went through their calisthenic

drill with wonderful precision . A most agreeable two hours was spent . Among those present were Bros . Sir John Monckton , Frank Richardson , Edward Letchworth , Robert Grey , J . H . Matthews , and Charles Hammerton ( members of the House Committee ) , Sir

Polydore and Lady De Keyser , Mr . and Mrs . J . A . Brand , Bro . H . C . Knott ( W . M . Isaac Newton Lodge ) and Miss Knott , Bros . Register ( W . M . Tuscan Lodge ) , E . Monteuuis , and Gordon Smith , and Miss Beatrice Grey , and Mrs . Leo .

The first meeting of the Board of Stewards for the coming Festival of the Girls' School was held at Freemasons' Hall on Friday , the 28 th ult . Bro . E . Letchworth , P . G . D ., occupied the chair . The usual preliminary business was transacted . Bro . Col . James . Peters ,

P . G . S . B ., and P . S . G . W . of the Province of Middlesex , was elected as President of the Board ; Bro . C . E . Keyser , P . G . W . Herts , the Treasurer ; Bro . E .

Luxmore Marshall , P . M . 235 , Nine Muses , Chairman of the Ladies' Stewards ; and Bro . F . R . W . Hedges , Hon . Secretary . The usual Sub-Committees were also appointed .

* * * As Bro . Col . Peters is President of the Board , and is a Past Provincial Senior Grand Warden of Middlesex , we suggest that he should bring some of the charm of his influence and eloquence to bear on the

brethren of the Province , so that it may be well and effectively represented . We have not heard that the number of Middlesex Stewards has been increased , since our report of last week , though the Board itself has

been enlarged from 16 3 to 174 . This is fair progress , but we hope more will be made in the course of the next 10 days , or a fortni ght , that is , while there is a fair amount of time in which to do good work .

* * * The Confidence Lodge , No . 193 , which vvas warranted by the " Ancients " in 1790 , and has been able to show a career of uninterrupted working ever since , has been granted a Centenary Warrant and celebrated

the auspicious event by a grand banquet , at Anderton ' s Hotel , on Wednesday , when it is needless to say the members mustered in great force , while the gathering of

visitors vvas unusually numerous and distinguished . The meeting passed off admirably , and vve sincerely trust the career of this ancient lodge may be as prosperous in the future as it has been in the past .

Masonic Notes.

We learn that the W . M . and Officers of Lodge No . 25 , Dublin , Sir C . A . Cameron , M . D ., Secretary , will give a Masonic Ball in the Leinster Flail , Dublin , on Friday , 25 th inst ., in aid of the funds of the Masonic Orphan Schools , under the patronage of their Excellencies the

Lord Lieutenant and the Countess of Zetland ; their Serene Highnesses Prince ancl Princess Edward of Saxe Weimar ; their Graces the Duke of Abercorn , M . W . G . M ., ancl the Duchess of Abercorn ; and the Right Hon . the Lord Chancellor and Lady Ashbourne .

The very successful results of the ball g iven by this lodge in 18 S 8 , lead us to hope the present one will be even more successful . So charitable an object appeals with more than ordinary force to every Masonic heart ,

and we hope the present effort of the worthy officers and brethren of Lodge No . 25 svill be supported , as it so well deserves to be , by Freemasons throughout the four provinces , and that the effort will prove worthy of the best traditions of the Irish Craft .

* * * In our issue of 16 th November , 1889 , we made some sharp comments in reference to a case as described by the Australasian Keystone , in which a prominent brother , vvho was said to have held the office of Prov .

G . Registrar of an English province , intervened on a particular occasion in the United Grand Lodge of Victoria "in order to test the right of every Past Grand Lodge Officer to enter with the Grand Master . " We said that vve did not see in what way a prominent

brother , on the strength of having been a Prov . G . Registrar of an English province , was justified in intervening in any way in a question concerning * the precedence of Grand Lodge Officers . We said at the same time that our contemporary ' s account of the matter was somewhat obscure .

It now appears , from a letter with which we have been favoured from the prominent brother in question , that he intervened in the matter in his capacity of a Past S . G . Warden of Victoria , that to the best of his

knowledge and belief he has never made reference to his Past Provincial rank during the time he has resided in the colony , and that it vvas our contemporary who was at fault by introducing * the brother ' s English Provincial rank into its account of the incident , and thus misleading us .

* * * It appears also that the prominent brother succeeded in carrying his point , and that for the future , under the United Grand Lodge of Victoria , as under the United

Grand Lodge of England , Past Grand Officers will have p laces assigned to them in the Grand Master ' s procession according to the table of precedence set forth in our _ jBook of Constitutions , vvhich , for the time being , is that of Victoria likewise .

The mistake into which we were led , and which will now have still greater prominence , will not , however , have been made in vain if it induces the Grand Master of . Victoria to be still more careful in future in his selection of brethren for Grand Office , and especially for

the important office of Grand Director of Ceremonies . A brother vvho is not well posted in the table of precedence is clearly not a suitable brother for this post , and especially one who might be disposed to place thu Deputy Grand Master in front of the Pro Grand Master

ancl Past Grand Masters . However , vve daresay a proper knosvledge of these important matters will be acquired some time or other , and it is satisfactory to knosv that there is already one svho , as a Past Prov . G . Registrar

of England , and at the same time a Past S . G . Warden Victoria , has the requisite knowledge and is in a position to be able to intervene and set right an errant Grand Director of Ceremonies .

We have much pleasure in announcing , in accordance with the request of our esteemed correspondent , that there is an English branch of the Lodge " Les Elevcs des Themis" located at Antwerp , and svorking under the authority of the Grand Orient of Belgium .

This section or branch of thc lodge meets es * ery Thursday , at 8 p . m ., at No . 35 , Rue Van Maerlandt , its installation being on the first Thursday in May . Thc present W . M . is Bro . S . Dutton , and the Secretary Bro .

D . Devs'ar , to whom brethren intending to visit the ancient Flemish city would do well to address their communications should they be desirous of visiting the lodge . * * *

The consecration of the West Lancashire Century Lodge , No . 2349 , will take place on Tuesday , the 15 th inst ., at South Shore , Blackpool .