Contents.

CONTENTS .

L SADSRS 141 Province of North and F . ast Yorkshire ... 143 Provincial Grand Lodge of Shropshire 141 Masonic Jubilee Ball 143 Consecration of thp Hubert De Burgh CORRESPONDENCEChap ter , Rose Croix , at Dover 141 Masonic Halls 14 $ Grand Imperial Conclave of the Masonic Article 153 of the Book of Constitutions 14 . and Military Order of Knights of Rome Notes d Q . » and of the Red . Cross of Constanti . e ... 142 RE „ ORTS ,, / VMINIC MEET . NOS- ' Allied

Consecration of the Veran Cou . icrl , Ma-onic Degrees , No . iS , Reading 142 Craft Masonry 146 Roval Masonic Benevolent Institution 143 Instruction $ 1 The Recent Festival of the Roval R ° y ? ' Arch ijr Masonic Benevolent Institution ' .... 143 An '; ' ™ and Accepted Rrte 151 Royal Masonic Institution for Girls 143 Red Cross of Rome and Constantine ... 151 Roval Masonic Institution for Boys 143 Another Masonic Exhibition 1 J 2 Masonic Presentation 143 Theatres 152 The Masonic Presentation to Miss Martyn 143 Obituary 152 The New Masonic Hall and Club at Masonic and General Tidings 153 Folkestone J 43 Lodge Meetings for Next Week iii .

Ar00100

WE have again the great pleasure of congratulating the Girls'Schoot Executive , both governmental and educational , of this Institu-Success . t | on on ( . ne success achieved by the scholars in their charge at the Cambridge Local Examinations in December last . Of the twenty

candidates who submitted themselves to the Examiners , only one failed in satisfy ing them , while of the nineteen who succeeded , two obtained Third Class honours in the Senior Division , and in the Junior Division two obtained Second Class honours , four Third Class honours , and the remaining eleven obtained passes . The brethren have long since understood that repeated evidences of the sound educational training

administered by Miss DAVIS and her able staff of assiscants , are not necessary in order to secure the confidence of the Governors and Subscribers in the management of the School , or enlist their sympathy and support and that of the Craft generally . But evidences of the character we have just received are none the less gratifying because they are not required or expected ; and for the sake of the girl candidates themselves ,

if not for the sake of the School , we must all feel delighted at the large measure of success which has attended them at this Examination , even the solitary failure which is recorded being due to the candidate ' s illness . Moreover , as the claims of our senior Institution will very shortly be placed before the public as conspicuously as possible in connection with its

Anniversary Festival , now so rapidly ~ ' . ching , it cannot fail to prove a valuable help to those who are pleading .. ^ ause to be able to point with pride to still another proof that the course of instruction at our Girls' School is such as to enable the children to hold their own with advantage when in competition with the pupils from other Institutions .

* .. * WE are likewise privileged to announce that the Boys' School School ii ys' - ^ achieved a similar success , the returns , though differing numerically , being eminently satisfactory . Only nine youngsters were sent up as candidates at the same Cambridge Local Examinations in December iasl . Of these two obtained honours in the

Second Division of the First Class , four won Second Class honours , and one Third Class honours , the remaining two satisfying the Examiners , so that the whole of the small contingent obtained places , while in some instances the boys are adjudged to have distinguished themselves in Mathematics or Latin , or the two subjects combined . Here , again , it becomes our dutyand it is a duty we have much pleasure in fulfilling—to congratulate the

Executive and Bro . Dr . MORRIS , with his staff of assistants , on the result . We are no more surprised aiit than in the case of the Girls' School success ; ljut , as we have said in our preceding remarks on that Iustitution , it is not on that account the less gratifying , and when the time arrives for us to plead the cause of this Charity before the Craft in connection with its Anniversary Festival in June , we shall have the satisfaction of

adducing this and its previous successes at the Cambridge Local and other Examinations as an incentive to the brethren generally to continue their contributions towards its support . A . s regards the smallness of the contingent sent up , we have only one remark to make , namely , that it is just possible the reduction a few years since of the maximum limit of age for the boys remaining in the School from 16 to 15 years may have something to do with

' . > the maximum limit for the junior section of candidates at these Examinations being 16 . This places the School at a disadvantage with others where the 16 years' limit exists , and leaves the Head Master no choice but between sending up only a few good scholars , with a reasonable prospect of all , or a majority of them , succeeding , and allowing many to enter with an equally reasonable prospect of several failures . '

* * * T THE final meeting of the Board of Stewards having been held , Festival ?" we are > position to determine , as nearly as it ever will be j . determinable , the amount realised by the recent Festival of the , „•}? , Masonic Benevolent Institution . Of course , other sums may and Willi 1 " v ,,, « ijLm , » uii , iii , iiuiiiuiiuin v _»* \*\ jm *>\* j ULLJ ^ I JL 111 I 3 tliay a . ll \_ l be

j received on its account before the year is out , especially as East trib ' ^ ' ' - 6 anc * West Yorkshire are both engaged in raising a special con-„ utl ° in honour of the Q UEEN ' Jubilee . But in accordance with the are e ? perience , all sums intended to be paid on the Festival account of th SaVe '" Very rare caseSj received or notified within ten days or a fortnight as tcMr ? elekrallon ' and tlle t 0 tal lh " * ar 1 S ; £ 9 ' 9 7 There is no doubt v ,.,.. " success of this year ' s anniversary , nor . as we have remarked before .

with tl " . ' 'P ' proved after all so very over-sanguine . At all events , v ° led fi Immense aRgregate already paid or promised to be paid , the £ 1000 to bec ' ^ ^ Lodge and only needing confirmation in June in order ^ alisprH ? asset or 'he Institution , and the moneys we may hope to see " y the special efforts of our East Lancashire and West Yorkshire

Ar00101

brethren , the Committee will no doubt consider themselves justified in recommending a further increase in the number of annuitants on one , if not on both Funds . * # *

.,., „ , . WE announced in a recent issue that our North and East Jubilee Masonic -,.,,.,, , 1 . ,.,. ' Gathering Yorkshire brethren , with the sanction and approval of their at York > respected Prov . Grand Master , Bro . the Earl of ZETLAND , had determined on celebrating the QUEEN ' J ubilee with appropriate splendour on the 14 th July . To-day we publish the circular letter addressed by Bro . PECK , the Grand Secretary of the province , to the Masters of the several lodges in its jurisdiction , in which the details of the proposed scheme

are circumstantially described . The plan strikes us as being admirably suited for the purpose , and those in charge have done well to time it so as to fall on the day on which Prov . Grand Lodge will hold its annual meeting in York . No better place ot meeting could have been chosen than the city which , in the ages long gone by , was the central home of our ancient Craft , which is still the metropolis of the North of England , and which is

easily accessible from all the principal cities and towns in the Northern and Midland counties , as well as from London ; while the fact of its being contemporary with the annual meeting of Prov . Grand Lodge will enable our N . and E . Yorkshire friends to attend it without incurring any additional outlay in respect of travelling . The programme , too , which includes Divine

service in the Minster with a sermon by Bro . the Very Rev . the Dean of YORK , Past G . Chaplain , and a conversazione , is all that could be wished for , and , given Q UEEN ' weather , there is good reason for anticipating that the Masonic festivities at York in honour of the Q UEEN ' Jubilee will be in all respects worthy of so rare and so auspicious an event .

Provincial Grand Lodge Of Shropshire.

PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF SHROPSHIRE .

The Provincial Grand Master of Shropshire , Bro . Sir Offley Wakeman , Bart ., held a Prov . Grand Lodge at the Lion Hotel , Shrewsbury , on Thursday , the 17 th ult ., when there was a large attendance of brethren , amongst whom were—Bros . Rowland Venables D . P . G . M . ; W . L . Southwell , P . J . G . W . ; the Rev . H . K . Southwell , P . G . ChaD . ; J . P . White , P . G . Treasurer ; R . A . Craig-, P . G . Reg . ; W .

H . Spaull , P . G . Secretary ; Tom Collins , P . S . G . D . ; j . H . Williams , P . J . G . D . ; John Blockley , P . G . S . of W . j Thomas Whitefojc , jun ., P . G . D . C . ; John Guiders , P . A . G . D . C ; John Smith , P . G . Swd . Br . ; John Jinks , P . G . Std . Br . j J . H . Cooksey , P . G . Std . Br . ; John Sewell , P . G . O . ; James Vine , P . A . G . Sec . ; Charles Drew , P . G . P . ; W . Horton , P . A . G . Reg-. ; T . B . Hide , P . G . Tyler ; B . Bastow , Thomas Pratt , William Belton , Arthur Marston , and J . P . Deaking-, P . G . Stwds . : E . M .

Wakeman , P . P . G . W . ; J . Bodenham , P . P . G . W . ; G . Gordon Warren , V . C . ; L . Crump and R . Lewis , P . P . G . Regs . ; E . C . Peele , Thomas Roberts , and VV . Putman , P . P . G . D . 's ; T . Warren Thompson , P . P . G . D . C ; J . C W . Lester , P . P . A . G . D . C . ; T . C . Royce , P . P . G . S . B . ; John Macnin , P . P . G . P . ; E . A . Hicks , W . M . 601 ; A . V . Townsend , W . M ., A . B . Deakin , J . VV ., H . F . Newman , VV . Halfpenny , and VV .

Baxter , of 117 ; John Avery , and j . D . Southam , of 262 ; John Millington , 601 ; T . J . Sahvay , 611 ; VV . H . Packer , Rev . J . T . Claridge , and R . A . Burdon , of 1120 ; W . Brewer and J . England , of 1432 ; T . Guiders , 1575 ; H . Roberts , W . Westcott , H . Skelding , R . Lucas , A . S . Trevor , H . Goodall , G . C Cooper , W . T . Smith , and T . Bromwich , of 1621 .

Letters , regretting their inability to attend , were read from Bros . Sir Watkin Williams VVynn , Bart ., A . C . Spaull , T . K . Spaull , Rev . J . B . Meredith , Rev . B . Rising , C . K . Benson , R . Millington , E . J . Webb , L . E . Woolsten , J . G . Morgan , J . H . Parsons , and George Stevenson . The DEP . PROV . GRAND MASTER read a satisfactory report of the lodges in the province , showing a total of 315 subscribing members .

Letters were read from the lodges disagreeing with the proposition to subscribe to the Imperial Institute . The Treasurer ' s report was also satisfactory . It was stated that the Stewards would take up the sum of £ 500 as the contribution from this province to the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls , on the occasion of the R . W . P . G . M ., Bro . Sir Offley Wakeman , presiding at the Festival on May 1 ith .

Consecration Of The Hubert De Burgh Chapter, Rose Croix, At Dover.

CONSECRATION OF THE HUBERT DE BURGH CHAPTER , ROSE CROIX , AT DOVER .

The consecration of the Hubert de Burgh Chapter , Rose Croix , 18 , under the authority of the Supreme Council , 33 , took place at the Freemasons' Hall , Snargate-street , Dover , on Saturday , the 26 th ult . The following members of the Supreme Council , 33 , were present : Broi . Capt . N . G . Philips , Most Illustrious Lieutenant G . Commander ; H . D . Sandeman ,

G . Secretary General ; General Brownrigg , G . Prior ; Colonel Shadwell H . Clerke , Sovereign G . Inspector General ; Lieutenant-Colonel H . S . Somerville Burney , Director of Ceremonies and Inspector General of the South-Eastern District . There were also present Bros . Capt . P . Montague , 32 ; R . J . Emmerson , 31 ; Colonel C . J . Cox , 30 ; F . Hughes-Hallett , M . W . S .

Ethelbert Chapter ; Francis F . Giraud , P . M . W . S . Ethelbert Chapter ; Jas . D . Terson , P . M . W . S . Ethelbert Chapter ; Rev . J . Branfill Harrison , P . M . W . S . Ethelbert Chapter ; J . Bourdeaux , Edward Luky , C . C . Walter , R . Staines Davey , W . Pearse , Captain Boyton , Surgeon S . J . Flood , Surgeon G . F . A . Smythe , S . Watts , W . H . Longhurst , M . D ., Henry Penfold , F . F . Sintgenich , and others .

The acting M . P . S . G . Commander , III . Bro . Captain N . G . Philips , opened a Supreme Council Chapter , Rose Croix , in ancient form , afterwhich the ballot was taken for the candidates as enumerated on the summons convening the convocation , which in each case proved unanimous , and the following brethren , being in attendance , were duly perfected and received into the Order : Bros . William J . Smith , Edwin Beer , J . Usborne Terson , W . O . Kennett , John J . Wright , and A . F . L . Fredericksen . The M . 111 . Lieutenant G . Commander then proceeded to consecrate the chapter ,