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CONTENTS . LSADBRS— PAGE A busy Time in Masonry ... ... ... ... ... 273 Ars Quatuor Coronatorum ... ... ... ... ¦•• 273 Masonic Jurisprudence ... ... ... ... ... ... 274 Masonic Brotherly Love ... ... ... ... •¦¦ 275 Provincial Grand Mark Lodge of West Yorkshire ... ... ... 275 Science , Art and the Drama ... ... ... ..., ... 277

M ASONIC N OTESFestival of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls ... ... ... 279 Elections to Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution ... ... ... 279 South African Masonic Relief Fund ... ... ... ... 279 Sixth Festival of the Educational Fund of the Province of North and East Yorkshire ... ... ... ... - •¦• 279 Annual Convocation of the Provincial Grand Chapter of North and East Yorkshire ... ... ... ... ••• 279

Reviews ... ... •¦• . •¦• •¦• ¦•• 2 S 0 Provincial Grand Lodge of Staffordshire .. ... ... ... 2 S 0 Opening of a New Lodge at Cockington ... ... ... ... 2 S 0 Craft Masonry ... ... ... ... ... ... 2 S 1 Royal Arch ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 2 S 2 Mark Masonry .., ... ... ... ... ... 282 Supper of the Clapton Lodge of Instruction , No . 13 * 5 ... ... ... 283 Instruction ... ... ... ... ... ... 283 Obituary ... ... ... ... ... ••• 283 Secret Monitor ... ... ... ... ... ... 2 S 4 Masonic and General Tidings ... ... ... ... ... 2 S 4

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A BUSY TIME IN MASONRY .

In the course of the next few days there will be held quite a number of important Masonic functions , and the brethren who purpose taking part in all or a majority of them will have an exceptionally busy time , and will probably not regret when the

last of the series of meetings has taken place . I his ( rriday ) evening thc Great Priory of the Order of thc Temple meets at Mark Masons' Hall , and the officers for the ensuing year will

be appointed and invested . To-morrow the grand function at Bushey will take place , and H . R . H . the Duke of CONNAUG . HT , K . G ., M . YV . Past G . M ., attended and assisted by thc Grand

Officers , will lay the first stone of the new School buildings of thc Royal Masonic Institution for Roys . On Monday there will be the annual fe " 'tc and distribution of prizes to the children of thc Royal Masonic Institution for Girls , at St . John ' s Hill , Battersea Rise ,

the central figure in the interesting ceremony being the Countess of DARTMOUTH , who has kindly undertaken to hand the prizes lo the fortunate winners . On Wednesday , the 16 th instant , the Karl of DARTMOUTH , Prov . G . Master of Staffordshire , will

preside at the 112 th Anniversary Festival of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls at Freemasons' Tavern ; and , lastly , on Friday , the 18 th instant , will be held , also at Freemasons ' Tavern , the annual general meeting of the Royal Masonic

Benevolent Institution , when the Committee of Management will present a report of their proceedings during the past year , and candidates willbe elected to fill the vacancies that have occurred 011 the Male and Widows' Funds . As regards these several

events , there is not much to be added to what has alread y appeared in these columns . In the case of the Boys' School function at Bushey to-morrow ( Saturday ) , we have to announce that the meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of

Hertfordshire , whith had been called for that day , will not be held , the Provincial Grand Secretary having notified the brethren that " the difficulty of making suitable arrangements for the holding of Provincial Grand Lodge on May 12 th at the site of the New

Masonic School , Bushey , having proved insuperable , " the Provincial Grand Master has "cancelled the meeting , " and the summons is withdrawn . This is much to be regretted . It is manifestl y the duty of the Province to greet his Royal Highness the Past Grand Master and the Grand Officers by whom he may

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be accompanied on the occasion of their visit to a place within its borders ; but as there appears to be an insuperable difficulty in the way of their rendering this simple courtesy to his Royal Highness , there is nothing further to be said , and our

Hertfordshire brethren must console themselves , as best they may , with the reflection that what is insuperable ; cannot be overcome ; that it is from no lack of will on their part to do honour to one to whom honour is due that they are not present to fulfil that

duty ; and that those of the Present and Past Grand Officers of the Province who have purchased thc sanction of the School authorities to be present at the function will , as previously arranged , have seats on the dais . Thus , after all , Hertfordshire

will be informall y represented , though , as we need hardl y be at the trouble of pointing out , there is a vast difference between this and the hearty welcome from the whole Province , which , but for the " insuperable difficulty " referred to but not specified by the Provincial Grand Secretary , would have been forthcoming .

As regards the Girls' School functions—the distribution of prizes on the 14 th instant and the Festival on the 16 th instantthere is every reason to hope that both will pass off successfully . Our forecast of last week that the Board of Stewards will

number 700 laches and brethren must be about realised , but as regards the result of their efforts , while we are as sanguine as ever that the total of the donations and subscriptions will be a big one , we prefer reserving a more definite pronouncement till next week .

The annual general meeting of the * Governors and Subscribers of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution has this much to be said in its behalf , that the annuitants to be elected on the two Funds will be slightly more numerous than last

year when 42 'were elected , namely , 23 out of 55 on the Male Fund and if ) out of 68 on the Widows' Fund , while the applicants are fewer in number—46 men anil 59 widows , or

together 105 . The number arranged to be- elected in February was iS men and 23 widows—the deferred annuitants being in each case included—or together 41 ; but sino > then sundry

deaths have occurred and last year ' s figures will be exceeded We notice also that a motion will be submitted by Bro . J . S . CUMBERLAND , Past D . G . S . H ., providing lliat the names ol candidates who fail lo secure election after four trials shall be

removed from the lists and not again replaced . It may be that not many case's occur in which a candidate who has failed four times is elected , but it seems a pity to deprive any of our old people of even the slender chance that remains of being ultimatel y elected lo benefits which they have been adjudged worthy to receive .

Ars Quatuor Coronatorum.*

ARS QUATUOR CORONATORUM . *

The contents of the first Part of the new Volume of these Transactions are as varied in character as they are excellent , and will be perused with interest by the members of both circles of the lodge as well as by the general Masonic public . As regards the

brief sketch of the York Grand Lodge , by Bro . W . J . JIuGH . v . v , it has already appeared in our columns , the Secretary , with the concurrence of the author , having very kindly granted us the

necessary permission to publish the paper in advance , so that our readers are already familiar with the particulars so abl y narrated by Bro . HUGHAN . In the discussion that followed the