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CONTENTS . . _ - « PAGE LBADBRThe Boys * School Festival ... . ... •••••••••4 ij Roval Masonic Institution for Boys ( Anniversary Festival ) ... ... 4 " Court

Royal Masonic Institution for Girls ( Quarterly ) ... ... ... 4 ' 7 Science , Art and the Drama ... ... — — ••¦ 4 >>» The New Masonic Hall , Leeds ... ... . « — , •••4 ' 9 provincial Grand Mark Lodge of Northumberland and Durham ... ... 4 ' 9 MASONIC N OTES— . Quarterly Court of the Royal Masomc Institution for Girls ... ; .. 4 2 ' Meeting of the Committee of Management of the Royal Masonic

Benevolent Institution ... ... ••••••••••4 > Anniversary Festival of the Mark Benevolent Fund ... ... ... 42 < Death of Bro . Richard Eve ... ... ... ••¦ •••42 « Correspondence ... ... — — •••— V Mark Benevolent Fund Festival ... ... — — — 4 ^ 3 The Province of Cheshire ... •••— . ••••••4 4 Craft Masonry ... ... — — — — 4 ^ 5

Royal Arch ... ... ... - •••••••••4 * 0 " Mark Masonry ... ... •••••••••— 4 ^ 7 The Craft Abroad ... ... ... •••••••••42 ? Wills and Bequests ... ... ... ... - - 42 ; Consecration of the Kirby Lodge , No . 3818 ... ... ... ... 4 * 7 Obituary ... ... ... - •••- - 4 7 The Warwickshire Benevolent Fund ... ... ... ... 42 S Masonic and General Tidings ... •••••••¦••••43 °

The Boys' School Festival.

THE BOYS' SCHOOL FESTIVAL .

It is to . be regretted that the Duke of CONNAUGHT was prevented at the last moment from fulfilling his engagement to preside at the 102 nd Anniversary Festival of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys on Tuesday . There was a full attendance of the Stewards and their friends , a considerable amount of

enthusiasm , and , as it proved , a very generous response on the part of the lodges and brethren to the appeals that had been addressed to them by the School authorities , the total of the donations and subscriptions obtained by the efforts of 482 Stewards being , in round figures , £ 16 , 8 34 . Towards this result

London , represented by 233 Stewards , contributed £ 8506 os . 6 d ., while the Provinces and Abroad with 24 S Stewards , raised £ 8328 13 s . Sd . His Royal Highness's Province acquitted itself splendidly , the number of those who did duty on its behalf being 50 , and the amount ! they had the satisfaction of raising being

£ 1365 , which , though very far from being the highest sum the Province has compiled on a special occasion , nevertheless exceeds what it has been able to raise at the Girls' and Benevolent Festivals in 1892 and 18 97 respectively , at which his Royal Highness was graciously pleased to occupy the chair . We feel

sure that the Duke must have been gratified with the result , and he has the satisfaction of knowing that his influence was a tower of strength to those ladies and brethren who worked for the Institution so efficiently , while , at the same time , that it would have been impossible for him to have had an abler

and more efficient substitute in his enforced absence than Karl A . MHERST , M . W . Pro Grand Master , and Prov . Grand Master of Kent . We congratulate his Royal Hi ghness , his representative , and the Board of Stewards on the successful result of their united efforts , and the Institution which through

their instrumentality has secured not only the amount required 'or the expenditure of the current year , but also a comfortable fnargin which will allow of an increase being made in the invested capital of the School . Nor would it be just to those who for months past have laboured so hard and so successfully ,

0 r in consonance with our own desire to do honour to whom honour is due , to pass unheeded the great services rendered by 'he officers of the Board of Stewards , but more especially by * V J . MORRISON MCLEOO—its Hon . Secretary and the Secretary of the Institution—and his staff . They have worked

many hours daily over and above the fixed official hours , in 0 r ( ler to win success , and they have at least the satisfaction of Rising that their labour has not been in vain . The Institution j ^ d the Craft generally are greatly indebted to them for what ' "•7 have done in organising and perfecting the arrangements 0 r Tuesday ' s gathering .

Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.

ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS .

ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL . The festival to celebrate the 102 nd year of the establishment of this Institution was held on Tuesday evening , at Freemasons' Tavern , London . The chair was to have been taken by his Royal Highness the Duke of Connaught and Strathearn , K . G ., M . W . Past Grand Master , District Grand Master of Bombay , Prov . G . Master for Sussex , but his duties in Ireland prevented his being present , and his place was taken by Earl Amherst , M . W . Pro Grand Master . His Lordshi p was supported by

Bros , the Earl of Warwick , R . W . Deputy Grand Master , Prov . G . M . of Essex - McMillan , Dist . G . M . Auckland , New Zealand ; Charles Edward Keyser P . G . D ., Treasurer of the Institution ; George Everett , P . G . Treas . ; Harry Manfield , G . Treas . ; E . Letchworth , G . Sec ; James Terry PGSB Sec . R . M . B . I . ; F . G . Ivey ; Col . Clifford Probyn , P . G . T . ; Major ' f w ' Woodall , P . G . T . ; W . F . Smithson , P . G . D . ; Abraham Woodiwiss ; Richard ' Peck ; Rev . Orwell Thompson , P . G . C . ; Rev . H . R . Cooper Smith , D . D . Sir Marriott

P . G . C . ; W . T . , Q . C . ; W . Blackburn ; Dr . Ralph Goodine P . G . D . ; Admiral St . Clair ; S . J . Notley , P . G . S . B . ; Major Henry Wright , G . S . B . ; R . G . Venables , P . A . G . D . C ; Daniel Mayer , G . D ' Guy Repton , G . D . j Richard Clowes , P . G . Std . Br . ; H . T . Gordon G S of Wks . ; W . A . Scurrah , P . A . G . D . C ; H . Bevir , P . A . G . D . C ; Imre Kiralfv P . A . G . D . C ; H . B . Marshall ; Major C . W . Carrel ) , P . G . S . B . ; Surg .-Col Kiallmark , P . G . D . ; Major J . E . Le Feuvre , P . G . D . ; W . F . Lamonbv P . A . G . D . C ; W . B . Fendick , and George Graveley , P . G . P .

There was also present Bro . Benson , chairman of the North Wales Charity Association , who , ever since the establishment of the Association , has represented North Wales at the elections . It was his 16 th Stewardship for the Boys . The worthy brother has also had 16 Stewardships for the Girls , and eight for the Benevolent Institution . At the conclusion of the dinner , the usual toasts were proposed .

Earl AMHERST , in proposing the first toast , "The Queen , " said he ought to explain how it was he was there that evening . When H . R . H . the Duke of Connaught agreed to take the chair at this festival he had no idea he would have been appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Forces in

Ireland . When he went to lay the foundation-stone of the new schools of the Institution at Bushey , he was very much afraid that he would not be able to take the chair at the festival , and he asked him ( Earl Amherst ) , to take his place . He of course agreed , and this was the reason his Roval Highness had so inefficient a substitute .

The toast of " The Queen , " having been drunk , Earl AMHERST proposed "The M . W . Grand Master , H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , Patron of the Institution . " They all knew so well what his Royal Highness had done for the Craft during the 26 years he had been Grand Master , that it was unnecessary to say anything to commend the toast to the company . His Royal Highness ' s reign had been marked by a progress in Masonry and progress in the Charities such as had not marked the reign of any other Grand Master .

Eail AMHERST in proposing "The Pro Grand Master , the Deputy Grand Masier , and the rest ot the Grand Officers , Present and Past , " said he was told that at this moment h-i must consider himself not a Grand Officer , but the toast of the Grand Officers had always been kindly received at all Masonic gatherings , and he was sure that evening it would not be received

less kindly than at those meetings which had gone before . The Grand Officers endeavoured to da their duty , and when they came in such numbers to a public gathering like the present , it was clear there must be great Masonic duties to perform . He would call upon Lord Warwick , Deputy Grand Master , Prov . Grand Master tor Essex , who had discharged his duties to the satisfaction of all the brethren , to respond to the toast .

The Earl of WARWICK , in responding , said that in the absence of the Duke of Connaught they could not be presided over with greater satisfaction than by the Pro G . Master , and it must be very pleasing to his Royal Highness to have such a substitute . Earl Amherst had been good enough to say that the G . Officers alf performed their duties satisfactorily . It was a great privilege and pleasure to return thanks for this toast . All Masons from their earliest days in the Order looked forward with justifiable

ambition to occupy high posilions . Those posts were not numerous , and therefore , there was great competition for them . But when a man became ' a G . Officer he felt intensely the responsibility cast upon them , and on no occasion should they be more sensible of their duties than when they came to support their Chairmen of the Masonic Festivals . It was not his business to make a long speech , but he returned thanks to the Pro G . Master [ or the kind terms in which he had introduced the toast .

Earl AMHERST next said the toasts had hitherto been proposed and responded to in very short terms , which was convenient and suitable , but he was afraid in proposing the toast of the evening he must ask the company ' s attention a little longer than in the previous toasts . Thev

were met together to celebrate the 102 nd anniversary of the foundation of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , and it was well , now they recognised the proportions the Festivals had assumed that they should look back a little and see from what the School had sprung . In 1 798 certain benevolent brethren came together and resolved that they would establish a fund for maintaining , clothing , and