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ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS . ELECTION OF SECRETARY . To THE PATRONS , VICE-PATRONS , VICE-PRESIDENTS , AND LIFE GOVERNORS . Committee Rooms , Evershot , Dorchester . BRO . BASKETT'S COMMITTEE wish to express their thanks for the very numerous and influential promises already received , and to ask any other Brethren and Voters who are willing to support BRO . BASKETT to send in their names as soon as possible to W . DOUGLAS DUGDALE , 17 th December , I 88 Q . Hon . Sec .

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ROYA L MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS . To THE P ATRONS , VICE-PATRONS , VICE-PRESIDENTS , AND LIFE GOVERNORS . BRETHREN desirous of supporting the Candidature of BRO . ALFRED CRAVEN GREENWOOD , Assist . Prov . Grand Secretary , Surrey , in the event of a vacancy in the Secretaryship , are respectfully solicited to forward their Names to Bro . CHARLES GREENWOOD , P . M ., P . P . G . Reg ., Prov . Grand Secretary , Surrey , 12 Serjeant ' s Inn , Temple , E . C .

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OYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS . ELECTION OF SECRETARY . 21 , Delahay Street , Westminster , S . W ., February , iSyo . DEAR S IR AND BROTHER , I have the honour to offer myself as a Candidate for the office of Secretary of the above Institution on the retirement of Bro . Binckes , and I hereby beg to solicit your vote and support . I have recently retired from the Army Service Corps , after upwards of 20 years' service at home and abroad , and I am now 42 years of age . During the period of my service I have held several acting Colonial appointments of considerable trust and emolument , including that of Auditor-General of the West Africa Settlements . I served throughout the Ashantee War , 1873—74 , under Bro . Sir Garnet ( now Lord ) Wolseley . In 1881 , 1 was on the Special Staff of Bro . Sir Samuel Rowe , K . C . M . G ., Governor of the Gold Coast Colony ; and was afterwards employed for five years as Head of the Commissariat Department and Acting District Paymaster in the West African Command . The duties performed by the Army Service Corps ( late Commissariat and Transport Staff ) in connection with Barracks and Military Hospitals , are in many respects analogous to those performed by the Secretary in connection " " with the School ; amongst others , the charge of buildings and the provision ( by contract , purchase , or otherwise ) , and the accounting for all Food Fuel , Light , Bedding , Furniture , Medical Comforts , and Hospital Clothing . I , therefore , venture to think that the experience of office detail and the knowledge of accounts which I have acquired , mig ht be of considerable advantage to this Institution ; especially as I am led to understand that some improvement in the system of accounts is desirable . I attach a statement of my Masonic records , and beg to add that I am a Life-Governor of the Institution . I am , Dear Sir and Brother , Yours faithfully and fraternally , F . EGERTON BENNETT , LT .-COL . P . M . No . 773 , etc . MASONIC RECORD . CRAFT—Initiated , 6 th January , 1870 , Gold Coast Lodge , No . 773 ; Installed W . M ., 27 th December , 18 7 6 , Gold Coast Lodge , No . 773 ; Installed W . M ., 27 th December , 18 79 , Gold Coast Lodge , No . 773 ; Member of Emulation Lodge of Improvement . ROYAL ARCH—Exalted , 2 nd July , 1872 , Caledonian Chapter , No . 204 ; Member of Royal York Chapter of Perseverance , No . 7 ; Member of Domatic Chapter of Instruction . ORDER OF THE TEMPLE—Installed K . T ., 12 th July , 1872 , St . Joseph Preceptory ; Kni ght of Malta , 18 7 8 , Blondel Preceptory . NOTE . The supporters of Bro . Egerton Bennett are requested , on receiving their ballot papers from the Institution , to please fill them up and to forward them to Bro . W . Alfred Dawson , the Secretary of his committee 21 , Delahay-street , Westminster , London , S . W .

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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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'"THE MASONIC AND MILITARY - *• ORDERS OF KNIGHTS OF ROME AND OF THE RED CROSS OF CONSTANTINE , K . H . S ., AND ST . JOHN THE EVANGELIST . COLONEL SIR FRANCIS BURDETT , BART ., M . III . Grand Sovereign and Grand Commander of St . John . BARON DE FERRIERES , M . Eminent Grand Viceroy and Deputy Grand Commander of St . John . THE ANNUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE GRAND IMPERIAL CONCLAVE WILL BE HOLDEN AT I 6 A , GREAT QUEEN STREET , W . C , ON MONDAY , MARCH 3 RD , 1890 , At FIVE o ' clock in the Afternoon . Nominations for Grand Senate , Executive Committee , and Grand High Almoner ' s Fund to be sent to the Grand Recorder before 17 th February . A BANQUET will be provided at Half-past Six o'clock . Tickets , One Guinea each ; and it is requested that every Knight Companion intending to dine will forward his name to the Grand Recorder with as little delay as possible . Knights will not be admitted unless they appear in the insignia of their rank in the Order , Knights of St . John in White Sashes . CHAS . FRED . HOGARD , Grand Recorder and Registrar-General . 16 A . Great Queen-street , W . C . THE GENERAL STATUTES OF THE ORDER , with an Appendix and Engravings of the Jewels and Regalia—Price , Cloth , is . 6 d . —can be obtained of the GRAND RECORDER , I 6 A , Great Queen-street .

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EMULATION LODGE OF IMPROVEMENT . Under the sanction of the Lodge of Unions , No . 256 . Meeting at Freemasons' Hall on every Friday Evening at Six o'clock , excepting in the months of July , August , and September . STEWARDS—* V . W . Bro . Thos . Fenn , Pres . B . G . P ., Treas . LI . W . Bro . Sir J . B . Monckton , \ V . Bro . Felix Summer , Kny-P . G . W . vott , P . G . D . V . \ V " . „ P- A . Philbrick , „ J . A . Farnfield , P . Q . C , G . Reg . Asst . Gf . D . C . „ Col . S . II . Clerke , „ Fredk . Meade , P . G . G . Sec . Std . Br . „ Robert Grey , Pres . ,, J . H . Matthews , P . G . B . of B . Std . Br . W . „ H . J . P . Dumas , „ Henri Bue , P . G . Std . P . G . D . Br . „ „ C . A . Murton . P . G . D . „ C . P . Matier , P . G . „ J . 0 . Parkinson , Std . Br . P . G . D . „ Henry Sadler , G . „ „ Frank Richardson , Tyler P . G . D . Bro . C . Uiissuuo , P . M . lib' Bro . James Jennings „ J . J . Black , P . M . and Sec . „ G . L . Kennaby , W . M . 1501 U 20 „ a W . BlaxUuul , S . W . 700 „ * W . G . Kentish , Sec , „ Lennox Browne , P . M . P . M . 121 ) 3 , 1708 2108 , 2250 , 2318 ; Prov . „ W . H . Kirby , S . D . 1065 S . G . W . Essex „ J . Lancaster , P . M . and „ A . Stewart Browne , P . M . Sec . 531 2183 ; S . W . 708 „ C . W . Maplcton , J . W . 25 G „ Jas . Buckley , See . 1700 ¦ „ A . Marvin , P . M . 1708 „ G . "W . Bullen , J . D . 1708 „ E . M . Money , P . M . 28 „ D . Carpmael , W . M . 1021 „ H . Pritchard , P . M . 1-115 „ Charles E . Ctissol , S . W . „ W . P . Reynolds , S . W . 7 1115 ; J . W . 1071 „ W . O . Robinson , P . M . „ J . S . Cumberland , P . M . 1973 1 GII , 2128 ; P . Prov . „ F . T . Bushton , P . M . S G . W . N . aud E . Yorks . „ Maj .-Gen . E . C . Sim , 1383 „ E . P . Debenham , S . W . „ "Frank II . Spaull , P . M . 1-170 112-1 , 1768 : P . Prov . „ * W . Alt ' . Dawson , P . M . t > . Reg . Salop and See . 1708 „ * R . C . Sudlow , P . M . 203 , „ T . H . Edmands , P . G . S . 1005 ; P . Prov . G . D . „ Jas . P . Fitzgerald , P . M . Kent 1301 , 2108 „ E . Swain , S . W . 1203 „ J . ti . Carson , P . M . 057 „ J . E . Terry , P . M . 100-1 „ Jas . W . Gaze , W . M . 1708 „ C . W . A . Trollope , P . M . „ John Glenn , P . M . 10 1820 ; P . Prov . S . G . D . „ M . Callaway Gossett , Surrey P . M . and See . 00 „ H . S . Wellcome , 3 , 2100 „ A . U . A . Higerty , P . M . & ,, Stephen B . Wilson , P . M . See . 00 ; P . M . 1711 ; and Treas . 50 P . Prov . J . G . D , Surrey * Members of the Committee . THE ANNUAL FESTIVAL of the Lodge will take place AT FREEMASONS' HALL , On Friday Evening , the 28 th of February , 18 90 , on which occasion THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE LORD MAYOR , Has kindly consented to preside . The Lodge will be opened at Six o'clock p . m . precisely . 13 ro THOMAS FENN , Pres . Bd . Gen . Purps ., Treas ., as W . M . THE SECOND LECTURE WILL BE WORKED . 1 st Section by Bro . Henry Pritchard , P . M . 1415 . 2 nd „ ,, J . J . Black , P . M . and See . 1501 . 3 rd „ „ G . W . Bullen , J . D . 1708 . 1 th „ „ C . W . A . Trollope , P . M . 1820 . 5 th „ „ W . P . Reynolds , S . W . 7 . TICKETS for the SUPPER , including admission to the Lodge , 5 s . each , may be had of the Stewards , or of the Secretary , Bro . W . G . KENTISH , Suffolk House , Laurence Pountney Hill , E . C .

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THE LONDON NECROPOLIS ( BROOKWOODLCEMETERY ) , SURREY . VISITORS . ( Appointed by Parliament ) . THE LORD-LIEUTENANT OF MIDDLESEX . THE LORD-LIEUTENANT OF SURREY . THE LORD BISHOP OF LONDON . THE LORD BISHOP OF WINCHESTER . THE LORD MAYOR OF LONDON . THE CHIEF COMMISSIONER OF HER MAJESTY ' S WOODS , FORESTS , & C . BROOKWOOD CEMETERY is the largest and most beautiful in England . Exquisitely planted . A message to the office is all that is required to ensure a funeral being promptly and completely undertaken . Earth to earth coffins can be used if desired . Pamphlets gratis . Apply—Secretary , 2 , Lancaster-place , Strand . The manner of conducting interments in this Cemetery ( according to the Government Inspector ) is as commendable as the practice of the other companies is the contrary . "—The Times ,

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pHE INSTALLATION OF THE LORD MAYOR as W . M . of the DRURY LANE LODGE , at the MANSION HOUSE , Will form No . 3 of the Series of NOTABLE LODGE MEETINGS In our Next Week ' s issue .

To Correspondents.

To Correspondents .

INQUIRER . —There is no reason why a M . M . should not rehearse so much of the installation ceremony as is done in the lodge in presence of M . M . 's . DOUBTFUL . —There is no written law on the subject . A petition for a warrant must be signed by at least seven

brethren , and these are , of course , founders . But there is nothing to prevent other brethren , who are not petitioners , from having their share in the preliminary work and expenses , and who thus take rank as founders , and are to this extent on an equal footing with the petitioners . Several communications unavoidably stand over .

The Freemason

THE Freemason

SATURDAY , FEBRUARY 15 , 1890 . ?¦

flDasonic Botes .

The festival of Drury Lane Lodge , following closely on that of the Savage Club , has provided another unique ceremony and entertainment for the jaded Craftsman in the shape of a lodge meeting and banquet within the sacred precincts of the Mansion House itself ,

with the Lord Mayor in the title-role , and we are bound to say that in the transfer of the " piece " from the boards of Old Drury it has in no way suffered . The Lord Mayor has proved himself as great in management and as chief actor as Augustus Druriolanus himself . The

whole of the proceedings were of the most enjoyable character . The old ball room made an admirable lodge room . Bro . Parkinson ' s impressive eloquence was heard at its best , the mellifluous accents of the

Lord Mayor were no less pleasant to the ear , and we doubt if the three chairs in any lodge were ever filled by more perfect masters of the elocutionary art than the Lord Mayor and Bros . Fernandez and Bancroft . * * *

The unqualified success of the day ' s proceedings , both in the lodge room and at the banquet , was largely due to the aid rendered by the newly-appointed

Secretary , Bro . J . H . Matthews , and Sir John B . Monckton . The latter , by desire of the Lord Mayor , represented the Mansion House , and relieved the responsible officers of a considerable amount of work .

• A- & The cry is , " Still they come , " and the lists of Stewards which we announced last week as consisting of 268 brethren , now musters 291 . This , though not quite so considerable an advance as the last we noted is , nevertheless , most gratifying , and we have no doubt that in the course of the next 10 days we shall fiuu our prophecy as to the Board for the approaching Festival being 300 strong , will be realised .

The Board , moreover , is very fairly constituted , the London section containing some 150 brethren , while the provinces muster some 133 representatives , Berks and Bucks , Essex , Kent , and a few others , being extremely well represented as far as numbers go .

Numbers , however , are not necessaril y a criterion of strength . It frequently happens that a province elects to be represented by one brother only , whose list

amounts to several hundreds of pounds , while in other cases , the private lodges in a province send up Stewards , whose lists , when taken together , reach not a higher total .