Royal Masonic Institution For Girls.

General Usefulness , Ada Carter and Mary J . Feltham ; Order and Attention ( as proved by conduct marks throughout the year ) , Adelaide F . Laycock , Agnes A . Deeley , and Juliet Priestley ; Neatness , Laura S . Spurr ; Magnetism and Electricity ( Class I .-Science Examination ) , Clara Kingcombe , Catherine A . Peele , and Minnie Ansell . Class IL—Clara Kingcombe , General Proficiency ; Julia M . Hervey , General Improvement ; Edith Hicks ,

Perse-Ve CtesIIL—Agnes A . Deeley , General Proficiency ; Mary A . Wyatt , Perseverance . . Class IV . —Mabel Lewis , General Proficiency ; Rosamond Laybourne , Perseverance . . Class V . —Grace K . Bartrum , General Proficiency ; Nina Prideaux , Drawing . PRIZES GIVEN BY FRIENDS OF THE NSTITUTION . By Bro . Joshua Nunn , for Fancy Work : —Beatrice

Lilian Turner . . „ , By Bro . the Rev . P . H . E . Brette , D . D ., for French : - Fanny E . Lapington . .. By Mrs . Crick , for Elocution :-Ada B . Tanare , Lilian Stephenson and Athalinda Allison . Bro . Frank Richardson , for Good Conduct and General Usefulness : —Dora Scott and Grace Simmonds .

Bv A "LEWIS . ?' Mathematics and Electricity ( Class 1 . Science Examination ) : —Emma L . Bridgeman . . Physical Geography ( Class I . Science Examination ) : — Fanny E . Lapington . General Improvement ( ist Class ) :-Mona B . Hennet . French Recitation -. —Kate L . Parker . . 2 nd Prize for Calisthenics and Deportment : —Bessie

Reed * A -. 2 nd Prize for Cookery : —Florence Armitage . _ By Friends of the late Collard Moutrie , for Music : — Gertrude H . Mey . , . , By Bro . and Mrs . Louis Hirsch , for Music : —Hannah Mabel Ward and Rose A . Bridgeman . The St . James" Yates" Memorial Prize ( per St . James s Lodge ) , for Proficiency in Domestic Duties iCookery ) : —

Edith H . Escott . The Supreme Grand Council of the 33 rd Degree , for Good Conduct : —Meta Bell Braiser . By Bro . John Faulkner , for Amiability ( as selected by her Schoolfellows ) : —Mona Hennet ; Cookery , Louisa M . Thomson ; Magnetism and Electricity ( Class L—Science Examination ) , Ada Huyshe Clas ** and Mary S . Norrish . J Lucretia

By Mrs . Edgar Bowyer for Needlework : — C . A . Wilton . . , „ . r *« The " Wentworth Little" Memorial Prize , for Music : — Ada Huyshe Clase , Helena Pidduck and Mary Bowler . Good Conduct : —Marian S . Cooper . The " John Boyd " Memorial Prize , for Drawing : — Mabel E . Bingham . Writing : —Catherine A . Peele and Eleanor A . Ludlow . Usefulness in Domestic Duties : —Annie Maria Strong .

By Bro . C . E . Atkinson , for Religious Knowledge , as distinguished at Cambridge Examination : —Ada Huyshe Clase , Gertrude H . Mey . By Bro . Robert Grey : —tor General Good Conduct , Mabel E . Sandford ; Fancy Work , Florence Armitage ; Calisthenics and Deportment , Maude M . Cowley ; Calisthenics and Deportment ( among Little Girls ) , Eliza Louisa Johnson .

Obituary.

Obituary .

BRO . R . E . K . WILKINSON . We deeply regret to record the death of Bro . Richard Edmund Kerr Wilkinson , P . M . and Secretary of the Royal York Lodge of Perseverance , No . 7 , which occurred at his residence , Wallington , Surrey , about mid-day , on Thursday , the ioth inst . Bro . Wilkinson had recently passed through a very serious illness , in which he was most assiduously tended by his devoted wife , to whom he had been

married 29 years . Still , he was so far restored to health that , at his request , on the Sunday before his death , thanksgiving was publicly offered up at church for his recovery ; however , while engaged in his study he was seized with the fatal attack , and expired almost instantaneously . Bro . Wilkinson was born in Calcutta on the 7 th October , 1 S 29 ; he was initiated into Masonry in the Royal York Lodge of Ppr < : pv ^ ranrp . No . 7 . on the 17 th October , 1855 , and upon

returning to India he joined the Union Lodge , Kurrachee , No . 767 , of which in due time he became Master . On the 29 th March , 1 SG 9 , he was appointed District Grand Registrar of the Punjaub . Upon finally leaving India , he resumed his connection with his mother lodge , No . 7 , and upon the late Bro . John Hervey , P . G . D . and P . G . Secretary , resigning the position of Secretary to the Royal York Lodgehe succeeded to that office . He was also an active

, member of the Committee of the " John Hervey Memorial Fund , " in which he took a deep interest , having been introduced into the Order b y that distinguished brother . In 1 SS 1 the brethren of the Royal York Lodge of Perseverance unanimously elected him to the chair of W . M ., and at the termination of his Mastership they made a presentation which was most gratifying to him , and which he ever after warmly appreciated . " It was known to the members of the

Royal York Lodge that from childhood he had been on terms of intimacy with the late Grand Secretary , Bro . John Hervey , for whom he entertained a sincere regard . It was , therefore , resolvedthat a P . M . ' s jewel , of handsome design , which had been voted by the lodge to Bro . Hervey , and constantlyworn by him shouldbepurchasedof his representatives and ( a suitable inscription having been added on a bar ) presented to Bro . Wilkinson . He was exalted into Royal in the York of

Arch Masonry Royal Chapter Perseverance , No . 7 , of which he was P . Z . From the kindliness and gentleness of his disposition , the urbanity of his manner , his quiet and unobtrusive demeanour , and the conscientious and methodical way in which he discharged all the duties of his various offices , Bro . Wilkinson had endeared himself to a large circle of friends both in England and in India ( where he passed 24 years of his life ) and the deepest

sympathy will be felt tor Mrs . Wilkinson , and also tor his aged mother , in their irreparable loss . The funeral took place at Norwood Cemetery on Wednesday , the 16 th instant , the burial service being impressively read by his friend the Rev . R . A . Boyle , B . A ., Vicar of Holy Trinity , Wallington , the church which Brother Wilkinson regularly attended , and of which he was the Vicar Warden . The body was placed in a shell . which was enclosed in a very substantial polished oak coffin with massive brass handles . On a brass plate was the simple

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inscription : "Richard Edmund Kerr Wilkinson , born 7 th October , 1 S 29 , died 14 th May , 1 SS 3 . " He was interred in a brick vault , adjoining that of his father , near the Cemetery Chapel . The coffin was covered with ( lowers sent by sorrowing friends , including a wreath from the Royal York Chapter , as " a tribute of sincere regard and fraternal affection . _ His remains were followed to their last restingplace by his widow , as chief mourner , who , notwithstanding

the intensity of her grief , wished to pay this last sad token of respect to his memory . Mrs . Wilkinson was accompanied by Bro . George Wilkinson ( brother of the deceased ) and by two other friends . The following brethren were present to testify their respect for their late friend : Bros . C . A . Murton , P . G . D ., P . M ., P . Z . 7 ; George J . Row , P . M ., M . E . Z . 7 ; R . J . Chappell , P . M ., P . Z ., 7 ; Capt . Tindale , 7 ( lodge aiid chapter ); Edward Lawson Home , P . M . 227 , J . 7 ; George

Johnston , P . M . 7 ; R . R . Davis , P . M . 256 , P . Z . 7 ; ancl Walters , 7 S 2 . The venerable and venerated " father " of the Royal York Lodge , Bro . Frederick Adlard , P . M ., Treas ., was unavoidably prevented attending , a circumstance he much regretted , and many other brethren from similar reasons were absent . A number of personal friends and neighbours were also present . After the service the brethren dropped sprigs of acacia into the open grave . Thus "living respected and dying regretted" has peacefully passed away after a blameless life to

lhat undiscover'd country , from whose bourne No traveller returns . " One who never lost a friend and who never made an ememy , and whose memory will long be cherished with affectionate regard by the brethren and companions with whom he was associated for so many years .

The Æolus Waterspray & General Ventilating Company (Limited).

THE ? OLUS WATERSPRAY & GENERAL VENTILATING COMPANY ( LIMITED ) .

We have recently had an opportunity of inspecting various apparatus for ventilating and purifying the air of rooms and buildings , as exhibited at the show rooms of the above company , 235 , High Holborn , W . C . The leading characteristics of the invention , whether in its simplest or most elaborate form , are the facility with which it can be worked

and the completeness with which it fulfils the purpose for which it is designed . Another [ joint in its favour is , that it can be put out of sight altogether , or , if placed in a room , it'kan be made to look as ornamental as it undoubtedly will be found serviceable . Let the reader imagine he has in front of him an apparatus resembling very closel y in shape the familiar pillar-box which the postal authorities have erected at intervals in the thoroughfares of the metropolis

for the reception of letters , the slit through which the letters are admitted being , however , somewhat larger . Let him regard the pedestal as a reservoir for holding water , and the column as containing two cylinders one within the other , but so arranged that the interior one has the aforesaid slit opening into it . Up the middle of this is a vertical pipe for supplying the water from the tank to a nozzle at top with finely-perforated holes . The cock at the foot

and outside of the column being turned on , the water plays through the holes in an oblique direction against the sides of the cylinder , and , acting with a continuous suction force , like that of the rilunger in a pump , draws in the air through the slit . The air then passes down the interior cylinder with the descending water , and having been thoroughly cleansed of all impurity , is forced up the exterior cylinder , and re-enters the room again through an aperture at the

top of the column as fresh and pure as before it had become vitiated . The temperature of the incoming air can be regulated to suit the season of the year . In summer , for instance , the passage of the air through the water necessarily cools it—to the extent of several degrees ; but if greater coolness still is desired , it will be obtained by placing a small quantity of ice at the top of the column . On the other hand , in winter time the temperature can be raised to

the required height by means of a gas furnace attached to the apparatus , lt is also worthy of note that the moisture of the air thus dealt with can be regulated at will , that the apparatus can be regulated to a nicety , and stopped or set going at any time , that there is no mechanism which can get out of order , no attention beyond turning the water on and off being necessary , and that the consumption of water is small , the total cost of

ventilating and warming a large apartment for nine hours not exceeding the modest sum of sixpence . There is also another apparatus constructed on exactly the same principle , but intended for bringing the air in from outside the building as well as through the slit or alone , the slit being closed by means of a flap . These are the simpler kinds ol * the / Kolus Waterspray Ventilator , but there are likewise the " Single Action / Eolus , " and " the Double Action

/ Eolus with two Sprays , which can be placed inside or outside an apartment , between roof and ceiling , or in cellar or cupboard , and are used for either introducing fresh air or extracting vitiated air ; the Double Action one being in use in the Savoy Theatre , the Union Restaurant , & c . ; and there is also the Suspended / Eolus which may be used for either drawing off or introducing air , and may be placed between floor and ceiling , & c . In addition to these

are several other kinds of apparatus such as the " Patent Invisible Automatic Exhaust Roof Ventilator ; the Deflecting and Injecting ditto ; the / Eolus Chimney Cowl and the Downblow Chimney Cowl for accelerating Sluggish Chimneys , all of which are finding an ever-increasing favour with the public , who will shortly have a favourable opportunity of judging of this companys ' patents for ventilation , as the Lecture Theatre and

the Fish-dining-room of the International Fisheries Exhibition have been ventilated by them . Orders have also been given by the executive committee to ventilate the Board-room and Secretary ' s office with waterproof ventilators we confess , the / Tiolus Water-spray Ventilator has most impressed us , partly no doubt because its construction is so simpler , but chiefly

because it occurred to us it would prove a healthful addition to the furniture and fittings of rooms dedicated to the purposes of Freemasonry , which , when crowded as they often are apt to become oppressive and detrimental to health . We may , as a final recommendation , say that these Ventilators are increasingl y in use in Germany , in the Royal and Imperial Palaces , and in public and other buildings .

The Lord Mayor of York will be initiated at an emegency meeting of the Eboracum Lodge , No . 1 O 11 , on Monday evening next .

The Theatres.

THE THEATRES .

I'or the benefit of Bro . K . VV . Royce , unhappily incapacitated , it is feared permanently , just when he was reaching the height of his popularity as a comedian , a singularly attractive performance was " given at the Gaiety on Tuesday afternoon , under the immediate patron * : g ? of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales , who were accompanied by their children . The difficult .- of the

Benefit Committee had been to know [ what to select , for nearly every manager in London proffered his cr . rnest cooperation . The programme , however , included the burlesque " More Than Ever , " ascenefrom " Patience , " a scene from "The Silver King" ; "Goodfor Nothing , " with Mrs Bancroft as Nan , Messrs . Bancroft . Cecil , Conway , Kemble . and . Vernonin the other parts ; the . irst act of "Blue Beard , "

and recitations and songs from Messrs . Toole , Grcssmith , Warner , Dallas , Williams , and Poulton . Bro . Terry , who has been so long and happily associated with Brc . Royce in so many merry plays , spoke the following address with sincere feeling : — "Sorrow and Hope , twin children of the bra " : ; , Have brought me hither—clearly not in vain .

Sorrow—that one grotesquely genial fare No longer haunts its former dwelling-place . Hope—that our boon companion oft again May drown in future frolic present pain . How quaint in manner , how alert of limb , ' That life of pleasure , and that soul of whirs J * //< . " made you laugh . Tis not for me to try

On such a day as this to make you cry , Still , now and then , by Nature's mighty magic , Your comic actor trenches on the tragic , Not always in the motley we profess To make our tongues the echo of our dress . One creed we cherish—odd as it may seem—Life , even on the boards , is not a dream .

1 ruth , loyalty , and love , 'tis very certain , Are not eclipsed , although behind a curtain . Our brother , smitten sor < Iy , quits the ranks , Just for a while , of mimes and mountebanks " ( Hard words to give us ; yet the pleasant name Of ' roughs and vagabonds' is much the same ) . To stem the tide and breast the stormy weather

. Who shall assist him ? You and we together ? To you , our friends , we came—to each and all ; To gallery , box , pit , balcony , and stall . You heard and answered . May I nurse the hope Which ' springs eternal ' in a line of Pope , That such a house as this , with heart and voice ,

Ere long may welcome back dear Teddy Royce ? " The subscriptions and proceeds of the entertainment amount to nearly £ 1400 , but it is intimated that further donations will be gratefully received at the Gaiety Theatre . The case is a peculiarly sad one , for the actor was constantly giving proof of new and unexpected powers when he was so suddenly struck down .

* * * It was once a practice of theatrical managers to change their programme on Whit-Monday , but this has now fallen into disuse , and we have nothing to record in the shape of changes except at the Surrey and the Standard

where "The Hidden Million" and "The Anchor ' s Weighed" were respectively produced last Monday . The former is from the pen of Mr . Paul Merritt , and the latter , by Mr . J . P . Taylor , is a nautical drama , a style of plav which has become uncommon of late years .

^ Long runs are the usual thing now-a-days in favourite houses , very Different from ten or twenty years ago , when many thought a month or two very good for a popular play to remain on the boards . " Lurette , " at the Avenue , reached on Saturday last its 50 th representation . " Much AdoAbout Nothing , " at the Lyceum , has passed its

200 th performance . Blue Beard , " at the Gaiety , more than 70 times has been played . " Impulse , " at St . James ' s , next week reaches its 150 th night . " Rip Van Winkle , " at the Comedy , will reach its 200 th performance the following week . At the Princess ' s , " The Silver King , " the 150 th representation was given last Saturday , and at the Vaudeville " The Rivals " will shortly arrive at the 200 th performance .

*• To-night Mr . J 6 hn S . Clark re-appears at tho Strand for a fortnight as Major Wellington de Boots in "The Widow Hunt , " and as Brown the Broker in " My Neighbour ' s Wife . " He goes to America in the Autumn .

• f - ts * Mrs . Kendal and Mrs . Arthur Stirling have been appointed , on the nomination ot the M . W . Grand Master , the President of the College , Professors of Elocution at the Royal College of Music . * * »

MISS Kate Vaughan will go in the provinces in the Autumn with a company , and will play in "Amy Robsart" and " Notre Dame . " VVe do not know if this means she is about severing herself from Bro . Hollingshead's theatre and giving up burlesque altogether . She will be much missed at the Gaiety by many others than the mashers .

Bro . Augustus Harris has purchased the country rights of " Lady Clare , " and we hear it is not unlikely that he will act the hero himself when he takes the drama into the provinces . ft nr ii . The French Fisher Girls , and others who are over here for the International Fishery Exhibition , were on Monday , invited to Her Majesty ' s to see tbe beautiful opera and ballet , "A Trip to the Moon . "

# # * To-night the Folies Dramati ques re-opens with Strauss ' s opera , " Prince Methusalem . " We shall notice it shortly . s * # Mr . Wilson Barrett will preside at the Anniversary Festival of the Royal General Theatrical Fund , on 27 th June . VVe hope a goodly sum will be the result .