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CONTENTS . LEADER— PAGE The Approaching Festival of the Royal Masonic Institution for 8 jys ... 371 Masonic Jurisprudence ... ... ••• ••• ••• 37 1 Masonic Statistics ... ... •¦• — — 37 2 Provincial Grand Lodge of Kent ... ... ..-. •¦• 373 Provincial Grand Mark Lodge of Gloucestershire and Herefordshire ... 373 Science , Art and the Drama ... ... ... ... ¦¦¦ 374 Provincial Grand Mark Lodge of Essex ... ... ... ^ ¦•• 375

THE CRAFT A BROADDistrict Grand Lodgeof the Argentine Republic , South America ... 375 Masonic Service at Grahamstown , S . A . ... ... ... 375 MASONIC NOTESAnnual Meeting of tbe Provincial Grand Lodge of Gloucestershire ... 377 Annual Meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Lincolnshire ... 377 Quatuor Coronati Lodge , No . 207 G ... ... ... ... 377 Annual Meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Kent ... ... 377 Report of the Quarterly Convocation of Supreme Grand Chapter of Victoria ~ ... ... ... ... ... ... 377

Correspondence ... ... ... ... ... 37 s Board of Benevolence ... ... ... ... ... 378 Oration on the Nature and Principles of Freemasonry ... ... ... 37 s Craft Masonry ... ... ... ... ... ... 379 Instruction ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 379 Obituary ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 379 Wills and Bequests ... ... ... ... ... ¦ 3 so Masonic and General Tidings ... ... — — 382

Approaching Festival Of The Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.

APPROACHING FESTIVAL OF THE ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS .

The time is fast approaching when the third and last of our great anniversary fixtures will have been held . The Royal Masonic Institution for Boys will celebrate its 102 nd Anniversary on Tuesday , the Ioth July , when H . R . H . the Duke of CONNAUGHT ,

K . G ., M . VV . P . G . M ., Prov . G . Master of Sussex , Dist . G . Master of Bombay , who , as the representative of his brother , H . R . H . the Prince of WALES , K . G ., M . W . G . M ., laid thc first stone of thc new School buildings at Bushey on the 12 th ult ., and whose

daughter , the Princess MARGARET , distributed thc prizes to the successful pupils of the School during thc past year on the Ist instant , will occupy the chair , and will be supported by ladies and hrethren to thc number of over 400 who have volunteered their

services as Stewards . Originally it was proposed that thc event should take place in the Royal Pavilion , Brighton , but difficulties arose which prevented this arrangement from being carried out , and it has since been determined , with the approval of the Duke

of CONNAUGHT , that the Festival shall be held at the Freemasons ' lavern . But the change of venue will have no effect on the result , and we havc no doubt his Royal Highness will be as 1 'iithusiaslicallv and generously supported at the Freemasons '

lavern as at the Pavilion . The Stewards , at all events , will be is zealous in their efforts to obtain donations and subscriptions , uul if we cannot hope for such a measure of success as has

attended the great majority of the festivals that have been celebrated under the new regime , we are confident there will be a good return , such as may reasonably be looked for wilhin two years of the brilliant triumph achieved at the Centenary .

The number of children now in charge of the Institution is 2 l jo , of whom between 20 and 30 are being out-educated , as the premises are insufficient to accommodate thc whole establishment . The annual expenditure amounts to about . £ 14 , 500 ,

while the regular permanent income is about . £ 2500 . There is , ° > course , a much larger sum than this being received in the s 'iape of dividends on invested capital just at present , but , as we

ll ; i ye pointed out more than once , the bulk of this capital is being held in reserve to meet the cost of erecting the new V'hools at Bushey , and it is obvious that in treating of per"laiient sources of income we can take no account of what is

Approaching Festival Of The Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.

merely temporary . Thus the deficiency required for the year ' s outlay is about £ 12 , 000 , and we are sanguine enough to believe that not only will this be forthcoming on the

ioth prox ., but that there will be likewise a considerable surplus , which will enable thcr Board of Management to increase their capital , and with it thc very moderate amount of income of which the Institution is in

receipt . We are rtftis sanguine—firstly , because thc strength of the Board of Stewards is such as to justify our hopes ; and , secondly , because at the recent distribution of prizes the Head Master was in a position to speak so favourably of the work done

by the boys during thc past year , and experience has taught us that the brethren are never slow to give their support when they realise that their donations ancl subscriptions will be used to good purpose . But though thc outlook may be encouraging , wfe

fully realise the necessity for thc same earnest efforts to be made by the Stewards to compile big lists , and when the time comes we trust it will be our privilege to report a success that

will be worthy of the illustrious Chairman and those who have undertaken the duty of seconding his advocacy , as well as of the Institution , which everyone knows is doing its duty so admirably .

Masonic Jurisprudence.

MASONIC JURISPRUDENCE .

[ COMMUNICATED . ] We now propose to discuss the Masonic penal code . For the erring brother , the Constitutions ( Articles < j 2 , 207 , 20 . S , 273 , & c ) , provide admonition ; line ; exclusion , permanent and temporary ; suspension ; and expulsion . A lodge which transgresses m ly be visited with admonition , fine , suspension ,

or erasure . Under Article 207 certain offences are referred to , but not defined or tabulated , for which " no specific Masonic penalty exists . " In such erases line , admonition , or suspension may be inflicted " at the discretion of the Grand l . odge or any of its

delegated authorities , or of a Provincial or District Grand Master . " The discretion referred lo is not confined to determining the . character of the penalty , but the aulhorities have to determine whether an olfence has been committed at all , and if so , to decide upon ils gravity . And they may also act upon their own initiative .

lnder certain limitations a lodge has the power to deal with a refractory member in a similar manner ( . Articles 209 , 210 ) . Under the former Article , however , a lodge has only to deter nine whether rt brother ' s behaviour is such as to disturb

the harmony ot the meeting , and under the latter ( which will for the present be left out of consideration ) a lodge has to determine what constitutes '' sufficient cause" for permanent

exclusion . In every case when punishment has been meted out by a "delegated authority" an appeal of course lies to Grand Lodsre .

Pines are seldom levied on brelhren . A line is the penalty usually inflicted upon a lodge . Article 20 . S prescnlies Ihe amounts . For a lirst ollcncc a line' will nut be less ilian one pound nor more than five ; for a second ( similar ) olfence , wilhin three years , double thirst ; amounts ; rani for a third , expulsion or

erasure may follow . All lines art : tn In : paid to the Fund of Benevolence . Offences committed through inadvertence or ignorance are usually condoned in this way . Where the

Constitutions are silent , it would be presumptuous on ihe part of the writer to attempt lo draw up a list of Masonic offences ol this description . Still , one or two of the most common may be profitably discussed .