Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.

ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS .

To PATRONS , VICE-PATRONS , VICE-PRESIDENTS , AND LIFE GOVERNORS OF THE ROYAL MASONIC

INSTITUTION FOR BOYS . 2 Paper Buildings , Temple , E . C , ist Nov ., 1889 . LADIES AND GENTLEMEN , The Quarterly Court of the Royal Masonic Institution

for Boys having agreed to the retirement of the present Secretary , I intend to offer myself as a candidate for the vacancy which will thus be created . I have been a Mason over 10 years , and am now nearly 34 years of age .

I-was educated at King ' s College School , London , and Sidney Sussex College , Cambridge , and took the degree of B . A ., in the Mathematical Tripos 18 79 , ( M . A . 1885 . ) Shortly after quitting the University , I was appointed Mathematical Master in Truro

Grammar School , but retired from that position on being called to the Bar in 1881 , since when I have practised up to the present time , and have been engaged in the compilation of more than one legal vvork . In Masonry I hold the following positions—Past

Grand Steward ( Eng . ); W . M . Tuscan Lodge , No . 14 ; P . M . and Founder West Kent Volunteer Lodge , No . 2041 ; Secretary and Founder Argonauts' Lodge , No . 2243 ; J . Asaph Chapter , No . 1319 ; P . S . George Price Chapter , No . 2096 . Member of the Board of General

Purposes , and Life Governor Royal Masonic Institution for Boys . I have for some years been Hon . Secretary of the Langton Masonic Benevolent Association , through vvhich between . £ 1300 , and . £ 1400 , vvill in 4 years have

been subscribed to the Masonic Charities . Should I have the honour of being elected I shall always endeavour to discharge my duties vvith advantage to the Institution and to your full satisfaction .

I have the honour to be , Ladies and Gentlemen , Your obedient Servant , GORDON SMITH , M . A ., Barrister-at-Law .

Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.

ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS .

To THE PATRONS , VICE-PATRONS , VICE-PRESIDENTS , AND LIFE GOVERNORS OF THE ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS . Albert Institute Chambers , Charles Street , Blackfriars , S . E .

( Provincial Grand Secretary ' s Office , Surrey ) . gth November , 1889 . - MY LORDS , LADIES , AND GENTLEMEN , As the announcement of the retirement of Bro . Frederick Binckes , as Secretary of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , may now shortly be

formally announced , and as other candidates for this post have issued their addresses and advertisements , I take the ' present opportunity of stating that I intend to offer myself as a candidate for the appointment . I vvas initiated in the Grove Lodge , No . 410 , in vvhich Lodge I have acted as Secretary , and am now J-W . '

b or the past three years I have acted in a secretarial capacit y in connection vvith two Charitable Institutions , dealing with extensive endowments . For two arid a half years I have held the honorary appointment of Assistant Provincial Grand Secretary to my Brother , Charles Greenwood , Provincial

wand Secretary for Surrey ( 35 Lodges and 12 Chapters ) , of vvhich Province my late father ( Bro . Charles Greenwood , P . G . S . B . ) , vvas Deputy Provincial Grand Master , and for 30 years Provincial Grand Secretary . ;

In 1885 I vvas on the Executive Staff of the Inventions Exhibition at South Kensington , and in 1886 on that of the Colonial and Indian Exhibition . At the termination of these appointments , I received from the Koyal Commission Diplomas of Merit and Medals for Services rendered .

I am 26 years of age , and am prepared to devote my whole time to the duties of the office . I can furnish the hi ghest testimonials as to my opacity and experience from many distinguished Persons . J s

Should you do me the honour to elect me , you may j ; y upon my exerting my whole energy and ability ovvards the advancement of the best interests of the Ko ) 'al Masonic Institute for Boys . I have the honour to be , My Lords , Ladies , and Gentlemen ,

Your obedient servant , ALFRED CRAVEN GREENWOOD , J . W . 410 , A . P . G . Sec . Surrey .

Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.

ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS .

To THE PATRONS , VICE-PATRONS , VICE-PRESIDENTS , AND LIFE GOVERNORS . Evershot , Dorchester , 13 th November , i 88 g . LADIES AND GENTLEMEN ,

In the event of a vacancy occurring in the Secretaryship , it is my intention to offer myself as a candidate for the post , and I trust to be honoured vvith your support . I am a solicitor , 37 years of age , a member of the Incorporated Law Society , and for the last eleven years in practice at Evershot and Yeovil , in partnership vvith

my Father . My Masonic career is shortly as follows : Initiated , 1112 , Shirley , Hants , in January , 18 7 8 , Joined 1367 , Beaminster , and 329 , Yeovil , Somerset , 1878 ; Member of 1168 , Sherborne , and Member of the Correspondence Circle , Quatuor Coronati , 2076 . W . M . 13 6 7 in 188 3 , and W . M . 329 in 1887 , P . G . Reg , Dorset , 1884 .

Exalted , 707 , Bridport ( since removed to Beaminster ) , 18 S 3 , and at present Z . P . G . Reg . ( R . A . ) Dorset , in 1887 . Joining Member of 329 . Advanced in Mark Lodge , No . 121 , Bridport , in August , 1884 , at present J . W . Joined No . 162 , Yeovil , and at present S . D .

Took the 18 in Weymouth Chapter R . C , in June , 1 S 84 ; at present First Gen . Served as Steward for the Province of Dorset for the Girls' School in 188 7 ; as Steward for the Province oi Somerset for the R . M . B . I . in 1888 ; and as Steward

for the Province of Dorset for the R . M . B . I . in 188 9 Life-Governor Girls' School ; Life-Governor R . M . B . I . ; Life-Subscriber Dorset Masonic Charity . Since July , 188 7 , Hon . Secretary Dorset Masonic Charity .

I hold high testimonials from R . W . Bro . Montague J . Guest , P . G . M . Dorset ; M . E . Comp . J . M . P Montagu , G . Supt . Dorset ; and R . W . Bro . Rev . Mortimer Heath , P . G . M . M . Dorset ; and as to my capacity as an accountant from Messrs . Kain , Brown , arid Co ., Chancery Lane , the well-known Law Accountants ; copies of which I shall be pleased to forward if wished .

Besides the above-named , I have the support , amongst others , of the following distinguished brethren : R . W . Bro . the Earl of Bective , M . P ., P . G . M . Cumberland and Westmorland ; R . W . Bro . the Earl of Hardwicke , P . G . M . Cambridgeshire ; R . W . Bro . the

Earl of Zetland , P . G . M . North and East Yorkshire ; M . E . Comp . Rev . H . Adair Pickard , G . Supt . Oxfordshire ; and M . E . Comp . Lord Henry Thynne , G . Supt . of Wilts ; and of the Charity Organisation Committee of the Province of Dorset .

1 have the honour to be , Ladies and Gentlemen , Your obedient servant , S . R . BASKETT .

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ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS . To THE PATRONS , VICE-PATRONS , VICE-PRESIDENTS , AND LIFE GOVERNORS OF THE ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS . Committee Rooms , Anderton's Hotel , Fleet Street , E . G ., November 22 nd , iSSg . The Friends and Supporters of BROTHER EDWIN STORR , P . M ., P . Z ., & c , request you to kindly note that should a vacancy occur , he will , at the proper time , duly offer himself a Candidate for the post of Secretary . By order of the Committee . W . M . STILES , W . M . 198 7 , M . E . Z . 19 , & c , Hon . Sec .

To Correspondents.

To Correspondents .

F . E . R . —We have already expressed our opinion as to this " fishy " circular . That a brother Mason could so far forget himself as to issue such acircular vvas to us surprising , but to find that a lodge Secretary has been so weak as to succumb to the wiles of the enterprising fish dealer , by issuing the circulars to the members of his lodge , is a greater surprise still .

S . W . —The W . M . certainly closes the lodge of his own right . We have never before heard of the practice referred to . We have received several letters from Bros .

Greatbatch , Morley , and others , on the subject of Bro . Binckes's pension . We are compelled , for lack of ' space , to hold them over this week , and it is quite on the cards that there may be no need for publishing them at all .

The following communications unavoidably stand over : CRAFT LODGES—Royal Athelston , No . 19 ; Leigh , No . 957 ; Capper , No . 1076 ; Sir Francis Burdett ,. No . 1503 ; Covent Garden , No . 1614 ; Ubique , No . 17 S 9 ; Alliance , No 1 S 27 ; Robinson , No . 2046 ; and Lodge La France , No . 2060 .

MARK—Mallet and Chisel Lodge , No . 134 . ROYAL ARCH—St . Andrew-in-the-East Chapter , No . 68 j Starkie Chapter , No . 935 ; and Henry Cook Chapter , No . 1021 . LODGES OF INSTRUCTION — Manchester , No . 179 ; Israel , No . 205 ; Prince Frederick William , No .

753 ; Ranelagh , No . S 34 ; Hyde Park , No . 1425 ; , Islington , No . 1471 ; Kensington , No . 1767 ; Duke of Cornwall , No . 1 S 39 ; and St . Ambrose , No . 1 S 91 . SECRET M ONITOR—Felix Gottlieb Conclave , No . 3 .

NOTES AND Q UERIES—Picart ' s Ceremonies . Centenary of the Lodgeof Fortitude , No . 281 , Lancaster . Provincial Grand Chapter of West Yorkshire . United Grand Lodge of Victoria . Masonry in Bermuda .

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Masonic Notes.

Masonic Notes .

Bro . Stanley J . Attenborough , Life-Governor of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , who gave us last week his views on the subject of the pension proposed to be paid to Bro . Binckes on his retirement from the ' Secretaryship of that Charity , must forgive

us if vve describe him as somewhat self-opinionated . He evidently cannot bring himself to believe ( 1 ) that there can be any other opinion on the subject of Bro . Binckes's pension than the one he holds , or ( 2 ) that if there is such another opinion , it can possibly be worth a moment's consideration .

He tells us point blank that he considers the application of any part of the funds of the Institution for Boys " for the maintenance of retired officers of the Institution is contrary to Law 2 . " This is equivalent

to telling the Provisional Management Committee , vvhich includes a Queen ' s Counsel and several solicitors ¦ of long standing and in good practice , that they are incompetent to perform the duties vvhich have been entrusted to them .

Whether or not , the services of Bro . Binckes , aa Secretary to the Institution during upwards of 28 years , are such as to merit a pension , is a question on vvhich we and others have expressed an opinion , ' nor do vveventure to quarrel vvith those vvho differ from us on