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something like the great family who in the time of the civil wars of the Stuarts used carefully to keep in a member or two members of the family in order that they might always be on the right side , whichever mig ht be forward . I am not quite sure whether that was a very excellent political manoeuvre or not , but I appeal to you , who are a non-political

body , whether you will not do well to receive and cherish in your midst members , and as far as you are able , the most distinguished members on both political sides , and to honour their names , whatever may be the party to which they belong , as you now honour the names of Lord Carnarvon and Lord Lathom to-day . Meanwhile , I have to couple with this toast the name of Bro . Horace Brooks Marshall , Past Grand Treasurer .

Bro . H . B . MARSHALL , Past Grand Treasurer : My Lord , Ladies , and Brethren , —I thank you , my lord , for the very kind and fraternal way in which you have proposed the health of the Gran d Officers , and you , brethren , for the cordial way you have received it . You have often heard from the Grand Secretary that the Grand Master invariably exercises great judgment and rare wisdom in his selection of the rulers of the Craft . It

would be highly improper for me , placed in this position by your generosity and magnanimity to say that you have exercised the same judgment and wisdom , but I can say with propriety , and do assert from my heart as well as from my lips , that I will try to be as worthy of the position in which I have been placed as any Grand Officer that has been selected by the Grand Master for the present year or for part years .

Bro . F . BINCKES then read thelist of subscriptionsamountingto £ i 1748 7 s ., which he prefaced by saying he had hoped that this year would have proved a brig ht exception , but thc large amount collected by the Benevolent Institution in February , and the Girls' School in May , made him begin to despair of the success of the Boys' School . The onl y hope he had to render a good

account before the brethren to-day was the fact that he had had the good fortune to enlist the support of the Province of Derby , and the presidency of the Marquis of Hartington . He had no hesitation in saying that his success in that direction had been the salvation of this Festival . He was sure they would be disappointed with the result , but whether they had succeeded or whether they had failed , they had done the best in their

power . Bro . SAMUEL POPE , Q . C , in proposing the next toast , said : I had no idea that I should have the honour of proposing this toast , but I should be a sorry brother of the Craft , and a lame member of my own profession if I hesitated to do so upon the request of our Bro . Binckes . I own , brethren , that I have been much impressed to-night with the general feeling of brotherhood which prevails among the Craft . There are some

of us who rejoice that an enforced temporary idleness has enabled our Right Worshipful President to rally us to this Charity . There are others , and I rejoice to know it , who feel that it is an honour to the Craft that if Her Majesty requires advisers she can find them among the Masons of this country . As far as my duty now extends , it is rather to invite you to consider not only the claims of the Institution which has called us together , but to recognise

also the claims of the kindred Charities of the Craft . I do not share the feelings of our Bro . Binckes that our subscription lists give any ground lor anxiety or despondency . lt seems to me that it is a magnificent effort of the benevolent Charity of the Craft that earl y in the year and in May so grand a subscription could have been made for the Benevolent Institution and for the Girls' School , and yet there is still left a sufficient amount of

responsibility to raise the magnificent sum of £ 11 , 700 in support of this School , and that makes a sum of more than £ 44 , 000 subscribed b y Masons in support of their Charities since the ist of January of the present year . Of course , while , on the one hand , we desire to see our boys sent out into the world with the advantage of education which our School affords to them , wc equally desire that the future mothers of Masons should have advantages

equal to those of the boys , and while we look to the future and to the youth , we also look back upon the aged , who have consecrated their lives to the service of the Craft , and we feel that they are deserving equally of our support and of our sympathy . I ask you therefore , while we have to-night celebrated the Festival of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , that when the year come round we should remember that the Charities are one

and all the same , and that we should do next year , if possible , more than we have done in this , in order to support those Charities upon the basis which they have hitherto maintained . I beg , Ri ght Worshipful Provincial Grand Master , to ask your leave therefore to propose "The Other Masonic Charities—the Institution for Girls and the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , " and I couple with the toast the names of Bro . Terry and Bro . Hedges .

Bro . HEDGES : My lord , ladies and brethren , on entering this room I little thought that it would fall to my lot to have the honour of addressing you to-night , and I am sure you will all feel with me deep regret at the very serious indisposition which has compelled Bro . Terry to ask me to speak on his behalf as well as on my own . And , sir , but for that regret , I rise with the very greatest amount of pleasure indeed to acknowledge on behalf of

the Benevolent Institution and the Girls' School for the very hearty reception which you have accorded to this toast to-night , and for the very kind manner in which you have drunk to its prosperity . Bro . Pope has alread y told you that with to-ni ght ' s meeting the Craft has subscribed to the three Masonic Charities foi the year £ 44 , 78 i . On behalf of the Girls' School and the Benevolent Institution permit me to express my deep acknowledgements

'or inc share which those Institutions have taken in that large amount and to tender to the Boys' School our congratulations on the sum which Bro . Binckes has to-night announced . When wc take into consideration the splendid sum which the Boys' School received on the last occasion I do not think Bro . Binckes should bc in any way despondent . I thank you once more for the very kind manner in which you have received our names in connection with the toast .

¦ & [<>• JAS . LEWIS THOMAS , P . G . A . D . C ., in proposing the "The Patrons , tne Vice-Patrons , the Vice-Presidents , Trustees and Members of the Committees , " said , I am sure we are all deepl y indebted to these brethren or the manner in which they conduct our affairs and for the splendid way n which they support this Institution . We have heard in a most eloquent peech from our noble Chairman that we cannot inform all the company 501

! | . j ? . ? * ° V secrets in Freemasonry , but at all events this is the outward ou V . '? 'S" Freemasonry which we display to the world and that is her- anUes and am sure that the noble way in which the Institution has f ? "PP orted this evening will cause great rejoicing throughout thc ranks 1 me brethren in the length and breadth of the land . I therefore propose nis toast . and beg to couple with it the name of Bro . Capt . Geo . Lambert , Matron of the Institution . Pitr ° ' ^^ . 0 RGE LAMBERT , P . G . Swd . Br .: Permit me , on behalf of the "irons , Vice-Patrons , Presidents , and Vice-Presidents ol this Institution ,

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to return you our grateful thanks for thc manner in which year after year you are pleased to enlarge upon our services . I little thought when 1 first joined Freemasonry that I should ever have the honour of being a Patron of this Institution , and I now remember well I opposed Bro . Binckes in moving the School or doing anything at Wood Green ; but I feel we are amply repaid for the trouble , the toil , the anxiety which we had on that occasion when

I see the magnificent pile of buildings , and , what is more important , the magnificent education which the boys receive who are educated in it . I am quite sure that that is the best meed of praise that can be meted out to your officers by enlarging that education , and doing the best you possibly can to aid these young men 011 coming into the world to fight the battle of life , which they must face . We are very much indebted to Dr . Morn ' s for

the manner in which he has conducted the School . I am proud that we have a man of such sterling character and of such high education to produce such lads . We are thankful that the Committee take the labour off our hands . We would all willingly , I am sure , share in the labour of that Institution ; but I feel bound to consider a few members can do it better than a large

Committee . But " quot homines tot sententi . e " is a very old saying . A large number have not the time to give . Permit me to return you our ' thanks for the terms in which you have acknowledged our labours , and to assure you that they will not be lessened , but rendered to the best of our ability on behalf of this Institution .

Bro . SMITH , P . G . W . Derbyshire , in eloquent and flowing terms , proposed " The Board of Stewards . " Bro . EDGAR BOWYER , P . G . Std . Br ., responded . The CHAIRMAN : The influences to which I referred at an earlier period of the evening have , I think , judging by the appearance of the room , had their effect , and I fear that , notwithstanding the excellent maxim which I inculcated that we should be short , we have some of us trespassed too

much upon your time , and I am afraid that among those I have been the greatest offender . Ladies and breihren , we have reached the last toast , but not the least important of tbe evening , and I think before we separate if the brethren will join with me in drinking the health of those who have contributed so much to the grace and success of the evening—the ladies who have been good enough to honour us with their presence—we shall be doing only what is just . I believe this is the Masonic Institution which has taken the lead in this

civilised and civilising habit of admitting ladies to their festival . I do believe that although our body is not one which , as a general rule , approves of innovation , this is an innovation which we fully , entirely , and completely approve . I shall not trespass

longer upon your time . I can only express a hope that the ladies who have done us the honour to visit us this evening have not been too much wearied by the proceedings in which they have had the goodness to take a

part . I hope they will impress upon all their friends , upon all those over whom they exercise so good and beneficent an influence , that they should support this and theother Masonic Institutions , and that we may rel y in future upon their cordial support in promoting the

success of those most excellent associations . The proceedings then terminated , and the party returned to town by special trains on the London , Chatham , and Dover Railway ( High Level ) .

The Steward ' s Jewel is silver-gilt , the design being of a renaissance character ; the edges and letters are in relief on a friezed ground ; the arms and crest of the Chairman in the centre , enamelled in correct

colours . It is suspended from a silver-gilt bar , bearing the date of the Stewardship , by black and white ribbon , the Marquis ' s colours . It was specially designed and manufactured , by Bro . George Kenning , London ,

STEWARDS' LISTS .

LONDON . Lodge £ s . d . 1 Bro . G . Ratcliff Steel ... 15 15 o 2 „ Wm . Harry Rylands 47 5 o 4 „ Harry E . Pollard ... 16 16 o 5 „ C . Herbert Shoppee 42 o o 6 „ J . Harvey Brand ... 21 o o 7 „ Albert Sauvfie ... 16 16 o

S „ S . G . Glanuille ... 23 2 o 14 „ S . R . V . Robinson ... 5 5 o 21 „ W . Grellier 36 15 o 2 5 > % \ - W . Harvey ... 52 10 o 2 S „ J . W . Robinson

Lodge 1 Ch a p d ter f - - - Mon ( * " 5 8 o 28 J 33 Bro . F . T . Bennett ... 71 18 6 34 „ R . A . Meyer 55 » Jubal Webb 31 10 o 59 „ G . T . Ousey 85 1 o

60 „ Arthur Josling ... 33 12 o 90 „ I . A . Allison ... ... 85 1 o 91 „ W . J . Parker ... 42 o 0 95 „ Millner Jutsum ... 101 17 o 141 „ Adolphus Steng ... no 10 o 143 ,, W . E . Stewart ... 28 7 o

Chapter 145 Comp . Henry Venn ... 30 5 0 Lodge 165 Bro . Chas . Belton 52 10 0 167 „ W . A . Scurrah ... 157 10 0

171 „ Joseph Clever ... 4019 o 172 „ W . O . Beazley ... iG IO 0 177 „ Robert Pierpoint ... 132 o 0 1 S 0 „ Douglas Chester ... 41 9 0 181 „ R . W . Stanton ... OS 15 o

Lodge . £ s . d . 183 Bro . Stephen Richardson 37 16 o 194 „ James Chapman ... 105 o o ' 98 ,, J . C . Carr 20 5 „ M . H . Harris ... 65 2 o 211 „ Alfred Withers ... 54 iS 6 2 35 > , Joseph Kincaid 2 59 ,. j- H . P . Wilson ... T . S 17 o

435 ,, August . Ross ... 31 o o 54 S „ Henry Carman G 19 „ W . Angus 10 10 o ^> o „ Edward Tappenden ' 79 16 o 704 „ Nathaniel Goodchild 27 16 6

7 ' 5 » HerbertCuff 25 4 o 720 „ George Lambert ... 42 o o 733 •» Alfred Arrowsmith ... 44 2 o 742 ,, John Bertram ... 52 10 o 822 „ 1 . C . Partridge 902 „ W . Wilkins 35 4 o >> 55 „ G . G . Beneditti ... 19 19 o H 58 „ W . Belchamber ...

US „ W . G . Hildreth ... 36 15 o ' 7 S „ J . J . Berry 7714 o 12 97 » James Crowden ... 53 o o I 3 > 9 „ C . Wellard 138 3 „ M . P . F . Caulfield ... 83 10 o 1420 „ 1 . W . Hiscox ... OS <; o

1471 „ A . C . Halestrap ... 85 it 6 1538 „ John P . Parkes ... 21 o o 1585 „ J . W . Robinson ... 52 10 o 1601 „ A . T . Layton ... 15 15 o 160 S „ G . A . Barclay ... 136 10 o

1 G 10 „ b . Pope , Q . C . ... 8 g s o 1641 ,, C . H . Stone 26 5 o 1042 1 Mrs . Bhicaiji D . P . Cama 220 10 o 1 ( 70 Bro , R . L . Barnes ... 20 5 G