Contents.

CONTENTS .

r ffinffRS ^ PAGE The New School Buildings of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys at Bushey ... ... •¦• ••¦ ••• 475 The Province of Cornwall ... ... ... 475 Provincial Priory of Cheshire ... ... ... ... 47 Presentation to Comp . Horatio Ward , P . G . Std . Br . ... ... ... 476

Logic Club ... ... - ¦¦¦ . » - , - 476 Masonic Recognition Extraordinary ... ... ... ... 47 ° Royal Arch ... ... •¦• ••• ••• ••• 477 Mark Masonry ... ¦•• ••• ••• — — 477 Instruction ... ... ¦•• ••• •¦• ••• 477 Royal Ark Mariners ••• — 477 Bro . the Rev . W . H . Edgell ... ... ... ... ... 477

M ASONIC NOTESInstallation of Lord Stanley as Prov . Grand Master of East Lancashire ... 479 Royal Arch Masonry in Durham ... ... ... ... 479 Lodge Ouatuor Coronati , No . 2076 ... ... ... ... 479 Grand Chapter of New Brunswick ... ... ... ... 479 Grand Lodge of Philadelphia ... ... ... ... ... 479 Correspondence ... ... ... ... ••• 4 ^ °

Craft Masonry ... ... ... ... ... ... 4 So A Veteran Monmouthshire Freemason ... ... ... ... 4 S 2 THE C RAFT AUROADCentenary of the Union Lodge , No . 7 ... ... ... ... 4 S 2 Washington Centennial ... ... ... ... ... 4 S 4 Obituary ... ... ... ••• ••• ••• 4 § 4 Masonic and General Tidings ... ... ... ... ... 4 S 4

The New School Buildings Of The Royal Masonic Institution For Boys At Bushey.

THE NEW SCHOOL BUILDINGS OF THE ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS AT BUSHEY .

It is not often that an important and imposing function takes p lace in connection with one of our Institutions such as that which has been arranged to come off in May next , when H . R . H , thc Duke of CONNAUGHT , M . W . Past Grand Master , has

graciously consented to lay , with full Masonic ceremonial , thc foundation-stone of the new School Buildings of thc Royal Masonic Institution for Boys at Bushey , near Watford , in the county of Herts . The few there have been have occurred

during the latter half of the present century , the earliest being the dedication , by thc then Grand Master , the late Earl of ZETLAND , of the present Girls' School , on thc 2 nd August , 1852 . It is probable there are not many living who were present on the

occasion , thoug h , there are those who , like Bro . BiNCKESinitiated into Freemasonry in December , 1851—have a personal recollection of the event . Some five years later , the lirst batch of 25 boys was taken into residence in Lordship House ,

Wood Green , and then , on the Sth August , 1863 , after a further interval of six years , the foundation-stone of the main portion of the present Boys' School was " laid with full Masonic Honours by ALGERNON PERKINS ,

Esq ., Right Worship ful Past Grand Warden , in the presence of the officers and members of the United Grand Lodge of England ( especially summoned for the occasion ) , and numerous members of the Craft . " On the 8 th July , 1865 , t ' ceremony

of inaugurating the new School was performed by the Earl DE GREY AND RIPON , Dep . G . Master , in the unavoidable absence of lhe Grand Master ; while on the nth August , 1 S 85 , the memorial stone of the new Assembly Hall was laid b y the Baroness

f > i . 'RDE'iT-COUTTS , who , on many occasions both before and since ¦ 'tiul in various ways , has evinced her interest in the proceedings ° f the Craft ; nor must we omit to mention that the moving spirit

" 1 connection with the last three functions was the late Secretary of thc Institution for Boys — Bro . FREDERICK "INCKES , P . G . S . B . Since then there has been one function

"i connection with the Girls' School , namely , in March , 18 91 , when H . R . H . the Prince of WALES opened the new Hall of thc Institution , and , with the sanction of the Princess of WALES .

bestowed on it the name of the "Alexandra " Hall . But successul as were - all these various ceremonies , we imagine they will be cast into the shade by the proceedings which

The New School Buildings Of The Royal Masonic Institution For Boys At Bushey.

await us some time during the month of May in the closing year of the present century . No such enterprise as this lias ever before been undertaken by the English Craft . The buildings about to be erected on the Grove Park Estate , Bushey ,

are estimated to cost not far short of £ 100 , 000 , with the exception of the Chapel , for which Bro . C . E . KEYSER , P . G . D ., the Treasurer of thc Institution , has generously provided the necessary funds . They arc intended to accommodate 400 boys , and

should it ever happen that a still further increase in the number of children becomes necessary , the requisite dormitory space can be added without detriment to the general design of the whole structure . The time within which the contractors have

undertaken to complete their operations extends over two and a half years , and till that period has expired the Boys will continue to reside in their present quarters . In the meantime , and till the day appointed for thc ceremony arrives , the authorities

will have their hands full , but we doubt not they will be fully equal to the occasion , and that the coming ceremony will prove , in its way , as brilliant a success as did the Centenary Festival of 1 S 9 8 .

The Province Of Cornwall.

THE PROVINCE OF CORNWALL .

There is little doubt that the recent annual meeting , at Launceston , of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Cornwall was one of the most successful that has been held under the auspices of Bro . the Earl of MOUNT EDGCUMBE , Past Deputy G . M . of

England , Prov . Grand Master . There was , as we remarked last week , a full attendance of the brethren , and one on which , having regard to thc comparative inaccessibility of the town , the Province had every reason to congratulate itself . Above all ,

the financial and other reports showed that the Province was in a very flourishing state . According to the Provincial Grand Secretary ' s statement , there had been an increase during the year in the membership to the extent of 54 brethren , while , as

was recorded at thc time in these columns , a second lodge at Newquay—the St . Michael , No . 2747—had been added to the roll . The Treasurer ' s statement of account gave a closing balance of £ 307 , as compared with £ 249 at the opening of the

account . The Cornwall Masonic Annuity and Benevolent Fund would seem to have fared particularly well . There was a substantial increase in the donations and subscriptions from the lodges , the total in this respect amounting to nearly £ 3 86 , as compared with

about £ 330 in the preceding year . The total income was returned at £ 1114 , and thc total of the charges on the Fund for annuities to brethren and widows and educational grants reached £ 442 , the balance in the bank at the close of the year

being close on £ 611 , while the balance of capital belonging to the Fund was £ 6364 , or nearl y £ 300 in excess of the previous year's return . Thc other reports were those of the Committee of Relief on Petitions and the Cornwall Masonic Charity

Association , thc latter having a small grant of 10 guineas voted on its behalf in order to remedy some slight shortcomings it had met with , while the former was in such a position that QO guineas were voted to the Provincial Annuity and Benevolent

Fund and the great central Masonic Charities . A sum not exceeding 50 guineas was also voted to the " Anderton Memorial Fund . " Lastly , Bro . EDYVEAN presented his

statement as manager of the votes for the Central Charities , and in doing so expressed regret that thc demands upon his time rendered it necessary that he should hand over the