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 . 2 Paper Buildings , Temple , E . C , ist Nov ., 1880 .

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 1879 ,

( 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 work . 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 which between ^ 1300 , arid ^ 1400 , will 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 with 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 , i 88 g . 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 was initiated in the Grove Lodge , No . 410 , in which Lodge I have acted as Secretary , and am now J . W .

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

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

_ In 1885 I was on the Executive Staff of the Inventions Exhibition at South Kensington , and in 1886 on that oi the Colonial and Indian Exhibition . At the ' termination of these appointments , I received from the Royal 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 highest testimonials as to my capacity and experience from many distinguished persons .

Should you do me the honour to elect me , you may rely upon my exerting my whole energy and ability towards the advancement of the best interests of the Royal 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 , iSSg . 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 with 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 with 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 , 18 7 8 ; Member of 1168 , Sherborne , and Member of the Correspondence Circle , Quatuor Coronati , 2076 . W . M . 13 6 7 in 1883 , and W . M . 329 in 188 7 , P . G . Reg .

Dorset , 1884 . Exalted , 707 , Bridport ( since removed to Beaminster ) , 188 3 , and at present Z . P . G . Reg . ( R . A . ) Dorset , in 188 7 . 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 , 1884 ; at present First Gen . Served as Steward for the Province of Dorset for the Girls' School in 188 7 ; as Steward for the Province of Somerset for the R . M . B . I . in 1888 : and as Steward

for the Province of Dorset for the R . M . B . I . in 1889 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 , and 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 .

I 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 . 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 oiler himselt a Candidate for the post of Secretary . Additional promises of support will be gladly received . By order of the Committee . W . M . STILES , W . M . 1987 , M . E . Z . 19 , & c , Committee Rooms , Hon . Sec . Anderton's Hotel , Fleet Street , E . G ., November 27 th , lS 8 g .

To Correspondents.

To Correspondents .

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SATURDAY , NOVEMBER 30 , 1889 .

Masonic Notes.

Masonic Notes .

Bro . J . C Parkinson , P . G . D ., is the reverse of an idle man . He is always more or less busily occupied , and the bulk of what he engages in is invariably undertaken with a kindly intent and purpose . The other day , for instance , he was the chief guest at a dinner

g iven at the Albion , Aldersgate-street , at which his friend , Bro . Edmund Yates , occupied the chair , and in the course of the evening the latter presented Bro-Parkinson with an exquisite service of plate , artisticall y designed , to illustrate some of the more famous

characters and scenes in the works of Charles Dickens . This gift was in recognition of services which the recipient had rendered for upwards of 25 years to an antiquarian and benevolent association , over which he had been

four times appointed to preside . Among those present on this interesting occasion were Bros . Sir J . B . Monckton , Rudolph Glover , Col . Shadwell H . Clerke , G . Sec . ; T . Fenn , President of the Board of General Purposes ; and Alfred Layton .

* * * The Ravenscroft Lodge , No . 2331 , for which his ' Royal Hig hness the M . W . Grand Master has just granted a warrant , will make the third lodge consecrated in Hertfordshire during the present year . The

first—the Kingswood , No . 2278—was consecrated at Elstree on the 4 th February , and the second—the Bushey Hall Lodge , No . 2323—on Saturday , the 2 nd instant ; while in the case of the Ravenscroft , the

ceremony is appointed to take place on Tuesday , the 17 th prox . The lodge will meet at Barnet , where the Gladsmuir , No . 1385 , has been located since its establishment in 1871 , and will rank as 19 th on the roll of the province .

* * * As will be seen from our advertisement columns , the Committee which has been formed for the purpose of securing the election of Bro . Augustus Harris , is a host in itself , and as we have not yet heard of any

other brother proposing to offer himself as a competitor for the post , it is quite possible that there may be no contest , and that Bro . Harris may be

indulged in a walk over . But , in any circumstances , there can be no doubt , from the number of distinguished brethren who are serving on his Committee , that Bro . Harris's prospects of success are great .

Bro . W . E . Chapman , S . W . of the Savage Club Lodge , and who , as " Ithuriel , " has been long and favourably , known to the press world , has launched a new weekly paper , which he has aptly christened London . The first number presents many attractions

for the lovers of the drama , as well as a very smart epitomes of artistic , sporting , and general news . " Ithuriel " is a model " Interviewer , " and leads off in the first page with " Mr . Irving . " We wish him all success in his venture .