Untitled Article

children participate to the full in these advantages . The school , when established , would be conducted in the best possible manner ; and , as he took it for granted that Masons did not like to do things by halves , he felt sure that after a few years more they would be able to do a great deal extra in the direction of affording education to the sons of their Brethren , because the benefits arising from the system of bringing them together would soon be estimated by the Masons throughout the country , and as the merits of the school became better known there

would be a greater demand to obtain the education which it afforded . He had no doubt their efforts would be responded to by the Craft , and he hoped to live to see the day when , instead of seventy , they would be able to maintain and educate 200 or more . ( Loud cheers . ) But to attain that object it was obvious that their funds must be increased- —they should therefore be liberal in subscribing not only to the general fund , but also endeavour to put the building fund on a more satisfactory footing . He had now got through all the topics on which he thought it desirable to dwell , and he trusted that their subscriptions would show that they well cared for the education of the sons of their poorer Brethren . ( Great cheering . )

Bro . G . Hervey , P . G . S . D ., then presented to his lordship those boys who , at the recent examination , had been selected as the most deserving of reward for their good conduct and proficiency in their studies ; when his lordship presented to them the prizes awarded to them by the examiners . The toast of the Stewards was acknowledged by Bro . S . Hervey , P . G . S . D ., after which his lordship called on the Brethren to close the festivities of the evening by drinking a bumper to the health of the ladies who had graced the festival by their appearance in the gallery ; a request which was gallantly complied with , and the company retired to the Glee-room .

In the course of the proceedings , Bro . Thisselton , the Secretary , read a list of subscriptions and donations , amounting to nearly £ 1 , 500 , about twothirds of which were for the Building Fund . The following is the list , with the Lodges of the Stewards ( G . standing for General , and B . for Building Fund ) : —The Right Hon . the Earl of Yarborough , D . G . M ., £ 10 . 10 * . G ., and £ 52 . 10 s . B . ; No . 1 ( two Stewards ) , £ 37 . 8 s . G ., £ 22 . Is . B . ; No . 2 , £ 11 . 10 s . B . ; No . 3 ( two Stewards ) , £ 34 . Is . G ., £ 8 . 8 s . B . ; No . 4 , £ 19 . 13 s . G .,

£ 10 . 10 s . B . ; No . 5 , £ 82 . 19 * . B . ; No . 7 ( including five or six Stewards , members of Grand Lodge ) , £ 25 . 9 s . G ., £ 132 . 16 . ? . B . ; No . 8 , £ 20 . 18 * . G . ; £ 30 . 9 * B . ; No . 11 , £ 23 . 2 s . B . ; No . 12 , £ 15 . 15 s . G . ; No . 14 , £ 42 . G ., £ 10 . 10 s . B . ; Fo . 29 ( two Stewards ) , £ 9 . 9 s . G . ; No . 32 , £ 27 . 6 s . G . ; No . 38 , £ 26 . 5 s . G . ; No . 40 , £ 43 . 7 s .. B . ; No . 57 , £ 28 . 7 s . 6 d . B . ; No . 6 Q , £ 34 . 13 s . B . ; No . 103 , £ 11 . lls . B . ; No . 108 , £ 19 . 19 s . G . ; No . 118 , £ 23 G . ; No . 125 , £ 13 . 12 s . G .,

£ 1 . Is . B . ; No . 188 ( two Stewards ) , £ 21 G . ; No . 201 , £ 2 . 2 s . G ., £ 22 . 1 * . B . ; No . 212 , £ 147 . 19 s . G . ; No . 233 ( two Stewards ) , £ 39 . 18 s . G ., £ 42 . B . ; No . 247 , £ 18 . 7 s . 6 d . G . ; No . 275 , £ 2 . 2 s . G ., £ 61 . 18 s . U . B . ; No . 318 , £ 48 . 6 s . G . ; No . 324 , £ 33 . 12 s . G ., £ 21 B . ; No . 460 , £ 15 . 15 s . G ., £ 29 . 8 s . B . ; No . 689 , £ 58 . Is . B . ; No . 745 , £ 21 . lis . U . G . ; No . 778 , £ 22 . Is . B . ; No . 805 , £ 36 . 15 s . B . In addition to the Earl of Yarborough , Lord Londesborough , who was to have been the chairman of the evening , sent a donation of £ 52 . 10 s .

[ We cannot conclude our notice without protesting against the long speeches , the more especially of Bro . Burton Cooper ( who , we are aware , has the interests of Masonry at heart ) , by which the Brethren were in many instances put out of temper , and scenes occurred which all must deeply deplore—whilst the ladies , who came to hear a musical entertainment , were greatly disappointed , only three songs being sung in addition to the National Anthem . It is true that there was at the conclusion of the festival a little music in that horribly-crowded u

blackhole " the Glee-room , which nobody could enjoy . Indeed , the Glee-room would be done away with entirely , or a more convenient room provided , were it not that old prejudices cannot be easily swept away ; for we have never yet met a lady who has not declared it to be an intolerable nuisance , and that they only enter it to wait for their husbands and brothers , and are glad to escape from it at the earliest possible moment . The musical arrangements were intrusted to Bro . Donald King , who was assisted by Miss M . Poole , Miss M . Wells , Bros . Francis and Winn , and Messrs . Gumming and Coward , who presided at the pianoforte . M iss