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illlilll l PA 1 ACK . FULL PROCRAMME DAILY , FIREWORKS TWICE A WEEK . BALDWIN TWICE A WEEK . Concerts , Variety Entertainments , Circus . Magnificent Pictures , Summer Theatre with Pastoral Plays , & c , & o . 1000 MONKEYS . DAILY—ONE SHILLING Admit 8 to Palace and all the above entertainments .

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A LEXANDRA PALACE . PROSPECTIVE ENGAGEMENTS . July 6 th ( This day i and every Thursday and Saturday PROFESSOR BALDWIN will repeat his daring drop from the clouds . July 6 th ( This day ) aud every Thursday and Saturday , at 930 , Magnificent Spectacle of the Marriage of the Emperor of China , and the Storming and Capture of Pekin . Followed by a gorgeous Firework Display , by James Pain . . ! y 9 th . —SALVATION ARMY . Note . —All amusements closed on this day , and no intoxicants sold . July 12 th .-GRAND ROSK SHOW" and CROWNING of the ROSE QUEEN . July llith . —CYCLE RACES on Lower Grounds . July loth—MR . SIMS REEVES' FIRST GRAND BALLAD CONCERT . July 22 nd . —GRAND POST OFFICE FETE . July 2 .: ! rd . —MUSIC HALL BENEVOLENT FUND FIRST ANNUAL FESTIVAL , Sports , Variety Entortainmonts , Theatre , Bazaar , & c ., & c , & c . All Entertainments Free . One Shilling admits to Palaco and all entertainments . 5000 frco seats . The Popular Dinnei' 3 . and Teas provided Daily , best quality , at moderate pricc 3 . 10 a . m . to 10 p . m . Admission Is , including all entertainments . S . LEE BAPTY , General Manager .

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INSTALLATION OF H . R . H . THE PRINCE OF WALES As the M . W . G . M . of England , AT THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL , 28 th APRIL 187 5 . COPIES of thia BEAUTIFUL ENGRAVING by Brother HARTY P . M ., consisting of Artist's Proofs , Proofs before Lotters , and Lettered Proofs , India Prints , and Plain Prints may bo had at Cost Price by applying to Bro . W . R . N ORRIS , 29 Southampton Buildings , W . C , London .

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H ^^^^^^^^ S SATURDAY , 6 TH JULY 1889 .

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CORRESPONDENCE .

We do not hold ourselvos responsible for the opinions of oar Correspondents . All Letters must bear the name and address of the Writer , not necessarily for publication , but as a guarantee of goo 3 faith . We cannot undertake to return rejected communications .

ROYAL MASONIO INSTITUTION FOR BOYS . To the Editor of the FREEMASON ' S CHRONICLE . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —In his letter in yonr is 3 ne of the 29 th nit . Bro . Godson says , in effeet , that the Committee of Itqniry have desired to wash the dirty liuen iu public , and iu saying so ho is alike unjust and ungenerous to that Committee . As they simply did what

Bro . Godson desired shonld be doue in the resolution he proposed at the Qaavterly Cpurtof 27 th Jaly 18 SS , viz ., submit their report to a subsequent Quarterly Conrt . As a matter of fact they handed in their report sealed up , and whatever pablicity ha 3 bean given to the report has arisen from the action of that Conrt , and not in the least

caused by the Committee of Inquiry . Bro . Godson himself proposed Bro . Poilbrick as the convenor of the Inquiry Committee , and all tho other six members of that body were brethren of tho highest repute ,

yet , because their absolutely unanimous report differs from the anticipations of Bro . Godson , he stigmatises ifc as " Crowner ' s-quest law , " a " precious report , " founded on " unreliable " and " tainted evidence . "

Of the report Bro . Godson says "Cai bono . " If ' he thought that the conscientious report of a Committee of Inquiry would not do any good why did he propose that such a report should be made ? On

the subject of neglected heads at Wood Green , Bro . Godson says that uo witness could give the name , time or date of any boy affected . In my evidence I gave the l . ame of a boy whom I had personally seen shortly after hia arrival at homo from Wood Green , ou two

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separate and distinct vaoation ? , with his head iu a lamentable state from neglected ringworm . I lodged a statement , upon oath , nnde by the boy ' s mother , confirming my statement j tho boy was in the Institution at the moment I gave evidence , aud could have been produced there and then if the allegation of " unreliable" and "tainted"

evidence had then been made . I stated , moreover , that I saw this same boy a short time after hia arrival from the Institution , with his hands in festering wounds from neglected chilblains , in which state he waa sent out from Wood Green , with only a rough wrapping of gray calico , to travel 150 miles , at Christmas time , and I lodged in proof

of this a certificate from an M . D . of London University . Is this " tainted " evidence in the eyes of Bro . Godson ? Bro . Godson shows that on heatiug apparatus alone , at Wood Green , £ 4978 has been spent , which , reckoning the outside number of 330 Boys , is a capital account of about £ 15 per head , and yet

in 1887 the expenditure for coal , coke , and firewood waa £ 112 17 s , a capital and working expenditure , I mako bold to say , not to be equalled in any similar Institution in England . Bro . Godson fears that the Report will assist those who wish looal funds to be distributed in the locality , but he does not add

why this wish has arisen . It haa been created by the bad management and extravagance at the Boys' School . All this complaint ia no new matter ; it has been expressed year after year—15 years ago the Province of West York proved it up to the hilt , but the management treated that report with scorn . Let the Wood Greon establishment

be well and economically managed , and no brother will be so foolish aa to divert support from an Institution where £ 95 , 000 capital haa been sunk . Old and hard working subscribers are to be remembered gratefully , and their loss deeply to be regretted if , unhappily , it occurs ; but after all we must look largely for current supplies from

the daily additions to the ranks of the Craft and their influence , and if they can only be convinced that the three great Masonio Charitable Institutions are well and wisely administered , their hearty support aud co-operation may aa aafely be relied upon in the fature aa ifc haa been obtained in the past . Yonrs faithfnlly and fraternally , Stoke-on-Trent . E . V . GEEATBACH .

WANTED . —A YOUNG AND ENERGETIC SECRETARY .

To the Editor of the FREEMASON ' S CHRONICLE . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —Disregarding the well-known adage that it is best to be off with the old love before we get on with the new , certain would-be reformers ( heaven save the mark !) of the Royal Masonio Institution for Boys , are clamouring for a yonng and

energetic Secretary , to take the place of our old and tried friend , Bro . Frederick Binckes . I say " old and tried" advisedly , —it is certainly no disgrace to become old , especially when one has grown so while labouring in such a cause , —as ha 3 bo'n the case with the worthy Secretary of the Masonio Boya' School , and most decidedly

he has proved himself a tried friend to those who have known him during the thirty years of hia Secretaryship . Ifc is only daring the last few months that there has been any question as to his fitness for ihe post he holds , and even now many of us old fogeys wonld much prefer trusting him with the work of his office than any young and

energetic Secretary who could be put forward . Are we to forget the i . venty-nine good years—years of satisfactory labour—because the thirtieth has not gone on quite so smoothly ? Are we now to turn out the man who has stood by us year after year , through fair nnd foul times ; who has so won the confidence of his

employei' 3 that one of the worst charges that can be brought against him is , that he has been allowed to manage nil the affairs of the Chanty himself , simply becauso half-a-dozen Masons tell the Craft that an entire change of management is necessary ? Even if we allow that there is truth in what has been told us , is ifc not far better

to endure the ills wo havo , than fly to others we know not of ? Or , at least , is it not incumbent on all of ua to carefully weigh the two sides of tho question P Oa the oue hand , we have a man who thoroughly knows each part of his duties ; a man who can humour every whim of every Steward ,

or other advocate of the Charity ; a man who is known , aye , and respected too , by every Masonic ruler in the country , as well as by most , if not all of those who , by length of association with the Craft , havo won the right to intere 3 t themselves in its afl ' tirs . Tme , be is getting old , but what does that imply ia the case of

Brother Binckes ? Certainly not that he is getting less fitted for his duties than he was yeai * 3 ago , for I know there ia very little , if anything , housed to do , in years gone by , that ho wonld not face to-morrow if ho thought the Institution for which ho works would reap a benefit thereby . Young blood may be

warmer in sortie respects than that of a man who has faithfully discharged the work of an office for thirty years , bat I much question if there are many young men of thc present day who would like to start even with Bro . Binckes , and work side by side with him dnrine ; the next twelve months , as ho considers it be 3 t to work , in

tho interests of the Royal Ma 3 onic Institution for Boy ? . As I havo already premised , I too am getting old ; possibly Bro . Binckes and I are not many years apart , bnt I must confess I havo not the pluck to face such work as Bro . Binckes sots himself iu attending to hia duties as Secretary of tho Boys' School . I could not undertake a

tithe of this work . I should ba dead in a month , aud I should liko to see the " young and euergctic Secretary" of to- 'Jay after he hal expeiienced a year of it . Tho questi . m to some minds is , whether all this personal canva 33 is needed ? From my experience

I say it is , —and despite the fact that we have a " Girls School Secretary who never goes out , and yet thoy get tbe money , " 1 maintain it is ot . ly because , in the other two Secretaries the Girls' School ha 3 inost acti -e advocates . If we wero to put throe brethren auch aa Bro . Uedgea to muuage the three