The Boys' School Festival.

THE BOYS' SCHOOL FESTIVAL .

THERE were one or two points we omitted noticing in onr article last week , chiefly owing to the length to which onr remarks were protracted . It would he unjust , however , if we omitted notice of them altogether , for so , comparatively , indifferent a reason . For instance , it wonld

be extremely unjust to two worthy men if we omitted to state thafc Bro . Alderman and Sheriff Sir Reginald Hanson and Sheriff Sir J . A . Hogg were prevented by reason of their engagaments from taking part in the Festival . Yet they were so far from forgetting " Our Boys" that

each of them constituted himself a Life Governor by subscribing the sum of ten guineas , the two sums being included in the list of £ 105 of Brother Edward Jex , Duke

of Edinburgh Lodge , No . 1259 . Then the West Yorkshire list , by the omission of three contributions of ten guineas each , should stand as £ 635 5 a instead of £ 603 15 s , and it is further noticeable that the total for the Province

includes fifty guineas from Bro . John Wordsworth in his capacity of President of the Board of Stewards . It is also well worthy of note that the Kailway arrangements were of the most satisfactory character . Not only were the visitors conveyed to Brighton punctually and

comfortably in accordance with the arrangements , but for their convenience three special trains were arranged for , and by the first of these the Lord Mayor , whose numerous , and , indeed , overwhelming engagements compelled him to leave before the close of the banquet , was enabled to reach

London in time to fulfil his engagement . It has been suggested , we know not on what grounds , that his Lordship left early of set purpose . We are in a position to state , that the early departure was due entirely to the peremptory demands on his valuable time , and likewise that he

expressed himself thoroughly satisfied with all the arrangements made , both for the distribution of prizes on Tuesday and the Festival on Wednesday . We may add , firstly , that the list , as announced in our last week ' s issue , has been considerably increased up to the

present time and , in the next place , that the School has received , or wilt , shortly receive from the executors of the late Marmaduke Levitt , of Mark Lane , the sum of £ 500 , less duty . Lastlyof the thirty-five guineas presented b

, y tbe Chairman , Sir J . W . Ellis , Lord Mayor , the sum of twent y-five guineas was the gift of the Lady Mayoress , who has thus constituted herself a Vice-President of the Institution .

We trust that , when the time comes for summing up the results of last Wednesday ' s Festival , Bro . Binckes will not be found very far behind the Benevolent in the aggregate of contributions . He is already well on the way to £ 11 , 800 .

At the General Committee of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , on the 1 st inst ., there were present the following brethren , in addition to Bro . A . J . Duff-Filer , Jf » o presided . —C . H . Webb , William Stephens , C . F . Matier , E . R . HardiW J TV MnfW S B Wihnn . Thna

^ itwisl e , A . M . Broadley , Edgar Bowyer , E . C . Massey . ] J ; Paas , W . H . Saunders , Edward Baxter , George read ? ' * ^ ' . Binckes Secretary . From the minutes a or information , it appeared that the days of election not to be altered unless Good Friday occurs at the

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specified date , in which event the day of election is to he postponed for a week . This will be formally reported to the General Court in October . Upon the recommendation of the House Committee the Bandmaster ' s salary was raised to SOs per week , and an honorarium of Fifty

Guineas was voted to Dr . Hall for his unremitting care during the outbreak of epidemic at the School in the spring of the present year . Bro . Raynham Stewart , who was absent , sent a notice of motion , under cover , to the chairman , which was read , viz . —

Thafc considering the increase of the number of the subscribers and of the contributories to the Eoyal Masonic Institution for Boys , thereby entailing considerably increased labour npon the Secretary of the Institution , his salary be raised £ 100 per annum , in recognition of his valuable services , rendered for the past twentyone years .

Eight petitions were considered , of which five were approved . With these additions , and allowing for candidates withdrawn or ineligible from lapse of time , there are now sixty-two candidates . The vacancies are only fourteen in number . A vote of £ 30 . in instalments of £ 15 each , was

passed to assist a former pupil—Date—to enter upon the study of medicine . Date had been highly commended by Dr . Morris , and won considerable distinction while in the

Institution . A . vote of £ 5 was awarded to Leonard Wain , also a former pnpil , who is now a junior clerk in the Secretary ' s office . A hgacy of £ 500 , left to the Institution by Bro . Levitt , was reported by the Secretary .

The Grand Lodge Of Indiana.

THE GRAND LODGE OF INDIANA .

OWING to the amount of its indebtedness , the Grand Lodge of Indiana , very wisely we think , determined on postponing its next Grand Communication till the present year , and iu accordance with this arrangement the Sixty-fourth Stated Communication took place on Tuesday

and Wednesday the 23 rd and 24 th May , under the Presidency of Brother Calvin W . Prather M . W . G . M . All the Grand Officers were at their posts , and there were also present Past Grand Masters Bros . William Hacker , Martin

H . Rice , Christian Fetta , Lucien H . Foote , Daniel Mc Donald , Frank S . Devol , Andrew J . Hay , Robert Van Valzah and Bell . S . Sutton ; also Past Deputy Grand Masters Bros . Mahlon D . Hanson and Elijah Newland , and over five hundred representatives of subordinate Lodges .

When Grand Lodge had been declared open , Bro . W . H . Scott , M . W . G . M . of Illinois , and W . H . Meffert M . W . G . M . Kentucky were introduced and received with the accustomed honours , which were gracefully acknowledged by both brethren . The Standin g and other Committees having

been appointed , and the Grand Master having delivered his address , in which he set forth all the important events of the last two years , the Grand Treasurer and G . Secretary submitted their reports for the year ended 23 rd May 1882 , from which it appeared that the Receipts had been , in

round figures , 31 , 962 dollars , and the Disbursements 24 , 188 dollars , while the Balance in the Treasury was 10 , 182 dollars . The Trustees of Grand Lodge also presented a Report as to the condition of Grand Lodge

property and its financial condition . From this it was seen that since the 25 th May 1880 its indebtedness had been reduced by 31 , 333 dollars , there being still outstanding 63 , 000 dollars . Consequently the Trustees recommended