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BOYAL Masonic Institution fop Girls . The mth ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL WILL BE HELD ON WEDNESDAY , THE IOTH MAY 18 99 , THE RIGHT HON . VISCOUNT DUN 6 ARVAN , D . L ., R . W . PROY . G . M . SOMERSET , IN THE CHAIR . Brethren willing to act as Stewards are earnestly solicited to' send in their names to the Secretary , as early as convenient . Stewards are much needed , and their services will be gratefully received . F . B . W . HEDGES , Secretary . Office—5 Freemasons' Hall , London , W . C .

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The Freemason ' s Chronicle . A Weekly Record of Masonic Intelligence . Published every Saturday , Price 3 d . THE FBEEMASON'S CHBONICLE will he forwarded direct from the Office , Fleet Works , Bulwer Koad , New Barnet , on receipt of remittance for the amount . The Terms of Subscription ( payable in advance ) are—Twelve Months , post free ... ... £ 0 13 6 Postal Orders to be made payable to W . W . MOBGAN , at the New Barnet Office . Cheques crossed " London and South Western Bank . " — : o : — Scale of Charges for Advertisements . Page ... ... ... ... ... £ 10 10 Births , Marriages , and Deaths , Is per line . General Advertisements , Trade Announcements , & c , narrow column , 5 s per inch . News column Advertisements Is per line . Special terms for a series of insertions or special positions on application .

The Theatres, &C.

The Theatres , & c .

Adelphi . —8 , The Man in the Iron Mask . Avenue . —8 , The Rift within the Lute . 8-50 , The Cuckoo . Matinee , Saturday , 3 . Comedy . —8-15 , A Lady of Quality . Matinee , Saturday , 2 ' 30 . Court . —8 * 15 . For Love of Prim . 9 , A Court Scandal . Matinee , Saturday , 3 . Criterion . —8-15 , Nicolete . 8-45 , My " Soldier " Boy . Matin 6 e , Saturday , 3 .

Daly ' s . —8-15 , A Greek Slave . Matinee , Saturday , 2-30 . Drury Lane . —7 ' 30 , The Forty Thieves . Matinee , Monday , Wednesday , and Saturday , 1 * 30 . Duke of York's . —8 , Chums . 8-45 , The Adventure of Lady Ursula . Matinee , Wednesday and Saturday , 2 ' 30 . Gaiety . —8 * 15 , A Eunaway Girl . Matinee , Saturday , 2 . Garrick . —8 , The Three Musketeers . Matinee , Wednesday and Saturday , 2-15 .

Globe . —8 , Six and eightpence . 8-30 , Ours . Haymarket . —8-10 , A Golden Wedding . 9 , The Manoeuvres of Jane Matinee , Wednesday and Saturday , 2-15 . Her Majesty ' s—8-15 , The Musketeers . Matinee , Saturday , 2-15 . Lyceum . —8 , The Only Way . Matinee , Saturday , 2 . Lyric—8-15 , Little Miss Nobody . Matinee , Thursday , 2-30 .

Opera Comique . —2 , Alice in Wonderland . Saturday , 8 also . Prince of Wales . —8-15 , Coquette . Matinee , Saturday , 2-30 . Princess ' s . —7-45 , Woman and Wine . Royalty . —8-15 , Confederates . 9 . A Little Ray of Sunshine . Matinee , Saturday , 3 . Savoy . —8-20 , The Lucky Star . Matinee , Saturday , 2 ' 30 .

Shaftesbury . —8 , The Belle of New York . Matinee , Wednesday and Saturday , 2 . St . James ' s . —8 , A Repentance . 8-45 , The Ambassador . Matinee , Wednesday and Saturday , 2 . Strand . —8-15 , An Empty Stocking . 9 , What happened to Jones . Matinee , Wednesday and Saturday , 2 - 30 .

Terry ' s . —8-15 , Sweet Lavender . Matinee , Thursday and Saturday , 2-30 Vaudeville . —8 , A Bad Penny . 9 , On and Off . Matinee , Saturday , 3 . Alexandra . —Next week , Two little Vagabonds . Dalston . —7 ' 45 , A Trip to Chinatown . Grand . —Next week , The Lyceum Theatre Company . Queen ' s Opera House , Crouch End . —Next week , The J . P .

Alhambra . —7 . 45 , Variety Entertainment . Jack Ashore , & c . Aquarium . —The Fisheries , Varied Performances , & c , twice daily . Empire . —7-50 , Variety Entertainment . New Ballet Alaska , & c . London Pavilion . —8 , Variety Entertainment . Oxford . —Variety Entertainment . Palace . —7-45 , Variety Entertainment . New American Biograph , & c . Royal . —7-30 , Variety Company . Saturday , 2-30 also .

Tivoli . —7-30 , Variety Entertainment . Saturday , 2-15 also . Crystal Palace . —Varied attractions daily . Egyptian Hall . —3 and 8 , Mr . J . N . Maskelyne ' s entertainment . Madame Tussaud's ( Baker Street Station ) Open daily . Portrait models of modern celebrities , & c . Father Christmas and Monster Luckv Tub . ' Olympia . —Barnum and Bailey ' s Show .

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We do not attend Lodge meetings , neither do we sanction anyone doing so on our behalf , without a specific invitation , directed to our office , or to our representative in Manchester ( Bro . E . Roberts ) , and anyone who attends a Lodge " on behalf of the Freemason ' s Chronicle , " under any other condition , does so without our knowledge or sanction . We shall be obliged if Lodge Officials will act on this notice whenever it may be necessary . We cannot be answerable for Lodge visits made in our name without our knowledge .

R. M. I. Boys.

R . M . I . BOYS .

WE have pleasure in publishing the following lists of successes secured by the pupils of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , as just announced by the examiners :

Cambridge Local Examinations . December 18 9 8 . —Juniors ( age up to 16 ) . —3 first class , 4 second class , 9 third class , and 11 other passes , with 4 distinctions for Mathematics , and Latin . Average age , 14 years , 8 months .

Preliminary ( age up to 14 ) . —1 first class , 7 second class , 11 third class , and 29 other passes , with 13 distinctions for Religious Knowledge , Arithmetic , Geography , English , French , and Euclid . Average age , 13 years , 2 months .

At the January examinations of the London University , two of " Our Boys" matriculated , viz . : E . J . W . Barker in the first division , and H . R . Corner in the second—their ages being respectively 16 + and i 6 £ years .

During the past three years six of the boys have gained the distinction of passing in the first division in these difficult examinations , and the Board of Management aud Head

Master are to be warml y congratulated on such good results of the policy adopted of retaining deserving and clever boys for higher education . The successes are the more noteworthy as the youth of the boys compares most favourably with the average age of the competitors .

Proposed Hall At Newbury.

PROPOSED HALL AT NEWBURY

NEXT year being the Jubilee of the Lodge in Newbury , the Brethren have determined to celebrate the event by the inauguration of a Masonic Hall . Through the energy and foresight of the Worshipful Master of the Loyal Berkshire Lodge of Hope , Bro . Colonel Ricardo , roomy premises

centrally situated in Northbrook Street ( for many years occupied as Solicitors' offices , and also used for some period by the County Justices as a police court ) have been purchased , for conversion into a Hall , in which the members of the Hope Craft Lodge , the Hope Chapter , and the Porchester Lodge

of Mark Master Masons will be able to transact their business . The two oldest surviving members of the Hope Lodge are Bros . George Boyer and George J . Cosburn , who joined more than thirty years ago . At the present time Freemasonry

is m a more flourishing state in Newbury than at any previous date . The first Worshipful Master , in 1850 , was the late Bro . John Packer , Bro . J . Beale being W . M . in 1857 , and Bro . E . Balding in 1852 , says the " Reading Mercury . "

It is announced that the building site , known as Nathan ' s Plot , situate at the foot of the Station Road , Okehampton , an excellent position , had been secured for the erection of a Masonic Hall at that town .

The Jubilee of St . Germain Lodge , No . 566 , was celebrated on the 24 th ult ., at Selby , when Bro . Mark Scott P . M . P . P . G . J . W . was installed W . M ., the ceremony being performed by Bro . Peck Prov . G . Sec . P . G . S . B . England ,

in the presence of a numerous company . The installation banquet was afterwards held at the Londesborough Hotel , and was attended by a large number of the members of the Lodge and Visiting Brethren .