Festival Of The Girls' School.

FESTIVAL OF THE GIRLS' SCHOOL .

ThoNinetieth Anniversary Festival of tho Royal Masonic Institiition for Girls was held yesterday evening at Freemasons ' Tavern . The Rig ht Honourable the Earl of Carnarvon , Pro . Grand Master and Prov . G . M . Somersetshire , had kindly undertaken the duties of chairman , a position for

Avhich , even if we could not call to mind our experience of 1875 when he presided at the Boy ' s School Festival , we know his Lordship is eminently well fitted . There was , as usual , a numerous Board of Stewards , all of whom' had evidently exerted themselves to the best of their ability and

most successfully . In Bro . Mclntyre , Grand Registrar , this Board had a most excellent President , in Bro . John Boyd a most worthy Treasurer , and in Bro . Hedges a very indefatigable Hon . Secretary . We must necessarily reserve our account of the gathering till next week .

The ballot for allotting a Life Governorship and ten Life Subscriberships of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls , consequent on the sale of tickets by Bro . A . E . Gladwell , No . 172 , on the plan inaugurated by Bro . John Constable , took place at Freemasons' Tavern , on Monday last . Amongst

tho brethren present wero Bros . Dottridge W . M . 1 / 2 , Ray 1 G 24 , J . Blyth 813 , G . H . Hunter 1298 , 0 . J . Armstrong 857 , W . H . Barber 05 , W . W . Morgan 211 , A . E . Gladwell 172 , Thomas Milbourn 1190 , & c . Bro . A . Dottridge was

voted to the chair , and the ballot was proceeded with . The list of successful numbers will be found in another column . The arrangements seemed to give every satisfaction , and votes of thanks were passed to those brethren who had conducted the proceedings .

We beg to announce , as a reference to our advertisement columns will show , that the name of Bro . Thomas Cull has been added to the list of candidates for the vacant Secretaryship of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls . Bro . Cull is Preceptor to the Royal Standard and Salisbury

Lodges of Instruction . Thus the candidates , so far as Ave can speak with certainty , are now as as follow : —Bros . F . R . W . Hedges , C . Fitz Gerald Matier , W . Smallpeice , Wm . Worrell , F . A . White , W . Clifton Crick , Paul Storr , and Thomas Cull . We are awaro that some other brethren

have declared their intention of contesting the vacancy , but we prefer mentioning only the names which have been officially communicated to us .

Le Monde Maconnique contains some very interesting accounts of Festivals held by different Lodges , among them being that of Lodge Les Admirateurs de VJJnivers , which took place on the 16 th . March , under the presidency of its Venerable ( W . M . ) Bro . Dr . Barre , who delivered a most

eloquent address on the beauties of Freemasonry . I his " fete d'hiver " included a banquet en famille , a Concert , and a Ball . The Concert , which was arranged by Bro . Landowski and the eminent violinist Bro . Vieuxtemps , was most brilliant .

We gather from the same journal that Wednesday , the 8 th inst ,, was the day fixed for a convention of all the Coloured Grand Lodges of the United States , the place of meeting being Wilmington , State of Delaware .

The Freemasons' Repository announces the death , at Syracuse , N . Y ., on the 21 st March , of Bro . Orrin Welch , who had held the offices of County Treasurer and Alderman , and , at the time of his death , was Police

Commissioner . Among the high Masonic positions he held were those of G . Commander of K . T ., and III . Deputy of the Supreme Grand Council , 3 o ° , Northern Jurisdiction , for New York ; he was also S . G . C . of Syracuse Consistory .

Red Cross Of Constantine.

RED CROSS OF CONSTANTINE .

THE Imperial Grand Council of Illinois havo appointed Bro . Charles Fit /' , Gerald Matier as thoir Grand Eeprcseutative at the Imperial Grand Council of England .

HOLI . O ' . VAY ' OINTMENT . v . PILLS . —Multitudes suffering under a complication of disorders might obtain relief tbroiurh theso healing and purifying remedi s , which should IJIJ employed without a day ' s delay . When the weather is variable , ami colds and influenzas are prevalent , this Ointment , well rubbed upon the throat aud chest , gives the greatest ease , and checks all tendency to

inflammation in tbe lungs and other oi-gans . tho lulls assist the curative action of the Ointment , inasmuch as they purify tho blood , and so imioken its circulation that congestion is rendered almost impossible . HoIIoway's treatment deals most successfully , too , -with that very troublesome and often tedious ailment , indigestion , which is the bane of thousands , IVoni overwork and fast living , in the present clay .

Anecdotes In Relation To Military Masonry.

ANECDOTES IN RELATION TO MILITARY MASONRY .

Battle Of Lutzen , —A Scotch gentleman in tho Prussian service was taken prisoner at the Battlo of Lutzen , and with 400 of his couipauion-iu-arins was conveyed to Prague . As soon as it was known that ho was a Mason , he was released from confinement , invited to tho tables of the most distinguished citizens , and requested to consider

himself more in tho character of a brother than as a prisoner of war . About three months after the engagement , an exchange of prisoners took place , and tho Scotch officer was presented by tho Fraternity with a purse of sixty ducats to defray tho expenses of his journey . —Laurie , p G 7 .

Lodge of Social and Military Virtues , No . 227 , late in the 46 th Regiment . —An anecdote in reference to this Lodge , appears in a former number ( p . 220 ) , but having recently met with a copy of its bye-laws ( 1816 ) , tho prefatory address is now given . " Tho antiquity of our Charter renders it Masonically dear to

each true brother . Among many incidents of her various history as handed down from olden record , wo havo always recognised with feelings of pride tho honourable distinction and Masonic mark confcrrcd by that eminent soldier and virtuous brother , tho late General Georgo Washington , who , with a sentiment worthy of so great a muu , in a st ylo of compliment flattering to the brethren of that day ,

restored tho property ( and especially tho Sacred Volume , which wo oven now possess ) with a peculiar Masonic greeting to their Masonio proprietors , it having previously , by the chance of warfare , fallen into tho possession of his army . " Let this record bo transmitted to our successors . — ' By-Laws of Lodge of Social and Military Virtues , num * bored 227 on the Registry of Ireland , held intheAQth Regiment of Foot . S'ldncg , 1816 .

Masonic Naval and Military Commanders . — Tho M . W . Grand Master Blaster Mason of Scotland , ( 1812 , ) Lord Frederick Fitz-Clarence , has been appointed Commander of the Forces in North Britain vice Lord Greenock , also a Freemason . What would tho recent military authorities in Ireland have said to behold the Head of the Staff iu Scotland , also acting as tho Head of the Craft ,

personally presiding over its Lodges and anxious to promote its prosperity ? Among the distinguished military men who aro members of the . Masonic Fraternity is Sir Thomas Graham , Lord Lynedoch , the hero of many a hard fought fi g ht . This gallant veteran , now in his ninety-fourth year , if wo mistake not , was initiated when a young man in the Cannongato Kilwinning Lodgo of

Edinburgh . He is probably the oldest member living . The present Admiral Ommaney was likewise initiated in tho same Lodge ; as was also Sir D . L . Gilmour K . C . B ., an officer who distinguished himself in the Spanish campaign . In truth , most of tho chief commanders who served under the illustrious Brother the Duke of

Wellington wero comrades of tho Craft ; videlecit , the lato General the Earl Dalhousie , tho present Marquis of Tweedale , Lord Combermere , Lord Lynedoch , & c . Sir John Mooro was also a Scottish Mason . Tho immortal Nelson was a member of tho English Craft . — F . Q . R ., Vol . IX . p 41 .

St . Andrew ' s Eoyal Arch Lodge in the Scots Greys . — William Lord Napier , initiated December 1769 , while tho Hon . Col . Napier , soon afterwards , himself and several other officers of his regiment , the Scots Greys , presented a petition to Grand Lodgo for a charter of erection of a Military Lodge , and which was granted accordingly . On the 12 th March 1770 the formal constitution of

the Lodge took place in tho Hall of St . John ' s Chapel , at which ceremony his excellency General Adolphus Oughton presided , in his capacity of Grand Master of Scotland . After a suitable address from that Military and Masonic chief , the charter was delivered into tho hands of Colonel Napier as Worshipful Master thereof , Captain Basil Heron being installed Depute Master , Sir John Nesbit of Dean as Senior Warden , John Nosbit , Esq ., as Junior Warden , John

Christie , Esq ., as Treasurer , and Captain James Colquhoun as Secretary of the new Lodge , which was duly formed and consecrated under the name and title of " the St . Andrew Eoyal Arch Lodge in tho Scots Greys or Eoyal North British Dragoons . " Bro . Napier succeeded his father as Baron Napier in 1773 , but died about two years after , leaving his title to his eldest son Francis' , who became a Mason in the Cannongato Kilwinning Lodgo , and was afterwards Graud Master of Scotland . —F . Q . R ., Vol . IX . p 35 .

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