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themselves liable to repay that amount . There were 30 members on the Committee , all good men and true , and he ( Brother Everett ) would be happy to find his £ 100 towards it to-morrow . Others , however , did not think it a fair thing that the members of the Committee should be

asked to make themselves liable , nor did he himself , for that matter . He hoped the Committee would carry the resolution now submitted . He felt certain that they would get this £ 2500 . The reason they had not already secured it was , that tho thing had not been well managed , so far as

London was concerned . Many did not understand what it meant , and a good many misrepresented it . For his own part , knowing all about it , he had put it before hia own Lodges in a proper shape , and they had readily voted double the amount asked . In the autumn session , when

the Lodges were meeting again for the winter , it would be found to como all right if there was any thing like organisation , and every Lodge would take a share in the matter . The Lodges in the Provinces where the subject was

thoroughly understood had come forward nobly , especially West Yorkshire , Lancashire , and Hampshire , and the final result could not bo a matter of doubt . Brother W . W , Morgan remarked that a great deal of misapprehension had arisen from the fact that statements had been made in

the newspapers through which many brethren supposed the brother from West Yorkshire had already provided a cheque for the amount . Personally , he knew this was nofc the case , and he thought it would be better if the Chairman let the meeting know that no such cheque had been

received , as the brethren had been led to believe . In reply tho Chairman said no such cheque had been handed over . The brother of West Yorkshire made the offer , believing that the amount would be subscribed . The Committee did not think it fair to call upon him for the money ,

knowing very well that the proposal to raise the money would be carried out . For himself , he thought it would he unfair to call upon any individual to take such a responsibility . Thoy thanked the brother , but they thought it better that their personal efforts in their respective

Lodges and districts should be exerted to raise the amount . The Lodges he had had to do with in the Provinces had accorded the proposal a very free and open acceptance . The Committee believed now that there would be a balance to hand over to the Institution . On the

30 th June they might be £ 100 or £ 200 short of the £ 2500 , but some Lodges did not meet till after the summer , in June , July , or August , and in order to give tbem an opportunity of subscribing , the Provisional Management Committee asked for authority to draw on the funds of the

Institution , for any balance not subscribed to the £ 2500 Pension Indemnity Fund by the 30 th June . After some discussion as to tho form of the motion , so as to guard the funds of the Institntion from payment of the balance , the motion was altered , as follows : —

" That in the event of the whole amonnfc , viz ., £ 2500 , of the Pension Indemnity Fond not bcin <; collected or paid over by the trustees of that Fund on the 30 ch June next , the Provisional Management

Committee be empowered to provide oat of the rands of the Institntion the balance required to provide for payment on that day of the £ 2500 to Bro . Binckes on his vacating the office of Secretary , snch balance to be eventually refunded by tho Pension Indemnity Fund . "

As altered , the motion was carried unanimously . The motion for the third resolution having been read by the Chairman , Bro . Scurrah desired to know what was the meaning of * ' advertising for candidates for the Office of Secretary ? " Were they to be advertised for as Masons

only , or was that clause not to be inserted r They might have hundreds of applications from the outside world . The Chairman said fche laws of the Inafcifcufcion would be observed ; they must advertise . The brethren might safel y leave this to tbe Provisional Committee . After

some discussion as to defining the duties and fixing the salary , Bro . Scurrah insisted that the Provisional Committee could not legally exceed their powers , and he claimed an observance of the laws , which defined that the powers now proposed to be given to the Provisional

Committee could only be exercised by the General Committee . Bro . Glass thought if this Committee could now see their way to agree to the resolution , or to a rider to the resolution , saying that the salary should not exceed a

certain sum , it would be a great advantage to the Provisional Committee , * ifc would be a gnido to the Committee as to what they should offer candidates . Bro . Corbie remarked that it had already been fixed that it was not to exceed £ 300 a year . Bro . Scurrah pressed that the

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Provisional Committee shonld report to the General Committee . The Chairman said he would add to the resolution the words , " and report thereon to the next meeting of the General Committee . " The motion as amended was proposed , seconded , and carried . Two petitions of candidates

to be placed on the list for the October election were then considered . An outfit . of £ 5 each was voted to two Boys who had left the School and obtained situations , and notice of two motions for tho next Quarterly Court were given iu . A vote of thanks to the Chairman closed tho proceeding- * .

The Committee of Management of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , held their regular monthly meeting at the Freemasons' Hall on Wednesday . Bro . Jamea Brett presided , and there were present Bros . C . A .

Cottebrnne , T . B . Purchas , C . H . Webb , E . West , W . Smith , L . C . Haslip , David D . Mercer A . G . P ., Hugh Cotter , Charles G . Hill , Alexander Forsyth , F . Mead , Dr . Hogg , F . H . Hubbert , W . H . Perryman , W . H . Making , and

James Terry ( Secretary . ) The minutes of the previous meeting having been read and verified , and those of the adjourned meeting on the 25 th ult . read for information ,

the Secretary reported the death of four male annuitants . The Warden ' s Report for the past month was read , and that of the Finance Committee was read , adopted , and directed to be entered on the minutes . Bro . J . A .

Farnfield , Treasurer of the Institution , * and Bros . J . Newton and J . J . Berry were appointed a Committee to prepare the annual report , to be submitted to the general meeting in May , and it having been agreed that the Stewards at the

recent Festival be invited to visit the Institution at Croydon , a letter was read from a firm of solicitors relating to the bequest of one-third of the residue of the estate of the late Dr . Morris Wilson , and asking for the sanction by the

Committee of payment , amounting to £ 167 , which was not bequeathed by will . The request was agreed to , and a vote of thanks to the Chairman having been passed unanimously , the meeting adjourned .

Kent Charity Committee.

KENT CHARITY COMMITTEE .

A MEETING of the Charity Committee of the Province of Kent was held afc Rochester , on fche 21 st alt ., to consider the ensuing elections of the several Institutions ; and representatives were present from the different towns , including Dover , and other centres of Freemasonry in the county . Managers for the ensuing elections having been appointed , ifc was resolved , in regard to the Girls-¦¦

School , to secure the election of Alice W . Bingham , No . 1 on the List , and fche managers to exercise their discretion in dealing with surplus votes . " For the Boys' School ifc was decided that " All votes owing to be first repaid , and then H . 0 . Pownall , No . 42 on the list , to be supported , and after him Edward Sole , No . 56 on the list . " In

connection wifch the Royal Benevolent Institution for Old Men and Women , ifc was agreed to support the case of Mrs . Mary Eedman , widow , No . 5 on the list , and thafc of Bro . G . Stevens , No . 20 on the list , ' as far as fche members think advisable . " The following petitions for relief were received , and the amounts recommended to Provincial

Grand Lodge : Strand , Lodge 31 , £ 15 ; Mrs . Stanton , 1208 , £ 15 ; Miss Buss , 125 , £ 10 ; — Pickering , 77 , £ 15 Mrs . Viles , 972 , £ 15 j Bro . Mann , 20 , £ 20 . The application on behalf of — Bailey , 874 , was onfc of order ; and Bro . Bnrfield ' s was withdrawn . The Committee recommended thafc £ 13 be paid out of Provincial Grand Lodge Fund to fche Girls' School towards the cost of placing a

memorial for one of fche windows in the new Memorial Hall afc the School After a discussion fche Committee recommended that fche snm of £ 142 10 s be paid from Provincial Grand Lodge Fund to the Provisional Committee of fche Boys' School to secure a pension to Bro . F . Binckes on hie retirement from the office of Secretary of that Institntion .

A handsome painted window , by Clayton and Bell , has just been placed in fche parish church of Burghclere , near Newbury , by the parishioners , in memory of the late Bro . Canon Portal , for many years rector . A further

memorial of this popular Canon , who died suddenly , it will be remembered , a year ago , will be a handsome building for parochial work , which is to cost a thousand guineas . The site has been given by Lord Carnarvon .

Marriage.

MARRIAGE .

LANGTON-CALROW . —On the 9 th April , at St . John ' s , Bayswater , by the Rev . Henry Whito , M . A ., Chaplain inordinary to the Queen , Chaplain to tho House of Commons , assisted by the Rev . Prebendary K . Thornton , D D JOSEPH DAVID , son of JOSEPH LAJTOTOIT , of 37 Queen Victoria Street , Eo ' and Cavendish Mansions , Portland Place , W ., to LILIAN EMIL Y , fourth daughter of tho late FBEDKBIO CALBOW , of Harold Wood Hall , Bomford Essex , and St . Mary-at-Hill , and grand-daughter o £ tho Rov . HASvire A B * ow * fB , lato Rector of Stowe , St . Mary ' s , Essex .