Royal Masonic Institution For Girls.

ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS .

THE Quarterly Conrt of the Governors and other sapporters of the Masonic . Girls' School was held on Thursday last , at Freemasons' Hall . Bro . Frank Richardson was called to thr- chair . Bro . Hedges ( Secretary ) read the minutes of the last Quarterly Court of 13 th October 1892 , which were put . ami confirmed . He also read

summaries of tho minutes of tho General Committees for information , and tho Chairman stated that with respect to the boiler explosion afc tho school , the boilers were now all at work . An examination had been held , and ifc was found that the man in charge htd screwed down the safety valve

of one boiler , and that was the cause of the explosion . Another man was now in charge of tho boilers . The Committee had considered the question of boiler insurance nnd of employers' liability . Tho Secretary having reported the confirmation by Grand Lodgo of the resolution

to merge the Sustentation Fund in tho General Fund , a resolution was passed that tho Secretary take the proper steps to transfer the former to tbo latter fund . On the motion of Bro . J . H . Matthews , seconded by Bro . W . F .

Smithson , tho Earl of Mount Edgcumbe , Earl Amherst , and Col . James Peters were elected Trustees of tbe Institution . Bro . J . H . Matthews P . D . G . D . C . having moved , and Bro . Smithson having seconded , the following resolu-¦ tion , it was carried nnanimously : —

" That in consequence of vacancies caused by children elected in October not being of ago to bo received into the school , that the two next highest unsuccessful candidates bo admitted under Law 91 , vis .: Dorothoa Whitaker and Winifred Cofifey . " Afterwards the court passed the following recommendation of tho General Committee of 29 th December 1892 : —

"That the five eligible candidates remaining from tho last election , together with the 27 whoso petitions have been this day approved , be placed upon tho list of candidates for the April Election , ancl that 21 vacancies be declared . " The Chairman stated that the 105 th Anniversary Festival would be held on the 17 th of May , and that the Earl of Euston Prov . Grand Master of Norths and Hunts would preside . The Province was supporting him strongly , and he hoped there would be a good return ,

Masonic Sonnets.—No. 31.

MASONIC SONNETS . —No . 31 .

BY BRO . CHAS . F . FOESHAW , LL . D ., 295 , 1214 , 2076 , 2417 ( E . G . ) , 761 ( S . C ) — : o : —

OF BEO . H . R . H . THE DUKE OF CLARENCE , KGDIED 14 TH JANUARY 1892 .

TVelye months hove passed , with all their hopes and fears , Since he—a Ruler of onr Ancient Craffc—Death ' s dreadful , devastating goblet quaffed . , In byegone days we thonght thafc future years Wonld give him to ns us onr country ' s king ; Bufc the grim tyrant smote our Brother low And ,- * -as at Hiram , —struck the awful

blow-That bade his sonl from earthly realms take wing . Time is a healer of all fearsome woes And quells all pangs that throb the aching heart ; Soothing the sorss that make fche bosom smart , Drying the tear thafc all too quickly flows ; Bat tho' Timo heals , and bids our Sorrows' flee , Our Prince will still be linked within our Memory . Winder House , Bradford , 12 fch January 1893 .

We have received from a Medical Brother—dated from Redfern Lodge , Wimbledon—a copy of a pamphlet published by him on the subject of " Tbo Crave for Alcohol Morphia , and other injurious Drugs , " which he maintains can be eradicated b y a new treatment known as ' ' The Gold

Cure . " In recommending this little brochure to the attention of our readers ifc must nofc be by any means inferred that we consider Freemasons stand in need of any treatment ; bufc unhap pily there are many victims of " Our National Shame " with whom some of our brethren may be

acquainted and who would be glad fco know thafc such a cure existed . For further information on this interesting topic we must refer those who are desirous of learning fche details of the cure to the physician in charge , 89 Merfcon Road , Wimbledon , Surrey .

Obituary.

Obituary .

— : u;—* BRO . ANDREW MEIN .

IT is with regret thafc we record tho death of Bro . Andrew Mein , who for nearly forty years past has been honourably associated with the development of the grocery trade of Liverpool . The deceased caught cold on Tuesday , the 3 rd inst ., and at five o'clock on Saturday evening ho died afc

his rooms in the Bee Hotel , John s Lane , Liverpool . Bro . Mein was a native of Alnwick , in Northumberland , and he came to Liverpool city at an early age , working his way up by his ability and skill to tho high position which he enjoyed up to his too sudden demise . For many years

past the deceased gentleman took an active parfc in Masonic matters in the disti-ict , and in September 1892 he was installed W . M . of the Dramatic Lodge . His sympathies were always closel y connected with the drama and with tbe well-being of actors in daily life , and as an instance of

this it may be mentioned that ono of his last acts was to suggest the inauguration of a benefit performance for an old Liverpool actor , Mr . George L . Herbert , who has fallen upon evil times . He took some active steps to arrange for such an event , and ifc may bo hoped that the wishes

of the dead may be carried out in this respect , for the deceased ' s leading characteristics in life were amiability in manner and charity of heart . The funeral took place on Wednesday morning , in Anfield Cemetery , the cortege leaving the Bee Hotel afc eleven o ' clock .

I Bro. William Sangwine.

I BRO . WILLIAM SANGWINE .

ON Friday , the 30 th ult ., the remains of Bro . William Sang , wine were interred in Walfconwfays Cemetery , Skipton . Bro . Sang wine , who was only 38 years of age , came to the Ship Hotel , Skipton , about a year ago from Bradford , having for over twelve months been manager of the Boar ' s

Head Hotel , and for four years previous to that period kept the Queen ' s Arms Hotel , Manchester Road , Bradford . He was a member of the Acacia Lodge , No . 2321 , but when removing to Skipton he was transferred to the Craven Lodge , No . 810 . Since taking up his residence in

Skipton , Bro . Sangwine has been universally respected : but he has been singularly unfortunate . In May last he met with a serious trap accident , and from that and

another accident he has suffered considerably , these , in a great measure , being the cause of his death , which took place shortly after eight o ' clock on Tuesday ni ght , the 27 th ult .

I am informed that some earnest Eoman Catholics , who are also Freemasons , find mnoh to disquiet them in the Pope ' s latest prononncemont . The full text of that document , or rather documents , has nofc reached this country , bnfc it is understood to contain a tremendous indictment of that society . His Holiness considers Freemasonry to be antagonistic to Christianity , and given over to the propagation of infidelity . The reason of this scathing attack is supposed to

be the reoent agnostic speeches of certain Italian professors . These gentlemen are also ardent Freemasons , and tho Pope ' s argument is to the effect that the tree is known h y its fruit . The opinion in English Roman Catholic circles , however , is that the Pope has been misinformed , and that the connection between Freemasonry and anti-Christian sentiment is purely fortuitous . We should certainly be muoh surprised to hear the charge brought against any of our Q-wn Lodges . —L-iuerpool Easpress .

The Masomc Record of December haa for its frontispiece a portrait of Bro . Reid , of Ardmeallie , regarding whom the Record says— " Bro . Captain Eeid first saw the light in an Edinburgh Lodge , the Caledonian , No . 329 . Thafc was in the year 1880 , and , some time afterwards , having taken up his residence in the shire of Banff he became an affiliate of Lodge St . James , No . 289 , Dufftown . On the

resignation of His Grace the Duke of Fife , Bro . Eeid was , in May 1891 , on the unanimous recommendation of the Banffshire Lodges commissioned by Grand Lodge to the offico of Prov . Grand Maater ! In October of the same year Brother Eeid was installed by tho Eight Hon . Lord Saltoun Substitute Grand Master , at Buckie . During the short time Brother Reid has been the head of tho

eight Lodges in the Province he has , to quote a phraso used b y one of the other Officers of the Province , " worked wonders . " He has , indeed , re-organised the Provincial Grand Lod ge , a work in which he has been mosfc enegeticall y snpported by the brethren who fill the othor offices . Brother Eeid is a Jnstica of the Peace , Deputy Leintenant for Banffshire , and Senior Captain of the 3 rd Gordoa Highlanders . "—Aberdeen Free Press .

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