Correspondence.

Of all the Tylers that come in for a large sbare of criticism , and no little contempt , are those of the flunkey class , who are ever pestering the brethren with the query , " Can I do anything more for you ? " and soon , like the waiters at hotel dinners who , when handing round the toothpicks insinuate that they " hope you have been well attended to , sir , " and hoping still more fervently that the guests

whom they thus address have so enjoyed themselves that they will be disposed to " tip up " generously . I may perhaps send you a few more remarks on the question yon

have raised on " Idiosyncrasies " at some future time , and should like some others of my calling to join in the correspondence . Meanwhile , allow me to apologise for the length of this letter , and to remain , Yours respectfully and fraternally , AN OLD TTLEB .

The following communication , addressed to onr contemporary the Freemason , is the one referred to in a leading article on another page of the present issne : —

THE JUBILEE—BOYS' SCHOOL . To the Editor of the Freemason . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —Will your correspondent " A VICEPRESIDENT , " in yonr issue of the 26 th ult ., and those who think with him , accept the following as a reason why a similar course cannot be adopted in the Boys' School to that resolved on in the Girls' School ?

The Girls Scbood possesses a fund property of £ 59 , 000 , added to year by year from the surplus of receipts over expenditure . Its permanent annual income is £ 1 , 931 . The balance at tbe bank on 31 st December last was to credit £ 7 , 407 . The Boys' School possesses a funded property of £ 17 , 000 only .

The permanent annual income is £ 755 . The balance at the bank on 31 st December last was to debit £ 2 , 250 . The absolutely essential expenditure for the education , maintenance , and clothing of ( say ) 250 girls may be taken at little more than two-thirds of the similar expenditure for the same number of

boys . In connection with both Institutions large extensions have been carried out from time to time , the total expenditure on which will I think , be found to be pretty eqnal . The Girls' School has , happily , the means to meet all such expen . diture .

The Boys School is , unhappily , heavily in debt on account of such expenditure . The centenary celebration of the Girls' School next year will be an event unprecedented in association with a Masonic Charitable

Institution , and will most assuredly be attended with a result also unprecedented , in association with which it is not altogether improbable that the decision of the Special Court in the present instance may be repeated , and all candidates offering themselves be again admitted without election .

There can be no hope—no possibility—of this course being imitated in this Institution until a very considerable improvement be effected as regards its resources . The centenary will not be celebrated until the year 1898 . Whether I may be spared to assist in snch celebration is a matter of uncertainty ; but it is certain that between " now

and then " we have still work before us . Notably is the want of a swimming bath , without which our accommodation , excellent as it may be pronounced , must be regarded as deficient . A friend , over the signature " Q . " in your number of the 2 nd inst ., has done ns good service , and is deserving of our best thanks . In

addition to what he has there stated , permit me to direct atten . tion prominently to the fact , that our cost per boy during the past year shows a reduction of nearly £ 6 as compared " with the previous year , and of £ 4 4 s 2 d when compared with the average of the ten previous years ; and that the cost per boy has never

been within £ 15 of the amount which those unfavourably disposed have industriously circulated as fact . In one sense only can I sympathise in the " pity " expressed by your earlier correspondent , " that the Boys should lag behind the Girls . " It is a " pity "—true 'tis pity , pity 'tis , 'tia true" that in pecuniary resources we do "lac . "

I fervently trust that in this year of Jubilee the genuine cases of Masonio distress thus exhibited may not pass unrelieved , and that the Festival in June next , closely approximating the date of the

Jubilee Celebration , may , by the assistance of the brethren , whose services as Stewards are urgently needed and anxiously awaited , be attended with so large a success as to render the future one of pleasurable contemplation .

There are localities to which coals may be sent as readily as to Newcastle , and where they are more needed . Faithfully and fraternally yours , FREDERICK BINCKES , Secretary R . M . I . Boys . 6 Freemasons' Hall , W . C , 4 th April .

We have been requested to remind our Norfolk brethren of the meeting of the Cabbeli Lodge , No . 807 , to beheld at Norwich , on Monday next , when Bro . James Stevens P . M . P . Z . is to deliver his lecture on " The Ritual aud

Ceremonialo _ the Symbolic Degrees of Freemasonry , 1818-86 . " The Lodge meets at 43 St . Giles Street , and the lecture is announced for 7 p . m ., the Provincial Grand Secretary Bro . J . B . Aldis presiding .

Notice Of Meetings.

NOTICE OF MEETINGS .

JOPPA LODGE , No . 188 . AN emergency meeting was held on Monday , 4 th April , at the Freemasons' Tavern , Great Queen-street , London , W . C . Bros . Wall W . M ., Lion S . W ., Botibol J . W ., Gardner S . D ., Dodson P . M . D . C , Lyons Treasurer , L . Lazarns P . M . Secretary , Dewsnap I . P . M . ; P . M . ' s L . Alexander , M . Spiegel , Hickman , and M . Alexander . The emergency was called for the purpose of initiating —» 0 »^

Messrs . Henry Garrard , George Plushrose , Ehas Ansell , Abraham Cohen , H . S . Owden ; and also to pass Bros . Lowrie , Rosenberg , Bernstein and Waller . The ceremonies were very ably performed by the W . M . After closing , the brethren adjourned to refreshment , when the loyal toasts , Prosperity to the Benevolent Fund , and the

health of the Initiates were proposed , and respectively responded to . Bro . Dewsnap proposed the health of the W . M ., in elegant terms , and at the same time informed the brethren that their W . M .

would represent the Lodsre at the next Festival of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys . His appea' for support was heartily responded to by the brethren present . The W . M . replied , and tho brethren parted in harmony . The Visitors were Bros . Marks 185 and

H . H . Myers 1017 . ROYAL COMMEMORATION LODGE , No . 1585

AN emergency meeting was held at the Fox and Hounds Hotel , Putney , on Wednesday , 6 th inst . Present—Bros . Collick W . M ., Williams S . W ., Strong J . W ., Watkins Treasurer , Wdliams P . M . Secretary , Coliings P . M . Dir . of Cers ., Wing S . D ., Harding J . D ., Wright acting I . G ., Stacey P . M . Orsauisr , Oliver Steward , Walkeley Tyler , Pardoe I . P . M . and P . M . ' s Mausell and Whitley .

Victors—Bros . C . Boning P . M . 441 P . P . G . D . C . Cambridge , W . Carter P . M . 141 , G . Restell P . M . 1681 , G . Bishop 1319 ; also Bros . Grundy , Page , Coleman , Murray , Windsor , Graveley , Eldeo , C . Moore , and the can . didates for the various degrees . The Lodge having been opened in due form , with solemn prayer , tbe minutes of last meeting were read

and confirmed . The real business of the evening then commenced by the raising of Bros . Bosworth , Tildesley and Flyers to the sublime degree of M . M . This was followed by the passing of Bros . Munslow , Warlow and G . W . Moore . A ballot was then taken for Messrs . Godwin , Stern , Jamieson , Gordon and Green , who had been

proposed and seconded at the last meeting , and for the purpose of initiating whom the present meeting had been called . The ballot having been declared in their favour , these aspirants were duly initiated into the mysteries and privileges of ancient Freemasonry . The Worshipful Master worked the whole of the three ceremonies in

a manner rarely excelled . One gentleman having been proposed for initiation at the next meeting , the Lodge was closed in due form , and adjourned till the first Wednesday in May . The notice paper said dinner at seven , but the prolonged duties of tho evening , followed by tho alteration of the room from a Lodge to a dining-room , made it

eight o'clock before the brethren could sit down . However , at the latter hour the brethren received their reward in the shape of an excellent repast , served up in the faultless style of the worthy host , Bro . 0 . Pago . After a free discussion of the edibles the usual L > yal and Masonic toasts were enthusiastically received . Bro . Page sang

" The Bugler" The I P . M . proposed the health of the Worshipful Master ; and Bro . Windsor sang " Anchored . " Tho W . M . having replied , he proposed what he called the toast of the evening , " The Initiates , " which was vociferously received . The Initiates severally responded ( Bro . Green in a peculiarly witty strain ) . Bio . Gordon

sang the " Toreador , " and the W . M . complimented the Visitors , remarking how favoured the Eoyal Commemoration generally was in the matter of Visitors , and regretting that there were so few that evening . Bro . Green sang an eminently amusing song , with a sotfc of laughing chorus . Bros . Boning and Carter , speaking for the

Visitors , said that from considerable experience thoy conld bear flattering testimony to the excellent working of the three degrees . The W . M . sang " Come into the garden , Maud ; " Bro . Page "In cellar cool . " To the toast of the Past Master ' s , Bros . Pardoe and Whitley responded . Bro . Gordon sang "Will Watch . " Bro . Watkius

responded to the toast of the Treasurer and Secretary , apologising for the latter , who had been compelled to leave early . To the toast of the Officers , Bros . Strong and Oliver responded . The Tyler ' s to ^ st , in due course , closed one of the pleasantest evenings spent at the Royal Commemoration for some time .

GODERICH LODGE , No . 1211 . THE installation meeting of this prosperous Lodgo waa held on the 4 th iustnnt , at Leeds , when there was a large and

representative gathering of Masons both from beeus ana tlie surrounding districts . Bro . W . W . Youings , tho W M ., was iu the chair , and amongst those present were W . Bios . H . Smith D . P . G . M ., H . E . Green P . G . Secretary , W . F . Smith-on P . M . P . P . G . D . and

W . M . 2128 , J . W . Fonruesa P . M . Prov . G . Treasurer , C . L . Mason P . P . G . Treasnrer W . M . 20 f > 9 , T . Wiun P . M . P . P . G . Superintendent of Works , T . Ruddock P . M . P . P . G . Treasure , G . SykesP . M . P . P . G . D . C , G . F . Crowe P . M . P . P . G . D ., W . 13 . Townsend P . M . P . P . G . On . auist , W . J . Beck P . M . P . P . G . A . D . C , J . Dubson P . M . P . G . D . C , J . W .

M . mckmau P . M . P . P . G . D . C , Dr . Smyth P . M . P . P . G . Chao . The R . W . Prov . G . M ., Bro . T . W . Tew , and other distinguis h e 1 brerliren ' . vrote regretting inability to be pr sent . The Lochre having bwn

opened to the second degree Bro . Dr . Green ,- as passed by the W . M . who was efficiently aide 1 by lis Officers . Bro . W . H . Bralfo 1 , in W . M .-elect , was then presented by Bro . Scrivener P . M ., for t ' ie benefit of installation , this ceremony being most impressively worked