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ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS .

A Special General Court of Governors and Subscribers was held on Monday , at Freemasons' Hall , in accordance with a resolution of the General Committee , for the purpose of receiving tbe draft laws and adopting

them as the laws of the Institution . The chair was occupied by Bro . Robert Grey , President of the Board of Benevolence , aud the following brethren were present : — Charles Fredk . Hogard , H . Massey , John Glass , Fred .

Coles , J . M . McLeod , Sir John B . Monckton , Peter de I , ande Long , W . G . Kentish , W . Morley , John Tidmarsh , H . F . Nash , T . H , Gardiner , aud F . R . VV . Hedges ( Secretary ) .

Bro . Sir J . B . Monckton , in moving " That the draft laws , as now submitted , be and they are hereby adopted as the laws of the Institution , in amendment of and substitution for those now in force , " said that as he had addressed the Committee in some detail when these'draft laws were before them , it was unnecessary for him to go

now into details . All the Governors of the Institution had had copies of the draft sent to them , and all who were present knew their contents . There being so few present showed tbat the other Governors approved of the

alterations . There were one or two small points he referred to on the former occasion , but he did nofc gather from Bro . Hedges that any corrections of what was then settled had been suggested . One point was with regard to Law 86

and the ofcher with regard to 89 . No . 86 provided that a properly qualified girl might be placed iu the Institution by any person , provided such girl could be conveniently admitted , upon payment of 250 guineas in one sum

if she at the time of such payment be under the age of ten years , or of 200 guineas , in one sum , between that age and eleven The Committee quite agreed that the old law that the amount should be 170 guineas was utterly inadequate . If a child was

admitted at eight years of age , the cost being £ 38 or 38 guineas , 170 guineas could not be a fair payment , and it would be an injustice to the whole body . A great deal of attention was given to the subject ; returns were got ; an actuarial calculation was made ; and the 170 guineas

was found not to be the proper actuarial result . Then as regarded No . 89 , that had been considered as a new rule o £ very great importance . Ifc was thafc " No girl shall be eligible for election or admission who haa a sister in the

Institution , except in the case of a family of at least five other children dependent , in which case a second child shall be eligible . " Old Governors would remember that in former times , two children , sisters , could go in together , and he remembered a case where two sisters were in at the

same time . Colonel Creaton was then prominent on the Committee of the Institution ; he ( Sir J . B . Monckton ) was nofc then one . After a conference with Miss Davis , and looking to the benefits conferred in the Craft , they now thought this rule should be altered , and having made

the alteration as stated , tho only point was whether the figure was too high , and whether it ought not to be four other children dependent . However they put it to the

opinion of the majority , and left it now to the opinion and decision of the Court . He did not think that any suggestions had been made or any difficulties raised about it . Bro . Morley seconded the motion .

Bro . C . F . Hogard thought rule 12 as to the nomination to the office of Treasurer was rather hard : "Candidates for the office of Treasurer must be nominated in writing at the meeting of the General Committee next preceding the

election by a meeting of the Committee present . " If brethren in the north of England wanted to nominate a brother from the north they would havo to attend to nominate him .

Bro . Morley said any difficulty of that kind could be avoided by deputing another brother who was in London to do it . Bro . Hogard still thought , with all due deference , that there might be an addition of words to make that clear . Two or three persons had spoken to him about it .

After a discussion , in which Bros . Glass , Monckton , Morley , Kentish , Hogard , aud Spaull took part , the motion was agreed to . The Chairni _ i _ ^ hen said that Sir John Monckton having served on tho Committee some little time he thonght that the thanks of i . _ . o Court were specially duo to him for tho

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very great patience , attention , and courtesy whioh he had exhibited during the consideration of these laws . Some of the members did not work so hard as they ought to have worked . Those who had the opportunity of being present were aware tbat Sir John Monckton had earned on fcho

business of the Committee with a dignity and business-like ability whioh were peculiar to him . That was saying a great deal , and this Court must feel very grateful to Sir

John Monckton for the great trouble he had taken . He therefore moved a vote of thanks to Sir John B . Monckton . Bro . Hogard seconded the motion , which was put and carried .

Bro . Sir J . B . Monckton P . G . W ., in acknowledging the compliment , thanked the Court on behalf not only of himself , bufc of the resb of the members of the Committee . The whole Committee worked hard , and especially the President

of the Board of Benevolence , who did so much on behalf of the Craft . Bro . Grey mighfc not have been always able to attend ; he had many and great duties in the Craft to look after , and the same might be said of Bro . Richardson , whom he had hoped to see present thafc day , bufc who was

very punctual and regular in his attendance afc the Committees . A vote of thanks fco the Chairman olosed the pro ceedings .

The Theatres, &C.

THE THEATRES , & c .

Princess ' s . —Mr . Herberte Basing has revived " Alone in Lon . don , " a drama written by Mr . Robert Buchanan and Misa Harriet Jay , whioh was produced some years ainoe at this honse , and will doubtless attract a good many of the holiday folk to sympathise with the misfortunes of poor Annie Meadows and exnrate the heartleas Dick Redoliffe . These two characters are admirably sustained

by Miss Maud Elmore and Mr . W . L . Abingdon . Dick ' s companions in crime Spriggins , a bank clerk , and Jenkins , an old fence , are also capitally played by Mr . Fuller Mellish and Mr . Wilfred Shine , who deserves a better part . Good old John Biddleoombe is represented by Mr . Henry Neville , in his usnal effective style , while clever little Mias Terrias astonished us by the pathos she exhibited as the waif

Tom . Other characters by Mrs . H . Clifton , Mr . Chas . Stewart , Mr . T . Kingston and Miss Beatrice Selwyn , and especially by Mr . Hy . Bedford and Miss Julia Warden are creditably performed , and materially assist the action of the drama . Some new and elaborate scenery has been construe ted for the revival , and the lively mnsio by Mr . Michael Connelly ' s band is a feature in tbe programme .

New Olympic—The Christmas holidays donble bill at the Popular Theatre of London will be " Oliver Twist , " with Mias Grace Hawthorne as -Taney Sikes , every evening . Owing to its phenomenal success "A Royal Divorce , " with Miss Grace Hawthorne as the Empress Josephine , and Mr . Fuller Mellish as Napoleon , will be continued every afternoon until further notice . New scenery for " Oliver Twist " has been painted by Mr . W . H . Dixon .

Ancient Egypt and Modern Cairo . —" Ancient Egypt " ia the third Cyclorama exhibited at Niagara Hall , York Street , Westminster . The outer hall was bnilt and opened in March 1888 , simply as a bazaar and lounge . It is now turned into the representation of a street in Cairo , the artists who painted it being Signor Joseph Tondi and corps . Tbe large circular building at the back , where

tbe great picture of " Niagara Falls " was exhibited , nntil ifc was replaced with the picture of "Jerusalem and the Crucifixion , " is now devoted to a gigantic representation of " Ancient Egypt , " painted by Edmund Berninger , the celebrated artist of Munich . The period chosen is early in the day , about 3000 years ago , the buildings being shown as if newly erected and decorated . All the points of interest

are brought prominently but artistically forward—the Nile—the Pyramids—the great Sphinx—the Desert—the grove of palm trees—Memphis—tbe Temples and Palaces—the Colossi—the procession of the Israelites , and other features more fully enumerated in the illustrated catalogue , a brief record of three or four thousand years of ancient and biblical history . The artistic decorative work in the foreground has beon executed under the direction of Mr . Panl Hey ,

of Munich . The picture is described at intervals by Bro . T . Hunter Boyd , St . John Kilwinning 28 , member of the Egypt Exploration Fund . The front Bazaar , where the old features of Niagara Hall are retained—the smoking gallery , the restaurant , and the great mechanical orchestra—is rendered as much as possible like _ street in modern Cairo by the engagement of about a dozen native Egyptians , who act as attendants . Will be open Christmas Day from One to Ton .

GOLD MEDAL TO MB . SELL , FLEET STREET . —The jury of tho Exposition Internationale do la Publicite , 1891 , Palais des Beaux-Arts , Pari *? , have awarded Mr . Henry Soil the Highest Award , viz .: — The Gold Modal , for his Dictionary of the World ' s Press and other publications relating to advertising .

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