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Tho First Masonic Festival of the Ensuing Year Witt BE THAT OF THE IR , O IT . A . _ H > MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION _ * OR AGED FREEMASONS AND WIDOWS OF FREEMASONS , Grand Patron and President : His ROYAJ . HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES , K . G ., & c , M . W . G . M WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE AT FREEMASONS' TAVERN , GREAT QUEEN STREET , LONDON , ON WEDNESDAY , 29 TH FEBRUARY 1888 . vrO-T -trillC-t OCCASIO-T SIR GEORGE ELLIOT , Bart ., M . P ., It . W . PROV . G . M . SOUTH WALES ( EAST DIVISION ) , hag been pleased to signify his intention or Presiding . BRETHREN are earnestly invited to accept the office of Steward upon thia occasion , and they will greatly oblige by forwarding ; thei names and Masonic rank , as soon as convenient , to tho Secretary , who will gladly £ ivo any information required , and supply them with the necessary circulars , & c . It is fraternally hoped that upon this occasion , owing to tho large number of applicants and the few vacancies , Brethren will use their influence to obtain donations towards the funds of the Institution , which were never moro needed than at the present timo . Expenditure in Annuities alone £ 15 , 000 . Permanent incom only £ 3 , 600 . JAMES TERRY , Vico-Patron , P . G . S . B . Secretary . Omci : —i Freemasons' Hall , London , W . C .

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$ 0 pl ^ as 0 itk firsiifatbit far ( Sirl s , ST . JOHN'S HILL , BATTERSEA RISE , S . W . Chief Patroness : HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN . Grand Patron and President : His ROM . HIGHNKSS THI PRINCE or WALKS , K . G ., M . W . G . M . Grand Patroness : HE * ROTAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCESS OF WALES . POUNDED 178 8 . CENTENARY CELEBRATION 1888 . Brethren willing to act as Stewards on the above important occasion will greatly oblige by sending in their names as early as convenient . F . R . XV . HEDGES , Secretary . OJJICB—5 Frs > fm .. iso . _ s' HaU , Great Queen Street , W . C .

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Victoria flansions Restaurant , VICTORIA STREET , WESTMINSTER , S . W . A SUITE OF ROOMS , MOST CONVENIENTLY ARRANGED FOR MASONIC MEETINGS . EIGHT LODGES ALREADY MEET HERE ; AMPLE ACCOMMODATION FOR OTHERS . Separate Entrance—apart from the Restaurant—from Victoria Street . The Lodge Room , Ante Room , & c , on one Floor , Quite Private . THE BANQUET ROOM WILL SEAT UPWARDS OF 100 GUESTS . . CHOICE STOCK OF WINES , SPIRITS , do . ¦ _ Ved . lin . _ r -Breakfasts , Soirees , Concerts , ZParties , Grlee Clubs , &; c ., < fec , accoiin _ r _ . odated . Particulars oyi Application to H . CLOOTS , Proprietor , Victoria Mansions . Restaurant , "Victoria St ., "Westminster , S . W .

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BRO . G _ S . GRAHAM , The Popular Tenor and Buffo Vocalist , from St . James ' s Hall , Crystal Palace , & o . ( Provincial Grand Organist Middlesex ) IS OPEN' TO ACCEPT ENGAGEMENTS FOR Concerts , ( Snicrinritmcnls ft Ift . isaiui : gmrqiicts . Bro . G . S . Graham ' . . Party nf Eminent Artists can be engaged for Masonic I . _ n (| nfit » , Cc . n _ pcr . it . ion - and Installations , & c . For Opinions of the Prass mil Term ., address—G . S . OR AHA .. -, Hazeldcan , Cornford Grove , Balham , Stirroy .

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WANTED . -A Master Minim ( 45 ) desires EMPLOYMENT in a New « p .. per Ofiice ; any fsipncity . Has been Editor and Reporter 25 yMir . * , and holds first-cl . s . . red-ii'ia . ls . Leaders , reviews , notes , verbatim ahort . lia . nrl , _ fcc . Moderate terms . Address M . MASON , 33 Hunter Street , Brunswick Square , W . ( J .

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_ t ANOXIC I _ 33 O T U R B . KNOBS AND EXCRESCENCES . BE 0 . JAMES STEVENS P . M . P . Z . is open to accept invitations for tho delivery of his LECTURE in MBTUOPOUTAK or PHOVI __ TCIAI _ LODGES orLoD & ES OK IKSTKUCTION . ' Address—8 Queen Street Place , London , E . C .

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Prov. G. Lodge Of Leicestershire And Rutland.

PROV . G . LODGE OF LEICESTERSHIRE AND RUTLAND .

THE Annual Communication of this Provincial Grand Lodge , which was this year convened under the auspices of the Senior Lodge of the Province ( St . John ' s , No . 279 ) , was held at Freemasons' Hall , Halford Street ,

Leicester , on Wednesday the 19 th inst ., when a very large assembly of the Brethren of the Province was present . In the absence of the E . W . Prov . Grand Master , the Right Hon . the Earl Ferrers , the meeting was presided over by the Deputy Prov . Grand Master , W . Bro . S . S . Partridge

P . A . G . D . C . England , who was supported by E . W . Bro . W Kelly , F . S . A ., P . P . G . M ., and W . Bro . G . Toller P . P . G . S . B

England P . D . P . G . M ., acting as Deputy Prov . Grand Master . The attendance included the following Prov . Grand Officers , viz .: Bros . J . Yonng J . W ., Rov . W . R . Hard Chap ., R . Waite Treasnrer , E . P . Steeds Reg ., Rev . C . H . Wood , M . A ., Sec , J . II . Thompson S . D .,

C . F . Wike J . D ., P . B . Wilmer Snpt . of W ., 0 . J . Wilkinson D . C , J . H . Marshall A . D . C , Capt . W . J . Freer S . B ., E . Simpkin Std . B ., W . H . Barrow , Mus . Bac , Org ., 0 . F . Massie Pnrst ., W . Merchant A . P ., G . 0 . Oliver , S . Knight , J . G . Murdin , and 0 . K . Morris Steward ., T . Dunn and James Tanser Tylers ; also the following Past

Provincial Grand Officers : —Bros . W . Beaumont Smith , E . F . Mammatt , J . T . Thorpe , G . T . Willan , C . E . Stretton , and F . J . Baines G . W . ' s , W . S . Allen , M . J . Walker and Major J . G . F . Richardson J . W . ' B , Rev . S . Wathen Wigg Chaplain , T . A . Wykes Treasnrer , L . P . Chamberlain Reg ., S . Cleaver S . D ., E . Watson , R . Michel , and

J . Hassell J . D ' s ., F . Griffith Supt . of VV ., W . Keep , A . M . Tindall , and J . Wi . re . ins S . B . ' s , E . H . Bntlor , D . Challis , aud B . A . Smith Std . B . ' s , W . Vial and T . B . Laxton Orgs ., R . L . Gibson Pnrst ., H . P . Brown A . P ., E . Mason , S . A . Marris , and VV . M . Williams Stewards ; also Bros . C A . Murcott W . M . 50 , T . G . Chorlesworth S . W ., and

J . B . Waring J . W . 523 , F . G . Bodeu VV . M ., aud E . J . Thompson , S . W . 779 , C . Lowenstein W . M ., and Dr . T . F . Corcoran S . W . 1007 , E . Jeeves W . M . 1130 , W . II . Goodwin W . M ., and T . Coltman S . W . 12 . 5 , R . B . Starkey S . W . 1391 , G . Jessop W . M . 2028 , W . H . Lead W . M ., aud J . L . West S . W . 2031 , and many others .

The Prov . Grand Lodge having been opened , the minutes of the preceding annual meeting of P . G . Lodge confirmed , and the Rolls of Prov . Grand Officers and of private Lodges called aud duly responded to , the reports of the Provincial Committee of General Purposes and the Provincial Charity Committee were read and adopted .

The report of the Committee of General Purpose . ** , after dealing with the subject of tho Masonio Celebration of Her Majesty's Jubilee , and referring to the conferring of Past Grand Lodge rank on the D . P . G . M ., stated that the progress of the Lodges had been , on the whole , satisfactory ,

the numbers showing a nett increase of 28 , after making allowance for members of more than one Lodge . The total number of subscribing members appeared to be 502 . The returns showed that the Lodges had been regularly held , ancl the Landmarks observed , ancl that the requirements of the Book of Constitutions and the Provincial Bvc-Laws

received moro attention than heretofore . Tho tendency oi candidates to seek initiation in Lodges remote from thenplace of residence seemed to be still increasing , and , therefore , the necessity for the exercise of caution recommended in the last report was not lessened . The publication of

the Masonic Calendar of the Province , under the able direction of Bro . B . A . Smith P . P . G . Std . B ., the new editor , was very favourably commented upon in the report , which also touched upon the question of Masonic casual relief to distressed Masons , by expressing the opinion that

the time seemed to have arrived when something might be advantageously done in Leicester to place the distribution of such relief on a better footing , ancl to decide more readily between deserving and undeserving cases . A proposition had been made by one Lodge ( 2081 ) to appoint

a joint Committee of representatives from the several local Lodges to consider the question , and the Committee of General Purposes expressed their approval thereof . The report concluded by referring at some length to the losses sustained by the death of several well-known Brethren of the Province , amongst them being the Provincial Senior