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TDOYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION •^ FOR BOYS . ELECTION OF SECRETARY . 21 , Delahay Street , Westminster , S . W ., February , iSgo . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , I have the honour to offer myself as a Candidate for the office of Secretary of the above Institution on the retirement of Bro . Binckes , and I hereby beg to solicit your vote and support . I have recently retired on a pension from the Army Service Corps , after upwards of 20 years' service at home and abroad , and I am now 42 years of age . During the period of my service I have held several acting Colonial appointments of considerable trust and emolument , including that of Auditor-General of the West Africa Settlements . I served throughout the Ashantee War , 1873—74 , under Bro . Sir Garnet ( now Lord ) Wolseley . In 1881 , 1 was on the Special Staff of Bro . Sir Samuel Rowe , K . C . M . G ., Governor of the Gold Coast Colony . I was afterwards employed for five years as Head of the Commissariat Department and Acting District Paymaster in the West African Command , and latterly at Newcastle-on-Tyne . The duties performed by the Army Service Corps ( late Commissariat and Transport Staff ) in connection with Barracks and Military Hospitals , are in many respects analogous to those performed b y the Secretary in connection with the School ; amongst others , the charge of buildings and the provision ( by contract , purchase , or otherwise ) , and the accounting for all Food , Fuel , Light , Bedding , Furniture , Medical Comforts , and Hospital Clothing . I , therefore , venture to think that the experience of office detail and the knowledge of accounts vvhich I have acquired , might be of considerable advantage to this Institution ; especially as I am led to understand that some improvement in the system of accounts is desirable . 1 attach a statement of my Masonic record , and beg to add that I am a Life-Governor of the Institution . I am , Dear Sir and Brother , Yours faithfully and fraternally , F . EGERTON BENNETT , LT .-COL . P . M . No . 773 , etc . MASONIC RECORD . CRAFT—Initiated , 6 th January , 1 S 70 , Gold Coast Lodge , No . 773 ; Installed W . M ., 27 th December , 18 7 6 , Gold Coast Lodge , No . 773 ; Installed W . M ., 27 th December , 18 79 , Gold Coast Lodge , No . 773 ; Member of Emulation Lodge of Improvement . ROYAL ARCH—Exalted , 2 nd July , 1872 , Caledonian Chapter , No . 204 ; Member of Royal York Chapter of Perseverance , No . 7 ; Member of Domatic Chapter of Instruction . ORDER OF THE TEMPLE—Installed K . T ., 12 th July , 1872 , St . Joseph Preceptory ; Knight of Malta , 1878 , Blondel Preceptory . NOTE . —The supporters of Bro . Egerton Bennett are requested , on receiving their ballot papers from the Institution , to please fill them up and to . forward them to Bro . W . ALFRED DAWSON , P . M ., P . Z ., the Secretary of his committee , 21 , Delahay-street , Westminster London , S . W .

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ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS . ELECTION OF SECRETARY . To THE PATRONS , VICE-PATRONS , VICE-PRESIDENTS , AND LIFE GOVERNORS . Committee Rooms , Evershot , Dorchester . BRO . BASKETT'S COMMITTEE wish to express their thanks for the very numerous and influential promises alread y received , and to ask any other Brethren and Voters who are willing to support BRO . BASKETT to send in their names as soon as possible to W . DOUGLAS DUGDALE , 17 th December , I 88 Q . Hon . Sec .

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ROYA L MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS . To THE PATRONS , VICE-PATRONS , VICE-PRESIDENTS , AND LIFE GOVERNORS . BRETHRRN desirous of supporting the Candidature of BRO . ALFRED CRAVEN GREENWOOD , Assist . Prov . Grand Secretary , Surrey , in the event of a vacancy in the Secretaryship , are respectfully solicited to forward their Names to Bro . CHARLES GREKNWOOD , P . M ., P . P . G . Reg ., Prov . Grand Secretary , Surrey , 12 Serjeant ' s Inn , lemple , E . C .

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'"THE friends of Bro . EDWIN STORR , •*¦ P . M ., & c , will kindly note that in the event of a vacancy he will be a Candidate for the Secretaryship of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys . Robey Villa , Hornsey , N . February 19 th .

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FISH , POULTRY , GAME , OYSTERS . JOHN GOW , LIMITED , J 17 , NEW BROAD STREET , E . C . ( Opposite Railway Station ) . 12 , HONEY LANE MARKET , CHEAPSIDE , 93 , THEOBALD'S RD ., HOLBORN , W . C , 125 , BROMPTON ROAD , S . W . JOHN GOW , Limited , always have on sale the Largest Stock in London of the Very Best Quality at Lowest Prices . BARRELLED OYSTERS .

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Price 2 s . 6 d . —Fifth Edition . GEORGE KENNIN G'S ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF MASONIC CLOTHING AND JEWELS . 3 S 9 Illustrations .

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fust Published , Price 2 s . nett . FREEMASON'S HYMN . —THE MYSTIC TIE . Words and Music composed by F . J . STEIN . London : GEORGE KENNING , 16 & 16 A , Gt . Queen-st .

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WANTED . —Second-hand Furniture and Clothing for Royal Arch Chapter . —Address , J . FLETCHER , Freemason Office , 2 , Monument-place , Liverpool . EXAMINATIONS . — Payments based on results . — Preliminary , legal , medical , scientific , matriculation , chartered accountant , and Civil Service , male and female . The dullest and most backward gotthrough . Private lessons in mechanics , physics , practical chemistry , and biology given . For list of successes and honours apply to Mr . HENRY WAITE , 342 . Strand .

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FINSBURY DISPENSARY . ( Established 109 Years . ) THE BIENNIAL FESTIVAL Will be held in the GRAND HALL OF THE FREEMASON'S' TAVERN , Great Queen-street , Lincoln's-Inn-Fields , W . C , ON TUESDAY , IITH MARCH , 1 S 90 . THE RIGHT HON . SIR HENRY ISAACS , LORD MAYOR OF LONDON , IN THE CHAIR . Dinner on Table at Seven precisely . DINNER TICKETS , ONE GUINEA , to be obtained at the Freemasons' Tavern , Great Queen-street , Lincoln's-Inn-Fields , W . C , or of the Hon . Secretary at the Dispensary . Contributions in aid of the Festival vvill be thankfully received by the Treasurer , BARCLAY FIELD , Esq ., 25 , Mark-lane , " E . C , or by the Hon . Secretary at the Dispensary . R . MORELAND , Hon . Sec . Finsbury Dispensary , Brewer-street , Goswell-road , E . C .

To Correspondents.

To correspondents .

F . E . R . —The I . P . M ., strictly speaking , is not an officer of the lodge , and it is , therefore , not obligatory on the retiring W . M . to invest him , but it is the universal custom , and should only be omitted under very exceptional circumstances . If the appointment is made , it is quite clear that it must be given to the retiring W . M .

KNIGHT TEMPLAR—A brother can only be P . M . of a . lodge by service as Master therein for 12 months at least . On joining another he would be P . M . in but not of that lodge . Of this fact there cannot be a doubt , as " P . M . of a lodge" signifies past services accordingly . Several communications unavoidably stand over .

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SATURDAY , MARCH I , 1890 .

Masonic Notes.

Masonic Notes .

It will be pleasing news to the members of the " Quatuor Coronati" Lodge , No . 2076 , to know that their excellent example in relation to the cultivation of the literary side of the Craft , is being followed at the Antipodes .

The Lodge St . Alban , No . 3 8 , has been consecrated recently by Bro . the Rig ht Hon . the Earl of Kintore , the M . W . G . M . of South Australia , at Adelaide , the

aims of its promoters being " to cultivate a higher standard of Masonic work ; to promote literary effort and the diffusion of Masonic lore and knowledge . " * * *

The editor of our South Australian namesake states that " we are well assured this vvill prove a very successful and important lodge , and although vve have not in South Australia such Masonic literary giants as

Gould , Hughan , Speth , and others , vve welcome in the field a lodge whose members are desirous of , in some degree , participating in the work vvhich the Quatuor Coronati is engaged in . "

Masonic Notes.

There will be , for the next few weeks , at all events a lull in the excitement caused b y the celebration of annual Festivals of our Institutions . The first has been held , but close on three months more must elapse ere we find ourselves face to face with the Girls' School

Festival . Just now , therefore , with nothing to call for any immediate attention , the brethren may advantageously turn their thoughts to the circular issued some time ago by the Provisional Management Committee of the Boys' School .

* * * It will be remembered that this circular contained full particulars about the scheme sanctioned by that Committee for raising a capital sum of ^ 2500 , and presenting it in lieu of a pension to Bro . Binckes on

retiring from the Secretaryship of the Boys' School , after nearl y 30 years' service . The . £ 2500 was to be raised among the Craft generally , and it was reckoned that if each lodge gave £ 2 ios ., the necessary sum would be obtained , and any surplus over would be placed to the credit of the Institution .

We know that steps have been taken , or are being taken , in most of the provinces in the North of England , in order to give effect to this proposal , and other provinces elsewhere are favourable . But vve hear very little of vvhat is being done by the London lodges . * * *

The scheme is a good one , and the announcement of its having been sanctioned by the Provisional Committee vvas most heartily applauded at the last Quarterly General Court . Moreover , on the understanding that the scheme would be completed , the Provisional

Committee withdrew the motion they had ori ginally intended to propose of paying Bro . Binckes a pension ° f £ 250 a year for life . Thus , if the sum in question is not forthcoming , the Governors will have no option but to revert to the earlier proposal of a pension .

* * * As the circular mentioned six months as the time in vvhich the money vvas to be raised , and as two of the six have already run their course , it seems desirable

that London and the provinces which have done nothing as yet , should make a move—unless they wish the scheme to fail . * * *

A correspondent in Notes and Queries , for Saturday last , says—Can any reader of "N . & Q . " supply me with an explanation of the verse in Burns ' s " Address to the Deil " vvhich runs thus" When Masons' mystic word and grip In storm an' tempests raise you up ,

Some cock or cat your rage maun stop , Or strange to tell ! The youngest Brother ye wad whip Off straught to h—11 . "

* * * Amongst the numerous installations taking place in the Metropolis during this active Masonic season , the installation of the electric light at the Grand Lodge

is not the least important . There are now signs of the approaching completion of the work , and vve believe the visitors to Grand Lodge on Wednesday next vvill find the li g hts fully switched on in all parts of the building .

Mark Masons' Hall , too , is almost ready for occupation . It will surprise our Mark brethren to find , when they assemble at the next meeting of the Mark Grand Lodge , vvhat a magnificent hall has been provided for their use , and how well the premises have been adapted

for the purposes to vvhich the building is to be devoted . The phenomenal growth of the Mark Degree during the last few years has rendered a change of abode absolutely necessary , and it is a fortunate circumstance that a building so admirably adapted for all the

requirements of the Order , as well as for the other Degrees vvhich vvill naturally find a home under its roof , has become available at the moment it vvas so much needed . We shall hope shortly to give a full description of the premises , as well as a sketch of the principal hall .

We owe an apology to Bro . Edwin Storr for introducing last week , in the notice of his candidature for the Secretaryship of the Boys' School , vvhich appeared in our advertising columns , an initial before his name which somewhat detracts from his

individuality . The prefix in question vvas a very familiar one a few years ago , and it speaks well for the memory of " Charity Storr " that it is found difficult to disassociate

the name from the initials " E . F . The many friends of Bro . Edwin Storr will not need to be informed of thc fact that he is still with us , and has not , like his name , sake , gone over to the majority .