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CONTENTS . LEADER - PAGB The Approaching Festival of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls ... 217 Grand Festival of 1 he UnhVd Grand Lodf * e ... ... ... 21 7 H . R . H . Prince of Wales's Vrsit to Oxford ... ... ... ... 21 9 Grand Officers ... ... ... ... ... ¦•¦ 219

Supreme Grand Chapter ( Agenda Paper ) ... ... ... ... 221 Provincial Grar d Chapter of West Lancashire ... ... ... 222 Seventh Annual Dinnrrof the Perseverance Lodge of Instruction , No . 1743 ... 222 Centenary Festival of the Strong Man Lodge of Ins t ruction , NJ . 45 ... 223 East Lancashire Syftematrc Masonic Educational and Benevolent Institu ! ion ... 223 The Gallery Lodge , No . 193 S—Visit to St . Paul ' s Cathedral ... ... 223

MASONIC NOTESFestival of United Grand Lodge ... ... ... ... 22 5 Commemoralion of her Majesty ' s Diamord Jubilee ... ... 22 . 5 Annual Feslival of the Grand Master ' s Mark Lodge of Instruction ... 225 Lodge Quatuor Coronati , No . 2076 ... ... ... ... 22 5 Correspondence ... ... ... ... ... ... 220 Reviews ... ¦•• ... ... •¦• ¦¦• ••• 221

Annual Ball of thp I . < dr > . e of Indu ^ tiv . No . iSf ) ... ... 226 The Munificent Mas . n ' c Git of Uro . Cha « . E . Keyser ... ... ... 220 Craft Masonry ... . . . ... ... ... ... 22 ( 3 Royal Aich ... ... ... ... ... ... ... == « M-nk Ma * f n'v ¦¦¦ ¦•¦ ¦•• ¦•• •¦• ••• 22 S Loilye ol I'l-t u tim ... ... ... •• ••• 230 AUionir anil General ' iihnffS . . . ... ... .. . .. 230

The Approaching Festival Of The Royal Masonic Institution For Girls.

THE APPROACHING FESTIVAL OF THE ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS .

It is most desirable that we should call the attention ol our readers to thc very near approach of this important annual fixture . Thc 109 t h Anniversary Festival ol the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls will take place at Freemasons' Tavern on

Wednesday , the 1 Uh instant , under the auspices of Bro . the Ri g ht Hon . Lord Ll . ANGATTOCK , Prov . Grand Master of South Wales ( Eastern Division ) . As regards thc claims of the Institution upon the generous support of English Freemasons , they arc

so well known as hardl y to need recapitulating . Still , as the prospects for the 12 th instant arc not of the most hopeful character , it may perhaps he as well if we point out , firstly , that some 270 children , thc daughters of deceased or indigent

brethren , arc maintained , clothed , and educated at the cost of this Charity ; . secondly , that its affairs are admirably and , at ( he same time , economically administered b y a Mouse Committee of some of thc ablest and most influential members of the English

Craft ; and , lastl y , that the Head Governess and her stall acquit themselves so well in the discharge of their duties , that it is onl y now and then that a girl or g irls fail to pass the several public examinations for which they arc entered . It is also

necessary wc should remind our readers that the School is mainl y dependent for its means of subsistence on the voluntary contributions of the Craft and their friends . The permanent income , all told , amounts to about , £ 2250 , the annual

expenditure is between , £ 13 , 000 and , £ 14 , 000 . There is therefore a deficiency to be made good annually amounting to from £ 11 , 000 to £ 12 , 000 , and the one source from which it can hope to obtain this sum is the annual Festival . During

the last three years this source has yielded good fruit abundantly , but neverthless the totals have exhibited a downward tendency . In 1 S 94 , the total of the donations and subscriptions when Bro . Lord SKKl . MERSDAI . E presided for his

father , Bro . thc Karl of LATHOM , was £ 18 , 05 6 ; in 1 S 95 , under the presidency of Bro . the Earl of M 01 / NT EDGC'DANSE , then Dep . G . M ., it dropped to £ r 6 , oj 6 ; and last year , when Bro . the Earl of YARBOROUGH occupied thc chair , it reached £ 15 , 412 .

In each of these years the result was eminently satisfactory , the amounts obtained being in each case in excess of the sum required , so that the authorities in charge of the Institution were enabled to increase their limited stock of invested capital and thereb y permanentl y augment thc permanent income . But ,

The Approaching Festival Of The Royal Masonic Institution For Girls.

as wc have said , there was exhibited during this period a downward tendency , and the question which confronts us at the moment is—Will that downward tendency be continued ? It looks very much as if it would . Last year , when the smallest

of the three totals was obtained , the Board of Stewards , consisting of 404 ladies and brethren , was , numerically , thc strongest ever known , except in thc year of the School Centenary . But this year ' s Board , so far as it has been constituted up to thc

present time , is between So and 90 short of that number , and between now and the 12 th instant there is not much likelihood of any appreciable addition being made to its present number , while those who do give in ( heir names will for Ihe

most part be Unattached and content themselves with making their personal donations . Moreover , the " Chairman ' s Province , " though loyal to the backbone to this and our other Institutions , and a consistent supporter of ( hem all in I urn , is b y no means stronc . It will do what it can both for the sake ol

the School and out of respect for its chief , but we must not look to it for a contribution such as its stronger and wealthier sister provinces would be in a position Io make . We realise that then ; are diflieullies in the way of a very formidable total such as was

raised in 1 S 94 . Every charitable institution in ( he country is earnestly appealing to its supporters for a larger amount of hel p in order that it may be enabled to commemorate in some wav or other the Queen ' s Diamond Jubilee . But it is just this very

auspicious event , which the . whole country , or rather the whole British Empire , is on the eve of celebrating that should furnish the brethren with an inducement Io be more generous still than they have been in other and less eventful years . Let them put their shoulders to the wheel and no matter what ( he streiu'lh of the

Board of Stewards may be for the approaching Girls' School Festival , let them swell their donations and subscriptions to Diamond Jubilee point , and we feel sure ! hev will have no reason to regret it . Certain are we that whatever the brethren may give will be thankfull y received and faithfully applied .

Grand Festival Of United Grand Lodge.

GRAND FESTIVAL OF UNITED GRAND LODGE .

The annual Grand Festival of English Freemasons was held on Wednesday last at Freemasons'Tavern . Grand Lodge met previously to the Festival in the Temple , Freemasons' Hall , when a very large number of brethren assembled , who were presided over by the Firl of Lathom , Pro Grand Master . ) 5 ro . W . W . B . Beach , M . P ., Prov . Grand Master Hants

and Isle of Wight , acted as Deputy Grand Master , and Bro . the Farl of Euston , Prov . Grand Master Northants and Hunts , as Past Grand Master . Bro . Sir John B . Monckton , P . G . W ., acted as Senior Grand Warden , and Bro . Robert Grey , P . G . W ., as Junior Grand Warden . Bro . Thos . Fenn , P . G . W ., in the unavoidable absence ol Bro . Sir Albert W . Woods , C . B . ( Garter ) , G . D . C , officiated as G . D . C . ; and among other Present and Past

Grand Officers who attended were Bros . Major-General J . Wimburn Laurie , Prov . Grand Master designate South Wales ( Western Division ) ; His Honour Judge F . A . Philbrick , Q . C ., R . Horton Smith , Q C , Archdeacon Stevens , G . C . ; Rev . R . J . Simpson , P . G . C , as GTC ; Richards , Dist . G . M . Transvaal ; Magnus Ohren , W . F . M . Tomlinson , M . P . ; Major Woodall , P . G . Treas . ; S . Cochrane , P . G . Treas . ;

C W . C Hutton , P . G . D . ; Dr . Clement Gr . Uon , P . G . D . ; J . F . I . e Feuvre , P . G . D . ; Henry Lovegrove , G . S . B . ; R . Letchworth , G . Sec . ; W . Lake , Asst . G . Sec . ; W . P . Brown , P . G . Std . Br . ; R . Loveland Loveland , President of the Board of General Purposes ; B . iron de Ferrieres , P . G . D . ; J . D . Langton , D . G . D . C ; Rev . C J . Msrtyn , P . G . Chap . ;

| . C . Malcolm , P . G . D . ; H . J . P . Dumas , P . G . D . ; P . A . Nairne , P . G . D . ; Dr . H . J . Slrong , P . A . G D . C ; Wilhelm Ganz , P . G . Org . ; K . M . Lott , Mus . Doc , P . G . Org . ; James Terry , P . C .. SB . ; F . R . W . Hedges , P . G . S . B . ; J . M . McLeod , P . G . S B . ; and W . A . Scurrah , G . Std . Br . Grand Lodge having been opened in ample form , the m ' nutes of the Ouarterly Communication of March , ^ rd , as far as regarded the el < ction of