The Annual Summer Outing Of The Dalhousie Lodge, No. 865.

Past Masters Bros . D . Causton , C . A . Walters , R . H . Williams , and W . C . Williams , also Bros . P . J . Davis , C . Woods , Cox , Dudley Causton , Cory , Gardner , and Spraggs , and arrived at Hampton Court about 2 p . m ., where the whole disembarked , and amused themselves , some by strolling about and admiring the beauties of

this magnificent portion of the Thames , others visiting the palace , whilst the remainder , who had evidently not got tired of the river during the journey up , took to it again in rowing-boats . The steamer left at five o ' clock , and on the journey home was moored off Richmond ( whose charter day it

happened to be ) for above an hour to give the company an opportunity , of which they quickly availed themselves , of having a walk through the town to observe and admire the decorations and general rejoicing that was going on . Before leaving the party also added to the amusements by a vocal and instrumental concert

on deck , a large crowd on the banks being greatly pleased by the very fine singing of Miss Greta Williams , Dudley Causton , and other members of the company , also the admirably rendered comic songs of Bro . Spraggs , "Lady ! lady I tell me who you are ? " and

putting off amid the plaudits of the crowd , were safely landed about 10 o ' clock , at the point from which they had so gaily departed about 12 hours previously , tired , perhaps , but everyone thoroughly pleased with their splendid day on the silvery Thames .

Board Of Benevolence.

BOARD OF BENEVOLENCE .

The monthly meeting of the Board of Benevolence was held on the 23 rd ult ., at Freemasons' Hall . Bro . Robert Grey , P . G . D ., President of the Board of Benevolence , presided , and Bro . James Brett , P . G . P ., Senior

Vice-President , and Bro . C . A . Cottebrune , Junior Vice-President , also attended . Bros . A . A . Pendlebury , W . Dodd , and W . H . Lee represented the Grand Secretary ' s Department . There was a good attendance of brethren .

The Board first confirmed recommendations to the Grand Master made at the June meeting to the amount of £ iia . There were 28 cases on the new list qualified through lodges in London , namely , Willington Quay , Hastings , Dulvvich , Calcutta , Hong Kong , Budleigh Salterton , Tunbridge Wells , Dewsbury , Meerut , Monkwearmouth , Liverpool , Millom , Camberley , Covves ,

Harwich , Havant , Feltham , Devonport , and Sholapur . Two of these were deferred , and one was dismissed . The remaining 25 were relieved with a total sum of £$ 75- One case was recommended to Grand Lodge f ° £ So i I 0 Ur cases were recommended to the Grand Master for ^ 40 each , and five for ^ " 30 each . Seven grants of ^ 20 each were made , four of £ 1 $ each , three of £ 10 each , and one of £ K .

Royal Masonic Institution For Girls.

ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS .

The July Quarterly Court of Subscribers to the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls was held on Saturday last , at Freemasons' Hall , Bro . Frank Richardson in the chair . The other brethren present were Bros . J . S . Cumberland , James Terry , J . G . Stevens , W . Dodd , Thos . Massa , H . Massey , and

Peachey ( for the Secretary ) . The minutes of the Quarterly Court of 26 th April , and of the Special General Court of July nth , were read and confirmed . In answer to Bro . CUMBERLAND the CHAIRMAN said

nearly all the memorial windows in the large neiv hall of the Institution had been subscribed for , and he thought that as soon as people saw the windows which were subscribed for there would be a run to fill up the remainder .

In answer to further questions , the CHAIRMAN said the building vvas nearly complete ; the scaffolding was down . Between now and Christmas all the rooms would be finished and steps would be taken to furnish them , so that when the new children came in the rooms would be filled up .

Bro . CUMBERLAND moved , and Bro . J . G . STEVENS seconded , " That the 19 eligible candidates remaining from the last election , together with the 13 whose petitions have been since approved , be placed upon the list for the November election and that 14 vacancies ,

caused by girls leaving , be declared . " The motion was carried . Bro . CUMBERLAND , referring to the revised rules of the Boys' School , asked whether it had not been the custom to have the laws of the Boys' School similar to those of the Girls' School .

The CHAIRMAN said the rules of the two Institutions vvere alike at one time . Bro . CUMBERLAND said he referred to the subject because he raised the question the day before at the Boys' Quarterly Court . Would it not be advisable that they should be alike ? He thought it would be

rather a pity that they should be different . A person in the country mi ght think they were the same , and having a candidate for one might be misled by the rules of the other . The CHAIRMAN said he took rather a different view to some brethren on this matter . The two Institutions

were separate Institutions , governed by two separate bodies . He vvas not sure that it was a good thing that the rules of the two Institutions should be similar . He had been revising the rules of the Boys' Institution , and had spent a good many hours with Lord Euston upon them . They thought it better to let the rules pass and then have a Committee to consider the

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revision of the rules . They might be taken as a foundation , and where an alteration was a good one it might be adopted . There was a great deal to be said on both sides , but he vvas quite prepared to go into the subject with an open mind . A vote of thanks to the Chairman brought the proceedings to a close .

Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.

ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS .

The Quarterly Court of Subscribers to the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys vvas held on the 25 th ult . at Freemasons' Hall , Bro . George Plucknett , P . G . D ., Treasurer of the Institution , in the chair . There were also present Bros . Geo . Everett , G . Adamson , R . W . Bourne , A . C . Spaull , S . J . Attenborough , W . Masters ,

W . W . Morgan , J . L . Mather , J . S . Cumberland , J . E , Le Feuvre , H . Massey , Charles Frederick Flogard , and F . Binckes . After the reading and confirmation of the minutes of the Quarterly Court of April last , Bro . BINCKES read a letter from the family of the late Bro . Raynham W .

Stewart , P . G . D ., thanking the Court for the vote of sympathy with them in their bereavement . He also read a letter from Bro . W . W . B . Beach , Prov . G . M . of Hants and the Isle of Wight , accepting the office of Trustee of the Institution , to which he was elected at the April Court , and thanking the brethren for the

honour conferred upon him . The brethren then proceeded to discuss a resolution of the General Committee of Saturday , 7 th June , 1890 , referring to this Court an appeal from the Province of Cumberland and Westmorland for the admission to the Institution of James Carruthers , unsuccessful on

the last application for which he was eligible , with 1768 votes , at the election in April last . A letter was read from Bro . George J . Mackay , the Secretary of the province , appealing to the brethren on behalf of Carruthers , and trusting that the large support which the province had given to the Charity would be taken

into account . Bro . J . S . CUMBERLAND said it was a very disagreeable office to oppose anything of this kind . Bro . Mackay was very unfortunate in not getting his candidate elected , but he was afraid no exception to the established rule could be made in his interest . If they

opened the door in one case they would have to do so in exceptional cases in the future . They must not strain the laws of the Institution . Bro . Mackay ' s fault at the election was that he vvas polling a sufficient number of votes . Under the circumstances he ( Bro . Cumberland ) could only move that the child be refused .

Bro . A . C . SPAULL said no doubt they would all be very glad to take a boy into the Institution if they possibly could do so . Bro . J . E . LE FEUVRE did not see what else they could do in this case but refuse the boy . The Institution had its laws , and the Court and Committee were

bound to abide by them . His own province was in the same position as Cumberland and Westmorland with a widow . They thought 100 votes were polled more than had been polled , and the poor woman vvas the highest unsuccessful . But the province had not applied to the Benevolent Institution to take that

candidate in . She was only out by seven votes . Bro . BOURNE said the Province of Cumberland and Westmorland did not exchange votes with neighbouring provinces . All that they could exchange up in London they exchanged . The petition was then rejected .

Bro . A . C . SPAULL moved , and Bro . HOGARD seconded , the approval of a list of 53 candidates on the recommendation of the General Committee , from which 19 boys shall be elected at the Quarterly General Court , to be held on Friday , the 31 st October next . The motion vvas carried .

Bro . STANLEY J . ATTENBOROUGH , for Bro . John Glass , Vice-President , moved , "That the by-laws of the Institution as altered and amended by the Provisional Management Committee be substituted tor the laws at present in force . Such alterations and amendments in no way to be contrary to the spirit of the

fundamental principles upon which the Institution is founded . A copy of the proposed by-laws is appended hereto , and can be seen at the office of the Institution at any time during the usual office hours . " The motion having been seconded , Bro . J . S . CUMBERLAND asked whether it would not be better to consult first of all the Committee of the

Girls' School , and to delegate a certain number of their body to meet such Committee , that the Girls' School might say they had been consulted . He only threw it out as a hint , because hitherto the rules of the two Institutions had been the same , mutatis mutandis . Now , the Boys' School were going to make great

alterations in their rules , and he thought it would onl y be justice and courtesy to the other Institutions that this Institution should , to a certain extent , take them into their confidence . An approach should be made towards them in some shape or form . Bro . BINCKES said there vvere certain points of

difference in the rules of the respective Institutions . Bro . HOGARD observed that there could be no harm in sending to the Committee of the Girls' School a copy of the new laws of the Boys' School . Bro . J . S . CUMBERLAND thought it would be

advisable ; it could do no harm , if it did no good . Bro . ATTENBOROUGH observed that the object was to have the draft laws as altered placed in the hands of the General Committee for deliberation on the 9 th of August .

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Bro . J . S . CUMBERLAND remarked that he had been told that it was not intended to send the new rules out to the Provincial Secretaries . Bro . ATTENBOROUGH said that on the 9 th of August the by-laws would be presented to the General Committee , and the Secretaries of the provinces could attend

that meeting . The new laws vvere not to be passed at the meeting of the 9 th of August , they vvere only to be presented to the General Committee , and the General Committee vvere to have from that day till the Quarterly Court in October to consider them ; that would give them two months .

Bro . HOGARD said that for the meeting in October a notice could be given under Law 34 . Bro . J . S . CUMBERLAND thereupon moved that a copy of these by-laws be sent to each Provincial Grand Secretary . Let them be sent out at once ; they could not be sent too soon .

Bro . SPAULL said it would be quite soon enough to make this motion at the meeting of the 9 th of August . The by-laws were not read y yet . He did not think it would be courteous to send them out to the provinces before they came before the Committee . The whole constituency vvas from Sooo to 9000 . The subject then dropped , and a vote of thanks to the Chairman closed the proceedings .

The James Terry Lodge.

THE JAMES TERRY LODGE .

The M . W . Grand Master , H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , has granted a warrant for a new lodge to be held at the Public Hall , Crossbrook-street , Cheshunt . The ceremony of consecration will be performed by the Prov . Grand Master , Bro . T . F . Halsey , M . P ., about the middle of September , the number is to be 2372

and , named after its first Worshi pful Master , it will be called the'James Terry Lodge . Bro . James Terry has done much for the cause of Masonry generally , but for the Province of Hertfordshire most particularl y , and in consequence of the increased and overflowing number of members of one lodge in the province and the desire

of several Masons of the vicinity not members of a lodge near their residence , it was requisite that a new lodge should be formed , and unanimousl y ( but without that brother ' s knowledge ) it was decided to hand down to posterity the name of Bro . James Terry as a mark of the hi gh estimation and respect with which he is

held in the province . Upwards of 20 years he has been a Grand Officer of the Province of Hertfordshire , viz ., Prov . Grand Director of Ceremonies , and has also served as Prov . Grand Warden of Herts , Prov . Senior Grand Warden of Northants and Hunts ; he is Past Master of many lodges , Vice-President of all the

Masonic Charities , has for many years been the indefatigable Secretary of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution for A ged Freemasons and Widows of Freemasons , and occupies the proud position of Past Grand Sword Bearer of England , having been elevated and invested to that high office by H . R . H . the Prince of

Wales himself in 18 S 7 , on the occasion of the great meeting of Freemasons at the Albert Hall to commemorate the Queen ' s Jubilee . The founders unanimousl y requested their Secretary to ask the permission of Bro . Terry for his name to be used , and , as a still further favour , that he would

become the first Worshi pful Master . It was not , however , until Bro . Terry vvas assured of the unanimity of the brethren on these points that he modestly consented to their request . The new lod ge will have a fair start with about 20 founders , also a list to be submitted at the first meeting of joining members and of proposals for initiation .

Obituary.

Obituary .

BRO . W . H . PERRYMAN , P . G . P . We deeply regret that it should devolve on us to announce the death , on Wednesday , after a severe and protracted illness , of Bro . W . H . Perryman , Past G . Purst . of the United Grand Lod ge . Our deceased brother had been a very . active member from the time

of his initiation in November , 18 71 , till very recently . He first saw the li ght in the Lodge of Fidelity , No . 3 , and less than four years later had the honour of being present as its J . W . at the installation of the Prince of Wales as M . W . G . Master , in the Royal Albert Hall , South Kensington , in April , 18 75 . In 1 S 77 he

vvas elected and installed its W . Master , and on vacating the chair vvas warmly thanked and congratulated by the members on the success of his presidency . He joined the St . Clement Danes Lodge , No . I 35 i , andhaving successivel y filled the various offices , was ultimatel y elected into thechair . In i 8 7 6 hewasexaltedintotheR . A .

Degree , in the Ebury Chapter , No . 1348 , and rose in due course to be M . E . Z . In 1886 he vvas appointed Asst . G . Purst . of Grand Lodge , and the year following vvas advanced to the higher position of G . Purst . For many consecutive years past he was elected one of the Past Masters to serve on the Board of General Purposes

and had been a member of the Committee of General Purposes of Supreme Grand Chapter . He vvas always ready to undertake any duty that might be assigned to him , and the work he did and the manner in which it was done , were generally appreciated .

Lastly , he was a Life Governor ot both our Masonic Schools , and had given his services as Festival Steward tor both those Institutions . We respectfully tender our sincere sympath y to the relatives and numerous bod y of friends who are now mourning for the decease of so worthy and respected a brother .