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Officers at the Holborn Restaurant , and to the general body of the brethren at Freemasons ' s Tavern , his Royal Highness ' s early departure being necessitated by a further engagement in the City in company with the Princess of Wales . We are pleased at the honour thus paid by the Prince to this branch of Freemasonry , which , though not recognised as a part of Constitutional Masonry , is nevertheless a most admirable s \ stem , and well worthy of being encouraged on all possible

. We must reserve the usual ample particulars of the gathering till next week , when we shall also publish pen and ink portraits and short accounts of the Masonic services rendered by the Grand Officers . In the mean time we give a complete list of the brethren who have been appointed .

Bro . H . R . H . the Prince of Wales ... ... G . M . M . „ Earl of Kintore ... ... ... Pro G . M . „ Lord Egerton of Tatton ... ... ... Dep . G . M . „ H . R . H . the Duke of Connaught ... ... G . S . W . „ Lord Saltoun ... ... ... ... G . J . W . „ Lieut .-Col . Addison Potter ... ... G . M . O .

,, George Galloway ... ... G . S . O . „ George Kenning ... ... ... G . J . O . „ Rev . T . Cartwright Smyth . D . D . ... ... G . Chap .

„ Rev . Thos . Cochrane , M . A . ... ... G . Chap . „ James Moon ... ... ... G . Treas . ,, Frank Richardson ... ... ... G . Reg . ,, F . Binckes ... ... ... G . Sec .

„ W . Kally Miller ... ... ... G . S . D . „ N . Tracy ... ... ... ... G . S . D . „ Horatio Wood ... ... ... G . J . D . „ J . Crouch ... ... ... ... G . J . D . ,, Lieut .-Col . R . W . Edis ... ... ... G . I . ofW . „ Robert Berridge ... ... ... G . D . of C . .. G . P . Festa ... ... ... ... G . A . D . ofC .

„ Andrew Mc Dowell ... ... ... G . A . D . ofC . „ C . Philip Evans ... ... ... G . Swd . Br . „ Thomas Taylor ... ... ... G- Std . Br . „ William J . Thomson ... ... ... G . Std . Br .

„ Professor Rose ... ... ... G . Org . ,, William Vincent ... ... ... G . I . G . „ J . Pinder ... ... ... ... G . A . I . G . „ A . Walkley ... ... ... ... G . Tyler .

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ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS .

EIGHTY-EIGHTH ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL .

The Eighty-eighth Anniversary Festival of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys was held on Wednesday last , at the Royal Pavilion , Brighton , when there was , as usual , a very large concourse of the brethren and their friends , including a good proportion of ladies . The banquet was served

under the . Dome , and , as nearly as could be estimate'd , about five hundred ladies and gentlemen occupied seats at the tables . The President of the day was the Right Hon . Lord Suffield , R . W . Provincial Grand Master of Norfolk , who was supported at the table on the dais by several distinguished Masons and their ladies . Those on the dais included Bros . Col . Shadwell

H . Clerke , Grand Secretary ; Capt . S . G . Homfray , P . G . A . D . C ; J . L . Mather , V .-Pat . ; C . F . Hogard , V .-Pat . ; Rev . Dr . Morris , V .-Pat ., Head-Master of the Boys'School ; Thomas Cubitt , V .-Pat . ; Rev . W . Mortimer Heath , Grand Chaplain ; H . B . Marshall , P . G . Treasur er :

George Plucknett , V .-Pat . ; Dr . Jabez Hogg , P . G . D . ; R . W . Stewart , V .-Pat ., P . G . D . ; J . L . Thomas , P . G . A . D . C ; Col . Peters , P . G . Swd . Br . ; W . Roebuck , Trustee , V .-Pat ., Grand Swd . Br . ; W . H . Ferryman , Asst . G . Purst . ; and Frederick Binckes , P . G . S ., Secretary of the Institution .

After Grace had been sung , a considerable list of toasts , loyal and Masonic , were proposed and very cordially received by the company . The CHAIRMAN said he now had to announce the first toast of the evening . It was what was called a formal toast , but when he reminded those present of what had been so well stated , that our Queen was the wisest and best woman in the world , he thought it could hardly be called so . He would

say God confound all those who would by their evil machinations weaken her throrie and undermine the welfare and prosperity of her Empire . His lordship continued by saying he had lived too long in the world to be in danger of overstepping the prudence and reserve which should be observed as to speaking upon politics , but he was sure that there was no one in that assembly who would refuse to joining in singing God save the Queen . ( Loud cheering , which was followed by the singing of the National Anthem . )

The CHAIRMAN then said he had very great pleasure in proposing to the company the next toast , which was the health of one who was not only known throughout Ibis country but throughout the world , namely , "The M . W . G . M . the Prince of Wales . " ( Applause . ) That toast he was glad to find was well received there , as it always was elsewhere . It was only a few days ago that he accompanied his Royal Highness to Brightonupon which

, occasion the Prince had said that never in the whole course of his career had he been better received than he was at Brighton . His Royal Highness ' s merits were well known ; and especially as regarded Freemasons , who well knew what an interest the Prince of Wales took in the Craft generally and how ready he always was to come forward for its good , and especially when

he was called upon to do that which he considered mi ght confer a benefit upon his countrymen . Bro . Col . SHADWELL H . CLERKE , Grand Secretary , then rose and said he had been called upon to propose the next toast , and he need scarcely say that it was both a very great honour and a pleasure for him to have the

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privilege of doing so . They all knew that they were meeting there on this occasion to celebrate the Festival of one of the great Masonic Charitiesthe Royal Masonic Institution for Boys . Every body must have a head , and therefore they that day welcomed with great cordiality their noble Chairman , Bro . Lord Suffield , as their head on that occasion . Their noble Chairman had great and special claims upon every Freemason because his services in the Order had been long , and had been brilliant . Their noble Chairman had been Prov . Grand Master of the Province of Norfolk

for ten years , and he ( Col . Clerke ) need scarcely tell them that he had ruled over the province in a most exemplary and distinguished manner . That day they had special reason to thank his lordship for being with them , because he had most important official duties to attend to in London ; but he had said " I am determined to be wilh your Institution to-day and be at Brighton with you . " Therefore he thought they ought to thank Lord Suffield for being so good as to take the chair on this occasion . That was not the first occasion on which Lord Suffield had shown his interest in the

Institutions by taking the chair at one of the Masonic Festivals , because it was only four or five years ago that he presided at the Girls' School Festival , and the } - would all probably remember the remarkably good result that came from that Festival . Therefore he ( Col . Clerke ) thought they ought to congratulate themselves very much that they had so excellent and noble and distinguished a chairman as the noble Lord Suffield , and he hoped that they would join with him ( Col . Clerke ) most heartily in drinking his lordship's health , and thanking him for his presence there that day .

His LORDSHIP said in reply that he begged the ladies and brethren present would receive his heart ) ' thanks for the kind manner in which they had responded to the toast which had so kindly and so flatteringly been proposed by the Grand Secretary . It was little indeed that he ( Lord Suffield ) could claim of the merits of a Freemason . He took an interest in

Freemasonry because he had met with nothing but kindness from the Craft . He felt the good that Freemasonry did , and he was glad and proud to belong to the Order . There were many other toasts , and he should not therefore trouble them with any further words as to this one than to thank them for the cordial greeting they had j-iven him .

The CHAIRMAN then proposed " The Health of the Earl of Carnarvon , the Pro Grand Master ; the Earl of Lathom , the Dep . Grand Master ; and the Prov . Grand Masters and Present and Past Grand Officers . " Those names , he said , required no explanation from him to the brethren among his audience , and he therefore would ask them to drink to the very good health of the Grand Officers , and he would couple with the toast the name of the Grand Chaplain for the year , the Rev . Mortimer Heath .

The GRAND CHAPLAIN , in reply , said that a short time ago he saw a speaker get on his legs and heard him say that he was sorry for his audience , for when he once began to talk he never knew when to leave off . He ( Bro . Heath ) never knew how to begin , and had never felt any difficulty in leaving off . When he heard the names that had been brought forward in the toast to the present heads of the Craft , and considered the names of the illustrious

Present and Past Officers which had not been mentioned , he felt that he was a small and humble member of that body to respond to such a toast . There was no need for his saying what he could in their behalf ; he knew , and the brethren knew , that the Grand Officers had the interests of the Craft at heart , because the brethren knew by the results of their deliberations the benefits which they had conferred upon the Order . In the matier of

the Chanties they knew that from the earliest history of the formation of Grand Lodge the Charities held a very large place in its organisation and working , and as the Craft increased so had the anxieties of Grand Lodge increased for the well-being of the Order , and as the Charities increased they had carried out , as the first principle of the Order , not only that brotherly love , but also that which was the outcome of the other , that relief which was

shown in such institutions as that which they were then celebrating , but others of a kindred sort . And he thought he might say that the Grand Lodge of England would never be wanting in promoting those great principles taught in our lodges—Benevolence and Charity . The reverend gentleman concluded by thanking those present for the manner in which the toast had been received .

Bro . MCKAY , Prov . Grand Secretary Cumberland , said that , by command of their noble Chairman , he had the honour to submit the next toast , which wasa toast to " The Vice-Patrons , Vice-Presidents , Trustees , and Members oi Committees . " The success ot that noble Institution , underwhose auspices they had that day met , was in an eminent degree due to those very brethren to whom this toast was proposed . With that toast he would couple the name of the only Trustee present—Bro . Raynham Stewart .

Bro . STEWART , in reply , said that he had to thank both the ladies and the brethren for honouring the toast that had just been drunk ; in doing which he should make no distinction , because he was going to rely upon their confidence and their kindness , and the very thing that brought them all together that day was the good feeling of each one , and the hope that they might be enabled to embrace a duty that they recognised , and faithfully discharge to their brethren . If it had not been for the ladies many

members of the Craft would not have thought it a proper thing to be Masons ; they took an interest and were specially anxious to do all they could to get their special candidates into the Institutions . As far as he was concerned , he was a Trustee , and did his duty to the best of his ability , and the other brethren did the same , and he could simply say to those present , " Send us the money , and we will take care of the infants . " He had only further to thank them on behalf of the Trustees and the Committee and all

connected with them . Bro . Lord SUFFIELD then rose and said : Ladies and brethren , I now come to the toast of the evening . It is , indeed , the toast of the evening ; it is a most important public duty I have to perform this evening—to propose to you " Prosperity to the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys . " As our brother who has made the last address to you said , it is a very

important thing that money should be forthcoming to support this Institution , but we want more than money—we want interest ; we want the interest that is shown year by year still more and more , because the Institution which we are called here to celebrate is more and more increasing year by year . I am not about to trouble you with the report , or any statistics from the report , which has been in the hands of every brother here present , and the ladies , I am sure , will be glad to take it as read . I have had the good fortune to

visit the Institution which we are here to celebrate . 1 went to Wood Green on Saturday , and was extremely well satisfied with what I saw there . It is not the first time that I have had the pleasure , because I visited it on another occasion , four years ago , but it has been my earnest hope that it will go on increasing . But it cannot go on increasing without those means that I hope will be forthcoming to-night . There are four considerable Institutions , but this and the Girls' School deserve , I think , something