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would be accepted without hesitation . ( Hear , hear . ) A certain stigma has been cast upon the management of the Boys' School , and it has been widely circulated by means of printed circulars and pamphlets , and I think it is due to this Institution , to the General Committee , and to those who have taken a very active part in the affairs that this report should be circulated in a proper manner . 1 do not know what the Committee report , but whatever

it is it ought to be as equally widespread as the stories which have been in circulation on the contrary . I do not think vve ought to hesitate for a moment , even if it cost £ 100 to circulate the report . Bro . RUSSELL ( Kent ) : I think that whatever may have been said by our brother on the right of the Chairman ( Bro . Philbrick ) , there is not the slightest doubt that this report ought to be printed and circulated . ( Hear , hear . ) If you can do iooo copies for £ 10 you can produce . £ 4000 for ^ 40 ,

and what is £ 40 to this Institution compared vvith the doubt and uncertainty which has been hanging over it for so long ? I shall have very great pleasure in supporting Bro . Story ' s proposition , because I believe it is conceived in the true interests of the School . I think vve ought to give all possible information to everybody and make no charge for it . ( Hear , hear . ) You will in that way remove the cloud which has been hanging over you , and when you have a bright and pure Institution it will prosper . ( Hear , hear . )

Bro . J . S . CUMBERLAND ( N . and E . Yorks . ) : I should like to suggest , in order to save expense , that the report be printed on rather commoner paper than the proof presented to the Court . I quite agree with Bro . Russell that for a pound or two vve should not deprive any member of a copy of the report , and I think every subscriber to the Institution has a perfect right to a copy . I would suggest that the printer who has the type set

up should be asked at what charge he will supply us vvith the same paper cover and with the report printed on rather commoner paper . I quite agree that the sooner the report is in the hands of the subscribers the better it will be for the Institution , and the sooner vve can have a Special General Court to consider what shall be done the better it will be in the permanent interests of the School . ( Hear , hear . )

Bro . J WORDSWORTH ( West Yorkshire ) : I beg to propose that 4000 copies of the report be printed and circulated at the expense of the Institution .

Bro . W . GOODACRE ( Prov . G . Sec . West Lancashire ) seconded the motion . Bro . STORY : I think it would be far better if the members of the Committee of Management took no part in this particular business ; and in my opinion the motion ought to come from the general body of the subscribers . I do not think we ought to limit ourselves to the number of copies to be

printed . Every subscriber ought to have a copy of the report . There ought to be no hole and corner business . ( Hear , hear . ) Let it be plain and unsophisticated—the plainer the better . ( Hear , hear . ) Bro . J AMES STEVENS ( London ) : I think , under the circumstances which this Institution has gone through during the past 12 months , and which it is likely to go through if there is any reservation in the circulation of this

report , there ought to be no limit as to the number of copies printed and circulated , that those interested in this Institution may know exactly all that has transpired . ( Hear , hear . ) It is a matter of very considerable importance , and if you stand at the expenditure of some few score pounds now , you will probably hereafter lose some hundreds of pounds , because the feeling of uneasiness is not confined to those present to-day , nor even tq the Metropolis , but is generally spread in England and elsewhere . ( Hear ,

hear . ) There ought , therefore , to be no hesitation in letting every man who is likely to be at all interested in the Institution have a knowledge of that report , otherwise those who have long supported the School might be disposed to withhold their aid . ( Hear , hear . ) I strongly support the proposition that has been made—that a number be printed sufficient for circulation among all who are interested in the Institution , whether Subscribers or Governors .

A BROTHER said : As an amendment , and on the ground of economy , I will move that a sufficient number of copies be printed to provide each lodge and each chapterwith one copy —( laughter , and cries of " No , no ! " )—and that any member of a lodge or of a chapter may have an extra copy ofthe report on paying the cost price . ( Laughter . )

Bro . VV . A . SCURRAH ( London ) : I strongly supported the resolution first made , that the report now received be printed and circulated to every member of the Institution , and to everyone likely to take an interest in it . ( Hear , hear . ) I think nothing less than this will satisfy the brethren , and I think the best thing is to adopt the resolution of our brother on the other side ( Bro . Story ) .

Bro . BINCKES , Sec : If that resolution be carried , I apprehend there will be no alternative but to take the list of subscribers and send each of them a copy , as the brethren are aware , in addition to the cost of printing , there will be the postages , and the extra staff to send . the report round . Bro . J AMES BRETT ( London ) : And a good expenditure too . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . )

Bro . BINCKES ; I am not saying a word in objection to the resolution . I am only » pointing out to the brethren what will be the cost to the Institution .

Bro . W . H . SAUNDERS ( London ) : I beg to move , as an amendment , that the report be read . ( Cries of "Oh ' . " and laughter . ) Many brethren have come long distances to hear the report read . The CHAIRMAN then put Bro . Story ' s motion , that the report be printed and circulated amongst the members of the Quarterly Court , and the motion was , amidst cheers , unanimously adopted .

Bro . SCURRAH : May I ask how soon will the report be printed and circulated ?

Bro . PHILBRICK : In order to facilitate matters , I asked the printers , as I had said , to keep the report in type till to-morrow . If I have the sanction of the Court , I will order the requisite number of copies , and as this number will probably be considerable , I have not the least doubt that I shall be able to obtain a material reduction on the price I have named . ( Hear ,

hear . ) I will have the work done at the lowest possible figure—of course , as if one vvere paying for it out of one ' s own pocket . It has been printed in the country in order that it might be done quickly , and that the contents of the report might remain entirely unknown to everyone until the Court was possessed of the report . ( Hear , hear . )

Bro . STEVENS : Although it looks bulky , there is no reason why the report should be printed on such heavy paper . The CHAIRMAN : I am quite sure the matter is in very good hands . ( Hear , hear . ) Bro . STORY : Will now be the opportune time to thank Bro . Philbrick and the members of the Committee for their labours ? ( Cries of "Yes , "

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" Hear , hear , " and the Chairman assenting . ) Then I think every member of this Institution will be convinced , whatever the report may be , that it is thoroughly impartial and exhaustive , and that it is our duty to thank the members of the Committee for their labours and for their report ; and I beg to move a resolution accordingly . Bro . SCURRAH seconded the motion .

Bro . GREATBATCH ( Staffordshire ) : As one who had the pleasure of appearing for some days before the Committee , and of witnessing the close attention and consideration which they devoted to every subject brought before them , I beg to support the resolution . I know not what one word of

that report may be , but I know that it will embody the honest and conscientious conviction of seven earnest brethren who devoted many days and weeks to the benefit of the Institution , and performed more labour than any brother not connected with the Committee can form any idea of . Their labour was intense and close to the greatest possible degree .

The CHAIRMAN put the resolution , which vvas carried amidst loud acclamation , and , addressing Bro . Philbrick , he said : I have very great pleasure in informing you of the vote of this Court unanimously thanking you and the other members of the Committee for the very able services which you have rendered to the Institution . ( Cheers . ) Bro . PHILBRICK , in acknowledging the compliment , said : At the request

of the Court , my colleagues and myself undertook a very anxious and a very troublesome duty . I can assure you , if I may speak personally , that it has been by the support of my brother Allcroft , the Treasurer of Christ ' s Hospital , my brother Sir Reginald Hanson , Bro . Pope , Bro . Col . Thrale Perkins , Bro . Malcolm , Coroner of Leeds , and Bro . Wylie , of Liverpool , that we have been able to conduct our labours ; and vve sat for 15 days

taking evidence , to bring our labours to a unanimous conclusion , which vve all trust will ultimately prove to the benefit of this great and noble Institution . ( Cheers . ) I will say this only of the report , that we have endeavoured , without fear , favour , or affection , to tell the whole truth , as vve believed it to be . ( Cheers . ) What the result of that will be we leave to those in whose hands lies the dealing with the matter . ( Hear , hear . )

A BROTHER : I apprehend it will be necessary to give to our brother Philbrick authority to order the printing of these reports . ( Cries of " We have . " ) The CHAIRMAN : Bro . Philbrick has undertaken the duty . Bro . G . P . BRITTEN : Will it be convenient for you now to fix a day for a special meeting of the Court to consider this report .

The CHAIRMAN : NO , I think not . Bro . STORY * . We can call that by a requisition . Bro . BINCKES ( Secretary ) : The laws provide that a Special Court may be convened by the President and a certain number of Life-Governors . Scrutineers of votes vvere then appointed , arid the brethren proceeded to the election of candidates for admission to the School .

SUCCESSFUL . Name . Votes . Name . Votes . Frank Roberts 2793 Cyril Michael ... 2539 Arthur Edward Kennedy 27 S 4 Stanley Aynsley Mundle 2510 Frederick Woodman 2775 Stephen Ibbotson 2447 John Baron Fry 2745 Edgar Holmes Burgess 2436 Arthur Howard Kemp ... ... 26 95 Harold Lionel Carr ... ,,, ,,. 2421 Roland Stanislaus Coulthurst ... 2627 William Percy Court 2351 Ralph Howard Gravenor 2611 Austen Royle Podmore 2327 Charles Harold Blannin 2606 Wallace Peter Charles Bosco ... 2286 Percy Oliver Lister 2593 John Herault De Caen 21 S 9 Harry Lawrence 2540 . Lewis Morris Nicholl 2162 UNSUCCESSFUL .

Name . Votes . Name . Votes . Lewis G . C . Swornsboume ... 1 SS 8 Frederick Eden Walter Cooper ... 26 3 Harry Vernon Moreton 1 S 34 Archibald Wallace Campbell ... 219 George Wilkinson 1 S 15 Arthur Stanley Hill 176 John Hillam Bedford 1758 Richard William Levey 7 G William John Jennings 1720 William Robson Binks 71 Samuel Carr 1636 Frederick George Hart 55 Stanley Edmund Rolls Pratt ... 1619 Basil Glover Wood 55 Miller Bassett Lumsden 1614 Charles Wilfred Peters 38 . Alexander Sydenham S . Clunes ... 13 S 6 William Renell Seward 38 Edward George Jarmain 13 S 4 James Carruthers 25 Alfred William Clarke 1279 Martin Roddwell Bostock 19 William John Harrison 1125 Ernest Edward Whale 19 Benjamin Henry Tiedeman ... 1041 Hereward Stanley 19 Ernest James Broivn ... _ 1039 John Grossman ... 17 Edward Dunthorne Hodgkinson ... 1003 Benjamin Lamplough io Walter Woolcomb Bloomfield ... 065 Redfern Edward Gee 9 William Augustine Spain Si 1 Herbert John Drewitt S Stanley Narborough Ravenscroft ... 702 Wilfred John Atley 7 Walter Arthur Mears 627 James Frederick Fowke 7 James Arthur Herbert Jones ... 592 Reginald George Eastment ... 4 Arthur Thomas Browne 57 S Alfred Ernest Perkins I Percy Howard Wells 527 William Ralph Pugh ... ... I Herbert Walter Brereton 4 G 0 Bernard Brockas Howell 1 Clement Siggets 439 Charles Lind Lament Young ... — William James Smith 34 S William Joseph Williams — Hugh Hanley Thompson 292 Norwood Denton Withdrawn ,

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SUPREME GRAND CHAPTER .

The Quarterly Convocation of Supreme Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of England was held on Wednesday evening , at Freemasons' Hall . There was an excellent attendance of the companions of the Order . Comp . Lieut .-Col . Robert Townley Caldwell , M . A ., G . Supt . of Cambridge , presided as M . E . Z . ; Comp . Thomas Fenn , Past President of the Committee of General Purposes , as H . ; and Comp . the Rev . Thomas Robinson , P . A . G . Soj ., as J . The other companions present

were—Comps . Shadwell H . Clerke , G . S . E . ; the Earl of Milltown , G . S . N . ; Robert Grey , President Committee of General Purposes ; J . A . Lloyd , 2 nd A . G . Soj . ; R . Berridge , 2 nd G . Std . Br . ; Frank Richardson , P . G . S ., G . D . C ; H . J . Adams , D . G . D . C . ; J . B . Monckton , P . G . P . Soj . ; J . Glaisher , P . A . G . S . ; J . E . Le Feuvre , P . G . S . B . ; T . B . Purchas , P . G . S . B . ; W . M . Bywater , P . G . Std . Br . ; S . A . Partridge , P . G . S . B . ; F . Sumner Knyvett , P . G . S . B . ; J . M . Case , P . G . D . C ; C . H . Driver , P . G . S . B . ; K . G . Morse , P . G . P . S . ; C . F . Matier , P . G . P . S . ; Ralph Gooding , M , D ., P . A . G . S . ; C . F . Hogard , P . D . G . D . C ; T . W . Poley , P . A . G . S . ; C . A . Murton , P . A . G . S . ; E . J . Barron , P . G . Std . Br . ; E . Goble , P . G . Std . Br . ; J . C . Parkinson , P . G . S . B . ; H . j . P . Dumas , P . G . S . B . ; George Lambert , P . G . D . C ; C . Hammerton , P . G . D . C . ; C . Harding , P . G . Std . Br . ; Gerard Ford , G . Supt . Sussex ; R . Bradley , P . G . Std . Br . ; G . Taylor , ist Asst . GD . C ; Rev . C . VV . Spencer Stanhope , G . Superintendent Cheshire ; William F . Nettleship , P . G . Std . Br . ; Peter de Lande Long , P . G . P . S . ; Eugene Monteuuis , P . Z . 8 ; G . H . Haydon , P . Z . 410 ; E . Mallett , P . Z . 1623 ; R . G . Venables , l . P . Z . 262 ; Sir Bruce M . Seton , Z . G ; A . Lucking , P . Z . 1000 , P . G . D . C . Essex ; G . Taylor , P . Z . 377 ; Lennox Browne , Z , 2108 ; H . Massey , Z . 1928 ; C .