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streets ; and the unmarried woman whose memory runs back into the early years of the century , is young and [ charming . Yes , age is but a relative matter . " Such words are very consoling to some of us old boys .

Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.

ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS .

The General Committee of this Institution met on Saturday last , at Freemasons' Hall , Bro . Raynham XV . Stewart , P . G . D ., in the chair . There were also present : Bros . F . XV . Ramsay , M . D ., S . Rosenthal , G . P Britten , L . Ruf , George Motion , Joyce Murray , Don . M . Dewar , XV . Mapls , C . G . Rushworth , John I .. Mather , A . J . Duff Filer , Fredk . Adlard , Arthur E . Gladwell . F . H . Webb , and P . Binckes , Secretary .

One petition wns received and the candidate p laced on the list for October election . An outfit of £ 3 was granted to a former pupil of the Institution . The following notices of motions were given for the Ouarterly Court next Monday : —

By J . S . CUMBERLAND , "That the day of election for the Boys' School be altered to Friday instead of Monday , as at present , except when the Friday falls on Good Friday , then on Thursday ; and that the rules of the Institution be altered accordingly . "

By R . XV . STEWART , " That the House and Building Committee be authorised to purchase the remaining four plots of land opposite the Institution at Wood Green , comprising nearly half an acre , at a price not exceeding £ 650 . " The Committee then adjourned .

Consecration Of A Rose Croix Chapter At Leicester.

CONSECRATION OF A ROSE CROIX CHAPTER AT LEICESTER .

The consecration of thc St . Margaret ' s Chapter , No . 92 , the youngest on the roll of Rose Croix Chapters under the authority of the Supreme Council , 33 , took p lace , under distinguished auspices , at the Freemasons' Hall , Halford-street , Leicester , on Tuesday , the 28 th ult . The illustrious brethren and Ex . and P . members of the Order assembled

in goodly numbers in the spacious chapter-room , and at half-past three o ' clock received the illustrious and distinguished members of the Supreme Council , 33 ° , when the M . 111 . Lieut .-Grand Commander , Bro . Captain N . G . Philips , 33 , assumed the seat of th _ M . P . Sovereign G . C , and III . Bro . Hugh David Sandeman , Grand Sec . Gen ., 33 , filled the chair of P . M . P .

S . G . C . ; 111 . Bro . Col . Shadwell H . Clerke , S . G . I . G ., 33 ° , as H . Prelate ; III . Bro . C . J . Banister , 33 , I . G . N . Dist ., as First G . ; 111 . Bro . C . A . Newham , 32 ° as Second G . ; III . Bro . Charles Fendelow , 33 , I . G . W . C . Dist ., as G . Marshal ; and Ex . and P . C . J . McBride , as Captain of the Guard .

There were also present—III . Bros . F . Campion , 30 ° , P . M . W . S . ; S . S . Partridge , 30 ° ; J- T . Thorp , 30 ° ; T . Worthington , 30 ; K _ . and P . Bros . C . G . Wragge , M . W . S . ; J . S . Cumberland , P . M . W . S . ; M . Vowles , P . M . W . S . ; T . Howkins , P . M . W . S . j Rev . A . A . Bagshawe ,

H . P . ; Wm . Randall , H . P . ; C . B . Truman , ist G . ; J . YVigglesworth , Org . ; R . Ingram , G . M . ; XV . L . Ball , R . ; R . S . Taylor , H . J . Atkins , S . Wood , F . J . Baines , C . A . Spencer , XV . C . Crofts , H . Deane , W . Hanger , W . A . Fielding , J . H . Thompson , and others .

The acting M . P . S . G . Commander then proceeded to open a Supreme Council Chapter Rose Croix , in ancient form , after which the ballot was taken for the fourteen candidates as enumerated on the circular convening the convocation , which proving unanimous , the following eleven brethren , who were in attendance , were then duly perfected , and impressively received

into the Order ( III . Bro . H . D . Sandeman , 33 , in the chair as M . W . S ., and 111 . Bro . C , Fendelow , 33 , acting as Raphael ) viz . : R . W . Bro . Wm . Kelly , P . Prov . G . M ., and Prov . G . Supt . Leicestershire and Rutland ; W . Bros . Thomas Wright , Joseph Young , XV . XV . Wartnaby , Richd . Taylor , S . Cleaver , Dr . Wm . Hammond , M . J . Walker , W . J . Freer , W . A . F . Hall , and T . G . Charleswortb .

At 4 . 30 p . m . the M . III . Bro . Capt . N . G . Philips , assuming the seat of the M . P . S . G . C , proceeded to consecrate the St . Margaret ' s Chapter , Rose Croix , 92 , an d having addressed the assembled Illustrious and Perfected Brethren present , called upon the 111 . Bro . C . Fendelow , 33 ° as acting

Grand Marshal , to read the warrant granted by the Supreme Council 33 to the petition which had been signed by Bros . S . S . Partridge , 30 ; T . Worthington , 30 ° ; J . T . Thorp , 30 ; F . J . Baines , 18 ; Clement Stretton , 1 S ; C . A . Spencer , iS ° ; XV . L . Ball , 18 ; and W . A . Fielding , 18 ° .

After the completion of the ceremony of consecration , 111 . Bro . H . D . Sandeman , G . Sec , G . 33 ° . proceeded to install the M . W . S . designate , viz ., 111 . Bro . Samuel Steads Partridge , 30 , P . P . S . G . W ., Prov . G . Sec . Leicestershire and Rutland , the installation ceremony being admirably worked by the Grand Secretary-General , 33 .

The Treasurer and Equerries of the chapter having been duly elected , the following brethren were appointed as the ofiicers of the chapter by the newly-installed M . W . S ., with appropriate addresses to each : Ex . and P . Bro . the Rev . S . J . W . Sanders , M . A . ( in absentia ) , H . Prelate ; 111 . Bro . John T . Thorp , 30 ° , ist G . ; 111 . Bro . Thos . Worthington , 30 ° , 2 nd G . ; Ex .

and P . Bro . XV . L . Ball , G . Marshall ; Ex . and P . Bro . W . A . Fielding , Raphael ; Ex . and P . Bro . F . J . Baines , Treasurer ; Ex . and P . Bro . Joseph Young , Recorder ; Ex . and P . Bro . W . C . Crofts , M . of C , Ex . and P . Bro . J . H . Thompson , C . of Guard ; Ex . and P . Bro . M . J . Walker , Steward ; and Bros . T . Dunn and J . Tanser , Equerries .

Consecration Of A Rose Croix Chapter At Leicester.

Votes of thanks and honorary membership of the chapter were subsequently passed with acclamation to the presiding officers of Supreme Ccuncil , 33 , and those illustrious members who had assisted in the ceremony of consecrating the chapter , viz ., M . III . Bro . Captain N . G . Philips -i-f III . Bros . Col . Shadwell H . Clerke , 33 ° ; Hugh D . Sandeman , 33 ; C Fendelow , 33 ; C . J . Banister , 33 ; and C . A . ' Newham , 32 .

The Lieutenant Grand Commander-acknowledged the compliment . A committee was " appointed to frame bye-laws for the chapter , and a nomination for future "perfection " having been submitted , the chapter was subsequently closed in accordance with the ancient usage of the Rite . The Illustrious ancl Excellent and Perfect Brethren then adjourned to a commemoration banquet , under the presidency of thc M . W . S ., at which

thirty members and visitors sat down , many having had to leave prior to the banquet to enable them to reach their distant homes the same night . The usual loyal and Masonic toasts were duly honoured . In responding to that part of the loast list which referred to the Supreme Council 33 , the M . Illustrious Lieut .-G . Commander , Capt . N . G . PHILIPS , said that

although the Supreme Council consisted of nine members , yet they were but one in purpose , and concluded an eloquent speech by referring to the support given by the Ancient and Accepted Rite to each of the three Masonic Charities , the amount contributed by which annually reached three ficmres .

The III . Bro . SHADWELL I-I . CLERKE expressed the great satisfaction it had given him on this , the anniversary of his birthday , to be present in assisting in the consecration of a New Rose Croix Chapter ; and 111 . Bro . H . D . SANDEMAN * stated the pleasure he felt , as Grand Secretary General ' , to add one more chapter to the roll , especially as during the past year no less than four Rose Croix Chapters had already sprung into existence .

The Illustrious Brother concluded an interesting speech with some very pertinent and valuable remarks relative to ihe " mistaken opinions some brethren occasionally formed ( without the sli ghtest foundation ) on certain portions of the ceremonies of the Rite ; and which remarks were warmly supported by the Rev . A . A . Bagshawe , H . Prelate of St . Mary ' s Rose Croix Chapter .

111 . Bro . C . FENDELOW , 33 , who had been called upon by the M . W . S . to respond to the toast of his health , as Inspector General of the Western Central District , said that it was seldom a new chapter started under such auspicious circumstances ; indeed , during his experience of over twenty-five years , he did not remember one which bid so fair to become a stron ° - and

influential chapter of the Ancient and Accepted Rite , and he strongly exhorted the members to be earnest and careful in the selection of those whom they admitted into the Order . Before taking his seat , the Illustrious Brother proposed " The Health of the Members of the Thirty-second , Thirty-first , and Thirtieth Degrees . "

111 . Bros . J . ' 1 . THORP , 30 , and THOS . WORTHINGTON , 30 , briefly responded . The M . 111 . Lieut-Grand Commander , Captain N . G . PHILIPS , in proposing " The Health of the M . W . S ., " congratulated the chapter upon having the 111 . Bro . Partridge as their head , as he quite believed him to be " the right man in the right place . "

The M . W . S . replied by acknowledging the very hearty manner with which the toast had been proposed and received , and stated that he considered it a very great compliment indeed to be elected to fill the chair of the chapter during the first year of its existence ; the more especially as the future of the chapter appeared to bid fair to become so prosperous and

influential . Ihe Illustrious Brother concluded b y proposing " The Health of the Visiting Brethren from a Distance , " many of whom had travelled from far distant provinces to be present on that interesting occasion ; and he begged to associate with that toast the names of III . Bro . Banister ( Inspector General of the Northern District ) , and Ex . and P . Bros , the Rev . A . A . Bagshawe , J . S . Cumberland , and C . J . McBride .

III . Bro . BANISTER expressed the pleasure it had afforded him to come from the "Great North , " or what was sometimes known as the "Dark Corner " of England , although the li ght of Masonry there was as bri ght as ever it was in the east , west or south .

Bros , the Rev . A . A . BAGSHAWE , C . J . MCBRIDE , and J . S . CUMBERLAND respectively acknowledged the hearty welcome they had received from the chapter , the last mentioned brother expressing the wish that a catalogue of the books , jewels , and antiquities ( in which ihe rooms at Golden-square were so rich ) might some day be published b y the Supreme Council .

'Ihe III . Bro . H . D . SANDEMAN * , 33 , in giving . the the toasl of "The Eleven Newly-Perfected Members , " expressed his gratification at seeing so many , and such good men , admitted into Ihe Order that day , and he hoped he might not bring the blush to the face of Ex . and P . Bro . Young if he referred to him in particular as one to whom much of the success of the chapter was lo be ascribed . The 111 . Brother went on to say that he had come down from London on the previous day to make all necessary and

needful arrangements for the ceremonies , but found , to his surprise , that everything being anticipated there was nothing for him lo do ; indeed , instead of being a candidate for perfection , Bro . Young ' s experience of the arrangements for successfully carrying out the ceremonies could not have been more complete had he been a member of the Order of many years' standing , and in appointing that brother to the oflice of Recorder the chapter was happy in ils selection .

The RECORDER , in responding , stated the . pleasure he felt in being permitted to reply to this toast , although in the presence of such distinguished brethren he could only do so with considerable diffidence . The Ex . " and P . brother then gave a chief review of the gradual development by time of Saint Margaret ' s Rose Croix Chapter , and alluded to the ori gin of the of its saintThe

name patron . frequent and valuable information he had received from the 111 . Bro . Fendelow , 33 , and the felicity it had afforded him , in being a humble instrument in bringing about such a happy consummation of events , as the formation of a Rose Croix Chapter in this ancient borough ; and , referring to the future , stated that in the laneuatre of Homer : s s

" It is hy mutual confidence , mutual aid , That great deeds are done , and great advances made . " This would , no doubt , be the wish of every officer and member of Saint Margaret ' s Chapter in particular .

ihe toast of " Ihe Health of the Officers of the Chapter" was kindly given by the M . W . S ., and dul y acknowled ged in appropriate terms b y 111 . Bro . J . T . Thorp , 30 , First G ., after which the company separated , apparently well satisfied with the result of this the first meeting of St . Margaret ' s Rose Croix Chapter .