Visit Of The Swedish Deputation To The Royal Masonic Institution For Girls.

VISIT OF THE SWEDISH DEPUTATION TO THE ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS .

On Thursday , the 29 th ult ., the day after the Installation of the Mosl Worshipful Grand Master , Bros . Count Salcza , Admiral Lagercrantz , Baron Beek-Friis , Baron de Mecklenburg , and Oscar Dickson , the deputation from the King of Sweden and Norway to the Installation , accompanied

hv the Earl of Shrewsbury and Talbot and Viscount Ingcstrei l ) r . W . R . Woodman , Grand Sword Bearer , and Bro . R . Wentworth Little , paid a visit to the Royal Jlasonic Institution for Girls , at St . John ' s Hill , Battersea Rise . On their arrival at the school they were met by some of the members of the House Committee , including Bros . Griffiths Smith , Joshua Nunn , the Rev . C . J . Martyn , and

Alderman Randall , of Oxford , Alderman Spiers , of Oxford , and Bro . Massa , Surveyor of the Institution . They were then introduced to Miss Davis , the head governess , and the other governesses , and conducted over the building and grounds . At the conclusion of the inspection Miss Davis put the children through their calisthenic exercises , and vocal and instrumental musical performances . The

children afterwards gave several recitations in English , French , and German . The Earl of Shrewsbury addressed the children , and the Count de Salcza also spoke , expressing the great pleasure he and the other members of the deputation had experienced in visiting the school , and seeing all the inmates so well , so happy , and so admirably

educated and cared for . He concluded by asking for a half-holiday for the pupils , and on this being granted he was saluted with ringing cheers from the whole school . The Earl of Shrewsbury also expressed his pleasure at what he had witnessed , not for the first time ; and after many cordial greetings the company returned to town .

Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.

ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS .

The General Committee of this School met on Saturday last , at Freemasons' Hall , and was numerously attended . Bro . J ohn Wordsworth was in the chair , and the other brethren present included Bros . A . II . Tattershall , Raynham W . Stewart , Jesse Turner , John Symonds , Hyde Pullen

W . Mann , Benjamin Mallam , Leopold Ruf , S . Rosenthal , Benjamin Head , H . Browse , R . B . Webster , W . II . Saunders , J . G . Chancellor , J . Llewellyn Jones , W . F . C . Moutrie , F . Adlard , W . Clifton Crick , S . R . Wilson , II . Dubosc , E . M . Haigh , D . W . Pcarse , and F . Binckes

( Secretary ) . Two petitions were received , and two outfits granted to ex-pupils ; after which the nominations for the House and Audit Committees took place , and the brethren proceeded to discuss other subjects , which kept them engaged for nearly two hours . A vote , of thanks to the Chairman closed the proceedings .

Royal Masonic Institution For Girls.

ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS .

The General Committee of this Institution assembled on the 29 th ult ., at Freemasons' I lall . The chair was taken by Major J . Creaton , M . P ., who was supported by Bros . II . Browse , A . II . Tattershall , Raynham W . Stewart , Dr . Ramsay , Thomas W . White , II . M . Levy , the Rev . J . M .

Vaughan , H . A . Dubois , H . Dubosc , Richard Spencer , Robert B . Webster , Capt . Wordsworth , II . Massey ( Free , mason ) , and R . W . Little , Secretary . There was but little business before the meeting . The minutes of former meetings were read and passed , and

the petitions of three candidates were received and admitted . One petition was deferred . The Chairman was authorised to sign cheques in payment of bills , and after a vote of thanks had been accorded to the Chairman the meeting separated .

Poetry.

Poetry .

ODE TO THE CRAFT . WRITTEN roit APRIL 28 TH , 18 75 . Oh I from our ancient Order , Widespread throughout the land , Rings forth the heart-warm echo ,

God bless our Master Grand . I leaven bless him for our country , Our Queen , and Princess dear , And hear our prayer to spare him Thro' many a future year . Oh ! from our , & c .

With loyal hearts applauding , With joyous loud acclaim , We hail our new Grand Master—Our Royal Brother's name . 'Tis fit our Prince beloved Chief of our Craft should be , Whose bonds for Love united And Heaven-born Charity . Oh I from our , Sec . J . R .

A SERIOUS FIHE . —Many brethren will regret to hear that St . James ' s Hall , Liverpool , cwned by Bro . Sam Hague , was almost entirely destroyed by fire last Saturday evening . The whole of the roof of the hall was destroyed . The scenic effects , properties , dresses , instruments , & c . were also burned , and the interior of the once beautiful hall is now a mass of charred ruins . A short time ago Bro . Hague bought the building for £ 30 , 000 .

The loss is to some extent covered by insurance , the building being insured for £ 5 °°° . and the fittings for £ 4000 , but Bro . Hague will suffer much by the occurrence , and the greatest sympathy is expressed for him on all hands . Among the articles destroyed was Herr Schalkenbach ' s marvellous electric organ , which cost him 15 years' labour and study , and which it will be impossible to replace .

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NOTICE . —The brethren are requested to kindly return any articles they may have picked up in Albeit 1 lall , to the Grand Secretary ' s Office . H . R . H . ' the Prince of Wales , M . W . G . M ., gave a dinner at Marlborough House , on the 30 th ult ., to Count de Salcza , Admiral Lagercrantz , and Mr . Oscar Dickson , the members of the deputation who were appointed by his Majesty the

King of Sweden and Norway to represent the Grand Lodge of Sweden at the installation of his Royal Highness as Grand Master of the Freemasons of England . The following were invited to meet them : —His Royal Highness the Duke of Connaught , the Duke of Manchester , his Excellency the Swedish and Norwegian Minister ( Baron

Hochschild ) , the Marquis of Hamilton , the Earl of Shrewsbury , the Earl of Rosslyn , the Earl of Limerick , Lord Suffield , Lord Skelmersdale , the Lord Mayor of London , Sir Albert Woods , Mr . Sheckleton , J . Hervey , Major Pickard ( in attendance on the Duke ol Connaught ) , General the Right Hon . Sir W . Knollys , and Lieutenant-Colonel A . Ellis .

It is rumoured that private information has been received by a resident in Douglas that Bro . H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , M . W . G . M ., contemplates visiting the Isle of Man during the summer . Previous to the installation of the Prince of Wales , on Wednesday last , Bro . Fredk . Whitaker , P . M ., P . P . J . G . D ., W . M . St . James ' s Lodge , 448 , entertained t- > luncheon , at

his hotel , ( Bro . Hogg ' s Royal Opera Hotel , Bow Street , Covent Garden , London , ) brethren to the number of 30 , representing lodges St . James's , 448 , and De Warren , 1302 , Halifax ; Three Graces , 408 , Haworth ; Savile , 12 3 , Elland ; Prince Frederick , 307 , Hebden Bridge ; Trafalgar , 971 , Batley , and Friendly , 1513 , Barnsley . Bro . Thomas Ogden , W . M ., Three Graces , 408 , proposed

the health of Bro . Whitaker in very appropriate terms ; and in responding to the toast , the latter said that as the brethren had come so great a distance to be present at the most important ceremony that had ever taken place in the annals of Freemasonry , he hoped all of them would do their best to carry out ths regulations of the Stewards , and that everything would be so conducted that each of

them might feel perfectly satisfied with the day's proceedings . Mr . Charles Watkins , of Parliament-street , has had the honour of attending at Marlborough I louse , and has been favoured with several sittings by the Prince of Wales in full Masonic dress , as the Grand Master ofthe Freemasons of England . Prince Louis of Battenberg also honoured

Mr . Watkins with sittings . The Duke of Connaught has arrived at Aldershot for the purpose of doing duty as Brigade-Major of Cavalry at the Camp until the end of July . THE CIIARI . ES LAMH MEMORIAL . —The Rev . G . C . Bell , head master of Christ ' s Hospital , makes another appeal on behalf of the Charles Lamb memorial , which he suggested

at the centenary of Lamb ' s birthday recently . He has received only about £ 23 . He says there must be many "Blues" and others who might find it hard to give a large subscription , but could find a few shillings wherewith to express their sympathy for the proposal to honour Lamb ' s memory . Scarcely any writer of his generation won the affection of so large a circle of readers ; and certainly no

Blue has done more to make Christ's Hospital a household word among thousands of educated men than Charles Lamb did by his two characteristic essays . Mr . Bell adds that he has received suggestions to devote the fund that should be raised to one or more of the following objects : — An English essay prize , in the shape of books or medals

( which might bear on one face the profile of Lamb ) -, a Scholarship for the encouragement of the study of English literature and composition ; a " mural of sculptural record . " The first of these has received the most support . But not even the most unpretending of these suggestions can be carried into execution with the amount at present subscribed .

The Piclorial World contains portraits of [ the M . W . G . M ., the Pro Grand Master , the Deputy Grand Master , the Grand Master , the Lord Mayor , J . G . W ., the Duke of Connaught , and Prince Leopold . The anniversary festival of the Churchill Lodge of Freemasons was held on the 4 th instant , at the Masonic Hall , Oxford , where there was an unusually large and

distinguished gathering of the brethren , . among those present being Brother H . R . H . Prince Leopold . A recherche banquet was served at half-past seven . The Prince of Wales , on behalf of Her Majesty , will hold a levee at St . James ' s Palace on Monday , the 31 st instant . ST . HELEN ' , BISHOPSGATK STREET . —On Saturday

( this day ) at 3 . 50 p . m ., the members of the Architectural Association will , by the kind permission of the Vicar-in-Charge , Bro . the Rev . J . E . Cox , D . D ., visit the venerable church of St . Helen , Bishopsgate-street , when a paper upon its history and antiquities will be read by the President , Mr . George H . Birch . During the recent restoration

many important architectural features have been discovered , and the addition of several fine monuments from the destroyed church of St . Martin Outwich has added considerably to the picturesque beauty of this ancient edifice , the merits of which deserve a larger recognition from the public than it has hitherto received . As admission to the church will not he

restricted to members of the associaticn , it may be as well to direct special attention to a few of its most noted monuments , of which the Oteswiche effigies in the Lady Chapel excel in beauty and refinement of workmanship , to those of Sir John and Lady Crosbie ( circa 147 s ) in the Chapel of the Holy Ghost j and , belonging to a later period , the superb figure of Sir William Pickering , said to have been ar aspirant to the hand of Queen Elizabeth ; as also to the

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costly but more debased effi gies of Sir John and Lady Spencer , ancestors of the present Northampton family ; and to the renaissance tombs of Sir Thomas Gresham , from whom the Leveson-Gowcr family claim direct descent .

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings.

METROPOLITAN MASONIC MEETINGS .

For Ike Week ending Fridav , / lay 14 , 1875 . The Editor will be glad to receiv : notice from Secretaries of Craft Lodges , Royal Arch Chapters , Mark Lodges , Preceptories , Conclaves , & c , of any change in place or time of meeting .

SATURDAY , MAY 8 . Lodge 173 , Phcenix , Freemasons' Hall . „ 176 , Caveac , Westminster Palace Hotel .

„ 1328 , Granite , Freemasons' Hall . „ 1361 , United Service , Greyhound Hotel , Richmond , Chap . 1293 , Burdett , Mitre Hotel , Hampton Court . Manchester Lodge of Instruction ( 179 ) , Yorkshire Grey ,

77 , London-st ., Fitzroy-sq ., at 8 ; Bro . II . Ash , Prec . Lily Lodge of Instruction ( 820 ) , Greyhound , Richmond . Star Lodge of Instruction ( 1275 ) , Marquess of Granby , New Cross-road , at 1 ; Bro . C . G . Dilley , Preceptor . MONDAY , MAY 10 . Lodge t , St . George ' s and Corner Stone , Freemasons '

Hall . „ 29 , St Albans , Albion Tavern , Aldersgate-street . „ 136 , Good Report , City Terminus Hotel , Cannon-st . » 193 , Confidence , Anderton ' s Hotel , Fleet-street . „ 957 , Leigh , Freemasons' Hall . „ 1366 , Highgate , Gatehouse Hotel , Highgate . Chap . 720 , Panmure , Horns Hotel , Kennington .

„ 1118 , University , Freemasons'Hall . „ 1319 , Asaph , Freemasons' Hall . Mark Lodge 173 , Temple , Green Dragon Tavern , Stepney . Prince Leopold Lodge of Instruction ( 1445 ; , Lard Stanley Tavern , Sandringham-road , Kingsland , at 7 ; Bro . T . Austin , Preceptoi . 'Strong Man Lodge of Instruction ( 45 ) , Crown Tavern ,

Clerkenwell Green , at 8 ; Bro . Beckett , Preceptor . Sincerity Loilge of Instruction ( 174 ) , Railway Tavern , Fenchurch-street Station , at 7 . Camden Lodge of Instruction ( 704 ) , Adelaide Tavern , Haverstock-hill , at 8 ; Bro . T . A . Adams , Preceptor . Eastern Star Lodge of Instruction ( 95 ) , Royal Hotel , Mileend-road , at 7 . 30 ; Bro . E . Gottheil , Preceptor .

British Oak Lodge of Instruction ( 813 ) , Bank of Friendship Tavern , Mile-end , at 7 foi 8 . St . James ' s Union badge of Instruction ( 180 ) , Union Tavern , Air-st ., Regc . it-st , at 8 ; Bro . J . R . Stacey , Preceptor . Wellington Lodge of Instruction , White Swan , Deptford , at 8 ; Bro . C . G . Dilley , P . M . 1155 , Preceptor .

West Kent Lodge of Improvement ( 1297 ) , St . Saviour ' s College , Stansted-road , Forest-hill , at 7 . 30 ; Bro . H . W . Lindus , Preceptor . Metropolitan Mark Lodge of Instruction , Coach and Horses Hotel , 3 / 3 , Strand , at 8 . Perfect Ashlar Lodge of Instruction ( 1178 ) , Victoria Tavern , Lower-road , Rotherhithe , at 8 ; Bro . C . W . Kent , Preceptor .

TUESDAY , MAY 11 . Annual Festival of Royal Masonic Institution for Girls ( see advt . ) Lodge 46 , Old Union , City Terminus Hotel , Cannonstreet . „ 167 , St . John ' s , Holly Bush Tavern , Hampstead . 11 S 4 8 > Wellington , White Swan Tavern , Deptford .

Supreme Grand Council 33 ° , 33 , Golden-square . Yarborough Lodge of Instruction ( $$ 4 ) , Green Dragon , Sjfpney , at 8 ; Bro . Barnes , P . M ., Preceptor . Domatic Lodge of Instruction , Palmerston Tavern , Gropvenor-park , Camberwell , at 8 j Bro . Lailham , Precep . Kaith Lodgeof instruction ( 141 ) , Refreshment Rooms , Victoria-st . ( opposite Westminster Palace Hotel ) , at 8 ;

Bro . C . A . Cottebrune , Preceptor . Prince Fredk . William Lodge of Instruction ( 753 ) , Lord ' s Hotol , Lord ' s Cricket Ground , St . John ' s Wood , at 8 j Bro . F G . Baker . Preceptor . Dalhousie Lodge of Instruction ( 860 ) , King Edward , Triangle , Hackney , at 7 . 30 ; Bro . Crawley , Preceptor . Prosperity Lodge of Instruction ( 65 ) , Gladstone Tavern ,

Bishops jate-st ., Within , at 7 . 30 ; Bro . J . L . Mather , P . M . 65 and 1227 , Preceptor . St . Marylebone Ledge of Instruction ( 1305 ) , British Stores Tavern . New-street , St . John ' s Wool , at 8 ; Bro . T . A . Adams , Preceptor .

Constitutional Ledge of Instruction ( 55 ) , Wheatsheaf Hotel , Hand-court , Holborn , at 7 ; Bro . J . R . Stacey , P . M . 180 , Preceptor . Percy Lodge of Instruction , Grapes Tavern , Little Windmill-strtet , W . Israel Lodge of Instruction , Rising Sun Tavern , Globe-road

at 7 . 30 . Metropolitan Chapter of Improvement ( 975 ) , Jamaica Coffee House , St . Michael ' s Alley , Cornhiil , at 6 . 30 ; Comp . Jas . Brett , Preceptor . Sydney Lodge of Instruction , White Hart Hotel , Upper

Norwood . Bro . H . Frances , Preceptor . WEDNESDAY , MAY 12 . Committee Royal Masonic Benevolent Institutio . i at 3 . Lodge 3 , Fidelity , Freemasons' Hall . „ 13 , Union Waterloo , Masonic Hall , William-st ., Woolwich .

„ 15 , Kent , Freemasons' Hall . „ 708 , Carnarvon , Mitre Inn , Hampton Court . „ 781 , Merchant Navy , Silver Tavern , Burdett-road , Limehouse . „ 820 , Lil y of Richmond , Greyhound , Richmond .