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Wo have to remind our readers thjit the Quarterly General Courls of the Governors and Subscribers of thc Royal Masonic Institutions for Girls and Boys respectively , will be held at the Freemasons' Tavern , that of thc Girls' Institution on Thursday , the 13 th SATURDAY , OCTOBER ti , 18 9 S .

inst ., and that of the Boys' Institution on the following day . On both occasions the chair will be taken at the hour of noon , and at I p . m ., or as soon as the general business has been transacted , a poll for the election of

children will , on both days , be opened , and so remain till 3 p . m ., after which no votes will be received . For the Girls' School there are 27 candidates and 13 vacancies to be filled , and for thc Boys' School 45 candidates and 26 vacancies .

# ¦** ¦ . As usual , wc renew our appeal in behalf of those children who , if they fail to win admission at these elections , will have their names removed from the lists On the score of age . These are six in number , and comprise No . 8 among the girl candidates , and Nos . 8 ,

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12 , 13 , 17 , and 34 among the boy candidates . The grounds of our appeal are the same as at previous elections—that , while all the rest of the candidates on both lists will have at least one more chance allowed them of obtaining vacancies—and many among them

will have several chances—these six children must succeed now or lose all hope of securing the benefits of which they have been adjudged worthy . We trust , therefore , that those Governors and Subscribers vvho are not pledged to support any particular case or cases

will use their votes and influence in behalf of these candidates . We have no particular interest in securing the success of any one of them ; but we hold that , in the present state of the lists , there is no reason why any candidate should be allowed to fail .

* * * The annual convocation of the Prov . Grand Chapte r of Hertfordshire will be held at the invitation of the James Terry Chapter No . 2372 , at the Four Swans

Hotel , Waltham Cross , on Thursday , the 13 th instant . The chapter will be opened at 5 . 45 p . m ., precisely , and the business will include the election of Prov . Grand Ollicers--for the ensuing year .

According to the statistical returns presented at the 117 th annual communication of the Grand Lodge of New York in June last , there are 743 lodges on thc roll , with an aggregate subscribing membership of 05 , 480 . The Permanent Fund of Grand Lodge is

returned at upwards of 65 , 000 dollars , and the Reserve Fund of thc Masonic Home at 182 , 500 dollars . As regards this latter sum , however , the Committee on Hall and Asylum appear to have reported that atter an experience of six years they find that the whole of the

income will be consumed 111 the maintenance of Hall and Home , and that there is but little prospect of increasing the Reserve except through the interest accruing annually and such bequests as may from time to time be received . They are of opinion , therefore ,

that having regard to the expressed desire of Grand Lodge that the Reserve Fund should be increased , the growth of the Home at Utica should be made to conform more nearly to the resources at their command . * * *

A short time since wc had the pleasure of announcing lhat thc ceremony of installing Bro . Lord Wantage , Past G . Warden of England , as Prov . G . Master of Berkshire in succession to the late lamented Duke of Clarence and Avondale , would take place in the Town

Hall , Reading , during the present month . We are now in a position to add that the meeting will be held on Friday , the 14 th instant , and that Bro . Earl Amherst , Deputy Grand Master of England , Prov . G . Master of Kent , will preside as the Installing Master . There is

a fitness about thc arrangement whicli may not at first strike the reader , Bros . Lord Amherst and Lord Wantage having served together in the Crimea , the former in the Coldstream Guards , and the latter in the Scots Fusilier , now Scots , Guards .

It is proposed to hold a Masonic service in St . Martin ' s Church , Gospel Oak , N . W ., under the auspices of the Hampstead Lodge , No . 240 S , on Sunday , thc 23 rd inst ., at 3 . 30 p . m ., in aid of the recent restoration of the Church . A special

dispensation will be obtained , and in the course of the afternoon a handsome Screen and Lectern , forming the Masonic offering , will be dedicated . The sermon will be preached by Bro . the Bishop of Marlborough , and the offertory will be devoted to making up the deficiency

in the amount required for the Screen and Lectern . Brethren who may desire to attend are requested to meet in the School Room opposite the Church not later than 3 . 15 p . m . for the purpose of clothing and thence walk in procession to the Church . The north and south aisles will be reserved for ladies and friends

of the brethren . Tickets to be had of the Vicar , Bro the Rev . T . II . Russell , Chap . No . 2408 . We under , stand that our respected Bro . James Terry , P . G . S . B ., has been invited to act as Director of Ceremonies on thc occasion . * * #

The Canadian Craftsman for last month is exceptionally well-furnished with information relating to the proceedings of the Craft in nearly all the different Masonic jurisdictions in the Dominion of Canada . First of all , we have a report of the 15 th annual conclave of the Sovereign Great Priory of the Order of the

Temple in Canada . This is followed by a full report of the annual meeting of the Gr . ind Lodge of Manitoba , to the proceedings of which we have referred in a former article . Then come reports of the Grand Lodge , Grand Chapter , and Grand Council R . S . M . of New Brunswick , followed by those of the annual

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meetings of the Grand Lodges of Prince Edward Island , Nova Scotia , and British Columbia . Such an array of interesting matter as this , in addition to the

usual Editorial Notes and other articles , original and quoted , is not often to be met with in a single number of even the most enterprising Masonic periodicals . Well done , Craftsman ! Mactc Virtulc I

*• *¦*? The Templar gathering was held in Hamilton City on the Gth ult ., under the presidency of Sir Kni ght D . F . MacWatt , Supreme Grand Master , who , in the usual address reviewed at some length the principal

events of the past year . He reported the number of members on the roll at 1 S 32 , the increase during the year being 7 6 . During the proceedings exemplifications were given by different Preceptories of the

Degrees of the Red Cross , Temple , and Malta . Sir Knight MacWatt was re-elected Supreme Grand Master . * # #

That all who seek admission to the mysteries and privileges of Freemasonry are not actuated by the purest and most disinterested motives is illustrated by a case mentioned by a correspondent of the Keystone of Philadelphia . Two of the owners of a general

merchandise store , who happened to be Masons , recommended one of their managers for initiation and membership to the lodge to which they belonged , and the applicant in his petition described himself as the " Manager House-furnishing Dept . " of the firm . The

petition or advertisment further notified the fact that the said manager was desirous of becoming a Mason and a member of the same lodge as his employers , and " if successful could be of great service to those of his

fellow-members who may be in need of house-furnishing goods . " The correspondent does not state if the petition was successful or not , but wc trust that for the honour of the lodge , and above all , for the credit of Freemasonry , it was rejected item con .

? » * The Voice of Masmry records thc death of a very worthy Craftsman , Bro . Lorenzo Dow Croninger , who was born in May , 1827 , initiated in the Craft in 1848 , and having been exalted to the Royal Arch , was

installed a Knight Templar in 1853 . In 18 74 he was elected Grand Recorder of the Grand Commandery of the Temple in Kentucky and of thc Grand Council of R . and S . N ., and was annually re-elected , dying in harness in the 72 nd year of his age .

* * * The 13 th annual assembly of the Veteran Freemasons' Antient Society of Illinois will be held at Smith ' s Inn , 65 , Sibley-road , Chicago , on Wednesday ,

the 26 th inst . Bro . General J . Carson Smith is the Venerable Chief and Mrs . Smith requests that the members will be accompanied by their dames . Thc reception will last from " early candle-light till low twelve . "

Our Australasian contemporary Masonry , of Melbourne , entered upon it sixth year of publication on 25 th August last . Masonry is a paper to which we

are not infrequently indebted for news , while its articles are well-written and at all times interesting . We congratulate our contemporary and trust it miy have before it a long and prosperous future .

The annual meeting of the Grand Council of Royal and Select Masters of Canada was recentl y held in Toronto under the presidency of Bro . G . C . Patterson , G . M ., who in his address referred to the progress which Cryptic Masonry had made during the past

year and recommended that a Committee should be appointed to revise the Constitution . The Grand Master ' s recommendation was adopted and a Committee appointed , after which the Grand Ollicers for

the ensuing year were elected and installed , the ceremony being performed by Bro . J . Ross Robertson , Past G . M . Bro . James C . Morgan is the present G . M . ; Bro . James C . Wilson , Dep . G . M . ; and Bro . A . G . Forwood , Grand Recorder .-

The Grand Lodge of Wisconsin , though it has not been in existence for much more than half a century , appears to be in a very prosperous state . It has 237 lodges on its roll , of which all but 10 werc represented al the recent annual meeting in Milwaukee in thc

month of June last , the total number of subscribing members being upwards of 17 , 000 . Bro . J . G . Monahan is the present Grand Master , in succession to Bro . N . C . Gillin , while Bro . John VV . Lallin retains the position of Grand Secretary , which he has adorned for so many years .