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ROYAL , MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION FOR AGED FREEMASONS AND WIDOWS OF FREEAIASONS . CROYDON . Patron and President : H . R . H . THE PRINCE OF WALES , K . G ., AI . W . G . AI . - _ f A Vacancy having occured in the Office of Collector os this Institution , Brethren ( vvho must be Alaster Alason ) and between the ages of Twenty-five and Forty-five years desirous of becoming candidates for the same are requested to send in their applications , accompanied by their testimonials , not later than Alonday , the 12 th July next , to the undersigned , from whom all information respecting the Duties of the Office can be obtained . By order , JAAIES TERRY , Secretary . 4 , Freemasons' Hall , London , VV . C , 25 th June , 1 SS 0 .

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ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR B 6 YS . WOOD GREEN , LONDON , N . OFFICE , 6 , FREEMASONS' HALL , VV . C . Patron : HER ATAJESTV THE QUEEN . President : H . R . H . THE PRINCE OF WALES , K . G ., AI . W . G . AI . A Quarterly Court of the Governors and Subscribers will be held at Freemasons' Hall , Great Queen-street , Lincoln ' s Inn Fields , London , on Alonday , the Twelfth day of July , 1880 , for the transaction of the ordinary business of the Institution . To adopt a recommendation from the General Committee , that Sixteen Boys be elected from an approved List of Seventy-three Candidates at the Quarterly General Court to be held on Monday , the Eleventh day of October next . N . B . —The Chair will be taken at Four o ' clock in thc Afternoon precisely . By order , FREDERICK BINCKES , P . G . Std . V . Pres ., Secretary . London , 3 rd July , 1 SS 0 .

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PROVINCE OF SURREY . THE R . W . BRO . GENERAL STUDHOLME BROWNRIGG , C . B ., PROVINCIAL GRAND AIASTER . Notice is hereby given that a PROVINCIAL GKAN-D LODGE will be held on SATURDAY , the 24 th day of J , 1880 , at One o'clock in thc Afternoon punctually , at the PUBLIC HALL .-SUTTON , in the County of Surrey , vvhen the Members of the Provincial Grand Lodge , and the . other Brethren of the Province , are requested to attend . By command of the R . W . P . G . Alaster , CHARLES GREENWOOD , Prov . G . Secretary . Oi , Nelson Square , Blackfriars Road . June 24 th , 1 SS 0 . P . S . —The Banquet will take place at 3 . 30 o'clock precisely . Tickets for which ( price 15 s . ) may be had of Bro . James Hamer OWENS , P . M ., Sutton , Surrey ; or of thc PROVINCIAL GRAND SECRETARY . The R . W . P . G . Alaster requests the attendance of the Brethren at Divine Service at the Parish Church at 2 . 15 p . m . A Sermon will be preached by the VV . Bro . the PROVINCIAL GRAND CHAPLAIN . Brethren not to appear in Alasonic Costume at Divine Service .

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ANCIENT AND PRIMITIVE RITE OF MASONRV . ROSE OF SHARON ROSE CROIX CHAPTER , No . 6 . PROVINCE OF MIDDLESEX . CHAPTER HOUSE , 775 , BISHOPSGATE STREET . The Chapter will be opened as a Lodge of Instruction every Tuesday evening in July , commencing on the Oth , vvhen the Degrees of the Chapter—Five and Six—will be worked , and to which Royal Arch Masons are invited . On subsequent Tuesdays thc remaining Degrees — Seven to Eleven—will be worked , and holders of these or corresponding Degrees under other Rites arc admitted on -application . Chapter will be opened at 7 . 30 p . m . and close at 9 punctually . Information as to advancement in the Degrees of this Rite may be obtained at the Chapter House as above . JAAIES HILL , 32 , Sec .

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THE FREEMASON . SATURDAY , JULY IO , 1 S 80 .

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ALL our readers , with the whole Anglican , and we may say a Anglo-Saxon Craft , will hear with heartfelt sorrow of the decease of their amiable friend and faithful brother , and that most excellent Mason , Bro . J OHN- HERVEY , late Grand Secretary of England .

Latterly his life has been one of physical prostration and bodily pain , but the warmest sympathies of his brethren went with him on his bed of sickness and in his retirement from work , just as their regard and affection ever accompanied him while

he zealously preformed the duties of his high ollicc so efficiently in their midst . Now that Bro . JOHN HERVEY has passed away from amongst us , we may say much that hitherto we have , for various reasons , naturally forborne from sayincr . liro .

JOHN HERVEY has left his mark on English Masonry , and it is not too much to assert , that to the vcry admirable and conscientious discharge of his Secretarial duties the last decade of English Masonry owes much of its special energy and active

dcvelopement . Affable in manner , courteous in address , an educated and sensible citizen of the world , 13 ro . J HERVEY was equally a " bright " Mason" in ritual exposition and ceremonial usage . His moderation of temper and

equanimity of disposition werc remarkably balanced b y firmness in principle and able discrimination of men and things ; while the unvarying kindness of his heart , and the great amiability of his disposition , as well as his sound judgment and

intelligent mind , rendered him al all times a safe counsellor , a pleasant companion , a " buon camarado , " and a true friend . Many of the Order little knew how he struggled manfully against growing weakness and over-mastering pains to discharge the

onerous labours imposed upon him as Grand Secretary , and lo be present amongst his brethren , where his presence was always hailed with pleasure and rejoicing , and there can be little doubt but lhat b y his conscientious discharge of increasing

calls on his lime and energies he greatly overworked his strength , and overtaxed his constitution . Hut he was anxious always not to disappoint his brethren and many friends who looked up to him , and to manifest his interest whether in old or

new lodges . We think it right to add that the comparatively easy work of the Grand Secretary of twenty-five years ago has become a task of no small labour , a constant occupation of bod y and mind . Indeed , it was often a marvel to those who

knew him best how he got through the onerous and multifarious responsibilities o ? his post , and that whatever his weakness or acute pains were , he was ever before the Craft , and in what must have been to him a labour of great weariness , cheerful and

genial , smiling and serene , read y for work , and most social among the social . We are among those who shall always regret much that there was any discussion in Grand Lodge about his retiring pension , as , knowing well his sensitive nature , wc fear

he ma } ' have much felt , ( hough hc would say nothing , that any controversy should be raised among his brethren as to what he liked to term his " poor services lo Freemasonry . "

Today we can only record his death , and dep lore his loss with fraternal sympathy and regret . The name and memory of "JOHN "HERVEY" will long endure among English

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Masons , and especially those vvho were most intimate with him , " familiar on their lips as household words , " enrolled in that long calendar of Masonic worthies whom we cherished trul y while living , and whom we miss , truly , deeply , greatly , when their place on earth knows them no more .

* * As will be seen elsewhere , the funeral of our lamented Bro . J HERVEY took place on Wednesday last at Norwood Cemetery . The verybad weather was , no doubt , the cause of the comparatively thin attendance .

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WE are very glad indeed to note the large amount received at the recent festival of the Boys' School , which has been a great success . Fourteen thousand pounds is an immense totality , which , no doubt , represents thc feelings of thc Craft generally

towards that needful ancl useful Institution , whicii seems , under the able headshi p of Bro . Dr . MORRIS , lo be fully working up to its proper level as a great educational Institution . We congratulate all connected with ils administration at so pleasant and so striking a result .

* * THE returns for the Boys' School Festival are in themselves very noteworthy . We wish that by a little more pains in all the oflices we could set before our readers an abstract of the returns lucidly and

correct !} ' at once . As things are at present given out , it falls on a weary scribe often to have lo discriminate between metropolitan and provincial returns , and lo make thc " tottle " square tor thc information of many readers . The whole amount for the

" metropolis " and " unattached " is £ 5290 , more or less , and for thc provinces £ 8710 , more or less equally . Of the metropolitan lodges , the largest amount sent in is that of No . 554 , Bro . J . G . STEVENS , / 206 6 s . Cd . ; the next lo it is No . 1671 ,

Bro . BERGMANN , £ 151 ; Bro . BERGMANN is closely followed by No . 1767 , Bros . G . F . BARR and C . F . BARHAM , £ 142 5 s . ; No . 13 SS next appears with the goodly return of £ 138 , Bro . Major-General RANDOLPH ; while No . 1718 , Bro . SUGG , comes

forward with £ 116 lis . ; and No . 215 , Bro . VV . RADCLYI'I ' E , remits _ £ I 12 15 s . Three lodges now are found with £ 100 each , namely , Grand Stewards' Lodge , Bro . F . BINCKES , £ 100 3 s . ; No . ii , Bro . J . FORBES , with £ 100 ; and No . 1158 ,

Bro . G . H . SHANNAN , £ 100 . The remaining lodges , though many subscribe liberal sums , do not come up to three figures . For instance , No . 2 , Antiquity , sends £ 48 16 s ., Bro . C . R . RIVINGTON—but it has sent Stewards to the other two

Charities this year , as it always does , and its whole contributions , if mainl y for thc Girls' School this year , amount to between £ 500 and ^ , ' 600 . What is true of it may be true of other London lodges . In the

provinces thc largest amount is naturally brought in by West Lancashire , in support of its popular Prov . G . M ., the noble Chairman , the Earl of LATHOM , and which remits £ 2664 18 s . The next is that of Northumberland wilh / , 03 s iSs ., whicii is

succeeded by Kent with £ 563 ; Kent is followed by West Yorkshire , ( ever ready for charily work ) , with £ 450 , and which again is in fro . il of Middlesex with £ 402 . East Lancashire then comes on with £ 378 , and Cheshire follows with £ 313 12 s . Cd .

South Wales , West . Division , reaches to £ 300 , and Herts presses on it with £ 290 , which again is closely followed by North Wales and Salop with £ 265 17 s . Gloucester is now before us with £ 23535 ., which only just precedes Hants , which sends

£ 224 3 s ., and which heads Suffolk with its , £ 207 13 s . Leicester and Rutland are now not far behind with £ tt ) 4 5 s . ; Dorsetshire then cuts in with £ 169 is . ; lo be followed by Warwickshire with £ 162 ios ., which again is succeeded by

" ancient Durham " with £ 136 ios . South Wales , East Division , is not far off with £ 126 5 s ., just preceding Surrey with £ 123 iSs . Somersetshire and Berks and Bucks close the list with £ 106 is . the

former , and £ 105 18 s . the latter . Thc remaining provinces do not come up to three figures ; but these may have done much this year both for the Girls' School and Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution . Such is the actual analysis of the returns