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CONTENTS .

[ EADERS ¦ 11 The Savage Club Lodee , No . 2190 77 Blind Leaders of the Blind 80 Colonel Gierke's MS . ( "Old Charges" ) 8 t CORRESPONDENCEOnr Masonic Charities—A Suggestion S 3 " Hearty Good Wishes" S 4 A Question of Custom S 4 " The Old Masonians" 8 4 R EPORTS UF MASONIC MEETINGSCraft Masonry S 4 . Instruction So

Royal Arch go China 90 Provincial Grand Lodge of Devonshire 90 Annual Festival of thc Brixton Lodge ( f Instruction , No . 1949 91 Roval Masonic Benevolent Institution 91 Royal Masonic Institution for B < , vs 91 A Masonic Ball at Hastings gr ! Obituary 91 Masonic and General Tidings 92 Lodge Meetings for Next Week iv .

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A CASE of indiscipline has recently occurred at our Boys' School , T

insist that their youthful relative shall be restored to his old footing in the School . VVe must take the liberty of pointing out , however , that no institution can be efficiently conducted in which the law , as laid down by the Governing Powers , is not respected , and that the determination of what constitutes an infraction of the law so prescribed , as well as the nature and

extent of the punishment which every such infraction demands , rests , not with the friends of the delinquent pupil , but vvith the said Governing Powers . Perhaps , when this comes to be recognised by the friends and relations of the boy in question , there will be an end put to the annoyance

to which the House Committee has been subjected ; but if it should prove otherwise , we venture to say , from our knowledge of what has passed , that the Committee will receive not only the sympathy , but likewise the support , of the general body of Governors and Subscribers in their resolution to maintain their authority . & 4 * *

The R . M . " •REFERENCE to our report of the meeting of the Committee Benevolent 0 f Management of the Benevolent Institution will show that . Insitution . r D . ' so tar as the candidates and vacancies are concerned , the position of affairs is substantially unchanged since our article of the 21 st

January was written . The lists of the former have been formally settled , the number of applicants for male annuities being 6 7 , and of those for female annuities being 64 , making a total of 131 , while the vacancies on the Male Fund are 16 , and seven on the Female Fund , inclusive in each case of the three deferred , which the Committee are empowered to fill up as they

occur , without further ballot . This gives a total of 17 immediate vacancies , as against the 13 available in January , two male annuitants having died in the interim , but the Committee has not felt itself justified , in view of the financial prospects for the year , in recommending any augmentation of numbers in the case of either fund . As regards the

approaching Festival , there has been during the week a slight—a very sli ght—improvement ; the number of Stewards having been increased to 2 35 > or 240 . so that , if the same rate of progress is maintained till the end of the month , we may reasonably calculate on a Board of 250 members , or about 140 less than it was for the Festival of last year . It

must be admitted that this is not very encouraging . Close upon £ 15 , 000 , irrespective of the permanent income , must be raised somehow , and however energetically the brethren vvho have given their services may work , it is hoping against hope to expect of them that they will succeed in

iising so large a sum . Possibly , however , there are still some London lod ges , and some of the provinces , which usually send up Stewards , but as yet are unrepresented , which even at the eleventh hour may appreciate the deep earnestness of Bro . Terry's appeal for more Stewards , and bring themselves to recognise the wholesome truth that a little help is better than none ,

. that by giving this help which is so sorely needed , they will preserve ¦ eir character for regularity , as well as for the generosity of their contriutions , If so , we trust they will furnish some representative instantly ; a good deal may be achieved ina fortnight vvhen a Steward throws his heart uie ?

won . tSut if no more Stewards shall be forthcoming in response f ° . suggestion , let us hope that the Board , as constituted , will make up r its comparative paucity of numbers by additional exertions , so that , to iamiliar phrase , it may be found , when the day arrives , and vvith it e announcement of the lists , that , considering the relative strength of '•" •rent Boards , the record has been beaten .

« Masoni ? Ubrar THE Zeal ° US and genial PR 0 V > GRAND MASTER of West ""•Museum for Yorkshire has soon followed the lead of the Province of •orks . Worcester in providing means for the study of the History of tllat eri ? asonr >' ' or at aU events , is in a fair way of doing so . We understand vince C ' ^ l ° issued inviting the co-operation of that large Pro-•n providing a " Masonic Library and Museum , " and a suitable room

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has been furnished at Wakefield for the purpose . To decide is to do with R . W . Bro . T . W . TEW , and vvith the scheme he has also identified his able Deputy , Bro . HENRY SMITH , SO that success may be said to be assured . Doubtless it will be urged that much depends upon the character and competency of the active officer or officers . Certainly ! The premises selected

adjoins the Prov . Grand Secretary ' s Office , and the Honorary Librarian and Curator appointed ad interim , is Bro . WILLIAM WATSON of Leeds , of whom it may truly be said , that were the whole province searched , it would be impossible to find a brother more conversant with the duties of such an honourable position , or more anxious to make the scheme the great success it deserves to attain .

* * * THE Regular Quarterly Communication of the Grand Lodge of ^ ScotUncf Scotland was held at Freemasons' Hall , Edinburgh , on Thursday , the 2 nd instant . The business transacted was not

very important or protracted , the election of 13 brethren to serve on the Grand Committee , from a list of 20 nominated , being the most important of the proceedings . However , our columns are so crowded this week that vve find ourselves , greatly to our regret , compelled to hold over our report till next week .

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ACCORDING to the Voice of Masonry , the Grand Lodge of Masonry and T nd ' Territory , U . S . A ., has joined the Masonic temperance Teetotalism . , . , . , , , , , ^ , r 1 movement , vvhich is zealously promoted by the Grand Lodge of Missouri and other bodies . We trust this does not mean that the Grand Lodges referred to have undertaken the role of teetotal advocates , and are

going about denouncing brethren vvho sell or drink wine , beer , or spirits . We are as urgent in our support of temperance , vvhich is one of the chiefest of the Masonic virtues , as any Grand Lodge can desire , but it is our duty to point out that it does not come within the prescribed purpose of Freemasonry to go about advocating teetotalism or any other popular movement

of the day . Masonry has nothing to do vvith the tastes or inclinations , if temperately exercised , of individual members , any more than it has vvith their religious or political opinions , and the Grand Lodge of Indian Territory will be exceeding its powers if it adopts the teetotal movement as part of its regular duty .

The Savage Club Lodge, No. 2190.

THE SAVAGE CLUB LODGE , No . 2190 .

INSTALLATION OF BRO . SIR SOMERS VINE AS W . M .

An unusual interest vvas attached lo the installation ceremony of the Savage Club Lodge at Freemasons' Hall on Tuesday by the presence of a number of the most distinguished members of the Craft . Bro . Sir Somers Vine , the W . M . for the ensuing year , may well congratulate himself on the brilliant assemblage vvhich surrounded him both during the ceremony

and at the banquet vvhich followed . Few lodges have attained such a degree of popularity in the first year of their existence as the Savage Club Lodge , vvhich has just reached its anniversary , and already numbers upwards of sixty members , all of whom belong to the well-known Club from which it takes its name . Alter the routine business was over , an imposing procession

of members of Grand Lodge entered , including the Earl of Lathom , Dep , G . M . of Eng . ; the Earl of Londesborough , P . G . W .: Thomas Fenn , Pres . of the Board of Gen . Purps . ; and Bros . Stewart , Bowyer , C . F . Matier , Dr . T . Pigott , Frank Richardson , F . H . Gottlieb , J . H . Matthews , and others .

A very hearty Masonic reception , fully in keeping with their exalted Degrees , vvas given to the brethren of Grand Lodge as they slowly made their way up the floor of the lodge , preceded by Bro . Edward Terry , as D . C , vvho vvas absolutely ablaze vvith jewels . Bro . Colonel Shadwell Clerke , Secretary of the Grand Lodge of

England , then proceeded with the ceremony of installing the new W . AI ., and it is perhaps unnecessary to add that he performed this function in a manner that made a deep impression on the younger brethren present , many of whom have only been initiated during the past twelve months . When the W . M . had been duly installed , he at once appointed the officers of the lodge

for the current year . The following brethren were invested in the usual order : Bros . Thomas Catling , S . W . ; W . E . Chapman , J . W . ; Edward Terry , Treas . ; P . T . Duffy , Sec ; Thomas Burnside , S . D . ; Walter J . Ebbetts , J . D . ; W . J . Fisher , I . G . ; J . D . Beveridge , D . C . ; Harry Nicholls , Org . ; and W . M . Terrott , John Northcott , and P . Soman , Stwds ,

Bro . Henry Walsham the other Steward , vvas not able to be present owing to a provincial engagement . In each case the W . M . made graceful allusions to the services vvhich these brethren had already rendered in establishing the lodge on such a successful basis . VVhen the newly appointed officers had each assumed his proper place ,