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SATURDAY , J UNE II , 18 9 S .

It is said thai kings can do no wrong , and Bro . Richard Eve , as chairman of the Board of Management of thc Royal Masonic Institution ( or Boys , in that particular position may be- looked upon as a constitutional kinglet , if not ; i full blown king . It is the more to be regretted , therefore , that he did not exhibit greater familiarity with thc strict chronological order of events in connection with the Institution over whose

government he so ably presides . In his speech at the distribution of prizes in thc Albert Hall on Tuesday he is reported to have said with reference to the present School buildings at Wood Green being no longer large enoug h for the increased and increasing retirements of the Institution , that thc foundation-stone of those buildings was laid by the Baroness ( then Miss ) Burdett-Coutts in 1862 . The scheme for the erection of new

premises , in place of the old Lordship House which had been purchased a few years previously , had not then been heard of , and it was not till the month of

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August , 1 S 6 3 , that the foundation-stone was laid and then thc ceremony was performed by the late Bro . Algernon Perkins , Past G . Warden of England ... Thc service rendered by Baroness Burdett-Coutts was that of laying the memorial stone of the present Assembly Hal ) and the year to which that event belonged is 1 SX 5 .

* * - VVe look upon this very flagrant evidence of Bro . Eve ' s weakness in chronology as a more serious matter than might be generally imagined , lt is necessary that the pupils of our Boys' Institution should

make themselves as proficient as possible in this particular branch of study , and Bro . Eve , as Chairman of its governing ; body , was bound to set them a good example . But , as a matter of fact , Bro . Eve murdered his chronology to an extent that no self-respecting

Head Master would tolerate for a single moment . Unfortunately , the next time any one of the boys is ordered for punishment for mixing up his dates , he will be able to plead in extenuation the terrible example set to thc School by the Chairman of its Board of Management .

* * » In another of his remarks Bro . Eve appears to have made a chronological slip . In speaking of the Prince ol Wales having been with them as far back as 1 S 70 , when his Royal Highness was pleased to take the

chair at the annual Festival , hc remarked that , " in speaking of Loyalty and Charity as the watchwords of Freemasonry , " the Prince "had uttered words that would never be forgotten by thc brethren . " It was not at the Boys' School Festival in the year referred

to , but at his installation as . M . W . Grand . Master in 1875 , that his Royal Highness made use of thc expression as to Loyalty and Charity being thc watchwords of Freemasonry . In this instance Bro . Eve is

not quite so far out , but evidently he is weak in this matter , and we suggest that in future it will be well for the Chairman of the governing body of une of our Schools to mind his chronological ps and 11 s .

* » * Thc third part of thc Centenary celebration will be held on Saturday , thc 25 th instant , when the hoys will exhibit their proficiency in athletic exercises . Ordinarily , this fixture lakes precedence of the Prize-day

and the I ' estival ; but the hbours in connection with the Centenary meetings have been exceedingly heavy , and hence the postponement of the sports to a later

date than usual . Wc have no doubt that the same interest will be taken in these proceedings as at the distribution of prizes and thc Centenary Festival in thc Royal Albert Hall .

* * Unusual interest was taken in the proceedings al the recent convocation at Plymouth on the ist instant ol thc Provincial Grand Chapter of Devonshire . The occasion was . an eventful one being none other

than that of the installation of Comp . the Hon . Sir Stafford Northcote , Dart ., M . I ** ., as Grand Superintendent of thc Province in succession to Comp . Viscount Ebrington , who some time since resigned that important office . In consequence there was a very full attendance

of ( lie companions , who ivere anxious hy their presence * to welcome the ncw Grand Superintendent on his installation . Devonshire is strong in its regard for Royal Arch Masonry , the number of subscribing companions being not far short of < j *) o . The ceremony

was performed by lhat veteran in all the branches ul Freemasonry with which he has been associated for so many years , Comp . VV . W . B . Beach , M . I' ., Third Grand Principal and Grand Superintendent ol Hampshire and Isle of Wight . Sir Stall ' ord Northcote is

now the presiding ollicer ol Devonshire in Craft , Royal Arch , and Mark Masonry . He is very popular with lhe members of lhe Order and is regarded by them as one who , by his ability and the diligence shown in the

discharge of his duties , will materially strengthen and promote the interests of the Craft in Devonshire . Wc congratulate lhe companions un the appointment , und more particularly on the great success which attendee the meeting .

Our Gloucestershire brethren appear tu have had a most satisfactory meeting of their Prov . Gi . ind Lodge at Tewkesbury a short while since , when they met under the presidency of their Prov . G . Master , Bro , . Sir Michael Hicks-Beach , Bart ., M . I' ., who ,

notwithstanding the heavy clrims upon his time by his ministerial duties , was able lo attend on the occasion . The reports of the executive ollicers were very gratifying , there being a slight increase in the number of subscribing members , while the financial position o "

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the Province leaves nothing to be desired . One thing is clear—that Gloucestershire is an out-and-out supporter of our Charitable Institution ! ,, and means doing

something great this year , lhe total of the sums raised ior thu Boys' Centenary being stated at something over , £ 2500 . # 4- *

The District Gr . ind Lodgo of ( Jueensland held its regular Ouartcrly Communication at Freemasons ' Hall , Brisbane , on the 2 nd March last , under the presidency of Bro . the Hon . Augustus C . Gregory , C . M . G ., District Grand Master . There was a full

attendance of the brethren , and we are glad to know , f rom thc interest they took in thc proceedings and from the proceedings themselves , that Freemasonry under the English Constitution in this distant Australasian Colony is in a highly prosperous condition .

From the District Grand Treasurer ' s statement of account it appears that thc Invested Funds on the General Account have increased by not far short of £ 400 , as compared with the year 18 9 6 , while those of thc Fund of Benevolence are greater by nearly . £ 200 .

liut our chief interest in the proceedings has reference to a statement made by the District Grand Master , or , rather , reid on his behalf by the Deputy District Grand Secretary , on the additions recently made to thc Book of Constitutions . The District

Grand Master drew attention to the altered state of the law on the subject of joining a new Grand Lodge in a British Colony . He pointed out that until these additions were made it was not competent for any lodge even to consider , as a

lodge , the question of joining thc proposed new organisation . Now any lodge m ** iy discuss it , having previously obtained a dispensation from the District Grand Master for the purpose . But in order that a motion lo join a proposed new Grand Lodge may

become valid it must be curried by a majority of the members present at such discussion . Moreover , for a lodge to be in a position to apply for a dispensation to discuss any such motion , due notice must be given at onc meeting of a motion for the dispensation , and

this can only be carried by a two-thirds majority of the . members present . Hence visiting brethren would have no right to speak or vote on the motion , and it would be " highly irregular tor the Presiding Master to allow " any visiting brother to address thc lodge on thc subject .

Thc District Grand Master further pointed out that in the event of such a resolution being carried , it must be transmitted to the ( irand Master , who , if he is ol opinion lhat a sufficiently large majority of the lodges in the District are in favour of having a local

Grand Lodge , now has full authority to cease issuing new warrants for additional lodges in lhe Distiict , and if six months later , any lodge or lodges elects to dissolve , it or they would become extincl , and their warrants and records returned to Grand Lodge , the

lodges , however , having power to dispose of its secular property as il might desire . On being pressed as to whether it was obligatory that tl * o warrant and records

should be returned to Grand Lodge , the Dist . Grand Master decided that this inusl be done , to the Grand Lodgo of England , " without reference being made to auy actiuiv that lodge might afterwards lake . "

l ' * roiii this statement , il would appear th . il there are lodges in England under lhe English Constitution which . ire desirous oi joining a local ( irand Lodge , while we know lhat words uf warning were uttered some time ago that the Irish and Scotch lodges in

the Colony have become so numerous during the past few ye ars as to exercise a preponderant voice in thc event of a proposal for severance from the Graud Lodges at home should be made , even though a majority of the English lodges should desire tu remain in their present allegiance .

Lnclo-. ed with cupy of the report ol the Proceedings of the District Grand Lodge al Ihis meeting is a memorandum issued by Bro . B . I .. Darnell , P . G . D . of England , Deputy Dislrict Grand Master , and many other influential brethren in the Distiict , in which

lliey express themselves strongly against separating themselves from the Grand I . odge uf Euglind , setting forth at considerable length the reasons they have for this opposition . This memorandum is of so important

a character , that we shall lake an early opportunity of reproducing it in full , so that our readers may have some idea of the views held by some of the principal brethren in the Colony on the multiplication of local Grand Lodges .