Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.

ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS .

The regular meeting of the General Committee of this Institution took place at Freemasons' Hall on Saturday last . Bro . James Moon , V .-Pat ., presided , and among those present were Bros . Alfred Williams , John L . Mather , George Motion , Stephen Richardson , Walter Ballard ,

Raynham W . Stewart , P . G . D . ; S . H . Parkhouse , C . F . Hogard , G . Bolton , J . S . Cumberland , F . Adlard , C . Belton , F . W . Ramsay , A . E . Gladwell , G . P . Gillard , W . H . Saunders , N . B . Headon , E . Baxter , George Read , George W . B . Fletcher , John H . Gwyn , W . Maple , W . A . Scurrah , W . Harding , F . T . C . Keeble , George Cooper , H . W . Hunt , Richard Eve , H . Young , and F . Binckes

( Secretary ) . The minutes of the previous meeting having been read and confirmed , and those of the House Committee readfor information , nine petitions were considered and accepted , and the names of the children ordered to be entered on the list of candidates for the April election . Two applications by ex-pupils for grants towards outfit

were favourably entertained . The day for holding the Quarterly Court in April , 1 SS 7 , which will fall on Easter Monday , was postponed till the Monday following ( iSth April , 1 SS 7 ) . The other business having been disposed of , and a vote of thanks passed to the Chairman , the Committee rose .

Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution.

ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION .

The Committee of Management held its usual monthly meeting at Freemasons' Hall , on Wednesday . The chair was occupied by Bro . Raynham W . Stewart , P . G . D ., and amongt the members present were Bros . Edgar Bower , P . G . Std . B . ; Samuel Brooks , Hugh Cotter , Alex . Forsyth ,

Charles J . Perceval , Joseph Freeman , Thos . Griffith , W . J . Murlis , W . Belchamber , John Bulman , J . A . Farnfield , Thomas Cubitt , P . G . P . ; A . H . Tattersha ' ll , C . H . Driver , Albert Fish , C . F . Matier , Fred . Davison , P . G . D . ; J . H . Webb , W . H . Perryman , A . G . P . ; Chas . Belton , and James Terry ( Sec . ) The minutes of the previous meeting having been read and verified , the Secretary reported the death of one male

annuitant , who had received £ 230 . The Warden's report for the past month was read . The receipt of a legacy to the Male Fund amounting to £ 25 , free of duty , from the executors of the late Rev . Samuel Gauntlett , of Midway Manor , Wilts , was announced . The Committee voted the sum of £ 20 towards the entertainment of the inmates of the Institution at Croydon , on 5 th January , prox .

An application made by the widow of a late annuitant for half her husband ' s annuity was granted . Nine petitions ( 6 male and 3 widows ) were taken into consideration , with the result that seven were accepted , and the names ordered to be placed on the list of candidates for the election in May next , and two were deferred for further information . A vote of thanks to the chair terminated the meeting .

Second Annual Dinner Of The Ubique Lodge Of Instruction, No. 1789.

SECOND ANNUAL DINNER OF THE UBIQUE LODGE OF INSTRUCTION , No . 1789 .

The second annual dinner of the above lodge of instruction took place at the Crown and Anchor , 79 , Ebury-strect , S . W ., on Friday , the 27 th ult ., when a goodly muster of the members sat down to an excellent repast provided by

the worthy host , Bro . Walteley . The chair was occupied by Bro . Boulton , P . M . After the usual loyal and Masonic toasts had been given , a presentation of a handsome gold watch was made to Bro . Coughlan , P . M ., the esteemed Secretary . The CHAIRMAN , in the course of his remarks , referred to the admirable services rendered to the lodge of instruction bv that brother , and , in making the presentation , said

he felt sure that he was only echoing the feelings of every member in wishing that he may be long spared to wear it . Bro . COUGHLAN , in reply , said that to hold office in lodge was in itself an honour , but when the members conferred a reward , as they had done that evening , it not only showed that the small services rendered had been appreciated , but that the recipient gained their esteem . He

also stated the good services rendered by the lodge to Freemasonry in general , and pointed out that although the lodge had been in existence five years , they had , after paying the necessary expenses incurred , contributed no less than twenty guineas to the several Charities , and that out of an income of £ 5 15 s . for the past year £ 5 10 s . was devoted to Charity ; he the services rendered the Charit

also dwelt upou great by - able Associations in connection with the lodge , which , although only established a year , had contributed So guineas to the several Masonic Institutions ; he also pointed out that such distinguished brethren as Bros , the Rev . C . A . Tolbe , B . A ., Capt . Butterworth , J . Gibson , W . Bnndley , JWadeand F . Green , all of whom are Past Masters ,

. , and Bros . G . Mason , W . M . of the mother lodge , and Valentine Green , W . M . of the Rothesay Lodge , had received a goodly portion , if not all their instruction in this lodge , and that these brethren while in office rendered their services in a mannerwhich reflected credit , not only on themselves , but to the lodges to which they belonged , and remarked that the nrosoerous condition of this lodge was

due to various causes—first , the Preceptor , Bro . Boulton , P . M ., by his tact , ability , and courtesy could not be surpassed ; the work done by the lodge could not be excelled ; and the members united in the grand design of being happy and communicating happiness , so that perfect

harmony prevailed . The toast of "The Mother Lodge" was appropriately responded to by Bro . MASON . Songs and recitations were indulged in throughout the evening , and the brethren departed shortly before midnight , having spent a most enjoyable evening .

Bro . the Rev . William-Whittley , P . P . S . G . W ., P . P . G . Chaplain ot Devon , will preach a sermon on "The Pillars of the Temple" on Sunday evening next , the 12 th inst ., at 6 . 30 p . m ., at the Claremont Congregational Church , Pentonville-road , N ., near the Angel .

Bro. J. H. Scott, P.G.D., D.P.G.M. Sussex.

BRO . J . H . SCOTT , P . G . D ., D . P . G . M . SUSSEX .

It is with sincere regret that we record the death of Bro . John Henderson Scott , which took place at his residence , 59 , Brunswick-road , Brighton , on Sunday last . The deceased had been in declining health for sometime past , but it was not till quite recently that a fatal issue was considered probable . A Sussex contemporary of ours—whose

sketch of our late brother's career is so ample and , as regards the Masonic details , so accurate , that we have deemed it well to quote it at length—writes of him thus : To the general public , Mr . Scott was known as a local artist of great repute . His grandfather , securing the friendship and patronage of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales , afterwards George IV ., established himself at Brighton just before the opening of the

present century . His father , too , secured a reputation in Brighton as a water-colour painter of acknowledged merit , and , on his death , his mantle fell worthily on his son , John Henderson , who at once achieved a high position among the artists of the South of England . The metropolitan picture galleries have , from time to time , been favoured with his works from his easel , while the local exhibitions have , year after year , being assisted by his choice

productions . Mr . John Henderson Scott ' s leisure time was however , mainly devoted to the cause of Freemasonry , into which he threw his whole heart and soul , and in which he secured such distinction as to ultimately gain the honourable position of Deputy Provincial Grand Master of Sussex . Bro . Scott was initiated into Freemasonry in the Royal Clarence Lodge , No . 271 , February iSth , 1 S 53 , and it is worthy of notice that for three generations the

Scott family has been honourably connected with the Lodge . Bro . Edmund Scott was Master from 1796 to 1805 , and during the Grand Mastership of General Lennox , afterwards Duke of Richmond , he was the Acting Master . Bro . John Scott has filled every office in the Royal Clarence Lodge , from I . G . upwards , and has been thrice elected W . M ., and occupied the chair in the years 1 S 59 , 1 S 65 , and 1 S 77 . In the Provincial Grand Lodge

he was appointed Provincial Senior Grand Deacon in 1 S 59 , and it was at the September meeting at Hastings that Bro . Scott proposed the appointment of a Steward in every lodge to collect subscriptions from the members of his lodge ; a system which has worked so well as to place the province in a very prominent position with respect to the number of votes per lodge . In 1 S 61 , he was appointed Prov . G . J . W ., while in 1 S 65-6-7 , he held the high position

of Prov . G . S . W . In 1873 , on the retirement of Bro . G . E , Pocock , P . G . Swd . Br . of England , from the duties of Prov . Grand Secretary , Bro . J . H . Scott was appointed as his successor . In April , 1 S 75 , the installation of H . R . H . the Prince of Wales as M . W . G . M . took place , and the two brethren selected to act as Stewards for the province on that occasion were Bros . J . H . Scott and V . P . Freeman . In the following September , at the Provincial Lodge

meeting , Bro . Scott and his fellow Steward were presented each with a jewel , struck by command of the iM . W . G . M ., in commemoration of the installation . In December , 1 S 76 , Bro . E . J . Furncr sent in his resignation to Lord Pelham , the Prov . Grand Master of the oflice of Deputy Provincial Grand Master the duties of the office encroaching too much on the time his own profession demanded of him . In consequence of Bro .

Furner ' s resignation . Lord Pelham , not feeling equal to resuming the direction of the affairs of the province , tendered his own resignation as Prov . Grand Master to the M . W . G . M ., which was accepted . Bro . Sir W . W . Burrell , Bart ., M . P ., succeeded Lord Pelham , and in June , 1 S 77 , at a Provincial Grand Lodge meeting held at Brighton , obligated , invested , and installed Bro . Scott as Deputy P . G . M . The Prov . Grand Master , addressing Bro . Scott ,

said'that he felt it would be useless to say much with regard to the duties of D . P . G . M . to so old a Mason , and one who was so particularly looked up to by the brethren of the province . All the brethren would agree that in choosing Bro . Scott to he his deputy he had selected the right man , and put him in the right place . " ( Cheers . ) It was at this meeting that Bro . Vincent P . Freeman , P . P . S . G . W ., was appointed to succeed Bro . Scott as

Prov . Grand Sec . The year 18 S 0 was an eventful one to Bro . Scott . In February , at the Annual Festival of the Masonic Benevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons , he took up the magnificent total of £ C 30 on his list . Such a result must have been highly gratifying to Bro . Scott , as , out of twenty-seven provinces represented , Sussex took the second place . At the Annual Festival of the Grand Lodge , held at Freemasons' Hall , in April , Bro . Scott was

appointed one of the G . J . Deacons of England , which appointment was received with unanimous satisfaction throughout the province . Bro . Scott worthily carried out the duties of Deputy Provincial Grand Master under the late Sir W . W . Burrell , and it will be remembered that at that imposing gathering of Freemasons at the Brighton Dome last June , H . R . H . the Duke of Connaught , the recently-installed Provincial Grand Master of Sussex ,

reappointed him to the high position in the Sussex Province . His Royal Highness , in investing him , said he was " fully aware of his ( Bro . Scott ' s ) long and valued services in the cause of Freemasonry in general , and in the Sussex province . He knew him to be one who would maintain in all their integrity the distinguishing characteristics of the Order . ( Loud applause ) . " At the banquet which followed the ceremony , the Duke of Connaught proposed "' The Health of

Bro . John Henderson Scott , P . G . D ., 'and said he did so with the greatest cordiality , knowing that he had laboured most assiduously in the cause of Freemasonry . In the Sussex province he had held the post of Provincial Grand Secretary , and for many years that of Deputy Provincial Grand Master . In three generations the name of Scott had been familiarly associated with Freemasonry in Sussex , and in Bro . John Henderson Scott they had a thorough

Freemason at heart . It was , therefore , with the greatest satisfaction that he appointed him his Deputy . Before sitting down , he desired to express to him his appreciation of the admirable arrangements for the ceremonies of the day . They had been satisfactory in every respect . ( Applause . ) " Bro . Scott , who was warmly received on rising ,

"thanked the Provincial Grand Master for the kind manner in which the toast had been proposed , and the brethren for the cordial manner in which it hadbeen received . He deeply felt the honour conferred upon him , and trusted , with restored health —( applause)—to prove equal to the duties which would devolve upon him . ( Applause . )" In the absence of his Royal Highness the Prov . Grand

Bro. J. H. Scott, P.G.D., D.P.G.M. Sussex.

Master of Sussex , Bro . Scott presided at the Prov . Grand Lodge meeting recently held at the Royal Pavilion , and those present will not readily forget the graceful manner in which he alluded to the late Bro . Sir W . W . Burrell . Though enfeebled by his serious indisposition , Bro . Scott spoke in a truly eloquent and impressive manner , and his short but effective speech will long be remembered as the last avid one of the best he ever delivered to a large body

of the brethren of the Craft . A striking and substantial recognition of the value and high estimation in which the services of Bro . Scott to Freemasonry was shown in June , 1 SS 4 , when he was presented with a purse of 700 guineas , a silver goblet , and a handsome illuminated address and record of the occasion . During his long life in the Craft , he has installed nearly 40 W . M . ' s , consecrated five new lodges , and assisted at the consecration of 13 new lodges ,

and has worked every section , of the Three Lectures . He was a Life Governor of each of the Masonic Charitable Institutions . In Royal Arch Freemasonry Bro . Scott was equally distinguished and energetic . He was exalted in the Lennox Chapter , No . 271 , in 1 S 57 , and served the offices of M . E . Z . twice , H . four times , and J . three times . With but few exceptions he installed all the Principals and exalted the majority of the companions of that chapter

since 1 SG 2 . He was father ot the Royal Sussex Chapter , No . 732 , of which he was M . E . Z . in 1 S 69 . He was the founder and the first M . E . Z . of the Cyrus Chapter , No . 38 . He has assisted at the consecration of three new chapters , was appointed G . Std . Br . ol the Supreme Grand Chapter of England in May , 1 SS 0 , and Prov . G . H . at the resuscitation of the Prov . Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Sussex , in April , 1 SS 0 . So highly was he appreciated by the

brethren of the province , that he was elected an honorary member of almost all the lodges and chapters in Sussex . By the death of Bro . Scott ( who had passed his 57 th year ) a valued and beloved Freemason has passed away , whose place it will be difficult to fill . To the younger members of the Craft he was especially affable and courteous , and was , at all times , happy to render them any service which his experience and knowledge of the working of theOrder would

enable him to afford them . His colleagues in the I rov . Grand Lodge will keenly feel his loss . As Bro . Scott so feelingly said of Sir W . W . Burrell in his last speech at the October meeting , so it may be said of himself— " It was impossible to know him without loving him . His happy and cordial nature , his generosity and kindness , his hatred

of everything mean , dishonest , or untruthful , his anxiety to anticipate the wants and also the pleasures of those about him , seemed to embody him as the vi-ry incarnation of the grand Masonic design— ' to be happy himself and to communicate happiness to others . '" The funeral will take place at the Extra-Mural Cemetery , to-day ( Friday ) , atone o'clock .

Ireland.

Ireland .

CONVERSAZIONE OF THE ST . CECILIA LODGE , No . 250 On Monday , the 22 nd ult ., the members of the abovenamed lodge gave a grand concert and conversazione ] under the patronage of his Grace the Duke of Abeicurn , M . W . G . M . of Ireland , in the Masonic Hall , Molcsworthstreet , Dublin . This is the third concert given under the auspices of the lodge , and was so successful that the

members have decided upon giving another early next year . The Grand Lodge room , in which the conceit was held , was filled to overflowing by a fashionable and brilliant audience , almost all the brethren present wearing full Masonic costume , whilst the handsome apparel of the ladies aided in producing a scene seldom belore witnessed in the beautiful hall , round which hang the poitiuits of many distinguished brethren . The ladies and gentlemen

who took part in the programme were Bro . W . H . Gater , Mus . Doc , Herr Rudersdorff , Mr . Walter Bapty , M . Victor Buziau , Bro . Edmond Oldham , Miss llartc , and Miss Lucy A . Hackett , the performances , both vocal and instrumental , being highly appreciated . Bro . T . K . G . Joze , Mus . Doc , W . M . oi St . Cecilia , acted as conductor ,

and filled the post most efficiently . During the interval between the first and second parts , Bro . R . VV . SIIEKLETO . V , Cj . C , D . G . AJ ., announced that he had received a letter from the Duke of Abercorn , expressing his regret at being unable , through the illness of the Duchess , to be present , and wishing the lodge every

success . A conversazione was afterwards held , when the visitors had free access to the splendid suite of apartments in which the Royal Arch and Prince Masons meet , and also to the pretty chapel dedicated to the uses of the Knight Templars . All the officers of the St . Cecilia Lodge exerted themselves to the utmost to secure the comfort and happU ness of the visitors , and in this they were so successful that there are few who do not look forward with pleasant anticipations to the next concert .

Royal Order Of Scotland.

Royal Order of Scotland .

PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE AND CHAPTER OF NORTH AND EAST YORKSHIRE . A meeting of this body was held in Freemasons' Hall , St . Saviourgate , York , on Friday , the 3 rd inst . Bro . the Rev . Wm . Valentine , M . A ., P . G . M ., presided , and there were also present Bros . V . B . WhyteheadD . P . G . M . ;

, Wm . H . Cowper , P . G . S . W . ; Donald Grant , P . G . J . W . ; George Simpsin , Prov . G . Treas . ; Wm . Brown , Prov . G . Sec ; VV . H . B . Atkinson , P . G . S . U . ; VV . B . Dyson , P . G . Ex . ; and other brethren . Bros . W . H . V . Millbank , II . Darley , and H . E . Cousans were duly admitted to the Order of H . R . D . M ., and

afterwards promoted to the U . S . Y . CS . A draft of by-laws was submitted , and the Prov . G . M . and D . P . G . M . were appointed to arrange the fixed days of meeting . A number of apologies from absent brethren were read , and after the close of the lodge the brethren adjourned to a banquet at the Station Hotei .

Bro . R . L . Roberton has recentl y been installed W . M . of the Medina Mark Lodge , No . 140 , West Cowus , Isle of Wight , the Installing Master being Bro . T . W . Faulkner , P . M .