Consecration Of The Cordwainer Ward Lodge, No. 2241.

where he had carried on business for 20 years , it afforded him great pleasure to become connected with that Iodge . When the idea of a lodge was suggested to him , he agreed to it , but said he did not want any work in connection with it . He had , however , undertaken the Secretary ' s duties , and it would afford him pleasure to place at their service any Masonic

experience he had gained . He considered the lodge would be the means of bringing together those who carry on business in the VVard , and who hitherto were only brought together at the meetings of the Wardmote . It had been his lot to see some unwise choices made in the selections of candidates , but it would never be the case in that lodge , which he hoped would become a very distinguished one .

In giving " The Officers , " the WORSHIPFUL MASTER said that the success of a lodge depended upon the officers . The brother who had been invented as S . W . should have occupied the chair , but his accession to that post had been deferred for one year . They were aware of the many engagements of Bro . Alderman Cowan , S . W ., but he had given a great deal of time and attention to the formation of that lodge . He was sure the officers would support the character of the lodge , and render him every assistance during his year in the chair .

Bro . Col . COWAN , S . VV ., returned thanks for the compliment paid the officers , and assured the brethren that he felt great diffidence in replying on their behalf . Reference had been made to the office he held in the lodge , but he considered the position was far too high for his humble merits as a Mason . To be connected with the Iodge in any way was an honour ,

and he would have been contented to have taken a far lower position , for he looked upon it not as an Alderman of Cordwainer Ward , but from a Masonic point of view . He thanked the W . M . and brethren for the honour paid the officers by drinking their health . The Tyler ' s'toast then closed the proceedings .

The toasts were interspersed with some excellent music , ably rendered under the direction of Bro . John Read , P . P . G . Org . Middx ., assisted by Mrs . John Read , Miss Carrie Blackwell , and Bros . VV . Sexton , A . Thomas , and Stanley Smith ,

Provincial Grand Royal Arch Chapter Of Derbyshire.

PROVINCIAL GRAND ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER OF DERBYSHIRE .

Ihe annual meeting was held at the Masonic Hall , Derby , on Thursday , the 5 th inst ., Comp . H . C Okeover , Prov . G . H ., presiding , in the unavoidable absence of the Marquess of Hartington , Grand Superintendent , when there were also present—Comps . Thos . Cox , P . P . G . J ., Prov . G . Treas ., as Prov . G . H .: W . Wynne Jendwine ,

Prov . G . J . ; Wm . Naylor , P . G . Std . Br . Eng-., P . P . G . J ., Prov . G . S . E . ; John Hall , Pruv . G . P . S . i James Whitehead , Prov . A . G . Scj . j Wm . Cartwright , Prov . A . G . Soj . ; Jno . Clailt , Prov . G . Reg . ; Percv Wallis , Prov . G . D . C ; E . Home , Prov . G . Orsj . ; T . Day , Prov . G . Janitor ; W . H . Marsden , P . P . G . J . ; Sir John Smith , P . P . G . J . ; G . T . Wright , P . P . G . S . ; C . G . Busby , P . P . G . S . N . ; J . H . Lawson , P . P .

G . S . ; J . C . Merry , P . P . G . D . C ; J . 0 . Manton , P . P . G . D . C ; T . E . Yeomans , P . Z . 731 ; J . Collier , P . Z . 625 ; F . J . Robinson , P . P . G . S . ; G . Smedley , P . Z . 1235 ; P . Bramwell , P . Z . 1235 ; W . H . Fisher , H . 1324 ; Wri g ht Booth , H . 625 ; J . E . Harrison , H . 1235 ; J . H . Orme , J . 1235 ; T . li . Jones , Z . 1235 ; A . Woodiwiss , J . 731 ; C Webster , E . 731 ; H . B . Boa ^ , E . 1324 ; R . L . H . Mole , 253 ; T . Oldham , 731 ; E . J . H . Hoskyns , J . 1324 ; T . N . Turner , Z . 731 and 1324 ; and others .

The roll of Provincial Grand Officers was called , the reports from the several chapters read , and the Prov . G . Treasurer ' s accounts duly audited and passed . Comp . Cox was unanimously re-elected Prov . G . Treasurer . Sums of five guineas were voted towards the purchase of a new organ , and 10 guineas to the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls , to be placed on the list of Comp . Naylor , P . G . Std . Br . Eng ., Prov . G . S . E . The Provincial Grand Officers for the year were then appointed , and invested as follows : —•

Comp . G . T . Wright ... ... ... ... Prov . G . J . „ W . Naylor , P . G . Std . B . England ( re-appointed ) Prov . G . S . E . „ Jas . O . Manton ... ... ... Prov . G . S . N . „ Jas . Whitehead ... ... ... Prov . G . P . Soj . „ T . F . Hale ... ... ... ... Prov . G . ist A . S . ., las . Rhodes ... ... ... ... Prov . G . 2 nd A . S .

„ VV . Dust ... ... ... ... Prov . G . Reg . ,, Thomas Cox , P . P . G . J . ( re-elected ) ... ... Prov . G . Treas . „ H . Cupit ... ... ... ... Prov . G . Swd . B . „ T . E . Yeomans ... ... ... Prov . G . Std . B . ,, Percy Wallis ( re-appointed ) ... ... Prov . G . D . C . ,, E . Home ( re-appointed ) ... ... Prov . G . Org . „ Jno . H . Clarke ... ,., ... Prov . A . G . S . E . Thomas Dav ... ... ... Prov . G . lanitor .

Comp . OKEOVER then addressed the companions , congratulating them upon the prosperous condition of Royal Arch Masonry in the province , and intimated that this year would see an addition to the number of chapters ; and , there being no further business , Provincial Grand Chapter was closed in the usual manner .

The History Of The Royal Masonic Institution For Girls

THE HISTORY OF THE ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS

FROM ITS ORIGIN , 1788 , TO ITS CENTENARY , 1888 . ( Continued from page 206 . ) CHAPTER VI .

Fuoii TJfK REMOVAL TO WAMJSWORTH TO THK ACCESSION OF H . R . H . THH PKISCK OF WALKS AS PKUSIDKNT , 1875 . It cannot bc questioned that good fortune attended thc School on its removal from St . George ' s Fields to the more wholesome neighbourhood of Wandsworth Common . The change appears to have inspired thc

authorities with fresh determination to carry out , only on a more extended scale , the ¦ work so auspiciously begun hy Bro . the Chevalier Ruspini . Hitherto they had presided over what even at its best was no more than a very excellent Charity School . But after a residence

oi a very tew years at Wandsworth , the Charity School -was gradually transformed into a high-class educational Institution , and the girls on leaving , instead of being apprenticed to domestic service or small trades , were found capable of undertaking offices of a higher und more responsible character . As wc have hinted before , however ,

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prejudices die hard , and it will be seen in thc course of the presei , chapter , that it Avas not without a struggle , and till the evidence of it . necessity proved overwhelming , that the beneficial change was effected When the School had fairly settled down in its new quarters , the 1 W duty of the Executive was to express its approval of the manner h

which the Budding Committee and the officials had fulfilled th ei duties , and testimonials , beautifully engrossed on vellum and hand somely framed , were presented to the Building Committee , to Bro W . Stephenson , its Chairman , and to Bro . E . H . Patten , P . G . S . B its Deputy Chairman ; while to Bro . Francis Crew a suitable hoiior ' arium also awarded

was , the testimonial to the Building Committee being appropriately hung in the Board-room of the edifice , over whose foundation and erection it had presided so successfully . Then as to the internal arrangements , a Committee was appointed to examine the Rules and report to what , if any , extent it was necessary thev

should be revised . The Dietary Table was overhauled , and so altered to suit the more modern tastes of the day as some time later to elicit from Bro . Howell , whose tender of service as honorary surgeon had been accepted , the opinion that it was as nearly perfect as it cotild be . Care was also taken that the children should have as much out-door

recreation as possible , the Countess of Zetland , after personall y in . specting the School , herself offering many valuable suggestions of a practical nature in relation to both the diet and the exercise . In June 1853 , the House Committee resolved on adopting the policy so forcibly urged upon them by Mr . Gaskoin , and arranged that the children

should have a summer vacation of three weeks—which in time was prolonged to four or five weeks—the parents or guardians receiving timely warning when to send for and when to return their youn » charges , while the girls who continued in residence were taken to picnics or to such places of public interest as Hampton Court and

the Crystal Palace . A renewed proposal to augment the number of pupils from 65 to 70 , though endorsed by the General Committee proved unsuccessful for the time , the general body of Governors bein « no doubt anxious that , after the sale of £ 9000 of their invested capital to meet the cost of the new building , the Institution should

have some breathing space allowed it in which to recover its lost income . In October , 1854 , the death of Mrs . Crook , who had held the office of Matron for more than half a century , was announced at a special meeting of the House Committee , and orders were at once given for the whole of the inmates of the Institution to be placed in

mourning , while arrangements were made for the funeral of the deceased lady , * the whole of the charges being borne by the Governors . The vacancy thus caused was filled by the appointment of Miss Jarwood ; and Miss Buck , AVIIO had been Deputy Matron or

Schoolmistress for 40 years , having attained the age of 70 years , and retiring on her full pension , a Miss Souter was appointed Schoolmistress , and under the joint control of these ladies the School entered upon a fresh epoch iu its career .

From the year 1855 , the progress of the Institution appears to have been very rapid . No one will regret the failure of a motion by Bro . John Symonds for placing the educational department of tlie School " under the inspection of the Committee of Council on Education , " but his proposal , made in the beginning of 1856 , for the

removal of the badges heretofore worn by the children , and to " modernise the dress generally , " deserved and experienced a better fate , the Quarterly Court in April of that year determining that the badges on the arms of the Girls' dresses shonld be superseded by medals bearing a device suggested by a Bro . Robinson , and ,

suspended by a ribbon worn round the neck . About the same time it was found necessary to take offices in which to carry on the business of the Institution , and a suite of rooms was engaged at 16 a , Great Queen-street , for the purpose , the collector , Bro . Nicholls , being placed in charge , a part of the accommodation thus obtained being

subsequently sub-let to the Governors of the Boys' School on payment of one half the rent of £ 40 per annum . This arrangement , however , had been in existence only a few months when Bro . Nicholls died and Avas succeeded as collector by Bro . Muggeridge , his widow , Mrs . Nicholls , being appointed caretaker of the offices and allowed a small weekly stipend for her trouble .

Early in 1857 a vote of thanks was unanimously passed to United Grand Lodge for the donation of £ 1000 whicli a short time previously it had voted towards the funds of the School ; and the Festival in May proving more than usually productive , it was resolved at the July Court that thc number of children should be increased from &

—at which figure , with the exception of an occasional temporal augmentation of two or three , it had remained since 1816—to 70 , steps being taken concurrently to improve the system of education , while an independent examiner in the person of the Rev . Mr . Glenny was engaged to test the character and extent of the children's knowledge '

The result of these steps was in a measure satisfactory , but M 1 ' - Glenny in his report remarked on the extreme diffidence exhibited by the girls in the presence of strangers , and described it as beiDo . / O i . O ' .-w- * - _ . « . -- --

both " unnecessary and unnatural . " Miss Jarwood was entrusted with the duty of discovering , if possible , the cause of this shyn eSti > but what , if anything , followed from her ^ investigations is not recorded . ( To be continued . ) _ ..