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older and larger provinces had brought . Had he been present that day he could not have failed to be pleased with what they had heard . The hearty applause which ihe audience gave proved that they had been satisfied . And now , my dear children—Bro . Grey continued-let me congratulate you all on the very able manner in which you have done your tasks to-day . Knowing you as an old

friend , it gives me very great p leasure to be able to testify publicly to your merits . I know these results would not have been achieved without constant care and study on your part , but no manner of study and perseverance on your part could have enabled you to achieve such a success had it not been that you had been taught by such a lady as Miss Davis . ( Applause . ) It is only a week or two ago that

some of that lady ' s friends met together to celebrate her twenty-fifth year of labour and duty in this establishment , performed in a manner , I venture to think , unsurpassed by anyone in the world . Those who so ably assist her , from Mr . Redgrave down to those who have had prizes to-day , have followed worthily in her footsteps , each striving her utmost to bring this school forward in reputation for training

the children not only in secular knowledge , but also in moral and religious duties . A vote of thanks to the Chairman for his conduct in the chair terminted this part of the programme , and the visitors adjourned to a large booth that had been erected in the grounds , where tea and coffee and substantial viands were provided , with an efficient staff of waiters to dispense

them . At seven o'clock the company returned to the hall , which in the meantime had been cleared , and witnessed the favourite spectacle of the children at their calisthenic exercises . At the conclusion oi these , dancing was started , but , in view of some scholastic examination which the children had to undergo the following day , the proceedings were brought

to a close at a little after eight o ' clock . Among tluse present were Bros . R . Grey , Clever , W . P Brown , J . J . Berry , E . Bowyer , Matthews , Goodall , Boul ton , W . G . Kentish , F . E . J . Spaull , A . S . Dicketts , F Osmond , E . Spo . mer , j . H . Roberts , L . C . Marsh , G Hogarth , Bro . C VV . and Mrs . Baker , Bro . J . W . and Mrs LawsonBro . Percival and Mrs . Percival , B-os . E . M

, Jenkinson , B . C . Walker , C . W . Gamble , VV . R . Palmer , Bro . C . Weeden and Mrs . Weeden , Bros . J . Osmond , E . Fullick , Bro . Rev . J . and Mrs . Parr , Bro . A . Marston and Mrs . Marston , Bro . Capt . Colvilleand Mrs . and Miss Colville , Bros . A . Stedman , M . Birch , S . Pratt , S . Hill , Bro . J . G . Thomas and Mrs . Thomas , Bros . G . P . Nightingale , E . M .

Dodds , Vlr . and Mrs . Cuthbertson , Bro . J . Terry and Miss J . Terry , Miss Kate Terry , Mr . and Mrs . Redman , Mrs . Booth Scott , Mr . and Mrs . Howell , Mrs . Pelham , Miss Cara B . Fletcher , Mrs . Dicketts , Mr . and Mrs . Radcliffe , Bros . G . Allison , A . Jones , A . Aste , G . Smith , P . Newbould , H . B . Becker , E . E . Streat , and Bro . VV . B . Green and Mrs . Green ( from Bombay ) .

Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.

ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS .

The General Committee held their usual monlhly meeting at Freemasons' Hall , on Saturday last . Bro . J . L . Mather , Asst . G . D . C , presided , and amongst those present were Bios . S . Richardson , F . Adlard , E . Maple , A . E . Gladwell , C . F . Hogard , Rev . R . Moni-=, M . A ., LL . D ., George

Kenning , T . Hastings Miller , H Venn , James Moon , H . Young , VV . A . Scurrah , H . Webb , VV . M . Stiles , Phillip Cheek , VV . H . Burgess , T . Griffith , J . S . Cumberland , A . Williams , R . Berridge , VV . Roebuck , P . G . S . 8 . ; C . F . Matier , John L . Mather , W . Paas , H . S . Goodall , Charles Belton , C . H . Webb , T . H . Stator , Edgar Bowyer , P . G . Std . Br . ; Richard Eve , Grand Treas ., and F . Binckes

( Secretary ) . The minutes of the previous meeting having been read and confirmed , and those of the House Committee and Quarterly Court read for confirmation , the report of the Audit Committee was submitted , received , and ordered to be entered on the minutes . The nominations for the House and Audit Committees ,

were handed in , those for the former including only the prescribed number , while for the Audit Committee the brethren nominated were 12 in number , namely , Bros . W . A . Scurrah , Henry Young , J . H . Hawkins , Andrew Mc-Dowall , T . Cubitt , G . P . Gillard , H . S . Goodall , T . Griffiths , C . F . Hogard , W . Maple , S . Richardson , and E . C Soppet ,

of whom nine will be elected . Three petitions were considered and accepted , and the names ordered to be placed on the list of candidates for the October Election , while five applications by ex-pupils for grants towards outfit were favourably entertained . The proceedings terminated with the usual vote of thanks to the chairman .

The Approaching Boys' School Festival.

THE APPROACHING BOYS' SCHOOL FESTIVAL .

The first meeting of the Board of Stewards for the Festival to be held next month on behalf of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys took place at Freemasons ' Hall , on Friday , the 6 th inst ., under the presidency of Bro . Richard Eve , Grand Treasurer and Patron of the

Institution . There was a large attendance . The following were elected officers of the Board , namely , Bro . Richard Eve , Grand Treasurer , President ; Bros . George Cooper , S . G . D ., Major G . Lambert , P . G . S . B ., Horace Brooks Marshall , P . G . Treas .. Rev . C . J . Martyn , P . G . Chap ., Col . Peters , P . G . S . B ., Alderman Savory , and ] . Lewis Thomas , P . A . G . D . C , Honorary Presidents ;

Bros . Charles Belton , A . F . Godson , M . P ., C . F . Hogard , George Kenning , A . T . Layton , and J . L . Mather , A . G . D . C , Acting Presidents ; Bro . T . Hastings Miller , Hon . Treasurer ; and Bro . Frederick Binckes , P . G . Stwd ., Hon . Secretary . It was resolved that the Festival should be held at the Crystal Palace on Tuesday , the 14 th prox . ; that the Stewards' Fee should be £ 2 2 S . each , as usual ; and that

ladies and brethren should dine together , as in recent years , at the same tables . The following were constituted a Sub-Committee to consider the musical arrangement ' - , namely , Bros . Charles Belton , Charles Dairy , C . F . Hogard , George Kenning , C . J . Knightley , and Dr . George Mickley . It having been arranged that the Board should meet again on Monday , the 23 rd instant , the brethren adjourned after passing a vote of thanks to the Chairman .

An Interesting Masonic Event.

AN INTERESTING MASONIC EVENT .

On Tuesday evening , at the regular meeting of the Jordan Lodge , No . 1402 , Torquay , Bro . F . Hex in the chair , Bro . W . J . Hughan , Past S . G . D . of England , & c , referred to the presence of his valued friend and brother , Bro . R . F . Gould , the Masonic historian , as a visitor . Bro . HUGHAN stated that he felt assured that all the members

of the Jordan Lodge would most heartily welcome such a distinguished brother as a visitor , for the extent and importance of Bro . Gould ' s labours , historically and critically , were such that no one could over-estimate them . It was true that the office of Senior Grand Deacon had been conferred upon him by the M . W . G . M ., but even if he could be appointed to the rank of a Past Grand Master , that would scarcely adequately express the indebtedness of the universal Craft for his immense services . He further

remarked that a few might fairly claim to be Masonic historians , but the only one who had the right emphatically to be termed the Masonic historian was Robert Fteke Gould , whose great abilities were warmly recognised wherever Freemasonry was known and appreciated . The W . M . having gracefully added to the welcome so kindly extended and so warmly endorsed by the members ,

Bro . GOULD , on rising , said he was exceedingly obliged to the brethren for the cordiality of their reception , and to his old Iriend , Bro . Hughan , for the vein of compliment in which he had indulged with regard to him . It was the first occasion of his being present in lodge since the completion of the work which had been referred to , and the pleasure of participating in Masonic fellowship with his brethren was

much enhanced by the agreeable reflection that he was experiencing the hospitality of a Devonshire lodge , for having the honour and privilege to be a Devonshire man , he most thoroughly appreciated the compliment . He drew attention to the pleasing fact that the three most recent of Masonic books had been written by natives of Devon , the three authors being present in the lodge . As one of them

he should not presume to say that they laid claim to the possession of wisdom , but on behalf of all he should venture to assert the display of a certain amount of patient industry , which he _ thought would be found in their writings . After alluding in the most fraternal manner to Bro . Hughan's world-wide fame , Bro . Gould congratulated the officers and members of the lodge , in possessing , in one of their Pa-t

Masters ( Bro John Lane ) , the author of the most useful and deftly compiled Masonic work of our times . None but those who had worked their way through the same materials as weie used by that brother , could form any idea of tl e labours he underwent in educing order from

chaos . So that while feeling it a high privilege to allude to the subject , it seemed to him also a positive duty to bear witness to the great esteem in which Bro . Lane was held by the Guild of Masonic Writers , among whom by his recent publication , he had deservedly taken such high rank .

In concluding his remarks , Bro . Gould said he must not omit to record the feeling of gratification he experienced , at finding present that evening his old friends Bros . Hughan and Charles Atkins . With the former he had been long and closely—or he would prefer to say—intimatel y assoc £ ated in Masonic studies , and with the latter , he had sat for

many years on the Board of General Purposes , in London . Among the Past Masters of No . 1402 present , were Bros John Dodge , P . Prov . G . Treas ., A . T . Blarney , G . J . ' Pepprell , B . Knight and T . VV . Morgan . The Rev . Bro Ebrington , W . M . 24 S ( P . Prov . G . Chap . ) and Bro . C Atkins , P . M . and Sec . 24 S , Brixham , and other visitors were also present .

Presentation And Unveiling The Portrait Of Dr. J.Pearson Bell At The Humber Lodge. Hull

PRESENTATION AND UNVEILING THE PORTRAIT OF DR . J . PEARSON BELL AT THE HUMBER LODGE . HULL

Last Monday evening the brethren of the Humber Lodge , No . 57 , assembled in strong force at their Masonic Hall , Osborne-street , for the purpose of commemorating the 60 th anniversary of laying the foundation stone of the

temple . 'I here was also a large contingent of visiting brethren present from the sister lodges of the town . During the proceedings in the lodge , the VV . M ., Bro . Edward Corns , presented to the l . P . M . a very fine Past Master ' s jewel , together with a splendid cabinet of cutlery , and a handsome cathedral clock , decorated with Corinthian pillars

bearing the following inscription : " Presented to Bro . D J . O'Donoghue by the members of the Humber Lodge ' No . 57 , for valuable services rendered , and for the zeal and ability he has displayed in the discharge of his duties as Worshipful Master in the year 1 SS 6 . Hull , nth May , IOo 7 .

Subsequently the brethren assembled in the large banqueting hall . Covers were laid for about 120 , and Bro . Moody purveyed a magnificent banquet , to the evident satisfaction of all . The menu-card was very prettily designed . The Stewards were indefatigable in their attentions . The W . M ., Bro . E . Corris , presided , the vice-chairs being occupied by the S . W ., Bro . R . J . McLeavyand the

, J . W ., Bro . J . R . Forman . Amongst the other officers present were Bros . Alderman [ oozes , Chap . ; Andrew King , P . M ., Sec ; J . Thyer , Asst . Sec ; I Ihompson , P . M ., Treas . ; Jas . Hargreave , S . D . ; E . Hall , J . D . ; John Clark , D . C . 1 1 . R . 3 trin » er

Org . ; George Laws , I . G . ; Moody , C . Collinson , Riley , Hohenrein , and Wickuss , Stwds . ; W . Cuthbert , Tyler J . Priest , Asst . Tyler ; J . Walton , P . M . ; W . Tessev-P M * i D - -. - Pe r ? * P - " ' Beevers ' - > Wils ° " - P . M . ; and Robert Rayner , P . M ., 1270 . Amongst the numerous other brethren present were Bros . Councillor lohn

anaw . councillors . Cohen , and W . C . Whiteside , W . M . of 250 ; J . Mackaill , W . M . 2134 ; Carlill Savill , Sec . I ? !!* , /•Blackburn , J . T . Towler , R . Hawley , G . H . Medcalfe , W . England , T . Thompson , Hewitt , Capes , Cheeseman , Wright , Hill , Wood , Stoddart , F . C Bishop , Dawson , and others .

¦ u proposed " The Queen and the Craft . " He said there was no necessity on his part to commend that toast to their notice , as it was always received with enthusiasm , but especially by the Masonic biethren . ( Hear , hear . ) He was certain that if he were to speak for six months he should not be able to add one iota to their loyalty and admiration for her Must Gracious Majesty . As thev well knew this was the Jubilee year , and they sincerely hoped and trusted that for many years to come they might

Presentation And Unveiling The Portrait Of Dr. J.Pearson Bell At The Humber Lodge. Hull

have her Majesty to reign over thisgreat and mighty empire with continued peace and prosperity . ( Cheers . ) " God save the Queen " was then sung . The W . M . proposed toast No . 2 , viz ., "H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , M . W . G . M . ; the Right Hon . the Earl of Carnarvon , M . W . Pro G . M . ; and the Right Hon . the Earl of Lathom , R . W . D . G . M . " Speaking of the Grand

Master , Bro . Corns said they all knew the Prince of Wales to be the most popular Prince that ever lived in Great Britain . ( Cheers . ) He had identified himself with the aspirations of Englishmen , and he was in every sense of the word a typical English gentleman . ( Hear , hear . ) A part from his deep attachment to every good woik , he had taken great interest in Masonic work , and Masonry was deeplv

indebted to him . ( Applause . ) He had also associated his family with their ancient Order , his eldest son having been initiated into the mystic arts . So long as they had such honourable names connected with the Craft as were honoured in their toast , so long would the dignity of the Order

he maintained . ( Hear , hear . ) Masonry was so comprehensive , so universal , that the highest and the lowest of the land might meet on one common level . ( Cheers . ) The toast was received with enthusiasm , Bro . J . Walton P . M ., P . G . D ., taking the solo in " God bless the Prince of Wales . "

The WORSHIPFUL MASTER then proposed "Our Provincial Rulers : The Right Hon . the Earl of Zetland R . W . P . G . M . of North and East Yorkshire ; and Lieut ' - Col . the Hon . W . T . Orde-Powlett , W . D . P . G . M . " He was quite certain that in both these brethren they had eminent Masons , who had the greatest interest in the Craft and were ever readv to stimulate the interests of

Freemasonry . ( Cheers . ) He ( the W . M . ) had never had the pleasure of meeting with the Provincial Grand Master but they had had the honour of receiving recently a visit from the Deputy Prov . Grand Master , Bro . Orde-Powlett —( applause)—and he must admit they were delighted with his presence , and they looked forward with pleasant anticipations to his coming again . ( Hear , hear . ) He had

started with much enthusiasm ; had , in tact , made up his mind to visit every lodge in the province , and if he accomplished that , he ventured to predict that the North and East Yorkshire would soon become a formidable rival to the North-West Yorkshire Province . ( Cheers . ) The next business was the presentation and unveiling the life-size portrait of the late Bro . J . Peaison Bell , LP ..

M . D ., D . P . G . M . The VV . M . called upon Bro . D . J . O'Donoghue , l . P . M :, to perform the ceremony , remarking that that good brother had initiated the movement during his term of office , and had taken the greatest possible interest in successfully carrying on the negotiations . He , therefore , thought that Bro . O'Donoghue was entitled to the honour of formally presenting the portrait on behalf

of the subscribers . ( Applause . ) Bro . D . J O'DONOGHUE , I . P . M ., who was received with applause , stated that during his year of office as Worshipful Master he was much struck with the large number of their brethren who had been summoned away to the Grand Lodge above . Among the many eminent brothers who had thus departed one stood out prominently above all

others in many respects , but especially in Masonic matters . He referred to their late lespected Bro . John Pearson Bell . ( Applause . ) His loss was most deeply felt by every member of his mother lodge , and the brethren naturally felt very desirous that the memory of one so highly respected and esteemed should not be forgotten —( hear , hear)—and the result was that after that memorable lodge

of sorrow there was a unanimous wish and desire expressed that something in the shape of a memorial of their lamenied brother should adorn the walls of the banquet hall , it was then decided to give Bro . Hudson the commission to paint a portrait of Bro . J . P . Bell in his Masonic clothing as Deputy Provincial Grand Master , rather than as Grand Superintendent of the chapter , lt was also resolved that

the subscription list should be entirely confined to the members of the Humber Lodge , and he was pleased to say that without any undue pressure they had received from their brethren almost sufficient to pay for their portrait . ( Cheers . ) In justice to the Freemasons of the town generally he felt bound to confess he had had to refuse many subscriptions kindly offered , which would more than

have paid for the picture . ( Hear , hear . ) He would not detain them longer by dilating upon Bro . Bell ' s Masonic career ; suffice it to say that he had resigned his exalted position as Deputy Provincial Grand Master in the hope that he might have attended their gatherings a little more frequently than he had been able to do . He had had a long life of provincial honours , and he did not believe any

man worked harder or had toiled so much for the welfare of the Cralt as had Bro . J . P . Bell . ( Applause . ) Very few of those present would ever have the opportunity , even if they had the inclination , to do so much for the good of Fieemasonry generally . The painting of the portrait , which he would now unveil , had been entrusted to Bro . Benjamin Hudson , and he was pleased to say he had been successful

in executing a faithful . representation of their respected brother ; the artist had , as it were , realised the very spirit and expression of Bro . Bell . On behalf of the subscribers he asked the Worshipful Master to accept the poi trait as a gift to the Humber Lodge , to perpetuate the memory of their most highly-esteemed and dearly-loved brother , of whom he might

say" To add greater honours to his age Than man could give him , He died fearing God . " The portrait was then unveiled , and a magnificent lifesized picture of Bro . Dr . Bell was presented to view . The well-known features and the details of the Masonic jewels and clothing have been executed with marvellous exactitude

and correctness , and the artist ( who was present ) was heartily applauded and congratulated on the great success of what might truly be termed a work of art . The W . M . then formally accepted the portrait on behalf of the lodge in brief but appropriate terms . Bro . M . C . PECK , P . M ., Prov . Grand Secretary , proposed "The Founders . " In an exceedingly interesting manner the speaker reviewed the origin and development the material

of Humber Lodge . The tounoers of that builuing , the stone ot which was laid Go years ago , had , by their foresight and judgment , given them a position winch placed the Humber Lodge second to no other private ludjje in the world for its wealth , benevolence , privileges , and conveniences . ( Loud cheers . ) They had had a sp lendid succession of Masters , and never had the lodge been in so prosperous and flourishing a condition as at the p resent time , which was a matter of great rejoicing to them all .