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but there are enough girls in this School to be educated to household work , to become as they no doubt would become , very good domestic servants , because I found that in that respect even those young people I call ladies are obliged to learn all domestic duties . They perform all duties which will render them useful members of scciety in whatever position they may be placed ; and that is one

of the benefits of this Institution—if a girl cannot do one thing she can always do another . And if that is so I am sure this Institution has attained its highest degree of success . With respect to finance , that is a subject on which I must offer somewhat of congratulation . I feel this to be a great benefit indeed , that one of the objects in which wc always consider Masons to be most successful ,

is that of charity and benevolence . I know of no other gathering of any class whatever who are so liberal in their gifts , charities and donations , as thc Masonic body . When we look at the amount raised year by year , not only for this Institution , but thc Boys' School and the Aged Freemasons , it is wonderful what a large amount is collected ; and I must say it is not in any way too

large . It is only that which shews us what we can do if wc have the means . It shews us we can relieve , and take from parents children who might be demoralised , and instead of becoming benefits to society might be its pests ; instead of benefitting a parish might go to the criminal courts , as in former times no doubt tbey did , and so society was deteriorated . Now , brethren , I do not

know that I have much more to say in this cause , except one thing , and that I think is very material ; as it shews that at all events girls can compete in these local examinations . Now , we find that an average of ten of these girls in our school are competitors in the Cambridge local examinations , and on every occasion every one of them have either received

honours or certificates of merit . I consider that to be a great thing indeed , because it is right on one hand that no girls should be raised much above another , that no favoritism should be practised in respect of some girls who may be supposed to have superior merits , and that thc rest should be left untutored or neglected . Now that is not so in this school . Ten girls every year are brought forward

to show what thc school can do ; but m doing so they set an example to those who remain behind . ( Hear hear . ) Now I really do not know that I can say anything more in praise of this excellent Institution . It is one which gave me exceeding pleasure in visiting last Saturday , and I certainly was only sorry that the climate did not favour us to that extent it might have done . Still , it enabled us to see

more of the interior of the building . Though we did not see how the cabbages were grown in the garden , we saw and are prepared to testify how human beings grow and improve . Therefore brethren , I am sure that . although I am bound to say that this Institution is in a flourishing state , I think it is our duty to make it still more flourishing , and therefore ask you not to stop and to think you

have done enough ; but I hope on this occasion you will be found to be inclined to do more . 1 give you " Success to the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls , " and in doing so I have to ask a friend of mine , and a very great friend to the Institution , to respond to it—the Treasurer , Bro . Tomkins . ( Hear hear . ) I am sure of this , that our Bro . Tomkins knows how to receive money , how to invest it better ,

how to take care of thc profits , or to see them well and properly applied . He has been the Treasurer of Grand Lodge and this Institution for so large a number of years , that I believe we may place implicit confidence in him . I know this , that the larger amount we place in his hands the better he will like it . ( Cheers . ) Bro . S . Tomkins said : My Lords and Brethren , after

thc eloquent address which you have just heard on behalf of the noble charity , which wc are met this evening to support , there i . s very little left for me to say . I am quite sure when you hear thc amount of the sums collected you will be gratified at thc exertions which the Craft has made on this occasion . When we sec year by year our Masonic subscriptions rise to so noble an amount , I think wc ought

never to forget that the increase of the Masonic body is such that it must evidently and inevitably bring on our charities in future years greater demands than we have seen in past years . Therefore , when we congratulate ourselves on our success , and cannot but feel a certain amount of pride that our rhaiities are so well supported , wc must remember that the future will bring upon us very heavy and serious

claims , and that it is very necessary that thc admirable traditions of the past should be handed down to the future —that we shall find in the future as large and efficient a body of Stewards as we have upon the present occasion , that there is a laudable emulation that the subscriptions of future years should exceed those of the past . I think it used to be considered that it was always a most successful

meeting when thc subscriptions did not amount to more than a tenth of what they do to-night , lt is peculiarly gratifying that we should bring out the strong and forcible point of view , that of the connection between the ancient Corporation cf London and the great Masonic body . It is a very pleasant thing that the intimate union between the Corporation of London and that great body

has this year received a decided impulse in the acceptance by the Right Hon . the Lord Mayor of the chair of this festival . ( Hear , hear . ) When you hear the announcement of the lists you will sec what great success has been obtained , and I am sure lhat you will each and all of you see that the success which has hitherto attended us has not fallen off on thc present occasion .

Bro . Little ( Secretary ) here read the hstsof subscriptions . Colonel Lyne : My Lord , Right Worshipful Sirs and Brethren , thc toast confided to my charge is that of " The Vice Patrons , the Vice Presidents , the Trustees , the various Committees , and the Medical Officers . " Now , it is only those who have served in those various offices who are aware of the difficulties and the onerous and responsible duties which they have to perform ; in fact I know of

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no more responsible duties , unless it be on thc part of him who has to propose their health . ( Laughter . ) I think we may safely congratulate those brethren on the great success which has resulted from their good and kind offices . I think the receipts which we have just heard fully justifies me in making that observation ; for when we hear that so large a sum as £ 7 , 26 9 3 s . has been subscribed at one

meeting for the purposes which the Right -Worshipful the Lord Mayor has stated , I think that whatever trouble those brethren may have taken they have been amply rewarded , for these brethren , if they have not been rewarded iu this respect , though I think they have , yet there are other respects in which they have at all events been rewarded . The Right Worshipful the Lord Mayor observed in the

early part of thc evening that we were coming back to the right place in Masonry when His Royal Highness thc Prince of Wales was made the head of our Order . ( Hear , hear . ) Permit me to give another illustration of that , which is , when we see the Right Hon . the Lord Mayor presiding at our banquet . ( Hear , hear . ) That is one source of congratulation that I have to mention . Another source

of gratification is this , the manner m which we have seen the tables , surrounded as they have been this evening . Another thing , which I am sure will give them equal pleasure—and though I mention it last it is not least—I think in the early part of the evening the brethren must have been delighted to see the gathering of youth and beauty and fashion ITicrc assembled . I say all these results must be

gratifying lo those brethren whose names I have the honour to propose ; and when I ask you to drink that toast , I will couple with it the name of one who will at all events make up for any deficiency I have shewn in proposing the toast , and will fully compensate for me , I mean Bro . Parkinson , Deputy Provincial Grand Master of Middlesex . Bro . Parkinson having left , Bro . John Symonds was

called upon to respond . Bro . Symonds : Brethren , I am taken considerably by surprise by the coupling of my name with the toast , for although it so happens that I am a very old Vice-president of this Institution , of late , owing to the fact that the meetings of its various committees arc held on a day when it is impossible for me to attend , I

have not taken that active part I could have wished in the affairs of the . School . But , my Lord Mayor , when you are pleased to couple my name with the toast , it is my duty to respond to it ; and I can assure you and the brethren that although , as I have said , I am taken by surprise , it is to me a very great gratification to respond for such a glorious institution . I have seen

in former years sometimes , although not so often lately as formerly , how the various committees of this institution devote themselves to its welfare . I have seen them working day after day for the benefit of this institution , and if it had not been that under their care it had prospered so gloriously , you could not have had thc magnificent result which you have achieved to-day , of

receiving subscriptions to the amount of upwards of £ 7000 . Brethren , I feel by this toast being coupled with the working men of the institution , that it is owing to their admirable exertions that the School has attained the proud position it now occupies . I remember the time when we met in this hall when wc were gratified with subscriptions of of £ 800 . We thought it a magnificent result . Now ,

however , we get the sum of £ 7000 ( cheers ) . On behalf of those who have worked for it I beg to thank you most cordially . The Rev . C . J . Martyn proposed , " The other Masonic Charities . " If there was any force in numbers this was the toast of the evening , inasmuch as the Lord Mayor proposed success to one charity , and the present toast

embraced two . Whatever had been said in praise of the Girls' School could be said of the Boys' , and whatever could be said of the Boys' could be said of the Benevolent Institution . He wished thc claims ot both were advocated more than they were . He was sorry to say that in provinces not very far off , ffom where brethren came up to the late Installation , they were quite igncrant as to these

Institutions . They seemed as if they would not understand these things . He hoped , however , their eyes would soon be opened . He would call on Bro . Binckes to respond . He did not think that if he were to search England through , he could find a man who had done more for the charities than Bro . Binckes . Bro . Binckes replied , and congratulated the Benevolent

Institution and the Girls' School on thc success of their festivals . There was a new word used at present , "trilogy , " which occurred to him in connection with this subjectthe three Masonic Institutions were a trilogy . If asked to explain , he would say the first institution ' s festival should be good , the second better , and the third best . He was

looking forward to the superlative for the festival of his Institution , the Boys ' , which would happen on thc 30 th June , and he hoped that the brethren would come forward and support it liberally . ( Cheers . ) Thc Chairman proposed " The Stewards , " coupling with thc toast the name of Bro . Monckton .

Bro . Monckton , in responding , said : Right Worshipful Sirs and Brethren , the Stewards have but little to say that you have not already heard from our brother the Secretary of the Girls' School . It has been well said , and will be to the end of time , that the end crowns the work . If , brethren , you arc satisfied with the end , depend upon it , we Stewards have no reason to regret , but on the contrary , to rejoice at what we have done , and very heartily we lhank you .

( Cheers . ) The Chairman proposed " The Ladies , " who he believed were very anxious to know something more about Freemasons than they were willing to divulge . They were , however , willing to shew them that they were capable of performing great acts of charity . He had been much pleased with the number of ladies who had graced the gallery that evening , and was only sorry they could not sit down side by side with the brethren .

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Bro . P . de L . Long responded , and thought it would be better to join them immediately iu the concert room instead of expatiating on their merits . This was done , and the company separated about eleven o ' clock .

The dinner was well supplied by Bro . Francatelli , and gave great satisfaction . Bro . Harker was toast-master , and under the direction of Bro . Kerr Gedgc a beautiful selection of music was performed by Miss Josephine Sherrington , Madame Thaddcus Wells , Miss ' Florence Winn , Madame Varley Liebe , and Bros . Hodges , Wilford Morgan , Winn , De Lacey , and W . II . Thomas .

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The committee of this institution was held on Wednesday at Freemasons' Hall . Bro . Benj . I lead presi .- ' ed , and there were also present—Bros . Joseph Smith , W . Hilton , L . Stein , Dr . Erasmus Wilson , J . G . Stevens , Wm . Stephens , James Brett , J . Newton , Charles Lacey , F . Adlard , Griffiths Smith , J . A . Farnfield , Raynham W . Stewart ,

Capt . J . Wordsworth , C . F . Hogard , Capt . Cubitt , and James Terry , Secretary . A letter from Bro . Dr . W . Strong was read by the Secretary , thanking the committee for making him a Vicepresident of the institution . The Secretary also reported that Messrs . Cutbush had presented another dozen of rhododendrons to thc institution , and on the motion of Bro . Grifflhs Smith , seconded

by Bro . Joseph Smith , a vote of thanks was unanimously passed to Bro . Cutbush for the generous and timel y gift . Thc report of the Committee of Management was read , by which it appears that with the additional 22 aged persons resolved to be put on the funds of the institution , there would now be 230 ( 130 males and too females ) annuitants to be provided for , at a cost annually of

£ 7743-Some other business was then transacted , and the committee adjourned . The election will take place on Friday next .

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Masonic Tidings .

The Prince of Wales has sent a donation of twenty guineas to the Cabmen's Shelter Fund . An Illustration of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls will appear in the Freemason of the 22 nd inst . We understand that the forthcoming festival of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys will be held at the Alexandra Palace .

The Surrey Masonic Hall will shortly be opened by the Deputy Grand Master , the Right Hon . Lord Skelmersdale . Bro . Erasmus Wilson has given to the British Medical Benevolent Fund the sum of 100 guineas for the augmentation of annuities for aged or disabled qualified members of the medical profession . Bro . Wilson recently presented

to the Royal College of Surgeons of England the sums of £ 5 , 000 to found a professorship in the college , £ 5 , for the purpose of building a new wing to thc Royal Medical Benevolent College at Epsom , and £ 2 , 000 for repairing Swanscombe Church . Bro . Robert John Chappell , ( Gutierrez , Chappell & Co ., Old Broad-street ) , liveryman and stationer , has been elected

a member of the Common Council , in the room of thc late Mr . Deputy John Banister , deceased . Bro . F . Kent , C . C , has been elected on the court of assistants of the Wheelwrights' Company . Though the Grand Lodge of Freemasons at Berlin still refuses to accept Jews as members , several independent

lodges which ignore these exclusions have been formed in that city . The Rev . Dr . Brette , of Christ ' s Hospital , has been elected by the Senate of thc University of London examiner in the University . Dr . Brette held the same position from 1865 to 1870 .

" EGYPTIAN HAIL . "—Dr . Lynn has , within thc last few days , introduced to his patrons two wonderfully clever Mandoline players , who now alternate thc honours of the musical portion of the programme with the Sisters Gerbaldi . As professors of this charming instrument they evince talent of the highest order , going through some most difficult pieces with the finest effect . Dr . Lynn is to be complimented on his latest musical addition to his already most extraordinary entertainment .

Thc " Spe ' cialite" sherry sold by Messrs . Feltoe and Sons , of Conduit-street , Bond-street , is vouched for by various chemical and medical authorities as being pure . We will take that as thc very best and most satisfactory basis to start from to criticise the wine . From thenceforward we claim to have as good a right to speak , and

when we say that the taste of the " Specialite " sherry is very refined—something that meets the modern notion of dry , and yet fulfils the desires of those who ask for the old-fashioned nutty flavour—we think the public may exclaim— " Wc have found it ! This is the very wine !" —Court yoitrnnl .

HOLIOWAY ' PILLS AND OINTMENT . —At all seasons of lhe year mankind i . s snbject to disease , but some seasons are particularly dangerous , anil none more so than the Spring , with its sudden alterations of temperature and varying climate . That a remedy of some kind is requisite at this season to purify the blood has been a recognised fact for ages , and at di ! l " erent limes strange remedies have been resorted to for the carrying this into effect . The discovery of the above named remedies has been most opportune , for , by their use as purifying and strengthening agents , the blood is quickly relieved of effete matters , and at " the same time no risk is incurred by undue purging or weakening in any way . — ADVT .