Bra Sir F. Colombine Daniel, Kt.,

1808 , on vacating the chair in favour of the Earl of Kingston , he was presented with a massive silver cup in recognition of his services . He was also a member of tho Lodge of Felicitj " , now No . 58 , and represented it on the Board of General Stewards for 1802-3 , being chosen to act as its Treasurer . In 1808 he started with thc help of the members of Lodge No . 57 , a Masonic Charity for Boys on lines

identical with the Ancient Charity founded by Bro . Burwood ten years , previously , and was recognised from thc outset as its Institntor , while at the same time ho filled the important office , of Treasurer . But his career as a " Modern " was not entirely free from difficulties . In 1809 he was . adjudged to have been guilty of certain chai'ges brought against him of having made Masons in No . 57 without

taking care that their names were registered on the books of G . Lodge , it being shown , at the same time that a considerable sum was due from the Lodge , to tho Liquidation Fund of Freemasons' Hall . He was accordingly suspended from all his Masonic rights and privileges until this omission had been rectified , but so highly was lie esteemed by the Brethren of the Lodge of Felicity that they

helped him in tlie difficult circumstances in which he was placed , and in December , 1814 , he was fully restored to his rank and privileges in Masomy . In 1817 thc Daniel Boys' Charity was amalgamated with the Burwood Charity , and the two thus united have since become the present Royal Masonic Institution for Boys .

Bro . Daniel subsequently * , in 1821 or 1822 , was again elected to tlie chair of Royal Naval Lodge , so that his active Masonic career far exceeded in length that of his friend and worthy coadjutor in benevolent work , Bro . AV . Burwood . May the memory of Bro . Sir F . 0 . Daniel be always respected by members of the English Craft ! G . BLIZARD ABBOTT .

Centenary Meeting At The Royal Albert Hall.

Centenary Meeting at the Royal Albert Hall .

Friday , the ioth June , 18 98 , will for all lime rank among the most memorable days in the annals of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys . On that day was celebrated with all the pomp and circumstance with which it was possible to invest the gathering the one hundredth Anniversary of the foundation of

the junior of our two Scholastic Institutions . For several months past the necessary arrangements for this important event had been in progress . Provincial Grand Lodges , private lodges , and individual brethren throughout the country were in turn solicited by the almost ubiquitous Secretary , Bro . James

Morrison McLeod , to lend a helping hand in order to ensure to the Festival such a measure of success as would enable the Executive of the Institution to- carry out their plans for the removal and enlargement of the School ; and from all parts of the country , as well as from the lodges and brethren in the

London district , there came such a response as at once removed all doubts that may have arisen in the minds of any of the brethren as to the result of the meeting . At an early stage in the preparations , his Royal Highness , thc Most Worshipful Grand Master , who is

bx-officio President of the Institution , was approached in order that it mig ht be known whether or not he would be pleased lo presideat thecelebration . as he had presided 10 years previously at that of the Girls' School Centenary . His Royal Highness at

once most graciously consented , and when the announcement of this consent was made known , there was an influx of the names of brethren who were prepared to give their services as Stewards , such as must have astonished even those who remembered the bril-

Centenary Meeting At The Royal Albert Hall.

liancy of the success achieved—firstly , at the Girls' Centenary in 1888 , and then at the Jubilee of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution in 1892 . At length the day appointed by the Prince arrived , and the Secretary and his staff , assisted by many an able and willing

brother accustomed to this kind of duty , having completed their arrangements , the Stewards , to the number of 2500 , assembled in the Royal Albert Hall , and took the places assigned to them , while those portions ofthevastbuildingwhichhadnotbeen marked

off for the banquet were filled with the special Stewards , who had previously to the number of about 600 dined at Freemasons ' Tavern , and those ladies and brethren who had been fortunate enough to receive tickets of admission .

It will readily be understood that in perfecting the arrangements for so enormous a gathering , the labours of the Secretary and his staff had been very great , but so admirably did they discharge their duties , that neither during the entrance or exit of the Stewards and their friends into and from the Hall , nor

during the dinner and its after-proceedings , was there the slightest semblance of a hitch . From first to last everything went smoothly , and when at the hour of 8 p . m . it was known that the Prince of Wales , attended by Bro . Maj .-Gen . Sir Stanley Clarke had reached the building , the Reception Committee were at hand

to welcome his Royal Highness and conduct him into the Hall . This Committee was composed of Bro . the Earl Amherst , Deputy Grand Master of United Grand Lodge and Prov . Grand Masterof Kent ; Bro . Lord Skelmersdale , P . G . Warden , representing his father , Bro . the Earl of Lathom , Pro Grand Master , and

Provincial Grand Master of West Lancashire ; the Marquis of Zetland , Prov . Grand Master of the North and East Ridings of Yorkshire ; the Earl of Dartmouth , Prov . Grand Master of Staffordshire ; Lord Leigh , Prov . Grand Master of Warwickshire , and Honorary Treasurer of the Board of Stewards ; Earl

Egerton of Tatton , Prov . Grand Master of Cheshire ; Lord Llangattock , Prov . Grand Master of South Wales ( E . D . ); Lord Harlech , Prov . Grand Master of North Wales ; and Bro . W . W . B . Beach , M . P ., Prov . Grand Master of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight ; together with Bro . Richard Eve , Past Grand Treas .,

Chairman of the Board of Management , and Trustee of the Institution ; Bro . Charles E . Keyser , J . P ., P . G . Deacon , Treas . of the Institution ; Bro . E . Letchworth , Grand Secretary ; Bro . Thomas Fenn , P . G . Warden , Acting Grand Director of Ceremonies . In addition there were present on the dais or places

were reserved for , a number of Provincial and District Grand Masters , among whom were Lord Ampthill , the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe , Past Deputy Grand Master , and Prov . G . Master Cornwall ; Lord IL Cavendish - Bentinck , M . P ., Prov . G . M . Cumberland and Westmorland ; thc Right Hon . Sir

Stafford Northcote , Bart , M . P ., Prov . G . M . Devonshire ; the Earl of Warwick , Prov . G . M . Essex ; the Earl of Yarborough , Prov . G . M . Lincolnshire ; the Earl of Onslow , Prov . G . M . Surrey ; the Earl of Radnor , Prov . G . M . Wiltshire ; and others .

Among others for whom seats were reserved were several District Grand Masters , Bros . Sir J . B . Monckton , P . G . W . ; Viscount Templetown , J . G . W . Ireland ; Sir Reginald Hanson , Bart ., M . P ., P . G . W . ; Robert Grey , P . G . W . ; Jas . Terry , P . G . S . B ., § ec . R . M . B . I . ; F . R . W . Hedges , P . G . S . B ., Sec . R . M . I . G . ; A . C . Spaull , P . G . Std . Br . ; J . II . Whadcoat , J . P ., Mayor of Poole ; and others too numerous to mention .

His Royal Highness , who on entering , attended by the members of the Reception Committee , was greeted with the utmost enthusiasm , having taken his seat at the table in front of the orchestra , the banquet proceeded , and in due time

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