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CONTENTS . L EADER— PAGE The October School Elections ... .,, ... ... 537 Masonic Jurisprudence ... ... ... ... ... ... 537 Craft Masonry ... ... ... .,. ... ... 53 S

Science , Art and the Drama ... ... ... ... ... 539 M ASONIC N OTESBro . Lord Euston ' s Masonic Career ... ... ... ... 541 Annual Meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Warwickshire ... 541 Ars Quatuor Coronatorum ... ... ... ... ... 541 Monthly Meeting of the Committee of Management of the Royal Masonic

Benevolent Institution ... ... ... ... ... 541 Proceedings of the Quarterly Communicaiion of the District Grand Lodge of Burma . ~ ... ... ... ... ... 541 Masonic Notes and Queries ... ... ... ... ... 542 Reviews ... ... ... •••... ... ... 54 2

Provincial Grand Mark Lodge of Staffordshire ... ... ... 542 Freemasonry in Torquay ... ... ... ... ... 542 Provincial Grand Lodge of Dorsetshire ... ... ... ... 543 Craft Masonry ... ... ¦•¦ ... ... ... 543 The Metropolitan of India on Freemasonry ... ... ... .,. 543

SCOTLANDA Canadian in North Scotland ... ... ... ... 543 Instruction ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 544 The Craft Abroad ... ... ... ... ... 544 Obituary ... ... ... ... .,. ... ... 544 Masonic and General Tidings ... ... ... ... ... 54 6

The October School Elections.

THE OCTOBER SCHOOL ELECTIONS .

] t will be seen from the lists accompanying Hie voting papers that have just been issued for the School Elections next month that the prospects of the several candidates are somewhat brighter than usual , there being as many as 44 vacancies to be

lilled from approved lists—taking the two Schools together—of 60 children ; the number for tbe Girls' School being—3 4 candidates , reduced to 33 by the removal of a Kentish girl , who has been admitted under the Jubilee Perpetual Presentation

belonging to tl 1 . 1 L Province since Ihe list was compiled , and 24 vacancies ; while for the Boys' School there are 20 vacancies lo be filled from an approved list of 27 . Thus of the 60 who will enter for the ballot—of whom , by the way , there is only one

hoy who , if he fails this time , will have his name removed—there will only be . 16 who are . not elected . Such a favourable chance as this has not often presented itself . At the election into

THE ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS there are , as we have said , 24 vacancies to be lilled from a list of j . ; children , of whom 14 were candidates at the April Court and nj are new cases that were approved in July . Towards this list

London furnishes seven and has a part interest with one or other ol Ihe Provinces in four ; while the Provinces and Districts or bodges Abroad are responsible for the remaining 22 . Five of the London seven have already had one or more experiences of the

ballot , namely , No . 1 , who brings forward i ()() 5 votes ; No . 5 , wilh 32 S 6 votes ; No . f > , with 542 voles ; and Nos . 13 and 14 , who will start with 203 and 3 6 SS votes respectively ; Nos . iS and 33 are new cases . Of the four partly London and partly Provincial

cases , . \ o . 7 , with claims on London and Essex , has 1952 votes '" hand ; No . 11 , from Norlhants and Hunts and London , 26 X 4 \' otes ; and No . 12 , from Hants and the Isle of Wight and London , 1091 votes . No . 2 ^ from Kent and London , is a new

' '' ¦ Jse . 1 owards the 22 girls Irom the Provinces and Abroad , Hertfordshire , Kent , and West Yorkshire contribute two each—•Nos . 21 and 30 from Hertfordshire ; No . 28 from Kent ; and - . 23 and 20 from West Yorkshire , being all new cases ;

while the other Kentish girl , at No . 9 , has 2103 votes in hand . As for the rest , No . 2 , from Essex , has 77 votes to her credit ; •^ ° ' 3 > f' -om Cheshire and Lincolnshire , 13 votes ; and No . 4

Sussex and Staffordshire , 413 votes . No , 8 , from Constantin ° ple , has 981 votes to the good , and No . 10 , from East Lancas ' Mre . and Cumberland and Westmorland , 12 votes . No . jG

The October School Elections.

( Somersetshire ) , No . 17 ( Oxfordshire and Suffolk ) , No . 19 ( S Africa , E . D . ) , No . 20 ( Dorsetshire ) , No . 22 ( Suffolk ) , No . 24 ( Hants and the Isle of Wight ) , No . 26 ( Bombay ) , No . 27 ( West Lancashire ) , No . 31 ( S . Wales , E . D . ) , No . 32 ( Middlesex ) , and No , 34 ( Lincolnshire ) , had their cases approved and their names

placed on the list at the July Court . No . 15 is the girl who has been withdrawn for presentation . Of the whole 33 children 29 are fatherless , two have lost both parents , and two have them both living . Be it added that the election will take place at the Quarterly General Court of Governors and Subscribers , which

will be held at Freemasons' Tavern on Thursday , the iiLh October . The election into THE ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS will be held at the Quarterly Court of Governors and Subscribers

at Freemasons ' Tavern , on Friday , the 12 th October . At this 20 vacancies will be filled from an approved list of 27 candidates , of whom 11 remain from the election in April last and 16 have had their cases approved since . London has six candidates , of whom Nos . i , 4 , 5 , 6 , and 9 bring forward votes

from last April , and No . 15 is a new case ; No . 1 having 2368 votes to her credit ; No . 4 , 23 62 votes ; No . 5 , 1915 votes ; No . 6 , 2906 votes ; and No . 9 , 1381 votes . No . 22 ( London and Madras ) and No . 24 ( Hants and Isle of Wight and London ) are candidates for the first time . Of the 19 boys hailing from the

Provinces and Abroad , East Lancashire sends up three new candidates at Nos . 14 , 20 , and 21 , and the Western Division of South Wales , No . it , who brings forward 1892 votes , and a new case at No . 19 . The others are distributed as follows : No . 2 ( Auckland , N . Z . ) , with 323 votes ; No . 3 ( Cambridgeshire ) , with

2801 votes ; No . 7 ( Sussex ) , wilh 2183 votes ; No . 8 ( Buckinghamshire ) , with 221 . 4 votes , and 1 ^ to be added ; No . 10 ( South Wales , W . D ., and Monmouthshire ) , with 115 votes . No . 12 ( Gloucestershire ); No . 13 ( Norfolk and Suffolk ); No . 16 ( Bermuda , Hong Kong , and South Wales , E . D . J ; No . 17

( Staffordshire and Derbyshire ); No . 18 ( Bristol ); No . 23 ( Hants and the Isle of Wight ) ; No . 25 ( Northumberland ) ; No . 26 ( Middlesex ) ; and No . 27 ( Shropshire ) are new to the experience of the ballot , and will figure in the poll for the first time—and in the case of No . 17 for the last

time also—on this occasion . Of the whole array of 27 , there are 22 who are fatherless and one motherless , while one boy has lost both parents , and two have both parents living . On this list , as on that of the Girls' School , the number of those whose fathers contributed towards the support of our Institutions or

helped them as Festival Stewards is very small . We are pleased to say that there is only onenf the 60 children who are on these lists of candidates that if he fails at the election next month will have his name removed on the score of age and he , as already pointed out , is No . 17 on the Boys '

List , and has claims upon the Provinces of Derbyshire and Staffordshire . O . i his behalf , however , we make our usual earnest appeal to the brethren who are not interested in any particular case or cases to give him the benefit of their votes and inlluence , so that he may not lose the chance of securm" those educational advantages , of which he has been adjudged worthy .

Masonic Jurisprudence.

MASONIC JURISPRUDENCE .

[ COMMUNICATED . ] The appendices to the bye-laws of Provincial Grand Lodge generally comprise , first of all , a list of Past Provincial Grand Officers , then extracts from the Book of Constitutions detailing the ceremonial appropriate to foundation stone layings , consecrations , & c , with such modifications as are exacted b y local