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CONTENTS .
LEADERS ¦ •>3 $ 3 Lodge Canongate Kilwinning 3 S 4 The Maryland " Correspondence" jej Consecration of the Tyssen-Amherst Lodge , No . 3212 35 $ provincial Grand Mark Lodge of Leicestershire , Northamptonshire , Derbyshire , and Rutland 357 C ORRESPONDENCEThe Centenary Anniversary Festival of the Girls'School 3 J 9 Lodge Quatuor Coronati , No . 2076 359
REPORT > OF MASONIC MEETINGSCraft Masonry 3 S'J Instruction 3 <> r Roval Arch—Instruction 363 Mark Masonry 362 Knights Templar 362 Red Cross ot Rome ami Constantine 3 62 South Africa 362 New Zealand 362 Old Masonic Records 36 3 Theatres 3 6 3 Obituary 36 3 Masonic and General Tidings 364 Lodge Meetings for Next Week iv .
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•^ e OUR remarks last week as to the Girls' School Centenary , niris ' School the successful manner in which the meetings on Monday and Festival . Thursday in the Royal Albert Hall had passed off , and the brilliant pecuniary result of the celebration were necessarily brief . Time
did not permit us to say more than that the scene at the banquet on Thursdaywas brilliantalmostbeyondconception , and that the amount of the subscriptions and donations , as announced from the chair and by Bro . the Earl of L ATHOM in his speech , was wholly unprecedented . Since then , however ,
we have had ample opportunity for examining the Returns , and the more carefully we examine them the more impressed are we with the magnitude of the success which has been achieved . We had made up our minds from the first that the sum which the Committee were desirous of raising for the current expenses of the year , and to earn' out the Centenary Memorial
Scheme in its entirety—about £ 35 , 000—would be subscribed , and as time went on and the names of additional Stewards were being received almost daily , we began to . think the total might possibly be swelled to £ 40 , 000 . Then , when rumours began to reach us as to the amounts of the lists which sundry brethren , lodges , and provinces felt confident of returning , we became more hopeful still . But we had not anticipated , till almost the last
moment , that the limit of £ 50 , 000 would be approached , much less exceeded . We do not regret that our estimate was within the total realised . If it is forbidden us " to look a gift horse in the mouth " when the character or utility of the gift is doubtful , in still more questionable taste would it be for us to quarrrel over a subscription which had exceeded our most sanguine hopes . Moreover , we are reconciled to the excess over our own more modest
estimate , because it shows that the members of the Board of Stewards had worked harder , and the lodges and brethren had supported them more generously than we had believed possible . We must refer our readers to the Special Number we publish this week 'or the full details of the Returns and the Analysis we have made , as usual ,
° » their composition . But we cannot refrain from drawing attention , in our regular issue , to the more prominent amounts which are included therein . he London total , as affected by the additions and deductions since notified to the Secretary , was £ 22 , 550 15 s . 6 d ., and chief among individual lists were those of Bro . GREY , Chairman of the Excutive Committee of the
°° ard of Stewards ( £ 630 ); Bro . A . M . BROADLEY , Steward for the Grury Lane Lodge , Mo . 2127 ( £ 552 ); Bro . A . B . COOK ( £ 420 ); and r ° - Col , SHADWELL CLERKE , G . Secretary ( £ 357 ) ; while the King of VEDEN and NORWAY , who became a Steward on the evening of the e ebration , gave 25 guineas . The Unattached Stewards were about 180
"umber , and their Returns , so far as they have been received , are not far ort of £ 3500 , while the lodges and chapters returned , by the aid of about j > ° olewards , some £ 17 , 000 . The Provincial Returns reached £ 28 , 066 , number of Stewards being about 900 . All the Provinces , situated in g and , together with that of the Isle of Man , were represented , the most essful among the larger provinces being Kent , West Yorkshire , the two
\ V" t » Warwickshire , Middlesex , Surrey , and Hants and the Isle of > j' ' and among the smaller Provinces Somersetshire , Essex , Sussex , ¦ nu li . Yorkshire , Berks and Bucks , Gloucestershire , Worcestershire , Oxf ° . . > North Wales , Shropshire , Leicestershire and Rutland , and ashire . More Foreign Stations and Districts were represented than Bro " ? previous Festival . The highest individual Steward ' s list was that of tati ' T 0 THERT ' Grand Std . B . of England , who acted as the represent s ° Somersetshire , and succeeded in raising £ 882 , and there were Dpp er " sts above £ 500 , namely , that of Bro . S . S . PARTRIDGE ,
Bro ' of Leicestershire and Rutland , amounting to £ 575 , and that of shouldI 1 PLATT > D . P . G . M . of North Wales , which reached £ 525 . It re a so be mentioned that the Athol Lodge , No . 74 , Warwickshire , was am ^ ° ° ^ ' members as Stewards , and that the sum they raised oi (¦] , R ern was £ 315 . However , as we have said before , full particulars nur nbe UfnS W '" ^ f ° * our Special Centenary and Silver Wedding ' * shall say nothing further here than that , from a pecuniary
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point of view the Girls' Centenary Festival has never been equalled or even approached by the Festival of any other Institution , while , as regards the management which conduced to a success so brilliant , that it reflects the utmost credit on the principal members of the Executive Committee and Bro . HEDGES , the Secretary of the Institution . Bro . ROBERT GREY proved a
most efficient and courteous Chairman , Bro . FRANK RICHARDSON is to be congratulated on the success of Monday ' s fete , and to Bro . A . C . SPAULL , we understand , belongs the credit of having ssuggested the hiring of the
Albert Hall for the celebration . To these in particular , and indeed to all who took a leading or subordinate part in the proceedings we offer our hearty congratulations on aresult , which must add so largely to the fame which our Society already enjoys over thelsuccess of its Charitable Festivals .
* * * ~ , ,- •. , o , . IT was a graceful act on the part of his Royal Highness The Girls' School ft v . Centenary •the GRAND MASTER , that , in his desire to recognise the Festival Jewel , meritorious services rendered by the Board of Stewards at the recent Girls' School Centenary , he should have granted the brethren
who composed it , so long as they remain subscribing members of a lodge or lodges , his permission to wear their Stewards' jewels at all Masonic meetings . We are satisfied the Stewards themselves will appreciate the compliment , and we doubt not it will act as an incentive to other members of the Craft to follow their example whenever an opportunity for doing so
may present itself . Moreover , the compliment will be considered all the greater in consequence of the reason assigned by the PRINCE for paying it , namely , that it should encourage the brethren in the same way as the hope of obtaining the Charity jewel instituted in 1830 by the late Duke of SUSSEX encourages them to undertake the duties and responsibilities of Festival Stewards .
» # * _„ „ , IT is satisfactory to learn that the Board of Stewards for the ihe Coming J Boys' School approaching Festival of the Royal Masonic Institution for Festival , g | ias keen ; ncrease ( j ; numbers during the last few days ,
and that though the time is too short for the new comers to be able to effect much good , their influence cannot be otherwise than beneficial to the Institution . It is not worth while reverting at length to the scandalous circular which was issued anonymously a short time ago , but it is important we should bear in mind that there are 260 boys in the School ; that the
permanent resources of the Institution are extremely limited , and that the bulk of the ^ 11 , 000 or £ 12 , 000 , which , in the absence of a regular and settled income , must be forthcoming to cover the year ' s expenditure , will have to be obtained in some way or other . We doubt not that the Chairman , the Stewards so far as they go , and their friends will do what is possible , but a
Board which consists of only about 200 members is hardly strong enough to raise what is necessary , and we fear we must trust , therefore , to the chapter of accidents for the supplies that are needed . Meanwhile , we have the School with its 260 boys to maintain , and a small income . The Girls' School Centenary has just been celebrated with unprecedented success , and we trust the
brethren , in their enthusiasm for the . senior School , will not forget that the junior Institution is still more in need of funds , and that what is needed is towards the regular expenditure of the Charity . Anything in the shape of a further increase in the Establishment must , we fear , be looked upon as impossible just now .
DisauiETiNG rumours from Berlin as to the health of his The Emperor Majesty , the Emperor FREDERICK of Germany , have Frederick . \} een current for some days past , and have , as may be imagined , caused the sincerest grief among all classes of HER MAJESTY ' S
subjects . The reports as to the progress made by the illustrious sufferer during the latter part of his sojourn at Charlottenburg , and his removal to Potsdam , had given rise to the hope , if not to the belief , that His MAJESTY was in a fair way towards recovery . Unhappily , these hopes have been rudely dispelled during the present week , the news received by our ROYAL FAMILY
having been of so grave a character that the usual semi-state procession of the Prince and Princess of WALES at Ascot Races , on Tuesday , was countermanded at the last moment by His ROYAL HIGHNESS . Trie latest reports about the EMPEROR , are perhaps , slightly more favourable , but it cannot be
doubted that he is in a very critical state , and we can only supplicate the G . A . O . T . U . that he will be pleased to restore His MAJESTY to health and strength , and prolong a life which is so precious to his people , and the preservation of which is generally considered to be of such supreme importance to the peace of Europe .
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Contents.
CONTENTS .
LEADERS ¦ •>3 $ 3 Lodge Canongate Kilwinning 3 S 4 The Maryland " Correspondence" jej Consecration of the Tyssen-Amherst Lodge , No . 3212 35 $ provincial Grand Mark Lodge of Leicestershire , Northamptonshire , Derbyshire , and Rutland 357 C ORRESPONDENCEThe Centenary Anniversary Festival of the Girls'School 3 J 9 Lodge Quatuor Coronati , No . 2076 359
REPORT > OF MASONIC MEETINGSCraft Masonry 3 S'J Instruction 3 <> r Roval Arch—Instruction 363 Mark Masonry 362 Knights Templar 362 Red Cross ot Rome ami Constantine 3 62 South Africa 362 New Zealand 362 Old Masonic Records 36 3 Theatres 3 6 3 Obituary 36 3 Masonic and General Tidings 364 Lodge Meetings for Next Week iv .
Ar00101
•^ e OUR remarks last week as to the Girls' School Centenary , niris ' School the successful manner in which the meetings on Monday and Festival . Thursday in the Royal Albert Hall had passed off , and the brilliant pecuniary result of the celebration were necessarily brief . Time
did not permit us to say more than that the scene at the banquet on Thursdaywas brilliantalmostbeyondconception , and that the amount of the subscriptions and donations , as announced from the chair and by Bro . the Earl of L ATHOM in his speech , was wholly unprecedented . Since then , however ,
we have had ample opportunity for examining the Returns , and the more carefully we examine them the more impressed are we with the magnitude of the success which has been achieved . We had made up our minds from the first that the sum which the Committee were desirous of raising for the current expenses of the year , and to earn' out the Centenary Memorial
Scheme in its entirety—about £ 35 , 000—would be subscribed , and as time went on and the names of additional Stewards were being received almost daily , we began to . think the total might possibly be swelled to £ 40 , 000 . Then , when rumours began to reach us as to the amounts of the lists which sundry brethren , lodges , and provinces felt confident of returning , we became more hopeful still . But we had not anticipated , till almost the last
moment , that the limit of £ 50 , 000 would be approached , much less exceeded . We do not regret that our estimate was within the total realised . If it is forbidden us " to look a gift horse in the mouth " when the character or utility of the gift is doubtful , in still more questionable taste would it be for us to quarrrel over a subscription which had exceeded our most sanguine hopes . Moreover , we are reconciled to the excess over our own more modest
estimate , because it shows that the members of the Board of Stewards had worked harder , and the lodges and brethren had supported them more generously than we had believed possible . We must refer our readers to the Special Number we publish this week 'or the full details of the Returns and the Analysis we have made , as usual ,
° » their composition . But we cannot refrain from drawing attention , in our regular issue , to the more prominent amounts which are included therein . he London total , as affected by the additions and deductions since notified to the Secretary , was £ 22 , 550 15 s . 6 d ., and chief among individual lists were those of Bro . GREY , Chairman of the Excutive Committee of the
°° ard of Stewards ( £ 630 ); Bro . A . M . BROADLEY , Steward for the Grury Lane Lodge , Mo . 2127 ( £ 552 ); Bro . A . B . COOK ( £ 420 ); and r ° - Col , SHADWELL CLERKE , G . Secretary ( £ 357 ) ; while the King of VEDEN and NORWAY , who became a Steward on the evening of the e ebration , gave 25 guineas . The Unattached Stewards were about 180
"umber , and their Returns , so far as they have been received , are not far ort of £ 3500 , while the lodges and chapters returned , by the aid of about j > ° olewards , some £ 17 , 000 . The Provincial Returns reached £ 28 , 066 , number of Stewards being about 900 . All the Provinces , situated in g and , together with that of the Isle of Man , were represented , the most essful among the larger provinces being Kent , West Yorkshire , the two
\ V" t » Warwickshire , Middlesex , Surrey , and Hants and the Isle of > j' ' and among the smaller Provinces Somersetshire , Essex , Sussex , ¦ nu li . Yorkshire , Berks and Bucks , Gloucestershire , Worcestershire , Oxf ° . . > North Wales , Shropshire , Leicestershire and Rutland , and ashire . More Foreign Stations and Districts were represented than Bro " ? previous Festival . The highest individual Steward ' s list was that of tati ' T 0 THERT ' Grand Std . B . of England , who acted as the represent s ° Somersetshire , and succeeded in raising £ 882 , and there were Dpp er " sts above £ 500 , namely , that of Bro . S . S . PARTRIDGE ,
Bro ' of Leicestershire and Rutland , amounting to £ 575 , and that of shouldI 1 PLATT > D . P . G . M . of North Wales , which reached £ 525 . It re a so be mentioned that the Athol Lodge , No . 74 , Warwickshire , was am ^ ° ° ^ ' members as Stewards , and that the sum they raised oi (¦] , R ern was £ 315 . However , as we have said before , full particulars nur nbe UfnS W '" ^ f ° * our Special Centenary and Silver Wedding ' * shall say nothing further here than that , from a pecuniary
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point of view the Girls' Centenary Festival has never been equalled or even approached by the Festival of any other Institution , while , as regards the management which conduced to a success so brilliant , that it reflects the utmost credit on the principal members of the Executive Committee and Bro . HEDGES , the Secretary of the Institution . Bro . ROBERT GREY proved a
most efficient and courteous Chairman , Bro . FRANK RICHARDSON is to be congratulated on the success of Monday ' s fete , and to Bro . A . C . SPAULL , we understand , belongs the credit of having ssuggested the hiring of the
Albert Hall for the celebration . To these in particular , and indeed to all who took a leading or subordinate part in the proceedings we offer our hearty congratulations on aresult , which must add so largely to the fame which our Society already enjoys over thelsuccess of its Charitable Festivals .
* * * ~ , ,- •. , o , . IT was a graceful act on the part of his Royal Highness The Girls' School ft v . Centenary •the GRAND MASTER , that , in his desire to recognise the Festival Jewel , meritorious services rendered by the Board of Stewards at the recent Girls' School Centenary , he should have granted the brethren
who composed it , so long as they remain subscribing members of a lodge or lodges , his permission to wear their Stewards' jewels at all Masonic meetings . We are satisfied the Stewards themselves will appreciate the compliment , and we doubt not it will act as an incentive to other members of the Craft to follow their example whenever an opportunity for doing so
may present itself . Moreover , the compliment will be considered all the greater in consequence of the reason assigned by the PRINCE for paying it , namely , that it should encourage the brethren in the same way as the hope of obtaining the Charity jewel instituted in 1830 by the late Duke of SUSSEX encourages them to undertake the duties and responsibilities of Festival Stewards .
» # * _„ „ , IT is satisfactory to learn that the Board of Stewards for the ihe Coming J Boys' School approaching Festival of the Royal Masonic Institution for Festival , g | ias keen ; ncrease ( j ; numbers during the last few days ,
and that though the time is too short for the new comers to be able to effect much good , their influence cannot be otherwise than beneficial to the Institution . It is not worth while reverting at length to the scandalous circular which was issued anonymously a short time ago , but it is important we should bear in mind that there are 260 boys in the School ; that the
permanent resources of the Institution are extremely limited , and that the bulk of the ^ 11 , 000 or £ 12 , 000 , which , in the absence of a regular and settled income , must be forthcoming to cover the year ' s expenditure , will have to be obtained in some way or other . We doubt not that the Chairman , the Stewards so far as they go , and their friends will do what is possible , but a
Board which consists of only about 200 members is hardly strong enough to raise what is necessary , and we fear we must trust , therefore , to the chapter of accidents for the supplies that are needed . Meanwhile , we have the School with its 260 boys to maintain , and a small income . The Girls' School Centenary has just been celebrated with unprecedented success , and we trust the
brethren , in their enthusiasm for the . senior School , will not forget that the junior Institution is still more in need of funds , and that what is needed is towards the regular expenditure of the Charity . Anything in the shape of a further increase in the Establishment must , we fear , be looked upon as impossible just now .
DisauiETiNG rumours from Berlin as to the health of his The Emperor Majesty , the Emperor FREDERICK of Germany , have Frederick . \} een current for some days past , and have , as may be imagined , caused the sincerest grief among all classes of HER MAJESTY ' S
subjects . The reports as to the progress made by the illustrious sufferer during the latter part of his sojourn at Charlottenburg , and his removal to Potsdam , had given rise to the hope , if not to the belief , that His MAJESTY was in a fair way towards recovery . Unhappily , these hopes have been rudely dispelled during the present week , the news received by our ROYAL FAMILY
having been of so grave a character that the usual semi-state procession of the Prince and Princess of WALES at Ascot Races , on Tuesday , was countermanded at the last moment by His ROYAL HIGHNESS . Trie latest reports about the EMPEROR , are perhaps , slightly more favourable , but it cannot be
doubted that he is in a very critical state , and we can only supplicate the G . A . O . T . U . that he will be pleased to restore His MAJESTY to health and strength , and prolong a life which is so precious to his people , and the preservation of which is generally considered to be of such supreme importance to the peace of Europe .