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Bro . CHARLES LACEY seconded the motion . He had been anxious to know what this lady had done for the Institution , and he was glad to hear from Bro . Richardson what the nature of the services was . The motion was carried . Scrutineers of votes were then appointed , and the meeting proceeded with the election of 23 g irls out of an approved list of 30 candidates . The following was the result : —

SUCCESSFUL . Name . Votes . Name . Votes . Watson , Marien Grace M 239 6 Obey , Florence Jane 1 C 32 Holmes , Margaret E . M 2129 Bromley , Maude Mary 1592 Tucker , Mary Sybil 1965 Dunlop , Florence Ellen 1585 Cooke , Jessie Edith 1 S 3 S Lockwood , Gertrude 15 S 1 WheelerMay Amelia 17 S 6 Whitaker , Leila Constance 1576

, Allen , Mary Louisa Culy 1720 Wrightson , Hetty July 1573 Marlow , May Emily 170 S Relph , Florence Eleanor 1560 Patience , Mary Scott 1703 Hutchings , Jane Wheeler 1522 Gillet , Ethel Clara 16 SS Tanner , Edith Fanny 1511 Beilby , Jessie Louisa 1679 Sharland , Kate 1495 Woodforde , Rose Isabel Marian ... 1 G 73 Speed , Myrtle 1490 Greenwood , Gertrude Frances ... 1658

UNSUCCESSFUL . Name . Votes . Name . Votes-Fitt , Maud Emily ... 1403 Wells , Lilian Frances 574 Smithers , Louisa Adelaide 1326 Smith , Mary Alice G . 197 Read , Mary Frances 1219 Smith Rose Adelaide Marsac ' ... 9 S Mansell , Minnie Madeline 9 S 2

Votes brought forward from October Election ... ... 12 , 184 Votes issued for this Election 36 , 515 Total ... 48 , 6 99 Votes of thanks to the , Scrutineers and the Chairman closed the proceedings .

Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.

ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS .

QUARTERLY COURT AND ELECTION OF CANDIDATES . The Quarterly Court of the Subscribers and Governors of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys was held on Monday in the large hall of Freemasons' Tavern , Bro . Raynham W . Stewart , P . G . D ., V . P ., in the chair . Among the numerous brethren who attended were Bros . F . R . Spaull , R . Wylie , Wordsworth , W . D . Dugdale , A . E . Gladwell , Curteis , G . Dixon , G . Gardner , T . Sickecott , C . Millboure , Piatt , H . Hacker , C . F . Matier , R .

Barton , T . Bull , A . Holmes , H . Roberts , H . Bartlett , J . H . Roberts , H . Carman , G . Bolton , G . Bunney , Boney , E . F . Storr , F . Garbutt , March , Ovenden , H . Dicken . VV . A . Scurrah , H . Moore , C . H . Webb , F . Adlard , J . Cox , H . Smith , H . Massey , G . W . Verry , A . C . Spaull , R . Parks , F . J . Wragg , Cumberland , W . Westcott , M . B ., J . J . Berry , W . Snowden , 1 . E . Le Feuvre , A . Perkins , H . Ratcliffe , J . I . March , H . Cox , VV . Morgan ,

A . F . Godson , J . F . Roberts , C . F . Hogard , J . Bell , S . P . Patterson , F . Hilton , J . Stevens , F . Davison , C . L . Lane , Harvey , A . Tisley , J . G . Stevens , A . Annett , J . Pearce , J . Terry , VV , Brett , P . Rawle , G . Coles , G . Snow , J . Clever , W . Dawson , T . Humphries , Neville Green , C , Hilliard , F . Stewart , G . P . Festa , G . Mickley , R . Vassar Smith , G . Coops , G . T , Wright , and P . Wallis .

After the reading and confirmation of the minutes , Bro . George Plucknett was unanimously re-elected Treasurer of the Institution , on the motion of Bro . W . R OEBUCK , seconded by Bro . J . L . MATHER . Bro . A . F . GODSON , Vice-Patron , proposed tljat Law 57 be erased . He said it had now become useless . It was no longer necessary that children

should attend before the General Committee for the purpose ol reading . The children from the provinces were not required to attend , and there was already a special rule requiring that a certain standard should be attained before a child could be placed on the list . Bro . C . F . HOGARD seconded the proposition .

Bro . C . H . WEBB opposed . Law 61 specially referred to all candidal es . Before an applicant was placed on the list they ought to be satisfied that he was proper to be so placed . As an old attendant at the Committees of the two Schools , he was able to say that they had seen childen of an age when they should read fluently referred back further to qualify themselves in reading . That was a frequent occurrence . He thought they ought to have a candidate before the Committee . When they were once placed on the list

it became a question of influence whether they were elected or not . After some further disscussion , Bro , J . E , CURTEIS , Plymouth , suggested the matter should be adjourned to the next Court so that the brethren might have an opportunity of studying the question in all its bearings . Bro . RATCLIFFE supported the suggestion . The C HAIRMAN ruled that the amendment could not be put .

Bro . RATCLIFFE thought that the sooner they got nd of a law which made an invidious distinction between children being within six miles of London and those living in the provinces the better . If they trusted people in the provinces they might trust those in London , The law was erased .

On the motion of Bro . J . L . MATHER , V . Pres ., ' seconded by Bro . W . ROEBUCK , it was unanimously resolved that the House and Building Committees be empowered to spend a sum not exceeding ^ 750 in providing laundry accommodation for the requirements of the ori g inal Institution , in addition to the amount provided for in the estimates for the new buildings , to avoid the expense of two separate establishments .

Bro . J . S . C UMBERLAND moved that the name of William Edward Tappenden , No . 35 , be removed from the list of candidates for the election to-day , and adduced as his reason that the boy ' s late father had not left him penniless . He urged that there was enough to support the child , and that to admit him would be to shut out a boy who was not so well provided for . Bro . HENRY M OORE , P . M . No . 73 , seconded the motion .

The CHAIRMAN wished the brethren to remember that the Masonic Schools were not pauper schools . Several brethren spoke against the motion , and contended that to throw out a case like this was to encourage a father not to provide for his offspring .

The motion was ultimately put to the meeting and lost by a large majority . On the motion of Bro . EDGAR BOWYER it was resolved to elect 25 boys from a list of 44 candidates , and Scrutineers of votes having been appointed the election proceeded ,

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At the declaration of the poll the following was found to be the result :- — SUCCESSFUL .

Name , Votes . Chamberlain , Neville Innes 2155 Wurr , Charles Henry 2112 Richards , Walter John 1995 Walker Harold John 1933 Moore , Arthur 1903

Foord , Thomas Robert 1 S 95 Tappenden , William Edwd . ... 1 SS 9 Morley , William Forrest 1 SS 7 Reynolds , Edward Lloyd 1879 Warren , Ambrose C . H 1879 Perkins , Frank 1 S 6 S Allan , John Sinclair B 1 S 31 Oscroft , James Hall 1 S 30

Name . Votes . Lester , Isaac Harold i j ^ j Hamerton , Cecil Taylor \ y ^ Richardson , Arthur Taylor ... 1757 Harvey , Lewis John T . ... ... 1735 Pattison , Fredk . Wm . i

Roddam , Cuthbert John G . ... 1713 Hickenbotham , Edwd . B 17 U Cole , Wm . Percy 1 G 77 Dawson , Stanley Claude IGIQ Skurray , John Stephens 1 G 17 France , Frederick H . ... ... 1605 Watkins , Frank Murley ... ... 1162 Scarfe , J . T Sjq

UNSUCCF . SSFUL .

Name . Votes . Musgrave , Percy White ... ... S 40 Kent , Fras . B . Brocksopp 7 S 0 Hilbred , Benjamin Meeds 772

McMillan , ; john Nicol 744 Henshaw , Harry Edwards 719 Higgison , Francis Walford 426 Haxthausen , Charles E . ... ... 415 Knight , Samuel William 311 Astington , Alfred Ernest 275

Name . Votes . Warner , Arthur 23 S Green , James Murray 102 West , Algernon Sackville iSS

Senior , George James ... ... iSS Mushens , Alfred Thompson ... 17 Taylor , Albert 17 Cannon , George _ iG Davis , Frederick Teilo 7 Gibbs , Percy ... 1

Consecration Of The Hammersmith Lodge, No. 2090.

CONSECRATION OF THE HAMMERSMITH LODGE , No . 2090 .

The consecration of this lodge took place on Thursday , gtb inst ., at the Board room of the Board of Works , Broadway , Hammersmith , on which occasion there was a very large gathering of the brethren to witness the ceremony , which was performed by V . W . Bro . Col . Shadwell H . Clerke ,

G . Sec ,, assisted by VV . Bros . Lieut .-Col . Somerville Burney , P . G . D ., as S . W . ; Edgar Bowyer , P . G . Std . Br ., as J . W . ; V . W . Bro . the Rev . Ambrose Hall , M . A ., P . G . C , as Chap . ; and W . Bro . Frank Richardson , P . G . D ., as Dir . of Cers . ; the musical arrangements being under the direction of Bro . F . J . Oliver .

The lodge was opened by the Grand Secretary shortly after four o clock , and after the hymn " Hail , Eternal by whose aid " had been sung , the Presiding Officer addressing the assembled brethren said that they had me t met there that day on a very important and interesting occasion , their business being to consecrate a new lodge , No . 2090 on the roll of the Grand Lodge of England . There were now nearly 350 London lodges , and it was

not desirable that the number should be increased , the result being that many petitions had been declined . There were , however , exceptions , and the petitioners for a warrant for the Hammersmith Lodge had to congratulate themselves that their petition had been successful . They were , he believed , all residents in the neighbourhood , which , as regarded Masonry , appeared to be unoccupied territory , and the Grand Master had therefore , been

pleased to grant the petition . The position and acquirements of thebrethren who had been selected to preside over the lodge gave assurance that the lodge would be conducted in a very satisfactory and able manner . He wished , however , to give them a word of warning , not to be in too great a hurry to go ahead—not to think it absolutely necessary to become a large and numerous lodge , because that might place them in a difficulty . Some

lodges looked to quantity rather than quality , and in their haste let in undesirable members whom they would afterwards be very glad to be rid of . It was very easy to get an undesirable member into a lodge , but very hard to get him out . In this day all the minutiae : of Freemasonry was so much before the public , and all the benefits obtainable were so much in evidence that many men attempted to get in from unworthy motives ; and he , therefore , made

it a practice to warn all lodges against such men . The previous history and the temperament of every candidate should be found out , that the members of the lodge might fully consider whether he would be a desirable brother . If this simple rule were followed a lodge would become a band of brothers indeed . He trusted that this would be the case with the Hammersmith Lodge , and that after a certain number of years they would arrive at a successful position among the lodges of London .

The V . W . CHAPLAIN , at the conclusion of the Presiding Officer ' s address , offered up prayer , after which the Dir . of Cers . ranged the petitioners before the Master ' s chair , the officers named in the warrant , namely : Bro . Howard Henry Room , W . M . designate ; Bro . Harry Tipper , S . W . designate ; and Bro . David Stroud , J . VV . designate , being in front .

The DIRECTOR OF CEREMONIES then proceeded to read the petition and warrant , and the petitioners in replying to the demand of the Presiding Officer signified their approval of the officers named in the petition and warrant . V . W . Bro . AMBROSE WM . HALL , Chap ., then delivered an oration on the nature and principles of the Institution .

The delivery of the oration was followed by an anthem sung by the musical brethren , and the Presiding Officer proceeded to give the invocation , after which the lodge board was uncovered and consecrated in due form , and , after dedicating the lodge formally , constituted the petitioners to whom the warrant had been granted , its first members . The brethren then sung the hymn " Glory to God on High , " and the Presiding Officer pronounced the final benediction .

The lodge was then resumed in the Second Degree ; Bro . Howard H . Room , W . M . designate , was presented by W . Bro . Richardson to the Presiding Officer for installation , and after Bro . Room had been duly obligated , a Board of Installed Masters was formed , in whose presence the ceremony of installation was completed , and Bro . Room was invested with the badges of office . Bro . Room nominated Bro . Geo . Read , P . M . 511 , 1767 , & c , to act as I . P . M ., and invested him with the collar of that office . The Board

having been closed , the lodge was resumed , the brethren admitted , and the W . M . proclaimed and-saluted in the Three Degrees . Bro . W . P . Cockburn was elected Treasurer by ballot , and Bro . Verry , Ty ler , by show of hands , and the appointment and investiture of the officers was proceeded with . The officers for the year are as follows : Bros . Howard H . Room , W . M . ; George Read , P . M . 511 , 1767 , & c , I . P . M . ; Harry Tipper , S . W . ; BStroud , J . W . ; W . P . Cockburn , Treas . ; Arthur J . Barclay , Sec . ; }' ¦ Mander , S . D , ; F . R , Hayes , W . M . 1767 , l . D . ; A . Williams , I . G . , W .