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Masonic Notes.

Masonic Notes .

« The annual Athletic Sports of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys will be held at Wood Green on Saturday , the 25 th instant . We understand that no SATURDAY , J UNE IS , 18 9 S .

tickets of admission will be issued , but the Stewards at the recent Festival and their friends will receive a hearty welcome . With this the last of the functions in connection with the Centenary of the Institution will be brought to a close .

* * * Saturday , the 25 th instant , will be cx-pupils' day , and , as usual , thc House Committee of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls will be pleased to see as

many ex-pupils as can make it convenient to attend between the hours of three and eight p . m . The Committee , however , wish to impress upon ex-pupils that the day is set apart for them , and them only , and that visitors are not invited or expected to attend .

Masonic Notes.

His Royal Highness , the M . W . Grand Master , has been pleased to appoint Bro . Lord Wantage , K . C . B ., V . C , to be Provincial Grand Master of Berkshire . Since the lamented death , early in 1892 , of the late Duke of Clarence and Avondale , K . G ., the office has

remained vacant , the Province having , however , been in charge of Bro . J . T . Morland , P . G . D . of England , Dep . P . G . Master . Lord Wantage , who served as Senior Grand Warden in 1891 , will , it is expected ,

be installed with the usual ceremony at the next annual meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge , which will probably take place at Reading some time during the month of August , when a numerous and influential gathering of the Craft may be anticipated .

# # * On Monday , the 20 th inst ., the Hotel Cecil will be the scene of an important Masonic function , the ceremony of consecrating the Jubilee Masters' Lodge , No . 2712 , having been arranged to take place on that day . Bro . E . Letchworth , F . S . A ., G . Sec , will be , as usual , the

Consecrating Officer , and will be assisted in his duties by Bro . Sir J . B . Monckton and other Grand Officers-Thelodge will start on its career with a muster roll of 75 founders , of whom the following are the principal officers designate , namely , Bro . Alderman W . Vaughan Morgan , P . G . Treas ., W . M . ; Bro . J . R . Cleave , S . W . ; and Bro . W . S . Hooper , J . W .

* » * The Provincial Grand Lodge of Kent held its annual meeting , under thc auspices of the Lodge of Union , No . 127 , Margate , on Wednesday , the 15 th instant . Earl Amherst , Deputy Grand Master of

England , Prov . Grand Master , presided , and there was , as usual , a very strong muster of the brethren , while the proceedings were characterised by more than the usual amount of enthusiasm . Provincial Grand Lodge met at 1 p . m . at the Victoria Hall ; at 2 . 30 p . m . the

brethren attended Divine service in the parish church of St . John ' s , the offertory , which amounted to up - wards of , £ 11 , being divided between a local charitable institution and the Masonic Charity Fund of the

Union Lodge . At 4 . 15 p . m . the brethren dined together at the Foresters' Hall , when the usual toasts were honoured , and the afternoon passed off most pleasantly , * # *

It is needless to say that thc circumstances under which the Prov . Grand Lodge was held were of the most encouraging nature , and tended very materially to enhance the pleasure of the meeting . On Friday , the ioth instant , the Centenary Festival of

the Boys' School was held under the presidency of H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , M . W . G . M ., and among the Provinces of England , Kent , as became its strength and influence , took a foremost part in it , the 100 ladies and brethren who acted as Stewards in its behalf ,

returning a total of donations and subscriptions which exceeded £ 5350 . Kent , on previous occasions , has distinguished itself greatly . It was among the foremost contributors at the Girls' School Centenary in 1 SS 8 and the Benevolent Jubilee in 1892 . When in

1 SS 3 the Prov . G . Master , then Viscount Holmesdale , presided as Chairman at the Boys' School Festival , it did some good , solid work , but there has never been a Masonic Festival , at which it has shown itself so strong a supporter of an Institution , as on what the

esteemed and popular Prov . G . M . Master described as the "Glorious tenth of June , " when it raised the immense sum we have stated , which , coming as it did , from a Province of only 62 or 6 4 lodges , may be looked upon as virtually the biggest total of the Centenary .

At all events , the number of Stewards was 100 , and consequently the average per Steward was £ 53 , an average far in advance of what we are accustomed to on these occasions , even when they happen to be Centenary Festivals , * # *

There is just a word to be said in respect of the entertaining lodge . In that capacity it well sustained the reputation of the Province and also of the lodge , and too much praise cannot be bestowed on its Committees and Bro . F . Stanley , P . M ., P . P . S . G . W ., who is Secretary of the lodge .

On Tuesday , the 21 st inst ., Bro . William Short , of the Derby Allcroft Lodge , No . 21 N 6 , and his friends have kindly arranged to give a musical and miscellaneous entertainment to " Our Boys , " at Wood Green ,

under the direction of Bro . R . D . Cummings . A similar entertainment was given last year under the direction of the same brother , and proved a great success , and we doubt not that the result of Tuesday ' s meeting will bc equally satisfactory .

Masonic Notes.

The Report of the Masonic Orphan Boys' School for Ireland , Richview , near Dublin , for 1 S 97 is in every way satisfactory . The income for the year was less than that for 1 S 96 , but the accounts closed with a greatly reduced balance due to the bankers of the

Institution . As regards the educational results , we are glad to learn that the "high position to which the School had attained continues to be held , and the Education Committee feel entirely satisfied with the progress which has been made . " The general health

of the boys is reported lo have been " most satisfactory , " there having been no serious- outbreak of illness of an infectious character , but , unfortunately , one boy succumbed to an effusion of blood upon the

Drain , supervening upon an attack of rheumatic fever , this being the first and only case of illness that has terminated fatally during the existence of the School . The number of boys on the establishment at the close of the year was Si , as compared with 79 the previous

year . # * * The May number of the Canadian Craftsman contains an interesting- account of the establishment of the Craft in Manitoba . A meeting of emergency was

held in the Masonic Hall , Winnipeg , under the presidency of Bro . T . Robinson , M . W . G . M . of Manitoba , on the 29 th April last , when Bro . W . G . Scott ,-Grand Secretary , gave a lecture on the subject , which was listened to with the keenest attention by a numerous

muster of brethren . It seems that many informal meetings of Masons were held prior to the date assigned by Bro . Scott for the formal establishment of the Craft in the Province . That brother , however , not without reason , is of opinion that the true date of the

establishment must be looked for in thc organisation of Northern Light Lodge , at Pembina , early in 186 4 . Two years previously a number of Masons had sought a dispensation from the Grand Master of Minnesota for a lodge in what is now the Province of Manitoba :

but the prayer of the petition was not granted , owing to the disturbed state of the country . In 1 S 63 , however , the idea was revived by the Masons who were among the troops sent from Minnesota to put down the outbreak of the Sioux Indians .

* * * This time the request proved successful , " a dispensation was granted to Bro . C . W . Nash , who was then en route for Pembina . But the winter was a severe one so that the troops did not succeed in getting settled

in their quarters till January , 1864 , and the first meeting was held somewhere about the 15 th of that month —the precise date not being obtainable owing to the destruction of the records by lire in 186 S . The lodge , which subsequently received the name of the " Northern

Light , " continued to work at Pembina till the . following month of May , when the troops were withdrawn , and a petition having been granted for the removal of the lodge to Fort Garry , the first meeting was held in the new quarters on the Sth No / ember following . On Tuesday , the 27 th December , the brethren met for the

purpose of celebrating St . John ' s Day . During the next year great activity prevailed among the members of the lodge and the installation of officers was held on St . John ' s Day , in the presence of a large muster of the Craft . Since then , Freemasonry has gone on prospering and the Grand Lodge of Manitoba now has close on 60 lodges on its register .

* » ? , The Indian Masonic Review fof last month has an article headed " Royal Arch Masonry , '' in which , alter weighing all that was said at the time in favour of and in opposition to the alteration in the Regulations of

thc Order as to the length of the qualifying period for exaltation of a M . M . from one year to one month , our contemporary comes to the conclusion that the change has not been productive of the benefits that were expected to result from it . " Having , " it says , " bartered away the selectness of the Order , and having thus

cheapened it , wc are bound to see that we have got our price . And as the result of investigations extended over somo years , we say , emphatically , we have not . " Later , in the same article , it adds : " The Order has been cheapened and given away for nothing , and thc sooner Article 73 of 18 93 is replaced by Article 73 of iSSO , the better for the dignity of the Order . "

' 1 IIEIK ROVAL IIIHIINESSES the Prince and Princess of Wales , attended by Miss Knollys and Uro . Major-General Sir S . Clarke , returned to Marlborough House on Monday morning from visiting Bro . Lord and Lady Wantage at

Lockinge , Bucks . His Royal Highness received the Swedish Minister ( Count Charles Lewenhaupt ) in the afternoon , who presented to him Dr . Hedin , a Swedish explorer in Central Africa .