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Answers To Correspondents.

Answers to Correspondents .

Father Burke ( W . E . G . )—Many thanks , will appear in our next . BOOKS , & c , RECEIVED . " Hospital Sunday Fund , " " Masonic Record , '" " Keystone , " "New York Dispatch , " "Scottish Freemason , " " Masonic Journal , " " Official Directory for the Prov . Grand Lodge of Cornwall , " edited by Bro . W . J . Hughan , " The Treatment of Iron . "

Births ,Marriages And Deaths.

Births , Marriages and Deaths .

[ Che charge is 2 s . 6 d . for announcements , not exceeding four lines , under this heading . ]

BIR'I HS . CLERK . —On the 12 th inst ., at Priston , Bath , the wife of A . Clerk , Esq ., of a daughter . HARRIS . —On the 27 th ult ., at Llandefalle , Rectory , Brecon , the wife of the Rev . W . Harris , of a daughter .

MARHYAT . —On the 12 th inst ., at Shedfield Grange , the wife of G . S . Marryat , of a daughter . WELCH . —On the 13 th inst ., at Southsea , the wife of Capt . W . D . Welch , of a daughter . WOOD . —On the 9 th inst ., at The Hall , Wirksworth , Derbyshire , the wife of J . B . Wood , of a son .

MARRIAGE . BONNEWELL—WARREN . —On the 12 th inst ., at the Parish Church of St . Sepulchre , London , Bro . William Henry Bonnewell , of Old Bailey and Fleet-street , E . C ., eldest son of Charles Bonnewell , Esq ., H . E . I . C . S ., to Caroline , elder daughter of the late Thomas Morton Warren , Esq ., of Mincing-lane , E . C ., and Mrs . S . Thompson , of Bennett Park , Blackheath , Kent . No cards .

DEATHS . ARNOLD . —On the 29 th ult ., at Ellough Rectory , the Rev . Richard Aldous Arnold , in his 8 5 th year . CAnD . —On the 16 th inst ., at 1 , Clifton-villas , Upper Lansdowne-road , South Lambeth . Edward j . Card , Esq ., Professor of Music , late of 29 , St . James's-street , in his 6 ist year .

DAUB v . —On the 13 th inst ., at Warbleton , Sussex , in her 83 rd year , Sarah , daughter of J . Darby , Esq . SHREWSBURY . —On the nth inst ., at his residence , 39 , Dover-street , Charles John , 19 th Earl of Shewsbnry , and th Earl Talbot , R . W . Prov . Grand Master , Staffordshire , in the 47 th year of his age . VANK . —On the 7 th inst ., at Bryndcrwen , near Usk , Morgan Vane , Esq ., in his 43 rd year .

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The Freemason , SATURDAY , MAY 19 , 1877 .

Death Of Lord Shrewsbury.

DEATH OF LORD SHREWSBURY .

We deeply deplore the loss which the Craft in general , and Staffordshire in particular , has sustained by the loss of our distinguished brother , the Earl of Shrewsbury . He died very suddenly on Friday morning at 6 a . m ., having only been taken ill at 2 . The cause of his death , the Times of Saturday states , is " believed to be syncope of

the heart . " His love of Masonry , and his kindly presence will long be remembered by the brethren , and he will be a very missed man among his tenantry and a large circle of friends , and especially in that great Order of ours , of which he was so distinguished a member . We print an obituary elsewhere .

Installation Of Bro. M. J. Guest, As Prov. G.M. For Dorsetshire.

INSTALLATION OF BRO . M . J . GUEST , AS PROV . G . M . FOR DORSETSHIRE .

On Saturday , the 12 th inst ., an influential gathering of Freemasons took p lace at Wimborne , on the occasion of the installation of Bro . Montague John Guest , P . G . D ., as Prov . Grand Master of Dorsetshire . The ceremony was conducted in the Masonic Hall , Wimborne ,

under the direction of Sir Albert W . Woods , ( Garter ) P . G . W ., Grand Director of Ceremonies , assisted by Bro . T . Fenn , P . G . D . and P . A . G . D . C . The R . W . Dep . G . M ., Lord Skelmersdale , presided as Installing Master , and was supported by the presence of the R . W . Prov .

G . M . of Wiltshire , Lord Methuen ; the R . W . P . G . M . of Kent , Lord Holmesdale ; the R . W . P . G . M . of Hampshire , Bro . Beach , M . P . j the V . W . Bro . Lord Henry Thynne , P . G . W . ; Bro . John Hervey , Grand . Secretary ; Bro . Hon . Ralph Harbord , Bros . Vere Barnett Lanford , M . D . :

Arthur Guest , J . P . Gundry , Kuhe , P . G . O ., and many other distinguished brethren . Bro . Joseph Parks Gundry , son of the late Prov . G . M . ; was appointed P . D . G . M ., and the other officers were re-appointed . After the ceremony the Prov . G . M . entertained nearly 300 of the brethren at a magnificent banquet at the mansion

of his brother , Sir Ivor Guest , Canford Manor . The dinner was supplied by Messrs . Gunter ' s in a style which could scarcely be surpassed , and the hospitality of the Prov . G . M . was acknowledged with the most enthusiastic cheers when his health and that of his brother , Sir Ivor Guest , were proposed . Our readers will see a report in detail in another column .

A Labour Of Love.

A LABOUR OF LOVE .

We are most glad to call attention to a paragraph in another column by which it is stated that the talented wife of our very esteemed brother , the President of the Board of General Purposes , assisted by a genial band of skilful

amateurs , has most kindly , by the succesful theatricals at the Opera Comique , obtained for the two great Schools of the Craft , 210 guineas . We thank very much , as all our brethren will do , that kindly company and our " gifted sister . "

The Girls' School Festival.

THE GIRLS' SCHOOL FESTIVAL .

Our second great charity gathering has passed over for 1 S 77 , and may be said to have resulted in the return of s £ io , ooo , in round numbers , to that most admirable Institution of ours , the Girls' School . There is , as our readers will note an apparent falling cIF in this amount , as

regards the first collection this year , for the Benevolent Institution , but it is one which we think is explicable by several causes , which are just now very active . One of the speakers , ( we believe Bro . Binckes ) , spoke

of the positive , comparative and superlative degrees of the charity returns , but in this special case it was rather an Irish way of putting the cart before the horse , unless , indeed , he meant , as he probably did—for Bro . Binckes is very / acetious—that the positive represented Bro .

The Girls' School Festival.

Little , the comparative Bro . Terry , and the superlative himself . Be it so . We shall join in the superlative wish , that Bro . Binckes may be favoured with superlative everything—weather , attendance , results , for his great gala in June . Yes ; let us all say— " So mote it be . " But

do not let us run away , on the other hand , with the idea that the charity returns are going to fall off , ( as we are all often alternately over sanguine and over depressed in things Masonic and profane ) , because the Girls ' School festival is a little behind Bro . Terry ' s

magnificent "throw oft' for 1877 . In the first place , trade has not recently been flourishing , and is still lagging sadly behind , affecting , no doubt , Freemasons as much as any one else . The returns of the Bankers' Clearing-house show this most

conclusively , and though they are somewhat formidable to the non-expert in figures , and to those who , as we say , have forgotten their " tallies , " yet we think it well to repeat them here , as they make this fact quite clear and conclusive . During the last year these wonderful returns amounted

to the enormous sum of four thousand eight hundred and seventy-three millions of pounds sterling . And even this amount , large and marvellous as it seems , is joo millions less than last year . As trade is slowly recovering , and would recover at once were it not for Eastern

complications , we may hope that better days are in store for Freemasons generally . In the next place , we must remember that we have been working at " high pressure " for some time as regards our charities , and that in all human affairs and efforts there is always the ebb and flow , the elevation

and the depression , the advance and the retrogression . There is nothing , therefore , abnormal or alarming in this slight falling off . Again , it is a mistake to suppose that the Craft is a very wealthy body . We have many very opulent members , but the great bulk of our fraternity

are hard-working bread winners , to whom a life governorship represents a considerable sum . We do not deny that there is yet a virgin soil to be tilled by our good brethren the Secretaries as regards lodges and chapters , and therefore we do not yet see the limit by

any means of what may be done for the charities . So that , on the whole , when we call to mind what a few years ago we considered a " noble return , '' and what zealous brethren have done for the goodly cause of charity , w e feel strongly more than ever how much cause we have to be

proud of our charitable brotherhood , and we sincerely congratulate the executive ei the Institution , and especially our esteemed and worthy brother R . W . Little , on the result of the Girls' School Festival in 1877 which is about £ j 2 O 0 in excess of last year . As regards the

returns themselves they are very suggestive indeed . The metropolitan brethren have contributed , ( all honour to them ) , the goodly figure of £ 5228 ; West Yorkshire , always active in the cause of charity , and keeping up its high character , has sent up forty-six Stewards and s € 8 ± o ; while

Middlesex has manfully supported Bro . R . W . Little with , £ 745 , and Lancashire , W . Division , has forwarded £ 310 16 s .. Then follow Durham with ggi . 86 ; Sussex , £ 233 7 s . < 5 d . j Hants , £ 222 12 s . ; Norfolk , £ 20 9 j Dorsetshire , £ 180 12 s . ; Warwickshire , £ 176 5 s . 5 Kent , a £ i 7 < 4 s . 6 d . ;

Hertfordshire , ^ 143 16 s . < 5 d . : Gloucestershire , £ 2 > $ 9 - > Wiltshire , £ , \ ii . ; Berks and Bucks , send £ 114 9 s . j and Northamptonshire and Hunts , £ 103 . There are several smaller amounts , making up the Provincial returns £ 4600 . The

twenty-two returns which are wanting are not likely to make any material difference in the net amount , but , on the whole , we may congratulate the Craft on a return of subscriptions of about , £ 10 , 000 for our Girls' School .

The Increase Of The Boys' School.

THE INCREASE OF THE BOYS ' SCHOOL .

The proceedings of the General Committee ) reported in our last impression , suggest one or two very serious considerations . In the firs p lace we cannot disguise from ourselves , do wha we will , and with the best feelings in the world to all concerned , that matters are assuming a rather hazy and incongruous appearance . There is , '