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Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.
ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS .
The Quarterly General Court of this Institution was held at Freemasons ' Hall , on ^ Monday , the 16 th inst . Bro . W . Roebuck , P . G . S . B ., presided , and there were present Bros . W . Pannell , W . Wh ittley , John L . Mather ,
A . G . D . C ; Edgar Bowyer , P . G . Std . Br . ; Jas . Terry , P . G . S . B . ; H Venn T . Hastings Miller , F . Adlard , and F . Binckes , P . G . S . B ., Sec .
The minutes of the October Quarterly General Court having been read and confirmed , and those of the General Committee read for information , the following motion , of which notice had been given , was , on the motion of Bro . J . L- MATHER , seconded by Bro . T . HASTINGS MILLER , unanimously agreed to , namely : —
"To alter law 29 by substituting the words * last Friday' for the words •Monday immediately following the second Saturday , ' in accordance vvith the recommendation in the report of such Committee adopted by the Quarterly Court in October , 1887 . "
On the motion of Bro . J . L . Mather , seconded by Bro . Edgar Bowyer , it was resolved— " That at the Quarterly General Court on the 16 th April next , 15 boys shall be elected from an approved list of 65 candidates . " A vote of thanks to the chairman having been passed , the Court adjourned ,
Death Of Bro. Alderman Sir John Staples, K.C.M.G.
DEATH OF BRO . ALDERMAN SIR JOHN STAPLES , K . C . M . G .
Bro . Alderman Sir John Staples , K . C . M . G ., P . G . D . England , whose death occurred at his residence , Avenue-road , St . John ' s Wood , on Monday morning , after only a few days' illness , was initiated into Masonry in Grand Master ' s Lodge , No . 1 , in the year 1 SS 1 . In 18 S 3 he took part in founding the St . Botolph's Lodge , No . 2020 , and was installed its first VV . M . early in January of the following year . At the close of his term of office he was unanimously re-elected . In November , of
18 S 5 , he was installed in office as Lord Mayor , and , following the example preceding-Lord Mayors , who were also Freemasons , gave a grand banquet at the Mansion House a short time previous to his vacating office to the Grand Officers , both Present and Past , of United Grand Lodge , and to the lodges and chapter of which he was a member , namely , Grand Master's , No . 1 , St . Botolph ' s , No . 2020 , and the Aldersgate Chapter , No . 1657 . At the Masonic celebration of the Queen ' s Jubilee , Bro . Staples , who in the meantime had had conferred upon him by her Majesty the distinction of a Knight
Commandership of the Order of St . Michael and St . George , tor his civic services , was among the distinguished members of the fraternity on whom the Prince of Wales , M . W . G . M ., was graciously pleased to confer the rank and privileges of a Past Grand Officer of United Grand Lodge , and was made a Past Grand Deacon , a corresponding honour in the Koyal Arch Degree being conferred upon him at the Quarterly Convocation in August , when he was appointed a Past Grand Principal Sojourner of Supreme Grand Chapter . The deceased had also rendered efficient services to our Charitable
Institutions , having constituted himself a Life Governor of all three , and having served four Festival Stewardships , namely , one for the Girls' School , one for the Benevolent Institution , and two for the Boys' School . In his civic capacity the late Alderman was much esteemed and respected . After serving for many years as a member of the Court of Common Council , he was , on the death of Alderman Besley in 1 S 77 ,
unanimously elected his successor as Alderman for the Ward of Aldersgate , and the same year served the office of Sheriff of London and Middlesex in conjunction with our late Bro . Lord Mayor Nottage . In November , 1 SS 5 , he was chosenLord Mayor of London , and in recognition of his services in that capacity the Queen was pleased to create him a Knight Commander of St . Michael and St . George , this particular distinction having been no doubt chosen for the generous hospitality shown by our late brother to the representatives of our Colonies and India who visited the old country in such
considerable numbers during the time the Colonial and Indian Exhibition was open . He also was the means of raising a large sum—between £ So , ooo and £ 90 , 000—for the relief of the unemployed in London , and was a member of the Court of Lieutenancy for London , a Governor of the several Royal Hospitals , and a member of the Metropolitan Board of Works . The late Alderman and ex-Lord Mayor was in the 73 rd year of his age , but till within a few days of his death had taken an active part in his duties . The portrait given above appeared in Wednesday ' s City Press , and has been kindly lcnt by the proprietors of that journal .
The History Of The Royal Masonic Institution For Girls
THE HISTORY OF THE ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS
FROM ITS ORIGIN , 1 * 788 , TO ITS CENTENARY , 18 S 8 .
( Gontimied from page 15 ) . In March , 1820 , a Special House Committee -was called , for the purpose of considering a proposal to enlarge the premises , and on this recommendation it Avas resolved to build two additional rooms at a cost not exceeding £ 150 . The plans were submitted to the Duke of
Sussex and approved , and thereupon the necessary steps Avere taken to carry them into execution . A separate fund was established , and a circular to the lodges inviting subscriptions was issued . But sundry delays occurred , due in the first instance to a desire that the Annual Festival might be held before operations were commenced ,
and then to the resignation of Secretary Hucklebridge , and the circumstances necessitating it . It was not , therefore , till the following year . that tenders for the work were invited , and one of these , involving an outlay of £ 119 , having been accepted , the additional rooms were rapidly built and made ready for occupation . In the
meantime , however , the Committee had been seriously harassed in their duties . In October , 1820 , Secretary Hucklebridge tendered his resignation , which was accepted , and he was requested to continue in his office till Christmas . The following month it transpired that Hucklebridge had been embezzling the moneys of the Institution ; a
particularly flagrant instance being his non-payment of the annual premium . for fire insurance , amounting to £ 9 5 s . This sum he promptly made good , but his other defalcations were such that , at a , Special Court on the 30 th Noremher , a vote of thanks , which had been awarded him in 1816 , but never formally presented , was burnt
in open Court , and it was ordered that he should be reported to Grand Lodge , and in the event of his not making good thc amount he had appropriated , that he should be prosecuted . About the same time Bro . Parker resigned the office of Collector , though in his case there
were no unpleasant circumstances attending his retirement , and in April , 1821 , the General Committee voted him his accustomed year ' s gratuity of £ 5 5 s . The new officers Avere Bro . John Hair , Avho succeeded Hucklebridge , and Bro . James Osborne , who was appointed Collector in succession to Bro . Parker .
On 28 th June , 1821 , on the motion of Captain Deans , it was resolved that in future only one day should be set apart for the Annual Festival , aud that the selection of such day should be left to the Duke of Sussex as President . At the same meeting the Matron reported that two of the children , AVIIO had been attacked Avith scarlet
fever , had been removed to tho Fever Hospital in Gray ' s-Imi-road , and five days later it was reported on the same authorit y that nine more children had been attacked and removed to the same hospital , and it was ordered that other girls reported as indisposed should bo removed to lodgings . Fortunately , OAving to the prompt measures
taken by the Matron and the skill and unremitting attention of the medical officers , the outbreak soon ran its course , and Avithout fatal consequences to any of the children , and at the Quarterl y Court in the October folloAving , a resolution of thanks Avas unanimously passed to the physicians and surgeons of the Institution for their services during the continuance of the outbreak .
With the aboA ^ e exceptions , the Minutes during this period contair > but little to interest us . At the same Court in October , 1821 , it Avae resolved " That , in future , candidates may be elected into the School to fill up any vacancy that shall occur on or before the first regular day oiiAvhich the House Committee meets subsequent to the General
Court at which such election may take place . " In March of the following year the General Committee determined that the names of children whom they considered specially worthy of support should be posted in the Committee and School Rooms on the day of the election . In April , on the motion of Bro . the Rev . S . S . Coleman , it Avas agreed
" That the Certificate of Parochial Settlement shall be filled up and signed by the Minister and Churchwardens or Overseers of the Parish to which the Child belongs , " it being subsequently provided that in the event of the settlement certificate not being obtainable , tho signatures of tAvo responsible persons should be deemed sufficient . In
June of the same year a candidate was rejected under unusual circumstances , the child ' s father who tendered the petition being a bricklayer ' s labourer . On inquiry it Avas found that the man occupied the same position when he was initiated into Masonry , and thereupon the General Committee , on the motion of Bro . James Deans , jun ., voted
that the petition was inadmissible on the reasonable ground " that the Charity Avas not intended for Persons under the circumstance of the Petitioner , but rather for such as may have been reduced in their situation in life . " Other resolutions affecting the candidature of children included one passed in September , 1822 , requiring that a
child's certificate of health should be signed by one of the medical officers of the Institution in the event of her being in London , or , if living in the country , by the surgeon in her nei ghbourhood . At the Quarterly Court on 9 th January , 1823 , a candidate ' s name was
removed from the list in accordance Avith the rule requirino- that no child should be received into the Institution from a Poor House , and it was at the same time resolved that , after the month of April folloAVing , the minimum age for admission should be eight years , ( To be continued . )
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Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.
ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS .
The Quarterly General Court of this Institution was held at Freemasons ' Hall , on ^ Monday , the 16 th inst . Bro . W . Roebuck , P . G . S . B ., presided , and there were present Bros . W . Pannell , W . Wh ittley , John L . Mather ,
A . G . D . C ; Edgar Bowyer , P . G . Std . Br . ; Jas . Terry , P . G . S . B . ; H Venn T . Hastings Miller , F . Adlard , and F . Binckes , P . G . S . B ., Sec .
The minutes of the October Quarterly General Court having been read and confirmed , and those of the General Committee read for information , the following motion , of which notice had been given , was , on the motion of Bro . J . L- MATHER , seconded by Bro . T . HASTINGS MILLER , unanimously agreed to , namely : —
"To alter law 29 by substituting the words * last Friday' for the words •Monday immediately following the second Saturday , ' in accordance vvith the recommendation in the report of such Committee adopted by the Quarterly Court in October , 1887 . "
On the motion of Bro . J . L . Mather , seconded by Bro . Edgar Bowyer , it was resolved— " That at the Quarterly General Court on the 16 th April next , 15 boys shall be elected from an approved list of 65 candidates . " A vote of thanks to the chairman having been passed , the Court adjourned ,
Death Of Bro. Alderman Sir John Staples, K.C.M.G.
DEATH OF BRO . ALDERMAN SIR JOHN STAPLES , K . C . M . G .
Bro . Alderman Sir John Staples , K . C . M . G ., P . G . D . England , whose death occurred at his residence , Avenue-road , St . John ' s Wood , on Monday morning , after only a few days' illness , was initiated into Masonry in Grand Master ' s Lodge , No . 1 , in the year 1 SS 1 . In 18 S 3 he took part in founding the St . Botolph's Lodge , No . 2020 , and was installed its first VV . M . early in January of the following year . At the close of his term of office he was unanimously re-elected . In November , of
18 S 5 , he was installed in office as Lord Mayor , and , following the example preceding-Lord Mayors , who were also Freemasons , gave a grand banquet at the Mansion House a short time previous to his vacating office to the Grand Officers , both Present and Past , of United Grand Lodge , and to the lodges and chapter of which he was a member , namely , Grand Master's , No . 1 , St . Botolph ' s , No . 2020 , and the Aldersgate Chapter , No . 1657 . At the Masonic celebration of the Queen ' s Jubilee , Bro . Staples , who in the meantime had had conferred upon him by her Majesty the distinction of a Knight
Commandership of the Order of St . Michael and St . George , tor his civic services , was among the distinguished members of the fraternity on whom the Prince of Wales , M . W . G . M ., was graciously pleased to confer the rank and privileges of a Past Grand Officer of United Grand Lodge , and was made a Past Grand Deacon , a corresponding honour in the Koyal Arch Degree being conferred upon him at the Quarterly Convocation in August , when he was appointed a Past Grand Principal Sojourner of Supreme Grand Chapter . The deceased had also rendered efficient services to our Charitable
Institutions , having constituted himself a Life Governor of all three , and having served four Festival Stewardships , namely , one for the Girls' School , one for the Benevolent Institution , and two for the Boys' School . In his civic capacity the late Alderman was much esteemed and respected . After serving for many years as a member of the Court of Common Council , he was , on the death of Alderman Besley in 1 S 77 ,
unanimously elected his successor as Alderman for the Ward of Aldersgate , and the same year served the office of Sheriff of London and Middlesex in conjunction with our late Bro . Lord Mayor Nottage . In November , 1 SS 5 , he was chosenLord Mayor of London , and in recognition of his services in that capacity the Queen was pleased to create him a Knight Commander of St . Michael and St . George , this particular distinction having been no doubt chosen for the generous hospitality shown by our late brother to the representatives of our Colonies and India who visited the old country in such
considerable numbers during the time the Colonial and Indian Exhibition was open . He also was the means of raising a large sum—between £ So , ooo and £ 90 , 000—for the relief of the unemployed in London , and was a member of the Court of Lieutenancy for London , a Governor of the several Royal Hospitals , and a member of the Metropolitan Board of Works . The late Alderman and ex-Lord Mayor was in the 73 rd year of his age , but till within a few days of his death had taken an active part in his duties . The portrait given above appeared in Wednesday ' s City Press , and has been kindly lcnt by the proprietors of that journal .
The History Of The Royal Masonic Institution For Girls
THE HISTORY OF THE ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS
FROM ITS ORIGIN , 1 * 788 , TO ITS CENTENARY , 18 S 8 .
( Gontimied from page 15 ) . In March , 1820 , a Special House Committee -was called , for the purpose of considering a proposal to enlarge the premises , and on this recommendation it Avas resolved to build two additional rooms at a cost not exceeding £ 150 . The plans were submitted to the Duke of
Sussex and approved , and thereupon the necessary steps Avere taken to carry them into execution . A separate fund was established , and a circular to the lodges inviting subscriptions was issued . But sundry delays occurred , due in the first instance to a desire that the Annual Festival might be held before operations were commenced ,
and then to the resignation of Secretary Hucklebridge , and the circumstances necessitating it . It was not , therefore , till the following year . that tenders for the work were invited , and one of these , involving an outlay of £ 119 , having been accepted , the additional rooms were rapidly built and made ready for occupation . In the
meantime , however , the Committee had been seriously harassed in their duties . In October , 1820 , Secretary Hucklebridge tendered his resignation , which was accepted , and he was requested to continue in his office till Christmas . The following month it transpired that Hucklebridge had been embezzling the moneys of the Institution ; a
particularly flagrant instance being his non-payment of the annual premium . for fire insurance , amounting to £ 9 5 s . This sum he promptly made good , but his other defalcations were such that , at a , Special Court on the 30 th Noremher , a vote of thanks , which had been awarded him in 1816 , but never formally presented , was burnt
in open Court , and it was ordered that he should be reported to Grand Lodge , and in the event of his not making good thc amount he had appropriated , that he should be prosecuted . About the same time Bro . Parker resigned the office of Collector , though in his case there
were no unpleasant circumstances attending his retirement , and in April , 1821 , the General Committee voted him his accustomed year ' s gratuity of £ 5 5 s . The new officers Avere Bro . John Hair , Avho succeeded Hucklebridge , and Bro . James Osborne , who was appointed Collector in succession to Bro . Parker .
On 28 th June , 1821 , on the motion of Captain Deans , it was resolved that in future only one day should be set apart for the Annual Festival , aud that the selection of such day should be left to the Duke of Sussex as President . At the same meeting the Matron reported that two of the children , AVIIO had been attacked Avith scarlet
fever , had been removed to tho Fever Hospital in Gray ' s-Imi-road , and five days later it was reported on the same authorit y that nine more children had been attacked and removed to the same hospital , and it was ordered that other girls reported as indisposed should bo removed to lodgings . Fortunately , OAving to the prompt measures
taken by the Matron and the skill and unremitting attention of the medical officers , the outbreak soon ran its course , and Avithout fatal consequences to any of the children , and at the Quarterl y Court in the October folloAving , a resolution of thanks Avas unanimously passed to the physicians and surgeons of the Institution for their services during the continuance of the outbreak .
With the aboA ^ e exceptions , the Minutes during this period contair > but little to interest us . At the same Court in October , 1821 , it Avae resolved " That , in future , candidates may be elected into the School to fill up any vacancy that shall occur on or before the first regular day oiiAvhich the House Committee meets subsequent to the General
Court at which such election may take place . " In March of the following year the General Committee determined that the names of children whom they considered specially worthy of support should be posted in the Committee and School Rooms on the day of the election . In April , on the motion of Bro . the Rev . S . S . Coleman , it Avas agreed
" That the Certificate of Parochial Settlement shall be filled up and signed by the Minister and Churchwardens or Overseers of the Parish to which the Child belongs , " it being subsequently provided that in the event of the settlement certificate not being obtainable , tho signatures of tAvo responsible persons should be deemed sufficient . In
June of the same year a candidate was rejected under unusual circumstances , the child ' s father who tendered the petition being a bricklayer ' s labourer . On inquiry it Avas found that the man occupied the same position when he was initiated into Masonry , and thereupon the General Committee , on the motion of Bro . James Deans , jun ., voted
that the petition was inadmissible on the reasonable ground " that the Charity Avas not intended for Persons under the circumstance of the Petitioner , but rather for such as may have been reduced in their situation in life . " Other resolutions affecting the candidature of children included one passed in September , 1822 , requiring that a
child's certificate of health should be signed by one of the medical officers of the Institution in the event of her being in London , or , if living in the country , by the surgeon in her nei ghbourhood . At the Quarterly Court on 9 th January , 1823 , a candidate ' s name was
removed from the list in accordance Avith the rule requirino- that no child should be received into the Institution from a Poor House , and it was at the same time resolved that , after the month of April folloAVing , the minimum age for admission should be eight years , ( To be continued . )