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nOYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION ]\ FOR GIRLS , ST . JOHN'S HILL , BATTERSEA RISE , S . W . INSTITUTED 17 S 8 . CHIEF PATRONESS : HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN . ENTIRELY SUPPORTED BY VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS . THE ONE HUNDRED AND THIRD ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL will be held IN MAY NEXT , UNDER DISTINGUISHED PRESIDENCY . Brethren willing to act as Stewards on the above important occasion are urgently needed , and svill greatly oblige by sending in their names as early as convenient . F . R . W . HEDGES , Office—5 , Freemasons' Hall , Secretary . Great Queen-street , W . C .

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NEW Masonic Song , " FIDELITY . ' Suitable for all Masonic Festivities . AVords and Music by Bro . J OSEPH GILLESPIE ( 242 , Boyle , Ireland ) , and dedicated , by permission , to R . W . Lord HARLECH , Prov . G . M . North Connaught . Nett price , is . 6 d . Proceeds to be devoted to a Masonic purpose . Can be obtained from G EORGE KENNING , 16 , Great Queen-street , London , W . C . j MARRIOTT and AVILLIAMS , Academy House , 295 , Oxford-street , W . j or from the Composer , Bro . J OSEPH GILLESPIE , Boyle , Ireland . Last Verse . " Thus together vve labour , thro' foul day and fair j Our Masonic ladder be'ng Faith , Hope , and Love . And as vve meet on the level and part on the square , So may vve all meet in the Grand Lodge above . For Masons true are vve , And our motto still shall be , Fidelity , Fidelity , Fidelity , Peace , Love , and Harmony . So mote it be . "

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Price Js 6 d . A HANDY BOOK to the Study of the ENGRAVED , PRINTED , and MANUSCRIPT LISTS OF LODGES of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of England ( "Moderns" and "Ancients" ) from 1723 to 1 S 14 , with an Appendix and Valuable Statistical Tables . By Bro . JOHN LANE , F . C . A ., P . M . 1402 , ^ Past Senior Grand Warden of Iowa , Past Prov . Grand Registrar of Devonshire , & c , & c , & c , Author of " Masonic Records , 1717-1886 , " "Masters' Lodges , " & c , & c , and dedicated to Bro . WILLIAM J AMES HUGHAN , P . S . G . D . England . London : GEORGE KENNING , 16 , Great Queen-st ., W . C .

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Price Ss . MASONIC ORATIONS , by Bro . L . P . METHAM , P . G . D . Eng ., P . D . Prov . G . M 'Devon , & c , delivered in Devon and Cornwall , from 'A . D . 1 S 66 , at the dedication of Masonic Halls , Consecration of Lodges and Chapters , Installations , & c . With an Introduction by Bro . WILLIAM J AMES HUGHAN , P . G . D . Eng ., P . Prov . S . G . W . and G . Sec . Cornwall , & c , on Freemasonry in Devon and Cornwall , from A . D . 1732 to 1 SS 9 . Edited by Bro . J CHAPMAN , P . M . 1402 , & c , £ •Prov . G . D . Devon , Author of "The Great Pyramid and freemasonry . " London : GEORGE KENNING , 16 , Great Queen-st ., W . C .

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PTICC *) $ HISTORY OF THE APOLLO LODGE , YORK , in relation to Craft and Royal wch Masonry j svith Brief Sketches of its Local Predecessors and Contemporaries j the "Grand Lodge of All England" ( York Masons ) j the Provincial Grand Lodge j and various Lodges from 1705 to 1 S 05 . By WILLIAM J AMES HUGHAN , Author of " Origin of the English Rite of 1 reemasonry , " Sic . With valuable Appendices . _ London : GEORGE KENNING , 16 , Great Queen-st ., W . C .

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NOTICE . Ia consequence of Friday next being Good Friday , the "Freemason" will be Published on the morning of Thursday , t } ie 26 th inst ., instead of Friday , as usual .

To Correspondents.

To Correspondents .

< - •lowing communications unavoidably stand over : CRAFT — QuirT ^ SC No . 781 . » ke nfr- ' ty Lod « ' - >* f 26 * Cri ,-ti C ? rnwall Lodge , No . 1830 . * - " -klesvood Lodge , No . aifii . JJ Kuv * i . ARCH

'Wc ° h an t Iar r ' - ^' , uy l-hapter , No . 1055 . K" , ? "T » W LAR - Mou » t Calvary Preceptory CD . Animal S ° « PPerof the Rose Lodgeof Instruction , No . 1 G 22 .

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| ---- % V *^ -j $ ^! i ^ j ^ SATURDAY , MARCH 21 , 1891 .

Masonic Notes.

Masonic Notes .

Our readers cannot fail to be gratified at the returns we publish elsewhere of the Cambridge University Middle Class Examinations held in the month of December last . As regards the senior Institution , 21 girls vvere entered , and of these 20 obtained

certificates , namely : Seniors—four Passes ; Juniors—two Honours ist Class ; two Honours and Class ; three Honours 3 rd Class ; and nine Satisfied the Examiners . In addition , one Senior and four Juniors are returned as having achieved distinction in Religious Knowledge .

Such a result , following , as it does , upon the success obtained at the College of Preceptors' Examination , at which 36 out of 37 girls were awarded certificates , speak volumes in favour of the admirable system of

education pursued by Miss Davis and her staff , and vve take this early opportunity of congratulating these ladies , and the authorities of the Institution likewise , on returns vvhich are so favourable .

* * * Similar good fortune has attended the pupils of our Boys' School at the same Cambridge Examinations , the classification showing that two boys were placed in the Second Class Honours , of whom one was awarded

distinction in English ; and four in Third Class Honours , while 17 others satisfied the Examiners . All these were Juniors and there were no failures . A comparison with the result obtained at the Examinations in December , 1889 , shows that while in the latter

case 12 certificates vvere granted , the number on the returns just received is 23 . Here again we must congratulate the new Head Master , Bro . the Rev . Harry Hebb , and his assistant masters on the success which

has attended their efforts during the brief period they have held office . They must undoubtedly have raised the standard of proficiency among the upper classes of the School , or a return , so satisfactory vvould not have been possible .

A second lodge at Chesterfield—the Hardwick , No . 2373—was consecrated on Wednesday , the ceremony being performed by Bro . H . C . Okeover , P . G . W ., D . P . G . M . Derbyshire , who was attended by the Prov . Grand Officers , while the attendance of visitors was very considerable . Everything passed off satisfactorily .

* * * We regret to say that by an oversight last Wciek we stated in our report of the opening of the Alexandra Hall , Royal Masonic Institution for Girls , by H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , that the silver-mounted ivory

baton vvith which Mrs . Rowath , the music mistress , led the children , had been presented to that lad y by the Earl of Lathom , whereas it was the gift of Bro . Lieut .

Dan Godfrey , bandmaster of the Grenadier Guards , vvho vvas present in the hall with the string band of his regiment . * * *

The Report of the Committee of the West Lancashire Masonic Educational Institute for the year ended the 31 st December , 1890 , has just been issued , and we rejoice to say the tale it unfolds is one of unabated prosperity . The receipts , when compared vvith those

of 1889 , do not show any very considerable increase in the total , while the donations and subscriptions from lodges , chapters , and brethren—the source of income on which all Charities of this kind are chiefly dependent—amount to less by

upwards of ; £ ioo . But the year 1889 was exceptionally fortunate , the contributions under this particular head of receipt being swelled by a windfall in the shape of a handsome legacy of ^ 320 . Theretore , though the donations and subscriptions in 1800

were only - £ 1382 12 s . yd ., as against . £ 1495 5 s . 8 d . in the year preceding , they in reality show , if the legacy of ^ 320 is deducted from the latter sum , an increased

liberality on the part of the lodges and individual brethren . The annual ball yielded the very large sum by way of profit of ^ 355 , while the interest on invested moneys produced ^ 724 18 s . 2 d .

Turning to the other side of the account , which tells us how the amount thus raised was expended , we find that the number of children who were educated , or clothed ,

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educated , and maintained during the year vvas 214 . Of these 187 were educated at an expenditure of £ 1322 9 s . sd ., while 17 were on the combined fund , vvhich clothes , educates , and maintains them , at a costincluding a proportion of the presentations already

purchased—of £$ 35 ; a further sum of £ 30 being expended on the advancement of six children who had ceased to be under the charge of the institute ; he total thus disbursed for the benefit of the children of West Lancashire

brethren being ^ 188 7 9 s . 5 d . During the present year the number of children on the establishment of this prosperous provincial Charity will be 222 , the whole of the 26 candidates having been elected , while the number of those vvho have left the institute is 18 . Well done , West Lancashire !

The Educational Fund ot the Province of North and East Yorkshire has been established only two years , but the progress it has made during that brief period is very considerable , and reflects the greatest credit on the lodges and brethren . The amount raised

at the second annual festival held at Hull on the 28 th May , 1890 , under the presidency of Bro . J . W . Woodall , P . G . Treas . of England , was , as ori ginally announced , ^ 49 6 ios ., butsubsequent receipts increased it finally to ^ 522 6 s . 6 d . This , though only about one-half of the

sum obtained at the first anniversary in 188 9 under the presidency of the Earl of Zetland , P . G . M ., is nevertheless a result on which vve have alread y congratulated our North ancl East Yorkshire brethren . It shows that the fund has succeeded in establishing a firm hold

on the members of the province , so that whatever support may be required to maintain and even extend its usefulness we may in reason assume will be always forthcoming . At all events , its funds are ample for its present needs . Its investments fall but little short

of , £ 1400 , while the five children , to whom grants were made in 188 9 towards their education , have been already increased to ten in 18 90 , the sum expended for the smaller number being ^ 33 , and for the larger £ 64 . The expenses for postages and printing are very small ,

so that the whole of the income is disbursed in educational grants or invested profitably . Thc next Festiva will be held at Scarborough in May , and we doubt not the response then made by the lodges and members will be of a similarly gratifying character .

The North London Masonic Benevolent Ball , which was held at Freemasons' Tavern on the 29 th January , turns out to have been a very great success , the Committee , after having defrayed the whole of the expenses , having been enabled to contribute i < Life

Subscriberships of ^ , 5 5 s . Masonic Charities , making a total of . £ 7 8 15 s . thus raised , while the balance carried forward to next year is £ 4 18 s . 6 d . This is the sixth year in vvhich this Masonic Benevolent Ball has been held , and the result shows that the Committee , of

svhich Bro . Herbert Sprake vvas President , the Stewards , and the Hon . Treasurer , and Secretary—Bros . A . E . Sarti and Captain N . Lurcott respectively—must have worked most zealously . * * *

Last year we were honoured by the visits of three of the most distinguished Freemasons in North America . Bro . Vrooman , M . AV . G . Master of New York , visited this country in the early summer , and some two or three months later there came among us Bro . Clifford

P . MacCalla , M . W . G . Master of Pennsylvania , and Bro . J . Ross Robertson , M . W . G . Master of Canada . Now vve are on the eve ol receiving another distinguished brother , but in this instance the visitor hails from the Antipodes , wherehe has filled—and , indeed , still

fillsan office of the very highest rank in the senior of the four Australasian Grand Lodges . Bro . the Hon . Chief . Justice Way , who is now on his way to England , is , in all probability , not personally known to many members of the Craft

here , but his name is familiar enough to those who have any acquaintance with the events which have occurred during the last few years in Australasian Freemasonry . He it was who , when the lodges in South Australia determined on constituting themselves into a separate

and independent Grand Lodge , had the honour of being unanimously elected to preside over them as its first Most Worshipful Grand Master , and at the present time he is the Pro Grand Master—the alter ego ot the M . W . G . M ., the Right Hon . the Earl of Kintore ,

Governor of the colony . That a Mason of such exalted rank and so accomplished will receive the most cordial of welcomes is only a matter of course , and we trust he will have many opportunities of visiting our Grand Lodge and private lodges , and seeing with his own eyes what Freemasonry is in its original home .