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CONTENTS .
$ Ap proa ^ RMUlasonic 'Vnsti ' tlition for ' l 3 oys 230 Si Masonic Institution for Girls 231 Kal firand Chapter of Cumberland ind Westmorland 232 Provincial Grand Chapter of Sussex .... 232 ' / . ' i t » , iw Sea s of the "Ancients" ... 233
Provincial Grand Mark Lodge of Glouces' tershire . ••••¦; 3 -33 Knielit Templary in Maryland 233 The History of the Royal Masonic Institn tion for Girls from its Origin , 1788 , to its Centenary , 1888 —( Continued ) 234 Thel . ate Emperor William 235 Blasonic Ball at Ipswich 233
CORRESPONDENCEGould's History of Freemasonrv 235 The Silver Wedding 33 S Reviews . " , 238 REPORTS OF MASONIC MEETINGSCraft Masonry 23 S Instruction _ r > in
Royal Arch 240 Mark Masonry 242 Ancient -and Accepted Rite 242 Rosicrucian Society of England 242 Freemasons and the Children of Margate 242 Presentation of the Freedom of the City of London to Bro . the Marquis of Hartington , M . P 243 Masonic and General Tidings 244 Lodge Meetings for Next Week iv .
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RUMOUR , with its hundred tongues , is always particularly busy for " about this time , when the brethren are apt to speculate , with next year . more than the usual keen interest they take in the proceedings of the G . Master , as to those on whom his Royal Highness has resolved to
confer the honour of the purple on Wednesday next . Of course , these speculations must always be more or less hazardous , but we have occasionally found in them a grain or two of truth , and therefore , with the
warning to our readers not to pin their faith to the list absolutely , so far as it goes , we announce icas being currently reported that Bros . Lord HALSBURY—Lord High Chancellor of England—and Lord J TAYLOUR will be the new G . Wardens ; Bros . R . BERRIDGE , G . P . GOLDNEY—both Past G . Stewards—and Sir R . NICHOLAS HOWARD and E . ASHWORTH , G .
Deacons ; Bro . BARRETT , the new G . Organist ; and Bros . A . C . SPAULL , P . G . Sec . Shropshire , and HERBERT J . ADAMS among the other G . Officers . However , whether there is any foundation for these reports or
not will be known on Wednesday , when G . Lodge holds the Grand Festival , and the brethren chosen will be invested with the insignia of their respective offices by the GRAND MASTER in the chair .
* # * THERE was a pretty keen contest on Saturday last when the The Oiris' School Spring election of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls took place . The number of approved candidates , including the 13
unsuccessful in October last , was 42 , while the number to be elected was only ' 2 . Consequently the friends and supporters of the various children brought all their influence to bear in order to ensure success , the proportion of unpolled voles , of which there were rather more than 2700 , being somewhat lower than usual . London , which had 13 candidates , carried three , the girl BURT heading the poll with 388 S votes , EDMESTON being Sth with
2 497 votes , and FREEMAN nth with 2219 votes . Cambridgeshire placed "s one candidate at No . 2 , with 2736 votes , the girl HOPGOOD , with support fiom the two provinces of Gloucestershire and Hants and Is ! e of Wight , being third with 2734 votes , and PENNINGTON , who obtained the fourth P'ace with 2616 votes , and O'HARA , who stood ninth with 2303 votes , being
* > of the four candidates sent up by East Lancashire . FLORENCE E . ARTON , from West Yorkshire and Cumberland and Westmorland , was " » with 2570 votes j LILY MARTIN , one of three Kentish candidates , 5 ° od sixth with 2525 votes , and CLARA HODGSON , the solitary West
York's Lanaiaate , next with 2499 votes . M . M . TINK of Dorsetshire was en w ' 2302 votes , and M . CARTER , one of two girls from Cumberland Westmoreland , twelfth with 2014 votes . The foregoing will be received ihe School at the usual time , while the 30 unsuccessful candidates , with exception of M . A . MARIE , who obtained only 31 voles , and being 11
,. . a S in June , will have her name removed from the list , will carry s eir votes forward to the election in October . Of these POOLER ( London ) ^ ° red 188 3 votes , R . R . WEBSTER ( Victoria ) and SIMS ( London ) , 1662 s and 1640 votes respectively , WILLS ( London ) 1474 vote ? , and CODLING ° gharnshire ) 1439 votesand H . M . LIVERD ( Berks and Bucks ) 1188
, gl S ' * SHORT ( Warwickshire and Madras ) 1074 votes , the support Polish ' otllers d ' minishing gradually , the girl at the bottom of the obta' ° ^ * fatrier had belonged to lodges in two neigbouring provinces , ano r "" ^ votes at all . However , as she will be within the prescribed a £ fn ^ . i ... v .., . * J ...... ..... wi- ... ( .. mi mu pit- ^ LiiuLu
e r need rtner two and a half years , the absence of votes on this occasion ther Pr ° n ° ° ^ stacie t 0 her ultimate success . As regards the total poll O . Vere ^ 98 7 votes brought forward by the unsuccessful candidates last 43 . % ! ' 46 , 211 votes were issued for the present election , of which Possibl ° W 6 re USed ' makin S £ rand total of 5 ° . 488 votes , against a numbe ° c ^ ° ^ 53 < 98 votes , the unused and spoilt votes being 2710 in
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As might have been expected , the poll on Monday at the Boys'School election of K from an approved list of 65 candidates for Klection . ° * . ' admission into the Roj'al Masonic Institution for Boys was
unusually heavy . There were 24 , 97 8 votes brought forward from last October , and the votes issued for this election were 57 , 150 , giving a total of 82 , 128 . Of these there were only 3859 unused or spoiled votes , 53 , 291 out of the votes newly issued having been returned and passed . As regards
the distribution , there were 30 candidates who polled from 1000 upwards , the highest seven of these having each 3000 votes and upwards , the next 12 ranging from 2151 votes to 2937 votes , and the remaining n from 1024 votes to 1976 voles . In addition , the next 10 candidates—from No . 31 to
No . 40 , both inclusive—polled from 979 votes , given to No . 31 , to 503 votes , given to No . 40 . The hig hest of the successful candidates was the boy CROMPTON , with 3477 . votes , of which 348 were brought forward . His father was a member of lodges in Cheshire and West Lancashire , and had
he failed on this occasion , his name would have been removed from the list . The Gloucestershire candidate—GOLDRING—stood second , with 329 8 votes , NANKIVELL , one of three candidates from Norfolk , being third , with 3271 vptes , BIRD , of East Lancashire , being fourth , with 3222 votes ,
GALLOTT , with 1450 votes brought forward and a total of 3046 votes , being next j BROWN , one of two Durham boys , sixth , with 3043 votes , of which 1914 were brought forward from last October , and BINDLEY , of Staffordshire , seventh , with 3002 votes . Of the remaining eight candidates , London
succeeded in placing three , namely , CHEEK , with a total of 2937 votes , of which 2129 votes were brought forward , at No . 8 ; DE GROS , 2626 votes , of which 1680 votes were brought forward , at No . 13 ; and STAFF , 2506 votes , of which 877 votes were brought forward at No . 15 . Surrey obtained the
ninth p lace for its candidate , who raised his total of 2089 , remaining from last October to 2816 votes , and two of the four boys from West Yorkshire were 10 th and 12 th respectively , FOOTE , with 11 to his credit , polling 2788 voles , and FOULDS , 2667 votes . DAVEY , of Middlesex , with 1622 votes
to the good from October , raised his total to 2768 votes , and secured the nth place , while KING , one of two boys hailing from Hampshire and the Isle of Wight , stood 14 th with 2616 votes . A London candidate headed the list of the unsuccessful candidates , notwithstanding he had 1417 votes
from October , while Nos . 22-3-4-5 , and Nos . 27-8-9 were also from the same quarter . Mossop , of Cumberland and Westmorland , with 2145 votes from October , polled only 134 additional votes , and had to content himselt with the 18 th place , though one cannot help thinking lhat with better
management on the part of his friends , and also in the case of BALL , of London , the result would have been different . Fortunately , however , they will be eligible in October next and at subsequent elections , so that there ought to be no difficulty in securing their ultimate admission into the School . WAKEFIELD ,
who stood 50 th , with 68 votes , and evidently never had the least chance of success , will have his name removed from the list , under Law 53 , but the other 49 boys will carry their votes forward to October , when , if the proportion of vacancies to candidates is no greater than it was on Monday , we shall , no doubt , witness another keen contest for admission .
* * * Bro . T . S . AS we briefly intimated last week , the Masonic Jubilee of a Masonic distinguished Craftsman has just been celebrated at Cedar Juhiiee . Rapids , Iowa , U . S . A . The building selected for the purpose
was the Library Premises of the Grand Lodge of Iowa , which form a noble monument and testimony to the 50 years' devoted services of the veteran Grand Secretary , Bro . T . S . PARVIN , who completed his Jubilee as a Mason on March 14 th , 1888 . This zealous brother was initiated in Cincinnati , and
of the lodge members living , who were Bro . PARVIN ' contemporaries , there are but two , both being his seniors , one having been connected with the lodge 63 years , and the other 53 years . When Bro . PARVINT went to reside in Iowa the population was less in number than there are Freemasons in its
Grand Lodge , so rapid has been the growth of that State . We trust that Bro . PARVIN will be spared for many years longer to serve the Craft , for he is not only an ornament of the Fraternity , but one of the most able and zealous the Society has ever had in its ranks .
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Contents.
CONTENTS .
$ Ap proa ^ RMUlasonic 'Vnsti ' tlition for ' l 3 oys 230 Si Masonic Institution for Girls 231 Kal firand Chapter of Cumberland ind Westmorland 232 Provincial Grand Chapter of Sussex .... 232 ' / . ' i t » , iw Sea s of the "Ancients" ... 233
Provincial Grand Mark Lodge of Glouces' tershire . ••••¦; 3 -33 Knielit Templary in Maryland 233 The History of the Royal Masonic Institn tion for Girls from its Origin , 1788 , to its Centenary , 1888 —( Continued ) 234 Thel . ate Emperor William 235 Blasonic Ball at Ipswich 233
CORRESPONDENCEGould's History of Freemasonrv 235 The Silver Wedding 33 S Reviews . " , 238 REPORTS OF MASONIC MEETINGSCraft Masonry 23 S Instruction _ r > in
Royal Arch 240 Mark Masonry 242 Ancient -and Accepted Rite 242 Rosicrucian Society of England 242 Freemasons and the Children of Margate 242 Presentation of the Freedom of the City of London to Bro . the Marquis of Hartington , M . P 243 Masonic and General Tidings 244 Lodge Meetings for Next Week iv .
Ar00101
RUMOUR , with its hundred tongues , is always particularly busy for " about this time , when the brethren are apt to speculate , with next year . more than the usual keen interest they take in the proceedings of the G . Master , as to those on whom his Royal Highness has resolved to
confer the honour of the purple on Wednesday next . Of course , these speculations must always be more or less hazardous , but we have occasionally found in them a grain or two of truth , and therefore , with the
warning to our readers not to pin their faith to the list absolutely , so far as it goes , we announce icas being currently reported that Bros . Lord HALSBURY—Lord High Chancellor of England—and Lord J TAYLOUR will be the new G . Wardens ; Bros . R . BERRIDGE , G . P . GOLDNEY—both Past G . Stewards—and Sir R . NICHOLAS HOWARD and E . ASHWORTH , G .
Deacons ; Bro . BARRETT , the new G . Organist ; and Bros . A . C . SPAULL , P . G . Sec . Shropshire , and HERBERT J . ADAMS among the other G . Officers . However , whether there is any foundation for these reports or
not will be known on Wednesday , when G . Lodge holds the Grand Festival , and the brethren chosen will be invested with the insignia of their respective offices by the GRAND MASTER in the chair .
* # * THERE was a pretty keen contest on Saturday last when the The Oiris' School Spring election of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls took place . The number of approved candidates , including the 13
unsuccessful in October last , was 42 , while the number to be elected was only ' 2 . Consequently the friends and supporters of the various children brought all their influence to bear in order to ensure success , the proportion of unpolled voles , of which there were rather more than 2700 , being somewhat lower than usual . London , which had 13 candidates , carried three , the girl BURT heading the poll with 388 S votes , EDMESTON being Sth with
2 497 votes , and FREEMAN nth with 2219 votes . Cambridgeshire placed "s one candidate at No . 2 , with 2736 votes , the girl HOPGOOD , with support fiom the two provinces of Gloucestershire and Hants and Is ! e of Wight , being third with 2734 votes , and PENNINGTON , who obtained the fourth P'ace with 2616 votes , and O'HARA , who stood ninth with 2303 votes , being
* > of the four candidates sent up by East Lancashire . FLORENCE E . ARTON , from West Yorkshire and Cumberland and Westmorland , was " » with 2570 votes j LILY MARTIN , one of three Kentish candidates , 5 ° od sixth with 2525 votes , and CLARA HODGSON , the solitary West
York's Lanaiaate , next with 2499 votes . M . M . TINK of Dorsetshire was en w ' 2302 votes , and M . CARTER , one of two girls from Cumberland Westmoreland , twelfth with 2014 votes . The foregoing will be received ihe School at the usual time , while the 30 unsuccessful candidates , with exception of M . A . MARIE , who obtained only 31 voles , and being 11
,. . a S in June , will have her name removed from the list , will carry s eir votes forward to the election in October . Of these POOLER ( London ) ^ ° red 188 3 votes , R . R . WEBSTER ( Victoria ) and SIMS ( London ) , 1662 s and 1640 votes respectively , WILLS ( London ) 1474 vote ? , and CODLING ° gharnshire ) 1439 votesand H . M . LIVERD ( Berks and Bucks ) 1188
, gl S ' * SHORT ( Warwickshire and Madras ) 1074 votes , the support Polish ' otllers d ' minishing gradually , the girl at the bottom of the obta' ° ^ * fatrier had belonged to lodges in two neigbouring provinces , ano r "" ^ votes at all . However , as she will be within the prescribed a £ fn ^ . i ... v .., . * J ...... ..... wi- ... ( .. mi mu pit- ^ LiiuLu
e r need rtner two and a half years , the absence of votes on this occasion ther Pr ° n ° ° ^ stacie t 0 her ultimate success . As regards the total poll O . Vere ^ 98 7 votes brought forward by the unsuccessful candidates last 43 . % ! ' 46 , 211 votes were issued for the present election , of which Possibl ° W 6 re USed ' makin S £ rand total of 5 ° . 488 votes , against a numbe ° c ^ ° ^ 53 < 98 votes , the unused and spoilt votes being 2710 in
Ar00102
As might have been expected , the poll on Monday at the Boys'School election of K from an approved list of 65 candidates for Klection . ° * . ' admission into the Roj'al Masonic Institution for Boys was
unusually heavy . There were 24 , 97 8 votes brought forward from last October , and the votes issued for this election were 57 , 150 , giving a total of 82 , 128 . Of these there were only 3859 unused or spoiled votes , 53 , 291 out of the votes newly issued having been returned and passed . As regards
the distribution , there were 30 candidates who polled from 1000 upwards , the highest seven of these having each 3000 votes and upwards , the next 12 ranging from 2151 votes to 2937 votes , and the remaining n from 1024 votes to 1976 voles . In addition , the next 10 candidates—from No . 31 to
No . 40 , both inclusive—polled from 979 votes , given to No . 31 , to 503 votes , given to No . 40 . The hig hest of the successful candidates was the boy CROMPTON , with 3477 . votes , of which 348 were brought forward . His father was a member of lodges in Cheshire and West Lancashire , and had
he failed on this occasion , his name would have been removed from the list . The Gloucestershire candidate—GOLDRING—stood second , with 329 8 votes , NANKIVELL , one of three candidates from Norfolk , being third , with 3271 vptes , BIRD , of East Lancashire , being fourth , with 3222 votes ,
GALLOTT , with 1450 votes brought forward and a total of 3046 votes , being next j BROWN , one of two Durham boys , sixth , with 3043 votes , of which 1914 were brought forward from last October , and BINDLEY , of Staffordshire , seventh , with 3002 votes . Of the remaining eight candidates , London
succeeded in placing three , namely , CHEEK , with a total of 2937 votes , of which 2129 votes were brought forward , at No . 8 ; DE GROS , 2626 votes , of which 1680 votes were brought forward , at No . 13 ; and STAFF , 2506 votes , of which 877 votes were brought forward at No . 15 . Surrey obtained the
ninth p lace for its candidate , who raised his total of 2089 , remaining from last October to 2816 votes , and two of the four boys from West Yorkshire were 10 th and 12 th respectively , FOOTE , with 11 to his credit , polling 2788 voles , and FOULDS , 2667 votes . DAVEY , of Middlesex , with 1622 votes
to the good from October , raised his total to 2768 votes , and secured the nth place , while KING , one of two boys hailing from Hampshire and the Isle of Wight , stood 14 th with 2616 votes . A London candidate headed the list of the unsuccessful candidates , notwithstanding he had 1417 votes
from October , while Nos . 22-3-4-5 , and Nos . 27-8-9 were also from the same quarter . Mossop , of Cumberland and Westmorland , with 2145 votes from October , polled only 134 additional votes , and had to content himselt with the 18 th place , though one cannot help thinking lhat with better
management on the part of his friends , and also in the case of BALL , of London , the result would have been different . Fortunately , however , they will be eligible in October next and at subsequent elections , so that there ought to be no difficulty in securing their ultimate admission into the School . WAKEFIELD ,
who stood 50 th , with 68 votes , and evidently never had the least chance of success , will have his name removed from the list , under Law 53 , but the other 49 boys will carry their votes forward to October , when , if the proportion of vacancies to candidates is no greater than it was on Monday , we shall , no doubt , witness another keen contest for admission .
* * * Bro . T . S . AS we briefly intimated last week , the Masonic Jubilee of a Masonic distinguished Craftsman has just been celebrated at Cedar Juhiiee . Rapids , Iowa , U . S . A . The building selected for the purpose
was the Library Premises of the Grand Lodge of Iowa , which form a noble monument and testimony to the 50 years' devoted services of the veteran Grand Secretary , Bro . T . S . PARVIN , who completed his Jubilee as a Mason on March 14 th , 1888 . This zealous brother was initiated in Cincinnati , and
of the lodge members living , who were Bro . PARVIN ' contemporaries , there are but two , both being his seniors , one having been connected with the lodge 63 years , and the other 53 years . When Bro . PARVINT went to reside in Iowa the population was less in number than there are Freemasons in its
Grand Lodge , so rapid has been the growth of that State . We trust that Bro . PARVIN will be spared for many years longer to serve the Craft , for he is not only an ornament of the Fraternity , but one of the most able and zealous the Society has ever had in its ranks .