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wished to see the Institution utilisetl to the very greatt extent ; and he believed every brother was actuated by h feeling that the buildings should be occupietl to their aximum receiving power with the least possible delay . n t he thought that the course which was proposed by . i ^ r ^ Lcf ^ r wnvdd be somewhat forcing matter- ; on . For
v / m ' self he very much doubted whether the buildings would u ' in such a state of completeness by January as to be fit f r the reception of any number whatever of children . He vas opposed , and always had been opposed , to the infirmary 1 eine even temporarily used for the purposes of the school . He should have no objection at all to increase the number . the school at the proper time ; but to admit them now , ' circiallv such a large number as an additional 23 , at the
nresent time , he thought would be unwise . He was desirous to see extra children in the new buildings as soon they could reasonably be' allowed to go ; and the brethren mig ht have a memorandum placed on their minutes that thc children were to be received as soon as thc medical officer could certify that they could with safety be housed . To load the staff with the care of an additional . . children would be to olace on them a burden which
they would not be able to bear . The brethren owed a debt as much to the staff as to the children coming into the school . However , if the children were elected , whether the school was prepared to receive them or not , they must go in on a certain day . He would vote most strongly that the building should be utilised as soon as it could be done with propriety and success j but he did not think it would be r , ir to the staff to throw n < additional children on their
care all at once . Let the Craft know that the Institution was prepared to utilise the new building as soon as possible , but he thought there should be an intimation that it would be referred to the medical officer to say when the proper time had arrived for thc new buildings to be occupied . Bro . John Symonds would like to know what was the actual condition of the building at the present time .
At the request of the Chairman , Bro . Massa ( Architect ) exp lained that the building itself was erected , and had been so for a considerable time . It was , so to speak , dry , though not completely ; but by artificial means it could be made perfectly dry , though the walls were of considerable thickness . By artificial means it could be made quite ready for habitation by January .
Bro . Symonds thought that it it was only by artificial means the building could be ready by January , Bro . Webster should modify his motion , and not tie down the House Committee to admit the additional children in January . The ten children might be admitted , because in the ordinary course of events there would be room for them ,
but it might be left to the discretion of the House Committee , without any detriment to the additional children , to say when afterwards they should be taken in . If they thought the buildings were quite ready in January they would admit the 25 extra children ; if not , they would admit them as soon as possible afterwards . He hoped Bro . Webster would agree to this view .
Bro . Raynham W . Stewart , as the seconder of Bro . Webster's motion , objected to any modification of it . If the brethren proposed to take in 25 additional children , let it be a bona-fide thing , and not encumbered with any qualification . There were six months yet for the staff to get prepared , and thc Architect and the Chairman said the building itself would be ready .
Bro . A . H . Tattershall moved as an amendment to Bro . Webster ' s motion " That vacancies for ten children more than those recommended at the last meeting of the General Committee be declared in October next , making altogether 20 children to be elected , and that the numher so elected be received into the Institution so soon as the House Committee is prepared to receive them . " Bro . Tattershall said he thoroughly endorsed all the remarks which had been made bv Bro . Rucker .
Bro . Benj . Head seconded the amendment . The addition of 25 children all at once was too much for the staff , and too much for anybody . Let additional children be taken on by ten at a time . No doubt it was desirable to take them on as fast as possible , but he thought that it might be done b y adding ten at each election . The amendment being put by the Chairman there were but nine hards held un in its favour , while tht * sunnorters
of " the contrary " were numerous . Bro . Symonds , before Bro . Webster's motion was put , proposed as a rider " Or as soon thereafter as the House Committee can conveniently admit them . " Bro . H . A . Dubois seconded thc addition . Bro . Sabine opposed it , as this would be to hand over the powers of the Governors to the House Committee . If the House Committee did not think in January that the
buildings were read y , there was a Quarterl y Court on thc second Saturday in the month ( which was earlier than thc day appointed for taking in the candidates ) , antl if the House Committee came to the Court for authority to postpone the receiving day , the Court would give them power to postpone it . Bro . Ravnham W Rf-pwnrl- was curnricpd tn find flic
House Committee raising any objections . He fully expected that they would have done their utmost to meet the wishes of the Quarterl y Court . Bro . Webster's motion was then put and carried , and Ihe meeting closed with the usual compliment to thi Chairman .
Roan , Gilt Edges , elastic band or tuck , price , post free 2 s . 2 d . The Cosmopolitian Masonic Calendar "tary and Pocket Book for 18 77 . It contains lists of odges , Chapters , Encampments , Conclaves and Grand Councils
, with the names of Officers in England , Scotland , D 1 ? * and a 11 paV , S of tlle Wor - * -- s'ng-e copies ordered y letter may be paid for by stamps ; orders for more than f'lf- F ° / -r acco mPanie'l by Post Office Order payable at the 1 „ ¦ , ' Lon < l ° n . Address Publisher , 108 , Fleet Street , London . ( Advt . )
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ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS .
The Quarterl y Court of the Governors and Subscribers of this Institution was held on Monday last , in the Boardroom , Freemasons' Hall . Bro . John Symonds , Vice-patron , presided , and the other brethren present were Bros , the Rev . A . F . A . Woodford , Col . Creaton , H . Massey , (
Freemason ) , Capt . J . Wordsworth , W . F . C . Moutrie , C . F . Matier , J . Terry , F . Adlard , W . Roebuck , and F . Binckes , ( Sec . ) After the reading antl confirmation of the minutes , The Rev . A . F . A . Woodford , in reference to thc repoit of the House Committee on the subject of affording increased accommodation at the School at Wood Green ,
said he wished to say a few words . With all submission , to the Chairman , it appeared to him that the brethren had been getting a little out of order with regard to the way in which they had been transacting their business . It had been referred to thc House Committee to consider the subject of extension , and the Committee were to report to the Quarterl y Court through the General Committee . The
report had been made and submitted to the General Committee ; but what this Court had to consider was , had thc House Committee reported to the Quarterl y Court . At the last Quarterly Court it was stated that there was no report before it . But the brethren had just heard read from the minutes that the General Committee , without any reference to the Quarterly Court , had remitted the
report to the House Committeefor further consideration , and by so doing Kad hung up the report for three months . Now , he submitted that in doing so the General Committee had exceeded its powers . The House Committee was directed to report through the General Committee to the Quarterly Court , and therefore with the Quarterl y Court rested the ultimate consideration of thc matter .
The General Committee had , no doubt with good intentions , dealt with the matter as an ultimate court of appeal , and had ordered thc report to be printed and referred it back again to the House Committee . The proper course , in his humble opinion , would have been for the General Committee to have passed it on to the Quarterl y Court with such remarks as it thought fit . The only body
to deal with the report was the Quarterl y Court , and through its not having been submitted to them they werc the only body which knew nothing of the report . It had been printed and circulated as " The report cf the House Committee , " but it had never yet come before the Quarterly Court at all . With all deference he thought it was a very informal way of doing
the business . Hc had had something to do with societies of various kinds , but he had never known a subordinate committee take upon itself a power which belonged to the superior body . If the report was not complete it might , after being sent to the Quarterly Court , have been feferred back through the General Committee to the House Committee . Bro .
Raynham W . Stewart proposed , and , he himself , seconded , the motion which referred the subject to the House Committee ; and he coultl tell the brethren why they put in that portion directing the report to be sent through the General Committee . They might have referred it to the General Committee , but they considered that the House Committee had more practical
information about thc building . It would not have been in order for the House Committee to have reported direct to the Quarterly Court , and , therefore , they took the courteous course of having it reported through the General Committee . The Quarterly Court which referred the matter to the House Committee never intended the General Committee should have the arbitrament of the whole
tjuestion . As he had said before , hc thought the proceedings had been rather informal , and he ventured to submit that thc attention of the General Committee should be called to the fact that the report ought to be sent through them to the Quarterl y Court . Thc Chairman said that as he understood the question at the last Quarterly Court , the House Committee did not
consider it their definite report . They had brought it before the General Committee somewhat informally , perhaps , and the General Committee had ordered it to be printed . But it was thought by the General Committee , and by the House Committee themselves , that the House Committee had power to reconsider the report , and it was on that ground it did not come before the last Quarterly
Court . It now occurred to him , in point of fact , that thc whole matter was somewhat informal . The reference from thc Quarterly Court to the House Committee ( who were not appointed by the Quarterly Court ) was out of order . The Quarterly Court should have directed the General Committee to instruct the House Committee to make the report . He did not think because
there was that amount of informality it would justify this Court taking notice of what the General Committee had done , or of what the House Committee had done in not reporting definitely to the Court . As he understood , the thc House Committee did not consider their report final . The General Committee hatl thought the report should be printed antl circulated , but for all that the report was in
abeyance , having been referred back to the House Committee . Thc objection came a little too late . The report was to have been brought forward at last Quarterly Couit , but having been sent back to the House Committee there was no report then to submit to the Quarterly Court . The Rev . A . F . A . Woodford saitl the brethren were in
a great difficulty at the last Quarterly Court . He pressed the matter , and the brethren were told there was no report whatever . The minutes of the General Committee which mentioned the report were only reatl for information , and no report was submitted . The report was simply to thc General Committee . Six months had now elapsed since the resolution of the Quarterly Court , and there was no report be-
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fore it , and he thought a report ought to be sent directl y to the Quarterly Court . Let them ' remember what the resolution was . The Mouse Committee were to recommend . They had not done anything of the kind ; they had reported to the General Committee , which had nothing to do with the matter , and the General Committee had authorised Bro . Binckes to have the report printed and circulated .
Bro . Binckes said the report was simply a tentative report . Thc House Committee declined to take any responsibility upon themselves , as the report stated . They said there was a power of extension , and a capability of extension , if the Craft would give the brethren the amount to do it with . The amount was estimated and named , and the General Committee thought the amount too large
to be laid out at the present time . They said " Wait and sec what is the result of the festival , and what funds we have at our disposal . " When hc reported the result of the festival to the General Committee on Saturday week it was said that something could be done to increase the building to some extent for the admission for another 14 ,
1 S . or 20 boys . The House Committee were asked to consider their report , and it would be read at the meeting of the House Committee on Friday next ( yesterday ) . The House Committee would then consider the matter , and make a report , and that report would go to the Quarterl y Court in October . The thing was as simple as it possibly could be .
The Chairman thought that if it was understood that the last report was only in abeyance , it ought not to have been printed and circulated among the Craft generally . Bro . Binckes said the House Committee were bound to embody their views in the report , and they did so , and they said they would not incur the responsibility of enlarging the school until the Craft gave them the power . It was
with the intention of obtaining assistance from the Craft that the report was circulated . The Chairman observed that the report was withdrawn , so to speak , and the House Committee would , on next Friday ( yesterday ) , take the subject afresh into their consideration -, after which they would report to the General Committee , and perhaps a Special Court would be summoned
to consider it . He would ventuie to make a suggestion now to Bro . Binckes that he made some time ago , that whenever a Special Court was summoned to consider the report they shoultl endeavour to obtain the presidency of Bro . I-lucknctl , the Treasurer , whose practical views on the subject of the extension of the building would be found to be very valuable , and they should try to fix the Special Court at a lime tt : at woultl suit his convenience .
Bro . Binckes said that Bro . Plucknett was ex-officio a member of the House Committee . After a short general discussion on the subject of the report , thc matter dropped , on the understanding expressed by Bro . Binckes . Thc list of candidates for next election was then brought forward , and after some debate the list was settled at 6 3—nine to be elected .
I he next business was to consider the subject of a testimonial to Mrs . J . B . Monckton , in recognition of her services to the Institution in the amateur performances lately given , by which a large sum of money was divided between the Boys' anil Girls' Schools . Col . Creaton moved . " That in the opinion of this Court it is desirable that a testimonial , in recognition of the
services of Mrs . J . B . Monckton , should be presented from this Institution . " The Rev . A . V . A . Woodford , seconded the motion , which was then put to the meeting , and carried unanimously . Col . Creaton also moved , "That it be referred to a
subcommittee of three brethren , with power to communicate with any sub-committee that may be appointed by a General Committee of the Girls' School , to consider as to the nature of such testimonial , and to report thereon , through the General Committee , to a Quarterl y Court . " Thc Rev . A . F . A . Woodford seconded this motion also .
The motion having been carried , Colonel Creaton , Capt . John Wordsworth , and Bro . Benjamin Head were appointed the special committee on the subject . Colonel Creaton moved— " That in acknowledgment cf the zeal and energy so successfully exerted by Bro , John Constable , P . M . No . 18 *; , in connection with thc
recent festival , thc result being an addition to the funds of £ 1226 , he be enrolled as an Hon . Vice-Patron , with the full privileges of that rank . " He said that very few words from him woultl suffice to tell thc brethren , for they all knew , what Bro . John Constable had done for the Institution . Part of what he had tlone was communicated to the brethren in the words of this motion , of which notice had been given . His services had been very valuable , and he
was entitled to some recognition of them . Bro . W . Roebuck seconded the motion . He had seen Bro . Constable several times in Masonry ; and he could say that a more energetic and hard working brother he had never met with . 'Ihe motion having been put and carried unanimously , a vote of thanks was passed to the Chairman , and the brethren separated .
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wished to see the Institution utilisetl to the very greatt extent ; and he believed every brother was actuated by h feeling that the buildings should be occupietl to their aximum receiving power with the least possible delay . n t he thought that the course which was proposed by . i ^ r ^ Lcf ^ r wnvdd be somewhat forcing matter- ; on . For
v / m ' self he very much doubted whether the buildings would u ' in such a state of completeness by January as to be fit f r the reception of any number whatever of children . He vas opposed , and always had been opposed , to the infirmary 1 eine even temporarily used for the purposes of the school . He should have no objection at all to increase the number . the school at the proper time ; but to admit them now , ' circiallv such a large number as an additional 23 , at the
nresent time , he thought would be unwise . He was desirous to see extra children in the new buildings as soon they could reasonably be' allowed to go ; and the brethren mig ht have a memorandum placed on their minutes that thc children were to be received as soon as thc medical officer could certify that they could with safety be housed . To load the staff with the care of an additional . . children would be to olace on them a burden which
they would not be able to bear . The brethren owed a debt as much to the staff as to the children coming into the school . However , if the children were elected , whether the school was prepared to receive them or not , they must go in on a certain day . He would vote most strongly that the building should be utilised as soon as it could be done with propriety and success j but he did not think it would be r , ir to the staff to throw n < additional children on their
care all at once . Let the Craft know that the Institution was prepared to utilise the new building as soon as possible , but he thought there should be an intimation that it would be referred to the medical officer to say when the proper time had arrived for thc new buildings to be occupied . Bro . John Symonds would like to know what was the actual condition of the building at the present time .
At the request of the Chairman , Bro . Massa ( Architect ) exp lained that the building itself was erected , and had been so for a considerable time . It was , so to speak , dry , though not completely ; but by artificial means it could be made perfectly dry , though the walls were of considerable thickness . By artificial means it could be made quite ready for habitation by January .
Bro . Symonds thought that it it was only by artificial means the building could be ready by January , Bro . Webster should modify his motion , and not tie down the House Committee to admit the additional children in January . The ten children might be admitted , because in the ordinary course of events there would be room for them ,
but it might be left to the discretion of the House Committee , without any detriment to the additional children , to say when afterwards they should be taken in . If they thought the buildings were quite ready in January they would admit the 25 extra children ; if not , they would admit them as soon as possible afterwards . He hoped Bro . Webster would agree to this view .
Bro . Raynham W . Stewart , as the seconder of Bro . Webster's motion , objected to any modification of it . If the brethren proposed to take in 25 additional children , let it be a bona-fide thing , and not encumbered with any qualification . There were six months yet for the staff to get prepared , and thc Architect and the Chairman said the building itself would be ready .
Bro . A . H . Tattershall moved as an amendment to Bro . Webster ' s motion " That vacancies for ten children more than those recommended at the last meeting of the General Committee be declared in October next , making altogether 20 children to be elected , and that the numher so elected be received into the Institution so soon as the House Committee is prepared to receive them . " Bro . Tattershall said he thoroughly endorsed all the remarks which had been made bv Bro . Rucker .
Bro . Benj . Head seconded the amendment . The addition of 25 children all at once was too much for the staff , and too much for anybody . Let additional children be taken on by ten at a time . No doubt it was desirable to take them on as fast as possible , but he thought that it might be done b y adding ten at each election . The amendment being put by the Chairman there were but nine hards held un in its favour , while tht * sunnorters
of " the contrary " were numerous . Bro . Symonds , before Bro . Webster's motion was put , proposed as a rider " Or as soon thereafter as the House Committee can conveniently admit them . " Bro . H . A . Dubois seconded thc addition . Bro . Sabine opposed it , as this would be to hand over the powers of the Governors to the House Committee . If the House Committee did not think in January that the
buildings were read y , there was a Quarterl y Court on thc second Saturday in the month ( which was earlier than thc day appointed for taking in the candidates ) , antl if the House Committee came to the Court for authority to postpone the receiving day , the Court would give them power to postpone it . Bro . Ravnham W Rf-pwnrl- was curnricpd tn find flic
House Committee raising any objections . He fully expected that they would have done their utmost to meet the wishes of the Quarterl y Court . Bro . Webster's motion was then put and carried , and Ihe meeting closed with the usual compliment to thi Chairman .
Roan , Gilt Edges , elastic band or tuck , price , post free 2 s . 2 d . The Cosmopolitian Masonic Calendar "tary and Pocket Book for 18 77 . It contains lists of odges , Chapters , Encampments , Conclaves and Grand Councils
, with the names of Officers in England , Scotland , D 1 ? * and a 11 paV , S of tlle Wor - * -- s'ng-e copies ordered y letter may be paid for by stamps ; orders for more than f'lf- F ° / -r acco mPanie'l by Post Office Order payable at the 1 „ ¦ , ' Lon < l ° n . Address Publisher , 108 , Fleet Street , London . ( Advt . )
Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.
ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS .
The Quarterl y Court of the Governors and Subscribers of this Institution was held on Monday last , in the Boardroom , Freemasons' Hall . Bro . John Symonds , Vice-patron , presided , and the other brethren present were Bros , the Rev . A . F . A . Woodford , Col . Creaton , H . Massey , (
Freemason ) , Capt . J . Wordsworth , W . F . C . Moutrie , C . F . Matier , J . Terry , F . Adlard , W . Roebuck , and F . Binckes , ( Sec . ) After the reading antl confirmation of the minutes , The Rev . A . F . A . Woodford , in reference to thc repoit of the House Committee on the subject of affording increased accommodation at the School at Wood Green ,
said he wished to say a few words . With all submission , to the Chairman , it appeared to him that the brethren had been getting a little out of order with regard to the way in which they had been transacting their business . It had been referred to thc House Committee to consider the subject of extension , and the Committee were to report to the Quarterl y Court through the General Committee . The
report had been made and submitted to the General Committee ; but what this Court had to consider was , had thc House Committee reported to the Quarterl y Court . At the last Quarterly Court it was stated that there was no report before it . But the brethren had just heard read from the minutes that the General Committee , without any reference to the Quarterly Court , had remitted the
report to the House Committeefor further consideration , and by so doing Kad hung up the report for three months . Now , he submitted that in doing so the General Committee had exceeded its powers . The House Committee was directed to report through the General Committee to the Quarterly Court , and therefore with the Quarterl y Court rested the ultimate consideration of thc matter .
The General Committee had , no doubt with good intentions , dealt with the matter as an ultimate court of appeal , and had ordered thc report to be printed and referred it back again to the House Committee . The proper course , in his humble opinion , would have been for the General Committee to have passed it on to the Quarterl y Court with such remarks as it thought fit . The only body
to deal with the report was the Quarterl y Court , and through its not having been submitted to them they werc the only body which knew nothing of the report . It had been printed and circulated as " The report cf the House Committee , " but it had never yet come before the Quarterly Court at all . With all deference he thought it was a very informal way of doing
the business . Hc had had something to do with societies of various kinds , but he had never known a subordinate committee take upon itself a power which belonged to the superior body . If the report was not complete it might , after being sent to the Quarterly Court , have been feferred back through the General Committee to the House Committee . Bro .
Raynham W . Stewart proposed , and , he himself , seconded , the motion which referred the subject to the House Committee ; and he coultl tell the brethren why they put in that portion directing the report to be sent through the General Committee . They might have referred it to the General Committee , but they considered that the House Committee had more practical
information about thc building . It would not have been in order for the House Committee to have reported direct to the Quarterly Court , and , therefore , they took the courteous course of having it reported through the General Committee . The Quarterly Court which referred the matter to the House Committee never intended the General Committee should have the arbitrament of the whole
tjuestion . As he had said before , hc thought the proceedings had been rather informal , and he ventured to submit that thc attention of the General Committee should be called to the fact that the report ought to be sent through them to the Quarterl y Court . Thc Chairman said that as he understood the question at the last Quarterly Court , the House Committee did not
consider it their definite report . They had brought it before the General Committee somewhat informally , perhaps , and the General Committee had ordered it to be printed . But it was thought by the General Committee , and by the House Committee themselves , that the House Committee had power to reconsider the report , and it was on that ground it did not come before the last Quarterly
Court . It now occurred to him , in point of fact , that thc whole matter was somewhat informal . The reference from thc Quarterly Court to the House Committee ( who were not appointed by the Quarterly Court ) was out of order . The Quarterly Court should have directed the General Committee to instruct the House Committee to make the report . He did not think because
there was that amount of informality it would justify this Court taking notice of what the General Committee had done , or of what the House Committee had done in not reporting definitely to the Court . As he understood , the thc House Committee did not consider their report final . The General Committee hatl thought the report should be printed antl circulated , but for all that the report was in
abeyance , having been referred back to the House Committee . Thc objection came a little too late . The report was to have been brought forward at last Quarterly Couit , but having been sent back to the House Committee there was no report then to submit to the Quarterly Court . The Rev . A . F . A . Woodford saitl the brethren were in
a great difficulty at the last Quarterly Court . He pressed the matter , and the brethren were told there was no report whatever . The minutes of the General Committee which mentioned the report were only reatl for information , and no report was submitted . The report was simply to thc General Committee . Six months had now elapsed since the resolution of the Quarterly Court , and there was no report be-
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fore it , and he thought a report ought to be sent directl y to the Quarterly Court . Let them ' remember what the resolution was . The Mouse Committee were to recommend . They had not done anything of the kind ; they had reported to the General Committee , which had nothing to do with the matter , and the General Committee had authorised Bro . Binckes to have the report printed and circulated .
Bro . Binckes said the report was simply a tentative report . Thc House Committee declined to take any responsibility upon themselves , as the report stated . They said there was a power of extension , and a capability of extension , if the Craft would give the brethren the amount to do it with . The amount was estimated and named , and the General Committee thought the amount too large
to be laid out at the present time . They said " Wait and sec what is the result of the festival , and what funds we have at our disposal . " When hc reported the result of the festival to the General Committee on Saturday week it was said that something could be done to increase the building to some extent for the admission for another 14 ,
1 S . or 20 boys . The House Committee were asked to consider their report , and it would be read at the meeting of the House Committee on Friday next ( yesterday ) . The House Committee would then consider the matter , and make a report , and that report would go to the Quarterl y Court in October . The thing was as simple as it possibly could be .
The Chairman thought that if it was understood that the last report was only in abeyance , it ought not to have been printed and circulated among the Craft generally . Bro . Binckes said the House Committee were bound to embody their views in the report , and they did so , and they said they would not incur the responsibility of enlarging the school until the Craft gave them the power . It was
with the intention of obtaining assistance from the Craft that the report was circulated . The Chairman observed that the report was withdrawn , so to speak , and the House Committee would , on next Friday ( yesterday ) , take the subject afresh into their consideration -, after which they would report to the General Committee , and perhaps a Special Court would be summoned
to consider it . He would ventuie to make a suggestion now to Bro . Binckes that he made some time ago , that whenever a Special Court was summoned to consider the report they shoultl endeavour to obtain the presidency of Bro . I-lucknctl , the Treasurer , whose practical views on the subject of the extension of the building would be found to be very valuable , and they should try to fix the Special Court at a lime tt : at woultl suit his convenience .
Bro . Binckes said that Bro . Plucknett was ex-officio a member of the House Committee . After a short general discussion on the subject of the report , thc matter dropped , on the understanding expressed by Bro . Binckes . Thc list of candidates for next election was then brought forward , and after some debate the list was settled at 6 3—nine to be elected .
I he next business was to consider the subject of a testimonial to Mrs . J . B . Monckton , in recognition of her services to the Institution in the amateur performances lately given , by which a large sum of money was divided between the Boys' anil Girls' Schools . Col . Creaton moved . " That in the opinion of this Court it is desirable that a testimonial , in recognition of the
services of Mrs . J . B . Monckton , should be presented from this Institution . " The Rev . A . V . A . Woodford , seconded the motion , which was then put to the meeting , and carried unanimously . Col . Creaton also moved , "That it be referred to a
subcommittee of three brethren , with power to communicate with any sub-committee that may be appointed by a General Committee of the Girls' School , to consider as to the nature of such testimonial , and to report thereon , through the General Committee , to a Quarterl y Court . " Thc Rev . A . F . A . Woodford seconded this motion also .
The motion having been carried , Colonel Creaton , Capt . John Wordsworth , and Bro . Benjamin Head were appointed the special committee on the subject . Colonel Creaton moved— " That in acknowledgment cf the zeal and energy so successfully exerted by Bro , John Constable , P . M . No . 18 *; , in connection with thc
recent festival , thc result being an addition to the funds of £ 1226 , he be enrolled as an Hon . Vice-Patron , with the full privileges of that rank . " He said that very few words from him woultl suffice to tell thc brethren , for they all knew , what Bro . John Constable had done for the Institution . Part of what he had tlone was communicated to the brethren in the words of this motion , of which notice had been given . His services had been very valuable , and he
was entitled to some recognition of them . Bro . W . Roebuck seconded the motion . He had seen Bro . Constable several times in Masonry ; and he could say that a more energetic and hard working brother he had never met with . 'Ihe motion having been put and carried unanimously , a vote of thanks was passed to the Chairman , and the brethren separated .
HOLLOWAY ' S OINTMENT AMI PILLS . —Bad Legs . —Any unnatural discharge from the skin is at all times disagreeable , but in hot weather it becomes irritating—sometimes olfensive . Had legg old wounds , scrofula , antl scorbutic eruptions are cooled , scotheu , and cured by Holloway ' s ointment . It at once arrests all diseases of the surface by purifying and regulating the circulation in their neighbourhood , by giving energy to the nerves of the atlected pari , ancl hy expelling all poisonous antl noxious matters . It ejects the seetls of all virulent eruptions and ulcerations , anil thus cunlers 110 partial or temporary bo m , but a complete and permanent cure , liy means of these remedies all sutVerers may aim at attaining health , and will invariably succeed . —ADVT .