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CONTENTS . L EADER— PAGE The Warwickshire Benevolent Fund Festival ... ... ... 431 Masonic Jurisprudence ... ... ... ... ... ... 431 Consecration of the Kirby Lodge , No . 2 S 1 S ... ... ... ... 432

Provincial Grand Lodge of Suffolk ... ... ... ... ... 433 Royal Masonic Institution tor Boys ( Quarterly Court ) ... ... ... 434 Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution ( Annual Summer Entertainment ) ... 434 Masonic Service at Stanmore ... ... ... ... ... 435 Instruction ... ... ... ... ... ... "" ... 435

MASONIC NOTESConsecration of the Kirby Lodge , No . 2 S 18 ... ... ... 437 Recent Festival of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys ... ... 437 Recent Committee Meeting 0 / the Provincial Fund of Benevolence of Cheshire ... ... ... ... ... ... 437 Provincial Grand Mark Lodge of Northumberland and Durham ... 437 Death of Bro . George Graveley , P . G . Purst . ... ... ... 437

Correspondence ... ... ... ... ... ... 43 S Important Transactions ... ... ... ... ... ... 43 S Reviews ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 43 S Secret Monitor ... ... ... ... ... ... 439 The Recent Mark Benevolent Festival ... ... ... ... 439 Science , Art and the Drama ... ... ... ... ... 440

Summer Outing of the Leopold Lodge , No . 1571 ... ... ... 441 Craft Masonry ... ... ... ... ... ... 441 Board of Benevolence ... ... ... ... ... ... 441 Obituary ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 442 Royal Arch ... ... ... ... ... ... 443 Masonic and General Tidings ... ... ... ... ... 444

The Warwickshire Benevolent Fund Festival.

THE WARWICKSHIRE BENEVOLENT FUND FESTIVAL .

Our Warwickshire brethren , from the venerable Lord LEIGH , who has ruled tlie Province ever since the year 1852 , down to the latest initiate , must be gratilied with thc result of their inaugural Festival on Tuesday , the 3 rd instant , in aid of their Masonic

Benevolent and Pupils' Aid Fund . This Fund was organised some 25 years ago for thc purpose of rendering such hel p as might be possible to distressed Masons and their dependents , and at the present time there arc 16 recipients of thc benefits

dispensed by the Fund , of whom all but one arc ladies . During ils career a capital amounting to about £ jooo has been accumulated , but it appears to have been thought desirable that a special effort should be made to increase the means at its

disposal , and hence thc Festival , which was most appropriately celebrated at StoneJeigh Parle , the seat of Lord LEIGH , who has throughout exhibited thc greatest interest in the Charity , and who , but for the strict injunctions of his medical advisers ,

would have , attended and presided in person on the occasion . However , if his lordship was , lor the reason we have stated , obliged to be absent in the flesh , and unable to do the honours of the day , he was present in the spirit . The visitors had the

run of the gardens and the park ; thc Abbey , with its art treasures and curios , were open for their inspection ; an orchestral band played at frequent intervals to their great delectation , and the opportunity was afforded to those who cared to

indul ge in it to enjoy a game of cricket . Luncheon was served in a large marquee that was capable of accommodating those who had gathered together , to the number of about a thousand , a large proportion being ladies . Indeed , between the kindness of

Lord LEIGH and the admirable arrangements made b y the Committee in charge of ihe necessary arrangements , the meeiing was in every way a grand success , while , as regards the immediate purpose for which it was held , let it suffice to

s ; iy that the total of the subscriptions exceeded £ 3150 , "n' contributing bodies including the Provincial Grand Lod ge and Provincial Grand Chapter , 31 out of the 32 lodges ° » the roll of the Province , about half thc Royal Arch chapters ,

together with one of the Mark lodges , a Templar preceptory , ; " » 1 a Rose Croix chapter . The actual total announced was £ 3156 9 s . id ., the most important contribution being £ 300 from "' c Bedford Lodge , No , 925 , Birmingham , which had thus

The Warwickshire Benevolent Fund Festival.

the honour of heading the roll . The Machen Lodge , No . 1782 , Colcshill , came second with , £ 220 ios ., and the Israel Lodge , No . 1474 , Birmingham , being close up with ^ 213 13 s . 6 d . Temperance Lodge , No . 739 , Birmingham , subscribing £ 163 12 s . Other

amounts were ^ 100 from . Paul s Lodge , No . 43 , Birmingham , £ 100 is . 6 d . from the Shakespeare Lodge , No . 284 , Warwick ; 7 ^ 10 7 Ss . 6 d . from the Faithful Lodge , No . 473 , Birmingham ; £ 105 ios . 6 d . from the Howe Lodge , No . 587 , Birmingham ;

£ 11 j 12 s . from the Leigh Lodge , No . 88 7 , Birmingham ; £ 130 4 s . from the Fletcher Lodge , No . 1031 , Birmingham ; £ 132 6 s . from the Emulation Lodge , No , 116 3 , Birmingham ; £ 135 9 s .

from the Holte Lodge , No . 1246 , Aston ; £ 139 13 s . from Charity Lodge , No . 1551 , Birmingham , and the Prov . G . Lodge 50 guineas ( £ 52 ios . ) . Nor , though the amounts contributed to two of thc three Central Masonic Institutions and the Mark

Benevolent Fund are naturally on a more modest scale than usual , have their claims been entirely overlooked as the £ 57 15 s . raised in February for the R . M . B . L , and the £ 73 ios . and £ , 2 n 3 s . subscribed last week for the R . M . I . B . and the Mark

Fund respectively testify abundantly , the aggregate of these three sums amounting to £ 160 8 s ., making the total compiled by Warwickshire for the general and local needs of the brethren £ 3316 17 s . id .

But we need not dwell longer upon the excellent work accomplished on this and other special occasions by this Province . Rather let us take this opportunity of congratulating Lord

LEIGH , and the lodges and brethren under his authority , on a result so eminently satisfactory , and at the same time express the hope that future Festivals for this Provincial Fund may prove at least as gratifying .

Masonic Jurisprudence.

MASONIC JURISPRUDENCE .

[ COMMUNICATED . ] We continue our remarks regarding offences against Article 205 . It has been held , but the writer cannot recollect any authoritative ruling on the subject , that the delivery of a speech or an address or a lecture , in places where the profane may be

admitted , is an infraction of the law . The presumption is that reporters may be present , and there will be nothing to prevent the speech , or whatever it is , getting into the newspapers . This is , of course , common sense , and we think there will be few to object even to the straining of the phraseology of Article 205 .

When the Constitutions are revised it may be worth while considering how the provisions of this Article may be extended so as to Include unauthorised publicity of any kind . Meanwhile the interpretation of the law can very safely be left in the hands of the authorities , as proceedings in Grand Lodge from time to time clearly show .

In June , 1892 , a very instructive case was decided . A Calcutta brother was suspended by Right Wor . Bro . Pr ' . nsep , District Grand Master of Bengal , under the following circumstances : lie was interested in the Bengal Masonic Benevolent

Institution , and several points in the administration of this excellent Charity appearing to him to merit criticism , he tried to raise the question in the District Grand Lodge . As that body had nothing whatever to do with the Charity except subscribing to it , and beyond the fact that the most influential

members were , in other capacities , and not ex-ojficio , Governors and Vice-Presidents of it , the Deputy D . G . M ., who was presiding , refused to allow thc matter to be discussed , more particularly as it was not on the agenda . Thereupon , the brother printed a long circular , in which he embodied his views about the Benevolent Association ( in which he was quite within