Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.

ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS .

The Quarterly Court of Governors and Subscribers of this Institution was held on Alonday at Freemasons' Hall . Bro . John Symonds , Vice-Patron , presided . Among the other brethren present were Bros . Col . Creaton ; H . Hacker , Richard H . Townend , C . A . Cottebrune , Raynham W . Stewart , S . Rawson , Dr . F . W .

Ramsay , H . Levy , H . A . Dubois , Charles uodtschalk , Alfred H . Dhp » r , H . Broyvse , George A . Taylor , Wm . Stephens , G . Bolton , Edward S . Snell , John Boyd , W . H . B . Tomlinson , Capt . John Wordsworth , Henry Smith , Prov . G . Sec . West Yorkshire ; Wm . Mann , the Rev . A . F . A . Woodford , George Thompson , Henry C . Burt , Frederick Adler , H . Alassey

( "Freemason" ); Edward Sewell , M . A . ; G . R . Shervill , Wm . F . C . Aloutrie , Hyde Pullen , James Robins , Thomas W . White , W . H . Spaull , Wm . Lane , W . N . Lash , Henry W . Binckes , W . Hickman , D . P . G . M * Hants and Isle of Wight ; Benjamin Head , John Vaughan , P . G . S . W . Warwick ; Alathew Allies . John Wordsworth , ioio ; James A . Birch , Isaac W , Petly ,

J . L . Hine , S . Rosenthal , John Sutcliffe , Henry Aloore , James Terry , James Stevens , Fred . W . Smith , 58 ; James Waldram , H . Coyvlard , John Read , Dr . F . J . Lilley , F . H . Ebsworth , Edyvard Harris , Thomas Aleggy , George Newman , Blajor Finney , N . B . Headon , E . H . Thiellay , W . Parsons , H . Garrod , Edward Cox , John G . Stevens , Edyvard Aloody , and

Frederick Binckes , Secretary . Events having occurred to cause three vacancies since the balloting papers yvere sent out , the vacancies for three additional boys beyond the twelve announced on the voting papers were declared , making fifteen boys to be elected at this meeting . After the other formal business had been disposed of ,

Bro . Raynham W . Stewart moved that Bro . Captain Wordsworth , of Leeds , be elected a Trustee of lhe Institution . Bro . Captain Wordsworth took great interest in the Institution , and among his acts it might be narrated that he came up from Leeds as many as twenty times in the course of the year at his own expense to attend the different meetings of the Boys' Scbcol . This alone shewed

that he took great interest in the Institution , and he ( Bro . Stewart ) did not think the brethren could better testify their appreciation of his services than by electingjthe brother who was one of the working bees , as a Trustee . While mentioning this he might say he hoped that Captain Wordsworth might have health and strength to discharge his duties as Trustee for many years to come the same as

he had his other offices in connection with the Institution . ( Hear hear . ) Bro . Levy seconded thc motion . The Chairman , after the motion had been carried unanimously , informed Captain Wordsworth of his election , and welcomed him as one of lhe body of which he ( the Chairman ) was one .

Capt . Wordsyvonh , in acknowledging the compliment , said he hoped he should zealously discharge his duties in his new character , and that he should do in the future as much as it had been said he had done in the past . He had been many years on the House Committee , and he trusted he should still remain on it to discharge his duties . The Institution ' s work yvas not yet finished * , indeed , it was

a long way from finished ; and he hoped the Institution would be so enlarged as to accommodate more boys . He had no objection next year to subscribe a hundred guineas as a special subscription towards building the neyv school for jo or 100 young boys opposite the present school at Wood Green , ( Cheers . ) The site was already purchased ,

and it only remained to erect the building . ( Applause . ) The eleclion was then proceeded with , and at 5 o ' clock the result was announced . The names of the successful candidates will appear in our next advertisement . Votes of thanks to the Scrutineers and the Chairman brought the proceedings to a close .

Annual Banquet Of The Star Lodge Of Instruction.

ANNUAL BANQUET OF THE STAR LODGE OF INSTRUCTION .

It was on the jth of October , 18 G 9 , that the first meeting of this lodge of instruction , held under thc yvarrant of the Star Lodge , 1275 , under the Preceptorship of Bro . Comb , took place at the Alarquis of Granby , New Cross , where ever since it has from yveek to week afforded

profitable and intellectual entertainment to the brethren , not only in its immediate neighbourhood , but to many from afar . On Thursday week the seventh anniversary of what has proved a vast school for Masonic learning yvas celebrated by the annual banquet , an event of no small moment to those at least yvho have from Saturday to Saturday , with diligence and perseverance , met to expatiate

on all that is bright and glorious to the good and true Mason . To our mind the annual banquet of a lodge of instruction is a matter of importance , inasmuch as it serves to reward the assiduous and painstaking Mason for his twelve months' labour . It likewise offers to the brethren the opportunity of showing thtir regard and appreciation of the Preceptor by flocking round him and

thanking him through the President for his kind care and instruction in thc past ; and finally , it is truly an occasion when it is well for brethren to dwell together . There was a fairly numerous gathering of the members of the lodge and their friends , over whom Bro . C . J . Hogg , P . M . 1275 , & c ., P . G . S ., presided , having as his Vice-Presidents Bros . H . Keeble , P . M . 1275 , J . W . 73 , Sec .

1559 , and Hon . Sec . of the Star Lodge of Instruction ; and H . Green , W . AI . of the Alother Lodge , 1275 , P . AI . 153 8 , J . D . 1559 . Glancing round the table we noticed ( he familiar faces of Bros . Govan Alacdonald , W . M . 1158 , Preceptor ; C . G . Dilley , P . AI . 147 , iiss . JPast Preceptor of the lodge ; Jobson ; Speight , jun ., S . W . ; Waterman , J . D . ; Church , J . VV . 147 ; W . Simmonds , J . W . ; Ernest Smith ; T . Grummant ; Aloss ; Cowley , 1559 ; H . Gloster ,

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J . 1531 ; Schultze , 13 ; Hartnup , 933 ; Tong , 73 ; H . Shayv , H . Jenkins . The names of the others we were unable to obtain . Alasonic grace having been offered , the lodge was duly declared open in the Fourth Degree . We have had the good fortune to attend an great number of banquets , Alasonic and civic , among others ; hence we flatter ourselves on a judgment second to none

in the matter of discerning the appreciation of " feeders . " Rarely have we witnessed a more appreciative assembly , willing to accommodate themselves to yvh . itever reigned supreme in their immediate vicinity . Our esteemed President , supported right and left by Past and Present Preceptors Dilley and Macdonald , visited with sore affliction a mighty joint of beef ; far away in the yvest thc well-knit

frame of Bro . Keeble toyvercd behind a monstrous joint of " biled syvarry , " whilst firmly established in the south , in the very thick of the " appreciative , " ever obliging Bro . Green divided his attention Letyvcen the poultry yard and pigstye , his handling of the carving knife and fork as reflecting on the foyvl , being a past master-piece of skill , and made , forsooth , the brethren in his vicinity foreet thc

pangs of hunger in their admiration for the marvellous carving transacted beneath their gaze . Leg and wing , n quick succession , bade adieu to breast and body , falling gracefully right and left beneath the fell syvoop of the Green-handled knife . From " feathered foyvl to bristly sivine , " anon the nonpariel carver deftly ivhiskcd a slice of ham , in shape the acme of gentility , in thickness as near

approaching transparency as makes no matter . " Oh ! it was a sight to see hoyv Bro . Green cut ham for me , " remarked a certain brother to us later in the evening . Over the sweets Bros . Hogg , Keeble , Green , Jobson , and Smith found abundant if " light " employment , and after cheese and celery had been " trifled" with becoming languor , the cloth yvas drayvn . Now came the moment for Bro . H .

L . Jenkins to distinguish himself , yvhich he did by dispensing the juicy grape yvith an open hand and an outstretched arm , both far and near , Bro . Green responding with the appetising walnut . The President having proposed in succession the usual loyal and Masonic toasts , to which it is needless to say a full and hearty reception yvas given .

Bro . Hogg rose and gave the toast of the evening , " Prosperity to the Star Lodge of Instruction . " In doing so he dwelt at considerable length on the importance of lodges of instruction in general as a means of teaching and perpetuatin g the esoteric ritual of the Order , more especially referred to the immense amount of good the Star Lodge in particular , had accomplished , not only in

educating its members , but in the vast help it had extended toyvards those excellent institutions connected yvith Freemasonry by means of the charitable association connected with it . He would mention—and he did so with a large amount of pride as thc Treasurer of that association , that at its winding up in a feyv months' time they would have contributed to the Benevolent Institutions very close upon

one thousand pounds . ( Cheers . ) Was not this a proof of the hearty co-operation of all connected yvith the lodge , and ought they not to be proud of the result of thtir endeavours ? This result has in a very great measure been produced by the assiduous and indefatigable exertions of the present Preceptor of the lodge , Bro . Alacdonald , whose name it afforded him great pleasure to couple yvith thc

toast . They all knew hoyv earnestly and zealously he had set himself to work for the yvelfare of the lodge , and he thought that they yvould one and all agree yvith him when he said that right well had their Preceptor acquitted himself of the duties attached to his onerous office . The brethren received the toast yvith loud cheers , and drank to it yvith the yvarmest enthusiasm , and Bro .

Alacdonald upon rising to respond was met with such an ovation as for the moment to prevent his proceeding . The popular Preceptor in thanking the brethren for the hearty manner in yvhich they had received him assured the brethren that all he had done yvas not half what he yvould have liked to have done had perfect health and circumstances permitted . From thc moment of his first

connection yvith the Star Lodge of Instruction he had taken a deep and lively interest in its welfare , and he had striven as Secretary , alike as Preceptor , to advance its interests . Since he had been elected to fill the responsible position of Preceptor he had become more than ever anxious for the future success of the lod » e . There yvas that in the position he filled that reminded him of the

responsibility clinging to his actions , in the way he conducted the business of the lodge , and above all , the manner in which he worked the ritual . No doubt the . brethren present yvould call to mind their first impressions of Alasonry as engendered by the delivery of thc ritual at their several initiations . To some he had little doubt but that the beauty yvas in a measure lost by the

feeling of nervousness that , more or less , naturally assailed them , and they failed to understand and fully appreciate at that time the beauties of Freemasonry , but a very poor idea being then conveyed to them as to what Alasonry really was by the quick succession of unfamiliar yvords and the unskilful manner in yvhich the W . AI . may have performed the ceremony . To eliminate from

the yvorking those obscure phrases and ingrammaticisms that render it impossible even for the most astute intellect to follow thc ceremony yvas the object of every Preceptor , and yvhile he endeavoured to fix on his pupils one particular line of working , would not have the brethren assume that this yvas " Alacdonald's working . " On the other hand , it was essentially " Star working . " Thanks to Bro . Dilley , in whose footsteps he folloyved , he thought

that under him thc working in the Star Lodge of Instruction yvas second to none . He had under the kind tuition of Bro . Dilley accomplished what feyv hoped for , but as to attaining perfection it yvas indeed difficult to say when such a degree could be arrived at , seeing that every day something fresh was introduced in the general working of the rituals of the Craft . He trusted that they had a happy and prosperous year before them , and that , although a

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Preceptor ' s berth yvas not a bed of roses , as he had to put up with so many different tempers , he hoped that should he speak somewhat harshly to them at any time thev yvould remember that it yvas for their oyvn good and the reputation of the lodge . Bro . " Alac . " sat down amidst a storm of applause . " The Health of the President" was then proposed \ Y

, Bro . P . M . Dilley , yvho dwelt on the long and praiseworthy services he had rendered the lodge , having since j cs formation on the 5 th October , 1869 , constantly attended . its meetings . The toast was drunk amidst great applause and Bro . Hogg briefly thanked the brethren for the manner they had received the toast , and assured them that yvhile he had health and strength it would be his pride

and pleasure to support the interests of the lodge . Before resuming his seat he would ask them to drink to the health of Bro . Secretary Keeble and his Assistant Secretary Bro . Church . He had no doubt Bro . Keeble yvould be able to give them a good account of their last year ' s work . Bro . Keeble responded in his usual neat style , and gave the following very gratifying statistics of the yvork of the past

year . There had been 52 meetings with a tital attendance of 116 7 , giving an average , of 2 2 j , no feyver than 55 new members having been admitted . Starting yvith a balance of £ 1 12 s . 21 I ., they had received during the past twelvemonths from dues £ 12 7 s . 6 d ., making a total of £ 13 ios . Sd ., of which sum they had expended £ 11 Ss . od .

in Masonic charity , yvhile the expenses of the lodge were nil . This report yvas very favourably received by the brethren . ' * The Health of Bro . Dilley , the P . Preceptor of the Lodge , " was proposed by Bro . Hogg in an eulogistic speech , and Bro . Dilley , in thanking the brethren for the toast , congratulated them on their continued prosperity . The Tylei ' s toast brought a very agreeable evening tj a close .

We must not forget to mention that Bros . II . Shaw , Church , Aloss , Gloster , and II . L . Jenkins entertained the company with some capital songs .

Consecration Of The Kilburn Lodge.

CONSECRATION OF THE KILBURN LODGE .

The ceremony of consecrating thc neyv Alasonic lodge in Kilburn took place on Tuesday yveek at the lodgeroom , Bro . Hartley ' s , the Queen's Arms . The usual forms and ceremonies were observed , and everything passed off yvith the most unequivocal success . His Royal Highness the Woishipful Alaster deputed Bro . Terry , Prov .

G . D . C . Herts , to consecrate the lodge , yvho has performed the ceremony on no fewer than sixty-two previous occasions . He stated that notyvithstanding the number of consecrations he had attended , he had never attended at one where he had met yvith anything so happy , or at yvhich the whole business had been more successfully gone through . The ceremony commenced at half-past three . Bro . Carter ,

from the Albert Hall , and a number of gentlemen from the Chapel Royal , went through the musical portion of he ceremony , yvhich took about tyvo and a-half hours . At the conclusion of the ceremony of consecration , the W . M . yvas installed and the officers were appointed . The following is alist : —Bros . George Killmark , P . AI . 291 , S . W . ; Charles Brewer , J . W . ; George Everett , W . AI . 1 * 111 ,

'lreas . ; Samuel Brooks , Sec ; James W . Cuff , S . D . ; George Fitchett , J . D . ; George Goody , I . G . ; Alfred [ I . Wilson , Styvd . ; and Charles Thomas , Tyler . Thc brethren then sat down to a most sumptuous dinner , consisting of six courses , supplied by Bro . Hartley in the best possible style . After dinner the folloiving toasts yvere proposed : — " The Queen ; " " Thc Alost Worshipful

Grand Alaster : " "The Alost Worshipful Pro Grand Master ; " "The Deputy Grand Alaster , and the rest of the Grand Officers ; " " The Worshipful Alaster ; " " The Consecating Officer * , " " The Visitors ; " " The Masonic Charities" and "The Officers . " The musical portion of the , proceedings yvas in the hands of Bros . Carter , Hodges , anil Seymour Smith .

Within two minutes of the Freemasons' Hall , Great Queen-street , is situated what is fairly designated " one of the sights and one of the comforts of London , " The H . ilborn Restaurant , having under able management , now existing for some time , attained a world-yvide reputation . To many of our town readers the proximity

of the Holborn Restaurant to the Masonic Hall is well known , but to country and suburban friends it will serve as a landmark , to direct their footsteps to one of the first dining establishments in the metropolis , its central position by no means the least recommendation . At The Holborn every article served is of the best quality , the yvines

excellent , and the attendance good . Private dinnersand the establishment is equil to the serving of all a » J every luxury that may be desired—can be ordered , yvhil **' the famed Table d'Hote every evening from 6 to 8 . 30 offers all the attractions of the chief Parisian establish ments , with the quiet and order essential to English

customs . . This Table d'Hote can be enjoyed , accompanied by a selection of high class music , for the modest sum of three shillings and sixpence , and includes soups , fish ' joints , entrees , & c , & c , with dessert , truly a marvel of cheapness . Luncheons are also provided at a nominal cost . There are also coffeeteachess , smoking and

, , retiring rooms—in a word , all the appointments desirabk for so complete an establishment . The numerous Aletropolitan meetings of lodges , noyv commencing ) cause brethren from all parts to congregate , and to many The Holborn will prove a boon , a comfort , and

deligm-We would briefly add that in directing attention to 2 " *' High Holborn , we feel assured that no visitor will reg «' the visit or leave disappointed . . Bro . William Sawyer , the well-known journalist , and Mrs . Sawyer , celebrated their silver wedding on Monday , when they entertained a select circle of f "'*"" to dinner at the Holborn Restaurant .