The Recent School Elections.

THE RECENT SCHOOL ELECTIONS .

Very strenuous efforts appear to have been made at the School Elections last week by the friends and supporters of the different candidates , there being' in each case a difference of less than 700 votes between the highest and lowest successful candidates , while , as regards the Boys' School , there were as many as six of the unsuccessful who polled upwards of r 2 oo . There

is also one other point which is worthy of notice . Of the four girl candidates who had this one and only chance of winning admission into the Institution , one was nominated by the Province of West Yorkshire under the BENTT . F . Y SHAW Presentation , while the other three were placed at the head of the poll ; but of the six bov candidates who were similarly circumstanced ,

only one was elected , and the names of the remaining five will therefore be removed under Law 70 . Whether this result is due to the apathy of those who were in charge of the several cases or to the indifference of the

Governors and Subscribers to the claims of these poor children to be admitted we are unable to say , but we do express our belief that the rejection of these boys after their claims had been recognised by the School authorities is the reverse of creditable .

The election into THE ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS took place at the Quarterly General Court of Governors held at the Freemasons' Tavern , on the 1 , 3 th instant . There ware 19 vacancies to be competed for , and originally 30 candidates , but , at the last moment , this number

was reduced to 29 , by the nomination of one of the two West Yorkshire girls , as alread } ' mentioned , under the HE . VTI . EY SHAW Presentation . The three highest places on the poll were secured by a London candidate , who scored 3035 votes ; the London and Warwickshire girl , who increased her total of 753 votes brought forward from last October to 3021 ; and one of

three West Lancashire lasses , whose poll reached 3018 . These were last cases , and we congratulate them on their success . No . 4 , from London , obtained 3009 votes , and No . 5 , who had claims firstly on Wiltshire and then on London , 2923 votes . The next in order was the candidate from Northern China , who obtained support to the extent of 2848

votes , and who was closely followed by the Kentish child , with 2836 votes . Another London girl won the eighth place with 2801 votes , and the Huckinghamshire lass the ninth place with 2786 votes , while Kent and Surrey shared the honours of success in placing their candidate next with -781 votes , Worcestershire secured the next vacancy with 277 = 5 votes , East

I ancashire won the 12 th place with 2652 votes , and the West Yorkshire ft irl the 13 th with 26 33 votes . The two vacancies that followed fell to the remaining West Lancashire girls , which thus had the satisfaction of carrying its ilirce candidates , the votes polled for these being 2604 and 2571 respectively , •^' o . 16 hailed from North and East Yorkshire and obtained 2529 votes ;

' ^ 0 . 17 was from London and received votes to the extent of 2387 , while Nos . 18 and 19 , from Somersetshire and the Western Division of South Wales respectively , polled , in the former case 2384 , and i" the latter 2338 votes . Of the 10 unsuccessful children , who wilbe eli gible in October next , there were four who made a respectable show ,

'" e hssex girl , who stood No . 1 on this portion of the list and bro ught forward m votes from the last election , polling 1 449 ; a second South >> nles ( West Division ) being next with 1363 ; a girl with claims on ( he same division of South Wales , and likewise on London and Foreign parts , landing next in order with 1261 votes ; and a London girl coming next

with 1117 votes . Two London girls stood next in order with 537 and 486 votes respectivel y , and the remaining four obtained amongst them between l 0 (> and 150 votes . The general result may be summed up thus : London

• arried three out of its seven candidates , and two out of the three in which chad a part interest ; the Provinces and Abroad , 14 out of 19 candidates , so that the latter undoubtedly secured the lion's share of the day ' s successes . * s regards the

. ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION TOR BOYS , * election took place at the Quarterly Court , at Freemasons' Tavern , on ay , the 14 th instant , when 23 boys were chosen by ballot from an Pproved list of 49 candidates , reduced , by the withdrawal of the lad from ,,, " "> t 0 48 . London had the satisfaction of placing its candidate at

ha ' l At ' ^ P ° " ' 2 744 votes i ant * tnen f ° H ° wed one of the two who Do ° m ' ^ ent ' ms total ° f votes being 2703 . The third in order was a We H re y ° " > wno nad this one chance of winning admission , and his No S * ° rked t 0 such good purpose that they obtained for him 26 71 votes , shire ' * ec * m Northumberland and polled 2671 votes , while Derbycla ; S ^ Curec ' next place with a total of 2651 votes . No . < 5 derived his from \ ° SUpport fr ° m Bengal and Gloucestershire , and polled 2634 . No . 7 , ° rth and East Yorkshire , scored 2617 ; No . S—one of three lads from

The Recent School Elections.

Sussex—who had 106 7 votes already standing to his credit , increased his total to 2579 ; No . 9 , whose father was originally a Leicestershire and Rutland Mason and then joined a lodge in Hertfordshire , secured 2577 votes ; and No . 10 , who derived his claims entirely from Hertfordshire , was only a little behind , with 256 3 votes . The next on the list was a London candidate with 2562 votes , and then followed a boy who had claims

on London , Essex , and Licolnshire , and polled 2561 votes . No . 13 , who came from North and East Yorskshire , won his place with a total of 2528 , and No . 14 , the second Kentish candidate , secured his with precisely the same number . No . 15 , London , totalled up 2455 votes , of which 1476 were brought forward from October last , and No . 16 , from Somersetshire , who began the day with 639 votes to his credit , had the satisfaction of receiving

such further support as increased his total to 2450 . No . 17 , the Cheshire candidate , polled 2420 votes , while another London candidate stood next with 2400 , of which 1479 were polled for him in October last , and 921 votes on this occasion . A second Sussex boy was 19 th with 2338 votes , and the Shropshire lad next , with 2262 ; the last three to win places being the Gloucestershire candidate with 2225 votes ; the Middlesex , who

polled 2 io _> votes ; and a fifth London boy , whose total was made up of 1085 brought forward and 985 obtained at this ballot . The highest unsuccessful candidate was a Londoner and scored 2023 , which renders his success tolerably certain in October next , while the next in order , who was also a Londoner , scored 1 S 80 , and as he , too , is still eligible we may regard his admission into the School as being not very far removed from a certainty .

Then followed a group of candidates whose totals were fairly close together , the Jersey candidate obtaining 138 S votes ; the Oxfordshire 1374 votes , made up of 631 votes brought forward and 743 additional ; the Essex 1286 votes ; the second Dorsetshire boy , who started with S 37 in hand from the two elections of last year , and raised his figure to 127 C ; and a London boy , who obtained at this , his first attempt , 1150

votes . Of the remaining candidates some three or four get into three figures , while the others polled less than ioo , or , as in one instance , none at all . We have already mentioned that out of the six last cases , only one was successful in obtaining a place , the totals , polled for the five whose names will be removed from the list being respectively 563—of which 270 were brought forward from October last , 28 , 2 , 23 , and 180 . The

result of this election , so far as the future is concerned , is that of the 49 boys entered on the ballot proper , one was withdrawn before the day of election , 23 were elected to fill that number of vacancies , and five will be withdrawn under Law 70 . There will thus remain 20 candidates who will remain on the list for the next election , and some of them , in the event of their being then unsuccessful , will still have further chances of success available .

The Text Of The Stanley Ms.

THE TEXT OF THE STANLEY MS .

The Might of the f ither of heaven with the wisdome of his blessed Sonne , and ye goodnesse of the holy ghost be with us att our begining and send us good life here living that we may come to his blessed Kingdome that never shall have ending . Amen . Good Brethren and ( Yellows our purpose is to tell you how this worthy Scyence of Masonry was first begunne before Noah ' s flood , There was a man that was called Lamech as it is written in the fourth chapter of Genesis and this Lamech

had two wives , the one named Adah and the other Zillah ; by the first wife Adah , he begat two sonnes , the one named Jabal 1 , and the other Juball , And on the other wife Zillah hebegatt a sonne and a Daughter , and these foure Children found out the begining of all crafts in the world . For the oldest sonne Jaball found out the craft of Geometry , And he parted flockes of sheep , And Lands in the feild : And first wrought houses of stone and tree , as it is written in the ch ipter affore said ; his Brother Juball found the Craft of Musick and song of Harpes and Organs , The

third Brother Tuball-Caine found out Smith Craft of Gold Silver Iron and Steele The daughter the Craft of Weaveing And the foure Children knew well that god would take vengeance for sinne either by fire or water wherefore they wrought their Sciences that they found in two pillers of stone that they might be found after the flood , And the one stone was Called Marble , and would not burne with fier and the other Stone was called Laternes and that would not drowne with water , And the names of the Seaven Liberall Sciences are these , the first is

Grammer and teacheth a man to speake truly and to write truly . The Second is Dialecticke , and that teacheth a man to Discerne truth from falshood . The Third is Rhetoricke , and teacheth a man to speake faire in subtil ! Tearmes , The fourth is Arithmeticke and it teacheth to Reckon up all kind of Numbers and to cast account , the fifth is Geometrye & that containeth Mete and Measure , ponderation and waight of all manner of thinges in the world for without Geometry can no man buy or sell nor no craft in the world can be

without some Mete and Measure , and that containeth Gejmetry which is called Masonry , The Sixth Science is Musicke and it Containeth voice of Tongue , and Harpe or Organ The Seaventh Liberal ! Science is Astronomie and it Teacheth a man to the Judgment of the Starrs and the planets ; Now will I tell you how , and in what manner these stones were found , that these Sciences were written in the great Hermerens that was Jubill his Sonne , that was Noah his sonne thise same Hermerens , afterwards called Hermes the father of wise men , he found the one of

these two pillers of stone , and found the Sciences written , and he taught them to other men , and at the makeing of the Tower of Babilon there were Masons , first he much made of the King of Babilon , that was < ailed Nimrod which was a Mason himselfe , and Loved the craft of Masonry as it issdid with the Masters of Histories , And when the city of Ninivie , and other cities of the East were made , then Nimrod the King of Babilon sent thither sixty Masons at the Rogation of the King of Ninevie his cosen and when he sent them forty , he gave them 1 Charge every man that they should be true each one to another and that they Love truly