Annual Dinner Of The Perseverance Lodge Of Instruction, No . 1743.

C I-TTIN " , I ? ' HAINES , DAUNTON , FELLS , and TULI . for „ ^ i Officers and Stewards . " During the evening a recitation " Etiquette" was characteristicall y rendered by Bro . E . C . Lewis . Songs were forthcoming from Bros . Albert Chevalier , Gray , ¦ full and Bcadel , whilst a very skilful and talented rimp . inolog ic . il entertainment was given by Bro .

Hop kins , evoking much applause . Great amusement was likewise caused by some capital sketches hit off on the moment by Bro . Vincent Cox , whose combinations of pencil and art were eagerly passed from hand to hand , and were most mirth provoking . Bro . G . B . Gray g iving " Auld Lang Syne , " a very pleasant evening was brought to a close .

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ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS .

The Quarterly Court of Governors and Subscribers to this Institution was held on Friday , 14 th inst ., at Freemasons' Tavern , when Bro . Richard Eve , Past G . Treas ., was elected to the chair . He was supported by Bros . George Everett , C . E . Keyser , J . E . Le Feuvre , S . G . Homfray , Sir J . B . Monckton , James Willing , Henry Smith , D . P . G . M . West Yorkshire , Stanley J .

Attenborough , A . C . Spaull , and Col . Thrale Perkins . After the reading and confirmation of the minutes of the January quarterly meeting , and the reading of other minutes for information , the election of Treasurer of the Institution was the next business on the paper ,

and the CHAIRMAN said that before proceeding to that election he thought it necessary and right to call upon the Secretary to read a letter which he had received within the last few days from their present Treasurer , Bro . George Plucknett , P . G . D . Bro . MCLEOD then read the following letter :

" 46 , Connaught-square , Hyde Park , "April nth , 1893 . "To the Governors and Subscribers of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys : "Brethren , —I desire very respectfully to bring to your notice that I do not propose at the next Quarterly Communication to offer myself for re-election as Treasurer to the Institution .

" My interest in the welfare of the Institution is undiminished , but I think the time has arrived when a change should be made . " It would be wanting in duty on my part were I not to express to you my sincere thanks for the confidence which you have reposed in me for 20 years as Treasurer , and five years previously as a member of

the House Committee , making together 25 years ' consecutive service in the administration of the affairs of the Institution , and it has been most gratifying to me to have seen within those years the progress which has been made in the School , and the increase in the number of boys from 100 to 260 .

' In conclusion , I earnestly hope for the continuous prosperity of the Institution , and that it may always realise ^ the expectation and the wishes of the Craft . — I have the honour to be , brethren , yours faithfully and fraternally " ( signed ) GEORGE PLUCKNETT . "

The CHAIRMAN said that that letter having been read , Bro . George Everett , P . G . T ., would make some observations and then lay a resolution before the meeting . Bro . GEORUK EVERETT , P . G . T ., then rose and said that prior to the election of a new Treasurer he had to submit a resolution to this meeting , which he was sure

would be received with great heartiness and passed with the greatest acclamation . The motion was " That the Governors and Subscribers of this Institution desire to place upon record their hi gh appreciation of the valuable services rendered to the Institution by George Plucknett , Esq ., P . G . D ., as Treasurer to the Institution for the last 20 years , and hereby tender to him their most

warty thanks . " 1 he brethren had heard the letter read m which it was stated that Bro . Plucknett had for 25 years taken the deepest interest in the affairs of the Institution , five on the Committee and 20 as Treasurer . The Institution and its supporters owed Bro . Plucknett a deep debt of gratitude for the manner in which he " id performed his duties and for the great interest he

had always taken , and did still continue to take in the Institution . Time was when Bro . Plucknett was very active among them , but he now felt from increasing years that he had not been able to pay so much attention to the hard work as he had previously devoted to ''¦ The brethren all regretted to hear of Bro . 1 meknett ' s resignation of the office of Treasurer .

st | H , they could not , as he desired it , but accept it , and w ' K reat regret they lost the services of a brother who had performed all his duties to Freemasonry in a jnost exemplary manner . Bro . Everett concluded by formall y moving the resolution . w Bro ' -HENRY SMITH , P . G . D ., Deputy Prov . G . M ., west Yorks , said he had very great pleasure in secondpi , tlle resolution , having been a witness of Bro . ' mcknett ' s interest in Freemasonrv durino- thn whnln

01 his career . sh u ^ ' ' lm ; RRAU ) asked whether the resolution vot 1 " ' S 0 ex P ress the wish of the brethren that the n J ? "ould be engrossed on vellum and presented to " ° - Plucknett . i „ J , ' ' ' -0 lw : l ' EVKRETT said he should be very happy ' ° add that to the resolution . j 'J CHAIRMAN , in putting the motion , with the adto 1 1 ' PP ° rted by Bro . Fitzgerald , said he begged abn , i D e a " observations that had been made m Hro . George Plucknett , the Treasurer of the

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Institution , who had devoted a large number of years of his life to Masonry and to the Institution . They all hoped that his interest in the Institution would be continued for many years to come . He felt that the brethren were only doing their duty to themselves as well as to Bro . Plucknett in seconding this vote of thanks to him . The motion was enthusiastically carried The next business was the election of Treasurer in

place of Bro . Plucknett . The CHAIRMAN said that before proceeding with that business , he only wished to observe that the brethren must recognise the fact that that office was not by any means a continuous one ; it was annual only . He regretted , however , that the resignation came so late , as it did not give the brethren an opportunity for obtaining the views of many desirable brethren as to whether they would consent to be put in nomination for the

vacant office . Bro . C . E . KEYSER , G . D ., then said he rose with a sense of great responsibility to propose the election of a new Treasurer for the ensuing yoar , and he did so because , as the Chairman had pointed out , there had been only two days given by their late Treasurer to obtain a successor who was equally interested in the

Boys' School . The brethren concerned did what they could yesterday to find a candidate when they found Bro . Plucknett would hot present himself for re-election . But they took such opportunity as they had of communicating with a very considerable number of brethren , and of ascertaining what were their views with respect to a brother who would be acceptable to the brethren

at large for this office . They found out what they expected , and they were proud to have found that there were probably many brethren of considerable eminence who took great interest in the Craft who would be willing to take the office , but who would not like any one put forward who would not have universal support . He was going to propose the name

of Bro . Edward Letchworth , Grand Secretary , for the office of Treasurer of the Institution for the ensuing year . He was aware that Bro . Eve , Grand Treasurer , obj ' ected to a member of the paid officers of the Craft having those distinctions conferred upon them . But before Bro . Letchworth became Grand Secretary he was identified with this and the other

Institutions . He had been a member of the House Committee of the Girls' School and had been on the Committee of the Benevolent . He had also shown great interest and anxiety for the Boys' School by allowing himself to be put in nomination as a candidate for the Committee of Management . For reasons which he would not now state , Bro . Letchworth thought it would

be better that he should not be put in nomination for the Committee of Management , and he withdrew his name . It required a great deal of personal attendance at Wood Green and elsewhere , as he ( Bro . Keyser ) could testify , and Bro . Letchworth , if he properly attended to those duties would have to neglect duties he had at Freemasons' Hall as Grand Secretary .

Therefore he thought it was not advisable to become a member of the Committee of Management . But the office of Treasurer would not entail any necessary attendance on Committees , although when the new rules were brought forward there would be more duties to be exercised than at present . The signing cheques and dealing with the financial work of the Institution

he felt ought to be carried out by the Treasurer who was under the roof , and he could not imagine that those duties could be better fulfilled than by the gentleman actually living in Freemasons' Hall , and therefore in touch with the Secretary and ihe Committee of the Institution . Bro . Letchworth had been approached in order to know whether he would do the

Institution the honour—for he was sure he night put it in that way—by allowing his name to be brought forward as candidate for the office of Treasurer , and he stated at once—as he ( Bro . Keyser ) knew—that he had not any greater ambition , and if his presence on the Board as Treasurer of the Institution would be of use to it he was willing to place his services at the

disposal of the brethren . He ( Bro . Keyser ) had no doubt that as Treasurer of the Boys' Institution he would do the Institution a great deal of good . The Committee of Management for several years had by means of economy—looking after the School in every detail : —recovered the confidence of the brethren , and he believed they had succeeded very well in doing so ,

and he was sure that they had perfected the connecting link between Grand Lodge and the Craft by making the School as thoroughly popular as he hoped were the other Institutions . The brethren had had no time to talk the matter over except in a conversational way , but Bro . Letchworth took an overpowering interest in the Institution , and as this office was only

for a year they could not do better than elect him . Had more time been given the brethren might have been able to bring forward half-a-dozen good names . He believed his own had been mentioned . He hoped the name o Bro . Letchworth would be unanimously accepted . Bro . George Lambert had been asked , but he declined on account of his advanced age .

Bro . J . E . LE FEUVRE seconded . The CHAIRMAN supported the nomination , but he wished to give his own views to the brethren , which were that he thought it was undesirable to elect a brother who was on the staff of Grand Lodge . There were so many brethren of many long years' standing , of

distinguished position , who , by their name and ability had furthered the objects of the Institution , that they might have been selected . They would have felt themselves agreeably honoured by being selected . It was less than 48 hours that this matter was first mentioned to him , but he and the Secretary thought of Bro . George

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Lambert , as the oldest Vice-Patron of the Institution , but he said he was 72 years of age . He ( Bro . Eve ) knew Bro . Letchworth would be a honour to the Institution , but he felt that there were a larger number of brethren outside the staff ollicers ot the Craft who had done extremely good work who should be put into the office . The motion was carried .

On the motion of Bro . ] . v .. LE I' EUVRE , seconded by Bro . J AMES WILLING , the following brethren were elected on the Council to represent the Life and Annual Subscribers : Bros . George Adamson , L . S . ; W . T . Blackmur , L . S . ; John F ' reneh , L . S . ; F . W . Levander , A . S . ; Charles Greenwood , L . S . and A . S . ; D . Jacobs , L . S . ; R . T . Redfearn , L . S . ; IT . Webb , A . S .: F . R

Farrow , L . S . ; W . J . Rowe , L . S . ; J . II . Sillitoe , A . S . ; and Henry George , L . S . Bro . LETCH WORTH , who shortly afterwards came into the meeting , having been informed by the Chairman of the result of the motion , said : Bro . Chairman and Brethren , — I have to express to you my warmest , thanks for the very great honour you have done me in electing

me , most unexpectedly , to the very high position of Treasurer of this Institution . It is an honour which , as you know , is entirely unsought for by myself , but it is one which I very highly appreciate , and which 1 accept with the greatest possible pleasure . I am informed that the duties of the office are not very onerous , but whatever those duties may

be , you may rely on my discharging them to the best of my ability ; and I can assure you that I consider it a very great privilege to be permitted by your suffrages to assist the carrying out of the very admirable work which is being accomplished by those who had the honour of being charged with the management of the School . Allow me once more to thank you for

the honour you have done me . Bro . MCLEOD announced that No . 27 and No . 44 on the list of candidates for the School were withdrawn . The election for the Board of Management was then proceeded with . At the declaration of the poll the following was found to be the result : — London Brethren—Bros . George E . Fairchild , 276 ;

James Stephens , 265 ; Henry Pritchard , 210 ; Alfred Cross Spaull , 195 ; and James P . Fitzgerald , 1 S 1 . Provincial Brethren—Bros . Harry Bevir , 18 3 Hugh E . Diamond , 1 S 3 ; William Russell , 169 ; GeorgeJ . McKay , 166 ; and Charles Pnlman , 117 . The Court then proceeded to elect 23 boys out of an approved list of 49 candidates , the result of which will be found in our advertisement columns .

Board Of Benevolence.

BOARD OF BENEVOLENCE .

The monthly meeting of the Board of Benevolence was held on Wednesday , at Freemasons' Hall . Bro . Robert Grey , President of the Board , occupied the chair , and the Senior and Junior Vice-Presidents , Bros . James Brett and C . A . Cottebrune were in their respective chairs . Bros . E . Letchworth , G . Sec . ; A . A .

Pendlebury , Asst . G . Sec . ; VV . Dodd and VV . II . Lee represented Grand Secretary's office : and the other brethren present were Bros . S . Vallentine , William Vincent , Charles E . Ward , P . Prov . S . G . W . Lincolnshire : Charles J . R . Tijou , David D . Mercer , S . V . Abraham , Geo . R . I . angley , Win . P . Brown , S . H . Goldschmidt , A . C . Woodward , las . Bunker , Walter Martin ,

C . Dairy , VV . Hopekirk , C . Braid , A . Stubbs , G . Coupland , S . W . Wilkinson , P . P . S . G . W . Cheshire ; C . J . Frost , J . Cox , E . I .. Home , G . A . Reall , J . W . Row , Wm . Pound , J . H . Fryer , H . Massey , George W . Mitchell , VV . Belchamber , A . Hubbard , A . Howell , E . Venner , J . Bott , H . Hooper , G . E . Fairchild , A . Calver , A . Dutton , R . M . Bibby , J . R . Owen , G . Flint , VV . T .

H . Mayer , B . T . Kimpton , T . Wills , S . S . P .-arce , VV . Lake , A . Darch , G . S . Peachcy , C . Graham , J . M . Chapman , J . Tovell , F . Simmonds , J . E . Fells , J . N . Streater , F . R . H . Gooch , E . E . Geflowski , J . I '' . Jones , C . Pulman , and II . Sadler , G . Tyler . The brethren first confirmed recommendations made to the Grand Master at the March meeting amounting

to I . 570 . Of the new cases there were 40011 the list , qualified through lodges in the London district , and at Cardiff , Spalding , Croydon , Ipswich , Cowes , Lincoln , Sandown , Sutton Bridge , Abergavenny , Plymouth , Truro , St . Austell , Redruth , Southport , Norwich , Nottingham , Stockport , Walton-under-Edge , Shepton Mallet , Hartlepool , Constantinople , Dartford , Beccles ,

Alnwick , and Frith . In the course of a sitting which lasted four hours-and-a-quarter two of these cases were dismissed and six were deferred . The remaining 32 were voted a total sum of £ ijd $ . Two petitions were recommended to Grand Lodge for . £ 75 each ; nine were recommended to the Grand Master for / 40 each ; and six for £ . 30 each ; 13 were awarded / " each ; one received , £ 10 and one £ , 5 .

Presentation To Inspector Clover .

PRESENTATION TO INSPECTOR CLOVER .

A farewell banquet was given to Inspector Glover of the Hampstead ( S ) Division at the Holborn Restaurant on Thursday , the 13 th instant , Bro . Jas . Willing in the chair . During the evening a

testimonial , consisting of a gold watch with a suitable inscription and a purse of . £ 150 , was presented . Inspector Glover j ' oined the force in 1 S 69 , and now retires with every good wish from all those he was brought in contact with for many happy years of peace and happiness .

It is said that the Imperial authorities have signified their intention to the Government of Canada of conferring a decoration for 20 years' meritorious service to all Volunteer officers in the Dominion .