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^^ Hw ' ort o' ^ hr ' K ^ rNo : ' ^ r"i crati ' on ' of tlVeDe-Ia-PoieMark Lodge , No « 3 Seaton ijo ni-trict Grand Lodge of the Argentine Remiblic . South America 179 rL History of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls from its Origin , 1788 , to

Us Centenary , i 888- ( . Continued ) 1 S 0 Grand Lodge Seals 181 Reviews . •" 3 1 Notes and Queries 184 R EPORTS OF M ASONIC M SSTINGS— Craft Masonry 184 Instruction »»» I Royal Arch !» I

REPORTS OF MASONIC MEETINGS ( Continued)—Knights Templar 188 Allied Masonic Degrees 189 Ireland i 8 g Masonic Ball in Norwich iSg An Interesting and Unique Ceremony iSg The Royal Silver Wedding—A Masonic "At Home" iSg Kaiser Will ' am and Freemasonry igo

| | Presentation to the Lady Mayoress igo Board of Benevolence igo West Lancashire Masonic Charities 190 Theatres igo The Craft Abroad igi Obituary 191 Masonic and General Tidings 192 Lodge Meetings for Next Week iv .

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A SPECIAL Court of Governors of the Royal Masonic Insti . ? p "fthe ° tution for Boys will be held at Freemasons Hall to-morrow Coys c oo . / g atur ( j ay \ at ^ p . m ., when a serious attempt will be made to

reverse the decision of the General Committee at their meeting on the 3 rd instant when they refused to sanction any further inquiry into the case of the boy WILLIAM GIDEON MOTION . We earnestly hope , therefore , that all Governors who can spare time will make a point of attending , even at the

sacrifice of their own convenience , and giving their loyal support to the House and General Committees in their dutiful endeavours to carry on , as they have done heretofore , the government of the Institution in a manner calculated to promote its interests and redound to its credit , as well as to

that of the general body of English Freemasons . * # * WE gather from the voting papers just issued for the

Girls' School Spring Election of children into the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls that the number of candidates is 42 , while the

number of vacancies to be filled is 11 . This is a substantial increase as compared with the last October election when there was a lLt' of 29 candidates and 16 vacancies . The increase , however , is not surprising when we call to mind that , to mark the year of the Q UEEN ' Jubilee , the Quarterly Courl in April , 1887 , determined on placing all the candidates in the School .

As regards the list for election on the 14 th April prox ., an examination into its details will show that 13 of the children hail from London and 29 from the Provinces or Foreign parts . Devonshire and Kent send three each , and Cumberland and Westmoreland and the Eastern Division of

Lancashire two each , while Berks and Bucks , Cambridgeshire , Cornwall , Dorsetshire , Essex , Hants and Isle of Wijht , Nottinghamshire , Somersetshire , Suffolk , Warwickshire , West Yorkshire , Jersey , and Victoria send each one . As regards the remaining six children , the interest in their candidature is

shared betwen two Provinces , a Province and district abroad , or London and a Province . Two of the children have actually , and a third virtually , lost both parents , and there are three who have both parents living , though m the case of the child CAMPBELL , standing ninth on the list , her father is

described as insane ; the other 36 are fatherless . In respect of ten of the children , the fathers in their fortunate days gave of their means towards the Pport of one or more of our Institutions , while in a large majority of s ances they had been subscribing members of one or more lodges for

•P'Vards of ten years . Two of the candidates—namely , KATE LILIAN OMING , No . 13 on the list , who obtained 48 7 votes last October , and INDA A . MARIE—have only this one chance of success , as they will m lne a ge of 11 years in the course of a few months , and will ,

cone quentl y , be disqualified after this trial . But we have noticed with S 1 erable pleasure that as a rule the Governors and Subscribers ls Institution somehow contrive to secure the election of children ° are thus circumstanced , so that , though it is impossible for the friends , , , a -- .- J -w . -.. w ...

Pporters of candidates who do not succeed at once to avoid a feeling sa ppointment when they find their election delayed , they have fair to h ' believing that the mere delay of their hopes will never amount a solute rejection . Of the 13 children who were candidates for the first 4- , •>>¦*¦» ' •" ^ * j , IIIIUH , » I KIIIU wuig L , anuiuai . t 3 IUL uic UISL

FRE '" ° Ctober last ' -h LILY MARTIN , who stands No . u , and MAUD M . thei N < " * ' ^ a ' reac * ^ ' 9 votes a"d * 6 ° 5 votes respectively to rjiflic [ " ' tllat if their friends bestir themselves there should be no y ab ut their election this time tneir election time i \

VV »„ ° secu < "ing . No . 2 , RUBY R ' \ y „ - •- " - ^ miiig cms . o . 2 , KUBY K-° f the ER ' a'S 0 Stands vve" witn" 8 44 votes to the good , while the remainder No . q ! VOtes ra "g ' ng from i ° 6 , > n the case of the girl CAMPBELL , 4 7 broug ht forward b y BONING . However , only about one in

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four can be elected on this occasion , and the contest , therefore , will be a keen one ; but so long as the two children , who will be disqualified after this trial , are among the successful , the result in all other respects may be said to

be of personal and private , rather than of general interest . Only let the fortunate ones do their duty when they have been admitted into the Institution and in their after career , and none of us will ever have cause to regret that they have been successful .

THE Spring Election of children into the Royal Masonic Boys * Schooi n 3 Institution for Boys will take place on Monday , the 16 th iecion . April proximo—not , as has been erroneously announced in

some quarters , on Friday , the 27 th April—when 15 boys will be chosen by ballot from an approved list of 65 , of whom 3 8 have been candidates at one or more previous elections , and the remaining 27 are new cases . Of the former , the boy J OSEPH WOOD has already made five attempts , and in

the course of his trials has accumulated the respectable total of 92 S votes , while No . 2 has stood four ballots and brings forward 752 votes to this election . Nos . 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , have had three trials , but only the boy GREEN ( No . 4 ) can have received much in the way of support . Nos . 7—13 ,

both inclusive , were on the list at both elections in 1 S 87 , CABLE , at No . 7 , having to his credit 208 9 votes , LE GROS , at No . 10 , 1680 votes , and BALL , at No . ii , 1417 votes ; and the remaining 25 , from No . 14 to No . 38 , both inclusive , stood the election in October last , the result in several cases being

very satisfactory , GALLOTT ( No . 14 ) having 146 7 votes to his credit for the coming trial , STAFF ( NO . 15 ) , 877 votes , CHEEK ( NO . 19 ) , 2129 votes , DAVEY ( NO . 25 ) , 1622 votes , BROWN ( NO . 27 ) , 1914 votes , MOSSOP ( No-. 29 ) , 2145 votes , and CHINNECK ( NO . 32 ) , 912 votes . As regards the distribution

of the candidates , 18 of them hail from London , 36 from Provinces or districts abroad , and 11 are from two or more Provinces or districts , or are partly of London and partly of provincial orig in . Of the 36 provincial , West Yorkshire furnishes 4 , Norfolk 3 , Cumberland and Westmoreland , Durham ,

Essex , Hants and the Isle of Wight , Kent , Somersetshire , and Jersey , 2 each , and Cornwall , Devon , Gloucestershire , Lancashire East , Lincolnshire , Middlesex , Northants and Hunts , Oxfordshire , South Wales ( East Div . J , Staffordshire , Surrey , Sussex , Warwickshire , Cape oi Good Hope , and

King William ' s Town , one each . Five of the children have lost both parents , and eight have both parents living , while 50 are fatherless , and two motherless . In the case of several of the children , the father attained high rank in lodge or province , while in 20 cases he contributed towards or acted as Steward for one or more of our

Charitable Institutions . Two boys , CROMPTON ( No . 33 ) and WAKEFIELD ( No . 3 j ) , will have their names removed from the list under the operation of Law 53 , should they fail to obtain election at this ballot , and as the claims of both to be received as candidates have been recognised , we trust

those Governors whose votes are not already pledged will lend th „» m a helping hand , so that their disappointment at the failure of their hopes in October last may not be converted into loss of all hope . We remark also that four of the boys—Nos . 44 , 48 , 56 , and 62 —have sisters in the

Girls' School , but in all other respects , save that , as there is a formidable list ol 65 applicants—of whom only 15 can be elected—the contest must be a very keen one , the voting papers exhibit no special features of interest to the

general body of electors . As in the case of the Girls' School election , we must hope that the successful children will so conduct themselves in the School and in after life as to reflect credit on the Institution and the Governors and subscribers by whose votes they may be elected .

'School LAST week vve gave a list of the children of the Royal Masonic at the Recent Institution for Girls who were candidates at the Cambridge Local Lxamina- n tions . Middle Class Examination and that of the College of

Preceptors in December last , and though the result is not as brilliant as it was in 1886 , it is nevertheless one on which we may venture to congratulate the Committees and Miss DAVIS and her able staff of assistants . Of the 18 girls who were candidates at the former examination , 15 satisfied the

examiners , while of the 31 who entered for the latter , only three lailed in passing the ordeal . Last year several were awarded honours as well , but it cannot be expected that all candidates shall be equally successful . We know that the girls and their instructors have done all in their power to