District Grand Lodge Of The Argentine Republic, South America.

William E . Hunter , D . G . D . C . ; J . Colpas Clark , D . G . Std . B . ; VV . J . Hodge , D . G . Std . B . ; W . F . B . Fowler , acting D . G . Org . ; Reginald Mold , D . Asst . G . Sec . j George Nelson , D . G . P . ; Frederick Coulon , D . Asst . G . P . ; M . Hade and E . H . Oylcr , D . G . Stwds . 5 and C . Buchter , D . G . Tyler . After the Deputy Grand Lodge had been opened , the minutes were read and

confirmed . The acting D . G . M ., Bro . Ryan , stated that an important communication had been received from the G . Sec , which must necessarily take precedence of all other business . He then requested the D . G . Reg ., Bro . J . McKiddie , to take the post of D . S . G . W ., and Bro . Ferdinand J . Morphy , D . S . G . W ., to occupy the chair of D . G . M ., after which Bro . Ryan retired , accompanied by Bro . Anthony M . Bell , P . D . D . G . M .

Bro . MORPHY , acting D . G . M ., then informed the Deputy Grand Lodge that the special business now before it was the installation of Bro . George John Ryan as D . G . M ., to which post he had recently been appointed by the M . VV . G . M ., and that Bro . Bell , P . D . D . G . M ., had requested the speaker , as the next in rank , to perform the ceremony .

The notification from the Grand Secretary having been read , the R . W . D . G . M . designate , Bro . George John Ryan , was announced , and , after his patent had been examined and found in order , he was admitted , duly installed , and saluted according

to ancient custom . Bro . Ryan also presented his patent whereby he was nominated representative of the M . W . G . M . and the Grand Lodge of England at the Grand Lodge of the Argentine Republic , after which he addressed the brethren , expressing how deeply he felt the honours conferred upon him by the M . W . G . M ., and stating his intention to follow in the footsteps of his predecessors , whose management of the district had given such universal satisfaction . He also assured the deputation from the Argentine Grand Lodge of his friendly and fraternal feeling towards them .

A letter , dated 5 th November , 188 7 , from the D . D . G . M . in charge of the district addressed to the D . G . Secretary , Bro . Charles Trevor Mold , was read , advising the latter that , in conformity with the circular from the Grand Lodge , dated 8 th September , 1887 , the rank of P . D . S . G . W ., was conferred upon him .

The Committee appointed to procure a presentation jewel for the P . D . G . Treas ., Bro . James T . Ramsay , reported that the same had been received from England ; out Bro . Ramsay being absent , owing to illness , the presentation had to be postponed for another occasion . The formal business of the lodge was then transacted .

The Committees appointed last July reported that a tombstone had been erected over the grave ol the late D . G . M ., Bro . Richard Briscoe Masefield , in the British Cemetery , and also pointed to the life-sized oil painting of the same brother , which was then hanging in the lodge room . Bro . MATIENZO , Dep . G . M . of the Argentine Grand Lodge , rose and stated the

pleasure he had experienced in witnessing the installation ceremony . On behalf of the Argentine Grand Lodge , he referred to the treaty existing between the two Grand Lodges , and assured the D . G . M . of their firm intention to respect the terms of the same , in spite of a clause which had , in error , crept in their Book of Constitutions antagonistic to the treaty . He considered that treaties with foreign bodies should overrule all other laws . After congratulatory speeches from various other brethren , the District Grand Lodge was closed .

The History Of The Royal Masonic Institution For Girls

THE HISTORY OF THE ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS

FROM ITS ORIGIN , 1788 , TO ITS CENTENARY , 1888 . ( Continued from page 165 ) . FROAI THE JTOT . EE FESTIVAL , 1838 , TO THE DEDICATION OE THE NEW Scuoor , HOUSE , 1852 . The Institution entered on the second half-century of its careei under the most favourable conditions . It had succeededin firmly

establishing itself in the good opinion of the brethren , and its position , financially , was sound . It had few , if any , external difficulties to contend with , ' and consequently it was free to devote the best part of its energies to improving its interior economy . During the brief Secretaryship of Bro . J . B . Gore , who was appointed successor to Bro . Hope , and entered

on the clnti . es of his office when the Jubilee Festival had been held , things went smoothly on the whole , the chief difficulty , which , however , was eventually overcome , being the periodical adjustment of the accounts . All moneys were properly received and paid in to the bankers , and all payments were duly authorised and vouched , but neither the new nor

the late Secretary would appear to have been a master of the art of account keeping , and the Audit Committee were unable to make much out of the memoranda supplied to them , especially in respect of the Festival Returns , which were not so accuratel y kept as they should have been . With this exception , the business of the Institution was

conducted in the ordinary fashion , the regular routine of dut y being but seldom varied . At the Quarterly Court , on the 12 th July , 1838 , Bra . McCullen succeeded in carrying a motion for the adoption of a kind of multiple cumulative system of voting * at the election of children , which it was arranged should not be acted upon till

after the 1 st January , 1839 . On the 30 th August , 1838 , the children were entertained at a Jubilee dinner , the House Committee and many friends of the Institution being present and hel ping to promote the festivity of the occasion . In November following ^ Bro . W . R . G . Key presented a picture representing one of the

School Festivals , and the Secretary was directed to acknowledge the receipt and express to that brother the thanks of the authorities for his gift . In December , Bro . Bladen Ruspini applied to the House Committee " that his child Agnes , " whose time in the School had

expired , " might be allowed to remain until he had heard from a relative in India , " and at the Quarterly Court in January , 1839 , it was arranged that his daughter should remain an inmate of the establishment at the discretion of the House Committee . The same

month the House Committee received a letter written by a Mr . Peppij , on behalf of the mother and relatives of a girl who had died in t ] le School some time previously , which , as it speaks so eloquently of the kindness shown to the children by the Matron and her assistants , > y take tho liberty of quoting in full .

"To tho gentlemen of tho House Committee of tho Royal Freemasons ' School" I am requested by the mother aud relatives of tho late Emma Wilson Andrews , who died in your invaluable Institution on the 1 st November last to return you , the Governors and Medical Gentlemen , their grateful and heartfelt

thanks for tho comforts supplied and kindness shown to their child during w . long illness , but more particularly thoy wish that the conduct of your excellent Matron , Mrs . Crook , Miss Jarwood , and every other person belonging to the

Establishment , should bo brought to your particular notice . During fclio protracted illness of the child tho solicitude and kindness of Mrs Crook ( supply ing the place of a mother on her ( loath-bed ) , and the very groat attention of Miss Jarwood , and every other person , was such as can never be effaced from their memories . I remain , Gentlemen , Yours obediently , ( Signed ) THOMAS PEPPIX 2 , St . Michael ' s Alley , Jan . 23 , 1833 . On the 5 th February a Special House Committee was held , and

Bro . B . Bond Cabbell attended , and presented eacn of the children with a Jubilee Medal , Mrs . Crook , Miss Buck ( Deputy Matron ) , and Miss Jarwood receiving gold medals commemorative of the event while Letitia Jane Andrews , sister of the deceased girl just referred to , read an address appropriate to the occasion , and was awarded the medal intended for her late sister .

At the Quarterly Court in April , Bro . Ramsbottom , M . P ., w \ w through some misunderstanding , was not proposed for re-election as Treasurer , Avas succeeded in that office by Bro . B . Bond Cabbell , while the vacancies in the Trusteeship caused hy the deaths of the Earl of Zetland , Pro G . M ., and Bro . W . Williams , M . P ., were filled by the

appointment of Bros . Ramsbottom and Cabbell . In the August following , a number of the children who were ill were sent to Margate in the care of Miss Jarwood , and remained till their health was thoroughly re-established , a like practice being adopted in subsequent years , whenever ifc was found that any of the children were sickly ,

and it was considered a change ot air would restore them to health , In February , 1840 , " the Matron presented for the inspection of the House Committee a very handsome sampler worked by the children

m commemoration of the Jubilee ot the Charity , and it was resolved unanimously that a handsome frame , with plated glass , be provided for the same , and that it be placed in a conspicuous situation in tlin school room . "

Occasionally Ave obtain glimpses into Avhat is passing elscAvhere , either in the Avorld outside Masonry—as in the minutes of tho General Committee of the 31 st of May , 1838 , when a memorial to tho Houses of Lords and Commons praying for a cheaper postage—the present system of penny postage , inaugurated by the late Rowland Hill

m 1840 , Avas the result of this and similar appeals to the legislature —was presented and signed by the Chairman of tho day ; or in connection Avith other Masonic events , Avhich clo not always redound to the credit of our Society—as in the minutes of the House Committee on the 21 st May , 1840 , Avhen attention Avas called to the fad ;

that three of its members—Bros . Dr . Crueefix , Wood , and . 1 . b . Stevens—who Avere under suspension from their Masonic rights and privileges , but had appealed against such suspension , had been pre-A'ented by the Board of SteAvards from attending the Festival of the Charity . On this a resolution Avas passed to the effect " That such

inconsistency Avas unnecessary and un-Masonic , and calculated to greatly injure the interests of the Charity . And that the Secretary be directed to write to the Secretary and members of the Board of Stewards , enclosing a Copy of this Resolution to be laid before such Board . "

In July , 1840 , a further tribute Avas paid to the excellence of the School by a visiting brother , AVIIO , after being shown over the establishment by the Matron , made the folloAving entry in the Visiting Book : —¦ Charles Shackleforrl Robinson of Reading—In passing thro' life I never felt

moi'o pleasure than in witnessing the comfort and happiness which prevails amoiif , the poor children in this Asylum . This , indeed , is REAL MASOXRY . I wish also to acknowledge the kindness of tho Lady who conducts tho Establishment , wm ' showed great zeal in showing mc over tin , Establishment . At her request , but against my own wishes , I record that I left £ 5 Os . 0 : 1 . for the poor children to onjoy Avh . cn . they have an holiday .

Sometimes the minutes contain references to the Masonic Press , Avhich , for reasons it Avould not be difficult to furnish , does not app ' to haA r e been in great favour in those clays . Thus Ave read under date of the 31 st December , . 1840 , that " The Editor of a Periodical ftolle « the Monthly Masonic Magazine having requested the Secretary shoult

report to him such of the proceedings as might be proper to be known , the Secretary Avas desired to reply stating if ; Avas not the practice 0 the Charity to give the information required . " Again , on 8 th Api ' >

1841 , it Avas moved , seconded , and carried at the Quarterly Genera Court , " That no advertisements he inserted for the future of meeting of this Charity either in the Freemasons' Quarterly or Mow y Magazine .

Shortly after the last of the above entries , the minutes ^ scow more engrossing . On the 12 tli May , 1841 , a special General Covu ^ Avas held under circumstances of great provocation , a Bro . 1 A ° having given great offence to the Governors by soliciting votes

twin-sisters Lacey , inAvhom he took great interest , and using name of the DoAvager Queen Adelaide , Patroness of the Institute > Avithout warrant , as an incentive to voters to give him * h e * . P ? - ' Bro . Rowe Avas severely taken to task for his very grave indiscreti >