Contents.

CONTENTS .

Royal Masonic Institution for Girls i 7 ° Royal Masonic Institution for Girls 181 The Irish Masonic Orphan Boys' School 1 S 1 Lodge of Benevolence lSl Mrs . Blake on Feeemasonrv lS * How Shall I Work ? ' . 1 S 2 Consecration of the Highgate Chapter , No . 13 66 1 S 2 Provincial Grand Cryptic Council for Tunis and Malta 183

Camhridge Local Examinations 1 S 2 Masonic M . P . ' s 1 S 2 REPORTS tiy MASONIC MEETINGSCraft Masonry 1 S 3 Instruction 185 Mark Masonry 185 Ancient and Accepted Kite 185 Rosicrucian Society iS $ LEADERS 1 S 6

The Stewards Returns of the Girls School Festival , 1880 1 S 6 CORRESPONDENCEThe Purchase of Lvncomhe House - " 187 " Trifles Light as Air . " 187 Masonic Names of the Diety . ' 187 Itinerant Masons 187 A Query 1 S 7 History of Freemasonry in Malta 187 Reviews 187

Masonic Notes and Queries 188 Obituary 188 Royal A ' rch 18 S Reel Cross of Constantine 1811 Scotland 189 Masonic and General Tidings 18 9 Literary and Antiquarian Notes 190 Lodge Meetings for Next Week 190 Advertisements I . to VIII .

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ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS .

The Annual Festival of this Institution took place on Friday , the iOth inst ., at Freemasons' Tavern , under the presidency of Bro . H . R . H . Prince Leopold , K . G ., Past Grand Warden , and Provincial Grand Master for Oxfordshire . His Royal Highness was supported bv thc Rt . Hon .

the Lord Mayor , W . M . Grand Master ' s Lodge , No . 1 , and on his left by the Ut . Hon . Lord Methuen , Provincial Grand Master for Wiltshire . Among the other brethren present , who numbered in all nearly 500 , were Major-General the Hon . Somerset G . Calthorpe , Grand Junior Warden ; Sir John B . Monckton , P . G . D ., President of the Board of General Purposes .

About 250 ladies were also present . After dinner grace was sung , and silence having been called by Bro . Harker , toastmaster , the toasts were proposed . In giving the toast of " The Queen , " His Royal Highness Prince LEOPOLD said : The ( irst toast , brethren , upon our list is , as a matter of course , that of

the Queen . It is one that Masons will not be behindhand in honouring , for the Queen has stamped our Masonic Charities with the approval of her patronage , and we are proud to be able to prefix the title of Royal to the name of our Girls' School ; and I feel that I am but expressing thc feelings of every one present when I say that the Queen has no more loyal and faithful subjects in all

England than the Freemasons . ( Cheers . ) The toast having been duly honoured was followed by the singing of the " National Anthem . " Prince LEOPOLD , in proposing "The Health of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales , M . W . G . M ., " said Brethren , I shall not say many words in commending this toast to your notice , for I do not believe it requires any

recommendation 01 mine to induce you to drink long life and happiness to our Grand Master , and to the Princess of Wales . I learn that the brethren in the west are preparing to give the Grand Master a loyal and enthusiastic reception on the occasion of his visit to Cornwall , and wc will heartily wish success to all their preparations . Prince LEOPOLD , in proposing the toast of "The Right

Hon . the Earl of Carnarvon , M . W . Pro . Grand Master , the Right Hon . Lord Skelmersdale , IJeputy Grand Master , and the rest of the Grand Ollicers , Present and Past , " said : Brethren , I am anxious that the next toast should fall into other hands , not because I have not great pleasure in proposing it , or because I do not think it an important one , but because I think you mijrht sooner hear somebodv

else speak . ( Cries of " No , no . " ) But I am informed that the toast of " The Right Hon . the Earl of Carnarvon , Most Worshipful Pro Grand Master , the Right Hon . Lord Skelmersdale , Deputy Grand Master , and the rest of the Grand Officers , Present and Past , " properly belongs to the Chairman , and so I obey . It is most important , in my opinion , that the high officers immediately below that of

the Grand Master should be represented by men of a high and approved position in the country —( hear , hear)—and never , as far as 1 know , has a supply cf these men failed . It has certainly not done so at the present time . As regards the G . Officers , Present and Past , I feel it is hardly correct for me to sing their praises , at least as regards the Past Grand Ollicers , for I have had the honour once of filling one of the high offices , though I fear I was involuntarily

a bad attendant at my duties . I will therefore only ask you , brethren , to drink to their health , exclusive of my own . ( Cries of "No , no . " ) I give you "The Right Hon . the Larl of Carnarvon , Pro Grand Alaster , I . ord Skelmersdale , Deputy Grand Master , and the rest of the Grand Officers , Present and Past , " and I will couple that toast with the name of my old and valued friend Lord Methuen . Lord METHUEN * in reply , said : I have very much plea-Sure in responding to this toast , though I am sorry that in

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the presence of such a grand display of thc brethren below and the fairer part of creation above , of whom I may say that "distance lends enchantment to the view , " instead of Lord Carnarvon , whose eloquence is unbounded , and in the presence of Lord Skelmersdale , of whom you cannot speak to highly , the humble individual I am should be called upon to respond . But as His Royal Highness has done me the honour to ask me to respond 1 do so most loyally , and

return you my most hearty thanks , the humble thanks of those noble lords , and the officers of Grand Lodge for drinking this toast . The LORD MAYOR , in proposing "The Health of His Royal Highness Prince Leopold , " said : Brethren , I have entrusted to me the distinguished honour to propose the health of our Chairman . His Royal Highness is not merely an ornamental Mason . Initiated in the Apollo , University

Lodge of Oxford , he served the subordinate offices in the lodge well and faithfully , and in 1 S 76 was duly installed into the chair of W . M ., and in the same year became Provincial Grand Master of the Province of Oxfordshire . His Royal Highness has also for the past three years been W . M . of No . 2 , the Lodge of Antiquity , and also three years since he received the collar of Grand Warden of England , and each and all of these important positions he has filled with zeal and fidelity . His Royal Highness has

always evinced the liveliest interest in our Benevolent Institutions and in the genuine principles and the active practice of Freemasonry . But not merely as a Mason da we esteem his Royal Highness ; his scholarly attributes and well-known love of the arts and sciences entitle him to receive , as he most undoubtedly does enjoy , our warmest admiration and regard . The manner in which H . R . H . had filled the chair this eveninp ; has added much to our

enjoyment , and I have thc greatest possible pleasure in proposing his good health , and wishing him in his intended journey to Canada and the United States a bon voyage , and a safe return to his native land when he so desires it . The toast having been most cordially drunk , Prince LEOPOLD said : Brethren , I rise to thank you most sincerely for the cordial manner in which you have received the toast of my health , and I beg to thank the

Right Honourable the Lord Mayor also for the kind expressions in which he referred to me in proposing the toast . Although this is the first occasion on which 1 have actually presided at one of thc great Masonic Charity dinners , it is not the first that I have been intrusted with that honourable office . In the year ' 77 I undertook to fill the chair at the dinner in aid of the Masonic Benevolent Institution , but was , unfortunately , prevented from fulfilling my

engagement , and I am glad to seize this—the first fitting opportunity that has occurred—to say how very sorry I was to disappoint thc brethren , not only on that occasion , but at the first meeting the other day of the Pupils' Aid Society . I may here mention that this latter society , which owes its origin to a kind suggestion of my friend , Lord Rosslyn , is not , as I understand it , in any way intended to be a rival to the existing Charities , but merely a necessary

supplement to them—the coping stone of the existing edifice , necessary for its completion and perfection . I thoroughly appreciated the efforts that were so successfull y put forth on the former occasion , to which I have alluded , to raise a good subscription list , and I am encouraged , brethren , by the remembrance of what took place then , to hope that the lists which will shortly be read to you will show an equally satisfactory result . And this brings me to

the subject of the toast which I am now about to propose to you—the toast of the evening— "Success to the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls . " Although , brethren , most of our rites and observances are shrouded in mystery from the gaze of the uninitiated , we make no mystery whatever of our devotion to the great principles of philanthropy and charity . These wc proclaim to all the world to be articles of our faith , of which we are most justly proud . Nordo we

content ourselves with mere theories of charity , but we insist that our professions shall take a visible and practical form . Thus it came about that our great Masonic Charities—the Benevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons and the Widows of Freemasons , the Institution for Boys , and the Institution for Girls—were founded by our predecessors , and having once been founded will , I venture to say , command the hearty support of thc srreat Masonic bodv

so long as these realms shall endure . It is for the welfare of the Institution for Girls that we are especially concerned this evening . The objects of this Institution , brethren , are well known to you , and , that you may be sure that these objects have been and are being faithfully carried out , I linay mention that since its establishment in 17 S 8 119 S girls have been educated , clothed , and maintained there , and there are now 2 S 5 girls

in the School . I am afraid that , owing to an unavoidable engagement , I shall be unable to go , as the custom is , with the Stewards for the year for the purpose of inspecting the Institution and its general working ; but I have every faith in the watchfulness and care of the Committee , and the report which has been furnished me of the state of the School is in every respect satisfactory . I am glad , for instance , to find that , in addition to pure educational studies , such practical work as the domestic duties of the

house is performed by the girls in turn , and that a class for instruction in practical cookery has been formed under the direction of a certificated teacher from South Kensington . I may add , as a proof that theoretical studies are not neglected , that thirteen out of fourteen candidates , passed last year in the Cambridge Local Examinations . It will be in the remembrance of many brethren interested in the affairs of this Institution that a great deal has been done from time to time of late years both in extending the grounds of the Institution , and inaddingto , the . buildings , Thatthis

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has been possible is a high tribute to the vitality of the Institution , and unmistakeable evidence of the good work it is doing . It shows , too , that the brethren , under whose auspices these improvements were made , recognised , as they were bound to do , that it was their duty not merely to keep Jafloat the charitable inheritance into which , by the munificence of their predecessors , they had entered , but to contribute their quota towards enlarging the basisso to

, speak , of the original foundation . A similar opportunity , brethren , is now afforded to the present generation of Masons , and I am glad to say that the Committee , trusting to our generous co-operation , have not been slow to avail themselves of it . I allude to the projected purchase at a cost of £ 6500 of Lyncombe House and grounds adjoining the Institution—a step which seems to me a most desirable one , whether it be considered in the light of an

improvement in the saleable value of our present property , or as a means of permanently enlarging our borders , or , finally , as a prevention against the imminent danger and incalculable evil of our Institution being hemmed in by surrounding buildings . The success of the above project depends , to a great extent , on the liberality of the brethren in general , and particularly of those who have declared their special interest in the prosperity of the Girls' School by their

presence here to-night . It would be a matter for regret if , in order to meet this purchase , it became necessary to trench upon the funded property of the Institution , which is indeed not large , and the income of which is urgently required to meet the annual expenditure . If b y my presence here to-night , and b y any powers of persuasion there may be in me , I can contribute towards raising the required sum , and towards permanently increasing-, as is proposed , the

numbers of the School ,: ! shall always look back upon this as one of the most usefully employed evenings of my life . Brethren , I give you the toast of "Success to the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls . " Bro . HEDGES ( Secretary ) then read the following list of subscriptions , with eight lists to come in . The amount is exclusive of the thousand guineas from West Yorkshire for the Bentley Shaw Memorial . The announcement of the total was received with loud cheers .

LONDON . £ S . d . Lodge Grand Stewards ( Bro . J . A . Rucker ) ... 23 2 0 1 The Right Hon . the Lord Mayor *) „ 1 Bro . H . H . Crawford S 7 s ' 5 o 2 „ Col . J . Creaton House Committee 191 2 o 2 „ E . A . Pontifex ... ... ... 100 16 o 2 „ E . Letchworth , House Committee 36 15 o

2 „ CO . Iagart ... ... ... 10 10 o 2 „ Wm . Hope , M . D ., Hcusc Committee 21 o 0 Chap . 2 Comp . Rev . A . F . A . Woodford ... 2100 Lodge 3 " Bro . F . McDougall ... ... ... 3 615 o 4 „ Rev . H . Lansdell ... ... 1 7 17 o

5 „ Henry James ... ... ... 34 13 0 0 ,, H . C . Bonsor ... ... ... 21 o 0 7 „ Spencer J . Weston ... ... 22 1 o S „ Joseph Fenn ... ... ... 17 17 o 9 „ S . Vallentine ... ... ... 42 o o

10 „ Rev . J . N . Palmer ... ... 53 u o 11 „ L . B . Garrett ... ... ... 40 19 o 12 „ Henry Mower ... ... ... 70 7 o Chap . 12 Comp . Robt . Coombs ... ... ... 16 16 o Lodjje

14 Bro . G . H , Hopkinson ... ... 36 15 o 15 „ John Abbott ... ... ... 30 9 9 21 „ R . P . Spice ... ... ... 37 16 o Chap . 21 Comp . T . F . Peacock ... ... ... 12 12 o Lodge 23 Bro . A . S . Wild y 2 5 > , Joseph Lindner ... ... ... 21 o 0

2 S „ James Hainsworth ... ... 40 19 0 30 „ Joseph Driscoll ... ... ... 32 11 o 33 „ G . I . Huntley ... ... ... 27 6 o 49 „ Leopold Mills ... ... . / . 37 16 o 55 „ W . H . Marston ... ... ... 67 14 6 58 „ A . J . Hollington ... ... ... 72 9 o Co „ Capt . J . Wordsworth ( vide Yorks ) 79 „ Dennis and Farnfield ( vide 907 ,

171 C , and 1804 ) ... ... 182 14 o 91 „ W . G . Logan ... ... ... 26 5 o 99 „ Arthur Steains ... ... ... OS 5 o

101 „ T . E . Taylor ... ... ... 40 o o 10 S ,, Raynham W . Stewart ... ... 32 11 o 134 „ Joshua Nunn , House Committee ... 127 1 o

140 „ A . H . Tattershall , House Committee 110 15 6 143 „ Ralph Clutton ... ... ... 152 5 o ' 47 , » J- J- Hatchings ... ... ... 9 8 13 6 1 C 2 „ A . C . deChapcaurouge ... ... 59 16 0 I-J 7 „ C . A . Mueller ... ... ... 30 9 o 1 C 9 „ Wm . Predam ... ... ... 82 o 6

172 „ John Hancock ... ... ... 40 19 o I 7 > - ) „ Walter Ncumcgcit ... ... 57 4 o 177 „ H . N . B . Spink ... ... ... 68 11 6 ' 79 „ W . Hughes , sen . ... ... 42 o o 150 „ W . StoHa-d . ... ... ... 22 1 o 151 „ Edwin Howard ... ... ... 4 S 6 o >

192 „ W . i * . Rickwood ... ... 100 13 o > 197 „ l ' - IL Burnell ... ... ... 1 5 Is - o 235 „ Joseph Kincaid ... ... ... 12 12 o - " 55 „ Frederick Lawrance ... ... 32 o . o 25 C „ R . V . Notley ... ... ... 38 17 o 259 » R- G . Glover ... ... ... 204 rg o 435 -, Richard Jeff * ... ... ... 15 < j o