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Provincial Grand Chapter Of Cornwall.
Comp . A NDERTON read the Secretary ' s report . He had great pleasure in reporting that the Volubian Chapter , Falmouth , which was over ioo vears old , had been resuscitated during the past year , after a lapse of 19 years . ( App lause . ) The total number of Royal Arch Masons in the province was nosv 294 and 14 chapters , as against 13 last year . In the regretted absence of Comp . Tweedy through indisposition , Comp . A NDERTON read the Treasurer ' s report , which shosved a favourable balance
of ; £ ? 2-Both reports were adopted . Comp , ANDERTON read a letter from Comp . Emra Holmes , P . P . G . S . B ., in svhich he urged the Pros'incial Grand Chapter to subscribe to the Truro Cathedral Fund , and likewise [ pointed out how the other chapters and lodges of the province might individually materially augment the fund .
It was resolved to contribute 20 guineas to the Cathedral Fund . It was also decided to give 20 guineas to the Girls' School , and 20 guineas to the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution . The GRAND SUPERINTENDENT , on behalf of Truro Cathedral Building Committee , returned thanks for the donation to the Cathedral Fund , which he was sure would be most gratefully received .
Comp . MASON proposed , and Comp . HART seconded , the election of Comp . J . H . Ferris as Treasurer . Carried . —On the motion of Comps . R . C ARTER and C . TRUSCOTT , a vote of thanks to and sympathy with Como . Tweedv was passed .
The GRAND S UPERINTENDENT then invested his officers as follows - . Comp . Sir Charles Sawle , Bart . ... ... Prov . G . H . „ Bedford Kerswill ... ... ... Prov . G . J . „ E . D . Anderton ... ... ... Prov . G . S . E . Gilhprt Pearce ... ... ... Prov . G . S . N .
„ R . Carter ... ... ... Prov . G . P . S . „ VV . Mason ... ... ... Prov . G . 1 st Asst . S . „ J . P . Smith ... ... ... Prov . G . 2 nd Asst . S . „ H . Pole ... ... ... ... Prov . G . Reg . „ G . Barnes ... ... ... Prov . G . Swd . Br . T . Hnnner ... ... ... Prov . G . Std . Br .
„ W . Tonkin ... ... ... Prov . G . D . C . „ F . Whiteley ... ... ... Prov . G . Org . " -V ^ r R , W r " 1 Prov . G . Stwds . „ J . T . Brooking ... ... J „ W . Rooks ... ... .,. Prov . G . Janitor . This concluded the business . The companions aftersvards dined together at the Red Lion Hotel , under the presidency of Ex . Comp . the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe , G . S ,
Provincial Grand Mark Lodge Of Cornwall.
PROVINCIAL GRAND MARK LODGE OF CORNWALL .
CONSECRATION OF ST . ANNE'S LODGE , No , 351 . A special meeting of thc Prov . Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons of Cornsvall was held on Monday , the 13 th inst ., at the Masonic Hall , East Looe , for the consecration of a Mark Lodge under the title of the St . Anne ' s Lodge , No . 351 . Work commenced with the opening of the new lodge at lialf-past eight in the morning for the advancement of candidates , and during the morning iS candidates were advanced . At half-past twelve the officers of the Prov . Grand Lodge formed in procession at the Ship Hotel and
proceeded to the Masonic Hall , a small but convenient and handsomerconstructed building lately erected by Bro . Grossman for the purposes of the St . Anne ' s Craft Lodge , No . 970 . There the Prov . Grand Lodge was
opened by R . W . Bro . Sir Charles B . Graves-Sawle , Bart ,, 30 ° , Prov . G . M . M . M ., who presided , supported by the following acting officers : R . VV . Bros . N . J . West , 30 , 87 , D . P . G . M . M . pro . tern . ; H . Tilly , 94 , P . G . S . W . ; Lieut .-Col . VV . E . Michell , 31 ° , 206 , P . G . J . W . ; John Leonard , 16 , P . P . G . Purst ., P . G . M . O . ; James Gidley , 169 , P . G . T ., P . G . S . O . ; H . R . Langmead , iG , P . P . G . Purst ,, P . G . J . O . ; the Rev . T . W . Lemon , M . A ., 31 , 35 , P . P . G . Chap . Devon , P . G . Chap . ; W . J . Johns , 78 , Prov . G . Sec . ; Samuel Jesv , 50 GG , P . P . G . M . O ., P . G . D . C . ;
J . Lovell , P . G . O . ; John Olver , 215 , P . P . G . A . D . C , Prov . G . I . G . ; C . Kent , 101 , P . I . G ., Stsvd . ; John Langdon , 7 S , P . G . Tyler . Among the brethren present svere VV . Bros . E . Aitken-Davies , 96 , P . P . G . J . D . ; Samuel Harvey , P . G . D . C . ; J . A . Collings , 325 . P . G . A . D . C . ; F . Crouch , Sec . ; H . Shapcott , I . G . ; R . Maunder , J . D . ; H . Holman , S . O . ; R . Bricksvood , ] . G . Hensvood , G . VV . Hancock , iG ; James Gifford , S . W . 6 G ; J . Doney , Treas . J . M . Williams , J . D . ; N . C . S . Couch , 325 ; F . R . lhomas , I . G . 35 ; H . S . Best , Sec . ; C . Coombes , I . G . 64 ; George Kerswill , John Hill , John Grossman , W . Walters , R . H . Shapcott , V . J . Maddock , J . P . Lillicrap , and . R . Olver , 351 .
The PROV . GRAND SECRETARY announced that certain brethren had obtained a warrant and desired to be constituted into a regular lodge . The founders of the new lodge were accordingly summoned and arranged in order ' 11 the east . __ . The PROV . GRAND MASTER then addressed them . The R . W . Brother said it gave him great pleasure in being called upon to consecrate that , the
second Mark lodge which had been founded during his term of office . The number of brethren who appeared that day to do honour to the new lodge at itsconsecration , notwithstanding the adverse circumstance of a provincial meeting of another branch of Masonry occurring in the province on that Q ay , was a demonstration that Mark Masonry was well appreciated in the Province . The very favourable auspices under which the lodge was opened ,
w 'th 18 advancements on its day of consecration , also promised that it would Be one of the largest and most prosperous of the Mark lodges in the county . 0 all persons who took an interest in Masonry it must be evident that the !\ l i ° * r * - * * - er was greatly on the increase . It was becoming very popular . ai rl f ? S Masonry throughout the kingdom was showing this progress , did n -mseIf tne progress of Masonry gave him great satisfaction , as he Q not believe there was anything- which would conduce more to the neneral
tha MI - an g 0 od fee -- n among the various classes of his countrymen him t lnstitut -on 0 I Masonry . To the experienced brethren he saw before thp / * Under s of the new lod e *** - would be needless for him to dilate upon nesv \\ r is / r they were about to undertake . The principal hope was that the vv vv . M ., whoever he mi ght be , would carry out all the duties in an orderly such 5 " 1 P anner and he had no doubt but that the brethren had made " selection as would fully ensure that .
irrini ^ . ? ' P **^ 13 ,. SECRETARY then read the warrant , which was wnied at the petition of Bros . * Geo . Kerswill , J . G . Henwood , J . Doney , fj- Shapcott , S . Jew , G . R . Barrett , J . Gidley , J . B . Gover , B . Kerswill , as ' VV M g « "ead . J- Leonard , and F . Crouch , signed by the Earl of Kintore W . AI . Grand Mark Master Mason ; F . Richardson , G . Reg . ; F .
Provincial Grand Mark Lodge Of Cornwall.
Binckes , G . Sec ; and appointed W . Bros . F . Crouch , the first W . M . ; J . G . Henwood , S . W . ; and J . Doney , J . W . The brethren of the new lodge signified to the Prov . Grand Master their assent to the officers named in the svarrant . The R . VV . Prov . Grand Master pledged them to obey the laws and constitution of the Grand Lodge of Mark Masters , and then declared the St . Anne ' s Lodge , No . 351 , to be a regular and duly constituted lodge .
1 he consecration of the nesv lodge by the R . VV . Prov . G . Master and his officers was next proceeded with , and the whole of the imposing ceremonial carried out in a very admirable manner . At the conclusion of the consecration the Prov . Grand Lodge was closed . Bro . N . J . WEST , P . P . G . S . W ., the acting Deputy Prov . G . M ., then took the chair , and installed Bro . F . Crouch , as W . M . of the nesv lodge in
the presence of a large Board of I . P . M . ' s . At the conclusion of the installa * tion Bro . John Grossman was elected the Treasurer of the lodge , and Bro . John Oliver the Tyler . The VV . M . then invested the follosving brethren as his officers : Bros . H . R . Langmead , acting P . M . ; J . G . Hensvood , S . VV . j J . Doney , J . W . ; J . Hill , M . O . ; Richard Olver , S . O . ; T . Cook , J . O . ; J . Grossman , Treas . ; R . H . Shapcott , Reg . of M . ; H . Shapcott , Sec . j , J _ — , . J ^ - - ? _ . ,. „ . . . ~ , ^„ . ,
A . T . Hunter , S . D . ; J . Marshall , J . D . ; V . J . Maddock , D . C ; J . R . Reid , O . ; J . P . Lillicrap , I . G . ; W . Walters , Stsvd . ; and J . Oliver , Tyler . About 50 of the brethren aftersvards lunched together at the Shi p Hotel . Bro . F . Crouch presided . The usual toasts and sentiments were given and replied to . Bros . Lovell , Henwood , Gifford , Leonard , and others , entertained with instrumental and vocal music and recitations in the intervals .
The Approaching Election Of The Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution.
THE APPROACHING ELECTION OF THE ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION .
Ihe voting papers for the election on Friday , the 15 th * May , of annui « tants on the Male and Female Funds of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution has been issued , and it will be seen from the particulars they contain how necessary it was the Festival of February last should be art unprecedented success if any appreciable diminution in the numbers of can * didates on the two lists was to be effected . There have been , as not
unfrequently happens , certain modifications of those numbers from svhat they svere originally , both as regards the vacancies to be filled and the candidates for election . The former , by the wise provisions of the Committee , have been increased , while the latter , owing to withdrasvals or other cause , are not so formidable—though even nosv they are formidable enough—as they at first appeared . Moreover , it is most likely , if , indeed , we cannot make bold to say it is absolutely certain , that , before the poll opens on the day aforesaid .
the annual meeting will resolve on a further increase in the number of annuitants to be elected , at all events , on the Female Fund . Thus the par * ticulars which follow must not be looked upon as final . The lists will remain as they are , unless in the interval between nosv and the election death should remove any of the candidates ; but there is every likelihood of more old ladies , and perhaps , too , of more old brethren , being received into thc Institution . Be this as it may , the details we append in respect of each Fund are derived from the voting papers just distributed .
For the Male Fund there will have to be elected 20 annuitants—1 * 7 immediate and three deferred—from an approved list of 42 candidates-This is by no means so satisfactory a state of things as last year , svhen 27 " annuitants—24 immediate and three deferred—were elected Irom a list of 38 candidates ; but there is no very great difference , il we compare the present list and vacancies with those of 1882 and 1883 . Hosvever , sve have
known very many instances in svhich the odds against a candidate ' s success were vastly more unfavourable than they svill be this year . As to the list itself , it comprises the names of 42 brethren , of svhom 10 are old and 32 new candidates , one of the former having been before the electors as an applicant for six years , while of the others two have been on the li-t for tour , and three for three years . London sends up 11 candidates , and the
provinces 31 , four of the latter hailing from Hants and Isle of Wight ; three from Devonshire ; three from Warsvickshire ; three from North and East Yorkshire ; two each from Cornwall , Jersey , Kent , and Sussex ; and one in each case from Cheshire , Cumberland and Westmorland , Durham , Lancashire ( East ) , Middlesex , Northumberland , Somersetshire , Staffordshire , Worcestershire , and West Yorkshire . One of the candidates ( No . 6 ) is ,
"b y proof , So years of age ; a second ( No . 36 ) is in his eightieth year , having been born in January , 1806 ; and a third ( No . 39 ) . born 1 st May , 1808 , has just entered on his seventy-eighth year . The ages of the remainder appear to range for the most part between 60 and 70 . For the Female Fund there are 76 candidates , but onl y 15 annuitants—12 immediate and three deferred—to be elected . As we have already
pointed out , hosvever , there is every probability that , having regard to the signal success of the Festival , the Committee will recommend an increase to the latter . Still , even as matters stand now , they show a decided improvement . Originally there were no vacancies , ancl the only election would have been the three deferred annuitants . But two annuitants died , and the Committee resolved on adding 10 to last year ' s total of 182 ,
so that the result now is , as wc have stated , that 15 will have to be balloted for from a total of 76 applicants , of whom No . 1 has been on the list 12 years , 1 eight years , 2 seven years , 7 five years , 2 four years , 11 three years , and 24 tsvo years , the remaining 28 , being fresh [ applicants , approved during the last 12 months . London contributes 23 , antl the Provinces 51 candidates , there being also one from the District of Bengal , and one from
that of Canterbury , Nesv Zealand . Kent sends up 10 candidates , Hants and the Isle of Wight , 6 ; Lincolnshire , 5 ; Devonshire , East Lancashire , Suffolk , and West Yorkshire , 3 each ; Berks and Bucks , Bristol , Cumberland and Westmorland , Dorsetshire , Durham , and Somersetshire , 2 each ; and Cheshire , Channel Islands , Jersey , Middlesex , Oxfordshire , and North and East Yorkshire , 1 each . Very many of the old ladies are widows of former annuitants , while all of them appear to be
in a state ot the most abject poverty . . Indeed , it is very seriously to be deplored that the Committee cannot meet the necessities of all of them forthwith ; but , as that is impossible , we trust they svill find it consistent with their duty tosvards the Institution and its funds , of svhich they are the regulators as well as thc dispensers , to reduce to as narrow a compass as possible the number of those whose hopes of election must unfortunately be postponed for a further twelvemonth .
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Provincial Grand Chapter Of Cornwall.
Comp . A NDERTON read the Secretary ' s report . He had great pleasure in reporting that the Volubian Chapter , Falmouth , which was over ioo vears old , had been resuscitated during the past year , after a lapse of 19 years . ( App lause . ) The total number of Royal Arch Masons in the province was nosv 294 and 14 chapters , as against 13 last year . In the regretted absence of Comp . Tweedy through indisposition , Comp . A NDERTON read the Treasurer ' s report , which shosved a favourable balance
of ; £ ? 2-Both reports were adopted . Comp , ANDERTON read a letter from Comp . Emra Holmes , P . P . G . S . B ., in svhich he urged the Pros'incial Grand Chapter to subscribe to the Truro Cathedral Fund , and likewise [ pointed out how the other chapters and lodges of the province might individually materially augment the fund .
It was resolved to contribute 20 guineas to the Cathedral Fund . It was also decided to give 20 guineas to the Girls' School , and 20 guineas to the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution . The GRAND SUPERINTENDENT , on behalf of Truro Cathedral Building Committee , returned thanks for the donation to the Cathedral Fund , which he was sure would be most gratefully received .
Comp . MASON proposed , and Comp . HART seconded , the election of Comp . J . H . Ferris as Treasurer . Carried . —On the motion of Comps . R . C ARTER and C . TRUSCOTT , a vote of thanks to and sympathy with Como . Tweedv was passed .
The GRAND S UPERINTENDENT then invested his officers as follows - . Comp . Sir Charles Sawle , Bart . ... ... Prov . G . H . „ Bedford Kerswill ... ... ... Prov . G . J . „ E . D . Anderton ... ... ... Prov . G . S . E . Gilhprt Pearce ... ... ... Prov . G . S . N .
„ R . Carter ... ... ... Prov . G . P . S . „ VV . Mason ... ... ... Prov . G . 1 st Asst . S . „ J . P . Smith ... ... ... Prov . G . 2 nd Asst . S . „ H . Pole ... ... ... ... Prov . G . Reg . „ G . Barnes ... ... ... Prov . G . Swd . Br . T . Hnnner ... ... ... Prov . G . Std . Br .
„ W . Tonkin ... ... ... Prov . G . D . C . „ F . Whiteley ... ... ... Prov . G . Org . " -V ^ r R , W r " 1 Prov . G . Stwds . „ J . T . Brooking ... ... J „ W . Rooks ... ... .,. Prov . G . Janitor . This concluded the business . The companions aftersvards dined together at the Red Lion Hotel , under the presidency of Ex . Comp . the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe , G . S ,
Provincial Grand Mark Lodge Of Cornwall.
PROVINCIAL GRAND MARK LODGE OF CORNWALL .
CONSECRATION OF ST . ANNE'S LODGE , No , 351 . A special meeting of thc Prov . Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons of Cornsvall was held on Monday , the 13 th inst ., at the Masonic Hall , East Looe , for the consecration of a Mark Lodge under the title of the St . Anne ' s Lodge , No . 351 . Work commenced with the opening of the new lodge at lialf-past eight in the morning for the advancement of candidates , and during the morning iS candidates were advanced . At half-past twelve the officers of the Prov . Grand Lodge formed in procession at the Ship Hotel and
proceeded to the Masonic Hall , a small but convenient and handsomerconstructed building lately erected by Bro . Grossman for the purposes of the St . Anne ' s Craft Lodge , No . 970 . There the Prov . Grand Lodge was
opened by R . W . Bro . Sir Charles B . Graves-Sawle , Bart ,, 30 ° , Prov . G . M . M . M ., who presided , supported by the following acting officers : R . VV . Bros . N . J . West , 30 , 87 , D . P . G . M . M . pro . tern . ; H . Tilly , 94 , P . G . S . W . ; Lieut .-Col . VV . E . Michell , 31 ° , 206 , P . G . J . W . ; John Leonard , 16 , P . P . G . Purst ., P . G . M . O . ; James Gidley , 169 , P . G . T ., P . G . S . O . ; H . R . Langmead , iG , P . P . G . Purst ,, P . G . J . O . ; the Rev . T . W . Lemon , M . A ., 31 , 35 , P . P . G . Chap . Devon , P . G . Chap . ; W . J . Johns , 78 , Prov . G . Sec . ; Samuel Jesv , 50 GG , P . P . G . M . O ., P . G . D . C . ;
J . Lovell , P . G . O . ; John Olver , 215 , P . P . G . A . D . C , Prov . G . I . G . ; C . Kent , 101 , P . I . G ., Stsvd . ; John Langdon , 7 S , P . G . Tyler . Among the brethren present svere VV . Bros . E . Aitken-Davies , 96 , P . P . G . J . D . ; Samuel Harvey , P . G . D . C . ; J . A . Collings , 325 . P . G . A . D . C . ; F . Crouch , Sec . ; H . Shapcott , I . G . ; R . Maunder , J . D . ; H . Holman , S . O . ; R . Bricksvood , ] . G . Hensvood , G . VV . Hancock , iG ; James Gifford , S . W . 6 G ; J . Doney , Treas . J . M . Williams , J . D . ; N . C . S . Couch , 325 ; F . R . lhomas , I . G . 35 ; H . S . Best , Sec . ; C . Coombes , I . G . 64 ; George Kerswill , John Hill , John Grossman , W . Walters , R . H . Shapcott , V . J . Maddock , J . P . Lillicrap , and . R . Olver , 351 .
The PROV . GRAND SECRETARY announced that certain brethren had obtained a warrant and desired to be constituted into a regular lodge . The founders of the new lodge were accordingly summoned and arranged in order ' 11 the east . __ . The PROV . GRAND MASTER then addressed them . The R . W . Brother said it gave him great pleasure in being called upon to consecrate that , the
second Mark lodge which had been founded during his term of office . The number of brethren who appeared that day to do honour to the new lodge at itsconsecration , notwithstanding the adverse circumstance of a provincial meeting of another branch of Masonry occurring in the province on that Q ay , was a demonstration that Mark Masonry was well appreciated in the Province . The very favourable auspices under which the lodge was opened ,
w 'th 18 advancements on its day of consecration , also promised that it would Be one of the largest and most prosperous of the Mark lodges in the county . 0 all persons who took an interest in Masonry it must be evident that the !\ l i ° * r * - * * - er was greatly on the increase . It was becoming very popular . ai rl f ? S Masonry throughout the kingdom was showing this progress , did n -mseIf tne progress of Masonry gave him great satisfaction , as he Q not believe there was anything- which would conduce more to the neneral
tha MI - an g 0 od fee -- n among the various classes of his countrymen him t lnstitut -on 0 I Masonry . To the experienced brethren he saw before thp / * Under s of the new lod e *** - would be needless for him to dilate upon nesv \\ r is / r they were about to undertake . The principal hope was that the vv vv . M ., whoever he mi ght be , would carry out all the duties in an orderly such 5 " 1 P anner and he had no doubt but that the brethren had made " selection as would fully ensure that .
irrini ^ . ? ' P **^ 13 ,. SECRETARY then read the warrant , which was wnied at the petition of Bros . * Geo . Kerswill , J . G . Henwood , J . Doney , fj- Shapcott , S . Jew , G . R . Barrett , J . Gidley , J . B . Gover , B . Kerswill , as ' VV M g « "ead . J- Leonard , and F . Crouch , signed by the Earl of Kintore W . AI . Grand Mark Master Mason ; F . Richardson , G . Reg . ; F .
Provincial Grand Mark Lodge Of Cornwall.
Binckes , G . Sec ; and appointed W . Bros . F . Crouch , the first W . M . ; J . G . Henwood , S . W . ; and J . Doney , J . W . The brethren of the new lodge signified to the Prov . Grand Master their assent to the officers named in the svarrant . The R . VV . Prov . Grand Master pledged them to obey the laws and constitution of the Grand Lodge of Mark Masters , and then declared the St . Anne ' s Lodge , No . 351 , to be a regular and duly constituted lodge .
1 he consecration of the nesv lodge by the R . VV . Prov . G . Master and his officers was next proceeded with , and the whole of the imposing ceremonial carried out in a very admirable manner . At the conclusion of the consecration the Prov . Grand Lodge was closed . Bro . N . J . WEST , P . P . G . S . W ., the acting Deputy Prov . G . M ., then took the chair , and installed Bro . F . Crouch , as W . M . of the nesv lodge in
the presence of a large Board of I . P . M . ' s . At the conclusion of the installa * tion Bro . John Grossman was elected the Treasurer of the lodge , and Bro . John Oliver the Tyler . The VV . M . then invested the follosving brethren as his officers : Bros . H . R . Langmead , acting P . M . ; J . G . Hensvood , S . VV . j J . Doney , J . W . ; J . Hill , M . O . ; Richard Olver , S . O . ; T . Cook , J . O . ; J . Grossman , Treas . ; R . H . Shapcott , Reg . of M . ; H . Shapcott , Sec . j , J _ — , . J ^ - - ? _ . ,. „ . . . ~ , ^„ . ,
A . T . Hunter , S . D . ; J . Marshall , J . D . ; V . J . Maddock , D . C ; J . R . Reid , O . ; J . P . Lillicrap , I . G . ; W . Walters , Stsvd . ; and J . Oliver , Tyler . About 50 of the brethren aftersvards lunched together at the Shi p Hotel . Bro . F . Crouch presided . The usual toasts and sentiments were given and replied to . Bros . Lovell , Henwood , Gifford , Leonard , and others , entertained with instrumental and vocal music and recitations in the intervals .
The Approaching Election Of The Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution.
THE APPROACHING ELECTION OF THE ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION .
Ihe voting papers for the election on Friday , the 15 th * May , of annui « tants on the Male and Female Funds of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution has been issued , and it will be seen from the particulars they contain how necessary it was the Festival of February last should be art unprecedented success if any appreciable diminution in the numbers of can * didates on the two lists was to be effected . There have been , as not
unfrequently happens , certain modifications of those numbers from svhat they svere originally , both as regards the vacancies to be filled and the candidates for election . The former , by the wise provisions of the Committee , have been increased , while the latter , owing to withdrasvals or other cause , are not so formidable—though even nosv they are formidable enough—as they at first appeared . Moreover , it is most likely , if , indeed , we cannot make bold to say it is absolutely certain , that , before the poll opens on the day aforesaid .
the annual meeting will resolve on a further increase in the number of annuitants to be elected , at all events , on the Female Fund . Thus the par * ticulars which follow must not be looked upon as final . The lists will remain as they are , unless in the interval between nosv and the election death should remove any of the candidates ; but there is every likelihood of more old ladies , and perhaps , too , of more old brethren , being received into thc Institution . Be this as it may , the details we append in respect of each Fund are derived from the voting papers just distributed .
For the Male Fund there will have to be elected 20 annuitants—1 * 7 immediate and three deferred—from an approved list of 42 candidates-This is by no means so satisfactory a state of things as last year , svhen 27 " annuitants—24 immediate and three deferred—were elected Irom a list of 38 candidates ; but there is no very great difference , il we compare the present list and vacancies with those of 1882 and 1883 . Hosvever , sve have
known very many instances in svhich the odds against a candidate ' s success were vastly more unfavourable than they svill be this year . As to the list itself , it comprises the names of 42 brethren , of svhom 10 are old and 32 new candidates , one of the former having been before the electors as an applicant for six years , while of the others two have been on the li-t for tour , and three for three years . London sends up 11 candidates , and the
provinces 31 , four of the latter hailing from Hants and Isle of Wight ; three from Devonshire ; three from Warsvickshire ; three from North and East Yorkshire ; two each from Cornwall , Jersey , Kent , and Sussex ; and one in each case from Cheshire , Cumberland and Westmorland , Durham , Lancashire ( East ) , Middlesex , Northumberland , Somersetshire , Staffordshire , Worcestershire , and West Yorkshire . One of the candidates ( No . 6 ) is ,
"b y proof , So years of age ; a second ( No . 36 ) is in his eightieth year , having been born in January , 1806 ; and a third ( No . 39 ) . born 1 st May , 1808 , has just entered on his seventy-eighth year . The ages of the remainder appear to range for the most part between 60 and 70 . For the Female Fund there are 76 candidates , but onl y 15 annuitants—12 immediate and three deferred—to be elected . As we have already
pointed out , hosvever , there is every probability that , having regard to the signal success of the Festival , the Committee will recommend an increase to the latter . Still , even as matters stand now , they show a decided improvement . Originally there were no vacancies , ancl the only election would have been the three deferred annuitants . But two annuitants died , and the Committee resolved on adding 10 to last year ' s total of 182 ,
so that the result now is , as wc have stated , that 15 will have to be balloted for from a total of 76 applicants , of whom No . 1 has been on the list 12 years , 1 eight years , 2 seven years , 7 five years , 2 four years , 11 three years , and 24 tsvo years , the remaining 28 , being fresh [ applicants , approved during the last 12 months . London contributes 23 , antl the Provinces 51 candidates , there being also one from the District of Bengal , and one from
that of Canterbury , Nesv Zealand . Kent sends up 10 candidates , Hants and the Isle of Wight , 6 ; Lincolnshire , 5 ; Devonshire , East Lancashire , Suffolk , and West Yorkshire , 3 each ; Berks and Bucks , Bristol , Cumberland and Westmorland , Dorsetshire , Durham , and Somersetshire , 2 each ; and Cheshire , Channel Islands , Jersey , Middlesex , Oxfordshire , and North and East Yorkshire , 1 each . Very many of the old ladies are widows of former annuitants , while all of them appear to be
in a state ot the most abject poverty . . Indeed , it is very seriously to be deplored that the Committee cannot meet the necessities of all of them forthwith ; but , as that is impossible , we trust they svill find it consistent with their duty tosvards the Institution and its funds , of svhich they are the regulators as well as thc dispensers , to reduce to as narrow a compass as possible the number of those whose hopes of election must unfortunately be postponed for a further twelvemonth .