Royal Masonic Institution For Girls.

ho ,: e our festival will be attended with such an amount of success as will compensate us lor any failure we may have had , and enable us to go on doino- that good work in the education , boarding , and clothing of 263 sons of Freemasons whom we have now under our care , and to enable us I hope to g ive as satisfactory an account as has been alluded to with regard to the funds of the Girls' School . I hope it will show that your support has been

in no way biassed , but has been most generously rendered . I must not allow myself , in any circumstances whatever , to trespass on the golden rule laid down to-night of brevity , and with all the sincerity in the worid I thank you for your heartiness in drinking the success of the other Institutions . All three are labouring under one good cause to mitigate that large

amount of distress incidental to the largest association in the world , a distress which must arise , and must , I very much fear , increase ; but I rely with most perfect confidence on your increasing sympathy and support in assisting , so as to mitigate , if we possibly can , the effects of any increasing distress .

Bro . TERRY , in reply to numerous calls , said : Relying upon the rule that there should be but one response to this toast—an acknowledged practice observed between the three Secretaries that the one whose Festival was imminent should have the right of responding—I naturally concluded that no words would be expected from me ; but I thank you for mentioning my name . The Festival of the old people for 1889 has taken place . We have

had to fight a very hard struggle indeed against the success attendant upon the Festival of the Girls' School at the Albert Hall last year , but at all events a sufficient amount was raised in February last to pay the whole of the annuitants during the coming year . ( Cheers . ) Whatever may have been the result of last year ' s Festival , what may have been the result of

to-nig ht we can only say , speaking on behalf of my Bro . Binckes , that I hope that Bro . Binckes will have such a sum at his Festival as will be an answer to the world as to what is wanted for that Institution . I thank you for the cordial support you have given to all the Institutions , and I hope that when the year 1890 comes full support will be accorded to the Benevolent Institution .

The CHAIRMAN then in proposing "The Stewards of the day—Bro . Peter de Lande Long . P . G . D ., President , thanking them for their services , " said he was sure this toast need not to have been printed as it was engraven in the hearts of all the brethren . They all thanked the Stewards for all the kind work and labour they had bestowed upon the meeting . It was with the greatest possible pleasure that he recognised among the Stewards Bro . Peter de Lande Long , who not only claimed to bean excellent Mason

and was connected with all the Institutions , but first and foremost above all other things he claimed to be a Suffolk Mason , pure in heart , who never lost interest interest in regard to Suffolk . Whenever there was a candidate from Suffolk to be elected to the Institution it was to Bro . Peter de Lande Long they looked for support . Many , many years he ( the Chairman ) had known him , and it was with intense pleasure he asked the company to drink his health .

Bro . P ETER DE L ANDE L ONG , P . G . D ., President of the Board of Stewards , in reply said he had the greatest possible pleasure in taking the position of President of the Board of Stewards , but he thought the post was offered to him for the fact of the very open secret in London Masonry that he was a Suffolk man . Since he had been located in London he had not forgotten the Province in which he had always felt the greatest and

deepest interest . To himself the result of that nights list had been a matter of the greatest possible satisfaction . To his mind the dear old county had come up well and worthily , looking at what they did in February for the Benevolent Institution . The Board of Stewards were more than pleased at the amount on the lists . So far as any little exertion the Stewards had used was concerned , that was a labour of love , and such a

labour that the Stewards individually and collectively felt that they were only too ready to exercise it at any moment in the future . In the name of the Stewards he thanked the brethren for the very kind way in which they had acknowledged the sli ght services they had rendered . The Festival , though small had been very pleasant , but not the less jolly for being small . In the future they would always look to the Province of Suffolk to help them in cases of difficulty . ( Cheers . )

The Rev . HENRY WHITE , Chapel Royal , Savoy , proposed "The Ladies , " a toast which he said was more difficult than any of the prior toasts . He rather resented the compliment paid him . Many of his friends had been proposed to by the ladies , but he had

never been so fortunate , and notwithstanding that to-morrow morning he should celebrate the 1589 th wedding in the Savoy , notwithstanding all these dismal drawbacks , and notwithstanding that the ladies would have withdrawn themselves ,

and so left him out of that consideration , which he might otherwise have gained , he would , in obedience to the chairman , present this toast . He had no doubt that the brother who would respond to it

knew more about them than he . Whatever deficiency there mi ght be on his part , he had no doubt there would be a sufficient advocacy of their cause b y the brother who would repl y in the name of the ladies .

Bro . E . ST . CLAIR , Chairman of the Ladies' Stewards , in reply , said the ladies were only too happy to be present on these occasions , and on their behalf he expressed their deep regret at the sad occurrence which had deprived the Institution of the Chairmanship of Lord Henniker .

The company then retired to the Temple , where , under the presidency of Bro . Martyn , a beautiful concert of vocal

and instrumental music was performed . The favour worn b y the Stewards contained the arms and crest of the Chairman and the name of the Institution . It was designed and manufactured by Bro . George Kenning , London ,

Stewards' Lists.

STEWARDS' LISTS .

LONDON . HOUSE COMMITTEE . £ s . d . Bro . Ralph Clutton 16 16 o „ Thomas Fenn 15 15 o „ Robert Grey 3 6 15 o „ Charles Hammerton ... 100 o o „ H . A . Hunt 21 o o „ E . Letchworth 31 10 o „ P . de Lande Long- ... 32 11 o „ H . B . Marshall , J . P . ... JO 10 o „ J . H . Matthews ... 10 10 o „ Sir John B . Monckton , F . S . A 10 10 o „ James Moon 10 10 o „ Col . James Peters ... 105 o o „ Frank Richardson ... 21 o 0 „ Alderman Joseph Savory ( also 7 ) 24 3 o Lodge 1 Bro . Col . F . Gadsden ... 26 5 o

2 „ C . R . Rivington ... 33 12 o 3 „ John Larkin ... 25 4 o 4 „ Herbert de Stern ... 10 10 o 5 JJ J ° hn Chandler ... 3 6 4 6 6 „ B . Dobree , jun . ... 21 o o 8 „ Edward E . Cooper 42 o o 9 „ Wm . H . Holroyd ... 60 o o 11 „ Louis Polak ... 15 15 0

14 „ Walter E . Sampson 5 5 o iS „ J . H . Champness ... 21 o o 21 „ Capt . W . C . Woolett 2 S 17 5 26 „ William B . M . Bird 10 io o 29 „ P . H . Waterlow ... 27 6 o 33 JJ William Matthews 29 8 o 46 and 2127 Bro . R . Gole ... 55 Bro . Herbert W . Roach 45 3 0

99 „ T . G . Nicholson ... 16 16 o 101 „ Frank Williams ... 26 5 0 172 „ W . H . Bailey ( see also Staffordshire ) 42 o o 181 „ Edmund Yates ... 56 14 o 193 „ Samuel Smither ... 40 14 6 195 and 1118 Bro . W . Masterman , D . C . L . 7 S 15 0

19 S Bro . William Webber ... 26 5 0 222 „ A . R . Stenning ... 31 10 o 23 S JJ Ashurt Morris ... 15 15 0 259 „ O . T . Hodges ... 67 9 0 534 „ Edwin Bowley ... 21 o o

822 „ Henry G . Heather 27 6 0 879 „ C . H . Freyer ... 7 S 15 o 901 „ W . R . Haylock ... 9 6 11 6 902 „ John C . Cross ... 43 1 0 969 „ G . D . Lister ... 58 15 0 ' 383 JJ Major-Gen . E . C .

Sim in 6 0 J 397 JJ N - S . Stott ... 54 12 o 1 4 20 „ John Merry ... 4 6 o o 1441 „ e . J . Eedle ... 152 5 o ! 539 JJ Fredk . B . Smith ... 37 5 6 1571 JJ Joseph T . Dormer 15 15 o 15 S 6 „ " Geo . Henry Finch 3 6 15 0 1615 „ Lieut .-Col . V . Bailey 21 o 0 1629 „ Rev . C . J . Martyn ,

M . A . ( see also Suffolk ) — 1707 , j John Webb ... 41 7 6 1719 „ David W . Sugg ... 26 5 o 1 745 J > H . J . Lardner ... 27 6 o 1772 „ Hubert J . Poole ... 26 5 o 2060 „ Ernest St . Clair ... 6 S 5 o 22 9 „ James Boulton ... 102 7 6

LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . 1 S 04 Bro . R . R . Green 102 12 6 Duke of Cornwall Benevolent Association , Bro . Max Mendelssohn 42 10 o

UNATTACHED . Bro . Asher Barfield 10 10 o „ W . Belchamber 15 15 o „ Robt . Berridge , F . R . G . S . 21 o o „ Thomas G . Bullen ... 13 13 o „ * A . Roger Carter

—„ Charles Corby 10 10 o „ T . H . Gardiner 11 11 o „ W . Kendal-Grimston ... 16 . 16 o

„ R . J . Harnell 15 15 0 „ W . G . Kentish 13 13 o „ H . B . Marshall , jun ., B . A . 1010 o „ T . Hastings Miller ... 21 o o „ William Morley 26 5 o

„ Oscar Philippe 191 2 o „ Capt . Clifford Probyn ... 30 9 o „ William Shurmur ... 10 10 0 „ E . W . Stanton 15 15 o „ Col . J . Ward , J . P . ... 21 o o

THE PROVINCES . BERKS AND BUCKS . Lodge 574 Bro . Anthony T . Kersley 15 15 0 945 „ Maurice Wheeler ... 64 1 0 1899 „ Major E . Ball ... 22 11 0

CAMBRIDGESHIRE . Lodge S 09 Bro . A . W . English ... 57 15 0 CHESHIRE . Lodge 104 Bro . Joseph D . Kain ... 21 o 0 t 565 „ Wm . Hy . Pugh ...

CORNWALL . The Province Bro . Major Jno . Jas . Ross ... 99 15 o DEVONSHIRE . Unattached—Bro . Rev . T . W . Lemon , M . A g 4 10 o » DURHAM . The Province Bro . John Heppell 134 8 0

Stewards' Lists.

ESSEX . Chapter £ s . d 276 Comp , A . C . Durrant ... 23 2 0 " HAMPSHIRE AND ISLE OF WIGHT . Lodge 70 Bro . W . H , J acob ... 57 15 Q

HERTFORDSHIRE . 403 Bro . Rev . W . d'A . Crofton 33 12 0 Unattached—Bro . F . Sumner Knyvert 21 o 0 KENT . The Province Bro . J . S . Eastes 115 io 0 Lodge 1414 Bro . A . St . G . McA . Laurie 40 19 Q

LANCASHIRE ( EAST DIVISION ) . 34 S Bro . John Kenyon ... 10 10 0 645 „ Carl Gotz 21 0 o 100 9 „ George Hunt •... 1030 ,, James Cookson ... 10 10 0

LANCASHIRE ( WEST DIVISION ) . 314 Bro . T . M . Shuttleworth 4 a o 0 6 S 0 „ James De B . Adam 10 10 0 730 „ Thomas Sharpies ... 5 5 0 9 S 6 „ James Ashton Unattached—Bro . T . B . Newton 10 10 0

MIDDLESEX . Lodge 1326 Bro . John Amey 10 10 0 NORTHAMPTONSHIRE AND HUNTINGDONSHIRE . Bro . the Right Hon . the Earl of Euston , D . L . 26 5 0

NORTH WALES . Unattached—Bro . C . K . Benson 52 10 0

OXFORDSHIRE . Lodge 357 Bro . Rev . H . Sayers ~ S 357 J . J- W . S . Godding ( & g 357 „ R . G . Pearson f 357 „ P . Colville Smith J 1 S 95 „ Edward Carlisle ... 15 15 0

SHROPSHIRE . Unattached—Bro . A , C . Spaull 55 13 0 SOUTH WALES ( WEST DIVISION ) . Unattached—Bro . J . Bourne ... 52 io a

STAFFORDSHIRE . The Province Bro . W . H . Bailey ( see also 170 ) 89 5 0 SUFFOLK . The Right Hon . the Lord Henniker 26 5 0 Unattached—Bro . Rev . C . J . Martyn ( see also 1629 ) 6850 Lodge 81 Bro . Edward Smith ... 53 0 6 11 4 „ Robt . Tidbury , M . D . 47 5 0

11 4 „ W . Clarke 5 5 ° 22 5 „ Rev . S . Maude ... 21 o 0 332 ,, Joseph C . Norman ... 31 10 0 376 „ N . Tracy 32 11 0 38 S „ Eaton W . Moore ... 2100 516 „ C . G . Hayward ... 36 15 0 555 J J S . G . Carley ... 42 o 0 936 „ James M . Harvey ... 12 1 S

959 „ John White ... " ) 6 959 „ A . R . Trew ... j 1008 ,, William Pead ... 37 16 0 122 4 „ W . Inglis Mason ... 6 3 0 0 1452 „ Hugh W . H . Elwes ... 11 n 0 iS 92 JJ James Hodges ... 31 10 0 1663 „ H . Gedney o 10 6

SURREY . Lodge 452 Bro . Daniel R . Wise ... 21 0 0 8 S 9 „ William Drewett ... 27 6 0 163 S „ Harry Curtis ... 30 0 0 I 9 2 t ' James Easterbrook 18 7 6 Unattached—Bro . H . M . Hobbs 42 0 0

WORCESTERSHIRE . Unattached—Bro . A . F . Godson , M . P 15 15 0 ,, Thos . Arber 21 0 0

YORKSHIRE ( North and East ) . The Province Bro . W . Holder 42 0 0 YORKSHIRE ( West ) . Lodge 2 S 9 Bro . Alfred Williamson 1 904 „ Fredk . Cleeves 904 „ E . Isle Hubbard

974 „ George Beanland 974 JJ Herber A . Foster I _ . ? 0 101 9 „ Herbt . G . E . Green f * 1239 j , J . J . Pickford 1301 „ James Sugden 1513 JJ f- W . Embleton 173 G „ Geo . P . Sunderland ^

ISLE OF MAN . Lodge 1242 Bro . Arthur W . Brearey 10 10 ° FOREIGN AND COLONIAL . BENGAL . Lodge 232 Bro . Girling 21 ° °

UNATTACHED . Bro . W . Franks 3 6 ' 5 PUNJAB . Lodge . 1485 Bro . Seva Ram 10 " > WESTERN AUSTRALIA . Lodge 2 ii 8 Bro . J . R . M . Thomson