Lodge Of Benevolence.

LODGE OF BENEVOLENCE .

The monthly meeting of the Lodge of Benevolence was held on Wednesday evening , at Freemasons' Hall . Bro . Joshua Nunn , PG . S . B ., Senior Vice-President , presided ; Bro . James Brett , P . G . P ., Junior Vice-President , occupied the Senior Vice-President ' s chair ; and Bro . C . A . Cottcbrune , P . G . P ., the chair of Junior Vice-President . The other brethren present were : Bros . G . P . Britten , P . M . 1 S 3 ; Henry Garrod , P . M . 749 ; Charles F . Hogard , P . M . 205 ; John Constable , P . M . 1 S 5 ; W . H . Perryman , P . M . 3 ; J . M . Case , P . G . D . ;

Joseph D . Collier , P . M . 13 GCJ ; Charles Dairy , P . M . 141 ; I nomas Cubitt , P . O . P . ; Col ' H . S . Somerviile Burney , J . G . D . ; Frank Richardson , P . G . D . ; J . M . Klenck , P . M . ; Peter de Lande Long , P . G . D . ; Rev . Charles J . Martvn , P . G . C ., D . P . G . M . Suffolk ; Charles Beaumont , W . M . 901 ; Robert J . Smith , W . M . 34 ; W . Gihson Bott , W . M . 1 S 39 ; Ceonre Brilton . W . M . 22 ; J . H . Matthews , P . M . 143 ; W . Gunner , W . M . 720 : John Williams , W . M . 1791 , Wm . Bywater , P . M . 19 ; Arthur E . Gladivell , W . M . 172 ; ' Charles Rayden , P . M . 73 ; R . J . Taylor , I . P . M . 144 ; E . White , P . M . 177 ; William

Groves , W . M . 749 ; T . Collinsr , W . M . 15 S 5 ; Ihomas Morrison , I . P . M . 141 ; O . C . Andrew , W . M . 92 ; E . I . Storr . ' P . M . 1679 ; W . Meyer Lutz , W . M . 1319 ; Aug-. Darch , W . M . 72 ; John Skirvinsr , W . M . S 7 ; W . Pierpoint , W . M . S 13 ; A . M . Thomas , P . M . 1446 ; J . R . Stacey , P . M ' . 1 S 0 ; William Buck , P . M . 6 . 57 ; Jacob Ashley Hindson , P . M . S 79 ; H . Liddall , W . M . 157 ; A . Runacres , W . M . 1922 ; H . J . Phillips , W . M . 205 ; C . E . Power , W . M . 1 S 5 S ; William Henry Becldey , W . M . 507 ; James U . Spencer , W . M . CC ; W . Groom , ' P . M . 16 C 2 ; Andrew McDowall , W . M . 94 S ; W . Side , I . P . M . 1507 : 1 . E . Shand , W . M . 15 O 3 ; R . Foster , W . M . 1441 ; Gorge J . Dawson , W . M .

1 S 53 ; Richard Baker , W . M . iSS ; Charles A . Walter , W . M . SG 5 ; S . B . Wilson , P . M . 59 ; Frederick Binckes , P . G . Steward ; John Mason , P . M . 15 C 7 ; C . H . Cumberland , W . M . 1 C 94 ; W . G . Hallows , W . M . S 61 ; Stanley Robinson , P . M . and Sec . 14 ; Win . Johnson , P . M . 946 ; George S . Bigley , W . M . 129 S ; Wm . Finch , P . M . 795 ; Richard Barham , W . M . 144 ; W . J . Edney , W . M . 933 ; Stiles , P . M . 1732 ; Charles Skinner ,

W . M . 1625 ; F . W . Koch , P . M . S 20 ; George W . Hemmings , W . M . 217 ; R . Larchin , W . M . 1541 ; Charles Taylor , W . M . 142 G ; James Sinclair , W . M . 1420 ; Bedford Lemere , W . M . 193 ; E . Squirrell , P . M . 206 ; J . j . Cantle , P . M . 1257 ; Thomas Holland , P . M . 1224 ; J . A . Harvey , W . M . 1314 ; L . J . Salomons , I . P . M . 1017 ; Col . Shadwell H . Clerke , G . S . ; H ' . G . Buss , Assistant G . S ; W . Dodd , Neville Green , H . Sadler , Grand Tyler ; and H . Massey , P . M . 619 ( Freemason ) .

The Board of Masters was first held , and the agenda paper for next Grand Lodge was settled . At the Lodge of Benevolence the Brethren first confirmed recommendations of grants at last meeting to the amount of ^ 375-The new list contained the unprecedented number of fifty-six cases . Of these , one was dismissed , and four were deferred . The remainder were

relieved with a total sum of £ 1630 . This was composed of one grant of £ 200 ( £ 200 ); one £ 150 ( £ 150 ); one £ 100 ( £ 100 ); one ^ 75 ( £ 75 ); four £ 5 ° ( £ 200 ); six / 40 ( £ 24 . 0 ); two £ 35 ( £ 70 ); three £ y , ( £ 90 ); four £ 25 ( £ 100 ); twelve ^ 20 ( £ " 240 ); three £ 15 ( £ 45 ); eleven £ 10 ( £ 110 ); and two £ 5 ( £ 10 ) - 1 ' lodge sat from six till eleven o ' clock .

Royal Masonic Institution For Girls.

ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS .

UNVEILING OF THE PORTRAIT OF MISS JARWOOD . It may be within the recollection of our readers that a short time since a fund was raised for the purpose of having painted a portrait of Miss Jarwood , the respected Matron of this Institution , to be placed on the walls of the school . The commission was entrusted to Bro . Stephen Pearce , P . G . Steward of the Lodge of Antiquity , No . 2 , an artist whose eminence

in his profession afforded the best guarantee that the work would be a successful one . Although we have had an opportunity of inspecting other works of our Bro . Pearce , both on the walls of the Royal Academy and elsewhere—notably those of our Bro . Sir Erasmus Wilson , and of our Bro . Col . Creaton—in none has the artist been more successful than in the

portrait of Miss Jarwood , which was unveiled on ihursday last . The ceremony was , in deference to Miss Jarwood's wishes , entirely of a private character , the visitors being confined to the members of the House Committee , the officials of the institution , and a few personal friends of Miss Jarwood resident in the neig hbourhood . Among those present we noticed :

Bro . the Rev . W . J . M . Ellison , the Chaplain of the Institution ; Mrs . Ellison , Mrs . C . Ellison , Miss Jarwood , the Matron ; Miss Davies , the Head Governess ; and the Misses Kernot , Redgrave , Triggs , Buck , Rumblow , Hutchinson , Flintoft , Shcppard , Sheldrake , Barron , GoodriJge and Gardner , her assistants . Bros . Ruclcer , V . Pat . ; F . Richardson , V . Pat . ; Hammerton , V . Pat . ; Mather , V . Pres . ; Nunn , V . Pres . ; Letchworth , V . Pres .: Dubois , V . Pres . ; Lieut .-Col . Peters and Tattershall , members of the House

Committee ; Bro . Hedges , Secretary ; Bros . Dr . Barnnger , I . S . Howell , V . Pat ., and T . A . Howell , Medical Officers ; Mrs . Howell , the Misses Howell , and Mr . F . Howell ; the Misses Hammerton , Bro . Stephen Pearce , Bro . J . G . Chancellor , V . Pres . ; Miss Nunn , Mr . and Mrs . Benningfield , Mrs . Walton , Mrs . Stewart , Miss Watson , Mrs . C . E . Smith , Miss Souter , Mrs . Dicketts , Miss Dip , Mr . and Mrs . Palmer , Mrs . Walton , Mrs . F . G . Bennett , and Major Williams .

The ceremony took p lace in the large hall of the building after the usual monthly meeting of the House Committee , all of whom were present with the exception of Bros . Long , Griffiths , Smith and Dr . Hope , who were unavoidably prevented from attending , and from whom expressions ol regret were received . It was , we know , with great regret , that Bro . Col . Creaton was unable to reach town from the country , where he had been staying , in time to be present at the

ceremony-Miss Jarwood s friends and the children having assembled in the hall at seven o'clock , Bro . E . LETCHWORTH , Vice-President , rose and said : Ladies , brethren , and girls , as Chainmn for the month of the House Commiilee of this School , I have been asked to say a few words in reference to the object which has called us together this evening . We are gathered here as a friendly , I was almost going to say a family party , on an occasion full

of interest to us all . We are met not merel y to gaze lor the first time on what I venture to believe you will all pronounce to be a work of singular artistic merit , but we are here especially to do honour to one who richl y deserves the high respect and esteem with which we all regard her . CCheers . ) I am well aware that a reference to dates in connection with a lady is always a very delicate matter , and sometimes a rather dangerous experiment , but I do not think I need fear Miss Jarwood ' s displeasure if I

remind you that considerably more than half-a-century has passed since a rhild of tender years was received into this Institution , of which she has become the honoured head . ( Cheers . ) During those years Miss Jarwood succeeded in winning not only the entire confidence and the esteem of those charged with the management of ibis School , but the love and affection of those with whom she was more immediately associated . After passing through the regular course of instruction in the School , Miss Jarwood became , in the year 1825 , an articled pupil teacher , a position she held

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until 1 S 29 , when she was appointed to the combined offices of teacher in the school room and assistant to the late Matron , Mrs . Crook , and on the death of that lady in the year 1854 , she was unanimously elected to the office she now so well fills , and which we all most earnestly hope she may long continue to occupy . ( Cheers . ) In every position 'Miss Jarwood has tilled she has discharged her duty

conscientiously and well . Endowed with a singularly amiable , genial , and contented disposition , the aim of her life lias been to make those happy around her , and to render this school a bright and happj' home for those placed under her charge . ( Cheers . ) The smiling and happy faces before me bear ample and convincing testimony to the ' success of her efforts . It was under the circumstances I have narrated that the Committee of this

School considered the time had come when it was onl y fitting and proper that an opportunity should be afforded to Miss jarwood ' s more immediate friends to mark in some tangible manner , not only their appreciation of her lonoand valued services , but also the high esteem and respect they entertain towards her . And knowing , as we did , her deep attachment to this School , on which every interest of her life has centred , we thought it might not be

unacceptable to her if our testimonial were to assume a shape which would enable those who come after us to bear in remembrance the image of her whose name will always be honoured and cherished within the walls of this institution , the usefulness and prosperity of which is due , no less to her able management than to her gentle and thoughtful influence and . example . ( Cheers . ) The Committee , in giving effect to their resolve , were moit

fortunate in securing the able services of our Bro . Stephen Pearce . How well he has executed the task which , I know , wac to him a labour ot love , you will be able in a few moments to judge . But I must take this opportunity publicl y to thank our brother , not only for the admirable production of his skill , but for the kind , generous , and thoroughly Masonic spirit in which he undertook and executed the work . It only now remains for me , before that curtain is

withdrawn , to wish you , Miss Jarwood , long life , health , and happiness , and on behalf of your friends present , and many absent ones , to express a hope that for many years to come you may continue to discharge your useful and important duties , sustained by the approbation of those whom you have so long and so faithfully served , and cheered by the loving devotion of those b y whom you are surrounded . ( Prolonged and continued cheering . )

The picture , which had been placed at the extreme end of the room , was then unveiled . The striking likeness and masterly treatment elicited the strongest expressions of approval . The company afterwards inspected the admirable portrait of Bro . Colonel Creaton by the same artist , which had recently been presented b y the Colonel to the Institution . It is placed in

the principal room of " Lyncombe House , " now the Junior School , the acquisition of which by the Institution was , as will be remembered , due in a great measure to Bro . Colonel Creaton ' s judgment and foresi ght . The portrait was painted a few years since , and was presented to Bro . Colonel Creaton by H . R . H . Prince Leopold and the members of the Lodge of Antiquity .

Marriage Of Bro. H.R.H. Prince Leopold.

MARRIAGE OF BRO . H . R . H . PRINCE LEOPOLD .

The Court Circular of Tuesday contains an announcement which will be read with no little interest throughout the country . The Duke of Albany , the youngest son of the Queen , is about to be married . The bride he has chosen for himself is the Princess Helene of Waldeck , daughter of the reigning Prince of Waldeck-Pyrmont , younger sister of the Queen . of the Netherlands and niece of the Queen of Sweden . The Princess was born

in 1 S 61 , and is therefore eight years younger than her future husband . She comes of a Protestant family already closely allied to two of the reigning Houses of Europe , and not unworthy to give a Princess to the Royal Family of England . Of such a marriage there is little to be said beyond the expression of a cordial hope that it may prove to be a happy one . The days are happily gone by , in England at least , when Royal marriages were determined b y reasons of State . It is true that the choice of the Queen ' s sons

has been more or less limited by law and constitutional piecedent , but within these limits they have chosen for themselves , and chosen happily . The country has cordially welcomed the brides of the Duke of Albany ' s elder brothers , and has rejoiced to witness their domestic hapiness . It will welcome not less cordially the Duke ' s own bride when she comes among us , and will heartily bestow on the pair all the good wishes which a happy marriage never falls to evoke . '

The career of the Duke of Albany , though necessarily less prominent and conspicuous than those of his elder brothers , is nevertheless one which the country has followed with peculiar interest and sympathy . Delicate in health from his childhood , though now we may hope enjoying the prospect of more robust manhood , he has been to a gre ; . t extent cut off lrom the active and hardy training which his brothers have enjo 3 'ed . But by the

exercise of a sound discretion on the part of his parents , seconded by his own natural aptitudes and inclinations , the physical disabilities of Prince Leopold have been turned to excellent account in the more scholarl y and intellectual turn given to his education . Though his delicate health has kept him very much aloof from the excitements and exactions of public life , yet his rare public appearance have generall y had for their occasion the advocacy

of some intellectual movement , or some scheme of education . His treatment of these subjects has never been merely perfunctory or formal ; he has made it clear that he has tnought about them tor himself , and that he has brought to bear upon them an active , independent , and well-stored mind . He is , in fact , a voice and not merely an echo . He thinks and judges for himself , and he has something of his father ' s gift of expressing the results

of his reflections in graceful and effective language . To a young man of the temperament and tastes of the Duke of Albany , endowed with all the opportunities which his position secures for him there is clearly open a career of exceptional usefulness and beneficence . It is no slight advantage to the community at large that learning and letters should have their representative in a member of the Royal Family . The influence of the Prince Consort in

this direction was vast , and its results have been felt in almost every department of our national life . It is in the power of the Duke of Albany , as to all appearance it is his ambition , to renew the tradition of that influence and to carry it forward in many directions . All will hope that the delicacy of his earlier years has now been overcome and that a long life of happy activity

will enable him to manifest the Iruits of diligent stud y and of keen intellectual ardour . However this may be , the universal feeling of the country will be one of warm congratulation to the Duke himself on his approaching marriage , of hearty welcome to his bride , and of the best good wishes for the future happiness of both . Times .