Obituary.

Obituary .

BRO . R . J . STANSFELD . On the 23 rd of April passed away in the most sudden manner , from disease of the heart , a true and worthy brother and a gallant soldier , Bro . Robert Johnston Stansfeld , of Firby Hall , near York , late captain 38 th and 12 th Regiments , a magistrate for the West Riding of the county of York , and a subscribing member of the Lodge

of Probity , No . Or , Halifax . The deceased was made , passed , and raised in the Dalhousie Lodge , Mussoorie , Bengal , No . 6 39 , and was a consistent subscribing member of Probity , " No . 6 r , to his death . He was much beli ved and respected , and died to the great regret of all who knew him , by the members of his lodge , and by the brothers in arms with whom he had served in the

army . His remains were carried to their last earthly resting place by old servants of the family , and Sir George Larpent , Bart ., Col . Lowry , C . B ., and Bros . Capt . Owen and Capt . Bowcn attended in full uniform as pall-bcarers . 'The gallant deceased had seen most distinguished services in the Crimea , and in India during the mutiny , and was at Lucknow . His services are thus recorded in

Hart ' s "Army List " : "Capt . Stansfeld served with the 38 th Regt . in thc Crimean campaign from 1 st June , 185 c ,, including the siege and fall of Sebastrpol , and attack and occupation of the cemctry on 18 U 1 June ( medal with clasp , and Turkish medal ) . Also in the Indian Mutiny campaign from Nov ., 1857 , including the capture of Meangunge , siege and capture of Lucknow , and affairs of

Barrec and Nugger ( medal with clasp ) . votes of condolence to his bereaved widow were sent by his lodge and by the bench r . S magistrates with which he was connec ' . ed . The deceased was a member of one of the oldest families in the kingdom—the Stansfelds came over with the Conqueror , Wyons Mnryoiis being Ihe first of the family . It has several distinguished rmmbers , of whom one is the

Rt . Hon . . lames Stansfeld , M . P ., late one of the Lords of the Treasury . Capt . Stansfeld was cldtr son of Col . St ansfeld , of Field House , near Halifax , and married Ag-11 es , younger daughter of Joseph Harrison , Esq ., of Galligreaves I lall , and Sainlesbury , Lancashire , D . L . and J . P . for that county . [ This would have appeared much eailier but for the illr . f the writer . —En . ]

Royal Masonic Institution For Girls.

ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS .

'The General Committee of this Institution was held on Thursday ai Freemasons' Hall . Bro . Thomas W . White presided . There were als . i present Bros . George Kenning , F . G . Baker , Wm . Stephens , Thomas Massa , Wm . F . C . Moutrie , H . Massey ( "Freemason" ) , John Boyd , Thos . Kingston , F . Binckes , Major Finney , and 11 . W . Little ( Secretary ) .

Three candidates were placed on the list for election , One case was deferred for reading . Bro . Little , the Secretary , read a letter from Bro . H , Muggeridge in which he stated his willingness to remain o Hector to the Institution till 31 Dec . next . Bro , Little said it w > uld be very inconvenient if Bro . Muggetidgc ' s resignation occurred in October , and

another collector should be appointed for the remainder of the year , and he wished Bro . Muggeridge to remain in office till the latter date . „ . 'The committee thereupon agreed that Bro . Mugguidge should continue in office till 31 st Dec . 'The appointment of a committee to consider the office of Collector was deferred till next meeting of thc General

Committee . An additional vacancy in the Institution was declaied , and authority was given to thc chairman to sign ceitain cheques . Bro . I- " . Binckes , before thc committee broke up , said that although it was not the usual practice of this committee he thought it might go out of its way to record its

feelings of regret at the loss of Bro . Richard Spencer by death , which occurred on the 21 st inst . It was done in the ease of Bro . Udall , that being considered an exceptional case . Bro . Spencer ' s he also thought an exceptional case . He had been so closely connected not only with all the institulions . ' whosc meetings he regularly attended , but itlso with the working of Masonry , that it really took him

out of the ordinary category of cases . He- was , moreover , 7 O years of age , and he had worked up to the very latest period of his life . He thought a record of thc regret of the brethren at tbe announcement of the sad event which had happened would not be inconsistent with the feelings of the brethren . He would therefore move " That this committee having heard ol the death of Bro . Richard

Spencer , one of its members , desires to record its sense of extreme regret at the announcement , and request the Secretary to write to the widow of Bro . Spencer expressing i . hcir condolence with her , and informing her of the resolution of the committee . " Bro . George Kenning concurred most heartily in the motion , and begged to second it . The committee then adjourned .

Bro . the Rt . Hon . Lord Leigh , Prov . Grand Master for Warwickshire and Lord Lieutenant of the county , distributed the prizes at Leamington College on Wednesday , when there was a large and fashionable audience .

THE SHRIEVALTY . — Bro . Alderman and Sheriff elect Hadlcy has appointed the Rev . Dr . Morlcy I ' linslion to be his chaplain during his year of office . As already staled , Mr . F . W . Lewis Farrar will be his under sheriff .

This evening " Our Boys" will have reached its Eeoth consecutive representation at Bros . James and 'Thome's pretty theatre , the Vaudeville .

The London Masonic Club.

THE LONDON MASONIC CLUB .

On Wednesday evening this new club for Freemasons , which is situated at tor , Queen Victoria-street , City , was opened by an " inaugural banquet . " 'The premises had been opened for the use of members , and for all the purposes of a club , a week before , and were even then in thorough working order . The club , as will have been

seen from our advertising columns , has been established for the purpose of bringing together the brethren of the metropolis , and of the provinces , and as a means of communication between them when the brethren of the provinces come to London on business . More particularly has it been established to give the latter a home , wherein they may be especially

welcome , and may have every comfort at such a time . All the members who have been at present admitted have been admitted without having to pay an entrance fee , and these members now amount to about 1000 in number . It is not the intention of the committee of management , at all events for some time , to place an entrance fee upon joining members if it can possibly be avoided , hence they

rely upon the support of the Masonic brethren in general to assist them in carrying on the club on this principle , and they rely with confidence on the cordial co-operation of the brethren in their endeavours so to act . It has nol been without some slight piessure in the opposite direction that they have persevered in the course so laid down , but as they desire that all membeis of the Craft should

participate in the advantages of a central club they have persisted in their design of acling on what they consider strictly Masonic principles . The building consists of a spacious hall and a large coffee-TOom on the ground floor for members and their friends . In the basement there is an excellent billiard room , fitted up wilh two of Burroue lies and Watts' tables . To this room are attached

lavatories and other conveniences . T lie cellarage department is all arranged in perfect older . On the first floor are a large reading room and a banqueting room . On the second floor are Masonic rooms to be devoted entirely to Masonry , and with these are connected clothing rooms and lavatories uitiri-Iy shut off from the other portion of the building . On the third floor are r . ther large dining

and clothing rooms . Thc kitchen department is at the top of the house , and hrs been admirably arranged under the supervision and direction of lhat well-known caterer Bro . George States , who has been for so many years engaged as an hotel manager . The engineering and hotwate . apparatus have been entrusted to Messrs . Thome ' s , of Upper Thames-street , and the execution of the work

has left nulling to be desired . The club buildings have been erected from the designs and under the superintendence of Messrs . Diiver and Haywood , architects to the club . Since the club has been established several lodges have removed to it , and among others is the Puritan , a German lodge of some 70 members , who enjoy at their new premises facilities not hitherto obtained by continental

Masons in London . The whole of the members of this lodge have joined the club , where they will have the advantage of enfertaininy their foreign brethren when they s . ijourn in London . Lord Skelmersdale , Deputy Grand Master , and Pro \ incial Grand Master of West Lancashire , presided at thc inauguration banquet , ar . d amongst the ctlur brethren

who wire present were Bros . , / . B . MoncWon , Captain Philips , Hyde Pullen , Boor , Hyde Clarke , Langton , Klenck , K . Binckes , Dr . Stirling , H . W . Little , Pircival , James Tcny , Driver , Burton , Cooke , W . A . Colls . Thomas , E . R . Steel , Lane , F . Flint , J . E . Middlrton , B . Fountain , 'Thomas Bishop , C . II . Mevill , Aylmer , Rev . W . Bloxsome , Charrington , Colonel Drage , Leiptit ,

J . P . White , Levin , Samuel White , II . D . Stead , A . K . Stead , James Matthews , J . Waldron , Gee . Perren , T . G . Smith , Fountain Mecn , Saxon Hooper , Hatton Wells , Chr . Hawkesley , Henry Upstone , Loewenstark , E . Collins , Roberts , E . Fox , Langton Junes , " J . Langton Jones , jun ., M . Jacobs , Connot , G . Payne , W . H . Trego , T . F . Smith , W . Watson , Hollington , Staple-ton ,

Morell , C . B . Cookr , Walter Spencer , and II . Massey ( " Freemason " ) . The banquet , which was admirably put on the table by Bro . George States , the manager , contained every delicacy of the season . It was all prepared in the house , and was a proof of the perfection of the club appliances . When the banquet was concluded grace was sung by Bros .

George Perren , George Fox , E . Collins , H . Upstone , W . Wells , J . Matthews , and Fountain Meen , and the toasts , which were very few in number , were then proposed . Lord Skelmersdale , in proposing " The Queen , " said that although Her Majesty was not a Freemason in fact , the was one at heart , because she carried out to the fullest extent ti . K Masonic principle of charity . He thought that

if Englishmen looked back at the whole period during which Her Majesty had been on the throne they could not but be proud that they had such a Sovereign , and they must feel that the longer she reigned over us the happier we should be as a nation and people . In proposing" H . R . H . the Prince of W ' ales , M . W . G . M ., " his lordship said that so much had been observed of late

about the success of H . R . H . ' s visit to the East , and his happy return , that it was unnecessary to add any remarks to those already made . Although he had not been out in Masonry much this year Masons hoped to see him a great deal among them the next season taking part in Masonic proceedings . The toast of "The Pro . Grand * Master " & c , followed ,

Lord Skelmersdale drawing to the attention of the brethren the fact that Lord Carnarvon worked very hard in Masonry , of which circumstance he ( Lord Skelmersdale ) became fully aware during the absence of the Prince of Wales , when the strain upon the Pro Grand Master was very great . Bro . Hyde Pullen responded .

The London Masonic Club.

Bro . Boor proposed " The Health of Lord Skelmers dale , ' ' to which , when it had been most heartil y re ceived , Lord Skelmersdale replied . His Masonic duties were sometimes very heavy , and consequently rather difficult to perform , and if he had had two bodies there would have been plenty of work for both while the Prince of Wales was

away in India . He then proposed " Success to the London Masonic Club . " . At the time he became a member of this club he thought the establishment of such a place was a capital idea , though he had some doubts as to its being ever carried out . He was , however , happy to fttui that it had been , and he thought that great thanks were due to the managers , directors , and committee for the

admirable way in which they had done their work . He had the honour and pleasure of going over the club from cellar to garret that afternoon , and having had some experience of building , he congratulated the archi tect most cordially on the way in which he had carried out his plans . It had been his ( Lord Skclmersdale ' s ) wish and desire for many years that Masonry should not be carried on at

taverns , and in his own Province of Lancashire he had tried to inculcate that idea , and by degrees he hoped it would be fully carried out . Lodges should be held at private rooms and halls , and not in taverns . Nothing would more conduce to this desirable end than the estab - lishment of clubs like the London Masonic Club . There was ample accommodation for 20 or 30 lodges without

interfering with each other . There was one suggestion which had been carried out with great success in his own province in the Masonic Hall of Liverpool—every lodge that mtt there had its own private cellar ; and this , though apparently a small thing , had bien thc means of bringing to the hall a number cf lodges . 'The reason was that Masons preferred to have thtir own good wine to that

which : hey ran the risk of having at taverns . Still , Masonry did not consist of eating and driiiking , though he fancied there was too much of this carried on in Masonry ; and if it was cut down somewhat there would' be more money to give to the charities of the Order . After some more remarks of this tendency his lordship concluded by formally proposing the toast , and called upon Bro . A . K .

Stead to reply . 3 rc . Stead having replied , and thanked his lordship for inaugurating the business of the club by his presence that evening , said that the great support which the club had already received led the committee to indulge in the , firm conviction that the whole affair would be most successful .

Bro . Langton announced that he had letters of regret for absence from the Earl of Limerick , Sir F . Perkins , Sir F . Truscott , Bro . Hervey , Bro . S . D . Waddy , Q . C ., the late Lord Mayor Stone , ex-Sheriff Hutton , Alderman Not-( age , Alderman Hadley , and Daria Sewell . Lord Skelmersdale then proposed " The City of London , " the grandest corporation in the world . Bro . J . B . Monckton responded , and drew attention to

the circumstance that a very large proportion of members of the corporation of the City of London were Freemasons . 'The late Lord . Mayor was one ; the next Lord Mayor that in all probability would be chosen ( Sir Thos . White ) was one ; and , looking at the list of expectant Lord Mayors , tin re was cieiy ' chance of the chief magistrate of the City of London for some yeais being a member of the fraternitv .

Some other toasts were afterwards proposed , and the company separated at an early hour , having witnessed a must successful inauguration of the new club .

Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.

ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS .

Sen-sen AND Am" EXAMINATIONS —MAY , 1876 . 1 . Theoretical Mechanics : R . Bryant , 2 nd class ; II . G . Shaw , 2 nd class . 2 . Inorganic Chemistry : R . Bryant , 1 st class ; G . Shaw , 2 nd class .

3 . Mathematics : R . Bryant , passed 4 U 1 stage ; It . Bryant , 1 st class , 2 nd stage ; W . Beaumont , 1 st class , 1 st stage ; G . Shaw , 1 st class , 1 st stage : C . D . Green , 1 st class , ist stage ;

W . R . Parker , 2 nd class , ist stage ; A . J . Walkington , 2 nd class , 1 st stage ; W . H . Packwood , 2 nd class , ist stage ; F . E . Ladd , 2 nd class , ist stage ; F . Loud , 2 nd class , first stage ; C . Lane , passed ist stage ; W . Sparkes , passed ist stage ; E . E . Oates , passed ist stage .

4 . Physical Geography : W . R . Parker , passed advanced stage . H . G . Shaw , ist class , ist stage . W . Beaumont ; W . H . White ; F . C . Godsmark ; C . D . Green ; G . E . Croydon ; W . Sparkes ; and F . Loud , 2 nd class , ist stage . C . lane ; E . F . Harding ; A . J . Walkington ; E . Pawley ; W . A . Haskins ; W . H . Packwood ; E . E . Oates ; and F . E . Ladd , passed ist stage .

OUR BRETHREN , THE ROYAL HAND-B ELI RINGERS , Poland Street , ( Bro . Duncan S . Miller , Conductor ) , had the honour of attendirg the garden party at Chiswick , given on Tuesday by their Royal Hig hnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales . Their Majesties The King and Queen of the Hellenes , T . R . H . The Prince and Princess Christian , H . R . H . The Princess Louise , and The

Marquis of Lome , H . R . H . The Duke of Cambri « g ''> T . R . H . The Duke and Duchess of Teck , His Excellency Sir Salar Jung , His Grace The Archbishop of Canterbury , The Right Hon . Benjamin Disraeli , and many other distinguished personages were present . The manipulation of the bells evoked much interest . This is the sixth occasion on which this band of Campanologists hav ^ been honoured by Royal patronage and command .