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Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.
ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS .
The seventy-ninth annual festival of this Institution was held on Wednesday evening at the Alexandra Palace , Wood-green , under the presidency of Bro . W . W . B . Beach , M . P ., Prov . G . M . Hants , and the Isle of Wi ght . The
Chairman was supported on his ri ght by Bro , Benet-Stanford , M . P . Among the brethren present were : —Capt . Wordsworth , T . Cubitt , F . Adlard , S . Rosenthal , Hyde Pullen , William Rosbuck , Raynham
W . Stewart , J . L . Thomas , Thomas Meggy , E . Middlemas , John Seex , Wm . Mann , E . Harris , j . G . Chancellor , H . C . Levander , F . Binckes , R . Wentworth Little , James Terry , J . B . Shackleton , A . W . Hume , J . Carter , H . Massey IFreemason ) , W . J . Crutch , S . B . Wilson , E .
Moody , Jno . Mason , J . E . Curteis , T . W . Coffin , Rev . Watts , D . W . Pearse , C . E . Layton , W . Dodd , Dr . Morris , G . Phythian , A . lLucking , N . Greene , S . S . Partrid ge , & c . The Chairman , in giving the toast of " The
Queen , said— Loyalty is a plant of deep growth in English soil , and it has taken a firm hold of Englishmen ' s hearts . They have a conviction that under the mild constitutional sway of a Sovereign they enjoy more real liberty than
falls to the lot of people under any form of government in any other part of the world . During a long reign her Majesty the Queen has by the manner in which she has discharged her
hig h functions , endeared herself to the hearts of and lives of the whole of her subjects . I ask you to drink " The Health of the Queen , the Patroness of this Institution . "
The Chairman , in proposing " The Health of the Prince of Wales , " said—The Prince of Wales has no light duty to perform . Very important matters are entrusted to him , but he never fails , by the courtesy of his demeanour , to
make a favourable impression when he is called upon to discharge a duty . That has ever been the case in England , and it was the case with him in India . He never fails , also , to support useful institutions , and to give up no small
amount of his time that they may have the benefit of his presence and his liberality . Our allegiance , as Freemasons , is especially due to
him as the Grand Master of our Order , and also as the President of our Institution . It is in connection with that I would ask you peculiarly to drink his health .
In submitting the toast of " The Pro Grand Master , the Deputy Grand Master , & c , " the Chairman said—I naturally , brethren , take a great interest in the Masonic career of our Pro Grand Master , because I had the privilege a
good many years ago of initiating him into Freemasonry ; and I will only say that he has amply justified the ^ expectations that were entertained of him . His well-known ability led us to imagine that he would do a good deal for
Freemai sonry , and he has not belied the expectations | that were entertained of him . In his absence he can full y rely upon Lord Skelmersdale , the Deputy Grand Master , who , although he has a very large province , one , I may say , of stupendous
dimensions , yet is never absent when the cause ot Freemasonry demands his presence in London ; and I am certain that he has inspired the fullest confidence in his zeal for Freemasonry , f will couple with this toast the name of a well-Known Freemason , that of Bro . Raynham W . O , "J ™*«• «» _* -. ! V . » % HJIU 1 U . U » I Stewart
, who we have always seen with us for » J any a long year , and whom we hope to see for ma J > y a long year yet to come . Hro . Raynham W . Stewart , in reply , saidrepl y Wlth great pleasure to the toast which has en dr "nk in honour of our second chief . He
a brother who deserves vour praise and every ceJ ! r , you can bestow upon ] him . I am exi . _ amgl y P roud to hear our Chairman sav that
eoorTn } means of initiating him into our sure t u- ' It must be a 8 reat source of P " tulat \ - '" ' Wel 1 as to us ' t 0 have to congra-Wjtif , m on havin g done so noble a deed . thatY ? . Lord Skelmersdale , we know offic " aIso , a 8 °° d officer . Among those aW / - 0 l " - worthy Chairman , who is ys aom something . for Freemasonry . All
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the Grand Officers do the same . What I do as one of them is little : but I do it from a spirit of real love to Masonry , and to all those connected with it . I am proud to see its charities successful , and I am proud to see Bro . Binckes so successful with this Institution . He says he likes
innovations when the innovations are good ; and the innovation he has introduced in these festivals is good , because we all enjoy the presence of the ladies among us , to participate a little in Freemasonry , and enjoy themselves at the same table with us . It is a little pleasure for them to
look forward to ; they see what are the fruits of our Freemasonry , and that ; we are ' ready to stretch out our hands to give assistance to those who require it—to those to whom it is our duty to give the best help we can . The Grand Officers of England , for whom I am responding , are
always proud to encourage every Masonic Institution , and to do everything that they can for the good of their fellow Masons , more especially the ladies . Bro Benet-Stanford proposed " The Health of the Chairman . " He said—I will promise to be as
short as possible because I am certain on occasions of This sort we are all longing to get out into the open air . The toast which Bro . Binckes gave ire to propose affords me as much pleasure to propose as I am sure it will you to accept , because it is the " Health and Long Life to our
most excellent Chairman , Bro . Beach . " I have had the pleasure of meeting my friend , Bro . Beach , for some few years , and I have had the pleasure and honour of knowing him in more than one avocation . 1 may say that in every one of those avocations he has done well . First , and
foremost , I take this opportunity of saying that 1 have never heard an inauguration or installation at a lodge more beautifully done than it has been by my Bro . Beach . Secondly , as a brother member of Parliament , we are in perfect accord , because we both sit on the same side of the
House ; and I may mention also as a director ofthe line of railway on which I live , I always find my excellent friend , Bro . Beach , to be the most gentlemanly and courteous of English country gentlemen that we " ever could wish to
meet . When I saw that our excellent Bro . Beach was going to take the chair on this occasion I did not wait for him to ask me to come down to support him , as I told him I should come down whether he liked it or not . All I would add
to these very tew words is that it gives me the greatest possible pleasure to come here this afternoon to see this charming company and to support tbe gentleman who takes the leadership . The Chairman , in reply , said -. Accept my best and most sincere thanks for the kind
manner in which you have drank my health , I assure you it gives me very great pleasure to be here this day , and to see so many gathered together to support this charity . If I may say a few words about myself , I will give you an account of what occurred to me soon after I was first
initiated into Freemasonry . The W . M . of my lodge , the Apollo University , Oxford , enquired one day who would serve as a Steward for the Masonic Boys' Institution , and I , a neophyte , said to my nearest neighbour , " What is the Boys ' Institution ? " He was enabled to inform me , and
I instantly sprang to my feet and said , " 1 will serve as Steward . " It was from that I saw then , from being convinced that the Boys' Institution was a most noble ont , that I first made a resolve in my own mind to do a little if I really possibly could for the interests of an Order which gave
btrth to snch a magnificent Institution as this , and from that moment I have never relaxed in the interest I have taken in Freemasonry and in those noble Institutions which do credit to the Order . I will not detain you longer about myself , but I will proceed to propose a toast which
comes home to all our minds and hearts this day , and I would ask you to give me your attention for a few minutes , and I hope I shall not unduly trespass upon you . This Institution is one now of considerable date , but it has increased
considerably by means of the liberality of the Freemasons . In the year 18 , 57 the boys educated in this school were only seventy , there are now ibo , and you pay judge that it has been no light expense to increase the resources of the Institution in proportion to that number . But there has
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been some complaints that the cost of educatior in the school has been too great . You have the figures before you , and therefore I will not ad-\ ert at any length to the statistics , but there is one fact to which I will direct your attention , lhe cost of the boys per head in the year i 8 < 56
was £ 47 16 s . 4 d ., and in 1876 it was £ 43 18 s . iofd ., and during that time there has been a considerable increase in the price of provisions . So I think you will agree with me in saying that there has been no undue extravagance on the part of the managers . The boys in that
Institution receive a most excellent education . It is not of one kind only ; it is not an education that would only fit them for one pursuit in life ; but it enables boys , if they show capacity , to fill one situation , and if they have not so much , to fill another . There is a classical and a commercial
education ; and in both they receive a sound and solid one ; and from the honours they have taken in the University local examinations , I think we may congratulate the master and the managers upon the result of their education ( cheers ) . Throughout the world there are many buildings
magnificent in their desi gn and in their proportion , many of which are devoted to the purpose of Freemasonry ; but none of them possess such intrinsic excellence as our establishment at Wood Green , because there we carry out the principles which in our lodges we endeavour to
inculcate . It may happen to any one who is sitting amongst us , whose hand we have grasped , with whom we have interchanged many a greeting here , to be stricken down , through no fault of his own , by ths hand of distress ; and it is something that when the dark hour of misfortune
shall arrive he should be enabled to look with confidence to the sympath y of his brethren and rely on them for support . It is that reliance for support on the sympathy of his brethren which forms an indivisible tie amongst Freemasons . Long may it continue ; long mav
we show ourselves worth y of the principles which we profess , in the future as we have done in the past . _ I trust that this Institution may long flourish . I commend it to your liberality ' ; as it has been largely exercised in past years , so may I entertain a firm conviction that it will also be
exercised for the advantage of the Institution whose claim I am proud to advocate this day ; and I will only say in conclusion that I hope the Institution may not fail fro m the advocacy I have endeavoured to exercise on the present occasion . 1 wish you to drink " Success to the Royal
Masonic Institution for Boys , " and I am sorry that the Treasurer , Bro . Plunknett , whose name I should have coupled with this toast , is ill ; but I will call on Bro . Capt . J . Wordsworth , a name you know very well , to reply . Captain Wordsworth in reply , said—That as
they had been very successful in past years he hoped they would continue to be so . The subsciptions this year were the largest they had ever had ; and as they were year hy year increasing , he trusted to each succeeding year the subscriptions would prosper in the same proportion as they had hitherto .
The Chairman then proposed "The Vice-Patron , Vice-Presidents , Trustees , and Committees of Instruction , " all of whom , he said , took upon themselves great trouble in performing the duties which fell upon them . These brethren were skilled and able in their various duties , and they took most zealous interest in the prosperity of the Instttution .
Bro . J . G . Chancellor responded . He had been connected for many years with the House Committee , and he felt on this occasion , when they were supported b y such a Chairman , only too deli
ghted that they had secured such an advocate for the charity . The brethren for whom he responded hoped , as they had done their duty in the past , they might long continue to do so .
Bro . Binckes then read the following list of subscriptions—President . —R . W . Bro . Rt . Hon . the Earl £ s . d . of Donoughmore , P . G . W . ... .-. u 0 Hon . Vice President . —V . W . . Eneas J .
Mclntyre , Q . C , G . Reg . ... S 2 , 0 o Actg . Vice-President . —W . Bro . Thomas Meggy , V . Pat . of Inst ., P . G . Steward , P . M . No . 21 , & c . ... 42 o o Hon . Treasurer . —W . Bro . S . B . Wilson V . P . of Inst ., P . M . No . 59 ... , 44 , 3 0
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Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.
ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS .
The seventy-ninth annual festival of this Institution was held on Wednesday evening at the Alexandra Palace , Wood-green , under the presidency of Bro . W . W . B . Beach , M . P ., Prov . G . M . Hants , and the Isle of Wi ght . The
Chairman was supported on his ri ght by Bro , Benet-Stanford , M . P . Among the brethren present were : —Capt . Wordsworth , T . Cubitt , F . Adlard , S . Rosenthal , Hyde Pullen , William Rosbuck , Raynham
W . Stewart , J . L . Thomas , Thomas Meggy , E . Middlemas , John Seex , Wm . Mann , E . Harris , j . G . Chancellor , H . C . Levander , F . Binckes , R . Wentworth Little , James Terry , J . B . Shackleton , A . W . Hume , J . Carter , H . Massey IFreemason ) , W . J . Crutch , S . B . Wilson , E .
Moody , Jno . Mason , J . E . Curteis , T . W . Coffin , Rev . Watts , D . W . Pearse , C . E . Layton , W . Dodd , Dr . Morris , G . Phythian , A . lLucking , N . Greene , S . S . Partrid ge , & c . The Chairman , in giving the toast of " The
Queen , said— Loyalty is a plant of deep growth in English soil , and it has taken a firm hold of Englishmen ' s hearts . They have a conviction that under the mild constitutional sway of a Sovereign they enjoy more real liberty than
falls to the lot of people under any form of government in any other part of the world . During a long reign her Majesty the Queen has by the manner in which she has discharged her
hig h functions , endeared herself to the hearts of and lives of the whole of her subjects . I ask you to drink " The Health of the Queen , the Patroness of this Institution . "
The Chairman , in proposing " The Health of the Prince of Wales , " said—The Prince of Wales has no light duty to perform . Very important matters are entrusted to him , but he never fails , by the courtesy of his demeanour , to
make a favourable impression when he is called upon to discharge a duty . That has ever been the case in England , and it was the case with him in India . He never fails , also , to support useful institutions , and to give up no small
amount of his time that they may have the benefit of his presence and his liberality . Our allegiance , as Freemasons , is especially due to
him as the Grand Master of our Order , and also as the President of our Institution . It is in connection with that I would ask you peculiarly to drink his health .
In submitting the toast of " The Pro Grand Master , the Deputy Grand Master , & c , " the Chairman said—I naturally , brethren , take a great interest in the Masonic career of our Pro Grand Master , because I had the privilege a
good many years ago of initiating him into Freemasonry ; and I will only say that he has amply justified the ^ expectations that were entertained of him . His well-known ability led us to imagine that he would do a good deal for
Freemai sonry , and he has not belied the expectations | that were entertained of him . In his absence he can full y rely upon Lord Skelmersdale , the Deputy Grand Master , who , although he has a very large province , one , I may say , of stupendous
dimensions , yet is never absent when the cause ot Freemasonry demands his presence in London ; and I am certain that he has inspired the fullest confidence in his zeal for Freemasonry , f will couple with this toast the name of a well-Known Freemason , that of Bro . Raynham W . O , "J ™*«• «» _* -. ! V . » % HJIU 1 U . U » I Stewart
, who we have always seen with us for » J any a long year , and whom we hope to see for ma J > y a long year yet to come . Hro . Raynham W . Stewart , in reply , saidrepl y Wlth great pleasure to the toast which has en dr "nk in honour of our second chief . He
a brother who deserves vour praise and every ceJ ! r , you can bestow upon ] him . I am exi . _ amgl y P roud to hear our Chairman sav that
eoorTn } means of initiating him into our sure t u- ' It must be a 8 reat source of P " tulat \ - '" ' Wel 1 as to us ' t 0 have to congra-Wjtif , m on havin g done so noble a deed . thatY ? . Lord Skelmersdale , we know offic " aIso , a 8 °° d officer . Among those aW / - 0 l " - worthy Chairman , who is ys aom something . for Freemasonry . All
Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.
the Grand Officers do the same . What I do as one of them is little : but I do it from a spirit of real love to Masonry , and to all those connected with it . I am proud to see its charities successful , and I am proud to see Bro . Binckes so successful with this Institution . He says he likes
innovations when the innovations are good ; and the innovation he has introduced in these festivals is good , because we all enjoy the presence of the ladies among us , to participate a little in Freemasonry , and enjoy themselves at the same table with us . It is a little pleasure for them to
look forward to ; they see what are the fruits of our Freemasonry , and that ; we are ' ready to stretch out our hands to give assistance to those who require it—to those to whom it is our duty to give the best help we can . The Grand Officers of England , for whom I am responding , are
always proud to encourage every Masonic Institution , and to do everything that they can for the good of their fellow Masons , more especially the ladies . Bro Benet-Stanford proposed " The Health of the Chairman . " He said—I will promise to be as
short as possible because I am certain on occasions of This sort we are all longing to get out into the open air . The toast which Bro . Binckes gave ire to propose affords me as much pleasure to propose as I am sure it will you to accept , because it is the " Health and Long Life to our
most excellent Chairman , Bro . Beach . " I have had the pleasure of meeting my friend , Bro . Beach , for some few years , and I have had the pleasure and honour of knowing him in more than one avocation . 1 may say that in every one of those avocations he has done well . First , and
foremost , I take this opportunity of saying that 1 have never heard an inauguration or installation at a lodge more beautifully done than it has been by my Bro . Beach . Secondly , as a brother member of Parliament , we are in perfect accord , because we both sit on the same side of the
House ; and I may mention also as a director ofthe line of railway on which I live , I always find my excellent friend , Bro . Beach , to be the most gentlemanly and courteous of English country gentlemen that we " ever could wish to
meet . When I saw that our excellent Bro . Beach was going to take the chair on this occasion I did not wait for him to ask me to come down to support him , as I told him I should come down whether he liked it or not . All I would add
to these very tew words is that it gives me the greatest possible pleasure to come here this afternoon to see this charming company and to support tbe gentleman who takes the leadership . The Chairman , in reply , said -. Accept my best and most sincere thanks for the kind
manner in which you have drank my health , I assure you it gives me very great pleasure to be here this day , and to see so many gathered together to support this charity . If I may say a few words about myself , I will give you an account of what occurred to me soon after I was first
initiated into Freemasonry . The W . M . of my lodge , the Apollo University , Oxford , enquired one day who would serve as a Steward for the Masonic Boys' Institution , and I , a neophyte , said to my nearest neighbour , " What is the Boys ' Institution ? " He was enabled to inform me , and
I instantly sprang to my feet and said , " 1 will serve as Steward . " It was from that I saw then , from being convinced that the Boys' Institution was a most noble ont , that I first made a resolve in my own mind to do a little if I really possibly could for the interests of an Order which gave
btrth to snch a magnificent Institution as this , and from that moment I have never relaxed in the interest I have taken in Freemasonry and in those noble Institutions which do credit to the Order . I will not detain you longer about myself , but I will proceed to propose a toast which
comes home to all our minds and hearts this day , and I would ask you to give me your attention for a few minutes , and I hope I shall not unduly trespass upon you . This Institution is one now of considerable date , but it has increased
considerably by means of the liberality of the Freemasons . In the year 18 , 57 the boys educated in this school were only seventy , there are now ibo , and you pay judge that it has been no light expense to increase the resources of the Institution in proportion to that number . But there has
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been some complaints that the cost of educatior in the school has been too great . You have the figures before you , and therefore I will not ad-\ ert at any length to the statistics , but there is one fact to which I will direct your attention , lhe cost of the boys per head in the year i 8 < 56
was £ 47 16 s . 4 d ., and in 1876 it was £ 43 18 s . iofd ., and during that time there has been a considerable increase in the price of provisions . So I think you will agree with me in saying that there has been no undue extravagance on the part of the managers . The boys in that
Institution receive a most excellent education . It is not of one kind only ; it is not an education that would only fit them for one pursuit in life ; but it enables boys , if they show capacity , to fill one situation , and if they have not so much , to fill another . There is a classical and a commercial
education ; and in both they receive a sound and solid one ; and from the honours they have taken in the University local examinations , I think we may congratulate the master and the managers upon the result of their education ( cheers ) . Throughout the world there are many buildings
magnificent in their desi gn and in their proportion , many of which are devoted to the purpose of Freemasonry ; but none of them possess such intrinsic excellence as our establishment at Wood Green , because there we carry out the principles which in our lodges we endeavour to
inculcate . It may happen to any one who is sitting amongst us , whose hand we have grasped , with whom we have interchanged many a greeting here , to be stricken down , through no fault of his own , by ths hand of distress ; and it is something that when the dark hour of misfortune
shall arrive he should be enabled to look with confidence to the sympath y of his brethren and rely on them for support . It is that reliance for support on the sympathy of his brethren which forms an indivisible tie amongst Freemasons . Long may it continue ; long mav
we show ourselves worth y of the principles which we profess , in the future as we have done in the past . _ I trust that this Institution may long flourish . I commend it to your liberality ' ; as it has been largely exercised in past years , so may I entertain a firm conviction that it will also be
exercised for the advantage of the Institution whose claim I am proud to advocate this day ; and I will only say in conclusion that I hope the Institution may not fail fro m the advocacy I have endeavoured to exercise on the present occasion . 1 wish you to drink " Success to the Royal
Masonic Institution for Boys , " and I am sorry that the Treasurer , Bro . Plunknett , whose name I should have coupled with this toast , is ill ; but I will call on Bro . Capt . J . Wordsworth , a name you know very well , to reply . Captain Wordsworth in reply , said—That as
they had been very successful in past years he hoped they would continue to be so . The subsciptions this year were the largest they had ever had ; and as they were year hy year increasing , he trusted to each succeeding year the subscriptions would prosper in the same proportion as they had hitherto .
The Chairman then proposed "The Vice-Patron , Vice-Presidents , Trustees , and Committees of Instruction , " all of whom , he said , took upon themselves great trouble in performing the duties which fell upon them . These brethren were skilled and able in their various duties , and they took most zealous interest in the prosperity of the Instttution .
Bro . J . G . Chancellor responded . He had been connected for many years with the House Committee , and he felt on this occasion , when they were supported b y such a Chairman , only too deli
ghted that they had secured such an advocate for the charity . The brethren for whom he responded hoped , as they had done their duty in the past , they might long continue to do so .
Bro . Binckes then read the following list of subscriptions—President . —R . W . Bro . Rt . Hon . the Earl £ s . d . of Donoughmore , P . G . W . ... .-. u 0 Hon . Vice President . —V . W . . Eneas J .
Mclntyre , Q . C , G . Reg . ... S 2 , 0 o Actg . Vice-President . —W . Bro . Thomas Meggy , V . Pat . of Inst ., P . G . Steward , P . M . No . 21 , & c . ... 42 o o Hon . Treasurer . —W . Bro . S . B . Wilson V . P . of Inst ., P . M . No . 59 ... , 44 , 3 0