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earnestly recommends the brethren of the provinces to adopt the suggestions offered on page 9 of tho printed report . " The suggestions alluded to were these : —¦ 1 . "That each province be requested to form a committee , to bo called ' Tho Provincial Committee of the Province of ' - * * * , for promoting the interests of tho Masonic Schools' ( or , if the Eoyal Masonic Benevolent Institution should wish to be

included , ' of the four Masonic Charities' ) . 2 . " That such committee do consist of a member of each Lodge in the province , to be annually elected or re-elected by the Lodge on the night of installation of AY . M . 3 . "That each Lodge be requested to transmit to the Secretary of each school ( or charity ) the name , title , and address of the brother so appointed . 4 . " That the Riht AVorshipful the Provincial Grand Masterand

g , Deputy Provincial Grand Master , be requested to take the offices of President and Vice-President of such committee , ii . " That the said provincial committee be requested to hold a general meeting at least once a year , and to present to the Provincial Grand Lodge a report showing the results of the

labours of its members individually and collectively . " I venture to submit to the worth y Kentish brother who has complained of the proceedings of -Bro . Lyall and myself , that there is nothing , either iu our preliminary iiiqjiiries , or in the above suggestions , that ivould have warranted bur specially -excluding the province of Kent ; and as there is strong -reason , to hope that the recommendation of the special courts , to adopt this

organization will , in a trul y fraternal spirit , be very generally acceded to , I entertain an earnest hope , strengthened by the fact that the resolution above referred to was seconded hy the very worthy Grand Master for the province , Bro , Purton Cooper , that the province of Kent will not form an exception . I may add that , in accordance with a recommendation in our reportthe annual statements of donations and subscriptions

dis-, tributed at the anniversary festivals , and -forwarded to the subscribers , will , in future , be arranged so as to show the district ancl provinces whence these contributions have . been respectivel y received . Thus neither the province of Kent , nor any other province , will have ground for complaining that it -does not rceeiA'e its fair meed of credit for the support which -its Lodges and brethren render to the schools .

I am ., dear Sir and Brother , Yours truly and fraternally , JOHN SYJJOXDS . . 1 , Tnr / ram-courl , J ' e ' uelairch-strcet , E . G ., ¦ llth Sept . , 1 S 59 .

TO TIIE _ F . DIT 01 ; OF THE PKEEJIASOHS' MAGAZINE ASM ) MASONIC MIB 1 JOK . Sin AND BUOTIIKI :, —Tiie report ofthe committee ofthe Boyal Aiasonic Institution for Boys , dated , 6 th February , 1858 , . di ' ew attention to the fact , that " many cases . conie-hefbi ; eilie . cofl 3 _ iiaittee recommended b y long lists of Provincial Grand Officers and . other influential brethren , none of whom , or their Lodges , subscribe to the institution . "

Subsequently , the statistics given in a report from Bros . Symonds and Lyall showed IIOAV few in comparison of the provincial brethren , even of Provincial Grand Masters , Deputy Provincial Grand Masters , ancl others resplendent in provincial purple , subscribe to either of the schools : and that whilst the benefits of these establishments are extended to a larger number of country than of London children , the chief portion ofthe funds is derived

from the liberality of the London brethren , the number of subscribers amongst the latter ( as stated in the pamphlet noiv before me ) apparently being " about six times greater than in all the provinces combined . " This remarkable disproportion has , I trust , been reduced by the impression whicli that report and those statistics must have produced in several ofthe provinces , but there can he no doubt it is

still much greater than it ought to be , looking at the Masonic rank , social position , and notorious wealth of many of the provincial brethren who still abstain from subscribing to the schools . 1 have been led into these remarks by an examination of the balloting papers for the October elections , wherein I find that the proportion of candidates is as follows : —¦ LoudonCountry Total

. . . For the Girls School : i 0 9 ,, Boys School 9 10 19 ¦ Say , for both schools ... 12 IS 2 S The candidates from the provinces , and the children now in the « iiools from these same provinces , appear to be as follows : —

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Candidates for Children now in Girls Boys Girls Boys School . School . School . School . Cumberland 10 0 1 . Devon 0 2 12 Durham 0 1 0 0 Ksscx 10 7 4 Kent 0 1 i 5

Lincolnshire 0 1 10 Monmouthshire 11 0 0 Northamptonshire & Huntingdonshire 11 0 1 Northumberland 0 1 0 0 Surrey 11 0 0 Sussex 0 1 0 1 AA est Yorkshire 10 4 1

These . figures will have undergone some modification from elections since the date of the lists from which this statement is taken , but I have reason to think the proportions are not materially altered . Facts will , I believe , fully justify the assertion that none of these provinces , with the exception of Surrey ancl West Yorkshire , yet contribute to either of the schools as liberally as they ought .

The case of Devon is , to say the least of it , peculiar . Although the province has one child in the Girls and two in the Boys School . ( o . ae of the latter elected only last April , and recommended by a goodly array of Past Prov . Grand Officers , not one of whom Avere subscribers ) , the Provincial . Grand Lodge has deliberately ^ rejected a motion to subscribe , and decided to expend its charity - funds whollwithin the province . Long may Devon enjoy the

y unenviable distinction of being the only province that profits , and seeks to profit , from the liberality of'the Craft throughout the country , whilst keeping its own liberality entirely to itself . Essex , it will be seen , has been remarkably prolific in candidates . The . town of Colchester especially , which furnishes the one present candidate from this provinc _ e ., ""_ Ms four girls and four boys in the schools . Verily the Colchester brethren ought to he

most liberal supporters of these two charities . The province of Kent proudly boasts of having subscribed this year ( out of the payment of 2 _ . per annum which each member makes to its own charity fund instead of to the General Fund of Benevolence ) £ 80 to the charities . of the Order . The subscriptions announced at the three festivals were , in round numbers , £ ti , 000 . Supposing that . each child -in the schools costs on the

average & 20 ( m & the : . cos . t certainly . cannot be taken at less ) , the province benefits at this moment from the schools to the extent of not less than £ 180 per annum . Tiie province of Northamptonshire . and Huntingdonshire sends a candidate for ; eacl _ school . The aa )» g names are on the card reconvnending each case , and include twelve brethren of great distinction in the provinceof whom one only ( the Prov . G . M . ) is a

, subscriber to < thc Boys School , and npt one supports the Girls School . AM tihese . are stwihiig facts , svhich I commend to the serious consideration of my brethren . I am , Sir and Brother , yours faithfully and fraternally , Sept . 2 Gtli , 1859 . ' FKATEK .

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TO TICE KDCXOll OF TIIE FEEEltiSONS' MAGAZINE __ SD MASOXIC MIRROR . Sin AXD BROTHKU , —While I humbly kiss the rod , and thank any friendly critic in your columns for the dctcetion of the errors of which I have been guilty , in respect of Bishop Stapledon .-. " bends , " and the date of Bishop Parry's succession to the see of Rochester , may I be allowed to review my reviewer in one point , viz . the date of the decease of John WilliamsArchbishop of

, , York , whicli he assumes I am wrong in attributing to A . . HiyO , instead of lO . iO , when Archbishop FrcAvcn was appointed . I claim as my authority the new edition of Lc Neve's Fasti , by Mr . Hardy ; upon reference to ivhich , the date of Archbishop Williams ' s death is given as the 25 th March , 1650 , and is followed liy thc observation , " After his death , the see remained vacant ten years . "

I am , Sir aud Brother , yours most fraternally . Tin- -, AUTHOR OF THE BL . WOX OF l . i'iscor . u . Y . Feclory , Sutton Coldfield , Sept . - Jlsl , 1851 ) . [ The reviewer ' s knowledge of the life- of the archbishop , by llacket . at once satisfies him of the justice of our reverend brothers correction . The error was caused by being entirely absent from all works of reference at the time the notice ivas written . ]