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THE MASONIC MIRROR . * * * All communications to be addressed to the EDITOB , at No . 19 , Salisbury-street , Strand , London , W . C .

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We are enabled authoritatively to announce that the installation of the Earl de Grey and Ripon , as M . W . G . M . will take place on Wednesday , 27 th April inst . THE USIVEBSAE MASOKIC CALENDAE is now in the press , and will shortly he published . AVe shall be glad to receive from our correspondents any information of alterations , so that it may

be corrected up to the moment of publication . It has been decided that in future the publication of the CALENDAE shall take place after the installation of the M . W . Grand Master and appointment of Grand Officers .

IHE votes of the brethren are solicited on behalf of Mary Cornwall Palmer , at the April Election of the Girls' School . The candidate is a daughter of the late Bro . W . J . Palmer , of Old Hall , in the parish of Pencoyd , Herefordshire , who died in 1 SG 4 , leaving his wife and three children , aged 11 , 13 , and 15 , in destitute circumstances . Bro . Palmer was initiated in the

Boscawen Lodge ( No . 699 ) , Chacewater , Cornwall , in 1861 . Proxies will be thankfully received by Bros . H . Luckes , of Boss , and Thos . Donne , of the same town . The case is strongly recommended by numerous Prov . G . Officers in Herefordshire , Monmouthshire , Somersetshire , and Gloucestershire . A LODGE of Instruction is held in connection with the

Medina Lod ^ e , Cowes , Isle of Wight , every Monday evening . ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOE . BOYS . —APRIL ELECTION . —Votes are earnestly solicited on behalf of William Grant Fabian , for this , tbe fifth . application . His father , Bro . Augustus Fabian , has been very zealous and energetic in the cause of Masonry , and has been instrumental in founding and

resuscitating several lodges and chapters . He is a P . M . of the Portsmouth Lodge ( No . 487 ) , P . Prov . S . G . Warden of Hants , Mark M ., Eoyal Arch , Hose Croix , and Knight Templar , but owiug to sudden and severe misfortunes , bis circumstances are now very reduced , and his means arc totally inadequate to maintain and educate his large family , four of whom are entirely , and four

partially , dependent on his very limited resources , and lie is compelled to make this appeal to the brethren and subscribers . This case was second on the list of unsuccessful candidates last election and is vouched for , and urgently recommended by a strong list of influential brethren , as very deserving of support Bro . Fabian will feel very grateful for votes . Address , 8 ,

Watcrford-terraee North , Walliam-greeii , S . W . Girls' School or Benevolent Institution proxies equally valuable for exchanging . JOHN RUST , formerly the publisher of this MAGAZINE , who was dismissed on the 7 th of October last , for being drunk and disorderly , was tried on tbe 1 st Feb ., at the Old Bailey , on the first of several counts , in an indictment— Hei / ina v . Rust—and was found guilty of embezzlement , and sentenced to four

months imprisonment with hard labour . The prisoner , for some time past , hy advertisement and otherwise , solicited aid from the members of the Craft , upon false representations , and with malicious motives . The prosecution in question did not originate , and has no connection with the Proprietors of this MAGAZINE . This notice has become necessary in consequence

of communications received from various quarters , stating that the prisoner had attempted to excite sympathy in his behalf and under that plea obtain monies from those with whom his duties , as an employe in this office , brought him into communication .

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TYLEKS of Lodges , Janitors of Chapters , Equerries of Encamp-: menfcs , & c , in England , Scotland , and Ireland , are requested to forward their names and addresses to the Publisher of THE FEEEMASONS ' S MAGAZINE , SO that a complete Register and Directory may he compiled . THE votes and interest of the brethren are solicited on behalf

of Frank Loud , a candidate for admission to the Boys' School . The late father of the applicant was a member of Prince Edwin Lodge , No . 125 , Hythe , of which be had held the office of Warden , he was also a member of the Invicta Lodge , Ashford , No . 709 , having been a subscribing member 18 years . The widow and eight children are entirely dependant upon friends for support . The

case is strongly recommended by Bro . Thos . A . Chubb , the esteemed Secretary of the Britannic Lodge , and a number of influential brethren whose names will be scon on reference to our advertising columns .

Festival Of The Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.

FESTIVAL OF THE ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS .

Bro . H . R , H . THE PRINCE OF WALES , P . G . M . / in the

Chair-The Seventy-second anniversary Festival of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys was celebrated on Wednesday last at the Freemason's Hall , and drew together a distinguished assemblage . When it became known that his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales would preside , there were offers from nearly 250 brethren to act as Stewards , and many of them from distant parts of tho kingdom , whilst on the part of tho Craft at large there

was a demand for tickets to an extent never known before . The preparations for receiving the Royal Chairman wore of an elaborate description , the staircase and hall being tastefully decorated with flowers and plants , and emblems of the Craft . A temporary gallery , in addition to the ordinary one , was erected in the hall for the purpose of accommodating ladies , of whom about 400 were present .

About 700 brethren were present , and amongst the company were H . R . H . the Prince of AVales , R . W . P . G . M . in the chair Bros . Earl De Grey and Ripon , R . W . D . G . M . and M . W . G . M . elect ; Earl Percy , S . G . W . and Prov . G . M . Northumberland Rev . C . Martyn , G . Chap . ; Samuel Tompkins , G . Treas . ; j ! Hervey , G . Sec ; L . Tompkins and W . A . T . Powell , S . G . D . ' s ;

J . C . Forster and Brackstone Baker , J . G . D . ' s ; Sir A . W . Woods G . Dir . of Cers . ; Conrad C . Dumas , Assist . G . Dir .. of Cera .. Joshua Nuun , G . S . B . ; James Coward , G . Org . ; William Ough , ' G . Purst . ; J . Brett , Assist . G . Purst . ; Colonel F . Burdett , Representative of the Grand Lodge of Ireland ; Algernon Perkins , P . G . W . ; Rev . J . E . Cox and Rev . R . J . Simpson , P . G . Chaps . ;

Major Creation , Benjamin Head , Browse , J . Plucknett , J . Savage , II . Grissell , Young , Udall , G . W . K . Potter , Bentley , Shaw , and Cox , P . G . D . 's ; Llewellyn Evans , President of the Board o £ General Purposes ; E . H . Patten , P . G . S . B . and Secretary of the Girls' School ; J . Empson , P . G . S . B . ; Sir Michael Costa , P . G . Org . ; W . Famfield , P . A . G . S . B . and Secretary of the Royal

Masonic Benevolent Institution . The following Prov . G . Officers were also present : —Bros , the Duke of Manchester , Prov . G . M , Huntingdonshire ; tho Marquis of Hartington , Prov . G . M . Derbyshire ; Lord Kenlis , Prov . G . M . Cumberland and Westmorland ; Colonel Bowyer , Prov . G . M . Oxfordshire ; Earl Jersey J