Address To Our Readers.

stained the prizes awarded , and the Committee authorised by Grand Lodge to take the necessary steps for proceeding with the required alterations with all convenient speed . That the design selected is perfect it would be impossible to assert , but with

modifications , to be agreed to between the Architect and the Committee , we doubt not that in due time a building may be produced which shall be in every way commodious and comfortable for the brethren—useful and profitable to our tenants—and an ornament to the metropolis .

In the meantime another temple , devoted to the use of the Knights Templar , and the higher grades of Preemasonry , is rising in Bedford Row , owing to the obstacles ( which we cannot look upon as otherwise than most ill-judged ) which the Grand Secretary has placed in the way of their meeting , with comfort , in Great Queen Street . It is not

the best method of serving the . interests of our tenants to drive away any of their customers .

Our Charities have all held their annual festivals during the last six months , and all are prospering . The Benevolent Institution has increased the numbers of its annuitants , but not in proportion to the claims which come upon them—though we hope the liberality of the brethren will soon enable the Committee , by adding to the annuitants ,

to reduce the list of candidates . The subscription to the Girls' School has been unusually large ; the number of children educated have been gradually increased within the last seven years from 70 to 90 , yet the candidates have increased in a greater ratio , there being now 27 applying

for admission to the school , whilst only 10 can be elected . The Boys' School has received an unprecedented amount of support , and a building worthy of the Order is now about to be erected , at "Wood Green , capable of accommodating 100 boys , and tending to the comfort of the pupils ; and thereby to the

improvement of the school and the education which can be given in it . "Wishing that all our institutions may continue to prosper , and that Preemasonry may ever hold its proper place in the estimation of mankind , we have now only again

to thank our friends for x ^ ast favours , and prepare for future labours .