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

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THE NEW POSTAL AEBANGEHENT . —On the 1 st of October last the new postal arrangement came into operation , by which the postage of the MAGAZINE is reduced one-half , of which our subscribers will receive the full benefit . In future , those of our subscribers who pay one year in advance will receive the MAGAZINE post-free . The price of the MAGAZINE will thus be

reduced from 17 s . 4 d . to 13 s . per annum . Under this arrangement the following will be the terms of subscription : —One year , paid in advance , 13 s . ; six months , 7 s . 7 d . ; single numbers , by post , Sid . We hope that by thus giving the advantage to onr subscribers they will , in return , use their best endeavours to increase our circulation , by inducing their friends also to become

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Masonic Mems.

MASONIC MEMS .

A movement is ou foot among the members of the Masonic Body , having for its object the presentation to Lord Dalhousie of a testimonial , in aRlcnmvlixlginout of l ! , dlofcingulsliuvl oomcoo he has rendered to the Craft during nearly half a century . It is proposed that the testimonial take the shape of a bust , in duplicate , one copy to be presented to the noble lord , and the other to bo placed in Freemasons' Hull , Edinburgh . It is intended to erect a new Masonic Hall at Haversfordwest .

Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution.

ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION .

The annual Festival of this Institution , which provides annuities for aged and decayed Freemasons and old and distressed widows of deceased brethren , was celebrated on Friday night , the 3 rd February , at tho Freemasons' Tavern . The chair was to have been taken by the Provincial Grand Master for Middlesex , Colonel Francis Burdett ; but the death of a near relative

of that distinguished brother having just occurred , he was obliged at the last moment to obtain a substitute . This was found in the person of Bro . Samuel Tomkins , Grand Treasurer , who had the gratification of presiding over a very largo assembly , of which above 100 Stewards for the occasion formed part . Among the lest known brethren present were Bros . John

LI . Evans , President of the Board of General Purposes ; Kev . C . J . Martyn , G . Chaplain ; Major Crenton , P . G . D . ; Benjamin Head , P . G . D . ; G . Gumbleton , No . 10 ; S . L . Tomkins , P . G . D . ; ii . J-J . l- auen , r . G . s . is . ; iv . J . Spiers , P . G . S . B . ; John Hervey , G . S . ; G . Cox , P . G . D . ; H . Browse , P . G . D . ; Captain K . Cope , P . G . S . B . ; E . Cox , V . P . ; John Boilenham , Prov . G . D . Staff . ;

, F . A . Philbrick , V . P . ; 11 . Spencer , V . P . ; W . Hepworth Eadley , P . Prov . G . W ., Lincolnshire ; H . G . Buss , J . Macrae Moir ; G . M . E . Snow , V . P . aud P . Prov . G . W . Kent ; W . Farnfield fiec . ; E . M . Hubbock , Treasurer of Stewards ; J . A . Kucker ^

Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution.

President Board of Stewards ; W . Smith , C . E ., P . G . S ., P . M . 33 , & c ; James Brett , G . P . ; John Coutts , Assist . G . P . ; Wm . Ough , P . G . P . ; F . Binckes . Sec . Boys' School ; Henry Smith , Prov , G . Sec , West Yorkshire ; M . Cooke , Sam . May ; G . Pyin ; Barnes , P . M . No . 993 ; Joseph Tanner , P . M . ( No . 101 ); George Kenning ; Jamos Terry , P . M . No . 228 , & c . ; A . D .

Loewenstark ; Ed . Baxter , P . G . S . ; Wm . Smeed ; Alfred Layton , S . AV ., No . 181 ; T . Cubitt , E . J . Barron , B . W . Little , William Clouston , J . T . Moss , Albert Glover , Israel Abrahams , H .. Keeble , Thos . Meggy , F . Walters , A . A . Pendlebury , and W . Dodd . Thore was iu addition a large number of elegantly dressed ladies , who after the banquet graced the hall with their presence .

When the banquet had been partaken of , the anthem " For these and all Thy Mercies" was sung by the vocalists , and the toasts of the evening were proposed by the Chairman , who pre » faced them by requesting the indulgence of the Brethren for himself , as , through a family bereavement of Colonel Burdett ,. that Brother had been obliged to retire from the chairmanship

of this festival , and at the last moment to depute him ( the Chairman ) to perform his duties . The toasts of "The Queen" and "The Earl de Grey and Bipon , M . W . G . M ., " "The Earl of Zetland and the Prince of Wales , Past Grand Masters , " and " The Bight Worshipful the Deputy Grand Master , the Earl of Carnarvon , and the Present

and Past Grand Officers " having been duly proposed and honoured , the last toast was responded to by Bro . L . Evans , who , after referring to the motion of the Earl of Carnarvon in Grand Lodge last September , by which a gift of £ 500 was given to the distressed by the War , and to the admirable manner in which , whenever he ws = » aiio » i . ruion to

discharge duties , he did so , said that for the rest of the Grand Officers they were all anxious to discharge their duties to Grand Lodge and the Craft , and whose approbation was their sufficient reward . The Chairman , in proposing " Success to the Boyal Masonic Benevolent Institution , " said : It is unnecessary that I should

say one word to you as to the present Masonic Charity . Yourpresence here is a proof that you both feel the obligation , and that you appreciate the pleasure to support it . What would Masonry bo without its charities ? They are an essential feature of the Institution , and to see them flourish is the most gratifying thing that can happen to any Mason . Why do they

flourish ? Because a great many Brethren , as they gradually rise in Freemasonry feel an interest in the Charities of the-Craft ; they first take the Stewardship of one Charity , then of another , then of a third . They also enlist their Brethren and their friends , and keep up the traditional practice of charity in the Craft , and the noble annual subscriptions that we soe

announced at our various Festivals aro the result . Without thisgood feeling on the part of the Craft and the Brethren who come forward to work the Charities as Stewards they would present a very different figure to what thoy do , and it is a matter of profound gratification to every one in Freemasonry to see how the Charities flourish . This charity was the last of the three

Charities in the date of its formation , but without it the Masonic scheme of Charity would have been at fault . It was perfectly necessary that such a Charity should exist to do justice to the scope and bearing of the charity we ought to exercise , and to the charity we feel towards our unfortunate Brethren . It is a very gratifying point that for some years past the amount collected annually for our Charities has been much larger than it