The Masonic Mirror.

THE MASONIC MIRROR .

EOYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS . The sixty-seventh Anniversary Festival ot the Eoyal Masonic Institution for Boys was celebrated on AVednesday evening , the Sth inst ., in the Freemasons' Hull , and was attended , as usual , most numerously by tho members of the Craft . The list of Stewards represented So lodges , 58 of them being contributed

by the lodges of the metropolis . His Grace the Duke of Manchester , R . AA . Prov . G . M . for Northampton aud Hunts , occupied the chair , supported by Bros . Col . Bowyer , P . G . M . Oxford ; Augustus Smith , P . G . M . Cornwall ; John Havers , P . G . AV . ; W . G . Clarke , G . Sec ; G . Plucknett , S . G . D . ; Llewellyn Evans , President of the Board of General Purposes ; G . AV . R . Potter ,

P . G . D . ; John Hervey , P . G . D . ; John Hopwood , P . G . D . ; S . B . AVilson , P . G . D . ; B . Head , P . G . D . ; J . Udall , P . G . D . ; A . AV . AVoods , G . Dir . of Cers . ; T . Fenn , Assist . G . Dir . of Cers . ; J . Symonds , P . Assist . G . Dir . of Cers . ; Nicholas Bradford , P . Assist . Dir . of Cers . ; W . Young , G . S . B . ; G . Patten , P . G . S . B . ; R . J . Spiers , P . G . S . B . ; AV . Farnfield , Assist , G . Sec . ; J . Dickie , G . Purst .

The cloth having been cleared , grace was sung in a most admirable manner by the boys of the school . The CHAIBMAX said , —Brethren , the first toast which is given by all good Masons , and indeed in every assemblage of Englishmen , is the health of our beloved Sovereign , whom we rejoice to find is gradually recovering from the affliction under which

she is suffering , and is once more showing herself amongst her subjects ; and I hope in time she will be able to perform all those duties with that grace which has endeared her to all classes of her subjects . Bretheren , I give you " The Health of our Queen . " ( Loud applause . ) The National Anthem then followed , the solo parts by

Madame Parepa . Tiie CHAIK 3 IA > , —I have great pleasure in proposing a toast which is only second to the one which you have just received . I have to ask you to drink the health of the Prince of AA ales , who will , when the time shall unfortunately arrive , be the successor of his mother . At the present time he possesses all the tastes and feelings of an English gentleman ; and I hope that when he grows older he will also acquire the tastes and feelings

of older men ; but at tho present time I think his mother has reason to congratulate herself on the qualities and good reputation of the future heir to the throne . Brethren , I give you " The Health of thtir Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales , the Princess of AA ales , and the other members of the Royal Family . " Drunk with tho most enthusiastic cheers .

Song— "The Nightingale's Trill , " by Madame Parepa ; the music by Bro . AVilhelm Gnnz , which was rapturously encored , but for which Madame Parepa substituted " Sing , birdie , sing , " also by Bro . Ganz . The CHAIKJCAI ' , —I have now to propose to you a toast , to which anyone present is more competent to do justice than

myself , as I am but a comparatively young man and inexperienced Mason , and consequently cannot so well appreciate the merits of our Grand Master as you can yourselves . I , therefore , cannot do better than leave it in your hands , with the recommendation of his great name , and his reputation throughout the world of Masonry . I propose to you " Tho Health of

the Earl of Zetland , Grand Master of Freemasons . " ( Loud cheers . ) This was followed by a duet , "The moon is raised , " from

"The Lily of Killarney" ( Benedict ) , by Bros . Wilson and AValworth . The CHAIRMAN , —Brethren , I have now to ask you to drink the health of the noble Earl , the Deputy Grand Master , who supports and assists the Grand Master most efficiently in his duties , and takes the place of our Grand Master in his absence

—I mean the Earl de Grey and Ripen . ( Hear , hoar . ) It is unnecessary that I should say anything in recommendation of him to you ; because it is not only as a Freemason that his name is known throughout the country , for he has well served his country and his sovereign in other respects than as a Mason iu both Houses of Parliament , and as Under Secretary for War . In

that office , and ultimately as Secretary of State for AVar , he has served well ( hear , hear ) , and has carried out , in parliamentary and official life , the same conduct which he has evinced as Deputy Grand Master . I bog to propose " The Health ol the Earl de Grey and Ripon , Deputy Grand Master , " and to couple with it the other Grand Officers . ( Cheers . ) Bro . AUGUSTUS SMITH , 31 . P ., R . W . Prov . G . M . of

Cornwall , and Chairman of the Board of Stewards , said , —It is my duty , brethren , on behalf of our Deputy Grand Master , the Earl de Grey and Eipon , and also on the part of the other Grand Officers here present , to return thanks for the compliment that has been paid us , aud for the manner in which that toast has been proposed ; and it is my duty on this occasion myself to return thanks for Earl de Grey , our Deputy Grand

Master . I also assure you , further , it is with sincere pleasure that I undertake that task , for we truly regard that nobleman . Those who know him in his private capacity as a Mason , as a nobleman , or as one well known throughout the kingdom as Secretary of State , not only for his talents , but the amiable manner in which he carries his duty out , will cordially

appreciate the toast connected with his name . On behalf of myself and those in the same position as we are , the Grand Officers of the lodge , I beg to thank you for the manner in which the compliment has been paid us . Song— "The little fay , " by Miss Julia Elton , which was encored .

Bro . Col . BOWYER , Prov . G . M . for Oxfordshire , said , —Brethren , I have great pleasure , as well as a great duty , to attend upon these occasion . I confess thas it is generally accompanied with a sort of apprehension that upon me would devolve that not very comfortable merit of seniority—the duty of proposing one of the principal toasts of the evening- ( hear , hear ); and

although I could wish that that merit should fall into betterhands for your sakes , yet no brother can propose the toast that I am about to give with more cordiality and fraternal esteem than I do . ( Hear , hear . ) I feel less diffidence upon this occasion than I do upon others where I have tie honour to propose these toasts , because I know that the merits of those brethren

who so kindly fill the chair at these meetingo will require no words from me in proposing thathealth to induce you to receive it with that cordiality and regard , and that fraternal gratitude that this toast is regarded with ; and , therefore , in proposing the health of the nobleman who fills the chair this evening , I am sure I need say nothing to induce you to receive it as I

propose it . Whenever public or private duty is concerned , there the Duke of Manchester never fails to be present ( hear , hear ); and when such noblemen devote their time , their position , and their talents to tho merits of Freemasonry , wc may rest assured that the interests of our Order—the Charities of our Institution—will never fail . I am quite sure that you

will prove upon this occasion that you are grateful for his presiding over you—that you will receive his health with all that cordiality and personal regard that it deserves , and that you