The Masonic Mirror.

THE MASONIC MIRROR .

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Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.

ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS .

iNAlTGtTBATIOIf CEREMONY AND FESTIVAL OE THE NEW BASIMUNG- AT WOOD GHEES . For the purpose of giving a brilliant effect to the opening of the boys' home , a special Grand Lodge was held , and at which the M . AV . Grand Master would have been present but for his recent bereavement . The day fixed , as one most convenient to the

Craft , Saturday , Sth July , save a shower , was , on the whole , propitious . The Grand Lodge was opened soon after one , p . m . The Right Hon . the Bai-1 De Grey and Ripon , as M . W . G . M . ; the R . W . Stephen Blair , Prov . G . M . East Lancashire , as D . P . M . ; the R . AV . Col . H . Atkins Bowyer , Prov . G . M . Oxford ; the R . AV . Col . S . A . Adair , Prov . G . M . Suffolk ; the

Rev . Bros ; W . Bowyer , Davey , and Cox , G . Chaplains ; A ' . AA ' . Bros . Perkins , Evans , Udall , Harcourt , P . Scott , Creaton , Hopwood , Harvey , S . B . Wilson , Patten , Symonds , Thompson , Beaumont , Blake , and other past Grand Officers ; Bros . Mclntyre , G . Reg . ; Gray Clarke , G . Sec ; AVoods , G . Dir . of Cers . ; Bros . W . Young , Greenwood , Gibson , Sherry , E . Cox , and many other well known brethren .

The Grand Lodge duly opened , a procession was formed outside the buildings , accompanied by the bands of the 1 st Life Guards and the Royal Marines . First came The Pupils of the Masonic Institution for Female Children , accompanied by the Head Matron and Governesses . Members of the House Committee of the Girls' School . The Pupils of the Masonic Institution for Boysaccompanied b

, y the Head Master , the Assistant Masters , and Matron . Former Pupils of the Institution . Members of the House and Building Committee . Chairman of tbe General Committee , supported on either side by the Secretary of the Royal Freemasons' Girls' School , and the Secretary of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys .

Honorary Officers of the Institution . Next followed the Grand Lodge : Two Tylers . The Wardens , Past Masters , and Masters of the several Lodges , according to Rank , Juniors walking first . Officers of Grand Stewards' Lodge . The ArchitectBroSBAVilsonwith the lans

, . . . , p . / ¦ A Cornucopia , with Corn , borne by the- > Grand \ Master of a Locigo . f Grand Steward , j Two Ewers with AA'ine and Oil , borne f Steward . v . by Masters of Lodges . J Grand Pursuivant , Bro . C . Payne . Grand Organist . Assist . Grand Director of Cers ,, Grand Director of Cers .

, Bro . Empson . Bro . Woods . Past Grand Sword Bearers . Past Assistant Grand Directors of Ceremonies . Past Grand Superintendent of Works . Past Grand Deacons . Grand Secretary , Bro . Gray Clarke , bearing the Book of

Constitutions . President of the Board of General Purposes , Bro . AV . L . Evans Past Grand Registrars . Grand Registrar , Bro . Mclntyre , carrying the Seal . Past Grand Wardens . Provincial Grand Masters , Bros . Bowyer and Adair . The Corinthian Light , borne by the Master of a Lodge . The Column of the Junior Grand AVarden

, borne by the Master of a Lodge . The Junior Grand AVarden , with Plumb Rule . Grand C The Banner of the Grand > Grand Steward . C Lodge . ) Steward . The Doric Light , borne by the Master of a Lodge .

The Column of the Senior Grand AVarden , borne by the Master of a Lodge . The Senior Grand AVarden , with Level . Junior Grand Deacons . Grand C The Grand Chaplain , Rev . Bro . Davey , ~> Grand Steward . ( . bearing the Sacred Law on a Cushion . 5 Steward

The Deputy Grand Master , Bro . Blair , with the Square . The Ionic Light , borne by the Master of a Lodge . The Grand Sword Bearer . Grand CThe H . W . Bro . Earl De Grey and Ripon , ? Grand Steward . 1 as Grand Master . J Steward . Senior Grand Deacons . Two Grand Stewards . Grand Tyler .

The procession left the grand entrance , passed round the front of the building ancl the west wing , along the back of the building , and back to the grand entrance by the oast wing . Here the pupils of tho two institutions and tho military bands filed off , and their place was occupied by ladies ancl "lewises" with purses for presentation , and by a choir composed of professional

ladies and gentlemen , who had volunteered their services , and children of the two institutions . The procession then went to the dining-hall , which was fitted up as a dedication chamber . Amid the strains of the organ , which was now formally opened by Bro . James Coward , the brethren faced inwards , forming an avenue , through which the Deputy Grand Master passed ,

preceded by the Grand Sword Bearer and brethren bearing the ewers of oil and wine , and tho cornucopia containing the corn and followed by all the Grand Officers . The noble earl having taken his seat on the throne , and tho symbolical vessels being deposited on pedestals prepared for their reception , Bro . AVilson , the architect , handed to him the plan of the building , and

explained the design . Bro . Cabbell , the Treasurer , being unable to attend , Bro . J . S . Hopwood next made a statement explanatory of the objects and progress of the institution . An anthem , " Oh ! that I had the wings of a dove , " was then sung by the choir , which , being well known to the brethren , it is not

necessary for us to repeat . Bro . the Rev . C . R . DAVY , G . Chap ., then delivered the following oration : — "Most Worshipful Grand Master , —It is the custom at the creation of all superb and stately edifices designed for public ancl lasting good to solemnise their completion aud their first

appropriation to the purposes for which they were designed by some kind of special service or ceremony . I need not remind you , brethren , that in a society so widely extended as Freemasonry , whoso branches extend over the four quarters of the globe , while we have many brethren of rank and affluence among us , there are yet many , very many , who , from circumstances of

unforseen calamity or misfortune , are reduced to the lowest possible state of distress . On behalf , then , of our poor but worthy brethren , we are assembled hero to-day to dedicate , in Masonic form , this building to the instruction of their sons in the elements of sound knowledge and useful learning , and in the principles of true religion and virtue . AA'e see around us a

stately building , admirably adapted and fitted to all its several requirements ; and though at the present time it may not be said to be exactly perfect in all its parts , yet one thing is certain , that it is honourable to the builders—a noble specimen and a triumph of the art of which they , and we , and every member of our Craft , have just reason to be proud . But it bus a far

more exalted signification . In the secresy of our lodges our transactions are unknown to those who are unacquainted with our mysteries . They hear of Freemasonry , and they may talk of Freemasonry , but they see as it were only the outside of that casket , which contains a precious jewel within . This they can never discover , as the key is hidden in the secret and safe repc-