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THE MASONIC MIRROR . * * AH communications to ho addressed to the BDITOE , at No . 19 , Salisbury-street , Strand , London , W . C .

Masonic Mems.

MASONIC MEMS .

THE first meeting' of the Keystone Lodge of Mark Masters ( No . 109 ) , is announced to be beld in tlio Masonic Hall , Backstreet , Newport , Monmouthshire , on Monday , the 2 Stli inst ., at 2 . 30 p . m . ; Bro . the Eev . Charles Lyne , D . Prov . G . M ., is tlie W . M . designate , and Bro . W . Williams , Secretary . The business will include tlie consecration and dedication of the lodge ,

installation of W . M ., the appointment und investiture of officers aud tbe advancement of candidates . The ceremonies will bo performed by Bro . P . Binckes , Grand Mark Secretary . Six names are on the summons ns joining members , and twentyeight candidates for advancement . The brethren are desired to appear in Masonic mourning for the late E . W . Prov . G . M ., Bro . Eolls . A bancjuet will be held at 5 . 30 at tlie Kings' Head , Hotel .

THE Hervey Chapter lias been removed from the George Hotel , Walham-green , to the Britannia , Fulbam-road . THE fifteen sections were be worked in tho Sincerit y Lodge of Instruction ( No . 17 » 1 ) , held at the Eaihvay Tavern , Fcnchurehstrcet Eaihvay Station , on Monday , the llth inst . The chair was taken by Bro . Barnes , "W . M . 55-1 , P . M . 933 , at 7 p . m . THE next meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Kent will be held at the Bull Inn , Hartford , on the 27 th inst .

THE meeting of Supreme Council will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday next . Further information can be obtained at 33 , Golden-square . THE General Committee of Grand Chapter is fixed for Wednesday , July 20 , at 3 o'clock p . m .

THE PiioviNciAL GISAXD LODGE OP COUXWAIL will be held at the Concert-hall , in the new Public Booms , at Truro , ou Tuesday , tbe 19 th inst ., at ten o ' clock in the morning , when the business of the province will lie transacted . At twelve o ' clock the- brethren will walk in procession to St . Mary's Church , where a sermon is to be preached by Pro . the Eev . P . B . Paul , Prov .

G . Chap . After the service tlie procession will be re-formed ancl will proceed to the Skisonie . Hall , which will bo dedicated in ancient form by the E . W . Bro . Augustus Smith , Prov . G . M . There will be a banquet in the Concert-hall at three o ' clock . Brethren attending from distant places will lie able to travel over the Cornwall and West Cornwall lines at single fare for the

double journey . THE following is the order of the business at the Provincial Grand Lodge of Kent , to be held at Dartford , on Wednesday , the 27 th inst .: —To confirm the minutes of last Provincial Grand Lodge ; tbe election oi Prov . G . Treasurer : the appointthe Provincial Grand Ollicers for the year ensuing . The

following notices of motion have been received : —A grant of £ 30 to tbe Eoyal Benevolent Institution Female Fund , and two grants , of £ 5 and £ 20 respectively , to distressed brethren ; that by-law No . l-l be altered by adding after tho words ' ' make enquiry , " in line 4 , the following words , " in writing of the W . M . of tbe lodge ; " ancl after the word "under , " in line G , the

words " who is to reply in writing . " TxLEits of Lodges , Janitors of Chapters , Equerries of Encampments , & c ., in England , Scotland , and Ireland , are requested to forward their names and addresses to the Publisher of Tim FEEEMASONS ' MAGAZINE , SO that a complete Register and Directory may be compiled .

Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.

ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS .

AXXUAII SrmiEK FETE ASD DISIEIBUTIOS OP P HIZES .

The Annual Summer fete of the above Institution was held in the School Grounds and Buildings , "Wood Green , Tottenham , on . Friday , the Sth inst ., under the presidency of Bro . Col . Francis Burdett , Prov . G . M . Middlesex . A variety of amusements were provided in the grounds , but owing to the excessive heat of the weather tin y did not attract

any of tho guests till the evening , ancl from the same cause , no doubt , the athletic sports by the boys were also deferred . All seemed to prefer examining the interior arrangements of the building , every part of which was deliriously cool . During tho morning a selection of airs was played by the banch kindly provided by Bro . Capt . G . Plucknitt , V . F .

The cheerful , cleanly , and well-conditioned appearance of the boys was the theme of universal admiration , their happy and contented mien contrasting strongly with the usual appearance of the inmates of charitable institutions . The first part of the programme consisted of an overture and a march on the organ in the dining hall .

Bro . Binckes , Secretary of the Institution , said he hoped it would not be considered out o £ place if , on behalf of the committee of the Institution , he made a few introductory remarks .. He expressed the great gratification they felt at the huge number of ladies and gentlemen who were there on the present occasion . Coming year after year , they feared that the monotony ,

to a certain extent inseparable from such affairs , would cause a considerable diminution iu the numbers attending , and it had been a subject of considerable anxiety to the ccinmHl'oc howto vary their arrangement . However , the brilliant gathering . they witnessed notwithstanding the heat of the weather , and the sea-on of the year being unfavourable , was a gratifying proof to

them that their exertions were not entirely unappreca . led . Their young friends were now about to separate , anil proceed to their homes iu various parts of the country , some of them for the hist time , and it was to be hoped that the benefits they had . received while iu the Institution would have an enduring and beneficial effect upon their future career . It was the object of the Institution to provide a sound education for the sons of brethren

who had died , or whose circumstances rendered them unable to provide it from their own means . It was a source of gratification to the committee , as it must bo to the brethren , and subscribers generally , to witness the steady progress made by the pupils , This pi-ogress , he said , was a convincing proof of the eliiciency of the present stall of the School , and they could not do less than

express a sense of gratitude to the head master a » fi in ? assistants . Last year , he said , they were , through sickness and other untoward circumstances , only able to send three hoys to the Cambridge local examination . Out of these one passed with honours , and the other two met with the commendation oi the examiners . This year they had adopted the bold course of

submitting to the Oxford local examination the whole of the firstclass boys , nineteen in number , out of which no lcs « than fourteen passed with honours , a clear evidence that the " cramming " system had not been resorted to , whereby the larger portion of the pupils are neglected in order to make a brilliant show in one or two instances . Bro . Binckes felt it necessary to make some

apology for his constant appearance before the Craft- for the . past nine years . It was , he felt , his duty to constantly pursue one point , and to persistently dilate upon one theme . He had but one subject to speak upon—that was to provide the means wherewith to render this school efficient . The want was urgent and the glorious result he believed could never have been accomplished if he had net been persistent ; and both himself , the