Royal Masonic Institution For Boys, Wood Green.

The Secretary , Bro . Frederick Binckes , in presenting the successful pupils to tho chairman , said : V . W . Sir and Brother , Ladies , Brethren , and Gentlemen , "Time rolls its ceaseless course , " and in its revolution again has brought round the period at which the members of this establishment separate for that rest and relaxation , not only desirable but essential , both for the teachers and the taught . As regards our friends

young it is not customary with us to allow them to leave for their respective homes without enabling them to give assurance to their relatives that diligence , assiduity , and good conduct , are not permitted to pass unnoticed or disregarded ; and therefore , Bro . Chairman , it is my pleasing duty to present to you those pupils , who , profiting by ; the instructions of the able head master , Mr . Furrian and bis assistants , have distinguished themselves

during the past year , that they may receive at your hands tho merited rewards for the diligence or other good qualities they have respectively displayed . As will be seen in the course of our proceedings our prizes are many , and are awarded for proficiency in various persnits , or for the attainment and exercise of qualities considered to bo eminently valuable in such an establishment as this . Since our last anniversary a change has been introduced in the organisation of the schoolwhich is now divided into two

depart-, ments—classical and commercial—by which means , boys of differing powers and abilities have equal facilities to attain first-class honours in the different divisions . In the upper form in the classical department , as will be gathered from the programmes , the whole of the prizes are taken by one boy , Edwin Price Jones , of whom the highest expectations are indulged in ,

and of whom I cannot forbear from thus making prominent mention . As I have said the prizes for distribution are many and various , while but few are provieled from the funds of the institution ; the kindness of friends anel the continued liberality of the members of the House Committee , providing us with the means to reward proficency in almost every subject , not omitting to encourage industry , even when it fails in the acquisition of proficiency . Thus it will be seen , Sir , that monitorial efficiencymatter of

a great importance in a largo school—attention to study , steadiness in drill , kindliness of disposition , with a readiness to assist whenever aid is required , personal neatness , popularity with schoolfellows , accomplishment in art , evidenced lor the first time by the exhibition of the drawings— -the result be it understood of only nine months tuition—which , may I use the word advisedly ? adorn these walls ; correctness and fluency in composition in essay and letterelocutionary abilitof which

, y , our friends here to-elay will have several opportunities of judging ; all meet with fitting anel appropriate reward . The prizes , which are on tho table befoic you , will I hope be accepted by the recipients in a proper spirit , and regarded not only as rewards for past diligence , but as incentives to future exertion , while at the same time time I trust that those not successful ou the present occasion will from the proceedings of to-day derive a stimulus to further labours , so that they may enjoy similar

honours on another anniversary . The prizes were then awarded ; the presentations being interspersed with vocal anel instrumental music and recitations , according to the following programme : —

Overture ( organ ) , Bro . Cottman ; March ( ditto ) , ditto . PEESENTATION OE PRIZE BOYS ( Classical Division . ) Duet for two Harps , " Sonnambula , " John Thomas—Mr . J . Balsir Chatterton ( Harpist to Her Majesty the Queen ) , and Mr . John Thomas . Recitation , " The Raven , " Edgar Allan Poe—Francis Treleaven .

Recitative , " Guinse alfin il momento , " Aria , "Deh vieni non tardar , " Mozart—Miss Marion Eobinson . Recitation , " Cinna et Auguste , " Corneille—Auguste , Edwin Price Jones ; Cinna , Claudius James Jones . PEESENTATION OE PEIZE BOYS ( Commercial Division . ) Solo ( piano ) , " Recollections of Mendelssohn , " W . H . Holmes-Holmes

Mr . W . H . . Recitation , "Waterloo , " Byron—Edwin Trice Jones . Song , " The Sailor Boy ' s Dream , " W . C . Levy—Miss Marion Robinson . Recitation , "Tlie Bells , " Edgar Allan Poe—Edward George . Duet for two Harps , " Scenes of Childhood , " John Thomas-Mr . J . Balsir Chatterton , and Mr . John Thomas . Recitation , "La Mort de Jeanne el'Arc , " C . Delavigne—W . A . Glass . . °

PEESENTATION OE PEIZE BOYS ( Special Prizes . ) Eecitation , " Julius Caisar , " Act . 4 , Sec . 3—Brutus , W . A , Glass ; Cassius , C . J . Jones . Solo ( piano ) , "Scottish Chimes , " W . H . Holmes—Mr . W . H , Holmes . PRIZES PRESENTED BY THE INSTITUTION ( Classical

Department . ) Value 21 s . each . —Upper Form . —Classics , " Macaulay's Essays ; " Mathematics , " Plutarch's Lives ; " Modern Languages , "Scott ' s Poetical Works ; " English , " Shakespeare "—Eelwin P . Jones . Value 15 s . each . —First Class . —Classics , " Creasy ' s Fifteen Decisive Battles" WmBEeel Mathematics"Marryatt ' s

, . . grave ; , Pirate and Three Cutters ; " Modern Languages , "Longfellow ' s Poetical Works ; English , " Thornbury's Haunted London ; " A . P . Wallbridge . Value 10 s . 6 d . each . —Second Class . —Classics , " Pope's Homer ;" Mathematics , " Macaulay ' s Essay ' s ; " Moelern Languages , " Life of Napoleon , " Oliver Smith ; English , " Cast up by the Sea—Baker , " Wm . J . Hollis .

( Commercial Department . ) Value 10 s . 6 ( 1 . each . —First Class . —Arithmetic , " Haye's Polar Sea , " Henry Biek ; History and Geography , " Wood ' s Natural History , " Henry Johnson ; Writing , " Western Lands and Western Water , " Alfred E . Laeld ; English , " Hall ' s Sketches , " Henry Johnson . Value 7 s . 6 d . each . —Second Class . —Arithmetic , " Garden Friends and Foes , " Arthur Wm . Bowcock ; History and

Geography , " Stricklanel ' s Queens of England , " Henry S . Wheeler j Writing , " Arabian Nights , " Alfred Mould ; English , " Tennyson ' s Poems , " W . R . Treatt . Value 5 s . —Preparatory Class . —General Proficiency , Frank H . S . Moxon . Good Conduct Silver Medal ( Presented at the Festival , March , 1869 ) , Adam A . James . ¦ Value 21 s . —Efficiency as Monitor , "Enid , Dore , " Henry J . Ashton .

SPECIAL- PRIZES ( presented by private donors . ) By Bro . Edward Cox , V . P ., Canonbury Gold Medal , £ 4 4 s . ( Presented at Festival , March , 1869 ); the recipient elected by the unbiassed votes of bis schoolfellows—Walter Eumlow . By Bro . Dr . Moore , £ 2 2 s . ; a second prize , a silver watch , the recipient elected in a similar manner to that of the Canonbury Medal , Alfred Berkeley . By Beaufort Loel No . 103 BristolCambridge Local

ge , , , examination , December , 1868 , £ 5 5 s ., Harry William Wildman . By Bro . William Winn , V . P ., Oxford Local Examination , December , 1868 , £ 6 5 s ., not yet ascertained . By Bro . Rev . Dr . Goodwin , value 21 s . each . —English Composition , "Elaine , " by Dore ; English Grammar , "Illustrated Golden Calendar , " E . P . Jones .

( Drawing . ) By Bro . Joseph Starkey , 2 prizes . By Mr . H . C . Sylvester , 3 ditto . Painting , 1 st prize , Ackeraan's paint box , Harry Fradelle Pratt ; ditto , 2 nd , drawing instruments , William Henry Hanham . Shading , Drawing Instruments , R . T . Richardson . Architectural , 1 st prize , " Guinivere , " by Dore , J . M .

Harrison ; ditto , 2 nd prize , Ackerman's Paint Box , William Dawson . By Bro . Capt . J . Wordsworth , V . P ., special prize , value 42 s . — Elocution , " Wordsworth ' s Poems , ' ' 1 st prize , William Andrew Glass . By Bro . Rev . J . E . Cox . —Elocution , 2 nd prize , Edward George . By the Franklin Lodge , No . 838 , Boston , value £ 2 , a silver

watch to the writer of the best letter , being one of the five boys leaving tho institution , Midsummer , 1869 Henry Bick . By The Matron , value 15 s . —General Usefulness , " History of Joseph and his Brethren , " Henry Bick . By the Secretary , value 10 s . 6 d . each . —Personal cleanliness , "Timb's Nooks rind Corners , " Christina ! , 1868 , Henry Johnson ; ditto , " Timb ' s Strange Stories , " Midsummer , 1869 , IT . J . Ashton . PRESENTED BY THE H OUSE COM - MITTEE . First Prize , value 21 s . each . —Writing , " Cuvier's Animal Kingdom , " A . E . Laelcl ; Dictation , " Milner ' s Gallery of Nature , "