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keep it in that efficiency and high position which it had attained . ( App lause . ) In conclusion , he would propose , "Prosperity to the Royal Freemasons' Society for Female Children . " ( Applause . ) ' The subscriptions amounted to upwards of £ 1 , 750 . A special court was held at the office , on the 3 rd inst , to consider the educational report , Bro . Cabbell , M . P ., in the chair . The adoption of the report , was moved by Bro . Binckes , and seconded by Bro . Udall , supported by Bros . Natusch , Symonds , and Warriner , and was opposed by Bro . Lee Stephens , but after a long discussion was carried by a large majority .

Boys' School.

BOYS' SCHOOL .

A Quarterly Meeting of the subscribers and governors was held at the Freemasons' Tavern , on Monday , April 19 th , Bro . Benjamin Bond Cabbell iu the chair . The minutes having been read , Bro . Cabbell was re-elected Treasurer ; and in returning thanks for the compliment , he expressed his gratification at the flourishing position of the institution , there being a balance of £ 1400 at the bankers . It was resolved , that in future the list of candidates should be made up two months before each election .

After some formal business , the election was proceeded with ; and the choice fell on the following eleven children : Frederick L . Wiber , John S . Bonovardi , William Trawley , Thomas H . Slaymaker , Richard William Harrison , Alfred H . Nixon , William James Watson , Edward Bays , Edward Newnham , James H . Carter , and Frederick Ford .

Freemasons' Benevolent Institution.

FREEMASONS' BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION .

THE annual meeting of the governors and subscribers to this institution was held at the Freemasons' Tavern , on Friday , the 21 st May , Bro . John Udall , P . J . G . D . ; vice-president , in the chair . The business having been formally opened , Bro . Farnfield , Secretary , read a report from the committee of management , which stated that , owing to the liberality of Grand Lodge and Grand Chapter and the exertions of the Stewards at the last festival , the committee were enabled to recommend the addition

of two men and seven women to the number of pensioners on the funds . The M . W . G . M . had consented to the holding of biennial festivals in aid of the institution , and the next festival would take place on Wednesday , the 2 Gth of January , 1859 . Nearly all the expenses of these festivals fell on the London Brethren , and nine-tenths of the subscriptions announced at the last festival came from them . It therefore behoved the country Brethren to exert themselves to further support the institution ; as , by the laws , the benefits to be enjoyed from it were restricted so as to prevent more than one-half

the pensioners at any time coming from London . After the election last year , the committee placed James Dixon , of Donnington , near Spalding , he being upwards of eighty years of age , on the list of annuitants , with a pension of £ 30 a year . There had been on the funds forty-four male annuitants ; of whom thirty-six belonged to the country , receiving £ 775 per annum , and eight to London ,

receiving £ 165 . The number of annuitants on the Widows' Fund consisted of eighteen ; of whom nine belong to the country , and receive £ 150 a year , and nine to London , who receive £ 190 a year : and Elizabeth Longstaff , in compliance with the rules , is in receipt of a moiety of her late husband ' s pension . Since the last election , eight men and one woman had died ; so that with the proposed additions there would be ten men and eight women to be elected , making the total number of annuitants forty-six male and twenty-five female . During the year , £ 859 7 s . 2 d . had been funded for

the Male Fund ; £ 647 Is . bd . for the Widows' Fund . The asylum was in perfect repair . There being a balance on the Stewards' Guarantee Fund for the Festival of £ 33 4 s ., it had been placed in the hands of Bro . Farnfield , to purchase coals and wood for the inmates of the asylum , which duty he cheerfully undertook and performed . The funded property of the institution now stood as follows : Male Fund , £ 10 , 300 ; Widow's Fund , £ 2 , 600 ; Sustentation Fund , £ 567 7 s . 9 < Z . The report having been adoptedand the committee for the ensuing

, year elected ; it was resolved : "That a vote of thanks be given to Bro . Thos . L . Henley , the honorary surgeon to the institution , for his valuable and gratuitous professional services to the inmates of the asylum at Croydon during the past year . " . Some other formal business having been proceeded with , the election took place , and was declared as follows :

Male Annuitants.

MALE ANNUITANTS .

Number of Pension Name . Place . . Age . votes . per aim . William Honey ... London 04 ... 9 , 975 ... £ 20 Robert Parsons ... Budleigh , Devon ... 74 .. 9 , 935 ... 25 James H . Buckley Bradford , Yorkshire ... 64 ... 7 , 551 ... 20 John Harris London 06 ... 6 , 794 ... 20 William Bell Slater Preston 78 .. C , 3 ' 16 ... 25 Benjamin Brown London 74 ... 5 , 507 ... 25 John Simmonds ... Chichester 68 ... 5485 ... 20

, W . Osborne Leigh Deptford 76 ... 5 , 432 ... 25 William Blount ... London 06 ... 5 , 337 ... 20 Herman Mier ... London 70 ... 4 , 973 ... 20 FEMALES . Martha Whitaker London 71 ... 4 , 491 ... 25 Sarah Barnstoff ... London 04 ... 3 , 141 ... 15 Mary Durnford ... London 74 ... 2 , 901 ... 25

Susannah Price ... London 00 ... 2 , 432 ... 15 Ann Pepper Ipswich 71 ... 2 , 297 ... 25 Ann Riley Pilkington , Lancashire 78 ... 953 ... 25 Mary Arnold ... Gravesend 01 ... 817 ... 15 Rebecca Palmer ... Brighton 74 ... 678 ... 25 Thanks were voted to the scrutineers and other Brethren engaged in the election ; a similar compliment to the chairman closing the proceedings .

Statement Of Receipts From Lodges, And Salaries Paid From The Year 1839 To 1857, Both Inclusive.

STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS FROM LODGES , AND SALARIES PAID FROM THE YEAR 1839 TO 1857 , BOTH INCLUSIVE .

Tear Certs . Init . Join . G . Purposes . Benevolence . Total . J Salary . £ s . d . £ s . d . l £ s . d . \ £ s . d . 1839 1724 10 10 SG-5 5 V 2-5 S 9 15 11 J 734 0 0 18-10 1793 G 9 110 S 17 1 2902 3 10 731 0 0 1841 1716 13 0 1010 17 7 2730 10 7 73-1 0 0 1842 1403 1543 565 1603 1 0 1171 3 10 2774 4 10 734 0 0 1843 1 GS 3 1733 578 1719 7 7 1284 IS 4 S 004 5 11 J 734 0 0 1844 2001 2170 708 2124 7 6 1354 10 11 8473 18 5 j 734 0 0 1845 2032 2091 840 2202 IS 4 1308 5 1 3511 3 5 j 734 0 0

184 G 2295 2332 873 2421 IS 4 1321 11 0 37-13 9 4 * 771 10 0 1847 2232 2275 842 2403 5 7 1398 12 10 3801 IS 5 , ' 784 0 0 1848 2257 2315 772 22 S 9 9 3 143 G 17 10 3726 7 li 784 0 0 1849 2024 2019 081 2104 10 7 1400 4 G 3504 15 li 784 0 0 1850 2411 2470 899 2527 5 0 1580 12 10 4113 17 10 ! 70 G 10 0 1851 251 G 2577 839 2588 8 3 15 G 0 IS 5 4149 6 S : 83-1 0 0 1 S 52 2405 24 GS 709 2498 7 1 1547 1 1 4045 8 2 i S 34 0 0 1853 2 SSS 2907 824 29 G 0 13 0 1700 14 0 4 GG 1 7 0 ] S 34 0 0 1554 300 S 3113 892 3036 13 11 1744 5 9 4780 19 S 834 0 0 1555 3257 3444 1191 ] 3403 5 7 1939 18 5 5343 4 Oj 8 X 610 0 1856 3821 3900 1215 3982 19 10 1826 5 7 5809 5 5 799 0 0

1857 4437 4042 1421 J 4005 10 0 2058 1 11 0003 12 5 810 6 S j 1 40670 42005 139 G 9 4770 G 11 11 27634 2 175340 14 014319 16 8 I i ! I Rents , Dividends , Fees , 4 c , are not included in the above . The above Salaries include £ S 4 per Annum ( or G . Tyler . PRKSKXT SALARIES : —

Bro . Clarke , G . Sec . .. ' .. .. £ 300 „ Farnfield , Ass . G . Sec . .. £ 150 „ „ Gratuity .. .. 50 200 „ Buss Salary .. .. .. 115 „ Moss ditto .. .. .. 78

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THE RESULT OF Discnrsn . —Never lend an ear to those who insidiously endeavour to dissuade yon from your duty , but rather reprove them . I have known a good Lodge numbering fifty members entirely destroyed by the admission of a single mischief-making candidate . In three years he had succeeded in fomenting so manydisputes , and creating so much dissatisfaction , that its oldest and best members gradually dropped off in disgust , until the numbers were so much reduced that a Lodge could not bo opened ; and at length the furniture and jewels were sold , and the warrant resumed by the Grand Lodge . —Book of the Lodge .