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outfit were acceded to . On the motion of Bro . Dixie , seconded by Bro . Cumberland , the selection of the Rev . H . Hebb as the new Head Master was approved . The report of the Provisional Management Committee , relating to Dr . Morris , was submitted , but what resulted from the discussion thereon is not clear . The following is an extract from this Report : —

"The Provisional Management Committee has considered the claim of Dr . Morris against the Institution upon the termination of his services , " and " under all the circumstances , the Committee recommends that a sum of £ 500 be offered to Ur . Morris in settlement of all claims under the agreement and in lieu of notice , and by way of recognition for his services to the Institution , as the Provisional Committee cannot see its way to recommend the granting of a pension to Dr . Morris . "

A report was also presented , but merely for the information of the Committee , on the subject of Bro . Bincke ' s retiring allowance , from which the following passage is an extract : — "The Provisional Committee , having regard to the small majority with which the resolution as to Bro . Binckes ' s retiring allowance was carried , and the various other circumstances connected therewith , ask the Court not to proceed further with the resolution granting a pension of , £ 350 , and to substitute in place thereof one of / a 50 . "

* # # Bro . Thomas Wakley , jun ., of the Lancet , is the newly-installed W . M . of the Old Westminster Lodge , associated with the Westminster School . The S . W . is Bro . Hyde Clarke , of Moorgate-street . * * *

A special dispensation having been granted , the Drury Lane Lodge will , during the year of office of the W . M . elect , the Lord Mayor , hold their meetings at the Mansion House . The old ballroom will be fitted up specially for the election ceremony on Tuesday , Feb . 11 . Mr . Alfred Caldecote is composing an anthem

for the occasion , and after the ceremony his Lordship will entertain the members and a distinguished company at a banquet in the Egyptian Hall .

# # # The Maharajah of Mysore has granted a loan of io , ooor . to the Freemasons of Mysore for the purpose of erecting a Masonic Temple . It is reported that his Highness is anxious to become a Mason , and that he contemplated asking Prince Albert Victor to initiate him into the mysteries of the Craft when his Royal Highness

visited Mysore ; but it has been officially announced that Prince Albert Victor will not be able to accept any Masonic congratulations during his stay in India .

* * # The annual meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Derbyshire was held on December 16 , at the Masonic Hall , Derby . In the absence of the Marquis of Hartington , Prov . G . M ., the Right Worshipful Bro . Haughton Charles Okeover , of Okeover Hall , Ashbourne ,

Deputy P . G . M ., presided . Every officer of the Lodge and a very large number of Past Provincial Grand Officers were present . The reports presented by the Worshipful Masters of the various Lodges bore remarkable testimony to the prosperity of the province . The report of the Charity Committee called upon the Brethren to use all

their efforts to concentrate the voting strength of the province upon the candidates it is intended to support at the forthcoming elections for the various charities . Bro . Thomas Cox , P . P . S . G . W ., after a quarter of a century's service as P . G . Treasurer , tendered his resignation , and proposed as his successor Bro . Thomas

Roe , M . P . This was seconded by Bro . Woodiwiss , P . S . G . W ., and carried unanimously . Bro . Cox ' s services were acknowledged by a resolution , and a Committee was formed to raise a testimonial to him . Bro . G . T . Wright , P . P . S . G . W ., was re-elected chairman of the Charity Committee , and the

Masonic Hall Committee were re-appointed . The Deputy P . G . M . then proceed to appoint and invest the officers for the ensuing year in the following order : —Bros . A . E . Cockayne ( Bakewell ) , P . S . G ., W . ; F . Sudbury ( ex-Mayor of Ilkeston ) , P . J . G ., W . ; Revs . E . E . Morris ( Bakewell ) and T . B . Mundy ( Draycott ) , P . G . Chap . ; T . Roe ,

M . P . ( Derby ) , P . G ., T . ; W . Beadon Woodforde ( Belper ) , P . G ., R . ; Wm . Naylor ( Derby ) , P . G ., S . ; J . Whittaker Brigg ( Derby ) , P . S . G ., D . ; C . F . Chamberlain ( Burton-on-Trent ) , P . J . G ., D . ; J . E .

Harrison ( Buxton ) , P . G , S . of W . ; W . J . Piper ( Derby ) , P . G ., D . of C . ( re-elected ); J . Marsden ( New Mills ) , P . G ., Ass . D . of C . ; T . Wilkinson ( Chesterfield ) , P . G ., S . B . ; W . H . Hodgson ( Glossop ) and J . Heathcote ( Matlock ) , P . G ., Standard B . ; W . Bradbury ( Glossop ) , P . G . Org . ; J . H . Clarke ( Derby ) , P . G . Assist . Sec . ;

R . L . H . Mole ( Derby ) , P . G ., P . ; T . E . Yeomans ( Derby ) , P . G . Assist . B . ; W . W . Heywood ( Derby ) , G . C . Copestake ( Derby ) , S . Timmins ( Derby ) , T . Berridge ( Derby ) , D . Frost and Tatham ( Ilkeston ) , P . G . Stds . ; and Thos . Day , P . G . Tyler .

# * * The Rev . H . Hebb has been elected in succession to Dr . Morris , Head Master of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys . Alderman Sir R . N . Fowler , Bart ., M . P ., is the Chairman of the Committee formed to promote Mr . Edwin Storr ' s candidature for tlie impending vacancy in the Secretaryship of this charity .

* * * Another Lodge was added to the roll of Lodges of the Province of Herts , on Tuesday , the 17 th ult ,, by the consecration and dedication of the Ravenscroft Lodge ( 2331 ) on the register of Grand Lodge of England , and 19 in the list of Hertfordshire Lodges .

The ceremonies took place at the Red Lion Hotel , High Chipping , Barnet The Ravenscroft Trust is visible almost everywhere in the locality of Barnet , and dates back several centuries—some say , to the fourteenth , and some the fifteenth century—when one Ravenscroft left estates , then producing a small sum of money annually ,

for certain charitable purposes . Hence the name of Ravenscroft was chosen as the title of the Lodge , the founders of which had first proposed the name of " Duke of Fife . " His Grace , however , recommended a local title , and the founders selected the name by which the Lodge will be known . Bro . Colonel Thomas F . Halsey ,

M . P ., Provincial Grand Master for Herts , performed the ceremony , and he was assisted by Bro . G . E . Lake , Deputy Provincial Grand Master ; Bro . T . S . Carter , P . M . and Sec . 403 , P . Prov . G . Warden , as S . W . ; Bro . Mihill Staughter , P . M . 404 , P . Prov . G . Warden , as J . W . ; Bro . H . Tipper , P . M . 2054 , Prov . G . Registrar , as I . G . ; and Bro . James Terry carried out his duties as G . D . C . A large number of Brethren were present .

* * * An address on vellum is to be presented to Major George Lambert by the Clerkenwell Lodge , on his retiring from the office of Treasurer , which he has held since the formation of the Lodge . * * *

The festival of the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Masonic Educational and Benevolent Institution held last month , at Landport , was a very successful one . The Prov . Grand Master , Bro . W . W . B . Beach , was in the chair , and the proceeds resulting from the exertions of twenty-three Stewards amounted to the

substantial sum of ^ 449 . 10 s . 3 d . It was stated that the Province had during the past two years subscribed £ 1 , 76 4 to this institution , besides what it had given to the Central Charities .

* * * A movement is . on foot to establish in the city of Durham a new Lodge , to be called the Universities Lodge , the membership to be restricted to graduates of a British University . Among the founders we observe the names of Bros , the Rev . Canon Tristram ,

D . P . G . M . of Durham , the Rev . Canon Kynaston , and Dr . Hill Drury , P . M . 85 , W . M . 1379 . The Chronique , which is a Masonic and avowedly anti-religious paper of Brussels , sounds a note of alarm regarding the well-attested

growth of precocious criminality among the younger generation . It declares that " the wretched heroes of the assize courts during these past few years are all at an age when the greater part of us are scarce commencing the education our lives . " And " examples are not wanting of child murderers , who are generally characterised by

the ferocity of wild beasts against their victims , often combined with unheard-of refinements of cruelty . " Atrocious crimes are quoted in proof which have been committed , with a knowledge of