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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 174, 21 July 1873, Page 4

Royal Masonic Institution for Boys.-— The 27th auniversary festival of this institution was most successfully celebrated in the Freemasons' Hall, Great Queen-street, on Wednesday. The Duke of St. Albans, Provincial Grand Master for Lincolnshire, presided at the festival, and there was a great array of grand officers, besides ordinary members of the craft, in the hall, the gallery being at the same time filled with ladies. In proposing the health of the Queen his Grace remarked that, as the daughter and the mother of a Mason, and as a staunch supporter of Masonic institutions, her Majesty wai ■pecially entitled to the high respect of the craft. (Cheers.) In giving the toast of the evening, the noble chairman said that the School enjoyed great popularity amongst the craft, and to chow its usefulness he mentioned that during tbe last eleven years the craft had contributed £90,000 towards this institution. The institution had no funded property, and, except the grant from the Grand Lodge, it was dependent upon the exertions of the brethren. " Success to the Royal Masonic Institutions for Boys" having been duly drunk, Brother Plunkett,

Treasurer of the Institution, returned thanks. Brother Binckes, the Secretary, announced the subscriptions, amounting in the aggregate to about £6,400, with eighteen lists to come in. A Correspondent of the London Field tells us how he cured some dogs addicted to chasing sheep. He recommended much patience; in this I quite agree, but to cure a confirmed " chaser " requires more than most men possess. Your correspondent fears a Newfoundland, or any other large breed, after he has tasted blood, is incurable. I can assure him to the contrary. A large deerhound of mine, or rather nay father's (a prize winner at Birmingham), which, not being well looked after, got into the habit of chasing sheep, anal killing them too, whenever he had an opportunity. He was sharply corrected, and kept up for some days, but when again taken out was as bad as ever. My father happily remembered how he had cured a large retriever of the same vice, five-and-thirty years before, and we have, I am ples^ed to say, made a perfect cure of my deerhound. After one of his chases he wai taken up to the sheep farm, securely tied between two old Scotch rams, and then let loose in the yard. No sooner were they let loose than all three, being good jumpers, cleared the wall, and the dog was dragged about the park till all three were dead tired. The poor fellow was then taken home, and I can assure you sheep-chasing is vow the very lait tMng he ever thinks of.