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ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION JOB AGED FREEMASONS AND WIDOWS OF FREEMASONS , CROYDON . Grand Patron and President : H . R . n . THE PitlNCE OF WALES , KG ., & C , M . W . G . M . Treasurer : JOHN A . FAKNHELD , Esq . Bankers : LONDON AND WESTMINSTER BANK ( Bloomsbnry Branch ) , 214 High Holborn , London , W . C . Upwards of 1279 Annuitants have received tho beuoflta of tho Institution since its foundation in 1913 . 181 Men and 220 Widows aro Annuitants at tho presont time . Amount Paid Annually in Annuities - £ 15 , 000 Permanent Income only .... £ 3 , 600 Defioit £ 11 , 400 Over 150 Candidates for next Election . THE ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL WILL BS nuts OS WEDNESDAY , THE 25 TH OF FEBRUARY 1891 , UHDBB THE DISTINGUISHED PBE 3 IDENGT OF The Right Hon . EARL AMHERST , B . W . Prov . Grand Master for Kont . Brethren aro carnostly solicited to accept tho Stewardship upon this most important occasion , and to forward their names as eooa as possible , with full particulars , to JAMES TERRY ( V .-Patron , P . O . Sword Boaror ) , Socrotary . OFFICE—1 Freemasons' Hall , London , W . C .

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INSTALLATION OF H . R . H . THE PRINCE OF WALES As the M . W . G . M . of England , AT THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL , 28 th APRIL 1875 . COPIES of this BEAUTIFUL ENGRAVING by Brother HARTY P . M ., consisting of Artist ' s Proofs , Proofs before Lotters , and Lettered rroofs , fndia Prints , and Plain Prints may bo had at Cost Price by applying to Bro . W . R . NORRIS , 29 Southampton Buildings , W . C . London .

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MASONIC LITERATURE . "Wanted to Purchase . ODD VOLUMES of the FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE and MASONIC MIRROR . Tho Volumes for 1863 especially wantod . Address , stating price asked , W ., Office of tho FBBBIIASOS '' S CHBOKICIF , Bolvidero Works , Hermes Hill , I ' entonville , London , N .

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2 vols ., Crown 8 vo , Cloth Gilt , Gilt Edges , Price 21 s . THE CHURCH HISTORY OF ENGLAND . Br M . PORRITT . LONDON : W . W . MORGAN , BELVIBKRE WOBKS , HERMES HIM ., Fsirroimtt * , N .

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2 » AYO'g CASVL 1 807 S & . EAST MOLESEY , HAMPTON COURT STATION ( Adjoining the BAILWAY , and facing the RIVER and PALACE ) . BRO . JOHN MAYO has ample accommodation in the new wing of this old-established and noted Riverside Hotel for Banquets for any number up to 100 . Every convenience for Ladies' Gatherings . Spacious landh \< 4 to V ' IVCT , vfhence Steam Launches can start . Specimens o £ Menus , with prices , sent on application . Three Lodfres meet nt tho Castle Hotol , and reference may be made to the respective Masters as to the catering , & c .

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BRO . JAMES STEVENS P . M . P . Z . is prepared to enter into arrangements with Metropolitan and Provincial Lodges ( however distant ) for the Delivery of his Lectures on tho Ritual and Ceremonial of tho Symbolic Degrees in . Freemasonry ( two hours ) , in respect of which most favourable criticism has boon published by the Masonic and Local Journals . "Brother . Stevens must be heard within the four walla of our respective Lodgo Rooms , for there only can his most usoful work be understood nnd appreciated . " —Address , in first instance , to the caro of tho Editor of this paper .

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Crown 8 vo , Is Paper Covers ; Is 6 d Cloth Lettered . ( 1 OSSIP ABOUT FREEMASONRY ; its History and Traditions . JC A Taper read by Bro . S . VAUKNTLVE , I ' . M . and 7 ,. No . 9 , to tho Brethren of the Albion Lodgo of Instruction , 2 nd November 18 S ! t . Free by post of W . W , MORGAN , Belvidcrc Works , Hermes Hill , I ' ontonville .

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ItapiPasaim : fitsiitofww for gop , ELECTION , APRIL 1891 . The votes of subscribers are earnestly solicited for HAROLD STREETER GOLDSMITH , AGED 8 * YEARS , YOUNGEST SON OF THE LATE BRO . W . 0 . GOLDSMITH . Bro . GOLDSMITH was initiated in the Chislehursfc Lodge , No . 1531 , shortly after its consecration in 1875 , and remained a subscribing member till 1881 , when he joined the Gallery Lodge , No . 1928 . In thia latter Lodge he served all tho offices up to that of W . M . It waa whilo holding this office , and three days after the election of his snoces 3 or , that he diod , on the 15 th November 1887 . He wafl a Life Governor of tho Boys' School , and a Subscriber to all the Masonio Charities , and was , at all times , n hard worker in Masonry . He was for many years , and at tho timo of his death , a member of tho Reporting Staff of the Press Association , and in that capacity wa 3 well know to all Journalists in the United Kingdom . Tho nnder-raentioned Brethren strongly recommend the case of his son , tho above-named candidate : — Bro . CHARLES KEDRLKV , Hibernia Chambers , Loudon Bridge , S . E ., W . M . 70 , P . M . 1611 , M . E . Z . 73 . The Rev . S . A . SEI / W \ N , Past Chaplain 210 , St . James ' s Vicarage , Hatcham , S . E . Bro . If . E . P . Bi'sssr , P . M . 1928 , 123 Brixton Hill , S . W . Bro . Alderman PiRNCOMBE , Prov . G . J . W . Sussex , ^ a » tiStt » aexJ ! Vcirs 01 Hcc , Lowos . Bro . ft . J . AtDBRT , 1363 , S . D . 192 S , 21 Stockwell Park Crescent , S . W . Bro . Twos . 0 . SUMUBH , Yorkshire Post Office , Leeds , No . 1211 . Bro . TnosiAS MIKSTRBLI ., P . M . 87 , P . M . and Secretary 1928 , 16 Ann Street . Union Square , Islington , N . ' Bvo . II . MASSBY , P . M . 619 , P . M . and Treasurer 1928 , 93 Chancory Lauo , W . O . Bro . J . 0 . DUCKWORTH , P . M . 1928 , Liverpool Courier Office , 81 Fleet Streot , B . C . Bro . W . T . PJSRKIHS , W . M . 1928 , Manchester Courier Office , 27 Fleet Street , E . C . Bro . A . F . ASMBR , P . M . 1393 , Sttrreg Advertiser Office , Guildford . Bro . J . H . HAWKS , P . M . 38 , West Sussex Gazette Office , Chichester . Bro . W . J . IHNKS , 1928 , 219 South Lambeth Road , S . W . Bro . W . E . PITT , 1923 , Press Association , Wine Office Court , E . C . Bro . JAMBS WIIMHO JOJJ ., V . P ., W . M . 2361 P . M . 177 , 1507 , 1711 , 1997 and 1319 P . Z . 1000 , 1507 , 2018 , P . A . S . Middlesex , & o . Bro . 15 . STACOT , P . M . and P . Z . 180 , 131 Brixton Road , S . W . Any of the above Brethren will thankfully receive votes , or they may be Bent to Mrs : GOLDSMITH , 71 Manor Road , Brookley , S . E .

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SSATURDAY , 10 th JANUARY 1891 .

American Union Lodge.

AMERICAN UNION LODGE .

An Address by Bro George T . Jlovey at the Oelehratinn of the Centenary of American Union Lochje , No . 1 , F . and A . M ., at Marietta , Ohio , 28 th June 1890 . FREEMASONRY ia a progressive institution—light and knowledge are written upon her banner . American

Union Lodge carried this banner with Washington through tbe Revolutionary War , and planted it at Marietta , Ohio . 20 th July 1773 , the first Provincial Grand Lodge of America was organized , at the Bunch of Grapes Tavern ,

Bcston , by Henry Price . 1 st March 1786 , eleven Masons mot at the same tavern and organized the Ohio Company , viz .: Ruins Putnam , Benjamin Tupper Past Master , John Patterson Past Master , Manasseh Cutler , Winthrop

Sargent , John Mills , Crocker Sampson , Jelaliel Woodbridge , John Brooks , Abraham Williams , and Thomas Cnssing . At a meeting of the Ohio Company , at Brackett ' s

Tavern , Boston , 21 st November 1788 , five Masons wero appointed surveyors , to lay out the City of Marietta into oblong squares , ninety by one hundred and eighty feet , with a centre street one hundred and fifty feet wide .

7 th April 1789 , forty-five , if not forty-eight , Masons landed at the mouth of the Muskingum , constituting the first settlement of the North-West Territory . 28 th June — tho day we now celebrate—American

Union Lodge , No . 1 , was opened at Campus Martins , under its original charter ( 15 th February 177 tJ ) , Jonathan Heart , Worshipful Muster , presiding . This wag the first Lodge oponcd in flic North-West Territory .

Tbo members of the American Union Lodge were foremost in every good work . They started the first school and furnished the first teacher , opened tbo first court and furnished tho first judges , organized the first church , with Worahipful Master Story ifca firat pastor . All tho gentle-