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|Urpllia&crmtJnatitutbiifor§}ajjs, WOOD GREEN , LONDON , N . Grand Patron : HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN . President : H . R . HIGHNESS THK PRINCE OF WALES , K . G ., & c , M . W . G . M . A QUARTERLY GENERAL COURT of the Governors and Subscribers will be held in tho Large HaU , Freemasons' Tavern , Great Queen Street , Lincoln's Inn Fields , London , on Monday , 16 th April 1833 , for the transaction of tho ordinary business of the Institution . To elect a Treasurer for tho year ensuing . To elect twelve Life or Annual Subscribers as Members of tho General Committee for tho year ensuing . To consider the following Notices of Motion : By W . Bro . N . B . Headon , Life Governor , P . M . No . U 2 S . In Law 31 , to leave out so much of the clause as follows tho words " or by a resolution of tho General Committee , " line 5—and to insert the following in lieu thereof : " Six days' notice of such Court being given by advertisement in threo at least of the daily papers , notice also being sent to every Provincial Grand Secretary . The business to be transacted at such Special Court shall bo specified in such requisition or resolution , and confirmation of minutes of proceedings of any such Special Court shall not bo required except in such cases as provided for in Law 34 . " The decision of a Special General Court shall not be reconsidered at any subsequent . Special Court or auy Quarterly General Court until after the expiration of 12 months from the date of the Special General Court at which such decision was adopted . " " The time at which a Special General Court shall be convened shall be between tho hours of Twelve at noon and Four in the afternoon , and the place at which such Court shall be held shall be the place at which the Courts and Committees of tho Institution are ordinarily held . " By Bro . George James Row , Life Governor : ¦ ' That a sum not exceeding £ 100 be contributed by tho Institution towards the Guarantee Fund now being raised by a committee at Wood-green for the purpose of promoting the Bill at present before the Houses of Parliament for tho separation of Wood-green as a Local Board District from tho existing Tottenham Local Board , which , if carried out , will be the moans of adding to tho value of the prospects belonging to this Institution , by the improvement of the roads , & c , in its vicinity , and also tend to a reduction of the rates in the district . " To elect 15 boys from an approved list of 65 candidates . The chair- will be taken at Twelve o ' clock noon precisely . The ballot for the election of candidates will be declared open at One o ' clock , or earlier should business permit , ancl will be closed at Three o ' clock punctually . By order , FREDERICK BINCKES ( P . G . Steward , P . G . Sword Bearer ) , V .-Pat ., Secretary . OMICK—6 Freemasons' HaU , London , W . C . 7 th April 1888 . j

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THE NINETIETH ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL WILL BE HELD ON WEDNESDAY , 27 TH JUNE 1888 , UNDER THE PRESIDENCY OP VISCOUNT EBUINGTON , M . P . R . W . Prov . Grand Muster of Devon . Tlie services of Brethren as Stewards aro most urgently needed this year , as , owing to tho confidently anticipated and naturally to bo expected exceptional support assured to the Centenary Celebration of tho sister Institution , the gravest apprehensions arc excited as to the realisation of the amount absolutely required to meet the ordinary annual expenditure .

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|lcnnilfjja&crmt|nstituttmrfar(litis, ST . JOHN'S HILL , BATTEESEA EISE , S . W . Chief Patroness : HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN . Grand Patron and President : His ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PKINCE OF WALES , K . G ., M . W . G . M . Grand Patroness : HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCESS OV WALES .

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THE CENTENARYFESTIVAL WILL HE CELEB SATED ON THURSDAY , 7 TH JUNE 1888 , ( The day after the meeting of United Grand Lodge ) , AttheEOYALALBERTHALL, ON WHICH OCCASION H.R.H.THEPRINCEOFWALES, K . G ., & c , Sec , M . W . G . M . "WILL PRESIDE . PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF STEWARDS : Tho Right Hon . tho EARL OF LATHOM DKL ' G . M ., Prov . G . M . Lancashire Western Division . — : o : — It is most important that Brethren desiring to act as Stewards on this unique occasion should communicate their intention to the Secretary with as little delay as possible , in order that the necessary arrangements may be made . F . R . W . IIEJXIKS , Secretary . Usi'ieii—5 Freemasons' Hall , Great Queen Street , W . O .

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. FUNERALS properly carried out ancl personally attended •n London and Country , by Bro . G-. A . SUTTON , 17 Newcastle street , fcStrand , W . O . Monuments erected . Valuations made .

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MARKBENEVOLENTFUND. 20 th FESTIVAL , IN JULY 1888 . UNDER THE PRESIDENCY Of The Most Hon . the MARQUESS OF HERTFOKD R . W . Don . 0 . Master of M . M . M ., and Prov . G . Mastor of Warwickshire . rpHEFund is divided into the Benevolent , Educational , ancl Annuity -i- Branches , and all Donations and Subscriptions are apportioned eqnally between these three objects . Since the formation of the Fund in 1869 a sum of nearly £ 2000 has been distributed iu grants of relief . Thirty-sis children have reaped the advantages of tho Educational Branch at a total cost of £ 950 , while at the meeting of Graud Lodge in Juno 1886 it was unanimously agreed to give the annnal sum of £ 5 to eaoh pupil for clothing , which will necessitate this year a further expenditure of over £ 120 , the Edncational Fees amounting to nearly £ 300 . Two Brethren are at present recip ients from the Annuity Fund , and the Board will gladly consider the claims of necessitous Brethren or Widows of Brethren , being empowered to grant the sum of £ 20 and £ 16 per annum respectively to accepted Candidates after election . The names of Brethren willing to act as Stewards will be gratefully received by the Secretary , Bro . 0 . F . MATIER , P . G . W ., 8 A Red Lion Square , W . C .

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SPENCER'S MASONICMANUFACTORYANDDEPOT, k ESTABLISHED 1801 ) | itcmi ^^;M^^^^^S^itc.of o- />^ dj , ¦ t 3 ' J ^ ' ' JH JWQ ) J 1 " p ^ P % TRADE MARK . JEWELS , CLOTHING AND FURNITURE FOR , ALL DEGREES OF FREEMASONRY , Gold and Silver Embroideries , Laces , & c . Sec PUBLISHERS TO THE GRAND LODGE OF ENGLAND . 15 Great Queen . Street , London , W . C .

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.#|PAINE&GO.,BREWERS, «SvtST'HB0T1HOTTS-, r > ^ l ^ ^ p " '*' * « A 'Sj LONDON STOKES : % $ t ^ i £ ' : % '* H 0 RNSEY STATION . N . & -piS £ F QUPPLY ALE and STOUT , in Small r !? ' ' i \ M ^ Casks or Bottles , to all pirts of Loudou ^ f ' y ^< - -J 0 'M { lni ^ Suburbs . Messrs . PAINB and Co . guarantee . Hi * ^ ' 'M all their Ales and Stouts to be brewed from Malt H / HM da anc * tl ° P solely , and as a proof of the excel-- Sal mmk M lence of their Boers , refer to the gold and other - ^& g | -j | fife -a * \ Medals which have been awarded them . Price - ^ I INI ? ! " H ^ l ^ lls- ^^ PPlic i ° n to"llli ^ lLJ ^ lU ^ i ^ T P 17 A 13 a fl Iff ^ SSII ^ IS ^^ lif ?^ IrJiAirtoUJM , ^^^^® i ^^^^^^^ at tIie Ii 0 ndoa Stores , ^ g 0 T <*^* HORNSEY STATION , N .

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Secret Societies.

SECRET SOCIETIES .

" QECRKT Societies ' of all FO ; ts have no doubt peculiar fj charms for mankind . From tlie days of the Mystics and tho era of the Eleusini ; in Mysteries to tho period of the Eosrcrnr-iaus and tho masked Ku-KInx- 'Klnn—who romped about America and turned what was originally a mild form of " playing at Ghosts "

into a pnblic nuisance , which nad to be sternly stopped by the authorities— -right down to such gentle and genial forms of secret conclave as the Ancient Orders of "Buffaloes , " "Druids , " "Foresters , " aud " Pelicans , " the notion of belonging to a secret iiucicfy ha j had a potent influence ovur male hamaaitj . To be in