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THESTARANDGARTERHOTEL,KEWBRIDGE. BROTHER JOHNBRILL,PROPRIETOR . nnHE accommodation at this Popular Establishment for xMASONICLODGESANDCHAPTERS Will be found of the most complete and perfect character . IMteSodfeStoomsateCommodious&WallAf9©total, THE BANQUET HALL WILL SEAT OYER ONE HUHDeEO CUEST & The Cnlinary Arrangements embrace every modern feature . JStywtaJ giumw im ffl $ Min gwntosts , Mm $ , § mmU , § ajfe , mill mmhn sprtfes . The Stock of WINES comprises all the BEST KNOWN BRANBS , and will be found in PERFECT CONDITION . PEIVATE ROOMS F 0 LARGE OR SMALL PARTIES . GOOD STABLING . CARRIAGES , WAGONETTES , BRAKES , & c . ON HIRE . Scale of Charges and further particulars on application .

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MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION POB AGED FREEMASONS AND WIDOWS OF FREEMASONS CROYDON ^ — : o : — Grand Patron and President : His ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES , K . G ., & c , M . W . G . M . THEAOIYERSARYFESTIVAL OP THIS INSTITUTION WILL TAKE PLACE OS WEDNESDAY , 25 TH FEBRUARY 1885 , AT FREEMASONS' TAVERN , GREAT QUEEN STREET , LONDON , UPON WHICH OCCASION The Rt . Hon . Sir MICHAEL E . HICKS BEACH , Bart . M . P . R . W . PROV . GRAND MASTER FOR GLOUCESTERSHIRE , has been pleased to signify his intention or presiding . Brethren are earnestly invited to accept the Office of Steward npon this occasion , and they will greatly oblige by forwarding their Names and Masonic Rank , as soon as convenient , to the Secretary , who will gladly give any nformation required . It is fraternally hoped that upon this occasion , owing to the large number of applicants and tho few vacancies , Brethren will use their influence to obtain donations towards the funds of th :: Institution , which are much needed . JAMES TERRY . I \ Prov . G . S . W . Norths and Hunts , Secretary . i Freemasons' Hall , London , AV . C .

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Now Beady , Grown 8 vo , 96 pp , Price One Shilling , Free by Post on receipt of 24 Halfpenny Stamps , OCCASIONALPAPERS ON THEHISTORYOFFREEMASONRY. Written expressly for delivery in Lodges of Instruction . LONDON : W . W . MORGAN , BELVIDERE WORKS , HERMES HILL , PENTONVILLE , N . AND BY ORDER OF ALL BOOKSELLERS .

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MASONIC LECTURE . "KNOBS AND EXCRESCENCES . " BRO . JAMES STEVEN'S P . M . P . Z . ia open to accept invitations for the delivery of this LECTURE in METROPOLITAN or PROVINCIAL LODGES , or LODGES or INSTRUCTION . Nc Lecture fee travelling exponses only accoptod . Address—Clapham S . W .

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THEIMPERIALHOTEL, HOLBORN VIADUCT , LONDON , Adjoining the TERMINUS of the LONDON CHATHAM and DOVBE RAILWAY , but distinct from the Viadact Hotel . THE BEST FURNISHED AND MOST COMFORTABLE HOTEL IN LONDON . HOT & COLD WATER LAID ON IN ALL BED ROOMS . Tbe appointments throughout no arranged an to eiiMiti-c domestic comfort . EVERY ACCOMMODATION FOR MASONIC LODGE MEETINGS , public ^ Dinners # ~ W * £ ^ wig ^ reahfasts . THE CRUSADERS LODGE , NO . 1677 , AND PERSKVEHANCE LODGE , NO . 1743 , HOLD THBIB MEETINGS AT THIS ESTABLISHMENT . GOOD COOKING . FINE WINES . MODERATE CHARGES . The Edison Electric Light . TARIFF on APPLICATION to Bro . A . BEGBIE .

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BRO . J . A . C 0 LLING 8 , Organist 1693 , would be pleased to undertake the Musical Arrangements at Consecrations , Installation Meetings , & c , & c . Terms , with Testimonial- ! and n imes of Artistes , famished on application . Address J . A . COLLINGS , IM Church Road , Islington , N . Orchestral Bands for Masonio Balls , Soirees , & o .

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The First Masonic Grand Lodges.

THE FIRST MASONIC GRAND LODGES .

THE early history of Freemasonry has long been a subject of contention among the learned . Up to the present positively nothing has been published which can furnish reliable information as to where or when tbe Order originated . Formerly wherever the brethren spread they appear to have associated in separate Lodges entirely independent of each other . More recently in various

countries they appear to have initiated a head of the Lodges called the Grand Master . In modern days to this have been added Grand Lodges , supreme under the Grand Master in the countries where they have been formed . This latter institution is claimed to have originated in England . The recorded history of those first English Grand Lodges was on Tuesday evening the subject of a very

interesting lecture to Masons delivered at the Huyshe Temple , Plymouth . The lecturer was Bro . W . J . Hughan , of Torquay , formerly Prov . G . Sec . of Cornwall , and a great promoter of the development of Masonry iu that Province , and who also holds the offices of Past S . G . D . of England , Past S . G . W . of Egypt , and Hon S . G . W . of Canada , all conferred on him for his very valuable

Masonic researches . The lecture was entitled "The Four Grand Lodges of England . " It was given under the banner of the junior Lodge of the Province , tho St . George's Lodge , No . 2025 , recently founded in furtherance of temperance principles , and the W . M . of the Lodge , Bro . G . R . Barrett P . G . S . D . P . M . 189 , presided . The Chairman said Bro . Hughan was well known among Masons , particularly in the West . No donbt all present expected a rich treat

from his lecture , and he felt sure they would not be disappointed . Tho early working and progress of the Order , were most interesting , and Bro . Hughan had made these subjects his study . Bro . Hughan , in a long and instructive address , noticed the early history of Masonry and of the institution of the Four English Grand Lodges . Prior to the early part of the last oentury there was much obscurity in roference to the working of tho Lodges , and there was nothing which could bo accepted as actual records earlier thuu the