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, — . . I . _ > ¦—The First Masonic Festival of the Ensuing Year WILL BE THAT OF XHK __ R > O " - .-T . A . XJ MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION - TOR ACED FREEMASONS AND WIDOWS OF FREEMASONS , Grand Patron and President : His ROYAL HIGHNESS THE P KINCE or WALES , K . G ., & c , M . W . G . M . WHICH WILL TIKIS PLACE AT FREEMASONS' TAVERN , GREAT QUEEN STREET , LONDON , ON WEDNESDAY , 29 TH FEBRUARY 1888 , UPOJf WHICH OCCASION SIR GEORGE ELLIOT , Bart ., M . P ., R . W . PROV . G . M . SOUTH WALKS ( EAST DIVISION ) , has been pleased to signify his intention of Presiding . BRETHREN are earnestly invited to accept the office of Stewards upon this occasion , and they will greatly oblige by forwarding their names and Masonic rank , as soon as convenient , to ihe Secretary , who will gladl y give any information required , and supply them with the necessary circulars , Ac . & It is fraternally hoped that upon this occasion , owing to the large number of applicants and the few vacancies . Brethren will use their influence to obtain donations towards the funds of the Institution , which were never more needed than at the present time . Expenditure in Annuities alone £ 15 , 000 . Permanent income only £ 3 , 600 . JAMES TERRY , Vice-Patron , P . G . S . B . Secretary . OFFICE : —_> Freemasons' Hall , London , W . O .
Ad00802
Stop I 19 asmtix ( S | ttstxtat bit for his , ST . JOHN'S HILL , BATTEKSEA RISE , S . W . Chief Patroness : HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN . Grand Patron aud President : His ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE or WALES , K . G ., M . W . G . M . Grand Patroness : HER ROVAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCESS OF WALES . POUNDED 178 8 . CENTENARY CELEBRATION 1888-Brethren willing to act as Stewards on the above important occasion will greatly oblige by sending in their names as early as convenient . F . K . W . HEDGES , Secretary . OFFICE— 5 Freemasons' Hall , Great Queen Street , W . C .
Ad00803
V * ¦ *¦* ¦ f ~ 7 _ ___ . ® ft- **? . ictona Ilans . ofis Restaurant , VICTORIA STREET , WESTMINSTER , S . W . A SUITE OP ROOMS , MOST CONVENIENTLY ARRANGED POR MASONIC MEETINGS . EIGHT LODGES ALREADY MEET HERE ; AMPLE ACCOMMODATION FOR OTHERS . Separate Entrance—apart from the Restaurant—from Victoria Street . The Lodge . Room , Ante Room , & c , on one Floor , Quite Private . THE BANQUET ROOM WILL SEAT UPWARDS OF 100 GUESTS . CHOICE STOCK OF WINES , SPIRITS , do . Wedc _ . in . __ -Breakfasts , Soirees , Concerts , _ Part . es , G-lee Clubs , Sec , Sec , accommodated . Particulars on Application to H . CLOOTS , Proprietor , Victoria Mansions Restaurant , Victoria St .. Westminster , S . W .
Ad00804
BRO . G _ S . GRAHAM , The Popular Tenor and Buffo Vocalist , from St . James ' s Hall , Crystal Palace , _ fcc . ( Provincial Grand Organist Middlesex ) IS OPEN TO ACCEPT ENGAGE .. IE NTS FOR Concerts , dBntcr . tiiuimen . ts # || Uisonic banquets . Bro . G . S . Graham ' s Party of Eminent Artists can bo engaged for Masonic Banquet ., Consecrations and Installations , & c . For Opinions of the Freo and Terms , address—G . S . GRA __ A . il , Hazeldean , Cornford Grove , Balham , Surrey .
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' VX 7 " ANTED . —A Master Mason ( 45 ) desires EMPLOYMENT in a H IN" c . vspi . per Office ; any capacity . Has been Editor and Reporter _ 5 years , and holds firsfc-rlnss credentials . Loaders , reviews , nctes , verbatim shorthand , & c . Moderate terms . Address II . HASOS , 33 Hunter Street , Brunswick Square , W . C .
Ad00806
FUNERALS properly carried out and personally attended in London or Country , by Bro . G . A . MUTTON , 17 . Newcastle Street , Strand ., W . C . Monuments erected . Valuations made .
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The Irish Daughter Lodge Of Mother Kilwinning.
THE IRISH DAUGHTER LODGE OF MOTHER KILWINNING .
A CENTRE OP THE HIGH DEGREES IN IRELAND From unpublished Notes on Mother Kilwinning , by D . Murray Lyon , Grand Secretary Grand Lodge of Scotland . IN April 1770 there existed in Dublin a body of Freemasons , designating themselves "The High Kni ght Templars of Ireland Lodge , " and professing to have been formed " many years " prior to that date .
In accordance with a custom of the period , its name was meant to infer the practice of Knight Templary . Among the frequenters of this Lodge was a medical brother named George Augustus Cunningham , who had shortl y before become resident in the Irish metropolis , and who had while
living in Scotland been a member and office bearer of Mother Kilwinning—having served first as Senior Warden in 1766 7 , and then as Depute Master in 1768-9 . He
seems in his intercourse with the High Knight Templars Lodge to have revived in their minds the traditionary fame of Kilwinning as tho ancient source of Masonry , and to have reanimated them with the old desire to receive from
" the reall and the only Antient Lodge at least in Britain " the credentials of a regularly constituted Society of Free and Accepted Masons . Matters having been matured , Dr . Cunningham was mode the medium of communication between the Mother Lodge and the applicants for a
Charter . A private letter from one of its promoters , with tho petition itself , was fifteen days later forwarded b y the Doctor to a friend in Irvine for presentation . These documents , with the letter in which fchey were enclosed , are as follows : —
" Thomas Arthur , Esq ., Irvine . "Dear Sir , —I send to your care tho two enclosed letters , being strongly solicited by a very respectable and worthy sett of Breetherin , who several years . ago formed themselves into a Lodge by tho name of the High Knights Templar ? , as every Lo ! ge in this city ia known
by some particiilur denomination . Upon finding I was a member of our Antient Mother Lod ire Kilwinning fchey told me they had long been desirous of holding their origin und a Charter from Kilwinning , as they had always heard and lookt upon it to be the reall and only Antient Lodge , at least in Britain .
" They therefore wish that through my application they may receive their inclosed request ; and they promise me upon the word of Breetherin , to put into my hands five guineas over and above all expenses upon fcheir receiving aaid Charter , and which I upon the faith of a Brother will transmit to Scotland for the use of the Kilwinning
Lodge . If this request is granted , may I desire of you as a Brother that you will tako care to have it done in as elegant and handsome manner as possible , and properly signed by oar Grand Master and Wardens , etc . I think if our Brother Ha . doiv in Edinburgh was applied to be would gett ifc done in the besfc manner , with a proper
Sealo appended thereto . You will see I | am anxious to have every honour dono to tho Lodge , as well as to my Scottish Breetherin . " Mr . Rainsford ' s letter wishes only thafc in case that any other Lodge knowing that this one holds of Kilwinning , any application
coming from this place or from Ireland —as many of the members of thia may fix in different parts of this * kingdom—this Lodge may have tho honour of applying to you for future Charters , for which they will at . Ul times be answerable for payment to Kilwinning for said Charters . . . .
" Yonr sincere friend and affectionate Brother , "GEO . Au .... C U _ . N -N- .- _ AM . "Dublin , April 26 , 1779 . " " Dr . George Augustus Cunningham . "Sir and Brother , —I take the liberty of at len ' -th enclosing to
you onr letter to the Lodge of Kilwinning , which a particular hurry prevented my doing earlier . It is nnaddress'd , as I was ignorant to whom to direct it , therefore left that with the rest to your friendly care . I have no doubt of succeeding thro' your exertion , bnfc shall be glad to obtain along with it a copy ( if there is any ) of fcheir Code
of Regulations and an account of their Records and Establishment , if not too much trouble , aud shall only add thafc if ifc could be done in such a manner as to establish us Provincial cr Deputy to them without ; hurting the Mother Lodge , it wonld make us all very happy ;
if it cannot , at all events to have fche Charter . But from my conversation with wou I have every reason to hope everything thafc can he done will be by your interposition , which will ever be moat gratefully acknowledged by as all .
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Ad00801
, — . . I . _ > ¦—The First Masonic Festival of the Ensuing Year WILL BE THAT OF XHK __ R > O " - .-T . A . XJ MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION - TOR ACED FREEMASONS AND WIDOWS OF FREEMASONS , Grand Patron and President : His ROYAL HIGHNESS THE P KINCE or WALES , K . G ., & c , M . W . G . M . WHICH WILL TIKIS PLACE AT FREEMASONS' TAVERN , GREAT QUEEN STREET , LONDON , ON WEDNESDAY , 29 TH FEBRUARY 1888 , UPOJf WHICH OCCASION SIR GEORGE ELLIOT , Bart ., M . P ., R . W . PROV . G . M . SOUTH WALKS ( EAST DIVISION ) , has been pleased to signify his intention of Presiding . BRETHREN are earnestly invited to accept the office of Stewards upon this occasion , and they will greatly oblige by forwarding their names and Masonic rank , as soon as convenient , to ihe Secretary , who will gladl y give any information required , and supply them with the necessary circulars , Ac . & It is fraternally hoped that upon this occasion , owing to the large number of applicants and the few vacancies . Brethren will use their influence to obtain donations towards the funds of the Institution , which were never more needed than at the present time . Expenditure in Annuities alone £ 15 , 000 . Permanent income only £ 3 , 600 . JAMES TERRY , Vice-Patron , P . G . S . B . Secretary . OFFICE : —_> Freemasons' Hall , London , W . O .
Ad00802
Stop I 19 asmtix ( S | ttstxtat bit for his , ST . JOHN'S HILL , BATTEKSEA RISE , S . W . Chief Patroness : HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN . Grand Patron aud President : His ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE or WALES , K . G ., M . W . G . M . Grand Patroness : HER ROVAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCESS OF WALES . POUNDED 178 8 . CENTENARY CELEBRATION 1888-Brethren willing to act as Stewards on the above important occasion will greatly oblige by sending in their names as early as convenient . F . K . W . HEDGES , Secretary . OFFICE— 5 Freemasons' Hall , Great Queen Street , W . C .
Ad00803
V * ¦ *¦* ¦ f ~ 7 _ ___ . ® ft- **? . ictona Ilans . ofis Restaurant , VICTORIA STREET , WESTMINSTER , S . W . A SUITE OP ROOMS , MOST CONVENIENTLY ARRANGED POR MASONIC MEETINGS . EIGHT LODGES ALREADY MEET HERE ; AMPLE ACCOMMODATION FOR OTHERS . Separate Entrance—apart from the Restaurant—from Victoria Street . The Lodge . Room , Ante Room , & c , on one Floor , Quite Private . THE BANQUET ROOM WILL SEAT UPWARDS OF 100 GUESTS . CHOICE STOCK OF WINES , SPIRITS , do . Wedc _ . in . __ -Breakfasts , Soirees , Concerts , _ Part . es , G-lee Clubs , Sec , Sec , accommodated . Particulars on Application to H . CLOOTS , Proprietor , Victoria Mansions Restaurant , Victoria St .. Westminster , S . W .
Ad00804
BRO . G _ S . GRAHAM , The Popular Tenor and Buffo Vocalist , from St . James ' s Hall , Crystal Palace , _ fcc . ( Provincial Grand Organist Middlesex ) IS OPEN TO ACCEPT ENGAGE .. IE NTS FOR Concerts , dBntcr . tiiuimen . ts # || Uisonic banquets . Bro . G . S . Graham ' s Party of Eminent Artists can bo engaged for Masonic Banquet ., Consecrations and Installations , & c . For Opinions of the Freo and Terms , address—G . S . GRA __ A . il , Hazeldean , Cornford Grove , Balham , Surrey .
Ad00805
' VX 7 " ANTED . —A Master Mason ( 45 ) desires EMPLOYMENT in a H IN" c . vspi . per Office ; any capacity . Has been Editor and Reporter _ 5 years , and holds firsfc-rlnss credentials . Loaders , reviews , nctes , verbatim shorthand , & c . Moderate terms . Address II . HASOS , 33 Hunter Street , Brunswick Square , W . C .
Ad00806
FUNERALS properly carried out and personally attended in London or Country , by Bro . G . A . MUTTON , 17 . Newcastle Street , Strand ., W . C . Monuments erected . Valuations made .
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The Irish Daughter Lodge Of Mother Kilwinning.
THE IRISH DAUGHTER LODGE OF MOTHER KILWINNING .
A CENTRE OP THE HIGH DEGREES IN IRELAND From unpublished Notes on Mother Kilwinning , by D . Murray Lyon , Grand Secretary Grand Lodge of Scotland . IN April 1770 there existed in Dublin a body of Freemasons , designating themselves "The High Kni ght Templars of Ireland Lodge , " and professing to have been formed " many years " prior to that date .
In accordance with a custom of the period , its name was meant to infer the practice of Knight Templary . Among the frequenters of this Lodge was a medical brother named George Augustus Cunningham , who had shortl y before become resident in the Irish metropolis , and who had while
living in Scotland been a member and office bearer of Mother Kilwinning—having served first as Senior Warden in 1766 7 , and then as Depute Master in 1768-9 . He
seems in his intercourse with the High Knight Templars Lodge to have revived in their minds the traditionary fame of Kilwinning as tho ancient source of Masonry , and to have reanimated them with the old desire to receive from
" the reall and the only Antient Lodge at least in Britain " the credentials of a regularly constituted Society of Free and Accepted Masons . Matters having been matured , Dr . Cunningham was mode the medium of communication between the Mother Lodge and the applicants for a
Charter . A private letter from one of its promoters , with tho petition itself , was fifteen days later forwarded b y the Doctor to a friend in Irvine for presentation . These documents , with the letter in which fchey were enclosed , are as follows : —
" Thomas Arthur , Esq ., Irvine . "Dear Sir , —I send to your care tho two enclosed letters , being strongly solicited by a very respectable and worthy sett of Breetherin , who several years . ago formed themselves into a Lodge by tho name of the High Knights Templar ? , as every Lo ! ge in this city ia known
by some particiilur denomination . Upon finding I was a member of our Antient Mother Lod ire Kilwinning fchey told me they had long been desirous of holding their origin und a Charter from Kilwinning , as they had always heard and lookt upon it to be the reall and only Antient Lodge , at least in Britain .
" They therefore wish that through my application they may receive their inclosed request ; and they promise me upon the word of Breetherin , to put into my hands five guineas over and above all expenses upon fcheir receiving aaid Charter , and which I upon the faith of a Brother will transmit to Scotland for the use of the Kilwinning
Lodge . If this request is granted , may I desire of you as a Brother that you will tako care to have it done in as elegant and handsome manner as possible , and properly signed by oar Grand Master and Wardens , etc . I think if our Brother Ha . doiv in Edinburgh was applied to be would gett ifc done in the besfc manner , with a proper
Sealo appended thereto . You will see I | am anxious to have every honour dono to tho Lodge , as well as to my Scottish Breetherin . " Mr . Rainsford ' s letter wishes only thafc in case that any other Lodge knowing that this one holds of Kilwinning , any application
coming from this place or from Ireland —as many of the members of thia may fix in different parts of this * kingdom—this Lodge may have tho honour of applying to you for future Charters , for which they will at . Ul times be answerable for payment to Kilwinning for said Charters . . . .
" Yonr sincere friend and affectionate Brother , "GEO . Au .... C U _ . N -N- .- _ AM . "Dublin , April 26 , 1779 . " " Dr . George Augustus Cunningham . "Sir and Brother , —I take the liberty of at len ' -th enclosing to
you onr letter to the Lodge of Kilwinning , which a particular hurry prevented my doing earlier . It is nnaddress'd , as I was ignorant to whom to direct it , therefore left that with the rest to your friendly care . I have no doubt of succeeding thro' your exertion , bnfc shall be glad to obtain along with it a copy ( if there is any ) of fcheir Code
of Regulations and an account of their Records and Establishment , if not too much trouble , aud shall only add thafc if ifc could be done in such a manner as to establish us Provincial cr Deputy to them without ; hurting the Mother Lodge , it wonld make us all very happy ;
if it cannot , at all events to have fche Charter . But from my conversation with wou I have every reason to hope everything thafc can he done will be by your interposition , which will ever be moat gratefully acknowledged by as all .