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» ¦!¦¦¦—¦ ¦ ' . ""' " '"' " ¦ — GENERAL LIFE AND FIRE ASSURANCE COMPANY . —Established 1837 . Chief Office—103 , Cannon-street , London , E . C . Capital j ? 1 , 000 , 000 Funds in hand , ... 1 , 200 , 000 Total income exceeds 335 > ooo Chairman-Sir ANDREW LUSK , Bart . Life , Fire , Mortgages , Annuities . Life Policies indisputable after being in force five years . Immediate payment of claims on proof of death and title . Fire Insurances accepted at equitable rates . HENRY WARD , Secretary and Manager .

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ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY , LIMITED . 10 , ST . SWITHIN'S LANE , LONDON , E . C . General Accidents . 1 Personal Injuries . Railway Accidents . j Deaths by Accident . C . HARDING , Manager .

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THE LONDON NECROPOLIS . — BROOKWOOD CEMETERY , NEAR WOKING . 188 , WESTMINSTER BRIDGE ROAD , AND 2 , LANCASTER PLACE , STRAND . Telephone—No . 4839 . Telegraphic Address— "Tenebratio , London . " BROOKWOOD CEMETERY is the largest and most beautiful in England , and easier and cheaper of access than any of the other London Cemeteries . Every detail in connection with a Funeral promptly and effectually carried out in response to a message to either of the Offices . This Company are the Patentees and only Makers of the Earth to Earth Coffins , and carry out sanitary burial in the manner so strongly advocated by H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , the Duke of Westminster , the Dean of York , and the Church of England Burial Reform Association . " The manner of conducting interments in this Cemetery ( according to the Government Inspector ) is as commendable as the practice of other Companies is the contrary . " — The Times .

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FOR ECONOMICAL AND RESPECTABLE FUNERALS AT STATED CHARGES , TO COVER ALL EXPENSES , EXCLUSIVE OF CEMETERY FEES , BRO . C . G . HATT , UNDERTAKER , 2 , KING STREET , KENSINGTON HIGH STREET . Orders by Post or Telegrams promptly attended to . Price Lists Post Free on Application .

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FISH , POULTRY , GAME , OYSTERS . TOHN GOW , LIMITED , I 17 , NEW BROAD STREET , E . C . ( Opposite Railway Station ) , 12 , HONEY LANE MARKET , CHEAPSIDE , 93 , THEOBALD'S RD ., HOLBORN , W . C , 125 , BROMPTON ROAD , S . W . JOHN GOW , Limited , always have on sale the Largest Stock in London of the Very Best Quality at Lowest Prices . BARRELLED OYSTERS .

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POALS . COALS . COALS . COCKERELL'S ( LIMITED ) , 13 , CORNHILL , LONDON , E . C . For Prices , see Daily Papers . Trucks direct from the Colliery to every Railway Station .

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W WALLER , THEATRICAL COSTUMIER AND WIG MAKER . FANCY COSTUMES SUPPLIED FOR BALLS , FETES , AND CARNIVALS . Portable Theatres and Scenery Fitted in Town or Country . Costumes for every published Play may be had on Hire . Also Dress Suits for Banquets , Balls , & c . Estimates and Catalogues of Goods forwarded on application . 84 & 86 , TABERNACLE ST ., FINSBURY SQUARE , LONDON .

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ADVERTISEMENT SCALE OF "THE FREEMASON . " Per Insertion . SINGLE COLUMN per inch £ 0 5 o ONE PAGE 10 o o ONE COLUMN 3 10 o PUBLIC COMPANIES' & PARAGRAPH ADVERTISEMENTS , IS . PER LINE . WANTS , & C , FOUR LINES , 2 s . 6 d ., and 6 d . PER LINE additional . TO OUR READERS . The FREEMASON is published every Friday morning , price 3 d ., and contains the fullest and latest information relating to Freemasonry of every degree . Subscriptions , including Postage : — United States , United Kingdom . Canada , the Continent , India , China , Ceylon , the Colonies , & c . Arabia , & c . 13 s . 6 d . 15 s . 6 d . 17 s . 6 d . Remittances may be made in Stamps , but Post Office Orders or cheques are preferred , the former payable to GEORGE KENNINO , Chief Oilice , London , the latter crossed London Joint Stock Bank .

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AN DERTON'S HOTELS : TAVERN FLEET STREET , LONDON .

In connection with the Royal Clarence Hotel , llfracombe ; and Peacock Hotel , and Royal Hotel , Boston , Lincolnshire .

The central position of ANDERTON'S renders this Tavern unequalled for Masonic Banquets , Public Dinners , Wedding Breakfasts , Meetings of Creditors , Arbitrations or Jovial Gatherings The Rooms reserved for the above business consist of DINING HALL , PILLAR HALL , MASONIC HALL , CHAPTER , and numerous Smaller Rooms . The RESTAURANT on Eastern Side of Hotel Entrance is open to the Public from } a . m . to 7 p . m . for BREAKFASTS , LUNCHEONS . TEAS , and DINNERS . F . H . CLEMOW , Proprietor .

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MANCHESTER HOTEL , - " ¦*¦ ALDERSGATE STREETNOTICE TO SECRETARIES OF MASONIC LODGES , CLUBS , AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS . The Proprietors of the above Hotel , having recently added a number of commodious Rooms to the Establishment , suitable for LODGE MEETINGS , BANQUETS , DINNERS , & C , will be glad to furnish Terms and Particulars for the use of same on application .

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AT . LAWRENCE . ( Late J . R . BONE ) , BLACKFRIARS DEPOT

LICENSED VICTUALLERS' GLASS AND CHINA

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GLASS AND STONE BOTTLES . Best Quality and Low Prices . Call and See the NEW PORCELAIN SPIRIT CASKETS , URNS , & c 146-147 , BLACKFRIARS ROAD , S . E .

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SURLY HALL HOTEL , fronting main road and River Thames , near Windsor . Firstclass accommodation . Steam launches , punts , and boats for hire , and excellent fishing can be had . Good stabling . Postal Telegraph Office at the Hotel . Moderate tariff . — S . H . Henning , Proprietor .

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NOW BEADY . PRICE 10 s . THOMAS DUNCKERLEY , HIS LIFE , LABOURS , AND LETTERS , INCLUDING SOME MASONIC AND NAVAL MEMORIALS OF THE ISTH CENTURY . By HENRY SADLER , AUTHOR OF "MASONIC FACTS AND FICTIONS , " With a Preface by WILLIAM HARRY RYLANDS , ESQ ., F . S . A . This Work contains numerous Letters , Extracts , & o , relating to Masonry in BRISTOL , DORSETSHIRE , ESSEX , GLOUCESTERSHIRE , HAMPSHIRE , HEREFORDSHIRE , THE ISLE OF WIGHT , SOMERSET , and WILTSHIRE , of vvhich Counties DUNCKERLEY was Prov . Grand Master ; also Portraits , reproduced by the autotype process , from rare mezzotint engravings in the British Museum of : — His Majesty King George II . of England ; Dunckerley ' s reputed father . H . R . H . Frederick Lewis , Prince of Wales , son of the above ; the First of the Royal Family who was made a Freemason . Thomas Dunckerley in Masonic regalia , vvith facsimile of his Autograph , Book-plate , Seals , & c . 340 Pages Demy Octavo , handsomely bound in cloth gilt , bevelled boards , red edges . London : GEORGE KENNING , 16 & I 6 A Gt . Queen-st ., W . C .

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ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS , WANDSWORTH COMMON . A BEAUTIFUL PHOTOGRAPH of the ALEXANDRA HALL AND BUILDINGS , Cabinet Size on Opaline , vvith Strutt , Ring , and Box . Complete , is . 6 d . each , or forwarded Post Free on receipt of is . gd . To be had at the Office of the Freemason , 16 , Great Queen-street , London , W . C .

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Now ready , price 2 s . 6 d „ N OTES ON THE CEREMONY OF INSTALLATION , by H . SADLER , P . M ., P . Z ., Author of "Masonic Facts and Fictions , " vvith a Masonic Biography , Portrait , and Autograph of SIR ALBERT W . WOODS , C . B ., Garter King of Arms , Past Grand Warden of England and Grand Director of Ceremonies . GEORGE KENNING , 16 , Great Queen-st ., London , W . C

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FIRST PRIZE MEDALS . Adelaide Jubilee Exhibition , 1887 ; Sydney Centenary Exhibition , 1888 . MASONS' CERTIFICATES , & c ., FRAMED TO ANY DESIGN . H . MORELL , 17 & 18 , GREAT ST . ANDREW ST ., BLOOMSBURY , LONDON , W . C . Manufacturer and Importer of all kinds of Picture Frame and Decorative Mouldings ( Two Million feet always in stock ) . Every requisite for the Trade and Exportation . Illustrated Book of Patterns , 85 pages 4 to demy , revised for 1891 , past free for three penny stamps .

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VICTORIA STEAMBOAT ASSOCIATION .

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AO STEAMERS—Can CARRY 200 , 000 in a DAY .

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THROUGH CHEAP TICKETS to all places mentioned below can be obtained at all District Railway Stations .

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THE LORD OF THE ISLES ( 200 miles , 5 s . ) , fitted with magnificent saloons and lighted vvith electricity throughout , DAILY ( Fridays excepted ) , to HARWICH and CLACTON-ON-SEA and BACK SAME DAY , from London Bridge ( Old Swan Pier ) , at 9 . 30 a . m ., calling en route at Woolwich . From Fenchurch-street Station by Special Train in connection at 10 . 28 a . m . to Tilbury , call-, ing at Stepney , Bromley , and Plaistovv . Tender from Greenwich 9 . 40 , and Blackwall 9 . 50 . Speed 20 miles an hour . Boat fare there and back , 6 s . and 5 s . Two hours guaranteed at Clacton . All Return tickets available during season . Special train at Tilbury on return , reaching London about 9 . 0 . Tickets 6 d ., issued only on board .

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GLEN ROSA . —Just Rebuilt , Electric Li ght , for SOUTHEND , Sheerness , Rosherville Gardens , and Gravesend , DAILY at 11 . 0 a . m . ( Fridays included ) from OLD SWAN PIER , London Bridge . Return Fares , available whole season , 3 s . and 3 s . 6 d .

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MERMAID . —Just Built , Electric Light , Bijou Floating Palace , for ROSHERVILLE GARDENS and GRAVESEND , from OLD SWAN PIER , EVERY DAY at 3 . 0 o ' clock . Fare to Rosherville ( including admission and return ) , is . 6 d . and 2 S . 3 d . Calling en route at Greenwich , Blackwall , and South Woolwich .

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ROYAL NAVAL EXHIBITION . —The most direct route is by Steamer , every ten minutes from all Piers to the New Victoria Pier , Chelsea , immediately opposite the main entrance . Fare 2 d . from London . Special Boat from Woolwich at u . Fare , Sd . ; return , is . 2 d . Calling at Greenwich at 11 . 20 . Fare , 4 d .

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HAMPTON COURT , Richmond , or Kingston , DAILY , from LONDON BRIDGE ( Old Swan Pier ) a t 10 a . m . ; calling at all Piers up the river , by the magnificent Saloon Steamer " CARDINAL WOLSEY . " Fare to Richmond , is . ; return , is . 6 d . Ditto , Hampton , is . 6 d . ; return , 2 S . 6 d .

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KEW GARDENS . Open Daily ( Sunday included ) Admission Free . Steamers from CADOGAN PIEK , Chelsea , every 20 minutes , calling at Wandsworth , Putney , and Hammersmith . Steamers from all Piers to Chelsea every 10 minutes .

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BATTERSEA PARK . —Steamers every 10 minutes from LONDON BRIDGE , calling at all intermediate Piers , till S . o p . m .

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GREENWICH PARK , from all Piers , at frequent intervals daily , from S . 30 a . m . to S . o p . m . Handbills of all sailings and fares sent post fee . Special Fares quoted for parties of 25 and upwards for all trips . Victoria House , Laurence Pountney-lane , City , E . C . ARNOLD E . WILLIAMS , Managing Director . EDGAR SHAND , General Manager and Secretary .

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GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY . BORDEAUX * . — Every Friday . Saloon , 50 s . ; Fore-cabin , 35 s . Return , 80 s . and 60 s . The magnificent NEW STEAMER , " HIRONDELLE , " electrically lighted , and replete with every convenience , is now running on this Station . EDINBURGH * . — Saturday and Wednesday . Saloon , 22 s . ; Fore-cabin , 16 s . Return , 34 s . and 24 s . 6 d . OSTEND—WEDNESDAY . Saloon , ios . ; Forecabin , 7 s . 6 d . Return , 15 s . and ns . 3 d . Fr ° Irongace and St . Katherine's Wharf . HAMBURGH via HARWICH . —Express from Liverpool-street Station , at S p . m . on Tuesdays , Fridays , and Saturdays . Fare , £ 1 17 s . 6 d . or £ 1 5 s . gd . ; Return , £ 2 16 s . 3 d . or £ 1 iSs . gd . From LONDON BRIDGE WHARF . MARGATE—Every Sunday at 9 . 45 a . m . 5 s * 6 f there and back to Fenchurch-street Station , via Tilbury . MARGATE and RAMSGATE . — Three times a week . Single Fares , 5 s . and 4 s . DEAL and DOVER . — Three times a week . 7 s . Single ; 12 s . 6 d . Return . W ARMOUTH . —Saloon , s . 6 d . ; Fore , 6 s . Return , •*• 10 s . 6 d . and 9 s . * A Tender conveys Bordeaux and Edinburgh Passeng » from Westminster and Temple Piers . For Particulars apply to _ 55 , GREAT TOWER STREET , or 14 , WATERLW PLACE , LONDON . ____ _

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BRO . DAN GODFREY , Junr ., R . C . M ., L . R . A . M ., CONDUCTOR , THE LONDON MILITARY BAN " , ( President—Sir ARTHUR S ULLIVAN ) , SUPPLIES BANDS ( Military and String ) tor GARDEN PARTIES , RECEPTIONS , DINNIS BALLS , & c . For Terms—Apply to 42 S , STRAND , WA _____

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FREEMASON'S HYMN . —THE MYSTIC TIE . Words and Music compose " F . J . STEIN . Price is . 6 d . nett . t _ London : GEORGE KENNING , 16 & I 6 A , Gt . Q