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DE GREY AND RIPON LODGE , No . 8 37 . GRAND MASONIC FESTIVAL AT FOUNTAINS ABBEY , IN AID OF JEPSO . N'S HOSPITAL , RIPON , On Wednesday , October 3 rd , 1 SS 3 . The next Prov . Grand Lodge of West Yorkshire liaving been appointed to be held at Ripon under the banner of the De Grey and Ripon Lodge , S 37 , the Most Hon . the Marquess of Ripon , K . G ., has , with his usual liberality , thrown open the grounds of Studley and the far famed ruins of Fountains Abbey for the benefit of this charity . A BANQUET Will be held in the spacious cloisters and in order to render the gathering still more attractive the ladies are invited to add a charm and grace the festival by their presence . Banquet tickets , admitting to grounds : Gentlemen 5 s . 6 d . ; Ladies 5 s . Admission to grounds only , is . Two Military Bands are engaged . Excursion trains will be run . Banquet tickets and further information , on application to F . SMI TH , jun ., Sec . S 37 , Jepson ' s Hospital , Ripon .
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THIRST AND LAST APPLICATION . To the Governors and Subscribers of the ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS . Your Votes and Interest are earnestly solicited for AMY MARGARET LEE , daughter of the late Bro . Thomas Vincent Lee , of Union Waterloo Lodge , No . 13 . —Mrs . J . LEE , 29 Grove-terrace , Highgate-road , N .
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- -pHE ASYLUM FOR IDIOTS , - » - EARLVVOOD , REDH 1 LL , SURREY . Under the Patronage of Her Most Gracious Majesty THE QUEEN . Total number of Inmates in the Asylum 563 Entirely supported by Voluntary Subscriptions ... 375 FUNDS ARE URGENTLY NEEDED TO MEET CURRENT EXPENSES . Superior accommodation is provided for private cases , payment for whicii is regulated by the Board of Management . BANKERS—The London ] oint Stock Bank . WILLIAM NICHOLAS , Secretary . Offices , 36 , King William-street , E . C .
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THE ASYLUM FOR IDIOTS , EARLSWOOD , RED HILL , SURREY . OCTOBER ELECTION , 1 SS 3 . The favour of your Votes a ** d interest is respectfully solicited on behalf of JAMES EDWARD TAYLOR , Aged 12 years , svho was deprived of his reason from the effects of Scarlet Fever svhen four years of age . The Father ( Bro . Jas . Taylor , Lodges No . 730 ( I . C ) , 1331 , 1536 , and Chapters 13 , 1331 , ) is a Sergeant in the Commissai lat and Transport Corps now serving at Aldershot , and although willing to support to the utmost of his abilities , is unable to provide adequate treatment or the necessary supervision required by the case , svhich is strongly recommended by Baron H . de WORMS , M P ., 4 , Old Burlington-st ., W . GKORGK KENNING , Esq ., Upper Sydenham . RICHARD EVE , Esq ., Oxford Villa , Victoria-road , Aldershot . F . C . BLUNT , Deputy Commissary General , Aldershot . * H . S . E . REEVES , C . B ., Assistant Commissary General , Aldershot . * Rev . R . M . Sl'OOK , Heatherviesv , Cambridge-road , Aldershot . Proxies svill be thankfully received by gentlemen marked thus * .
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BRITISH EQUITABLE ASSURANCE COMPANY , 4 , Queen-street-place , London , E . C . Capital—A Quarter of a Million Sterling . TWENTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT , MAY , 18 S 3 . NEW BUSINESS . 2070 Policies issued for ^ -100 , 375 Nesv Premium Income £ 11 , 986 BUSINESS IN FORCE . 26 , 099 Policies , Assuring £ 4 * 825 , 317 REVENUE OF THE YEAR . Premiums £ 140 , 809 Interest , & c £ 35 . 131 £ i 7 S ) 'J 40 ACCUMULATED FUND . Laidby in the year £ 69 , 772 Accumulated Fund on 31 st January , 18 S 3 ( equal to 73 per cent , of the net premiums received upon policies in force ) £ 873 , 102 Average Reversionary Bonus for 27 years about i \ percent , per annum . MUTUAL ASSURANCE WITHOUT MUTUAL LIABILITY .
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ELECTRICITY . —A quantity of Electrical and Scientific APPARA 1 'US to be disposed of . Sunable for Institutions , Schools , Private Gentlemen , or for Presentation . Full paiticularson application , by letter addresssd to *** . G ., at the office of the Freemason , iG , Great Queen-street , W . C .
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BRITON LIFE ASSOCIATION ( LIMITED ) . CHIEF OmcES-429 , STRAND , LONDON . This Society has deposited £ 33 , 000 with the British and Colonial Governments , as a special security to Policyholders . CHAIRMAN . —FRANCIS WEBB , Esq ., 31 , Southampton Buildings , Chancery-lane . DEPUTY C HAIRMAN . —B . VV . RICHARDSON , M . A ., M . D ., LL . D ., F . R . S ., 25 , Manchester-square . General Sir J . ALEXANDER , K . C . B ., 35 , Bedford-place , Russell-square , J BROSVN , Esq ., Rigbolt Lodge , Brook Green , Hammersmith , GEORGE CHAPMAN , Esq ., 14 , Cockspur-street . T . B . JoNiiS , E * q-, Angel Town , Brixton . ROBERT MILBURN , Esq ., Cintra , Upper Albemarle-road , Beckenham . SMITH RICHAKDS , Esq ., 36 , Bedford-square . EXTRAORDINARY DIRECTORS . J . WRIGHT BAK-R , E * q ., vI . R . C . S . Eng ., Derby . Col . BLANDY , Chief Constable of Berkshire , Reading . GEORGE BR . SDLKY , Esq ., Aketon Hall , C ' astleford , Yorkshire . THOMAS CHAMBERLAIN , Esq ., J . P ., Windsor . J AMES H . 1 LARKE , Esq ., Nottingham . MiLHsCovENTRY , lisq ., * Jon \ ExchangeChambers , London . DAVID HARRIS , Esq ., Caroline Park , Edinburgh . Lieut .-Col . H . GORE LINDSAY , J . P ., D . L ., Woodlands , Cardiff . HENRY MOFFAT , Esq ., Eldin , J . P . County of Edinburgh . Sir J . B . MONCKTON , 159 , Cromwell-road , S . VV . Sir GEORGE OWENS , M . D ., J . P ., Dublin . HENRY J . PAKN . SLL , Esq ., Nesvport , Mon . J . J . FAIRFAX SCOTT , Esq ., Mount Sorrell , Leicestershire . WILLIAM SMITH , Esq ., Goole Grange , Goole . DISTINCTIVE FEATURES . ABSOLUTE SECURITY . LARGE PROPORTION OF FUNDS IN GOVERNMENT DEPOSITS . MODERATE RATES OF PREMIUM . POLICYHOLDERS OF ALL CLASSES ENTIRELY FREE FROM LIABILIIY . POLICIES MADE PAVABLE DURING LIFETIME . SPECIAL TERMS TO MINISTERS AND LAV PREACHERS . IMPORTANT ADVANTAGES TO TOTAL ABSTAINERS . CLAIMS PAID IMMEDIATELY ON PROOF OF DEATH . INDISPUTABLE WHOLE-WORLD ASSURANCES . NESV AND EXTENDED LIMITS FOR FOREIGN TRAVEL AND RESIDENCE . NON - FORFEITABLE ASSURANCES . PROTECTION AFFORDED ASSIGNEES AGAINST POLICIES LAPSING OR BECOMING FORFEITED BY A BREACH OF THEIR CONDITIONS ON THE PART OF THE ASSURED . POLICIES IN THIS SOCIETY NOT LIABLE TO LAPSE BY INADVERTKNCE , AS , AFTER FOUR YEARS , THE SURRENDER VALUE IS APPLIED TO KEEP THE PoLICV IN FORCE . SUBSTITUTION OF ANOTHER LIFE ALLOSVED IN LIEU OF THE ONE ASSURED BY THE POLICY . Prospectuses , Proposal Forms , Statements , and Accounts may be obtained on application at the Chief Offices , Branches , or Agencies . JOHN MESSENT , F . I . A ., ACTUARY AND SECRETARY . The Directors svill be happy to treat with gentlemen of influence and standing to act as special or Ordinary Agents for the Company in unrepresented localities .
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AGENTS Wanted everywhere by the Mutual Watch Clubs' Association ( Kendal and Dent , Managers ) , 106 , Cheapside , London . —Foremen , timekeepers , station masters , clerks , secretaries of portrait clubs , police officers , shopkeepers , & c , with spare time , wanted to form clubs for this successful association . — Illustrated catalogues and particulars on application .
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SPECULATION & INVESTMENT *^ JN STOCKS AND SHARES "WITH A MINIMUM RISK "TO operate on the Stock Exchange profitably or , in other words , increase one ' s capital , limited though it be , may suggest itself as not very easy of accomplishment . Quick perception , however , tempered svith experience and a true knowledge of the influences in force , will , in many cases , render the process comparatively simple . To purchase a stock or security of any description might not always prove judicious and safe , even svere the position and prospects in the particular case the most sound and promising , because an immediate improvement , or , indeed , the maintenance of the prevalent market value would be improbable , if not impossible , so long as the account remained a weak one , or one showing a heavy preponderance of sveak operations for the rise . In like manner a stock might be intrinsically worth little or absolutely nothing , but from the fact of it having been largely oversold the price remains apparently lirm . rj XPLANATORY BOOK sent post free on application . p EAD OPINIONS OF THE PRESS . WEEKLY and MONTHLY REPORT sent regularly to clients . C PECULATIVE ACCOUNTS opened on the most favourable terms . W GUTTERIi-iGE AND CO ., STOCK AND . SHARE BROKERS , 7 , DRAPERS ' -GARDENS , THROGMORTON-STREET , LONDON , E . C .
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A GOOD PLAN . , Cjf \ and upwards judiciously in-UZi JL \ J vested in Options on Stocks and Shares often give handsome profits in a few days . Full details in Explanatory Book gratis and post free . — Address GEORGE EVANS and Co ., Stockbrokers , Gresham House , Old Broad-street , London , E . C . Best and safest plan ever devised .
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npHEATRE ROYAL , DRURY LANE . New and Original Four Act Drama , by Augustus Harris and G . F . Rowe , entitled , FREEDOM . Realistic Scenery by H . Emden and W . Beverley . Messrs . A . Harris , J . Fernandez , H . George , H . Jackson , H . Nicholls , G . F . Rowe , & c . Mesdames S . Eyre , L . Foote , N . Bromley , F . Enson , M . A . Victor , & c . A GIGANTIC SUCCESS .
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Just Published . EROSTRATUS : or the Burning of the Temple of Diana at Ephesus . A grand Spectacular Drama . London : Samuel French , 89 , Strand : or , post free , 1 / -, from the author , J , P . Mann P . M ., Blue Hayes , Broad Clyst , Devon . " Acceptable to masons of the higher grades . "
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CRAFT FURNITURE . — FOR bALE , under exceptional circumstanc * s , a set of the above , consisting of 3 Oak Chairs , 3 Mahogany Pedestals , 3 Oak Candlesticks , Tesselated Carpet , Ballot Box , Tracing Hoards , all in first-rate condition . For order to view , apply to W . H . B ., Freemason Office , 16 Great Oueen-street , London , W . C .
To Correspondents.
To Correspondents .
Bro . GRIFFITHS is fraternally informed thatitis thought better the brother in question should appeal to the Board of Benevolence .
BOOKS , & c . RECEIVED . " Freemason ' s Chronicle " ( Sydney ) , "Broad Arrosv , " "Masonic Home Journal" ( Louisville ) , "Hull Packet , " "Jewish Chronicle , " "Citizen , " " New Zealand Herald , " " Caygill ' s Tourist's Chronicle , " " Voice of Masonry , " " Bulletin Masonnique de la Grande Loge Symliolique Ecossaise , " " Triunghiul , " "New York Dispatch , " " Liberal Freemason , " ' * Keystone , " " Freemason's Repository , " "Masonic Record of Western India , " "Allen ' s Indian Mail , " "Tricycling Journal . "
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SATURDAY , SEPTEMBER I , 1 S 83 .
Original Correspondence.
Original Correspondence .
[ VVe do not hold ourselves responsible for , or even approving of , the opinio is expressed by ourcorrespondents , but we wish in aspirit of fairpla * to all to permit—within certain necessary limits—free discussion . ! , STATUS OF PAST MASTERS AND RIGHTS OF LODGES . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , Absence from home has prevented me from seeing until now your remarks in the Freemason of 18 th inst . and the letter of Bro . Dr . Gooding . I am afraid that Grand Lodge misunderstood me , or , more likely , that I
failed to express clearly svhat I said in reference to the power possessed by private lodges to confer status svithin the lodge on joining members svno may be Past Masters of another lodge . What I intended to state and svhat I thought I did state was this . That , in my opinion , it is within the power of any lodge by resolution duly passed , to give to any joining brolher who is a Past Master of another lodge such precedence svithin the lodge as they
may think right , —e . g ., they may resolve that Bro . A . B . having joined their lodge and being a Hast Master of Lodge No . — shall rank as a Past Master of their lodge and shall take precedence immediately after ihe present Worshipful Master . The Grand Registrar , on being appealed to , said that there was no svritten law permitting it , but that it had , svithin his knowledge , been a not unusual practice in many lodges . I did not understand him to sav that there svas no
svriiten lasv against it , but that I suppose , for it is the fact , svas what he meant . If there be no svritten law against it , there is no law against it . For myself , I can only repeat that I have known the thing done in many lodges for many years past , and 1 believe it to be quite competent to any lodge to do it . 1 base my opinion not on practice alone but <> n the words of our Book of Constitutions , p . 63 , s . 5 , svhich states that " every lodge has the power of framing bye-laws for its
government provided they are not inconsistent with the regulations of Grand Lodge . " I contend that any lodge could make a bye-law giving precedence svithin the lodge to any joining Past Master , and that such a bye-lasv would not be , and has not been , considered to be subversive of the regulations of Grand Lodge . Of course it is to be cleaily understood that I did not , and do not claim tnat a private lodge pjssesses any
posver to give precedence or status without the lodge , because that would be subversive of our general laws . I am not sufficiently acquainted svith the reasons which seem lo make our provincial brethren , chiefly , so anxious for the ssveeping change now introduced to be able quite to understand it ; but in spite of all that was said , and it was ably argued , I think that the new lasv will be productive of a good deal of trouble , of much loss of harmony , especially
in many London lodges , and that many an otherwise eligible and " club-able " man will be blackballed solely because he is a Past Master of another lodge , and would on his introduction take precedence of the children of thc lodge he was about to join . It such a law svas to be made ( and I think it had better be let alone ) it would be much better to make it permissive
and not imperative . Let the lodges have the power ( if it be decided that they have it not at piesent ) to give the desired precedence , but do not compel them to g ive it . The very sensible remarks of Bro . Ur . Gooding serve to illustrate in still further detail some of the difficulties svhich will have to be met . —Yours fraternally , Bonchurch , 25 th August . JOHN HAVERS .
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Ad00401
DE GREY AND RIPON LODGE , No . 8 37 . GRAND MASONIC FESTIVAL AT FOUNTAINS ABBEY , IN AID OF JEPSO . N'S HOSPITAL , RIPON , On Wednesday , October 3 rd , 1 SS 3 . The next Prov . Grand Lodge of West Yorkshire liaving been appointed to be held at Ripon under the banner of the De Grey and Ripon Lodge , S 37 , the Most Hon . the Marquess of Ripon , K . G ., has , with his usual liberality , thrown open the grounds of Studley and the far famed ruins of Fountains Abbey for the benefit of this charity . A BANQUET Will be held in the spacious cloisters and in order to render the gathering still more attractive the ladies are invited to add a charm and grace the festival by their presence . Banquet tickets , admitting to grounds : Gentlemen 5 s . 6 d . ; Ladies 5 s . Admission to grounds only , is . Two Military Bands are engaged . Excursion trains will be run . Banquet tickets and further information , on application to F . SMI TH , jun ., Sec . S 37 , Jepson ' s Hospital , Ripon .
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THIRST AND LAST APPLICATION . To the Governors and Subscribers of the ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS . Your Votes and Interest are earnestly solicited for AMY MARGARET LEE , daughter of the late Bro . Thomas Vincent Lee , of Union Waterloo Lodge , No . 13 . —Mrs . J . LEE , 29 Grove-terrace , Highgate-road , N .
Ad00403
- -pHE ASYLUM FOR IDIOTS , - » - EARLVVOOD , REDH 1 LL , SURREY . Under the Patronage of Her Most Gracious Majesty THE QUEEN . Total number of Inmates in the Asylum 563 Entirely supported by Voluntary Subscriptions ... 375 FUNDS ARE URGENTLY NEEDED TO MEET CURRENT EXPENSES . Superior accommodation is provided for private cases , payment for whicii is regulated by the Board of Management . BANKERS—The London ] oint Stock Bank . WILLIAM NICHOLAS , Secretary . Offices , 36 , King William-street , E . C .
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THE ASYLUM FOR IDIOTS , EARLSWOOD , RED HILL , SURREY . OCTOBER ELECTION , 1 SS 3 . The favour of your Votes a ** d interest is respectfully solicited on behalf of JAMES EDWARD TAYLOR , Aged 12 years , svho was deprived of his reason from the effects of Scarlet Fever svhen four years of age . The Father ( Bro . Jas . Taylor , Lodges No . 730 ( I . C ) , 1331 , 1536 , and Chapters 13 , 1331 , ) is a Sergeant in the Commissai lat and Transport Corps now serving at Aldershot , and although willing to support to the utmost of his abilities , is unable to provide adequate treatment or the necessary supervision required by the case , svhich is strongly recommended by Baron H . de WORMS , M P ., 4 , Old Burlington-st ., W . GKORGK KENNING , Esq ., Upper Sydenham . RICHARD EVE , Esq ., Oxford Villa , Victoria-road , Aldershot . F . C . BLUNT , Deputy Commissary General , Aldershot . * H . S . E . REEVES , C . B ., Assistant Commissary General , Aldershot . * Rev . R . M . Sl'OOK , Heatherviesv , Cambridge-road , Aldershot . Proxies svill be thankfully received by gentlemen marked thus * .
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BRITISH EQUITABLE ASSURANCE COMPANY , 4 , Queen-street-place , London , E . C . Capital—A Quarter of a Million Sterling . TWENTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT , MAY , 18 S 3 . NEW BUSINESS . 2070 Policies issued for ^ -100 , 375 Nesv Premium Income £ 11 , 986 BUSINESS IN FORCE . 26 , 099 Policies , Assuring £ 4 * 825 , 317 REVENUE OF THE YEAR . Premiums £ 140 , 809 Interest , & c £ 35 . 131 £ i 7 S ) 'J 40 ACCUMULATED FUND . Laidby in the year £ 69 , 772 Accumulated Fund on 31 st January , 18 S 3 ( equal to 73 per cent , of the net premiums received upon policies in force ) £ 873 , 102 Average Reversionary Bonus for 27 years about i \ percent , per annum . MUTUAL ASSURANCE WITHOUT MUTUAL LIABILITY .
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ELECTRICITY . —A quantity of Electrical and Scientific APPARA 1 'US to be disposed of . Sunable for Institutions , Schools , Private Gentlemen , or for Presentation . Full paiticularson application , by letter addresssd to *** . G ., at the office of the Freemason , iG , Great Queen-street , W . C .
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BRITON LIFE ASSOCIATION ( LIMITED ) . CHIEF OmcES-429 , STRAND , LONDON . This Society has deposited £ 33 , 000 with the British and Colonial Governments , as a special security to Policyholders . CHAIRMAN . —FRANCIS WEBB , Esq ., 31 , Southampton Buildings , Chancery-lane . DEPUTY C HAIRMAN . —B . VV . RICHARDSON , M . A ., M . D ., LL . D ., F . R . S ., 25 , Manchester-square . General Sir J . ALEXANDER , K . C . B ., 35 , Bedford-place , Russell-square , J BROSVN , Esq ., Rigbolt Lodge , Brook Green , Hammersmith , GEORGE CHAPMAN , Esq ., 14 , Cockspur-street . T . B . JoNiiS , E * q-, Angel Town , Brixton . ROBERT MILBURN , Esq ., Cintra , Upper Albemarle-road , Beckenham . SMITH RICHAKDS , Esq ., 36 , Bedford-square . EXTRAORDINARY DIRECTORS . J . WRIGHT BAK-R , E * q ., vI . R . C . S . Eng ., Derby . Col . BLANDY , Chief Constable of Berkshire , Reading . GEORGE BR . SDLKY , Esq ., Aketon Hall , C ' astleford , Yorkshire . THOMAS CHAMBERLAIN , Esq ., J . P ., Windsor . J AMES H . 1 LARKE , Esq ., Nottingham . MiLHsCovENTRY , lisq ., * Jon \ ExchangeChambers , London . DAVID HARRIS , Esq ., Caroline Park , Edinburgh . Lieut .-Col . H . GORE LINDSAY , J . P ., D . L ., Woodlands , Cardiff . HENRY MOFFAT , Esq ., Eldin , J . P . County of Edinburgh . Sir J . B . MONCKTON , 159 , Cromwell-road , S . VV . Sir GEORGE OWENS , M . D ., J . P ., Dublin . HENRY J . PAKN . SLL , Esq ., Nesvport , Mon . J . J . FAIRFAX SCOTT , Esq ., Mount Sorrell , Leicestershire . WILLIAM SMITH , Esq ., Goole Grange , Goole . DISTINCTIVE FEATURES . ABSOLUTE SECURITY . LARGE PROPORTION OF FUNDS IN GOVERNMENT DEPOSITS . MODERATE RATES OF PREMIUM . POLICYHOLDERS OF ALL CLASSES ENTIRELY FREE FROM LIABILIIY . POLICIES MADE PAVABLE DURING LIFETIME . SPECIAL TERMS TO MINISTERS AND LAV PREACHERS . IMPORTANT ADVANTAGES TO TOTAL ABSTAINERS . CLAIMS PAID IMMEDIATELY ON PROOF OF DEATH . INDISPUTABLE WHOLE-WORLD ASSURANCES . NESV AND EXTENDED LIMITS FOR FOREIGN TRAVEL AND RESIDENCE . NON - FORFEITABLE ASSURANCES . PROTECTION AFFORDED ASSIGNEES AGAINST POLICIES LAPSING OR BECOMING FORFEITED BY A BREACH OF THEIR CONDITIONS ON THE PART OF THE ASSURED . POLICIES IN THIS SOCIETY NOT LIABLE TO LAPSE BY INADVERTKNCE , AS , AFTER FOUR YEARS , THE SURRENDER VALUE IS APPLIED TO KEEP THE PoLICV IN FORCE . SUBSTITUTION OF ANOTHER LIFE ALLOSVED IN LIEU OF THE ONE ASSURED BY THE POLICY . Prospectuses , Proposal Forms , Statements , and Accounts may be obtained on application at the Chief Offices , Branches , or Agencies . JOHN MESSENT , F . I . A ., ACTUARY AND SECRETARY . The Directors svill be happy to treat with gentlemen of influence and standing to act as special or Ordinary Agents for the Company in unrepresented localities .
Ad00414
AGENTS Wanted everywhere by the Mutual Watch Clubs' Association ( Kendal and Dent , Managers ) , 106 , Cheapside , London . —Foremen , timekeepers , station masters , clerks , secretaries of portrait clubs , police officers , shopkeepers , & c , with spare time , wanted to form clubs for this successful association . — Illustrated catalogues and particulars on application .
Ad00408
SPECULATION & INVESTMENT *^ JN STOCKS AND SHARES "WITH A MINIMUM RISK "TO operate on the Stock Exchange profitably or , in other words , increase one ' s capital , limited though it be , may suggest itself as not very easy of accomplishment . Quick perception , however , tempered svith experience and a true knowledge of the influences in force , will , in many cases , render the process comparatively simple . To purchase a stock or security of any description might not always prove judicious and safe , even svere the position and prospects in the particular case the most sound and promising , because an immediate improvement , or , indeed , the maintenance of the prevalent market value would be improbable , if not impossible , so long as the account remained a weak one , or one showing a heavy preponderance of sveak operations for the rise . In like manner a stock might be intrinsically worth little or absolutely nothing , but from the fact of it having been largely oversold the price remains apparently lirm . rj XPLANATORY BOOK sent post free on application . p EAD OPINIONS OF THE PRESS . WEEKLY and MONTHLY REPORT sent regularly to clients . C PECULATIVE ACCOUNTS opened on the most favourable terms . W GUTTERIi-iGE AND CO ., STOCK AND . SHARE BROKERS , 7 , DRAPERS ' -GARDENS , THROGMORTON-STREET , LONDON , E . C .
Ad00409
A GOOD PLAN . , Cjf \ and upwards judiciously in-UZi JL \ J vested in Options on Stocks and Shares often give handsome profits in a few days . Full details in Explanatory Book gratis and post free . — Address GEORGE EVANS and Co ., Stockbrokers , Gresham House , Old Broad-street , London , E . C . Best and safest plan ever devised .
Ad00410
npHEATRE ROYAL , DRURY LANE . New and Original Four Act Drama , by Augustus Harris and G . F . Rowe , entitled , FREEDOM . Realistic Scenery by H . Emden and W . Beverley . Messrs . A . Harris , J . Fernandez , H . George , H . Jackson , H . Nicholls , G . F . Rowe , & c . Mesdames S . Eyre , L . Foote , N . Bromley , F . Enson , M . A . Victor , & c . A GIGANTIC SUCCESS .
Ad00411
Just Published . EROSTRATUS : or the Burning of the Temple of Diana at Ephesus . A grand Spectacular Drama . London : Samuel French , 89 , Strand : or , post free , 1 / -, from the author , J , P . Mann P . M ., Blue Hayes , Broad Clyst , Devon . " Acceptable to masons of the higher grades . "
Ad00412
CRAFT FURNITURE . — FOR bALE , under exceptional circumstanc * s , a set of the above , consisting of 3 Oak Chairs , 3 Mahogany Pedestals , 3 Oak Candlesticks , Tesselated Carpet , Ballot Box , Tracing Hoards , all in first-rate condition . For order to view , apply to W . H . B ., Freemason Office , 16 Great Oueen-street , London , W . C .
To Correspondents.
To Correspondents .
Bro . GRIFFITHS is fraternally informed thatitis thought better the brother in question should appeal to the Board of Benevolence .
BOOKS , & c . RECEIVED . " Freemason ' s Chronicle " ( Sydney ) , "Broad Arrosv , " "Masonic Home Journal" ( Louisville ) , "Hull Packet , " "Jewish Chronicle , " "Citizen , " " New Zealand Herald , " " Caygill ' s Tourist's Chronicle , " " Voice of Masonry , " " Bulletin Masonnique de la Grande Loge Symliolique Ecossaise , " " Triunghiul , " "New York Dispatch , " " Liberal Freemason , " ' * Keystone , " " Freemason's Repository , " "Masonic Record of Western India , " "Allen ' s Indian Mail , " "Tricycling Journal . "
Ar00415
SATURDAY , SEPTEMBER I , 1 S 83 .
Original Correspondence.
Original Correspondence .
[ VVe do not hold ourselves responsible for , or even approving of , the opinio is expressed by ourcorrespondents , but we wish in aspirit of fairpla * to all to permit—within certain necessary limits—free discussion . ! , STATUS OF PAST MASTERS AND RIGHTS OF LODGES . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , Absence from home has prevented me from seeing until now your remarks in the Freemason of 18 th inst . and the letter of Bro . Dr . Gooding . I am afraid that Grand Lodge misunderstood me , or , more likely , that I
failed to express clearly svhat I said in reference to the power possessed by private lodges to confer status svithin the lodge on joining members svno may be Past Masters of another lodge . What I intended to state and svhat I thought I did state was this . That , in my opinion , it is within the power of any lodge by resolution duly passed , to give to any joining brolher who is a Past Master of another lodge such precedence svithin the lodge as they
may think right , —e . g ., they may resolve that Bro . A . B . having joined their lodge and being a Hast Master of Lodge No . — shall rank as a Past Master of their lodge and shall take precedence immediately after ihe present Worshipful Master . The Grand Registrar , on being appealed to , said that there was no svritten law permitting it , but that it had , svithin his knowledge , been a not unusual practice in many lodges . I did not understand him to sav that there svas no
svriiten lasv against it , but that I suppose , for it is the fact , svas what he meant . If there be no svritten law against it , there is no law against it . For myself , I can only repeat that I have known the thing done in many lodges for many years past , and 1 believe it to be quite competent to any lodge to do it . 1 base my opinion not on practice alone but <> n the words of our Book of Constitutions , p . 63 , s . 5 , svhich states that " every lodge has the power of framing bye-laws for its
government provided they are not inconsistent with the regulations of Grand Lodge . " I contend that any lodge could make a bye-law giving precedence svithin the lodge to any joining Past Master , and that such a bye-lasv would not be , and has not been , considered to be subversive of the regulations of Grand Lodge . Of course it is to be cleaily understood that I did not , and do not claim tnat a private lodge pjssesses any
posver to give precedence or status without the lodge , because that would be subversive of our general laws . I am not sufficiently acquainted svith the reasons which seem lo make our provincial brethren , chiefly , so anxious for the ssveeping change now introduced to be able quite to understand it ; but in spite of all that was said , and it was ably argued , I think that the new lasv will be productive of a good deal of trouble , of much loss of harmony , especially
in many London lodges , and that many an otherwise eligible and " club-able " man will be blackballed solely because he is a Past Master of another lodge , and would on his introduction take precedence of the children of thc lodge he was about to join . It such a law svas to be made ( and I think it had better be let alone ) it would be much better to make it permissive
and not imperative . Let the lodges have the power ( if it be decided that they have it not at piesent ) to give the desired precedence , but do not compel them to g ive it . The very sensible remarks of Bro . Ur . Gooding serve to illustrate in still further detail some of the difficulties svhich will have to be met . —Yours fraternally , Bonchurch , 25 th August . JOHN HAVERS .