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TELEGRAPHIC ADDEESSES ( Inland ) . ° the Freemason Printing Worksp FREEMASON , LONDON . r Jewels , Clothing , Banners , and Furniture— - KENNING , LONDON .

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NOTES ON THE CEREMONY OF INSTALLATION

( NOW IN THE PSESS ) . BY H . SADLER , P . M . & P . Z ., Grand Tyler and Sub-Librarian of the Grand Lodge of England ( AUTHOR OK " MASONIC FACTS AND FICTIONS . " )

About 60 pages of Letterpress , printed in demy octavo on good paper , bound in cloth , red edges , with a

PORTRAIT and AUTOGRAPH of SIR ALBERT W . WOODS ,

C . B . ( Garter King of Arms ) , $ Past G . W . of England , and G . Director of Ceremonies , AS A FRONTISPIECE .

Postage free , to any-part of the United Kingdom and the United States and Canada , 2 s . 2 d . ; India , 2 s . 6 d . ; and the Australian Colonies , 2 s . 8 d .

N . B . —Witli the view of curtailing expense of Postage and Stationery a remittance is requested with each order .

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THE EARLSWOOD ASYLUM , Redhill , Surrey . —The Board of Management are happy to announce that JO -EPH CHAS . PARKINSON , Esq ., J . P ., D . L ., has kindly consented to PRESIDE at the ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL , on WEDNESDAY , March 13 th , at the Albion , Aldersgate-street . Gentlemen willing to act as Stewards are earnestly requested to communicate with the Secretary , that their names may be added to those already received . H . GERARD HOARE , Esq ., Treasurer . J AMES DOWNING , Secretary . Offices—36 , King William-street , E . C .

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To Correspondents.

To Correspondents .

The following communications unavoidably stand over : CRAFT LODGES—Royal Somerset House and Inverness , No . 4 ; Lodge of Justice , No . 147 ; Nelson , No . 700 ; Zetland , No . 1157 ; St . Peters , No . 1330 ; Abbey , No 15925 and Creaton , No . 1791 . ROYAL ARCH—Royal Cumberland Chapter , No . 41 .

MARK—Cesarean Lodge , No . 74 . ANCIENT AND A CCEPTED RITE—Ancient York Chapter of Redemption , No . 6 S . ROYAL ARK MARINERS—Prince Leopold , No . 23 S . CRYPTIC—Grand Master's Council , No . 1 .

OBITUARY—Bro . the Rev . A . B . Coombe , M . A . Masonic " at Home , " Aldershot . Consecration of the Toowang Lodge , Brisbane . Concert in aid oi the Boys' School . Hughan ' sFacsimile of Engraved Lists of Lodges . West Lancashire Masonic Educational Institution .

BOOKS , * c , RECEIVED . "New York Dispatch , " "Keystone , " " Freemasons' Reposi . torv , " " Die Bauhutte , " " The Tyler , " and " The Freemasons ' Toronto ) .

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SATURDAY , MARCH 2 , 1889 .

Original Correspondence.

Original Correspondence .

THE GRAND TREASURERSHIP . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , May I venture to ask you to allow me through your columns to remind the 426 brethren who had kindly promised their support to Bro . Augustus Harris , P . M . of the Drury Lane Lodge , when he retired from the present

contest , as well as the members of the Craft generally , that Bro . Harris will be a candidate for that high office at the election which takes place in March , 1 S 90 . I take the earliest opportunity of doing this in order to avoid any possible misconception on the subject . —I am , dear Sir and Brother , faithfully and fraternally yours ,

A . M . BROADLEY , P . M . 1717 and 1 S 35 , P . D . D . G . M . Malta , Secretary 2127 . February 26 th . MARK GRAND LODGE AND BACON'S HOTEL . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , Allow me space to express my dissatisfaction with the proposition to let the premises known as " Bacon ' s Hotel" on a lease of 49 years , which appears to me to be practically parting with the freehold—at any rate , so far as three generations of Masons are concerned—the average life being under 20 years .

Original Correspondence.

Surely a 21 years' lease would have been long enough with settled conditions for renewal—say at the expiration of . 16 years—and I sincerely hope some such modification of terms may be adopted . My only satisfaction with this

proposed arrangement is , that the premises will be engaged and occupied by members of the Craft , and I trust that the Committee of Management will see their way to arrange for a wilting room to be provided for London and country brethren subscribing to some Mark lodge , who may find a place where they can sit down and write a letter or confer with each other , a want long felt , but never responded to by Grand Lodge of England , although it has often been suggested . From my numerous engagements I have never taken an active part in the Mark Degree , but shall certainly join a lodge—along with many of my friends—if the suggestion I have thrown out is adopted and carried into effect . —Faithfully and fraternally yours , HENRY SMITH , P . M . 387 .

THE COMMEMORATION JEWEL . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , I shall be favoured if you will kindly inform me in the " Correspondence " column of your estimable paper if it is illegal for a Mason to wear the commemoration jewel , considering he was not initiated till the spring of iSSS . It seems to me it must be so . Thanking you in anticipation . —Yours fraternally , GAVEL . February 29 th . [ Only those Masons who were subscribing members on the day of the Jubilee celebration are entitled to wear the jewel . —ED . F . ' M . ' j

Masonic Notes And Queries.

Masonic Notes and Queries .

S 3 " ] MINUTES OF THE "OLD DRUIDS ' , " REDRUTH , I am glad that my esteemed friend . Vivian , of Camborne ? has alluded to the curious entries in the Old " Druids '' Lodge , Redruth , because if they mean , what apparently they do , the conferring of Degrees in a Prov . G . L . in 1787 is an entirely new feature . I have carefully considered the matter , and fancy that the Secretary of that

period must have mixed up the meeting of the Prov . G . L . with that of the " Love and Honour , " Falmouth , held on the same day . My memory has been haunting me about a minute in the old " Mother Lodge " at Falmouth about the two extraordinary receptions , but it is so long since those Records were examined by me , and also those of the extinct lodge at Redruth , that I am not quite clear on the point . The veteran Treasurer of the lodge ; Bro . W . F ..

Newman , would gladly show the precious volumes from 1751 to Bro . Vivian , when lie is in the town , or search for him , as would also the W . M . or Secretary . The minutes y of both Bodies were , for years , kept in the same . bbokTW the Prov . G . Sec . and Secretary of the Iodge were one and the same brother . Hoping this hint will lead to the solution of the problem , I thank Bro . Vivian for making the entry known . VV . T . HUGHAN .

Reports Of Masonic Meetings.

REPORTS OF MASONIC MEETINGS .

Craft Jftagonxg . WESTBOURNE LODGE ( No . 733 ) . —A large

number of members and visitors assembled at Lords' Hotel , St . John ' s Wood , on the 21 st ult ., the occasion being the installation meeting of this lodge . The members included Bro . Chas . I . Biorn , W . M . ; S . J . Humfress , I . P . M . j W . Drew , S . W . ; W . Burton , jT . W .: Jno . Welford , P . M ., Treas . ; S . R . Walker , P . M ., Sec . ; W . Curtis , S . D . ; ] . W . Belsham , T . D . ; J . Gawith , I . G . 5 H . Drake

and R . J . Rogers , Stwds . ; C . A . Cottebrune , P . M ., P . G . M . j L . Ascott , P . M . ; W . Hallet , P . M . j T . VV . Allen , P . M . ; C . R . Wickens , P . M . ; E . Collins , P . M . ; and a large number of lay members . Visitors : Bros . Geo . Dorset ! , 172 ; Thos . Middleweek , 1790 ; A . T . Tout , 72 ; A . G . Pritchard , Org . 9 ; C . J . Taylor , I . G . . 1389 ; E . M . Lander , P . M . 1642 ; I . S . Adkin , P . M . goo ; T . P .

Riddle , 3 ; V . Shaw , 1185 ; W . T . Dillon , 1567 ; E . Walker , P . M . 92 ; E . Reed , 3021 ; W . Hunt ,. P . M . 1425 ; J . Burton , I . G . 15 S ; E . Rogers , P . M . 123 S 5 W . Thomas , I . P . M . 2045 J . V . Arnold , E . Ingles , P . M . 946 ; J . R . Hill , 1572 ; VV . Seaman , 704 ; J . C . Conway , S . D . 1891 ; E . Owen , S . D . 1593 ; L . F . Godard , 1339 ; A . Groves 172 ; W . J . Stratton , 753 ; R . J .

Redfern , 753 ; R . J . Hearnden , 1 S 53 ; G . I . Wood , 160 S ; J . Fisher , 1184 ; C . Akerman , 1706 ; A . J . Trehearne , S . W . 657 ; J . J . Chapman , P . M . 657 . ; W . J . Righton , 16 S 1 ; R . F . Whur , 901 ; J . Pullen , 1614 ; J . Potter , igSi ; N . Turner , P .. H . 72 ; L . W . Harvey , P . M . 9 ; R . Dillon , P . M . 1567 ; J . Stephens , P . M . 1425 ; J . 511 ; C . A . White , J . D . 1777 ; Geo . Everett , P . M . 177 :

E . A . Warfield , 704 ; G . VV . Appleton , 3 61 ( U . S . A . ); J . J . Thomas , W . M . 753 ; E . B . Cox , P . M . 1563 ; T . Maclagan , S ; A . Tisley , P . G . Stwd ., P . M . S ; and W . VV . Lee , 1 S 97 . Lodge was opened , and the minutes having been confirmed , the Auditor ' s [ report was received and adopted . Bro . William Drew was then presented as VV . M . elect ,

and a Board of Installed Masters having been formed , he was successfully installed as the W . M . for the ensuing year by Bro . Chas . J . Biorn , I . P . M ., who was presented and invested with a P . M . ' s collar and pendant . The following officers were appointed and invested : Bros . W . > Burton , S . W . ; J . W . Curtis , J . W . ; J . Welford , P . M .,

Treas . ; S . R . Walker , P . M ., Sec ; J . W . Belsham , S . D . ; J . J . Gawith , J . D . ; R . J . Rogers , I . G . ; T . H . Drake and A . Arrowsmith , Stwds . ; C . A . Cottebrune , P . G . P ., D . C ; W . H . Faircloth , A . D . C ; S . Lane , Org . ; and H . Thomas , Tyler . The Installing Master , Bro . Chas . J . fiBiorn , I , P . M . j then completed a very