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ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS . ST . JOHN'S HILL , S . VV . OFFICE , 5 , FREEMASONS' HALL , GT . QUEEN ST ., W . C Patron and President : H . R . H . THE PRINCE OF WALES , K . G ., & c , M . W . G . M . Patroness : H . R . H . THE PRINCESS OF WALES . A Quarterly General Court of the Governors and Subscribers of this Institution will be held at Freemasons ' Hall , Great Queen-street , Lincoln ' s Inn Fields , London , on Saturday , the 10 th day of . July , 1 SS 0 , at Twelve o ' clock precisely , on the general business of the Institution , to place candidates on the list for election in October next , and to declare the number of girls then to be elected . F . R . VV . HEDGES , Secretary . Offices : 5 , Freemasons' Hall , Great Oucen-strcet , W . C .

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ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION FOR AGED FREEAIASONS AND WIDOWS OF FREEAIASONS . CROYDON . Patron and President : H . R . H . THE PRINCE OF WALES , K . G ., M . W . G . M . A Vacancy having occured in the Office of Collector of this Institution , Brethren ( who must be Alaster Alasons and between the ages of Twenty-five and Forty-live years ) desirous of becoming candidates for the same are requested to send in their applications , accompanied by their testimonials , not later than Alonday , the 12 th July next , to thc undersigned , from whom all information respecting the Duties of the Office can be obtained . By order , JAAIES TERRY , Secretary . 4 , Freemasons' Hall , London , VV . C ., 25 th June , 1 SS 0 .

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GRAND LODGE OF MARK MASTER AIASONS . The Rt . Hon . The EARL OF LATHOAI , M . W . G . AI . ALAL ANNUAL FESTIVAL In aid of the MARK GRAND LODGE BENEVOLENT FUND , On Wednesday , July 7 th , 1 SS 0 , at the . CRYSTAL PALACE , SYDENHAM . R . W . Bro . Lieut .-Col . Sir FRANCIS BURDETT , Bart ., P . G . M . Middlesex and Surrey , In the Chair . Morning Dress . Alark Collars and Jewels . Tickets : Ladies , 15 s . ; Gentlemen , 21 s . ( Inclusive of Wine ) . Tickets must be applied for on or before 5 H 1 July . Office of Grand Lodge of Alark Alaster Alasons , 2 , Red Lion-square , Holborn , VV . C .

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ANCIENT AND PRIMITIVE RITE OF MASONRY . ROSE OF SHARON ROSE CROIX CHAPTER , No . C . PROVINCE OF AIIDDLESEX . CHAPTER HOUSE , 77 A , BISHOPSCATE STREET . The Chapter will be opened as a Lodge of Instruction every Tuesday evening in July , commencing on the 6 th , when thc Degrees of the Chapter—Five and Six—will be worked , and to which Royal Arch Alasons are invited . On subsequent Tuesdays the remaining Degrees—Seven to Eleven—will bc worked , and holders of these or corresponding Degrees under other Rites are admitted on application . Chapter will be opened at ^ 7 . 30 , p . m . and close at 9 punctually . Information as to advancement in the Degrees of this Rite may be obtained at the Chapter House as above . JAMES HILL , 32 , Sec .

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TO ADVERTISERS . THE F REEMASON has a large circulation in all parts of thc Globe . In it thc official Reports of thc Grand Lodges of Kngland , Ireland , and Scotland arc published with the special sanction of the respective Grand Masters , and it contains a complete record of Masonic work in this country , our Indian Umpire , and the Colonies . Thc vast accession to the ranks of the Order during thc past few years , and thc increasing interest manifested in its doings , has given the Freematon a position and influence which few journals can lay claim to , and thc proprietor can assert with confidence that announcements appearing in its columns challenge thc attention of a very large and influential body of readers . Advertisements for thc current week ' s issue are received up to six o ' clock on Wednesday evening .

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TO OUR READERS . THE FREEMASON- is published every Friday morning , price 3 d ., and contains the fullest and latest information relating to Freemasonry in every degree . Subscriptions , including Postage : — ,, . . , „ . , r , !! £ . ? , at _ : ' \ - India , China , Australia United Kingdom . Canada , tbe Lonti- x , ., „ , !„ ., 0 .. ncnt , S : c . ISl ' / . calami , & . C 13 s . 15 s . 6 d . 17 s . 6 d . Remittances may bc made in Stamps , but Post OUice Orders or Cheques are preferred , the former payable to GEOROF . KEN-NINO , Chief Olfice , London , the latter crossed London Joint Stock Bank

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P . AL AND SUBSCRIBER has not sent his name—we must ask for this in accordance with our rule before inserting his letter . Thc following lodge reports , & c , stand over : Avon Lodge , No . 16 33 ; Lodge of Harmony , No . 325 ; Buxton Lodge , No . 16 SS ; Lodge of Industry , No . 4 S ; Kenlis Lodge , No . 1267 . Grand Council of Allied Degrees . Consecration of thc Ciaremont Lodge , Esher . Provincial Grand Lodge of Alark Alaster Alasons , Aliddlesex and Surrey . BOOKS , & c , RECEIVED . "Plain Living and High Thinking , " "The Brighton Gazette , " " Alaidstonc and Kentish Journal , " " Keble ' s Alargate and Ramsgate Gazette , " " Broad Arrow , " "Night and Day , " "Sunday Times , " "Time , " "Annual Report of the Grand Lodge of all Scottish Freemasonry in India , " "The Hull Packet , " "The Citizen , " I " Croydon Guardian , " "The Chemists' Journal , " "Allen ' s Indian Mail , " " Die Baiihutte , " "The Irish Times , " "The Freeman's Journal , " "The Egyptian Gazette , " "Der Long Islaendcr , " "Thc Hebrew Leader , " "The Liberal Freemason , " "Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of New Alexico for 1 SS 0 , " " The Alasonic Age , " " Boletin Oficial , " " Montreal Herald . "

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THE FREEMASON . SATURDAY , J 3 , 18 S 0 .

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I HE Anniversary Festival of the Boys' School for 1880 has taken place at the Crystal Palace , under thc distinguished presidency of the Pro Grand Mastcr , the Karl of LATHOM , amid much eclat . A numerous attendance testified to the unabated interest in

the Institution exhibited by our large-hearted Fraternity , while the returns of the Stewards afford an unimpeachable evidence of the continued zeal

of the Craft for so good a cause . The total accounts returned amount to £ 14 , 002 . Wc shall endeavour to give a detailed analysis of the returns in our next .

* * WE are pleased to call attention elsewhere to the satisfactory report of the " Examiner" of the Boys' School . Such a report must be alike most

satisfactory to the Subscribers and Patrons of that excellent Institution , just as it is most creditable to Dr . MORRIS and all entrusted with the arrangements and tuition of the School . We wish Dr MORRIS all success in his arduous labours .

* * AND SO another metropolitan Masonic season is departing with all its " work , " its social pleasantry , its memories , and even its anticipations . In a short time we shall all be scattered , not again

to meet in lodge or chapter for some little time . Wherever fate or fortune may lead us , wherever duty or destiny may detain us , let us rejoice to think that , perhaps , through many changing years we have continued loyally adherent , not only

to the " ancient plan of Freemasonry , " but also to that good old lodge and kindly chapter of which we have so long been members . ' Freemasonry has its detractors and its assailants ; it is sometimes thc subject of railery , sometimes

of slander ; its aims are misconstrued , its principles parodied ; its words travestied , its end perverted , but still here it is before us to-day , ministering largely to the happiness , enjoyment , personal happiness , and p leasant reminiscences of

very many of us , and doing a great deal of good in this world of ours , by its goodly and unostentatious developement of thc sacred principles of truest charity . I-ong may it continue to bc both useful and ornamental , whether to thc age we live in , or the world at large .

* * WE hear , and hear with p leasure , lhat the preliminary arrangements in respect of thc purchase of Lyncombe House are now completed , and that the alterations have commenced . We

understand that in October , in addition to the twentyfive girls specially to be elected , there will be seventeen vacancies normally , so that forty-two

inmates will have to be elected out of seventy-five candidates . Thc forty-two thus admitted in October will enter the School in January next . We think that we are expressing thc sentiments of

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the vast majority of our readers , and of the subscribers to the Girls' School when wc add that our Bro . Col . CREATON and the House Committee deserve the very greatest credit for the prevision they have shown in this matter , as well as for the

provision they have made so wisely and seasonably for the still increasing requirement of the School . No more sensible , reasonable , or absolutely necessary purchase ever was made than the purchase of Lyncombe House , for the integrity , maintenance , and safe developement of the Girls' School .

# _ . WE rejoice to note that up to the end of last week the Hospital Fund had reached the goodly amount of £ 26 , 000 . Many collections had yet to come in , and it is anticipated that the result will be a large increase on last year ' s returns .

* * A LITTLE paragraph in the Times of Friday last announces thegratif ying , if remarkable , fact , which , we think , though non-Masonic , deserves to be

noted as a sign of large-hearted charity among us , that an offertory at St . Alban ' s , Birmingham , for a new church , amounted to the almost unexampled amount of / 40 S 7 .

* * * THE present position of the St . Alban ' s Restoration Fund appears to be this . The original idea , as our readers will remember , was to raise £ 9000 to restore the whole western front . That was probably too

large an undertaking ab initio , and the Craft , despite the Masonic and historic traditions of St . Alban ' s , did not respond warmly to the idea . An unfortunate controversy and some circulars of an " anti-restoration " society indisposed many of our

lodges and brethren to subscribe . The Committee is now seeking how best to spend the £ 500 , in round numbers , it has collected . A sub-Committee will report as soon as possible what form it recommends that this distinct memorial of Masonic sympathy is

to take , and whether the actual " work" is to cost £ 500 or a little more ; we feel sure that it will be one which will be an ornament to the cathedral and a credit to the Craft . The Committee has the advantage of being assisted in its

conclusions b j' the advice and aid of Bro . CHAP . PF . , the well-known and able clerk of the works , and now Mayor of St . Alban's . Too much praise cannot be accorded to Bro . C . E . KEYSER for his unceasing elTorts and untiring zeal in the matter .

* * * WE trust that we have heard the last of all of that unreasoning " personality " which has allowed itself to appear in numerous ways and under different forms lately amongst us , whether about

"anything or nothing at all . " After all it is perhaps only the usual repetition of the proceedings of the " frogs in the fable ; " but still it is greatly to be deprecated as throwing a doubt on all Masonic professions .

* * Is it not sad to peruse , as wc do day by day , of the remains of a lingering superstition amongst us of the grossest kind ? All of our readers will agree with us that the following extract , taken from the

Times of Thursday week , tells its own mournful tale of an incomplete education of our people . Instead of fighting about the " why or the how , " let us all seek to extend on all sides of us the blessings of a sound and good education . " At the Dunmow

" Petty Sessions , on Tuesday , Charles and Peter " Brewster , father and son , labourers , were charged " with misbehaving themselves towards Susan " Sharpe , wife of an army pensioner , living at " High Easter , in a manner likely to lead to a

" breach of the peace . The evidence showed that " the defendants were under the impression that the " complainant was a witch , and they wanted to put " her to the test by throwing her in a pond to see " whether she would sink or float . They affirmed

" she had bewitched thc younger defendant and his " wife , causing the furniture in the house to be dis" turbed , their domestic animals to die , their bed

" to rock like a swinging-boat , and a shadow in " the ' shape ' of the complainant to appear in their " bedroom . The elder defendant had visited cer" tain reputed ' cunning'men | and women in the