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No ' . v Ready . Price One Shilling . THESTREETSOFLONDON In 188 S . A COMPLETE GUIDE TO LONDON STREETS , ROADS , SQUARES , & c . Entirely Superseding the use of Maps , AND CONTAINING A variety of General Information for the convenience of Visitors , By E . C . MASSEY . LONDON : GEORGE KENNING , 16 & I ( 5 A , GREAT CJUEEN STREET , W . C .

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MASONIC LECTURES . TRACES OF MASONRY IN THE RUINS OF ANTIQUITY . JERUSALEM : ITS TOPOGRAPHY , WALLS , & TEMPLES . BRO . RUSSELL FORBES ( Archaeological and Historical Lecturer on Roman Antiquities ) will be in England during October and November , and is open to give either of his above Lectures to Masonic Lodges of the Third Degree . —For Terms and Vacant Dates , apply to Bro . RUSSELL FORBES , 93 , Via Babuino , Rome , Italy .

Willing's Selected Theatrical Programme.

WILLING'S SELECTED THEATRICAL PROGRAMME .

COVENT GARDEN THEATRE . Every Evening at 8 . 0 , GRAND PROMENADE CONCERT . DRURY LANE THEATRE . Every Evening at S . o , IT ' S NEVER TOO LATE TO MEND .

ADELPHI THEATRE . Every Evening at 8 . 0 , ARRAH-NA-POGUE ; Farce at 7 . 15 . STRAND THEATRE . Every Evening at 8 . 0 , THE MARRIED RAKE ; at S . 45 , COUSIN J OHNNY .

GAIETY THEATRE . Every Evening at S . o , LORD DUNDREARY ' BROTHER SAM ; at 9 , 45 , THE VICAR OF WIDE AWAKEFIELD . GLOBE THEATRE . Every Evening at S . o , A BAD PENNY ; at 9 . 0 , THE PRIVATE SECRETARY .

SAVOY THEATRE . Every Evening at S . 15 , THE MIKADO ; or , THE TOWN OF TITIPU . TOOLE'S THEATRE . Every Evening at 8 . 15 , ON CHANGE ; at 7 . 40 , Comedietta

COURT THEATRE . Every Evening at S . 45 , THE MAGISTRATE ; preceded by TWENTY MINUTES UNDER AN UMBRELLA . GRAND THEATRE . Every Evening at 7 . 30 , THE SILVER KING .

STANDARD THEATRE . Every Evening at 7 . 30 , THE BROAD ARROW . SURREY THEATRE . Every Evening at 7 . 30 , THE ROMANY RYE .

ROYAL AQUARIUM . Open , 12 . 0 ; close , 11 . 30 . Constant Round of Amusement . Two Variety Performances Daily . INTERNATIONAL INVENTIONS EXHIBITION . Open , 10 . 0 till 10 . 0 . Division I ., Inventions ; Division II ., Music . Military and other Bands Daily .

ALHAMBRA THEATRE OF VARIETIES . Every Evening at S . o , Variety Entertainment , Two Grand Ballets , & c . CANTERBURY THEATRE OF VARIETIES . Every Evening at 7 . 35 , Grand Musical and Variety Entertainments , & c .

PARAGON THEATRE OF VARIETIES . Every Evening at 7 . 35 , Comic Ballet , Variety Entertainment , & c , & c . EGYPTIAN HALL . Mondays , Wednesdays , and Fridays , at S . o p . m ., MIRTH AND MUSIC . Messrs . South and Evered . MADAME TUSSAUD AND SONS' EXHIBITION . Open , 10 . 0 till 10 . 0 , Portrait Models of Past and Present Celebrities .

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THE LONDON MUTUAL MASONIC VOTING ASSOCIATION . UNITY IS STRENGTH . The object in view in promoting the Association is to endeavour to establish in London a system that has met ith great success in the Provinces , whereby Members ( should occasion require ) may look forward to a successful application to either of the Masonic Institutions ; and also to support deserving cases when sufficient Votes are in hand . The Committee will meet at No . 2 , YORK-STREET , ST . J AMES ' S-SQUARE , every THURSDAY in September and October , from S to 10 , to receive Votes and to give information to those desirous of joining or supporting the Association . HON , TREASURER : CHAS . DOIRY , 15 , Gilbert-st ., Grosvenor-square . HON . SECRETARY : G . COOP , 44 , Great Windmill-st ., Haymarket .

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To Correspondents.

To Correspondents .

Correspondents are particularly requested to write on ONE side ot the paper only . BOOKS . & c , RECEIVED . " New Zealand Freemason , " " Jewish Chronicle , " "Freemason" ( Sydney ) , " Sunday Times" ( New York ) , " Masonic Review , " " Sunday Times " ( London ) , " Citizen , " " New York Dispatch , " " Broad Arrow , " " Voice of Masonry , " " Court Circular , " " Allen ' s Indian Mail , " " El Taller , " " Effective Advertiser , " "Morality . " " Unbelief , " and " The O . N . P . Review . "

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^preeiias5S w ^^^^^^^^ jfry ^^^ WV SATURDAY , SEPT . 5 , 1885 .

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Original Correspondence .

[ We do not hold ourselves responsible for , or even approving of the opinions expressed by our correspondents , but we wish in a spirit of fair play to all to permit—within certain necessary limits—free discussion , ] ——MASONIC BENEFIT SOCIETY . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , Will you kindly permit me to express , through the medium of your pages , my present inability to give your coreespondents on this subject the attention I desire , in

consequence of many engagements which I cannot set aside . I purpose to comply with Bro . J . Ramsden Riley ' s request , and to reply to Bro . John Marshall , of Walsden , and other worthy brethren who have honoured me by direct communication of valuable information , as soon as " time permits . "—Yours faithfully and fraternally , JAMES STEVENS , P . M ., P . Z . Clapham , September ist .

To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , The correspondence in the Freemason respecting the old " Masonic Benefit Society " has revived an interest in my mind as to an old certificate in my possession , of which the following is a copy :

"SUFFOLK MASONIC FUND . •" This is to certify that Brother Edmund Sykes is duly admitted a member of this Society . Registered the igth day of Deer ., A . D . 1 S 0 G , A . . L . 5 S 10 , and is hereby entitled to all the Benefit and Advantages thereof . "J AMES HILL , Chairman .

"WILLM . P . CLARKE , Secretary . " This ' certificate is adorned on either side with a column of the Corinthian Order , with a globe resting on each , and on the bases are inscribed Masonic emblems ; those on the base of the left column are the Volume of the Sacred Law , opened at St . John xii ., and resting upon it are the square

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and compasses ; those on the base of the right column arc the square , level , and plumb rule . Heading the certificate between the two chapiters is a group of figures which I take to represent a widow and orphans . Bro . N . Tracy appears to have seen one of the latest of these certificates ; mine is evidently one of the oldest , if this Society was really established in 1 S 06 . My interest in this certificate is enhanced , inasmuch as I

well _ knew the widow of Bro . Edmund Sykes , who was receiving an annuity from this Society many years later than Bro . Tracy assumes it to have ceased to exist , and the amount of this annuity I believe considerably exceeded four shillings per week , which " Q . E . D . " alleges to have been a widow ' s allowance . " This certificate has no number , nor does It indicate of which Lodge of Freemasons Bro . E . Sykes was a

memberthis I have tried to discover , but without success ; I only know that he resided at Ipswich , and formerly came from Huddersfield , in Yorkshire . There must surely be Freemasons still living in Suffolk whose memory or traditional knowledge can be relied upon to testify to many particulars of which we appear to be ignorant respecting this expired branch of Masonic benevolence . —I am , dear Sir and Brother , yours faithfully ,

J . GLADWELL , P . M . 1470 , Sec . 475 , & c . Luton , August 31 .

A KNOTTY POINT . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , In answer to the letter by " A Past Master of Calcutta " in last week ' s issue of the Freemason , I beg to tender the following information : — 1 . The Provincial Grand Masters and Provincial Grand Lodges in the colonies and foreign parts are designated

District Grand Masters and District Grand Lodges , to distinguish such officers and such bodies from the Provincial Grand Masters and Grand Lodges at home . A Provincial Grand or District Grand Master must serve for the full period of five years to entitle him to past rank . All officers of a Provincial or District Grand Lodge are invested with rank and power in their particular district similar to those possessed by officers of the Grand Lodge , and the clauses

in the Constitution Book stand with the same meaning exactly for the district or province as they do for the Grand Lodge officers . A District Grand Master in a District Grand Lodge , having for 12 months ceased to subscribe to any lodge , shall no longer continue a member or officer of his own and such District Grand Lodge—or , better said , after the erasure of his name from the list of members of the private lodge to which he belonged , ? or he ( the District Grand Master ) may have inadvertently neglected his duties

towards the finances of his lodge . Again , it depends upon the bye-laws of his private lodge . Some lodges fix one or two years , and others even allow five years' subscriptions to become due before they erase a member , if he fail to come up for the settlement of his arrears . This the " A Past Master of Calcutta " will have to consider . His position in the District Grand Lodge is exactly the same as in Grand Lodge regarding non-payment of dues . Section 9 Book of Constitutions has the same meaning for both .

2 . The District Grand Lodge Committee is quite privileged to take cognisance of District Grand Lodge officers being defaulters in private lodges , and may even insist on their leaving their committee room ; but such a step is quite uncourteous and un-Masonic to the extreme . 3 . A District Grand Lodge may expunge or rescind any portion of the proceedings of its Committee , and overrule their resolutions if inconsistent with the laws and

regulations of the Craft ; not otherwise . If the District Grand Lodge did so , she would be a breaker of the regulations , and amenable to fine . An appeal must be made in writing to the Grand Lodge of England , who alone possesses the supreme superintending authority , and the power of finally deciding on every case which concerns the interests of the Craft . 4 . The old bye-laws should be presented to the

newlyinstalled Worshipful Master if his installation occur before final approval of new bye-laws be received from the Grand Lodge . I have not above stated that the power of a Provincial Grand Master does not differ from that of the District Grand Master , as it being necessary on account of the distance from England of District Grand Lodges , and the consequent delay in their communications with the Grand Lodge of England , that their powers should be ^^ m

more extensive than those of Provincial Grand Lodges , the Grand Lodge delegates to its District Grand Lodges , meeting under District Grand Masters , duly authorised and appointed by the Grand Master of England , in addition to the powers specified under the head of Provincial Grand Lodges , the power of expelling Masons and erasing lodges within their respective districts ; also the power of investigating , regulating , and deciding on all matters relating to

lodges and individual Masons within their respective districts , which power they may exercise either of themselves or by a Committee of their body . As no rule or regulation shall be in force until approved by the Most Worshipful Grand Master of England , the District Grand Master gives sanction to the revised bye-laws ; but these are not law whilst they are pending final approval from Grand Lodge . The District Grand Master issues Grand Lodge certificates to

members of lodges in his district , and he can likewise grant provisional warrants for the formation of new lodges . 5 . Yes ; they arc legal from the moment they are proposed and seconded to be passed in open lodge , and their proposal be unanimously carried ; but whilst so proposed any member may protest against any portion , or at the next meeting it may be proposed that the ominous portion be rescinded ; this , however , can only be carried by the

maionty of votes . I would advise Bro . " Past Master of Calcutta" to study that part of Constitution Book G . L . E . headed " District Grand Lodges , " as also " The Rules and Regulations made for the Management and Conduct of the Proceedings of the District Grand Lodge , " remembering that his District Grand Lodge may alter such rules and

regulations as they think ht , and do so with any rules of the Committees of their own body . He will kindly remember that in his case it is what he owes to the District Grand Lodge in general , and to his own lodge in particular , also acknowledging the Grand Lodge of England as the supreme power of the Order in his district . —I am , dear Sir and Brother , yours fraternally , LOUIS HESPIRADOUX , P . M . 244 . St . Aubin's , Jersey , September ist .