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ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION FOR AGED FREEMASONS AND WIDOWS OF FREEMASONS . GRAND PATRON AND PRESIDENT : HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES , K . G ., & c , M . W . G . M . THE ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL Of this Institution will take place at FREEMASONS' TAVERN , GREAT QUEEN STREET , LONDON , On Wednesday , 24 th February , 18 S 6 , Upon which occasion the Most Hon . the

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MARQUIS OF HERTFORD , R . W . Senior Grand Warden , Has been pleased to signify bis intention of Presiding . Brethren are earnestly invited to accept the Office of Steward upon this occasion , and they will greatly oblige by forwarding their Names and Masonic Rank , as soon as convenient , to the Secretary , who will gladly give any information required , and supply them with all necessary circulars , & c . lt is fraternally hoped that , upon this occasion , ovving _ to the large number of Applicants and the few vacancies , Brethren will use their influence to obtain donations towards the Funds of the Institution , which were never more needed than at the present time . JAMES TERRY , P . Prov . G . S . W . Norths & Hunts ., Secretary . 4 , Freemasons' Hall , London , W . C .

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ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION . MAY ELECTION , 18 S 6 . To THE GOVERNORS AND SUBSCRIBERS OF THE ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION FOR AGED FREEMASONS AND THEIR WIDOWS . The favour of your Votes and Interest is earnestly solicited on behalf of ELIZABETH MARY LANGLEY , 71 years of age , residing- at 102 , Cowley Road , Brixton , widow of the late Bro . William Langley , who was for many years manager of the Queen's Hotel , Hastings , and afterwards in business at Canterbury . The late Bro . Langley was initiated in the Derwent Lodge , No . 40 , Hastings , on the 13 th March , 1865 , and was installed W . Master of the Lodge on the 13 th January , 1 S 73 . He continued a Subscribing Member until May , 1879 , when he was compelled to resign , owing to failing health and serious monetary losses . He was for two years M . E . Z . of the Chapter of Emulation , No . 40 , and was also a Mark Master Mason . He was a Life Governor of the Boys' School , besides having been a frequent Subscriber to the othcr Masonic Charities . His misfortunes compelled him to become a Candidate for . the Annuity of the R . M . B . I . in May last , but hc died just before the Election , leaving his widow ( the present Candidate ) quite unprovided Jor , and she is now dependent only on the solicitude of a few friends . The Case is urgently recommended by the following Brethren : — \ V . Bro . THOS . FENN , President Board Gen . Purposes , P . G . D . „ „ E . B . SUTTON ; , P . G . D . „ „ R . GREY , P . G . D . V . W . Bro . J . H . SCOTT , Deputy Prov . G . Master , Sussex . W . Bro . V . P . FREEMHN , Pros * . G . Secretarv , Sussex . * „ „ T . TROLUM'E , M . D ., P . P . G . S . W ., 9 , Maze Hill , St . Leonards-on-Sea . * ,, ., HEKIIEKT DICKETTS , Past G . Steward , P . M ., Nos . 23 and 23 , Blendworth House , Wandsworth Common , S . W . * „ „ CHAS . W . DUKE , P . P . G . D ., Sussex , P . M ., Nos . 40 and JJRJ , 9 , Wellington-place , Hastings . •The W . M ., Ollicers and Brethren of the Derwent l . odge , No . 40 , Hastings . •The Sussex Provincial Charities Association , Brighton . Proxies will be thankfully received by those marked thus . *

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ACCIDENTS OF DAILY LIFE INSURED AGAINST BV THE Railway Passengers' Assurance Company ( . Established 1849 ) , G 4 , CORNHILL , LONDON . Capital £ 1 , 000 , 000 Income 2 4 6 , 000 Compensation paid for 112 , 000 Accidents—£ 2 , 215 , 000 . CHAIRMAN . —HARVIE M . FARQUHAR , ESQ . Apply to the Clerks at the Railway Stations , the Local Agents , or West End Office : 8 , GRAND HOTEL BUILDINGS , W . C ; or at the HEAD OFFICE : —64 , CORNHILL , LONDON , E . C . WILLIAM J . VIAN , Secretary .

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EMULATION LODGE OF IMPROVEMENT . Under the Sanction , of the Lodge of Unions , No . 256 . STEWARDS : * Bro . Thos . Fenn , Pres . Board of G . P ., Treasurer . „ J . E . Anderson , P . M . iS „ C . Bassano , P . M . 66 „ E . Behnke , 9 6 9 „ F . T . Bennett , S . W . 619 „ Lennox Browne , S . W . 06 9 „ H . Bue , W . M . 1 S 20 „ Col . Shadwell H . Clerke , Grand Secretary . „ R . R . Davis , P . M . 256 „ * W . A . Dawson , P . M . 176 S „ H . J . P . Dumas , P . G . D . „ A . Escott , P . M . 1593 „ A . Fyson , J . VV . 176 S t , J . G . Garson , J . W . 6 57 „ , Robt . Grey , P . G . D . „ A . Gibbings , W . M . 63 „ A . C . A . Higerty , P . M . 1714 ; Prov . G . Std . Surrey . , t E . B . Holloway , P . M . 10 S „ J . E . Hunt , W . M . 176 S , , G . L . Kennaby , J . D . 1420 „ C . R . Lightbody , W . M . 90 „ C . F . Matier , P . M . 1910 ; P . G . W . Greece . „ A . Marvin , P . M . 176 S „ J . H . Matthews , P . G . Std . Bearer . „ " Sir J . B . Monckton , P . G . W . „ E . M . Money , VV . M . 2 S „ C . A . Murton , P . G . D . „ T . W . Ockenden , P . M . 1512 : P . P . G . D . Middx . „ H . Pritchard , S . W . 1415 „ G . C . Pulsford , P . M . 1593 „ * A . A . Richards , P . G . S ., W . M . Grand Stewards Lodge , P . P . G . W . Middx . „ I . A . Rucker , P . G . D . „ * F . R . Spaull , P . M . 1124 „ * R . C . Sudlow , P . M . 263 „ J . T . Tanqucray , P . M . 1965 „ ) . E . Terry , S . D . 1964 „ C . W . A . Trollope , W . M . 1 S 2 C ' „ E . L . Walford , J . W . 905 „ C . W . C . Webb , W . M . 1397 „ S . B . Wilson , P . M . sg * Members of the Committee . THE ANNUAL FESTIVAL of the Lodge will take place at FREEMASONS' HALL , Oa FRIDAY EVENING , 26 th February , 1 SS 6 , ON WHICH OCCASION The Most Hon . the MARQUESS OF HERTFORD , SENIOR GRAND WARDEN , Has kindly consented to Preside . The Lodge will be opened at Six o ' clock p . m . precisely . THE SECOND LECTURE WILL BE W ORKED * . ist Section by Bro . C . Bassano , P . M . 66 2 nd ,, „ A . Marvin , P . M . 176 S 3 rd „ „ A . Gibbings , W . M . 63 4 th „ „ C . VV . A . Trollope , W . M . 1 S 26 Sth „ „ J . E . Hunt , W . M . J 76 S TICKETS for the SUPPER , including- admission to the Lodge , 5 s . each , may be had of the STEWARDS , or of the Secretary , Bro . F . R . SPAULL , Freemasons' Hall , Great Queen Street , W . C . N . B . —The Emulation Lodgeof Improvement meets at Freemasons' Hall , on every Friday evening throughout the year , at Seven o ' clock .

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HOUSE TO LET ( eight rooms ) with or without shop , near the General Post Office . Apply 196 , Aldersgate-street .

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TDEQUIRED . —A Set of Furniture , Iv Working Tools , Src , suitable for a Craft Lodge of Instruction . —Apply , stating particulars and lowest terms , to F . VV . Rose , 206 , Mare-street , Hackney , E .

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WEAK OR DEFECTIVE SIGHT . —SPECTACLES scientifically adapted to remedy impaired vision by Bro . ACKLAND , Surgeon , daily , at Home andThornthwaite'n , Opticians to the Queen , 416 , Strand , London , W . C . Send six stamps for "Ackland's Hints on Spectacles , " which contains valuable suggestions to sull'ercrs from imperfect sight .

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PARIS EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT for the Sons of Gentlemen . Principal : M . G . Ovree , Officier d'Academic , late Inspector of the Ecole Superieurc dc Commerce de Paris , and Translator of Higgenson ' s United States History . For terms , address G . Ovree , 14 , Rue David , Passy , Paris .

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Under Royal Patronage . JAPAN IN LONDON-HYDE PARK . Few minutes' walk from Sloanc-st . and Kensington stations . DAILY , ELEVEN A . M . TO TEN P . M . Omnibuses from all parts . JAPANESFVILLAGE .BUDDHIST TEMPLES , ROCKERIES , ORNAMENTAL WATERS . The Afternoon Tea , Houses and Shops as in yapan . Native and Military Bands morning till night . No extra charge . Japanese men , women , and children illustrate art industries and everyday life of Japan ; the Gayshas , or Dancing Girls , at each entertainment in the Shebaya . No extra charge . Admission is ; Children , Cd . ; Wednesdays , 2 s . Gd . ( after Six , is . ) All Amusements Free , at 12 , 3 , 5 , and 8 . The Village complete throughout . Originator and Managing Director , TANNAKER BUHICROSAN .

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MACKEY'S FREEMASONRY . * * * EIGHTH EDITION , thoroughl y Revised , with all Recent Changes and Alterations . ByM . C . Peck , Provincial Grand Sec . for N . and E . Yorkshire . A LEXICON OP FREEMASONRY . By Albert G * . Mackey , M . D ., Secretary-General of thc Supreme Council of thc U . S . , & c . Large post SOT ., handsomely bound in . cloth . Price 6 s . "Of MACKEY ' S LEXICON it would bc impossible to speak in too high terms j suffice it to say , that it out to be in thc hands of every Mason who would thoroughly understand and master onr noble Science . ... No Masonic Lodge or Library should be without a copy of this most useful work . "—Masonic Neivs . "The Editor has had access to sources of information open to few . . . . A TKOROUGUIA * REU . U * , I . E woiiK . "—Yorkshire bazelle , LONDON : CHARLES GRIFFIN & Co ., Exeter-st ., Strand .

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GOUT . DIABETES . EPILEPSY . PATIENTS suffering from the above complaints should winter in NICE , where they can be successfully treated by a new cure at Dr . SCHNEE'S ( of Carlsbad ) WINTER SANATORIUM .

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Naval , Military , and Tropical ^ <^ ^ BOOT MAKEE ^^ A ^ C' 0 ?^'"' ^^^ St JAA ^^"^ ^ag

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INVENTIONS EXHIBITION-GOLD MEDAL AWARDED . DFNT'S NEW ILLUSTRATED iX A ° CATALOGUE of HIGH-CLASS WATflTTIP . S WATCHES and CLOCKS at VVJ 11 UXXXJO . REDUCED PRICES , sent post Ae ^ ^ \ 4 p free on application to E . DENT AJSfyr ^ C- <&_ and Co- » Makers to the Oueen , VT 1 FWT X 6 l > STRAND , LONDON , W . C , y i / ium *^ or ROYAL EXCHANGE .

To Correspondents.

To Correspondents .

The following communications stand over : — CRAFT : Lodge of Hope and Unity , No . 214 . Kennington Lodge , No . 13 S 1 . Ivy Lodge , No . 1441 . Avon Lodge , No . 1663 . Antient Briton Lodge , No . 16 75 . Chine Lodge . No . lSSj .

ROYAL ARCH : Union Waterloo Chapter , No . 13 . Friendship Chapter , No . 241 . Downshire Chapter , No . 594 . The Probity MS . Antiquity Lodge , No . 17 S—Centenary Celebiation .

BOOKS , Sec , RECEIVED . •' East Anglian Handbook , " " "Masonic Chronicle , " ** Alasonic Token , " " Keystone , '" " Freemasons' Journal , " " Sunday Times " ( New York ) , "New York Dispatch , " ••Citizen , " " Sunday Times " CLondon ) , " The History of Freemasonry , hy Gould , " " Voice of Masonrv " ( Chicago ) . ' * Hull Packet . " * " Court Circular . " " Th ..

Viecinason " ( Detroit ) , " Imperial Federation Journal , " " Light , " " Effective Advertiser , " "Masonic Record , " "The Fr .-eniason " ( Sydney ) . "Cadiz Masonico" "The Lifeboat , " "Allen ' s Indian Mail , " "Piano , Organ , and Music Trades Journal , " " Jewish Chronicle , " and "Tlie Star" ( Guernsey ) ,

Original Correspondence.

Original Correspondence .

SATURDAY , FEBRUARY 6 , 1886 .

[ We do not hold ourselves responsible tor , or even approving of the opinionsexpressedby ourcorrespondents , but we wish in a spirit of fair play to all to permit—within certain necessary limits—freo discussion . ] ¦ EMPLOYMENT AGENCY . To the Editor of the "Freemason . "

Dear Sir and Brother , As a Mason seeking employment , I have read the letter of "Justitia" in this week ' s Freemason with great interest . Does it not show what immense benefit it would be to the

Craft 11 something were formed , such as an employment agency , that such appeals as our distressed brother felt constrained to make public might be unnecessary ? In seeking employment myself I feel delicate in bringing forward Masonry , fearing that others may think I am making it " a mercenary object . " Pardon the liberty I take in writing you . —I am , Sir and Brother , yours fraternally , February ist . HOPEFUL ,