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THE ALEXANDRIA CIGARETTE CO . 'S NEW BRAND . DRAGOUMIS . PREPARED OF THE PUREST TURKISH TOBACCOS . The highest classes of tobacco , however , are converted into the well-known " Dragoumis , " for which , the Alexandria Cigarette Company have gained a deservedly high reputation , and we have no hesitation in saying , after a practical test so far as our taste and judgment permit , that they are superior to any we have yet tried , either imported or otherwise . — Whitehall Review Their latest brand , " Dragoumis , " made of a skilful blend of fine Egyptian tobaccos , is full of flavour , yet delicately fragrant enough to please the most fastidious palate . We shall be surprised if " Dragoumis " do not prove the cigarette of the season . —Pump Court .

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W . A . VAN SANTEN £ CO ., 4 , Fenchurch Avenue , London , CIGAR AND CIGARETTE IMPORTERS . Sole Agents for—THE MEXICAN PUFFS CIGARETTES , Manufactured by ROSENTHAL BROS ., NOW York .

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W . WALLER , Theatrical Costumier and Wig Maker . Fancy Costumes supplied for Balls , Fetes , and Carnivals . Portable Theatres & Scenery Fitted in Town or Country . Costumes for every published Play may be had on Hire . Also Dress Suits for Banquets , Balls , & c . Estimates and Catalogue of Goods forwarded en application . 8 i ft 86 , Tabernacle Street , Finsbury Square , London .

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THOMAS GIBBS Hate Superintendent Brighton Police Fire Brigade ) , TEA HOUSE HOTEL , MIDDLE STREET , BRIGHTON . Choicest Wines and Spirits . Fine Foreign Cigars . Billiards . ' PRIVATE APARTMENTS .

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M . B . ROSENBERG , HIGH-CLASS TAILOR AND OUTFITTER , Ladies' Jacket and Ulster Maker , ^ LIVERPOOL STREE T , LONDON , E . C ,

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A Jr ^ MBRIDGE GRADUATE Zoology „ Th » r ' . f- - - l 8 ° > Professor of Latin and IS years Bexlev HP ! t r' . ° T !? K ^ Ston : Examiner f « Private « Vlcif- h £ ^ s ° me t '"> e disengage 1 N atural ScienJ P ' t , on - Lectures on Histo £ ind Rcdium of FrenVl , r A ^ , ners ^ "S " English through the N <> t « ng-hiII , VV ? AddrCSS > F « a > 62 > Lancaster-road ,

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ROYAL MASONICBENEVOLENT INSTITUTION . FIFTH APPLICATION . To THE SUBSCRIBERS TO THE ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION FOR WIDOWS OF FREEMASONS . The favour of your Vote and Interest is earnestly soli : ited on behalf of Mrs . MARY WHITE , ' A ^ red 66 years , 115 , Toronto-road , Buckland , Portsmouth , Widow of the late Bro . GHORGE WHITE , P . M ., P . P . G . D . Isle of Wight , of the Esplanade Hotel , Venlnor . He was initiated in No . 175 , Ryde , ioth December , 1 S 43 , and paid to December , 1 S 64 . Through the death of her Husband by accident in 1 S 67 , Mrs . White was left totally unprovided for , and is now , through infirmity , unable to earn a livelihood . The case is strongly recommended by Bro . G . S . STODIIS , P . M . East Medina Lodge , No . 17 J , Ryde , P . P . G . S . Hants and Isle of Wight . * „ F . TUPHAM J ONKS , P . M . Yarborough Lodge , No . $ 51 , Ventnor * „ G . MoLF . awoRTH , P . M . Lodge of Union , No . 3 8 , Chichester , P . P . G . D . Sussex . * „ H . E . BREACH , P . M . Lodge of Union , No . 38 , Chichester . * „ J . H . HAWES , P . M . and Secretary Lodge of Union , No . 38 , Chichester . „ A . HEARN , Howard Lodge of Brotherly Love , No . 56 , Arundel . Proxies will be thankfully received by those marked * .

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ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS . THIRD APPLICATION . AI'RIL ELECTION , 18 S 9 . The votes of the Governors and Subscribers are earnestly solicited on behalf of JOHN HERAULT de CAEN , AGED 7 YEARS . He is the eldest of three Orphans , the children of the late Bro . J HERAULT DE C , who became ' a Mason in Jersey in 1873 . In 1874 ne went out to Ceylon in charge of Coffee Estates , and joined both the Colombo and Kandy Lodges , besides R A . and K . T . At that time Ceylon was in a very prosperous state , but the bad times came , and all property so depreciated that it was impossible to make provision for a family . The mother died in 18 S 5 . The following year , owing to ill-health , the father was ordered home , but died soon alter his arrival in Jersey last year . The three children are entirely dependent on an aged grandmother , who has also a family of her own to support on a very limited income . The Case is strongly recommended as deserving of support by Bro . A . BARFIELD , G Treas . ; P . M . 3 $ ; P . Z . 19 , & c ; Clargesstreet , Marfair , W . „ J . LAMI-. EUT SIM , P . M ., P . Prov . J . G . W . Surrev . „ T . S . Sono . v , P . M ., P . G . S . Castle Lodge of Ha ' rmony , 26 . „ GEOKUE KENNING , Vice-Patron , 249 , 2076 , 2 roij P . M . 192 and 1657 ; P . G . D . Middlesex ; Upper Sydenham , S . E . „ ROIIEKT h . CROWDEX , P . M . 1297 ; P . Z . I 297 , & c ; Southwarkstreet , S . E . „ J AMES CROWDEX , P . M . 1279 ; Z . 12 ) 9 ; Rossmore , Upper Tooting . „ WATSON OSMOND , P . M . 134 ; P . Z . 134 ; P . Z . 1297 , & c , 60 , fenchurch-street , E . C . „ B . FULWOOD , P . M . 328 ; P . Z . 32 S ; 1297 , 1507 , 742 , & c . ; Farquhar-road , Upper Norwood . „ j . R . CUPPER-ION , P . M . 66 ; P . Z . 19 ; Stafford Lodge , Upper Norwood . „ FREDERICK BROWN , P . M . 174 , 1607 , P . Z . 53 8 , 174 , & c . ; 112 , Great Saffron-hill , E . G . „ J . C . Wuonrew , P . M . 1297 , & c ; E . 1297 ; Blofield , Ancrley , S . E . „ THOS . PERRIN , P . M . 1297 ; P . Z . 1297 ; 23 , Rood-lane , E . C . „ STEPHEN J OHNSON , W . M . 1297 ; 3 , Queen-street , Cheapside , E . C . „ ALFRED DOWDINC , S . D , 1297 ; 3 , Ouecn-street , Cheapside , E . C . „ F . LE ROSSIGNOL , P . M . 1672 ; r , Gresham-buildings , E . C . „ FRANK SIMMUNDS , 1839 ; ji , Milton-street , E . C . „ ' V . M . HARTUNG , P . M ., & C ; 31 , Lombard-street , E . C . Any sort of Masonic votes will be thankfully received by Bro . ROBERT H . CROWDEN , P . M ., P . Z ., 67 , Southwark-street , S . E . Bro . GEORGE KENNING , Upper Sydenham , S . E .

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TNFANT ORPHAN ASYLUM , A WANSTEAD . TO THE GOVERNORS AND SUBSCRIBERS . The favour of your Vote is solicited on behalf of EMMA MILNE , Aged four , Whose Father was a Master Mariner , and died while in command of the Barque " Quathlamba , " at Natal , in September last , leaving a Widow and Three Children quite unprovided for . The Case is strongly recommended by Messrs . A . L . ELDER & Co ., St . Helen's-place . „ BARCLAY & FRY , 63 , Queen-street . GEO . THOMPSON & Co ., 24 , Leadenhall-street . „ DONSTER & WAKEFIELD , 202 , Upper Thames-street , * W . R OBERTSON , Esq ., Lloyds . ? Messrs . P . R . ANDERSON & Co ., Medland-street , Ratcliff . ? Messrs . J . T . RENNIE , SON , & Co ., 6 , East India-avenue . ? GEORGE KENNING , Upper Sydenham , S . E , * Proxies will be thankfully received by the last four named , also by the Widow , MRS . MILNE , 24 , Adair-road , North Kensington ,

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THE ASYLUM FOR IDIOTS , EARLSWOOD , RED HILL , SURREY . NEXT ELECTION . TO THE GOVERNORS AND SUBSCRIBERS . Your VOTES and INTEREST are earnestly asked for EDITH CHARLOTTE MOORE , Aged 6 Years , One of Four Children , daughter of E . H . MOOKE ; who , as the result of a serious illness , has become a Candidate for the above Institution . The Case is strongly recommended by—Rev . J . THOMAS , The Vicarage , Wood Green . Rev . Dr . SAVAGE , II , Park-avenue , Wood Green . Mr . GEORGE KENNING , Upper Sydedham , S . E . Proxies will be gladly received by the above or by E . H . MOORE , 9 , Nightingale Villas , Nightingale Road , Wood Green .

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HEPBUEN and COCKS , ESTABLISHED 1700 . 93 , CHANCERY LANE , LONDON , W . C . ( Two Doors North of Union Bank ) . DKED , BALLOT , CASH , and DESPATCH BOX , and FIRE-PROOF SAFE MANUFACTURERS . Air-TiKht and Travelling lloxcs in stock , and made to order , Offices and Strong llooms fitted up with Iron Frames and Shelves . Sets oE Stands and Uoxcs made to lit ltecesscs to Ordev . Estimates given . Price Lists . . * , N . B .-STRONG DEED BOXES of the following dimensions forwarded carriage paid pvo nett cash—viz .: 16 in . by 12 i" . by 91 in ., 17 s . Gd . 14 in . by lOiu . by 8 in .. 14 s . fid .: and lain , hv fl in . bv 7 s .. 11 s . Kd .

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FRAZER S Purify the Blood , Improve the Complexion , Insure ——— — Good Health , Make Work a Pleasure , and Life SULPHU R Enjoyable . Sold by Chemists at i / ij , or post free —————~ IJ Stamps from FRAZER &; Co ., 29 , I . udgate Hill , TABLETS London . Agents Wanted . Liberal Terms . Whole-1 sa ' e : The Grocers'Association . Ltd ., London , S . E .

To Corresondents.

To Corresondents .

S . M . H . —The outgoing Master is responsible for the arrangement of the agenda . The acknowledged rule , we imagine , would be to proceed with the business of the lodge in the order in which it is placed in the agenda , but this is often departed from by arrangement , to suit the convenience of the incoming or outgoing Master , and a lodge must be in a very bad way where this cannot be done .

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Khgg ^ jH ^ g ^ 'P ^^ ^^ ss ^ aQKA AAA ^^ SATURDAY , APRIL 6 , 188 9 .

Original Correspondence.

Original Correspondence .

MASONIC CHARITY STATISTICS . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , Both Bros . Cousans and Vickers seem to have their " dander riz " at what they are pleased to call my mistakes . Had they written in a different tone I would have apologised and thanked them for pointing out the error , or

errors . As it is , I shall simply explain the case . In the first place , 1 have always stated that I have taken my figures from the Festival reports , and 1 can assure 3 our readers that no sum is credited to Lincolnshire from 1 SS 2—188 S , inclusive , except £ 196 14 s . 6 d . for 1 SS 8 , so that these figures should have appeared in the year ' s subscription column for iSSS as well as the seven years' aggtcga'e

column . In the table for the Boys 1 have made no mistake according to the Festival reports—my basis . No one is more pleased than 1 am to know that the aggregate for the Boys for seven years is £ 457 15 s . 6 d ., and for the Girls £ 327 is . ( 3 d . 1 have , therefore , much pleasure in making the correction as follows : Average

annual payment of £ 65 7 s . iod . for the Boys , and £ 46 14 s . 6 d ., against expenditure this year of £ 166 15 s . 4 d . and £ 145 6 s . 4 d . respectively , making the deficiency for the boys £ 100 7 s . 6 d ., and for the Girls jCgS lis . iod . —Yours fraternally , P . M . 1607 . March 30 th . 'ftlE POET BURNS . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , As attention has been called to Robert Burns and his connection with the Craft , by a recent discussion in your columns , it may perhaps interest some of your readers to be informed that at the last meeting of the Quatucr Coronati Lodge , a jewel was exhibited which purports to

have belonged to the Poet . It consists of a pair of compasses and a square embracing a radiated star , with the letter G in the centre . It is composed of transparent stones set in silver , and measures three and a quarter inches in depth . The jewel was accompanied by a letter ( dated February , 1 S 89 ) , in which the writer says : "Its history as communicated to me by the late Bro . King , and only a

short time before his death , was this : that when at Malta he became acquainted with a Major Burns , whom , by subsequent information , he learned was a descendant of the Poet Burns , and as the intimacy ripened Bro . King asked the Major if he knew of , or had heard of , a Masonic jewel which was reputed to have been the property of the Poet . The Major replied that he was the possessor , and produced

the F . C . jewel in question . Bro . King had a great wish to possess it , and when they subsequently parted Major Burns presented it to Bro . King as a memento of their friendship , and it has remained in his possession ti : I his death . " It is now in the hands of his widow . —Vi . ws l XA W . M . BYWA 1 KK .