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ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS , ST . J ' S HILL , BATTERSEA RISE , S . W . CHIEF PATRONESS : HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN . PATRON AND PRESIDENT : His ROYAL H IGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES , K . G ., & c , M . W . G . M . PATRONESS : HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCESS OF WALES . A QUARTERLY GENERAL COURT of the Governors and Subscribers of this Institution will be held in the HALL of the FREEMASONS' TAVERN , Great Queen-street , Lincoln ' s Inn Fields London , on Saturday , the 13 th day of October , 1 SS 3 , at 13 o'clock precisely , on the General Businessof the Institution , to consider Notices of Motion as follow and to Elect S Girls into the School from a list of 32 approved Candidates . The Election will commence at One o ' clock ( or after thc usual business is over ) and close at Three o ' clock precisely . NOTICES OF MOTION . By Bro . A . H . TATTERSHALL . —Rule XXKVli ., to come after the word " trustees " on thc third line : "That three of the members of the Committee who have been longest on the Board shall not be eligible for reelection until after the expiration of twelve months . " Upon the recommendation of the House Committee : By Bro . J . H . MATTHEWS , Vice-Patron : " That the sum of £ 50 be granted to Miss Davis , the Head Governess , towards reimbursement of the very heavy medical and other expenses incurred by her during her late severe illness , which necessitated her absence from her duties from January to July last . '*' F . R . XV . HEDGES , Secretary . Offices—5 , Freemasons' Hall , Great Oueen-street , W . C , OcTober 6 th , 1 S 83 .

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THE ASYLUM FOR IDIOTS , EARLVVOOD , REDHILL , SURREY . Under the Patronage of Her Most Gracious Majesty THE QUEEN . Total number of Inmates in the Asylum 56 3 Entirely supported by Voluntary Subscriptions ... 375 FUNDS ARE URGENTLY NEEDED TO MEET CURRENT EXPENSES . Superior accommodation is provided for private cases , payment for which is regulated by the Board of Management . BANKERS—The London Joint Stock Bank . VVILLIAM NICHOLAS , Secretary . Offices , 3 6 , King William-street , E . C .

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THE ASYLUM FOR IDIOTS , EARLSWOOD , RED MILL , SURREY . OCTOBER ELECTION , 1883 . The favour of your Votes and interest is respectfully solicited on behalf of JAMES EDWARD TAYLOR , Aged 12 years , who was deprived of his reason from the effects of Scarlet Fever when four years of age . The Father ( Bro . Jas . Taylor , Lodges No . 730 ( I . C ) , 1331 , 153 6 , and Chapters 13 , 1331 , ) is a Sergeant in the Commissariat and Transport Corps now serving at Aldershot , and although willing to support to the utmost of his abilities , is unable to provide adequate treatment or the necessary supervision required by the case , which is strongly recommended by Baron H . de WORMS , M . P ., 4 , Old Burlington-st ., W . GEORGE KENNING , Esq ., Upper Sydenham . RICHARD EVE , Esq ., Oxford Villa , Victoria-road , Aldershot . F . C . BLUNT , Deputy Commissary General , Aldershot . * H . S . E . REEVES , C . B ., Assistant Commissary General , Aldershot . * Rev . R . M . SPOOK , Heatherview , Cambridge-road , Aldershot . Proxies will be thankfully received by gentlemen marked thus * .

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BRITISH EQUITABLE ASSURANCE COMPANY , 4 , Queen-street-place , London , E . C . Capital—A Quarter of a Million Sterling . TWENTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT , MAY , 1 SS 3 . NEW BUSINESS . 2070 Policies issued for . £ 400 , 375 New Premium Income £ 11 , 986 BUSINESS IN FORCE . 26 , 000 Policies , Assuring £ 4 > S 25 > 3 " -7 REVENUE OF TIIE YEAR . Premiums £ 140 . 800 Interest , & c £ 35 , * 3 i „ £ i 75 > -34 <"* ACCUMULATED FUND . Laidby in the year £ 69 , 772 Accumulated Fund on 31 st January , 1 S 83 ( equal to 73 percent , ofthe net premiums received upon policies in force ) £ 873 , 102 Average Reversionary Bonus for 27 years about ii percent , per annum . MUTUAL ASSURANCE WITHOUT MUTUAL

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THIRST AND LAST APPLICATION .

To the Governors and Subscribers of the ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS Your Votes and Interest are earnestly solicited for

AMY MARGARET LEE

daughter of the late Bro . Thomas Vincent Lee , of Union Waterloo Lodge , No . 13 . —Mrs . J . LEE , 29 Grove-terrace , Highgate-road , N .

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BRITON LIFE ASSOCIATION ( LIMITED ) . CHIEF OI-I-ICES—429 , STRAND , LONDON . This Society has deposited £ 33 , 000 with the British and Colonial Governments , as a special security to Policyholders . CHAIRMAN . —FRANCIS WEBB , Esq ., 31 , Southampton Buildings , Chancery-lane . DEPUTY CHAIRMAN . —B . W . RICHARDSON , M . A ., M . D ., LL . D ., F . R . S ., 25 , Manchester-square . General Sir JAS . ALEXANDER , K . C . B ., 35 , Bedford-place , Russell-square . J BROWN , Esq ., Rigbolt Lodge , Brook Green , Hammersmith . GEORGE CHAPMAN , Esq ., 14 , Cockspur-street . T . B . J ONES , Esq ., Angel Town , Brixton . ROBERT MILBURN , Esq ., Cintra , Upper Albemarlc-road , Beckenham . SMITH RICHARDS , Esq ., 36 , Bedford-square . EXTRAORDINARY DIRECTORS . J . WRIGHT BAKER , Esq ., M . R . C . S . Eng ., Derby . Col . BLANDY , Chief Constable of Berkshire , Reading . GEORGE BRADLEY , Esq ., Aketon Hall , Castleford , Yorkshire . THOMAS CHAMBERLAIN , Esq ., J . P ., Windsor . J AMES H . CLARKE , Esq ., Nottingham . M 1 LLIS CovENTRY . Esq ., Corn Exchange Chambers , London . DAVID HARRIS , Esq ., Caroline Park , Edinburgh . Lieut .-Col . H . GORE LINDSAY , J . P ., D . L ., Woodlands , Cardiff . HENRY MOFFAT , Esq ., Eldin , J . P . County of Edinburgh . Sir J . 13 . MONCKTON , 159 , Cromwell-road , S . W . Sir GEORGE OWENS , M . D ., J . P ., Dublin . HENRY J . PARNALL , Esq ., Newport , Mon . J . J . FAIRFAX SCOTT , Esq ., Mount Sorrell , Leicestershire . VVILLIAM SMITH , Esq ., Goole Grange , Goole . DISTINCTIVE FEATURES . ABSOLUTE SECURITY . LARGE PROPORTION OF FUNDS IN GOVERNMENT DEPOSITS . MODERATE RATES OF PREMIUM . POLICYHOLDERS OF ALL CLASSES ENTIRELY FREE FROM LIABILITY . POLICIES MADE PAYABLE DURING LIFETIME . SPECIAL TERMS TO MINISTERS AND LAV PREACHERS . IMPORTANT ADVANTAGES TO TOTAL ABSTAINERS . CLAIMS PAID IMMEDIATELY ON PROOF OF DEATH . INDISPUTABLE WHOLE-WORLD ASSURANCES . NEW AND EXTENDED LIMITS FOR FOREIGN , TRAVEL AND RESIDENCE . NON-FORFEITABLE ASSURANCES . PROTECTION AFFORDED ASSIGNEES AGAINST POLICIES LAPSING OR BECOMING FORFEITED BY A BREACH OF THEIR CONDITIONS ON THE PART OF TIIE ASSURED . POLICIES IN THIS SOCIETY NOT LIABLE TO LAPSE BY INADVERTENCE , AS , AFTER FOUR YEARS , THE SURRENDER VALUE IS APPLIED TO KEEP THE POLICY IN FORCE . SUBSTITUTION OF ANOTHER LIFE ALLOWED IN LIEU OF THE ONE ASSURED BY TIIE POLICY . Prospectuses , Proposal Forms , Statements , and Accounts may be obtained on application at the Chief Offices , Branches , or Agencies . JOHN MESSENT , F . I . A ., ACTUARY AND SECRETARY . The Directors will be happy to treat with gentlemen of influence and standing to act as special or Ordinary Agents for the Company in unrepresented localities . _

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( SPECULATION & INVESTMENT ^ JN STOCKS AND SHARES ~\ fiJYTlI A MINIMUM RISK ¦ "" TO operate on the Stock Exchange profitably or , in other words , increase one ' s capital , limited though it be , may suggest itself as not very easy of accomplishment . Quick perception , however , tempered with experience and a true knowledge of the influences in force , will , in many cases , render the process comparatively simple . To purchase a stock or security of any description might not always prove judicious and safe , even were the position and prospects in the particular case the most sound and promising , because an immediate improvement , or , indeed , the maintenance of the prevalent market value would be improbable , if not impossible , so long as the account remained a weak one , or one showing a heavy preponderance of weak operations for the rise . In like manner a stock might be intrinsically worth little or absolutely nothing , but from the fact of it having been largely oversold the price remains apparently firm . T 7 XPLANATORY BOOK sent post free on application . O EAD OPINIONS OF THE PRESS . WEEKLY and MONTHLY REPORT sent regularly to clients . SPECULATIVE ACCOUNTS opened on the most favourable terms . W GUTTERIDGE AND CO ., STOCK AND . SHARE BROKERS , 7 , DRAPERS' -GARDENS , THROGMORTON-STKEKT , LONDON , li . C .

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A GOOD PLAN . _ Cjr \ and upwards judiciously in-^ ° 0 JL \ J vested in Options on Stocks and Shares often give handsome profits in a few days . Full details in Explanatory Book gratis and post free . — Address GEORGE EVANS and C o ., Stockbrokers , Gresham House , Old Broad-street , London , E . C . Best and safest plan ever devised .

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¦ -pHEATRE ROYAL , DRURY LANE . Tuesday , October 9 th . New and Realistic Drama , by Robt . Buchanan and Augustus Harris , entitled , THE SAILOR AND HIS LASS ; OR , LOVE AND TREASON . Powerful Company . Magnificent Effects .

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THE ROYAL MASONIC BOYS ' SCHOOL . OCTOBER ELECTION . Bros . John While and H . Massey , whose names have heen attached to the well and worthily recommended case of FREDERICK WOLFE HENNAH , No . 17 on the List , son of Bro . Hennah , a member until death of the Union Lodge , No . 127 , for the Fourth Time ask for the Votes of subscribers . Bros . J . VV . and H . M . return grateful thanks for the help already given and declare that" all Votes entrusted to them shall be faithfully applied to this deserving case , lt is earnestly begged that Unattached Votes may be given directly to a case such as this , in which the help given will be given to four persous , left by a brother who lost his life through devotion to the cause of Gospel teaching . —J . While , 135 , Loughborough-road , S . W ., and H . Massey , 93 , Chancery-lane , by whom proxies will be received .

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® o © omsHo-itimtts . 'Ihe following communications have been received , but are not inserted in this issue owing to want of space : — Liverpool Dramatic Lodge , No . 1609 . Raphael Lodge , No . 1 S 50 , Queensland . Fielding Lodge , 1940 , N . Z . Hadrian Lodge , No . 1970 , South Shields . Palatine Lodge of Instruction , No . 97 , Sunderland , Union Mark Lodge , Sunderland . Notes and Queries— " Robt . Burns , " & c . „ „ "Thomas Dunckerley . " BOOKS , & c , RECEIVED . " Die Bauhutte , " "Jewish Chronicls , " "British Workman , " "Band of Hope Review , " "Keystone , " "Broad Arrow , " " Young Men's Christian Association Times , " "Court Circular , " "Citizen , " "Voice of Masonry , " "Report of Committee of North Wales and Shropshire Masonic Charitable Association , "

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SATURDAY , OCTOBER 6 , 1883 .

Original Correspondence.

Original Correspondence .

[ VVe tlo not hold ourselves responsible for , or even approving of , the opiniois expressed by our correspondents , but we wish inas- 'irit of { airplay to all to permit—within certain necessary limits—fret discussion , * ! —^ - >

THE STATUS OF PAST MASTERS . To the Editor of thc "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — Having * been greatly struck with a statement recently made in your paper that 40 provincial Masons , all good men and true , came up to London in a " solid phalanx " to compass the victory of the Past Masters , enlighten the London brethren , and considerably alter the

old landmarks of thc Book of Constitutions , I have set myself to work to try and find out what was the real complaint of such enthusiastic brethren , what was their idea , and what the end they sought to accomplish . Having now , as I think and feel sure , obtained the clue to their views , alike theoretical and practical , I request space in your columns for the appearance of this letter . It seems , from what 1 have been told , that there are three

questions which constitute the motive cause of this " crusade" and this intense desire for change : 1 . The first position taken up by our good " reformers " is this , that " once a Past Master always a Past Master , " wherever he is , wherever he goes . Indeed , they heartily subscribe to Bro . P . G . C , R . J . Simpson's burst of eloquence , who seems to have claimed the unchangeable privileges of a Past Master " north , south , east , and west . " But as the

inevitable accompaniment of " gush , " of an "ad captandum " style of oratory , this view , when looked at constitutionally , is altogether untenable , inasmuch as the Book of Constitutions very wisely makes the possession of the great privileges of a Past Master dependent on active Masonic membership and continued Masonic subscription . The argument , therefore , goes too far and proves too much . If a worthy Past Master forgets for 12 months to

pay his dues to his lodge , he forfeits his position and privilege altogether as a Past Master , and cannot again claim and enter Grand Lodge as a Past Master , unless he has again sat for a year in the chair of King Solomon . It may bc said , indeed , as it is said , "it is very hard to make the possession of this Past Master ' s privilege depend on the paltry payment of subscription to a lodge ; " but so it is , and a very sound and sensible safeguard it is , or

otherwise we should be inundated in England as they are in America , with " unattached " Freemasons , the curse of thc Order there , who swarm by thousands , some of them very often the loudest talkers , and yet Masonically utter "drones" in the Masonic hive . Indeed , they set at defiance the abiding law of Masonry , that work is to be the proof of fraternal affection , and the claim , if there be such a thing as a claim , for reward and

promotion . Grand Lodge has always sought to remedy a reasonable complaint , and remove any practical injustice . All Past Masters , subscribing members of lodges in provinces and districts , though they are not Past Masters of lodges , have " de jure " henceforth a seat in Provincial Grand Lodge , and Past Masters in lodges , in the absence of Past Masters of thc lodge , can take the chair of lodges which they have recently joined , and , indeed , of any lodge .