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GENERAL LIFE AND FIRE ASSURANCE COMPANY . —Established 1837 . Chief Office—103 , Cannon-street , London , E . C . Capital ^ 1 , 000 , 000 Funds in hand 1 , 200 , 000 Total income exceeds 335 . °°° Chairman-Sir ANDREW LUSK , Bart . Life , Fire , Mortgages , Annuities . Life Policies indisputable after being in force five years . Immediate payment of claims on proof of death and title . Fire Insurances accepted at equitable rates . HENRY WARD , Secretary and Manager .

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ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY , LIMITED . 10 , ST . SWITHIN'S LANE , LONDON , E . C . General Accidents . I Personal Injuries . Railway Accidents . | Deaths by Accident . C . HARDING , Manager .

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HEPBURN AND COCKS ' , ESTABLISHED 1790 . 93 , CHANCERY LANE , LONDON , W . C . ( TTOI ) Doon North of Union Bank ) . DEED , BALLOT , CASH , AND DESPATCH BOX , AND FIRE-PROOF SAFE MANUFACTURERS . Air-Tight and Travelling Boxes in stock , and made to order . Offices and Strong Rooms Fitted up with Iron Frames and Shelves . Sets of Stands and Boxes made to fit Recesses to Order . Estimates given . Price Lists . » * # N . B . —STRONG DEED BOXES of the following dimensions forwarded carriage paid pro nettcash—viz . ; 16 in . by 12-in . by gj-in ., 17 s . 6 d . 14-in . by 10-in . by 8-in ., 14 s . fid . ; and ivin by g-in by 7-in ., lis . fid .

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'THE LONDON NECROPOLIS . — - *• BROOKWOOD CEMETERY , NEAR WOKING . ISS , WESTMINSTER BRIDGE ROAD , AND 2 , LANCASTER PLACE , STRAND . Telephone—No . 4 S 39 . Telegraphic Address— " Tenebratio , London . " BROOKWOOD CEMETERY is the largest and most beautiful in England , and easier and cheaper of access than any of the other London Cemeteries . Every detail in connection with a Funeral promptly and effectually carried out in response to a message to cither of the Offices . This Company are the Patentees and only Makers of the Earth to Earth Coffins , and carry out sanitary burial in the manner so strongly advocated by H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , the Duke of Westminster , the Dean of York , and the Church of England Burial Reform Association . " The manner of conducting interments in this Cemetery ( according to the Government Inspector ) is as commendable as the practice of other Companies is the contrary . " — The Times .

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PATENTS . * * * -pHE LOWEST FIXED CHARGE " ¦ for Patents on application . DESIGNS , TRADE MARKS , AND FOREIGN PATENTS . CIRCULAR AND ADVICE GRATIS . WEATHERDO N & Co ., PATENT AGENTS , w and 12 , SOUTHAMPTON BUILDINGS , CHANCERY LANE , W . C . KST \ BLISHED i 84 g .

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FISH , POULTRY , GAME , OYSTERS . JOHN GOW , LIMITED , / 17 , NEW BROAD STREET , E . C . ( Opposite Railway Station ) . 12 , HONEY LANE MARKET , CHEAPSIDE , 93 , THEOBALD'S RD ., HOLBORN , W . C , 125 , BROMPTON ROAD , S . W . JOHN GOW , Limited , always have on sale the Largest Stock in London of the Very Best Quality at Lowest Prices . BARRELLED OYSTERS .

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/ - *• - OALS . COALS . COALS . COCKERELL'S , 13 , CORNHILL , LONDON , E . C . For Prices , see Daily Papers . Trucks direct from the Colliery to every Railway Station .

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W WALLER , THEATRICAL COSTUMIER AND WIG MAKER . FANCY COSTUMES SUPPLIED FOR BALLS , FETES , AND CARNIVALS . Portable Theatres and 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 Catalogues of Gcods forwarded on application . Sa & S 6 , TABERNACLE ST ., FINSBURY SQUARE , LONDON .

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STAMMERERS should read a book by a gentleman who cured himself after suffering nearly forty years . Price 13 stamps . B . Beasley , Huntingdon .

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THOMAS DUNCKERLEY , - " ¦*• HIS LIFE , LABOURS , AND LETTERS , INCLUDING SOME MASONIC AND NAVAL MEMORIALS OF THE ISTH CENTURY . By H . SADLER , AUTHOR OF "MASONIC FACTS AND FICTIONS , " With a Preface by WILLIAM HARRY RYLANDS , Esq ., F . S . A . The Work will consist of about 300 pages of letter-press and the following Portraits , reproduced by the autotype process , from rare mezzotint engravings in the British Museum : — His Majesty King George II . of England ; Dunckerley ' s reputed father . H . R . H . Frederick Lewis , Prince of Wales , son of the above ; the first of the Royal Family who was made a Freemason . Thomas Dunckerley in Masonic regalia , with facsimile of his autograph . His Book-Plate , Seals , & c . It will be published , by . Subscription , in January , 1 S 91 , Price , 7 s . fid . ; to Non-Subscribers , ios . ; Carriage Free in the United Kingdom and the United States and Canada . Prospectus can be had on application to H . SADLER , care of DIPROSS and BATEMAN , Sheffield-street , London , W . C .

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FOR SALE—Price £ 5—Engraving of THOMAS DUNCKERLEY , in Oak Frame , at the Masonic Show Rooms , 1 , 2 , 3 , and 4 > Little Britain , London .

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ANDERTON'S HOTEL & TAVERN FLEET STREET , LONDON . In connection with the Royal Clarence Hotel , llfracombe ; and Peacock Hotel , and Royal Hotel , Boston , Lincolnshire . The central position of ANDERTON'S renders this Tavern unequalled for Masonic Banquets , Public Dinners , Wedding Breakfasts , Meetings of Creditors , Arbitrations or Jovial Gatherings The Rooms reserved for the above business consist of DINING HALL , PILLAR HALL , MASONIC HALL , CHAPTER , and numerous Smaller Rooms . The RESTAURANT on Eastern Side of Hotel Entrance is open to the Public from 5 a . m . to 7 p . m . for BREAKFASTS , LUNCHEONS . TEAS , and DINNERS . F . H . CLEMOW , Proprietor .

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TV / r AN C HE STE R HOTEL , ** ' ¦ "¦*¦ ALD-ERSGATE STREETNOTICE TO SECRETARIES OF MASONIC LODGES , CLUBS , AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS . The Proprietors of the above Hotel , having recently added a number of commodious Rooms to the Establishment , ' suitable for LODGE MEETINGS , BANQUETS , DINNERS , & C , will be glad to furnish Terms and Particulars for the use of same on application .

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pOBHAM'S BEAR'S PAW , ^ 53 , LORD STREET , LIVERPOOL . Is the finest DAY HOTEL AND RESTAURANT In the Provinces , and the DISTRICT RENDEZVOUS OF MASONS . An elegant Suite of Rooms set apart for Masonic purposes . Telephone , 542 . THOS . J . FLETCHER , Telegrams , "Nobilitas . " Manager .

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T ^ HE COCK TAVERN , Highbury , N . ENTIRELY RE-DECORATED AND RE-FURNISHED . Excellent Suites of Rooms for MASONIC LODGE MEETINGS , BANQUETS , SUPPERS , & c . DATES OPEN FOR CLUB DINNERS , MEETINGS , AND SMOKING CONCERTS . BAKER BROTHERS ( LIMITED ) , Proprietors .

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AT . LAWRENCE . ( Late J . R . BONE ) , BLACKFRIARS DEPOT FOlt LICENSED VICTUALLERS' GLASS AND CHINA , ALSO GLASS AND STONE BOTTLES . Best Quality and Low Prices . Call and See the NEW " PORCELAIN SPIRIT CASKETS , URNS , & c . 146-147 , BLACKFRIARS ROAD , S . E .

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FIRST PRIZE MEDALS . Adelaide Jubilee Exhibition , 1 SS 7 ; Sydney Centenary Exhibition , iSSS . MASONS' CERTIFICATES , & c , FRAMED TO ANY DESIGN . H . MORELL , 17 & 18 , GREAT ST . ANDREW ST ., BLOOMSBURY , LONDON , W . C . Manufacturer and Importer of all kinds of Picture Frame and Decorative Mouldings ( Two Million feet always in stock ) . Every requisite for the Trade and Exportation . Illustrated Book of Patterns post free for three penny stamps .

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BRO . DOUGLAS BEAUFORT , Lodge S 65 , is open to accept Engagements for Banquets , & c , to give his highly-refined Entertainment of PURE SLEIGHT OF HAND ( entirely without apparatus ) , VENTRILOQUISM , and MUSICAL SKETCHES ( b , la Grossmith and Corney Grain ) . Hyde Park Barracks , S . W ., Mr . Douglas Beaufort , March igth , 1 SS 9 . Dear Sir , Their Royal Highnesses the PRINCE and PRINCESS OF WALES expressed themselves much pleased with your remarkably clever Entertainment , and it was much appreciated by all the officers present , C . NEEDHAM , Lieut .-Col . ist Life Guards . TERMS—In Town , £ 5 5 s . ; Country , expenses extra . ADDRESS—1 , WIGHTMAN ROAD , FINSBURY PARK , LONDON , N .

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DUTCH BULBS , DUTCH BULBS . SALES every MONDAY , WEDNESDAY & SATURDAY . In Large and Small Lots , to suit all Buyers . MR . J . C . STEVENS will SELL by AUCTION at his Great ROOM , 38 , KING STREET , COVENT GARDEN , EVERY MONDAY , WEDNESDAY , and SATURDAY , at Half-past Twelve precisely each day . First-class consignments of choice-named HYACINTHS , Tulips , Crocuses , Narcissus , and other Bulbs , arriving weekly from well-known farms in Holland . On view Mornings of Sale and Catalogues had .

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HOME SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN in delightful neighbourhood . Conducted by First-Class Certificated Master . Sound Education , Training , and Diet guaranteed . Terms , £ 20 per annum . —Address , HEAD MASTER , Hampton Wick School , Kingston . THE attention of Masonic Lodges is called to the facilities afforded at the CORN EXCHANGE TAVERN , S , Mark-lane , E . G ., for the holding of Lodge Meetings , Lodges of Instruction , & c . The Large Hall is a room of noble proportions , and the building generally is admirably adapted for Masonic purposes .

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ENGINEER . —Wanted by a Brother returned from Australia , with large and varied experience , SITUATION as Foreman or charge of machinery . Excellent English testimonials . — Address , J . M . F ., 4 , Royal-crescent , Bridlington Quay , Yorkshire . " DROTHERHOOD , " Masonic Ode JLJ by Bros . R . ANDRE and ISIDORE DE SOLLA . This stirring composition that met with such an enthusiastic reception at the opening of the New Masonic Hall , Northampton , is now published by Bro . ROBERT ABEL , Northampton , and ORSBORN and TUCKWOOD , London . "Admirably suited to all Masonic celebrations . " Post free , Two Shillings .

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Price *" - » . HISTORY OF THE APOLLO LODGE , YORK , in relation to Craft and Royal Arch Masonry ; with Brief Sketches of its Local Predecessors and Contemporaries ; the "Grand Lodge of All England" ( York Masons ); the Provincial Grand Lodge ; and various Lodges from 1705 to 1 S 05 . By WILLIAM J AMES HUGHAN , Author of " Origin of the English Rite of Freemasonry , " & c . With valuable Appendices . London : GEORGE KENNING , 16 , Great Queen-st ., W . C .

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Now Ready . Price is . Post Free , is . id . THE MASTER MASON'S HANDBOOK , by Bro . FRED . J . W . CROWE , with an Introduction by bro . W . j . HUGHAN , P . G . D ., & c . The Master Mason's Handbook is a compendium of all information necessary to a knowledge of English Masonry , comprising—An Historical Sketch of Freemasonry—The Grand Lodge : Its Origin and Constitution—Private Lodges , Metropolitan and Provincial—Visiting Private Lodges—Titles , their uses and abbreviations—The Great Masonic Institutions—The "Higher" or additional Degrees , and how to obtain them . London : GEORGE KENNING , IC , Great Queen-street , W . C .

To Correspondents.

To Correspondents .

We are much obliged for Bro . C . C . Howard ' s ( No . 2036 ) corrections and explanations of the article sent by Bro . Robinson ( formerly of Chester ) , and published through the medium of Bro . Hughan in the Freemason , of April 26 th , but it is practically useless to seek to set the dates right unless the whole article is reprinted . Unfortunately , Bro . Hughan misundertood Bro . Robinson ' s instructions , and hence the confusion . —ED . F . M .

The following communications unavoidably stand over : CKM * T Luii'iEs—Anchor and Hope , No . 37 ; Hertford , No , 403 ; Zetland , No . 1071 ; Newall , No , 1134 ; Lodge of St . Mary , No . 1312 : Kirkdale , No . 1756 ; Richmond , No . 2033 ; Albert Victor , No . 232 S ; Borough of Greenwich , No . 2333 ; and T . asterford , No . 2342 . LODGES OK INSTRUCTION—Robert Burns , No . 2 <; Clarence ,

No . 26 3 ; hast Surrey Lodge of Concord , No . 463 ; Zetland , No . 511 ; Prince Frederick William , No . 753 ; Stockwell , No . 1339 ; Islington , No . 1471 ; Creaton , No . 1791 ; Kensington , No . 1767 ; and St . Ambrose , No . 1891 . St . Andrew's Chapter , No . 834 ; and Star Chapter , No . 1275 . RIAKK LODGES—Grand Stewards and Saye and Sele , No . 309 . ORDER or ' SECRET MONITOR—Grand Master's Council , No . 1 .

Grand Lodge of Scotland . Provincial Grand Chapter of Essex . Consecration of the St . Clair Chapter .