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Notc .-ALTERATION OF DATE OF FESTIVAL . ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS , WOOD GREEN , LONDON , N . Patron : HEK M AJESTY THE QUEEN . President : His ROVAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF W ALES , K . G ., M . W . G . M . THE EIGHTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL , Will be held at THE CRYSTAL PALACE , SYDENHAM , Gn WEDNESDAY , 20 th JUNE , 1883 . THE Rt . Hon . Viscount HOLMESDALE , R . W . PROVINCIAL GRAND MASTER OF KENT , IN THE C HAIR . BOARD OK S TEWARDS : PRESIDENT : R . W . Bro . Col . LE GENDRE N ICHOLAS STARKIE , Vice-President of Institution , Provincial Grand Master of East Lancashire . HONORARY P RESIDENTS : R . W . Bro . Lieut .-Col . Sir H ENRY EDWARDES , Bart ., Vice-Patron of Institution , Provincial Grand Master of West Yorkshire . R . W . Bro . Col . MALET DE C ARTERET , Vice-President of Institution , Prov . Grand Master of Jersey . V . W . Bro . Rev . A . F . A . W OODFORD , P . G . Chaplain , Vice-President of Institution . VV . Bro . THOMAS W . TEW , J . P ., G . S . D ., Deputy Prov . Grand Master of West Yorkshire . ACTING PRESIDENTS : W . Bro . J AMES SMITH EASTES , Deputy Prov . Grand Master of Kent . VV . Bro . EDGAR BOWYER , Grand Standard Bearer , Vice-Patron of Institution . VICE-PRESIDENTS : Vice-Patronsand Vice-Presidents of the Institution—Present and Past Grand Officers—Present and Past Grand Stewards Present and Past Provincial Grand Officers . HONORARY T REASURER : VV . Bro . HORACE BROOKS M ARSHALL , C . C ., VV . M . No . 1949 , Vice-Patron of Institution . With 33 S Brethren representing the Metropolitan and Provincial Lodges . The services of Brethren as Stewards are still most earnestly solicited . TICKETS—Ladies 16 s ; Brethren 22 s . ( . including admission to the Palace ) . Dinner will be on the Table at Five o'clock , and , including Dessert and Wines , will be provided by Messrs . Bertram and Roberts . Brethren to appear without Masonic Clothing . Morning Dress . Particulars and every information on application to the Honorary Secretary , FREDERICK BINCKES , fP . G . S ., V . Patron ) , Secretary of the Institution . Office : —6 , FREEMASONS' HALL , W . C . ISth May , 18 S 3 .

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I NTERIOR OF GRAND LODGE AFTER THE FIRE , 4 th May . Photographed June , 1 SS 3 . THE ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION . Photographed June , 1 SS 3 . THE ROYAL MASONIC SCHOOL FOR GIRLS . Photographed June , 1 SS 3 . THE ROYAL MASONIC SCHOOL FOR BOYS . Photographed June , 1 S 83 . 12 in . hy 10 in ., Price 4 s , each , Post free to any part of the world . Small size , Is . Photographed by Bros . BEDFORD LEMERE & Co . 147 , STRAND . Published by G . KENNING , 16 , Great Queen Street , London , W . C .

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BRITISH EQUITABLE ASSURANCE COMPANY , 4 , Queen-street-place , London , E . C . Cipital—A Quarter of a Million Sterling . TWENTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT , MAY , 18 S 3 . _ NEW BUSINESS . 2 o ; o Policies issued for . £ -100 , 375 New Premium Income jCu , oS 6 BUSINESS IN FORCE . 26 , 000 Policies , Assuring jC 4 . S 25 . 317 REVENUE OF THE YEAR . Premiums £ 140 , 0 ' oy Interest , & c £ 35 > ' 3 i £ ' 75 . 940 ACCUMULATED FUND . Laid by in the year JC 9 . 77-Accumulated Fund on 31 st January , 1883 ( equal to 73 per cent , of the net premiums received upon policies in force ) £ 873 , 102 Average Reversionary Bonus for 27 years about i \ percent . per annum . MUTUAL ASSURANCE WITHOUT MUTUAL LIABILITY .

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PROVINCE OF MIDDLESEX .

R . W . COL . SIR FRANCIS BURDETT , BART Provincial Grand Master .

A PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE Will be held in the NEW ROOMS , MITRE HOTEL , HAMPTON COURT On Saturday , June 30 th , at 2 . 30 precisely .

By command of the Prov . G . Master . H . C . LEVANDER , P . G . D ., June 6 th , 18 S 3 . Prov . Grand Secretary

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A FREEMASON'S WIDOW , depending on her own exertions , and three children to support , begs immediate employment . Has been accustomed to business , understands book-keeping , Sic . Excellent references . If temporary copying or addressing to do at home it would be very acceptable . —G ., 70 , Overstone-road , Hammersmith , W .

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STATIONERS and PRINTERS , Young man ( M . M . ) age 30 , married , desires a position of trust inagood House , where the best class of workisdone , as Assistant Manager , or Management of the Lithographic Department ( Colour or Commercial ); thoroughly up to Estimating and general supervision ; eight years experience ; steady and Energetic . — Apply , J . B . B ., 35 , Southwark Bridge-road , London , S . E .

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DREADNOUGHT SEAMENS ' HOSPITAL , Greenwich , S . E ., and DISPENSARY , Well-street , London Docks , E ., for Sailors of all Nations . No admission ticket or voting papers of any sort required , but both are entirely free to the whole maritime world , irrespective of race , creed , or nationality . Since establishment upwards of 225 , 000 have been relieved from no less than forty-two different countries , and the number of patients during 18 S 2 , was 7514 , as compared with 4713 , the average of the preceding ten years . Qualification of a governor one guinea annually , or a donation of ten guineas . New annual subscriptions or contributions will be thankfully received by the bankers , Messrs . Williams , Deacon and Co ., 20 , Birchin-Iane , E . C , or by the Secretary at the Hospital . Funds are urgently needed for this truly Cosmopolitan Charity , which is supported by voluntary contributions . W . T . E VANS , Secretary .

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OPECULATION & INVESTMENT JN STOCKS AND SHARES ^ ITH 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 anda 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 mi g ht 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 . ¦ pXPLANATORY BOOK sent post free on application . p EAD OPINIONS OF THE PRESS . WEEKLY and MONTHLY REPORT sent regularly to clients . QPECULATIVE ACCOUNTS opened on the most favourable terms . W GUTTERIDGE AND CO ., STOCK AND * SHARE BROKERS , 7 , DRAPERS ' -GARDENS , THROGMORTON-STREET , LONDON , E . C .

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Twelfth Edition , post-free , is . DR . WATTS on ASTHMA and BRONCHITIS . A Treatise on the only Successful Method of Curing these Diseases . By ROBERT G . WATTS , M . D ., F . R . S . L ., F . C . S ., & c , 5 , Bulstrode-street , Cavendish-square , London . London : C . Mitchell and Co ., Red Lion cor-t . Fleet-street .

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TO ADVERTISERS . THE FREEMASON has a large circulation in all parts of the Globe . In it the olficia ! Reports of the Grand Lodges of England , Ireland , and Scotland are published with the special sanction of the respective Grand Masters , and it contains a complete record of Masonic worn in this country , our Indian Empire , and the Colonies . The vast accession to the ranks of the Order during the past few years , and thc increasing interest manifested in its doings , lias given the Frccmasun a position and influence which few journals can lay claim to , and the proprietor can assert with confidence that announcements appearing in its columns challenge the attention of a very large and influential body of readers . Advertisements for the current week ' s issue arc received up to Six o ' clock on Wednesday evcninir .

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TO OUR READERS . THE FREEMASON is published every Friday morning , price 3 d ., and contains the fullest and latest information relating to Freemasonry in every degree . Subscriptions , including Postage : — United States , li ,, ii ,.. i 1 /; ., „ . > ,. „ , Canada , the Continent , India , China , Ceylon , Un . ua Kingdom . th ( . | onies & t . Arabia ,, Sec . 13 s . 6 d . 15 s . 6 d . 17 s . 6 d . Remittances may be made in Stamps , but Post Olfice Orders of Cheu , ues are preferred , the former payable to GEORGE KENNING . Chief Olfice , London , the latter crossed London Joint Stock Hank

To Correspondents.

To Correspondents .

BOOKS , & c . RECEIVED . "The Thames Advertiser , " " Boletin Masonico , " "Tapis , " "Keystone , " "The Hebrew Leader , " "The Masonic Token , " " Monthly Notes , " " EI Taller , " "Thc Citizen , " " Boletin Oficial , " "Allen ' s Indian Mail , " "The Royal Cornwall Gazette , " "The Liberal Freemason , " "The New York Dispatch , " "The Jewish Chronicle , " "The Broad Arrow , " "The Sussex Daily News , " "The Reporter ' s Magazine , " "American Shorthand Writer , "

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SATURDAY , J 9 , 1883 .

Original Correspondence.

Original Correspondence .

[ We do not hold ourselves responsible for , or even approving of , the opinions expressed by ourcorfespondents , but we wish in a spirit of fairplay to all to permit—within certain necessary limits free discussion . !

HONORARY MEMBERS . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — Will you kindly with your usual courtesy instruct me in the following questions ? If a brother is elected an honorary member of a lodge

has he to be annually re-elected ? and has he the privilege of voting in the lodge ? And , if he is a P . M ., and not a subscribing member to any other lodge , does he loose his rank of P . M . ?—Yours fraternally , P . P . G . S . of VV . [ To the first and second questions , No . In the third case the brother loses his rank if not a subscribing member to quoad Grand lodge . —ED . F . M . ' \

TITLES . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother ,- ^ May I point out to you an error into which you not unfrequently fall in the use of Masonic titles . At the first page of your last issue you twice mention the " District Grand Superintendent of Montreal . "

There is no such title in Royal Arch Masonry , the head of a district or province in that degree being known as " Grand Superintendent" only , by which title he is styled throughout in the correspondence to which your leaderette refers . —Yours fraternall y , D . S . [ We used the word , we admit , incorrectly , but did so to mark thc actual status of the local authority . —ED . F . M . )

THE NEW TEMPLE . —THE BUILDING ! COMMITTEE . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — I regret to differ from the ruling of the Pro Grand Master at Grand Lodge on Wednesday last , confirmed as it was by the Grand Director of Ceremonies , but the evidence

of my own eyes , and in the opinion of many brethren around me , among whom was our respected P . G . W ., Bro . John Havers , seemed to indicate that Bro . J . Sampson Peirce , and not Bro . Raynham Stewart , obtained the majority of votes of Grand Lodge as a member of the Committee of four to advise as to the new building of Freemasons' Hall . —Yours fraternally , PAST GRAND OFFICER .

POLLING AT THE GIRLS' SCHOOL HOUSE COMMITTEE ELECTION . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — I am glad that you have noticed the discreditable , but unavoidable jostling which took place at the polling for

the Girls School House Committee on Thursday last . Arrangements there were none , and the whole inconvenience might have been easily avoided by the simph % precaution of placing two brethren at the entrance door to prevent the admission into the Yarborough room of more voters than it could conveniently accommodate at one time . —Yours fraternally , ^__ H . D .

A BEGGING MASON . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — In your issue of the 19 th ult . you published a letter from Bro . Francis , of Havant , warning Almoners and others against one James Donovan representing

himself to be a member of St . Patrick ' s Lodge , Johnstown , New York State . Donovan applied to our lodge for assistance on May 3 rd , and produced a letter purporting to come from Bro . B . E . White , Secretary of St . Patrick ' s Lodge . I have since communicated with Bro . White , who has replied , denouncing the letter as a forgery . Donovan appears to

have obtained possession of a genuine letter from Bro . White , written on paper bearing the lodge stamp and note heading ; but thc original letter has been obliterated and a forgery substituted . This document is now in our possession , but as it is possible that a similar fraud may be attempted , I am desired to warn brethren against this

impostor . —I am , dear sir and brother , yours faithfully and fraternally , J . H . HA WES , Secretary 38 . P . S . —Bro . Francis in his letter gave a good description of Donovan , which it would be well to repeat : " About 5 ft . 10 in . high ; thick brown moustache , no whiskers 01 beard ; looks hearty and strong , and a bit sunburnt ; and has a very slight impediment in his speech . "