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ALSTON COLLEGE , AND ITS

P REPARATORY SCHOOL , NEAR PRESTON , LANCASHIRE .

Recently enlarged by the erection of three additional School-rooms , Stut ' ents' Hall , Theological and Scientific Lecture Hall ( including Reading Room ) , Chemical Laboratory , Private Studies , Dining Halls , large Swimming Hath , Gymnasium , and spacious Dormitories , as well as separate Bedrooms .

RECTOR : Bno . REV . T . ABBOTT PETERS , M . A . VICE-PRINCIPAL : Rev . J . S . SKINNER , B . A . MASTERS : Rev . T . ABIIOTT PETERS , M . A ., Divinity . Rev . J . S . SKINNER , B . A ., the Classics and Ancient History .

Mr . H . J . HENDERSON , ALA ., Junior Classics . Mr . T . HYMERS J ACKSON , B . A ., Mathematics , Navigations and the English Language , History and Literature . Mr . E . CLEMENT , Ph . D ., The Natural Sciences ( Experimental and Mathematical ) , French and German .

Mr . J . ROCIIFORT , CM ., English Subjects generally , and Junior Mathematics . Mr . G . Cuvvouu , Junior English and Junior Mathematics . Mr . FLOYD , C . E ., Land Surveying and Levelling with the use of Theodolite , Mechanical Drawing . Mr . W . H . J ONES , Music ( Organ and Piano ) and Singing .

Mr . R . Nicnoi ., Librarian . Sergeant BRADY , Military Drill , Gymnastics , and Swimming . There are in connection with the College

THREE ANNUAL EXHIBITIONS , open for general competition to all students , and tenable for three years . Special Classes are formed for preparing students for the Legal , Medical , Home , Colonial , and Indian Civil Service Examinations ; and for entrance to Woolwich , Coopershill , and the Universities of Oxford , Cambridge , London ,

Dublin , Durham , and Edinburgh . The Religious Teaching is based on strictly Protestant Principles , in accordance with the Doctrines and Liturgy of the Church of England . Students requiring a commercial education only , are exempt from the classical course , if desired . The year consists of two terms , during which there are

no holidays , the only vacations being at Midsummer and Christmas . The use of all class books , valuable library , stationery ( except mathematical instruments ) laundry , & c , is included in the terms . No Extras of any kind .

Ihe High School—Students from 1 ( 1 to 23 years of age . The Middle School—Students from 12 to 16 years of age . The Preparatory School—Students under 12 years of age . The College is divided into three sections . In the

PREPARATORY SCHOOL ( entireltf distinct , but contiguous ) Boys are well grounded in ihe elements of a sound English Education , with French and German ( also in Latin and Greek if for the learned professions ) , and prepaied for the High or Middle School . In the High School the course of study is a preparation for the Universities and the

various competitive examinations ; while the Middle School trains pupils in such subjects as will qualify them fot scientific and commercial pursuits . Alston College is pleasantly situated , about six miles from Preston , and half a mile from Longritlge Railway Station ; is in immediate proximity to beautiful mountain scenery , within half an houi's ride of the chief watering

dlaces on the western coast of Lancashire , and is considered by Medical Professors to be in one of the healthiest localities in England—a fact sufficiently proved by the remarkably good health enjoyed by the studen ' s and regularly confirmed by the half-yearly medical reports . Extensive Cricket Grounds are attached to Ihe College Farms , whilst a spacious covered Gymnasium and

Student's Hall , available fur recreation , drill , iVc , adjoin . Reports of all examinations , together with the names of those students who have distinguished themselves at the College and the Universities , as Exhibitioners , Medalists and Prizemen , also ihe reports of the late examinations , together with views of the College buildings , and all necessary information , forwarded on application to the

Rector , or to MR . GEORGE CLIFFORD , Secretary . References kindly permitted to Bro . Masons , and to the late Examiners : Rev . T . II . Lindsay Leary , M . A ., D . C . L . ( Oxon ) , Assistant Examiner to ller Majesty ' s Civil Service Commissicn , Crawford Collage , Epsom ; T . W . Eyre Evans , Esq ., LL . D . T . C . D ., Nightingale Villa , Lower

Norwood ; and other University Examiners ; Professor Pagcl , Liverpool ; R . Routledge , Esq ., U . S . F . C . S ., Manchester ; also the Protestant Clergy , Nobility , and Professional Gentlemen ( parents of present pupils ) in Lon ' on , Manchester , Liverpool , Birmingham , Leeds , Bradfoid , Bognor , Preston , Burnley , Chester , Lancaster , Boston

( Lincoln ) , Wigan , Harrowgnte , Accrington , Ilasliugden , Kendal , Soulhport , Totlmortlen , Jvc , and various other towns ; the Continent of Europe , the colonies , New York , and the United States , Brazil , Cuba , cic , who can bear ample testimony to the : merits and success of this College . Next term commences the jth August , 1873 .

Masonic Books In Stock

MASONIC BOOKS IN STOCK

AT Bro . KENNING'S MASONIC DEPOTS . ENGLISH . Masonic Gatherings , by Bro . G . Taylor , P M . ... 5 / 0 Reflected Rays of Li g ht 1 / 0 Red Cross Statutes ... ... ... ... ... 1 / 6 Freemasonry in Relation to Civil Authority and the

Family Circle ... .., ... ... ... »/ o Kingston Masonic Annual ... ... ... 3 / 0 Knight Templar Sermon ... ... ... ... 6 d . The Rosicrucian S . G . C . Regulations 1 / 6 Royal Arch 2 / 6 G . L . Constitutions ... ... ... ... ... 1 / 6

Mark Constitutions 2 / 6 Knight Temylar Statutes . ' . 3 / 6 and 5 / 9 Craft , Mark , R . A ., R . C ., R . > J < . K . T . Books The Freemason , Vol . I . ... ... ... ... 4 / 6 Vol . II 7 / 6 Vol . III . IV . & V . ( each ) ... 15 / 0 Book of Illustrations of Clothing and Jewels ( coloured ) 2 / 6

The Israelites found in the Saxons ... . . . 2 / 6 Freemasonry and its Jurisprudence ... ... 10 / 6 Origin of Freemasonry ... ... 1 / ° Cosmopolitan Masonic Calendar , 1871 1872 and 1873 2 / 0 Grand Lodge Calendar ... ... ... ... 2 / 0 Lodge Bibles 15 / 0 , 21 / 0 , 42 / 0 Chapter Bibles 15 / 0 , 21 / 0 , 42 / 0

Laws of the Supreme G . C . of Scotland ... ... 3 / O 1 Sloane Manuscript ... ... ... i / ° l Dr . Oliver ' s Historical Landmarks of Freemasonry , 1 / 6 2 vols , cloth 40 / 0 j The Antiquities of Freemasonry , cloth 6 / 6 1 Symbol of Glory , cloth ... ... 7 / 6 j Revelations of a Square , cloth ... 7 / 6 I Freemasons' Treasury , cloth ... ... 6 / 0 j

The Theocratic Philosophy of Freemasonry , cloth ... ... ... 5 / 0 Signs and Symbols , cloth ... ... 6 / 0 j k . Mirror for the Jehannite Masons , 3 / 6 j The Book of the Lodge , cloth ... 1 , Ori g in of the R . A . Degree , cloth ... 5 / 6 f The Golden Hcnv . ins of the Early ¦ Masonic Writer " vols , cloth ... 21 / 0 Preston ' s Ulustratii . ; of Freemasonry

and History , new 1 . ' lion , cloth ... S / o Ashe ' s Masonic Mam . tl , new edition , 6 / 6 ; Hutchinson ' s Spirit of Masonry , cloth 6 / 6 ' Apology for Freemasonry ... ... 1 / 0 Papal Teachings in Freemasonry ... 1 / 0 I Stray Leaves from a Freemason ' s Note-Hook , cloth 7 / 6 j Sandy's Shoit View of Freemasonry , cloth ... ... 3 / 0 ;

Freemason ' s Quarterly Magazine and Review ... I Harrington ' s Desideratum of the Age , cloth ... 2 / 0 \ Sermons by Rev . Bros . Cox , Dakeyne , Slade , Glead- ; hall , and Poole ... ... ... ... ... 3 / 0 j The Flower Shushan , or the Pillars of Solomon's ! Temple 1 / 0 j Masonic Lectures by Moody and Marg-oliouth ... 2 / 6 ;

Dublin Lectures , by Townsend , Longfitld , Morrison , and Wilkinson ... ... ... ... ... 2 / 0 Old Constitutions o ! Freemasons , 1 7 , 1723 , 1726 , 1730 . Edited by Rev . J . E . Cox , D . D 12 / 6 * Three Masonic Sermons , by the Rev . W . J . Percy 3 / 0 Single Sermons , by the Rev . Bios . Bradshaw , Uurnnves , Cox . Carwithcn , Dakeyju * , Freeman ,

Gleadall . Grylls , Hill , lln . low , Neale , Poole , Rawlinson , Robcits , Slade , Taylor , Wright , and J Walker ,... 6 d . and 1 / 0 I'he History of Freemasonry and the Grand Lodge of Scotland , with Chapters on the Knights Templar , Knights of St . John , Maik . Masonry , and 1 Royal Arch Degree , \ c \ , and an Appendix of Valuable Papers , published for the fust lime ; by

W . A . I . auiie , Sec . G . L . of Scotland ; with a coloured Allegorical Frontspiccc , and other Illustrations , cSvo ., bound in cloth ... ... ... 12 / 6 Handbook of Freemasonry ; its History , Traditions , Antiquities , Kites , and Ceremonies . Com ile'd by John W . Cuppin . Cloth ... ... ... 5 / 6 llistoirc desTrois Grandcs Loges de Francs-Macons en France—le G . Orient , le Sup . Cunseil , et la G . Loge Nationale , par Em . Rebold . A volume of 1 700 paeres ... ... ... ... ... 7 / 6

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History of the Lodge of Edinburgh ( Mary ' s Chapel ) , No . 1—embracing an Account of the Rise and Progress of Freemasonry in Scotland . By David Murray Lyon . Profusely illustrated with engravings and fac-simiies ... ... ... ... 31 / 6 British Order of Knights Hospitallers . With an

engraved frontispiece ... ... ... ... 3 / 6 Freemasons' Quarterly Review , Second Series , 1843 to 1849 , 7 vols ., Masonic gilt cloth boards , reduced 73 / 6 The Freemasons' Quarterl y Magazine for 18 53 , in uniform binding ... ... ... ... ... 12 / 0 ¦ for 1854 , 9 / 6 Reglements generaux de la Maconnerie Ecossaise

Supreme Conseil de France . Rit ancien et accepte 1846 . Paris . Svo 3 / 6 Histoire curieuse de la demission d ' un Grand Chancelier de l'Ordre du Temple ; with continuationi . e ., Lcttre aux soi-disans Membres du Conseil General , & c . 2 brochures . 8 vo . Paris . 18 37 3 / 0 Militia Templi . "Ad maiorem Dei Gloriam . "

Rapport ministeriel au Grand Maitre . Paris . 1833 . And " Reflexions d ' un ancien Templier . " Paris . 18 3 6 . 2 pieces . 8 vo . ... ... ... ... 6 d . List of the Foreign Masonic Lodges ( 1846 ) , with a short History of Freemasonry in Europe , during the past Century ... ... ... ... ... 1 / 0 Hodge ' s Masonic Fragments , & c , of Worcestershire , 2 / 6

History and Articles of Masonry , in black-letter , & c , from a MS . in British Museum . Svo . Edited b y M . Cooke ... ... ... ... ... ... 7 / 6 Sketch of the Knights Hospitallers , & c . By R . Woof , F . S . A . Svo 3 / 6 Old Charges of Freemasons . Edited by W . J . Ilughan Small 4 to 7 / 6

Memoir of the Hon . Mrs . Aldworth ( the Female Freemason ) ... ... ... ... ... ... 6 d . Masonic Lectures by Bros . Margoliouth , Dowty , Chadwick , Gough , and Nicholson , each ... 1 / 0 Masonic Lecture , by Bro . J . J . Moody ... ... 1 / 6 Clarke ' s History of the Minden Lodge , from 174810 1848 3 / 6

Three Lectures : — " The Duty of the Master , " by Bro . J . F . Townsend , D . G . M ., Ireland ; "The Origin of Freemasonry , " by Bro . R . Longfield , Q . C . ; " The Ethics of Freemasonry , " by Bro . Rev . S . G . Morrison , Chaplain Lodge 245 , Dublin , cloth ... 2 / 0

Preliminaries to Masonic Initiation . Four Lectures by Bro . J . F . Townsend , L . L . D . ... ... 6 d , Oration delivered at the Consecration of St . Hubert's Lodge , Andover , by Rev . E . T . Nepean , M . A . 6 d , Harrington ' s Desideratum for the Age , a Masonic Work , in two Dialogues , cloth ... ... ... 2 / 0

AMERICAN . Masonic Trials , by H . M . Look 6 / 6 Sickel's Ahiman Rezcn ( cloth ) ... ... ... 5 / 0 ,, Freemasons' Monitor ( tucks ) ... ... 4 / 0 R . A . Companion ... ... ... ... ... 3 / 8 Guide to the Chapter ( cloth ) 5 / 6 Manual of the Chapter „ ,.. ... ... 2 I 0

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Lockwood ' s Masonic Law ... ... ... 4 / c Webb ' s Monitor ( tucks ) ... ... ... ... J / Drew ' s Handbook ... ... ... ... .. 3 / 6 Lawrence's Moial Design ... ... ... ... 3 / 6 Woodruff's Masonic Code ... ... ... ... 2 / 6 Lights and Shadows ( cloth ) ... ... ... 6 / 6 Cross True Masonic Chart ... ... ... 4 / 6 Mystic Tie ( cloth ) 5 / 0 Ritual of Freemasonry ... ... ... ... 1 4 / 0

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