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THEALEXANDRIACIGARETTECO.'S NEW BEAND . 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 ., I , Fenchirch Avenue , London , CIGARANDCIGARETTEIMPORTERS. Sole Agents for—THE MEXICAN PUFFS CIGARETTES , Manufactured by ROSENTHAL BROS ., New York .

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LONSBURYCOLLEGE, ENFIELD CHASE , MIDDLESEX . Healthily situated on the summit of a hill and specially constructed for scholastic purposes . Boys thoroughly prepared for professional or commercial appointments , and for any public examination . Ample and efficient staff of resident ENGLISH AND FOREIGN MASTERS . Every home comfort and unlimited diet . Twelve acres for recreation . Reasonable and inclusive fees . Inspection invited . Winter Term commenced September 17 th : PRINCIPALMr . C . E . TOWN , F . S . Sc . ( London ) .

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MASONS' CEKTIFICATES , & c , FRAMED TO ANY DESIGN . H.MORELL W and 18 , Great St . Andrew St ., Bloomsbury , W . C , London . Manufacturer and Importer of all kinds of Picture Frame and 1 J ecorative 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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* "pHE Son of a Craftsman , just leaving _¦ " ¦ School , and who wishes to learn the Trade of a Butcher , would like any Brother in that line to communi-^ e terms , premium , & c , to G . W ., Office of Freemason .

Ad01108

pOR SALE . —A very fine impression *¦ , ( proof before letters ) of the CELEBRATED M ASONIC PICTURE , painted by THOMAS STOTHARD , £ 'A ., and engraved by BARTOLOZZJ , representing- the F ESTIVAL of the FREEMASONS' GIRLS' SCHOOL , a JSo 2 , containing Portraits of the most Eminent Masons ™ the day . Size 25 inches by 19 inches , with Key , price » £ 6 s . —Apply at the office of the Freemason .

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MISS EMILY FOXCROFT , « Con-Rf ? tralto Vocalist , " Gold Medallist , L . A . M ., CAN j ?& ENGAGED for MASONIC FESTIVALS , INSTALLATION PIQUETS , CONCERTS , & C—For Terms , Address 3 , "olford Street , W . C .

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ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION FOR AGED FREEMASONS AND WIDOWS OF FREEMASONS , CROYDON . GRAND PATRON AND PRESIDENT : HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES , K . G ., & c , M . W . G . M . THE ANNIVERSARY B'ESTIVAL Will take place at FREEMASONS' TAVERN , GREAT OUEEN STREET , LONDON , On Wednesday , 27 th February , 1889 , Upon which occasion THE RT . HON . THE EARL OF EUSTON , R . W . Prov . G . M . Northants and Hunts , Has been pleased to signify his intention of presiding . Brethren are earnestly invited to accept the Office of Stewards upon this occasion , and they will greatly oblige by forwarding their names and Masonic rank , as soon as convenient , to the Secretary , who will gladly give any information required , and supply them with the necessary circulars , & c . It is fraternally hoped that upon this occasion , owing to the large number of applicants , and the few vacancies , Brethren will use their influence to obtain donations towards the funds of the Institution , which were never more needed than at the present time . Expenditure in Annuities alone , £ 15 , 000 . Permanent Income only £ 3600 . 42 S Annuitants on the Funds . 140 Candidates seeking Amission . JAMES TERRY , Vice-Patron , P . G . S . B ., Secretary . Office—4 , Freemasons' Hall , London , W . C .

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HEM'SGREATINDIA!REMEDIES ( LIMITED ) . "HIPPACEA," The Stable and Kennel Requisite . COPY OF LETTER FROM LORD COMBERMERE , re " HIPPACEA . " Carlton Club , 9 th November , 1887 . SIR , I have tried your "Hippacea" both upon myself for rheumatism , and upon a horse for splints . I found it do more good to me than any Embrocation I have ever used , and several of my friends have benefited by its use . I cured the only horse ( of a splint ) that I have ever tried it upon , and shall use it again . Yours faithfully , COMBERMERE . "HIPPACEAPILLS," For purifying the Blood of Dogs , Ac ., without purging . 12 , Ogwy Street , Nantymoel , Sept . 17 th , 1888 . SIR , I am convinced there is not such another remedy as " Hippacea " to be had . Every other lotion and ointment were complete failures in my dog ' s casenone did the least good . I was on the point of destroying the dog when I made up my mind to try yourvaluable "Hippacea" as a last resort , and I am glad to say it has cured it . I gave the box of " Hippacea Pills " to a friend of mine , who had two young dogs with distemper , and to prove your Pills he gave them to only one dog , which got over the malady quite easily , the other dog died . I recommend "Hippacea" to all my friends . ALF . GODDING . PRICES— " Hippacea" 2 / 9 , 5 / 3 * 10 / 3 , post free . " Hippacea Pills " 1 / -, 2 / 6 , and 5 / - per box , of F . H . BOWDEN , Managing Director , 43 , KING WILLIAM STREET , LONDON , E . C , AND MADRAS , INDIA . TELEGEAPHIC ADDRESS—H IPPACEA , LONDON .

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ESTABLISHED 1819 . J.CUSWORTH&SONS GRANITE , MARBLE , and STONE WORKS . UPWARDS OF 100 MONUMENTS In Bed , Grey , and Silver Grey Polished Gra . iite , Always in Stock at our London Depot , 182 a , PENTONVILLE ROAD . WOKKS-Abney Park Cemetery ; East End Einchley ; and Chingford Mount , CMnpford . Estimates 'incl Designs of Monuments , Tombs , Headstones , and Ledgers , in Granite , Marble , and Stone , forwarded free of charge . Prices include fixing complete ab any London Cemetery ,

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JUST PUBLISHED , CABINET SIZE , ANEW PHOTOGRAPH , by Bradnee , of Torquay , of Bro . WILLIAM J AMES . HUGHAN , P . S . G . D . England , sent post free for 2 / - in Stamps or Postal Order , by GEORGB KBNNING , Freemason Office , 16 , Great Queen-street , London , W . C .

To Correspondents.

To Correspondents .

Bro . J . A . BIRCH—We do not see our way clear to publishing the correspondence you send without the consent of the writers of the respective letters . —ED . F . M . ~] A PAST MASTER . —We are very grieved to hear of the particulars forwarded , and cannot understand how the Master of a lodge under the English Constitutions ( in one

of our Colonies ) could permit an assault to be committed in the ante-room " under his own eye , " and take no part to stay the proceedings , which are of a disgraceful character from beginning to end . The plaintiff was justified in bringing the matter before a court of law , seeing that his fraternal offer to accept an apology was deferred too late to stay proceedings in the initial stage . Should the

members be so ill-advised as to vote for the permanent exclusion of the injured brother from the lodge because he thus sought to obtain the only means of redress in his power , all he has to do is to lay the matter before the District Grand Master , and , failing action by the local authorities , he may be sure th it the Board of General Purposes would make short work of any such action by the lodge on due report being made . —ED . F . M . I

The following communications among others unavoidably stand over : — CRAFT LODGES—St . Mark's College , No . 157 ; St . Helena , No . 4885 Prince of Wales , No . 959 ; Elliot , No . 1567 ; Royal Kensington , No . 1627 ; and Hadrian , No . 1070 .

•INSTRUCTION—Hyde Park Lodge , No . 1425 . Banquet given by Bro . William Kelly , P . P . G . M ., at Leicester . CORRESPONDENCE—Bro . Emra Holmes .

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, So "> £ & ¦ K 3 ! 3 iufeS & A ^ S ^ g &^ SSSgg ^ AAAA ^ AVggj ^ gggl SATURDAY , N OVEMBER 10 , 1888 .

Original Correspondence.

Original Correspondence .

EXPULSION OF A SCOTTISH BROTHER . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , It fortunately happens that the Masonic press has never before had to chronicle so unjust a decision and so harsh a sentence as that in the case of Bro . William Edwards , who was expelled by a majority of the Grand

Lodge of Scotland , headed by the Grand Master , for a mere technical misdemeanour . The facts of the case are as follows : The Celtic Lodge of Edinburgh , desirous of paying respect to the memory of one of their oldest and most revered Past Masters , Bro . Alexander Hay , resolved on holding the American innovation , called " A Lodge of Sorrow , " which consists of copious extracts

from the Burial Service , responses by a choir , funeral hymns , and orations and eulogia on the departed brother . The ritual was prepared and prin ted , and , as it all appeared in the Edinburgh papers the next day , there could not have been much "secret" about it . The oration on the life of Bro . Hay was announced to be given by Bro . William Mann , P . S . G . W ., one of the oldest friends of

the family , and it was for allowing our late Bro . Hay ' s two daughters to hear this oration from the organ loft that subjected Bro . Edwards to the most extreme penalty of the Craft . There was no secret of Masonry revealed , there was nothing in the whole of the proceedings which could not have been witnessed by the world at large , and the ladies who heard their dead father ' s memory spoken of in

terms of affection and esteem did not learn so much of the so-called secrets of the Order as the ladies at the Centenary Festival of the Girls' School , who saw and heard H . R . H . the Grand Master lead the "fire . " I do hope that even yet the Grand Lodge of Scotland may be induced to listen to reason , and reverse a decision and sentence which should never be inflicted save for the gravest

possible offence . Bro . Edwards was undoubtedly guilty of an error of judgment , and might be punished by fine or suspension for a year ; but some regard should be shown to his eminent services , especially to the Supreme Grand Royal Arch Chapter , of which he has been the G . S . E . for many years . —Yours fraternally , A PAST GRAND OFFICER .

MASONIC JURISPRUDENCE . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , I am delighted to notice your intention of issuing periodically in the columns of the Freemason a series of articles on Masonic Jurisprudence . Valuing , as most of

us do , Oliver's Jurisprudence , as a synopsis of Masonic law , it has , in many instances , nevertheless , become obso * lete and unsuited to the requirements of the present day , and I trust that this latest evidence of your enterprise will meet with the substantial and fraternal encouragement it

deserves . I need scarcely add that you may rely on my hearty cooperation in this distant part of the world , where , bythebye , a new work on Jurisprudence will be eminently useful . —Very fraternally yours , y W . F . LAMONBY ' Masonic Club , Melbourne , September 21 st .

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CONSECRATION OF LODGE ST. JOHN, No. 2280, SAUGOR, BOMBAY. Article 6
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Ad01103

THEALEXANDRIACIGARETTECO.'S NEW BEAND . 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 .

Ad01104

W . A . VAN SANTEN & CO ., I , Fenchirch Avenue , London , CIGARANDCIGARETTEIMPORTERS. Sole Agents for—THE MEXICAN PUFFS CIGARETTES , Manufactured by ROSENTHAL BROS ., New York .

Ad01105

LONSBURYCOLLEGE, ENFIELD CHASE , MIDDLESEX . Healthily situated on the summit of a hill and specially constructed for scholastic purposes . Boys thoroughly prepared for professional or commercial appointments , and for any public examination . Ample and efficient staff of resident ENGLISH AND FOREIGN MASTERS . Every home comfort and unlimited diet . Twelve acres for recreation . Reasonable and inclusive fees . Inspection invited . Winter Term commenced September 17 th : PRINCIPALMr . C . E . TOWN , F . S . Sc . ( London ) .

Ad01106

MASONS' CEKTIFICATES , & c , FRAMED TO ANY DESIGN . H.MORELL W and 18 , Great St . Andrew St ., Bloomsbury , W . C , London . Manufacturer and Importer of all kinds of Picture Frame and 1 J ecorative Mouldings ( Two Million Feet always in stock ) . Every requisite for the Trade and Exportation . Illustrated Book of , Patterns post free for three penny stamps .

Ad01107

* "pHE Son of a Craftsman , just leaving _¦ " ¦ School , and who wishes to learn the Trade of a Butcher , would like any Brother in that line to communi-^ e terms , premium , & c , to G . W ., Office of Freemason .

Ad01108

pOR SALE . —A very fine impression *¦ , ( proof before letters ) of the CELEBRATED M ASONIC PICTURE , painted by THOMAS STOTHARD , £ 'A ., and engraved by BARTOLOZZJ , representing- the F ESTIVAL of the FREEMASONS' GIRLS' SCHOOL , a JSo 2 , containing Portraits of the most Eminent Masons ™ the day . Size 25 inches by 19 inches , with Key , price » £ 6 s . —Apply at the office of the Freemason .

Ad01109

MISS EMILY FOXCROFT , « Con-Rf ? tralto Vocalist , " Gold Medallist , L . A . M ., CAN j ?& ENGAGED for MASONIC FESTIVALS , INSTALLATION PIQUETS , CONCERTS , & C—For Terms , Address 3 , "olford Street , W . C .

Ad01110

ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION FOR AGED FREEMASONS AND WIDOWS OF FREEMASONS , CROYDON . GRAND PATRON AND PRESIDENT : HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES , K . G ., & c , M . W . G . M . THE ANNIVERSARY B'ESTIVAL Will take place at FREEMASONS' TAVERN , GREAT OUEEN STREET , LONDON , On Wednesday , 27 th February , 1889 , Upon which occasion THE RT . HON . THE EARL OF EUSTON , R . W . Prov . G . M . Northants and Hunts , Has been pleased to signify his intention of presiding . Brethren are earnestly invited to accept the Office of Stewards upon this occasion , and they will greatly oblige by forwarding their names and Masonic rank , as soon as convenient , to the Secretary , who will gladly give any information required , and supply them with the necessary circulars , & c . It is fraternally hoped that upon this occasion , owing to the large number of applicants , and the few vacancies , Brethren will use their influence to obtain donations towards the funds of the Institution , which were never more needed than at the present time . Expenditure in Annuities alone , £ 15 , 000 . Permanent Income only £ 3600 . 42 S Annuitants on the Funds . 140 Candidates seeking Amission . JAMES TERRY , Vice-Patron , P . G . S . B ., Secretary . Office—4 , Freemasons' Hall , London , W . C .

Ad01111

HEM'SGREATINDIA!REMEDIES ( LIMITED ) . "HIPPACEA," The Stable and Kennel Requisite . COPY OF LETTER FROM LORD COMBERMERE , re " HIPPACEA . " Carlton Club , 9 th November , 1887 . SIR , I have tried your "Hippacea" both upon myself for rheumatism , and upon a horse for splints . I found it do more good to me than any Embrocation I have ever used , and several of my friends have benefited by its use . I cured the only horse ( of a splint ) that I have ever tried it upon , and shall use it again . Yours faithfully , COMBERMERE . "HIPPACEAPILLS," For purifying the Blood of Dogs , Ac ., without purging . 12 , Ogwy Street , Nantymoel , Sept . 17 th , 1888 . SIR , I am convinced there is not such another remedy as " Hippacea " to be had . Every other lotion and ointment were complete failures in my dog ' s casenone did the least good . I was on the point of destroying the dog when I made up my mind to try yourvaluable "Hippacea" as a last resort , and I am glad to say it has cured it . I gave the box of " Hippacea Pills " to a friend of mine , who had two young dogs with distemper , and to prove your Pills he gave them to only one dog , which got over the malady quite easily , the other dog died . I recommend "Hippacea" to all my friends . ALF . GODDING . PRICES— " Hippacea" 2 / 9 , 5 / 3 * 10 / 3 , post free . " Hippacea Pills " 1 / -, 2 / 6 , and 5 / - per box , of F . H . BOWDEN , Managing Director , 43 , KING WILLIAM STREET , LONDON , E . C , AND MADRAS , INDIA . TELEGEAPHIC ADDRESS—H IPPACEA , LONDON .

Ad01112

ESTABLISHED 1819 . J.CUSWORTH&SONS GRANITE , MARBLE , and STONE WORKS . UPWARDS OF 100 MONUMENTS In Bed , Grey , and Silver Grey Polished Gra . iite , Always in Stock at our London Depot , 182 a , PENTONVILLE ROAD . WOKKS-Abney Park Cemetery ; East End Einchley ; and Chingford Mount , CMnpford . Estimates 'incl Designs of Monuments , Tombs , Headstones , and Ledgers , in Granite , Marble , and Stone , forwarded free of charge . Prices include fixing complete ab any London Cemetery ,

Ad01113

JUST PUBLISHED , CABINET SIZE , ANEW PHOTOGRAPH , by Bradnee , of Torquay , of Bro . WILLIAM J AMES . HUGHAN , P . S . G . D . England , sent post free for 2 / - in Stamps or Postal Order , by GEORGB KBNNING , Freemason Office , 16 , Great Queen-street , London , W . C .

To Correspondents.

To Correspondents .

Bro . J . A . BIRCH—We do not see our way clear to publishing the correspondence you send without the consent of the writers of the respective letters . —ED . F . M . ~] A PAST MASTER . —We are very grieved to hear of the particulars forwarded , and cannot understand how the Master of a lodge under the English Constitutions ( in one

of our Colonies ) could permit an assault to be committed in the ante-room " under his own eye , " and take no part to stay the proceedings , which are of a disgraceful character from beginning to end . The plaintiff was justified in bringing the matter before a court of law , seeing that his fraternal offer to accept an apology was deferred too late to stay proceedings in the initial stage . Should the

members be so ill-advised as to vote for the permanent exclusion of the injured brother from the lodge because he thus sought to obtain the only means of redress in his power , all he has to do is to lay the matter before the District Grand Master , and , failing action by the local authorities , he may be sure th it the Board of General Purposes would make short work of any such action by the lodge on due report being made . —ED . F . M . I

The following communications among others unavoidably stand over : — CRAFT LODGES—St . Mark's College , No . 157 ; St . Helena , No . 4885 Prince of Wales , No . 959 ; Elliot , No . 1567 ; Royal Kensington , No . 1627 ; and Hadrian , No . 1070 .

•INSTRUCTION—Hyde Park Lodge , No . 1425 . Banquet given by Bro . William Kelly , P . P . G . M ., at Leicester . CORRESPONDENCE—Bro . Emra Holmes .

Ar01101

, So "> £ & ¦ K 3 ! 3 iufeS & A ^ S ^ g &^ SSSgg ^ AAAA ^ AVggj ^ gggl SATURDAY , N OVEMBER 10 , 1888 .

Original Correspondence.

Original Correspondence .

EXPULSION OF A SCOTTISH BROTHER . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , It fortunately happens that the Masonic press has never before had to chronicle so unjust a decision and so harsh a sentence as that in the case of Bro . William Edwards , who was expelled by a majority of the Grand

Lodge of Scotland , headed by the Grand Master , for a mere technical misdemeanour . The facts of the case are as follows : The Celtic Lodge of Edinburgh , desirous of paying respect to the memory of one of their oldest and most revered Past Masters , Bro . Alexander Hay , resolved on holding the American innovation , called " A Lodge of Sorrow , " which consists of copious extracts

from the Burial Service , responses by a choir , funeral hymns , and orations and eulogia on the departed brother . The ritual was prepared and prin ted , and , as it all appeared in the Edinburgh papers the next day , there could not have been much "secret" about it . The oration on the life of Bro . Hay was announced to be given by Bro . William Mann , P . S . G . W ., one of the oldest friends of

the family , and it was for allowing our late Bro . Hay ' s two daughters to hear this oration from the organ loft that subjected Bro . Edwards to the most extreme penalty of the Craft . There was no secret of Masonry revealed , there was nothing in the whole of the proceedings which could not have been witnessed by the world at large , and the ladies who heard their dead father ' s memory spoken of in

terms of affection and esteem did not learn so much of the so-called secrets of the Order as the ladies at the Centenary Festival of the Girls' School , who saw and heard H . R . H . the Grand Master lead the "fire . " I do hope that even yet the Grand Lodge of Scotland may be induced to listen to reason , and reverse a decision and sentence which should never be inflicted save for the gravest

possible offence . Bro . Edwards was undoubtedly guilty of an error of judgment , and might be punished by fine or suspension for a year ; but some regard should be shown to his eminent services , especially to the Supreme Grand Royal Arch Chapter , of which he has been the G . S . E . for many years . —Yours fraternally , A PAST GRAND OFFICER .

MASONIC JURISPRUDENCE . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , I am delighted to notice your intention of issuing periodically in the columns of the Freemason a series of articles on Masonic Jurisprudence . Valuing , as most of

us do , Oliver's Jurisprudence , as a synopsis of Masonic law , it has , in many instances , nevertheless , become obso * lete and unsuited to the requirements of the present day , and I trust that this latest evidence of your enterprise will meet with the substantial and fraternal encouragement it

deserves . I need scarcely add that you may rely on my hearty cooperation in this distant part of the world , where , bythebye , a new work on Jurisprudence will be eminently useful . —Very fraternally yours , y W . F . LAMONBY ' Masonic Club , Melbourne , September 21 st .

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