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GENERAL ASSURANCE ^ COMPANY . ESTABLISHED 1937 . LIFE , FIRE , MORTGAGES , ANNUITIES . Chief Office : 103 , Cannon Street , London , E . C . CAPITAL and RESERVES £ 2 , 100 , 000 . Board of Directors . Sir ANDREW LUSK , Bart ., Chairman . Principal ANGUS , D . D . J OSEPH BOLTON DOE , Esq ., J . P . The Most Hon . the Marquis of ExiiTKR . ILieut .-Colonel F . D . GREY . J AMES MACK , Esq ., J . P . GEORGE PITT , Esq . Lord GILBERT KENNEDY . J AMES PILKINGTON , Esq ., J . P . HENRY WILLIAM RIPLEY , Esq . WILLIAM STRANG , Esq . Right Hon . C . PELHAM VILLIERS , M . P . Tffi Company undertakes Life Assurance of every kind at moderate rates , and on terms and conditions vvhich compare favourably with those of other Companies . Policies arc made indisputable after 5 years . Regulations are in force for securing to the Assured the benefit of the surrender value of a Policy in the event of its lapse . Fire Insurances are accepted at tariff rates . All Claims settled with liberality and despatch . Prospectuses and Proposal Forms may be obtained on . application at the Chief Office , or any of the Branches . HENRY WARD , Secretary and Manager .

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ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION . MAY ELECTION , iSSy . To TUB GOVERNORS AND SUBSCRIBERS OI- ' THE ROYAL - MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION . The favour of your Votes and Interest is earnestly solicited at this Election on behalf of BRO . H . C . KNILL ( No . 201 , Jordan Lodge ) , Latu Hall Potter for 19 years at Freemasons' Tavern ( Address , 4 *? , Peabody Buildings , Great Wild-st ., W . C ) , Who , in November , iSSG , whilst engaged in his occupation , met vvith a serious accident , by which he broke the Tendons of one of his Legs , owing to vvhich he is only able to get about on Crutches , and is rendered permanently unable to do anything to earn his living .

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THECOCKTAVERN, HIGHBURY , N . ' Entirely Ee-Decorated and Re-Furnished . EXCELLENT SUITES OP EOOMS ¥ OR MASONIC LODGE MEETINGS , . Banquets , Suppers , & c . I > at 8 s Open for Club Dinners , Meetings , and Smoking Concerts . BAKER BROTHERS , PROPRIETORS .

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BORON'S COURT HOTEL , WEST KENSINGTON , S-W . ( Close to District Railway Station . ) MAS OXIU LODGE MEETINGS , SMOKING CONCEEI ' S , BALLS BANQUETS , SUPPERS , LUNCHEONS ^ BREAKFASTS . p- IIVACT aOOMS . BILLIARDS ; Bro . HENRY HARRIS , Proprietor .

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IDERIM'S"HOTELANDTAVERN, .. •rXEE'l ' ' STEEET LONDON Iu connection with Hie Roya Clarence Hotel , llfracombe ; and Peacock Hotel , sad Royal Hotel , Boston Lincolnshire . 1 'he central position of ALN TEUTON'S renders this Tavern uneqt ' alle ( i fo 1 ' Masonic Banquets , Public L iners , Wedding Breakfasts , Meetings of Creditors , Arbit , "ations or Jovial Gatherings , . 'J'he Rooms reserved for the above business consist of Umii-o HALL , PILLAB HALL , MAS , WI ° HALI ' ' CHAMEB , and numerous Smaller Rooms . The RESTAURANT on Eastern Si ' * - •

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¦ THE CITY AEMS TAVERN . UTO BODEGA , 2 , ST . MARY AXE , E . G . Q ^ iLL ROOM , DINING ROOM , AND ACCOMMC © ATION FOR . PRIVATE DINNERS AND SMOKING CONCERTS .

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'TOBACCOBLOOM" IN PACKETS AND C 1 GARET TES , FINEST QUALITY AND FL AVOUR , Of Tobacconists in Town and Coun try . nn . SPECIAL AGENTHAMLIN ( late ledex ) , ISS , OXFORD STOET , W . Wholesale-RUTTER & Co ., LLONDON .

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PARIS EXHIBITION—Now Open . PARIS and BACK for 23 s . 3 d .

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SOUTH - EASTERN RAILWAY . — From CHARING-CROSS and CANNON-STREET TERMINI . Cheap Fares for Parties of Artisans , & c . Full Particulars by Handbills to be had on application .

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SOUTH -EASTERN RAILWAY . — PARIS , Switzerland , Italy , & c . THE ROYAL MAIL EXPRESS ROUTE from CHARING-CROSS and CANNON-STREfiT .-FOUR SERVICES DAILY . Leave Charing-crossl Vii Calais Vii Boulogne Vii Calais Vii Calais and Cannon-street 8 . 20 a . m . " 9 . 40 a . m . 11 . 0 a . m . 8 . 1 $ p . m . Arrive Paris ij . 40 p . rn . 5 . 57 p . m . 7 . 35 p . m . 5 . 50 a . m . * The route vii Folkestone and Boulogne is 2 S miles shorter than vii Calais , and is the quickest route ; 20 minutes are allowed for luncheon at Boulogne . The Albert Victor , Louise Dagmar , and Mary Beatrice run in the Special Express Services , via Boulogne , throughout the year . Express Through Services to Switzerland , & c , via Calais and Rheims , or via Paris , in connection vvith the above trains . ALL CONTINENTAL TICKETS , single and return , for the Short Sea and Mail Routes , via Dover and Calais or Dover and Ostend , whether issued at stations or al booking offices , are AVAILABLE by the South-Eastern Railway . MYLES FENTON , General Manager .

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/e~COCKERELL'S \> 13 , CORNHILL , B . C . < -Ny y ^ V For Prices , see Daily Papers . Cjj / Trucks direct from the * Colliery to every Railway Station .

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A CAMBRIDGE GRADUATE ( P . M ., P . Z ., P . M . W . S . iS ° , Professor of Latin and Zoology , "The College , " South Kensington ; Examiner 15 years Bexley Heath College ) has some time disengage t for Private or Visiting Tuition . Lectures on History and Natural Science . Foreigners taught English through the medium of French . —Address , F . D ., 62 , Lancaster-road , Notting-hill , W .

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FRAZER'S Purify the Blood , Improve the Complexion , Insure —————• Good Health , Make Work a Pleasure , and Life SULPHU R Enjoyable . Sold by Chemists at i / i " r , or post free ————— " 15 Stamps from FRAZER & Co ., 29 , Ludgate Hill , TABLETS London . Agents Wanted . Liberal Terms . Whole-111 ¦ ' sale : The Grocers'Association , Ltd ., London , S . E .

To Correspondents.

To Correspondents .

The following communications unavoidably stand over : CRAFTWilton Lodge , No . 1077 . Southgate Lodge , No . 1950 . Richmond Lodge , No . 2032 .

A . AND A . RITEInvicta Rose Croix Chapter , No . 10 . United Grand Lodge of Victoria . Provincial Grand Lodge of West Yorkshire .

BOOKS . Sc , RECEIVED . " Freemasons' Journal" ( Nevv York ) , " Revista Masonica , " " South African Freemason , " " Keystone , " "Boletin Oricial , " " Liberal Freemason , " " LaChaine D'Union , " " Masonic World , " and "Voice of Masonry . "

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fcg^^i^^^p ife-3-g ^^^ f ^^^ v y * y * g l ^ g ^^^^^ SATURDAY , MAY II , 1889 .

Original Correspondence.

Original Correspondence .

ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS . To the Editor of the "Freemason " Dear Sir and Brother , We shall be obliged by the insertion of the en closed copy of letter as delivered this day to the Chair man of the Committee of Inquiry . —Yours fraternally ,

J . W . RAMSAY , M . D . CHAS . FREDK . HOGARD . V . W . Bio . F . A . Philbrick , Q . C , Grand Registrar , Chair man Committee of Inquiry . V . W . Sir and Brother ,

'lhe members of tbe House , and Finance and Audit Committees have had under consideration the Report of the Committee , presented by you as Chairman to the Quarterly General Court of this Institution on Friday , 26 th ult . They desire to avoid any want of courtesy to yourself , or

any member of that Committee , yet they cannot—in justice to themselves—refrain from an expression of astonishment at the conclusions as set forth in the Report . VVith the knowledge previously possessed by some , and now acquired by other , members of the two Committees of the shorthand writer ' s notes of the evidence , this feeling is greatly intensified . They challenge the

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publication of those notes , as to them they vvould fearlessly _ appeal . Without unrestricted access to those notes it is manifestly impossible to draw up an exhaustive reply to your Report , but the members of both administrative Committees unanimously concur in entering a protest against decisions vvhich vvere arrived at in their opinion contrary to the weight of evidence . They

indignantly repudiate the suggestions that they have on any important point subordinated their views to any official influence whatever , and that they have failed to maintain the most steady allegiance to the important interests entrusted to their care . They deeply regret to mark the tone that pervades the whole Report , which is best exemplified by paragraph 1 , p . 29 . In answer to that they can only say that they are all equally bound by the acts of

the Committee , and every individual member rejects for himself the invidious distinction sought to be drawn by this un-Masonic paragraph . We are obliged to send a copy of this letter to the Masonic press , as it is the only ready means available for an appeal to the large constituency affected by the issue of the Report . —Faithfully yours ,

F . W . RAMSAY , M . D ., Rota Chairman , On behalf of the House Commiltee . CHAS . FREDK . HOGARD , Rota Chairman , On behalf of the Finance and Audit Committee , gth May , 1 SS 9 .

Reviews.

REVIEWS .

HISTORY OF "PROBITY , " No . 61 , HALIFAX . Lodge Histories are a feature of present day Freemasonry , and , beyond question , the most attractive and interesting form cf publication in connection wilh the Craft . Had our old Historians—Anderson , Preston , and Co . —consulted the Records of the Sesqui-Centennial

Lodges ; and even still older minute books , at Edinbugh , Kilwinning , and others in Scotland , their works vvould have been much more valuable , comprehensive , and trustworthy . Bro . Gould , our modern Historian , has for long been a diligent student of this particular branch of literature , and hence the exhaustive character of bis colossal History of

the Fraternity . No one who seeks to comprehend the question of the origin and spread of the Society can afford to close his eyes to these eloquent witnesses of the past , and hence at no period has there been such facilities for the study of Masonic History as now , because never before have the minute books of our senior lodges been so examined and their important contents made known .

Outside of the Metropolis , there are not many lodges that have existed for over a century and a half , and of these only a few have had their eventful career duly and carefully narrated . No . 37 , Bolton , No . 41 , Bath , No . 42 , Bury , No . 4 S , Gateshead , and No . 56 , Arundel , have had their Histories written wilh more or less thoroughness , and now I have to announce the advent of the " History of the

Lodge of Probity , No . 61 , Halifax , " by Bro . Herbert Crossley , the respected and esteemed VV . M ., vvho was once its energetic Secretary . The work makes an imposing and attractive volume , beautifully printed by Bro . M . C . Peck , of Hull , whose abilities in that direction were conspicuously illustrated in the publication of Bro . John Lane's " Masonic Records ,

1717—1 S 86 " ( which , I believe , vvas the most difficult book to print in connection with Freemasonry ) . It is dedicated to Uro . Francis Fleming , vvho had the honourof being the Master during the 150 th year of the existence of thc lodge . The handsome souvenir of this " red letter day " of the " Probity " Lodge is published by subscription , and the edition is already nearly exhausted .

In 1 S 85 a Committee of the lodge was appointed to see that the records were duly collected and examined , the brethren wisely delegating the duty of carrying out the work to Bro . Crossley , thc then Secretary . The fidelity and ability with which he has discharged the sacred trust thus imposed upon him is patent to all competent critics who have perused the result of his labours . I , for one , in

no unstinted manner , beg most warmly to congratulate him on the noble volume which he has produced , for the care and discrimination he has exercised in the selection of suitable material , and , above all , for the pains he has taken to make his interesting vvork thoroughly trustworthy from the beginning to the end , so that the book is not only " a thing of beauty , " but the contents are fully equal to its

appearance . Without being hypercritical or needlessly fastidious , here and there may be spotted an assertion or two , vvhich to my mind is not accurate , and hence I shall allude to such in this friendly notice , so that our brother may have an opportunity of retesting such . In the main , however , it is a great pleasure for me to acknowledge the value , research , and

scrupulous accuracy of the vvork , although it docs not appear to me he has anything like exhausted the treasures of his lodge . One feature in the History should be recognised , as it is not always met vvith , and that is the generous acknowledgment of aid the author has received from brethren and works consulted during the preparation of his History .

We all know how pleasant this is to those concerned , and , after all , it is only their due . Bro . Crossley has divided his Historv into xii . chapters , embracing "Halifax and its surroundings atthe time of , the formation of the Lodge of Probity , " the " Formation of the Provincial Grand Lodge of the West Riding of Yorkshire , " and then follow the remaining chapters , devoted

mostly to the Iodge itself . The first lodge chartered for any portion of Yorkshire by the regular Grand Lodge of England ( "Moderns" ) vvas No . 59 , Scarborough , August 27 th , 1729 . It occurs in the Engraved List of 1734 ( reproduced this year by me ) as held at the " Three Tuns , " but vvas erased in 1754 . As

1 mentioned in the vvork aforesaid , a few of the official jewels of this old lodge are still preserved in the valuable museum of the York Lodge , No . 236 . The second lodge formed under the same auspices waa the present Lodge of Probity , No . 61 , the warrant being dated ist August , 1738 ; the original . charter , however