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THIRST AND LAST APPLICATION . To the Governors and Subscribers of the ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS . Your Votes and Interest are earnestly solicited for AMY MARGARET LEE , daughter of the late Bro . Thomas Vincent Lee , of Union Waterloo Lodge , No . 13 . —Mrs . J . LEE , 29 Grove-terrace , Highgate-road , N .

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THE ASYLUM FOR IDIOTS , EARLSWOOD , RED HILL , SURREY . OCTOBER ELECTION , 1883 . The favour of your Votes and interest is respectfully solicited on behalf of JAMES EDWARD TAYLOR , Aged 12 years , who was deprived of his reason from the eff .-cts nt Scarlet Fever when four years of age . The Father ( Brn . | as . Tatlor . Lodges No . 730 ( I . C ) , 1331 , 1530 , and Chapters 13 , " 133 O is a . sergeant in the Commissai lat and Transport Corps now serving at Aldershot , and although willing to support to the utmost of his abilities , is " unable to provide adequate treatment or the necessary supervision required by the case , which is strongly recommended bv Baron H . de WORMS , M . P ., 4 , Old Burhngton-st ., VV . GKURGK KENNING , Esq .. Upper Sydenham . RICHARD EVE , Esq ., Oxford Villa , Victoria-road , Aldershot . F . C . BLUNT , Deputy Commissary General , Aldershot . * >* H . S . K . REEVES , C . B ., Assistant Commissary General , Aldershot . * Rev . R . M . SPOOR , Heatherview , Cambridge-road , Aldershot . Proxies will be thankfully received by gentlemen marked thus * .

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THE ASYLUM FOR IDIOTS , EARLSOOD , REDH 1 LL , SURREY . Under the Patronage of Her Most Gracious Majesty THE QUEEN . Total number of Inmates in the Asylum 563 Entiicly supported by Voluntary Subscriptions ... 375 FUNDS AUE URGENTLY NEEDED TO MEET CURRENT EXPENSES . Superior accommodation is provided for private cases , payment for which is regulated by the Board of Management . BANKERS—The London Joint Stock Bank . WILLIAM NICHOLAS , Secretary . Offices , 3 6 , King William-street , E . C .

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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 upwardsof 225 , 000 have been relieved from no less than forty-two different countries , and the number of patients during 1 SS 2 , was 7514 , as compared with 4713 , the average ol the preceding ten years . Qualification ol 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-lane , E . G ., or by the Secretary at the Hospital . Funds are urgently needed for this truly Cosmopolitan Charity , which is supported by voluntary contributions . W . T . EVANS , Secretary .

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SPECULATION & INVESTMENT TN STOCKS AND SHARES * Y / 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 and a 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 might 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 mig ht be intrinsically worth little or absolutely nothing , but from the fact of it haying been largely oversold the price remains apparently firm . T 7 XPLANAT 0 RY BOOK sent post free on application . "DEAD OPINIONS OF THE PRESS . ** i ATEEKLY and MONTHLY REPORT sent regularl y VV to clients . CPECULATIVE ACCOUNTS opened on the most favourable terms . W GUTTER 1 DGE AND CO ., STOCK AND . SHARE BROKERS , 7 , DRAPERS ' -GARDENS , THROG . MORTON-STREE l ' , LONDON , E . C .

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A GOOD PLAN . C ~ r r \ * upwarcls judiciously iny ^ J JL ) vested in Options on Stocks and Shares ofti-n give hdnd ^ ome profits in a few days . Full details in Explanatory Hook gratis ami post free . — - Addres-GlyJKGE EVANS and Co ., Stockbiokers , Gresham House , uld Broad-street , London , E . C . Best and safest plan ever devised .

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BRITISH EQUITABLE ASSUR

ANCE COMPANY , 4 , Queen-street-place , London , E . C . Capital—A Quarter of a Million Sterling . TWENTV-EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT , MAY , 18 S 3 . _ NEW BUSINESS . 2070 Policies issued for ^ 00 , 375 New Premium Income jC "» 9 SC BUSINESS IN FORCE . 26 , 099 Policies , Assuring £ 4 , 825 , 317 REVENUE OF THE YEAR . Premiums £ 140 , 809 Interest , & c £ 35 > ' 3 i £ 75 > 940 ACCUMULATED FUND . Laid by in the year £ 69 , 772 Accumulated Fund on 31 st January , 1 SS 3 ( 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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MASONIC PHOTOGRAPHS . INTERIOR OP GRAND LODGE AFTER THE FIRE , 4 th May . Two VIEWS , Photographed May , 1 S 83 .

T HE ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION .

Two VIEWS , Photographed June , 1 SS 3

THE ROYAL MASONIC SCHOOL FOR GIRLS . Two VIEWS , Photographed June , 1 SS 3 .

THE ROYAL MASONIC SCHOOL FOR BOYS . Two VIEWS , Photographed June , 1883 . Prices , 4 s ., 2 s ., and is . each . Delivered Post Free to any part of the World on receipt of stamps or f . O . O . made payable to George Kenning * . Photogiaphed by BROS . BEDFORD LEMERE & Co ., 147 , STRAND .

Published by G . KENNING , 16 , Great Queen Street , London , W . C .

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CRAFT FURNITURE . — FOR bALE , under exceptional circumstances , a set ot the above , consisting of 3 Oak Chairs , 3 Mahogany Pedestals , 3 Oak Candlesticks , Tesselated Carpet , Ballot Box , Tracing Boards , all in first-rate condition . For order to view , apply to W . H . B ., Freemason Office , 16 Great Queen-street , London , W . C .

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ELECTRICITY . —A quantity of Electrical and Scientific APPARA I'US to be disposed of . Suitable for Institutions , Schools , Private Gentlemen , or for Presentation . Full particulars on application , by letter addresssd to " J . G ., at tbe ollice of the Freemason , 16 , Great Queen-street , W . C .

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AGENTS Wanted everywhere by the Mutual Watch Clubs' Association ( Kendal and Dent , Managers ) , 106 , Cheapside , London . —Foremen , timekeepers , station masters , clerks , secretaries of portrait clubs , police officers , shopkeepers , & c , with spare time , wanted to form clubs for this successful association . — Illustrated catalogues and particulars on application .

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WANTED a few good Agents , very liberal salary and commissian . Master Masons and others having a good social position and a fait connection will find this a rare opportunity to make a good annual income . —Apply W . J . Thompson , 39 , Lombardstreet .

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TO OUR READERS . THE FHEEMASON 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 , United Kingdom . Canada , the Continent , India , China , Ceylon , the Colonies & c . Arabia ,, & c . 13 s . 6 d . 15 s . 6 d . 17 s . 6 d . Remittances may be made in Stamps , but Post Office Orders or Cheques are prefer-ed , th < - former payable to GEOUGE KE . V . VJKO , Chief Office , l . cndon . the latter crossed London Joint Stock Bank .

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TO ADVERTISERS . THE FREEMASON has a large circulation in all parts of the Globe . In it the official Reports of the Grand Lodges of England , Ireland , and Scotland arc 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 thc Colonies . The vast accession to the ranks of the Order during thc past few years , and the increasing interest manifested in its doings , has given the Freemason 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 thc attention of a very large and influential body of readers . Advertisements for the current week ' s issue are received up to Six o ' clock on Wednesday evening .

To Correspondents.

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SATURDAY , AUGUST II , 1883 .

Original Correspondence.

Original Correspondence .

[\ Ve do not hold ourselves responsible for , or even approving of , the opinio is expressed by our correspondents , but we wish in a spirit of fairplay to all to permit—within certain necessary limits—free discussion , * ! ——

THE STATUS OF PAST MASTERS . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — In your second leader of this date you say " In London the joining fee is high , in the provinces it is li-w , never exceeding ^ . 3 3 s ., and very often not so muc * - , " and in making this remaik you are in error . I believe in every lodge in this town the fees are for joining- as follows :

Proposition fee , £ 1 is . ; joining fee , £ 4 4 s . ; making a total of £ 5 5 s . Such is the fact in the lodge in which I am a member , and of which lodge I consider myself a P . M ., although never having yet passed the chair in this particular lodge , having taken my honours in Fast Lanca-hire . The saying is " Unce a Mason always a Mason . " I say " Once a P . M . always a P . M ., " if the brother continues a subscribing member to a lodge , in whatever province

circumstances may place him . If through business he is compelled to leave a province and he joins a lodge in another , is he to be deprived of the rank he has justly earned and to be a " nobod y " ? Once having honourably filled the chair , and continuing a subsciibinu member to a lodge , he hasarinht to his rank as a P . M . in whatever province circumstances may place him , and also to his

preferment in that province should they be offered him . I trust Grand Lodge will uphold the dignity ol the Order , and nut try to deprive a brother of his hard earned honours , by ignoring him because circumstances have compelled him to remove from one province to another . I am sorry to trespass on your space , but should you consider this worthy of insertion in your next issue , you will oblige , —Yours faithfully and fraternally , JNO . W . TURNER , P . M ., P . Z ., Sec . 521 . Water-street , Huddersfield , August 4 th , 1883 .

To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — 1 fail to see the point as to the difference you seem anxious to draw as between a Past Master who has served the office of Master in a certain lodge and one who has only joined the lodge , having served tne office ot Master in another . So long as a Past Master pays the required contributions to or through any lodge he is a member of Grand

Lodg ; and a Past Master in the Craft , and no matter what lodge he visits or joins he is entitled to his rank as such ; but if a visitor he has no right , except by the cour ' esy of the Master , to make any remarks or take part in any ceremony in thelodge ; but if he is a subscribing mem ' ier ot the lodge he has as much and as many rights and privileges as any other subscribing member of it . In short , there is only one point where a hitch could possib ' y occur ,

and that is in case of the absence of the Worshipful Master and the Immediate Past Master , there might possibly occur a dispute as to who was the senior subscribing Past Master present with the right to take the chair -, it might be possible that the joining Past Master was installed the very same day and hour that another Past Master present was installed in that lodge j and , further , he that is the jm ' ning Past Master might be both older in years and in

Masonic service and experience ; but it is scarcely likely that this ever has , or ever will , occur . The rank of Past Master is not conferred by any lodge ; it is theirs by right and by constitution , and they can never lose it , not even by omitting their contributions , though if they continue non-subscribing for over 12 months they cease to be members of Grand Lodge until they again serve the office of Master ; they are Past Masters for ever , and even afier death arc referred to as such .

Where then is the trouble ? If a Worshipful Master calls a meeting of his Past Masters for consultation would you have him to omit to invite the assistance of a joining Past Master ? In case a lodge procession was to be formed where would you like to relegate a joining Past Master ? Past Masters who join another lodge no doubt have various reasons for so doing . A P . M . may even resign the lodge in which he served as Worshipful Master and ioin another

possibly because he thinks the members more congenial to his tastes , or possibly because he nviy be asked to render assistance ,- but in both cases the transaction is a mutual one . He would not seek to join unless he wished to do so , and the members would not have him unless they also desired his membership , either for his social or Masonic qualifications .

As to your remarks about a Mason being a member ot nine lodges , I do not envy that brother any of his privileges . I hope he enjoys them all ; but I should like to see the day when it would bc made impossible for any brother to be a member of more than one lodge at one and the same time . I cannot , however , for the life of me see how " it would practically turn the Craft upside down " to g've