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"OALUTATION , " NEWGATE STREET , LONDON , E . C . E . LIEBMANN , PROPRIETOR ( Urban Lodge , No . 1196 ) . This Establishment has been recently entirely RE-BUILT AND RE-D ECO RAT ED . Amongst special features it offers are A SPACIOUS MASONIC TEMPLE , WITH RECEPTION AND PREPARATION ROOMS , COMMODIOUS LODGE ROOMS AND BANQUETING HALLS . PRIVATE ROOMS FOR ARBITRATION MEETINGS , PROCEEDINGS , & c , & c . Accommodation for ELECTIONS TO CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS Also every convenience for BALLS , WEDDING BREAKFASTS , SOIREES , AND EVENING PARTIES . CUISINE OF THE HIGHEST CHARACTER . THE WINES Have been most carefully selected , and will be found perfect as regards condition . The Proprietor will be happy to supply particulars as to Tariff , Scale of Charges , & c . LODGES intending to move from their present abode will do well to apply as early as possible to E . LIEBMANN , PROPRIETOR ( Urban Lodge , No . 1196 ) . "OALUTATION , " NEWGATE STREET , LONDON , E . C .

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" Braces of no braces has been exercising the " minds of correspondents of the Times . One gentleman " says he is too fat to do without them ; another that he ' can only get on without them by hitching up his trousers " before ladies , which he terms an objectionable practice . "A few years ago I was in Paris and , wanting a pair of

" braces , 1 went to the shop called ' Old England' to buy "them . I selected a pair which both behind and before " had spiral steel springs . Any movement extended the " springs , so that I seemed to have no braces on , and yet 1 " was not , like the unfortunate correspondent of the Times " ^ reduced to the necessity of periodically hitching up my "trousers . The next time I went to Paris I endeavoured "to buy another pair of these braces , but was told that I " could not get them , so on my return to England I had " some made . Why there is no sale for them—as this , 1 " presume , is the only reason for their not being offered for " sale—1 do not know , for unquestionably they are the " mostcomfortable braces that ever were made . " —Truth , October 4 th , 1 SS 3 .

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SPECIALLY INTERESTING TO FREEMASONS . GEORGE MACKEY , 49 A , Union Passage , Birmingham , at the request of many Masons , has now published his most remarkable Masonic Illumination . The size of the original is 48 by 36 inches , and is probably one of the most beautiful Specimensof Pen and Ink Etching ever produced . Detailed particulars sent on receipt of stamped directed envelope . Copyright Photographs , Cabinet size as . Ditto ditto 15 by 12 inch 5 s . The original can be seen at any time at above address ; also a choice and large collection of all varieties of Fine Art Firoperty , China , Weapons , Old Plate , Antique Jewellery , vory Carvings , Old Carved Oak and other Furniture , and Bric-a-brac of every description .

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BRO . ROBERT RAYNHAM , ORPHEUS LODGE , No . 1706 , PROFESSOR OF SINGING AND ITALIAN , Is open to accept Engagements , and provide VOCAL AND INSTRUMENTAL ARTISTES FOR MASONIC BANQUETS , CONSECRATIONS , INSTALLATIONS , & c Address . —St . PAUL'S CATHEDRAL , E . C .

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SEVENTY-EIGHT Songs , Dances , Original RECITATIONS , & c , with full Pianoforte Accompaniment . Nearly all these Songs are original , and very suitable for Masonic Banquets . Positively the Cheapest Collection of Music in the World . 6 d . or Sd . post free . JOHN GUEST , s 6 , Ivy Lane , Newgate-street , E . C .

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MASON IC LECTURE . " KNOBS AND EXCRESENCES . " BRO . JAMES STEVENS , P . M ., P . Z ., Is open to accept invitations for the delivery of this Lecture in METROPOLITAN or PROVINCIAL LODGES , or LODGES OK INSTRUCTION . No Lecture Fee ; travelling expenses only accepted . Address , Clapham , S . W .

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AGENCY . —Bro . J . Muhsam , of Lodz , Russian Poland , Coal and Commission Agent , desires AGENCIES of any kind for this place and district . He can produce first class references . Is a member of the St . John's Lodge , Victorious Truth , of Glenvitz , Upper Silesia . Communications to be addressed , care of Freemason Office , 16 , Great Queen-street , London , W . C .

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AS Messenger or Private Servant . — A young Brother , 2 S , wants EMPLOYMENT . — Address , Y ,, i \ ., FnemasonQf & w , i 6 , GreatQueen-5 t ; ., VV . C '

To Correspondents.

To Correspondents .

Bro . Hughan's notes on Bro . Gould's "History" are unavoidably held over , but will appear next week .

The following communications have been received , but are not inserted in this issue owing to want of space : — CRAFT LODGES . —Anchor and Hope , 37 ; Affability , 317 ; Truth , S 3 i ; Alnwick , 767 ; Albert Edward , 1557 ; harlot Chester , 1565 ; All Saints , 1716 ; Saint Leonard , 17 G 6 ; Old England , 1790 ; Mozart , 1929 ; Brixton , 1949 ; LODGES OK INSTRUCTION . —United Strength , 228 ; Covent Cardcn , 1 C 14 ; Earl Lathoin , 1922 ; Brixton , 1949 . ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER . —West Kent , 122 7 .

BOOKS , & c , RECEIVED . " Hull Packet , " " Voice of Masonry , "" New York Dispatch , " " Report on Foreign Correspondence to the Grand Commandcry of Knights Templar of Ohio , 1883 , " Ditto , 1883 , " Royal Cornwall Gazette , "" Guernsey Star , "" | e » ish Chronicle , " ' " Allen's Indian Mail , " " El Taller , " " Die Bauli ' iitte , " " Liberal Freemason , " " Court Circular , " " Reading Observer , " " Victorian Masonic Journal , " " Rough Ashlar , " " La Gran Logia" ( Mexico ) .

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^ Bre ^^^ S IrWi- ^ y ^ f ^ nMr-yw vvvirv W + * t ff ^ ffl SATURDAY , APRIL 12 , 1884 . »

Original Correspondece.

Original Correspondece .

[ We do not hold ourselves responsible for , or even approving of , the opinionsexpresscd by onr correspondents , but we wish in a spirit of fair play to all to permit—within certain necessary limits—free discussion . ] ——

A SOLDIER'S DAUGHTER-AN APPEAL . To the Editor of the " Freemason . '' Dear Sir and Brother , If Bro . Shanks is right in his belief that " every military member of the Craft who has votes " will support the case of Minnie Woodward , I am afraid that the interest taken in our Institutions by "Old Soldiers" is of a very limited character , as , with the exception of Major Shanks himself , I have received no response whatever to the appeal which you kindly inserted in the Freemason . I

apprehend , however , that the real reason why the case has met with such scanty support arises from the fact that our military brethren , as a rule , do not read the Masonic newspapers , and are therefore ignorant of the fact that the child of a most deserving " Old Soldier " is apparently doomed to failure at the approaching election .

1 should personally be very glad to receive votes , but as the case is in stronger hands , viz ., your own , any such addressed "Editor of the Freemason "< will be available , if posted not later than the iSth inst . —Yours fraternally , R . F . GOULD .

THE OLDEST FREEMASON IN ENGLAND . To the Editor of the "Freemason , " Dear Sir and Brother , Aiarcn letter

1 notice in your issue or tnc 15 m , a from Bro . Millcdgc , W . M . of All Souls Lodge , No . 170 , Weymouth , claiming to have the oldest subscribing Freemason in England a member of that lodge . For the information of Bro . Milledgc and brethren generally I have

to state that the oldest subscribing as well as aged Freemason in England is a member of the Lodge of Peace , No . 322 , Stockport , in the person of Bro . Philip Chctharrt , who was initiated into Freemasonry in that lodge on the 3 rd October , 1811 , passed through the chair , and until recent years filled the office of Secretary . He is in his 9 6 th year , and is enjoying comparative good health at the present time . I believe he is a Past Provincial Officer of Cheshire , but of this I am not sure , but the statements herein can be verified on reference to the books of Lodge of Peace , No .

322 . An insertion of this in your next issue will oblige . — Yours fraternally , J . B . Stockport . ¦ ¦ ASYLUM FOR IDIOTS , EARLSWOOD . Dear Sir and Brother ,

I venture to ask with your permission any of my brethren who have votes for this excellent and useful institution to help me on behalf of a very good case . — "James Edward Taylor , " the son of Bro . Jas . Taylor , lodges No . 730 , 1331 , 1556 , chapters No . 13 , 1331 , aged 4 , second application—in which I am interested . — Yours fraternally , GEORGE KENNING .

Reviews.

REVIEWS .

DEBRETT'S PEERAGE , BARONETAGE , KNIGHTAGE , AND COMPANIONAGE . 171 st year of publication . Edited by ROBERT H . MAIR , LL . D . Royal edition . Personally revised by the Nobility . 1884 . London : Dean and Son , Publishers , 160 A , Fleetstreet , E . C . it is too ui

impossiDie we can spean nigmy u . wum wmen has been issued for so long a term of years as almost to have attained the dignity ot an institution . Nor is there room for the employment of criticism in the sense in which many people interpret it , that is , as the art of finding fault . No annual publication of this character could have endured for a score of years , much less for close on nine score years , had it not been distinguished by the important features of completeness , conciseness , and accuracy ., It is

complete in that it gives all the dignities and titles ot our peers and titled commoners ; it is concise , seeing that all this information is contained within the narrowest possible limits ; and of its accuracy wc have the best and strongest guarantee in the fact that before it is committed to the press it undergoes the personal scrutiny of the nobility and gentry it describes . "Debrett , " in short , exhibits all the essential ciualifications which such a work of reference