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PROVINCE OF SURREY . PROVINCIAL GRAND CHAPTER OF ROYAL ARCH MASONS . THE M . E . COMP . GEN . STUDHOLME BROWNRIGG , C . B . GRAND SUPERINTENDENT . NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a PROVINCIAL GRAND CHAPTER will be held on Saturday , the 13 th day of May , 1 SS 2 , at 12 . 30 o ' clock in the afternoon , at the "GREYHOUND H OTEL , " High Street , Croydon , in the county of Surrey , under the East Surrey Chapter of Concord , 4 63 , when the members of the Provincial Grand Chapter , and the other Companions of the Province are requested to attend . By command of the Grand Superintendent , CHARLES GREENWOOD , P . Z . ( G . D . C . England ) Provincial G . S . E . Gi , Nelson-square , Blackfiiars ' -road , 1 st May , 1 SS 2 . MORNING DRESS . Luncheon will take place at 2 o ' clock , tickets for which ( price 7 s . Gd . ) may be had of E . Companion C . H . WOODWARD , P . Z . of the Chapter 4 G 3 , Park Hill-road , Croydon , and of the Provincial G . S . E . Companions wishing to attend the Luncheon must signify their intention by the 10 th of May , after which date * accommodation will not be guaranteed . Trains from London Bridge , n . 15 , 11 . iS , and 11 . 50 .

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ROYAL SEA BATHING INFIRMARY , MARGATE . ESTABLISHED 1701 . THE ONLY ONE EXCLUSIVELY FOR SCROFULOUS POOR . COL . CREATON , TREASURER . JOHN M . CLABON , ESQ ., HON . SECRETARY . This Hospital requires aid . An extra liberal diet table is of necessity required on account of the exhausting nature of this terrible disease . Donors of £ 10 10 s ., Annual Subscribers of £ \ is ., can recommend patients . 250 beds . Average number of Inpatients per year , 750 , and of applicants over 1000 . Bankers , the Bank of England ; Coutts and Co . ; and Cobb and Co ., Margate . Offices : No . 30 , Charing Cross , W . JOHN THOMAS WALKER , Secretary

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THE PEOPLE'S PROPERTY COMPANY ( LIMITED ) . FIRST ISSUE of 50 , 000 SHARES at par . Capital , £ 100 , 000 , in shares of £ \ each , with power to ncrease ; payable 2 S . on application , Ss . on allotment , and the balance by instalments as required , at intervals of not less than three months . DIRECTORS . G . II . Whittell , 9 , Hamilton-road , Highbury Park , London , N-, Director of the Sun Building Society . Frederick Binckes , Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons , SA , Red Lion-square , London , W . C James Cox , G 2 , Princess-road , Kilburn , N . W ., Founder of the Holloway Branch Bank , and Treasurer of the Finsbury Park Building Societies . George Martyn , Old Town Chambers , Plymouth , Director of the Western Counties Agricultural Co-operative Association . George Pawsey Witt ( Messrs . Corcoran , Witt and Co . ) , 30 , Mark-lane , E . C . T . Mullett Ellis , S , Old Jury , E . C , and 39 , The Quadrant , Highbury New Park , N ., Associate of the Royal Institution of British Architects . Solicitors—Howard and Shelton , 39 A , I'hreadneedle-street . Bankers—London and Westminster Bank ( Limited ) , Lothbury . Secretary—William Riley , formerly Cashier of the National Freehold Land Society and the British Land Company . Offices—Moorgate House , Gi , Moorgate-street , London , E . C . ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS . This company is formed for the purpose of purchasing , mortgaging , leasing , or selling freehold or leasehold land and houses , for the improvement and development of estates by draining and making roads and streets , for the erection of new buildings , for acquiring , altering , and repairing dilapidated premises , and for lending money on the security of real or leasehold property . _ The names of several existing land and house property companies might be quoted , but are sufficiently known to prove the great success and the large dividends , ranging from C > to 20 per cent ., which have accrued from their working , and as this company embraces all the branches of business carried on by those companies , a like success may be confidently anticipated . Full prospectus and forms of application for shares may be obtained from the Secretary , at the Office , Gi , Moorgatestreet , London , E . C .

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LOST . —At the Festival of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls , The STEWARDS ' JEWEL , Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , 1 SS 0 . — Apply , vV . CLARKE , I , Coburg Place , Bayswater .

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F ' OUND . ~ The STEWARDS ' JEWEL , Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , 1 SS 0 . —Apply , W . CLARKE , I , Coburg Place , Bayswater .

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UMBRELLA LOST . —Will the Brother who took away a Brown Silk Umbrella , smooth handle , silver mounted , in mistake on Monday Sth , ( Stewards' visit to Girls' School ) be good enough to return it to Bro . J AUEZ HOGG , I , Bedford Square ,

To Correspondents.

To Correspondents .

The following stands over : — United Lodge , No . Gy 7-BOOKS , & c , RECEIVED . "Voice of Masonry , " " Masonic Chronicle , " "Services Commemorative of the Dead of the A . and A . Rite , Philadelphia , " " Canadian Craftsman , " "The Broad Arrow , " "The Royal Cornwall Gazette , " "Court Circular , " "Keystone , " "The Hebrew Leader , " "The Freemason " ( Sydney ) , "The Freemason ' s Repository , " "The Hull Packet . "

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ZrwttiKyttr & ffl ^ ww'wvniw SATURDAY , MAY 13 , 1882 .

Original Correspondence.

Original Correspondence .

£ VVe do not hold ourstWes rcsyjovisvmt Vor , or even apY * Tovir > S v * i the opinions expressed by ourcorrespoiideiits , but we wish in a spirit of fair play to all to permit—within certain necessary limits—free discussion . ]

CHARITY VOTING . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — Until the elections for the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution are over I cannot find time to formulate , briefly and lucidly , the points I wish to set before your

readers . So a " Life Governorship , " & c , —who I see writes in a most jaunty way , —must kindly have patience with me a little longer . Circumstances have made me active in the elections this year , and I have thought over carefully what 1 have seen , heard , and realized . But as I

do not wish to exaggerate what I deem to be ivrong , or weaken my argument by imperfectly stating my case , 1 think it better on every account to keep back my remarks until the "hurley hurley ' s " done , and I have put my scattered thoughts into order and cohesion . Yours fraternally , ALIQU 1 S .

THE ELECTIONS . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Bro . Kenning , May I avail myself of these friendly columns once again , to ask any of your readers , my brethren in Masonry , who have votes which they have not promised , for widows

or males , to send them to me at once . Many votes are annually forgotten , thrown away , misplaced , never polled at all ; and I would therefore recall the matter to the attention of the subscribers to the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , who read the Freemason , and hope that they will , if they have not pledged their

votes , transmit them to me forthwith . Any brother subscriber who can either give me kindly , or lend me benevolently some votes , will confer a very great and mutual and lasting obligation on Yours most fraternally ,

A . 1 * . A . WOODFORD . Norfolk Crescent , Hyde Park , W . May Sth , 1 SS 2 . P . S . —May I ask also any brother who has some Clerks ' and Warehousemen Votes to spare , kindly to let me have them , as I have an opportunity of using them ?

METROPOLITAN DISTRICT GRAND LODGE . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — I have for many years thought that a time was fast approaching when the metropolitan members of the Craft would be compelled to adopt some large and 'iberal

measure to provide for their proper representation in the councils of the Order , and at the same time secure for those who merit acknowledgement that recognition of earnest service which it is , in my opinion , more laudable to seek for than to disregard . The original idea I had entertained as to the means which

might be adopted became strengthened and matured during the preparation of the map of lodges I have lately published ; and the statistics I was enabled to compile therefrom will materially help such of your readers as may incline to give consideration to the proposal I desire to put before the Grand Lodge at an early date , and | to correspond with me

thereon . 11 is no less than the sub-division of the metropolitan area , which extendsover a radius of twelve miles from Freemasons ' Hall , into four Metropolitan District Grand Lodges , each representing exactly one fourth of the circle , and each taking one fourth of the lodges which at present meet at the Hall ( "the point within the circle" ) , the Grand

Stewards' Lodge to be excepted . This sub-division would provide in North-west Metropolitan District Grand Lodge 29 lodges ; in the North-east M . D . G . L ., 91 ; in the South-west M . D . G . L ., G 3 ; and in the South-east M . D . G . L ., 123 . The grand total of metropolitan lodges , to the several thousands of which the " purple" is practically unattainable , was , on the 1 st of January , 18 S 1 , no less than 30 G .

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In a future letter or article a detailed list of these lodges , and their places of meeting , shall be given . For the moment , 1 am more concerned in letting the intended proposal be generally known than in offering incontrovertible reasons in favourofitsadoption . These are not only numerous and easily forthcoming , but , to the minds of a majority of those interested ,. will present themselves without

hesitation . One question 1 may fairly ask : Why should eight lodges only constitute a province in the South-west of England , and the respective numbers of 29 , 63 , 91 , and 123 lodges in the metropolis have no such privilege ? I am , dear Sir and Brother , yours very truly and fraternally , JAMES STEVENS , P . M ., P . Z . Clapham , May 3 rd , 1 SS 2 .

THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , Your last issue will , I think , prove to most persons that H . R . H . the Duke of Edinburgh is not a Freemason . I find , however , that some Masons , a Past Master

amongst them , have a strong impression that His Royal Highness was initiated in Australia . Will you please say in your next issue whether His Royal Highness is , or is not , a Freemason ? I am , dear Sir and Brother , yours faithfully and fraternally ,

A MEMBER OF LODGE OF UNITY , No . 1 S 3 London , May 2 nd , 1 SS 2 . [ No ; the Duke of Edinburgh is not a Freemason ED . F . M . ]

Reviews.

REVIEWS .

FREEMASONRY IN OXFORDSHIRE . Compiled by Bro . E . L . HAWKINS , M . A ., P . Prov . G . R . VV . R . Bowden , 59 , High-street , Oxford . This is a very interesting and lucidly compiled history of Freemasonry in Ox ordshire . True it is that the record is not very old , which somewhat surprises us , and the annals of Oxfordshire Masonry are not very striking or important . But we believe this historiette to be an honest and

faithful one of the progress of our Craft in a very distinguished province . As we commence our task we think it well to give one passage " verbatim et literatim . " "In studying the history of the earl y lodges in Oxfordshire wc cannot but be struck by the activity displayed in the province during the past century and the commencement of the present one , the number of extinct lodges being only

one less than that of existing ones , as well as by the shortness of their lives and the almost complete disappearance of their records . " The earliest lodge seems to have been No . 5 S , of the Crown , Corn Market , Oxford , warranted August Sth , 1729 . The compiler says : " This lodge does not appear in the list of 1740 . " No records of it are preserved . And then comes a passage which wc do not

profess to understand , though we have turned it every way : " the compiler has traced what he believes to be the minute book of this lodge down to about twenty years ago . " The next lodge seems to be No . 1 S 1 , White Lion , Danbury , warranted 31 st Marc * , 1740 , but this lodge was erased by Grand Lodge , we arc told , in 176 S . The third , apparently the University lodge , the Lodge of Alfred in the University

of Oxford , No . 455 , 2 nd December , 1769 . The petition for it was signed by six clergymen , and it lasted until it collapsed in 17 S 3 . At one time it was called the Royal Alfred , and seems to have had , if a fitful existence , yet a not altogether undistinguished career . In 1770 , March 17 th , No . 39 G , the Constitution Lodge , was warranted , but it seems to have passed away by 1792 . These lodges were all

warranted by the Modern Grand Lodge . The Antient , or Atholl G . Lodge , warranted No . 172 , at the Ram , Chipping Norton , 5 th June , 1771 ; but it does not appear in the Union List . No . 1 S 0 , Star Cross Inn , Oxford , was warranted , 2 Gth February , 1773 . Re-warranted April 2 nd ., 17 G 2 , but disappears in the Union List . No . 1 S 5 , Crown , Bicester , on the Union List as No . 224 , but erased

April , 1 S 32 . 214 , Duke of Atholl ' s Arms , Oxford , warranted 13 th October , 17 S 1 , is not in the Union List ; and thus , of the eight lodges established between 17 JS and 1782 , but one , the Crown , Bicester , was in existence in 1 S 13 , and that disappeared before 1 S 32 . The present lodges all date frcm 1 S 15 . The Alfred Lodge , well-known by its Masonic excellence and

good Masons , dates from 1 S 14 . The Apollo University Lodge , which has a world-wide reputation , dates from 1 S 1 S . Some most distinguished Masons have come out of this lodge , among them wc may fitly name Bros . C . J . Ridley , R . Harington , VV . H . Cox , G . R . Portal , VV . VV . H . Beach , H . A . Pickard , J . E . Codrington , A . H . Faber , R . VV . Norman , W . R . K . Bedford , W . F . Short , G . N .

Morrcll , H . R . H . the Dukeof Albany , Rev . L . H . Hilton , Reginald Bird , and others . The Churchill Lodge was founded in 1 S 41 ; thcCherwell in 1 S 52 , and the Bowyer in 1 SG 4 ; while the Marlborough Lodge was founded in 1872 ; the Bcrbe in 1874 ; the Windrush in 18 77 ; and St . Mary ' s Lodge in 1 S 7 S . The Thames , the youngest lodge , was consecrated by Bro . R . Bird , D . P . G . M . for Oxfordshire , in iSSi . There are now ten lodges and s-7 subscribing

members in the Province of Oxfordshire . But there are only three Royal Arch Chapters . Why is this ? It has often struck us as a great ' Crux " why the Royal Arch Grade was so little popular , and knowing the reputation of such expert brethren as Bro . VV . W . Beach , and others , as exponents of Masonic Craft lore , we are , we confess , very much surprised at the little progress Royal Arch Masonry has made in the lodges and Province of Oxfordshire . We thank Bro . Hawkins for a very readable little book .

THE MAGAZINES . "The Quarterly Review . " We approach the review , of this leviathan of serial literature with beseeming diffidence and awe . This number possesses many claims oii . jhe reading and the thoughtful which we need hardly part ' icu-