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THEALEXANDRIACIGARETTEGO.'S NEW BRAND . 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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APERTON'SHOTELANDTAYERB, FLEET STREET LONDON In connection with the Royal Clarence Hotel , Ilfracomhe j and Peacock Hotel , and Royal Hotel , Boston Lincolnshire . The central position of ANDEBTON'S renders this Tavern unequalled for Masonic Banquets , Public Dinners , Wedding Breakfasts , Meetings of Creditors , Arbitrations or Jovial Gatherings . The Rooms reserved for the above Business consist of Duma HAM , PILLAR HALL , MASOKIO HALL , CHAPTEE , and numerous Smaller Rooms . The RESTAURANT on . Eastern Side of Hotel Entrance is open to the Public from 7 a . m . to 7 p . m . for BREAKFASTS , LUNCHEONS , TEAS , and DIKKEKS . F . H . OLEMOW , Proprietor .

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MATO'SCASTLEHOTEL, EAST MOLESEY , HAMPTON COURT STATION ( Adjoining the RAILWAY and facing the RIVER and PALACE . ) BRO . JOHN MAYO has ample accommodation in the new wing of this old-established and noted Riverside Hotel for Banquets for any number up to 100 . Every convenience for Ladies' Gatherings . Spacious landing to river , whence Steam Launches can start . Specimens of Menus , with prices , sent on application . Three Lodges meet at the Castle Hotel , and reference may be made to the respective Masters as to the catering , & c .

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THE GLOBE RESTAURANT , 3 & 4 COVENTRY STREET , HAYMARKET ( OPPOSITE PRINCE OF WALES'S THEATRE ) . Enlarged and Reconstructed throughout , and Handsomely Re-decorated . Grand Salon Illuminated at night with Incandescent Electric Lamps . Table d'Hote served Daily in the Grand Salon , 3 s . 6 d . LUNCHEONS AND SUPPERS A LA CARTE . Every Convenience and Comfort . Wines of the Best Quality . PROPRIETORSBros . A . L . G-ARGIITI and B . BARONI .

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THOMAS GIBBS ( Late Sujierinlendent Brighton Police fire Brigade ) , SEA HOUSE HOTEL , MIDDLE STREET , BRIGHTON , Choicest Wines and Spirits . Pine Foreign Cigars . Billiards . PRIVATE APARTMENTS .

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TYLER . —A well-educated , but reduced , Brother wants ENGAGEMENTS as Tyler . Craft , Arch , H . P ., Mark , Ark , Red Cross , K . H . S ., Allied Degrees , & c . — Address , Pythagoras , News Room , Adelaide-place , London Bridge .

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The Cosmopolitan Masonic Calendar And Pocket Book For 1889.

THE COSMOPOLITAN MASONIC CALENDAR AND POCKET BOOK FOR 1889 .

A form has been forwarded recently to every Lodge and Chapter on the roll of the United Grand Lodge of England , and other Grand Bodies , respectfully requesting that the name and number of the Lodge or Chapter , place , day , and months of meeting mig ht be filled in and returned as speedily as possible in order that corrections , where needed , may be made in the Diary

and Pocket Book for 188 9 , which will be ready early in November . Should the form not have come to hand through any change in the place of meeting , or through the Lodge or Chapter being in vacation , the Editor will

esteem it a great favour if any Brother knowing of any changes will kindly send particulars to 16 , Great Queenstreet , London , W . C . A regular form will be sent when required on receipt of name and address .

To Correspondents.

To Correspondents .

The following communications among others unavoidably stand over : — CRAFT LODGES—Percy , No . 198 5 Perseverance , No . 371 ; Shakespeare , No . 1009 ; The Abbey , No . 2030 ; and Whitwell , No . 2104 .

Consecration of the Loyal Monmouth Chapter , No . 457 . Kaiser Wilhelm II . and the Freemasons . The New Masonic Hall at Plymouth . Laying the Foundation-stone of a New Masonic Temple at Woodstock , South Africa .

BOOKS . & c , RECEIVED . " The Tyler , " ** Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Canada in the Province of Ontario , " " Boletin Masonico , " " Keystone , " " La Chaine D'Union , " "The Liberal Freemason , " and "Voice of Masonry . "

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ggWSg ^^^ SS ^ ^^ S ^^ S ^^ X ^ A A AAA ^ ig j SATURDAY , OCTOBER 13 , 1888 .

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Original Correspondence .

THE ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS . To the Editor of the " Freemason , " Dear Sir and Brother ,

It would have been a much greater pleasure to reply to "Q" if he had added the authority of his name to his letter—an anonymous epistle lacks the courage of conviction . " Q " says that in our last letter he discovers on our part a decided feeling of hostility towards the House Committee and salaried officials . It is towards their acts as managers that we are hostile , and not towards them individually—practically they are unknown to us . We are convinced that the management is so defective that vastly fewer boys are receiving the benefit of the Institution than ought to be . Our efforts are directed solely to bringing

about such an improved management , that more orphans and fatherless children may be provided for than at present , and our letter had no other object than to secure all the assistance we can in aid thereof . " Q " may , or may not , think that our motives are according to the teachings of Freemasonry ; we shall not seek to influence his decision thereon . As to " Q's " long dissertation on the Masonic services and rewards of the members of the Executive or

the scholarly attainments or hiro . Dr . Morns , we have never impugned either one or the other , nor do we desire to detract therefrom . AH we say , and all we desire to submit to the Committee ^ of Inquiry , is—that the funds of the Institution are not judiciously expended , but under improved management it would do more good , and we shall not be afraid to " hit hard " if that is found necessary to secure the needful improvement , though we hope not to set aught down in malice .

In conclusion , we ask " Q " to permit us to apply his words to ourselves , and say that what we have done , or shall do , is—without hope or expectation of anything in the shape of fee or reward , and prompted by no other desire than to promote the welfare of the Institution to the utmost of our ability . —Yours faithfully and fraternally , WM . TUNNICLIFF , W . M . 418 . 1

To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , Bro . Q ., in his exhaustive letter in your last issue , has , without doubt , very properly but charitably interpreted the spirit with which Bros . Tunnicliff and Greatbatch are actuated in their proceedings respecting the Committee of Inquiry of the above Institution . Evidently , from a true Masonic spirit , Bro . Q . does not

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include Bros . Tunnicliff and Greatbatch among those noisy and turbulent spirits referred to in the early part of his letter . From this it is obvious that he has no personal knowledge of those brethren . Bros . Tunnicliff and Greatbatch appear to have attended the meeting in London in July , probably hoping that one or both of them would be elected on the Committee of

Inquiry ; failing that , and although they appear to have voted for the appointment of the Philbrick . Committee , they now appear to desire to usurp the duties of that Committee , and are using every possible effort to induce the brethren of North Staffordshire and elsewhere to assist them in that purpose . The questionable taste of these proceedings alter having voted for what they themselves

term a competent and impartial tribunal , will doubtless be noted by the brethren at large . If the invitation issued by bros . Tunnicliff and Greatbatch , in their letter of your issue of September the 29 th , is responded to with anything like the same hostile spirit exhibited by these brethren , then Bro . Philbrick and his Committee will find work cut out for them of a most

formidable character , for I learn with some astonishment that Bros . Tunnicliff and Greatbatch have themselves formulated some hundreds of questions in which they purpose to " assist" the Philbrick Committee . If this course is followed by others , then the duties of the Philbrick Committee will assume proportions never dreamt of by the most ardent and hostile opponent of the Committee of

management in general , and Bro . Binckes in particular . It may be well to note that the brethren of Staffordshire generally have every confidence in the ability and impartiality of Bro . Philbrick and those associated with him in this inquiry , and the circle of which Bros . Tunnicliff and

Greatbatch form the centre is but a small one . Bro . Philbrick , however , and his Committee may be trusted to set their faces against any such usurpation of their duties , as they have , and will be certain to retain , the respect and confidence of the whole Craft . —Yours respectfully and fraternally , L . G . October 10 th .

Reviews

REVIEWS

f ' ———— ' ¦ DEVON MASONIC REGISTER for the year . 18 S 8-S 9 . Edited by W . Frank Westcott , I . P . M . 70 . Of this neatly printed and handy little volume it may be wellsaid , " Better late than never ; " but surely it is a pity for its advent to be so long delayed , as its usefulnessas

, well as the extent of its circulation , cannot fail to be injuriously affected and curtailed . Bro . Westcott succeeded his lamented uncle as the Editor , and , what with neverfailing patience and constant zeal , he has proved most competent in that capacity , especially as he has continued the admirable series , inaugurated by the late Bro . L . D .

Westcott , on the same lines as our old friend , who "joined the majority " in 18 S 7 . The paper used for 1 S 88 is thinner than formerly , though quite as opaque , and renders the book a handier size . As there are 51 Craft lodges , 28 R . A . chapters , 21 Mark lodges , 6 K . T . preceptories , and 3 Rose Croix chapters , it will easily be surmised that , to

give the officers , P . M . ' s , & c , of these various bodies , as well as numerous other particulars , within some 128 pages , no little condensation and arrangement are required , and yet the type employed is quite distinct enough , and all the details can with perfect ease be found almost at a glance . Bro . Hughan , the veteran Editor , supplies a table of lodges

formerly in Devon , by which we note that the second in a S J granted for that county , was for Plymouth in 1735 , the first being still on the roll as No . 39 , Exeter , of A . D . 1731 , having the oldest original Warrant known in England . We fear Bro . Westcott has overlooked the appointments to office on August 2 nd , 1887 , as the previous

Register contained those for October 20 th , 1 SS 6 , and the present one for June 13 th , 1 S 8 S . At all events , they are not , as a rule , noted under the lodges to which the brethren so appointed belong . The names will , however , be found in the Freemason for August 13 th , 1887 . The Editor gives the " Jubilee Honours" of the province .

December 28 th , 1887 , on a separate page , so that those worthies so complimented are thus prominently noted . The first two , of the 13 noted , are Bros . John Lane ( Torquay ) , Prov . Grand Registrar , and John B . Gover ( Plymouth ) , Prov . Grand Secretary ; honours richly deserved , the one for his great work , "Masonic Records

1717-, 18 S 6 , " and the other as Secretary from its formation of the " Devon Masonic Educational Fund , " which increases in usefulness as the years roll on . A long list of the votes held in the province for the great Masonic Charities exhibits the fact that over 2300 are thus enumerated , a total

far short of what it ought to be . We commend the handsome little book to the hearty support of the Devonians , and we shall be disappointed if our appreciative notice does not secure a few orders for copies , which may be had for 13 stamps ( 13 d . ) , post free , from Bro . W . Frank Westcott , Frankfort-street , Plymouth .

The Governors of Christ ' s Hospital have given notice that during the present month they are prepared to pay about 700 pensions of £ 10 each to persons who are blind . It has been publicl y announced that the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths is prepared to set apart , out of its corporate funds , the sum of £ 2500 per annum

towards the endowment of a technical Institute , about to be established at the Royal Naval School , New Crosswhich with seven acres attached has been acquired for the purpose—the Institute thus established to be known as " lhe Goldsmiths' Company ' s ( New Cross ) Institute " This princely gift represents in value a donation of about £ 85 , 000 .

A rumour is going the round of the papers to the effect that the Lord Mayor-elect hopes not only to entertain her Majerty ' s Ministers in the ordinary course but that he means to follow this up by a banquet to Mr ! Gladstone and the opposition leaders . The rumour is utterly without foundation , and has its only source in the fertile imagination of a London correspondent . —Citv Press . *