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ROYAL , MASONICBENEVOLENT INSTITUTION FOR AGED FREEMASONS AND WIDOWS OF FREEMASONS . GRAND PATRON-AND PRESIDENT : HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES , K . G ., & c , M . W . G . M . THE ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL Of this Institution will take place at FREEMASONS' TAVERN , GREAT QUEEN STREET , LONDON , On WEDNESDAY , 25 th FEBRUARY , 1 SS 5 , Upon which occasion the Rt . Hon . Sir MICHAEL E . HICKS BEACH , Bart , HP ., R . W . Prov . Grand Master for Gloucestershire , Has been pleased to signify his intention of presiding . Brethren are eirncstly invited to accept the Office of Steward upon this occasion , and they will greatly oblige by forwarding their Names and Masonic Rank , as soon as convenient , to the Secretary , who will gladly give any information required , and supply them with all necessary circulars , & c . It is fraternally hoped that upon this occasion , owing to the large number of applicants and the few vacancies , Brethren will use their influence to obtain donations towards the Funds of the Institution , which were never so much needed as at the present time . JAMES TERRY , P . Prov . G . S . W . Norths & Hunts ., Secretary . 4 , Freemasons' Hall , London , W . C .

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DAGGED SCHOOL UNION . PRESIDENTThe Rt . Hon . the EARL OF SHAFTESBURY , K . G . There are over FIFTY THOUSAND of the Children of the poorest of the City Poor gathered regularly in the One Hundred-and-Eighty Affiliated Ragged School Missions in the Metropolis . Help is urgently required to sustain these Missions of Benevolence in their work of mercy and true religion . Contributions may be sent to the Secretary , J KIRK , Exeter Hall , Strand , W . C . ; or to the Bankers , Messrs . BARCLAY , BEVAN , & Co ., 54 , Lombard Street , E . C .

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DER WASSERFALL . NEW WALTZ by "Devonia . " Greatest Success of the Season . Played by many London and Country Bands . "A very pretty set of . waltzes and much above the average , " — Modern Society . " A bright and lively production . "—Hampshire Independent . WEEKES & CO ., Hanover Street , London .

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ENLARGED TO DEMY 8 vo . Paper Covers , 6 d . ; Limp Cloth , is . ; Cloth Boards , is . 6 d . By Post , 4 d . extra . The EAST ANGLIAN HANDBOOK AND AGRICULTURAL ANNUAL For 1885 . TWENTY-SIXTH YEAR OF ISSUE . CONTENTS OF THE NEW VOLUME . The Farming of EastAngliain 18 S 4 . —ByC . S . Read , M . P . The Development of Local Breeds of Stock . —By Morgan Evans . Arable Dairying and Stock Raising . —By Joseph Darby . Green Leaves : A Brief Sketch of Plant Growth . —By Dr . J . E . Taylor , F . L . S ., F . G . S . Ornithological Invasions of East Anglia . —By T . E . Gunn . The Deer Parks of Norfolk and Suffolk . By J . Penderel Brodhurst . Traditions , Superstitions , and Folklore , chiefly relating to the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk . —By J . T . Varden . Peculiar Tenures in Norfolk . —By Historicus . John Bull ' s Norfolk Savings-Box . —By Scrutator . The Past East Anglian Year . —By the Editor . East Anglian Obituary and other Papers , & c . Together with that vast amount of East Anglian Information for which this valued Work has so long been famed . NORWICH—Argus Office . LOWESTOFT—Standard Office . LONDON—1 30 , Fleet Street .

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ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY , LIMITED . 10 , ST . SWITHIN ' S LANE , LONDON , E . C . General Accidents . I Personal Injuries Railway Accidents . I Deaths by Accident . C . HARDING , Managei ~~ AN IMPORTANT FACT ! Cj r \ and upwards carefully invested Xi JL \ J in Options on Stocks and Shares is the safest and most popular way of rapidly making money on the Stock Exchange by the non-liability system . Explanatory Book ( filth edition ) giving full details , gratis and potf free . — Address , GEORGE EVANS and Co ., Sworn Brokers , Gresham House , London , E . C .

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TUT EMORY AND SUCCESS . What Contributes to Success ? A Good Memory . What Causes Failure in Life ? A Poor Memory . What can all obtain from Prof . LOISETTE ' S Discoveries ? A Good Memory The Physiological Art of Never Forgetting—using none of the "Links , " "Pegs , " "Localities , " or "Associations " of Mnemonics . Lost memories restored—the worst made good , and the best better . Any book learned in one reading . Fluency promoted . Speaking without notes guaranteed IMPORTANT TO MASONS . Prospectus post free , giving opinions of Mr . RICHARD A . PROCTOR , Dr . ANDREW WILSON , and others who have studied the System . A Day Class in Never Forgetting and for cure of Mind-Wandering commences every Monday at 3 p . m . An Evening Class every Tuesday at 8 p . m . Great inducements to Correspondence Classes in above in all parts of the world . Lectures in Families fit the Nobility . Also Private Lessons by Post and by Personal Instruction . Professor LOISETTE , 37 , New Oxford-street ( opposite Mudie ' s ) , London , W . C .

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TO FREEMASONS . — WANTED by a Young Man , 23 , an ex-pupil of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , RE-ENGAGEMENT in Wholesale Drapery Warehouse or otherwise . Highest references . —H , TOPPOLET , 18 , Culford-road , Dalston , E .

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BROTHERS with Capital will oblige a Brother requiring more capital in his business with advance at a fair interest , undeniable security . —Tong , care of Messrs . Venning , 4 6 , Southampton-buildings , Holborn .

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MARGATE . Nursing Home for Gentlemen's Children . HIP , SPINE , AND ALL OTHER DISEASES OF BONES , JOINTS , GLANDS , & c . Family Life , Home Comforts , Hospital Nurses , Morning Lessons . Address G . W . SPETH , Cliftonville .

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INTERNATIONAL HEALTH EXHIBITION , SOUTH KENSINGTON , 1881 . a OLD MEDAL awarded for EXCELLENCE OP QUALITY . TO OALT and Co ., EAST INDIA PALE and BURTON ALE BREWERS , Stores and Offices , 21 to 31 , FANCRAS ROAD , LONDON . LIST OF PRICES to bo obtained of all the Principal Dealers .

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ATLAS ASSURANCE COMPANY . 92 , CHEAPSIDE , LONDON , E . C . FIRE , LIFE ^ ACCIDENT . Capital—One Million Two Hundred Thousand Pounds . Instituted 1808 , and Empowered by Special Act of Parliament . The Company has been in existence more than 76 Years . Moderate Rates . PromptSettlements . Liberal Conditions . All its Funds are Invested in Great Britain . Transacts Home Business only . No Hypothecation of Funds for Foreign Policy Holders . Ample Reserves apart from Capital . LIFE DEPARTMENT-Whole-World Assurances . Liberal Surrender Values given in Cash or by paid-up Policies . Payment of Claims immediately on proof of death . All kinds of Life Assurance transacted . ACCIDENTS—Assured Against , whether fatal or causing total or partial disablement , at moderate rates , and with liberal Compensation . PJRf £ —Policies issued free of expense . LOSSES OCCASIONED BY LIGHTNING will bepaid whether the property be set on lire or not . LOSS OR DAMAGE caused by Explosion of Coal Gas in any building assured will be made good . Seven Yean' Policies granted on payment of Six Yean' Premiums . Active Agents Wanted . SAMUEL J . PIPKIN , Secretary .

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( ffitoucational . HIGH-CLASS PRIVATE SCHOOL THEOBALD'S PARK , WALTHAM CROSS , LONDON , N . PRINCIPAL : Rev . J . OSWALD JACKSON , Assisted by Five Masters . Limited number of Gentlemen ' s Sons ; motherly care for delicate pupils ; individual teaching for backward ones ; playground of six acres . / -.... First Class Honours gained at last Cambridge Local Examinations , with Distinction in Mathematics . References kindly permitted to Rev . Dr . Reynolds , Principal of Cheshunt College , Herts . Rev . Charles E . Mayo , M . A ., Nottingham . Sir Thomas Chambers , M . P ., Recorder of London . Richard Toller , Esq ., Solicitor , Leicester . George Kenning , Esq ., Little Britain .

To Correspondents.

To Correspondents .

The following communications stand over—Forest Lodge , 1 S 52 ; De Grey and Ripon Chapter , 1356 ; Israel Chapter , 1502 .

BOOKS , & c , RECEIVED . " Proceedings of the Grand Commandery of Knights Templar , Massachusetts , " ! " Victorian Masonic Journal , " " Allen ' s Indian Mail , " "Keystone , " 'Newcastle Daily Journal , " "Western Dailv News . " " Proccedines of the Grand Council of Roval and

Select Masters , Massachusetts , " " Canadian Craftsman , " " Stamboul , " " Orient , " ** Oriental Advertiser , " " Freemason's Journal , " " Die Bauhiitte , " "Jewish Chronicle , " " Voice of Masonry , " " Le Moniteur dc la Chance Universelle , " " Piano , Organ , and Aliisic Trades Journal , " " Broad Arrow , " " Sunday Times , " " Freimaurer Zcitung * , " " Citizen , " " Court Circular . "

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wM ^ r- ^^ i ^^^^^' ^ r ^^^^^ r ^ i ^^ SATURDAY , FEBRUARY 14 , 1885 .

Original Correspondence.

Original Correspondence .

[ We do not hold ourselves responsible for , or even approving of the opinionsexpressedby ourcorrespondents , bnt we wish in aspirit of fair play to all to permit—within certain necessary limits—free aiscussion

. j A QUERY . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , Does any one know anything Masonically of a Bro . John Gregory , of an "Irish lodge , " professedly " 16 years out of Masonry . '"—Fraternally yours , GOOD WILL .

SUSPENSION OF LODGES . To the Editor of " The Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , I notice in last week ' s Freemason a letter asking your interpretation of the meaning of " suspension " of a lodge , and the editorial footnote in which you state that the fact of a brother happening to belong to a lod ge suspended , clearly does not preclude him from attending another of which he isalso a member . This subject , which seriously affects the whole Craft , has lately been much discussed , and I have not yet heard an opinion adverse to that expressed by you . As you say ( of a contrary interpretation ) , it " might have very serious consequences and certainly never was intended or so understood . "

Take one case . A lay member of suspended lodge No . 000 , is W . M . of Lodge No . 00 . Is he , because he belongs to the unfortunate No . 000 , to lose his rank of P . M . and his consequent membership of Grand Lodge ? But , sir , I have a surprise for you . Within the last three months the Board of General Purposes , at a meeting

presided over by its President , and at which the Grand Registrar was present , ruled that no member can , during the suspension of his lodge , attend any other to which he may belong or be invited . Such an interpretation of an unwritten law is so unjust to the Craft that it must not be allowed to pass without a protest . —Yours fraternally , A LOVER OF JUSTICE .

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COSBURN'S DIRECTORY . Embracing nearly 100 Places in Becks , Hants , Oxon , and Wilts . [/ Twelfth year of publication . Compiled , printed , and published by 9 J * COSBURN , Caxton Machine Printing Works , Market-place , Newbury .

It is scarcel y possible to say much that is new about a work of this kind , which has already been issued during a long term of years , and which consequently has already established itself a place in public estimation . Moreover , "Cosburn ' s Directory , " as its name implies , contains lists of the inhabitants of the place in the four counties mentioned in the title-page , with the names of their several occupations and places of abode , Newbury , as a matter of

course , having a very full share of attention bestowed upon it . There is also furnished all needful information as to institutions , churches , postal arrangements , carriers , & c , In fact , it would be somewhat difficult to want anything of local importance which is not described , or respecting which whatever is likel y to be of interest is not mentioned . We trust that as " Cosburn ' s Directory " has succeeded in obtaining the support it deserves during the 12 years it has existed , so it may have before it even a longer and more prosperous career still .

MASONIC YEAR BOOK FOR THE PROVINCE OF SUFFOLK . A . D . lSS , A . L . 5885 . Ipswich S . H . Cowell , Butter Market . Wc always extend a hearty welcome to this class of Masonic publication . They are of immense assistance to the lodges and brethren in the district , for whnsp navicular

benefit they are in the first instance issued , and as the custom of issuing them becomes more general , a better and clearer insight into the constitution of our English Freemasonry becomes inevitable . Moreover , though Suffolk is in no need of any such outward and tangible evidence of its zea for the Craft , there is no doubt the interest generally taken by the members of a province in what is passing in their midst , is of a more resolute character ,

wnen we una tne publication of Calendars , Year Books , and the like encouraged . In the case of this Suffolk Calendar the Provincial Grand Secretary , who appears to have charged himself with its compilation , has done his work in a neat and business-like fashion . He has collated all necessary details as to the Officers , Past Masters , and membership of the lodges , chapters , Mark lodges , Sic within the county , and . to these he has appended a brief