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ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS , Sr . J ' HILL , BATTERSEA RISE , S . VV . CHIEF PATRONESS : HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN . PATRON AND PRESIDENT : HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OE WALES , K . G ., & c , M . W . G . M . PATRONESS : HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCESS OF WALES . A Quarterly General Court of the Governors and Subscribers of this Institution , will be held in the Hall of Freemasons' Tavern , Great Queen-street , Lincoln ' s Inn Fields , London , on Saturday , 14 th of October , 1 SS 2 , at 12 o ' clock precisely , on the General business of the Institution , to consider notices of motion as | follow , and to elect Seven Girls into the Schools by ballot from a list of Twenty approved candidates . The Election will commence at One o ' clock ( or after the usual business is over ) , and close at Three o ' clock precisely . To consider the following Notices of Motion based on Resolutions of the Special Committee appointed at the Ouarterly General Court , holden on Saturday , Sth April , 1 SS 2 . 1 . "That the Days of Election in the Two ( Boys' and Girls' ) Institution remain unaltered , provided only—that when the Quarterly Courts for Election of Candidates shall fall respectively on the Saturday immediately following Good Friday and on Easter Monday , the Ouarterly Court in each case shall be postponed to the corresponding days in the ensuing weeks . " 2 . " That whenever the Quarterly Courts for the Election of Candidates in the Two ( Boys' and Girls' ) Institutions shall fall respectively on the Saturday immediately following Good Friday and on Easter Monday the Quarterly Court in each case shall be postponed for one week . " Notice of Motion by Bro . J A . RUCKER , V . Pat .: upon recommendation of the House Committee . " That a gratuity of Thirty-five Guineas be granted to Miss A . F . Triggs , the Second Assistant Governess , on her appointment to the position of Head Mistress of the Dublin Female Orphan School . " F . R . W . HEDGES , Secretary . Offices : 5 , Freemasons' Hall , Great Queen-street , W . C .

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GRAND LODGE OF MARK MASTER MASONS OF THE PROVINCE OF HAMPSHIRE AND THE ISLE OF WIGHT . THE MOST WORSHIPFUL BRO . THE REV . CANON G . R . PORTAL , Provincial Grand M . Master . THE RIGHT WORSHIPFUL BRO . W . HICKMAN , ( G . J . Warden England ) , Deputy Provincial Grand M . Master . The Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons of this Province will assemble at the MASONIC HALL , INDIA ARMS HOTEL , GOSPORT , at Three o ' clock p . m ., On SATURDAY , the 21 st day of October next , for the Transaction of Provincial Business . The Banquet will take place at 5 p . m . precisely , at the India Arms Hotel . _ The Tickets will be 7 s . Cd . each , including a pint of Wine . The attendance of Visiting Brethren is particularly invited . By command of the Most Worshipful Grand Mark Master , GEO . J . TILLING , P . M . 63 , Provincial Grand M . Secretary . Southampton , 29 th September , 1 SS 2 .

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ROYAL SEA BATHING INFIRMARY , MARGATE . ESTABLISHED 1791 . 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 £ 1 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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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 upwards of 225 , 000 have been relieved from no less than forty-two different countries , and the number of patients during 18 S 1 , was 7132 , as compared with 4245 , the average of the preceding ten years . Qualification of 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 . C ., or by the Secretary at the Hospital . Funds arc urgently needed for this truly Cosmopolitan Charity , which is supported by voluntary contributions . W . T . EVANS , Secretary .

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ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS , WOOD GREEN , LONDON , N . Office—6 , FREEMASONS' HALL , GREAT QUEEN-ST ., W . C . PATRON : HER M AJESTY THE QUEEN . PRESIDENT : HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES , K . G ., M . W . G . M . A OUARTERLY GENERAL COURT of the Governors and Subscribers will be held in the Large Hall , FREEMASONS' T AVERN , GREAT QUEEN S TREET , LINCOLN ' S-INN-F IELDS , LONDON , on MONDAY , the 16 th day of OCTOBER , 1 SS 2 , for the transaction of the ordinary business of the Institution : — To consider the following Notices of Motion , based on Resolutions of the Special Committee appointed at the Ouarterly General Court , holden on Monday , 10 th April , 1 SS 2 : — 1 . That the days of Election in the Two ( Boys' and Girls' ) Institutions remain unaltered , provided only that when the Quarterly Courts for Election of Candidates shall falTrespectively on the Saturday immediately following Good Friday and on Easter Monday , the Quarterly Court in each case shall be postponed to the corresponding days in the ensuing weeks . 2 . That whenever the Quarterly Courts for the Election of Candidates in the Two ( Boys' and Girls' ) Institutions shall fall respectively on the Saturday immediately following Good Friday and on Easter Monday , the Ouarterly Court in each case shall be postponed for one week . 3 . By Bro . J . L . MATHER , V . P . —TO amend Rule 55 as follows : No Boy shall be eligible for election or for admission , by purchase or otherwise , who has a Brother in the Institution , unless the number of vacancies is in excess of the number of candidates . To elect Twelve Boys from a List of Sixty _ -two Candidates , as approved by the Quarterly General Court , holden on Monday , 10 th July , 1 S 82 , since reduced to Sixty , by the withdrawal of No . 10 on the List—Hill , Reginald Augustus Lowder . f > 43 } J —Worthington , Walter Ralph ( deceased ) , N . B . —To the Candidates whose " Last Application " is noted on the Voting Papers should be added—( To be removed from No . 21 . Nicholas , Thomas Moreton . \ the List , under Law No . 30 . O'Doherty , Charles Patrick , j 52 , if unsuccessful L at this Election . The chair will be taken at Twelve o ' clock at noon punc-The ' Ballot for Election of Boys will commence at One o ' clock ( or so soon as the General Business of the Court shall have terminated ) , and close at Three o ' clock pre-ClSt \ l 3 y order ) FREDERICK BINCKES , V . Pat . ( P . G . Std . ) , Secretary . London , 7 th October , 1 SS 2 .

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Any Gentleman who is a Freemason , having SPARE TIME at his disposal , and wishing to occupy it profitably , will do well by applying by letter to Mr . M . Underwood , 45 Ludgate-hill , London .

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SITUATION required in TEA TRADE for Youth , aged 10 . Three years' experience in Office and Sale-rooms . Good reference . —W ., 60 , Grove Hill-road , S . E .

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A Quarter-Master Serjeant , shortly retiring on pension ( a Royal Arch Mason ) is desirous of obtaining EMPLOYMENT as Collector , Messenger at a Bank , & c , Inspector of Nuisances , Relieving Officer , or any responsible situation . —Address , Quarter-Master Serjeant , 38 , City-road , London , E . C .

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STABLING . —TO BE LET , excellent THREE-STALL STABLE and CARRIAGE HOUSE , in Parker-street . —Apply , Freemason Office , 16 , Great Queen-street , W . C .

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VILLA RESIDENCES , to be Let or Sold ( charming ) , rents from £ 35 to £ sS P « annum ; seven , eight , nine , and ten rooms ; close to two Metropolitan District Railway stations and main road , 'bus route to City ; each fitted with gas , bells , bath-room , hot and cold water , Venetian blinds , and every modem convenience ; gravel soil and good drainage . —Apply to Messrs . Gibbs and Flew ( Limited ) , The Cedars Estate Office , West Kensington , Station , W .

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NOTICE . The " Cosmopolitan Masonic Diary and Pocket Book " for 1 SS 3 is preparing for publication on the 1 st of November . To ensure accuracy a form for filling up has been sent to every lodge , and those

Secretaries who have not yet made their returns will greatly oblige the Publisher by doing so at their earliest possible convenience . The Freemason Office , 16 , Great Queen-street ( Opposite Freemasons' Hall ) .

To Correspondents

To Correspondents

R , B . —We think it best for many reasons not to publish your letter . The following stand over : — Tredegar Lodge , No . 1625 . Bromley St . Leonard's , t \ o . 1805 . A St . John ' s Festival at Mainz . " Durham " ( Correspondence ) .

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SATURDAY , OCTOBER 14 , 1882 .

Original Correspondence.

Original Correspondence .

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

THE STATUS OF PAST MASTERS . To the Editor of the " Freemason , " Dear Sir and Brother , — Evidently this subject is not yet settled , nor do I think the suggestion of " Cestrian " is likely to help the matter much , so far as Grand Lodge or Constitutions may

affect the question . The Constitutions simply say that an Installed Master having served the office for twelve months and been in due time succeeded , becomes a Past Master , and as such is a member of Grand Lodge so long as he continues a subscribing member to the funds of any regular lodge under English Constitutions ; but if he cease to

subscribe for twelve months his Grand Lodge status is lost , and cannot be regained until he again is installed as W . M . of a lodge . But I think it is clearly evident that the Grand Lodge and the Book of Constitutions intended the rank of Past Master , and the privileges thereto attached ( of the right to attend and vote in Grand Lodge ) , as a permanent

recognition of his services to the Craft ; in short , once having attained the right to enter the Grand Council of Masonry , if he follows on faithfully to the end of his Mastership , that right is then confirmed to him so long as he continues a subscribing member , thereby evincing his appreciation of his privileges . This is his Grand Lodge status ;

but he takes his seniority therein , according to the seniority of his lodge on the Grand Lodge roll of lodges , in the first place , and the only question remaining to be settled is the seniority of the individual Past Masters registered under the number of a particular lodge ; and this point I don't think Grand Lodge would do well to bother with . Let

individual lodges , by their bye-laws , arrange that point to their individual satisfaction—it is not at all an " Imperial " question . I entirely , however , disagree with " Cestrian , " when he assumes that the seniority of a Past Master is governed by the date of his affiliation . It is quite absurd that it should

be so . But if a lodge chooses to make a bye law to that effect , I do not object , only 1 won't become a joining member . Seniority on the lodge roll of membership is by the date of their admission as members of the lodge , but that has nothing to do with seniority of rank as a Past Master conferred by Constitutions . Of course , if inside a lodge

there should happen to be any wrangling in the Master's and LP . Master ' s absence , as to who should be Senior Past Master present , being a member of the lodge with a right to take the chair , that would be an unhappy occurrence , and one very much to be deplored ; and from this point of view t might possibly be desirable for Grand Lodge to settle the

matter by simply adding in brackets , "Seniority of Past Masters shall be by date of installation , " p . CS , art . 6 . I trust older and much more experienced Past Masters will pardon my interference . If I have failed to make myself clear I must express my regrets ; but if I have misstated any fact I request respectfully to be set right . Yours fraternally , I . P . M .

PREFIXES FOR GRAND OFFICERS . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — In the remarks of your last issue as to the proper prefix for Grand Officers and Provincial Grand Masters ,

you have correctly quoted Lord Zetland ' s circular commanding that the prefix of " Right Worshipful " should be accorded to Provincial Grand Masters ; but you have proceeded to ague that Provincial Grand Masters arc only entitled to the " Worshipful . " You will at once see this mistake . Yours fraternally , J . E . LE FEUVRE , P . G . Sec .

OUR EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — Your excellent leaderette , in this day's issue , on our great Educational Institutions , forced upon my mind the query : How can these admirable editorial remarks be brought before the active members of our Order ? I am sure it would be of very great service to our Charities