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THIRST AND LAST APPLICATION . 'To the Governors and Subscribers of the ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS . Your Votes and Interest are earnestly solicited for AMY MARGARET LEE , daughter of the late Bro . Thomas Vincent Lee , of Union Waterloo Lodge , No . 13 . —Mrs . J . LEE , 29 Grove-terrace , Highgate-road , N .

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THE ASYLUM FOR IDIOTS , V 1 ARLVVOOD , REDHUA ., SURREY . " Under the Patronage of Her Most Gracious Majesty THE Q UEEN . Total number of Inmates in the Asylum 5 C 3 Entirely supported by Voluntary Subscriptions ... 375 FUNDS ARE URGENTLY NEEDED TO MEET CURRENT EXPENSES . Superior accommodation is provided for private cases , payment for which is regulated by the Board of Management . BANKERS—The London Joint Stock Bank . WILLIAM NICHOLAS , Secretary . Offices , 36 , King William-street , E . C .

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THE ASYLUM FOR IDIOTS , EARLSWOOD , RED HILL , SURREY . OCTOBER ELECTION , 18 S 3 . The favour of your Votes and interest is respectfully solicited on behalf of JAMES EDWARD TAYLOR , Aged 12 years , who was deprived of his reason from the effects ot Scarlet Fever when four years of age . The Father ( Bro . Jas . Taylor , Lodges No . 730 ( I . C . ) , 1331 , 153 G , and Chapters 13 , 1331 , ) is a Sergeant in the Commissariat and Transport Corps now serving at Aldershot , and although willing to support to the utmost of his abilities , is unable to provide adequate treatment or the necessary supervision required by the case , which is strongly recommended by Baron H . de WORMS , M . P ., 4 , Old Burlingtoii-st ., VV . GEORGE KENNING , Esq ., Upper Sydenham . RICHARD EVE , Esq ., Oxford Villa , Victoria-road , Aldershot . F . C . BLUNT , Deputy Commissary General , Aldershot . * H . S . E . REEVES , C . B ., Assistant Commissary General , Aldershot . * Rev . R . M . SPOOK , Heatherview , Cambridge-road , Aldershot . Proxies will be thankfully received by gentlemen marked thus » .

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BRITISH EQUITABLE ASSURANCE COMPANY , 4 , Queen-street-place , London , E . C . Capita!—A Quarter of a Million Sterling . TWENTV-E 1 GHTH ANNUAL REPORT , MAY , 1883 . NEW BUSINESS . 2070 Policies issued for £ 400 , 375 New Premium Income £ II , QS 0 BUSINESS IN FORCE . 26 , 099 Policies , Assuring £ 41825 , 317 REVENUE OF THE YEAR . Premiums £ 140 , 809 Interest , Sic j £ 35 » ' 3 i £ i 75 . 940 ACCUMULATED FUND . Laid by in the year £ 69 , 772 Accumulated Fund on 31 st January , 18 S 3 ( equal to 73 per cent , of the net premiums received upon policies in force ) £ 873 , 102 Average Reversionary Bonus for 27 years about ii percent , per annum . MUTUAL ASSURANCE WITHOUT MUTUAL LIABILITY .

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THE COSMOPOLITAN MASONIC CALENDAR , DIARY , AND POCKET BOOK FOR 1884 . This Masonic annual is now preparing for its 14 th issue , the publication of which will take place on or about the 1 st N * jvember next . Forms asking for particulars as to place a id date of meeting of lodges and chapters have been despatched to the respective Secretaries and Scribes E ., and in the event of their not having reached their destination by the end of the present month , a memo , advising the publisher of any alteration in date or place of meeting will be esteemed a favour . G . KENNING , 16 , GT . QUEEN ST ., LONDON , W . C .

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Just Published . EROSTRATUS : or the Burning of the Temple of Diana at Ephesus . A grand Spectacular Drama . London : Samuel French , 89 , Strand ; or , post free , 1 / -, from the author , J . P . Mann . P . M ., Blue Hayes , Broad Clyst , Devon . " Acceptable to masons of the higher grades . "

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MIDLAND RAILWAY . TOURIST ARRANGEMENTS , 1883 . TOURIST TICKETS will be issued from May tst to the 31 st October , 1883 . For Particulars , see Time Tables and Programmes issued by the Company . JOHN NOBLE , Deiby , 1883 . GENERAL-MANAGER .

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BRITON LIFE ASSOCIATION ( LIMITED ) . CHIEF OFFICES-429 , STRAND , LONDON . This Society has deposited £ 33 , 000 with the British and Colonial Governments , as a special security to Policyholders . CHAIRMAN . —FRANCIS WEBB , Esq ., 31 , Southampton Buildings , Chancery-lane . DEPUTY CHAIRMAN . —B . VV . RICHARDSON , M . A ., M . D ., LL . D ., F . R . S ., 25 , Manchester-square . General Sir J . ALEXANDER , K . C . B ., 35 , Bedford-place , Russell-square . J BROWN , Esq ., Righolt Lodge , Brook Green , Hammersmith . GEORGE CHAPMAN , Esq ., 14 , Cockspur-street . T . B . J ONES , Esq ., Angel Town , Brixton . ROBERT MILBURN , Esq ., Cintra , Upper Albemarle-road , Beckenham . SMITH RICHARDS , Esq ., 36 , Bedford-square . EXTRAORDINARY DIRECTORS . J . WRIGHT BAKHR , Esq ., VI . R . C . S . Eng ., Derby . Col . BLANDY , Chief Constable of Berkshire , Reading . GEORGE BRADLEY , Esq ., Aketon Hall , Castleford , Yorkshire . THOMAS CHAMBERLAIN , Esq ., J . P ., Windsor . J AMES H . LLARKE , Esq ., Nottingham . MiLLlsCovENTRY , Esq ., CovnExchatigeChambers , London DAVID HARMS , Esq ., Caroline Park , Edinburgh . Lieut .-Col . H . GORE LINDSAY , J . P ., D . L ., Woodlands , Cardiff . HENRY MOFFAT , Esq ., Eldin , J . P . County of Edinburgh . Sir J . B . MONCKTON , 159 , Cromwell-road , S . VV . Sir GEORGE OWENS , M . D ., J . P ., Dublin . HENRY J . PARNALL , Esq ., Newport , Mori . J . J . FAIRFAX SCOTT , Esq ., Mount Sorrell , Leicestershire . WILLIAM SMITH , Esq ., Goole Grange , Goole . DISTINCTIVE FEATURES . ABSOLUTE SECURITY . LARGE PROPORTION OF FUNDS IN GOVERNMENT DEPOSITS . MODERATE RATES OF PREMIUM . POLICYHOLDERS OF ALL CLASSES ENTIRELY FREE FROM LIABILITY . POLICIES MADE PAYABLE DURING LIFETIME . SPECIAL TERMS TO MINISTERS AND LAV PREACHERS . IMPORTANT ADVANTAGES TO TOTAL ABSTAINERS . CLAIMS PAID IMMEDIATELY ON PROOF OF DEATH INDISPUTABLE WHOLE-WORLD ASSURANCES . NEW AND EXTENDED LIMITS FOR FOREIGN TRAVEL AND RESIDENCE . NON - FORFEITABLE ASSURANCES . PROTECTION AFFORDED ASSIGNEES AGAINST POLICIES LAPSING OR BECOMING FORFEITED BY A" BREACH OF THEIR CONDITIONS ON THE PART OF THE ASSURED . POLICIES IN THIS SOCIETY NOT LIABLE TO LAPSE BY INADVERTENCE , AS , AFTER FOUR . YEARS , THE SURRENDER VALUE IS APPLIED TO KEEP THE POLICY IN FORCE . SUBSTITUTION OF ANOTHER LIFE ALLOWED IN LIEU OF THE ONE ASSURED BY THE POLICY . Prospectuses , Proposal Forms , Statements , and Accounts may be obtained on application at the Chief Offices , Branches , or Agencies . JOHN MESSENT , F . I . A ., ACTUARY AND SECRETARY . The Directors will be happy to treat with gentlemen of influence and standing to act as special or Ordinary Agents for the Company in unrepresented localities .

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ELECTRICITY A quantity of Electrical and Scientific APPARATUS to be disposed of . Suitable for Institutions , Schools , Private Gentlemen , or for Presentation . Full particulars on application , by letter addressed to 6 . G ., at the ortice of the Freemason , 16 , Great Queen-street , W . C .

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SPECULATION & INVESTMENT ° JN STOCKS AND SHARES WITH A MINIMUM RISK ' T'O operate on the Stock Exchange A profitably or , in other words , increase one's capital , limited though it be , may suggest itself as not very easy of accomplishment . Quick perception , however , tempered with experience and a true knowledge of the influences in force , will , in many cases , render the process comparatively simple . To purchase a stock or security of any description might not always prove judicious and safe , even were the position and prospects in the particular case the most sound and promising , because an immediate improvement , or , indeed , the maintenance of the prevalent market value would be improbable , if not impossible , so long as the account remained a weak one , or one showing a heavy preponderance of weak operations for the rise . In like manner a stock might be intrinsically worth little or absolutely nothing , but from the fact of it having been largely oversold the price remains apparently lirm . EXPLANATORY BOOK sent post free on application . D EAD OPINIONS OF THE PRESS . WEEKLY and MONTHLY REPORT sent regularly to clients . SPECULATIVE ACCOUNTS opened on the most favourable terms . W GUTTERIUGE AND CO ., STOCK AND . SHARE BROKERS , 7 , DRAPERS ' -GARDENS , THROGMORTON-STREEf , LONDON , E . C .

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A GOOD PLAN . J ? jr \ and upwards judiciously in-X ? JL \ J vested in Options on Stocks and Shares often give handsome profits in a few days . Full details in Explanatory Book gratis and post free . — Address GEORGE EVANS and Co ., Stockbrokers , Gresham House , Old Broad-street , London , E . C . Best and safest plan ever devised .

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npHEATRE ROYAL , DRURY LANE . New and Original Four Act Drama , by Augustus Harris and G . F . Rowe , entitled , FREEDOM . Realistic Scenery by H . Emden and VV . Beverley . Messrs . A . Harris , j . Fernandez , H . George , H . Jackson H . NichoIIs , G . F . Rowe , Sic . Mesdames S . Eyre , L . Foote , N . Bromley , F . Enson , M . A . Victor , & c . A GIGANTIC SUCCESS .

To Correspondents.

To Correspondents .

BOOKS , & c , RECEIVED . "Hull Packet , " " Broad Arrow , " "Citizen , " "Annual Convocation of the Grand Chapter of Virginia , " " Jewish Chronicle , " " Allen ' s Indian Mail , " " Sutton ' s Illustrated Catalogue of Bulbs , & c , " " Court Circular , " "City Press , " " Freimaurer-Zeitung , " " Montreal Daily Witness , " "Tricycling journal , " "Victorian Freemason , " " Keystone . "

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SATURDAY , SEPTEMBER 15 , 1883 . « ——§ t ^ S £ 5 S ^ S ^ S ^^^^^^ S 55 ^ A ^^^ ag

Original Correspondence.

Original Correspondence .

[ We do not hold ourselves responsible for , or even approving of , the opinio is expressed by ourcorfespondents . but we wish in aspirit of fairplay to all to permit—within certain necessary limits—free discussion . 1 ^——

STATUS OF PAST MASTERS . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — As some of your correspondents appear to thinkthat Provincial brethren generally are in favour of the proposed complimentary rank of Past Master of a lodge being conferred upon joining Past Masters , they may he interested to know that all the qualified members , including a joining

Past Master of my own lodge , as well as all those of a neighbouring lodge , with the exception of one or two whose engagements in other directions were too pressing , went up at some expense and inconvenience to Grand Lodge last Wednesday , to oppose what we all consider an innovation , which would produce endless vexatious disputes in lodges ;

and we congratulate ourselves that we contributed towards the satisfactory results arrived at . Every member of our lodge , including some joining Past Masters , would sign a petition against the new rule , and I believe quite go per cent , of Provincial Masons would do so . —Yours fraternally , Sept . 8 th . COUNTRY SECRETARY .

To the Editor of thc " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — " Manenniensis , " in your issue of last week , objects to my quoting the corporations and ex-mayors in illustration of my argument . Well , sir , it is a remarkable fact that one disputant never will accept as relevant the illustrations of his opponent , probably because by so doing he would lose his case . If however he thinks he can twist

them round to his side of the question he is willing enough to receive them , as "Manenniensis" did with the argumentof" P . M . of aCountry Lodge . " As your columns were not specially created to afford me an opportunity of vindicating the accuracy of my literary flights of fancy , I will not attempt to do so , but follow your correspondent's example and turn his argument against himself . He says " Past Prov . Grand Masters follow the present Prov .

Grand Masters , so I think should Past Masters rank next to the Worshipful Master of a lodge so long as they continue subscribing members . " But does a Past Prov . Grand Master of Middlesex rank in Yorkshire next to the Prov . Grand Master of Yorkshire ? Of course hedoes not ; he has no rank whatever in Yorkshire , although he may be a member of a Yorkshire lodge . Then why should a Past Master of No . 1000 ( Middlesex ) rank next

to the Worshipful Master of No . 500 ( Yorkshire ) which he has only lately joined . Now I put this argument more accurately the other way round . I suggested that if a P . M . of 1000 was entitled to the precedence , & c , of a P . M . of 50 ° merely because he had joined this lodge , then in common fairness a P . G . W . of Middlesex migrating to Yorkshire must also be entitled to be a P . G . W . of Yorkshire . And your correspondent naively tells me the Constitutions forbid this ! Of course

they do , and very properly too ! And at present the analogous case of the Past Master is forbidden by common usage and unwritten law , and long may it so continue . But , sir , this correspondence re the Past Masters must have been carried on in fits and starts for over a twelvemonth , and yet our brother can ask how a P . M . of . No . 1000 who had resigned and joined No . 500 would obtain admittance to Grand Lodge . Surely it has been explained

often enough that his former services in the chair combined with his present membership of a new lodge is qualification enough . The Secretary of No . 500 returns him annually as a duly qualified member of Grand Lodge . Let our brother read paragraph I , page 18 , of the 8 vo . edition of the Constitutions . Once a Past Master , always a Past Master—but it does not follow that a Past Master of No . 1000 is also a Past Master of No . 500 . Nothing

but failure to pay his quarterage can diminish his privileges in the Craft—rejoining after many years' absence will restore his titular rank , but not his privileges as a member of Grand Lodge ; even if unaffiliated he remains a Past Master by courtesy ; but on the other hand , although he is a Past Master in any lodge he may join , he can only become a Past Master of that lodge by filling the chair .

Surely this is all straightforward enough and covers no hardship ! As regards the degree of Past Master it is almost an impertinence for me to say that Bro . Gould is right ; such an anthority is not likely to go wrong on such a question . The degree is unknown , and very pioperly so , in England , but in America and some other jurisdictions