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ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION wit AGED FREEMASONS AND WIDOWS OF FREEMASONS , CROYDON . Patron and President : HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS TIIE PRINCE OF VVALES , K . G ., & c , AI . W . G . AI . THE ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL Of this Institution will take place On TUESDAY , jrst FEBRUARY , iSS . -, AT FREEMASONS , ' TAVKR >> , GRI-: AT Oui-n-rx Sr ., LONDON , l . ' pon which occasion Lnrt'T .-Coi . oNr . L j . A . LLOYD-PI IILIPPS , R . W . PROV G . AI . ion Snimi WALKS ( Western Division ) , lias been pleased to signify his intention of presiding . Brethren are earnestly invited to accept the Office of Steward upon this occasion , and they will greatly oblige by forwarding their . Names and Alasonic Rank , as soon as convenient , to the Secretary , who will gladly give any information required . JAAIliS TERRY , Prov . G . S . W . Noi ( lis and Hunts , Secretary . . 1 . Freemasons' Hall . London , W . C .

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. MAY ELECTION , 1 SS 2 . TO the PATRONS , GOVERNORS , ANII SUBSCRIBERS or THE ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION FOR AGED FREEMASONS . The favour of your Votes and Interest is most earnestly solicited on behalf of URO . WILLIAM IIKNRY 1 IUI 515 ARD , P . AL , PA / .., P . P . Sup . VV ., Aliddx ., & e . ( now in his sMysecond year . 1 The present appeal , reluctantly made , arises in ci nscquence of the continued want of employment experienced by Ihe appliiant in his business as a Land and General Survcvor , or in other lemunerative work within his capacity ; failing health , defective eyesight , and the pressure of a most distressing and abiding domestic calamity . He has been a Member of ihe Craft for upwards of twentysix years , having been initiated in October , 1 S 55 , and has since taken an active interest in its affairs . Is a Life ¦ jovcrnor of the Institution , and acted as a Steward at the 'estival in January , iNfi . 5 . Was W . AI . of lhc Plnrnix i . odgc , No . 17 . " ,, in iW' 4-5 , and served upon the Board of General Puiposes for that year . Became M . Ii . / . of Chapter No . 975 in I S ' ; -S . Assisted in the formation of the New Province of Middlesex in 1 S 72-. ,, and was one of the Founders of the Burdett Lodge , No . I 2 'i .. The case is strongly recommended by thc following Brethren : — Ihe Kh . h' W .. r . hi pfol Hro . Col . Sir Pr . lii . i- lliir . lctl . Il . lrt ., | . P ., I ' . S . IJ . W ., I ' niv . i ; .. \| . . Middx ,, Uep . ( I . I ,. Ireland , Jcc , ' fcc , Ane . l . ter llon ; r , Ixi , hnlond , Snrrrv . The W . Ilrn . II . C . I . n . inder , il , ' | . ( il > ., ( i . S . II . lt . A . , I'rni . ( J . S . . Middx ., V .-IVs ., fcr ., -. 9 , ' North Villas , Ciniden-M ) ., N . W . lhc VV . Il ; n 1 . I con , P . I i . l I ... ... ,, V .-Pat ., l > Primes-st ., lint ... K . C . Ih-.-W . HMI . I . ihc / If .-, IMi . l ) ., & c ., i , Keilforil . M | ii : irr , W . C . The W . IlM . I-.. | . Parron , t' . Ii . l ! ., &< - ., :- - , Lincoln ' s Inn-helds , W . C . 'Hie VV . liro . Kanih . im W . Stewart , V . < i . l > ., H . I ' . li . M . . Middx ., is ; i-:, kr .. K , ' ., 11 . Al » h \ ir . l \ -l ; in-.-, I-.. C . 'Ilir W . |! r <> . ( icor ^ e I .-Hubert K . S . A . , , i : ' ' , ( i . S . II ., I ' . J . I i . W . Ilerl « , V'iiv . p . itron , kt ., i ; , Co-culn -street , VV . I lie : W . Hro . Hr . W . It . Woodman , IM i . S . II .. I ' ord Itonv . Kx-rtcr . ¦| li "\>\ I ' . r . i . Thomas ! - iiliiu , I ' . ii . l ' ., V . Pres . jfcc ., n , Marriott-road , T"llin-: i"u I' . irk , N . Ihe W . liro . John M . Si-duell , P . ( i . s \ , P . IMi . W . Miil . lv ., & .- ., Vice-President , ; , Chepstow \ ill . is , Twickenham . S . W . The VV . liro . J . Ilrrtt , IM i . l ' ., Sa- .. & ,- ., i , Sidnev-rd ., I (< i < m > rlon . K . The W . I ' . r ... I .. Kniuili-2 , IM i . l ) . Middx ., V .-P . lt .. I - pperSvdenh . lm . 'lhc W . liro . the Pee . Dr . |\ II . Krne-t llrelte , P . M ., P /¦' ., P . Prov , li . ( hip . Middx ., I hri-i ' s Hospital , New jaU-.-lrcvl , K . C . Pro . K . 1 . Ilriu-r , P . M . and Sec . n ..- , ki .. ( ' , Whitehall , S . W . Pro . II . M . lior . lon , P . M . i . •„ ,., Ihe I onrtvard , Kltham , Kent . Pro , W . li . Iv nlish , W . M . uot , 11 , Idol . 1 . 1 oo , I il . Tower-treet , K . C . Pro . J . W . Sanders , s . W . __ ..,., Upton Hon-.- , ( iloucc-ttr-road , I ' pper leddin .: Ion , S . W . Pv wli'im I ' rixie , u ill ! ,,. ¦ thantfiilli readied , as al * o l > v tlii > \ ,,,, ]\ . can ' , WIU . I . VM III . MxY IIPI 1 I 1 A KI ) , ( , , Pn-hcy Park Villas , Hampton Wi . k , Kin ^ -ton-on-l halno . ' N . H . /;•¦! •' , Un ! . ' , , fl , l ll ' i , !„ . i-e / -,, ; ,. . p , , ,. ; . „ ,.,,, / ., i . ' 7 ,, „ ., ;/ ., ,. 1 , 01 h . ¦ v . ii . niirdj'i M . u ' i /•» , ' ,...

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ROYAL SEA BATHING INFIRMARY , MARGATE . ESTABLISHED ( 791 . IILi ONLY ONE ENCLUSIVELY FOR SCROFULOUS POOK . COL . CKEATON , TKEASUHKR . JOHN AI . CLABON , ESQ ., HON . SKCRKTAHY . '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 ios ., Annual Subscribers of £ 1 is ., can recommend patients . 250 beds . Average number of Inpatients per year , 750 , and of applicants over 1000 . Bankers , the Hank of England ; Coutts and Co . ; and Cobb and Co ., Margate . Offices : No . 30 , Charing Cross , VV . JOHN 'THOMAS WALKER , Secretary

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TWTASONIC HALL , CROYDON . HARliWOOD HOUSE , 105 , HIGH STRKIiT . This Hall has every requirement for Alasonic purposes , lt contains a large Organ , blown by hydraulic power , and has an excellent cellar for Lodges to keep their own wines . The following Lodges arc held there , viz . —Frederick , 452 ; Addiscombe , 15 . 5 6 ; Mozart , 192 ^; Croydon Alark , 19 S ; I- ' iedcrick Chapter . For terms , & c , address—JOHN RIIODKS , P . AL . P . P . G . O . Surrey ; P . P . G . AI . O . Middx . and Surrey .

To Correspondents.

To Correspondents .

W . AL 5 . 11 . —Wc have already stated more than once that Air . C . Bradlaugh having returned his certificate to the Grand Secretary , is not , and cannot be , a member of our Order , and could not legally b ; received in any lodge of Anglo-Saxon Freemasonry .

The following reports , & c , stand over . CoRKi-rsroXBENCE : A Young and Karncst Mason . Worshipful Alasters , by a Past Alaster . Layinn- the Foundation Stone of Addington Masonic Hall , Natal .

Caledonian Lodge Soiree , Alanchestcr . Apollo University Lodge , Oxford . Alerchant Navy Lodge , No . 7 S 1 . Walker Lodge , No . 1342 . Yarrowcc Chapter , No . 713 .

BOOKS , & c , RECEIVED . * - "Thc Jewish Chronicle , " "The Hull Packet , " " The Royal Cornwall Gazette , "" The Freemason ' s Repository , " " Notes , Management , and Encouragement of Harbours , " "The Citizen , " "The Broad Arrow , " " Boletin Oficial De Kspana , Thc West London Advertiser , " "Press

News , " " The New Zealand Herald , " "The Walsall Tree Press , " " Grand Lodge of New South Wales , " " Leeds Friendly Societies' Journal , " " Masonic Record , " District Grand Lodge of Bombay , " " Yc Cripplegate , " " The Hebrew Leader , " " Grand Commandery Knights Templar , State of Virginia , "

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THE FREEMASON . SATURDAY , FEBRUARY IS , iSSn .

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[ VVe do nut hold ourselves responsible tor , or even approving of , the opinions expressed bv our correspondents , bnt we wish in a spirit of fair play to all to permit—within certain necessarj limits—free d senssion . ] PROVINCIAL RETURNS TO THK CHARITIES .

To the Editor of the " i-rccmasou . ' Dear Sir and Brother , — I see in your last number a return from Hampshire with regard to this point , which , I think , unintentionally docs not do justice to West Yorkshire , and I feel convinced thc statement is not correct .

The announcement that \ Vc .-. t Yorkshire has only sent up / , ' 24 " in seven years is , I can say at once , founded on a pure conception . Perhaps its hard-working Piovincial Grand Secretary , or some other VVest Yorkshire brother , who is well posted up in the matter can give mc and your readers thc right figures . Yours fraternally , A AIIiMBKR OF A WEST YORKSHIRE LODGE .

APOLLO UNIVERSITY LODGE . I ' o the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — If "A Member of No . : / IJ" will kindly refer to the history of that lodge prefixed to its bye-laws , & c , as edited by Uro . Capt . G . lead Lamert , H . A ., Worcester

College , and published by him in I S ''_ I—the year of his . Mas tership , and the celebration of the lodge ' s jubilee , or fiftieth anniversary—he will lind at p . , 1 thc following passage ; " Thc lodge vvas opened on thc ioth February , lSiy , at thc Star Hotel ( now the Clarendon ) , but the installation of the VV . AI . did not lake place till the 1 Sth , and thc

appointment of thc officers was not made till thc lyth February , whi-: h day has since been always considered the anniversary of thc lodge . " I think he will admit this is sufficient justification for the date as given in the "Freemason Historical Calendar" forthe current month , lt is not for mc to try and

explain why events which , in thc case of other new lodges , are usually compressed into one afternoon , were , in that of thc Apollo Univcisity Lodge , spread over several ; nor ought I , perhaps , to presume to interpret Capt . Lamert ' s meaning of the word " opened ; " but it strikes mc he intended it as equivalent to " consecrated . " In this sense

the statement I have quoted above indicates that ( 1 ) thc lodge vvas " consecrated" on the said loth February , 1819 ; ( 2 ) that the VV . M . vvas installed lhc iSth February ; and ( 3 ) thc officers were appointed thc day following , which has ever since been looked upon as thc anniversary of the lodge . I

hardly think Capt . Lamert would havc considered It worth while " formally " lo note a mere " informal gathering " of the charier members . I am , faithfully and fraternally yours , THE COMPILER OF THE "FREEMASON HISTORICAL CALENDAR . "

THE FORTHCOMING BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION FESTIVAL . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — Is it too late to draw the attention of those brethren who are about to undertake thc important duties of Ladies' Stewards forthe Festivals of 1 SS 2 to some of the

duties which arc expected of them ' I would first remind them that they are appointed to see that our lady visitors are properly received , conducted to their retiring rooms , ladies' gallery , and last , but by no means least , properly cared for at the cold collation prepared for them . 'The ladies' banquet has been getting worse year by year ; the tables more thinly spread , and with a greater deficiency of waiters ; and unless a lady has some particular friend to

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watch over her she has a great chance of leaving the room having had little or nothing to eat or drink . Why should this be ? when the price of a lady ' s ticket is ample to pay thc incidental expenses , and provide a very elegant , good , and substantial repast for them ; and those who come from a distance especially need it . The reason is

this , there is not a sufficient organization among thc Stewards ; the tables should be divided between them , each Steward looking after the comfort of those visitors ( and those only ) placed under his charge . A small Committee of three or four brethren should undertake thc general supervision of thc arrangements ,

and should visit the room before thc ladies are admitted , and see that the caterers have properly carried out their contract . liach and every table should be complete in itself , and equally well furnished with viands ; there should be no distinction in that respect between the top and other tables . It has been too much the custom to decorate and

supply the cross table , leaving the others comparatively bare . Wc must remember that by their advocacy and by their purses our fair friends arc great supporters of all our Charities , and it is very important that they should leave the hall with pleasant impressions—loud in their praises of

I'rccmasons , their courtesy , gentlemanly bearing , and kindly attention to their visitors . I havc been more than once Ladies' Steward and know full well the position is no sinecure . There must be a complete abnegation of self if you carry out that which you have undertaken to do . A FORMER STEWARD OF THE THREE CHARITIES .

REINSTATEMENT OF AIEAIBERS . To the Editor of thc "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , I feel a little diffidence in answering the letter of " Enquirer , " in the Fiecmason of nth inst ., as he asks forthe opinion of a legal brother . However , there is to

question that the P . M ., who ceased to be a subscribing member of any lodge , thereby lost that rank . Being proposed , ballotted for , and accepted again by the same lodge did not restore his rank as P . AL ; he would onl y gain that by being again elected to thc chair of K . S . Bro . " Enquirer" is correct in saying thc brother would retain his rank as Warden , and therefore might he elected to the

chair without again going through the offices , but his rank as P . M . would only date from thc time of his second occupation ofthe chair . 1 refer Bre . " Enquirer " to No . 1 of the regulations in the Book of Constitutions , and with due submission to the ruling of any legal brother , 1 am , yours fraternally , EX 3 ELSIOR .

HRO . IIINE'S APPEAL . To the Editor ofthe "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — If not too great a Ircspass ' on your space , I should like to be permitted to add a word in corroboration of the statement set forth in the petition forwarded to you by

Bro . Hine . None can know better than myself the efforts made by the petitioner ' s husband in the cause of the Alasonic Charities . On the proposal of thc establishment of thc Staffordshire Alasonic CharitaDlc Association , he—being at that time VV . M . of his mother lodge—was the very first to come

to its aid , and to the impetus he gave to it , and his untiring advocacy of its claims , is due thc position it very quickly obtained in North Staffordshire ; and the Local Educational Fund owes its origin to him . He continued to give liberally , and to incite others lo do likewise , until after he became absoibcd in the unfortunate speculations which caused

Ins ruin . It is fitting that the regulations of all our Charities should be framed lo exclude cases of this peculiar and , I trust , exceptional character ; but vvheic the good that has been done by an erring brother remains to mark the time when he vvas alike honoured and useful in the Craft , the true spirit of F ' rccmasonry prompts us in dealing with the

distress of his family to forget the latter failings and to remember his early services . Some of the Staffordshire brethren assisted his wife and family in their first need , and vvill , I doubt not , be willing again to help , if under the guidance of a brother so experienced and judicious as Bro . ( line some means can be found of giving a permanent character to the assistance

now given . Yours fraternally , JNO . BODENHAAI , P . P . G . S . W . N . VVales and Shrop , P . G . 'Treas . Stafford .

BEGGING MASONS . To thc Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — I am glad to sec in your correspondence columns that thc brethren are beginning to take some steps to minimise thc system of begging .

'To show your readers ( many of whom , perhaps , may not be aware of it ) the extent to which this mendicancy is carried on , I have gone through the reports received from six Almoners , and my own return for thc years 1 S 79 , 1 SS 0 , and 1 SS 1 , and as vvill be seen from the table below no less than 420 begging Masons applied in these seven towns