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Languages . ITALIAN , SPANISH , AND LATIN . BRO . 'S . C . FAIELLA is open to an engagement in Schools and private families , or as a Tutor . No objection to the country . Experience ! io years . References given . Addrcss-36 , SEYMOUR STREET , LIVERPOOL .
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MONEY ! CONFIDENTIALLY ADVANCED , in Town V _^ or Country , to Householders , on their furniture and effects , without removal or publicity . Stocks , valuable effects , plate , diamonds , watches ,, furniture , pianos , & c , BOUGHT for IMMEDIATE CASH , or Advances made thereon without delay . Dry Store-rooms for the deposit of furniture and household effects . The highest references given on application to . MRS . A COHEN , 130 , Duke-street , LIVERPOOL . ( Private Office . ) N . B . —Apply personally or by stamped directed envelope .
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Bro . WM . N . S . COPE , THE NOTED 10 / 6 HATTER , 38 , LONDON ROAD , LIVERPOOL , Hosier , & c , at 6 t , London-road .
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Bro . E . L . HARRIS Has lately opened THE AMERICAN UNION CAFE AND REFRESHMENT ESTABLISHMENT , 44 , Great Charlotte Street , Liverpool . This Cafd stands ulirivalled for excellence and style , Wc therefore recommend you to go and rest awhile ; There ' s George's HaU , the Monument , Brown ' s Library and all , The Market and the Theatres , within an easy call . Tea , Cof } e , and Chocolate always ready . Refreshments of evety description , W ties , &> C . 44 , GREAT CHARLOTTE STREET .
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THE "LONDON , " Clayton Square , Liverpool , ( Next to Prince of Wales' Theatre ) , HAS been arranged by Bro . CHARLES GOSDEN ( late of The Freemasons' Tavern , London ) , for the Business of A RESTAURANT . Bills of Fare ready from 12 o ' clock noon till 11 . 30 evening . Private Rooms for Dinners , Suppers , & c . . Public and Private Billiard Rooms . TARIFF OF CHARGES MODERATE .
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Mason ' s Hall Tavern , MASON'S AVENUE , BASINGHALL STREET , CITV . THE above old-established Tavern is NOW OPEN , newl y decorated , by Bro CHARLES GOSDEN , late Manager of the Freemasons Tavern Company . Every accommodation will be found for Lodges , Chapters , Mark and other degrees , for their Meetings , Dinners , Suppers , & c ., and every attention will be paid to their comfort and enjoyment by the new Proprietor .
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Caledonian Hotel , ROBERT STREET , ADELPHI TERRACE , STRAND . GENTLEMEN and Families visiting London will find every accommodation , combined with comfort and moderate charges , at the above Hotel . Beds from 2 s . ; Sitting Rooms from 3 s ; Breakfasts from 2 s . ; Table d'Hote 6 . 30 , 3 s . 6 d . Every accommodation for Masonic Meetings and Banquets . A Spacious aud Cheerful Coffee Ream overlooking the Thames . lSUO . GEORfiE STATES , Manager .
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HAEMONIUMS , SALE OR HIRE , For Lodges , Chapels , Schools and Families , PRICES from . £ 4 to ^ 50 . G . CAMP , 215 , STANHOPE ST ., MORNINGTON CRESCENT , N . W .
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Rose Croix Tracing Boards , Five Guineas the Pair . BRO . GEORGE KENNING , LONDON & LIVERPOOL .
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MINIATURE WAR MEDALS , TO BE HAD AT KENNING'S MILITARY AND NAVAL WAREHOUSES , 2 , 3 , 4 , LITTLE BRITAIN , LONDON . RIBBONS FOR WAR MEDALS
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Masonic Note Paper and Envelopes , Fir Craft , Mark , Royal Arch , Red Cross of Rome and Constantine , Rose Croix , Knights Templar , y > th Degree . IN BOXES THREE SHILLINGS . WHOLESALE A __ TD RETAIL BRO . GEORGE KENNING'S MASONIC DEPOT , LITTLE BRITAIN , LONDON .
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SPORRANS . No . 1 . —Goat-skin Sporran , with ornament on top .. 5 / 0 No . 2 . —Ditto , „ 2 nd size ' 5 / 6 No . 3 . —Ditto , same size as No . 1 , with bells and chain on ornament .. .. .. 7 / 0 No . 4 . —Ditto , same sije as No . 2 ,. with cantle , bells , and chains on ornament .. .. 8 / 6 No . 5 . —Ditto , same size as No . 2 , with cantle , bells , and chains , and ornament .. .. 9 / 0 No . 6 . —Ditto , same size as No . 2 , with engraved top , cantle , bells , and chains .. .. 11 / 0 BLACK , WHITE OK GREY , AS DESIRED . An asserted quantity of Badges on Sporrans at prices as above . IN STOCK AT Kenning ' s Military Warehouse , 2 , 3 & 4 . LITTLE BRITAIN .
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PENTLEMEN'S and BOYS' CLOTHING in VJ all Textures , Fashions , and Prices : OUTFITS , HOSIERY . WATERPROOF-CLOTHING and SHIRTS in Long Cloth Linen , and Shrunk Flannel ; supplied wholesale or retail by GANN , JONES AND CO ., OUTFITTING MANUFACTURERS , 171 , FENCHURCH-ST
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Diseases of the Lungs and Air-vessels . BALSAMIC COUGH ELIXER . Opiates , Narcotics , and Squills arc too often invoked to give relief in Coughs , Colds , and all Pulmonary diseases . Instead of such fallacious remedies , which yield momentary relief at the expense of enfeebling the digestive organs and thus increasing that debility which lies at the rcot of the malady , modern science points to CROSBY'S BALSAMIC COUGH ELIXER as the true remedy . SELECT TESTIMONIAL . Dr . Rooke , Scarborough , author of the "Anti-Lancet , " says : "I have repeatedly observed how very rapidly and invariably it subdued cough , pain , and irritation of the chest in cases of Pulmonary Consumption , and \ can , witYi \\ ie greaVesX confidence , TccoTYirncTui it as a most valuable adjunct to an otherwise strengthening treatment for this disease . " This medicine , which is free from opium and squills , not only allays the local irritation , but improves digestion and strengthens the constitution Hence it is used with the most signal success in Asthmas , Bronchitis , Consumption , Coughs , Influenza , Night Sweats of Consumption , Quinsy , and all affections of the throat and chest . Sold in bottles at is . gd ., 4 s . 6 d . and us each , by all respectable Chemists , and wholesale by J . M . CROSBV , Chemist , Scarborough . * » * Invalids should read Crosby's Prize Treatise on " Diseases of the Lungs and Air-Vcssels , " a copy of which can be had GRATIS of all Chemists .
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CORNS and BUNIONS . —Hot weather makes these more than usually troublesome , but BRODIE'S REMEDY , named from its wonderful efficacy "THE MIRACULOUS CURE , " will give immediate relief , and effect a speedy cure without pain or inconvenience . Sold in Packets , is . i ^ d . each by most Chemists . Or can bc obtained direct from the MANUFACTORY , . 1 S 5 , OXFORD STREET , LONDON . By post J 4 stamps .
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GALVANISM . -PULVERMACHER'S Monthly RECORD of CUREo is now ready for the benefit of sufferers containing documentary evidence of remarkable cures effected by PUI . VKKMACHRR ' S IMI'KOVKD PATENT SKW- AITUCABLK VOI . TAELECTKJC CHAIN HANDS and POCKET PATTKKIES , and may bc had on application to the S 0 I 2 Inventor and Patentee , J . L , PULVEKMACHEK , , 68 , Regent-street , London , W . A test on loan sent gratis if required . Caution . —Spurious electric appliances being advertised by Quack Doctors , Patients should consult Pulvermacher ' s Pamphlet on that subject ( free by post ) , embodying other most interesting matter for iho * c su / Tering from Rheumatic and Neuralgic Pains , Functional Disorders , & cM & c .
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VOUNG'S ARNICATED CORN AND X liUN' ^ N PLAISTEHSarc the best ever invented for giving immediate case , and removing those painful excrescences . Price 6 d , and is . per box . May be had of most chemists . Observe the trade mark . —HY—without wliich uont arc genuine . Be sure and ask for YOUNG'S .
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RUPTURES .-BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT . WHITE ' S Moc-Main LEVER TRUSS f Is allowed hy upwards of «; oo Medical Men to be lhe most effective invention in tlie curative treatment ol HKRN 1 A . The use of a steel spring , * o often hurtful in its effects , is Jicre avoided ; a soft bandage being worn round tlie body , while the requisite resisting power is supplied b >; the MOC-MAIN PAD and PATENT LEVEU , fitting with . so much ease and closeness that il cannot be delected , and may be worn during sleep . A descriptive circular may lie had , and the Truss , which cannot fail to fit , forwarded by post , on the circumference of the body , two inches below the hips , being sent Lo the MANUl'ACTUKKH , Mr . WHITE , 228 , Piccadilly , London . [ pice of a Single Truss , iGs ,, 21 s ., 26 s . Cd . and 31 s . 6 d . Postage is . „ of a Double Truss , 31 s . 6 d „ , 42 s . and 52 s . 6 d . Postage * s . 8 d . ,, of Umbilical Truss , 42 s . and 52 s . Cd . Postage is . lod . Post Office Orders to be made payable to J WMITU , Pot > t Office * Piccadilly . NEW PA TENT ELASTIC STOCKINGS , KNEECAPS , & t The material of which these are made is recommended by the faculty as being peculiar ^; ELASTIC and COMPRESSIBLE and tlie best invention f * r giving efficient and permanent support in all cases of WEAKNESS , VAKlCOSE VEINS , & c . Price , s . 6 d „ 75 . 6 d . , 10 s . and 16 s . each . Postage 6 d . SPINAL MACHINES , LEG IRONS , and Every Description of Surgical Appliances . JOHN WHITE , MaKtifacturtr , 228 , Piccadilly London ,
Royal Ark Masonry.
ROYAL ARK MASONRY .
A special meeting of the Grand Lodge of the Antient and Honourable Fraternity of Royal Ark Mariners of England and Wales , the colonies and dependencies of the British Empire , was held on Wednesday , the 9 th August , 1871 , at the office of the Order , 7 , Gower-street , Bedford-square .
Present : Bros . Morton Edwards , M . W . S . G . C . ; Major Finney , R . W . D . G . C . ; F . W . Koch , Inspector-General ; A . D . Loewenstark , Inspector-General Surrey ; G . F . Henley , G . T . B . ; C . Lacey , G . G . ; G . Neall , G . S . ; and Bro . Morton Edwards , M . W . S . G . C , in the chair .
Grand Lodge was opened , and the minutes of the meeting of the 21 st June read for information . Apologies were received from Bros . T . O . Oxland ( through illness ) , V . W . G . S . W . ; Joshua Nunn , V . W . S . J . W . ; H . M . Green , V . W . D , Inspector-General , Hampshire ; and others , for absence .
The report of the committee of three ( to meet the duly-authorised representatives ofthe Grand Lodge ofthe Mark Degree ) appointed at the G . L . on the 21 st June was then read . It stated that the M . W . S . G . C ., Bro . MortonEdwards , theR . W . D . G . C ., Bro . Major Finney , and the V . W . S . G . W ., Bro . T .
O . Oxland , having been , appointed a committee of the G . L . of Royal Ark Mariners , they met at the office of the Order , and decided that Bro . Oxland be secretary , and commenced their labours by an investigation of the title and powers of the Royal Ark Mariners . Being fully satisfied with the result
of such investigation , they next turned their attention to the state of the negociations , and found that a letter had been received ( and omitted to be read at the G . L . ) from the G . S . of the Mark Degree , Bro . Binckes , dated June Sth , 1871 , asking , on the part of the G . Mark Lodge , for a meeting of
representatives ofthe two bodies , to endeavour to reconcile the existing differences . Therefore they sent a letter to the M . W . G . M . M ., Bro . Portal , notifying the fact of their appointment , and setting out five articles embodying the terms which ( as they informed him ) had been definitely fixed as the only
basis upon which the G . L . of Royal Ark Mariners could again consent to treat . In consequence of this letter a meeting was held at which three dulyauthorised representatives of the Mark Grand Lodge—viz ., the V . W . Bro . F . Binckes ( G . S . ) , V . W . Bro . J . Stevens ( P . G . O . ) , and W . Bro . R . W . Little
( P . M . )—were present ; but in consequence of the absence of Bro . Oxland , nothing was done except to arrange for a meeting of the 6 th July . On this occasion all being present , the authority of each set of representatives having been read , a treaty [ as
given inTHB FREEMASON last week ] was entered into and signed . In conclusion , the Committee reported that they had spared neither time nor trouble to bring matters to an amicable settlement , and that the ulterior consequences must rest with the Mark Degree , as they had refused to ratify this treaty .
The M . W . S . G . C . said that this Grand Lodge had heard the report of the Committee , and it was or them to decide upon the line of conduct now to be pursued . There could not be a doubt that everything had been done that could be done to meet the Mark Grand Lodge , and even concessions were
made that should not to have been made j but they had given way in order that , when they had to report , they might say that the matter was finally settled . There was no doubt that the G . L . of R . Ark Mariners had been played with by the Mark Grand Lodge , who evidently were not sincere in the desire they expressed for union .
The following resolutions were then carried unanimously : — " 1 . That this Grand Lodge , as representing the Fraternity of Royal Ark Mariners , having been a legitimate and properly-constituted body for nearly a century , stand entirely as an independent order for the future .
" 2 . That a circular , giving the necessary information , bc sent to all Maik lodges , and other bodies interested , and that this G . L . be at once placed with all of those bodies who may be interested in its proceedings . " 3 . That having the power by royal warrant of
1793 to confer the original and genuine degrees of Mark Man , Mark Master , Excellent and Super-Excellent Master , these be at once added to the working of every lodge of Royal Ark Mariners . " 4 . That so much ofthe statutes as relate to the above be altered , and that the dues to G . L . for
future members admitted bc seven shillings and sixpence , which shall include registration and certificate for all of these degrees . " 5 . That the thanks of this G . L . be sent to those lodges who have sent a vote of confidence , endorsing the proceedings and undertaking to sustain the
action of this Grand Lodge , against the circular lately issued by the Mark Grand Lodge intimating that they would work the Royal Ark Mariner degrees . " Some business of a formal character being then entered into , the Grand Lodge was closed , and declared adjourned until next summoned . mMMm
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Ad00202
Languages . ITALIAN , SPANISH , AND LATIN . BRO . 'S . C . FAIELLA is open to an engagement in Schools and private families , or as a Tutor . No objection to the country . Experience ! io years . References given . Addrcss-36 , SEYMOUR STREET , LIVERPOOL .
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MONEY ! CONFIDENTIALLY ADVANCED , in Town V _^ or Country , to Householders , on their furniture and effects , without removal or publicity . Stocks , valuable effects , plate , diamonds , watches ,, furniture , pianos , & c , BOUGHT for IMMEDIATE CASH , or Advances made thereon without delay . Dry Store-rooms for the deposit of furniture and household effects . The highest references given on application to . MRS . A COHEN , 130 , Duke-street , LIVERPOOL . ( Private Office . ) N . B . —Apply personally or by stamped directed envelope .
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Bro . WM . N . S . COPE , THE NOTED 10 / 6 HATTER , 38 , LONDON ROAD , LIVERPOOL , Hosier , & c , at 6 t , London-road .
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Bro . E . L . HARRIS Has lately opened THE AMERICAN UNION CAFE AND REFRESHMENT ESTABLISHMENT , 44 , Great Charlotte Street , Liverpool . This Cafd stands ulirivalled for excellence and style , Wc therefore recommend you to go and rest awhile ; There ' s George's HaU , the Monument , Brown ' s Library and all , The Market and the Theatres , within an easy call . Tea , Cof } e , and Chocolate always ready . Refreshments of evety description , W ties , &> C . 44 , GREAT CHARLOTTE STREET .
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THE "LONDON , " Clayton Square , Liverpool , ( Next to Prince of Wales' Theatre ) , HAS been arranged by Bro . CHARLES GOSDEN ( late of The Freemasons' Tavern , London ) , for the Business of A RESTAURANT . Bills of Fare ready from 12 o ' clock noon till 11 . 30 evening . Private Rooms for Dinners , Suppers , & c . . Public and Private Billiard Rooms . TARIFF OF CHARGES MODERATE .
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Mason ' s Hall Tavern , MASON'S AVENUE , BASINGHALL STREET , CITV . THE above old-established Tavern is NOW OPEN , newl y decorated , by Bro CHARLES GOSDEN , late Manager of the Freemasons Tavern Company . Every accommodation will be found for Lodges , Chapters , Mark and other degrees , for their Meetings , Dinners , Suppers , & c ., and every attention will be paid to their comfort and enjoyment by the new Proprietor .
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Caledonian Hotel , ROBERT STREET , ADELPHI TERRACE , STRAND . GENTLEMEN and Families visiting London will find every accommodation , combined with comfort and moderate charges , at the above Hotel . Beds from 2 s . ; Sitting Rooms from 3 s ; Breakfasts from 2 s . ; Table d'Hote 6 . 30 , 3 s . 6 d . Every accommodation for Masonic Meetings and Banquets . A Spacious aud Cheerful Coffee Ream overlooking the Thames . lSUO . GEORfiE STATES , Manager .
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HAEMONIUMS , SALE OR HIRE , For Lodges , Chapels , Schools and Families , PRICES from . £ 4 to ^ 50 . G . CAMP , 215 , STANHOPE ST ., MORNINGTON CRESCENT , N . W .
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Rose Croix Tracing Boards , Five Guineas the Pair . BRO . GEORGE KENNING , LONDON & LIVERPOOL .
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MINIATURE WAR MEDALS , TO BE HAD AT KENNING'S MILITARY AND NAVAL WAREHOUSES , 2 , 3 , 4 , LITTLE BRITAIN , LONDON . RIBBONS FOR WAR MEDALS
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Masonic Note Paper and Envelopes , Fir Craft , Mark , Royal Arch , Red Cross of Rome and Constantine , Rose Croix , Knights Templar , y > th Degree . IN BOXES THREE SHILLINGS . WHOLESALE A __ TD RETAIL BRO . GEORGE KENNING'S MASONIC DEPOT , LITTLE BRITAIN , LONDON .
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SPORRANS . No . 1 . —Goat-skin Sporran , with ornament on top .. 5 / 0 No . 2 . —Ditto , „ 2 nd size ' 5 / 6 No . 3 . —Ditto , same size as No . 1 , with bells and chain on ornament .. .. .. 7 / 0 No . 4 . —Ditto , same sije as No . 2 ,. with cantle , bells , and chains on ornament .. .. 8 / 6 No . 5 . —Ditto , same size as No . 2 , with cantle , bells , and chains , and ornament .. .. 9 / 0 No . 6 . —Ditto , same size as No . 2 , with engraved top , cantle , bells , and chains .. .. 11 / 0 BLACK , WHITE OK GREY , AS DESIRED . An asserted quantity of Badges on Sporrans at prices as above . IN STOCK AT Kenning ' s Military Warehouse , 2 , 3 & 4 . LITTLE BRITAIN .
Ad00217
PENTLEMEN'S and BOYS' CLOTHING in VJ all Textures , Fashions , and Prices : OUTFITS , HOSIERY . WATERPROOF-CLOTHING and SHIRTS in Long Cloth Linen , and Shrunk Flannel ; supplied wholesale or retail by GANN , JONES AND CO ., OUTFITTING MANUFACTURERS , 171 , FENCHURCH-ST
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Diseases of the Lungs and Air-vessels . BALSAMIC COUGH ELIXER . Opiates , Narcotics , and Squills arc too often invoked to give relief in Coughs , Colds , and all Pulmonary diseases . Instead of such fallacious remedies , which yield momentary relief at the expense of enfeebling the digestive organs and thus increasing that debility which lies at the rcot of the malady , modern science points to CROSBY'S BALSAMIC COUGH ELIXER as the true remedy . SELECT TESTIMONIAL . Dr . Rooke , Scarborough , author of the "Anti-Lancet , " says : "I have repeatedly observed how very rapidly and invariably it subdued cough , pain , and irritation of the chest in cases of Pulmonary Consumption , and \ can , witYi \\ ie greaVesX confidence , TccoTYirncTui it as a most valuable adjunct to an otherwise strengthening treatment for this disease . " This medicine , which is free from opium and squills , not only allays the local irritation , but improves digestion and strengthens the constitution Hence it is used with the most signal success in Asthmas , Bronchitis , Consumption , Coughs , Influenza , Night Sweats of Consumption , Quinsy , and all affections of the throat and chest . Sold in bottles at is . gd ., 4 s . 6 d . and us each , by all respectable Chemists , and wholesale by J . M . CROSBV , Chemist , Scarborough . * » * Invalids should read Crosby's Prize Treatise on " Diseases of the Lungs and Air-Vcssels , " a copy of which can be had GRATIS of all Chemists .
Ad00215
CORNS and BUNIONS . —Hot weather makes these more than usually troublesome , but BRODIE'S REMEDY , named from its wonderful efficacy "THE MIRACULOUS CURE , " will give immediate relief , and effect a speedy cure without pain or inconvenience . Sold in Packets , is . i ^ d . each by most Chemists . Or can bc obtained direct from the MANUFACTORY , . 1 S 5 , OXFORD STREET , LONDON . By post J 4 stamps .
Ad00214
GALVANISM . -PULVERMACHER'S Monthly RECORD of CUREo is now ready for the benefit of sufferers containing documentary evidence of remarkable cures effected by PUI . VKKMACHRR ' S IMI'KOVKD PATENT SKW- AITUCABLK VOI . TAELECTKJC CHAIN HANDS and POCKET PATTKKIES , and may bc had on application to the S 0 I 2 Inventor and Patentee , J . L , PULVEKMACHEK , , 68 , Regent-street , London , W . A test on loan sent gratis if required . Caution . —Spurious electric appliances being advertised by Quack Doctors , Patients should consult Pulvermacher ' s Pamphlet on that subject ( free by post ) , embodying other most interesting matter for iho * c su / Tering from Rheumatic and Neuralgic Pains , Functional Disorders , & cM & c .
Ad00213
VOUNG'S ARNICATED CORN AND X liUN' ^ N PLAISTEHSarc the best ever invented for giving immediate case , and removing those painful excrescences . Price 6 d , and is . per box . May be had of most chemists . Observe the trade mark . —HY—without wliich uont arc genuine . Be sure and ask for YOUNG'S .
Ad00212
RUPTURES .-BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT . WHITE ' S Moc-Main LEVER TRUSS f Is allowed hy upwards of «; oo Medical Men to be lhe most effective invention in tlie curative treatment ol HKRN 1 A . The use of a steel spring , * o often hurtful in its effects , is Jicre avoided ; a soft bandage being worn round tlie body , while the requisite resisting power is supplied b >; the MOC-MAIN PAD and PATENT LEVEU , fitting with . so much ease and closeness that il cannot be delected , and may be worn during sleep . A descriptive circular may lie had , and the Truss , which cannot fail to fit , forwarded by post , on the circumference of the body , two inches below the hips , being sent Lo the MANUl'ACTUKKH , Mr . WHITE , 228 , Piccadilly , London . [ pice of a Single Truss , iGs ,, 21 s ., 26 s . Cd . and 31 s . 6 d . Postage is . „ of a Double Truss , 31 s . 6 d „ , 42 s . and 52 s . 6 d . Postage * s . 8 d . ,, of Umbilical Truss , 42 s . and 52 s . Cd . Postage is . lod . Post Office Orders to be made payable to J WMITU , Pot > t Office * Piccadilly . NEW PA TENT ELASTIC STOCKINGS , KNEECAPS , & t The material of which these are made is recommended by the faculty as being peculiar ^; ELASTIC and COMPRESSIBLE and tlie best invention f * r giving efficient and permanent support in all cases of WEAKNESS , VAKlCOSE VEINS , & c . Price , s . 6 d „ 75 . 6 d . , 10 s . and 16 s . each . Postage 6 d . SPINAL MACHINES , LEG IRONS , and Every Description of Surgical Appliances . JOHN WHITE , MaKtifacturtr , 228 , Piccadilly London ,
Royal Ark Masonry.
ROYAL ARK MASONRY .
A special meeting of the Grand Lodge of the Antient and Honourable Fraternity of Royal Ark Mariners of England and Wales , the colonies and dependencies of the British Empire , was held on Wednesday , the 9 th August , 1871 , at the office of the Order , 7 , Gower-street , Bedford-square .
Present : Bros . Morton Edwards , M . W . S . G . C . ; Major Finney , R . W . D . G . C . ; F . W . Koch , Inspector-General ; A . D . Loewenstark , Inspector-General Surrey ; G . F . Henley , G . T . B . ; C . Lacey , G . G . ; G . Neall , G . S . ; and Bro . Morton Edwards , M . W . S . G . C , in the chair .
Grand Lodge was opened , and the minutes of the meeting of the 21 st June read for information . Apologies were received from Bros . T . O . Oxland ( through illness ) , V . W . G . S . W . ; Joshua Nunn , V . W . S . J . W . ; H . M . Green , V . W . D , Inspector-General , Hampshire ; and others , for absence .
The report of the committee of three ( to meet the duly-authorised representatives ofthe Grand Lodge ofthe Mark Degree ) appointed at the G . L . on the 21 st June was then read . It stated that the M . W . S . G . C ., Bro . MortonEdwards , theR . W . D . G . C ., Bro . Major Finney , and the V . W . S . G . W ., Bro . T .
O . Oxland , having been , appointed a committee of the G . L . of Royal Ark Mariners , they met at the office of the Order , and decided that Bro . Oxland be secretary , and commenced their labours by an investigation of the title and powers of the Royal Ark Mariners . Being fully satisfied with the result
of such investigation , they next turned their attention to the state of the negociations , and found that a letter had been received ( and omitted to be read at the G . L . ) from the G . S . of the Mark Degree , Bro . Binckes , dated June Sth , 1871 , asking , on the part of the G . Mark Lodge , for a meeting of
representatives ofthe two bodies , to endeavour to reconcile the existing differences . Therefore they sent a letter to the M . W . G . M . M ., Bro . Portal , notifying the fact of their appointment , and setting out five articles embodying the terms which ( as they informed him ) had been definitely fixed as the only
basis upon which the G . L . of Royal Ark Mariners could again consent to treat . In consequence of this letter a meeting was held at which three dulyauthorised representatives of the Mark Grand Lodge—viz ., the V . W . Bro . F . Binckes ( G . S . ) , V . W . Bro . J . Stevens ( P . G . O . ) , and W . Bro . R . W . Little
( P . M . )—were present ; but in consequence of the absence of Bro . Oxland , nothing was done except to arrange for a meeting of the 6 th July . On this occasion all being present , the authority of each set of representatives having been read , a treaty [ as
given inTHB FREEMASON last week ] was entered into and signed . In conclusion , the Committee reported that they had spared neither time nor trouble to bring matters to an amicable settlement , and that the ulterior consequences must rest with the Mark Degree , as they had refused to ratify this treaty .
The M . W . S . G . C . said that this Grand Lodge had heard the report of the Committee , and it was or them to decide upon the line of conduct now to be pursued . There could not be a doubt that everything had been done that could be done to meet the Mark Grand Lodge , and even concessions were
made that should not to have been made j but they had given way in order that , when they had to report , they might say that the matter was finally settled . There was no doubt that the G . L . of R . Ark Mariners had been played with by the Mark Grand Lodge , who evidently were not sincere in the desire they expressed for union .
The following resolutions were then carried unanimously : — " 1 . That this Grand Lodge , as representing the Fraternity of Royal Ark Mariners , having been a legitimate and properly-constituted body for nearly a century , stand entirely as an independent order for the future .
" 2 . That a circular , giving the necessary information , bc sent to all Maik lodges , and other bodies interested , and that this G . L . be at once placed with all of those bodies who may be interested in its proceedings . " 3 . That having the power by royal warrant of
1793 to confer the original and genuine degrees of Mark Man , Mark Master , Excellent and Super-Excellent Master , these be at once added to the working of every lodge of Royal Ark Mariners . " 4 . That so much ofthe statutes as relate to the above be altered , and that the dues to G . L . for
future members admitted bc seven shillings and sixpence , which shall include registration and certificate for all of these degrees . " 5 . That the thanks of this G . L . be sent to those lodges who have sent a vote of confidence , endorsing the proceedings and undertaking to sustain the
action of this Grand Lodge , against the circular lately issued by the Mark Grand Lodge intimating that they would work the Royal Ark Mariner degrees . " Some business of a formal character being then entered into , the Grand Lodge was closed , and declared adjourned until next summoned . mMMm