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ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS . ST . JOHN'S HILL , " BATTERSEA RISE , S . W . At a Ouarterly General Court of this Institution , held at Freemasons Tavern , Great Queen-street , Lincoln ' s Innfields , London , W . C ., on Saturday , October 14 th , 18 S 2 , Colonel J . Creaton , Treasurer and Trustee , in the chair , after the general business was disposed of , the Governors and Subscribers proceeded to the ELECTION by ballot of SEVEN GIRLS into the Institution , from a list of 20 approved candidates , when the following were declared duly elected : No . on List . No . on Poll . S Dobby , Minnie 3394 ' 14 Cookes , Beatrice Ada ... 26 95 2 iS Matthews , Edith J . ... 26 71 3 10 Knott , Beatrice Emily ... 2 C 09 4 15 Hammond , Mary Ethel ... 2431 5 13 Besley , Norah 2412 G 1 Hirst , Mary Hannah ... 2212 7 The votes recorded for unsuccessful candidates will be carried forward to their credit at the next election , if eligible . Lists showing the votes polled for successful and unsuccessful candidates may be obtained at the office . F . R . VV . HEDGES , Secretary . 5 , Freemasons Hall , London , W . C . The NINETY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL of this Institution will take place on Wednesday , 9 th May . 1 SS 3 , under the distinguished presidency of Bro . VV . W . B . BEACH , M . P ., R . W . Provincial Grand Master for Hants and Isle of Wight . Names of Stewards will be gratefully received .

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ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS . Mrs . Matthews ( widow ) , begs to return her sincere and heartfelt thanks to those Governors and Subscribers who , by their 2 G 71 votes , elected her daughter , EDITH JOSEPHINE MATTHEWS , to the benefits of this Institution on Saturday last . 6 , Stanley-terrace , Stanley-road , Woodford , iSth October , 1 SS 2 .

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Ad Dei Gloriam et Mortalium Benejicuim . UNDER the Patronage and Presidency of the RIGHT HON . THE LORD MAYOR , SIR JOHN WHITTAKER ELLIS , BART ., Supported by the Sheriffs of London and Middlesex , MR . A LDERMAN DE KEYSER , J OSEPH SAVORY , ESQ ., And the Members of the Court of Common Council for the Ward of Farringdon Without , The Anniversary Festival Banquet Of ye Antiente Fraternitie of ye RAHERE ALMONERS Will take place at the CANNON STREET HOTEL , E . C ., Oil . MONDAY , 2 yd October , 1 SS 2 , at Six o'clock p . m . The gratuitous services of several well-known Artists have been kindly volunteered for the occasion . Ye BOAR'S HEAD wille ben broughten inne wyth ye Choristers in procession , and atte ye sonde offe ye Trumpet ye guestys wille ben servyd therwyth , and durynge ye servyce ye Choristers will synge ye Antiente Carol offe " Ye Bores Heed . " BANOUET TICKET—ONE GUINEA ( inclusive ) may be obtained at the office of the Fraternitie , of Mr . THOMAS SANGSTER , Grand Recorder , 62 , Long Lane , West Smithfield E . C .

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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 establishmentupwardsof 225 , 000 have been relieved ! rom no less than forty-two different countries , and the number of patients during 1 SS 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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STABLING . —TO BE LET , excellent THREE-STALL STABLE and CARRIAGE HOUSE , in Parker-street . —Apply , Freemason Office , iG , Great Queen-street , W . C .

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ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS , WOOD GREEN , LONDON , N . Office—C , FREEMASONS' HALL , GREAT QUEEN-ST ., W . C . PATRON : HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN . PRESIDENT : HIS ROYAL H IGHNESS THE PRINCE OK WALES , K . G ., M . W . G . M . At a Quarterly General Court of the Governors and Subscribers , held at Freemason s Tavern , Great Queenstreet , Lincoln s-inn-fields , London , on Monday , the lCth day of October , 1 SS 2 , Colonel J . Creaton in the Chair , a Ballot took place for the ELECTION OF TWELVE BOYS from an approved list of 62 , reduced by withdrawals to Go candidates , the following being declared to be successful : — Votes . 1 . Nicholas , Thomas M 3 °° 4 2 . Jones , Geoffrey Stuart 2 S 26 3 . O'Doherty , Chas . P 2772 4 . Clark , Wm . Edwards 2761 5 . Chiesman , Albert 2 G 96 6 . Taylor , George William 266 9 7 . J ones , William V . B 26 GG S . Templeman , Jas . P . G 264 S 9 . Sutcliffe , Godfrey H 2645 10 . Crabb , Tom Walcot 2 G 30 n . Sanderson , Chas . J esse 2 G 22 12 . Eccleston , Henry A . 24 G 4 Lists of candidates ( successful and unsuccessful ) with full particulars of polling , & c , may be had on application at the office . Votes of unsuccessful candidates will be carried to the credit of those qualified for election in April next . FREDERICK BINCKES , October iGth , 18 S 2 . V . Pat . ( P . G . Std . ) , Secretary . The EIGHTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL will beheld in June , 1 SS 3 . The services of brethren as representative stewards of provinces or lodges are respectfully and earnestly solicited .

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RO YAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS . APRIL ELECTION , 1 SS 2 . Mrs . Sutcliffe begs to return her sincere and heartfelt thanks to the Nobility , Clerical , Medical , and Professional Brethren , Ladies , Lewises , and Subscribers , who have so kindly and promptly responded to her appeal , and feels sure they will be gratified to learn that their united efforts have secured the election of her son , GODFREY SUTCLIFFE . 79 , Denmark-hill , S . E .

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ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS . Mrs . G . J . Taylor has great pleasure in announcing the election of her son , GEORGE WILLIAM TAYLOR , to the above Institution , and desires very sincerely to thank the friends and supporters of the case for their kind assistance . 93 , Church-street , Chelsea , October 17 th .

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© o Correspondents . THE LODGE M OGHREB AL AKSA . —We think it nonsense and needless to prolong this discussion . The question can only be settled by the Grand Lodge of Manitoba . We , therefore , do not publish the letter of our worthy brother of . the Scottish Constitution at Gibraltar .

The following stand over : — Provincial Grand Lodge of Durham . Provincial Grand Chapter of Aberdeenshire . Lodges—St . Luke ' s , 225 ; Blair , 815 ; Koyal Albert , 907 ; St . Bedes , 1119 ; Amhurst , 1223 ; Curwen , 1400 ; Salem , 1443 ; Metropolitan , 1507 ; Duke of Cornwall , 1 S 39 . Constitutional , 55 ( Instruction ) . Cabbell Chapter , S 07 . Red Cross Conclave , 35 .

BOOKS . & c . RECEIVED . "The Broad Arrow , ' "The Court Circular , " "West London Advertiser , "The Citizen , 55 "The Voice of Masonry , "The Montreal Daily Star , " "The Christian Cynosure , " "The National Baptist , 55 "The Masonic Advocate , 55 "The Freemason ( Canada ) , "The Masonic Review , 55 "The Hull Packet .

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SATURDAY , OCTOBER 21 , 1882 .

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[ We do not hold ourselves responsible for , or even approving of , the opinions expressed by ourcorrespondents , but we wish in a spirit of fair play to ail to permit—within certain necessary limits—free discussion . 1

THE STATUS OF PAST MASTERS . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — Would not the simplest and the best way to settle the question of the relative rights and status of Past Masters in and of lodges be to insert a rule in the new

Constitutions , providing that—1 . " Every Past Master shall in each lodge of which ho is a member take rank as such from the date of his installation in the chair of that lodge ; ' and , 2 . "Any lodge may confer , by vote of the lodge , the rank of Past Master of that lodge upon any member who

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may have held the chair in another lodge , and he shall only take rank as Past Master from the date of such vote . " These two suggestions embody the practice ruling in several lodges to which I have the honour to belong ; they work admirably , and prevent joining Past Masters from

taking upon themselves a position which the lodges they join as such may be very unwilling they should occupy , and which some brethren are , I am sorry to say , only too ready to take upon themselves . Yours fraternally , S . M . M . C . O .

To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — I agree with Bro . Rev . C . VV . Arnold that some clause is needed to settle the position of joining Past Masters . I wish something could also be done for unfortunate joining members , who are treated with but very

scant consideration in most lodges . 1 know at prrsent a very able Mason , of good social position , who , when S . D . of his mother lodge , was obliged to leave the district in which he resided for one of the northern provinces . Here he became a joining member of a young lodge , and has continued one ever since , and attended very regularly . He

is a most agreeable man , with an excellent tenor voice , duly appreciated and often requisitioned in promoting the harmony of the after meetings . Nine brethren who have been initiated since he joined have duly passed the chair , yet he remains as he was sixteen years since , a member on the floor of the lodge , never having been offered any office .

I he reason is simply because he is only a joining member . Why a joining member , who pays the same yearly subscription as the other members do , has to be thus treated I cannot understand ; yet so it is in most lodges . But to refer to Bro . Arnold s motion , it would not be com . plete without some such addition as follows : " And possess

the same rights and privileges in the lodge and in the Provincial or District Grand Lodge as if he had actually occupied the chair in the said lodge . Refer to par , So , p . 27 , in the revise , and page 52 , ° a 2 , 1873 Constitutions . There you will find that speaking of those who are members of Provincial Grand Lodge it states , " and the Masters , Past

Masters and Wardens of all lodges within the province . 1 presume by this clause that a joining Past Master is not necessarily a member of Provincial Grand Lodge ; e . g ., a brother , a Past Master of a lodge in Cornwall , leaves the district and joins a lodge in Surrey . He is not a Past Master of the Surrey Lodge and therefore not a member of

the Provincial Grand Lodge of Surrey . It is that he may become a member of Provincial Grand Lodge that I suggest the above addition to Bro . Arnold ' s motion . I think it would be well if those who intend to propose any amendments or additions to the revision would forthwith make such the subject of correspondence in the

Freemason . By so doing the proposed alteration would get thoroughly ventilated before 25 th January , and it would considerably assist business when they come up for consideration in February . Thus would be avoided the possibility of several brethren having similar or nearly similar motions on the agenda paper , and perhaps a new light , or a

difficulty , not seen by the proposer , might through your columns be pointed out . Before closing this letter , may I just say , in reply to " Master Mason , on another subject , viz ., " Undue Solicitation , " that I think he , like many others , forgets the context , " against your own inclination . 55 I do not believe

that one man in every hundred joins our Order without at one time or other having been invited to do so ; and unless he has been improperly importunated by prospects o f ulterior benefits , I fail to sec what harm has been done if he be a suitable person . Yours fraternally , C . YUR 1 D . October 13 .

To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — Objection has been raised by Past Masters in our lodge as to the use of the word " cowans " in opening the lodge , as being an archaism , and pedantic . 1 have seen it explained in some old Masonic work that the word

" cowans is a very old word in Masonry , and is much more expressive and comprehensive than "intruders , which we substitute . Can you , through the Freemason , give any authority for the use of " cowans , and the full meaning of the term ? I do not remember the

author I refer to . Yours fraternally , DURHAM . [ There is much difficulty in tracing the etymology of Cowan . It appears however to be a " cant term " of the "trade or Gilds . —ED . F . M . ] ,

QUALIFICATION OF CANDIDATES FOR THE ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — The subject ventilated at the meeting of the Committee of the above Institution , on Wednesday week , as

reported in your columns of to-day , is one that it is high time was provided for in a manner just and charitable . Masons often pride themselves on their munificent , charity ; but if the element of justice is entirely absent to my mind self-glorification becomes nauseous , and the

whole fabric of our Charitable Institutions must suffer irreparable mischief . Without in the least wishing to hurt any brother ^ feelings , I state deliberately , and as a most incontestable fact , that there are brethren admitted into Masonry , only too