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ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS . ELECTION OF SECRETARY . 21 , Delahay Street , Westminster , S . W ., February , iSt ) 0 . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , I have the honour to offer myself as a Candidate for the office of Secretary of the above Institution on the retirement of Bro . Binckes , and I hereby beg to solicit your vote and support . I have recently retired from the Army Service Corps , after upwards of 20 years' service at home and abroad , and I am now 42 years of age . During the period of my service I have held several acting Colonial appointments of considerable trust and emolument , including that of Auditor-General of the West Africa Settlements . I served throughout the Ashantee War , 1 S 73—74 , under Bro . Sir Garnet ( now Lord ) Wolseley . In 1881 , 1 was on the Special Staff of Bro . Sir Samuel Rowe , K . C . M . G ., Governor of the Gold Coast Colony . I was afterwards employed for five years as Head of the Commissariat Department and Acting District Paymaster in the West African Command . The duties performed by the Army Service Corps ( late Commissariat and Transport Staff ) in connection with Barracks and Military Hospitals , are in many respects analogous to those performed by the Secretary in connection with the School ; amongst others , the charge of buildings and the provision ( by contract , purchase , or otherwise ) , and the accounting for all Food , Fuel , Light , Bedding , Furniture , Medical Comforts , and Hospital Clothing . I , therefore , venture to think that the experience of office detail and the knowledge of accounts which I have acquired , might be of considerable advantage to this Institution ; especially as I am led to understand that some improvement in the system of accounts is desirable . I attach a statement of my Masonic records , and beg to add that I am a Life-Governor of the Institution . I am , Dear Sir and Brother , Yours faithfully and fraternally , F . EGERTON BENNETT , LT .-COL . P . M . No . 773 , etc . MASONIC RECORD . CRAFT—Initiated , 6 th January , 1 S 70 , Gold Coast Lodge , No . 773 ; Installed W . M ., 27 th December , 1876 , Gold Coast Lodge , No . 773 ; Installed W . M ., 27 th December , 1 S 79 , Gold Coast Lodge , No . 773 ; Member of Emulation Lodge of Improvement , ROYAL ARCH—Exalted , 2 nd July , 1872 , Caledonian Chapter , No . 204 ; Member of Royal York Chapter of Perseverance , No . 7 ; Member of Domatic Chapter of Instruction . ORDER OF THE TEMPLE—Installed K . T ., 12 th July , 1872 , St . Joseph Preceptory ; Knight of Malta , 18 78 , Blondel Preceptory . NOTE . —The supporters of Bro . Egerton Bennett are requested , on receiving their ballot papers from the Institution , to please fill them up and to forward them to Bro . W . ALFRED DAWSON , the Secretary of his committee , 21 , Delahay-street , Westminster , London , S . W .

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ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS . ELECTION OF SECRETARY . To THE PATRONS , VICE-PATRONS , VICE-PRESIDENTS , AND LIFE GOVERNORS . Committee Rooms , Evershot , Dorchester . BRO . BASKETT'S COMMITTEE wish to express their thanks for the very numerous and influential promises alread y received , and to ask any other Brethren and Voters who are willing to support Bko . BASKETT to send in their names as soon as possible to W . DOUGLAS DUGDALE , ijth December , I 88 Q . Hon . Sec .

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ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS . To THE PATRONS , VICE-PATRONS , VICE-PRESIDENTS , AND LIFE GOVERNORS . BRETHRKN desirous of supporting- the Candidature of BRO . ALFRED CRAVEN GREENWOOD , Assist . Prov . Grand Secretary , Surrey , in the event of a vacancy in the Secretaryship , are respectfully solicited to forward their Names to Bro . CHARLES GREI-NWOOD , P . M ., P . P . G . Reg ., Prov . Grand Secretary , Surrey , 12 Serjeant ' s Inn , Temple , E . C .

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THE friends of Bro . E . F . STORR , P . M ., & c , will kindly note that in the event of a vacancy he will be a Candidate for the Secretaryship of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys . Robey Villa , Myddelton Road , Hornsey , N . February iyth .

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HTHE MASONIC AND MILITARY ¦ *¦ ORDERS OF KNIGHTS OF ROME AND OF THE RED CROSS OF CONSTANTINE , K . H . S ., AND ST . JOHN THE EVANGELIST . COLONEL SIR FRANCIS BURDETT , BART ., M . 111 . Grand Sovereign and Grand Commander of St . John . BARON DE FERRIERES , M . Eminent Grand Viceroy and Deputy Grand Commander of St . John . THE ANNUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE GRAND IMPERIAL CONCLAVE WILL BE HOLDEN AT I 6 A , GREAT QUEEN STREET , W . C , ON MONDAY , MARCH 3 RD , 18 90 , At FIVE o'clock in the Afternoon . A BANQUET will be provided at Half-past Six o ' clock . Tickets , One Guinea each ; and it is requested that every Knight Companion intending to dine will forward his name to the Grand Recorder with as little delay as possible . Knights will not be admitted unless they appear in the insignia of their rank in the Order , Knights of St . John in White Sashes . CHAS . FRED . HOGARD , Grand Recorder and Registrar-General . I 6 A . Great Queen-street , W . C . THE GENERAL STATUTES OF THE ORDER , with an Appendix and Engravings of the Jewels and Regalia—Price , Cloth , is . 6 d . —can be obtained of the GRAND RECORDKR , I 6 A , Great Queen-street .

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EMULATION LODGE OF IMPROVEMENT . Under the sanction of the Lodge of Unions , No . 256 . Meeting at Freemasons' Hall on every Friday Evening at Six o'clock , excepting in the months of July , August , and September . STEWAKDS—? WW . Bro . Thos . Fenn , Pres . 13 . G . P ., Treas . R . W . Bro . Sir J . 13 . Monckton , W . Bro . Felix Sumner , Kny-P . G . W . volt , P . G . D . V . W . ,, 1 <\ A . Philbrick , „ J . A . FimiBeld , P . Q . C , G . Reg . Asst . G . D . C . „ Col . S . H . Gierke , „ Predk . Meade , P . G . G . Sec . Std . Br . „ „ Robert Grey , Pres . ,, J . II . Matthews , P . G . B . of B . Std . Br . . W . „ 11 . J . P . Dumas , „ Henri Bii < 5 , P . G . Std . P . G . D . Br . „ „ C . A . Murtou . P . G . D . „ C . F . Matier , P . G . „ „ J . C . Parkinson , Std . Br . P . G . D . ,, Henry Sadler , G . „ „ Frank Rickurdsou , Tyler P . G . D . Bro . 0 . Bassiuio , P . M .. OB Bro . Jumes Jennings „ J . J . Black , P . M . and Sec . „ G . L . Kesmaby , V . 1 I . 1501 1120 „ 0 . W . Blaxlunil , S . W . 709 „ *\ V . G . Kentish , Sec , „ Lennox Browne , P . M . P . M . 120 : 1 , 170 S 2108 , 2250 , 2313 ; Prov . „ W . H . Kirby , S . D . 1905 S . G . W . Kssex „ J . Lancaster , P . M . and ,, A . Steiviu-t Broivne , P . M . Sec . 531 21 S 3 ; S . W . 708 „ C . W . Manlcton , J . W . 250 „ Jas . Buckley , Sec . 1790 ; , A . Marvin , P . M . 170 S „ G . W . Billion , J . D . 1708 „ B . M . Money , P . M . 28 „ D . Curpuiael , W . M . 1921 „ H . Pritchai-d , P . M . 1115 „ Charles K . Cassel , S . W . „ W . P . Reynolds , S . W . 7 1115 ; J . W . 1971 „ W . O . Robinson , P . M . „ J . S . Cumberland , P . M . 1973 1011 , 2128 ; P . Prov . „ F . T . Rushton , P . M . 8 G . W . N , amiE . Yorks . „ Maj .-Gen . E . C . Sim , 1383 „ E . P . Debenham , S . W . „ * Prank R . Spaitll , P . M . 1170 112-1 , 1708 : P . Prov . „ * W . Alt . Dawsou , P . M . G . Reg . Salop and Sec . 1708 „ * R . 0 . Sudlow , P . M . 203 , „ T . H . Edmunds , P . G . S . 1005 ; P . Prov . G . D . „ Jas . P . Fitzgerald , P . M . Kent 1301 , 2108 ,, E . Swain , S . W . 1293 „ J . G . Gar . son , P . M . 657 „ J . E . Tony , P . M . 1901 „ Jas . W . Gaze , W . M . 1768 „ C . W . A . Trollope , P . M . „ John Glenn , P . M . 19 1826 ; P . Prov . S . G . D . ,, M . Callaway Gossett , Surrey l ' . M . and Sec . 00 „ H . S . Wellcome , 3 , 2190 ,, A . 0 . A . Higerty , P . M . & „ Stephen B . Wilson , P . M . See . 00 ; P . M . 1711 ; and Treas . 59 P . Prov . J . G . D , Surrey * Members of the Committee . THE ANNUAL FESTIVAL of the Lodge will take place AT FREEMASONS' HALL , On Friday Evening , the 2 Sth of February , 18 90 , on which occasion THE RIGHT HONOURArtLE 'I HE LORD MAYOR , Has kindly consented to preside . The Lodge will be opened at Six o'clock p . m . precisely . Bro . THOMAS FENN , Pres . Bd . Gen . Purps ., Treas ., as VV . M . THE SECOND LECTURE WILL BE WORKED . 1 st Section by Bro . Henry Pritenard , P . M . 1115 . 2 nd „ ,, J . J . Black , P . M . and Sec . 1561 . 3 rd „ „ G . W . Bullen , J . D . 1708 . 1 th „ „ C . W . A . Trollope , P . M . 1820 . 5 th „ „ W . P . Reynolds , S . W . 7 . TICKETS for the SUPPER , including admission to the Lodge , 5 s . each , may be had of the Stewards , or of the I Secretary , Bro . W . G . KENTISH , Suffolk House , Laurence I Pountney Hill , E . C .

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DOYAL JUBILEE LODGE , No . 72 . THE ANNUAL BALL Will take place at FREEMASONS' TAVERN , On Thursday , February sjth , iSgo . BRO . E . W . LEWCOCK , W . M ., PRESIDENT . BKO . F . R . KINKEE'S BAND . M . C's . —Bros . W . LLOYD , G . Hoin'ON , and F . WILLIAMS . TICKETS ( including Supper and Light Refreshment ) , Ladies' 10 s . 6 d ., Gentlemen ' s 12 s . 6 d . each , may be obtained of the Committee , or from Bro . A . DARCH , P . M ., Secretary , 35 Lambeth Palace-rd ., S . E .

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WANTED . —TO BORROW £ 150 , on UNEXCEPTIONAL SECURITY , repayable Quarterly . —Address C , " The Freemason . " A BROTHER MASON is urgently in need of £ 50 to save a good home . To be repaid by arrangement . Satisfactory reasons given and highest references . —M . E . Z ., care of Mr . NICKOLLS , Stationer , Weston-st ., Upper Norwood .

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A "" GENTLEMAN of long and practical Provincial experience in Stock Broking is anxious for an engagement in London . —J . D ., Freemason Office , care of George Kenning , 47 , Bridge-street , Manchester . XAMI NATIONS . — Payments based on results . — Preliminary , legal , medical , scientific , matriculation , chartered accountant , and Civil Service , male and female . The dullest and most backward got through . Private lessons in mechanics , physics , practical chemistry , and biology given . For list of successes and honours apply to Mr . HENRY WAITE , 342 . Strand .

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THE LONDON NECROPOLIS ( BROOKWOOD CEMETERY ) , SURREY . VISITORS . ( Appointed by Parliament ) . THE LORD-LIEUTENANT OF MIDDLESEX . THE LORD-LIEUTENANT OF SURREY . THE LORD BISHOP OF LONDON . THE LORD BISHOP OF WINCHESTER . THE LORD MAYOR OF LONDON . THE CHIEF COMMISSIONER OF HER MAJESTY ' S WOODS , FORESTS , & C . BROOKWOOD CEMETERY is the largest and most beautiful in England . Exquisitely planted . A message to the office is all that is required to ensure a funeral being promptly and completely undertaken . Earth to earth coffins can be used if desired . Pamphlets gratis . Apply—Secretary , 2 , Lancaster-place , Strand . The manner of conducting interments in this Cemetery ( according to the Government Inspector ) is as commendable as the practice of the other companies is the contrary . "—the Times .

To Correspondents.

To Correspondents .

F . E . R . —When you attend the lodge in question you are a member only and without office , and sit in the body of the lodge , wherever it pleases you . When you have become a Past Master , you will be entitled to sit with the Past Masters , as a Past Master in , but not of , the lodge . As W . M . of your lodge you have no status in any other . Several communications unavoidably stand over .

The Freemason

THE Freemason

S ATURDAY , F EBRUARY 22 , 1890 . «

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The brethren of Lodge Perseverance , No . 164 , Sidmouth , have issued a circular announcing that , having purchased a most eligible freehold site in the principal street of the town , it is their intention to erect a Masonic Hall , & c , and the ceremony of laying the foundation-stone in Masonic form will be performed . The circular goes on to say that , " As this is the first

occasion on which such a ceremony has taken place in this part of the county , it is desired that the proceedings shall be worthy of our Craft , and imposing to the spectators , and with this end the co-operation of

neig hbouring lodges , and Provincial Grand Officers , Present and Past , is earnestly and fraternally desired . " * * * The consecration of the Universities Lodge , No . 2332 , will take place at . Durham to-morrow ( Saturday ) , when Bro . H . B . Tristram , D . D ., P . G . Chap ., will be

installed as Worshipful Master . Bro . the Rev . Dr . Purey Cust , Dean of York , will be the Installing Master . We are glad to see the University of Durham , following the examp le of Oxford and Cambridge , has determined to have a lodge of its own .