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MASO NIC FESTIVAL , AT FOUNTAINS ABBEY , NEAR RIPON , Wednesday , October 3 rd , 1 S 83 . BANQUET IN THE CLOISTERS OF THE ABBEY At Two o ' clock . Application for Banquet Tickets should be made en or before Tuesday next , 25 th inst . BAND OF THE 5 DRAGOON GUARDS Will play on the Abbey Green during the afternoon . Full particulars from the Secretary , FRANCIS SMITH , Jepson's Hospital , Ripon .

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PIRST 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 , EARLVVOOD , REDHILL , SURREY . Under the Patronage of Her Most Gracious Majesty THE QUEEN . Total number of Inmates in the Asylum 563 Entirely supported by Voluntary Subscriptions ... 375 FUNDS AKE 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 , 3 6 , King William-street , E . C .

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THE ASYLUM FOR IDIOTS , EARLSVVOOD , RED HILL , SURREY . OCTOBER ELECTION , 1 SS 3 . The favour of your Votes and interest is respectfully solicited on behalf of J A M E S EDWARD T A Y L O . K . 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 , 1536 , 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 Burlington-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 . SPOOR , 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 . Capital—A Quarter of a Million Sterling . TWENTV-EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT , MAY , 18 S 3 . NEW BUSINESS . 2070 Policies issued for . £ 100 , 375 New Premium Income £ n , n , S' < 5 BUSINESS IN FORCE . 20 , OQO Policies , Assuring jC 4 , 5 , 3 r 7 REVENUE OF THE YEAR . Premiums £ 140 , 809 Interest , & c £ 35 , ' 3 i £ 175 , 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 i . ' , 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 November next . Forms asking for particulars as to p lace and 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 , iO , GT . QUEEN ST ., LONDON , W . C .

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BRITON LIFE ASSOCIATION ( LIMITED ) . CHIEF OFFICES—429 , STrtAND , 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 ., Rigbolt 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 RICHAKDS , Esq ., 3 6 , Bedford-square . EXTRAORDINARY DIRECTORS . J . WRIGHT BAKI-. R , Esq ., il . R . C . S . Eng ., Derby . Col . BLANOY , Chief Constable of Berkshire , Reading . GEORGE BRADLEY , Esq ., Aketon Hall , Lastleford , Yorkshire . THOMAS CHAMBERLAIN , Esq ., J . P ., Windsor . J AMES H . CLARKE , Esq ., Nottingham . Al 1 LLis COVENTRY , Esq ., Corn Exchange Chambers , London . DAVID HARMS , Esq ., Caroline Park , Edinburgh . Lieut .-Col . II . ' GORE LINDSAY , J . P ., D . L ., Woodlands , Cardilf . HENRY MOFFAT , Esq ., Eldin , J . P . County of Edinburgh . Sir J . B . MONCKTON , 159 , Cromwell-road , S . W . Sir GEORGE OWENS , M . D ., J . P ., Dublin . HENRY J . PAKNALL , Esq ., Newport , Mon . 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 KATES OF PREMIUM . POLICYHOLDERS OF ALL CLASSES ENTIRELY FREE FROM LIABILITY . POLICIES MADE PAYABLE DURING LIFETIME . SPECIAL TERMS TO MINISTERS AND LAY 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 . NOS-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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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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C PECULATION & INVESTMENT ^ JN STOCKS AND SHARES ^/ 1 TH A MINIMUM RISK T" 0 operate on the Stock Exchange 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 ot 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 firm . E XPLANATORY 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 GUTTERIDGE AND CO ., STOCK AND . SHAKE BROKERS , 7 , DRAPERS ' -GAKDENS , THROGMORTON-S 1 REE 1 ' , LONDON , E . C .

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A GOOD PLAN . r * -j-p . and upwards judiciously in-^ O JL \ J vested in Options on Stock's 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 satest plan ever devised .

To Correspondents.

To Correspondents .

BOOKS , & c , RECEIVED . "La Revista Masonica" ( Peru ) , "Jewish Chronicle , ' " Hull Packet , " " New York Dispatch , " " Masonic Advocate" ( Indianopolis ) , " Broad Arrow , " "Citizen , " "Allen ' s Indian Mail , " "City Press , " "Keystone , " " Court Circular , " " Die Bauhutte , " " Musical Budget , " " Loomis ' " Masonic and Musical Journal . "

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SATURDAY , SEPTEMBER 22 , 1883 . greSSj ^ NryV ^^^^ v ^^ vV v ^ rv ^ y ' tf »'•& ¥ rihrw

Original Correspondence.

Original Correspondence .

[ VVe do not hold ourselves responsible for , or even approving of , the opinioisexpressed by ourcorrespondents , but we wish in aspirit of fairplav to all to permit—within certain necessary limits—free discussion . ! STATUS OF PAST MASTERS . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — Since writing to you last month I have made careful enquiries of all my provincial friends as to the origin and developement of the all important question of the Status of Joining Past Masters . I am told by one and all that the real grievance is that

Past Masters and Past Provincial Grand Officers who by force of circumstances are compelled to remove into another province , even though subscribing to a lodge in that province , are not recognised by the new Provincial Grand Lodge . I have always understood that a Past Master in the Craft , and a subscribing member to a Provincial Lodge , was "de jure " a member of the Provincial Grand Lodge , as he would be of the Grand Lodge of England . Surely

the greater should include the lesser ! If not , I maintain that our worthy and respected provincial brethren have a grievance indeed , which ought to be rectified at the next meeting of Grand Lodge , previously to discussing the question of the status and precedence of joining Past Masters ; and I am led to believe that if this just and proper concession be made by the members of Grand Lodge then assembled , that our provincial brethren in a courteous

and dignified manner will at once forego the ruinous proposition of creating a number of " artificial" Past Masters of lodges in the chair of which they have never sat and within the walls of which forsooth they have never entered 1 I see in the last impression of your valuable journal that you state that this anomaly of migrating Past Masters has been already removed : if so , it is still unknown to

most of the provinces , and if the matter were discussed freely in Grand Lodge in connection with the Status of Past Masters , and settled on a right and equitable basis , our provincial brethren would at once feel their grievance removed , and no longer persist in carrying a measure which can only result in wholesale blackballing both by initiates and Past Masters , and a consequent breaking up of the harmony and brotherly love which have existed in all lodges from the happy moment of their being called into

existence . As you wisely suggest , if our provincial brethren have a grievance let us try to find a proper remedy , and place all things connected with our lodge life in that happy and enjoyable condition in which they have always been found , not only in London , but in all the provincial and colonial out-lying districts under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of England . —I am , dear sir and brother , yours faithfully and fraternally ,

RALPH GOODING , B . A ., M . D . ( LOND . ) , S . G . D ., P . M ., and Sec . No . 1 . Heath Lodge , The Grove , Blackheath , S . E . September 15 th .

To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — The status of Past Masters in a lodge has been the subject of a long discussion , both in Grand Lodge and the Freemason , and doubtless there is a great deal to be said on both sides . VVe have , however , heard but little of how the matter affects the lodges in India and the colonies . I am afraid

the brethren in Grand Lodge too often forget that they are not only legislating for the lodges of London and the English provinces , but for all lodges under the English Constitution . The large body of Masons ( members of Grand Lodge ) who live out of England have but little opportunities of having their claims considered , and I venture to give my opinion on this subject as an Indian Mason . I have just returned from India , after a residence there of

eight years . During that time I was a great deal moved about , and was successivel y a Past Master in the lodge in 10 different lodges in the district of Bengal and the Punjab . For everyone of these lodges 1 have frequently , and sometimes for several months running , found myself the only brother present qualified to give a degree , the Worship ful Master and Past Masters having been removed from the station , and had I not attended , the work would have come

to a standstill . I assure you this is no unusual state of things in "up country" lodges in India . Now in everyone of these 10 lodges I was always acknowledged as a Past Master of the lodge and sat as a member of the Permanent or Audit Committee , and I should have been much surprised had I been informed that not having filled the chair of the lodge I had no status as a Past Master and consequently not qualified to

sit and vote on thafcommittee . I could at present mention some five lodges in the districts of Bengal and the Punjab ( and I am sure there are many more ) in which the Worshipful Master has been unexpectedly removed from the station after occupying the chair for a few months , the Past Masters having long since disappeared , and the lodge has to wait till a Past Master , both able and willing , passes through the station before a degree can be conferred . I need not tell you how willingly such a lodge receives a Past Master as a member .