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HDERTON'SHOTELANDTAVERN, A FLEET STREET , LONDON , . inaction with the Royal Clarence Hotel , Ilfracombe ; and Peacock In cimiie ^^ ani Koyal flot ^ Boston , Lincolnshire . „ -mitral position of ANriERTON'S renders this Tavern Th 0 cciiu . 1 unequalled for Masonic Banquets , Public Dinners , Wedding Breakfasts , Meetings of Creditors , Arbitrations or Jovial Gatherings . rri c Rooms reserved for tlio above business consist of „ tr Hir . r ,. Pir . r . Aii HAi . r ,, MASONIC HALL , CUACTEH , and D morons Smaller Rooms . '" So RESTAURANT on Eastern Side of Hotel Entrance is in to the Public from 7 a . m . to 7 p . m . for BKEAKFASTS , LVN-° «» nvs T EAS , and UISHEHS . ca * " F . H . CLEMOAV , Proprietor .

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FERNLEY TEMPERANCE HOTEL , WORTH PARADE , BATH . One of the most Comfortable and Economical Hotels in the West of England . Close to the Finest Suite of Mineral Water Baths in Europe . Tariff on application . •W . L . HARRISON , Proprietor . FUNERAL REFORM . Simple Reverent , and Inexpensive Funerals . Explanatory Pamphlet gratis LONDON NECROPOLIS CO ., 2 , LANCASTER PLACE , STBAND , W . C . PATENT EARTH TO EARTH PERISHABLE COFFINS .

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JOHNGOW, •$$ •' NEW BROAD ST ., E . O . * ^ -a ( . Outside Railway Station ) . riflll ^ HONEY LANE MARKET , CHEAPSIBE . "JU" 93 , THEOBALD'S RD ., HOLBORN , W . C . . rt 125 , BROMPTON ROAD , S . W . f ^ tk W- ** IOHN GOW always has on sale the VJP- Largest Stock in London of the Very Best ^ . rt Quality at Lowest Prices . Barrelled ^ rCVPW ' Oysters . 0 * - ** PERFECTLY-FITTED OYSTER SALOON Now Open at New Broad Street .

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MISS EMILY M . FOXCROFT , "Contralto Vocalist , " CAN BE ENGAGED for MASONIC FESTIVALS , INSTALLATION BANQUETS , CONCERTS , & C—For Terms , Address 3 , Hoi ford " Street , W . C . A CAMBRIDGE GRADUATE ( P . M ., P . Z ., P . M . W . S . iS ° , Professor of Latin and Zoology , "The College , " South Kensington ; Examiner 15 years Bexley Heath College ) has some time disengaged for Private or Visiting Tuition . Lectures on History and Natural Science . Foreigners taught English through the medium of French . —Address , F . D ., 62 , Lancaster-road , Notting-hill , W .

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PAINS IN THE HEAD , FACE , AND LIMBS , GOUT , RHEUMATISM , AND RHEUMATIC GOUT , Immediately TRADE'S and Speedily Relieved J _ J cured by QOTJT AND TD HEUMATIC piLLS . Which require neither confinement nor alteration of diet . IMPORTANT TESTIMONIAL Bi ni'io 1 'itoai Auhb ME . PRANK WRIGHT , piLLS . Tjunva Tho Comedian . x JiADi S PILLS . Tn A iw = rrinco of Wales Theatre , x jjj AUi . b Birmingham , Feb . 10 th , 1887 . DILLS . EiT n . "a r ear Sil ' . ~ I have been 11 great suf- s-AUL b lercr from the gout for tho past five piLLS . ' TJIATVI , " ¥ ea }' s- As there aro so many actors suf- - - ih ' b terms from this terrible scourge , 1 write piLLS . TiUTwo , 1 S tor tlloir heneflt and tho public at JJl / uii b largo . Your Pills will keep off any at- piLLS . B \ Tiwa tacko £ Sout if taken at the first twinge , ¦* - & " ^ a as prescribed , and if after the disease has piLLS . Iuni ? ' disorders , as EADE'S have been proved piLLS . TRADE'S li ? thousands to bo the safest and most J - Ji ^ L fe effectual remedy . piLLS 0 d , jy a 11 demists and Medicine Vendors , in Bottles , Is . ljd ., and 2 s . 9 d . G 5 ° i « f EEADE , 727 Goswell Rd ., London .

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INSTITUTED 1 C 77 . H , ?? £ OP LODGE CANONCom •KILWINNING , No . 2 . noticed „?? . m the Records , and embracing With s i and H ° gg' Poets-Laureatev . « Eminp A » , os' ™ P ,, ! i : aI Sketches and Autographs of y > ews ofTheli ''" ? -, M «« tratcd with Photographic lon " Picture of BuT L d ' and the " , naV « rabeve » eft ' ° " ' ! -, ! ! nited t 0 500 Copies . Quarto bound , Pr'ce to S K P and back D H bscri ption Lisftiff * I 103 , 6 d \ ? > ^ P ° ' - Thc P , ce wi » be r ^ PfiT dos ? A P riI I 0 > after which the r A PPlications Ir ° ^ hy p 0 st ^ - <*• Edii * M ACKBHLE ^ IU ^ Remi » ance , to be addressed tdln burgh . NZIE ( P -M . ) , 17 , St . Andrew Square ,

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GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY . — EASTER HOLIDAYS .-On GOOD FRIDAY , SATURDAY , EASTER SUNDAY and MONDAY , CHEAP THIRD CLASS EXCURSION TICKETS , available on day of issue only , will be issued by certain trains from PADDINGTON , Kensington ( Addison-road ) , Uxbridge-road , Hammersmith , Shepherd's Bush , Latimerroad , Notting Hill , Royal Oak , and Westbourne Park , and from certain stations en the Metropolitan and District Railways , to the following stations , at the fares shown : — WINDSOR ... 2 s . 6 d . I Bourne End " ) Taolow 7 j Great Marlow f „„ Rs Maidenhead ... j 3 S . od . ShipIake J 3 » . « . Cookham ... 3 s . 6 d . | Henley J CHEAP SATURDAY to MONDAY TICKETS are also issued from PADDINGTON and other stations to WINDSOR , Taplow , Maidenhead , Cookham , Bourne End , Great Marlow , ShipIake , and Henley . On SATURDAY , March 31 st , the Cheap Tickets will not be issued till after 2 p . m . On GOOD FRIDAY the trains on the Great Western Railway will run as on Sundays , with a few exceptions . For full particulars see special bills . HY . LAMBERT , General Manager .

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MUSICFORJARKLODGES. FULL MUSICAL SERVICE for CEREMONY OF ADVANCEMENT , for Voice and Harmonium , or Organ . By Post , 2 s . 6 d . BROWN & SON , TIMES BUILDINGS , DOUGLAS , ISLE OF MAN .

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ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY , LIMITED . 10 , ST . SWITHIN'S LANE , LONDON , E . C . General Accidents . i Personal Injuries Railway Aecidents . j Deaths by Accident . C . HARDING . Manager .

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EMPLOYMENT of any kind is Earnestly desired by a Brother , aged 50 , Widower , incapacitated by Partial Deafness from following his Usual Employment of Commercial Traveller and Salesman in Fancy Trimmings , Braids , & c . Advertiser is a First-Class Commercial Correspondent ; Energetic Business Man : well up in Registering Trade Marks , Designs , & c . ; and some knowledge of Book-keeping . Willing to take any position not requiring hard manual labour . —Address T ., Freemason Office .

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/cyCOCKERELL'S ' \ f 13 , COKNHILL , E . O . S ^\ For Prices , see Daily Papers . Cj / Trucks direct from the * * Colliery to every Railway Station .

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A.MONARCHKINO, TAILOR , CORMILL , LONDON , E . O . The Original and only Establishment in London , and under personal supervision .

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fGEORGESPILLER ^ fi ^ Surgeon ' s Optician , ftj ^ 3 , WIGMORB ST ., W . & 7 * SHOT-PROOF SPECTACLES . ^ ^ THE NEW § "SHOOTIM" PINCE-NEZ , S * WITH RIGID BRIDGE . GQ They press the nose much less than i any other eye-glass . _^ _^

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ADVERTISEMENT SCALE OF " fcbe f veemason . " TEB IlTSEETIOir SiNGLii COLUMN per inch £ 0 5 0 ONE PAGE 10 o o ONE COLUMN 3 10 o PUBLIC COMPANIES' & PARAGRAPH ADVERTISEMENTS , IS . PER LINE . WANTS , & C , TOUR LINES , 2 s . 6 d ., and 6 d . PER LINE additional . TO OUR READERS . THE FREEMASON is published every Friday morning , price 3 d ., and contains the fullest and latest information relating to Freemasonry of every degree . Subscriptions , including Postage : — United States , United Kingdom . Canada , the Continent , India , China , Ceylon , the Colonies & c . Arabia , & c . 13 s . 6 d . 15 s . 6 d . 17 s . 6 d . Remittances may be made in Stamps , but Post Office Orders or cheques are preferred , the former payable to GEORGE R UNNING , Chief Office , London , the latter crossed London Joint Stock Dank ,

To Correspondents.

To Correspondents .

The following communications were either received too late for publication or stand over for want of space : — Consecration of the Arrow Lodge at Kington , Herefordshire . Consecration of the Montefiore Lodge , No . 753 ( S . C . ) , at Glasgow . CORRESPONDENCE— " Observer . " "Jas . Cole . "

BOOKS . & C , RECEIVED . "South African Freemason . " "Masonic Review , " "Voice of Masonry , " " Keystone , " " Masonic Advocate , " " Orient , " " New Zealand Masonic Journal , " " Doletin Oficial , " " Freimaurer Zeitung , " " Freemasons' Repository , " " Australian Reystone , " and " Masonic World . "

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NOTICE .

In consequence of Friday next being Good Friday , the "Freemason" will be published on the morning of Thursday , 29 th inst ., instead of Friday , as usual .

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SATURDAY , MARCH 24 , 1888 .

Reviews.

Reviews .

MASONIC CALENDAR FOR THE PROVINCE OF HAMPSHIRE AND ISLE OF WIGHT , iSSS . This year ' s issue is the largest and most valuable of tho series , extending to 162 pages of closely printed matter , and containing a yast number of very interesting particulars . The able and painstaking editors are Bros . Edgar Goble ( Prov . G . Sec . ) and the Rev . A . A . Headley , ( Prov . Assist .

G . Sec , & c . ); who are to be congratulated on the completion of their arduous labours . The rolls of the lodges and chapters , with their numbers , days and places of meeting , dates of warrants , & c , enable one at a glance to note the main features of the 46 lodges , and the 21 chapters which comprise the province , as well as the lists of Mark lodges , K . T . preceptories , and Rose Croix chapters . The

senior lodge is No . 35 , " Medina , " Cowes , the next in age being No . 76 , Winchester . Several bear date of the last century , besides . The oldest R . A . chapter is the Royal Gloucester , No . 130 , Southampton , of A . D . 1784 , which is the only chapter with a centenary jewel warrant in the province , and one of nine for all England . It would not be amiss another time to give a list of the centenary lodges

in the province , whose members have the privilege of wearing distinctive jewels in commemoration of the antiquity of their respective lodges . They are as follows : No . 35 , Cowes j No . 76 , Winchester ; No . 130 , Southampton ; No . 132 , Ringwood ; No . 195 , Bournemouth ; and No . 257 , Portsmouth . Only one , however , ( No . 7 6 ) has a jewel of special design , the others being the ordinary

pattern . The list of extinct Hampshire lodges , compiled by Bro . John Lane , from his "Masonic Records , 1717—1 SS 6 , " is both valuable and interesting , and occupies five pages of the Calendar . All the towns are given from 1833 , which have received the Prov . Grand Lodge , and from iS 46 for the Prov . Grand Chapter . The present Prov . G . M . is the eighth for Hants and the fifth for the Isle of

Wight , the former province hiving been formed in 1767 , and the latter continued distinct from 1812 to 186 S . The The rolls of Provincial Officers for the Craft , & c , are most exhaustive , extending over a period of 50 years , and cannot fail to prove most useful for reference from lime to

time . There is no lack of information respecting the Personnel of the lodges , chapters , & c , and plenty of particulars as to the local and central Masonic Charities , proving that the province , under its popul ar Ruler and zealous Deputy Prov . G . M ., Bro . J . E . Le Feuvre , isdoin * well , and is in a most efficient condition .

MASONIC CALENDAR FOR THE PROVINCE OF WILTSHIRE , 1888 . This compact and carefully edited Calendar , by Bro . W . Nott , is practically the edition of 1887 , wilh the necessary alterations and additions . In other words , the zealous editor cannot well improve on the method adopted , the arrangement being as near perfection as possible , unless indeed , its pages were to be much extended and then its

, handy size , for reference , would be seriously affected . A new lodge is noted for the first time , viz ., No . 2227 , Westbury , and named the " White Horse . " Bro . John Lane , in his " Masonic Records , " states that a lodge was held at the Crown Inn , Westbury , for a few years , from iS 12 , but was removed to Melksham in 1 S 19 , Box in 1829 , Moncton Farleigh in 1840 , and finally to Corsham in 1 S 60 , where it is still located . There are now 11 lodges

and six chapters in Wilts , but only one Mark lodge . 1 he " Masonic Charities " are always most heartil y supported by the Wiltshire brethren , the Prov . G . Charity Secretaiy whoseservices have been placed so cheerfully and fraternally at the disposal of the province for many 3 cars , being the editor of the Calendar . The local Benevolent Fund has not been used for the year , no claim having been made . The tables , statistical and personal , are not only numerous , but accurate and exhaustive compilations .

The annual general meeting of the Institute of Auctioneers and Surveyors of the United Kingdom will be held at the Cannon-street Hotel , on Wednesday next , the 28 th inst ., at 3 p . m . In the evening the annual dinner will take place at the Holborn Restaurant at 5 p . m . for 5 . 30 p . m .

We beg to state that there is now on view at the Studios , Finchley New-road , Hampstead , the marble effigy and cenotaph which is to be erected in Worcester Cathedral to the memory of the late Right Hon . the Earl of Dudley . The work is by Bro . James Forsyth , sculptor , and is well worth a visit from lovers and admirers of art ,