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ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS , WOOD GREEN , LONDON 1 , N . Patron : HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN . President : His ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OI" WALES , K . G ., M . W . G . M . EIGHTY-FOURTH ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL , WEDNESDAY , sStk JUNE , 1 SS 2 . R O Y AI . V A VI L I O N , BRIG H TON . THE Rt . Hon , THE LORD MAYOR , R . W . Bro . SIR JOHN WHITTAKER ELLIS , Bart ; Grand Junior Warden ( P . G . S . ; VV . M . No . 1 . ) , IN THE CHAIK . BOARD OF S TEWARDS : PRESIDENT : R . W . Bro . Capt . J WORDSWORTH , Trustee , Vice-Pat . of Inst . ; P . M . ; P . P . G . W . W . Yorks ; P . G . Std . ; W . M . No . Co . ACTING-PRESIDENTS : XV . Bro . GEORGE LAMBERT , F . S . A ., Vice-Pat . of Inst . ; P . M . No . 19 S , & c . ; P . G . S . B . ; P . P . G . J . W . Herts . V . W . Bro . A . F . A . W OODFORD , P . G . Chaplain . W . Bro . HORACE B ROOKS . MARSHALL , C . C , Vice-Pat , of Inst . HON . TREASURER : W . Bro . C . W . T HOMPSON , P . M . Nos . 969 , 1 G 01 . With upwards of 250 Brethren representing the Aletropolitan and Provincial Lodges . Alusical arrangements under the direction of BRO . VV . GANZ , P . G . Organist . The services of Brethren as Stewards are still most earnestly solicited . TICKETSLadies , iSs . ; Brethren , 21 s . ( including railway fare ) . „ 15 s . ; „ 17 s . Cd . ( without railway fare . ) Dinner will be on the Table at Four o'clock , and , including Dessert and Wines , will be provided by Messrs . Sayer and Alarks , of Western Road , Brighton . Brethren to appear without Alasonic Clothing . Morning Dress . Particulars and every information on application to the Hon . Secretary , FREDERICK BINCKES , P . G . S ., V . Pat . Office : —6 , FREEMASONS' HALL , W . C ; iSth May , 1 SS 2 .

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THE PEOPLE'S PROPERTY COMPANY ( LIMITED ) . FIRST ISSUE of 50 , 000 SHARES at par . Capital , £ 100 , 000 , in shares of £ 1 each , with power to ncrease ; payable 2 s . on application , Ss . on allotment , and the balance by instalments as required , at intervals of not less than three months . DIRECTORS . G . II . VVhittcll , 9 , Hamilton-road , Highbury Park , London , N ., Director of the Sun Building Society . Frederick Binckes , Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Alark Alaster Alasons , S . v . Red Lion-square , London , W . C James Cox , 62 , Princess-road , Kilburn , N . W ., Founder of the Holloway Branch Bank , and Treasurer of the Finsbury Park Building Societies . George Alartyn , Old Town Chambers , Plymouth , Director of the VVestern Counties Agricultural Co-operative Association . George Pawsey Witt ( Alessrs . Corcoran , Witt and Co . ) , 30 , Alark-lane , E . C . T . Alullett Ellis , 8 , Old Jury , E . C , and 39 , The Quadrant , Highbury New Park , N ., Associate of this Royal Institution of British Architects . Solicitors—Howard and Shelton , 39 A , Threadneedle-street . Bankers—London and Westminster Bank ( Limited ) , Lothbury . Secretary—William Riley , formerly Cashier of the National Freehold Land Society and the British Land Company . Offices—Aloorgate House , Cl , Aloorgate-street , London , E . C . ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS . This company is formed for the purpose of purchasing , mortgaging , leasing , or selling freehold or leasehold land and houses , for the improvement and development of estates by draining and making roads and streets , for the erection of new buildings , for acquiring , altering , and repairing dilapidated premises , and for lending money on the security of real or leasehold property . The names of several existing land and house property companies might be quoted , but are sufficiently known to prove the great success and the large dividends , ranging from G to 20 per cent ., which have accrued from their working , and as this company embraces all the branches of business carried on by those companies , a like success may be confidently anticipated . Full prospectus and forms of application for shares may be obtained from the Secretary , at the Oflice , Ci , Moorgatestreet , London , E . C .

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BUTLER'S MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS Violins , Guitars , and Banjoes . Flutes , Clarionets , and Flageolets . Concertinos , Accordians , and Flutinas . Harmoniums , Pianos , and Melodeons . Cornets , Drums , and Musical Boxes . Brass Band and Musical Instruments of every description . G . BUTLER'S 29 , HAYMARKET , LONDON . Illustrated Catalogues , 53 pages , sent post free . "¦ Special Terms to Shippers .

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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 ios ., Annual Subscribers of £ 1 is ., can recommend patients . 350 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 ., Alargate . Offices : No . 30 , Charing Cross , W . JOHN THOMAS WALKER , Secretary

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To Correspondents .

BOOKS , & c , RECEIVED . " The Citizen , " "The Royal Cornwall Gazette , " "The Printing Times and Lithographer , " " Broad Arrow , " " Freemason ' s Chronicle , " " Bulletin du Grand Orient de France , " "The * Hull Packet , " "The Keystone , " "Jewish Chronicle , " " Hebrew Leader , " "The Court Circular , " "l . aBoletin Masonico , " "New York Dispatch , " "The Daily Gate City , " " El Taller , " " Masonic Review . "

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^/ -V" % > ^ fS" % > g ^* y ^ ¦¦¦ ^^ yj iT > AlrS SATURDAY , JUNE 24 , 1882 .

Original Correspondence.

Original Correspondence .

i \ Vc do not hold ourselves responsible for , or even approving of , the opinions expressed hy our correspondents , but we wish in a spirit of fairplay to all to permit—within certain necessary limits—free discussion . * ———

THE LODGE OF BENEVOLENCE . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — I cannot allow the letter of " 23 C . " to remain unanswered , more particularly as he is evidently unaware of the constitution and practice of the Lodge of

Benevolence . For his information I may add that it is composed of the Master of every lodge under English Constitutions , and not London brethren only ; and , during the twenty-one years I have had the honour to be an elected member , no sum of £ 400 has ever been voted to any brother , neither has any sum ever been voted by the lodge with tbe under , standing that it should be repaid .

I admit that large sums have been voted by the majority of the members present , and which in many cases I have thought excessive ; but there cannot be any better object in voting such sums than to assist in re-establishing unfortunate brethren , and by so doing enable them to earn a livelihood for their families . I am , fraternally yours ,

JOSHUA NUNN , P . G . S . B ., President of the Board of Benevolence . [ We felt quite certain that there was some mistake , and are much obliged to Bro . Nunn for writing to Freemason . —Ev . F . M A

GRAND LODGE OF NEW SOUTH WALES . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — I have only just read your issue of December 3 rd , 1 SS 1 . In your paragraph re the Grand Lodge of New South Wales , you say " the body " formed itself out of

some Irish and Scottish Lodges , and no English Lodges ; and you conclude by saying , " There ought to have been a concurrent majority , at the least , of the three jurisdictions . " What would you say if it should appear that there is actually a majority of lodges in New South Wales in

favour of the movement , but that they have not been allowed to say so ; that , in fact , they were forbidden even to discuss the abstract question of whether it was or was not desirable to establish a Grand Lodge in New South Wales . ' Yours fraternally ,

LESTER S . DONALDSON , P . AL 1059 , ICC Echuca , Victoria , Alarch 31 st , 1882 . [ We should say that if there had been any evidence of the wish of the English Lodges to join in the movement ,

they could constitutionally have evidenced it by proper representation in the proper quarter . We believe our brother is utterly misinformed as to the real opinions of the brethren under the English District Grand Lodge . — ED . F . MA

A AIASONIC HALL FOR MIDDLESEX . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — In your issue of Alay 20 th appears a letter under this heading , signed " Middlesex , " calling attention to the want of accommodation . for lodges at Twickenham and the neighbourhood , and suggesting the erection of a Masonic Hall .

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I should be pleased to co-operate with the brother making this suggestion , with the view of accomplishing so desirable an object , and shall be glad if you will kindly place me in communication with him . Yours fraternally , R . XV . FORGE , I . P . M . and Sec . 1 793 .

ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED RITE . —A QUERY . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , Kindly inform me whether the Supreme Council , Thirty-third Degree , for the Valley of New Zealand is a recognised body ; that is to say , is it acknowledged by thc

Supreme Councils of England , Scotland , Ireland , and the United States ? I have put the question to two or three brethren here belonging to the Aletropolitan Chapter , No . 11 , Melbourne , English Kite , and they cannot speak positively .

Very fraternally yours , W . F . LAMONBY . Alelbourne , May 15 th , 1 SS 2 . [ Will some well-informed member of the A . and A . S . Rite under the Supreme Council , kindly answer this query of an esteemed correspondent . —ED . F . M . ]

NOAIINATIONS . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — May I ask through your columns who is responsible for the list of brethren presented to the Board of Alasters for brethren to serve on the Committee of the Royal Alasonic Benevolent Institution ? Can any one answer the question ? Yours faithfully , CURIOUS . _*

Reviews

REVIEWS

HISTORY OF THE GRESHAA 1 LODGE , No . 8 G 9 . By Bro . WALTER E . GOMPERTZ , P . M ., P . P . G . Purst . for Herts . This neatly printed and compact " historiette " -of thc Gresham Lodge , formerly 1 i 7 i , though nowSCp . after twentyone years of existence , will be welcomed by , all who collect and value such memorials of our lodges . It is quite clear that Bro . Gompertz , with infinite good sense , has been

determined to be earlj rather than late in the history of so well-known a lodge ; and we thank him for thus setting a good example to many , who , for some reason or other , are very chary in communicating " excerpta " from their lodge minute books , and think it rather a mark of Masonic discrimination than otherwise to seek to wrap up in impenetrable obscurity what has an interest to many , and has

really nothing mysterious or important about it . The true history of English Freemasonry , which has yet to be written , must depend for its facts and its historical accuracy on the actuality and development of lodge life ; on the reality which has accompanied its progress ; on the certainty which can be ascribed to its proceedings . And he is the most sympathetic and cosmopolitan and patriotic

Freemason who , recognizing this need and facing this responsibility , communicates , with the consent of his lodge , all that can be properly extracted by careful and expert supervision from fading entries and decaying minute books . Bro . Gompertz ' s little and lucid work is an example to all good brother Secretaries amongst us .

AIASONIC ALMANACK FOR THE PROVINCE OF SUSSEX . John Beal and Co ., 1 SS 2 . Brighton . As this little almanack is published for the benefit of the Church Committee of Sussex we wish it all success , independently of our recognition of its great usefulness to thc

Sussex brethren and Freemasons generally . The brethren in Sussex have always formed a very distinguished body of men , zealous in the Charities and foremost in Alasonic work , and we arc always glad to know of theit happy progress , their successful labours , and their charitable efforts .

PROCEEDINGS OF THE GRAND CHAPTER OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK . The publications of the various Grand Bodies , Craft and Royal Arch , in the United States , are very remarkable productions , typographically and Masonically . They are invariably admirable , and contain a vast amount of historical information . Indeed , some of them may fairly be

looked upon as landmarks in the discussion and solution of abstruse points of archa-ology , ritual and practice . Whether so much Alasonic printing is a good thing in itself may be an open question . but it is clearly a matter which concerns our good American brethren and companions to decide for

themselves . An ingenious and ingenuous friend of ours , who has always a keen eye to business , says " he should like to have all the American Masonic printing . " What he can mean by such a remark perhaps our excellent friend , Ailford Alac-Calla , can , " more suo , " most fully and most clearly explain . VVe do not profess to be able to do so .

REMINISCENCES , & c By the REV . T . MOZLEV , ALA ., 1 S 82 . Longmans , Green and Co . In a recent issue of thc Times a most readable and remarkable review of this new work will have been seen doubtless by some of ourbrethren , and which was certain , from the ability which characterized it , to attract the attention and affect the sympathies of many readers . Indeed ,

it sent us to the work itself to refresh our own reminiscences of a now long past , and to place us once again in the midst of that little world of active , earnest , sentient beings , many of whom , alas ! now only linger in the memories of us all , as pleasant , vivid , kindly shadows of the past . 1 here is , however , intense difficulty for the reviewer who

seeks to comment upon these striking pages in the friendly columns of the Freemason , for they deal with a great movement of religious thought in this country ; and as all movements of religious thought give place more or less to religious controversy , there seems on the threshold to be a friendly voice forbidding us to proceed , for fear of those inevitable dangers and difficulties which attend on all who