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ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY , LIMITED . 10 , ST . SWITHIN'S LANE , LONDON , E . C . General Accidents . 1 Personal Injuries . Railway Accidents . I Deaths by Accident . C . HARDING , Manager .

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THE LONDON NECROPOLIS . — BROOKWOOD CEMETERY , NEAR WOKING . ISS , WESTMINSTER BRIDGE ROAD , AND 2 , LANCASTER PLACE , STRAND . Telephone—No . 4839 . Telegraphic Address— "Tenebratio , London . " Every branch of funeral work efficiently conducted to Brookwood or any other Cemetery . Earth to earth burials carried out . Cremations undertaken . Large Stock of Monuments kept . Inclusive charges .

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FOR ECONOMICAL AND RESPECTABLE FUNERALS AT STATED CHARGES , TO COVER ALL EXPENSES , EXCLUSIVE OF CEMETERY FEES , BRO . C . G . HATT , UNDERTAKER , SJ , HIGH STREET , KENSINGTON , W . Orders by Post or Telegrams promptly attended to . Price Lists Post Free on Application .

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DUTCH BULBS . SALES every MONDAY , WEDNESDAY , and SATURDAY , and frequently on THURSDAY . In Large and Small Lots , to suit all Buyers . MR . J . C . STEVENS will SELL by AUCTION at his Great ROOMS , 38 , KINGSTREET , COVENT GARDEN , EVERY MONDAY , WEDNESDAY , and SATURDAY , and frequently on THURSDAY , at Half-past Twelve precisely each day—First-class consignments of choice-named HYACINTHS , TULIPS , CROCUSES , NARCISSUS , and other Bulbs , arriving weekly from well-known farms in Holland . On view Mornings of Sale , and Catalogues had .

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/~* OALS . COALS . COALS . COCKERELL'S ( LIMITED ) , 13 , CORNHILL , LONDON , E . C . For Prices , see Daily Papers . Trucks direct from the Colliery to every Railway Station .

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FISH , POULTRY , GAME , OYSTERS . JOHN GOW , LIMITED , J 17 , NEW BROAD STREET , E . C . ( Opposite Railway Station ) . n , HONEY LANE MARKET , CHEAPSIDE , 93 , THEOBALD'S RD ., HOLBORN , W . C , 12 5 , BROMPTON ROAD , S . W . JOHN GOW , Limited , always have on sale the Largest Stock in London of the Very Best Quality at Lowest Prices . BARRELLED OYSTERS .

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GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY . "DORDEAUX * . — Every Friday . Saloon , 50 s . ; * - * Fore-cabin , 35 s . Return , Sos . and 60 s . The magnificent NEW STEAMER , " HIRONDELLE , " electrically lighted , and replete with every convenience , is now running on this Station . EDINBURGH * . — Saturday and Wednesday . * - ' Saloon , 22 s . ; Fore-cabin , 16 s . Return , 34 s . and 24 s . 6 d . From IKONGATII AND ST . [ -CATHERINE ' S WHARE . (~} STEND . — Saloon , ios . ; Fore-cabin , 7 s . 6 d . ^^ Return , 15 s . and us . 3 d . From LIVERPOOL STREET STATION . LJAMBURGH via HARWICH . —Express at 8 p . m . on A - Tuesdays , Fridays , and Saturdays . Fare , £ 1 17 s . 6 d . or £ 1 5 s . gd . j Return , £ 2 16 s . 3 d . or £ 1 iSs . ai . * A Tender conveys Bordeaux and Edinburgh Passengers from Westminster and Temple Piers . For Particulars apply to 55 , GREAT TOWER STREET , or 14 , WATERLOO PLACE , LONDON .

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FIRST PRIZE MEDALS . Adelaide Jubilee Exhibition , 1887 ; Sydney Centenary Exhibition , 1888 . MASONS' CERTIFICATES , & c , FRAMED TO ANY DESIGN . H . MORELL , 17 & 18 , GREAT ST . ANDREW ST ., BLOOMSBURY LONDON , W . C . ' Manufacturer and Importer of all kinds of Picture Frame and Decorative Mouldings ( Two Million feet always in stock ) . Every requisite for the Trade and Exportation . Illustrated Book of Patterns , 8 J pages 4 to demy , revised for 18 91 , post free fr . r three pentw stamrf .

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ANDERTON'S HOTEL & TAVERN FLEET STREET , LONDON . In connection with the Royal Clarence Hotel , Ilfracombe ; aid Peacock Hotel , and Royal Hotel , Boston , Lincolnshire . The central position of ANDERTON'S renders this Tavern unequalled for Masonic Banquets , Public Dinners , Wedding Breakfasts , Meetings of Creditors , Arbitrations or Jovial Gatherings The Rooms reserved for the above business consist of DINING HALL , PILLAR HALL , MASONIC HALL , CHAPTER , and numerous Smaller Rooms . The RESTAURANT on Eastern Side of Hotel Entrance is open to the Public from } a . m . to 7 p . m . for BREAKFASTS , LUNCHEONS . TEAS , and DINNKRS . F . H . CLEMOW , Proprietor .

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TV / T AN C HE STE R HOTEL *•**• ALDERSGATE

STREETNOTICE TO SECRETARIES OF MASONIC LODGES , CLUBS , AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS .

The Proprietors of the above Hotel , having recently added a number of commodious Rooms to the Establishment , suitable for LODGE MEETINGS , BANQUETS , DINNERS , & C , will be glad to furnish Terms and Particulars for the use of same on application .

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AT . LAWRENCE •( Late J . R . BONE ) , BLACKFRIARS DEPOT

LICENSED VICTUALLERS' GLASS AND CHINA , ALSO GLASS AND STONE BOTTLES . Best Quality and Low Prices . Call and See the NEW PORCELAIN SPIRIT CASKETS , URNS , & c . 146-147 , BLACKFRIARS ROAD , S . E .

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SURLY HALL HOTEL , fronting main road and River Thames , near Windsor . Firstclass accommodation . Steam launches , punts , and boats for hire , and excellent- fishing can be had . Good stabling . Postal Telegraph Office at the Hotel . Moderate tariff . — S . H . Henning , Proprietor .

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BRO . DAN GODFREY , Junr . R . C . M ., L . R . A . M ., CONDUCTOR , THE LONDON MILITARY BAND , ( President—Sir ARTHUR SULLIVAN ) , SUPPLIES BANDS ( Military and String ) for GARDEN PARTIES , RECEPTIONS , DINNERS BALLS , & c . For Terms—Apply to 42 S , STRAND , W . C .

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ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS

MRS . HARWOOD takes this opportunity of sincerely thanking the brethren and friends whu , by their support and kindness , secured the election of her son , GEORGE JOHN KEBLE HARWOOD .

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GILLIAM ( Successors to Makepeace and Walford ) , SILVERSMITHS , JEWELLERS , AND DIAMOND MOUNTERS , DEALERS IN ANTIQUE PLATE & JEWELLERY . 6 , S ERLE S TREET , L INCOLN ' I NN , 44 CO XFORD S TREETNEAR O RCHARD S TREET .

Tlio Freemason of May lUtli , 1801 , says— " Messrs . Gilliam Bros ., Gold aud Silversmiths , of ( J , Sci-le Street , Lincoln ' s luu , have been very fortunate in securing so lino a situ for their new establishment as llO , Oxford Street ( near Orchard Street ) , and wc congratulate them ou . thc beauty and artistic design displayed in their new premises ; the stock is of the most rare aud choice kind , and our brethren , who arc fond of old and good things in precious metals , would do well to pay them a visit . "

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PARTRIDGE & COOPER "THE" STATIONERS , 192 & 191 , FLEET STREET , LONDON .

THE ROYAL COURTS NOTE PAPER

This is the cheapest paper ever introduced to the public , it being slightly tinted , thick , and pleasant to write upon . Price 4 s . per ream . Illustrated Catalogue of every requisite for Office or Library forwarded post free .

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To Correspondents.

To Correspondents .

L . P . M . —In the absence of the I . P . M . the senior Past Master present must occupy that position . The following communications unavoidably stand over : CRAFT LODGESYarborough Lodge , No . 2 . 14 . Lodgeof Friendship and Unity , No . 1271 , Lome Lodge , No . 1347 .

Kleanor Cross Lodge , No . 1764 . Lennox Browne Lodge , No . 2318 . INSTRUCTIONYarborough Lodge , No . 244 . Prince Frederick William Lodge , No . 753 . Ranelagh Lodge , No . 8 34

Kensington Lodge , No . 1767 . Star Chapter , No , 127 $ . ROYAL ARCHSt . Martin ' s-le-Grand Chapter , No . 1 S 38 . Provincial Grand Chapter of Cornwall . Annual Supper of the Hyde Park Lodge of Instruction , No . 1425 . Masonic Lecture at Gravesend .

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SATURDAY , OCTOBER 24 , 1891

Masonic Notes.

Masonic Notes .

It is to be regretted that the proposal made at the Boys' School Quarterly Court on the gth instant , to accept from the Province of Northumberland the sum of _ £ i ° 5 ° in payment for the right of perpetual

presentation of one child to the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys should have met with any opposition . True , the opposition was confined to a few speeches , and

when the Chairman put the motion for acceptance by the Court it was carried without a division , but this only enhances our regret that the proposal was not agreed to without question .

In the first place , a resolution was passed by the Quarterly Court as far back as January , 1870 , to the effect " that the right to a perpetual presentation of a

properly qualified boy for admission to this Institution may be purchased on payment of 1000 guineas , no votes being exercised in virtue of such payment ; and after the death of the contributor of such sum of 1000

guineas , his or her presentation shall be vested in his or her executors , administrators , appointees , or assigns for ever . " This was the outcome of the presentation by the late Bro . Stephen Blair , Prov . Grand Master of East Lancashire , at the Boys' Shool Festival in

186 9 of the sum of 1000 guineas , and it is under the operation of this resolution that the " Stephen Blair" and five other rights of perpetual presentation have been established during the past 21 years . Therefore , whatever feeling may exist among the Governors

as to the adequacy or inadequacy of the amount in question to defray the cost of educating a presented boy , the offer of Northumberland , being in accordance with the terms of the resolution above quoted—which , so far as we know , has never been abrogated—should

have been accepted as a matter of course . It was a most ungraceful act on the part of those who raised objections as to the adequacy of the sum to resist a specific proposal made in accordance with the terms quoted . It was clearly their duty to have opposed

the grant of this right on general grounds , and to have deferred their opposition till some more appropriate time when a particular proposal was not before the Court . * * *

In the second place , however inadequate the sum of 1000 guineas may appear to some brethren to secure so valuable a right , we think that a slight examination of the matter will show that the School benefits by the arrangement . We do not know what number of votes

would be secured in perpetuity to a Province , lodge , or other Masonic body in respect of a donation of this amount . We imagine it would be about 200 at each election , or 400 a year , and it is not difficult to conceive a case in which a Province or lodge having , by

means of borrowed votes , secured the election of a boy of eight years of age , being able by a similar process to secure the election of a second boy while the first

was still in the School . No doubt it would be a difficult operation , and the repayment of votes would be spread over some time , but it is by no means impossible .

Again , though the interest on Consols is only 2- 4 - per cent ., and a few years hence will be 2 . 1 per cent ., there are safe investments yielding from 3 to 3 ^ per cent . —• some of the present capital of the Institution is invested in 3 ^ per Cent , stocks—and therefore the amount of

help contributed by the Institution is by no means considerable . However , whether these latter reasons we have suggested are of much or little moment , we

consider the Governors will be well advised if they leave the price to be paid for the right of perpetual presentation at the sum , stated in the resolution of January , 1870—that is to say , at 1000 guineas .

The Province of Cornwall has decided to make a present to the daughter of their esteemed Provincial Grand Master , Bro . the Earl of Mount

Edgcumbe , on her marriage . A preliminary meeting at St . Austell , convened by the Provincial Grand Secretary , Bro . Thomas Chirgwin , J . P ., appointed a Committee , consisting of Bros . Sir C . B . Graves-