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rpHE MASONIC AND MILITARY 1 ORDERS OF KNIGHTS OF ROME AND OF THE RED CROSS OF CONSTANTINE , K . H . S ., AND ST . JOHN THE EVANGELIST . C OLONEL S IR FRANCIS BURDETT , BART ., M III . Grand Sovereign , & Grand Commander of St . John . THE ANNUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE GRAND IMPERIAL CONCLAVE WILL BE HOLDEN AT 16 a , GREAT QUEEN STREET , W . C , On MONDAY , the 5 th MARCH , 18 SS , At FIVE o ' clock in the Afternoon . A B ANQUET 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 ami Registrar General . 16 a , Great Queen Street , W . C . THE GFNERAL 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 R ECORDER , 16 a Great Queen Street .

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WEST CENTRAL Dental association 220 , HIGH HOLBORN ( NEXT DOOR to HOLBORN RESTAURANT ) . Messrs . MULUNERi GRANT , ARTIFICIAL TEETH of the Best Quality , with all the latest Improvements . AT THE LOWEST POSSIBLE CHARGES . PAINLESS EXTRACTION by NITROUS OXIDE GAS and COCAINE . Consultations Free . Hours 9 to 7 .

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FEMLEY TEMPERANCE HOTEL , WORTH PARADE , BATH . One of the most Comfortable and Economical Hotels in the West of England . Close to the Finest Suite of Mitieral Water Baths in Europe . Tar ff on application . W . L . HARRISON , Proprietor .

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Telephone No . 6637 . LOUDON FfiYER HOSPITAL , LIVERPOOL ROAD , N . FOR THE THEATJIENT or SCARLET FEVER , TYPHUS , TYPHOID , DIPHTHERIA , MEASLES , and all other Contagious Fevers . FOUNDED 1802 . PATRON— H . R . H . THE PRINCE OF WALES . PRESIDENT —THE EARL OF DEVON . TREASURER—SIR R . N . FOWLER , BART ., M . P . HON . SECRETARY— C . J . STEWART , ESQ ., SECRETARY—MAJOR W . CHRISTIE , at the Hospital . THE . LONDON FEVER HOSPITAL affords Absolute Safety from the spread of disease t > y patients suffering from contagious fever , by admitting tnern into its wards , and there isolating them . The ^ amission Fee is Three Guineas , which pays for as n g a period of treatment and nursing as may be ne-^ ssar y > generall y s x weeks . This fee covers only a . ! ni a f ? urth ot the cost ; the remainder is borne by the Charit y . no ?? if \ Privileges to Governors—Gover-Dnm - P"vilege of Free Admission for their own G " !" estlc Servants . An Annual Subscriber of One / m T the second payment , or a Donor of Fn * 0 ne sum ' bec ° mes a Governor . Cluh , j ! J nual Subsc"ption of Two Guineas , Firms , the w' , tels are entitled to send one employe " to of Fo ^ r ofcost for an Annual Subscription Sub * ,. .. Ulneas > two employes ; and for an Annual Ther ° ° ' Ve Guineas . threeemployes . reouiJ ^ , P " vate Accommodation for those who may Nea r , lt aU 3 3 s-Perweek . B ,,. y I 00 ° Patients have been treated this year . Mm ARE MOST URGENTLY NEEDED ComntftCP ° ? ! L ? n this usefuI work . but t 0 enable the the rem , L lld extra accommodation , suitable to P » Mn ? Knents" ~ medical and otherwise —of the

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Emulation Lodge of Improvement , FREEMASONS' HALL , LONDON , W . C . IMPORTANT NOTICE . The time for opening the Lodge is now 6 o ' clock , instead of 7 as hitherto . 1 he Lodge meets every Friday evening throughout the year , except during the months of July , August , and September , on Good Friday , and Christmas Eve or Christmas Day . W . G . KENTISH , Secretary .

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TWO MASONIC SONGS BY THE LATE BRO . JAMES C . BAKER , Mus . Doc , With Quartet and Chorus , "ENTITLEDWELCOME " "AND THE MYSTIC TIE . " POST FREE , is . each nett . Usual Price 2 s . KENNING'S MASONIC DEPOTS-1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , LITTLE BRITAIN , 195 & 197 ALDERSGATE ST ., 16 , GREAT QUEEN ST ., W . C ., LONDON .

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. JOHN GOW , ¦ pes * ' NEW BROAD ST ., E . C . ^ . ¦ rt ( . Outside Railway Station ) . nfSftll ^ HOHET -LANE MARKET , CHEAPSIDE . SN 93 , THEOBALD'S ED .,. HOLB 0 EN , W . C . -j 125 , BROMPTON ROAD , S . W . fiK ^ P * ' TOHN GOW always has on sale the \ S Largest Stock in London of the Very Best ^ . rt Quality at Lowest Prices . Barrelled ^ e ^ toP * Oysters . Ov s *"** PERFECTLY-FITTED OYSTER SALOON Now Open at New Broad Street ,

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WANTED TO PURCHASE Second-Hand FURNITURE ' for a proposed Lodge . — Address , J . CONSTABLE , I'horne , D . incaster .

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A YOUNG M . M . desires EMPLOYMENT as Shorthand Clerk , Assistant Book-keeper , Collector , or any position i . f trust . Excellent references . — Address , G . H . S ., care of hditor cf the Freemason .

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TO LET—The UPPER PART of a HOUSE near the General Post Office . Eight Rooms , together or separate . —Apply B . J ., Office of this Paper .

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MISS EMILY M . FOXCROFT , "Contralto Vocalist , " CAN BE ENGAGED for MASONIC FESTIVALS , INSTALLATION BANQUETS , CONCERTS , & C . —For Terms , Address 3 , Holford Street , W . C .

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RA . MASON , single , aged 30 , seeks Situation as Valet , Steward , Collector , Timekeeper , or any position of trust . Excellent characters . —Address , H . T ., 2 , Alma-terrace , Trinity-road , College-paik , Wandsworth , S . W .

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LONDON UNIVERSITY , CIVIL SERVICE , MILITARY , AND OTHER EXAMINATIONS . —PUPILS ( resident or non-resident ) sucessfully Prepared by an experienced Coach , N . W . district . —L ., P . Z ., Freemason office .

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A CAMBRIDGE GRADUATE ( P . M ., P . Z ., P . M . W . S . 18 ° , 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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JUST PUBLISHED . ANTHEM- "BEHOLD HOW GOOD AND JOYFUL " ( Dedicated to Right Hon . the Earl of Mount EDGCUMBE , Provincial Grand Master of Cornwall ) , Composed by Bro . C . E . J ULEFF , P . P . G . O . Cornwall , Organist and Choir Director of Bodmin Parish Church . PRICE 4 d . of the Composer . N . B . —This Anthem is already on several cathedral lists , and will shortly be in a second edition .

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/ cy COGKERELL'S \ J ^ 13 , CORNHILL , E . C . * ^ \ For Prices , see Daily Papers . Cj / Trucks direct from the * Colliery to every Railway Station .

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A . MONARCH-KINO , TAILOR , Cornhill , E . C , and Regent-street , W ., LONDON . 10 PER CENT . DISCOUNT FOB CASH .

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Jf GEORGE SPILLER ^ ^ Surgeon ' s Optician , & 7 ^ 3 , WIGIOEE ST ., W . A ? « SHOT-PROOF SPECTACLES , J ? ^ ~ * " * £ ? THE NEW § " SHOOTING" PINCE-NEZ , £ > WITH RIGID BRIDGE . Gr ! They press the nose much less thafl i any other eye-glass .

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The following communications were either received too late for publication or stand over for want of space : — CRAFT LODGES—Arboretum , No . 731 ; Windsor Castle , No . 771 ; 1 ity of London , No . 901 ; Chiswick , No . 2012 ; and Wharton , No . 2045 .

District Grand Lodge of Jamaica . History of No . 76 , Winchester . Annual Supper ot the Ivy Lodge of Instruction , No . 1441 . City of Westminster Lodge Ball . History of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls ,

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S ATURDAY , F EBRUARY 25 , 1608 .

Original Correspondence.

Original Correspondence .

[ We do not hold ourselves responsible for , or even approving of the opinions expressed by our correspondents , but we wish in a spirit of fair play to all to permit—withi- certain necessary limits—free discussion . ] ——EARLY MASONRY IN CHESHIRE . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , Through the courtesy of Bro . J . C . Robinson , of Chester , I am enabled to furnish the date of Constitution of the S * an Lodge at Neston , No . 457 , of 1769 . The Chester Courant of Tuesday , 24 th January , 1769 , contains the following : "On Tuesday last [ 17 I 1 January ]

the Provincial Grand Master , his Deputy and Wardens of the Most Ancient and Honourable Society of Free and Accepted Masons assembled at the Star Inn , in Watergatestreet , in this city , where they Constituted a Lodge ( under his Grace the Duke of Beaufort , Grand Master ) to be held at the Swan , in Great Neston , near Parkgate ; and which 'tis hoped by that Ancient and Honourable Fraternity will

be a means of reforming many abuses lately practised on the aforesaid Society for want of a regular constituted and well governed lodge . " The latter sentence may have reference to the working of the " Ancient" or "Athol" Lodge , No . 41 , warranted 19 th December , 1758 , ( 0 meet at the "Ship-in-Launch at Park Gate , " distant only about half a mile from Neston , but the curious fact in the above extract is that the

ceremony of constitution was formed in a town other than that in which the lodge was intended to meet . With the exception of the "Soulh Australian Lodge of Friendship , " No . 613 , of 22 nd October , 1834 , which was " opened at No . 7 , John-street , Adelphi , London" [ vida " Masonic Records , " p . 1 S 8 , ] I am not aware of another instance of this kind . If any readers of the Freemason possess similar information , they will confer a favour by kindly making- it known .- —Yours fraternally , February iSth . JNO . LANE .