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ALSTON COLLEGE , AND ITS

P REPARATORY S CHOOL , NEAR PRESTON , LANCASHIRE . Recentlj enlarged by the erection of three additional School-rooms , Students' Hall , Theological and Scientific Lecture Hall ( including Reading Room ) , Chemical Laboratory , Private Studies , Dining Halls , large Swimming Bath , Gymnasium , and spacious Dormitories , as well as separate Bedrooms .

RECTOR * . BRO . REV . T . ABBOTT PET ERS , M . A . VICE-PRINCIPAL : Rev . J . S . SKINNER , B . A , MASTERS : Rev . T . ABBOTT PETEIIS , M . A ., Divinity . Rev . J . S . SKINNER , B . A ., the Classics and Ancient History . Mr . H . J . HENDERSON , M . A ., Junior Classics . Mr . T . l-IvMEits J ACKSON , B . A ., Mathematics , Navigations and the English Language , History and Literature .

Mr . E . CLEMENT , Ph . D ., The Natural Sciences ( Experimental and Mathematical ) , French and German . Mr . J . ROCUFORT , CM ., English Subjects generally , and Junior Mathematics . Mr . G . CLIFFORD , Junior English and Junior Mathematics . Mr . FLOYD . C . E ., Land Surveying and Levelling with the use of Theodolite , Mechanical Drawing . Mr . W . H . J ONES , Music ( Organ and Piano ) and Singing .

Mr . R . NICIIOL , Librarian . Sergeant BIIADY , Military Drill , Gymnastics , and Swim ming . There are in connection with the College

THREE ANNUAL EXHIBITIONS , open for general competition to all students , and tenable for three years . Special Classes arc formed for preparing students for the Legal , Medical , 1 lome , Colonial , and Indian Civil Service Examinations ; and for entrance to Woolwich , Coopershill , and the Universities of Oxford , Cambridge , London

Dublin , Durham , and Edinburgh . The Religious Teaching is based on strioly Protestant Principles , in accordance with the Doctrines and Liturgy of the Church of England . Students requiting a commercial etlucatioi only , are exempt from the classical course , if desired . The yeai consists of two terms , during which there are

no holidays , the only vacations being at Midsummer and Christmas . The use of all class books , valuable li'j . a / y , stationery ( except mathematical instrument *) laundry , & c , is included in the terms . No Extras ot any kind . The High School—Students from 10 to 23 years of age . The Middle School—Students from 12 to 16 years of

age . The Preparatory School—Students under 12 years oi age . The College is divided into three sections . In the

PREPARATORY SCHOOL ( enlirili / distinct , but contiguous ) Boys are well grounded in the elements of a sound English Education , with F ' lcnch and German (; iU ;> in Latin anil Greek if for the learned pjofessions ) , and prepared for the High or Middle School . In the Hig h School th . e course of study is a preparation fur the Universities and the

various competitive examinations ; while the Middle School trains pupils in such subjects as will quality them for scientific and commercial pursuits . Ali-ton College , is pleasantly situated , about six miles from Pieston , and half a mile from Lo . ' . gr ' r . lge Railway Station ; is in immediate proximity to beautiful mountain scenery , within half an houi ' s ride of the chief watering

laces on the western coast of Lancashne , and is considered by Medical Profesois to be in one of the healthiest localities in England—a fact sufficiently proved by the remarkably good health enjoyed by the studen ' s and icgularly confirmed by the half-yearly medical reports . Extensive Cricket Grounds are attached to the College Farms , whilst a spacious covered Gymnasium and Student ' s Hall , available for recreation , drill , Kc , adjoin .

Reports of all examinations , together with the names of those students who have distinguished themselves at the College and the Universities , as Exhibitioners , Medalists and Prizemen , also the reports of the late examinations , together with views of the College buildings , and all necessary information , forwarded on application to the Rector , or to ¦ MR . GEORGE CLIFFORD , Secretary .

References kindly permuted to Bro . Masons , and to the late Examiners : Rev . T . II . Lindsay Leary , M . A ., D . C . L . ( Oxon ) , Assistant Examiner to I ler Majesty ' s Civil Service Commissicn , Crawford Cottage , Epsom ; T . W . Eyre Evans , Esq ., LL . D . T . C . D ., Ni ghtingale Villa , Lower Norwood ; and other University Examiners ; Professor Pagel , Liverpool ; R . Routledge , Esq ., U . S . F . C . S .,

Manchester ; also the Protestant Clergy , Nobility , and Professional Gentlemen ( parents of present pupils ) in Lon . ' cm , Manchester , Liverpool , Birmingham , Leeds , Bradford , Bognor , Preston , Burnley , Chester , Lancaster , Boston ( Lincoln ) , Wigan , llarrmvgnte , Accjington , 1 laslingden ,

Kendal . Southport , lodmorden , tec , and various other towns ; the Continent of Europe , the colonies , New Yoik , and the United States , Brazil , Cuba , cVc ., who can bear ample testimony to the merits and success of this College . Next term commences the jth August , 1873 .

Masonic Books In Stock

MASONIC BOOKS IN STOCK

AT Bro . KENNING'S MASONIC DEPOTS . ENGLISH . Masonic Gatherings , by Bro . G . Taylor , P M . ... 5 / 0 Reflected Rays of Lig ht 1 / 0 Red Cross Statutes 1 / 6 Freemasonry in Relation to Civil Authority and the

Family Circle ... ... ... ... ... 1 / 0 Kingston Masonic Annual ... ... ... 3 / 0 Knight Templar Sermon ... ... ... ... 6 d . The Fosicrucian S . G . C . Regulations 1 / 6 Royal Arch 2 / 6 G . L . Constitutions 1 / 6

Mark Constitutions ... ... ... ... 2 / 6 Knight Temylar Statutes 3 / 6 and 5 / 9 Craft , Mark , R . A ., R . C ., R . > £ < . K . T . Books The Freemason , Vol . I . ... ... ... ... 4 / 6 Vol . II 7 / 6 Vol . Ill 15 / 0

, „ vol . tv 15 / 0 Vol . V 15 / 0 Book of Illustrations of Clothing and Jewels ( coloured ) 2 / 6 The Israelites found in the Saxons 2 / 6 Freemasonry and its Jurisprudence ... ... 10 / 6 Origin of Freemasonry ... ... 1 / 0 History of the Lodge of Edinburgh , by D . M . Lyon . 31 / 6

Cosmopolitan Masonic Calendar , 1871 1872 and 1873 2 / 0 Grand Lodge Calendar 2 / 0 Lodge Bibles 15 / 0 , 21 / 0 , 42 / 0 Chapter Bibles 15 / 0 , 21 / 0 , 42 / 0 Laws of the Supreme G . C . of Scotland ... ... 3 / 0 Sloane Manuscript ... ... ... 1 / 6 Dr . Olivers Historical Landmarks of Freemasonry ,

2 vols , cloth ... ... ... 4 ° / ° The Antiquities of Freemasonry , cloth G / 6 Symbol of Glory , cloth ... ... 7 / 6 Revelations of a Square , cloth ... 7 / 6 Freemasons' Treasury , cloth ... ... 6 / 0 The Theocratic Philosoph y of Freemasonry , cloth ... ... ... 5 / 0

Signs and Symbols , cloth ... ... 6 / 0 A Aiirror for the Johannite Masons , cloth 36 The Book of the Lodge , cloth ... / , o Orig in of the R . A . Degree , cloth ... 5 / 6 The Golden Remains of the Early Masonic Writers , s vols , cloth ... 21 / 0

Preston ' s Illustrations of Freemasonry and History , new edition , cloth ... S / o Ashe ' s Masonic Manual , new edition , 6 / 6 Hutchinson ' s Spirit of Masonry , cloth 6 / 6 Apology for Freemasonry ... ... 1 / 0 Papal Teachings in Freemasonry ... 1 / 0 Stray Lea \ es from a Freemason ' s Note-Book , cloth ;/ 6 Sandy ' s Shoit View of Freemasonry , cloth ... ... 3 / 0

Freemason's Quarterly Magazine and Review Harrington ' s Desideratum of the Age , cloth ... 2 / 0 Sermons by Rev . Bros . Cox , Dakeyne , Slade , Gleadhall , and Poole ... 0 / ° The Flower Shushan , or the Pillars of Solomon ' s Temple ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 / 0 Masonic Lectures by Moody and Mamoliou ' . h ... 2 / 6 Dublin Lectures , by Townscnd , Longfuld , Morrison ,

and Wilkinson ... ... ... ... ... 2 / 0 Old Constitutions of Freemasons , 1722 , 1723 , 1726 , 1730 . Edited by Rev . J . E . Cox , £ > . / J 12 / 6 * Tnree Masonic Sermons , by the llev . W . J . Percy 3 / 0 Single Sermons , by the Rev . Bros , liradshaw , liurrowes , Cox . Carwithen , Dakeyne , Freeman , Gleadall , Grylls , Hill , lladow , Neale , I ' oole ,

Kawlinson , Roberts , Slade , Taylor , Wiigl . t , and Walker , 6 d . andi / o Hie History of Freemasonry and the Grand Lodge of Scotland , with Chapters on the Knights Templar , Knights of St . John , Mark Masonry , and Royal Arch Degree , & c , and an Appendix of

Valuable Papers , published for the first time ; by W . A . Laurie , Sec . G . L . of Scotland ; with a coloured Allegorical Frontspiece , and other Illustrations , Svo ., bound in cloth 12 / 6 Handbook of Freemasonry ; its History , Traditions , Antiquities , Rites , and Ceremonies . Com iled by John W . r , „ , nin . Cloth . n / i " "

Masonic Books In Stock

Histoire des Trois Grandes Loges de Francs-Macons en France—le G . Orient , le Sup . Conseil , et la G . Logc Nationale , par Em . Rebold . A volume of 700 pages 7 / 6 British Order of Knights Hospitallers . With an engraved frontispiece ... ... ... ... 3 / 6

Freemasons' Quarterly Review , Second Series , 1843 to 1849 , 7 vols ., Masonic gilt cloth boards , reduced 1 ° 73 / 6 The Freemasons' Quarterly Magazine for 18 53 , " uniform binding ... ... ... ... .... 12 / 0

ror i 8 4 , ditto 9 / 6 Reglements generaux de la Maconnerie Ecossaise Supreme Conseil de France . Rit ancien et acccpte 1846 . Paris . Svo 3 / 6 Histoire curieuse de la demission d ' un Grand Chancelier de l'Ordre du Temple ; with continuationi . e ., Lettre aux soi-disans Membrcs du Conseil

General , & c . 2 brochures . 8 vo . Pans . 18 37 3 / 0 Militia Templi . "Ad majorem Dei Gloriam . " Rapport niinisteriel au Grand Maitre . Paris . 1833-And " Reflexions d ' un ancien Templicr . " Paris . 18 3 6 , 2 pieces . Svo . ... ... ... ... 6 d . List of the Foreign Masonic Lodges ( 1 S 46 ) , with a shoit History of Freemasonry in Europe , during

the past Century ... ... ... ... ... 1 / 0 Hodge ' s Masonic Fragments , & c , of Worcestershire , 2 / 6 Histoiy and Articles of Masonry , in black-letter , & c , from a MS . in British Museum . Svo . Edited b y 51 . Cooke ... ... ... ... ... ... 7 / 6 Sketch of the Knights Hospitallers , & c . Bv R . Woof , F . S . A . Svo " ... 3 / 6

Old Charges of Freemasons . Edited by W . J . Hughan Small 4 to ... ... ... ... 7 / 6 Memoir of the Hon . Mrs . Aldworth ( the Female Freemason ) ... ... ... ... ... ... 6 d . Masonic Lectures by Bros . Margoliouth , Dowty , Chadwick , Gough , and Nicholson , each ... 1 / 0 Masonic Lecture , by Bro . J . J . Moody ... ... 1 / 6

Clarke ' s History of the Minden Lodge , from 1748 to i 3 4 S 3 / 6 Three Lectures : — " The Duty of the Master , " by Bro . J . F . Towusend , D . G . M ., Ireland ; "TheOrigin of Freemasonry , " by Bro . R . Longfield , Q . C . ; " The Ethics of Freemasonry , " by Bro . Rev . S . G .

Morrison , Chaplain Lodge 245 , Dublin , cloth ... 2 / 0 Preliminaries to Masonic Initiation . Four Lectures by Bro . J . F . Townscnd , L . L . D . ... ... 6 d . Oration delivered at the Consecration of St . Hubert's Lodge , Andover , by Rev . E . T . Nepean , M . A . 6 d . I larrington ' s Desideratum for the Age , a Masonic Work , in two Dialogues , cloth ... ... ... 2 / 0

AMERICAS . Masonic Trials , by II . M . Look 6 / 6 Sickel's Ahiman Rezcn ( cloth ) ... ... , „ 5 / 0 ,, Freemasons' Monitor ( tucks ) ... ... 4 / 0 R . A . Companion ... ... ... ... ... 3 / 8 Guide to the Chapter ( cloth ) ... ... ... 5 / 6 Manual of the Chapter „ 2 / o

Book A . and A . Rite „ ... , 17 / 6 R . and S . M . Council Monitor ... ,,. ... 3 / 6 Swcdcnborg Rite ... ... ... ... ... 4 / 6 Masonic Token ( cloth gilt ) ... ... ... 7 / 6 Macoy's Manual E . Star ... ... ... ... ^ j 0 Simon ' s Book of the Commandery ( tucks ) ... ' 3 /^ 5 Origin of Masonry .. ... ... ... 3 / 0

Chase ' s Digest of Masonic Law ,.. ... ... ^ jn Piersou's Traditions ... ... ... .,, " 7 / 0 Signet of King Solomon ^/ Rationale and Ethics ( cloth ) ... ... ... 5 / 6 Simon ' s Jurisprudence ... ... ... ... 3 / 6 Washington and Compeers ( cloth ) ... ... 9 / 6 Obituary Kites !/ 0 Portal's Symbols ( cloth ) ... ... ... ... 3 / 15

LocUwood s Masonic Law ... ... ... 4 / c Webb ' s Monitor ( tucks ) ... ... ... ... 3 / 0 Drew ' s Handbook ... ... ... ... ... 3 / 6 Lawrence ' s Moial Design ... ... ... ... 3 / 6 Woodruff ' s Masonic Code ... ... ... ... 2 / 6 Lights and Shadows ( cloth ) ... ... ... 6 / 6 Cross True Masonic Chart ... ... ... 4 / 6 Mystic Tic ( cloth ) 5 / 0 Ritual of r ' teenin «; nnrv ... ... ... . . . 1 4 / 0

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MASONIC NOTE PAPER AND ENVELOPES , MADE EXPRESSLY FOR THE Craft , Royal Arch , Mark , Red Cross of Rome and Consta ? itine , Knights Templar , Ark Mariners , Rose Croix , and 30 th Degree . Stamped in Relief in Correct Colours , and with Proper Emblems . The Paper is of very SUPERIOR MANUFACTURE , packed in boxes , containing Five Quires , emblematically labelled , Price Three Shillings . ENVELOPES TO MATCH , SIXPENCE PER PACKET . Every Freemason should order a sample , either direct , or through any stationer . KENNING'S MASONIC DEPOTS , c ~ LONDON : —a , 3 & 4 , LITTLE BRITAIN , AND 198 , FLEET-ST ., E . C LIVERPOOL : — 2 , MONUMENT-PLACE . Lri _ , AbGOYV : —iotf , KLiNJ ' lxijLJJ-o'l ' .