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ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION . I'OR AGED FREEMASONS AND WIDOWS OF FREEMASONS , CROYDON . Patron and President : MIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES , K . G ., & c , M . W . G . M . THE ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL Of this Institution will take place On WEDNESDAY , 2 S H 1 FEBRUARY , 1 SS 3 , AT FREEMASONS' TAVERN , GREAT QUEEN-STREET , LONDON , ! Upon which occasion GF . N \ j . STUDHOLME BROWNRIGG , C . B ., P . G . W ., R . W . PROV . G . M . FOR SURREY , Has been pleased to signify his intention of Presiding . Brethren are earnestly invited to accept the Office of Steward upon this occasion , and they will greatly oblige by forwarding their Names and Masonic Rank , as soon as convenient , to the Secretary , who will gladly give any information required . JAMES TERRY , P . Prov . G . S . W . Norths and Hunts , Secretary . * * At the Election in May next there will be 120 Candidates for Election , whilst at the present time there are only Twelve Vacancies .

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THE BURDETT-COUTTS LODGE , No . 1278 . WORSHIPFUL MASTER , BRO . ALBERT JONES . ANNUAL BALL , Under the distinguished Patronage of the BARON'F . SS BURDF . TT-COUTTS , AT THE CANNON STREET HOTEL , On Tuesday , January 30 th , 1 SS 3 . Craft Masonic Clothing to be Worn . Dancing to commence at nine o ' clock precisely . BRO . A . C . STICHLING , M . C . Proceeds of the Ball will be devoted exclusively to MASONIC CHARITIES , and the kind support of all Lodges and their friends are solicited . Double Tickets ( Lady and Gentleman ) , 21 s ; Single Tickets , 12 s . Gd ., which will include Supper and light Refreshments all the evening . Tickets to be obtained of the Worshipful Master , Bro . Albert Jones , 39 , Altlerney-road , E ., and the following Stewards : Bros . R . J . Chitson , J . W ., 41 , Old Ford-road , E . ; J . W . R . Hammond , 4 6 , Piggott-st ., East India Dockroad j Basil Stewart , 56 , Ackland-st ., Surdett-road , IC . ; S . G . Bonner 35 , Church-st ., North Greenwich ; Dr . J . E . Defriez , P . M ., 173 , Bethnal Green-road , E . ; G . XV . Verry , P . M ., 127 S , Hermon hill , Wanstead ; A . Weston , 34 , Old Ford-road , E . ; G . H . Payne , W . M . 933 , Canterbury Hall , Westminster Bridge-road . R . L . SfURTEVANT , I . P . M ., Hon . Sec , Bonner's Hall Fields , Victoria Park .

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ROYAL SEA BATHING INFIRMARY , MARGATE . ESTABLISHED 1791 . THE ONLY ONE EXCLUSIVELY FOR SCROFULOUS POOR . COL . CREATON , TREASURER . J OHN 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 10 s ., Annual Subscribers of £ 1 is ., can recommend patients . 250 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 ., Margate . Offices : No . 30 , Charing Cross , W . | OHN THOMAS WALKER , Secretary .

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OXFORD Gardens , North Kensington ( close to 'bus and rail ) . —An elegantly furnished residence , containing six bedrooms , double drawing room , dining and breakfast rooms , and excellent domestic offices , TO BE LET , for six months or longer , upon very moderate terms ; immediate possession can be had . Apply to William J . Murlis , Auctioneer , North Kensington Estate Office , Ladbroke Grove-road .

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NOTTING HILL ( close to Omnibus to City ) . A pretty semi-detached Ten-Roomed VILLA , with Carden front and rear , to be LET or SOLD . Suitable for an Arlist . Full particulars of William J . Murlis , Auctioneer , North Kensington Estate Office , Ladbroke Grove-road , W .

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WANTED , to Purchase , THREE CHAIRS and PEDESTALS—Craft . Suitable for a lodge room So feet by 40 . Must be very large and massive . No objection to old ones if in good condition . Communicate particulars and prices to Secretary , 69 , Uttoxer New-road , Derby .

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A Brother , an Engineer , who holds a " Board of Trade " certificate , would be glad of a SITUATION to take charge of and run the machinery of a Gentleman ' s Yacht , Electric , Tramway , or other machinery . Has had sea and river experience . Address—G . Saunders , 37 , Ovcrston-road , Hammersmith , London , W .

To Correspondents.

To Correspondents .

If "A Steward for Both this Year" will send his name his letter shall be published . The following have been received , but are not inserted owing to want of space : — G . B . A . —Charles Sackville . East Medina Lodge , No . 175 . Ashton Lodge , No . 1140 . Selwyn Lodge , No . 1901 . Pattison Chapter , No . 913 .

BOOKS , & c . RECEIVED . "The Broad Arrow , " ' - 'Allen ' s Indian Mail , " "The Jewish Chronicle , " "The New York Dispatch , " "EI Taller , " "Tho Citizen , " "The Hull Packet , " "The Royal Cornwall Gazette , " "Transactions of the Sunday

Society , " "The Canadian Craftsman , " "Report of the Property Defence Association , " " Boletin Masonico , " " The Freemason ' s Repository , " " The Metropolitan , " "The Court Circular , " "The New Zealand Herald , " "The Yorkshire Gazette . "

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Original Correspondence .

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[ We do not hold ourselves responsible for , or even approving of , the opinions expressed by our correspondents , but we wish in a spirit of fairplay to all to permit—within certain necessary limits—free discussion . !

VOLUNTEERING AND FREEMASONRY . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — I did not reply to Bro . Stevens ' s letter in your last issue because I thought some other brother might have written upon the subject . As however no letter appeared

I now with your permission will answer Bro . Stevens . He appears to have misunderstood my letter . Instead of answering my query as to whether it was strictly Masonic to wear uniform in a lodge that was in no way connected with a volunteer regiment ( as mentioned by me ) he gives us a long history of the Macdonald Lodge in connection with

the ist Surrey Rifle Volunteers . He tells us who were its first Master and Wardens , and quotes a bye-law respecting the wearing of uniform in that lodge by members of the lodge and also by visitors , who are entitled to do so ; and I take it also that members of the ist Surrey Lodge would wear their uniform if they visited the members of another

lodge attached to a volunteer corp if invited as volunteers as well as Masons . But does Bro . Stevens assert that they would be justified in wearing their uniform if visiting a lodge in no way connected with the service ? I think not . My remarks apply to this case , and 1 again assert that any man who does so

does prostitute his uniform by wearing it on an occasion when it is quite unnecessary , and as it appears merel y for the sake of doing so . I am sorry Bro . Stevens thinks I throw any slur upon the connection of the two bodies , because the aims of both are fas too high for that connection to be in any way detrimental to either . Both will assist a man in the exemplary

discharge of his civil duties , and I hope the connection will long continue . I think , however many of us are likely to become very much displeased , not to use a stronger term , with the way some members of what 1 called a semi-volunteer corps , i . e ., one that is in no way part of the army , navy , militia , nor amedable to the regulations issued for the government of the volunteer force generally . —I am , dear sir , yours fraternally , DOUBTFUL .

To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — " No military lodge shall initiate any person who does not belong to the military profession . " I therefore

question the validity of the bye-law of Lodge No . 1216 . I am not aware , however , that it is contra to the regulations of the craft , or of the army , to appear'in Iodge in uniform , whether red or black . —Yours fraternally . A . M . D . Newcastle-under-Lync , January iSth .

THE CRAFT IN SOUTH-EASTERN EUROPE . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — Having just returned from two years of foreign travel I looked through the files of the Freemason for news of the brethren abroad , and finding no news of the

brethien in Hungary , I think a few notes of my visit to them may be agreeable to you and your readers . It was in Vienna that I first met any of our Hungarian fellow Craftsmen . It is known to you that Austria shares with Russia the reputation of refusing the right of free men to the Masons , who in every other land but these are noted

for their loyalty . In England and Prussia the highest male members of the Royal Family belong to the Craft . In America the late President Garfield was one of its most devoted adherents . But it makes a strange impression on the foreigner that while in the country where Francis Joseph

is king ( Hungary ) Masonry is free as in England , in the country where he is emperor ( Austria ) it is forbidden . In consequence , while the Austrian Masons belong to the very best men in the country , they are obliged to leave it and cross the Hungarian frontier in order to practise their ritual .

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Coming to Vienna some weeks ago from the Electrical Exhibition at Munich , I had been invited to deliver a lecture on my American travels , and at a banquet at its close one of my hearers made himself known and invited me to a private meeting with some of our colleagues there , which was held in an upper room ol the Vienna house of a

Hungarian Freemason . I there met journalists , lawyers , members of Parliament , actors , authors , and others of high culture , of whom I had often heard in the profane world , but who are never mentioned in our papers on account of the peculiar position of Freemasonry in Austria . Their orphan asylums and charitable institutions are among

the best in Austria , and they are extremely careful as to the character of those whom they admit to their fellowship . While their meetings had quite enough of the convivial element it did not , as too often in England and America , altogether exclude more serious converse , and at every meeting which I had the privilege of attending a good paper

was read and discussed on some matter which if neither political or sectarian was of great social or literary interest . I was invited to accompany them to their work in Hungary , and on the Sunday morning about 40 of us went by rail to Pressburg , which is about 90 minutes journey by the express , and is the nearest large town in Hungary .

Sunday , which is not observed in Austria with the Puritanical strictness of England or Massachusetts , is the only day on which the brethren of the Craft could leave their profane occupations for the purpose . Here we could work without interruption , and the solemn and religious feeling which pervaded the whole work in a

body in which Jews , Roman Catholics , Lutherans , Calvinists , and men of jno church were present was peculiarly interesting to me . At our banquet a . few brethren from other Hungarian lodges joined us . The first toast was to the King of Hungary , and the orator expressed a desire that in the dominions

where he rules as Emperor of Austria the Craft might also be permitted publicly to drink his health . Among later toasts was one to the Craft thioughout the world , and to this the visiting brother from Chicago responded as well as the difficulties of a foreign language permitted him . He might , however , have spoken in English with little fear of

being misunderstood , for I was surprised to find how large a number of the Craft spoke English well and fluently , and on several later occasions the toast to the visiting brother was spoken in English . After the banquet the Austrian brethren returned to Vienna , while I went on to Budapest . There the Craft being free from the fetters which interfere

with it in Austria , I had the opportunity of visiting several meetings , both Craft and Royal Arch . It was interesting to remark the variety of languages spoken ; while atone lodge German , at another Magyar was the official tongue . English , French , Magyar , German , Roumanian speeches were made at the banquets and understood by most of the hearers .

Many of the leading members of the Hungarian lodges are well known in England . Bro . General George Klapka , one who lived in exile among us , represents the Grand Orient of France and Egypt in the Scottish Grand Orient of Hungary , and the Grand Master of the Craft Lodges is Bro . Franz Pulszky , now

Director of the National Museum of Hungary , who with his lamented wife Theresa Pulszky was in his years of exile an ornament to the literary world of London . Bro . Franz Pulszky delivered two lectures while I was in Hungary , one before the English club on Italy ; and the other in a German Craft Lodge on " Budapest fifty years

ago . " The latter interested me so much that I asked and obtained permission from the Grand Master to publish an English translation of my notes in one of our Masonic journals . I was especially gratified at the high intellectual capacity of most of the brethren whom I had the pleasure

to meet ; while the ritual and convivial part of the meetings left nothing to be desired , the intellectual part was far above the average , and I shall always remember with pleasure the few evenings that I spent in the Craft and Grand Orient Lodges of Hungary . —Yours fraternally ,

JOHN FRETWELL . Charing Cross Hotel , January 13 th .

IS HE LEGALLY AND REGULARLY ELECTED?—A CORRECTION . To the Editor of the " Freemason , " Dear Sir and Brother , — In my letter to you of the 13 th inst ., and which appears in to-day's issue of the Freemason , 1 am made to say , no doubt through my illegible handwriting , " that he must

have continued to be a subscribing member of some warranted lodge to preserve his work as a Past Warden . " The sentence should have read , " to preserve his rank as a Past Warden . " I am sorry for giving you so much trouble , but if you will kindly insert this correction you will oblige yours faithfully and fraternally , JOHN GAMBLE , P . M . Lydney , January 20 th .

KEEP YOUR TEMPER . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — One of our great Masonic truths is the old adage with which I head my letter to you to-day . But it is an

adage whicli is more honoured in the breach than in the observance . We all have our trials of temper to contend with . Heads of institutions , secretaries of charities , chairmen of meetings , officials in harness , members of a domestic circle , & c , & c , all have special temptations to give