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. "O . ALUTATI-O N , " NEWGATE STREET , LON DON , E . C . E . LIEBMANN , PROPRIETOR ( Urban Lodge , No . 1196 ) . ' This Establishment has been recently entirely RE-BUILT AiND RE-DECORATED . Amongst special features it offers arc A SPACIOUS MASONIC TEMPLE , WITH RECEPTION AND PREPARATION ROOMS , COMMODIOUS LODGE ROOMS AND BANQUETING HALLS . PKIVATE KOOMS FOR ARBITRATION MEETINGS , PROCEEDINGS , & c , & c . ' Accommodation for ELECTIONS TO CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS , Also every convenience for BALLS , WEDDING BREAKFASTS , SOIREES , AND EVENING PARTIES . CUISINE OF THE HIGHEST CHARACTER . THE WINES Have been most carefully selected , and svill be found perfect as regards condition . Thc 1 'roprictor svill be happy to supply particulars as to Tariff , Scale of Charges , & c . LODGES intending to move from their present abode will do well lo apply as earl y . aspossible . to E . LIEBMANN , PROPRIETOR . ( Urban Lodge , No . 1196 ) . "O A L U T AT I O N , " NEWGATE STREET , L O N D O N , E . C .

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THE ARMSTRONG BRACE

( PATENTED ) .

Absolute Comfort in Dress for Gentlemen

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The Armstrong Spiral Spring Brace ,

Supplied by all Tailors , Outfitters , Hosiers , and Drapers throughout the World .

" Braces or no braces has been exercising the " minds of correspondents of thc Times . One gentleman " says he is too fat to do svithout them ; another that he " can only get on ' svithout them by hitching up his trousers " before ladies , svhich hc terms an objectionable practice . " A fesv years ago I svas in Paris and , svanting a pair of

" braces , I svent to thc shop called ' Old England' to buy "them . I selected a pair which both behind and before " had spiral steel springs . Any movement extended thc " springs , so that I seemed to have no braces on , and yet 1 " svas not , like thc unfortunate correspondent of the Times " . reduced to the necessity of periodically hitching up my " trousers . The next time I svent to Paris I endeavoured "to buy another pair of these braces , but svas told that I " could not get them , so on my return to England 1 had " some made . Why there is no sale for them—as this , I " presume , is the only reason for their not being offered for " sale—I do not knosv , for unquestionably they , arc the " mpst comfortable braces that ever sverc made . "—Tritt / t , October 4 th ,

1883-,

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PERILS ABOUND ON EVERY SIDE ! The RAILWAY PASSENGERS'ASSURANCE COMPANY 64 , CORNHILL , INSURES AGAINST ACC 1 DENTSOF ALL KINDS .-ON LAND OK WATER , AND HAS THE LARGEST . IN VESTED CAPITAL , THE LARGEST INCOME , AND PAYS YEARLY THE LARGEST AMOUNT OF COMPENSATION of any Accidental Assurance Company . ' CHAIRMAN .-HARVIE M . FARQUHAR , ESQ . Apply to thc Clerks at thc Railsvay Stations , the Local Agents , or West End Ofiice : 8 , GRAND HOTEL BUILDINGS , CHARING CROSSJ or at the . HEAD OF KICK :--64 , CORNHILL , LONDON , E . C . WILLIAM J . VIAN , Secretary .

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ATLAS ASSURANCE COMPANY . . . js , CHEAPSIDE , LONDON , E . C . FIRE , LIFE ^ ACCIDENT . Capital—One Million Two Hundred Thousand I ' ouuds . Instituted 1808 , nnd / empowered hy Special Act ol Parliament , 'the Company has been In existence more than 76 Years . Moderate Rates . PromptSettlements . Liberal Conditions . All its Funds arc Invested in Great Britain . Transacts Home Business only . No Hypothecation of Funds for Foreign Policy Holders . Ample Reserves apart from Capital . LIFE DEPARTMENT—Whole-VVorld Assurances . Liberal Surrender Values given in Cash or by paid-up Policies , . Payment of Claims immediately on proof of death . All kinds of Life Assurance transacted . ACCIDENTS—Assures ! Against , whether fatal or causing total or partial disablement , at moderate rates , and with liberal Compensation . FIRE—Policies issued free of expense . LOSSES OCCASIONED BY LIGHTNING "in be paid whether thc property be set on lire or not . LOSS OR DAMAGE caused by Explosion of Coal Gas iu any building assured svill be made good . Seven yean' Pc'Hics granted on payment 0 / Six Years' Premiums . Active Agents Wanted . .. __ SAMUEL . ] . PIPKIN , Secretary .

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AN IMPORTANT FACT ! C-rr < and upwards carefully invested « W X \ J in Options on Stocks and Shares is the safest and most popular svay of rapidly making money on the Stock Exchange b y the non-liability system . Explanatory Book ( nesv edition ) giving full details , gratis and post free . — Address , GEORGE EVANS and Co ., Ssvorn Brokers , Gresham House , London , E . C .

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THE ASYLUM FOR IDIOTS , EARLWOOD , REDHILL , SURREY . Under the Patronage of Her Most Gracious Majesty THE QUEEN . . Total number of Inmates in the Asylum 563 Entirel y supported by Voluntary Subscriptions ... 375 FUNDS ARE URGENTLY NEEDED TO MEET CURRENT EXPENSES . Superior accommodation is provided for private cases , payment for svhich is regulated by the Board of Manage- ' ment . BANKERS—The London Joint Stock Bank . WILLIAM NICHOLAS , Secretary . Offices , 36 , King William-street , E . C .

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BRITISH EQUITABLE ASSURANCE COMPANY , Office , 4 , Queen-strect place , London , E . C . ~ TWENTY-NINTH ANNUAL REPORT , MAY , 1 SS 1 . NEW BUSINESS . 20 > J 7 Policies issued for J C-J- ' I'HW Nesv Premium Income . { , 12 , 566 BUSINESS IN FORCE . 26 , 704 Policies , Assuring £ 4 , 948 , 145 REVENUE OF THE YEAR . Premiums £ 144 , 626 * Interest , & c £ 37 > 95 , ' . ACCUMULATED FUND . "' , ~' "' . Laid by in the year , £ * *> 5 , 507 Accumulated frund on 31 st January , 1 SS 4 ( equal to 76 per cent , of the net premiums received upon policies in force ) £ 'JiS , 6 oij ' Claims and Bonuses paid under the Company ' s Policies , £ Sob , Sc * S . Average Reversionary Bonus for 27 ycars about i | per cent , per Annum . MUTUAL ENTRANTS IN 1 SS 4 PARTICIPATE IN THE ELEVENTH DIVISION OF PROFITS . Inflitcntinl Arrpnfe \ vnntf * r 1 .

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THREE Boys' and THREE Girls ' VOTES for next election in EXCHANGE for Letter for a Convalescent Home , South Coast . Wanted at once . —VV . Poore , 155 , Cheapside , E . C .

To Correspondents.

To Correspondents .

"CUKIOSO . "—Wc do not consider that "a Past Provincial Grand Officer svho has ceased to be a member of that province , though hc subscribes in another province , " is prohibited from svearing thc clothing of the lirst mentioned province , . ' ( 'he question of voting , and the right to svear certain clothing , are quite distinct matters , the one being possibly lost whilst the other is retained .

The follosving communications have been received , but are not inserted in this issue osving to want of space : — Industry Lodge , No . 48 . Lodge of Honor and Generosity , No . 165 . Brixton Lodge of Instruction , No . ig 4 y .

LIST OK I'Al'liRS KliClilVliU . " Kcj atone , " " Le Muuitcur de la Chance Uniserselle , " " Broad Arrosv , " "Hull Packet , " "CW « n , " " Masonic Kevless-, " "Court Circular , " " Orilla Ncsss Letter , ' " South Australian Register Summary , " " Hough Ashlar , " " City Press , " "lesvish Chronicle , " "! . « Alieja , "" 1 ' recmasons' Keposilorv , " "Alasonic Review , " "Allen ' s Indian Mall , " " Tricycling lo ' urnal . "

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SATURDAY , MAY 31 , 1884 .

Original Correspondence.

Original Correspondence .

[ We do not hold oursclven responsible for , ! r even apprui ing of , the apinionsexprcssedby our correspondents , but sve svish in aspiril of fair p lay to all to permit—within certain necessary limits—free discussion ! ———THE VICTORIA CHAPTER , MONTREAL . To the Editor of thc " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , With reference to questions previously mooted in vour columns I svish to call attention to the" Alala Fides "

svhich has been svorking behind this movement in favour of the Grand Chapter of Quebec , and to ask a fesv questions ' . ( 1 ) . What has really become of the old charter of Victoria Chapter ? There can be no doubt that the minute book and svarrant of the Victoria Chapter svere either . deliberately made asvay svith , or are still in existence and im-Eroperly kepfback from theirlasvful osvncrs . Can nothing c done to restore these documents , and so afford a pleasant commentary on Masonic reality and honour ? Othersvise wc are confronted by the stern facts of the case , and only ' have to deal svith fictitious professions , underhand proceedings , and un-Masonic duplicity and violence . 2 . 1 should also like information on another subject .

Despite the loud assurances ot the Urand Lodge of Uuebcc , is it quite certain or true that it never did discuss and admit the old concordat as betsveen the Grand Lodge of England and the Grand Lodge of Canada ? . Was there nothing arranged by a joint Committee of the Grand Lodge of Canada and the Grand Lodge of Quebec ? Is not the repudiation of the original concordat an afterthought ? " 3 . Can there by any possibility be any reality in the assertion that , by 3 private edict of the Grand Master of the

Grand Lodgeof Canada , the W . M . of one of the Montreal lodges svas refused admission at a lodge in Toronto , because not of a legal body ? These are questions svhich deserve attention and anssvers . A FRIEND TO THE MONTREAL LODGES AND CHAPTERS .