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KAYO'SGA 8 V& SHOYWtJ EAST MOLESEY , HAMPTON COURT STATION ( Adjoining the RAILWAY , and facing the RIVER and PALACE ) . BRO . JOHN MAYO has ample accommodation in the new wing of this old-established and noted Riverside Hotel for Banquets for any number up to 100 . Every convenience for Ladies * Gatherings . Spacious landing to river , whence Steam Launches can start . Specimens of Menus , with prices , sent ou application . Threo Lodges meet at the Castle Hotel , and reference may be made to tho respective Masters as to the catering , 4 c .

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STAR AND GARTER HOTEL , KEW BRIDGE , Bro . C . W . BENNETT , Proprietor . THE accommodation at thia Popular Establishment for MASONIC LODGES AND CHAPTERSw Wil be found of the moat complete and perfect character . THE LODGE ROOMS ARE COMMODIOUS AND WELL APPOINTED . THE BANQUET HALLS WILL SEAT FROM 100 TO 400 GUESTS . The Culinary Arrangements embrace every modern feature . Special Facilities for Mtbbiixg gwakfasfs , Soirees , Concerts , $ aUs , < S § 6 « mig parties , tfarben parties , $ ifrer parties , Steam ^ wxnttys , & t . The Stock of WIMES * comprises all tbe BEST KNOWN BRANDS , aud will be found in PEKFKCT CONDITION . PRIVATE ROOMS FOR LARGE OR SMALL PARTIES . GOOD STABLING . CARRIAGES . WAGONETTES . BRAKES , & c . ON HIRE . Scale of Charges and farther particulars on application . THB ROYAL ALFBBD LODOB , CHISWICK : LODOB , CHISWICK MARK LODOB , LOIALIX AITD CHABITX LODBB , ROSB O ? DBHMABK CHAPTBB , ST . MAST ' CHAPTBB , AUD RO-CAL ALERBD LODGE OS ISSTBCCTIOS , HOLD THBIB HKBUCTQS AT THIS ESTABLISHUBNT .

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CRYSTAL PALACE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS . — The SCHOOL OF ART , SCIENCE , and LITERATURE , LADIES' DIVISION . —THIRTY-FIRST SESSION , 1891 . Education of the highest class for Ladies , by Tutorial Instruction , Private Lessons , and University Lectures and Classes ; the Art and Scientific Collections of thc Crystal Palace being utilised for practical education , by distinguished Instructors . A complete curriculum can be taken by the student , or a single subject , at option , commencing at any time . To the ordinary Literary and Scientific branches of Education are added Faculties of Fine Arts , and of Music , that have very special and exceptional advantages for the student . An education of the most advanced and refined type , whether of an elementary character , or complementary to ordinary school instruction , can be obtained . The Instructors and Lecturers in the several Faculties of Fine Arts , History , Literature , Languages , Science , and Music , & c , are of the highest eminence , and the mode of tuition involves personal attention . FINE ARTS . —Samuel J . Hodson , It . W . S ., John Scott , R . I ., E . Wcnsley Russell , Herbert A . Bone , Edward Crompton , H . Windsor Fry , G . A . Rogers , B . A . Lillie . VISITOKS IN THE ART SCHOOL . —E . J . Poynter , E . A ., J . Ii . Burgess , R . A . LETTERS . —Professor II . Frank Heath , B . A ., Ph . D ., Miss E . Fogerty , Mortimer de Larmoycr , Dr . N . Heinemann , F . R . G . S ., Luigi Ricci , B . A ., J . H . Rose , M . A ., F . R . Hist . S ., H . E . Maiden , M . A ., F . R . Hist . S ., W . 15 . Kcmshead , M . A ., Ph . D . . Music . —Herr Gustav Ernest , Frederick Cliflfe , Arthur O'Lcary , John Francis Barnett , A . J . Eyre , Mdme . Pereira , Miss E . Tedder , Otto Manns , Robert Reed , Mdme . St . Germaine , Henry Blower , Gustave Garcia , A . Romili , W . A . B . Russell , Mus . Bac . Oxon ., Professor J . F . Bridge , Mus . Doc , Ebenezer Prout , B . A . Daiicing . —tl . Louis d'Egville , Miss L . Pear . Particulars in the Library , next Byzantine Court , Crystal Palace . F . K . J . SHENTON , F . R . Hist . S ., Superintendent Educational Department .

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CRYSTAL PALACE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS . — JUNIOR SCHOOL FOR LADIES . Designed to afford , by tutorial Instruction , an elementary education of the best class , having regard to principles as well as particulars , for Girls up to the age of 16 years , and to serve as a preparation for thc advanced training of the Senior bchool of Art , Science , and Literature . The fee is inclusive of the complete curriculum . Particulars in the Library , next Byzantine Court , Crystal Palace . F . K . J . SHENTON , F . R . Hist . S ., Superintendent Educational Department .

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CRYSTAL PALACE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS . — Thc SCHOOL OF PRACTICAL ENGINEERING . Founded 1872 . Principal—Mr . J . W . Wilson , M . Inst . C . E . and i „ . i . visi ? ; 2 . ^ school was established in 1872 , with the purpose of affording to students of Civil or of Mechanical Engineering the advantage of thorough practical instruction in the rudiments of either branch of the profession , and in the manipulation of materials . The Divisions are : 1 . —MECHANICAL COURSE . II . —CIVIL ENGINEERING SECTION . Colonial Kfe ° MAL Dlvlsw ! i ~ ^ Preliminary practica training of youn gmen for Fo ^ ^» 'l ' ! ?' f'V r ° ,: vot ?^ t 0 '"" ruction in thc science of Electrical IW * . £ u Ct , CaI Apphcat'on of it . Marine and Mining Divisions . Palace ? undersigned , in the Library , next Byzantine Court Crystal F . K . J . SHENTON , F . R . Hist . S ., Superintendent . Educational Department 1 ,

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SATUBDAY , 11 TH JULY 1891 .

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ROYAL ARCH .

CONSECRATION OF THE PLUME CHAPTER , AT MALDON .

FOR some years the R . A . Masons of Maldon have been compelled to travel to Colchester , but being desirous of forming a Chapter in their own town they petitioned tho Supreme Grand Chapter , and being supported by a recommendation from the Grand Snperintendent of the Province ( M . E . Comp . Fred . A . Philbrick , Q . C , G . R . ) , their prayer was granted , and a Charter issued , empowering nino companions to form "Tha Flume" Chapter , to meet at the Masonio

Hall , Maldon . On Thursday , the 2 nd nit ., the Grand Superintendent , accompanied by several of the Provincial Grand Officers , attended for the purpose of consecrating the Chapter . The Grand Superintendent reached Maldon by rail at four o ' clock , and waa met at the station by Comp . Barritt , Z . Elect of the new Chapter , and conducted to the Masonio Hall , when the proceedings at once commenced ; the Grand

Superintendent being assisted by the following Officers : —Comp . Richard Clowes P . Z . 51 Prov . G . H . as H ., Alfred Welch P . Z . 61 P . P . G . J . as J ., Thos . J . Railing P . Z . 51 Prov . G . S . E . as S . E ., Albert Lucking Prov . G . D . C . as D . C , and J . P . Lewin P . Z . 276 P . P . G . S . N . as N . The Grand Superintendent , in addressing the Companions , said they were there to assist in a ceremony whioh must be of great

interest to all R . A . Masons , for the consecration of a Chapter waa not of every-day occurrence . No doubt tho place in whioh they were assembled had suggested to the founders the name of their Chapter —the name of Plume re-called a benefactor to the town of Maldon , whose memory was cherished , and deservedly so , by the inhabitants . He commended the zeal of the founders in having travelled to

Colchester from time to time for the practice of U . A . Masonry , and congratulated them upon the formation of a Chapter in their midst , whioh he felt sure would be a source of strength to the Province . 16 was , he thought , a happy augury that this Chapter was the ninth in the Province , the number nine being of special interest to all U . A . Masons . An oration on " The Nature and Principles of tho

Institution " was delivered by the acting J . ( Ex . Comp . Alfred Welch P . Z . 51 P . P . G . J . ) , who , after remarking upon the comparative rarity of , and consequent especial interest in , an occasion of this kind , said-It is well tbat at these times we should call to mind the grand purposes for whioh Masonry was originally founded , and the sublime precepts inculcated throughout its entire teaching . As yon are

aware , Masonry does not profess to be a religion , but it is most certainly an excellent handmaid to religion , and is fitly described as a peculiar system of morality , veiled in allegory and illustrated by symbols . It is founded upon the purest principles of piety and virtue . No Masonio function is ever engaged in without first invoking the assistance and blessing of the most high , and its entire

teaching is in strict accordance with the divine precepts laid down for our guidance in tho volume of the saored law , and by whioh onr Masonio obligations enjoin us to regulate our lives and actions . The symbolisms of Masonry , great in their number and varied in their kind , have all their various uses and distinctive lessons , and furnish a most interesting study to those who derive a pleasure in the

pursuit and acquisition of knowledge . Many distinguished writers are of opinion that long before the introduction of written language ideas were expressed in visible form through the medium of symbolisms ; that allegorical representations of natural objects was a thoroughly understood science , by the application of whioh it has been fonnd possible to decipher the pictorial representations engraven on ancient

monuments , and to read the history of nations whose records have been buried in the grave of remote antiquity , and whose very existence had been forgotten . The sacred volume itself abounds with symbolic teaching , the key to the knowledge of which furnishes in many instances the only true solution of tho hidden meaning contained therein , and affords a potent weapon of defence against the assaults

of the scientific scepticism of tha age . The Jewish nation , from whom we derive much of our Masonio ' . lore , and through whom our traditions have been transmitted , wero eminently a people who wero instructed throngh the science of symbolism and allegory . Tho first Temple ( which stands in its relation to Craft Masonry , as the second Temple doos to that of the Royal Arch ) was the outward and visiblo

expression of the teaching I have described . I need nofc detail to an assembly eo instructed as this tho various lessons we are taught in tho plan and structure of that wonderful edifice ; how the principles of order woro inculcated iu tho workmen engaged in its construction , and how , in accordance with tho orderly methods which our traditions inform us wero thon observed , we havo our various degrees of Entered Apprentice , Fellow Craft , and Master Mason , each with

its special ftmctiona and usages , and all bound by honourable obligations of fraternal unity and loyal obedience . Tho Jews , who were tho builders and custodians of that wonderfnl Temple , wero a chosen and eminently representative people , whosa entire history , as recorded iu the sacred writings , abound with lessons for our instrnction and guidance . The various works undertaken by them whioh furnish the text and groundwork of Masonio teaching , and