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THE FREEMASONS' TAVERN , GKSAT QUSEN STItKlHT . LONDON W . C . The lulinimblu ami unriviillrd : iu-niumnil ; ltii > ii provklad ut ltd KstilblUlimu'lt ( or IMI ^ -SOI-T IE C BAUQ , "U"ETS , PUBLIC AND PRIVATE DINNERS , WEDDING BREAKFASTS , BALLS , fie . Is too well known to mvih'iiNinicnt . Th .- I'nt in- iii : iii : v-i . Mii » -iit ! ms Luen CIMHIKCII , unci trie febllitishmiait in nllits bninclli's IhuiVUirhl . v i-u-oi-jnuiiswl . Tin : : itt < -iiti"ii of tlio Jlii-i'inlu Iloily N iliivctcd to the ninny lulvantiixus offcreci . CUISINK . OF T . I-tE HKmWST CHAKACTI 5 R . «* IA'i :. S rKKJ'KtT * L \ VONIM'flON AM ) (* UAL 11 V . N . B .-DMNERS PROVIDED FROM 3 / -. RESTAURANT , WINK , SMOKING & 11 KTI RING ROOMS . Tlio fullest measure of public confidence * unci support ensured . BRO . ALFRED BEST . P ROPRIETOR -

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DIN \ I ; : ; S FROM Tin ; JOINT , from TWELVE to THREE o'Cluek . /^ UtOl'S and STEAKS from tho GRILL , till FIVE o'Clock . T . Maidwell , Hercules Tavern , Leadenhall St ., City .

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AN APPEAL TO THE CRAFT . Bro . Voigt v . Bros . Carr , Trevor , and Laking . fllHTS very im-Mnsoniu Action was tried at Leeds on tho 10 th Auar . AX . last , before Mr . Justice iiowen uitct a common jury , for libel alleged to bo contained in a circulur ( issued according to regulation ) by the W . M . ( Bro . Carr ) and Ihe Secretary ( lira . Laking ) , two of tho defendants , to the members of Lodge Alexandra , No . 1511 , Hornsea , which embodied u motion by the other defendant ( Bro . Trevor ) for the exclusion from tho Lodgo of tho plaintiff * ( Bro . Voigt ) —sec reports of tlio trial in tho Times of 12 th August and the FluiiarASOtr ' s CJII :. » -IOI . I ; of 21 st August last . On tho 0 th February 1877 , a few days after his exclusion , tho plaintiff , served the defendants with notice of this action , icilhout aiijl remonstrance vtith litem or the Lodge , or H / / / of iimj sort to higher Alusonie ailllinvilij . But in consequence of the order mado a few months later by Mr . Justice Field , before whom his demurrer was heard in tho Queen ' s Bench , that tho case " should stand over to go before tho Grand Master , " the plaintiff appealed to his Provincial Grand Master , Lord Zetland , who declined to interfere leith the sentence of exclusion jiassed against him bij the Lodge . He did not , however , withdraw the legal proceedings he had instituted against the defendants , but ultimately obtained a . verdict with " One Farthing " damages . Seeing that this Action has been brought in open defiance of all Masonic principles and law , I earnestly appeal to the Fraternity at large , to assist mc in defraying tlio very heavy costs of my defence , which will amount to J 2150 at tho least , and which I am quite unable to bear without thoir fraternal and liberal help . TUDOR TREVOR , Royal Cumberland Lodgo , Ko . < 11 , New Temple Preceptory , No . 117 , P . M . P . Z . P . E . O . 30 deg . & c . & c . 120 Highgatc , Kendal , Oth September 1 SS 0 .

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ESTA B . L I SI-I E 3 D T HIETY YEARS . W . Y E L DH A M , TAILOR AND OUTFITTER , 23 Great Queen Street , Lincoln ' s Inn Fields . Strong and Serviceable Materials Guaranteed . £ s d Tourists Suits—Tweeds , Angola , & C . 2 0 0 Worsted Diagonals fr . r Business Suits 3 0 0 Full Dress Suits from -3 3 0 Business Trousers from 0 12 0 Useful Overcoats 1 10 0 W . Yoldham trusts , by acting in a liberal manner , lo ensure tho support Of the Public , W . Yeldham , 23 Great Queen Street , Lincoln ' s Inn Fields , W . C .

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BOILING WATER HALF A MINUTE . THE CROWN INSTANTANEOUS WATER HEATER Is the Best Boiler for Baths , Lavatories , and all | Domestic Purposes . ' ePCawJ EWART & SON , ' ^ JpSlMSIr 34 G EUSTON BOAD . — ————

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«¦ I -II 111 I ¦¦ . !¦¦¦ ¦¦ —¦¦¦ K I—— . . 1 . I . 1 I . I , . * ,., —« - — . ¦* ,- < mw--. m ~ .. m . ** .. w + .. ill . V _ . M-H VITRUVIAN LODGE , No . 87 . BRO . ISAAC , who hits for some time past provided for the requirements of this r ; odgc , begs to announce tli ; t iio has obtained permission for the removal of his license to the Belvedere-road , anil that he has erected commodious premises there . These comprise _ A . SZPJLCIOTTS MASOHIO ZEL ^ IDID-¦ WITH ASIE BOOMS , LARGE BANQ [ LETTING HALL , Together with every convenience for Masonio gatherings . Applications from Secretaries and others for accommodation to be addressed . 0 . ISAAC , " Wini £ Hun , " CoLLuaJs Smiiiii , LAMMSIH , LOUDON , S . ii .

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T ON'DON nnd NORTH WESTERN R A IF , WAY . —AUTUMN JU KXCURSIONS . —On Saturday , September istli , a CHKAP KXOURSION will leave Kiiston at l > ' 2 " > n . m . Chalk Farm !) -: ' o , Kilburn 9 ' : < 3 . Clapham Junction S ' . ' JO , Victoria ( London , Brighton and South Coast side ) S' 2 ~ > , also Battersca , Chelsea , West ISivmpton , Kensington , aud Uxbridge Road ; Broad Street ( City ) s-. Vi , Oatstou ' . !•'* , Highbury aud Islington ( V 1 , Mansion House S" 3-l , lUuckfi-iavs S" 10 , ( 'having Cross 8 11 , Westminster Bridge S Hi , aud Willesden Junction 0-15 , for Blackpool , Preston , Blackburn , Wigan , Bolton , Holyhead , Bangor , Carnarvon , Birkenhead , Runcorn , Chester , ' Rhyl , Oenbiirh , Harlech , Barmouth . Dolgolloy , Aberystwlth , Kuthin , Corwen , Northwieli , Crewe , Mantwieh , Hereford , Leominster , Ludlow , Craven Arms , Llanidloes , Montgomery , Newtown , Oswestry , "Welshpool , Jlinsterlcy , Shrewsbury , Welt ngton , Newport , Stafford , LIVERPOOL , Manchester , Warrington , Birmingham , Wolverhampton , Stoke , Burslem , Macclesfield , Leamington , Keuilworth , Coventry , Derby , Burton , Lichfield , Tamworth , Leicester , Nuneaton , Stour Valley and South Staffordshire Stations , Buxton , Chapcl-en-le-Frith , Stockport , anil the Yorkshire District ( with exceptions ) ; returning on Monday , September 20 th , or Thursday , September 23 rd . Tor fares and full particulars seo bills , to bo obtained at any of the Stations , the various Parcels Receiving Offices , and at Gaze's Tourist Office , 112 Strand . G . FINDLAY , General Manager . Huston Station , September 18 S 0 .

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Gleanings From Old Chronicles, &C.

Gleanings From Old Chronicles , & c .

In the old feudal times fermes were tho yearly rent of Counties , Towns , Burghs , Guilds , & c ., as concerted between tho Crown nnd tho fermour . Escheats were lands , & c ., which becamo vested in tho Crown , either by devolution , forfeiture , seizure , or some other title . Tallage

was revennepaid to the king , and raised upon his demesnes , escheats , aud wardships , and upon tho Burghs and Towns of tho realm . When it Avas paid for out of lands not held by military tenure it signified Ilidage ; when paid out of Knights' fees , it was Scutuge ; and when paid by Towns and Burghs , it was Tallage .

Tho sheriffs in old times were often called upon to perform special duties , and Madox , in his " History of the Exchequer , " quotes a Eoyal Mandate from a Itoll of tho 26 th year of Henry III . in which tho Sheriff of Gloncester was commanded to canso twenty salmons to bo brought and made into a pasty , against the approaching Christmas . Rex Vicecomite Glouce ' striw salutem . Prcccipimus tibi , quod cmi vigi 7 iti Salmones et in pane poni facias ; et nobis millas Londoniam contra , instans festum Natalis Domini , fyc .

Anciently the King's revenue , jewels , and other treasure used to bo kept in the treasury of the Exchequer , called the Treasury of Leagues , and since known as the Pyx Chamber , on tho east side of tho cloisters of Westminster Abbey aud at tho rear of tho Chapter House . Tho door of this chamber appears to have been lined inside and out with human skin , and driven full of nails . Mr . Scott , in his " Gleanings

of Westminster Abbey , " mentions that in the course of his researches ho discovered a piece of what seemed to bo white leather remaining on tho door , but on closer examination it proved to bo human skin , and he refers to an old tradition that they were the skins of Danes , tanned and lixed there as a memorial of our delivery from them .

Similar marks have been found on other doors , but it is Mr . Scott s opinion thafc they were not the skins of Danes , but of persons executed for sacrilege , and that tho custom of liuing the doors of sacred treasuries with human skins was intended to terrify other depredators .

In tho statute which defined the king ' s prerogative , and was passed in the seventeenth year of the reign of Edward the Second , it was laid down that where an } ' ship was lost at sea , aud the goods or cargo were thrown upon the land , such goods were adjudged to belong to the King . It was necessary , however , in order to constitute a Avreck that the goods should como to land . If they continued at sea they were

known by the barbarous names of " jetsam , " " flotsam , " and " ligan ;" "jetsam" applying to goods cast into tho sea and then sinking , or remaining under water ; "flotsam " to goods which continued floating on tho surface of the waters ; and " ligan " to goods sunk in the sea , bat tied to a cork or bnoy in order to be found again . If any owner to these appeared he was entitled to recover possession , but if not , they becamo the King ' s property .

" Waifs , " or bona waviata , were goods stolen and waived , or thrown away by tho thief in his flight . The learned Blackstone draws some very fine distinctions in the case of waifs . According to him , they were given to tho King as a punishment to the owner for not pursuing the thief and recovering hia gooda . " So that if the party robbed