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Just Published . Cloth , 5 s . rnilE HISTORY AND RECORDS OP THE HARMONIC LODGE , I No . 216 , AND THB SACRED DELTA R . A . CUAl'TSR . By Hi-other JOSHPII HAWKIKS P . M . 1 \ Z . Liverpool : C . ASD H . RATCLIFFE , PmtmsBS AND I ' PBUSHBBS , 32 CASTLE STBBET . . London : W . W . MORGAN , BELVIDKSK WORKS , HKRMES HILL , PHNTOJ-VUMS , N .

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GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY'S SERVICES . From Irongafe and St . Katharine ' s Wharf . EDINBURGH . —Wednesday and Saturday . Saloon 22 s ; forecabin , 16 s . Return , 34 s or 21 s ( id . HULL . —Every Wednesday , at 8 a . m . Saloon , 10 s ; fore-cabin , 7 s . Return , 15 s and 11 . HAMBURG > ram LONDON DIRECT . —Every Thursday . Saloon , 30 s ; lore cabin , 20 s . Return , 15 s or 31 s . Also from Liverpool Street oiu , Harwich , Wednesday and Saturday , at 8 p . m . OSTEND . —Wednesday and Saturday . —Saloon , 10 a ; fore-cabin , 7 s ( id . Return las and lis 3 d . ANTWERP every Saturday , at 4 p . m . Saloon , 15 s ; fore-cabin , lis . Return , 21 s and 17 s . Excursion , 13 s . BORDEAUX . — Every Friday . Saloon , 50 a ; fore-cabin , 35 a . Return , 80 s and 00 s . Excursion , 70 s . Through Tickets to Arcachon , Biarritz , Pan , & c . From London Bridge Wharf . MARGATE . —Every Sunday , at 9 a . m . —There and back same day , 5 s . YARMOUT H , MARGATE , RAMSGATE , DEAL , and DOVER daily , and occasionally Boulogne . FOR PARTICULARS apply tothe G . S . N . Co ., 55 Groat Tower Street , oi 1-1 Waterloo Placo , Loudon .

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PROVINCE OF NORTHS AND HUNTS . rnail PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE will bo held at Northampton , X on Thursday , 25 th September , at Two o'clock , when THE CEREMONY OF CONSECRATION AND DEDICATION Oi * THE NEW MASONIC HALL , PRINCES STREET , Wi THE RIGHT WOR . PROV . GRAND MASTER , THE RT . HON . THE EABL OF EUSTON , D . L . Witt TAKE l-DAC *! . A Banquet will bo served at Four o'Clock ; Tickets , 6 s 6 d each . Applications for Banquet tickets to bo sent to tho Secretary , Bro . J . J . HABT , Masonic Hall , on or beforo the 20 th September inat .

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

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IjtoplilasaitkInstitution:for§JOJJ 8, ELECTION , OCTOBER 1890 The votes of subscribers are earnestly solicited for HAROLD STREETER GOLDSMITH , AGED 8 YEARS , YOUNGEST SON OP THE LATE BRO . W . O . GOLDSMITH . Bro . GOLDSMITH was initiated in tho Chislehurst Lodgo , No . 1531 , shortly after its consecration in 1875 , and remained a subscribing member till 1881 , when he joined tho Gallery Lodge , No . 1928 . In thia latter Lodge ho served all tho offices up to that of W . M . It was while holding thia office , and three days after the election of his successor , that he died , ou the 15 th November 1887 . He was a Life Governor of the Boys' School , and a Subscriber to all tho Masonio Charities , nnd was , at all times , a hard worker in Masonry . He was for many years , and at the time of his death , a member of tho Reporting Staff of the Press Association , and in that capacity was wall know to all Journalists in tho United Kingdom . Thomider-mentkmed Brethren strongly recommend the case of his son , the above-named candidate : — Bro . CiiA « r , Bs KKDCLKV , Hihornia Chambers , Loudon . Bridge , S . K ., W . M . " !) , P . M . 1 ( 511 , M . K . Z . 73 . The Rev . S . A . SKLWvrf , Past ( lhaplnin 210 , St . James ' s Vicarage , llalcliam , S . E Bro . H . K . F . BUSSKY , P . M . 1 » 28 , 123 Brixton Hill , S . W . Bro . Aldernutn KAHUCOMBK , Prov . G . J . VV . Sussex , East SussexNeics Office , Lowes . Bro . B . . 1 . GBiPrmis , W . M . 1 » 2 S , < t luner Temple Lane , E . O . Bro . C . F . PABDOIT , P . M . 1028 , 119 Fleer , Street , E . C . Bro . R . J . AMIKBV , 13 U 2 , S . D . 1928 , 21 Stockwell Park Crescent , S . W . Bro . Tiros . 0 . SUMNEH , Yorkshi re Post Oflice , Leeds , No . 1211 . v Bro . THOMAS MINSTRKLT ,, P . M . 87 , P . M . and Secretary 1923 , 10 Ann Street , Union Sc ( iiare , Islington , N . Bro . H . MASSBV , P . M . 819 , P . M . and Treasurer 1928 , 93 Chancery Lane , W . C . Bro . 3 . C . DUCUIVOBTH , P . M . 1928 , Liverpool Courier Otlice , 81 Fleet Street , K . C . Bro . W . T . PiiKKt-fS , J . W . 1928 , Manchester Courier Oflice , 27 Fleet Street , K . C . Bro . A . F . ASHKR , P . M . 1395 , Surrey Advertiser Office , Guildford . Bro . J . H . HAWKS , P . M . 38 , West Sussex Gazette Oflice , Chichester . Bro . W . J . IKNKS , 1028 , 219 South Lambeth Road , S . W . Bro . W . E . Pm , 1928 , Press Assaeiutio ?/ , Wino Oilico Court , E . C . Bro . J AJIKS Wir . MtfG . ivx ., V . P ., P . M . 177 , 1507 , 17-11 . 1 JW , and 1319 , P . Z . 1000 , 1507 , 2018 , P . A . S . Middlesex , Sc . Bro . R . STACJIY , P . M . and P . / . 180 , I'M Brixton Road , S . W . _ Any ofthe above Brethren will thankfully recaive votes , or they may bo sent to Mrs . GOLDSMITH , 71 Manor Road , Brockloy , S . E .

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BRO . JAMES STEVENS P . M . P . Z . ia prepared to enter into arrangements with Metropolitan and Piovincial'Lodnes ( however distant ) for the Delivery of his Lectures on the Ritual and Ceremonial of the Symbolic Degrees iu Freemasonry ( two hours ) , in respect of which most fav urable criticism has been published by the Masonic and Local Journals . " Brother Stevens must he hoard within tho four walls of our respective Lodge Rooms , for there only can his most useful work bo understood and appreciated , " —Address , in first instance , to tho care of the Editor of ibis paper .

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FREEMASONS'MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR . FOR SALE . —Tho First Threo Volumes of the 4 fco Series , issued from July 1851 ) to December 1860 . Bound in Cloth , as published ; Vols .. 2 and 3 gilt edge * . In line condition , with splendid portrait of the Earl of Zetland , M . W . G . M . Price £ 2 10 s . Address M . M ., c / o Publisher FBHKMASOS ' S CHRONICLK , Belvidere Works , Hermes Hill , London , N .

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Just Published , 2 vols ., Crown Svo , Cloth gilt , Gilt Edges , Price 21 s . THE CHURCH HISTORY OF ENGLAND . BY M . PORRITT . LONDON * : W . W . MORGAN , MCLVIDERK WORKS , HERMES HILL , I PENTON VILLE , N .

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INSTALLATION OF H . R . H . THE PRINCE OF WALES As the M . W . G . M . of England , AT THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL , 28 th APKIL 187 5 . CDIMES of this BEAUTIFUL ENGRAVING by Brother HALT V P . M ., consisting of Artist ' s Proofs , Proofs before Letters , anil Lettered Proofs , India Prints , and Plain Prints may be had at Cost Price by apply in ; , ' to Bro . W . R . NORRIS , 29 Southampton Buildings , W , C London .

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wgy- v- * vw %% VW gfcwwwwwJ SATURDAY , 13 TH SEPTEMBER 1890 .

Knights Of The Red Cross Of Constantine.

KNIGHTS OF THE RED CROSS OF CONSTANTINE .

BRO . CHARLES K . FRANCIS , M . T . Grand Sovereign , in a recent address , delivered himself as follows : — The distinf-nislipd Sir Bernard Burke , of England , in tho introduction to hia "Book of Orders of Knighthood and Decoration * of Honour , " remarks , " Tho desire to possess honorary distinctions haa shown itself in various shapes , from very remote times , aud

among nations strangely dissimilar ; and to be able to wear them ou tbe person as evidence of some particular qualification iu the individual , or aaknovfiedgmeut of important service rendered by Lim to his country , haa heeu an object of human ambition almost from time immemorial . "

The date of the institution of the Order of Red Cross of Constantino is uncertain . Sir Bernard Burke , referring to the Order , says , "This Order lays claim to the earliest antiquity . Tradition assorts that it was instituted under Constantine the Great , while sober history assigns its ori » iu to the year 11 ! J 0 , giving as its founder , the

Eastern Emperor , Luac Angelus Cotuuouu- * , who lent to it tho lmuie of Constantine ( the Coirinenus race professed to derive their descent from him ) and also that of St . George , its patron saint . Tho 1

rules were formed after thoso of St . Basilius , aud the Order rapi "/ acquired so many members that it was found necessary to esta blish , in all purls of Christendom , Vicar-Generals to manage its concerns and possessions , which increased from day to day by tho legacies ol