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IR , O "Y" -A . ID MASONICBENEVOLENTINSTITUTION JOB AGED FREEMASONS AND W 1 D 0 V / S OF FREEMASONS , CROYDON . Grand Patron and President : His ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES , K . G ., & c , M . W . G . M . THEANNIVERSARYFESTIVAL WILL TAKE PLACE AT , FREEMASONS' TAVERN , GREAT QUEEN STREET , LONDON , ON WEDNESDAY , THK 27 TH OF FEBRUARY 1889 , UPOJT WHICH OCCASION The Right Hon . the EARL of EUSTON , R . W . Provincial Grand Master of Norths and Hunts , has been pleased to signify bis intention of presiding . BRETHREN are earnestly invited to accept the office of Stewards upon thia occasion , and thoy will greatly obligoby forwarding their names and Masonic rank as soon as convenient , to the S cretary , who will gladly give any information required , and supply them with the necessary circulars , & c . It is fraternally hoped that upon this occasion , owing to the large number of applicants aud tho few vacancies , B ethren will use their influence to obtain donations towards tho funds of the Institution , which wero never moro needed than at the present timo . Expenditure in Annuities alone £ 15 , 000 . Permanent income only - £ 3 , 000 . 428 Annuitants on the funds . 140 Candidates seeking admission . JAMES TERRY , Vice-Patron , P . G . Sword Bearer , P . Prov . G . S . W . Norths and Hunts , Secretary . OJTICE : —i Freemasons' Hall , London , W . O .

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KAYO'SCASYLSHOYSIt EAST MOLESEY , HAMPTON COURT STATION ( Adjoining the EAILWAY , and facing the RIVER and PALACE ) . BRO . JOHN MAYO has ample accommodation in fche new wing of this old-established ancl 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 on application . Three Lodges meet at tho Castle Hotel , and reference may be made to the respective Masters as to the catering , & c .

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To Masonie Book Collectors . FOR SALE . —The FIRST EIGHT VOLUMES of THE FREEMASON'S QUARTERLY REVIEW—1831 to 1841 . Half bound , tooled and lettered . In Fine Condition . Prico £ G 10 s . Address W ., Office of the FREEMASON ' S CHBOHICI / B , Belvidere Works , Hermes Hill , Pentonville , London , N .

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MASONICLITERATURE. WANTED . —To Purchase , for Cash , OLD BOOKS ON FREEMASONRY . State fall Title , Date , and stvle of Binding ; with prices required . Address , F . W ., 41 Thornhill Square , Barnsbury , London , N . Four days' silence a negative .

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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 APEIL 1875 . C OPIES of this BEAUTIFUL ENGRAVING by Brother HARTY P . M ., consisting of Artist ' s Proofs , Proofs before Letters , and Lettered Proofs , India Prints , and Plain Prints may be had afc Cost Price by applying to Bro . W . R . NORRIS , 2 y Southampton Buildings , W . C . London .

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BRO.G.S.GRAHAM, The Popular Tenor and Buffo Vocalist , from St . James ' s Hall , Crystal Palace , & c . IS OPEN TO ACCEPT ENGAGEMENTS FOR ( fraimxts , ( Bnhxhxmnunts $ || Ias . oiiic gmi-qucfs . Bro . G" S . Graham ' s Party of Eminent Artists can be engaged for Masonic Banquets , Consecrations and Installations , & c . For Opinions of the Press and Terms , address—G . S . GRAHAM , Hazeldean , Cornford Grove , Balham , Surrey .

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Brother Sadler's Answer To Bro. Jacob Norton's

BROTHER SADLER'S ANSWER TO BRO . JACOB NORTON'S

"COMMENTS ON FACTS AND FICTIONS . " The following is a copy of the Warrant referred to in the concluding paragraph of my paper in last week ' s issue of the FREEMASON ' S CHRONICLE : —

BLESINTON GD . MASTER , Wm . Holford D . G . M . Jas . Nisbet S . G . W . John Aberoromby J . G . W . TO ALL WHOSC IT MAY CONCERNWe the Grand Lodge in ample form assembled do hereby

authorise and Impower our Trusty and well beloved Brethren , Thomas Killinghj , MASTER , James Wood , SENK . WARDEN * , and William B . rily , JUNE . WARDEN ( with their lawful assistants ) , To form and hold a Lodge of FREE AND ACCEPTED ANCIENT MASONS at the

sign of the Punch Bowl in Peck . Lane in the Town of Nottingham ( or elsewhere ) and in said Lodge Admit , Enter , and make Masons according to tbe Ancient and Honourable Custom of the Royal Craft in all Ages and Nations throughout the Known World .

No . LXII . And we do hereby farther Impower our said Trusty and well-beloved Brethren Thomas Killingly , James Wood and William Baily ( with their lawful Assistants ) To Nominate Chuse and Instal their Successors , whom they are to invest with their power and

Dignity , & c , and such Successors shall in like manner Nominate Chuse and Instal their Successors , & c , & c , & c , such Installations to be on every St . John ' s Day during the Continuance of this Lodge for

Ever , providing the above Named Brethren and their Successors always pay due Respect to this Right Worshipful GRAND LODGE of Free and Accepted Ancient Masons , otherwise this Warrant to be of no force nor virtue .

Given under our hands and Seal of the Grand Lodge , London , this thirteenth day April Anno Dom . 1757 . Anno Lap . 5757 . LAU . DERMOTT G . S .

The other "Warrant , dated 6 fch day of Jane 1759 , is very similar to the older one , but it bears the additional words " Grand Lodge of York Masons , London , " ( showing , as I have stated , thafc the adoption of the York tradition was an after thought , and had nothing whatever to do with the

origin of the " Ancients ) . Both of them bear what I believe to be the actual signature of Lord Blesinton , or " Blessington , " bufc what Bro . Norton would have us to believe are merely forgeries of Dermott ; they also bear the

signature of the D . G . M . and the Grand Wardens , and in my opinion one is as little likely to be a . forgery as the others are . Having carefully examined and compared

these two signatures , I have no hesitation in saying thafc they were both written by the same person , and that person was not Laurence Dermott .

Although perfectly convinced myself of the genuineness of these documents , as well as of the authenticity of the correspondence relating to Lord Blessington , alluded to by Brother Norton in the CHRONICLE , NO . 722 , I felt that

I ought to make an effort to satisfy the scruples of those friends who have nofc the opportunity of personally inspecting the original records . Accordingly , a few days ago I paid a visit to Sir Albert Woods ( Garter King at Arms ) ,

our Grand Director of Ceremonies , to whom I am already under many obligations , and who is afc all times most willing to assist me in my researches , both Masonic aud otherwise . Sir Albert at once pointed out to me , in fche

official records , three different ways of spelling the title of the nobleman in question , viz ., " Blesington , " " Blessington , " and "Blesinton . " He also informed me that the Will of the Countess of Blesinton was proved in the year 1774 ( her

husband died in 1769 ) , and suggested that I should go to Somerset House , and ascertain how she spelt the name . He was also good enough to say that he would write to Ireland , and endeavour to obtain further information on the subject .

It really ought not to be necessary to remind a person of Bro . Norton ' s erudition that considerable license formerly existed in regard to the spelling of the family names of . some of our nobility , aud that what was generally deemed the most correct mode was the way the owner spelt it himself .