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THE MASONIC COMMEMORATION JEWEL . The J EWEL to be worn by every Freemason in commemoration of HER MAJESTY ' S J UBILEE , designed by SIR A LBERT W . WOODS , Grand Director of Ceremonies , and approved by H R . H . THE PRINCE OF WALES , K . G ., & c-, Pvlost Worshipful Grand Master , manufactured by G EORGE K ENNING , is now ready for issue . Brethren who were present at the Meeting at the R OYAL ALBERT HALL are entitled to wear a Bar on the _ Ribbon ; with a slight addition in the case of Stewards serving' on that day . With Special Bir With and Stwds . Special Bar . Badge . Silver Gilt Enamelled H 7 6 ... 1 " b 0 ... 1 1 0 18-CaratGold „ 8 8 0 ... 8 18 6 ... 9 0 0 The J EWEL presented to H . R . H . THE PRINCE of W ALES , K . G ., & c , Most Worshipful Grand Master , at the ROYAL ALBERT H ALL , was made to the order of Grand Lodge by GEORGE KENNING , MASONIC JEWELLER and FURNISHER , LITTLE BRITAIN , LONDON .

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MARK MASONRY . ' THE HANGER and BADGE , Registered , To be worn by every MARK MASTER MASON , in commemoration of HER MAJESTY ' S J UBILEE , is now ready for delivery . PRICE 7 s . 6 d ., GE ( ME KENNINGr'S MASONIC DEPOT , LITTLE BRITAIN , LONDON .

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THE HISTORY OF FREEMASONRY : Its Mpilies , Symbols , Constitutions , Customs , fa Embracing an . Investigation of the Authentic Records of the Organisations of the Fraternity in England , Ireland , Scotland , the British Colonies , France , Germany , and the United States . DERIVED FROM OFFICIAL SOURCES . By ROBERT EREKE GOULD , Barrister-at-Law , Past Senior Grand Deacon of England ' Author of "The Four Old Lodges and their Descendants , '; "The Atholl Lodges , " & c . " It is impossible to read this last remarkable contribution to Masonic history and archaeology , distinguished as it is by originality and novelty , lucid statement and apposite authorities combined , without feeling that a new era has dawned for Masonic students , for the literati and illiterati of Freemasonry . "—The Freemason . The above STANDARD WORK is now complete , and is issued in the following forms and at the following nctt cash prices , carriage paid , viz : — In 3 vols ., cloth , gilt edges £ 3 3 o 6 ,, „ „ 3 15 o 3 „ -J calf „ 3 iS o 3 „ full red ( or marone ) morocco 4 14 0 The Publisher is prepared to send the Work , freight paid , to any part of EUROPE , the COLONIES , or INDIA , on receipt of order accompanied by draft . This Work is not supplied through the Booksellers . Orders may be addressed to the Publisher , THOMAS C . J , at 45 , 1 UDGATE HILL , LONDON , or at GRANGE PUBLISHING WORKS , EDINBURGH .

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MIDLAND RAILWAY .-TOURIST ARRANGEMENTS , 18 S 7 . —TOURIST TICKETS will be issued from May 16 th to the 31 st October , 1 SS 7 . For Particulars , see Time Tables and Programmes issued by the Company . —JOHN NOBLE , General Manager , Derby , June , 18 S 7 .

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"DRITISH EQUITABLE ASSUR-* - * ANCE COMPANY . —4 , Queen Street Place , London , E . C . CAPITAL-A WARTEK-OF-A-MILIIOH STERLING . MANAGING DIRECTOR AND ACTUARYWM . SUTTON GOVER , ESQ ., P . G . S ., P . M ., P . Z . THIRTY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT-MAY , 1887 , NEW BUSINESS . ' 977 Policies issued for £ 366 , 957 New Premium Income 11 , 510 BUSINESS IN FORCE . aSjiog Policies , assuring £ 51254 , 789 REVENUE OF THE YEAR . Premiums £ ' 53-793 interest , & c 45 , 620 £ i 99 , 4 i 3 ACCUMULATED FUND . Laid by in the Year £ 58 , 395 Accumulated Fund on 31 st January , r . . ' 887 1 , 141 , 810 Claims and Bonuses paid under Company ' s Policies £ " 1 , 029 , 611 erage Reversionary Bonus for Thirty Years , about i * per cent , per annum .

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/ Of COCKERELL S \> 13 , CORNHILL , E . C . ^ Oy 7 For Prices , see Daily Papers . Cj ^ / Trucks direct from the * Colliery to every Railway Station .

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A . MONARCH-KINO , TAILOR , Gornhill , E . C , and Regent-street , W ., LONDON . 10 PER CENT . DISCOUNT FOR CASH

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Estab . j D U E R , [' 749 . /¦ <^ " 146 , NEW BOND ST ., W ., f A T * ALSO V ^ CALLARD & CALLARD , ^ SK Queen ' s Terrace , St . John ' s Wood , ^^ Vr / / Vaasto all parts Daily . Hampers & Tins < r £ j / packed for the country with Biscuits , Sec , ^^ ' French & Vienna Fancy Rolls & Bread . { . WEDDING BREAKFASTS SUPPLIED .

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JO | CHARLES LANCASTER , EJ ™ u ! Il ( Awarded 17 First Class Prizes and Medals . ) « f » SMOOTH ' hi __ , , . „ _ . _ . . . MZJS ^ M . Estimates & Price Lists ¦ sS sgS ^ j V ^ 2 E ? ™ S , RIFLES , PISTOLS , . I ^ EESI ^ CARTRIDGES , & c , MILITARY , Free on Application . Please state requirements , and ^~^~¦ CAUSE BORE 151 , NEWBOND ST ., LONDON , W . RIFLES . ( Established 18261 .

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J ? GEORGE SPILLER ^ M Surgeon ' s Optician , to ^ 3 , WIGMORE ST ., W . ^ A ? — to * SHOT-PROOF SPECTACLES . £ ? gr — £ " * £ y THE NEW § "SHOOTIM" PINCE-NEZ , ; g > WITH RIGID BRIDGE . M They press the nose much less than j any other eye-glass .

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TELEGKAPHIC ADDRESSES ( Inland ) . For the Freemason Printing Works—FREEMASON , LONDON . For Jewels , Clothing , Banners , and Furniture—KENNING , LONDON .

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TO OUR READERS . THE FREEMASON is published every Friday morning , price 3 d ., and contains the fullest and latest information relating to Freemasonry of every degree . Subscriptions , including Postage : — United States , United Kingdom . Canada , the Continent , India , China , Ceylon , the Colonies & c . Arabia , & c . 13 s . 6 d . 15 s . 6 d . 17 s . 6 d . Remittances may be made in Stamps , but Post Office Orders of cheques are preferred , the former payable to GEORGE KENNING , Chief Office , London , the latter crossed London Joint Stock Bank .

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NOTICE .

A few copies of the Jubilee Number , bound iu stiff paper cover , stitched , and with sheet of Portraits on superior paper , may be had , price One Shilling .

To Correspondents.

To Correspondents .

Several communications unavoidably stand over , BOOKS , & c , RECEIVED . " The Era , " "Amateur Photographer" ( Jubilee Number ) "SundayTimes" ( London ) , "Masonic News" ( Montreal ) , " Die Bauhiitte , " "Jewish Chronicle , " "Lancaster Daily Examiner , " "Court Circular , " "Masonic Chronicle , " "The Freemason " ( Sydney ) , " Keystone , " " Natal Advertiser , " " Natal Mercury , " " The Watchman " ( BostonL "Annual Rerinrt of MieOandT nAnn

of Scottish Freemasons in India , " "Gr , Oriente Nacional de Espana , " " Masonic Era and Analectic , " " Masonic Journal " ( Melbourne ) , " Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of the State of New' Jersey , " and " Freimaurer-Zeitu ng . "

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SIATUKJJAY , J 2 , 1007 .

Original Correspondence.

Original Correspondence .

[ We do not hold ourselves responsible for , or even approving of thcopinionsexpressedby ourcorrespondents . but we wish inaspirit of fair play to all to permit—within certain necessary limits—free discussion , ]

THE ALBERT HALL MEETING . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , From the remarks that I have seen in your journal and from what I heard the M . W . Grand Master say , I understand that the Jubilee jewel may be worn by every brother who was a subscribing member to his lodge on the 13 th day of June , and that the brethren who attended the

above meeting are to have the additional privilege of having a bar put across the jewel . I feel sure that every brother who attended the meeting must have been highly pleased with what he saw and heard . What has occurred to me is—How are you to know who were the brethren who attended the meeting ? There were no names and addresses taken , or names and addresses written upon the backs of the tickets , a g reat many of which were taken by certain lodges and transferred to members of other lodges , so that it would seem , at Dresent . almr . st

impossible to say , who were there and who were not . If you consider this subject worthy of consideration , perhaps you will kindly let this note appear in your next , in order that someone may suggest a mode by which the list of those attending may be collected . —Yours faithfully , June 27 . P . M .

THE RECENT BOYS SCHOOL FESTIVAL RETURNS . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , My attention has just been called to your publication of the iSth ult ., and to your Analysis of the Returns collected by the various Stewards at the recent Festival of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys . With reference to n . y list of £ 138 , in comparison with that of Bro . Binckes for the Grand Stewards' Lodge £ 132 ios ., you say that it should be remarked , as Bro . Binckes was careful to point out in announcing the result .

that my list included donations of £ 52 ios . from the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths . 26 5 s . from the Worshipful Company of Plumbers . 26 5 s . from the Worshipful Company of Vintners . The donation I obtained from the Goldsmiths' Company , was £ 50 not £ 52 ios . From the Vintners' Company , £ 5 5 s . not £ 26 5 s . From the Plumbers' Company , nothing . 1 did not make an application to such company .

Lraving a corner or your next publication for these few lines . —1 have the honour to be , Sir , yours faithfully , H . A . JOSEPH . Rutland House , 45 , Aberdeen Park , Highbury , N ., June 22 .

Masonic Notes And Queries.

Masonic Notes and Queries .

737 ! CARPENTERS' ARMS . My old friend Bro . Krackstone Baker ( 7315 ) has probably misunderstood Bro . John Lane's note , but 1 am not sorry , inasmuch as the information he gives , though well enough understood in certain circles , is not very widely known . So far as Bro . Lane and myself are concerned , the strict heraldic right of the Carpenters are not in question ; and 1 HrY ? nnt rrnrtprcfanrl Rrn . I . gnn tn imnli , * Ur . t rlia TI < K > O HW i llCLV lll \ i \

— .. .... ~ . w . uu .. u „ v < .. ^ ., jf . _* , I , V . Compasses alone , as represented in the Engraved Lists , constituted the Carpenters' Arms . We are aware that a public-house was known by different people at a certain period both as the " Carpenters' Arms " and the " Three Compasses ; " whether the sign was originally painted with strict correctness , or whether the Engraved Lists did not properly copy the sign , is immaterial for our purpose . In

all probability the sign was heraldically correct when first painted , and the innwasthen known oulyas the Carpenters ' Arms . Afterwards , when the silver field had turned black under the influence of a city atmosphere , and the sable chevron become indistinct from similarity of colour , the "Three Compasses" would be a natural designation for those who were unacquainted with its earlier name . As

Bro . Brackstone Baker states , the Three Compasses without the engraved chevron do not represent the arms of the Carpenters' Company . J . RAMSDEN RILEY . 738 ] MASONIC EXHIBITIONS .

Will you allow me to point out that copies of the Catalogue of the Plymouth " Masonic Exhibition " for Devon and Cornwall , edited by me , in which fully 1000 articles are described , may be had from Bro . Thomas Goodall , 9 , Headlands Park , Plymouth , for 14 penny stamps , post free . Bro . Alfred Greenham has a few copies left of the Shanklin "Masonic Exhibition , " in which some 1500 articles are described , and will send conies , post free , for

21 penny stamps , instead of 2 S . gd . as before . These bind well together , and are in many respects quite different , making capital souvenirs of these Exhibitions . W . J . HUGHAN ,

One of the most interesting and curious mementos of the Jubilee is a Photograph taken by the Stereoscopic Company of the clergy who officiated at the Abbey service . The group includes the Archbishops of Canterbury and York , the Bishop of London , and the Dean and Canons of Westminster , who are all arrayed in the gorgeous vestments they wore on the occasion . As it is a most rare event for these dignitaries to be assembled together " in grande teniae . ' Ihe photographs may be considered quite unique , and not likely to be paralleled in this generation .