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THE ASYLUM FOR IDIOTS , EARLWOOD , REDHILL , SURREY . Under thc Patronage of Her Most Gracious Majesty THE QUEEN . Total number of Inmates in the Asylum 563 Entirely supported by Voluntary Subscriptions ... 375 FUNDS ARE URGENTLY NEEDED TO MEET CURRENT EXPENSES . Superior accommodation is provided for private cases , payment for which is regulated by the Board of Management . BANKERS—The London Joint Stock Bank . WILLIAM NICHOLAS , Secretary . Offices , 36 , King William-street , E . C .

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THE ASYLUM FOR IDIOTS , EARLSWOOD , RED HILL , SURREY . I beg to tender my sincere thanks to the Ladies and Gentlemen who so kindly supported the case of my son , JAMES EDWARD TAYLOR , ( No . 14 on the List ) , at the recent Election , and , although unsuccessful on that occasion , trust that by a continuance of their support I may be more fortunate at the next Election . — J . TAYLOR , C . and T . Corps , Aldershot , 29 th October , 1 SS 3 .

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SECOND APPLICATION . THE ASYLUM FOR IDIOTS , EARLSWOOD , RED HILL , SURREY . APRIL ELECTION , 1884 . The favour of your Votes and interest is respectfully solicited on behalf of JAMES EDWARD TAYLOR , Aged 12 years , who was deprived of his reason from the effects of Scarlet Fever when four years of age . The Father ( Bro . Jas . Taylor , Lodges No . 730 ( I . C ) , 1331 , 1536 , and Chapters , 13 , 1331 , ) is a Sergeant in the Commissariat and Transport Corps now serving at Aldershot , and although willing to support to the utmost of his abilities , is unable to provide adequate treatment or the necessary supervision required by the case , which is strongly recommended by Baron H . de WORMS , M . P ., 4 , Old Burlington-st ., W . GEORGE KENNING , Esq ., Upper Sydenham . RICHARD EVE , Esq ., Oxford Villa , Victoria-road , Aldershot . F . C . BLUNT , Deputy Commissary General , Aldershot . * H . S . E . REEVES , C . B ., Assistant Commissary General , Aldershot . * Rev . R . M . SPOOR , Heatherview , Cambridge-road , Aldershot . Proxies will be thankfully received by gentlemen marked thus * .

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SANATORIUM FOR LADIES AND CHILDREN AT BRIGHTON . CONDUCTED BY ALLEN DUKE , M . D . Opened for the re : eption of Ladies and Children needing bracing air and recovering from non-infectious illness . Terms , which include Medical Attendance , from Three Guineas per Week . Apply to DR . DUKE , 124 , Western-road , Brighton .

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FIELD - LANE REFUGES AND RAGGED SCHOOLS . President : The Right Hon . the EARL OF SHAFTESBURY , K . G . FUNDS URGENTLY REQUIRED FOR WINTER WORK . Treasurer—Wilfrid A . Bevan , Esq ., 54 , Lombard-street . Bankers—Messrs . Barclay and Co ., 54 , Lombard-street , and Messrs . Ransom and Co ., 1 , Pall-mall east . PEREGRINE PLATT , Sec , Vine-street , Clerkenwell-road , E . C . New or left-oil clothing earnestly solicited .

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WANTED . —A Complete Set of Royal Arch FURNITURE , Second-hand , in good condition . Address , Surgeon-General T . Ringer , Broad Hinton , Swindon , Wilts .

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WANTED Tracing Boards for the Craft Degrees . Size about 3 ft . by 2 ft . Apply , with price and particulars , to Geo . L . Shackles , 7 , Land of Green Ginger , Hull .

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WANTED , Three Second-hand Oak CHAIRS suitable for a Craft Lodge . Send particulars to West Lodge , Acton .

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DRO . C . G . SPARROW , * - * ACCOUNTANT AND AUDITOR , 17 , FINSBURY PAVEMENT , E . C . ACCOUNTS AUDITED PERIODICALLY AT A MODERATE ANNUAL CHARGE . Terms on application .

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A GOOD PLAN . J 7 xr \ and upwards judiciously in-__ _____ > / vested in Options on Stocks and Shares often give handsome profits in a few days . Full details in Explanatory Book gratis and post free . — Address GEORGE EVANS and C 0 ., Stockbrokers , Gresham House , Old Broad-street , London , E . C . Best and safest ¦ Ian ever devised .

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' -pHEATRE ROYAL , DRURY LANE . New and Realistic Drama , by Robt . Buchanan and Augustus Harris , entitled , THE SAILOR AND HIS LASS ; OR , LOVE AND TREASON . Messrs . Augustus Harris , J . Fernandez , H . George , H . Nicholls , Lilly , Morgan , Ridley , Sennett , Moss , Fairleigh , Gillett , Chudleigh , and H . Jackson ; Misses H . J ay , Clara Jecks , Victor , Young , Baldwin , Lennox , Barrett , and S . Eyre . MAGNIFICENT EFFECTS .

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ALL CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS . BRADFORD CIVIL SERVICE INSTITUTE , 41 , SUN BRIDGE ROAD , BRADFORD . The DAY and EVENING CLASSES are NOW OPEN . Candidates are thoroughly prepared for the Indian , Class 1 . and II ., Clerkships , Royal Irish Constabulary Cadetsbips , Excise , Customs , Lady Clerkships ( age 18 to 20 ) , Naval Engineer Studentships , & c . Preparations also for the Army , Navy , the University , Theological , Preliminary Medical , Legal , Pharmaceutical , and other Examinations . Pupils very highly successful , obtaining ist , 3 rd , 4 th , 5 th , 6 th , 10 th places on the lists . Success certain . Backward and delicate pupils receive special attention . Special Class for Ladies preparing for Clerkships in the Post-Office , commencing salary £ 6 $ . Boarders received ; terms moderate . Parents and Guardians should consult Mr . PIERCE , the Principal , respecting Government Appointments . Prospectuses post free . For further particulars apply to the SECRETARY . N . B . —Candidates rapidly prepared by Correspondence . Obtained the highest percentage of passes throughout the United Kingdom . Passed upwards of 900 pupils . TWO ARTICLED PUPILS required . Age , 16 to 21 . Premium required , 80 to 100 guineas . Salary first year , £ 40 with board , Sic ., or £ So without board , & c . Thorough training ; will be prepared for any branch of the Civil Service . For further particulars apply to Mr . W . G . PIERCE , Civil Service Institute , Bradford , Yorkshire .

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Twelfth Edition , post-free , is . DR . WATTS on ASTHMA and BRONCHITIS . A Treatise on the only Successful Method of Curing these Diseases . By ROBERT G . WATTS , M . D ., F . R . S . L ., F . C . S ., & c . London : C . Mitchell and Co ., Red Lion court Fleet-street ; and Simpkin and Co ., Stationers' Hall-court .

To Correspondents.

To Correspondents .

THE HUGHAN TESTIMONIAL . We have much pleasure in stating that communications have been received from a large number of influential members of the Craft desiring to have their names placed on the Committee formed for promoting the above object , and that the Earl of Zetland , Prov . Grand Master for North and East Yorkshire , has consented to become President of the Fund .

E . W . R . —Your letter is held over pending enquiries . The following communications have been received , but are not inserted in this issue owing to want of space : — Correspondence— " Terra Firma . " Craft Lodges—Lewis Lodge , No . 1185 ; West Kent

Lodge , No . 1297 ; Friars Lodge , No . 1349 ; Dramatic Lodge , No . 1906 . Royal Arch Chapters—Affability Chapter , No . 317 ; Sir Francis Burdett Chapter , No . 1503 . Harcourt Preceptory , No . 74 .

BOOKS , & c , RECEIVED . "Broad Arrow , " "Allen ' s Indian Mail , " "Citizen , " "Die Bauhiittc , " " New York Dispatch , " "Jewish Chronicle , " "Court Circular , " * ' Victorian Masonic Journal , " " Keystone , " "Tricycling journal , " " Procedimientos de la Gran Logia dc la Republica del Peru , 1882-83 , " .. " Freimaurer Zeitung , " "City Press , " "Housekeeper ' s Guide to the Use oE Perserved Meats , " " La Abeja . "

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SATURDAY , NOVEMBER 3 , 1883 . * .

Original Correspondence.

Original Correspondence .

[ We do not hold ourselves responsible for , or even approving of , the opinions expressed by ourcorrespondents , but wcwish in aspirit of fairplay to all to permit—within certain necessary limits—free discussion . 1

POSITION OF JOINING PAST MASTERS . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , Not having seen the correspondence which produced the excellent article in the Freemason for the 20 th ult . on the above subject , I write at a little disadvantage ; nevertheless you may perhaps allow a few words to appear

from one who at the present moment occupies the invidious position of a Past Master in but not of a lodge , and yet is so dead to all sense of shame that he has never yet realized the painful nature of that position . As I am one therefore of . those for whose benefit ( I presume ) the new legislation is proposed , I have the right to protest ,

on my own behalf and on the behalf of many who I know think with me , that we want no such alteration in the Constitutions , and that so far from conferring on us a boon we desire it will place us in what may really be a very unpleasant position . Take my own case , not because there is anything special about it , but because it is such an ordinary one . A few

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years ago I joined one of the red apron lodges , being at the time a Past Master of another much younger lodge . It has been a pleasure to me to take office again , and I look forward still to the further pleasure of serving in the chair , and in due time becoming once more a Past Master . In my own case there existed the special gratification that I took office under one whom I had myself initiated into Masonry . Most of the active Past Masters in the lodge are my juniors

in the Craft , though my seniors in the lodge . Who is the worse for this ? not I , for certain . Nor can I understand how in any Iodge conducted on genuine Masonic principles there can be the slightest difficult } ' , the slightest ill-feeling . Had the need arisen I am quite certain that my brethren would have had as much pleasure in seeing me performing the work of the chair as 1 have on occasions had in taking some of the junior offices .

I can of course easily imagine a very different state of things , but only under circumstances which , to my notions , would render the harmonious working of a lodge impossible . Where true Masonic feeling exists there is no need to dictate to a lodge the terms on which it shall receive a member ; where it . does not exist , such dictation will onl y introduce discord . If the only object of the change is to give joining Past

Masters a special seat at dinner and a ri g ht to stand up when other people ' s healths are being drunk , I can only say that I believe this part of the rule will be rendered of no effect by the good feeling of those concerned . Possibl y some Worshipful Masters may find it convenient to divide the time-honoured toast of "The Past Masters of the Lodge " into two portions , and give it as first" Those who have passed the chair of the Lodge , " and second , " Other Past Masters of the Lodge . " I hope I may never be called upon to respond on behalf of the latter . —Yours faithfully , A GRAND STEWARD .

THE HUGHAN TESTIMONIAL . To the Editor ofthe "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , As a Mason of 36 years' standing , a subscriber and frequent contributor to the "Freemasons' Magazine " and to its successor , your present weekly periodical , I have been aware of the Masonic movements during that long period for the promotion of various obiects connected with

the Craft . To none of these have I been able to accord a more hearty approval than to the one suggested in your pages a few weeks ago by Bro . Whytehead , ot York , and which , as we were informed by a paragraph last week , has met with sympathy and promises of support in communications from many brethren throughout the country . For such a proceeding we have precedents in the collection of large sums of money for presentation to individuals , to mark

appreciation of their services , as recorded in your pages from time to time , e . g ., in obtaining great contributions to the Charities . The present case is unique in its character , as requiring persistent efforts extending over many years , of which the majority of Masons are scarcely cognisant , and peculiar qualifications which few possess , besides considerable expense in the research . In the early part of my Masonic career there was much laxity in the work of the

lodges , and still more as regards a knowledge of the history and archaeology of the Order . Dr . Oliver , by his publications about that period , did much to excite an interest in the subject , though many of his traditions , theories , and opinions are now discarded . Still , they did good , inasmuch as they paved the way for attention to the subject by a small band of earnest and thoughtful men , Murray Lyon , Findel , " Masonic Student , " Whytehead , Gould , & c , with others

in America , and , though last by no means the least aniong English Freemasons , Bro . W . J . Hughan , whom it is desired now to honour . The difference between these men , who have to a great extent been working in unison , and their predecessors is that they reject all assumption of circumstances as facts for which documentary proof cannot be found , and that they are unwearied in their efforts to obtain satisfactory evidence of statements respecting Masonic

historical men and events , thus endeavouring to bring the whole into a united and compact form , free from legend and tradition and chronological discrepancies . By your recent publication of reports from Cornwall , your readers are aware that Bro . Hughan ' s health has been far from good during his long residence at Truro , and that consequently he has been forced to relinquish his business engagements and to remove to Torquay . The

extent to which his labours have been appreciated there is shown by the presentation of a handsome jewel and a purse containing £ 275 , and by the laudatory remarks of the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe , Prov . G . M ., on the occasion . Many brethren in other provinces were anxious to increase this amount by their contributions , but all such offers were declined . Thus an opportunity was afforded for a separate and distinct fund , and hence the present movement to raise

a large sum in all parts of the country from Masons who have benefited b y his writings in your columns , by his historical . researches and their results as recorded in his numerous publications ( which by-the-byc have not been remunerative ) , by his readiness to give assistance and information whenever and wherever required . During a close intimacy for about a quarter of a century I have been privileged to benefit greatly by his help , and have had

means of knowing the immense labour he goes through in the cause , and 1 may add that this is one of the pleasures derived from connection with the Order , that it brings together men of kindred spirit to labour together in doing good . Our Grand Master , the Prince of Wales , has marked his sense of Bro . Hughan ' s merits by conferring upon him honorary past rank in the Grand Lodge and Grand Roval Arch Chanter of Ene-land . a stronsr proof

that he has well earned such distinction . Surely it behoves us subordinates to follow the example thus set us . In your last number you intimated that an influential committee was being formed to arrange means for carrying out the project . 1 trust , therefore , that many eminent brethren will answer your appeal by sending you their names and promises of assistance , so that our distinguished brother may speedily be assured or such pecuniary resources

as will enable him to continue his efforts , unfettered by business engagements and anxieties , and stimulate him to increased exertions . So well is Bro . Hughan known and appreciated in our colonies and in America , that I cannot doubt the receipt of considerable contributions from his many friends and admirers in those distant districts , when they hear of the proposal . —Yours faithfully and fraternally , H . H . 14 , Belvedere , Bath , Oct . 30 th .