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GENERAL LIFE AND FIRE ASSURANCE COMPANY . —Established 1837 . Chief Office—103 , Cannon-street , London , E . C . Capital 361 , 000 , 000 Funds in hand 1 , 200 , 000 Total income exceeds 33 $ , °° - Chairman—Sir ANDREW LUSK , Bart . Life , Fire , Mortgages , Annuities . Life Policies indisputable after being in force five years . Immediate payment of claims on proof of death and title . Fire Insurances accepted at equitable rates . HENRY WARD , Secretary and Manager .

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ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY , LIMITED . 10 , ST . SWITHIN'S LANE , LONDON , E . C . General Accidents . I Personal Injuries . Railway Accidents . | Deaths by Accident . C HARDING , Manager .

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HEPBURN AND COCKS , ESTABLISHED 1590 . 93 , CHANCERY LANE , LONDON , W . C . ( Trot- Doors North of Union Bank ) . DEED , BALLOT , CASH , AND DESPATCH BOX , AND FIRE-PROOF SAFE MANUFACTURERS . Air-Tight and Travelling Boxes in stock , and made to order . Offices and Strong Rooms Fitted up with Iron Frames and Shelves . Sets of Stands and Boxes made to fit Recesses to Order . Estimates given . Price Lists . g * # N . B . —STRONG DEED BOXES of the following dimensions forwarded carriage paid pro nett cash—viz . ; 16 in . by 12-in . by g _ - \ n ., 17 s . 6 d .,- 14-in . by 10-in . by 8-in ., 14 s . 6 d .: and 13-in by o-in by 7-in ., us . 6 d .

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THE LONDON NECROPOLIS . — BROOKWOOD CEMETERY , NEAR WOKING . 188 , WESTMINSTER BRIDGE ROAD , AND 2 , LANCASTER PLACE , STRAND . Telephone—No . 4839 . Telegraphic Address— "Tenebratio , London . " BROOKWOOD CEMETERY is the largest and most beautiful in England , and easier and cheaper of access than any of the other London Cemeteries . Every detail in connection with a Funeral promptly and effectually carried out in response to a message to either of the Offices . This Company are the Patentees and only Makers of the Earth to Earth Coffins , and carry out sanitary burial in the manner so strongly advocated by H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , the Duke of Westminster , the Dean of York , and the Church of England Burial Reform Association . " The manner of conducting interments in this Cemetery ( according to the Government Inspector ) is as commendable as the practice of other Companies is the . contrary . " — The Times .

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FOR ECONOMICAL AND RESPECTABLE FUNERALS AT STATED CHARGES , TO COVER ALL EXPENSES , EXCLUSIVE OF CEMETERY FEES , BRO . C . G . HATT , UNDERTAKER , 2 , KING STREET , KENSINGTON HIGH STREET . Orders by Post or Telegrams promptly attended to . Price Lists Post Free on Application .

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FISH , POULTRY , GAME , OYSTERS . JOHN GOW , LIMITED , \ 17 , NEW BROAD STREET , E . C . ( Opposite Railway Station ) . 12 , HONEY LANE MARKET , CHEAPSIDE , 93 , THEOBALD'S RD ., HOLBORN , W . C , 12 5 , BROMPTON ROAD , S . W . JOHN GOW , Limited , always have on sale the Largest Stock in London of the Very Best Quality at Lowest Prices . BARRELLED OYSTERS .

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/^ OALS . COALS . COALS . COCKERELL'S ( LIMITED ) , 13 , CORNHILL , LONDON , E . C . For Prices , see Daily Papers . Trucks direct from the Colliery to every "Railway Station .

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W WALLER , THEATRICAL COSTUMIER AND WIG MAKER . FANCY COSTUMES SUPPLIED FOR BALLS , FETES , AND CARNIVALS . Portable Theatres and Scenery Fitted in Town or Country . Costumes for every published Play may be had on Hire . Also Dress Suits for Banquets , Balls , & c . Estimates and Catalogues of Goods forwarded on application . 84 & 86 , TABERNACLE ST ., FINSBURY SQUARE , LONDON . '

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ANDERTON'S HOTEL & TAVERN FLEET STREET , LONDON . In connection with the Royal Clarence Hotel , llfracombe ; and Peacock Hotel , and Royal Hotel , Boston , Lincolnshire . The central position of ANDERTON'S renders this Tavern unequalled for Masonic Banquets , Public Dinners , Wedding Breakfasts , Meetings of Creditors , Arbitrations or Jovial Gatherings The Rooms reserved for the above business consist of DINING HALI ., PILLAR HALL , MASONIC HALL , CHAPTER , and numerous Smaller Rooms . The RESTAURANT on Eastern Side of Hotel Entrance is open to the Public from J a . m . to J p . m . for BREAKFASTS , LUNCHEONS . TEAS , and DINNERS . F . H . CLEMOW , Proprietor .

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1 WT ANCHESTER HOTEL , *¦**• ALDERSGATE STREETNOTICE TO SECRETARIES OF MASONIC LODGES , CLUBS , AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS . The Proprietors of the above Hotel , having recently added a number of commodious Rooms to the Establishment , suitable for LODGE MEETINGS , BANQUETS , DINNERS , & C , will be glad to furnish Terms and Particulars for the use of same on application .

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AT . LAWRENCE . ( Late J . R . BONE ) , BLACKFRIARS DEPOT

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GLASS AND STONE BOTTLES . Best Quality and Low Prices . Call and See the NEW PORCELAIN SPIRIT CASKETS , URNS , & c 146-147 , BLACKFRIARS ROAD , S . E .

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TO LET—To Masonic Brethren—a ROOM , 30 feet by 17 . Appjy to Bro . BLOCK , P . M ., " Eagle , " 143 , Farringdon-road , E . C .

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CURLY HALL HOTEL , fronting •»« - } main road and River Thames , near Windsor . Firstclass accommodation . Steam launches , punts , and boats for hire , and excellent fishing can b * i hid . Gojd stabling . Postal Telegraph Office at the Hotel . Moderate tariff . — S . H . Henning , Proprietor .

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PROVINCIAL GRAND CHAPTER OF MIDDLESEX . M . E . COMP . COL . SIR FRANCIS BURDETT , BART ., GRAND SUPERINTENDENT . NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual Convocation will be held at the GREYHOUND HOTEL , Hampton Court , on SATURDAY , the 13 th of J , at HALF-PAST THREE o ' clock p . m . precisely . By command of the M . E . Grand Superintendent . WILLIAM HENRY LEE , P . Z ., 50 , Shakespeare-road , Prov . Grand Scribe E . Herne Hill , S . E ., 2 Sth May , 1 S 91 . BANQUET at the GREYHOUND HOTEL , at FIVE p . m . Tickets , Gs . 6 d . each , exclusive of Wine . N . B . —Companions intending to remain for the Banquet are requested to send their names to the Provincial G . S . E ., with a remittance before Wednesday , the ioth of June , as Tickets will not be issued after that date .

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HOW EEADY . PftlCE 10 s . THOMAS DUNCKERLEY , HIS LIFE , LABOURS , AND LETTERS , INCLUDING SOME MASONIC AND NAVAL MEMORIALS OF THE ISTH CENTURY . By HENRY SADLER , AUTHOR OF "MASONIC FACTS AND FICTIONS , " With a Preface by WILLIAM HARRY RYLANDS , ESQ ., F . S . A . This Work contains numerous Letters , Extracts , & c , relating to Masonry in BRISTOL , DORSETSHIRE , ESSEX , GLOUCESTERSHIRE , HAMPSHIRE , HKKEFORDSHIRE , THE ISLE OF WIGHT , SOMERSET , and WILTSHIRE , of which Counties DUNCKERLEY was Prov . Grand Master ; also Portraits , reproduced _ by the autotype process , from rare mezzotint engravings in the British Museum of : — His Majesty King George II . of England ; Dunckerley ' s reputed father . H . R . H . Frederick Lewis , Prince of Wales , son of the above ; the First of the Royal Family who was made a Freemason . Thomas Dunckerley in Masonic regalia , with facsimile of his Autograph , Book-plate , Seals , & c . 340 Pages Demy Octavo , handsomely bound in cloth gilt , bevelled boards , red edges . London : GEORGE KENNING , 16 & I 6 A Gt . Queen-st ., W . C .

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ROYA L MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS , WOOD GREEN , LONDON , N . OFFICE—6 , FREEMASONS' HALL , W . C . GRAND PATRON : HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN . PRESIDENT : HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES , K . G ., & c , M . W . G . M . THE NINETY-THIRD ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL Will be held AT THE PAVILION , BRIGHTON , On WEDNESDAY , 24 th JUNE , 1891 , UNDER THE DISTINGUISHED PRESIDENCY OF THE RIGHT HON . THE EARL OF LATHOM , M . W . Pro Grand Master , and R . W . P . G . M West Lancashire , Vice-President and Trustee of the Institution . The Band of the Gth Inniskilling Dragoons will play a Selection of Mjsic in the Grounds from 2 o ' clock p . m . The Meister Glee Singers , with Madame Clara Samuell , will give a Concert in the Music Room from 6 to 9 p . m . Full Particulars of the Arrangements , as to Speciai Trains , & c , may be obtained at the Office . DINNER TICKETS ( inclusive of First-Class Return Fares from London ) , for LADIES , ISS ., and BRETHREN , 21 s . By order . J . MORRISON McLEOD , 6 , Freemasons' Hall , Secretary . London , W . C , 21 st May , 1 S 91 . The services of brethren as Stewards representing Lodges or Provinces are earnestly solicited , and will be gratefully acknowledged , the present exceptional requirements demanding exceptional support .

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MASONIC FESTIVAL to be held at the PAVILION , BRIGHTON , J 24 th . Brethren intending to stay are recommended to visit the CLARENDON HOTEL , Facing the sea , and which is replete with every modern comfort . BEDROOM , ATTENDANCE , AND BREAKFAST , 6 S . BRO . C . J . STEVENSON , PROPRIETOR .

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INFANT ORPHAN ASYLUM , 1 WANSTEAD . PATRON—HER MAJESTY THE Q UEEN . THE SIXTY-FOURTH ANNIVERSARY Will be celebrated at THE ASYLUM , WANSTEAD , ON FRIDAY , J 26 th . The Chair will be taken by the Right Hon . the LORD MAYOR , supported by the SHERIFFS OF LONDON . LIST OF STEWARDS . Wm . Adams , Esq ., F . R . C . S . G . J . Judjro , Escj . Job Ashton , Esq . A . Lat ' one , Esq , M . P . H . Fowl Barclay , Esq ., J . P . Charles Lavy , Esq . Mr . Under-Sheriff Beard A . T . Layton , Esq . W . P . Bodkin , Esq ., J . P . Frederick Lee , Esq . W . Shailfortu Boger , Esq ., Professor T . Hnytcr Lewis , M . A . F . S . A . Charles Boyton , Esq . W . H . Liversidge , Esq . Anthony Brown , Esq . Coruumntler M'langhlui . lt . N . George Burt , Esq ., J . P . Horace B . Marshall , Esq ., J . l ' . Colonel Channel * Horace B . Marshalljuu ., Esq ., C . E . Chapman , Esq . B . A . Mr Alderman Cowan E . R . Morris , Esq ., J . P . Herbert Dalton , Esq . Mi-. Alderman Newton Mr . Alderman Davies T . J . Pemberton , Esq . Jobn Deacon , Esq . ( Treasurer ) Capt . F . T . Penton , M . P . F . D . Dixon Hiirtl-uul , Esq ., Mr . Alderman Phillips M . P . G . Thompson Powell , Esq . . 1 . P . Evill , Esq . A . F . Puckridge , Esq . "WilliamEvill , Esq ., J . P . ( Sub- G . "W . Rich , Esq . Treasurer ) Philip Savill , Esq . Roger Eykyn , Esq . The Rev . T . A . Sedgwiek John F . France , Esq . Mr . Under-Sheriff Shepheurd Joseph Fry , Esq . Colonel Henry Smith J . Forrest Fulton , Esq ., M . P . H . C . Stephens , Esq ., M . P . Alfred Goad , Esq . IV . B . Tarrant , Esq . C . O'Brien Harding , Esq . James Theobald , Esq ., M . P . The Rev . G . L . Harding , M . A . E . J . Thompson , Esq . Mr , Alderman Hart Aid . Sir F . Wyatt Truscott Charles Henman , Esq . Mr . Alderman Tyler Thomas Hilhouse , Esq . Courtenay Wuriicr , Esq . John Hill , Esq . AV . Wellsinaii , Esq ., F . R . S . L . Edwin II . Holloway , Esq . Mr . Alderman . Wilkin Sir W . Guyer Hunter , M . P . ) Thomas Woods , Esq . Gentlemen willing to act as Stewards are respectfully requested to forward their names to the Secretary . HENRY W . GREEN , Secretary . Office , 100 , Fleet-street , E . C .

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ADVERTISEMENT SCALE OF "THE FREEMASON . " Per Insertion . SINGLE COLUMN per inch £° ° ONE PAGE 10 o o ONE COLUMN 3 1 ° ° PUBLIC COMPANIES' & PARAGRAPH A DVERTISEMENTS , IS . PER LINE . WANTS , & C , FOUR LINES , _ 2 s . 6 d ., and 6 d . PER LINE additional .