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LONDON MASONIC CHARITY ASSOCIATION . APRIL ELECTIONS , iSSi . The Committee have selected the following Candidates and request the votes of the London Brethren on their behalf : — GIRLS . BOYS . Anscomb , L . M . Fellows , A . March , E . I- March , G . A . Penny , E . M . Estlin , C . N . Carey , S . D . Proxies to be sent to Bro . A . TISLEY , Hon , Secretary , L . M . C . A ., No . ^ Clifford ' s Inn , Fleet-street , London , E . C .

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THE UNITED KINGDOM RAILWAY OFFICERS' AND SERVANTS' ASSOCIATION , AND RAILWAY ORPHAN FUND . PoircinirvT

His GRACE THE DUKE OI * WESTMINSTER , K . G . The Tenth Annual Festival in aid of this Institution will he held at the City Terminus Hotel , Cannon-street , E . C , on Wednesday , March 16 , 1 SS 1 . The Right Hon . the EARL OI * LATHOM will preside .

HONORARY STEWARDS .

His Grace the Duke of Richmond and Gordon . His Grace the Duke of Grafton . His Grace the Duke of Montrose . The Right Hon . the Earl of Ilchester . The Right Hon . the Earl of Sheffield . The Kiwht Hon . the Lord

Airey . The Right Hon . the Lord Leigh . The Wig ht Hon . the Lord Waveney . The Ri g ht Hon . the Viscount Sandon , M . P . The Right Hon . Lord John Manners , M . P . Sir Daniel Gooch , Bart ., M . P . Sir Trevor Lawrence , Bart ., M . P . Sir Henry Tufton , Bart . oir vvoiu

n . urummona , K . C . B ., M . P . Sir John Monckton , Knt . Sir T . J . Nelson , Knt . Rev . C . J . Martyn , M . A . "S . C . Hadley , Esq ., Aid . of London ( Treasurer ) . Col . C . Alexander , M . P . Cant . I . E . F . Avlmer . M . P .

1 . Ii . Acworth , llsq . T . C . Baring , Esq ., M . P . Henry Ford Barclay , Esq ., J-PJ . Barrett , Esq . A . C . Barclay , Esq . M . Biddulph , Esq ., M . P .

W . Birt , Esq . H . A . Brassey , Esq ., M . P . W . Cunliffe Brooks , Esq ., M . P . M . C . Buszard , Esq ., Q . C , M . P . E . J . Cave , Esq . O . E . Coope , Esq ., M . P . Spencer Charrington , Esq . G . Courtauld , Esq ., M . P . W . Y . Craig , Eso .. M . P .

A . Dawson , Esq . Baron de Ferrieres , M . P . W . Francis , Esq . Myles Penton , Esq . R . Garrett , Esq . II . J . Gardner , Esq . T . Uowley Hill , Esq ., M . P J . R . Holland , Esq ., M . P . Lieut .-Col . Howard , J . P . C . VV . C . Hutton , Esq ., J . P . C . HaU , Esq . Col . R . N . F . Kingscote , M . P .

| . M . Klenck , Esq . " I . P . Knight , Esq . " J . W . Mellor , Esq ., O . C ., M . P . 1 . S . Manley , Esq . G . Merewether , Esq . J . Pender , Esq ., M . P . J . Phillips , Esq . 7 . Rankin , Esq ., M . P . C . T . Ritchie , Esq ., M . P .

James Robertson , Esq . John Shaw , Esq . John Staples , Esq . ( Aid . of London ) . T . Vesper , Esq . \ V . Willis , Esq ., Q . C , M . P . Baron de Worms , M . P .

OBJECTS OF THE INSTITUTION . The Association is designed to give temporary and permanent assistance to persons in the Service of Railway Companies or Railway Contractors in cases of Accident or Severe Illness ; to provide them Annuities in old age , or if otherwise incapacitated for work , and at death to assist

their tamiues . Forty Annuitants have been elected , and upwards of £ 20 , 000 have been distributed to necessitous cases since May , 1 S 63 . THE RAILWAY ORPHAN ASYLUM FUND is established to provide a Home for thc offspring of those who lose their lives in carrying out their hazardous duties .

DONATIONS or SUBSCRIPTIONS , to be announced at the Festival , are earnestly solicited . The smallest sum will be thankfully received by the Secretary , MR . JAMES SALMON , atthe Offices , 21 , Finsbury Pavement , London , E . C , or by the Stewards .

N . B . —Subscriptions of Five Shillings and upwards per annum entitle to one or more Votes . Donors of Five Guineas become Life Governors , and are entitled to one Vote for Life at every Election . P . O . Orders should be made payable at Finsbury Pavement .

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WOKING COLLEGE , WOKING , SURREY . I Head Master , the Rev . C . W . ARNOLD , M . A ., Trinity College , Cambridge , late Head Master of the Royal Naval School , New Cross , and formerly Head Master of King Edward ' s School , Edinburgh . Second Master , the Rev . A . J . MINTON , M . A ., late Scholar of Syd . Coll ., Cambridge . In the Upper School boys are prepared for the Universities , Army , and Professional Examinations . There is a Special Class for boys destined for Commercial Life . In the Lower School boys are prepared for the Navy and for the Public Schools . There are three Resident Masters ¦ detached infirmary ; large playfields * good bathing ; workshops and gardens for boys . Situation very healthy—on Bagshot Sand . Terms moderate and inclusive . Prospectus and report on application .

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TO OUR READERS . THE . FIIEEMARON- is published every Friday morning , price 3 d ., and contains the fullest and latest information relating to Freemasonry in every degree . Subscriptions , including Postage : — , ., ,,,. , r ^ u ^ f ^ fer India , China , Australia Umtcd Kmgdom . Canada the Conti- N Zcal ^ & ncnt , etc . ' 13 s . 15 s . 6 d . ' 17 s . 6 d . Remittances may hc made in Stamps , but Post Office Orders or Cheques are preferred , the former payable to GEORGE KEXXINO , Cbief Office , London , thc latter crossed London Joint Stock Bank .

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£ 0 ( Eorrespnfteitts , For the information of the brethren of " The Province of Middlesex" it is requested that an error which occurred in the report of last Grand Lodge may be corrected . The Provincial Grand Master of Middlesex occupied the chair of "I . P . M ., " and not another brother , as therein ^ stated , towhom the Provincial Grand Master of Middlesex , is many years senior . P . T . G . and L . NADEN * . —In our next . THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR in our next . The following reports unavoidably stand over : Lodge of Industry , 4 S ; Prince of Wales Own Lodge , 154 , * Mark Lodge , Royal Sussex , 75 ; Albion Lodge of Instruction , g ; and Prince Leopold Lodge of Instruction , 1445-BOOKS , & c , RECEIVED . " Jewish Chronicle , " " Die Baiihutte , " " Boletin Oficial del Gr . Or . de Espana , " "Voice of Masonry , " "Sunday Times , " "Citizen , " "Hull Packet , " "West Chester Local News ( U . S . A . ) , " "Canadian Craftsman , " "Freemason ' s Depository , " "Hebrew Leader , " " Der Long Islaender , " " Loomis' Musical and Masonic Journal , " "La Acacia , " "Allen ' s Indian Mail , " "The Mahratta , " " Report of the Annual Convocation of the Grand Chapter of the State of Virginia" " The Keystone . "

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THEFREEMASON. SATURDAY , MARCH 12 , 1 SS 1 . ¦ ¦ ¦ * ANSWERS TO QUERIES . A TYLER . —The Colonial Board gave the following opinion in 1 S 73 : "There does not appear to be anything in Masonic law forfeiting the rights of a regularly initiated brother who afterwards acts as paid Tyler . " T . F . TYLERS . —By the Book of Constitutions , page 87 , section 9 , a brother initiated by dispensation without fee for the purpose of acting ^ as a serving brother , cannot be a member of the lodge in which he was " so initiated ; " but there is nothing disentitling a brother who has paid his fees and contributions to any of the usual privileges and benefits of the Craft . The Tyler who has been initiated without fee can by the same article become a joining member of another lodge , and upon being registered and paying his contributions in like manner with other members becomes entitled to all privileges . It would be very desirable if the bye-laws of every lodge provided that a Book of Constitutions should be presented to every newly-initiated brother ; a hint on this point from the P . G . Sec . in the preparation of bye-laws for a new lodge would almost invariably secure the insertion of such a provision ; this could also often be done when bye-laws are revised . P . P . G . SEC .

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[ We Jo not hold ourselves responsible for , or even approving of , the opinions expressed by ourcorrespondents , but we wish in a spirit of fair play to all to permit—within certain necessary limits—free discussion . ]

GIRLS' AND BOYS' SCHOOL ELECTIONS . Dear Bro . Kenning , — I would beg to remind many kind friends and correspondents who favoured me with their " votes" last October , that if they have no special or pressing cases of

their own to support , and to which they are pledged , I should be greatly obliged by a repetition of their kind confidence for these elections . I would only add that still true as ever is the old adage , " bis dat qui cito dat . " Yours very fraternally ,

A . F . A . WOODFORD . 25 a , Norfolk-crescent , Hyde Park , W . March 9 , 1 SS 1 .

ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — Permit me to state in reference to the comments on my notices of motion , in your last week ' s issue , that the

motions do not relate to mere questions of " usage and etiquette , " and it is hardly probable , that after more than seven years professional connection with the Institution , I should cither waste the time of the managers , or be devoid of " Masonic good feeling . " Yours faithfully , THOS . MASSA .

BRO . BOND AND THE MASONIC CHARITIES . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — Having very carefully read the attack Bro . Bond

has thought fit to make upon thc three Masonic Chanties in your issue of the sth , the first thought that naturally occurred to me , and probably to most of your readers , is , what position does Bro . Bond occupy , as regards either one or all of those Charities ? Is he a Life Subscriber , a

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Life Governor , or Vice President of one or all . From his remarks one will expect to hear he is a Vice-President of all , and as a good Mason has the cause of all at heait . On this point perhaps he will kindl y enlighten the Masonic world as early as possible ; at the same time perhaps he will explain how the" large amounts annually collected are to be maintained . If by the praiseworthy

exertions of the three Secretaries the sums subscribed have risen from three to fourteen thousand , I am at a loss to see how our Grand Secretary , who is alread y fully occupied with the affairs of Grand Lodge , is to perform the additional duties which must inevitabl y be entailed upon him by the formation of such an absurd scheme as our Bro . Bond proposes . Your insertion of this in your next will be esteemed a favour by , yours fraternally , XV . CLARKE , A . G . P .

To thc Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — Will you be so kind as to inform me under what regulation of Grand Lodge Bro . Major Bond was in order in rising to the question of " privilege " at the meeting on Wednesday last ? I have looked through the Book of

Constitutions , but am unable to find any rule under which he had a claim to be heard by Grand Lodge . 1 don't wish in any way to refer to the particular matter on which Bro . Bond desired to address Grand Lodge , but should like to know how far it is competent for a brother to introduce at

the Quarterly Communication any subject not included in the agenda paper of "business to be transacted in Grand Lodge . " Yours fraternally , J . B . M . ? th March .

GRAND LODGE QUARTERLY COMMUNICATION . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — As you well know , the Quarterly Communication of Giand Lodge is called at six for seven o ' clock . In orderto secure their scats , many brethren arrive soon after six o'clock .

They have consequently a longtime to wait , especially when it happens , as it did on Wednesday , the and inst ., the proceedings did not commence punctually at seven o'clock . 1 for one should be glad if the excellent Grand Organist , who is always early in attendance , or some other skilled brother , would give those in waiting a performance on thc organ .

I wouldbegtosuggest , if the arrangement can be made , that it should be announced that the organist would commence playing at half-past six . This would allow half-an-hour for the performance before the commencement of the proceedings at seven p . m . Yours fraternally , P . M . 7 th March , ISSI . * .

THE MASONIC AND CO-OPERATIVE BANK . To the Editor of the " \ Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — In reference to the question of " Investor " in your issue of the 19 th ult ., as to the claims of the Masonic and Co-operative Bank to be considered a , " Masonic"

institition , will you grant me a small space in your valuable ar . esteemed journal to reply thereto ? It will be necessary to give the origin of the Society , which : was briefly as follows : It had long been talked about by members of two or three lodges that a meeting place other than at a public-house was desirable . In fact , by some

among us it was considered an urgent necessity . The subject , from constant discussion , took shape , and the nucleu of a society was formed . Thc idea did not receive that amount of financial support among members of the Craft to justify the forming of a building society for the object alone of erecting a Masonic hall . Eventually the brethren agreed

to incorporate a society under the Industrial and Friendly Societies Act , with the object of combining banking with building society business . The primary object was kept steadily in view , and first upon our prospectus enclosed , herewith , is the following : " Facilities are offered to Masonic lodges for erecting their

own temples at exceptionally smalljper centageson advances ; in this manner a lodge , either separately or in combination with others , may become its own freeholder . " Another claim to be considered Masonic may , perhaps , be allowed , and that is that the first nineteen members of the Society , holding nearly two'hundred ten-pound shares , are Masons and members of one lodge , while we have many

other Masons among our shareholders . Should " Investor" or any other inquirer desire further information , or a " sure , safe , and profitable investment , " I cannot do better than refer them to the manager , Bro . A . A . Wing , P . M . No . 45 , who can be seen daily at the offices ofthe Society 27 , Chancery-lane . I enclose my card and subscribe myself not only a brother who objects to Masonry in public-houses , but ONE WHO HAS FAITH IN CO-OPERATION . March 2 nd , iSSr .

THE "HERVEY MEMORIAL FUND . " To the Editor ofthe " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — " Quot homines , tot sententioe . " " A P . Prov . G . Chaplain " but illustrates this

indubitable and very reasonable axiom . I thank him for his letter and the interest he evidently feels on the subject of the " Hervey Memorial Fund , " and I am glad of the opportunity of explaining that the Committee , who considered the question very carefully and anxiously , especially felt