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GENERAL LIFE AND FIRE ASSURANCE COMPANY . —Established 1837 . Chief Office—103 , Cannon-street , London , E . C . Capital jtfi . ooo . ooo Funds in hand ... ... ¦ 1 , 200 , 000 Total income exceeds 33 S > °°° 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 . CCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY , LIMITED . 10 , ST . SWITHIN'S LANE , LONDON , E . C . General Accidents . I Personal Injuries . Railway Accidents . I Deaths by Accident . C . HARDING , Manager .

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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 , I 17 , NEW BROAD STREET , E . C . ( Opposite Railway Station ) . 12 , HONEY LANE MARKET , CHEAPSIDE , 93 , THEOBALD'S RD ., HOLBORN , W . C , 125 , 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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pOALS . 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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BRO . DAN GODFREY , Junr ., R . C . M ., L . R . A . M ., CONDUCTOR , THE LONDON MILITARY BAND , ( President—Sir ARTHUR SULLIVAN ) , SUPPLIES BANDS ( Military and String ) for GARDEN PARTIES , RECEPTIONS , DINNERS , . BALLS , & c . For Terms—Apply to 42 S , STRAND , W . C .

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FIRST PRIZE MEDALS . Adelaide Jubilee Exhibition , 1 SS 7 ; Sydney Centenary Exhibition , iSSS . MASONS' CERTIFICATES , & c , FRAMED TO ANY DESIGN . H . MORELL , 17 & iS , GREAT ST . ANDREW ST ., BLOOMSBURY , LONDON , W . C . Manufacturer and Importer of all kinds of Picture Frame and Decorative Mouldings ( Two Million feet always in stock ) . Every requisite fur the Trade and Exportation . Illustrated Book of Patterns , 8 j pages . ( to demy , revised for 18 91 , post free for three penny stamps .

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DVERTISEMENT SCALE OF "THE FREEMASON . " . Per Insertion . SINGLE COLUMN per inch £ 050 ONE PAGE 10 o o ONE COLUMN 3 10 o PUBLIC COMPANIES' & PARAGRAPH ADVERTISEMENTS , IS . PER LINE . WANTS , & C , FOUR LINES , 2 s . 6 d ., and 6 d . PER LINE additional .

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Now ready , price 2 s . 6 d ., N OTES ON THE CEREMONY OF INSTALLATION , by H . SADLER , P . M ., P . Z ., Author of "Masonic I'acts and Fictions , " with a Masonic Biography , Portrait , and Autograph of SIR ALBERT VV . WOODS , C . B ., Garter King of Arms , Past Grand Warden of England and Grand Director of Ceremonies . GEORGE KENNING , 16 , Great Queen-st ., London . W . C .

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REEMASON'S HYMN .-THE MYSTIC TIE . Words and Music composed by F . J . STEIN . Price is . 6 d . nett . Loidon : GEORGE KENNING , 16 & I 6 A , Gt . Oueen-st .

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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 HALL , 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 y p . m . for BREAKFASTS , LUNCHEONS . TKAS , a . nd DINNERS . F . H . CLEMOW , Proprietor .

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MANCHESTER 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

LICENSED VICTUALLERS' GLASS AND CHINA

ALSO 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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SURLY HALL HOTEL , fronting main road and River Thames , near Windsor . Firstclass accommodation . Steam launches , punts , and boats for hire , and excellent fishing can be had . Good stabling . Postal Telegraph Office at the Hotel . Moderate tariff . — S . H . Henning , Proprietor .

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p REAT WESTERN RAILWAY . CHEAP FAST EXCURSIONS will run EVERY SATURDAY from PADDINGTON STATION , until further notice , as under : 7 . 45 a . m ., to llfracombe , EXETER , Barnstaple , Dawlish , TORQUAY , PLYMOUTH , Truro , Falmouth , St . Ives , Penzance , & c , for 3 , S , 10 , 15 , or 17 days . 11 . 5 a . m ., to Witham , Wells , YEOVIL , Bridport , DORCHESTER , WEYMOUTH , & c , for 10 or 17 days . 11 . 55 a . m ., to Clevedon , WESTON-SUPER-MARE , TAUNTON , Barnstaple , Tiverton , & c , for 3 , , or 17 days . 1 . 5 p . m ., to Newbury , Marlborough , Devizes , Trowbridge , Frome , & c , for 10 or 17 days . 1 . 55 p . m ., to Swindon , BATH , BRISTOL , & c , for 7 or 14 days . 3 . 15 p . m ., to EXETER , Dawlish , Torquay , PLYMOUTH , & c , for 3 , S , 10 . 15 , or 17 days . Tickets and Bills may be obtained at the Company ' s Receiving Offices and Stations . HY . LAMBERT , General Manager .

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/^ REAT NORTHERN RAILWAY , HOLIDAY TRIPS FROM LONDON . To SKEGNESS , for one day , August 15 th , 17 th , 22 nd , 24 th , 29 th , 31 st , and to SUTTON-ON-SEA and MABLETHORPE , August 15 th , 17 th , 29 th , and 31 st , from Moorgate-street , C . 37 a . m .- Aldersgate-street , 6 . 39 ; Farringdon-street , 6 . 41 , - King ' s Cross ( G . N . ) , 7 . 10 ; Holloway , 7 . 5 •Finsbury Park , 7 . 20 . Passengers by the Saturday excursions may return on the Monday or Tuesday following , at slightly higher fares . To ST . ALBANS and IIARPENDEN , every Saturday afternoon , from Moorgate-street , 2 . 15 ; Aldersgate-street , 2 . 17 ; Farringdon-street , 2 . 1 9 j King ' s Cross ( G . N . ) , 2 . 40 , * Finsbury Park , 2 . 46 . SATURDAY , AUGUST 22 nd , for six days , to CAMBRIDGE , LYNN , Wisbech , Norwich , Cromer , Yarmouth , Lincoln , Gainsboro' , Leicester , Melton , Nottingham , Derby , Burton , Tutbury , Stoke , Huddersfield , Sheffield , Manchester , Stockport , Warrington , Southport , Liverpool , Wakefield , Leeds , Bradford , Keighley , Halifax , Hull , York , Scarborough , Whitby , Bridlington , Darlington , Durham , Newcastle , & c , & c . MONDAY , AUGUST 24 th , for one day , to SHERRINGHAM , CROMER ( Beach ) , and YARMOUTH ( Beach ) , from King ' s Cross ( G . N . ) , 6 . 15 a . m . * Finsbury Park , C . 22 . Ihird class return fare , 5 s . For further particulars , see bills , to be obtained at Company ' s Stations and Town Parcels Receiving Offices , and of Swan and Leach , 3 , Charing Cross , and 32 , Piccadilly Circus . HENRY OAKLEY , General Manager . London , King ' s Cross , August , 1 S 91 .

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D OYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION ¦ *¦*¦ FOR GIRLS , WANDSWORTH COMMON . A BEAUTIFUL PHOTOGRAPH of the ALEXANDRA HALL AND BUILDINGS , Cabinet Size on Opaline , with Strutt , Ring , and Box . Complete , is . 6 d . each , or forwarded Post Free on receipt of is . gd . To be had at the Office of the Freemason , 16 , Great Queen-street , London , W . C .

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VICTORIA STEAMBOAT ASSOCIATION . AO STEAMERS—Can CARRY 200 , 000 in a DAY . THROUGH CHEAP TICKETS to all places below can be obtained at all District Railway Stations .

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THE LORD OF THE ISLES ( 200 miles , -js . ) , with magnificent saloons and lighted with electricity throughout , DAILY ( Fridays excepted ) , to HARWICH and CLACTON-ON-SEA and BACK SAME DAY , from London Bridge ( Old Swan Pier ) , at 9 . 30 a . m ., calling en route at Woolwich . From Fenchurch-street Station by Special Train in connection at 10 . 2 S a . m . to Tilbury , calling at Stepney , Bromley , and Plaistow . Tender from Greenwich 9 . 40 , and Blackwall 9 . 50 . Speed 20 miles an hour . Boat fare there and back , 6 s . and 5 s . Two hours guaranteed at Clacton . All Return tickets available during season . Special train at Tilbury on return , reaching London about 9 . 0 . Tickets Gd ., issued only on board .

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HERNE BAY and BACK ( New Feature this Season-Saturday , Sunday , Monday , Tuesday & Wednesday , August 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 and 26 . Also Saturday , Sunday and Monday , September 5 , 6 and 7 , by the GLEN ROSA or MERMAID , leaving OLD SWAN PIER , London Bridge , at 10 . 0 a m ., calling en route at Greenwich at 10 . 20 ; Blackwall , 10 . 30 j S . Woolwich , 10 . 40 ; Gravesend , 11 . 40 ; and Southend , 12 . 40 . About two hours on shore . Herne Bay is the prettiest seaside place in Kent . Fares , 3 s . 6 d . single ; 5 s . return . Available Saturday to Monday . Tickets in advance may be obtained at the Offices of the Company .

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SOUTHEND , SHEERNESS , ROSHERVILLE GARDENS , & GRAVESEND by the GLEN ROSA . Just Rebuilt , Electric Light . DAILY , at 11 . 0 a . m . ( Fridays included ) from OLD SWAN PIER , London Bridge . Return Fares , available whole season , 3 s . and 3 s . 6 d .

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MERMAID . —Just Built , Electric Light , Bijou Floating Palace , for ROSHERVILLE GARDENS and GRAVESEND , from OLD SWAN PIER , EVERY DAY at 10 . 0 a . m ., and 3 . 0 p . m . Fare to Rosherville ( including admission and return ) , is . Gd . and 2 s . 3 d . Calling en route at Greenwich , Blackwall , and South Woolwich .

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jD OYAL NAVAL EXHIBITION . —The most direct •*•" ¦ route is by Steamer , every ten minutes from all Piers to the New Victoria Pier , Chelsea , immediately opposite the main entrance . Fare 2 d . from London . Special Boat from Woolwich at 11 . Fare , Sd . ; return , is . 2 d . Calling at Greenwich at 11 . 20 . Fare , 4 d .

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HAMPTON COURT , Richmond , or Kingston , DAILY , from LONDON BRIDGE ( Old Swan Pier ) at 10 a . m . ; calling at all Piers up the river , by the magnificent Saloon Steamer "CARDINAL WOLSEY . " Fare to Richmond , is . ; return , is . Gd . Ditto , Hampton , is . Cd . ; return , 2 S . 6 d .

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KEW GARDENS . Open Daily ( Sunday included ) . Admission Free . Steamers from CADOGAN PIEK , Chelsea , every 20 minutes , calling at Wandsworth , Putney , and Hammersmith . Steamers from all Piers to Chelsea every 10 minutes .

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BATTERSEA PARK . —Steamers every 10 minutes from LONDON BRIDGE , calling at all intermediate Piers , till S . o p . m .

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/ ""¦ j . REENWICH PARK , from all Piers , at frequent * - " intervals daily , from S . 30 a . m . to S . o p . m . Handbills of all sailings and fares sent post free . Special Fares quoted for parties of 25 and upwards for all trips . ARNOLD E . WILLIAMS , Managing Director . EDGAR SHAND , General Manager and Secretary . Offices—Victoria House , Laurence Pountney-lane , Cannonstreet , E . C .

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GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY . BORDEAUX * . — Every Friday . Saloon , S * * - ** ' Fore-cabin , 35 s . Return , Sos . and 60 s . The magnificent NEW STEAMER , "HIRONDELLE , " electrically lighted , and replete with every convenience , is now running on this Station . EDINBURGH * . — Saturday and Wednesday . Saloon , 22 s . ; Fore-cabin , 16 s . Return , 34 s . and 24 s . Gd . OSTEND . —WEDNESDAY . Saloon , 10 s . ; Fore cabin , 7 s . Gd . Return , 15 s . and ns . 3 d . From Ironga ' . e and St . Katherine ' s YVharf . HAMBURGH via HARWICH . —Express from Liverpool-street Station , at S p . m . on Tuesdays , Fridays * and Saturdays . Fare , jl , i 17 s . Gd . or £ 1 5 s . pd . ; Return , £ 2 16 s . 3 d . or £ 1 iSs . gd . From LONDON BRIDGE WHARF . MARGATE . —Every Sunday at 9 . 45 a . m . 5 s - 6 ?' there and back to Fenchurch-street Station , via Tilbury . MARGATE and RAMSGATE . — Three times a week . Single Fares , 5 s . and 4 s . f \ EAL and DOVER . — Three times a week . * - * 7 s . Single ; 12 s . 6 d . Return . YARMOUTH . —Saloon , 7 s . 6 d . ; Fore , 6 s . Return , ¦ *¦ ios . 6 d . and gs . * A Tender conveys Bordeaux and Edinburg h Passengeis from Westminster and Temple Piers . For Particulars apply to _ 55 , GREAT TOWER STREET , or 14 , WATEKL * - " - - PLACE , LONDON .