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GENERAL LIFE AND FIRE ASSURANCE COMPANY . —Established 1837 . Chief Office—103 , Cannon-street , London , E . C . Capital ^ 1 , 000 , 000 Funds in hand 1 , 300 , 000 Total income exceeds SSSiOoo 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 1790 . 93 , CHANCERY LANE , LONDON , W . C . ( Two 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 . * * # N . B . —STRONG DEED BOXES of the following dimensions forwarded carriage paid pro nett cash—viz . 16 in . by 12-in . by o ^ -in ., 17 s . 6 d . ; 14-in . by 10-in . by 8-in ., 14 s . 6 d . j and 13-in by 9-in by 7-in ., lis . 6 d .

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THE LONDON NECROPOLIS . — BROOKWOOD CEMETERY , NEAR WOKING . 188 , WESTMINSTER BRIDGE ROAD , AND 2 , LANCASTER PLACE , STRAND . Telephone—No . 4 S 39 . 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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PATENTS . ' -THE LOWEST FIXED CHARGE " ¦ for Patents on application . DESIGNS , TRADE MARKS , AND FOREIGN PATENTS . CIRCULAR AND ADVICE GRATIS . WEATHERDON & Co ., PATENT AGENTS , 11 and 12 , SOUTHAMPTON BUILDINGS , CHANCERY LANE , W . C . ESTABLISHED 1849 .

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FISH , POULTRY , GAME , OYSTERS . TOHN GOW , LIMITED , J I 7 , 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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p OALS . COALS . COALS . COCKERELL'S , 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 S Q UARE , 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 HALL , PILLAR HALL , MASONIC HALL , CHAPTER , and numerous Smaller Rooms . The RESTAURANT on Eastern Side of Hotel Entrance is open to the Public from 7 a . m . to 7 p . m . for BREAKFASTS , LUNCHEONS . TEAS , and 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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rOBHAM'S BEAR'S PAW

^ - ' 53 , LORD STREET , LIVERPOOL . Is the finest DAY HOTEL AND RESTAURANT In the Provinces , and the DISTRICT RENDEZVOUS OF MASONS . An elegant Suite of Rooms set apart for Masonic purposes Telephone , 5 42 . THOS . J . FLETCHER , Telegrams , " Nobilitas . " ' Manager .

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- "pHE COCK TAVERN , Highbury , N ENTIRELY RE-DECORATED AND RE-FURNISHED .

Excellent Suites of Rooms for MASONIC LODGE MEETINGS BANQUETS , SUPPERS , & c

DATES OPEN FOR CLUB DINNERS , MEETINGS , AND SMOKING CONCERTS . BAKER BROTHERS ( LIMITED ) , Proprietors .

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

LICENSED VICTUALLERS' GLASS AND CHINA ,

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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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FIRST PRIZE MEDALS Adelaide Jubilee Exhibition , 1887 ; Sydney Cen tenary Exhibition , 188 S . MASONS' CERTIFICATES , & c , FRAMED TO ANY DESIGN . H . MORELL

17 & 18 , 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 for the Trade and Exportation . Illustrated Book of Patterns post free for three penny stamps .

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FOR SALE—Price £ 5—Engraving of THOMAS DUNCKERLEY , in Oak Frame , at the Masonic Show Rooms , 1 , 2 , 3 , and 4 , Little Britain , London . GRASON HOPE ( Organist 2128 ) is open to supply full Musical Programme ( both in and out of Lodge ) with the aid of THE LYRIC VOCAL QUARTETTE . —Apply G RASON H OPE , Streatham , S . W .

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HOME SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN in delightful neighbourhood . Conducted by First-Class Certificated Master . Sound Education , Training , and Diet guaranteed . Terms , £ 20 per annum . —Address , HEAD MASTER , Hampton Wick School , Kingston . ENGINEER . —Wanted by a Brother returned from Australia , with large and varied experience , SITUATION as Foreman or charge of machinery . Excellent English testimonials . — Address , J . M . F ., 4 , Royal-crescent , Bridlington Quay , Yorkshire .

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FREEMASON'S HYMN . —THE MYSTIC TIE . Words and Music composed by F . J . STEIN . Price is . 6 d . nett . London : GEORGE KENNING , 16 & I 6 A , Gt . Queen-st . PTXCC *\ S * HISTORY OF THE APOLLO LODGE , YORK , in relation to Craft and Royal Arch Masonry ; with Brief Sketches of its Local Predecessors and Contemporaries , ' the "Grand Lodge of All England" ( York Masons ); the Provincial Grand Lod ge ; and various Lodges from 1705 to 1 S 05 . By WILLIAM JAMES HUGHAN , Author of " Origin of the English Riteof Freemasonry , " & c . With valuable Appendices . London : G EORGE K ENNING , 16 , Great Queen-st ., W . C .

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Now Ready . Price Is . Post Free , is . id . THE MASTER MASON'S HANDBOOK , by Bro . FRED . J . W . CROWE , with an Introduction by Bro . W . J . HUGHAN , P . G . D ., & c . The Master Mason's Handbook is a compendium of all information necessary to a knowledge of English Masonry , comprising—An Historical Sketch of Freemasonry—The Grand Lodge : Its Origin and Constitution—Private Lodges , Metropolitan and Provincial—Visiting Private Lodges-Titles , their uses and abbreviations—The Great Masonic Institutions—The " Higher" or additional Degrees , and how to obtain them . London : GEORGE KENNING , 16 , Great Queen-street , W . C .

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Price 7 s 6 d . A HANDY BOOK to the Study of the ENG RAVED , PRINTED , and MANUSCRIPT LISTS OF LODGES of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of England ( "Moderns" and "Ancients" ) from 1723 to 1814 , with an Appendix and Valuable Statistical Tables . By Bro . JOHN LANE , F . C . A ., P . M . i 402 , _ Past Senior Grand Warden of Iowa , Past Prov . Grand Registrar of Devonshire , & c , & c , & c , Author of " Masonic Records , 1717-1 SS 6 , " "Masters' Lodges , " & c , & c , and dedicated to Bro . WILLIAM JAMES HUGHAN , P . S . G . D . England . London : GEORGE KENNING , 16 , Great Queen-st ., W . C .

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ADVERTISEMENT SCALE OF "THE FREEMASON . " Per Insertion . SINGLE COLUMN per inch £ 0 5 o 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 < 5 d . PER LINE additional . 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 Ollice Orders or cheques are preferred , the former payable to GEORGE KENNINO , Chief Office , London , the latter crossed London loint Stock Bank .

To Correspondents.

To Correspondents .

The following communications unavoidably stand over : CRAFT LODGES—St . Albans , No . 29 ; Medina , No . 35 ; Derwent , No . 40 ; St . John , No . >; o ; Scientific , No . 88 ; Mariners , No . 168 ; Old Concord , No . 172 ; Friendship , No . 303 ; Leinster , No . 387 ( I . C . ); Gainsborough , No . 432 ; Science , No . 437 ; Wellington , No . < 8 ; St . Kew . No . 1232 ; Islington , No , 1471 ;

Urmston , No . 1730 ; Coleridge , No . 1740 ; Ebrington , No . 18 47 ; Richmond , No . 2032 ; Prince Edward , No . 2109 ; and Acacia , No . 3331 . KNIGHTS TEMPLAR—St . Joseph Preceptor / , RED CROSS—Premier Conclave .

We regret again to be obliged to carry over all our reports of lodges of instruction until our next issue , the pressure on our space being more than usually great .

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SATURDAY , J ANUARY 17 , 1891

Masonic Notes.

Masonic Notes .

Last week , towards the close of our series of Notes on the subject of "Masters and Wardens , " we expressed our inability to furnish the grounds on which the late Bro . John Hervey had decided that a brother who had been appointed S . W . by proxy—it being his first

appointment as Warden—was not eli gible for the Master ' s chair . Our attention has since been called to a case which was before Grand Lodge on the £ th December , 18 77 , and which no doubt actuated Bro . Hervey in deciding as he did . The case , briefly put , is as follows .

Bro . the Rey . John E . Marks , during his absence in England , was appointed S . W . of the Lod ge Victoria in Burmah , No . S 32 , Rangoon , at the usual time in January . He did not return to India till A p ril or May , and did not take his seat as Warden till August . When the

time for the election of a new Master came round , objection was taken to the eli g ibility of Bro . Marks , on the 1 ground that , as required in the then Book of ConstitU ' tions page 62 , Article 2 , he had not served the office of Warden for one year . , The Master over-ruled the

objection , and Bro . Marks was declared eli g ible , and elected . The case was carried to the Deputy District Grand Master , who also ruled that Bro . Marks was eli g ible , and his election valid . Appeal was then made

to Grand Lodge , which , on the advice of the then Grand Registrar ( the late Bro . Mclntyre ) , reversed the decisionof the Deput y District Grand Master of Burmah , and declared that Bro . Marks was not eli gible for the office of Master .