Notices Of Meetings.

Covent Garden Lodge of Instruction , No . 1614 . —The nsnal weekly meeting was held nt the Criterion , Piccadilly , S . W ., on the 20 r . h inat ., wheu there were present : —Broa . W . Groves W . M ., G . H . Foan S . W ., F . M . Noakes J . W ., James Greenway Deputy Preceptor , G . R -yooMs Treasurer and Secretary , W . Lincoln S . D .,

W . Hoggins J . D ., C . 0 . Burgess T . G ., T . C . Weeks Tyler , R . C . Cursous , J . D . Graham , James ROA-C , A . Clark , A . Jeasuivim , G . J . Reed , H . Matthewp , A . Be-pely , C . W . Fromholtz , Charles Lambert . After preliminaries , tbe Deputy Preceptor worked tha second section of the first lecture . Bro . H . Matthews offered himself as a candidate for

passing ; he was examined and entrusted . Lodge was opened in tbe second , and the W . M . rehearsed the ceremony . The Lodge was resumed to the first degree . Bro . J . Gluckstein was unanimously elected a member . Bro . G . H . Foan was appointed W . M . for the ensuing week , when the ceremony of the second degree will be rehearsed .

A hearty and cordial vote of thanks , to be recorded on the minutes , was proposed to Bro . W . Groves for tho manner in which he had occupied and carried out tbe duties of the chair , for the first time iu this or > -ny other Lodge of Instrnction . The W . M . made a suitable reply . Nothing further offering , Lodge was closed and adjourned .

Londesborough Lodge of Instruction , No . 1681 . —On Wednesday , the 26 th nit ., at the Berkeley Arms , John Street , May Fair , Bros . Evenden P . M . Preceptor , Lewis W . M ., Bnllen S . W ., Filhon J . W ., Cnrsons acting Secretary , Buxton S . D ., Scheu J . D ., Head I . G ., Peace Steward ; Kirk , Dodson , Holmes P . M ., Green , Blyth , & o . Lodge opened in due form , and the minutes of lasWneeting read and confirmed . The first section of the lecture was worked

by Bro . Lewis , and the second by Bro . Bullen . The W . M . vacated the chair in favour of Bro . Holmes . Lodge was opened in the second degree , and Bro . Dodson waa examined and entrusted for passing . The Lodge was opened in the third degree , and the ceremony of raising rehearsed . Bro . P . M . Green , of the Rothesay Lodge , was elected a member . Bro . S . W . was elected W . M . for ensuing week , Officers in rotation . All Masonio bnsiness being ended , Lodge was closed in perfect harmony .

Royal Arch.

ROYAL ARCH .

— : u : — STRICT BENEVOLENCE CHAPTER , No . 97 .

THE annnal meeting was held on the 20 th ult ., in the Masonio Hall , Park Terrace , Sunderland . Comp . 11 . Singleton presided , and he waa snpported by the Principals of the officials of tho Chapter and the following visitors : —Comps . Mark Douglas , Thomas Conlson , A . T . Monro 80 , Charles H . Drury Z . 52 . The Principals were installed and the Officials invested for the ensuing year by Comp . B . Levy . The Principals installed were : —Comps . R .

Singleton Z ., R . Shadforth H ., and C . M . Wake J . The following Officera were invested . —Comps . W . Liddell Treasurer , W . M . Render S . E ., F . Wade S . N ., A . Gray P . S ., J . R . Cutter 1 st Assist ., R . C Readhead 2 nd Assistant , T . M . Watson D . C , J . Nicholls Organist , J . Lee and A . Grundy Stewards , B . Swain Janitor , T . M . Watson and J . R . Pattison Auditors . The annnal festival was subsequently held under the presidency of Comp . Singleton .

Star Chapter of Instruction , No . 1275 . —On Friday , 21 st nit ., there were present , at the Stirling Castle , Camberwell , Comps . F . Hilton P . Z . Preceptor , G . L . Moore M . E . Z ., Marsden H . Hill J ., Stone S . E ., Patrick S . N ., Grummant P . S ., Eedle , Addington ,

Murche , Powell P . Z ., & c . Comp . Patrick installed Comp . Addington into the Z . ' a chrir . Comp . Marsden was elected M . E . Z . for next meeting . The ceremony of exaltation was rehearsed , Comp . Eedle candidate . An installation ceremony will be rehearsed on Friday nest , at 7 30 p . m .

Masonic Visiting.

MASONIC VISITING .

ONE of the signal pleasures arising from Freemasonry is that which is incident to Masonic visiting . Of course wo enjoy attending our own Lodge ; it is our special home ; there we meet the members of our own immediate famil y ; but Freemasonry is an endless chain of families

extending around the globe . It is no euphemism to say , tnafc in every land the Freemason may find a home , and in every clime a Brother . This is not figure of speech , but fact . But many who never become travellers desiro to visit in their own country , ancl their own city . There is a charm

in visiting another Masonic Lodge , meeting even iu the same Masonic Temple as our own Lodge . It may be a next-door neighbour . Yet in it we are abroad . We there widen ^ our circle of experience , our knowledge of the Masonic world . We there , amid old associations , meet new

associates . It is the same old work , the same secret art and mystery , the same symbols ancl allegories , but all else ^ ew , and now life is sometimes thus acquired by the Brother , is . iwho has been previously following only a time-worn

monotonous path . As all roads lead to Rome , so every road loads to a Masonic Lodge . You cannot go astray in seeking oiu \ Wherever there are alt thc outward tokens of Freemasonry

Masonic Visiting.

—a Masonic Hall , a Masonic Temple , or even an unpretentious Lodge Room , —duly guarded by the Tyler , and thus protected from the approach of the profane , a Freemason may venture to present himself . But if the customary Craft indications are lacking—the doors kept

wide open , or ajar , where one may walk in unchallenged , or peep in , —beware ! That may be the resort of clandestines , or so-called latter-day saints , or the profanest of the profane . It requires some skill to visit wisely . The

Brother must have his Masonic wits about him . He must not be like the Acacia , evergreen . He must bo bright , a reading Mason , not merely on speaking terms with Freemasonry , but intimately familiar with its mysteries . Such a one cannot go astray .

We will suppose a discreet Brother to be on his travels in quest of " more Light . " He presents himself to a Lodge where he is unknown , and requests admission as a visitor . What is the usual course which ensues ? . That depends on the Master of the Lodge . Tho Master is Master . His will

and pleasure rules the Craft . He may perform his duty , or neglect it . He may in due course hear the request for admission presented , and for a good cause , or a poor cause , or no cause at all , pay no immediate attention to it , or temporarily overlook it , or lose sight of it altogether . The

constant recurrence of one or other of these lines of conduct is becoming a crying evil in the Craft . A visiting Brother who sends in his request to a Lodge has the right to have it treated with Masonio courtesy , and with all possible promptness acted upon . He is a Brother of the

Craft . Every Lodge should be made a home to him . We , of course , recognise the right of a Master to refuse admittance to any visiting Brother whom he thinks would mar the harmony of that particular Lodge , and also the personal right of any member , for the same reason , to

object to a visitor ; but we are not now treating of that aspect of the subject . Wo are assuming that there is no formal objection to his admission , and that his request is simply neglected or ignored . This is a wrong , not only to the Brother who patiently and longingly sits outside the

door , but to the genius of Freemasonry itself . He is our Brother , our other self , who is without iu waiting . There is no good reason why his request should be treated with neglect , and every reason why it should be treated with the civility due a gentleman and a Freemason . Put yourself

in his place ! How would you like to be kept loitering in the outer courts of the Temple , while within those mystic rites which have so great a fascination to the average initiate are being enacted by your Brethren ? How would you fancy being kept nibbling your impatient thoughts , while

hungering and thirsting for the abundance of Masonio food dispensed within the tyled Lodge ? We trust the day , or the night , is at hand when all Masters of Lodges will be thoughtful of the visiting Brother , give him instant attention if practicable , and treat him with that fraternal spirit

which he would invoke for himself were he knocking afc the portals of another Lodge . The Tyler ' s room , or closet , or entry , is not always the most agreeable place in the Masonic world . Sometimes the stove is uncomfortably near , or tho smoke unpleasantly thick , or the seats

disagreeably hard , or the monotony decidedly marked . Then the proposing visitor has a dull time of it . Bufc even when fche surroundings are the best imaginable , they are not what he is in quest of . He desires to enter the portals of Freemasonry , to visit his Brethren , to sit in the Lodge .

He ought not to bo unreasonably kept out . He should have the right hand of friendship and brotherly lovo extended to him . He is ono of us , probably , and he should

bo duly noticed , promptly examined , and if found to bo a Freemason , warmly welcomed as a visiting Brother . Brethren , think of theso things , ancl perform your duty in fche light of the sunshine of brotherly love . —Keystone .

The Hon . A . G . Tollemache has sent a donation of fifty pounds fco Sfc . John ' s Hospital for Diseases of fcho Skin , Leicester Square , W . C .

Admirers of George Augustus Sala—and their name is legion—will learn with pleasure that in tho Sunday Times , of 2 nd March , he commences the re-issue of his " Echoes of the Week . "

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