Instruction.

B . A . 1365 Clapton , White Hart , Clapton , 8 R , A . 1612 E . of Carnarvon , Ladbroke Hall , Notting Hill . 8

Wednesday , 26 th October

3 Fidelity , Alfred , Roman Road , Barnsbury , 8 30 United Mariners ' , Lngard , Peckham , 7 - 30 05 Prosperity , Old Parr ' s Head , Knightrider St . 72 Royal Jubilee , Mitre , Chancery Lane , AV . O ., 8 73 Mount Lebanon , George Inn , Borough , 8 193 Confidence , Hercules Tavern , Leadenhall St ., 8 228 United Strength , Hope , Regent ' s Park , 8

638 La Tolerance . Portland Hot , Gt . Portland St ., 8 69-1 Downahire , Masonio Hall , Liverpool , 7 673 St . John , Masonio Half , Liverpool , 8 720 Panmure , Balham Hotel , Balham , 7 781 Merchant Navy , Silver Tav , Burdett Rd ., 7 30 B 13 New Concord , Jolly Farmers , Southgato Rd . 8 862 AVhittington , Red Lion , Fleet Stroet , 8

902 Burgoyne , Essex Arms , Strand , 8 972 St . Augustine , Masonic Hall , Canterbury , 8 ' 30 1037 Portland , Portland Hall , Portland 1269 Stanhope . Fox and Hounds , Putney 1356 Toxteth , 140 North Hill Street , Livorpool , 7 ' 30 1475 Peckham . 516 Old Kent Road , 3 1611 Alexandra , Hornsea , Hull

1601 Ravensbourne , Rising Sun , Ruaby Green , Catford , 8 1604 Wanderers , Victoria Mansions Restaurant , S . AV ., 7-30 1862 Boaconsfiold , Chequers , Walthamstow , 7 " 30 1681 Londesborough , Borkeley Arms , May Fair , 8 1692 Hervey , White Hart Hotel , Bromley , Kent , 8 - 30 1791 Creaton , AVheatsheaf , Shepherd ' s Bush , 8

1922 Earl of Lathom , Station Hotel , Camberwell New Boad , 8 1903 Dnke of Albany , 153 Battorsoa Park Road . 7 ' 30 2206 Hendon , Welsh Harp , Hendon , 8 R . A . 177 Domatic , St . James's Restaurant , W ., 8 R . A . 720 Panmure , Goose and Gridiron , E . C , 7 R . A . 933 Doric , 202 AVhitochapol Road , B „ 7 30 M . M . Grand Masters . Murk Masons' Hall , W . C .

Thursday , 27 th October . 144 St . Luke , White Hart , Cholsea , 730 147 Justice , Brown Boar , Deptford , 8 263 Clarence , 8 Totto-iham Court Ro . il , W . C . 749 Belgrave , Alb on Tavern . Russell St ., W . C , 8 754 High Cross , Coach and Hn-ses , Tottenham , 8 879 Southwark , Sir Garnet Wolseley , Rothorhithe

New Road 890 Hornsey , Masonic Room , Lewisham , nfc S 1017 Montefiore , St . James ' s Restaurant , W ., < 1168 Southern Star , Sir Syd . Smith , Kennington , 3 1178 Perfect Ashlar , Bridge Home Hotel , S . K . 7 1182 Duke of Edinburgh , M . I I ., Liver ]) > ol , 7 30 1269 Duke of Edinburgh , Eastern Hotel ,

Commercial Road , Limehouso ,. !• , ., 7 - 30 1278 Burdett Coutts , Swan , Botunal Green R ; ad , 8 1306 St . John , Three Crowns , Mile End Road , 3 1360 RoyalArthnr , Prince of Wnlos , Wimbled >¦¦ , ' 30 1426 The Groat City , Masons' Hall Avonuo , 6 " •' 1568 D . Connaught , Palmerston Arms . Cambo w . 11 , 8 1671 Leopold , City Arms Tavern , B . C ., 7

1580 Cranbourne , Red Lion , Hatfield , S 1602 Sir Hugh Myddelton , 4 "> Upper Street , N „ 8 1612 West Middlesex , Bell , Ealing DJUII , 7 * 45 1614 Oovent Garden , Criterion , W ., 8 1622 Rose , Stirling Castle , Camberwell , 8 1626 Tredegar , Wellington , Bow , E ., T io 1873 Langton , White Hart , Abchurch Lane . 5 " 30 1744 Royal Savoy , Blue Posts , 'lharlotto Street , 8

1960 Southgate , Railway Hot , New Southgato . 7 ' 30 1677 Crusaders , Old Jerusalem , St . John ' s Road , Olerkenwell , 9 1998 Priory , Constitutional Club , Acton R . A . 763 Prince Frederick William , Lord's Hotel , St . John ' s AVood . 8 B . A . 1471 North London , Northampton House , Canonbury , 8

Friday , 28 th October . Emulation , Freemasons' Hall , 6 General Lodge , Masonic Hall , Birmingham , 8 167 St . John ' s , York and Albany , Regent ' s Park , 607 United Pilgrims , SnrreyM . H ., Camberwell , 7-30 765 St . James , Princess Victoria , Rothorhithe . 8 780 Royal AlfredStar and GarterKew Bridge , 8

, , 834 Ranolagh , Six Bells , Hammersmith 1056 Metropolitan , Portugal Hotel , Floet Stroet , 7 1185 Lewis , Fishmongers' Arms , Wood Green , 7 * 30 1228 Beacontree , Green Man , Lovtonstone , 8 1298 Royal Standard , Castle , 81 Holloway Rd ., N ., 8 1366 Clapton , Navarino Tavern , Hackney , 8 1381 Kennington , The Horns , Kennington , 8

1457 Bagshaw , Public Hall , Loughton , Essex , 7 " 30 1642 E . Carnarvon , Ladbroke Hall , Notting Hill , 8 1901 Selwyn . Montpelier , Ohoumont Rd ., Peckham , 8 2021 Queen ' s ( AVestminster ) and Marylobono , The Criterion . W .. 8

R . A . 95 Eastern Star , Hercules Tavern , E . C . R . A . 820 Lily of Richmond , Greyhound , Richmond , 8 R . A . 890 Hornsey , Prince of Wales ' s Hotel , corner of Eastbourne Terrace , and Bishop ' s Road , W . 8 B . A . 1275 Star , Stirling Castle , Church Stroet , Camberwell , 7

Saturday , 29 th October

87 Vitruvian , Duke of Albany , St . Catherine ' s Park , near Nunhoad Junction , 7 " 30 179 Manchester , 8 Tottenham Court Road , W . C . 8 198 Percy , Jolly Farmers' Tav , Southgato Rd ., N . 8 1275 Star , Dover Castle , Deptford Causeway , S . E . 7 88

UFinsbury Park , Cock Tavern , Highbury , 8 1364 Earl of Zetland , Royal Edward , Hackney , 7 1524 Duke of Connaught , Lord Stanley , Hackney , 8 1624 Eccleston , 13 Cambridge Street , Pimlico , 7 2012 Chiswick , AVindsor Castle , Hammersmith , 7 ' 30 K . A . Sinai , Red Lion , King Street , Regent St ., W .

Outside of opening and oloaing a Lodga on the ocoasion of a fnneral , American Masonry has no Sunday work .

Instruction.

The Dorothy Vernon Lodgo , No . 2129 , are contemplating a very pleasant ohange in the date and place of their installation ceremony . They propose , with the permission of the Duke of Rutland , to hold thoir aunual gathering in the summer at the birthplace of the Lodge , Haddon Hall . Snoh a decision wonld be highly popular in Masonio oircles , aud wonld ensure a large and influential attendance .

At a recent meeting of the Bedford Town Council , the Mayor announced that Mr . F . VV . Webb had forwarded thesnm of £ 2 2 s for tho use of the Old Grammar School Hall on

the occasion of the installation of Lord Ampthill as Provincial Grand Master , together with an expression of thanka on the part of those conoerned for the facilities that had been afforded .

It having been stated in gome quarters tha t Alderman KnilL-had bdau proojded in the mayoralty iu recent years , by a Roman Catholic , in the person of Sir Polydore de Keyser , it has been pointed out that Sir Polydore , though by birth a Catholic , had , by joining the Freemasons , ceased to be regarded as a faithful son of the Chnrch , the Vatican having at all times forbidden its followers to belong to any secret sooiety . —Londoner .

The members of the Semper Fidelia Lodge , No . 1254 , had a sad but nnnsnal experience on Saturday , the 8 th inst ., many of thim witnessing within a couple of hours two of their most respected Past Masters following to tho grave the remains of those who were dear to them . The brethren in qnestion were Bro . A . J . Trnscott and Bro . F . R . Hearn . A considerable number of

members of the Lo . lge joiued them in their sorrowfyl task , and so indicated their sy ^ patny . Bro . TToarn has lost his wife , who hits been an invalitl for many years , but whose end cime at last somewhat suddenly . Bro . TriHcotb l . is ' , after a few weeks' illness , a daughter of great promise . Both are wellknown ci . izeup , and many besides their brother Masons sympathise with them .

A clergyman , whose easy and not very respeotfnl manner of speech has gained for him no small meusnra of popularity , in a leotnre ou Burns last week to a Glasgow audience , referred to onr national bard as a backslider who had " tried to find relief in the merry-making of a Masonic Lodge , " and again " to his Masonio developed tendency to

a ' spree . '" I did not hear the rev . gentleman lecturing , but these are words he is reported to have used . Taking the •entences together , there can be no doubt of what the speaker intended to imply by the work " merry-making , " aud thereby proves that he was making free with a enbject he evidently kuows nothing aboat . His csttmai o of Freemasonry compares very unfavourabl y with that of another clergyman in the same distriot , who , speaking of Freemasonry the

other evening , said , " we are bonnd to do what we can to raise and elevate our brethren in every possible way , and try and make them lead holy and happy lives . " That is his estimate of Freemasonry , nnd he spoko as one of the brotherhood . A Masonic Lodge

can be no retngo to the backslider in the sense indicated by the first speaker , bnt rather , if he shonld be admitted within our portals , tbe result iB exactly the opposite . Freemasonry , says a Masonic author , founds upon the principle that religion is essential to

the well-being of man ; it requires every brother to be faithful to his reli gious convictions ; and it will have nothing to do with a man of no religion . Every candidate is required to profess hia belief in two great doctrines—the existence of God and of a future state . —The Mallet .

When a brother is suspended for nonpayment of daea , application for restoration to good Masonic standing must take place daring life ; application after death and before bnrial cannot plaos him in good standing nor entitlo him to Masonio bnrial .

Instruction.

Our advices from the Cape record the death of Bro . Jan Heudrik Hofmeyr , Master of the Supreme Court . For a long time Bro , Hofmoyr's health had not be 9 ti robust , and those who were intimate with him knew that he had never recovered from the shook of grief whioh he sustained when the Goado Hoop Temple was burned . Bro . Hofmeyr , who was 59 years of age , was unmarried .

He was one of the ablest and moat trusted membors of the Civil Service , whioh he entered as a clerk in the Surveyor General's department in 1849 . Subsequently he be . came olerk to the Resident Magistrate of Simon ' s Town , 1852 ; olerk Deputy

Surveyor-Generals Department , Eastern Districts , 1853 ; chief olerk , Orphan Chamber Branoh , Master ' s Office , Cape Town , 1864 . Ho was appointed Master of the Supreme Court , in 1876 , and held the office with singular ability to the time of hia death . But , if it is

possible , Bro . Hofm ° yr was better known as a Freemason than as the Master of tha Supreme Conrt . As the Deputy Grand Master nnder the Netherlands Constitution for tho whole of South Africa , in suocession to Sir Christoffel Brand , Bro . Hofmeyr was tho best known and most highly respeoted membtr of the Craft so far as the Dutch

brethren are concerned , whilst the respect and affection were fully shared by Freemasons of every degree and country in the land . Initiated into the Lorl 70 de Gocdj Hoop in July 1866 , he made rapid progress , being crafted on the 1 st of August of the same year , and raised to the degree of M . M . on the 9 th August . In 1867 he was elected J . W ., and filled the Senior Warden ' s ohair in 1868 .

69 , making room , however , for Brother Ryk de Sneur in the Master ' s chair in 1870 . Iu the following year , however , Bro . Hofmeyr was unanimously eleoted W . M . and filled the chair with tbe utmost satisfaction to the brethren until June 1874 Till the last Bro . Hofmeyr was a constant attendant on the duties of his Lodge .

A new York contemporary has noticed in Masonic papers reoently a disoussion ou "How should a Mason wear his apron ?" The writers havt spoken of the flap and the corner , the first , second , and third degrees , but have forgotten the one word , more important than any other , and that one word covers the whole dnty of a man and a Mason . He should wear his apron worthily . —Mallet .

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