Notices Of Meetings.

Camden Lodge of Instruction , No . 704 . —The usual weekly meeting of this Lodge of Instruction was held at the Lewisham Masonic Rooms , adjoining the White Hart Hotel , 11 G High Street Lewisham , on Thursday , the 14 th inst ., at 8 p . m . Bro . James Clark officiated as W . M ., and amongst others present were Brothers

G . A . Pickering S . W ., II . R . Trant J . W ., James Stevens P . M . and Precep tor , Walter Robin Secretary , J . A . Shelton S . D ., C . Thomas J . D ., J . Morley I . G ., A . A . Drew P . M ., J . T . Axford P . M ., S . Lancaster P . M ., H . T . Bonner , Wimbush , Dow , White , & o . The Lodge was efficiently worked in the first and second degrees , Bro . Clark

renderin" the F . G . ceremony in a very able manner , Bro . Lancaster assisting as candidate . Lodge being closed to the first degree , was called " off" and " on , " and the first section was worked by the Preceptor . Bro . G . Pickering was elected W . M . for the ensuing meeting , and a cordial vote of thanks was voted to Bro . Clark for his first

presidency in this Lodge of Instruction . The Lodge room being spacious , lofty , and well ventilated , is particularly adapted for meetings during the summer months , and on no occassion has the work of Masonio instruction been attended with discomfort to those present . W » are askod to mention this , and to add that brethren who may desire to visit will always find work in progress and will be heartily welcomed .

Covent Garden Lodge of Instruction , No . 1614 . —The usual weekly meeting was held at the Criterion , Piocadilly , S . W ., on the 14 th inst ., when there ^ were present : —Bros . W . P . Fenwiok W . M ., R . E . Cursons S . W ., W . Hoggins J . W ., J . Greenway Deputy Preceptor , W . Williams S . D ., C . T . Smales J . D ., C . Cater I . G ., T . C .

Weeks Tyler , G . A . Bergholss , R . Kirk . The Lodge was opened in due form , and the minutes of the last meeting read and confirmed . Bro . W . Williams offered himself as a candidate for initiation , and the W . M . rehearsed the ceremony . Bro . W . Williams answered the necessary questions leading to the second degree . Bro . G . A . Bergholz

offered himself as a candidate to be raised to the 3 rd degree , and was duly examined aud entrusted . The Lodge was advanced , and tbe W . M . rehearsed tho third ceremony . Lodgo was resumed . Bro . R . E . CoraonB S . W . was unanimously elected W . M . for the ensuing week , and appointed his Officers in rotation . The second ceremony will be

rehearsed . Bro . G . Reynolds Seoretary said he felt sure that every member would be grieved to hear of the continued serious illness of their worthy Preceptor , Bro . W . Brindley P . M . of the Wanderers Lodgo . He proposed that a vote of sympathy be sent from the Lodge

of Instruction . This was seconded by Bro . J . Greenway , and carried unanimously . The Secretary promised to send the vote of sympathy to Bro . Brindley . Nothing further offering , Lodge was dosed and adjourned to the following Thursday evening .

The annual meeting of all the Lodges in the Province of West Lancashire will be held at Southport , on Wednesday , tho la t October , when business of considerable importance will be transacted . Bro . the Right Hon . the Earl of Lathom , D . G . M . Eng ., P . G'M . W . L ., is expected to preside .

The Provincial Grand Lodge for the Western Division of South Wales will be held , under the banner of the Loyal Welsh Lodge , Pembroke Dock , on Thursday , 28 th inst .

Lodgo will be tyled at 12 o ' clock afc noon , banquet at three o ' clock p . m . The Deputy Provincial Grand Master , Bro . Rev . W . J . Lyte Skinner Stradling P . G . D . will preside .

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— : o : — HWLFFORDD CHAPTER , No . 464 .

' PHE usual quarterly meeting was held at the Masonic Hall , Haver . J- fordwest , on Thursday , 14 th inst . Ex-Comps . J . H . Coran M . E . Z . , Geo . Phipps P . Z . H ., Levi Harries J . Chapter was opened m due form . Bro . E . Bowles , Cambrian Lodge , No . 464 , was proposed as a candidate for advancement by W . Howell Walters ,

seconded by J . Hood Williams . It was proposed by J . Hood Williams , and seconded b y Levi Harries that the Bye-law No . 1 should be altered , as follows : " Chapter to be held at Masonio Hall , Haverford . west , on the first Wednesday in the months of February , May , August , and November . Carried unanimously . Chapter closed in duo form . i

CHOKERS * F . isEEHA 30 NRr . —A correspondent of the New York inbune ^ writes i—I would liko to point out that the custom or asking for "fire" is neither a ' new notion , nor confined w citizens of the United States . Eighteon years ago , I had lie pleasure of residing for some considerable time near Cairo .

u gjpt . In this cloudless land of sempiternal bri ghtness , ono very soon discards , with feelings almost of loathing , the mtisn briar , and , in its place , inhales with pleasurable delight , the ^ Krant mcenso of the mild cigarette . Tho adage— " In Rome do in f n 6 d ° " seems to be > ia tni 8 instance , a congenial inspiration o roilow where tho finger of nature points . In tho land of the

ino -i eV 6 ry one smokB 8 frotn tho time of awakening in the mornan i n , tho laafc thili s after ly ] n & dowD t 0 resfc for the nigfat > cilar ^ l of rlsk { u S iin onfcire Granger for a light from his nrev ' 1 i' ! lt firsfc anDoye ( 1 oar Canadian cousin in . tho States , ali'v aS a corainon usage , irrespective of caste , creed , or nationaclnit ^ ° fc a 11 sorts and conditions of men in E gypt . I must aivself T f u first time the cafltom Wiia Publicly practised on Jf » o « J . telt surprised . I was riding ( and smoking , of coarse ) through

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one of the streets not very far from the Shoitbra , the Rotten Row of Cairo , when a dirty old Arab "bailed me up" for a light . I complied without demur , but then I was nob sufficiently roaBter of tho language to express in elegant and refined diction my astonishment , whilst the usual ohaff about drinking less , & o ., wonld have been inapplicable to a follower of Mahomet . On the nest occasion , I flatter

myself , I was quite equal to the emergency , and the swarthy halfnaked Nubian who accosted me was treated to a light proffered with oriental civility and grave decorum . Since then , at all times and seasons in the land of pashas and fellaheen , I have accepted and returned the compliment with less embarrassment than it has ofteu cost me to pass the conventional salutations of civilised society . It

remained , however , for enlightened Sydney to furnish my crowumg experience under this head , and , although the denouement annoyed me somewhat at the time , the recollection of the episode has since caused me not a little complacent amusement . I was walking home , one moonlight night , across the Domain , and , having rolled np my cigarette , found I had not a solitary match left . My troubles

Approaching me , I saw the fitfal glare of a well-lib cigar , behind whioh loomed the outline , apparently , of a gentleman , whose well . dressed figure , and oane in hand , momentarily grew more distino . As we neared one another , I politely reqaested him to favour me wim a light . If the Yankee seemed surprised when the Canadian refused his request , I , a new-ohum fresh from Egypt , was absolutely thuuder .

struck , when , without ottering a word , he made a quiok movement to tbe right to avoid me , and slunk away with a much accelerated gait . Of course I am aware , now , that the Domain , at night , is the resort of low ruffianly thieves , but such a state of affairs speaks little for oar reputation as a civilised community , and volumes for the larrikin element that spawns and is perpetuated in oar midst , so that

one man is positively afraid to answer the civil request of another , and ignominiously seeks safety in flight . Now that cigarette smoking has assumed , within the last few years , such gigautio proportions , it may not be out of place to say that tiie oriental etiquette observed is similar to that iu vogue iu America : the ash , after two or three quiok draws , being dexterously blown or jerkud off before presenting

the cigarette . Smokers of cigarettes must also be aware that a " dead " light , in contra-distinction to a burning one such as a luoifer match , is a much more preferable form for igniting the paper and tobacco evenly . In a hot dry olimate like Egypt , whero every one makes his own cigarettes , the custom of using a dead light is as maoh in use from its desirableness as from any dearth of matches .

Detroit brethren are discussing tho establishment of a Masonio Savings' Bank . Why cannot banks and other business institutions b « run without combining Masonry with them ? Masonry was never intended for subservient business ends . The one is the practice of every moral and social virtue , which the other often has a tendency to avert . —Australian Freemason .

The Royal Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851 have announced it is their intention to devote a sum of £ 5000 a year to the provision of " Science Scholarships , " and a scheme has been elaborated by whioh 17 are to be awarded aunolly of the value of £ 150 a year , tenable for two or ( in special cases ) for three years , those schools and colleges being selected which afford the greatest facilities for soienoe-teaching .

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