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The ceremonies of consecration and installation will be rehearsed at G . 30 p . m ., on Wednesday , September 15 th ( not on the nth as stated in our last weeks issue ) by Bro . James Terry , P . P . G . J . W . Herts , P . M . 22 S , 127 S , 136 C , & c , and Secretary Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , at the Southwark Lodge of Instruction , No . S 79 , held at the Southwark Park Tavern , Southwark Park-road , Bermondsey . Brethren to appear in Masonic clothing .

Bro . George Sims , C . C ., is spending a few weeks at the Bath of St . Moritz , in the Upper Engadine . Our distinguished Bro . Sir Edmund Lechmere , Bart ., M . P ., will be installed G . S ., of the Province of Worcestershire at a special meeting of Provincial Grand Chapter , to be held under the banner of the St . Wulstan ' s R . A . Chapter , No . 2 S 0 , at the Masonic Hall , 95

High-, street , Worcester , on Tuesday , the 21 st inst . We are informed that several distinguished visitors are expected to be present . FATAL ACCIDENT TO A TOURIST . —On Saturday , the 2 Sth ult ., as the steamer Prince of Wales was on

its late run down Loch Lomond , Samuel Harren , auctioneer , of London , while sitting on the gunwale , fell overboard . Some time elapsed before small boats were lowered , and Harren was never seen again . The deceased was twentyeight years of age , and accompanying a number of gentlemen on a tour through Scotland .

Bro . Frederick Jas . Blake , P . M . 4 10 and S 55 , P . P . G . Registrar of Surrey , and P . P . G . S . D . of Gloucestershire , was , on Wednesday last , elected Master of the Worshipful Company of Coachmakers and Coach-harness Makers of the City of London , and in the evening presided at the usual court dinner . H . R . H . the Duke of Edinburgh , Col . Jas . Peters , Sir John Monckton , and several other worthy brethren are members of this Company .

General E . M'Cook , one of the most successful and distinguished officers in the United States army , and for seven years Governor of the State of Colorado , arrived in this country on Sunday , the 29 th ult ., by the White Star steamer Adriatic , and is now staying at the Westminster Palace' Hotel . His visit to England is in connection with the establishment of an international code of fog signals a system which the United States Board of Marine Supervisors have , in the strongest terms , recommended to the Government of Mr . Hayes , as greatly tending to diminish the large number of shipwrecks and the loss of life arisin . " - from collisions at sea during fog or in snow storms . B THE PRINTERS' ALMSHOUSES . —It is gratif ying to know that the Committee who undertook " the task of raising a reparation fund for the almshouses of the Printers '

Pension , & c , Corporation , at Wood Green , have been so far successful that they have felt justified in putting the work in hand ; and before winter sets in therefore it is hoped that the repairs , which were so greatly needed , will be completed , and that the inmates will be housed in such a way as shall conduce to their comfort and redound to the credit of the trade . The Chairman of the Reparation Committee is Mr . W . Blades , and the Treasurer Mr . G . A . Spottiswoode .

. COLOGNE CATHEDRAL . —The Wo chenblatt fii r Architekten uudlngenieure , discussing the question of the cost of Cologne Cathedral , says : " The sums which between 1821 and the present time have been contributed to the Cathedral Building Fund , both from public and private sources , amount to eighteen millions of marks ( £ 900 , 000 ) . this amount has been pretty evenly expended on the

Potion of the towers and the additions to the church . If to this we add the monies contributed during past centuries and notably what has been sunk in the colossal foundations and spent in purchasing various necessary parcels of ground , it will appear that the cathedral as it now stands represents about forty miUions of marks ( £ 2 , 000 , 000 ) . " HOSPITAL SATURDAY FUND . — The annual

meeting of the Board of Delegates of the Hospital Saturday Fund was held at the Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital , Moorhelds , on Saturday , at which Mr . R . Frewer presided . Over 200 ladies have volunteered their services topreside at tables in various parts of the metropolis , and it is hoped that at least 300 stations will be occupied . Local tradesmen and others have also consented as heretofore to

grant the loan of a table and chair for the use of the lady collectors . To make the fund a greater success this year an entertainment will be given gratuitously , and 200 performers have volunteered their services . The proceeds of the entertainment will be given to the fund . HILL AND VALLEY IN LO NDON . — The first English inhabitants of the most nomilnns nf Fno-llci , ™ ,. „_

ties in the present day were a handful of rude settlers dwelling far apart along the bank of the Thames , and still further apart in the valleys of the Brent or of the tributaries j 1 * A few v a Ses marked the course of the ancient roads ; but there were no populous towns , no great marketplaces , no fortresses . Down to the time of the Norman Conquest , and much later , Middlesex remained but half

cultivated , and a vast forest flourished over the face of the county . The land-springs of the heavy clays sent forth water-brooks in abundance , and the brooks nourished willows and hazels , oaks and beeches . Many of the names which survive tell us of this time . The North Haw and the „? " £ " * ^ divided by the Coln Acion is the town ot tne oak . Norwood and Ashford , Hounslow and Willestttxn * I ~ ----.. . M „ lvlu , wuuuaiuw anu

VVUJeS-Qr ,..,. testify to t $ ' H'ffngate , and a score of names besides wire as tW * " ? ,, nt condition of the country . There here was andtV ?' , l ¥ ' , hills and , esser ones > but Et a ^ n ^ oVbout ^ e tm Kertba ^ This is easily done by following the ™ 1 I S

modern thoroughfare like Oxford-street . There is almost V * *?} At ° { C ^ dw ^ from Shepherd ' s-buth to ' the sife of the old City wall at Newgate ; but , in spite of the levelling process which the ground has suffered , there are not too yards of really fiat ground along the whole rn , ?^ "fJ

onepnerd ' s-bush we are only 21 ft . above the sea-level of NoWn ^ htl , . S . adual «*»' t » Pl ° "i > lane on the top ot Notting-hill , which is 72 ft . higher . Orme-square is •uft above the ornamental water in Kensington-gardens ! whence b W a ! r ? in r £ eS ' Unt ! 1 at P ^ -fkne a height of o " ft ward l n ' f 7 ° C-mberland-gatethere is a sfi ghfdoVn ward slope to the bottom of the valley , through which the

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St . Mary , or Ty-bourne , once flowed . This is at 62 ft ; but the ground rises immediately , and at Regent-circus the level of Notting-hill is again almost attained . From Regentcircus to Farringdon-street , in the valley through which the open Fleet river flowed within our memory , we find a constant but slight fall ; and at the site of what used to be the Kolborn-bridge , below Snow-hill , we are little higher than at Shepherd ' s-bush . Many such examples might be

given from the suburbs of London . Thus Regent-street falls as much as 30 ft . between Oxford-street and " Piccadilly , and there is a difference of nearly 100 ft . between Westminster Abbey and St . Marylebone . Along another great thoroughfare , the Strand , there are also cfianges of level , but they are slight in comparison ; for the three brooks which once crossed the roadway under bridges have long since disappeared , and the valleys through which they ran

have been raised to the general level . It is the same with almost every part of the countrj ' , and there is likewise but little variation in its geological features . Here and there a hill higher than the rest has a capping of sand ; here and there a valley deeper than the others has a layer of peat . The glacial drift cast over it at some remote period and fossils are occasionally found . But for the most part Middlesex offers as little to the geologist as to the landscape

painter , and the suburbs of London rapidly obliterate all the moje prominent natural features . Where are the rivers which used to flow by the meadows of St . Marybourne or Westbourne , of Holbourne , and Kilbourne ? The names are still there , but the water is gone , to the eye at least . —Quarterly Review .

Constitutions of the Ancient Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons , containing the Charges , Regulations , E . A . Song , & c . A copy should be in the possession of every brother . It may be obtained for 2 s . at the office of the Freemason , or will be sent post-free to any part of the United Kingdom on receipt of twenty-five penny stamps . Address , Publisher , 19 S , Fleet-street . —[ ADVT . J

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings

METROPOLITAN MASONIC MEETINGS

For the Week ending Friday , September 10 , 1 SS 0 . The Editor will be glad to receive notice from Secretaries of Craft Lodges , Royal Arch Chapters , Mark Lodges , Encampments , Conclaves , & c , of any change in place , day , or month of meeting .

SATURDAY , SEPTEMBER 4 . Gen . Com . Boys' School , at 4 . Chap . 975 , Rose of Denmark , Greyhound Hot ., Richmond LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Manchester , 17 , London-st ., Fitzroy-sq ., at S .

Star , Marquis of Granby , New Cross-rd ., at 7 . Percy , Jolly Farmers , Southgate-rd ., N ., at S . Eccleston , King's Head , Ebury Bridge , Pimlico . Sphinx , Stirling Castle , Camberwell . Alexandra Palace , Masonic Club , Loughborough , at 7 . 30 .

MONDAY , SEPTEMBER 6 . Lodge 144 , St . Luke's , 2 , VictoriaChmbs ., Victoria-st ., S . W „ 1 G 25 , Tredegar , Royal Hot ., Mile End-rd . Mark 139 , Panmure , Balham Hot ., Balham . LODGES OK INSTRUCTION . Lily , Greyhound , Richmond , at 7 . London Masonic Club , 101 , Queen Victoria-st ., E . C , at 6

Wellington , White Swan Hot ., High-st ., Deptford , 8 to 10 St . John , Gun Hot ., Wapping , S to 10 . PrinceLeopold , MitfordTav ., Sandringham-rd ., Dalston , 7 . 30 Sincerity , Railway Tav ., Fenchurch-st . Station , at 7 . Camden , 174 , High-st ., Camden Town , at S . Tredegar , Royal Hot ., Mile End-rd ., at S . St . James ' s Union , Union Tav ., Air-st ., Regent-st ., at S .

I'crtect Asiuar , victoria lav ., Lower-rd ., Rotherhithe , at 8 Upper Norwood , White Hart Hot ., Church-rd ., at S . Marquis of Ripon , Pembury Tav ., Amherst-rd ., Hackney , 8 Loughborough , Cambria Tav ., Loughborough June , at 7 . 30 H y de Park , The Westbourne , 1 , Craven-rd ., at S . West Smithfield , New Market Hot ., West Smithfield . St . George ' s , Globe Tav ., Royal Hill , Greenwich , at 7 . Doric Chapter , 24 S , Globe-rd ., Mile End-rd ., at 8 .

Royal Commemoration , R . Hot ., High-st ., Putney , 8 till 10 British Oak , Bank of Friendship Tav ., Mile End . Eastern Star , Royal Hot ., Mile End-rd ., 7 . 30 . St . Mark ' s , S . M . H ., Camberwell New-rd . John Hervey , Albion Hall , London Wall , at S . New Finsbury Park , Plimsoll Arms , St . Thomas-rd ., N ., at S , Kilburn , South Molton Hot ., South Molton-st ., W ., at 7 . 30 , Strong Man , George Hot , Australian Avenue , Barbican , 8 . Metropolitan , White Swan , Coleman-st ., at 7 . 30 .

„ , . , TUESDAY , SEPTEMBER 7 . Colonial Board , at 4 . Lodge 1472 , Henley . Three Crowns Hot ., High-st ., Woolwich . Mart 1 , St . Mark , F . M . T ., Gt . Queen-st . LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Pilgrim , F . M . H ., 1 st and last Tues . Yarborough , Green Dragon , Stepnev . at 7 .

Domatic , Surrey M . H ., Camberwell New-rd ., at 7 . 30 . I'aith , 2 , Westminster Chambers , Victoria-st ., S . W ., at P . Prince Fredk . Wm ., Lord ' s Hot ., St . John ' s Wood , at 7 . Prosperity , Hercules Tav ., Leadenhall-st ., at 7 . 30 . Dalhousie , The Sisters'Tav ., Pownall-rd ., Dalston , E ., 7 . 30 . Florence Nightingale , M . H ., William-st ., Woolwich , 7 . 30 . Constitutional , Bedford Hot ., Southampton Bdgs ., at 7 . Israel , Rising Sun Tav ., Globe-rd .

Wandsworth , Star and Garter Hot ., Wandsworth , at 7 . Royal Arthur , Prince's Head , York-rd ., Battersea , at S . Beacontree , Red Lion , Leytonstone , at S . Excelsior , Commercial Dock Tav ., Rotherhithe , at 8 . St . John of Wapping ^ Gun Hot ., High-st ., Wapping , at 8 . Islington , Moorgate Station Restaurantat 7 .

, Leopold , Gregorian Arms , Jamaica-rd ., Bermondsey , at 8 . Mount Edgcumbe , 19 , Jermyn-st ., St . James ' s , at 8 . Duke of Connaught , Palmerston Arms , Grosvenor Park , S . Sir Hugh Myddelton , 162 , St . John ' s-st .-rd ., at 8 . St . Marylebone , Eyre Arms , Finchley-rd ., at 8 .

Corinthian , George Hot ., Millwall Docks , at 7 . Henley , Three Crowns , North Woolwich , at 7 . 30 . Royal Naval College , Greenwich Hospital Schools , at 8 . Eleanor , Angel Hot ., Edmonton . Metropolitan Chapter , Jamaica Coffee Ho ., Cornhill . Islington , Moorgate Station Restaurant , at 7 .

WEDNESDAY , SEPTEMBER 8 . Gen . Com . R . M . B . I ., at 3 . Lodge 87 , Vitruvian , South London , M . H ., Belvedere-rd . „ 1718 , Centurion , The Imperial , Holbom Viaduct . Chap . 1260 , John Hervey , F . M . H .

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LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Confidence , Railway Tavern , Fenchurch-st ., 7 till g . New Concord , Jolly Farmers , Southgate-rd ., N ., atS . Mt . Lebanon , Horse Shoe Tav ., Newington Causeway , S . Pythagorean , Portland Hot ., Greenwich , at S . Burdett Coutts , Salmon & Ball , Bethnal Green-rd ., at S . 30 . La Tolerance , 2 , Maddox-st ., W . at 7 . 45 .

Peckham , Maismore Arms , Park-rd ., Peckham , at S . Finsbury ParkJAIwyne Castle , St . Paul's-rd ., N . Southwark , Southwark Park Tav ., Southwark Park , at S . Dukeof Connaught , Ryl . Edwd . Hot ., Mare-st ., Hackney , S . United Strength , Hope & Anchor , Crowndale-rd ., N . W ., S . Whittington , Red Lion , Poppin's-court , Fleet-st ., at S . Royal Jubilee , Si , Long Acre , at S .

Langthorne , Swan Hot ., Stratford , at S . Temperance in the East , Geo . the Fourth , Ida-st ., E ., at 7 . 30 . Thistle , M . M . M ., The Ham Tav . at S . Eleanor , Trocadero Hot ., Liverpool-st ., Edmonton . ' Zetland , King ' s Arms Hot ., High-st ., Kensington , at S . Merchant Navy , Silver Tav ., Burdett-rd ., Limehouse , 7 . 30 , Creaton , Prince Albert Tav ., Portobello-ter ., Notting-hiIl , S . Stockwell , Crown , Albert Embankment , at 7 . Panmure , Balham Hot ., Balham , 7 . 30 .

THURSDAY , SEPTEMBER 9 . Lodge 1 C 76 , Capper , Guildhall Tav ., Gresham-st . „ 1 3 , Emblematic , Horns Tav ., Kennington . „ 155 S , Duke of Connaught , S . M . H ., Camberwell . „ 1642 , Earl of Carnarvon , Ladbroke Hall , Notting-hill . Chap , 72 , Royal Jubilee , Horns Tav ., Kennington . LODGES OF INSTRUCTION .

Union Waterloo , Earl of Chatham , Thomas-st ., Woolwich . Kent , Duke of York , Borough-rd ., Southwark , 7 . 30 . Egyptian , Hercules Tav ., Leadenhall-st ., 7 . 30 . Fidelity , Yorkshire Grey , London-st ., W . C , at S . Finsbury , Jolly Anglers' Tav ., Bath-st ., City-rd . Ebury , 12 , Ponsonby-st ., Millbank , at S . Highgate , Boston Hot ., Iunction-rd ., N ., at S .

The Great City , M . H ., Masons' Avenue . High Cross , Coach & Horses , High-rd ., Tottenham . Salisbury , Union Tav ., Air-st ., Regent-st ., at S . Southern Star , Crown Hot ., Blackfriars-rd ., at S . Great Northern , Berwick Arms , Berners-st ., Oxford-st . Rose , Walmer Castle Hot ., Peckham-rd ., at S . Crusaders , St . John ' s Gate , Clerkenwell , at q .

Prince Frederick William Chapter , St . John ' s Wood . United Mariners , Three Cranes Tav ., Mile End-rd ., at S . Vitruvian , White Hart , Belvedere-rd ., Lambeth , at S . Royal Oak , Lecture Hall , High-st ., Deptford , at S . Capper , Three Crowns , North Woolwich , at 7 . Marquisof Ripon , PemburyTav ., Amhurst-rd ., Hackney , 7 . 30 .

Royal Albert , White Hart Hot ., Abchurch-lane , at 7 . 30 . Victoria Park , The Two Brewers , Stratford , at S . West Middlesex , Feathers Hot ., Ealing , at 7 . 30 . North London Chap ., Jolly Farmers , Southgate-rd ., N ., at S . St . Michael's , The Moorgate , 2 S , Finsbury-pavement , at 8 . Guelph , Oliver Twist , Church-rd ., Leyton . Crusaders , St . John ' s Gate , Qerkenwen , at g .

FRIDAY , SEPTEMBER 10 . Lodge 1702 , Sub-Urban , Abercorn Hot ., Great Stanmore . LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Robert Burns , Union Tav ., Air-st ., Regent-st ., at S . Belgrave , Harp Tav ., Jermyn-st ., W ., at 8 . Unions Emulation ( for M . M . ' s ) , F . M . H ., at 7 . Temperance , Victoria Tav ., Victoria-rd ., Deptford , at 8 .

Metropolitan ( Victoria ) , Portugal Hot ., Fleet-st ., at 7 . St . Marylebone , British Stores Tav ., St . John ' s Wood . Westbourne , Lord ' s Hot ., St . John ' s Wood , at 8 . United Pilgrims , S . M . H ., Camberwell New-rd ., 7 . 30 . St . James ' s , Gregorian Arms , Jamaica-rd ., S . E ., at S . Duke of Edinburgh , Silver Lion , Penny-fields , Poplar , at 7 . Doric , 79 , Whitechapel-rd ., at S .

Burgoync , The Red Cap , Camden Town , N . W ., at S . St . Luke's , White Hart , King ' s-rd ., Chelsea , 7 . 30 . Chigwell , Prince ' s Hall , Buckhurst-hill , at 8 . Royal Standard , The Alwyne Castle , St . Paul ' s-rd ., N ., at 8 . Ranelagh , Six Bells , Hammersmith-rd ., at S . Finsbury Park , Earl Russell , isledon-rd ., Holloway , at 8 . William Preston , Feathers Tav ., Up . George-st ., Edgware-rd .

Earl of Carnarvon , Mitre Hot ., Golborne-rd ., Notting-hill . Pythagorean Chapter , Portland Hot ., London-st ., Greenwich . St . George ' s , Globe Tav ., Greenwich , at 8 . Royal Alfred , Star and Garter , Kew Bridge , at 7 . 30 . Wandsworth , Star and Garter Hot ., Wandsworth , at 7 . Clapton , White Hart Tav ., Clapton , at 7 . 3 d . Stability , Masons' Hall Tav ., Masons' Avenue , at 6 .

MASONIC MEETINGS IN WEST LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE . For the Week ending Saturday , September 11 , 1 SS 0 .

MONDAY , SEPTEMBER 6 . Lodge 113 , Unanimity , Bull Hot ., Preston . „ 7045 , Stamford , Town Hall , Altrincham . „ 10 5 , Rowley , M . R ., Manchester . „ 1264 , Neptune , M . H ., Liverpool . ,, 1380 , Skelmersdale , Queen ' s Hot ., Waterloo . Chap . 594 , Downshire , M . H ., Liverpool . „ 1495 , Trafford , Alexandra Hot ., Mosside , Manchr . Everton L . of I ., M . H ., Liverpool .

TUESDAY , SEPTEMBER 7 . Lodge G 73 , St . John , M . H ., Liverpool . » 995 , Furness , M . T ., Ulverstone . „ 147 G , Blackpool , Clifton Hot ., Blackpool . Chap . 203 , St . John of Jerusalem , M . H , Liverpool . Mark 11 , Joppa , M . R ., Birkenhead .

WEDNESDAY , SEPTEMBER S . Lodge 2 S 1 , Fortitude , Athenajum , Lancaster . „ J 094 , Temple , M . H ., Liverpool . „ 1356 , De Grey and Ripon , M . H ., N . Hill-st . » 13 S 7 , Chorlton , M . R ., Chorlton-cum-Hardy . » ' 547 , Liverpool , M . H ., Liverpool . Chap . 178 , Harmony , M . H ., Wigan . „ 1344 , Victoria , Cross Keys , Eccles . Neptune L . of I ., M . H ., Liverpool .

THURSDAY , SEPTEMBER 9 . Lodge 21 C , Harmonic , Adelphi Hot ., Liverpool . » 313 . Rojal Preston , Royal Hot ., Preston . „ 477 , Mersey , M . R ., Birkenhead . » ™ ZS > Prince of Wales , M . H ., Kirkdale . „ 1182 , Dukeof Edinburgh , M . H ., Liverpool . „ 1213 , Bridgewater , Cross Keys , Eccles . » 1384 , Equity , Alford Chambers , Widnes .

FRIDAY , SEPTEMBER 10 . Lodge 1289 , Rock , Bedford House , Rock Ferry . Encampt . Faith , Leaders-buildings , Wigan .