Royal Arch.

dnction of the debt on the Masonic Hall—a grant which they were this year again in a position to repeat . But it was not alone Comp . Brewin ' s valuable services that the companions wished to recognise . They desired that their offering should also be a token of their high esteem for his personal good qualities , and a mark of their appreciation of that true kindness of heart and amiability of dispositionand that

, thorough spirit of Masonic brotherhood which ho had invariably displayed towards every brother of the Order since his initiation eleven years ago , coupled with a readiness at all times to render his valuable aid whenever and wherever required in the duties or the Craft . Comp . Kelly concluded by saying that in presenting to Comp . Brewin that silver claret jug , which although certainly beautiful as a work of art , was only a very

slight and inadequate token of the gratitude ivhieh the companions felt foi- his services , and of the great esteem they entertained for himself , he had only to read the inscription which it bore and to wish him , as he did most fervently , every happiness , and many , many years of long life iu which to use it . The claret jug , which was of most elegant and chaste design in frosted silverwas the production of Messrs . Elkington and

, Co ., and bore the following inscription : — "Presented , February 28 th , 1868 , to Companion Robert Brewin , by the members of the Royal Arch Chapter of Fortitude , No . 279 , Leicester , as a token of esteem , and of gratitude for his valuable services as M . E . Z ., during the years 1865 , 1866 . and

1867 . Comp . Brewin ( who , on rising , was greeted with much applause ) , expressed a fear that the kindness and partiality of Comp . Kelly had led him to take far too favourable a view of any services which he ( Comp . Brewin ) might have been able to render to the chapter , and that tbe kindness he had invariably received from tbe brethren and companions , had amply repaid him for any services he had rendered either in Craft or Royal

Arch Masonry , and that he should treasure their very handsome testimonial ( which he felt he had not deserved ) to his dying day , and which would remind him of the many happy hours he had spent amongst his brother Masons , and of their truly friendly feeling towards him . That he did not attribute the prosperous state of the chapter during the time he had presided over it to any merits of his own , but as there were ebbs and flows in Masonry as in other things , he had been fortunate enough to have

its high tide ; whereas it might have been on the ebb . He concluded by once more thanking the companions , and assuring them how highly he valued their gift . Comp . JEarl Howe having contributed through Comp . Kelly a further donation of £ 50 towards the repayment of the debt on-the hall , a like sum was voted out of tbe chapter funds for the same purpose . Three brethren having been proposed as candidates for exaltation , the chapter was closed with prayer and the companions adjourned to refreshment

Obituary.

Obituary .

JOHN HEREPATH , ESQ . This eminent man , one of our most distinguished English mathematicians , who , by his mathematics and physics , had enrolled himself among the philosophers of Europe , died on the 25 th ult ., at the age of seventyeight . By his death our esteemed Bro . Spencer Herepath , P . G . S ., P . M . NO- 29 , & c , is placed in mourning .

Ten days before died the cousin , William Hcrejpath , Esq ., of Bristol , remarkable as a toxicologist , and therefore more popularly known . "His son , knoivn to the scientific world also by chemical discoveries , is Bro . Dr . William Bird Herepatb , P . M . of a Bristol Lodge .

Meetings Of The Learned Societies For The Week Ending March 14th , 1868.

MEETINGS OF THE LEARNED SOCIETIES FOR THE WEEK ENDING MARCH 14 TH , 1868 .

MONDAY , 9 fch . —Geographical Society , at 8-J . Paper to be read : "Geography and Mountain Passes of British Columbia in Connection with an Overland Route . " By A . Waddington . TUESDAY , 10 th . —Institution of Civil Engineers , at 8 . WEDNESDAY , 11 th . —Geological Society , at 8 . WEDNESDAY , 11 th . —Society of Arts , at 8 .

Metropolitan Lodge Meetings, Etc., For The Week Ending March 14tii , 1868.

METROPOLITAN LODGE MEETINGS , ETC ., FOR THE WEEK ENDING MARCH 14 TII , 1868 .

MONDAY , March Oth . —Lodges : —St . George's and Corner Stone , 5 , Freemasons' Hall . Fortitude and Old Cumberland , 12 , Ship and Turtle , Leadenhall-street . St . Albans , 29 , Albion Tavern , Aldersgate-street . Royal Naval , 59 , Freemasons' Hall . Confidence , 193 , Anderton ' s Hotel , Fleet-street . St . Andrew ' s , 222 , London Tavern . Bishopsgate-street . Peckham , 879 , Edinbro '

Castle , Peckham-rye . Chapter : —Mount Zion , 22 , Radley ' s Hotel , Bridge-street , Blackfriars . TUESDAY " , March 10 th . —Lodges : —Old Union , 4-4 , Radley ' s Hotel , Bridge-street , Blackfriars . Burleigh , 76 ,. Albion Tavern , Aldersgate-street . Union , 166 , London Tavern , Bishopsgate-street . St . James ' s Union , 180 , Freemasons' Hall . Percy , 198 , Ship and Turtle Tavern ,

Leadenhall-street . St . Michael ' s , 211 , Albion Tavern , Aldersgate-street . United Strength , 228 , Old Jerusalem Tavern , St . John ' s-gate , Clerkenwell . Nine Muses , 235 , Clarendon Hotel , Bond-screen . Wellington , 518 , White Swan Tavern , Deptford . Chapter : —Jerusalem , 185 , Freemasons' Hall .

WEDNESDAY - , March 11 th . —Festival of the Boyal Ma scnic Institution for Boys . Com . Royal Masonic Benevolent Inst ., at 3 . Lodges : —Enoch , 11 , Freemasons' Hall . Union Waterloo , 13 , Masonic Hall , William-street , Woolwich . Kent , 15 , Three Tuns Tavern , Southwark . Vitruvian , 87 , White Hart , College-street , Lambeth . Justice , 147 , White Swan Tavern , Deptford . Euphrates ,

212 , George Hotel , Aldermanbury . Pilgrim , 238 , Ship and Turtle Tavern , Leadenhall-street . Zetland , 511 , Camden Arms , Kensington . Belgrave , 749 , Anderton ' s Hotel , Fleet-street . Merchant Navy , 78 , Silver Tavern , Burdett-road , Limehouse . Doric , 933 , Masons' Hall , Basinghall-street . Montefiore , 1 , 017 , Freemasons' Hall . THURSDAY , March 12 th . —Lodges : —Royal Athelston

, 19 , Inns of Court Hotel , Holborn . Regularity , 91 , Freemasons' Hall . Lion and Lamb , 192 , George Hotel , Aldermanbury . Friendship , 206 , Ship and Turtle Tavern , Leadenhall-street . Bank of England , 263 , Radley ' s : Hotel , Bridge-street , Blackfriars . Polish National , 534 , Freemasons' Hall . Canonbury , 657 , Haxell ' s Hotel , Fleet-street . Lily Lodge of Richmond 820 Greyhound

, , , Richmond , Surrey . Dalhousie , 860 , Anderton ' s Hotel , Fleet-street . Capper , 1 , 076 , Mariore Hall , Victoria Docks , West Ham . Chapters : —Royal Jubilee , 72 , Horns Tavern , Kennington . Yarborough , 554 , Green Dragon , Stepney .

FRIDAY , March 13 th . —Lodges : —Britannic , 33 , Freemasons' Hall . Caledonian , 134 , Ship and Turtle Tavern , Leadenhall--itreefc . Bedford , 157 , Freemasons' Hall . Domatie , 177 , Anderton ' s Hotel , Fleet-street . SATURDAY , March 14 th . —Lodges : —London , 108 , Freemasons' Hall . Phoenix , 173 , Freemasons' Hall .

Masonic Lifeboat Fund.

MASONIC LIFEBOAT FUND .

Further donations received : —Bro . W . D . Hughes , P . M . Lodge 73 , 5 s . ; from a Freemasons Daughter , 2 s . Gd .: ditto , 2 s . Gel . ; a Friend of the Cause , 3 s . 6 "d .

To Correspondents.

TO CORRESPONDENTS .

EEBATA . —In our last issue , p . 177 , in the report of the meeting of the St . John ' s Lodge , Airdrie , after Scotland , for " Glasgow , " read " Lanarkshire ( Middle Ward ) . " IN consequence of the very lengthy proceedings of Grand Lodge , we are forced to allow some very interesting letters , also several lodge reports , to stand over until next week . MILES . —Your query shall be fully answered in our next . K . T . —The subject you have mentioned shall receive our attention and a reply given in next issue . ANTI-TWADDLE . — -Yours is a very good argument , but , being anonymous , we cannot insert it .