Poetry.

Poetry .

TO A FRIEND ( GEORGE AIARKHAAI TAVEDDELL )' AVITH A POSY OF POESY . Not mine , the mad ambitious thought to gain Tbe poet ' s wreathed renown : my simple strain Is but the simple cadence of a heart AVhich , by the aid of Poesy ' s sweet art ( A sorrow finds a vent in sighs and tears ) ,

Relieves its burning hopes and chilling fears . It is a quiet madness , Of ideal gladness , Should qualify the theme : A refuge from the losses , Tbe trials and the crosses , The worrying woe that tosses Us , as in a fever'd dream .

Is fame au immortality on earth ? 'Tis but it ' s echo ! and as much is worth : An earthern deep will settle o'er our head , And waves of teaming life will o'er us spread ( An earthly part I mean , —for then the soul Hath seized its freedom , and hath spuru'd control Of earthly things ) . Then why still verses write ? Because in these I find a sweet delight !

My small poetic flower-pot , though it seem Shaped by mere fancy , and though weeds may teem Alore plentiful than flowers , yet by me Has cultured been , with quiet pleasantry , Such flowers I have I pluck and send to you : If you are pleased , I have my pleasure too . Aliddlesborough , Sep . 30 , 1870 . ANGUS JlAcniEiisoN .

List Of Lodge, Meetings, &C., For Week Ending 15th October, 1870.

LIST OF LODGE , MEETINGS , & c ., FOR WEEK ENDING 15 TH OCTOBER , 1870 .

AlETEOPOEITAN LODGES AND CHAPTERS . Monday , October 10 th . LODGES . — Royal Naval Lodge .- —Freemasons' Hall ; Confidence Anderton ' s Hotel , Fleet-st . ; Peckham , Maismoro Arms Tav ., Park-rd ., Peckham ; Leigh , Freemason's Hall . CHAPTEE . —Mount Zion , Radley ' s Hotel , Bridgc-st ., Blackfriars . Tuesday , October Hth .

LODGES . —St , James' Union Lodge , Freemasons' Hall . Percy : Ship and Turtle Tav ., Leadenhall Hall ; St . Michael's Albion Tav ., Ahlersgate-st . ; Pilgrim Lodge , Ship and Turtle Tav ., Leadenhall-st . ; AA ellington Lodge , AA'hite Swan Tav ., Deptford ; Rauelagh Lodge , AA'indsor Castle Ho ., Hammersmith : Cosmopolitan ; Lodge , City Terminus Ho ., Cannon-st . ; Doric Lodge , Anderton ' s Ho ., Fleet-st . ; Stanhope Lodge , Thicket Ho ., Anerley , Surrey . CHAPTER . —Jerusalem , Freemasons' Hall .

Wednesday , October 12 ih . LODGES . —Committee Royal Alasonic Benevolent Institute , at 3 , Fidelity LoiWe , Freemasons' Hall ; Union Waterlow , Alasonic Hall , William-st ., AA oolwieh ; Kent Lodge , Guildhall Coffee House , Greshnm-st .: A'itruvian , White Hart Ho ., College-st ., Lambeth ; Justice , AVhite Swan , High-st ., Deptford ; Euphrates , George Ho ., Aldermanbury ; Belgrave , Anderton Ho . Fleet-st . ; AierchantNavy Silver TavBm-dctt-rd .

, , , , Limehouse ; Alonteiiore , Freemasons' Hall ; Beacon tree , Private Rocm .-, Leytonstone : Hervey , Britannia , AValham Green-Thursday , October IWi . LODGES . —Quart- , r Gem , Court Girl ' s School , at Freemasons ' Hall , at 12 ; 1-1 . Atlielstan , City Terminus Ho ., Oanou-st . ; Friendship , Shin and Turtle , Leadenliall-st- ; Dalhousie ,

Anderton ' s Ho .. Fleet-st- ; Capper , Marino Ho ., A'ictoriu Docks , AV , Hun .- CIIAPIEU . —Alount ., Lebanon , Bridge House Ho ., Southwark : Hope , Globe-Tavern , Royal Hill , Greniioek , Friday , October Utli . LODGES . —DmiEE-. tic Loihc , Anderton's Ho ., Fleet-st .- CllAPTllt . —Britannic , Freemasons' Hall . Saturday , October loth , LODGE . —Audit Committee , Boys' School .

Metropolitan Lodges And Chapters Of Instruction.

METROPOLITAN LODGES AND CHAPTERS OF INSTRUCTION .

Monday , October 10 th . LODGES . — temple , Old George , St . Alary Axe . E . C ; Justice , Royal Albert , New Cross-id , Deptford ; St . James ' s Union , Swan Tav . Mount-st ., Grosvemr-sq . ; Industry , Dick ' s Coffee House , Fleet-st . ; Crystal Palace , City Arms Tav ., AVest-sq ., Southwark ; High Cross , AVhite Hart Ho ., Tottenham ; Eastern Star , Royal Ho ., Burdett-rd ., Alile-end-rd . ; Camden , Adelaide Tav ., Haverstock Hill ; British Oak , Bank of Friendship Tav ., Jlile End .

Tuesday , October llth . LODGES- —Faith , Fisher ' s Restaurant , Aletrop . Dist . Rail ., Victoria Station ; Domatic , Palmerston Arms , Grosvenor-park , Camberwell ; Jordan , Alwyne Castle , Canoubiiry ; Yarborough , Green Dragon , Stepney ; Prince Frederick AVilliam , Knights of St . John ' s Tav ., St . John ' s-wood ; Dalhousie , Royal Edward , TriangleHackney ; Royal AlbertAAliite Hart ,

Abcburch-, , lano ; Pythagorean , Prince ot Orange , Greenwich ; City of London , Shepherd and Flock Tav ., Bell-alley , Aloorgate-st . ; New AVandsworth , Freemasons' Ho ., New AVandsworth . CHAPTER . —Metropolitan , Price ' s Portugal Ho ., Fleet-st . ; Royal Union , Dubby ' s Hotel , Wiusey-st ., Oxford-st . ; Alount Sion , AVhite Hart , Bishopsgate-st .

Wednesday , October 12 th . LODGES . —Confidence , Railway Tav ., London-st ; United Strength Bull and Gate , Kentish Town ; New Concord , Rosemary Branch Tav ., Hoxton ; St . Alark's , Alawby Arms , Alawby-st ., S . Lam ; beth ; Peckham , Alaismore Arms , Park-road , Peckham-Rye , Temperance in the East , George the Fourth , Catherine-st ., Poplar ; Prosperity , Gladstone Tav ., Bislnpsgate-street . CHAPTEE . — -St . James ' s Union , Swan Tav ., Mount-street , Grosvenor-square .

Thursday , October 13 th . LODGES . —Fidelity , Goat and Compasses , Euston-road ; Kent , Dukool York , Borough-rd ., Southwark ; United Mariners , Three Cranes . Aiile-end-rd . ; Vitrnvian , AVhite Hart , College-st ., Lambeth ; St . George's , Globe Tav ., Royal Hill , Greenwich ; Manchester , Berkeley Arms , Johu-st ., Berkeley-square ; Tranquillity , SngarLoaf Tav ., Great St . Helen ' s , E . G . ; AVhittington ,

Crown Hotel , < 1-1 , High Holborn ; Royal Oak , Royal Oak Tavern , Deptford ; Lurdctt Coutts , . Approach Tav ., Alctoriupurk , at 7 . CHAPTER . —Joppa , Prospect of "Whitby Tav ., 57 , A \ appiug-wall .

Friday , October 14 th . LODGES . —St . Luke ' s , Pier Hotel , Cheyne-walk , Chelsea ; Temperance , Victoria Tavern , A ictoria-road , Deptford ; Unions ( Emulation Lodge of Improvement for AI . AI . ) , F . AI . H .: United Pilgrims , Horns' Tavern , Kcnnington ; AVestbourne , the Grapes , Duke-st ., Alan eh ester ; square ; Wellington , Lord Duncan Tavern , Broadway , Deptford : Florence Nightiiigalo , Freemasons' Tav ., A \ oolwieh ;

Ranelagb , Windsor Castle Hotel , King-st ., Hammersmith ; Belgrave , Duke of Wellington , Spring-gardens , Chariug-cross ; St . James's , Gregorian Anns , Jamaica-row , Bermondsey ; Doric , Three Crimes , Aide End-rd . ; Astoria , Andertons' Ho ., Fleet-st . ; Hervey , Britannia , AValbain-green ; Metropolitan , Price ' s Portugal Ho ., Fleet-st . ; Charter House , Hat and Feathers Tavern , 27 , Goswell-rd . ; Robert Burns , Union Tav . ; Air-street , Regent-st .-- CHAPTERS . —Domatic , Fisher's Restaurant , A'ictoriu Station ; Robert Burns , Knights of St . John's Hotel , St . John ' s Wood .

Saturday , October Ihtlv . CHAPTERS . —Alount Sinia , Union Tavern , Air-street , Regent street ; Domatic , Horns , Kensington .

To Correspondents.

TO CORRESPONDENTS .

* ,. . . / ::- All Communication * to be addressed to 19 , Salisbury - street , Strand , W . C . WE shall be glad to receive from brethren any proceedings of Alasonic meetings , which .. hall he duly inserted . Communications should be ( in-warded s : > as to reach us as early iu _ the week as convenient—not laior than AVednesday il possible , We have to request our correspondents to be particular ' writing names distinctly .