Diary For The Week.

EDINBURGH DISTEICT .

MONDAY—429—St . Kentigern , Royal Hotel , Penicuik . TUESDAY—5—Canongate and Leith ( L . and C ) , 86 Constitution-street . THURSDAY—97—St . James , St . James Hall , Wviter ' s-court . FRIDAY—291—Celtic of Edinburgh and Leith , Ship Hotel , East Register-street

Notices Of Meetings.

NOTICES OF MEETINGS .

New Concord Lodge of Instruction , No . 818 . —Tin oaremony of consecration and installation was worked on the 2 lst nit a" Bro . H . Gabbs ' s , the Rosemary Branch Tavern , by Bro . Jas . Terr } P . G . D . C . Herts , Secretary Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , ii the presence of above 60 brethren , in his usual perfect and impres sive manner . The necessary vessels being kindly lent by Bro . Lam

( of St . John ' s Square ) . The brethren then sat down to a cold collation . Bro . Jas . Terry presided , and gave the usual Loyal and Masonii toasts . Bro . John Eramens P . G . P . eloquently responded to the toast ol the Grand Officers past and present . The Chairman , in proposing the toast , " Success to the New Concord Lodge of Instruction , ' ' coupled with it the name of the respected and energetic Secretary .

Bro . W . H . Main P . M . 813 , who suitably replied . Bro . T . Bartlet P . M . 813 , in proposing the toast of Bro . Terry , spoke at length of tha > W irthy brother ' s Masonio qualifications , and thanked him in the name of all present for the great Masonic treat he had afforded them . Bro . Terry , in reply , expressed the pleasure he had in performing thos * osremonies j he also begged leave to tender his thanks to the brethrer for the attention they paid him , which made his work much lighter .

a id spoke of the excellent arrangements , carried out in so able a man . n ° r by the Officers who had assisted him . His thanks also wero dm ti Bro . Walsh , Organist 813 , for his mnsical talents . Bro . H . Gabb . in very happy and felicitous terms , responded to the toast of " The Host and Hostess . " To sum np our remarks , ono of those evening ? ¦ was passed where true Masonic feeling was exemplified , and good feeljng and harmony prevailed .

Finsbury Lodge No . 861 . —A meeting was held on 23 ^ April , at the Rosemary Branch Tavern , Islington . Bros . W . Meanwell W . M ., Odell S . W ., H . Thomas J . W ., E . Legg S . D .. W . Groome J . D ., W . Markey P . M . D . C , Meacock Steward , W .

Lowles-I . G ., C . Speight Tyler , Tho . E . Pnrdy P . M . Secretary , G . Leach P . M . Treasurer . Past Masters Bond , Maekey , R . Leach , Stokes , Nicholls . The visitor was Bro . Harran 101 . Business transacted : —Initiated Mr . Goldsmith ; passed Bros . Tovvnsend and Marcham ; elected Bros . 17 Thomas J . W . as Master ; G . Leach P . M . Treasnrer , C . Speight Tylev .

Boyal Oak JLodge , No . 871 .-The regular meeting of this-Lodge was held on the 22 nd nit ., at the White Swan Tavern , Deptford . Bro . G . Andrews I . P . M . occupied the chair , in the absence of theW . M ., H . J . fnson S . W ., J . J . Pakes J . W .. M . A . R . Harris as S . D ., J . Baxter Langley as J . D ., J . G . Vohmann Steward , G . T . Linn I . G ., F . Walters P . M . G . G . P . ( Middlesex ) Secretary . Past

Masters Bros . H . A . Collington and J . Hawke . The Lodge having been opened , and the minutes confirmed , Bro . E . Sealo , No . 1275 , was pat-t to the second degree , and Bro . J . T . Phillips was raised to the third degree . A s am of £ 10 was voted from the funds of tho Lodge t > the widow of a late P . M . The Lodge was then closed , aud , there being no banquet cr refreshments , the brethren departed .

Hesketh Lodge No . 896 . —A meeting was held on 20 th April , at tha Grapes Inn , Croston . Bros . Fletcher W . M ., Catterall S . W ., Cottam J . W ., Howarth S . D ., Norris J . D ., Smith D . C , Dobson Steward , Ascroft I . G ., Drabble Tyler , Rigbye

Secretary , Bridge Treasnrer . P . M . ' s Goggin , Rigbye and Ashcroft . The visitors were Bros . Gaskell and Richardson . Business tram sacted . —Bros . Tuscn , Taylor and Hunter passed to the 2 nd degree ; Messrs . Matthew Arthur Forde , C . E ., Maghnll , and John James Smith , Surgeon , Croston , ballotted for initiation at next Lodge Meeting .

Corinthian Lodge , No . 1382 . —A meeting wa 3 held on 21 st of April , at the George Hotel , Cubitt Town . Bros . Joseph Carnaby W . M ., Charles B . Bennett S . W ., Charles Searell J . W ., George Simm Ji . D ., George Fisher J . D ., Haigh Organist , David Hodges Steward , J . Delvis I . G ., Wm . Grant Tyler , C Wyatt Smith P . M . 898 Secretary , Henry Marfleet P . M . 898 and 1382 Treasnrer .

P . M . ' s Bros . Benj . Cirter , William Shayes . The visitors were Bros . Cowell 898 , Willing 251 , Whypherson G 97 , & c . The Lodge was opened , and , the minutes being confirmed , the Lodge was opened in the 2 nd degree , and Bros . Gordon , Temple , Cain and Ford were passed to the degree of Fellow Craft . There being no other business the Lodge was closed .

DEATH OF A RU ritERGLEN FREEMASON IN CANADA . —Bro . James Adair , one of the eldest residents of Southampton , and probably the oldest Mason in tie Dominion , was buried last month with Masonic honours . The deceased was made a Mason in Rutherglen Lodge , Scotland , and had the honour of sitting in the Kilwinning , or Mother Lodge of Scotland . He served through the Peninsular War in tho British army . With reference to tho above , we may add that our

deceased brother was initiated in the Rutherglen Royal Arch Lodge , No . 116 , on the 2 nd of March , 1810 . —Scottish Freemasons' Magazine . Eighty thousand dollars have been subscribed by the Masons of Cleveland , Ohio , to erect a Masonic Temple in that city . They have purchased a lot on the north-east corner of Superior and Bond-streets , for 40 , 000 dols ., on which to erect the Temple . The edifice is to cost 250 . 000 . —Ilasom Jewel ,

The Drama.

THE DRAMA .

Pom Cobb at the St . James ' s . —The Opening of the Mirror Theatre . MR . Gilbert has desoribed his new piece as " a farcical comedy ;" a farce in threo acts wonld have been a more correct description , or the plot is wildly improbable aud the incidents absnrdly ridiculon 3 . n nm Cobb is a doctor , very much in debt , lodging in the house of Vlajor O'Fipp . an Irish adventurer , to whose daughter , Matilda , he ia ¦ ogaged . His friend , Whiffle , also a doctor , bnt in successful practice ,

s also in love with Matilda . Whiffle has an apparently pauper mtient , whom from his ugliness and impecuniosity , he ha 3 nicklamed Tom Cobb , and on the death of this patient , he frightens the eal Simon Pnre , by threats of writs and creditors , into disappearing > om the scene under cover of his namesake ' s death . Before going , fom makes a will , leaving all his property , which apparently consists

of his debts , to Matilda O'Fipp ; and on the discovery of a large sum of money in the house of the sham Tom Cobb , the will of the ' eal one is put in , and the O'Fipps take possession . Want of noney compels Tom to return to his old haunts , when Whiffle , now engaged to Matilda , in his place , threatens him with orosecution for forging the will . Tom is induced to change his name

to that of Major-General Arthur Fitzpatrick . A friend of Matilda ' s , lamed Carolina Effingham , the most sentimental of a very sentimental Family , had long been poetically corresponding with an unseen idorer who had borne this very name , and on being introduced to Tom , she at once fixes on him as her soldier poet . A quarrel with O'Fipp brings matters to a climax ; Tom ' s identity is disclosed , whioh

' eads to the discovery that the old miser wa 3 his grandfather , and had left some property , to which Tom is heir . Caroline professes her willingness to marry " anything that is wealthy , " and everybody is satisfied . This is the outline of a piece which abounds in mirthnoving situations . The dialogue , as might be expected from Mr . Gilbert , is very bright and witty . The acting is simply perfection .

Miss Litton has never been seen to such advantage as in the part of Caroline Effingham . She plays with an nnoonscions gravity which is : n itself most amusing , and in her delivery of the mock heroics meeches she does not miss a single po nt . Mr . W . J . Hill is her sentimental brother , doomed to the drudgery of a lawyer ' s office ; his semblauce of woll-fed martyrdom is most amusing . Mr . Royco

as Tom Cobb , and Miss Charles as Matilda O Fipp , are also extremely good . With snch acting and such dialague , Tom Cobb should amuse visitors to the St . James ' s for months to come . Mr . Horace Wigan has pluckily attempted a task in which many have already failed . Since its opening with Flying Scud the Theatre in Holborn has . never been a source of profit to any one of its

lessees , and it is perhaps from a touch of superstition that , having completely re-decorated and re-furnished it , he has also re-christened it , and called it the MIUROTC . With a a lively recollection of its success at the Olympic , he has chosen the Hidden Hand as his opening piece . His company includes many hands of the old cast .

Miss Louisa Moore plays Muriel as well as ever , and Mr . Vincent is quite at home as the Old Shepherd . We must thank Mr . Wigan for tho revival of a very convenient old oustom , that of admission at reduced prices at niuo o ' cloak . It is a concession to the public which , other managers would do well to imitate .

Reviews.

REVIEWS .

All Books intended for Eeview should be addressed to the Editor of The Freemason's Chronicle , 67 Barbican , E . O . The April number of Le Monde Maconnique , which completes its sixteenth volume , contains , among many items of news , articles , and reviews , a sketch of Spanish Freemasonry , its rise , and the vicissitudes which have overtaken it at different periods . The article ,

which is from the pen of a Spanish Mason , who is well versed in the history of his country , i 3 too long for quotation , while , on the other hand , an extract taken here and there would hardly convey a just idea of the skill with which the subject is handled . A very proper distinction is drawn in Part 2 on the subject of politics and Freemasonry , and the attempts on the lives of General Narvaez and the ex-Queen Isabella , and the risings in Madrid and Catalonia in 1846

and 1848 . Apropos of these , the writer points out that while there is no doubt those who took part in these events were Masons , it is equally beyond all doubt that those events do not owe their origin to Freemasonry . Under the head of Home News is given a selection of some of the subjects which have been proposed to the various Lodges in Paris for disenssion or study . These , of course , are for the most part , directly or indirectly , Masonic , but not all , some being questions of social or educational interest .

Good Words contains an excellent array of neatly written articles , and one , by his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury , on the " Fallacies of Unbelief , " which his Grace i 3 most successful both in pointing out and combating . Mrs . Oliphant ' s " White Ladies " ia advanced a few chapters , as , likewise , is Jean Ingelow ' a " Fated to be Free . " Both these are eminently readable . Among the other contributions

we have noted Part 1 of Mr . Samuel Smiles ' s paper , " The Story of Robert Nicoll's Life , " and part of Alexander Nicholson ' s "The Isle of Skye . " Florence S . Lees also describes , with much ability , the rise aud progress of the first training school for district nurses started at Liverpool about twelve years since . The number , which closes with a paper on " Star Fishes , " is not over brilliantly illustrated .

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