Notices Of Meetings.

Fortitude Lodge , No . 105 . —Tho annual meeting of this Lod" 0 was hold on Wednesday , 21 st December , at the Huyshe Masonio Temple , Plymouth , when Bro . IT . J . Kitt was installed as W . M ., tlio very interesting ceremony being efficiently performed by Bro C . n . Cooper P . M . and S ., in a largo board of Installed Masters , amongst whom were Bros . S . Jew , Twoso , Bignell , Aitken-Davies ,

Clemens , Browning , Russell Lord , Michell , Miller , Wescott , Baxter , Box , Cawsc , James , Browning , Embden , Hoarder , Moysey , Nicholson , ' Pearce , Harris , Lean , Osborne , Crossley , Elliott , Cornish , Thomas , John 3 , Gidley . Tho following Ofiicers wero appointed for the ensuing year : Bros . Hearder I . P . M ., Lyons S . W ., Gilford J . W ., Bi < mell Treasurer , Cooper Secretary , " Pillar S . D ., Horsewill J . D .,

Hayes I . G ., Gray D . C , Harris Organist , Parsons S . Steward , Sloggett J . Stoward , W . H . Phillips Tyler . Tho W . Master was appointed to represent the Lodgo on tho Committee of Petitions P . G . Lodge , and Bros . S . Jew , G . Bignell , C . II . Cooper , J . Browning , and H . J . Kitt tho members of tho Asscciated Lodges' Committee . Tho banquet will bo held on Thursday , 19 th proximo , at Bro . Walter ' s Farley Hotel .

Dalhousie Lodge of Instruction , No . 860 . —On Taesday , 3 rd inst , at Bro . Smyth's , Sister ' s Tavern , Pownall-road Dalston . Present : —Bros . S . Clark W . M ., Dignam S . W ., Edwards J . W .. F . Carr Secretary , Wardoll S . D ., Smyth J . D ., Gosliir I . G ., Wallington P . M . Preceptor . Also Bros . Brasted , Baker , Darnell , Christian , Robinson , & o . The Lodge was opened in due form and minntes of

the previous meeting were read and confirmed . Tho ceremony of initiation was rehearsed , Bro . Robinson acting as candidate . Bro . Christian gavo the lecture on tho tracing board , and the W . M . worked tbe first and second sections of tho lecture , assisted by the brethren . Bro . Dignam was elected W . M . for tho ensuing week . All Masonic business being ended , the Lodge was closed in due form and adjourned .

St . Anno Lodge , No . 970 . —The annual meeting was held at the Masonic Hall , East Looe . Tho W . M . elect , Bro . R . Olver , was installed by Bro . G . Roseveare P . P . G . S . Works , who was assisted by the following P . M . ' s : —Bros . J . Hill , J . Crossman , J . Dawe , G . Kerswill , J . Henwood , J . Johns , and T . Harding . The W . M . then

invested as his Officers Bros . J . H . Dawe I . P . M ., T . Cook S . W ., A . Hunter J . W .. G . Kerswill Treasurer , G . W . Martin Secretary , J . Marshall S . D ., W . Lawry J . D ., S . Whito I . G ., and R . Edgecumb and S . Pearco Stewards . The brethren afterwards reassembled at Bro . T . Cook ' s , Ship Hotel , where a very pleasant evening was spent .

Sir Hugh Myddelton Lodge of Instruction , No . 1602 . —A meeting was held at the Crown and Woolpack , St . John Street Road , on Wednesday the 3 rd instant . Present Bros . Osborn jun . W . M ., Williams S . W ., Glass J . W ., Dearingacting Sec , Weeden S . D ., Oppenheim J . D ., Gyer I . G ., Pearcy Preceptor ; Isaac , J . Greenfield , Ditton , Hirst , Gibbs and others . Lodgo having been opened in due

form and minutes read , Bro . P . M . Payne proceeded to rehearse the ceremony of installation , which ho did in a satisfactory manner . Bro . Osborn jnn . then rehearsed the ceremony of initiation , Bro . Hirst acting as candidate . After which Bro . Dearing very promptly answered the questions for the third degree . An animated discussion took place upon the snbject of Bye Laws , it being the unanimous opinion

of the brethren that some ought to be framed , but at tho suggestion of Bro . Hirst , it was agreed that the matter should stand over until the Secretary , Bro . Osborn , was present . Votes of thauks to Bros . Payne and Osborn , and of condolence to the representatives of Bro . Fysh deceased , having been passed , Bro . Williams was elected W . M . for the next meeting . Lodgo was closed in due form and adjourned .

West Middlesex Lodge of Instruction , No . 1612 . — A meeting of the above Lodgo was held at tbe Feathers Hotol , Ealing , on the 5 th inst . Present—Bros . 'T . Smith W . M .. Alex . Jones S . W ., Green J . W ., E . C Porter S . D ., Botley J . D ., diaries Bellerby I . G ; Hewlings , Owen , Clark , Stephens , Pitt , & c . The W . M . rehearsed the coreraony of initiation , Bro . Hewlings candidate ; after which the

S . W . delivered the chargo of the degree . This being tho first occasion on which Bro . Smith had occupied tho chair of K . S . A vote of thanks was passed , and ordered to be recorded on the minutes , for tbe excellent and able maimer in which ho had discharged tho dnties of that position . Bro . C . W . Pitt of the Zetland Lodge was elected a member of this Lodge of Instruction .

The Soutligate Lodge , No . 1950 , will be consecrated on the 19 th inst ., at the Railway Hotel , New Southgato . The proceedings will commence at three o ' clock . Bro . R . P . Forgo , of the Bearton 619 , Kingsland 1093 , and the Selwyn 1901 , will be installed as the first Master .

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The Masonic Secret "Figured In The Constellations."

THE MASONIC SECRET "FIGURED IN THE CONSTELLATIONS . "

Please explain what is meant in Melville ' s ' Veritas , 'by tho Masonio seci-et being ' figured in the Constellations . ' now figured ? What constellations ? "—Gmxr . i . ir . " VERITAS" is a remarkable compilation of rules and directions , by a strict and intelligent adherance to which the author of tho work , the late Mr . Henry Melville , claimed to have discovered tho esoteric

meaning of many mysteries , " Biblical , historical , and social . " The interpretation of the word " figured " referred to in the question ia this . Mr . Melville stated that , aftor many years of study , he had constructed a system of astro-Masonry which would prove to an initiate—using that word in its fullest sense—that all Masonio secrets , ceremonial as woll as otherwise , are accurately depicted by the

various constellations shewn in ancient charts of tho heavens . lb is obvionsly impossible to give an exhaustive explanation of the subject in these pages , but the following instance will sufficiently indicate the general scopo of tho work . The celestial sign Antinous is taken by tho author to represent a Masonio aspirant about to receive the first degree . By the use of certain mathematical

instruments , m a manner dimly shadowed forth in the book , but yeb according to laws declared by the author to be as unalterable as those of the Modes and Persians , various parts of other constellations , such as a slipper , a cable tan , a sharp-pointed sword , are brought into immediate connection with Antinous , who thus becomes , according to modern Masonio parlance , " properly prepared . " In the same

manner other constellations are , so to speak , placed under contribution to designate the passing of the neophyte through the Lodge , and his final emergence as a Master Mason in fall possession of the third degree . Theso proceedings are therefore asserted to be " figured in the constellations . " It may be mentioned that the first edition of " Veritas" was published in 1874 , during the lifetime of

Mr . Melville , who printed , amongst other documents , a certificate signed by Mr . Mclntyre , the present Grand Registrar of the Masonio Order in England , to the effect that " the symbolio representations on the plane projection of the heavens are accurately pointed out by a system of laws which I at present cannot understand . —The Oracle .

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