Diary For The Week.

208—Three Grand Principles , Masonic Hall , Dewsbury 214—Hope and Unity , White Hart Hotel , Brentwood , Essox 24 fl—Mariners , Masonio Hall , Liverpool , at 8 ( Instruction ) 275—Harmony , Masonic HaU , South Parade , Huddersfield 276—Good Fellowship , White Hart Hotel , Chelmsford 283—Amity , Swan Hotel , Market-place , Haslingden 337—CandourNew Masonic Rooms , Uppermill , Saddloworth

, 341—Wellington , Cinque Ports Hotel , Rye 344—Faith , Bull's Head Inn , Radcliffe , Lancashire 348—St . John , Bull ' s Head Inn , Bradshawgate , Bolton 694—Downshire , Masonic Hall , Liverpool 636—Ogle , Masonic Hall , Morpeth 659—Blagdon , Ridley Anns Hotel , Blythe 784— Wellington , Public Rooms , Park-street , Deal 935—Harmony , Freemasons' Hall , Salford

1000—Priory , Middleton Hotol , Southend on Sea 1164—Eliot , Private Rooms , St . German's , Cornwall . 1325—Stanley , 214 Great Homer-street , Liverpool , at 8 ( Instruction ) 1437—Liberty of Havering , Rising Sun , Romford 1459—Ashbury , Justice Birch Hotel , Hyde-road . West Gorton , nr Manchester

1605—Emulation , Masonic Hall , Liverpool 1676—Deo , Union Hotel , Parkgate , Cheshire 1680—Cranbourne , Red Lion Hotel , Hatfield , Herts , at 8 . ( Instruction ) 1626—Hotspur , Masonic Hall , Maple-street , Newcastle 1892—Wallington , King ' s Arms Hotel , Carshalton . ( Instruction )

R . A . 113—Unanimity , Bull Hotel , Church Street , Preston R . A . 216—Sacred Delta , Masonic Hall , Liverpool R . A . 279—Fortitude , Freemasons' Hall , Halford Street , Leicester R . A . 394—Concord , Freemasons' Hall , Albion Terrace , Southampton R . A . 424—De Burghi , 34 Denmark-street , Gateshead . B . A . 431—Ogle , Masonic Hali , Norfolk-street , North Shields R . A . 1098—Prince of Wales , Private Rooms , Temple Hall , Tredegar R . A . 1235—Phcenix of St . Ann , Court Hotel , Buxton R . A . 1503—Francis Burdett , Albany Hotel , Twickenham

FRIDAY , 24 th APRIL .

Emulation Lodge of Improvement , Freemasons' Hall , at 7 . 26—Robert Burns , The North Pole , 115 Oxford-street , W ., afc 8 ( Instrac . ) 144—St . Luke , White Hart , King ' s-road , Chelsea , at 7 . 30 . ( Instruction ) 197—Jerusalem , Freemasons' Hall , W . O . 607—United Pilgrims , Surrey Masonic Hall , Camberwell , at 7 . 30 . ( Instruct . )

669—Fitzroy , Head Quarters , Hon . Artillery Company , E . C . 786—William Preston , St . Andrew ' s Tavern , Georgo St ., Baker St ., at 8 . ( In ) 780—Royal Alfred , Star and Garter , Kew Bridge . ( Instruction ) 834— Ranelagh , Six Bells , Hammersmith ( Instruction ) 833—Doric , Duke's Head , 79 Whitechapel-road , at 8 . ( Instruction )

1056—Metropolitan , Portugal Hotel , Fleet-street , E . O . at 7 . ( Instruction ) 1168—Belgrave , Jermyn-street , S . W ., at 8 . ( Instruction ) 1298—Royal Standard , Alwyne Castle , St . Paul ' s-road , Canonbury , at 8 . ( In ) 1365—Clapton , White Hart , Lower Clapton , at 7 . 30 . ( Instruction ) 1601—Ravensbourne , Board of Works Office , Catford Bridge , Lewisham 1642—E . Carnarvon , Ladbroke Hall , Notting Hill , at 8 . ( Instruction ) 1789—Ubique , 79 Ebury Street , Pimlico , S . W ., at 7 . 30 . ( Instruction ) 1901—Selwyn , East Dulwich Hotel , East Dulwich . ( Instruction )

R . A . —Panmure O . of Improvement , Stirling Castle , Church Sfcreeb , Camberwell R . A . 79—Pythagorean , Portland Hotel , London-street , Greenwich ( Inst . ) R . A . 95—Eastern Star Chapter of Improvement , Hercules Tav ., Leadenhall St . R . A . 1602—Sir Hugh Myddelton , Agricultural Hall , N . M . M . —Old Kent , Crown and Cushion , London Wall , E . G . ( Instruction )

453—Chigwell , Loughton Tavern , Station Road , Loughton , at 7 , 30 ( Inst ) 810—Craven , Devonshire Hotel , Skipton 1143—Royal Denbigh , Council Room , Denbigh 1303—Pelham , Freemasons' Hall , Lewes 1385—Gladamuir , Red Lion , Barnet 1391—Commercial , Freemasons' Hall , Leicester 1393—Hamer , Masonio Hall , Liverpool 1621—Castle , Crown Hotel , Bridgnorth

1712—St . John , Freemasons Hall , Grainger Street , Newcastle upon Tyne 1821—Atlingworth , Royal Pavilion , Brighton General Lodge of Instruction , Masonic Hall , New-street , Birmingham , at 7 R . A . 242—Magdalen , Guildhall , Doncaster R . A . 471—Silurian , Freemasons' Hall , Dock Street , Newport , Monmouthshire R . A . 680—Sefton , Masonic Hall , Liverpool R . A . 1086—Walton , Skelmerdales Masonic Hall , Kirkdale , Liverpool K . T . 125—Sussex , Southdown Hotel Eastbourne

SATURDAY , 25 th APRIL .

198—Percy , Jolly Farmers' Tavern , Southgate-road , N ., at 8 ( Instruction ) 1275—Star , Five Bells , 155 New Cross-road , S . E ., at 7 . ( Instruction ) 1297—West Kent , Crystal Palace , Sydenham 1364—Earl of Zetland , Royal Edward , Triangle , Hackney , at 7 ( Instruction ) 1624—Eccleston , Crown and Anchor , 79 Ebury Street , S . W ., at 7 ( Instruction ) 1706—heus Hall

Orp , Freemasons' , W . C . 1871—Goatling-Murray , Town Hall , Hounslow 2012—Chiswick , Hampshire Hog , King Street , Hammersmith , W . ( Instruct , ) ainai Chapter of Improvement . Union , Air-street . Regent-st ., W at 8 R . A . 820—Lily of Richmond , Greyhound , Richmond , afc 8 . ( Instruction ) tt . A . 1329—Sphinx , Surrey Masonic Hall , Camberwell , S . E .

308-Prince George , Private Rooms , Bottoms , Eastwood 1293—Burdett , Mitre Hotel , Hampton Court 1462—Wharncliffe , Rose and Crown Hotel , Penistone 1464—Erasmus Wilson , Pier Hotel , Greitheenh 1965—Eastes , Parish Rooms , Bromley , Kent

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Old Times And Our Times.

OLD TIMES AND OUR TIMES .

CROAKERS flourished three thousand years ago who were loud in their praises of the past and complaints of the present . It is one of the commonest things of our day to decry everything of our own generation ; glorify the

dim past ; disparage what is , and magnify what is to be . But history enables us to see whether we are progressing or degenerating . People may say , " Wo wish we had the old times , " but every age must be measured by its own standard , and if we contrast our times with old times , we

will find the present age the finest , noblest and best the

world has ever seen . The first pound of tea carried to England was presented to Queen Elizabeth , who boiled it in a pot , and then straining off the water , threw it away , and ate the leaves .

Sir Walter Raleigh , the first smoker of tobacco , was well soused by his servant , who thought he was on fire , and was going to put him out . The Elizabethan cottages we

hear so much about , had only one room , and fche chimney was a simple aperture in the roof . At the royal levees the floors were strewn with straw in lieu of a carpet , and at

one time Parliament protested against snch extravagance . Religion has wrought a great change . The Bible has given civilization , fine buildings , colleges—everything . Look at travel and the means of travel as evidence of

advancement . Take Syra , with its barbarism , and compare it with England or this country , with their

railroads , manufactories , & c . Italy is the same , and had no railroads until within a few years , and then English and Yankee religion placed them there . In Elizabeth ' s time a stage-coach was no better than is now a Jersey

farmer's ox team , and in old times a man wonld make more fuss to come from Vermont to New York than he would now to go hence to China . In the time of Charles the Second , London was dark and unsafe . There was no

police , and a man was in constant danger of robbery or assassination , yet an " insane" fellow waa denounced a dangerous innovator because he proposed to light the city by putting a light in every ninth house .

Look at the inventions of the present day , not for kings and nobles , but for the people , to enlighten and make labour pleasant . Now , we can control diseases and plagues , and

it is a fact that the average longevity is thirteen years

more in civilized countries than it was . Formerly there was no surgeon but the barber , who drew your blood and let you run . Now the dumb are taught to speak , the blind

to read , and the insane , who were once deemed incurable , are now successfully treated in our asylums . When

vaccine was proposed as a preventive against small-pox the people rose against it , and were afraid of being turned into cattle . The noble barons who wrung the charter from King John , could not write their own names even ; but now the poorest child in the city may receive a fair education . Our age is full of liberality , religons tolerance , enlightenment and progress . —Detroit Freemason .

The following Dinners were held at the Freemasons ' Tavern during the week ending Saturday , 18 th April : — Monday—Leigh , Lodge , Robert Barns Lodge , Urban Chapter . Tuesday—Wanderers' Lodge , Jerusalem Chapter , Prudent Brethren Chapter . Wednesday—Buckingham and Chandos Lodge , Noviomagns , Grand Stewards' Lodge , Oak Lodge . Thursday—British Home for Incurables Fancy Dress Ball , Globe Lodf-e , St . Mary ' s Lodge , Universal Lodge . Friday—Jordan Lodge , Odd Volumes .

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