Diary For The Week.

1638—Hotspur , Masonic Hall , Maple-street , Newcastle 1892—Wallington , King ' s Arms Hotel , Carshaltou . ( Instruction ) R . A . 67—Humber , Freemasons' Hall , Ooborne Street Hull R . A . 113—Unanimity , Bull Hotel , Church Street , Preston R . A . 116—Cana , Swan Hotel . Colne , Lancashire R . A . 129—Kendal Castle , 12 Stramoudgite , Kendal R . A . 216—Sacred Delta , Masonic Hall . Liverpool

R . A . 266—Napthali , iiasonic Hall , Market-place , Heywood R . A . 279—Fortitude , Fteenwsoaa' Hall , Hatton ! Street , Leicester R . A . 307—Good intent , White Horse Hotel , Hebden Bridge R . A . 394—Concord , Freemasons' Hall , Albion Terrace , Southampton R . A . £ 24—Ve Burghi , 34 Denmark-street , Gateshead . R . A . 431—Ogle , Masonic Hall , Norfolk-stieet , North Shields M . M . 34—St . Andrew , Freemasons' Hall , Gooper-aireet , Manchester

FRIDAY , 27 th APRIL .

Emulation Lodge of Improvement , Freemasons' Hall , at 7 . 25—Robert Burns , The North Pole , 115 Oxford-street , VV ., at 8 ( Iustruo . ) 114—St . Luke , White Hart , King's-road , Chelsea , at 7 . 30 . ( Instruction ) 197—Jerusalem , Freemasons' Hall , W . C 607—United Pilgrims , Surrey Masonio Hall , Camberwell , at 7 . 30 . ( Instruct . ) 689—Fitzroy , Head Quarters , Hon . Artillery Company , E . C 768—William Preston , Jacob's Well , George-st ., M . aachester-sq ., at 8 ( lust . ) 780— B yal Alfred' Star ancl Oariar , Kew Bridge . ( Instruction )

834— Rahe ' agh , Six Bells , Hammersmith ( . Instruction ) 933—Doric , Duke's Head , 79 Wbitechttpe ' -rojd , au 8 . instruction ) 1056—Metropolitan , Portugal Hotel , Fleet-street , K . C at 7 . ( instruction ) 116 ;*—Belgrave , Jermyn-street , S . VV ., a ; 8 . ( In itruction ) 12 W 8—Royal Standard , Alwyne Castle , St . Paul's-road , Canonbury , at 8 . ( In . ) 13 B 5—Ol-ipton , White Hart , Lower ( jlapton , rt 7 . 30 . ( Instruction ) 1601—Ravensbourne , Boavd of Works Office , Catford Bridge , Lewisham

1642—E . Carnarvon , Ladbroke Hall , Netting Hill , at 8 . ( Instruction ) 1789—Ubique , Guardsman Arnry Uott ' ee Tavern , Buckingham Palace-road , S . W ., at 7 . 30 . ( Instruction ) 1901—Selwyn , East Dulwich Hotel , East Dulwich . ( Instruction ) R . A . 65—Prosperity Chap . er of Improvement , Hercules Tav ., Leadenhall St . R . A . 7»—Pythagorean , . Portland Hotel , London-street , Greenwich ( lust . ) R . A . 1602 -Sir Hugh Myddelton , Agricultural Hall , N . M . M . —Old Kent , Crown and Cushion , Londun Wall , E . C . ( Instruction )

463—Ghigwell , Prince s Hall , Buckhurst Hill , at 7 . 30 ( Instruction ) 810—C'aven , Devonshire Hotel , Skipton 1102—Mirfield , Assembly Rooms , Kastthorpe , Mirfleld 1386—Gladsmuir , Red Lion , Barnet 1393—Hamer , Masonic Hall , Liverpool 1621—Castle , Crown Hotel , Bridgnorth

I 7 M-Ht . John , ereemasons Hall , Grainger Street , Newcastle upon Tyne Genera Lodge of Instruction , Masonio Hall , New-street , Birmingham , at 7 R . A . 212—Magdalen , Guildhall , Doncastor M * tltl ? . * , , / ree , ? f ? , ? ' Hall < Dook street » Newport , Monmouthshire R . A . 680—Sefton , Masonic Hall , Liverpool 5 * 4 " , lT ^ ? l " - ' ' . , a 80 nic Hall , Rosemary Lane , Louth B . A . 1086—Walton , Skelmersdale Masonio Hall , Kirkdale , Liverpool

SATURDAY , 28 th APRIL

f . 198—Percy . Jolly Farmers ' , Southgate Road . N ., 8 . ( Instruction ) 1276—Star , Five Bells , 155 New Cross-road , S . E ., at 7 . ( Instruction ) 1297—West Kent , Crystal Palace , Sydenham 1361—Earl of Zetland , Royal Edward , Triangle , Hackney , at 7 . ( Instruction ) 1824—Ecclestoa , King's Head , Ebury Bridge , Pimlico , ot 7 ( Instruction ) 1706—Orpheus , Freemasons' Hall , W . C 1871—GostUng-Mnrrny , Town Hall , Hounslow Sinai Chapter of Improvement , Union , Air-street , Recent-street , W at 8 R . A . 1329—Sphinx , Surrey Masonic Hall , Camberwell . S . E .

1293—Burdett , Mitre Hotel , Hampton Court 1462—Wharncliffe , Rose and Crown Hotel , Penistone 1481—Erasmus Wilson . Pier Hotel , Greenhithe 1965—Eastes , Parish Rooms , Bromley , Kent

The Tiler's Club.

THE TILER'S CLUB .

FROM THE VOICE OF MASONRY .

( Continued from page 226 . ) The old Tiler resumed his seat and pipe , and replied with a smile Md pointing to the W . M . , "There is your Master , ask him . " That brother rejoined that it waa the Tiler ' s club that was then in session , nofc the Lodge , and thafc fche inquiry had been made of the Tiler '

not the Master . This sally provoked a laugh , when Brother Senior Warden remarked thafc he had seen it argued by an English writer , that the word was derived from a Roman word , Teilor , signifying ' •' weapon mac , " or tbe man with a drawn sword , aud that in the week mysteries the man who admitted the candidates was so stvled .

farther , that he had recently been reading some old Masonic Maga-» n » 8 , and had noticed that in March 1857 , ' a Eev . Brother delivered a leotnre before Victoria Lodge , Dublin , Ireland , in which he proposed a new etymology for the word Mason , that was relevant fco fche question propounded by brother Senior Deacon . This brother stated that as every Lodge is guarded , ifc is supposed the guard is armed j formerly the weapon was a club , the Latin for whioh is

rnaca , from this the mace of authority is derived , and as the early craftsmen worked with closed or guirded doors—guarded by a maca— the Institution in time was called Masonry and its members Masons . "

T , le Tiler smiled complacently while listening to this ingenious theory , and remarked thai ; the authority he had just quoted had stated that the derivation of the word was encompassed with much difficulty and uncertainty . Krause had translated it Ziegeldecker , or tile coverer , bnt in the opinion of Bro . Fort , tbe most satisfactory explanation was found in the corruption of Tailleur de pirn-re , which to ears ignorant of its significance , wonld sound like Tiler de per . •Abe two methods of spelling the word , Tiler and Tyler , had some bearing , perhaps in the derivation . Operative Freemasonry was .

in the opinion ol' the old Tiler , something moro than a tjilin ^ ? 8 ! let"b , y of mechanics , the master . pieces of architecture they have 9 ft behind them prove thafc they wore acquainted with the prinoi-P'es of science , artists in the truest sense , and endowed with uieuectual

powers far in advance of their contemporaries . To » amib that the word was derived from tho old occupation of tiling a roof were to admit thafc that class of labour was intellectual , and was equivalent to saying . that a hod-carrier was a brick-Iayer . •Bro . Junior Deacon asked whether the word Tiler had not some connection with the Masonic word hele .

The W . M . said he was sorry he would havo fco disagree with the old Tiler in his conclusions , neither did he know that ho would enlighten the brethren much , for after all the researches of skilled Craftsmen , the derivation of the word seems to be as obscure as ever . The Tiler had referred to the inferior p wition of the tilers , or tilecoverers ; whatever may have boon their standing , they were of

sufficient importance to be fomiod iuto a guild by thotpselves , and in the statute of King Edward II . iu 1350 , thoir wages are fixed . The titles and implements of Speculative Freemasonry are derived from the operative Craftsmen , and it is to them we should refer for information on this disputed point . It was a part of the Masons '

business to make the pavements in their cathedrals , as well as to roof them , and this derivation has been mosfc acceptable among Masouic scholars . The signification attached fco it is that , as tbe tiler , when the bnildinst ia erected , finishes and covers it with a roof of tile , so the Tiler of the Lodgo closes the door and covers the

sacred precincts from all intrusion . The Tiler admitted the force of the Wor . Master's remarks , and said he had read some years ago of another kind of Tiler . A brother travelling in the west of England had visited a Lodge where he found a woman offioiatiii" at the outer door . His surprise was to some extent subdued when the brethren informed him she was tbe widow of the late Tiler , and was continued in fche office aa a matter

of charity . The Senior Warden remarked that one interesting peooliarifcy of fche Tiler ' s office had not been mentioned , which was that some of its functions were like those of the old parish beadle . This local functionary was formerly dressed in a manner becoming his distin . gnished (!) rank , and onr ancient brethren appeared to have dressed the Tiler in a similar manner . In a schedule of the regalia , records

& o ., belonging to the Grand Lodge of all England , taken afc a Com . mittee held 15 th September 1779 , is the entry , " A blue oloth coafc with a red collar , for the Tiler . " The young Craftsman who had provoked the discussion , had been examining some old magazines lying on the shelf , and at this point said he had discovered a few verses that suited fche old brother before them , and handed them to the Senior Deacon , who read as follows :

THE OLD TILER ,

God bless the old Tiler ! how long he has trudged Through sunshine and storm , with his summonses due ; No pain nor fatigue has he ever begrudged , To serve the Fraternity , Freemasons and yon . God bless the old Tiler ! how oft he has led

The funeral procession from Lodge door to grave ; How grandly his weapon has guarded the dead To their last quiet home , where the acacia boughs ware .

God bless the old Tiler ! how oft he has knocked When vigilant stranger craved welcome and rest ; How widely your portals , though guarded and looked , Have swung to the signal the Tiler knows best .

There ' s a Lodge where fche door is not guarded nor tiled ; There ' s a land without graves , without mourning or sin ; There ' s a Master most gracious , paternal and wise ,

And he waits the old Tiler , and bids him " Come in . " And there the old Tiler , no longer outside , No longer with weapon of war in his hand ; A glorified spirit shall grandly abide ,

And , close by the Master , high honoured shall stand . Afc the conclusion of the reading , the W . Master announced tbe hour for labour , aud the Tiler ' s club was adjourned .

" FORESTRY . "—With the commencement , in May , of its next vo ) ame , The Journal of Forestry , still conducted by Mr . F . G . Heath , Author of " Autumnal Leaves" and Editor of Gilpin ' s " Forest Scenery , " will take a " new departure . " Under the altered title

of " Forestry : a magazine for the country , " it will be enlarged in size and still further popularised . The May part will include a descriptive article by Mr . Richard Jefferies entitled "The Contents of Ten Acres , " and "A Forgotten President of Agriculture , " by Mr . E . A . Kinglake .

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