Lodge Meetings Next Week.

LODGE MEETINGS NEXT WEEK .

Burthen particulars as to place of meeting of the undermentioned , Lodges are given in the Freemasons' Calendar and Pocket "" Book ( published by Grand Lodge for the benefit of the : Charity Fund ) .

' , Monday . : 4 Rl . Som .. Ho . & I'ness , P . M . H . , 26 Castle Harmony , Savoy Hotel ' 28 Old King Arms , F . H . 706 Florence Niahtinaale . W'lw ' ch .

1615 Bayard , 33 , Golden Square 1744 Royal Savoy ,- Criterion 2396 Bishopsgate , Gt . Eastern Hotel , 43 St .. Paul , Birmingham ' 48 Industry , Gateshead 62 Social . Manchester

353 Royal Sussex , Winshill 491 Royal Sussex , Jersey . 557 Loyal Victoria , Callington 999 Robert Burns , Manchester 1008 Roy . St . Edmund ' s ,. Bury St . E . " 1110 Tyriah ; Eastbourne 1177 Tenby- Tenby ';¦ -..: 1218 Prince Alfred . Mosslev

1258 Kennard , Pontypool 1325 ' Stanley ; Liverpool 1688 Buxton , Buxton 1752 ; Q gmore , Bridgend 1753 Obedience . Okehampton

1861 Claremont , Croydon 1 # 91 Agricola , York 2042 Apollo , Liverpool 2068 Bortsraonth Temperance , L'dp't . 2257-Powell , Bristol 2279 Thornham , Thornham 2363 Minnehaha ^ Minstrel , M ' chester . 2547 Llangattbck , Cardiff 2553 Rufford , Nottingham 2582 . Lewisham , Smethwick

" ¦ ' . ' ' ¦ . Tuesday . . 92 Moira , Albion 141 Faiih , Anderton ' s 145 Prudent Brethren , F . M . H . ¦ 186--Industryj Freemasons ' -hall 205 Israel , Cannon Street Hotel 259 Prince of Wales , Metropole l ' 348 EBury , Criterion .

353 . Tyrian , Derby 299 Emulation , Dartford -310 Union , Carlisle -357 Apollo University , Oxford 564 Stability , Stourbridge

. 597 St . Cybi , Holyhead 788 Crescent , Hampton Court ' 859 Isaac Newton , Cambridge 243 Sincerity , Norwich . 954 St . Aubyn , Devonport 1007 Howe & Charnwood , Loughboro 1016 Elkington , Birmingham 1052 Callander , Manchester 1353 Torbay , Paignton 1390 Wkitwell , Millon

1479 Halsey , St . Albans 1536 United Military , Plumstead 1566 . Ellington , Maidenhead 1609 Liverpool Dramatic , Liverpool 1636 St . Cecilia , Brighton 1650 Rose of Raby , Staindrop 1675 Ancient Briton , Liverpool 1678 Medway , Tonbridge 1779 Ivanhoe , Sheffield 1834 Duke of Connaught , Landport 1896 Audlev , Newport , Salop

1942 Minerva , Fenton 2025 St . George , Plymouth 2328 Albert Victor , York 2358 Mona , Castletown 2404 Lord Charles Beresford , Ch't ' m . 2405 Ionic , St . Helen ' s 2518 Chas . Ed . Keyser , Hoddesden 2549 Benevolentia , Woodford

V ' Wednesday . United Grand Lodge , 4 for 5 . | 898 Temperance in East , Poplar ' 201 Jordan , Freemasons ' -hall 212 Euphrates , Holborn Restaurant 32 St . Geo . Harmony , Liverpool 76 Economy , Winchester ¦ 82 Foundation , Cheltenham 117 Salopian of Charity , Shrewsbury 163 Integrity , Manchester 220 Harmony , Garston

250 Minerva , Hull 257 Phoenix , Portsmouth 304 Philanthropic , Leeds 439 Scientific , Bingley 461 Fortitude , Newton 540 Stuart , Bedford * 651 Brecknock , Brecon

Lodge Meetings Next Week.

724 Derby , Liverpool 785 Twelve Brothers , Southampton 887 Leigh , Birmingham 996 Sondes , East Dereham 1039 St . John . Lichfield

1083 Townley Parker , Manchester ¦ 1119 St . Bede , Jarrow 1219 Strangeways , Manchester 1283 Ryburn , Sowerby Bridge 1633 Avon , Manchester 1714 Albert Edward , Yorktown 1723 St . George , Bolton

1733 Sunbury , Sunbury 1756 Kirkdale , Liverpool 1760 Leopold , Scarborough 1775 Leopold , Church 1809 Fidelis , Guernsey 1953 Prudence & Industry , Chard

1967 Beacon Court , New Brompton 1989 Stirling , Cleator Moor 2019 Crook , Crook 2064 Smith Child , Tunstall 2149 Gordon . Hanlev

2186 Striguil , Chepstow 2216 Egerton , Swinton 2320 St . Martin , Castleton 2330 St . Lawrence , Pudsey 2357 Barry , Cadoxton 2385 Godson , Oldbury 2444 Noel , Kingston-on-Thames 2448 Bradstow , Broadstairs , 2571 Holmes , Newcastle-on-Tyna

Thursday . General Committee Girls School , ' Freemasons' Hall , at 5 . 39 Si . John Baptist , Exeter 111 Restoration , Darlington 129 Union , Kendal

475 Bed . St . John Bap ., Luton . 590 La Cesaree , Jersey 636 De Ogle , Morpeth 707 St . Mary , Bridporb 807 Cabbell , Norwich 904 Phoenix , Rofcherham 966 St . Edward , Leek 1032 Townley Parker , Chorley

1097 St . Michael , Tenbury 1151 St . Andrew , Tywardreath 1166 Clarendon , Hyde 1313 Fermor , Southport 1322 Waverley , Ashton-under-Lyne 1519 Albert Edward , Clayfc'n-le-Moors . 1578 Merlin , Pontypridd

1884 Chine , Shanklin , Isle of Wight 1957 Grove , Hazel Grove 2269 Peace , Wigan 2418 Hedworth , South Shields

Friday ^ Council Boys School , E . M . H , i . 602 North York , Middlesbrough 810 Craven , Skipton 1295 Gooch , New Swindon 1303 Pelham , Lewes 1385 Gladsmuir . Barnet

1391 Commercial , Leicester 1435 Annesley , Nottingham 1822 St . Quintin , Cowbridge 2415 Tristcam , Shildou 2431 Kingsley , Northampton

Saturday .. 142 St . Thomas , Ship and Turtle 1928 Gallery , Anderton ' s 2182 Sterndale Bennett , Camberwell 1223 Amherst , Riverhead 1388 Canynges , Bristol

1458 Truth , Manchester 1466 Hova Fcclesia , Brighton 1494 Felix , Hampton Court 1550 Prudence , Plymouth 1567 Elliot , Feltham 1929 Mozart . Crovdon

2054 Wilson lies , Rickmansworth 20 / 7 Epping , Chingford 2148 Walsingham , Wilmington 2205 Pf . gasus , Gravesend 2323 Bushey Hall , Bushey 2331 Ravencroft , Barnet

2442 St . Clement , Leigh 2473 Molesey , East Molesey 2493 Vale of Eden , Appleby 2541 St . Andrew , AvonmoutlT

Due Examination.

DUE EXAMINATION .

WE honestly believe some improvement is called for in tbe examination of visitors by which the time for such examination could be shortened . The idea that some clandestine or ; " book Mason " may gain admission to the . Lodge through carelessness oh the part of the Brethren is a wretched fossii unworthy attention . We do not advocate the entire abrogation

of an examination , but as a general thing the committee feel like magnifying their office , and each member labours to show the visitor how well posted he ( the committeeman ) is . Now , the fact is , that where tbe test is properly worded , there is not a more solemn , binding or impressive obligation in the whole institution of Masonry . It should cover every possibility of

doubt regarding the right of the visitor to sit with his Brethren in Lodges . In fact , it does ; because in a majority of instances the visitor is " rusty , " and yet however rusty , he is permitted to pass because he has taken one of the most solemn obligations in Masonry , and the committee instinctively feel that he could not take this test had he not a perfect right to apply for admission *

Now , why should that man be hindered from at once passing in ? Said one to the committee—who after administering the test had commenced at the E . A . degree and gone through the whole to the close of the Master degree , occupying a good half hour" Well , I guess I won't ask to visit you to night . - The time has passed when I wished to see you open , and you probably will soon

close . " J . have proved myself a well-posted Mason ; you , all say , and we will let it go at that . " And no persuasion would induce him to sit in the Lodge . Now , if he had been as great a stickler for technicalities as was the examining committee , he might have got back by demanding to see the charter and a lot more

nonsense . Thefactis that we have entirely too much " redtape " about this examining business , which could be done without . After the test , five minutes should cover the rest of the examination . The Brother comes to see the work and should see it in open Lodge and not in the ante-room .

We rather admire the method of our Canadian Brethren in making an examination of a visitor . He never knows what he is to be asked until the question . tumbles upon him . The lectures , are not followed up in regular routine , but here and there haphazard , and in the degrees promiscuously the questions are asked . Committees of examination could simplify their work

considerably were they to eschew mere routine questioning and bear in mind that the man before them has taken a solemn obligation covering every point they may ask him . Let us treat our visitors with a trifle more courtesy on the point of learning bow much they know about the ritual of Masoury . — " Masonic Gavel . "

Masonic Law.

MASONIC LAW .

FROM the Maine Masonic Text Book , compiled by Judge Josiah H . Drummond , 33 d , one of the leading jurists of the country , the "Tyler" gleans the following valuable information as to the sources of Masonic law : " The law by which the Institution is governed is derived from : 1 . The Ancient

Landmarks ; 2 . The Ancient Charges ; 3 . The Old Regulations ; 4 . The Constitution of our Grand Lodge ; 5 . The regulations and decisions of our Grand Lodge ; 6 . The usuages and customs of the Fraternity ; 7 . The Bye-Laws of the Lodge . These classes , iu some instances , run into each other , but this classification appears to be the most simple and convenient that can be made ..

Various attempts have been made to enumerate the Landmarks ; but as no two authors agree in their enumeration , it is safe , to . conclude that no one of the attempts is a success . The very definition of Landmarks shows that an enumeration of them is scarcely possible . A Landmark is a Jaw or custom of the Fraternity , that has existed ' from a tithe whereof the

memory of man runneth not to the contrary . ' If a Landmark was originally enacted as a law , the time when , as well as the fact of an enactment , are not known . All we know is that it is a law or custom that ha 3 existed from time immemorial . We may be making Landmarks now ; if any universal usage exists that has existed so long that its origin is unknown , it is a Landmark .

It has been said that the Landmarks are the unwritten law of Masonry , but this is not correct ; for landmarks are found in the Ancient Charges . Indeed , the only evidence that some customs are landmarks , is the fact that they are mentioned as such in the earliest publications in relation to Freemasonry .

The Landmarks cannot be repealed or changed . That they are sometimes infringed upon is doubtless true , but any enactment in violation of a landmark is void , by whatever authority . it is made . All Masons agree in this , and the practical difficulty is that one denies that to be a landmark which another affirms is one . "