Diary For The Week.

R . A . 79—Pythagorean , Portland Hotel , Lonaon-street . Greenwich , ( Inst . ) B . A . 85—Eastern Star , Ship and Turtle , Loadenhall Street B . A . 14 S 9—Ezra , 90 Ball ' s Pond-road , N M . M . —Old Kent , Crown and Cushion , London Wall , E . C . ( Instruction ) K . T . 134—Blondel , Freemasons' Tavern , W . O .

44—Friendship , Freemasons' Hall , Cooper-street , Manchester 81—Doric , Private Room , Woodbrid , Suffolk . 127—Union , Freemasons' Hall , Marggeato iVh-Prudence , ilaaonic Hall , Todmorden . 242—St . George , Guildhall , Doncastor . 306—Alfred , Masonic Hall , Kelsalt-streot , Leeds 375—Lambton , Lambton Arms , Chester-le-street , Durham 443 StPeterMasonic Hall

— . , , Peterborough 453-ChigweU . Prince ' s Hall , Buckhurst HU 1 , at 7 . 30 ( Instruction ) 621—Trutli , Freemasons' Hall , Fitzwilliam-street . Huddersflaid 639-St . Matthew . Dragon Hotel , Walsall . ' 674—Loyal Berkshire of Hope , White Hart Hotel . Newburv 601—St . John , Wrekin Hotel , Wellington , Salop ° " uuljr 680—Set ton , Adelphi Hotel , Liverpool

709—Invicta , Bank-street Hall , Ashford 837—De Grey and Ripon , Town Hull , Ripon 839—Royal Gloucestershire , Bell Hotel , Gloucester 1086—Lord Warden , Wellington Hall , Deal 1333—Athelstan , Town Hall , Atherstone , Warwick . 1387—Chorlton , Masonic Rooms , Chorlton Cum Hardy 1383—Hamer , Masonio Hall , Liverpool , at 8 . ( Instruction ) 1528—Fort , Masonio Hall , Newquay , Cornwall .

1667—Albert Edward , Bush Hotel , Hexham . 1661—Morecambo , Masonic Hall , tldward-street , Morooambe Lannash .,. « 1648-Prince of Wales . Freemasons' Hall , SaJem-st / eet Bradford 166-i -Gostorth , Freemasons' Hall , High-street , Gosforth 1726—Douglas , College Gateway , Maidstone General Lodge of Instruction , Masonic Hall , New-street , Birmingham at 7 B . A .-General Chapter of Improvement . Masonic Hall ih ^ Sam ' R . A . fil-S-. icerity , Freemasons' Hall , at . Jonh ' s "C ' e fiuHf R . A . 271-Lennoi . Royal Pavilion . Brighton * * S-k r 8- ? a « ' i ' leemasons' Hah , Aloion Terrace , Southampton K . J ..-Loyal Volunteers , Queens Arms Hotel , George-street , Ashton-under-Ly

SATURDAY , 3 rd NOVEMBER .

General Committee Boys' School , Freemasons' Hall , at 4 142—St . Thomas , City Terminus Hotel , Cannon Street 198—Percy , Jolly Farmers ' , Southgate Road , N „ 8 . ( Instruction ! 1276-Star , Five Bells , 155 New Crols-road , S . E ., at 7 . ( Suction ) ^ 64-Earl o £ Zetland , Royal Edward , Triangle , Hackneyfat 7 ( Instruction ) 1672-Carnarvon , Albion Tavern , Aldersgate-street unstruction )

1822—Rose , Surrey Masonic Hall , Camberwell 1824 Eccleston , King ' s Head , Ebury Bridge , Pimlico , at 7 ( Instrnctionl Sinai Chapter of Improvement , Union , Air-street , Regent-street , Wat Ii 35 ^ ££ S SfflS ^ SS * - Newton Heath - Manoh 08 ter 1667—Elliot , Railway Hotel . Feltham "

The Purification Of Sewage.

THE PURIFICATION OF SEWAGE .

mHE very able and exhaustive report of Dr . Murphy , Medical -L Officer of St . Pancras , furnishes yet one more illustration of the danger arising to the public health from drinking milk whioh . owins to ignorance or ifc may be a want of care on the part of those supplymg it , had become impregnated with sewage matter . The conclusion at which , after the most searching enquiries , Dr . Murphy arrives , and has herein placed on record is , thafc the source of the recent lamentable outbreak of t yphoid fever in thafc parish is traceable to a farm near bt . Albans from whioh a portion of the milk supplied to the London dealer was drawn , the well and the cess-pifc being nofc more than twenty feet apart . The mischief has at length been remedied , bufc not until 62 of fche 431 persons attacked by the fever had sue oumbed . This , ifc must be remembered , is fche third time within the bnet space of two years that an epidemic of typhoid has been traced to unsanitary conditions afc fche source of one of our milk supplies , and it is the more incumbent on our Local Boards of Health that all possible precautions should be taken so as to prevent whatever is supplied to the people for drinking purposes , whether milk or water , from becoming impregnated with sewage . But the same journal from which we have gleaned the foregoing particulars , contains an announcement to the effect thafc the West Mailing fiural Sanitary Board was recentl y fined for polluting with sewage a stream running through Sir Henry Hawley ' s estate . Thus , on the one hand

we have over sixty people dying from disease contracted through drinking impure milk , and on the other hand a local sanitary authorit y fined for polluting with sewage a stream , the water of which is not improbably used for drinking purposes . The problem

that meets us is , what shall we do with our sewage so as fco render it innocuous to health ? Several solutions have been suggested , and have been tried with greater or less success , and , having had the opportunity of judging of the efficacy of one of the proposed methods we are in a position to furnish our readers with some

account of the modus operandi . This particular process was patented some months back by Bros . Andrews and Parker , and is being tried afc Barking , the Metropolitan Board of Works having gran ted fchem a concession to tap fche main sewer near the Northern Outfall into the Thames at that locality ' , as well as to erect the

necessarypremises for demonstrating the value of the patent . Our readers are not perhaps aware that at this Outfall alone—to say nothing of the Southern Outfall afc Crossness , and others that exist in the upper reaches of the river—the enormous quantity of over ninety million gallons of sewage , containing fully 700 tons of solid fcecal matter , is uncharged into the Thames in all its original offensiveness within the

apace of every twenty . fonr hours . The theory is , thafc all this is immediatel y carried away seawards by the action of the tide , and 'hat the water of fche Thames is not polluted . But the universal experience of the water teaches us differently , and though our Water Companies take all possible precautions to secure purity in the supj ^ \' y distribute , it is well nigh impossible thafc the water Which is obtained from the Thames , and distributed for Londoners to j > Dk , is entirely unpolluted . The process patented by Bros . Andrews ? d Parker will unquestionably reduce the danger arising from thus ¦ sposing of Loudon sewage to a minimum . The works they have J ? ° ted at Barking , though necessarily limited in extent , and dealing « h onl y a small portion of the sewage , are large enongh to furnish Practical evidence of the value of their scheme . The sewage is

The Purification Of Sewage.

received direct from the sewer into a large underground tank , afc the rate of 27 , 600 gallons per hour . When in this tank , two streams , one of h ydrochloric acid , and the other of caustic soda , common chalk , clay , and coke breeze , previously ground together in water , are poured into it simultaneously . When it has become thoroughly mixed with these , the sewage is lifted by steam

power into certain automatic agitators , whence it is conveyed by means of a series of steps or falls into a precipitating tank , thence it passes into a second similar tank placed alongside , where the work of purification is completed , and the liquid portion of fche sewage finds its way into Barking Creek , through a channel lined with white glazed tiles , part of whioh is open to view and shows thafc the stream ,

as it passes through , is clear and pure . The advantages of this method are obvious . The liquid portion of the sewage thus dealt with , instead of entering the Thames in all its natural offensiveness , enters it in a state of purity as nearly absolute as medical ingenuity can secure , while the solid portion doea not enter it afc all , but accumulates in the works in the form of sludge , and is removed

from time to time to a drying kiln , where the moisture is carefully drained off , and what remains becomes a compost possessing valuable manurial properties , and highly useful therefore for agricultural purposes . Ifc may be as well perhaps to add that the experiment is now in fall operation , and is being carried oufc under the direct supervision of an officer appointed for the purpose by the Board of Works .

Knights Templar.

KNIGHTS TEMPLAR .

ROYD'S PRECEPTORY , MANCHESTER .

A MEETING of this Preceptory waa held on Tuesday , the 16 th instant , at the Queen's Hotel , Manchester , afc four o ' clock . Sir Knighfc G . P . Brockbank Pasfc Grand Captain Eminent Preceptor present ; also Sir Knight C . R . N . Beswicke-Royds Prov . Grand Commander Lancashire , and many other leading Templars in fche Province . The Preceptory having heen opened , and fche minutes of the previous meeting confirmed , the Provincial Grand Commander

assumed the throne , and installed Sir Knight Reginald Young as Eminent Preceptor for the ensuing year . Eminent Sir Knighfc Brockbank was elected Treasurer and Fraser Secretary . Equerry Officers invested : — Bros . J . B . Phillips Prelate J . H . T . Cofcfcier Constable

H . L . Hellingworth Marshal W . J . Thompson Registrar H . Thomas ... Sub Marshal Thomas Chorlton Captain of Guard J . C . Lees Almoner John Worsley 1 st Standard Bearer John Greaves 2 nd „

"W . W . Cottam 1 st Aide de Camp E . Barber 2 nd „ Captain Garnetfc was balloted for , and elected a joining member . The death of the late Sir Knighfc Bagshawe was referred to , and deep sympathy expressed with his relatives in their bereavement . Alms were collected , and the Preceptory closed in peace and harmony at five p . m .

The Fifteen Sections

THE FIFTEEN SECTIONS

WILL BE WORKED Afc the Percy Lodge of Instruction , No . 198 , on Saturday , 27 th October , afc the Jolly Farmers , Southgate-road , N . Bros . A . W . Fenner P . M . 1693 W . M ., D . Moss J . W . 1275 S . W ., J . A . Powell 186 J . W . First Lecture — Bros . Ashton , Robinson , Hall , Pearcy ,

Lorkin , Cull , Gash . Second Lecture—Bros . Bird , Moss , Trewinnard , Powell , Fenner . Third Lecture—Bros . Gribbell , Galer , Cohen . Bros . R . Pearcy P . M . 228 I . P . M ., R . W . Galer J . D . 1366 Secretary . Lodge will be opened at 7 p . m . At the Eccleston Lodge of Instruction , No . 1624 , on Saturday ,

27 th October , afc the King ' s Head , Ebury-bridge , Pimlico . Bro , McLeod P . M . Preceptor in the chair . First Lecture—Bros . Ray , Grist , Chilcott , Flattely , Johnston , Tayler , Smith . Second Lecture—Bros . Folson , Cross , Stamp , McLeod , Dairy . Third Lecture—Bros . Powell , Fisher , Brindley . Bro . Chas . Tayler Hon . Sec . At 7 p . m .

At the King's Cross Lodge of Instruction , No . 1702 , on Sunday , 28 th October , at the Blue Posts Tavern , 54 Charlotte Sfcreet , Fitzroy Square , W . Bros . J . Hemming M . C . 1287 W . M ., J . Paul I . G . 1472

S . W ., F . Sillis M . C . 1744 J . W ., Wm . Stiles P . M . P . Z . 1507 I . P . M ., L . Solomon W . M . 1732 Secretary . First Lecture—Bros . Bower , Kauffmann , Harvey , Gilby , Koester , Paul , Sillis . Second Lecture—Bros . Robinson , Burgess , Guyer , Agar , Whiting . Third Lecture—Bros . Davis , Emblin , Smith . Afc 6 . 15 o'clock precisely . Afc fche Metropolitan Lodge of Instruction , No . 1507 , on Monday ,

29 th October , at The Moorgate , 15 Finsbnry-pavement , E . C . Bros , J . R . Stacey P . M . 180 W . M ., Larchin P . M . 1541 S . W ., Abell P . M , 1569 J . W . Firsfc Lecture—Bros . Appleton , Shaw , Sadler Wood , Fitzpatrick , Snelliug , Squirrell , Larchin . Second Lecture—Bros . Jenkins , Abell , Stacey , Fox , Pardon . Third Lecture—Bros . Moss , Harding , Johnson . At 7 o ' clock p . m .

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FUNERALS . Bros . W . K . L . & G , A . HUTTON , COFFIN MAKERS AND UNDERTAKERS , 17 NEWCASTLE STREET , STRAND , W . C . And 30 E 0 BEST HILL ROAD , PECKHAM BYE , S . E