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"arcfully training it on the decoys , which , it should be remarked , he mistook for living birds , he fired into them with bis own venerable hands . Not a bird stirred , and supposing he had killed the entire flock , he exclaimed : " There , you young fellers , when you want to shoot ducks , send for me . " He was about to order all hands to splice the

mainbrace in honour of the event , when the Dispatch ventured to inform him that ihe ducks he had assaulted were made of wood , and none the worse for the splendid gunnery he had just exhibited . Of course no one dared to smile in his presence , but when he had with great dignity retired to his cabin and commenced an analysis of the lunch basket , there were

suppressed " skremes of lafture" on deck , and a general disposition to examine the top hamper through a glass . Shortly afterward the wind , which had been light , veered to the soutfi-east , and vapidly increased to a gale , accompanied with a heavy mist , and the short chopping waves that distinguish land-locked waters under such circumstances . And now the old hero rose to his normal grandeur .

Orders issued from his speaking trumpet faster than they could be executed . " Brail up the spanker ! " "In with yonr flying jib ! " " Double leef the cat-heads !"" Furl the sheet anchor ! " followed in rapid succession ; but , despite the best efforts of the crew , we were fast being driven on a lee shore and a watery grave , when , fortunately , Lieut . Sol . Smith , our sailing master , with a

wisdom and daring beyond his years , leaped on shore with a line and made it fast to a tree . Even then his Highness , like the boy on the burning deck , refused to desert the ship until he was made to understand by signals that the Widow Cliquot was at the mansion and desired an audience . Thus touched in a tender point , he left the vessel to

its fate and waited upon the charming widow . VVe arc happy in being able to add that the yacht was subsequently brought in safe and sound , and that the party reached New York with as mauy ducks as they could conveniently carry . All ' s well that ends well , and Commander Blanck , Capt . Arey , and the L . H . A . have our thanks for many courtesies . —New York Dispatch .

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BRO . JAMES GOODALL . The death of Bro . James Goodall , P . P . G . Reg ., Eastern Division Sjulh Wales , P . M . 237 , P . M . and Treas . 1573 , Swansea , which took place in Swansea , on Frirlay , November 23 rd , after a long and painful illness , has called forth most sincere expressions of regret from the brethren iu Swansea aud the province generally .

The brethren have sustained an irreparable loss in Bro . Goodall's death , as he was not only skilful in the perform , ance of the various ceremonials of the lodge , but was always willing to give a helping hand to those less gifted than himself , and his zeal for Freemasonry , coupled with a courteous and amiable disposition attracted a large circle of friends , a fact amply demonstrated by Ihe presence of

nearly eighty brethren from the various lodges in the province , at his funeral , which took place on Wednesday , thc 28 th November . Amongst the brethren present were Bros . M , Tennant , D . P . G . M ., Eastern Division , South Wales ; . ) . G . Hall , P . P . S . G . W ., W . M . 1323 ; W . Whittington , P . P . S . G . W . ; E . Rogers , P . J . G . W . " , P . M . 1573 ; J . Jones , P . G . Treas . ; Evan ' Iones , P . G . Secretary ; W . E . Brown , P . M . 237 ; S .

Powell , P . M . 237 ; W . H . Tucker , P . M . 237 and 1373 ; J . S . Wooley , W . M . 237 ; J . Livingston , W . M . 1573 ; Evan Thomas , P . M . 6 79 , and many brethren belonging to the lodges in Swansea . Bro . Goodall has now gone to " his long home , " " the undiscovered country from whose bourne no traveller returns , " and his name will long be revered by those who were in the habit of meeting him , both in lodge and at business . " Requieseat in paie . "

BRO . SUPERINTENDENT MOTT . We have to record the death of Bro . Supt . Mott , of thc A . Division of Police . Well known to all Londoners by the efficient performance of his duties , at all times , ancl in great emergencies , he was equally distinguished by his courtesy and kindness , and by many good qualities ol head and heart . His place will be one difficult to fill , owing

to his sterling worth and his personal knowledge of his important avocation , and his loss will be sincerely c'eplored by all members of the force , as well by his superiors as hy his equals , and his subordinates . Bro . Mott was a member of the St . Clement Danes Lodge ( No . 13 * 1 ) , and leaves a large family to lament his irreparable loss .

On Wednesday the funeral of Bro . Mott took place at Brompton Cemetery . The obsequies , in accordance wilh the wish of the family of the deceased , were carried out privately , though the high esteem in which he was held drew together many , especially from the police ranks , to witness the last solemn rites . Few police officials came more prominently before the public than thc late Bro . Mott ,

of whom it may be said that to have known him was to hold him in good favour . Placed at the head of the chief division of the police , which is brought into use in both town and country on important occasions , when great numbers of people assemble , his duty was oftentimes an onerous one . Now it would be at Epsom races that he would be met with , directing his staff of men over

the Downs ; next , perhaps , at a Royal review at Windsor-park ; or , again , at a " Tichhorne " demonstration in Hyde-park . On such occasions as these rare tact is required to carry out official duties , with an excited crowd in a measure concerned , and when a harsh , peremptory adherence to a hard-and-fast line , adniiltng not of the " g ive and take " principle , might result in a collision between the police and the public , or at

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least leave a rankling feeling of displeasure with the latter-But to Superintendent Mott was laid the credit of promoting most harmoniously kindly relations between the members of the force aud the public , while not abating in any degree his reputation as an able disciplinarian ; and his familiar figure al great public gatherings will be greatly missed in the future . The funeral piocessinn started from

the late residence of the deceased , at Kennington , shortly after twelve o ' clock . It consisted simply of the hearse , three mourning cirriaycs containing members of thc deceased ' s family and friends' and several private carriages . The cemetry was reached at about a quarter to two o ' clock . About j 00 members of the A Division , in uniform , had assembled , while there was a large number of other

members of the Force , representing all grades , in plain clothes . These latter fell in immediately behind the carriages at the cemetery gates , the officers in uniform bringing up the rear . Several members of St . Clement ' s Danes Lodge ( 1331 ) , followed , including the Treasurer , some e > f thc Past Masters , and others of the brethren . Thc procession proceee ' ed to thc chapel , into which the

coffin was borne , and the first portion of the funeral service w-as proceeded with , lean Stanley being the officiating clergyman . Among those present were—Colonel Henderson , Colonel Pt arson , Mr . Walker , district superintendent , Superintendents Williamson , Wiseman , Eccles , Digby , Galforlh , Brennan , and many others . The short service in thc sacred edifice ended , the coffin was conveyed to the

family grave , where the interment took place . I he deceased , who was a widower , was only 49 years of age , and he leaves a large family , including two daughters , one a well-known singer , and the other a pianist . It should be stated that one of the last wishes of the deceased was that his daughter ' s concert , appointed for the 7 th inst ., should take place , and it will be held on the day named .

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings

METROPOLITAN MASONIC MEETINGS

F > r thc Week ending Friday , December 7 , 1877 . The Editor will be glad to receive notice from Secretaries of Craft Lodges , Royal Arch Chapters , Mark Lodges , Encampments , Conclaves , & c , of any change in place or day of meeting .

SATURDAY , DECEMBER 1 . Gcrr . Com . Boys' School al 4 . Lodge 142 , St . Thomas , Cannon-st . I lot . ,, 1572 , Carnarvon , Aloion Tav ., ( Installation ) . ,, 1622 , Rose ' , Surrey M . H . Chap . 0 , 75 , Rose of Denmark , Stai-and Garter , Kew-bdg .

LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Lily , Greyhound , Richmond . Manchester , 77 , London-st ., Fitzroy-sq . Star , Marquis of Granby , New Cross-rd . Eccleston , Grosvenor Club , Ebury-square , S . W . Percy , 113 , Southgate-road , N .

MONDAY , DECEMBER 3 . Lodge 12 , Fortitude & Old Cumberland , Ship & Turtle . „ 25 , Robert Burns , F . M . H . „ di ) , Unity , Inns of Court Mot . ,, 72 , Royal Jubilee , Anderton's Hot ., Fleet-st . „ 83 , United of Prudence , Albion , Aldersgate-st . ,, 144 , St . Luke ' s , M . H ., Mason ' s Avenue .

„ 188 , Joppa , Albion Tav ., Aldersgate-st . „ 236 , Unions , F . M . H . ,, 1319 , Asaph , F . M . H . , 162 s , Tredegar , Royal Hot ., Mile-cnd-rd . „ ib-, 0 , Wolsey , White Hart Hot ., Hampton Wick . ,, 1660 , Royal Leopold , Surrey M . H .

,, 1070 , Adelphi , 4 , Adelj . hi-terrace , Strand . Chap . 91 , Regularity , F . M . H . „ 103 G , Victoria , M . H ., Masons' Avenue . Red Cross Con ., Premier , 68 , Regent-st ., W .

LODGES or INSTRUCTION . Prince Leopold , Lord Stanley Tav ., Kingsland . Strong Man , Old Rodney ' s Head , Old-st ., E . Sincerity , Railway Tav ., Fenchurch-st . Station . Camden , Stanhope Arms , Up . James-st ., Camden Town . Tredegar , Royal Hot ., Mile-end-road . St . James ' s Union , Union Tav ., Air-st . Wellington , White Swan , Deptford .

Perfect Ashlar , Victoria Tav ., Lovver-rd ., Rotherhithe . Upper Norwood , White Hart Hot ., Church-rd . Marquis of Ripon , Pembury Tav ., Amherst-rd ., Hackney . Loughborough , Warrior Hot ., Brixton . West Smithfield , New Market Hot ., West Smithfield . . Leopold , Woolpack Tavein , Bermondsey-st . London Masonic Club , at 101 , Queen Victoria-st . E . G ., 2 nd and 4 th Monday every month , at 6 o ' clock .

TUESDAY , DECEMBER 4 . Colonial Board . Grand Mark Lodge , F . M . Tav . Great Uueen-st . Lodge 7 , Royal York of Perseverance , F . M . H . „ IOI , Temple , Ship and Turtle , Leadenhall-st , „ 172 , Old Concord , F . M . H . ,, 217 , Stability , Anderton's Hot ., Fleet-st .

„ 763 , St . James's , Surrey M . H . ,, 1237 , Grosvenor , F . M . H . „ 1298 , R . Standard , Wellington Club , Upper-st ., N . „ 1381 , Kennington , Surrey Tav ., Kennington Oval . ,, 138 3 , Friends in Council , 33 , Golden-sq . n ' . S'J / t Anerley , Thicket Hot ., Anerley . „ 1472 , Henley , Three Crowns Hot ., Woolwich . ,, 1668 , Samson , F . M . H .

,, i (> 93 , Kingsland , Jolly Farmers , Southgate-rd . N . Chap . 16 9 , Temperance , White Swan , High-st ., Deptford . LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Metropolitan , 26 9 , Pentonville-rd .

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Yarborough , Green Dragon , Stepney . Domatic , Surrey M . H ., Camberwell New-road . Faith , 2 , Westminster Chambers , Victo : ia-st . Prince Fredk . Wm ., Lord ' s Hot ., St . John ' s Wood . Dalhousie , King Edward , Triangle , Hackney . Prosperity , Hercules Tav ., Leadenhall-st . Florence Ni ghtingale , F . M . H ., William-st ., Woolwich . Constitutional , Bedford Hot ., Southampton Bdgs .

Israel , Rising Sun Tav ., Globe Road . Royal Arthur , Prince's Head , York-road , Battersea . Beacontree , Red Lion , Leytonstone . Excelsior , Commercial Dock Tav ., Rotherhithe . St . John of Wapping , Gun Hot ., High-st ., Wapping . Islington , 23 , Gresham-st . Metropolitan Chapter , Jam aica Coffee Ho ., Cornhill . Mount Edgcumbe , 19 , J ermyn-St ., St . James ' s .

WEDNESDAY , DECEMBER 5 . Quar . Com . Grand Lodge , at 6 feir 7 . Lodge 511 , Zetland , Anderton ' s Hot ., Fleet-st . „ 15 S 5 , Royal Commemoration . Star & Garter , Putney . LODGKS OF INSTHUCTION . Confidence , Railway Tav ., Railway-place , Fenchurch-st . Mt . Lebanon , Windsor Castle Tav ., Southwark-bdg .-rd .

Pythagorean , l ' ortland Hotel , London-street , Greenwich . New Concord , Rosemary Branch Tav ., Hoxton . La Tolerance , Horse and Groom , Winsley-st ., Oxford-st . Peckham , Maismore Arms , Park-road , Peckham . Stanhope , Thicket Hot ., Anerley . Finsbury Park , Finsbury Park Tav ., Seven Sisters' -rd . Southwark , Southwark Park Tav ., Southwark Park .

Duke of Connaught , Havelock Tav ., Dalston , E . United Strength , Grafton Arms , Kentish-town . Whittington , Black Bull Tav ., Holborn . Lewis , King ' s Arms Hot ., Wood Green . Royal Jubilee , 81 , Long Acre . Langthorne , Swan Hot ., Stratford . THURSDAY , DECEMBER 6 .

Lodge 10 , Westminster and Keystone , F . M . H . „ 27 , Egyptian , AnrlertonV Hot ., Fleet-st . ,, 45 , Strong Man , M . H ., Masons' Avenue . ,, 192 , Lion and Lamb , Cannon-st . Hot . ,, 227 , Ionic , Ship and Turtle , Leadenhall-st . „ 2 * 1 , St . Andrew ' s , F . M . H .

11 SjS , Li Tolerence , F . M . H . „ 354 , Yarhorouir ' i , Green Dragon , Stepney . „ 822 , Victoria Rifles , F . M . H . „ 1178 , Perfect Ashlar , Bridge House Hot . „ 1351 . St . Clement Dines , 2 G 5 , Strand . ,, 1445 , Prince Leopold , Sandringham-rd ., Kingsland . Chap . 2 , St . James ' s , F . M . H .

,, 9 , Moriah , Albion Tav ., Aldersgate-st . ., 174 , Sincerity . Cheshire Cheese , Crutched Friars . „ 1339 , Stockweil , Tulse Hill Hot ., Tulse Hill . Mark 197 , Studholme , 33 , Golden-square , W . LODGES OP INSTRUCTION . Union Waterloo , Chatham Arms , Thomas-st ., Woolwich . Egyptian , Hercules Tav ., Leadenhall-st .

Fidelity , Yorkshire Grey , London-st ., W . Finsbury , Jolly Anglers' Tav ., Bath-st ., City-road . Temperance in tbe East , Catherine-st ., Poplar . Ebury , 12 , Ponsonby-st ., Milbank . High-rate , Bull and Gate , Kentish-town .

I he Great City , M . H ., Masons' Avenue . High Cross , Coach & Horses , High-road , Tottenham . Salisbury , Union Tav ., Air-st ., Regent-st . Southern Star , Crown Hot ., Blackfriars-rd . Great Northern , Berwick Arms , Berners-st „ Oxford-st . Prince Frederick William Chapter , St . John ' s Wood .

FRIDAY , DECEMBER 7 . Lodge 92 , Moira , The Criterion , Piccadilly . „ 706 , Florence Nightingale , M . H ., Woelwich . ,, 890 , Hornsey , Anderton's Ho ' ., Pleet-st . „ 1273 , Star , Ship Hot . Greenwich .

„ 1489 , Marquess of Ripon , Balls Pond-rd ., N . ,, 1 C 27 , Royal Kensington , F . M . H . Chap . 8 , British , F . M . H . „ 10 , Westminster and Keystone , F . M . H . ,, 239 , Prince of Wales , Willis's Rooms , St . James's . Mark 8 , Thistle , 2 , Westminster Chambers . S . W .

LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Stability , Guildhall Tav ., Gresham-st . Robert Burns , Union Tav ., Air-st ., Regent-st . Belgrave , Constitution , Bedford-st ., Covent Garden . Unions Emulation ( for M . M . 's ) , F . M . H . Temperance , Victoria Tav ., Victoria-road , Deptford . Clapton , White Hart , Clapton .

Metropolitan , Portugal Hot ., Fleet-st . St . Marylebone , British Stores Tav ., St . John's Wood . Wcstbouine , Lord's Hotel , St . John's Wood . United Pilgrims , Surrey M . H ., Camberwell New-road . St . James ' s , New Tanners'Aims , Grange-rd ., Bermondsey . Duke of Edinburgh , Silver Lion , Penny-fields , Poplar . Doric , Earl Grey Tav ., Mile-end-road .

Burgoyne , Grafton Arms , Prince of Wales ' s-road , N . W . St . Luke ' s , White Hart , King ' s-rd ., Chelsea . Chigwell , Prince's Hall , liuckhurst-hill . Burdett Coutts , Approach Tav ., Victoria Park . Royal Standard , The Castle , Holloway-rd . Ranelajrh , Bell and Anchor , Hammersmith-rd .

St . George's , Globe Tav ., Greenwich . William Preston , Feathers Tav ., Up . George-st ., Edgvvarc-rd . Hervey , 99 , Fleet-street , at 8 . Earl of Carnarvon , Mitre Ho ., Goulborne-rd ., Notting-hill . Pythagorean Chapter , Portland Ho „ London-st ., Greenwich . Sir Hugh Myddelton , 25 , King Edwarcl-st ., Liverpool-rd ., N .

MASONIC MEETINGS IN WEST LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE . For the Week ending Saturday , December 8 , 1877 . MONDAY , DECEMBER 3 . Lodge 113 , Unanimity , Bull Hot ., Preston . ,, 1045 , Stamford , T . H ., Alttincham .