Freemasonry In Italy.

Antoine de Witt , Member of Parliament . Andrea Crispo , Homme de Lettres . Jn . Nicotera , Member of Parliament . Frs . Degli Azzi Vitelleschi , Landholder . L . Grecco Cassia , Member of Parliament . Fabius Cannella , ditto .

Jn . Delia Rocca , ditto . Antonio Facci , M . D . Frs . Bennicelli , Landholder . Jos . V . de Zugni , ditto . Jos . Petroni , ditto . Corrado Tomassi-Crudelli , Professor of

Medi-. De Virte , Landholder . Members of one great family , the deputies to the Italian Masonic Constituent Assembly , have regarded as being present with them in spirit all their brother Freemasons scattered over the

whole surface of the globe , ancl in order , by external and marked manifestions , to express the sentiments of esteem and affection which link Italian Masonry to that of the whole world , they have sent salutations from Rome to all the Freemasons in the universe , and have given a triple

Masonic fire , with all the honours , as a token of respect for all the authorities and powers who rule over the various branches of the universal Masonic fraternity . Very dear and illustrious brethren , We feel assured that you will receive , with

infinite satisfaction , these tokens of our esteem and affection . They are the bonds which unite tis , and which , by proving that we are a portion , however insignificant , of a vast association , furnish us with strength and encouragement to labour in the promotion of the great object of our

institution , that is to say , the intellectual and moral progress of the human race . Very dear and illustrious brethren , We pray yon to afford a cordial reception to these documents , which we now lay before you , and to stamp with your Masonic authority all

those portions which may bear good fruit by drawing the bonds of union more closely together . Done at the Grand Lodge of Rome , May , th , 1872 . Guiseppi Mazzoni , Grand Master .

Guiseppi Mussi , 1 st Deputy Grand Master . Mariano Maresca , 2 nd Deputy Grand Master . Geo . Tornado , 3 rd Deputy Grand Master . Manro Macehi , Grand Chamberlain . Frs . Bennicelli , Grand Registrar . Luigi Castellazzo , Grand Secretary .

West Lancashire Masonic Relief Committee.

WEST LANCASHIRE MASONIC RELIEF COMMITTEE .

ANNUAL kr . r-oirr . Brethren . —Again your attention is called to a statement of receipts and expenditure , from

which it will be seen that during the past yeai the usefulness of this Institution has not decreased .

The non-attendance of representatives Irom most of the Lodges , while it shows the great confidence with which this Committee is generally regarded , is nevertheless a cause for regret .

as it throws a large amount of responsibility upon a few regular attenders , the necessity is again urged upon you , of appointing those only who will attend the Meetings .

Intercommunication with the Committees 111 Manchester , Birmingham and Leeds still contjnues to be the means of preventing imposition , and thanks are heartily accorded to the

Secretaries of those Committees for their co-operation and assistance . One circumstance has caused much general sorrow , and that is the retirement of Bro . Thomas

Marsh , P . P . G . A . D . of C , from the office of Honorary Secretary , which he so ably filled from the formation of the Committee , being twelve years , up to the present time , and the best thanks of the Lociies are due to Him for the sei vices he

West Lancashire Masonic Relief Committee.

has rendered to the "Craft" through this Committee . The Annual Grant is now due , and can be paid to the Treasurer or Secretaiy , any Friela }'

evening at six o'Clock , and you will p lease elect three members of your Lodge as representatives on this Committee , forwarding their names and addresses to the Secretary .

On behalf of the Committee , WILLIAM LAIDLAW , Chairman ROBERT WYLIE , Hon . Sec . Masonic Hall , 22 , Hope Street , Liverpool . 5 th July , 1872 .

Artemus Ward, M.W.G. M.S.M.

ARTEMUS WARD , M . W . G . M . S . M .

We have been furnished with a speech from Artemus Ward , said to have been delivered at Baldwinsville , Inch , June 24 , in the year of Grace , 1859 . It may be a matter of surprise to our readers that this distinguished showman

hath attained to the high position indicated by the letters attached to his name above , which all will readil y understand . The speech is written in the author ' s best style , but its great length precludes our laying it before our readers at this time . We srive the closing portion : —

" But I return to the day we celebrate , It is the 24 th of June , St . John ' s clay . St . John was one of our Order , ancl a good showman in the Judee country ; and were also a hard-shell Baptist , who preached in the woods , as we do today . He was persecuted for our sakes and driven into the wilderness , where he had nothing

to eat but locusts ( which is a cuubell lor grasshoppers ) ancl wild honey . The honey was good enough , but it is the speaker ' s opinion the grasshoppers were might } ' hard feed for a showman . But we have no fear that such evil will befall us ; for to all the persecutors of our show , we can raise our brazen fronts and exclaim in the words

ol our great national poet"Hail Columbio ! who ' s afeered , Look on our cimbells and be skeered . " But 1 see by the sign , which we all understand , that our dinner is ready , This is the most important and pleasing event connected with our

show , an appeal to the inner man that can never be resisted . Wc may stand here before an admiring world , and speak like Hannibal or Plutarky of the wonders , and glories , and age , and dominion of our beatific show . We may clothe ourselves in simbells ancl fantasticals , mount on horses , or

proudly walk on foot , looking with contempt on all around us , while we represent the great cimbeJl of simbells . Yea , we may even spread on otir abdomins all the symbolical of our Order ; but a good warm dinner taken innardly , is better than them all . Aye , my fellow showmen ; now I see , I ' ve touched your feeling with a Past

Grand Master ' s hand , and deeply stirred the yearnings of your bowels . And in the full glow of this excitement , I will conclude by giving you the following national and patriotic toast , that may he cut silting : " All hail Columbia , and each Columbiana , And hail the bri g htest gem , the blushing Indiana . '' ¦—Ala sonic Advocate .

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings.

METROPOLITAN MASONIC MEETINGS .

I- ' or . the Week ending Friday , August 10 , 1873 . SATUHDAY J AC :. 3 . General Committee Hoys' School , Freemasons' Hall , at 4 . Star Lodge of instruction ( 1275 ) , Marquis of Granby New Cross-road , at 7 ; Bro . C . S . Dilley , Prcccptoi

Sp hinx Lodge of Instruction ( 1329 ) , Castle l ' avern , Camberwell-road , at 7 30 ; Bros . Thomas and Worthittgtou . Preceptors . Mount Sinai Chapter of Instruction , Union Tavern , Airstreet , at 8 ; Com ;) . Brett , Preceptor . Manchester Lodge of instruction , Yorkshire Grey , London . Street , Fitzroy-square , at 8 ; Bro Ash , P . M .,

Precentor . M « s » iVi . \ cu . j ; . Lodge 1319 , Asaph , Freemasons' Hall . Sincerity Lodge of Instnietion ( 1 74 ) , 'Railway Tavern , Fcndiuidi-iAi ' cct tuition , at 7 .

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings.

Strong Man Lodge of Instruction ( 45 ) , Old Jerusalem Tavern , St . John ' s Gate , Clerkenwell , at 8 ; Bro . James Terry , Preceptor . Camden Lodge of Instruction ( 704 ) , Adelaide Tavern , Haverstock-hill , at 8 ; Bro . T . A . Adams , Preceptor . Eastern Star Lodge of Instruction ( 95 ) , Royal Hotel , Mileend-road , at 7 . 30 ; Bro . E . Gottheil , Preceptor .

British Oak Lodge of Instruction , Bank of Friendship Tavern , Mile End , at 7 for 8 . St . James ' s Union Lodge of Instruction ( 180 ) , Horse and Groom Tavern , Winsley-street , ( opposite the Pantheon ) , Oxford-street , at 8 ; Bro . J . R . Stacey , Preceptor . Wellington Lodge of Instruction , White Swan Tavern , Deptford , it S ; Bro . C . G . Willey , P . M . nsi ; ,

Preceptor . St . John of Wapping Lodge of Instruction ( 1306 ) , Gun Tavern , High-street , Wapping , at 7 ; Bro . T . Mortlock , Preceptor . West Kent Lodge of Improvement ( 1297 ) , St . Saviour ' s College , Stansted-road , Forest-hill , at 7 . 30 ; Bro . H . W , Lindus , Precentor .

TUESDAY , Ace . 6 . Colonial Board at 3 o'clock . Lodge 167 , St . John ' s , Holly Bush Tavern , Hamustead . „ 1257 , Grosvenor , Caledonian Hotel , Adelphi . „ 1259 , Duke of Edinburgh , New Globe Tavern , Bov road .

,, 1261 , Golden Rule , Masons' Hall , Masons -avenue . „ 1298 , Royal Standard , Marquess Tavern , Canonbury . Chap . iGy , Temperance , White Swan Tavern , Deptford . „ 507 , United Pilgrims , Horns Tavern , Kennington . Metropolitan Chapter of Instruction , Portugal Hotel , Fleet-street , at 7 ; Comp . Brett , Preceptor . Domatic Lodge of Instruction , Palmerston Tav ., Grosvenorpark , Cambenvell , at 8 ; Bro . John Thomas ,

Preceptor . Faith Lodge of Instruction , Refreshment Rooms , Victoria-st . ( opposite Westminster Palace Hotel ) at 8 ; Bro . C . A . Cottebvunc , Preceptor . Yarborough Lodge of Instruction , Green Dragon , Stepney , at 8 ; Bro . Isaac Saqui , Preceptor . Prince Fretlk . William Lodge of Instruction ( 753 ) , Knights

of St . John Tavern , St . John ' s Wood ; Bro . F . G , Baker , Preceptor . Dalhousie Lodge of Instruction , King Edward , Triangle , Hackney , at 7 . 30 . Bro . J . Saunders , Preceptor . Florence Nightingale Lotlgc of Instruction , Masonic Hall , William-street , Woolwich , at 7 . 30 .

Prosperity Lodge of Instruction , Gladstone I avtrn , Bishopsgate-st . Within , at 7 . 30 ; Bro . Bolton , ( W . M . 1227 ) , Preceptor . St . Marylebone Lodge of Instruction ( 1305 ) , British Stores 'l ' avern , New-street , St . John's Wood , at 8 ; Bro . T . A . Adams , Preceptor .

¦ WEDNESDAY , Auo . 7 . Grand Chapter , at 7 . Pythagorean Lodge of Instruction ( 79 ) , Prince of Orange-Greenwich , at 8 ; Bro . J . Robt . Nash , Preceptor . United Strength Lodge of Instruction ( 228 ) , the Grafton Arms , Prince of Wales ' s Road , Kentish Town , at 8 ; Bro . J . N . F ' rost , Preceptor .

Israel Lodge of Instruction , Rising Sun Tavern , Globe-road , at 7 . 30 ; Bro . Isaac Saqui , Preceptor . New Concord Lodge of Instruction , Rosemary Branch Tavern , lloxton , at 8 . Confidence Lodge of Instruction , Railway Tav ., Londonstreet , City , at 7 . 30 . Royal Union Lodge of Instruction , Horse and Groom

1 avern , v . mslcy-street , Oxford-street , at 8 . Bro . T . A . Adams , Preceptor . Peckham Lodge of Instruction , Maismore Arms , Park-road , Peckham at 8 ; Bro . David Rose , Preceptor . Temperance in the East Lodge of Instruction , George tiie Fouith , Catherine-street , Poplar . Stanhope Lodge of Instruction . Thicket Hotel , Anerly , at 7 . 30 . p . m . ; Bro . II . W . Lindus , Pieceptor .

I iiuusDAY , Act ; . 8 . Lodge [ 227 , Upton , Spotted Dog , Upton , Essex . „ 1 2 S 8 , Finsbury Park , Finsbury Park 'l ' avern , ! lollovvay . Temple Cressing K . T . Encampment , Horns Tavern , Kennititon .

'Die R . A . Chanter of Improvement , Freemasons' Hall , at 7 ; Com ]) . Brett , Preceptor . Ceremony , explanation of R . A . Jewel and Solids , part sections . Fidelity Lodge of Instruction ( 3 ) , Yorkshire Grey , London-•si ., Tottenham Couit-road , at 8 ; Bro . T . A . Adams

Preceptor . Panmure Lodge of Instruction ( 720 ) , Balham Hotel , Balham , at 7 30 ; Bro . John Thomas , Preceptor . Finsbury Lodge of Instruction , Jolly Anglers' Tavern , Bath-street , City-road ; Bro . Stem , Preceptor . United Mariners' Lodge of Instruction , Three Cranes ,

Mile-end-road , at 8 ; Bro . T . J . Barnes , Preceptor . Whittington Lodge of Instruction ( 862 ) , Crown Tavern , Ilolborn , at S ; Bro . Lewis Alexander , P . M . 188 . Preceptor . Chigwell Lodge of Instruction , Bald-faced Stag Hotel , Buckhurst Hill , at 7 . 30 . Doric Chapter of Instruction , Rising Sun Tavern , Globeroad , BcthnalGrcen , at 8 ; Comp . T . J . Barnes ,

Preceptor . KHIUAY , Act ; . 9 . Unions Emulation Lodge of Improvement for M . M . 's Freemasons' Hall , at 7 . Temperance Lodge of Instruction , Victoria Tav ., Victoria road , Dey . tford , at 8 . Burdett Coutt-j Lodge of Instruction ( 1278 ) , Approach Tavern , Approach-toad , Victoria-park , at 8 ; Bro . Geo , W . Yeuy , Preceptoi .