Royal Arch.

usual loyal and Masonic toasts , Comps Smith and Nunn responding for the " Grand Officers . " The " Health of the M . E . Z ., Comp . Lines , " was proposed by Comp . Andrew in a very appreciative speech , and was greeted with extreme cordiality by the Comoanions , as was also thc toast ofthe "

Consecrating Principals and other Assistants during the ceremonies . " Comps . Little , Nunn , Brett ancl Buss responded . For " Thc Visitors " Comp . W . Smith returned thanks , and " Thc health of thc Godfather and Founder of the Chapter , Comp . Andrew , P . Z . 19 , "

was then proposed , with many felicitations to that worthy Companion on the successful result of his Masonic labours , the M . E . Z . concluding with the expression of his hope that thc Andrew Chapter might last as long as Freemasonry itself . The toast was received with enthusiasm , and Comp .

Andrew modestly , but evidently with a high sense of the importance ofthe occasion , thanked the Companions for the compliment , and for the support they had given him . For "The Officers" Comps . Millis , Bean , Read

and Worthington , rcsponded , and then the "Janitor's " toast gave the signal for departure . Several good songs were sung during the evening , and Comp . Little ' s lines , " God , the Almighty Founder , spake , " were well recited by Comp . Read , who possesses a fine and flexible voice .

Poetry.

Poetry .

A PLEA FOR THE SUFFERERS 13 Y 1 HE LATE CALAMITOUS FIRE AT UITTWA . Dedicated respectfully to Bro . STOIIWASSER , P . M . 435 , by one who has personally experienced and will ever preserve a sweet remembrance of his kindness .

Kind and generous-hearted Masons , Strive to aid thc suffering poor , As ye read thc tale of sorrow All with feeling must deplore .

Time is fleeting , want is pressing , Misery ravages the land , And each Mason blest with plenty Should relieve with liberal hand .

From how many homes hath comfort Almost wholly disappeared ? And the poor survivors suffer In their wretchedness—uncheePd

By one ray of hope or gladness To illume their lowly hearth , Destitute and broken-hearted , Dark appears their future path .

Then should not thc deep compassion Of thc rich and bounteous give Some relief to sorrow's children , While in such distress they live ?

Kind , benevolent-hearted Masons , Strive to aid the suffering poor , Doubt not God will recompense ye When life ' s pilgrimage is o ' er .

The "Red-Cross Knight."

THE "RED-CROSS KNIGHT . "

The following is a translation ofthe poem recently addressed by Ferdinand Freiligrath lo his son , on the departure ofthe youth to serve as a surgeon at the scat of war . The red cross on a white ground , directed by the Geneva Convention to be worn on the arm of such volunteers , suggests the title of the poem : —

This leaf , my boy—soon may it Upon thy arm alight ; Thc courier winds convey it ; I trust it to their flight .

Afar to thee it sailcth , Where ' er amid our host Thc battle ' s heat prevailed ]—'Twill find thee at thy post .

11 . Well would ' st thou in thc contest Strike home tor Fatherland ; The Frenchman ' s ranks thou

frontcst—Yet not with sword in hand . Upon the field thou servest Yet not in deadly strife ; Thy hero hand thou ncrvest To save , not sever , life !

ill . Thy heart so warmly glowing Impelled thee to the Rhine ; Thy arm the red cross showing

Within the German line . Thou step ' st among the stricken Upon the tick ! of gore , Thc dying life to quicken , The wounded to restore .

The "Red-Cross Knight."

IV . The fevered brow thou soothest With drops of healing balm , The way-side pillow smoothest

When comes thc deadly qualm . The dying prayer thou nearest Upon the night-wind swoon , In dying faces peerest Beneath the autumn moon .

Sad , solemn thy endeavour ! Yet , boy , take heart of grace ; Though life and death have never So looked thee in the face . Let peace be still thy mission Thy soul aye quick to feel—War ' s fierce and fell collision Can harden it to steel .

vi . Still keep it warm within thee , By fortune never swayed , A _ nd golden spurs thou'lt win thee

In human-love's crusade . While war cries round thee heighten , This truth thy spirit draws : "Tis better pain to lighten Than wanton pain to cause .

VII . Then still through dead and dying Thy faithful course pursue , And keep the red cross flying

Within each warrior's view . Ne ' er from thy pathway swerving Friends , foes alike to shield—Thy curse for him reserving Who forced us to the field .

VIII . Farewell , my boy ! God's favour Attend thee to the close , Nor in thy love-task

waver—My blessing with thee goes ! And if we e ' er behold thee In Dcutschland ' s conquering van , In fond embrace we'll fold thee . A boy no more—a man ! J . P . S .

FAITH LODGE OF INSTRUCTION . — The above Lodge of Instruction is held every Tuesday evening , at 8 o'clock , in thc spacious and commodious rooms at Bro . Fisher's Restaurant , Metropolitan District Railway Station , Victoria , S . W . Ceremonies and lectures worked every Tuesday , except thc fourth Tuesday in the month , when thc ceremonies alone are rehearsed . Thc DOMATIC CHAPTER OF

INSTRUCTION is also held in thc above rooms every Friday evening , at 8 o'clock * , from October until April inclusive . WE understand that H . R . H . the Prince of Wales lias granted permission lo Mr . Walford to dedicate his new edition of " County Families" ( just published ) lo His Royal Highness , who figures in its pages as a Norfolk landowner .

INTEGRITY * . —As no man will build a house upon a bog or a quicksand , a man of suspicious integrity will be found equally unfit to sustain thc character of a true Mason . —Noorthonck . COCOA AND CHOCOLATE . —This production has become a very popular beverage , and is now taken by all classes for breakfast , luncheon , and supper . It

possesses many valuable properties , and is strongly recommended by the faculty for its sanitary and dietetical properties , but , like many articles of food , is greatly adulterated , and in many of the preparations of cocoa ancl chocolate sold as " perfectly pure , " it requires but a very small amount of observation or knowledge to discover that thc amount of sugar , starch , arrowroot-husk ,

& c . ( apart from the colouring and many other matters ) , added , is extremelylarge . inpropoition to thcsmallamount of cocoa contained in the same . In some of thc cheaper productions we arc informed , by notices on the subject which appeared in the Lancet , Medical Press , Food Journal , and other scientific papers , that the vilest and most deleterious compounds are employed in adulterating these

preparations . Passing from the question of adulteration , wc feel that we may fairly call attention to a perfectly pure and delicious preparation known as Schweitzer ' s Cocoatina , an Anti-dyspeptic * Cocoa orCliocolate Powder , which has deservedly met with great success for many years , for its superior flavour , strength , solubility , and nutritive quality . It is also perfectly digestible , thc

excess of fatly matter objectionable to many persons of weak digestion being extracted by a delicate process without prejudice to the natural flavour and quality of the bean , and is celebrated for ils restorative properties in eases of debility , nervousness , & e . Messrs . II . Schweitzer and Co . have also introduced another preparation

equally worthy of notice , viz ., Cocoatina flavoured with Vanilla , a somewhat similar form to their original article . The Cocoatina a la Vanille contrasts very favourably with the best French or Spanish Chocolates , both as regards flavour and quality , a . i 1 is much cheaper , and being deprived of lhe excess off . it . it is quite as digestible as the Pure Cocoatina . — Vide Illustrated Midland NCMS .

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings

METROPOLITAN MASONIC MEETINGS

For the Week ending September 10 , 1870 . MONDAY , SEPT . 5 . Lodge 144 , St . Luke ' s , Pier Hotel , Chelsea . Red Cross Premier Conclave , Freemasons' Tavern . Sincerity Lodge of Instruction ( 174 ) , Railway Tavern

Fenchurch-street Station , at 7 . Wellington Lodge of Instruction , White Swan Tavern , Deptford , at 8 . Camden Lodge of Instruction ( 704 ) , Adelaide Tavern , Havcrstock-hill , at 8 ; Bro . T . A . Adams , Preceptor . Eastern Star Lodge of Instruction ( 95 ) , Royal Hotel ,

Mileencl-road , at 7 . 30 , Bro . E . Gottheil , Preceptor . British Oak Lodge of Instruction , Bank of Friendship Tavern . Mile End , at 7 for 8 .

TUESDAY , SEPT . 6 . Colonial Board , Freemasons' Hall , at 3 . Lodge 167 , St . John ' s , Holly Bush Tavern , Hampstead . ,, 1259 , Duke of Edinburgh , New Globe Tavern , Bow-road . ,, 1261 , Golden Rule , Gt . Western Htl ., Bayswater . Chap . 169 , Temperance , White Swan , Deptford .

Metropolitan Chapter of Instruction , Portugal Plotel , Fleet-street , at 7 ; Comp . Brett , Preceptor . Domatic Lodge of Instruction , Palmerston Tav ., Grosvenorpark , Camberwell , at 7 . 30 . Royal Union Lodge of Instruction ( 382 ) , Hotel de Cologne , 60 and 61 , Haymarket , at 8 ; . Bro . T . AAclams , Preceptor . Faith Lodge of Instruction , Metropolitan Railway , Victoria

Station , at 8 ; Bro . C . A . Cottebrune , Preceptor . Yarborough Lodgeof Instruction , Green Dragon , Stepney , at 8 ; Bro . Isaac Saqui , Preceptor . Prince Fredk . William Lodge of Instruction ( 753 ) Knights of St . John ' s Tavern , St . John ' s-wood ; Bro . F . G . Baker , Preceptor . Prestonian Club of Instruction ( for M . M . ' s only ) , Lyceum Tavern , Strand .

WEDNESDAY , SEPT . 7 . Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge , Freemasons ' Hall , at 7 . Pythagorean Lodge of Instruction ( 79 ) , Prince of Orange , Greenwich , at 8 ; J . Robt . Nash , Preceptor . United Strength Lodge of Instruction ( 228 ) , Bull & Gate , Kentish Town-road , at 8 ; Bro . J . N . Frost , Preceptor .

Israel Lodge of Instruction , Rising Sun Tavern , Globeroad , at 7 . 30 ; Bro . Isaac Saqui , Preceptor . Strong Man Lodge of Instruction , The Grapes Tavern , Duke-street , Manchester-square , at S ; Bro . T . A . Adams , P . G . P ., Preceptor . New Concord Lodge of Instruction , Rosemary Branch

Tavern , Hoxton , at 8 . Sydney Lodge of Instruction ( 829 ) , Cambridge Hotel , Upper Norwood , at 7 . 30 . Peckham Lodge of Instruction , Maismore Arms , Parkroad , Peckham ; Bro . David Rose , Preceptor . Temperance in the East Lodge of Instruction , George the Fourth , Catherine-street , Poplar .

THURSDAY , SEPT . S . Lodge 1076 , Capper , Marine Hotel , Victoria Docks , West Ham . ,, 1227 , Upton , Spotted Dog Tavern , Upton . Chap . 72 , Royal Jubilee , Horns Tavern , Kennington . Fidelity Lodge of Instruction ( 3 ) , Goat and Compasses , Euston-road , at 8 ; Bro . T . A . Adams , Preceptor . Finsbury Club of Instruction , Jolly Anglers' Tavern , 42 ,

Bath-street , City-road . United Mariners' Lodge of Instruction , Three Cranes , Mile-end-road , at 8 ; Bro . T . J . Barnes , Preceptor . St . George's Lodgeof Instruction ( l 4 ° ) i Globe Tavern , Royal Hill , Greenwich , at 8 . Burdett Coutts Lodge of Instruction ( 127 S ) , Approach Tavern , Approach-road , Victoria-park , at 7 . 30 ; Bro . Toll 11 Saunders , Preceptor .

FRIDAY , SEPT . 9 . Stability Lodge of Instruction , Guildhall Tavern , 33 , Grcsham-sl ., at 6 ; Bro . Henry Muggeridge , Preceptor . St . Luke ' s Lodge of Instruction ( 144 ) , Pier Htl ., Chelsea . Unions Emulation Lodge of Improvement for M . M . ' s , Freemasons' Hall , al 7 . Domatic Chapter of Instruction , Metropolitan Railway ,

Victoria Station , at 8 ; Comp . Cottebrune , Preceptor . Pythagorean Chapter of Instruction ( No . 79 ) , Prince of Orange , Greenwich-road , at 8 ; Comp . W . West Smith , Preceptor . Metropolitan Lodge of Instruction , Portugal Htl ., Fleet-. street , at 7 , * Bro . Brett , Preceptor . United Pilgrims' Lodge of Instruction , Duke of

Edinburgh , Shephcrd ' s-lane , Brixton . Belgrave Lodgeof Instruction , Duke of Wellington Htl ., Spring-gardens , Cliaring-cross ; Br . Pnlsford , Picccptol Doric Lodge of Instruction , Three Cranes Tavern , Mile end-road , at 8 ; Bro . Isaac Saqui , Preceptor . Duke of Edinburgh Lodge of Instruction , Silver Lion ,

Penny-fields , Poplar , at 7 ; Br . D . S . Potts , Preceptor . Temperance Lodge of Instruction , Victoria Tav ., Victoriaroad , Deptford , at 8 . Charterhouse Club of Instruction , Hat and Feathers Tavern , 25 , Goswell-road , at 8 ; Bro . J . Mather , P . M . 65 , Preceptor .

SATURDAY , SEPT . IO . Lodge 176 , Caveac , Radley ' s Hotel , Blackfriars . Star Lodge of Instruction ( 1275 ) , Marquis of Granby , New Cross-road , at 7 . The Mohawk Valley Register says : — " Perry

Davis ' s Vegetable Pain Killer , unlike most preparations of the class , possesses a rare degree of merit ; and while many others sink earl y into their primitive insignificance , it is persistently and successfully establishing a wide and enviable reputation . "