Masonic And General Tidings.

JOHN MILTON . —In reference to the account in " The Times" of the recent " deconsecration" of the church of Ailhallows , Bread-Street , Mr . E . Robson , of Richmond , writes to remind us that no allusion is therein made to the stone placed at thc north-west corner

of the building inscribed with the following words -. — " Three poets in three distant ages born , " Greece , Italy , and England did adorn ; " The first in loftiness of thought surpast , " The next in Majesty—in both the last . " The force of Nature could no further go ;

" To make a third , she joined the former two . " John Milton was born in Bread-Street on Friday , the gth day of December , 1608 , and was baptized in the parish church of Ailhallows , Bread-Street , on Tuesday , the 20 th day of December , 1608 . " Mr . Robson remarks that the above inscription is cut in the external wall about 6 ft . above the

ground , so that this portion of the church could be easily incorporated into any building that may be erected on its site . Thus this interesting historical record might easily be preserved . The name of the Marquis of Bath has been added to the commission appointed to make inquiry as to the p laces in which documents illustrative of history , or of

general public interest , belonging to private persons , are deposited , & c . We have p leasure in noting that Bro . T . J . Middleton , Dissolving View Apparatus Manufacturer , 38 , Little Queen Street , Holborn , has obtained the prize medal —and only prize medal—for his manufactures , at the Philadelphia Exhibition .

T EMPLE B AR AND THE A PPROACHES TO THE LAW COURTS . —That portion of the New Law Courts by Bell-yard , Temple Bar , which is to be used as offices , is being rapidly proceeded with , and will probably be completed next year . It may perhaps not be generally remembered that the Government , acting on the advice of their own surveyors , took powers in their first Act for

setting back by several feet all the houses up to the corner of Chancery-lane . This will obviate the necessity for any further widening of Fleet-street at that part , except at the point where Messrs . Child's premises bulge out most . — " City Piess . " We are glad to learn that at the recent Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge of New

Brunswick , an application for recognition from the so-called " Grand Lodge of Ontario" was rejected by an unanimous vote . " Craftsman . " The fraternity of Romania have sent for exhibition at the Centennial , a copy of a work on their country ; the Hon . B . F . Peixotto , U . S . Consul , is the bearer of the work alluded to . of

Bro . George H . ^ Durand , Flint , Michigan , member of Congress from that district , has just been presented with an elegant jewel and badge by the Grand Lodge of Michigan . The present consists of a ribbon of purple velvet , with end pieces of gold , beautifully chased , The pendant of the Michigan coat of arms is in basrelief . Below this is a wreath containing Masonic

emblems . In the centre is a magnificent diamond . The whole comprises different shades of gold , and beautifully arranged . On the back is inscribed , " Presented to M . W . Bro . George H . Durand , our Most Worshipful Past Grand Master , by the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Mason , of Michigan . " Craftsman . " Last week Bro . Prince Leopold visited Mr . BaiUie Cochrane , M . P ., at Perthshire .

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings.

METROPOLITAN MASONIC MEETINGS .

For the Week ending Friday , November 10 , 1876 . The Editor will be glad to receive notice from Secretaries of Craft Lodges , Royal Arch Chapters , Mark Lodges , Preceptories , Conclaves , etc ., of any change in place or time of meetinor .

SATURDAY , NOVEMBER 4 . Gen . Com . Boys' School , at 4 . Lodge 142 , St . Thomas's , Cannon-st . Hot . » ' 559 ' New Cross , New Cross Hall ., Lewisham-rd . „ 1572 , Carnarvon , Albion Tav ., Aldersgate-st . „ 1642 , Earl of Carnarvon , Ladbroke Hall , Notting Hill ( Consecration ) .

LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Lily , Greyhound , Richmond . Manchester , 77 , London-st ., Fitzroy-sq . MONDAY , NOVEMBER 6 . Lodge 12 , Fortitude & Old Cumberland , Leadenhall-st . „ 25 , Robert Burns .

„ 72 , Royal Jubilee , Anderton's Hot ., Fleet-st . „ 144 , St . Luke ' s , Mason ' s Hall , Basinghall-st . „ 188 , Joppa , Albion Tav ., Aldersgate-st . „ 256 , Unions , F . M . H . „ 1319 , 1 Asaph , F . M . H . Mark Lodge 130 , Panmure , Balham Hot ., Balham .

LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Prince Leopold , Lord Stanley Tav ,, Kingsland . Strong Man , Jerusalem Tav ., St . John's Gate . Sincerity , Railway Tav ., Fenchurch-st . Station . Camden , Stanhope Arms , Up . James-st ., Camden To . Eastern , Royal Hot ., Mile-end-road . St . James's Union , Union Tav ., Air-st ., Regent-st .

Wellington , White Swan , Deptford . Perfect Ashlar , Victoria Tav ., Lower-rd ., Rotherhithe . Upper Norwood . White Hart Ho ., Church-rd ., Vlarquis of Ripon , Pembury Tav ., Amherst-rd ., Hackney . TUESDAY , NOVEMBER 7 . Colonial Board , at 3 . Lodge 7 , Royal York of Perseverance , F . M . H . „ 18 , Old Dundee . „ 101 , Temple , Ship and Turtle , Leadenhall-st .

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings.

Lodge 172 , Old Concord , F . M . H . „ 217 , Stability , Anderton's Hot ., Kleet-st . „ 7 5 , St . James ' s , Bridge House Hot . „ 1259 , Duke of Edinburgh , C . of G . H ., Tav ., E . „ 1261 , Golden Rule , Regent M . H ., Air-st .. W .

., 1298 , Royal Standard , Wellington Club , Upper-st . „ 1381 , Kennington , Surrey Club H ., Kengtn . Oval . „ 1397 , Anerley , Thicket Hot ., Anerley . „ 1472 , Henley , Three Crowns Hot ., Henley . Chap . 507 , United rilgrimo , Surrey M . H . Mark Lodge 1 , St . Mark ' s , Mas . R ., 1 73 , Aldersgate-st .

LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Metropolitan , 269 , Pentonville-rd . Yarborough , Green Dragon , Stepney . Domatic , Surrey M . H ., Camberwell New-road . Faith , 2 , Westminster Chambers , Victoria-st . Prince Fredk . Wm ., Lord ' s Hot ., St . John's Wood . Dalhousie , King Edward , Triangle , Hackney . Prosperity , Hercules Tav ., Aldersgate-st .

St . Marylebone , British Stores Tav ., St . John ' s Wood . Constitutional , Wheatsheaf Hot ., Hand-court , Holborn . 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 . Metropolitan Chapter , Jamaica Coffee Ho ., Camhill .

WEDNESDAY , NOVEMBER 8 . Com . R . M . B . Institution . Lodge 3 , Fidelity . „ 9 , Albion , Regent M . H ., ' Air-st ., Regent-st ., W . „ 11 , Enoch , F . M . H . „ 13 , Union Waterloo , M . H ., William-st ., Woolwich . „ 15 , Kent , F . M . H :

„ 8 7 , Vitruvian , White Hart , College-st ., Lambeth . „ 147 , Justice , White Swan , High-st ., Deptford . „ 238 , Pilgrim , 101 , Queen Victoria-street . „ 749 , belgrave , Anderton's Hot ., Fleet-st . „ 781 , Merchant Navy , Silver Tav ., Limehouse .

„ 820 , Lily of Richmond , Greyhound , Richmond . „ 1017 , Montefioie , F . M . H . „ 1306 , St . John of Wapping , Gun . Tav ., Wapping . 11 » 5 ° 3 » Francis Burdett , Albany Hot ., Twickenham . Chap . 1260 , Hervey , F . M . H . ii ' 3 ° 5 i - Marylebone , 7 , New-st ., Portland Town .

LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Confidence , M . H ., Basinghall-st . Mt . Lebanon , Windsor Castle Tav ., Southwark-bdg .-rd . Pythagorean , Prince of Orange , Greenwich . New Concord , Rosemary Branch Tav ., Hoxton . Royal Union , Horse and Groom , Winsley-st ., Oxfotd-st . Mount Edgcumbe , 19 , Jermyn-st ., St . James ' s .

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 . Islington , Crown and Cushion , London WalL

Whittington , Black Bull Tav ., Holborn . Lewis , King ' s Arms Hot ., Wood Green . THURSDAY , NOVEMBER 9 . Lodge 91 , Regularity , F . M . H . „ 206 , Friendship , Ship and Turtle , Leadenhall-st . „ 263 , Bank of England , Albion Tav ., Aldersgate-st . 11 534 , Polish National , F . M . H .

„ 657 , Canonbury , Albion Tav ., Aldersgate-st . „ 860 , Dalhousie , Anderton ' s Hot ., Fleet-st . „ 879 , Southwark , Park Tav ., Southwark Park . „ 1076 , Capper , Marine Hot ., Victoria Docks . „ 1288 , Finsbury-park , Finsbury-parkTav ., Holloway . „ 1321 , Emblematic , Tulse Hill Hot ., Tulse Hill . 11 ' 45 Ti Bagsbaw , Bald-f ^ ced Stag , Buckhurst Hill .

„ 1471 , Islington , Cock Tav ., Highbury . „ 1558 , Duke of Connaught , Surrey M . H . Chap . 73 , Mount Lebanon , Bridge House Hot . „ 140 , St . George ' s , Trafalgar Hot ., Greenwich . „ 5 J 4 , Yarborough , Green Dragon , Stepney . K . T . Frecep . 45 , Temple Cressinj , Bridge House Hot . „ „ 117 , New Temple , the Inner Temple .

Rose Croix . Chap ., St . George ' s , 33 , Golden-square . LODGES OF INSTHVCTION . Egyptian , Hercules Tav ., Leadenhall-st . Fidelity , Yorkshire Grey , London-st ., W . Finsbury , Jolly Anglers' Tav ., Bath-st ., City-road . Temperance in the East , Catherine-st ., Poplar .

Ebury , 12 , Ponsonby-st ., Milbank . Highgate , Bull and Gate , Kentish-town . The Great City , In , Cheapside . High Cross , Coach & Horses , High-road , Tottenham . Salisbury , Union Tav ., Air-st ., Regent-st . Prince Frederick William Chapter , St . John's Wood . Southern Star , Crown Hot ., Blackfriars-rd .

FRIDAY , NOVEMBER 10 . Lodge 33 , Britannic , P . M . Tav . „ 134 , Caledonian , Ship and Turtle , Leadenliall-st . „ 157 , Bedford , F . M . H . „ 1 77 , Domatic , Anderton ' s Hot ., Fleet-st . „ 1420 , Earl Spencer , New Wandsworth . Rose Croix Chap ., Mount Calvary , 33 , Golden-square .

LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Union Waterloo , Thomas-st ,, Woolwich . Robert Burns , Union Tav ., Air-st ., Regent-st . Belgrave , Constitution , Bedford . st ., Covcnt 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 . Westbourne , Horse & Groom , Winsley-st ., Oxford-st . United Pilgrims , Surrey M . H ., Camberwell New-road . St . James's , New Tanners'Arms , Grange-rd ., Bermondsey . Duke of Edinburgh , Silver Lion , Penny . fields , Poplar . Doric , Earl Grey Tav ., Mile-end-road .

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings.

Burgoyne , Grafton Arms , Pi \ nce of Wales ' s-road , N . W St . Luke ' s , White Hart , King ' s-rd ., Chelsea . Chigwell , Bald-faced Stag Hot ., BackVrarst-hill . Burdett Coutts , Approach Tav ., Victoiia Park . Royal Standard , The Castle , Holloway-rd . Ranelagh , Clarendon Hot ., Hammersmith . Stability , Guildhall Tav ., Gresham-st . St . George ' s , Globe Tav ., Greenwich . Pythagorean Chapter , Prince of Orange , Greenwich-rd .

Masonic Meetings In West Lancashire And Cheshire.

MASONIC MEETINGS IN WEST LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE .

For the Week ending Saturday , November 11 , 1876 .

MONDAY , NOVEMBER 6 . Lodge 113 , Unanimity , Bull Hot ., Church-st ., Preston . „ 1045 , Stamford , T . H ., Altrincham . „ 1051 , Rowley , M . R ., Athena > um , Lancaster . „ 1264 , Neptune , M . H ., Liverpool . „ 1380 , Skelmersdale , Queen ' s Hot ., Waterloo . Everton L . of I .. M . H .. I ivprnnnl

TUESDAY , NOVEMBER 7 . Lodge 178 , Antiquity , Royal Hot ., Wigan . „ C 73 , St . John ' s , M . H ., Liverpool . 11 9951 Furness , M . T ., Ulverston . „ 1384 , Equity , Walker ' s Com . Hot ., Widnes . „ 1476 , Blackpool , Clifton Arms Hot ., Blackpool . Chap . 203 , St . John of Jerusalem , M . H ., Liverpool .

WEDNESDAY , NOVEMBER 8 . Lodge 281 , Fortitude , Athenaeum , Lancaster . „ 1052 , Callender , P . H ., Rusholme . „ 1094 , Temple , M . H ., Liverpool . „ 1356 , De Grey and Ripon , 80 , N . Hill-st . „ 1547 , Liverpool , M . H ., Liverpool . Chap . 1345 , Victoria , Cross Keys Hot , Eccles . Neptune L . of I ., M . H ., Liverpool .

THURSDAY , NOVEMBER 9 . Lodge 216 , Harmonic , Adelphi Hot ., Liverpool . 11 333 i Royal Preston , Vic , Garrison Hot ., Fulwood . „ 477 , Mersey , M . R ., Birkenhead . „ 7 86 , Croxteth United Service , M . H ., Liverpool .

„ 1035 , Prince of Wales , Kirkdale , Liverpool . „ 1182 , Duke of Edinburgh , M . H ., Liverpool . „ 1213 , Bridgwater , Cross Keys Hot ., Eccles . Chap . 220 , Harmony , Garston Hot ., Garston . Mariners L . of I ., M . H ., Liverpool . FRIDAY , NOVEMBER 10 . Lodge 128 9 , Rock , Bedford House , Rock Ferry .

Masonic Meetings In Glasgow And West Of Scotland.

MASONIC MEETINGS IN GLASGOW AND WEST OF SCOTLAND .

For the Week ending Saturday , November 11 , 1876 . AH the Meetings take place at Eight o ' clock , MONDAY , NOVEMBER 6 . Lodge 20 , St . John , M . H ., Lesmahagow . „ 124 , Kilwinning , Union Tav ., Ayr .

„ 129 , St . Mirren , 5 , Mass-st ., Paisley . „ 138 , Operative , Blue Bell Hot ., Ayr . 11 * 37 i St . John , Masonic Arms , Girvan . it 33 *> Union , 213 , Buchanan-st . „ 5 81 , Plantation , M . H ., Craigiehall-st ., S . S ., Glsgw . Chap . 53 , Dumbarton , Elephant Hot ., Dumbarton . „ 119 , Rosslyn , 2 C , Robertson-st .

TUESDAY , NOVEMBER 7 . Lodge 3 I , St . John , 213 , Buchanan-st ., Glasgow . £ "„ 68 , Doric Kilwinning , 44 , Church-st ., Port Glsgw . „ 73 , Thistle and Rose , 213 , Buchanan-st ., Gisgw . „ 87 , Thistle , 30 , Cathcdral-st ., Glasgow . 11 173 i St . John Kilwinning , M . H ., Largs .

„ 1 77 , St . James , Old Monkland , M . H ., Coatbridge . „ 406 , St . John Dalziel , M . H ., Motherwell . 11 433 i St . Thomas Kilwinning , Eglinton Hot . » 437 i Govandale , M . H ., Portland Buildings , Govan . „ 442 , Neptune , M . H ., Princes Lane , Ardrossan . 11 497 i St . John , Brewery Hall , Catrine .

WEDNESDAY , NOVEMBER 8 . Lodge 178 , Scotia , 12 , Trongate , Glasgow . 11 333 > St . George , 213 , Buchanan-st ., Glasgiw . „ 5 is , Maryhill , M . H ., Main-it ., Maryhill . Chap . 113 , Partick , M . H ., Douglas-st ., Partick . THURSDAY , NOVEMBER 9 . Lodge 88 , New Monkland , Montrose T . H ., Airdrie .

,, 109 , St . Marnock , Crown Hot ., Kilmarnock . „ 203 , St . John Operative , Olive Hall , Airdrie . 11 334 , St . John , Castle Inn , New Cumnock . „ 557 , Blantyre Kilg ., Craig ' s Hall , High Blantyrc . „ 570 , Kcnmuir , Balgray Hall , Springburn . Chap . 50 , Glasgow , 213 , Buchanan-st ., Glasgow .

FRIDAY , NOVEMBER 10 . Lodge 18 , Dumbarton , M . H ., Church-st ., Dumbarton . „ 147 , Cadder Argyle , M . H ., Chryston . 11 153 , Royal Arch , M . H ., Cogan-st ., Pollokshavs . „ 170 , Leven St . John , Black Bull Inn , Renton . „ 427 , St' Clair , M . H ., Cambusnethan . Chap . 144 , St . Rollox , 69 , Garngad-rd ., Glasgow .

Masonic Meetings In Edinburgh And Vicinity.

MASONIC MEETINGS IN EDINBURGH AND VICINITY .

For the Week ending Saturday , November 11 , i » 7 ° MONDAY , NOVEMBER 6 . Lodge 429 , St . Kentigern , Royal Hot ., Penicuik . TUESDAY , NOVEMBER 7 . Lodee K . Canongate and Leith . 86 . Constitution-sc .

WEDNESDAY , NOVEMBER 8 . Lodge 2 , Canongate Kilwinning , M . H ., St . John-st . Chap . 1 , Edinburgh , F . M . H ., 98 , George-st . THURSDAY , NOVEMBER 9 . Lodge 8 , Journeyman , M . H ., Blackfriars-st ., Hig "'" ' FRIDAY , NOVEMBER 10 . Chap . 5 6 , Canongate Kilwinning , M . H ., St . John-st .