Masonic Miscellanea.

Masonic Miscellanea .

—?—The first Grand Lodge was established in the State of Massachusetts , in 17 ( 54 . Never forget that j * ou are a Freemason , a link in the chain of uuiversal brotherhood .

The oldest Lodge in America was established in the city of Boston , in 1733 , its warrant issuing from the Grand Lodge of England . Freemasonry , -whitened with the frost of ages , comes down to us , bearing on its grim countenance and furrowed brow , the relics of antiquity . It lives

¦ while kings and conquerors have passed awaj ' , and thrones and sceptres have crumbled into dust"while cities , which were once renowned for their greatness , magnificence and splendour , have had " Ichabod " written upon them by the finger of time , and empires rocked and crushed , have split into

fragments and disappeared . Masonry , like a mighty fire , has spread itself from the centre to the circumference of our globe . Neither the -weakness , nor perfidy of its professed friends , nor the malice of its enemies , have been able to retard its onward march , or for any length of time , cripple its energies .

The Warrant of the first " coloured lodge" bears date 29 th September , 1784 . The warrant was issued by " T lomas Howard , Earl of Effingham , Lord Howard , & c , & c , Acting Grand Master under the authority of His Roj'al Highness , Henry Frederick , Duke of Cumberland , & c , & c , " and wjs directed to

" Prince Hall , Boston Smith , Thomas Sanderson , and several others residing at Boston , New England , in North America , " constituting them a regular lodge of Free and Accepted Masons , " under the title or denomination of " 'The African Lodge . '" The warrant is signed by It . Holt , D . G . M ., and

attested by W . White , G . S . African Lodges have been regarded as irregular and clandestine . Notwithstanding , they have steadily increased , and nt the last communication of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts , sixteen other States were represented . The chief goddess in the Egyptian mysteries , the

symbol of nature , and the mother and nurse of all things is Isis . Diodonus says Osiris , Isis , Typhon , Apollo , aud Venus were the children of Jupitor and Juno . Osiris , who is identical with the Dionj'sis of the Greeks , married Isis , the moon , and they both made the improvement of society their especial

care . Men were no longer butchered after Isis had discovered the valuable qualities of wheat and barley , and Osiris had taught how to prepare them , Isis and Osiris were undoubtedly persons superior in mind and intelligence to the age in which they lived , who organized society-, and contributed largely

to the improvement of mankind , on which account the gratitude of after ages elevated them to the r ink of gods . The mysteries of Isis , are interesting to Masons as being the foundation of those of the Sidonian builders , or Dionysian architects , which have contributed so many elciueut , to the masonic rites .

The magnificent " Mosque of Omar is believed to have been commenced by the Caliph Omar , the first of that name , and father-in-law of Mahomet , between the years A . D . 038 and 041 , and very much enlarged , beautified and enriched , in fact quite remodelled by the Caliph Abd el-nialek in A . D . OSG .

It was seven years in building ; the Moslems believe it to stand over the rock on which Jacob was sleeping when he saw the vision of the heavenly ladder ; but it is still sacred to them , as it is to the Masons of the present day , from having been the sacred rock beneath the altar of Solomon ' s temple ,

whereon the sacred sacrifice was offered . During tho time of the Latin kingdom in Jerusalem this mosque became a Christian ci'licdral , used by the Crusaders , and called ihe '' Temple of the Lord . " The fanciful and intricate patterns of the porcelain walls , the graceful and delicate tracery of the

windows and inscriptions , the peculiarly charming and perfectly harmonizing effect produced by the blending of tbe colours , the cll ' ect of the dim religious light upon the interior of the magnificent dome , the adornment of the walls and exquisitely chiselled columns , produce an awe inspiring fueling

with which no building of the palmiest days of the medieval ages can compare . Pr . oMPTNEss IN FINANCIAL MATTERS . —\ o course that can he pursued by a lodge is so fraught with bad results as negligence on the part ofthe lodge in collection , and un thu part of tin-members in paving their

dues . Every brother can , without feeling it , pay the trifling sum asse-sed upon him , monthly or quarterly . But when lie neglects years , and the sum becomes of considerable amount , he begins to feci that he cannot well spare it , and when payment is enforced he likely enough lakes ollence and withdraws his membership ,

and so , from mere inattention—or perhaps there is no pressing need of funds for the time being—amounts are suffered to accumulate , the brethren become angry when pressed for payment , and the lodge is either broken up or made a theatre of discontent , and perhaps of exhibition of passion .

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings

METROPOLITAN MASONIC MEETINGS

For the Week ending November 13 , 1869 . Monday , November 8 . Lodge No . 12 , " Fortitude and Old Cumberland , " Ship anc Turtle Tavern , Leadenhall-strcet . „ 59 , " Royal Naval , " Freemasons' Hall . „ 193 , " Confidence , " Anderton ' s Hotel , Fleet-street „ 222 , "St . Andrew ' s , " London Tav ., Bishopsgacestreet .

„ 879 , " Peekham , " Maismore Arms , Peckhain . Chapter 22 , " Mount Sion , " Ridley ' s Hotel , Blackfriars . „ 720 , " Panmure , " Horns Tavern , Kennington . Kent Mark Masters' Lodge of Instruction , Lyceum Tavern , 354 , Strand , at 7 . 30 ; Bro . C . Swan , Preceptor .

Sincerity Lodge of Instruction , No . 171 , Railway Tavern , Fenchurch-street Station , at 7 . Camden Lodge of Instruction , No . 704 , Adelaide Tavern , Haverstock Hill , at 8 ; Bro . T . A . Adams , Preceptor . Eastern Star Lodge of Instruction , No . 95 , Royal Hotel , Mile-end-road , at 7 . 30 ; Bro . E . Gottheil , Preceptor .

Tuesday , November 9 . Lodge No . 40 , " Old Un on , " Radley ' s Hotel , Blackfriars . „ 9 S , "Burlington , " Albion Tav ., Aldersgate-st . „ 166 , " Union , " London Tavern , Bisliopsgate-st . „ 180 , " St . James' Union , " Freemasons' Hall . „ 198 , " Percy , " Ship and Turtle , Leadenhall-street . „ 228 , " United Strength , " Old Jerusalem Tavern , St . John ' s Gate , Clerkenwell . „ 235 , " Nine Muses , " Clarendon Hotel , Bond-st .

„ 5 IS , " Wellington , " White Swan , Deptford . „ 933 , " Doric , " Anderton ' s Hotel , Fleet-street . Metropolitan Chapter of Instruction , George Hotel , Aldermanbury at 7 ; Comp . Brett , Preceptor . Domatic Lodgeof Instruction , Palmerston Tavern , Grosvenorpark , Camberwell , at 7-30 . Faith Lodge of Instruction , Metropolitan Railway , Victoria

Station , at 8 . liro . C . A Cottebrune , Preceptor . Yarborough Lodge of Instruction , Green Dragon , Stepney , at 8 ; Bro . Isaac Faqui , Preceptor . Prince Frederick William Lodge of Instruction , No . 753 , Knights of St . John's Tavern , St . John ' s-wood ; Bro . F . G . Baker , Preceptor .

Wednesday , November 10 . Committee of Roj-al Masonic Benevolent Institution , Freemasons' Hall , at 3 . Lodgo No . 3 , " Fidelity , " Freemasons' Ilall . „ 7 , " Royal York , " Freemasons' Ilall . „ 11 , " Enoch , " Freemasons' Hall . „ 13 , '' Union Waterloo , " Masonic HalhWooIwich .

„ 15 , " Kent , " Three Tims Tavern , Southwark . „ 87 , " Vitruvian . " White Hart , College-street , Lambeth . „ 147 , "Justice , " White Swan , Deptford . „ 212 , " Euphrates , " George Hotel , Aldcrmanhury . „ 238 , " Pilgrim , " Ship and Turtle Tavern , Leadenhall street . „ 749 , " Belgrave , " Anderton ' s Hotel , Fleet-street . „ 781 , " Merchant Navy , ' Silver Tavern ,

Burdcttroad , Liniehouse . „ 820 , " Lily of Richmond , " Greyhound Hotel , Richmond . „ 1017 , " Montiliorc , " Freemasons'Hall . „ 1210 , " Macdouald , " 1 st Suncy Volunteers' Head Quarters , Brunswick-rd „ Camberwell .

„ 1228 , " Beacontree , " private rooms , Leytonstor . e . Mark Lodge , " Kent , " George Hotel , Aldennanbiiry . Red x Conclave , "Plautagenet , " No . 2 , Terminus Hotel , Cannon-street . United . Strength Lodge of Instruction , 228 , Bull and Gate , Kentish Town road , at 8 ; Bro . J . N . Frost , Preceptor .

Confidence Lodge of Instruction , No . 193 , Railway Tavern , Railway-place , Fenchuich-street , at 7 . New Concord Lodge of Instruction , Roseniary Branch Tavern , llxxton , at 8 . Sydney Lodge of Instruction , No . 829 , Cambridge Hotel , Upper Norwood , at 7 . 30 .

Thursday , November 11 . Lodge No . 19 , "Royal Atlicl .- > tan , " City Terminus Hotel , Cannon street . „ 91 , " Regularity , " Freemasons' Ilall . ,, 20 G , " Friendship , ' ' Ship and Turtle Tav ., Lcadenhall-street .

„ 2 G 3 , " Bank of England , " Radley's , Blackfriars . ,, 531 , " Polish National , " Freemasons' Hull . ,, 057 , " Canonbury . " Haxel ' s Hotel , Strand . „ 8 (> 0 , ' - Dulhousie , " Aiulcrtim ' s lintel , r- 'lect-strect . „ 107 fl , " Capper , " . Marine Hot-I , Victoria Dock .

Chapter 554 , "Yai borough , '' Green Dragon , Stepney . Finsbury Club of Instruction , "Jolly Anglers ' Tavern , " 42 , lialh-street , City-road . United Mariners' Lodge of Instruction , Three Cranc 3 Tav ., Mile-cnd-road , nt 8 ; T . J . Barnes , Preceptor .

Friday , November 12 . Lodge No . 3 . 1 , " Brilanni . ' , " Freemasons' Hall . „ 131 , "Caledonian" Ship aud Turtle Tavern , Leaden hall-street . „ 157 , " Bedford . " freemason ' s Hall .

„ 177 , " Domatie , " Anderton ' s Hotel , Fleet-street . Rose Croix Chapter , " Mount Calvary and Observance , " Freemasons' Tavern . Stability Lodge of Instruction , Guildhall Codec House , at 0 . Kmulation Lodge of Improvement for M . M . ' s , freemasons . Hall , at 7 . Metropolitan Lodgeof Instruction , George Hotel ,

Aldermanbury , at 7 ; Bro . Brett , Preceptor , United Pilgrims' Lodge of Instruction , Horns Tavern , Kennington at 7 . Belgrave Lodge of Instruction , Duke of Wellington Hotel , Spring-gardens , Charing-cross ; Preceptor , Bro . Pulsford Doric Lodge of Instruction , Three Cranes Tavern , Milu-cndroad , at 8 : Bro . Isaac Saqui , Preceptor .

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings

Dake of Edinburgh Lodgo of Instruction , The Silver Lion ,. Penny-fields , Poplar . Temperance Lodgo of Instruction , Victoria Tavern , Victoriaroad , Deptford , at 8 . Saturday , November 13 . Lodge No . 108 , " London , " Freemasons' Hall . „ 173 , " Phconix , " Freemasons'Hall .

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§ ,. bir . eriisf ; mr ; itts . COUNTY MASONIC EALL . ^ abg |) afroiKSscs : Lady Aiacu KESI . IS , Underley Hall . Tho Countess DE GUEY AND Biro . N , Studley Royal . Mrs . Wilson , Dallam Tower Mrs . Simpson , KirUby Stephen „ Schneider , Windermere „ Murray , Kendal „ Danl . Harrison , Stavelcy „ 11 . T . Leaning . Kendal „ Gandy , Heaves „ Lowther , BarlcythorpHalI „ Dykes , Dovenby Hall , C . „ AVm . Wilson , High Park „ C . VV . Braithwaitc , Plum- „ Hy . Gaudy , Eden Grove tree Hall „ Ridehalgh ) Fell Foot . Uafrmts : Lord KENLIS , R . W . Prov . Grand Master of Cumberland and Westmorland , & c ., & c . The W . Deputy Prov . GKAXD MASTER , and the Prov . GKAND OI' 1-ICEIIS of Cumberland and Westmorland . The Right Hon . Earl DE GIUCV AND Kirox , R . W . D . G . M . of England . The Right Hon . the Marquis of HARTIXGTON , R . W . P . G . M . of Derbyshire . The Earl of BECTIVE , M . P ., Lodge 129 . H . W . SCHNEIDER . Esq ., P . G . J . W . of West Lancashire . The V . III . iNsrECTon-GEXEitAi . of RED Cnoss Ksiouxs of Cumberland and Westmorland . AVm . Wilson , Esq ., P . G . W . of I Major Ridehalgh , Fell Foot , C . and W . I Windermere . Lieut .-Col . Green Thompson , | Lieut Col . Gandy , Heaves . Keswick . j Geo . E . Wilson , Esq ., Dallam Captain Gandy , Eden Grove . | Tower . Col . Lowlher , M . P ., Barley- J D . Harrison , Esq ., Lodge 129 . thorpe . j R . T . Lecming , Es (| ., J . D ., 15 9 . Captain Braithwaitc , P . G . D . of C . and W . Under the abov e distinguished patronage , a GRAND COUNTY MASONIC BALL , For the Benefit of Masonic Charities , Will be held AT THE ALBERT BUILDINGS , KENTJAL , On Thursday , November 18 th , 1869 . LADY ' TICKET . , . 15 s . ( GENTLEMAN ' TICKET , 21 s . ( Including Wines and Refreshments , ) Horabin ' s celebrated Quadrille Band has been engaged for the occasion . Dancing to commence at Nine o ' clock . Oflicers of the Army , Navy , and the Reserve Forces are expected to appear in Uniform , nnd ( he Brethren in Fulldress Masonic Clothing with the Jewels and Insignia cf their different Orders . Tickets may he obtained of Brother ATKINSON ( Iho Treasurer ) , Kendal , or of Br .. SAMUEL GAWITH , W . M . 129 , ) Hon . Bi ; . HENRY RAUT 1 LMELL , S . D ., 129 ) " Sees . 29 , Lowthcr-slrcct , Kendal , Nov . 1 , 1 SG 0 .

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OLIVER TESTIMONIAL . THE . suggestion that his brother Ficomasons should place three small Chancel Windows , JTo the # tciuovi > of BRO . ( the late ) DR . GEO . OLIVER , IN Till ! CHURCH OF SOUTH HVKKIIAM , of which parish he was Rector twenty years , wai made before any other proposal to do honour to tii-t memory . Tho sum required is £ ' 80—Already sub-erilied £ 21 . Subscriptions may he paid to Bro . Michael Drury , Lincoln ; to Messrs . Smith £ Ellison , Lincoln Bank , for . South Hykoliam Church Fund , Oliver Testimonial ; or to tho Hector , South Hykehani .

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rilO CHARITABLE BRETHREN . — Tho _ L daughter of a Mason—suddenly reduced to destitution —appeals to the Charitable Benevolence of the Craft for some small Subscription to enable her to support herself hy industry . A Brother , R . A ., residing in town , will ufl ' urd tho fullest information in answer to letters addressed lo U . E . H ., Office of Till * FllliliMASUN .