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apathetic support from the general Masonic body . Take the associations formed for the purpose of securing life governorships to subcribers by payment of the small sum of one shilling per week . Most of them are

languishing for want of co-operation , some , it is true , are prosperous , but that is owing to the steady industry and activity of the managers , for if tlie collecting of the weekly subscriptions was left to the members , total collapse would speedily result .

We may safely take it for granted that every brother would be glad to contribute to the extent of his power towards the institutions , and the question to determine is , how can these small amounts be effectively and inexpensively

collected . I do not know whether what I am about to suggest is practicable , but to mention it can do harm , namely , that the Grand Lodge should enact a regulation to make it imperative for every subscribing member to

pay , besides his lodge dues , an additional tive shillings for and towards the charities , the same to be optional to life Governors and life and annual subscribers , I am sure no member of any lodge would object to so trifling an extra charge .

I would also suggest that the notices for the festivals should be distributed at least a couple of months prior to the event , to allow ample time for intending Stewards to visit lodges and chapters , to enable them to secure subscriptions .

I heartily join Bro . Coates in his demand " Will some distinguished brother take the lead ? " An authoritative appeal to the brethren cannot fail to succeed . 1 have never found unwillingness on the part of any individual member

to support the charities , and with rare exceptions have I ever asked in vain . Some weeks ago I visited a lodge where an appeal to support the private Benevolent Fund was at once responded to by subscriptions amounting to £ 26 Js .

Therefore we may conclude that were opportunity given , the claims of the charities made conspicuous , and kindred measures adopted , brethren might display their glittering jewels and participate in the joys of the banquetting

table , and yet assist in making Masonry , pure and simple , a living reality . Like many others , Bro . Coates has some idea that love of display and a good appetite are incompatable with a sympathetic heart and

benevolent spirit . Those who observe know well the contrary to be the case . Bro . Coates ' s letter will have done good seivice , if it only provokes discussion upon this important question . Yours fraternally , E . GoTTiiKiL , P . M . and P . Z .

To the Editor of the Freemason . Dear Sir and Brother , The following extract may be interesting to some of your readers , It is taken from an

article in " Macmillan ' s Magazine" for February , 1870 , on the "Constitution , " promulgated by Pius IX at the beginning of the twenty-first CEcumenical Council . Speaking of the Bulla Coenae , the writer ( Emanuel Deutsch ) says

;" Then came Clement XIV , who abrogated it , and then—exactly a hundred years later-Pius IX , who renewed it in the shape now before us . We can but briefly g lance at the rest of the edict , which embodies what obsolete

"extra" cases it has been deemed proper thus solemnly to revive , referring such of our readers as are eager for some details to Mansi , Phillips , Hefele , Lc Bret , Hausmann , Raumer , and the acts and histories of the Church

generally Cursed are , fuither , all Freemasons and Carbonari . It was at the Council of Avignon , in 1325 , that all secret societies were first condemned . But Freemasons , as such , of whose existence Clement XII . had heard a

rumour , " were especially anathematized by him in a Bull . And the Inquisitors received strict orders to look after the orthodoxy of the supposed brethren . Benedict XIV renewed this " Constitution , " giving six reasons for so doing , and its

last Papal confirmation dates 1 S 46 , and is signed Pius IX . " The date of the latest allocution against secret societies ( Freemasons , Fenians , & c . ) is , I believe , Sept . 25 , 1865 .

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It appears then that Father Cuff ; , in refusing to bury a deceased Freemason , was justified by the laws of his church . However much , therefore , we deplore the continued hostility of the Roman Catholic Hierarchy to a society founded on the great principles of brotherly love , relief

and truth—objects which tbe Church itself professes to aim at—we must not too hastily , ourselves failing for a moment in . that Christian , charity which thinketh no evil , condemn as unwarrantable the conduct of a priest , who is bound to obey his ecclesiastical superiors . His practice

is simply in accordance with the preaching of the Roman Catholic Church . We can onl y confess with regret , that , to apply the concluding words of the article above referred to , " they are both signs of the times as singular as they are humiliating . " Yours faithfully and fiaternally , H . C . L .

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings.

METROPOLITAN MASONIC MEETINGS .

For the Week ending Friday , March , 13 , 1874 .

The Editor will be glad to have notice from Secretaries of Lodges and Chapters of any change in place or time of meeting .

Saturday , March 7 . General Committee , Boys' School at 4 . Lodge 142 , St . Thomas ' s , City Terminus Hote l . Cannon street . Chap . 975 , Rose of Denmark , Star and Garter , Kcwbridge . Knight Templar l ' receptory , 127 , Bard of Avon , Hampton

Court . Manchester Lodgeof Instruction ( 179 ) , Yorkshire Grey , 77 , London-street , Fitzroy-square , at 8 ; Bro . 11 . Ash , Preceptor . Lily Lodge of Instruction ( 820 ) , Greyhound Hotel , Richmond , Surrey . Star Lodge of Instruction ( 1275 ) , Marquis of Granby , New Cross-road , at 7 ; Bro . C . G . Dilley , Preceptor .

Monday , March 9 . Lodge 5 , St . George ' s and Corner Stone , Freemasons '

Hall . „ 29 , St . Alban ' s , Albion Tavern , Aldersgate-st . „ 59 , Rojal Naval , Freemasons'Hall . „ 90 , St . John ' s , Albion Tavern , Aldersgate-st . „ 136 , Good Report , City Terminus Hotel , Cannon-st . 11 tt ) 3 . Confidence , Anderton ' s Hotel , Fleet-st .

„ 222 , St . Andrew ' s , London Tavern , Bishopsgate-st . „ 879 , Southwark , Southwark-park Tavern , Southwark-park . „ 13 ( 16 , Highgatc , Gatehouse Hotel , Highgale . Chap . 22 , Mount Sion , Guildhall Tavern , Gresham-st . Mark Benevolent Association , Coach and Horses , Strand , at 8 .

I ' rincc Leopold Lodge of Instruction ( 1445 ) , Lord Stanley Tavern , Sandringham-road , Kingsland , at 7 ; Bro . T . Austin , Preceptor . Strong Man Lodge of Instruction ( 45 ) , Old Jerusalem Tavern , St . John ' s-gate , Clerkenwell , at 8 j Bro . Beckett , Preceptor . Sincerity Lodge of Instruction ( 174 ) , Railway Tavern ,

Fcnchurch-street Station , at 7 . 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 ot Friendship Tavern , Mile-end , at 7 for 8 .

St . James ' s Union Lodge of Instruction 1180 ) , Ho ; se 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 , at 8 ; Bro . C . G . Dilley , P . M . 1155 , Preceptor . St . John of Wapping Lodge of Instruction ( 1306 ) , Gun

Tavern , High-street , Wapping , at 8 ; 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 , Preceptor . Metropolitan Mark Lodge of Instruction , Coach and Horses Hotel , 313 , Strand , at 8 .

Tuesday , March 10 . odge 4 6 , Old Union , City Terminus Hotel , Cannon-st ' „ 9 6 , Burlington , Albion Tavern , Aldersgate-st . „ 106 , Union , London Tavern , Bishopsgate-st . ,, 180 , St . James ' s Union , Freemasons' Hall . „ 19 8 , Percy , Ship and Turtle , Leadenhall-st . „ 211 , St . Michael ' s , Albion Tavern , Aldersgate-st . „ 2 ? 8 , United Strength , Old Jerusalem Tavern , St . John ' s Gate .

,, 235 , Nine Muses . „ 54 8 , Wellington , White Swan Tavern , Deptford . „ 917 , Cosmopolitan , City Terminus Hotel , Cannon-st . n 933 i Doric , Anderton ' s Hotel , Fleet-st . Chap . 185 , Jerusalem , Freemasons' Hall .

„ 857 , St . Mark ' s , Freemasons' Hall . Yarborough Lodge of Instruction , Green Dragon Stepney , at 8 ; Bro . Barnes , P . M ., Preceptor . Domatic Lodge of Instruction , Palmerston Ta \ em , Gios-\ enor-park , Camberwell , at 8 . Faith Lodgeof Instruction , Refreshment Rooms , Victoria-st . ( opposite Westminster Palace Hotel ) , at 8 j Bro . C . A . Cottebrune , Preceptor ,

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Prince Fredk . William Lodge of Instruction ( 753 ; , Lord ' Hotel , Lord's Cricket Ground , St . John ' s-wood , at 8 ; Bro . F . G . Baker , Preceptor . Dalhousie Lodge of Instruction , King Edward , Triangle , Hackney , at 7 . 30 ; Bro . Crawley , Preceptor . Prosperity Lodge of Instruction , Gladstone Tavern , Bishopsgate-st ., Within , at 7 . 30 j Bro . Bolton , W . M .

1227 , Preceptor . St . Marylebone Lodge of Instruction C 1305 ) , British Stores Tavern , New-street , St . John ' s Wood , at 8 ; Bro . T . A . Adams , Preceptor . Constitutional Lodge of Instruction ( 55 ) , Wheatsheaf Hotel , Hand-court , Holborn , at 7 ; Bro . J . R . Stacey ( P . M . 180 ) , Preceotor

Wednesday , March n . Anniversary Festival Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , ( See advertisement . ) Committee Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , at 3 . Lodge 11 , Enoch , Freemasons' Hall . „ 13 , Union Waterloo , Masonic Hall , William-st .

Woolwich . „ S 7 , Vitruvian , White Hart , College-st , Lambeth . „ 147 , Justice , White Swan , High-st , Deptford . „ 238 , Pilgrim , Ship and Turtle , Leadenhall-st . „ 749 , Belgrave , Anderton ' s Hotel , Fleet-st . „ 781 , Merchant Navy , Silver Tavern , Burdett-road , Limehouse .

„ 820 , Lily of Richmond , Greyhound Hotel , Richmond . „ 1017 , Montcfiore , Freemasons' Hall . „ 1260 , Hervey , Swan Hotel , Walham-green . „ 1306 , St . John oE Wapping , Gun Tavern , High-st ., Wapping . Chap . 1260 , Hervey , Britannia Hotel , Walham-green . 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 . Frost , Preceptor . Tsrael Lodge of Instruction , Rising Sun Tavern , Globe-road , at 7 . 30 . New Concord Lodge of Instruction , Rosemary Branch

Tavern , Hoxton , at 8 . Confidence Lodgeof Instruction , Railway Tavern , London . street , City , at 7 . 30 . Royal Union Lodge of Instruction , Horse and Groom Tavern , Winsley-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 the Fourth , Catherine-street , Poplar . Stanhope Lodge of Instruction , Thicket Hotel , Anerley , at 7 . 30 p . m . ; Bro . H . W . Lindus , Preceptor .

Fidelity Lodge of Instruction ( 3 ) , Yorkshire Grey , London . St ., Tottenham Court-road , at 8 ; Bro . T . A . Adams , Preceptor . Finsbury Park Lodge of Instruction ( 1288 ) , Finsbury Park Tavern , Seven Sisters ' -road , N ., at 8 . ; Bro . P . Dickinson , Acting Preceptor .

Thursday , March 12 . Lodge 19 , Royal Athelstan , City Terminus Hotel , Cannon , street . „ 91 , Regularity , Freemasons' Hall . „ 206 , Friendship , Ship and Turtle Tavern , Leadenhall-street . „ 263 , Bank of England , Albion Tavern ,

Aldersgatestreet . „ 534 , Polish National , Freemasons' Hall . 11 657 , Canonbury , Albion Tavern , Aldersgate-st . „ 860 , Dalhousie , Andeiton ' s Hotel , Fleet-st . „ 1076 , Capper , Marine Hotel , Victoria Dock . „ 1288 , Finsbury Park , Finsbury-park Tavern , Seven

Sr > tcr--road , N . „ 1 3 , Emblematic , Tulse-hill Hotel , Tulse-hill . Chap . 72 , Royal Jubilee , Horns , Tavern , Kennington . ,, 554 , Yarborough , Green Dragon , Stepney . „ 619 , Beadon , Masons' Hall , Masons ' -avenue . Finsbury Lodge of Instruction , Jolly Apglers' Tavern , Bath-street , City-road j Bro . Stean , 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 , Holborn , at 8 ; Bro . Lewis Alexander , P . M . 188 , Preceptor . Doric Chapter of Instruction , Three Cranes Tavern , Mile .

end-road , at 8 ; Comp . T . J . Barnes , Preceptor . Ebury Lodge of Instruction , Bro . Palmer ' s , 12 , Ponsonby . St ., Millbank . Higbgate Lodge of Instruction ( 1366 ) , Bull and Gate , Kentish-town , at 8 : Bro . J . N . Frost , Preceptor .

Friday , March 13 . Lodge 33 , Britannic , Freemasons' Hall . „ 134 , Caledonian , Ship and Turtle , Leadenhall-st . „ 157 , Bedford , Freemasons' Hall . „ 177 , Domatic , Anderlon ' s Hotel , Fleet-st . Emulation Lodge of Improvement , Freemasons' Hall , at 7 , Union Club of Instruction , Windsor Castle , Victoria Station ,

at 8 p . m . j H . Ash , P . M ., Instructor . St . George ' s Lodge of Instruction ( 140 ) , Globe Tavern , Royal-hill , Greenwich . Robert Burns Lodge of Instruction , Union Tavern , Aii-st ., Regent-st ., at 8 . Belgrave Lodge of Instruction , ( 749 ) , Coach and Horses , Strand , at 8 ; Bro . Pulsford , Preceptor .

Stability Lodge of Instruction ( 217 ) , Guildhall Tavern , Gresham-st ., at 6 p . m ; Bro . H . Muggeridge , Preceptor . Panmure Lodge of Instruction ( 720 ) , Balham Hotel , Balham , at 7 . 30 . Unions Emulation Lodge of Improvement for M . M . ' s , Freemasons' Hall , at 7 . Temperance Lodge of Instruction , Victoria Tavern , Victoria-ioad , Deptford , at 8 .