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Masonic And General Tidings.
Masonic and General Tidings .
The annual meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Cheshire will be held at Nantwich on the 12 th inst ., under the presidency of Bro . the Right Hon . Lord c ! e Tabley , R . W . P . G . M . WEST INDIA ISLANDS . —Mr . ]? . A . Ober , who has been engageel for several years in prosecuting investigations i ' eto the ethnology and archaeology of the West
India Islands , under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution , reached Martinique in the beginning cf July , where he purposes lo continue his labours . He has alrt ady explored the islands of Dominica , St . Vincent , Santa Lucia , Antigua , and Tobaga , and has sent home a very good collection of the birds oi those islands , including quite a number recently describcti by George N . Lawrence as
new to science . Hc has also supplied many archaeological objects of considerable interest . A list of thc birds of Dominica and St . Vincent , prepared by Mr . Laurence , is published in the " Proceedings " of the National Museum at Washington , andthe notices of thc remaining islands will soon appear in the same journal . Mr . Ober expects to return to the United States , in September or October next .- — Nat ore .
In consequence of continued ill-health Mr . Knox , thc senior magistrate at the Marlborough-strect police-court , has retired from the bench , to which he was appointed about thirteen years ago . The Daily Telegraph mentions , as " wotth record , Mr . Knox's acquaintance with the finger language . " He also proved himself a good linguist , speaking French , German , and Italian . This is a subject of deep regret to all , as thc services of that excellent magistrate have been very great .
Last week Bro . Sir A . Woods , Gaiter King at Arms , placed the insignia , and banner of King Humbeit , of Italy , one of the recently created Knights of thc Garter , in thechcirof St . George's Chapel , Windsor . The banner , gules , a cross argent , was hung above the stalls on the Princes' side , between the flags of the Shah of Persia and the Duke of Mecklenburg . An crmolu plate , bearing the
arms of the new Knight , was at the same time affixed to the back of thc stall , the engraved inscription being . as under : — " Dutres-haut , tres-puissant , et tres-c-xcelleiit Monarque Humbeit , Roi d'lialic , Chevalk-r du tius-milile Oidre tie la Jarrttiere . Dispemu eles ceremonies d'insiallation par leltrcs patentcs , ditties du XVltne jour de mars , MDCCCLXXV 1 II . " Bro . Sir Albert Woo- ' s and his
assistants likewise removed mc banner of ihe late King of Hanover , and re-arranged the flags in the choir . An appalling accident took place on the Thames on Tuesday evening . The Princess Alice , one of thc largest steamers of thc London Steam-boat Company , with between six anil seven hundred passengers on board , was on her return journey when , neatly opposite
Woolwich , she was run into hy a large screw steamer . Thc Princess AVce sank , anti five hundred of hcr passcnarc reported drowned . M AKING A C OAT IN A D AY . — Some years ago a gentleman made a bet if one thousand guineas , that he would have a coat made in the course of a single day , from the first process of shearing thc sheep ,
to its completion by the tailor . Thc wager was decided at Newbury , on thc 25 th of June , 1811 , by Mr . John Coxeter , of Greenham Mills , near that town . At five o ' clock that morning , Sir John Throckmorton , Bart ., presented two Southdown wether sheep to Mr . Coxeter . Accorelingly the sheep were shorn , the wool spun , the yarn spooled , warped , loomed , and wove ; thc cloth burred ,
milled , rowed , dyed , dried , sheared , and pressed , anti put into thc hands of the tailors , by four o ' clock that afternoon ; and at twenty minutes past six , the coat , entirely finished , was prescntcdjby Mr . Coxeter to Sir John Throckmorton , who appeared with it before an assemblage of upwarel eif 5000 spectators , who rent the air with their acclamations . —Keystone .
The Colony of Victoria at the Paris Exhibition has a specialjntcrcstin ' collecting hints and suggestions for its own International Exhibition , which is to be held at Melbourne in 1880 . To interest the French as well as the British public in the coming " world's fair , " thc lllusrated Australasian News has brought out an entertaining special number for the Paris Exhibition , containing some
excellent views of Melbourne and the other principal towns of the colony , in addition ta sketches of various local Industries and manufactures . Amongst the engravings a large panoramic view of Melbourne anil a reproduction of the successful design for the Exhibition buildings are particularly notewoithy . The accompanying letterpress gives a brief history of the Colony , its climate , institutions , and
the advantages offered to colonists , besides describing the illustrations , and is in both French and English , with a few brief notes in German and Italian . Last week , the Somerset Archreological and Natural History Society concluded its 30 th annual meeting , the excursions eluting thc week having bten to the principal buildings of archaeological interest in thc
neighbourhood of Bruton . The society has above 500 members , and the Rev . Canon Meaele has succeeded Bishop Clifford in the presitlency . Among the places visited has been a small and quaint oltl building at Witham , near Fromc , known as the guest-house . The parish church of Bruton was the subject of a paper by Mr Carpenter , who said the edifice was one of the finest examples in thc
district of the style of architecture prevalent at the end of the 15 th century , and for which Somerset and Dorset are famous . The works in connexion with thc restoration were described and slated to have so far cost £ 4500 . The fine old Abbey ruins , the Abbot's house , . ind Hugh Scxey ' s Hospital were visited , anti a very ancient and important cartulary of Bruton Abbey was introduced to tl ) c society i * y Mr . John Batten , of Aldon .
Masonic And General Tidings.
We are asked to state that the New Concord Lodge of Instruction has removed to thc "Jolly Farmers , " Southgate-road . N . The meetings for the season will commence on Wednesday next , the nth inst ., under the P . cceptorship ef Bro . Cusworth , P . M . We notice with g reat regret the sad accident which befel the Princess Alice , involving the loss of some 500
lives , which has cast a gloom over the country , and note that a design was preiposcel some few years since by Bro . W . Darky , and introduced to Mr . Plimsoll , M . P ., and others in the House of Commons , which , if carried out , in the construction of such vessels as river saloon boats , wou ' . d be the means of saving many lives incase of collision . It is simply this , lhat the saloon itself be constructed as
a VCFS .-I , resting on the general hull , but so ai ranged that should a collUion lead to the sinking of the hull , thc saloon will remain afloat , and be a means of safety . In Bro . Darlcy ' s address at Cambtrwtll , he mat ' e reference also to a correspondence with a view of rendering Hcr Majesty and Royal Family more secure from danger . The Folkestone Chronicle records another
instance of the uncertainty of life , anil the circumstances arc unusually painful . On Thursday evening week , one of the officers of Excise in the Canterbury district , who resided in Wincheap , was dressing in order to attend a meeting of the St . Augustine ' s Lodge of Freemasons , of which he was a member , when he suddenly expired . The coroner was made acquainted with the case , but as death was cci tilled to have resulted from hcatt disease , Mr . Delasaux did not
consieler it necessary to hold an inquest . The remains of the deceased were interred in St . Gregory ' s churchyard on Sunday afternoon , and a large number of Freemasons attended the mournful ceremony , including Bro . Secra , W . M ., and Bro . Cosc-ns , S . W . The officiating minister was thc Rev . R . N . Gandy . Mr . Chidvvick was a widower , aged forty-six years , and was heltl in rcpect ami esteem by a numerous circle of friends . He leaves no family , his children having died before him .
Metropolitan Masonic Meetings
METROPOLITAN MASONIC MEETINGS
Fot the Week ending Friday , September 13 , 1 S 78 . The Editor will be glad t . 5 receive notice from Secretaries of Craft Lodges , Royal Arch Chapters , Mark Lodges , Encampments , Conclaves , & . c of any change in place or day of meeting .
SATURDAY , SEPTEMBER 7 . Gen . Com . Boys' School , at 4 . R . A . Chap . 97 *; , Rose of Denmark , Star & Garter , Kew . B . LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Lily , Greyhound , Richmond . Manchester , 77 , London-st ., Fitzroy-sq . Star , Marquis of Granby , New Cross-rd . Eccleston , St . George ' s Club , Victoria Station . Petcy , 113 , Southgate-roae ) , N .
MONDAY , SEPTEMBER 9 . Lotlge 13 ( 1 ( 1 , Highgate , Gatehouse Hot ., Hig hgate . LOIIOES or INSTRUCTION . Wellington , White Swan Hot ., High-st ., Deptford . Prince Leopold , Lortl Stanley Tav ., Kingsland . Strong Man , Old Rotlney ' s Head , Old-st ., E . Sincerity , Railway Tav ., Fenchurch-st . Station . Camden , 174 , High-st ., Camelen Town , at 8 .
Tredegar , Royal Hot ., Mile-end-road . St . James ' s Union , Union Tav ., Air-st . Perfect Ashlar , Victoria Tav ., Lower-rd ., Rotherhithe . Upper Norwood , White Hart Hot ., Church-rd . Marquis of Ripon , Pembury Tav ., Amhcrst-rd ., Hackney . Loughborough , Warrior Hot ., Brixton . West Smithfield , New Market Hot ., West Smithfield . St . George ' s , Globe Tav ., Greenwich .
TUESDAY , SEPTEMBER 10 . Lodge 167 , St . John's , Holly Bush 'lav ., Hampstead . 1 , 548 i Wellington , White Swan Tav ., Deptford . „ 126 9 , Stanhope , Thicket Hot ., Anerley . „ , 1604 , Wanderers , F . M . H . Mark Loelge 22 , Southwark , Beige . House Hot ., London B .
LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Metropolitan , 269 , Pentonvillc-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 , Yriangle , Hackney .
Prosperity , Hercules Tav ., Leaelenhall-st . Florence Nightingale , F . M . H ., William-st ., Woolwich . Constitutional , Bedford Hot ., Southampton Bdgs ., at 7 . Israel , Rising Sun Tav ., Globe Road . Royal Arthur , Prince ' s Head , York-road , Battersea . Beacontree , Red Lion , Leytonstone .
Excelsior , Commercial Dock Tav ., Rotherhithe . at . John of Wapping , Gun Hot ., High-st ., Wapping . Three Bucks , Islington , 23 , Grcsham-st ., at 7 p . m . Leopold , Woolpack Tavern , Bermondsey-st . Metropolitan Chapter , Jamaica Coffee Ho ., Cornhill . Mount Edgcumbe , ig , Jcrmyn-st ., St . James's . Sir Hugh Myddelton , 162 , St . John ' s-st .-rd .
WEDNESDAY , SEPTEMBER 11 . Com . R . M . B . I ., at 3 . Lodge 87 , Vitruvian , White Hart , College-st ., Lambeth . „ 1228 , Bc-accntrce , Red Lion , Leytonstone . LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Netv Concord , Jolly Farmers , Southgate-nl ., N . Mt . Lebanon , Horse Shoe Tav ., Stones-End , E .
Pythagorean , Portland Hot ., London-st ., Greenwich . New Concord , Rosemary Branch Tav ., Hoxton . La Tolerance , Horse and Groom , Winsley-st ., Oxfrrd-st . Peckham , Maismore Arms , Park-road , Peckham ^ Stanhope , Thicket Hot ., Anerley . Finsbury Park , Finsbury Park Tav ., Seven Sisters' -rd . Southwark , Southwark Park Tav ., Southwark Park .
Metropolitan Masonic Meetings
Duke of Connaught , Havelock Tav ., Dalston , E . United Strength , Hope and Anchor , Crowndale-rd , N . W . Whittington , Red Lion , Poppin's-court , Fleet-st ., at 8 . Lewis , King's Arms Hot ., Wood Green . Royal Jubilee , 81 , Long Acre . Langthornc , Swan Hot ., Stratford . Temperance in theEast . George the 4 t „ , Ida-st ., Poplar , 7 . " } o
THURSDAY , SEPTEMBER 12 . Lodge 1321 , Emblematic , Tulse Hill Hot ., Tulse Hill . „ 1471 , Islington , Cock Tav ., Highbury , N . „ 1558 , Duke of Connaught , Surrey M . H . „ 1642 , Eail of Carnarvon , Ladbroke Hall , Notting-hl . Chap . 72 , Royal Jubilee , Horns Tav ., Kennington . „ 6 iq , Beadon , Horns 'lav ., Kennington .
LODGES OF INSTHUCTION . Union Waterloo , Chatham Arms , Thomas-st ., Woolwich . Egyptian , Hercules Tav ., Leadenhall-st . Fidelity , Yorkshire Grey , London-st .. W . Fiusbury , Jolly Anglers' Tav ., Bath-st ., City-road . Ebury , 12 , Ponsonby-st ., Milbank . Highgate , Bull anil Gate , Kentish-town .
The Great City , M . H ., Masons' Avenue . High Cross , Coach & Horses , High-road , Tottenham . Salisbury , Union Tav ., Air-st ., Regent-st . Southern Star , Crown Hot ., Blackfriars-rd . Great Northern , Berwick Arms , Bcrncrs-st ., Oxford-st . Rose , Walmcr Castle Hot ., Pcckham-road , at 8 . Prince Frederick William Chanter . St . John's Wood .
FRIDAY , SEPTEMBER 13 . LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Robert Burns , Union Tav ., Air-st ., Regent-st . Belgrave , Harp Tav ., Jermyn-st ., W . Unions Emulation ( for M . M . ' s ) , F . M . H . Temperance , Victoria Tav ., Victoria-road , Deptford . Clapton , White Hart , Clapton .
Metropolitan , Portugal Hot ., Fleet-st ., at 7 . St . Marylcbone , British Stores Tav ., St . John ' s Wood . Westbourne , Lord's Hotel , St . John ' s Wood . United Pilgrims , Surrey M . H ., Camberwell New-road . St . James ' s , Gregorian Arms , Jamaica-road , S . E . Duke of Edinburgh , Silver Lion , Penny-fields , Poplar . Doric , 79 , Whitechapel-road , at 8 . Burgoyne , The Reel Cap , Camelen Town , N . W .
St . Luke ' s , White Hart , King's-rd ., Chelsea . Chigwell , Prince ' s Hall , Buckhurst-hill . Royal Standard , The Alwyne Castle , St . PauVs-rd ., N . Ranelagh , Bell and Anchor , Hammersmith-rd . William Preston , Feathers Tav ., Up . George-st ., Edgware-rd Hervey , 99 , Fleet-street , at 8 . Earl of Carnarvon , Mitre Hot ., Goulborne-rd ., Notting-hill . Pythagorean Chapter , Portland Hot . London-st ., Gree „ wir . h .
Masonic Meetings In West Lancashire And Cheshire.
MASONIC MEETINGS IN WEST LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE .
For the Week ending Saturday , September 14 , 1878 .
MONDAY , SEPTEMBER 9 . Lodge 314 , Peace and Unity , Militia Rooms , Preston . „ 613 , Unity , Palatine-buildings , Southport . „ 703 , Clifton , Clifton Arms , Blackpool . ,, 721 , Independence , Eastgate-row , Chester . „ 1021 , Hartington , Custom House-btlgs ., Barrow .
„ 1350 , Fermor Hesketh , M . H ., Liverpool . „ 1 . 59 8 , Baldwin Castle , Dalton-in-Furncss . „ 149 6 , Trafford , Northumbetlanil Hot ., 01 d Trafford . Chap . 148 , Elias Ashmole , M . R ., Warrington . Egerton Mark Lodge 161 , Bedford House , Rock Ferry . Walton Conclave , Skelmersdale llall , Liverpool . Derby L . cf I ., M . H ., Liverpool .
TUESDAY , SEPTEMBER 10 . Lodge 241 , Merchants , M . H ., Liverpool . „ 8 97 , Loyalty , Fleece Inn , St . Helen ' s . „ 986 , Hesketh , Grapes Inn , Croston . „ 1250 , Gilbert Greenall , M . H ., Warrington .
„ 1256 , Fidelity , Bull Hot ., Poulton-le-Kylde . » '/ Mi Wilbraham , Walton Institute , Walton . Chap . 613 , Bridson , M . H ,, Southport . Red Cross Conclave , Liverpool M . H ., Liverpool . Stanley L . of I ., 214 , Gt . llomcr-st ., Liverpool . Prince Arthur L . of I ., 80 , N . Hill-st ., Liverpool .
WEDNESDAY , SEPTEMBER u . Lodge 86 , Loyalty , Crown Hot ., Prescot . „ 281 , Fortitude , Athenaeum , Lancaster . „ 484 , Faith , Gerard's Arms , Ashton-in-Makerficld . ,, 380 , Harmony , Wheat Sheaf , Ormskirk , „ 758 , Ellesmere , M . H ., Rur . corn . ,, 1061 , Triumph , M . H ., Lytham . „ 1094 , Temple , M . H ., Liverpool .
„ 1356 , De Grey and Ripon , M . H ., N . Hill-st ., L ' pool . „ 1387 , Chorlton , M . R ., Chorlton-cum-Ilately . . , 1403 , W . Lancashire , Commcrical Hot ., Ormskiik . 1 , 1547 , Liverpool , M . H ., Liverpool . Chap . 86 , Lebanon , Crown Hot ., Prescot . „ 178 , Harmony , M . H ., Wigan . 11 134 S 1 Victoria , Cross Keys , Eceles . Neptune L . of L , M . H ., Liverpool ,
THURSDAY , SEPTEMBER 12 . Provincial Grand Loelge of Cheshire , Nantwich . Lodge 216 , Harmonic , Adelphi Hot ., Liverpool . „ 249 , Mariners , M . H ., Liverpool . 11 333 , Royal Preston , Royal Hot ., Preston .
1 , 477 , Mersey , M . R ., Birkenhead . „ 1035 , Prince of Wales , M . H ., Kirkdale . „ 1182 , Duke of Edinburgh , M . II ., Liverpool . 11 1213 , Bridgcwater , Cross Keys , Eceles . , ) 1384 , Equity , Alford Chambers , Wielnes . J Chap . 220 , Harmony , Wellington Hot ., Garston . FRIDAY , SEPTEMBER 13 . Lotlge 1289 , Rock , Bedford House , Rock Ferry .
For Masonic Meetings throughout Scotland see Scottish Freemason , which can be obtained at the Office of this paper , 198 , Fleet-street , London .
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Masonic And General Tidings.
Masonic and General Tidings .
The annual meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Cheshire will be held at Nantwich on the 12 th inst ., under the presidency of Bro . the Right Hon . Lord c ! e Tabley , R . W . P . G . M . WEST INDIA ISLANDS . —Mr . ]? . A . Ober , who has been engageel for several years in prosecuting investigations i ' eto the ethnology and archaeology of the West
India Islands , under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution , reached Martinique in the beginning cf July , where he purposes lo continue his labours . He has alrt ady explored the islands of Dominica , St . Vincent , Santa Lucia , Antigua , and Tobaga , and has sent home a very good collection of the birds oi those islands , including quite a number recently describcti by George N . Lawrence as
new to science . Hc has also supplied many archaeological objects of considerable interest . A list of thc birds of Dominica and St . Vincent , prepared by Mr . Laurence , is published in the " Proceedings " of the National Museum at Washington , andthe notices of thc remaining islands will soon appear in the same journal . Mr . Ober expects to return to the United States , in September or October next .- — Nat ore .
In consequence of continued ill-health Mr . Knox , thc senior magistrate at the Marlborough-strect police-court , has retired from the bench , to which he was appointed about thirteen years ago . The Daily Telegraph mentions , as " wotth record , Mr . Knox's acquaintance with the finger language . " He also proved himself a good linguist , speaking French , German , and Italian . This is a subject of deep regret to all , as thc services of that excellent magistrate have been very great .
Last week Bro . Sir A . Woods , Gaiter King at Arms , placed the insignia , and banner of King Humbeit , of Italy , one of the recently created Knights of thc Garter , in thechcirof St . George's Chapel , Windsor . The banner , gules , a cross argent , was hung above the stalls on the Princes' side , between the flags of the Shah of Persia and the Duke of Mecklenburg . An crmolu plate , bearing the
arms of the new Knight , was at the same time affixed to the back of thc stall , the engraved inscription being . as under : — " Dutres-haut , tres-puissant , et tres-c-xcelleiit Monarque Humbeit , Roi d'lialic , Chevalk-r du tius-milile Oidre tie la Jarrttiere . Dispemu eles ceremonies d'insiallation par leltrcs patentcs , ditties du XVltne jour de mars , MDCCCLXXV 1 II . " Bro . Sir Albert Woo- ' s and his
assistants likewise removed mc banner of ihe late King of Hanover , and re-arranged the flags in the choir . An appalling accident took place on the Thames on Tuesday evening . The Princess Alice , one of thc largest steamers of thc London Steam-boat Company , with between six anil seven hundred passengers on board , was on her return journey when , neatly opposite
Woolwich , she was run into hy a large screw steamer . Thc Princess AVce sank , anti five hundred of hcr passcnarc reported drowned . M AKING A C OAT IN A D AY . — Some years ago a gentleman made a bet if one thousand guineas , that he would have a coat made in the course of a single day , from the first process of shearing thc sheep ,
to its completion by the tailor . Thc wager was decided at Newbury , on thc 25 th of June , 1811 , by Mr . John Coxeter , of Greenham Mills , near that town . At five o ' clock that morning , Sir John Throckmorton , Bart ., presented two Southdown wether sheep to Mr . Coxeter . Accorelingly the sheep were shorn , the wool spun , the yarn spooled , warped , loomed , and wove ; thc cloth burred ,
milled , rowed , dyed , dried , sheared , and pressed , anti put into thc hands of the tailors , by four o ' clock that afternoon ; and at twenty minutes past six , the coat , entirely finished , was prescntcdjby Mr . Coxeter to Sir John Throckmorton , who appeared with it before an assemblage of upwarel eif 5000 spectators , who rent the air with their acclamations . —Keystone .
The Colony of Victoria at the Paris Exhibition has a specialjntcrcstin ' collecting hints and suggestions for its own International Exhibition , which is to be held at Melbourne in 1880 . To interest the French as well as the British public in the coming " world's fair , " thc lllusrated Australasian News has brought out an entertaining special number for the Paris Exhibition , containing some
excellent views of Melbourne and the other principal towns of the colony , in addition ta sketches of various local Industries and manufactures . Amongst the engravings a large panoramic view of Melbourne anil a reproduction of the successful design for the Exhibition buildings are particularly notewoithy . The accompanying letterpress gives a brief history of the Colony , its climate , institutions , and
the advantages offered to colonists , besides describing the illustrations , and is in both French and English , with a few brief notes in German and Italian . Last week , the Somerset Archreological and Natural History Society concluded its 30 th annual meeting , the excursions eluting thc week having bten to the principal buildings of archaeological interest in thc
neighbourhood of Bruton . The society has above 500 members , and the Rev . Canon Meaele has succeeded Bishop Clifford in the presitlency . Among the places visited has been a small and quaint oltl building at Witham , near Fromc , known as the guest-house . The parish church of Bruton was the subject of a paper by Mr Carpenter , who said the edifice was one of the finest examples in thc
district of the style of architecture prevalent at the end of the 15 th century , and for which Somerset and Dorset are famous . The works in connexion with thc restoration were described and slated to have so far cost £ 4500 . The fine old Abbey ruins , the Abbot's house , . ind Hugh Scxey ' s Hospital were visited , anti a very ancient and important cartulary of Bruton Abbey was introduced to tl ) c society i * y Mr . John Batten , of Aldon .
Masonic And General Tidings.
We are asked to state that the New Concord Lodge of Instruction has removed to thc "Jolly Farmers , " Southgate-road . N . The meetings for the season will commence on Wednesday next , the nth inst ., under the P . cceptorship ef Bro . Cusworth , P . M . We notice with g reat regret the sad accident which befel the Princess Alice , involving the loss of some 500
lives , which has cast a gloom over the country , and note that a design was preiposcel some few years since by Bro . W . Darky , and introduced to Mr . Plimsoll , M . P ., and others in the House of Commons , which , if carried out , in the construction of such vessels as river saloon boats , wou ' . d be the means of saving many lives incase of collision . It is simply this , lhat the saloon itself be constructed as
a VCFS .-I , resting on the general hull , but so ai ranged that should a collUion lead to the sinking of the hull , thc saloon will remain afloat , and be a means of safety . In Bro . Darlcy ' s address at Cambtrwtll , he mat ' e reference also to a correspondence with a view of rendering Hcr Majesty and Royal Family more secure from danger . The Folkestone Chronicle records another
instance of the uncertainty of life , anil the circumstances arc unusually painful . On Thursday evening week , one of the officers of Excise in the Canterbury district , who resided in Wincheap , was dressing in order to attend a meeting of the St . Augustine ' s Lodge of Freemasons , of which he was a member , when he suddenly expired . The coroner was made acquainted with the case , but as death was cci tilled to have resulted from hcatt disease , Mr . Delasaux did not
consieler it necessary to hold an inquest . The remains of the deceased were interred in St . Gregory ' s churchyard on Sunday afternoon , and a large number of Freemasons attended the mournful ceremony , including Bro . Secra , W . M ., and Bro . Cosc-ns , S . W . The officiating minister was thc Rev . R . N . Gandy . Mr . Chidvvick was a widower , aged forty-six years , and was heltl in rcpect ami esteem by a numerous circle of friends . He leaves no family , his children having died before him .
Metropolitan Masonic Meetings
METROPOLITAN MASONIC MEETINGS
Fot the Week ending Friday , September 13 , 1 S 78 . The Editor will be glad t . 5 receive notice from Secretaries of Craft Lodges , Royal Arch Chapters , Mark Lodges , Encampments , Conclaves , & . c of any change in place or day of meeting .
SATURDAY , SEPTEMBER 7 . Gen . Com . Boys' School , at 4 . R . A . Chap . 97 *; , Rose of Denmark , Star & Garter , Kew . B . LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Lily , Greyhound , Richmond . Manchester , 77 , London-st ., Fitzroy-sq . Star , Marquis of Granby , New Cross-rd . Eccleston , St . George ' s Club , Victoria Station . Petcy , 113 , Southgate-roae ) , N .
MONDAY , SEPTEMBER 9 . Lotlge 13 ( 1 ( 1 , Highgate , Gatehouse Hot ., Hig hgate . LOIIOES or INSTRUCTION . Wellington , White Swan Hot ., High-st ., Deptford . Prince Leopold , Lortl Stanley Tav ., Kingsland . Strong Man , Old Rotlney ' s Head , Old-st ., E . Sincerity , Railway Tav ., Fenchurch-st . Station . Camden , 174 , High-st ., Camelen Town , at 8 .
Tredegar , Royal Hot ., Mile-end-road . St . James ' s Union , Union Tav ., Air-st . Perfect Ashlar , Victoria Tav ., Lower-rd ., Rotherhithe . Upper Norwood , White Hart Hot ., Church-rd . Marquis of Ripon , Pembury Tav ., Amhcrst-rd ., Hackney . Loughborough , Warrior Hot ., Brixton . West Smithfield , New Market Hot ., West Smithfield . St . George ' s , Globe Tav ., Greenwich .
TUESDAY , SEPTEMBER 10 . Lodge 167 , St . John's , Holly Bush 'lav ., Hampstead . 1 , 548 i Wellington , White Swan Tav ., Deptford . „ 126 9 , Stanhope , Thicket Hot ., Anerley . „ , 1604 , Wanderers , F . M . H . Mark Loelge 22 , Southwark , Beige . House Hot ., London B .
LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Metropolitan , 269 , Pentonvillc-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 , Yriangle , Hackney .
Prosperity , Hercules Tav ., Leaelenhall-st . Florence Nightingale , F . M . H ., William-st ., Woolwich . Constitutional , Bedford Hot ., Southampton Bdgs ., at 7 . Israel , Rising Sun Tav ., Globe Road . Royal Arthur , Prince ' s Head , York-road , Battersea . Beacontree , Red Lion , Leytonstone .
Excelsior , Commercial Dock Tav ., Rotherhithe . at . John of Wapping , Gun Hot ., High-st ., Wapping . Three Bucks , Islington , 23 , Grcsham-st ., at 7 p . m . Leopold , Woolpack Tavern , Bermondsey-st . Metropolitan Chapter , Jamaica Coffee Ho ., Cornhill . Mount Edgcumbe , ig , Jcrmyn-st ., St . James's . Sir Hugh Myddelton , 162 , St . John ' s-st .-rd .
WEDNESDAY , SEPTEMBER 11 . Com . R . M . B . I ., at 3 . Lodge 87 , Vitruvian , White Hart , College-st ., Lambeth . „ 1228 , Bc-accntrce , Red Lion , Leytonstone . LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Netv Concord , Jolly Farmers , Southgate-nl ., N . Mt . Lebanon , Horse Shoe Tav ., Stones-End , E .
Pythagorean , Portland Hot ., London-st ., Greenwich . New Concord , Rosemary Branch Tav ., Hoxton . La Tolerance , Horse and Groom , Winsley-st ., Oxfrrd-st . Peckham , Maismore Arms , Park-road , Peckham ^ Stanhope , Thicket Hot ., Anerley . Finsbury Park , Finsbury Park Tav ., Seven Sisters' -rd . Southwark , Southwark Park Tav ., Southwark Park .
Metropolitan Masonic Meetings
Duke of Connaught , Havelock Tav ., Dalston , E . United Strength , Hope and Anchor , Crowndale-rd , N . W . Whittington , Red Lion , Poppin's-court , Fleet-st ., at 8 . Lewis , King's Arms Hot ., Wood Green . Royal Jubilee , 81 , Long Acre . Langthornc , Swan Hot ., Stratford . Temperance in theEast . George the 4 t „ , Ida-st ., Poplar , 7 . " } o
THURSDAY , SEPTEMBER 12 . Lodge 1321 , Emblematic , Tulse Hill Hot ., Tulse Hill . „ 1471 , Islington , Cock Tav ., Highbury , N . „ 1558 , Duke of Connaught , Surrey M . H . „ 1642 , Eail of Carnarvon , Ladbroke Hall , Notting-hl . Chap . 72 , Royal Jubilee , Horns Tav ., Kennington . „ 6 iq , Beadon , Horns 'lav ., Kennington .
LODGES OF INSTHUCTION . Union Waterloo , Chatham Arms , Thomas-st ., Woolwich . Egyptian , Hercules Tav ., Leadenhall-st . Fidelity , Yorkshire Grey , London-st .. W . Fiusbury , Jolly Anglers' Tav ., Bath-st ., City-road . Ebury , 12 , Ponsonby-st ., Milbank . Highgate , Bull anil Gate , Kentish-town .
The Great City , M . H ., Masons' Avenue . High Cross , Coach & Horses , High-road , Tottenham . Salisbury , Union Tav ., Air-st ., Regent-st . Southern Star , Crown Hot ., Blackfriars-rd . Great Northern , Berwick Arms , Bcrncrs-st ., Oxford-st . Rose , Walmcr Castle Hot ., Pcckham-road , at 8 . Prince Frederick William Chanter . St . John's Wood .
FRIDAY , SEPTEMBER 13 . LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Robert Burns , Union Tav ., Air-st ., Regent-st . Belgrave , Harp Tav ., Jermyn-st ., W . Unions Emulation ( for M . M . ' s ) , F . M . H . Temperance , Victoria Tav ., Victoria-road , Deptford . Clapton , White Hart , Clapton .
Metropolitan , Portugal Hot ., Fleet-st ., at 7 . St . Marylcbone , British Stores Tav ., St . John ' s Wood . Westbourne , Lord's Hotel , St . John ' s Wood . United Pilgrims , Surrey M . H ., Camberwell New-road . St . James ' s , Gregorian Arms , Jamaica-road , S . E . Duke of Edinburgh , Silver Lion , Penny-fields , Poplar . Doric , 79 , Whitechapel-road , at 8 . Burgoyne , The Reel Cap , Camelen Town , N . W .
St . Luke ' s , White Hart , King's-rd ., Chelsea . Chigwell , Prince ' s Hall , Buckhurst-hill . Royal Standard , The Alwyne Castle , St . PauVs-rd ., N . Ranelagh , Bell and Anchor , Hammersmith-rd . William Preston , Feathers Tav ., Up . George-st ., Edgware-rd Hervey , 99 , Fleet-street , at 8 . Earl of Carnarvon , Mitre Hot ., Goulborne-rd ., Notting-hill . Pythagorean Chapter , Portland Hot . London-st ., Gree „ wir . h .
Masonic Meetings In West Lancashire And Cheshire.
MASONIC MEETINGS IN WEST LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE .
For the Week ending Saturday , September 14 , 1878 .
MONDAY , SEPTEMBER 9 . Lodge 314 , Peace and Unity , Militia Rooms , Preston . „ 613 , Unity , Palatine-buildings , Southport . „ 703 , Clifton , Clifton Arms , Blackpool . ,, 721 , Independence , Eastgate-row , Chester . „ 1021 , Hartington , Custom House-btlgs ., Barrow .
„ 1350 , Fermor Hesketh , M . H ., Liverpool . „ 1 . 59 8 , Baldwin Castle , Dalton-in-Furncss . „ 149 6 , Trafford , Northumbetlanil Hot ., 01 d Trafford . Chap . 148 , Elias Ashmole , M . R ., Warrington . Egerton Mark Lodge 161 , Bedford House , Rock Ferry . Walton Conclave , Skelmersdale llall , Liverpool . Derby L . cf I ., M . H ., Liverpool .
TUESDAY , SEPTEMBER 10 . Lodge 241 , Merchants , M . H ., Liverpool . „ 8 97 , Loyalty , Fleece Inn , St . Helen ' s . „ 986 , Hesketh , Grapes Inn , Croston . „ 1250 , Gilbert Greenall , M . H ., Warrington .
„ 1256 , Fidelity , Bull Hot ., Poulton-le-Kylde . » '/ Mi Wilbraham , Walton Institute , Walton . Chap . 613 , Bridson , M . H ,, Southport . Red Cross Conclave , Liverpool M . H ., Liverpool . Stanley L . of I ., 214 , Gt . llomcr-st ., Liverpool . Prince Arthur L . of I ., 80 , N . Hill-st ., Liverpool .
WEDNESDAY , SEPTEMBER u . Lodge 86 , Loyalty , Crown Hot ., Prescot . „ 281 , Fortitude , Athenaeum , Lancaster . „ 484 , Faith , Gerard's Arms , Ashton-in-Makerficld . ,, 380 , Harmony , Wheat Sheaf , Ormskirk , „ 758 , Ellesmere , M . H ., Rur . corn . ,, 1061 , Triumph , M . H ., Lytham . „ 1094 , Temple , M . H ., Liverpool .
„ 1356 , De Grey and Ripon , M . H ., N . Hill-st ., L ' pool . „ 1387 , Chorlton , M . R ., Chorlton-cum-Ilately . . , 1403 , W . Lancashire , Commcrical Hot ., Ormskiik . 1 , 1547 , Liverpool , M . H ., Liverpool . Chap . 86 , Lebanon , Crown Hot ., Prescot . „ 178 , Harmony , M . H ., Wigan . 11 134 S 1 Victoria , Cross Keys , Eceles . Neptune L . of L , M . H ., Liverpool ,
THURSDAY , SEPTEMBER 12 . Provincial Grand Loelge of Cheshire , Nantwich . Lodge 216 , Harmonic , Adelphi Hot ., Liverpool . „ 249 , Mariners , M . H ., Liverpool . 11 333 , Royal Preston , Royal Hot ., Preston .
1 , 477 , Mersey , M . R ., Birkenhead . „ 1035 , Prince of Wales , M . H ., Kirkdale . „ 1182 , Duke of Edinburgh , M . II ., Liverpool . 11 1213 , Bridgcwater , Cross Keys , Eceles . , ) 1384 , Equity , Alford Chambers , Wielnes . J Chap . 220 , Harmony , Wellington Hot ., Garston . FRIDAY , SEPTEMBER 13 . Lotlge 1289 , Rock , Bedford House , Rock Ferry .
For Masonic Meetings throughout Scotland see Scottish Freemason , which can be obtained at the Office of this paper , 198 , Fleet-street , London .