Metropolitan Masonic Meetings,

METROPOLITAN MASONIC MEETINGS ,

For the Week ending Saturday , August iS , 1 SS 3 . The Editor will be glad to receive notice from Secretaries of Cr . ift Lodges , Royal Arch Chapters , . Mark Lodges , Rose Croix Chapters , Preceptories , Conclaves , & c „ of any change in place , day , or month of meeting .

SATURDAY , AUGUST u . Lodge 1 GS 5 , Guelph , Red Lion , Leytonstone . Chap . 11 S 5 , Lewis , King ' s Arms Hot ., Wood Green . LODGES OP INSTRUCTION . . Manchester . 17 , London-st ., Fitzroy-sq ., at 8 . Star , Five Bells , New Cross-rd ., S . E ., at 7 . Eccleston , King ' s Head , Ebury Bridge , Pimlico . Alexandra Palace . Station Ho .. Camberwell New-rd ., at 7 . 30

MONDAY , AUGUST 13 . Lodge 17 S 9 , Ubique . M . IL , Air-st ., Regent-st . „ 1700 , Old England , M . H ., New Thornton Heath . „ 1 S 91 , St . An-. brose , Baion ' sCourtH ., W . Kcnsington „ * 1 9 , Earl Lathom , Greyhound Hot ., Steathn . ni . Chap . 720 , Panmure . Horns Tav ., Kennington .

LODGHS OP INSTRUCTION . Lily , Greyhound , Richmond , at 7 . Wellington , White Swan Hot ., High-st ., Deptford , 8 to to Sincerity , Railway lav ., Fenchurch-st ., at 7 . St . James ' s Union , Union Tav ., Air-st ., Regent-st ., at 8 . Perfect Ashlar , Jamaica Tav ., Southwark Park-rd ., at 8 United MilitaryEarl of Chatham , Thomas-st ., Woolwich

, Loughborough , Cambria Tav ., Loughborough June , at 7 . 30 West Smithfield , Farringdon Hot ., Farringdon-st ., at 8 . Doric Chapter , Duke's Head , 79 , Whitechapel-rd ., at 6 . Royal Commemoration , R . Hot ., High-st ., Putney , 8 till 10 St . Mark ' s , Surrey M . H ., Camberwell New-rd . lohn Hervey , Albion Hall , London Wall , at 8 .

" Kingsland , Canonbury Tav ., N ., at 8 . 30 . Metropolitan , Moorgate Tav ., 15 Finsbury Pavement , / . 30 Strong Man , Excise Tav ., Old Broad-st ., at 7 . St . Ambrose , Baron ' s Court Hot ., W . Kensington , at 8 . Hyde Park , Fountains Abbey Hot ., iu , Praed-st ., Pad dington , at 8 .

TUESDAY , AUGUST 14 . Lodge 17 C 9 , Clarendon , Guildhall Tav ., Gresham-st ., K . C LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Joppa , Champion Hot ., Aldersgate-st ., at 7 . South Middlesex , Beaufort House , Walham Green , 7 . 30 . Pilgrim , F . M . H ., 1 st and last Tues . Yarborough , Green Dragon , Stepney , at 8 .

St . George's , Public Hall , New Cross , at 8 . Domatie , Surrey M . H ., Camberwell New-rd ., at 7 . 30 . Faith , 2 , Westminster Chambers , Vi-toria-st ., S . W ., at 8 . Prince Fredk . Win ., Eagle Tav ., Clifton-rd ., Maida-hill , 8 . Capper , Railway Tav ., Angel-lane , Stratford , at 8 . Prosperity , Hercules Tav ., ' Leadenhall-st ., at 7 . 30 . Dalhousie , Thc Sisters'Tav ., Pownall-rd ., Dalston , E ., at 8 . Florence Nightingale , M . H ., William-st ., Woolwich , 7 . 30 ,

Constitutional , Bedford Hot ., Southampton Bdgs ., at 7 . Israel , Rising Sun Tav ., Globe-rd . Wandsworth , East Hill Hot ., Alma-rd ., S . W ., at 8 . Upper Norwood , VVhite Hart Hot ., Church-rd ., at 8 . ¦ Beacontree , Red Lion , Leytonstone , at 8 . West Middlesex , The- Institute , Ealing , at 7 . 30 . ¦ Islington , Crown and Cushion , 7 3 , London Wall , at ¦ / .

Kennington , Horns Tav ., Kennington , 7 . 30 . Mount Edgcumbe , 19 , Jermyn-st ., St . James's , at 8 . Duke of Connaught . Palmerston Arms , Grosvenor Park , 8 , New Finsbury Park , Hornsey VVoodT ., Finsbury Park , atS , St . Marylebone , Eyre Arms , Finch ! ey-rd ., at 8 . Corinthian , George Hot .. Millwall Docks , at 7 .

Henley , I hrec Crowns , North Woolwich , at 7 . 30 . Royal Naval College , Greenwich Hospital Schools , at 8 . Eleanor , Angel Hot ., Edmonton . Chaucer , The Old VVhite Hart , High-st ., Borough , at 8 . Friars , Liverpool Arms , Canning Town , at 7 . 30 . Brixton , Prince Regent , Dulwich-rd ., East Brixton , at 8 . Metropolitan Chap , Jamaica Coffee Ho ., St . Michael's Allej

WEDNESDAY , AUGUST 13 . Lodge 619 , Beadon , Greyhound Tav ., Dulwich . ,, 13 S 2 , Corinthian , George Hot ., Cubit Town . Chap . 159 S , Ley Spring , Red Lion , Leytonstone . LODGES ov INSTRUCTION . Kent , King and Queen , Norton Folgate , Bishopsgate-st ., S Prince Leopold , Grand Avenue M . H ., SS , Gracechurch-st ,

United Mariner ? , Lugard Hot ., Lugard-rd ., Peckham . Confidence , Hercules Tavern , Leadenhall-st ., 7 till 9 . New Concord , Jolly Farmers , Southgate-rd ., N ., at 8 . Mt . Lebanon , Horse Shoe Tav ., Newington Causeway , H . Pythagorean , Portland Hot ., Greenwich , at 8 . La Tolerance , Morland Hot ., Dean-st ., W ., at 8 . United Strength , Hope Tav ., 179 , Stanhope-st ., Regent ' s

Park , at 8 . Peckham , Lord Wellington Hot ., 516 , Old Kent-id ., at 8 . Burdett Coutts , Duke ' s Head , 79 , Whitechapel Road , at 8 . Southwark , Southwark Park Tav ., Southwark Park , at 8 . Dukeof Connaught , Ryl . Edwd . Hot ., Mare-st ., Hackney , 8 Whittington , Red Lion , Poppin's-court , Fleet-st ., at 8 . Langthorne , Swan Hot ., Stratford , at 8 .

Temperance in the East . G . the Fourth , Ida-st ., E ., at 7 . 30 . Eleanor , Trocadero Hot ., Liverpool-st ., E . C . Merchant Navy , Silver Tav ., Burdett-rd ., Limehouse , f . 30 Creaton , Prince Albert Tav ., Portobello-ter ., Notting h : l ! , 8 Panmure , Balham Hot . . Balham , 7 . Wanderers , Black Horse , York-st ., S . VV ., at 7 . 30 . Emblematic , Goat and Star , Swallow-st ., Regent-st ,, at 8 Camden Chapter , Boston Hot ., Holloway , at 8 . 30 p . m

THURSDAY , AUGUST , 6 . Lodge 1227 , Upton , Spotted Dog , Upton . Chap . 507 , Unittd Pilgrims , Horns , Tav ., Kennington „ 742 , Crystal Palace , Thicket Hot ., Anerley , LODGES OK INSTRUCTION . Union Waterloo , Earl of Chatham , Thomas-st ., Woolwich .

Egyptian , Hercules Tav ., Leadenhall-st ., 7 . 30 . Fidelity , Yorkshire Grey , London-st ., W . C , at R . The Great City , M . H ., Masons' Avenue , 6 . 30 . Finsbury , Jolly Anglers' Tav ., Bath-st ., City-rd . Ebury , 12 , Ponsonby-st ., Millbank , at 8 . Highgate , Boston Hot ., Junction-rd ., N ., at 8 .

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings,

Hip-h Cross , Coach & Horses , High-rd ., Tottenham , at 8 . Salisbury , Union Tav ., Air-st ., Regent-st ., at 8 . Southern Star , The Pheasant , Stangate , S . W ., at 8 . Great Northern , Berwick Arms , Berners-st ., Oxford-st . Rose , Walmer Castle Hot ., Peckham-rd .. at 8 . Leopold , Old White Hart , Borough High-st ., at 7-30 . Kin" * Harold , Britannia Hot ., Waltham New Town , at 7 .

Burgoyne , Cock Tav ., St . Martin ' s-crt ., Ludgate-hill , 6 . 30 . Royal Arthur , Prince of Wales Hot . ( opposite Wimbledon Railway Station ) , at 7 . 30 . Vitruvian , VVhite Hart , Belvedere-rd ., Lambeth , at 8 . Covent Garden , Bedford Head Hotel , Maiden-lane , Covent Garden , W . C , 7 . 45 . ., , , , Royal Albert , White Hart Hot ., Abchurch-lane , at 7 . 30 . Duke of Edinburgh , Bricklayers' Arms , Narrow-st .,

Limehouse , at 7 . Stocksvell , Cock Tav ., Kennington-rd ., at 7 . 30 . Victoria Park , Yorkshire Grey , High-st ., Stratford , at S . Guelph , Blackbirds Inn , High-st ., Leyton . Langton , Mansion House Station Restaurant , Queen Victoria-st ., at 6 . ( Emulation Working . ) St . Michael ' s , Moorgate Tav ., Finsbury Pavement , at 8 .

Crusaders , Old Jerusalem Tav ., St . John ' s-gate , Clerkenwell , at 9 . Upton , Swan Tav ., Bethnal Green-rd ., at S . Camden , Crown and Cushion , London Wall , at 7 . North London Chap ., Canonburv Tav ., at 8 . Prince Frederick William Chapter , Eagle Tav ., Clifton-rd ., Maida-vale , 7 . 30 .

FRIDAY , AUGUST 17 . ( No Meetings . ) LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Stability , M . H ., Masons' Avenue , at 6 . Robert Burns , North Pole , 3 S 7 Oxford-st , VV ., at 8 . All Saints , Town Hall , Poplar , at 7 . 30 . Belerave . Harp Tav ., Jermyn-st ., W ., at 8 .

Unions Emulation ( for M . Ms . ) , F . M . H ., at 7 . Temperance , Victoria Tav ., Victoria-rd ., Deptford , at 8 . Metropolitan ( Victoria ) , Portugal Hot ., Fleet-st ., at 7 . St . Marylebone , British Stores Tav ., St . John's Wood . Westbourne , Lord's Hot ., St . John ' s Wood , at 8 . United Pilgrims , Surrey M . H ., Camberwell New-rd ., 7 . 30 . St . James's , Gregorian Arms , Jamaica-rd ., S . E ., at 8 .

Doric , Duke's Head , ' 79 , Whitechapel-rd ., at 8 . St . Luke's , White Hart , King ' s-rd ., Chelsea , 7 . 30 . Chigwell , Prince ' s Hall , Buckhurst-hill , at 7 . 30 . Royal Standard , The Alwyne Castle , St . Paul ' s-rd ., N . Ranelagh , Six Bells , Hammersmith , at 8 . Selwyn , East Dulwich Hot ., East Dulwich , at 8 .

Wm . Preston , St . Andrew ' s T ., Baker-st ., Manchester-sq ., W . Earl of Carnarvon , Ladbroke Hall , Notting-hill , at 8 . St . George ' s , Globe Tav ., Greenwich , at 8 . Ubique , Guardsman Coffee Tav ., Buckingham Palaceroad , at 7 . 30 . Royal Alfred , Star and Garter , Kew Bridge , at 7 . 30 . Pythagorean Chapter , PortlandHot ., London-st ., Greenwich Old Kent Mark , Crown and Cushion , London Wall , at 7 .

SATURDAY , AUGUST iS . Lodge 1 G 41 , Crichton , Surrey M . IL , Camberwell Ncw-rd . Mark 205 , Beaconsfield , Chequers , Alarsh-st ., VValthamstow . ,, -, 51 . Tenterden , Anderton ' s Hot ., Fleet-st ., ICC .

Masonic Meetings In West Lancashire And Cheshire,

MASONIC MEETINGS IN WEST LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE ,

For the Week ending Saturday , August 18 , 18 S 3 . MONDAY , AUGUST 13 . Lodge 89 , Unanimity , Astley Arms , Dukinfield . „ 104 , St . John's , Ashton Hot ., Stockport . ,. 314 , Peace and Unity , Militia Mess R ., Preston . ,, 613 , Unity , M . H ., Southport .

,, 941 , De Tabley , Royal George , Knutsford . ,, 1021 , Hartington , M . H ., Barrow . „ 1350 , Fermor Hesketh , M . H ., Liverpool . „ 149 C , Trafford , Alexandra Hotel , Moss-side , Manchester . „ 15 SS , Prince Leopold , M . R ., Stretford . Derby L . of I ., M . H ., Liverpool .

TUESDAY , AUGUST 14 . Lodge 241 , Merchants , M . H ., Liverpool . „ 322 , Peace , Warren Bulkeley Arms , Stockport . > , <> 79 > ^ Cardinal Virtues , Royal Hot ., Crewe . ,, 986 , Hesketh , Grapes Inn , Croston .

,, 1250 , Gilbert Greenall , M . R ., Wigan . „ 147 ( 1 , Blackpool , Clifton Arms , Blackpool . , > > 7 ' 3 > VViibraham , Walton Institute , Walton , near Liverpool . Stanley L . of 1 ., 214 , Great Homer-street , Liverpool .

WEDNESDAY , AUGUST 15 . Lodge SO , Loyalty , Crown Hot ., Prescot . ,. " 178 , Antiquity , M . H ., Wigan . „ 484 , Faith , Gerard ' s Arms , Ashton-in-Maker ( ield . „ 533 , Eaton , M . H ., Congleton . „ _ Ho , Harmony , Wheat Sheaf , Ormskirk . 75 S , Ellesmere , M . H ., Runcorn .

,, . S 23 , Everton , M . IL , Liverpool . ,, 950 , Hesketh , Royal Hot ., Fleetwood . ,, loSft , Walton , Skelmersdale Hall , Liverpool . „ 1345 , Victoria , Cross Keys , Eccles . „ i ** , * 53 > Dukeof Lancaster , Athemeum , Lancaster . Downshire L . of 1 ., M . H ., Liverpool . Toxteth L . of 1 ., M . R ., North Hill-st ., Liverpool .

THURSDAY , AUGUST 16 . Lodge -20 ** * , Antient Union , M . IL , Liverpool . „ 343 , Concord , Bull Hot ., Preston . ,, 423 , Cestrian , Grosvenor Hotel , Chester . „ 605 , Combermere , Queen's Hot ., Liscard . 1032 , Townley Parker , Howard ' s Arms , Whittle-Ie-Woods . .. 1299 , Pembroke , Rawlinson's Hot ., W . Derby . iWi Hamer , M . IL , Liverpool .

,, , ,. I 57 '> ' ^ > Union Hot ., Parkgate . Duke of Edinburgh L . of I ., M . H ., Liverpool . St . John ' s L . of 1 ., M . IL , Liverpool . Harmonic L . of I ., Adelphi Hot ., Liverpool . FRIDAY , AUGUST 17 . Lodge J 357 , Cope , Brooklands Hot ., Sale .

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