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However , Smythe much enjoyed his dinner , but two little episodes deserves recording . He said to the waiter , after Cheese , & c . " Je vous ice . " The waiter replied , " Glace , Monsieur , " " Nr , " said Smythe , loftily , " I said ice , not a glass . " At length , turning to his " Conversation Book , " he found that " Glace " was " ice . " So he said condescending ly , " Ah , I see I You have strange words in France Glass means ice . Oui , du glass . "

Smythe , in a letter to a friend , said he liked Pans very much indeed , small blame to him , but that he thoug ht the French used such strange expressions for Eng lish words . Had he remembered Theodore Hooks ' famous lines , he might have quoted them with great effect , " And chaises they call chairs , And letters they call billies ; They call their mothers mares ,

And all their daughters fillies . " But not remembering them he merel y remarked that he could not understand why a knife was called " couteau , " or a fork " fourchette , " or a spoon " cuiller , " ( a very hard word ) , or g loves " gauts , " beer " Bock , " or a carriage a " fiacre , " and above all a policeman , a " . commissaire . " After coffee , the very good-humoured " Napoleon , " as

he used to be termed , offered him as a chasse , "Fin Champagne . " " No " said Symthe almost indignantly , " not at this time of day—a ce point du jour , si je le connais ; pas pour Joseph . Je bois seulement Cognac !" Napoleon , with infinite grace , bowed and smiled , and returned with the " petit verre . " Smythe for a long time could not get over " that great mistake of a French waiter

at Pans . " Now , why have I told this story , and what do I want to impress upon all our readers—the young ones especially ? Only this , that of all the helpless beings abroad , he is the most helpless who does not understand the vernacular of the country in which he is travelling . I know , and Mrs . Balasso remarks , that while the

young men can smoke and nip , and spit and chew , — yes , chew to perfection , they will not take the trouble of studying foreign languages . Some say "English is enough for them ; " others they don't care for a " foreign lingo ; others remark that " you can get on with English anywhere now ; " and some even declare that it is a " baw . " But we would recommend all to apply themselves to foreign

languages , as rendering them more of a man , and certainly more of a Mason , inasmuch as no greater amusement , and no better employment can be found by any , than the study of French and German , Italian and Spanish . A very " distinguished diplomatist once said , and we

heartily agree with him , " The more languages a man has mastered , the more truly he becomes a useful citizen of the world , " and we can only urge , especially on young Freemasons , the advantage and utility of studying foreign languages and mastering them sufficiently for the comfort , of travelling and the interchange of mutual kindness sympathy , and good-will .

The Queen And The Royal Family.

THE QUEEN AND THE ROYAL FAMILY .

The Queen is at Balmoral with Prince Leopold and Princess Beatrice . The Prince and Princess of Wales are at Abergeldie .

Their Royal Highnesses Prince and Princess Christian of Sehleswig-Holstein have been the guests of the Earl and Countess of Dudley , at Black Mount , N . B . H . R . H . the Duke of Cambridge has been inspecting the troops at Aldershot and Portsmouth .

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings.

METROPOLITAN MASONIC MEETINGS .

For the Week ending Friday , October 19 , 1877 . The Editor will be glad to receive notice from Secretaries of Craft Lodges , Royal Arch Chapters , Mark Lodges , Encampments , Conclaves , eve , ot any change in place or time of meeting .

SATURDAY , OCTOBER 13 . Quart . Court and Election Girls' School at 12 . Lodge 176 , Caveac , Albion Tav ., Aldersgate-st . „ 1361 , United Service , Greyhound Hot , Richmond i , 1 415 , Campbell , Mitre Hot ., Hampton Court .

„ 1423 , Era , Island Hot ., Hampton-court . 11 1426 , The Great City , Cannon-st . Hot . „ 1607 , Loyalty , Alexandra Palace , N . 11 1612 , West Middlesex , The Institute , Ealing . 11 1671 , Mizpah , Albion Tav ., Aldersgate-st . it 1685 , Guelph , Red Lion , Leytonstone .

LODGES or INSTRUCTION . I-ily , Greyhound , Richmond . Manchester , 77 , London-st ., Filzroy-sq . Star , Marquis of Granby , New Cross-rd . Eccleston , Grosvenor Club , Ebury-square , S . W . Percy , 113 , Southgate-road , N .

MONDAY , OCTOBER 15 . Quart . Court and Election Boys' School , at 12 . —See Advt . Lod ge 21 , Emulation , Albion Tav ., Aldersgate-st . 11 58 , Felicity , 101 , Queen Victoria-st .

11 720 , Panmure , Balham Hot ., Balham . 11 862 , Whittington , F . M . Tav . » 901 , City of London , Guildhall Tav ., Gresham-st . 11 907 , Royal Alfred , F . M . H . Chap . T 31 „ Asaph , F . M . H .

LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . nnce Leopold , Lord Stanley Tav ., Kingsland . rong Man , Jerusalem Tav ., St . John's Gate .

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings.

Sincerity , Railway Tav ., Fenchurch-st . Station . Camden , Stanhope Arms , Up . James-st ., Camden Town . Tredegar , Royal Hot ., Mile-end-road . St . James ' s Union , Union Tav ., Air-st . Wellington , White Swan , Deptford . Perfect Ashlar , Victoria Tav ., Lower-rd ., Rotherhithe .

Upper Norwood , White Hart Hot ., Church-rd . Marquis of Ripon , Pembury Tav ., Amherst-rd ., Hackney . Loughborough , Warrior Hot ., Brixton . " rVest Smithfield , New Market Hot ., West Smithfield . Leopold , Woolpack Tavern , Bermondsey-st . t . ondon Masonic Club , at IOI , Queen Victoria-st . E . C . 2 nd and 4 th Monday every month , at 6 o'clock .

TUESDAY , OCTOBER 16 . Board of Gen . Purposes , at 3 . Lodge 30 , United Mariners , Guildhall Tav ., City . „ 73 , Mount Lebanon , Bridge House Hot . „ 194 , St . Paul ' s , Cannon-st . Hot . „ 435 , Salisbury , M . H . 08 , Regent-st ., W .

„ 8 57 , St . Mark ' s , Surrey Masonic Hall . 11 I 339 i Stockwell , Surrey M . H . „ 16 95 , New Finsbury Park , Finsbury Park Tav . Chap . n , Enoch , F . M . H . „ 19 , Mount Sinai . Anderton's Hot ., Fleet-st . „ 186 , Industry , F . M . H . Rose Croix , Bayard , 33 , Golden-sq .

LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Metropolitan , 26 9 , 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 ., Leadenhall-st .

Constitutional , Bedford Ho ., Shampton Bdgs . 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 . Islington , 23 , Grcsham-street . Metropolitan Chapter , Jamaica Coffee Ho ., Cornhill .

WEDNESDAY , OCTOBER 17 . Gen . Com . Grand Chapter , at 3 . Lodge 140 , St . George ' s , Trafalgar Hot ., Greenwich . „ 619 , Beadon , Greyhound Tav ., Dulwich . „ 70 ; , Nelson , M . H ., William-st ., Woolwich . „ 1044 , Wandsworth , Spread Eagle , Wandsworth .

„ 1150 , Buckingham and Chandos , F . M . H . 11 1349 i Friars , Cheshire Cheese , Crutched Friars . „ 1507 , Metropolitan , Anderton ' s Hot ., Fleet-st . Chap . 141 , Faith , Anderton's Hot .. Fleet-st . ,, 1 C 24 , Eccleston , Grosvenor Hall , Ebury-st ., S . W . „ 192 , Lion and Lamb , Cannon-st . Hot . Mark Lodge , 144 , Grosvenor , M . H ., Air-st ., Regent-st .

LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Confidence , Greyhound Tav ., Milton-street , Cripplegate . Mt . Lebanon , Windsor Castle Tav ., Southwark-bdg .-rd . Pythagorean , Portland Hotel , London-street , Greenwich . New Concord , Rosemary Branch Tav ., Hoxton . La Tolerance , Horse and Groom , Winsley-st ., Oxford-st . Mount Edgcunibe , 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 , HavelockTav ., Dalston , E . United Strength , Grafton Arms , Kentish-town . Whittington , Black Bull Tav ., Holborn . Lewis , King ' s Arms Hot ., Wood Green . Royal Jubilee , 81 , Long Acre . Langthorne , Swan Hot ., Stratford .

THURSDAY , OCTOBER 18 . House Com . Girls' School , at 4 . f Lodge 49 , Gihon , Guildhall Tav ., Gresham-st . „ j ; j , Constitutional , Inns of Court Hot . „ 169 , Temperance , WhiteSwan , High-st ., Deptford . „ 179 , Manchester , Anderton ' s Hot ., Fleet-st . „ 181 , Universal , F . M . H .

11 133 < Westbourne , Lord ' s Hot . St . John's Wood . „ 813 , New Concord , Rosemary Branch , Hoxton . 11 1139 . South Norwood , Public Hall , South Norwood . „ 128 7 , Great Northern , F . M . H . ¦ 11 1475 , Peckham , Surrey M . H . „ 1512 , Hemming , Lion Hot ., Hampton . Chap . 79 , Pythagorean , Ship Hot ., Greenwich .

Mark Lodge , Bon Accord , 2 , Red Lion-sq . LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Egyptian , Hercules Tav ., Leadenhall-st . Fidelity , Yorkshire Grey , London-st ., W . Fir . sbury , Jolly Anglers' Tav ., Bath-st ., City-road . J ' emperance in the East , Catherine-st ., Poplar . Ebury , 12 , Ponsonby-st ., Milbank .

Highgate , Bull and 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 , Berners-st „ Oxford-st . Prince Frederick William Chapter , St . John's Wood .

FRIDAY , OCTOBER 19 . House Com . Boys' School , at 4 . Lodge 1589 , St . Dunstan ' s , Anderton's Hot ., Fleet-st . Mark Lodge 104 , Macdonald , M . H ., Masons' Avenue . Rose Croix , Invicta , 33 , Golden-square .

LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Stability , Guildhall Tav ., Gresham-st . Onion Waterloo , Thomas-st ., Woolwich . Robert Burns , Union Tav ., Air-st ., Regent-st . Belgrave , Constitution , Bedford-st ., Covent Garden . Unions Emulation ( for M . M . 's ) , F . M . H . Temperance , Victoria Tav ., Victoria-road , Deptford , Clapton , White Hart , Clapton .

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings.

Metropolitan , Portugal Hot ., Fleet-st . St . Marylebone , 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 , NewTanners'Arms , Granee-rd ., Bermondsey . Duke of Edinburgh , Silver Lion , Penny-fields , Poplar . Doric , Earl Grey Tav ., Mile-end-road . Burgoyne , Grafton Arms , Prince of Wales's-road , N . W .

St . Luke's , White Hart , King's-rd ., Chelsea . Chigwell , Prince's Hall , Buckhurst-hill . Burdett Coutts , Approach Tav ., Victoria Park . Royal Standard , The Castle , Holloway-rd . Ranelagh . Bell and Anchor , Hammersmith-rd . St . George's , Globe Tav ., Greenwich . William Preston , Feathers Tav ., Up . George-st ., Kdgware-rd . Hervey , 99 , Fleet-street , at 8 . I ' ythagorean Chapter , Portland Ho ., London-st ., Greenwich .

Masonic Meetings In West Lancashire And Cheshire.

MASONIC MEETINGS IN WEST LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE .

For the Week ending Saturday , October 20 , 1877 . MONDAY , OCTOBER 15 . Lodge 703 , Clifton , Clifton Arms , Blackpool . „ 1 5 , Israel , M . H ., Liverpool . TUESDAY , OCTOBER 16 . Lodge 667 , Alliance , M . H ., Liverpool . „ 8 97 , St . Helen's Loyalty , Fleece Inn , St . Helen ' s . „ 986 , Hesketh , Grapes Inn , Croxteth .

„ 1225 , Hinelpool , Hartington Ho ., Barrow . „ 1256 , Fidelity , Bull Ho ., Poulton-le-Fylde . „ 1276 , Warren , Stanley Arms , Seacombe . „ 1325 , Stanley , M . H ., Liverpool . „ 1570 , Prince Arthur , M . R ., N . Hill-st ., Liverpool . WEDNESDAY , OCTOBER 17 . Lodge 8 C , Loyalty , Prescot .

n 4841 Faith , Gerard ' s Arms , Ashton-in-Makerfield . „ 537 , Zetland , M . R . Birkenhead . „ 580 , Harmony , Wheat Sheaf , Ormskirk . ,, 75 8 , Ellesmere , M . H ., Runcorn . „ 823 , Everton , M . H ., Liverpool . „ 10 S 6 , Walton , St . Lawrence's School , Kirkdale . n i 345 > Victoria , Cross Keys Hot ., Eccles . > i ' 353 i Duke of Lancaster , Athenaeum , Lancaster .

THURSDAY , OCTOBER 18 . Lodge 203 , Ancient Union , M . H ., Liverpool . 11 343 i Concord , Militia Rooms , Preston . „ 425 , Cestrian , Eastgate-row , Chester . „ 60 :, Combermere , Seacombe Hot ., Seacombe .

„ 930 , Hesketh , Royal Hot ., Fleetwood . „ 10 3 , Townley Parker , Howard's Arms , Whittle . „ 10 7 , Starkie , Black Horse Hot ., Kirkham . „ 1299 , Pembroke , Rawlinson's Hot ., W . Derby . „ 1576 , Dec , Union Hot ., Parkgate .

Russian Sick And Wounded Fund.

RUSSIAN SICK and WOUNDED FUND .

COMMITTEE . PRESIDENT . —THE Duke of WESTMINSTER , K . G . VICE -PRESIDENT . —' Ihe Marquis of BATH . The Duke of Rutland . Thc Marquis of Bute . The Earl of Strath more and Kinghorne The Eatl of Shaftesbury , K . G .

The Earl of Glasgow . The Lord Bishop of Ely . Lord Richard Grosvenor , M . P . The Rt . Hon . Sir R . J . PhiUimore . Sir George R . Osborne , Bart . Thc Dean of St . Pauls . Rev . W . Stubbs , Regius Professor of Modern History at

Oxford . Thomas Carlyle , Esq . Ambrose P . de Lisle , Esq . Rev . Sir J . E . Phillips , Bart . The Hon . and Rev . Sydney Meade , Rector of W ylie . The Hon . and Rev . W . H . Freemantle . ' The Hon . Auberon Herbert .

E . A . Freeman , Esq ., D . C . L . Rev . Dr . Bright , Regius Professor of Ecclesiastical History , and Canon of Christ Church , Oxford . Rev . Dr . Liddon , Canon of St . Paul ' s . R . H . Hulton , Esq . Rev . Dr . Allon . The Rev . Dr . Raleigh .

Professor Rolleston , Oxford . Rev . George Williams , Vicar of Ringwood . E . Boscawen Evelyn , Esq . Major R . D . Osborn ( Author of " Islam under the Arabs . " ) J . A . Froude , Esq . J . Bryce , Esq ., D . C . L ., Regius Professor of Civil Law , Oxford .

G . J . Shaw Lefevre , Esq ., M . P . S . Morler , Esq . M . P . Rev . Newman Hall . J . W . Probyn , Esq . E . Delmar Morgan , Esq . F . Pennington , Esq ., M . P . Rev . Baldwin Brown .

Lieutenant-General C . W . Tremenheere , C . B ., R . E ., Hon . Treasurer , 1 , Porchester-square , W . LAURENCE F . CAVE , Esq ., 13 , Lowndes-square , S . W . Rev . STOPFOHD A . BROOKE , I , Manchester-square , W . Rev . M . MACCOM ., 12 , Chester-terrace , S . W . Hon . Secretaries . BANKERS . —Messrs . Herries , Farquhar , and Co ., 16 ,

St . J ames's-street , S . W . In addition to the Bankers and the Hon . Treasurer and Secretaries , contributions will be g ladly received and acknowledged by the Marquis of Bath , Longleat , War , minster ; by Ambrose P . de Lisle , Esq ., Garrendon Park-Loughborough ; and by S . Morley , Esq ., M . P ., 18 , Woodstreet , E . C .