Poetry.

Equal favour I show to the lofty and low , On the just and unjust I descend ; E ' en the blind , whose vain spheres roll in darkness and tears ,

Feel my smile , the best smile of a friend ; Nay , the flower of the waste by my love is embraced As the rose in the garden of kings , At the chrysalis bier of the worm I appear , And , lo ! the gay butterfly wings .

The desolate Morn , like a mourner forlorn , Conceals all the pride of her charms , Till I bid the bright hours chase the night from her flowers

And lead her young day to her arms ! And when the gay rover seeks Eve for his lover And sinks to her balmy repose ; I wrap the soft rest by the zephyr-fanned west , In curtains of amber and rose !

From my sentinel sleep by the night-dreaded deep I gaze with unslumbering eyes , When the cynosure star of the mariner Is blotted from , out the skies ! And guided by me through the merciless sea , Though sped by the hurricane ' s wing , His compassless , dark , lone , weltering bark To the haven home safely he brings .

I waken the flowers in their dew-spangled bowers , The birds in their chambers of green , And mountain and plain glow with beauty again , As they bask in the manual sheen . Or , if such the glad worth of my presence on earth , Though fretful and fleeting the while , What glories must rest on the home of the blest , Ever bright with the Deity ' s smile !

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings

METROPOLITAN MASONIC MEETINGS

For the Week ending October 21 , 1871 . The Editor will be glad to have notice from Secretaries of lodges and chapters of any change in place or time of meeting . MONDAY , OCT . 16 .

Quarterly Meeting Boys School , Freemasons Hall , at 12 . Lodge 21 , Emulation , Albion Tavern , Aklersgate-street . ,, 58 , Felicity , London Tavern , Bishopsgate-strect . „ 1 S 5 , Tranquillity , ,, 720 , Panmure , lialham Hotel , Balham . „ 862 , Whittington , Anderton ' s Hotel , Fleet-street . ,, 901 , City of London , Guildhall Coffee House .

„ 907 , Royal Albert , Freemasons Hall . ,, 1201 , Eclectic , Freemasons' Hall . Strong Man Lodge of Instruction ( 45 ) , Old Jerusalem Tavern , St . John ' s Gate , Clerkenwell , at S ; Bro . James Terr }' , Preceptor . Sincerity Lodge of Instruction ( 174 ) , Railway Tavern ,

Fenchurclt-street Station , at 7 . Camden Lodge of Instruction ( 704 ) , Adelaide Tavern-Mavcrslock-liill , at 8 ; Bro . T . A . Adams , Preceptor St . James' Union Lodge of Instruction ( 1 S 0 ) , Swan Tavern , Mount-street , Grosvenor-squarc , al 8 . Eastern StarLodgeof Instruction ( 95 ) , Royal Hotel ,

Mileeiitl-road , at 7 . 30 , Bro . fc . Gottlietl , Preceptor . British Oak Lodge of Instruction , Bank of Friendship Tavern , Mile End . at 7 for 8 . Wellington Lodge of Instruction , White Swan Tavern , Deptford , al 8 ; Bro . Oilley , Preceptor . St . John of Wapping Lodge of Instruction ( 1306 ) , Gun Tavern , High-street , Wapping , al 7 ; Bro . T . Mortlock , Preceptor .

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings

TUESDAY , OCT . 17 . Board of General Purposes , Freemasons' Hall , at 3 . Lodge 73 , Mount Lebanon , Bridge House Hotel , Southwark . „ 95 , Eastern Star , Ship and Turtle , Leadenhall-st . ,, 435 , Salisbury , 71 , Dean-street , Soho .

Chap . 11 , Enoch , Freemasons' Hall . ,, 19 , Mount Sinai , Anderton's Hotel , Fleet-street . ,, 186 , Industry , Freemasons' Hall . Metropolitan Chapter of Instruction , Portugal Hotel , Fleet-street , at 7 ; Comp . Brett , Preceptor . DomaticLodgeof Instruction , PalmerstonTav . jGios'verior

park , Camberwell , at 7 . 30 . Faith Lodge of Instruction , Artillery Arms , Rochesterrow , at 8 ; Bro . C . A . Cottebrune , Preceptor . Varborough Lodge of Instruction , Green Dragon , Stepney , at 8 ; Bro . Isaac Saqui , Preceptor . Royal Union Lodge of Instruction , Horse and Groom Tavern , Winsley-street , Oxford-street , at 8 ; Bro .

T . A . Adams , Preceptor . Prince Fredk . William Lodge of Instruction ( 753 ) Knights of St . John ' s Tavern , St . John ' s-wood ; Bro . F . G . Baker , Preceptor . Sydney Lodge of Instruction ( 829 ) , Cambridge Hotel , Upper Norwood , at 7 . 30 .

Ben Jonson Lodge of Instruction , Ben Jonson , Goodman ' s-yard , at 8 . Florence Nightingale Lodge of Instruction , Masonic Hall , William-street , Woolwich , at 7 . 30 . Prosperity Lodge of Instruction , Gladstone Tavern , Bishopsgate-street Within , at 7 . 30 ; Bro . Bolton ( W . M , 1227 ) , Preceptor .

WEDNESDAY , OCT . 18 . General Committee Grand Chapter , at 3 . Lodge of Benevolence , Freemasons' Hall , at 6 . Lodge 30 , United Mariners , George Htl ., Aldermanbury ,, 140 , St George ' s , Trafalgar Hotel , Greenwich . „ 174 , Sincerity , Guildhall Tavern , Gresham-street . ,, 619 , Bearlon , Greyhound Hotel , Dulwich .

„ 700 , Nelson , Masonic Hall , Woolwich . ., 1044 , New Wandsworth , Spread Eagle Tav ., New Wandsworth . Chap . 217 , Stability , Anderton's Hotel , Fleet-street . Pythagorean Lodge of Instruction ( 79 ) , Prince of Orange , Greenwich , at 8 ; J . Robt . Nash , Preceptor . United Strength Lodjre of Instruction ( 228 ) , the Grafton

Arms , Prince of Wales' Road , Kentish Town , at 8 ; Bro . J . N . Frost , Preceptor . Israel Lodge of Instruction , Rising Sun Tavern , Globeroad , at 7 . 30 ; Bro . Isaac Saqui , Preceptor . New Concord Lodge of Instruction , Rosemary Branch Tavern , Hoxton , at 8 . Confidence Lodge of Instruction , Railway Tav .,

Londonstreet , City , at lYz . Peckham Lodge of Instruction , Maismore Arms , Parkroad , Peckham ; 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 . II . W . Lindus , Preceptor .

THURSDAY , OCT . 19 . House Committee Girls' School , at 4 . Lodge 49 , Gihon , Guildhall Coffee I louse , Gresham-st . 11 5 Si Constitutional , Terminus Hotel , ( Jannon-st . ,, 1 O 9 , Temperance , White Swan Tavern , Deptford 1 . 179 . Manchester , Anderton ' s Hotel , Fleet-street . ,, 1 S 1 , Universal , Freemasons' Hall . ,, 733 , Westbournc , Lord ' s Hotel , St . John ' s Wood . >> 1139 , South Norwood , South Norwood Hall .

,, 1287 , Great Northern , Great Northern lit ! ., Kings Cross . Chap . 79 , Pythagorean , Ship Hotel , Greenwich . The R . A . Chapter of Improvement , Freemasons' Hall , at 7 ; Comp . Brett , Preceptor . Ceremony , illustrations of banners and ensigns , part sections .

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings

Fidelity Lodge of Instruction ( 3 ) , Goat and Compasses , Euston-road , at 8 ; Bro . T . A . Adams , Preceptor . Finsbury Lodge of Instruction , Jolly Anglers' Tavern , Bath-street , City-road ; Bro . Stean , Preceptor . United Mariners' Lodge of Instruction , Three Cranes , Mile-end-road , at 8 ; Bro . T . J . Barnes , Preceptor . St . George ' s Lodge of Instruction ( 140 ) , Globe Tavern

Royal Hill Greenwich , at 8 . FRIDAY , OCT . 20 . House Committee Boys' School . Lodge 143 , Middlesex , Albion Tavern , Aldersgate-street . „ 813 , New Concord , Rosemary Branch Tavern , Hoxton . » 975 , Rose of Denmark , White Hart , Barnes .

Unions Emulation Lodge ot Improvement for M . M . s , Freemasons' Hall , at 7 . Metropolitan Lodge of Instruction , Portugal Htl ., Fleetstreet , at 7 ; Bro . Brett , Preceptor . Belgrave Lodge of Instruction , Duke of Wellington Htl ., Spring-gardens , Charing-cross ; Br . Pulsford , Preceji ' or Doric Lodge of Instruction , Three Cranes Tavern , Mile

end-road , at 8 ; Bro . Isaac Saqui , Preceptor . Stability Lodge of Instruction , Guildhall Tavern , 33 , Gresham-street , at 6 ; Bro . H . Muggeridge , Preceptor . Robert Burns Lodge of Instruction , Union Tavern , Air , street , Regent-street , at 8 ; Bro . Wm . Watson , Preceptor . St . Luke ' s Lodge of Instruction ( 144 ) , Gladstone Tavern

Brompton-road , S . W . United Pilgrims' Lodge of Instruction , Duke of Edinburgh , Shepherd's-lane , Brixton , at 7 ; Bro . J . Thomas , P . M ., Preceptor . Duke of Edinburgh Lodge of Instruction , Silver Lion , Penny-fields , Poplar , at 7 ; Br . D . S . Potts , Preceptor . St . James' Lodge of Instruction , Gregorian Arms Tavern , Jamaica-road , Bermondsey , at 8 .

Temperance Lodge of Instruction , Victoria Tav ., Victoriaroad , Deptford , at 8 . Burdett Coutts Lodge of Instruction ( 1278 ) , Approach Tavern , Approach-road , Victoria-park , at 7 . 30 ; Bro . John Saunders , Preceptor . Pythagorean Chapter of Instruction ( No . 79 ) , Prince of Orange , Greenwich-road , at 8 ; Comp . W . West Smith , Preceptor .

SATURDAY , OCT . 21 . Audit Committee Boys' School . Lodge 1297 , West Kent , Forest Hill Hotel , Lewishain , „ 1329 , Sphinx , Stirling Castle Tavcin , Church-st ., Camberwell . Star Lodge of Instruction ( 1275 ) , Marquis of Granby ,

New Cross-road , at 7 ; Bro . J . Comb , Preceptor . Sphinx Lodge of Instruction , Stirling Castle , Camber well , at 7 . 30 ; Bro . Thomas , P . M ., Preceptor . Mount Sinai Chapter of Instruction , Union Tavern , Air street , at 8 ; Comp . Brett , Preceptor .

SMALL-POX , FEVERS , AND SKIN DISEASES . — The predisposition to is prevented by Lamplough ' s Pyretic Saline . Vitalising and invigorating , its effects are remarkable in their cure and prevention . Take it as directed . Sold by chemists and the maker , H . Lamplough , 113 , Holborn-hill . — [ Advt . ]

HOLLOWAY ' OINTMENT AND PII . LS . — Hereditary diseases are never more likely to develope their existence and to display their intensity , than during the autumnal months . It should therefore be known that the tendency to particular ailments transmitted Irom parent to child exercises a wild influence in producing diseases remediable by these preparations . Few persons are free

from hereditary predispositions ; consumpti . n , gout , and scrofulous disorders are from this cause ever present , and yearly rob us of our dearest treasures . Holloway's Ointment and Pills have the power of removing from the blood the morbid qualities in which lie the essence of all hereditary diseases , and not only do they cleanse the blood , but purify every living tissue throughout the frame . —[ Advt . ]

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