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agers of the institution were desirous of extending the number . The subscribers hithetto had done nobly , and the committee , endeavoured to spend the money subscribed to the best advantage . The Craft had been very liberal in their subscriptions ; but he trusted that the neyv members of it yvould come and subscribe , and not leave it to the old ones entirely .

Let them remember that they never would have the " Leyvis" if it were not for the old men and old women ; for they must come back in everything to thc primary cause . They must think of the old men and old women . The Grand Master in his wisdom had in fact told them yvhich they ought first to support by fixing the festival of thc Benevolent Institution the first in the year . Comp .

Ferry concluded by again thanking the companions tor yvhat they had dene in their capacity as brethren , and he hoped that yvhen all the liabilities of the Leyvis Chapter had ceased to flow in the companions yvould subscribe with a liberal band to the institutions . ( Hear , hear . ) Comp . C . T . Speight then gave the Janitor's toast , shortly after which the companions returned to toyvn .

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INSINUATION , & c . By RUSSEI . I , LOGAN , M . D . Our brother—yvho yvas for some time officially connected with the Hospital for Consumption—has written a very valuable treatise on Inspiration , and the effects of inhalation as an active agent in pulmonary disease . When we first took up the book thc word " Inspiration " seemed

to us to denote one of those grave questions which as Freemasons yve have no right to discuss . But on opening the yvork we soon found that it was a technical medical ter . 12 as opposed to respiration . We have read the book with much interest , and rejoice to think hoyv successful the curative efforts of Bro . Lor / an Russell have been . For

there is hardly any complaint so sad in its character , so serious in its ravages in this damp cold clime of ours , as consumption . How olten docs it blight the hopes of youth and quench the light of life amongst us , how very frequently does it under treacherous guise sap the living forces of opening promise , and make a sad void in the domestic circle , even among those blooming flowers of

ours which add such fragrance and lend such grace to the dull stern hours and heavy battle of life . Nothing appears to us to be so sad as to yvatch day by day , hour by hour , waning moments , and wasting strength , to note that hectic flush yvhich is significant of danger , to realize that yveakness which alas ! but steadily augments , telling its own sad tale , and leading to the

mournful conviction that human skill is powerless to arrest thc inroads of invidious disease . We feel , then , stron g ly that our brother in his efforts to ward off the first approaches of this destructive malady , to mitigate its force , and to recover its sufferers from its enclosing grasp , is like a good Freemason , a benefactor to humanity . Of him may

be said , as yvas quoted the other day , " Se faire aimer e'est ctre utile aux autres . " We therefore cordially commend the woik to all our readers , and we believe we have the honour of claiming many medical ones among them , as ivc think that our brother's lrudable efforts anil interesting little book should be as widely known and as studiously read as possible .

DAS SV . VTEM nun Loci :, "BON PASTEUR . " By Bro . Dr HERMANN BEIGEI ., P . M . of thc Tranquillity Lodge , London . Winter , Praterstrasse , Vienna . One of the most interesting and cleverly written books we have for some time perused . We thank our Bro . Beigcl sincerely for it , it is a most seasonable and effective contribution to Masonic archicology . Wc trust that this

is not the last chip of Masonic ashlar which we shall have from his pen , and wc hope also that he yvill pursue his studies in thc great library at Vienna , and yvho knows on what Masonic MSS . and constitutions he may yet stumble ? The MS . to yvhich he calls attention is , it seems , No . 15 , 158 , on the " Hof Bibliothek" at Vienna , hitherto unknown and unedited , nnd contains the account and ritual of a

lodee which worked under thc name of " Bon Pasteur " " Dis gute Hirtc " in Poland about 176 ( 1 , at Warsaw and Vienna . It seems to have been in existence in 1749 , and lo have been then directed by the mystic J . Thoux de Salverte . In 1 7 S 8 " Graf Ilulsen " was at its head , and it is said to have got from thc Grand Lodge of England a deputation for a Provincial Grand Lodge , and to have called

itself "Sublime Orient Polonais , " or " Subhmis Oriens Polonia * . " An earlier lodge " Pythagoras , " is asserted to have existed in 1726 at " Iloppan , " and to have hailed from the G rand Orient of France . This is , however , impossible ! Thc ritual , & c , belongs to a lodge , Bro . Beigel says , working under thc " Bon Pasteur , " though the name of thc individual lodge is not given . 'Ihissystem

had seven grades , and is apparently a purely mystical and , wc must add , meaningless arrangement , drawing from alchemy and magic , forms and symbols equally useless and valueless . Indeed , this , like all othei treatises on thc subject , demonstrates how greatly those have erred yvho have allowed themselves to drift ayvay from the simpler and truer teaching of Craft Masonry

Into what labyrinth of hopeless ineptitude , childish ceremonial and perverted symbolism have they not led their acolytes ? In order to construct their pseudo-knightly and pseudo-mystical grades , they have had to make use of the inventive faculty in order to put together , what in many cases is nothing but a jargon of unmeaning

rubbish . The affectation of theosophic lore and of abstruse speculations is only a makeshift for idle nonsense and a gaudy but utterly valueless covering for the " vain conceits" of the concoctorsof many of thc High Gradca . This special system had , as we said before , seven distinct grades , all equally , in our opinion , meaningless nnd historically untrue . Whatever the object of mysticism

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or any other ism may have been , yve in vain ask ourselves the question to-day , eui bono ? That these grades meant something is probably true ; but yvhat that something is , if anything , has yet to be clearly pointed out . It may be said that they were in themselves harmless . Well supposing we admit that they yvere , that does not really affect lhe question , or increase their value . Au contraire , yve feel strongly how greatly to be deprecated is the departure from our simpler English system . We have said this because wc honestly think so , and we always object alike to a

" suppressio veri , or " suggestio falsi . " But we quite concede to others the right of looking through different coloured spectacles , and if they like these so-called mystical grades , yvhich to us have no mysticism about them , except "bottled moonshine , " yve do not venture to question their perfect liberty of thought and action , though we cannot ourselves either realize their value , or appreciate their existence . We thank Bro . Beigel for a clear and well-yvritten statement of thc facts of the case , and for a very valuable contribution to general Masonic archaeology . yv . F . A .

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings.

METROPOLITAN MASONIC MEETINGS .

For the Week ending Friday , June 23 , 1876 . The Editor will be glad to receive notice from Secretaries of Craft Lodges , Royal Arch Chapters , Mark Lodges , Preceptories , Conclaves , & c , of any change in place or time of meeting .

SATURDAY , JUNE 17 . Lodge 1185 , Leyvis , King's Arms , Wood Green . „ 1326 , Lebanon , Red Lion Hot ., Hampton . „ 13 ( 14 , Earl of Zetland , Old Toyvn Hall , Hackney . Chap . 1326 , Lebanon , Red Lion Hot ., Hampton . Mark Lodgei 04 , Macdonald , M . H ., Basinghall-st .

Lonons OF INSTRUCTION . Lily , Greyhound , Richmond . Manchester , 77 , London-st ., F'itzroy-squarc . Star , Marquis of Granby , Neyv Cross-rd . MONDAY , JUNE 19 . Lodge- 1159 , Marquis of Dalhousie , F . M . H . „ 1201 , Eclectic , F . M . H .

LODGES or INSTRUCTION . Prince Leopold , Lord Stanley Tav ., Kingsland . Strong Man , Jerusalem Tav ., St . John ' s Gate . Sincerity , Railway Tav ., Fenchurcb-st . Station . Camden , Stanhope Arms , Up . James-st ., Camden To .

Eastern , Royal Hot ., Mile-end-road . St . James's Union , Union Tav ., Air-st ., Regent-st . Wellington , White Swan , Deptford . Perfect Ashlar , Victoria Tav ., Loyver-rd ., Rotherhithe . Sydney , White Hart Ho ., Chureh-rd ., Upper Norwood .

TUESDAY , JUNE 20 . Chap . n , Enoch , F . M . H . „ 186 , Industry , F . M . H . „ C 133 , Doric , Anderton ' s Hot ., Fleet-st .

LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Metropolitan , 169 , Pentonville-rd . Yarborough , Green Dragon , Stepney . Domatic , Surrey M . H ., Camberwell Neyv-ioad . Faith , 2 , Westminster Chambers , Victoria-st . Prince Fredk . Win ., Lord ' s Hot ., St . John's Wood . Dalhousie , King Edyvard , Triangle , Hackney .

Prosperity , 1 , Camomile-st ., Bishopsgate . St . Marylebone , British Stores Tav ., St . John's Wood . Constitutional , Wheatsheaf Hot ., Hand-court , Holborn , Israel , Rising Sun Tav ., Globe Road . Royal Arthur , Prince's Head , York-road , Battersea . Beacontree , Red Lion , Leytonstone , at 8 . Metropolitan Chapter , Jamaica Coffee Ho ., Cornhill . Excelsior , Commercial Dock Tav ., Rotherhithe .

WEDNESDAY , JUNE 21 . Lodge 190 , Oak , F . M . H . „ 1044 , Wandsyvorth , Spread Eagle Hot ., Wandsyvth . ,, 11 5 , Buckingham and Chandos , F . M . I I . „ 1382 , Corinthian , George Hot ., Millwall Docks . Chap . 10 , Westminster and Keystone , F . M . H . Rose Croix , Bard of Avon , 1 , 3 , Golden-sci .

LODGES or INSTRUCTION . Mt . Lebanon , Windsor Castle Tav ., Southwark-bdg .-rd . Pythagorean , Prince of Orange , Greenyvich . Neyv Concord , Rosemary Branch Tav ., Hoxton . Royal Union , Horse and Groom , Winsley-st ., Oxford-st . Peckham , Maismore Arms , Park-road , Peckham .

Stanhope , Thicket Hot ., Anerley . Finsbury Park , Finsbury Park Tav ., Seven Sisters' -rd . Southwark , Southyvark Park Tav ., Southyvark Park . Duke of Connaught , Havelcck Tav ., Dalston , E . United Strength , Grafton Arms , Kentish-town . Islington , Croyvn and Cushion , London Wall . Whittington , Black Bull Tav ., Holborn .

THURSDAY , JUNE 22 . House Com . Girls' School , at 4 . Lodge ( 10 , Peace & Harmony , London Tav ., Bishopgte . „ 99 , Shakespeare , Albion Tav ., Aldersgate-st . ' „ 8 5 8 , South Middlesex , Beaulort House , Fulham . Chap . 217 , Stability , Anderton's Hot ., Fleet-st . Mark Lodge 11 S , Northumberland , Grotto H ., Tvvickenhm .

LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Egyptian , Heicules Tav ., Leadenhall-st . Fidelity , Yorkshire Grey , London-st ., W . Finsbury , Jolly Anglers' Tav ., Bath-st ., City-road . Temperance in the East , Catherine-st ., Poplar . Ebury , 12 , Ponsonby-st ., Milbank .

Highgate , Bull and Gate , Kentish-town . The Great City , 1 u , Cheapside . High Cross , Coach & Horses , High-road , Tottenham . Salisbury , Union Tav ., Air-sit ., Regent-st . Mare'uis of Ripon , Albion Tav ., Albany-rd ., Dalston . Prince Frederick William Chrpter , St . John's Wood . Southern Star , Crown Hot ., Blackfriars-rd .

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FRIDAY , JUNE 23 . " " " LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Union Waterloo , Thomas-st ., Woolwich . Robert Burns , Union Tav ., Air-st ., Regent-st . Belgrave , Lyceum Tav ., 354 , Strand . Unions Emulation ( for M . M . ' s ) , F . M . H . Temperance , Victoiia Tav ., Victoria-road , Deptford .

Clapton , White Hart , Clapton . Metropolitan , Portugal Hot ., Fleet-st . Westbourne , Horse & Groom , Winsley-st ., Oxford-st . Metropolitan , Pentonville-road . U :. ited Pilgrims , Surrey M . H ., Camberwell New-road . St . James's , New Tanners'Arms , Grange-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 , Bald-faced Stag Hot ., Buckhurst-hill . Burdett Coutts , Approach Tav ., Victoria Park . Royal Standard , Finsbury Park Tav ., Holloway . Ranelagh , Clarendon Hot ., Hammersmith . Pythagorean ChapterPrince of OrangeGreenvvich-rd .

Masonic Meetings In West Lancashire And Cheshire.

MASONIC MEETINGS IN WEST LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE .

For the Week ending Saturday June , 24 , 1876 . MONDAY , JUNE 19 . Lodge 721 , Independence , M . R ., Eastgate Royv , Chester . „ 1 3 02 , Israel , M . H ., Liverpool . Everton L . of I ., M . H ., Liverpool .

TUESDAY , JUNE 20 . Lodge 66 ; , "Alliance , M . H ., Liverpool . „ 1223 , Hindpool , Hartington Hot ., Brrvv .. in-Furness , ,, 1276 , Warren , Seacombe Hot ., Seacombe * . ,, 1323 , Stanley , M . H ., Liverpool . „ 1370 , Prince Arthur , N . Hill-st ., Liveipool . Chap . 603 , De Tabley , Seacombe Hot . Merchants' L . of I ., M . H ., Liverpool .

WEDNESDAY , JUNE 21 . Lodge 823 , Everton , M . H ., Liverpool . ,, 1086 , Walton , St . Layvrence ' s , School , Kirkdal . „ 13431 Victoria , Cross Keys , Eccles . ,, 1333 , Duke of Lancaster , Athenaeum , Lancaster . Mark Lodge , 31 , Fidelity , Norfolk Hot ., Hyde . De Grey and Ripon L . of I ., 80 , North Hill-st ., Liverpuol . Downshire L . of I ., M . H ., Liverpool .

THURSDAY , JUNE 22 . Lodge 394 , Downshire , M . I I ., Liverpool . Chap . 216 , Sacred Delta , M . H ., Liverpool . „ 1086 , Walton , St . Layvrence's School . FRIDAY , JUNE 23 . Chap . 6 S 0 , Sefton , M . H ., Liverpool .

Masonic Meetings In Glasgow And West Of Scotland.

MASONIC MEETINGS IN GLASGOW AND WEST OF SCOTLAND .

For the Week ending Saturday , June 24 , 1876 . All the Meetings take place at Eight o'clock . MONDAY , JUNE in . Lodge 581 , Plantation , Craigienall-st ., Glasgoyv .

WEDNESDAY , JUNE 21 . Lodge 11 ; , St . Mary , Douglas-st ., Partick . ,, 371 , Dramatic , 213 , Buchanan-st ., Glasgow . Chap . 1 to , Shettleston , M . II ., Shettleston .

SATURDAY , JUNE 24 . Lodge 28 , St . John , Black Bull Inn , Kirkintilloch . „ 39 , St . John , M . H ., Townhead , Kilsyth . „ 187 , St . John , Black Bull Inn , Carluke . „ 3 J 3 , Livingston St . Andrew , McNaughton ' s Hall .

Masonic Meetings In Edinburgh And Vicinity.

MASONIC MEETINGS IN EDINBURGH AND VICINITY .

For the Week ending Saturday , June 24 , 1876 . MONDAY , JUNE 19 . Lodge 44 , St . Luke , F . M . H . Georgc-st . TUESDAY , JUNE 20 . Lodge 3 6 , St . David , Ship I lot ., East Registcr-st . ,, 40 ^ , Rifle , F . M . H ., George-st .

WEDNESDAY , JUNE 21 . Lodge 160 , Roman Eagle , Iona Hot ., Nicholson . st . THURSDAY , JUNE 22 . Lodge 392 , Caledonian , F . M . H ., George-st .

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