Our Royal Grand Master's Intended Visit To India And Ceylon.

which overhang the Governor ' s pavilion , and also of visiting the fine Botanical Gardens at l'eradeniya . On Monday , the 14 th of December , his Royal Highness will return to Colombo , where the Governor will hold a le ' vc-c , and an out-door entertainment of some sort will be given . The foundation stone of the new breakwater will be laid

by his Royal Highness the same afternoon , and in the evening a grand ball is to be given , the town will be illuminated , and a display of fireworks will be made . On the 15 th the Prince will again embark and sail round the island to Tricomalee , where he will enjoy a few days' sport among the elephants .

Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.

ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS .

On Monday , Cth inst ., the newly appointed Head Master , Rev . Dr . Morris , before the assembled pupils , at their request , presented to the Matron , Miss Hall , a hansdome musical album , at a cost of four guineas and-a-half , spontaneously contributed by the entire school . The

presentation was intended to mark the boys' appreciation of Miss Hall's long and constant kindness in the discharge of her duties , her care for their comfort and welfare , and her attention to their daily requirements , so far as her sphere of domestic management is concerned . In acting as

the spokesman of his pupils , and , on their behalf , making this presentation Dr . Morris expressed himself in most suitable terms , and in reply Miss Hall most warmly thanked her young friends for so valuable a mark of their regard and esteem .

Obituary.

Obituary .

BRO . D . MITCHELL , P . M . 54 . On Monday night , the Oth inst ., between eight and nine o ' clock , Bro . Dan Mitchell , P . M ., Hope Lodge , 54 , departed this . life at . his residence in River-street , after a short sickness . Those brethren who saw Bro . Mitchell a few days before death did not think for a moment that his departure from among us was so near at hand . As each brother was

informed of his death they felt deeply affected at so sudden and unexpected news . Bro . Mitchell was initiated into Masonry about twelve or thirteen years ago , and became distinguished among the brethren for his good attendance , steady working , and ever zealous in promoting the harmony and prosperity of the lodge , which gained the esteem and confidence of the brethren , and he was unanimously elected

to the important office of W . M ., and was installed accordingly in 1870 , and discharged the duties of that office with credit to himself and satisfaction to the lodge . He was interred in the Rochdale Cemetery on Friday afternoon , and the brethren , in order to pay the last tribute of respect to our much lamented brother , attended in white ties and gloves . Brethren present—Bros . James Clegg , John

Jones , Henry Chadwick , John Wild , Cockroft Smith , Ed . T . Fletcher , James Hutchinson , James Burnish , J . W . ; A . Barker , S . W . ; John Ashworth , W . M . ; Edmund Lord , W . M . ; Rd . Simpson , W . M . ; David Buckley , P . M .-James Holt , P . M . ; Ralph Rawstron , P . M . ; Sam . Lord , P . M . ; Wm . Briggs , P . M . ; James Midglcy , P . M . ; Wm . Davies , P . M . ; and a number of brethren , mostly P . M . 's , attended as private friends .

The Cosmopolitan Masonic Calendar, Diary, And Pocket Book For 1876.

THE COSMOPOLITAN MASONIC CALENDAR , DIARY , AND POCKET BOOK FOR 1876 .

A form has been forwarded within the last twelve or fourteen days to the W . M . of every London lodge , respectfully requesting that the name and number of the lodge , place , day and months of meeting might be filled in and returned as speedily as possible , in order that corrections ,

where needed , may be made in the Diary and Pocket Book for 18 7 6 , which will be ready about October 1 st . As many lodges do not re-assemble until October and November , a large number of the applications will not unfortunately reach the W . M . until too late for the

publication . The publisher will therefore be very thankful to any W . M . or other officer , or members , who will favour him by forwarding the above information as early as possible to the Office , 198 , Fleet Street , London . A regular form will be sent , when required , on receipt of name and address .

Colonial And Foreign Subscribers

COLONIAL AND FOREIGN SUBSCRIBERS

are informed that acknowledgements of remittances received will in future be published in the first number of every month . NOTICE . —It is very necessary for our friends to advise us of all money orders they remit , more especially those from the United States of America , and India ; otherwise we cannot tell where to credit them .

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings.

METROPOLITAN MASONIC MEETINGS .

For the Week ending Friday , September 24 , 1875 . SATURDAY , SEPTEMBER 18 . Lodge 1329 , Sphinx , Bridge House Hotel , London Bridge . Red Cross Conclave 9 , Villiers , Northumberland Arms Hotel , Isleworth .

Manchester Lodge of Instruction ( 179 ) , Yorkshire Grey , 77 , London-st ., Fitzroy-sq ., at 8 ; Bro . II . Ash , Prec . Lily Lodge of Instruction ( 820 ) , Greyhound , Richmond . Star Lodge of Instruction ( 1275 ) 1 Marquis of Granby , New Cross-road , at 7 ; Bros . Macdonald and Griffin , Preceptors .

MONDAY , SEPTEMBER 20 . Lodge 720 , Panmure , Horns 'Tavern , Kenningtoh . „ 901 , City of London , Guildhall Tavern , Grcsham-st . Prince Leopold Lodge of Instruction ( 1445 ) , * - Stanley Tavern , Sandringham-road , Kingsland , at 7 ; Bro . T . Austin , Preceptor . Strong Man Lodge of Instruction ( 45 ) , Crown Tavern , Clerkenwcll Green , at 8 j Bro , Beckett , Preceptor .

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings.

Sincerity Lodge of Instruction ( 174 ) , Railway Tavern , Fenchurch-street Station , at 7 . Camden Lodge of Instruction ( 704 ) , Adelaide Tavern , Haverstock-hill , at 8 ; Bro . T . A . Adams , Preceptor . Eastern Star Lodge of Instruction ( 95 ) , Royal Hotel , Mileend-road , at 7 . 30 ; Bro . E . Gotthcil , Preceptor . British Oak Lodge of Instruction ( 813 ) , Bank of Friendship

Tavern , Mile-end , at 7 for 8 . St . James ' s Union Lodge of Instruction fiSo ) , Union Tavern , Air-st ., Regent-st ., at 8 ; Bro . J . R . Stacey , Preceptor . Wellington Lodge of Instruction ( 548 ) , White Swan , Deptford , at 8 ; Bros . Shaw and Griffin , Preceptors . West Kent Lodge of Improvement ( 1297 ) , St . Saviour ' s

College , Stansted-road , Forest-hill , at 7 . 30 ; Bro . H . W . Lindus , Preceptor . Metropolitan Mark Lodge of Instruction , Coach and Horses Hotel , 323 , Strand , at 8 . Perfect Ashlar Lodge of Instruction ( 1178 ) , Victoria Tavern , Lower-road , Rotherhithe , at 8 ; Bro . C . W . Kent , Preceptor .

TUESDAY , SEPTEMBER 21 . Board of General Purposes , at 3 . Lodge 704 , Camden , Bull and Gate , Kentish Town . „ 857 , St . Mark ' s , Half-Moon Tavern , Heme Hill . „ 1441 , Ivy , Windsor Castle , Southwark Bridge-road Chap . 19 , Mount Sinai , Anderton ' s Hotel , Fleet-street . „ 186 , Industry , Masons' Hall , Basinghall-st .

IT 933 > Doric , Anderton ' s Hotel , Fleet-street . Yarliorough Lodge of Instruction ( 554 ) , Green Dragon , Stepney , at 8 ; Bro . Barnes , P . M ., Preceptor . Domatic Lodge of Instruction , Surrey Masonic Hall , Camberwell New-road , at 8 ; Bro . Larlham , Precep . Faith Lodge of Instruction ( 141 ) , Refreshment Rooms , Victoria-st . ( opposite Westminster Palace Hotel ) , at 8 ;

Bro . C . A . Cottebrune , Preceptor . Prince Frederick William Lodge of Instruction ( 753 ^ , Lord's Hotel , Lord's Cricket Ground , St . John ' s Wood , at 8 ; Bro . F . G . Baker , Preceptor . Dalhousie Lodge of Instruction ( 860 ) , King Edward , Triangle , Hackney , at 7 . 30 ; Bro . Crawley , Preceptor Prosperity Lodge of Instruction ( 65 ) , Gladstone Tavern

Bishopsgate-st . Within , at 7 . 30 ; Bro . J . L . Mather . P . M . 65 and 1227 , Preceptor . St . Marylebone Lodge of Instruction ( 1305 ) , British Stores Tavern , New-street , St . John ' s Wood , at 8 ; Bro . T . A . Adams , Preceptor . Constitutional Lodge of Instruction ( 55 ) , Wheatsheaf Hotel , Hand-court , Holborn , at 7 ; Bro . J . R . Stacey , P . M . 180 , Preceptor .

Percy Lodge of Instruction , Grapes Tavern , Little Windlaill-strccr , W . Israel Lodge of Instruction , Rising Sun Tavern , Globe-road , at 7 . 30 . Sydney Lodge of Instruction , White Hart Hotel , Upper Norwood ; Bro . IT . Frances , Preceptor . Royal Arthur Lodge of Instruction ( No . 1360 ) , Prince's Head , York-road , Battersea , at 8 ; Bro . G , King , P . M ., Preceptor .

WEDNESDAY , SEPTEMBER 22 . Lodge of Benevolence , at 6 . Lodge 507 , United Pilgrims , Horns Tavern , Kennington . „ 754 , High Cross , Seven Sisters Tavern , Tottenham . i > 7 S 3 > Prince Frederick William , Knights of St . John Hotel , Queen ' s-terrace , St . John ' s Wood . „ 1056 , Victoria , Anderton ' s Hotel , Fleet-st .

Chap . 907 , Royal Albert , White Hart , Abchurch-Iane . Red Cross Conclave , 15 , St . Andrews , Regent Masonic Hall 68 , Regent-st ., W . Mount Lebanon Lodge of Instruction ( 73 ) , Windsor Castle Tavern , Soutlnvark-bridge-road , at 8 ; Bro . Noke , P . M ., Preceptor . Pythagorean Lodge of Instruction ( 79 ) , Prince of Orange ,

Greenwich , at 8 ; Bro . J . Robt . Nash , Preceptor . New Concord Lodge of Instruction , Rosemary Branch Tavern , Hoxton , at 8 . Royal Union Lodge of Instruction , Horse and Groom , Winsley-st ., Oxford-st ., at 8 j Bro . T . A . Adams , Prec . Confidence Lodge of Instruction , White Hart Tavern , Abchurch-lane , at 7 . 30 .

Peckham Lodge of Instruction , Maismore Arms , Paik-road , Peckham , at 8 ; Bro . David Rose , Preceptor . Stanhope Lodge of Instruction , Thicket Hotel , Anerley , at 7 . 30 p . m . ; Uro . H . W . Lindus , Preceptor . Finsbury Park Lodge of Instruction ( 1288 ) , Finsbury Park Tavern , Seven Sisters ' -road , N ,, at 8 . Bro . P . Dickinson , Preceptor .

Southwark Lodge of Instruction ( 879 ) , Southwark Park Tavern , Southwark Park . Dalston Lodge of Instruction ( 975 ) , Havelock Tavern , Albion-road , Dalston , E . United Strength Lodge of Instruction ( 228 ) , the Grafton Arms , Prince of Wales ' s-road , Kentish-town , at 8 ; Bro . J . N . Frost , Preceptor . Mount Edgcumbe Lodge of Instruction ( 1446 ) , i 9 , Jermyn-Street , St James ' s , at 8 ; Bro . Mander , Preceptor .

THURSDAY , SEPTEMBER 23 . House Committee , Girls' School , at 4 . Lodge 65 , Prosperity , Guildhall Tavern , Grcsham-street . „ 7 66 , William Preston , Terminus Hotel , Cannon-st . „ 1 4 , Langthorne , Swan Hotel , Stratford Chap . 217 , Stability , Anderton ' s Hotel , Fleet-street . Mark Lodge 118 , Northumberland . Egyptian Lodge of Instruction ( 27 ) , Heicules Tavern ,

Leadenhall-st ., at 7 . 30 ; J . Crawley , Preceptor . Fidelity Lodge of Instruction ( 3 ) , Yorkshire Grey , Londonst ., W ., 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 . Whittington Lodge of Instruction ( 862 ) , Crown Tavern , Holborn , at 8 ; Bio . L . Alexander , P . M . 188 , Preceptor ,

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings.

Temperance in the East Lodge of Instruction , ( 80 , 8 V George the Fourth , Catherine-street * Poplar , at 8 ; Bro S . T . Finch , Preceptor . Doric Chapter of Instruction , Three Cranes Tavern , Mile , end-road , at 8 ; Comp . T . J . Barnes , Preceptor . Ebury Lodge of Instruction , 12 , Ponsonby-st ., Millbank . Highgate Lodge of Instruction ( 1366 ) , Bull and Gate

Kentish-town , at 8 ; Bro . J . N . Frost , Preceptor . ' The Great City Lodge of Instruction ( 1426 ) , in , Cheap . side , at 6 . 30 . High Cross Ledge of Instruction ( 754 ) , Coach & Horses High-road , Tottenham . ' ' Salisbury Lodge of Instruction , Union Tavern , Air-st . Regent-st ., at 8 ; Bro . Mander , Preceptor . ' '

FRIDAY , SEPTEMBER 24 . Lodge 780 , Royal Alfred , Star and Garter , Kew Bridge . Union Waterloo Lodge of Instruction ( 13 ) , Earl of Chatham , Thomas-st ., Woolwich , at 8 ; Brcs . Davis and Macdonald , Preceptors . St . George ' s Lodge of Instruction ( 140 ) , Globe Tavern , Royal-hill , Greenwich .

Robert Burns Lodge of Instruction , Union Tavern , Air-st .. Regent-st ., at 8 . Belgrave Lodge of Instruction , ( 749 ) , Lyceum Tavern , 354 , Strand , at 8 ; Bro . Pulsford , Preceptor . Panmure Lodge of Instruction ( 720 ) , fialham Hotel ,

Balham , at 7 . 30 . Unions Emulation Lodge of Improvement for M . M . ' s , Freemasons' Hall , at 7 . Temperance Lodge of Instruction , Victoria Tavern , Victoria-road , Deptford , at 8 . Clapton Lodge of Instruction ( 1365 ) , White Hart , Clapton

at J . 30 ; Bro . James Brett , P . G . P ., & c , Preceptor . Stability Lodge of Instruction , Guildhall Tavern , Greshamstreet , fi to 8 p . m . Pythagorean Chapter of Instruction ( 79 ) , Prince of Orange , Greenwich-rd ., at 8 ; Comp . W . Smith , Precep . Metropolitr . il Lodge of Instruction ( 1056 ) , Portugal Hotel , Fleet-street ; Bro . Stacey , P . M . 180 , Preceptor .

Westboume Lodge of Instruction ( 733 ) , Horse and Groom , Winsley-street , Oxford-street , at 8 . Metropolitan Lodge of Instruction , 26 9 , Pentonville-road , at 7 ; Bro . T . Adams , P . G . P ., Preceptor . United Pilgrims Lodge of Instruction , Surrey Masonic Hall , Camberwell New Road , at 7 ; Bro . M . S . Larlham , Preceptor .

at . J ames ' s Lodge of Instruction , New Tanners' Arms , Grange-road , Bermondsey , at 8 ; Bro . Joshua Howes , P . M . 765 , 879 , Preceptor . Duke of Edinburgh Lodge of Instruction , Silver Lion , Penny-fields , Poplar , at 7 ; Bro . D . S . Potts , Preceptor . Doric Lodge of Instruction , Earl Grey Tavern , Mile-end . road , at 8 ; Bro . P . M . Austin , Preceptor . Burgoyne Lodge of Instruction , Grafton Arms , Prince of

Wales ' s-road , N . W ., at 8 ; Bro . P . M . Wuest , Prec . St . Luke ' s Lodge of Instruction ( 144 ') , Rose Tavern , Fulham-road , S . W . ChigwelL Lodge of Instruction , Bald-faced Stag Hotel , Buckhurst-hill , at 8 . Burdett Coutts Lodge of Instruction ( 1278 ) , Approach Tavern , Approach-road , Victoria Park , at 8 j Bro : J . Crawley , Preceptor .

Masonic Meetings In West Lancashire And Cheshire.

MASONIC MEETINGS IN WEST LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE .

For the Week ending Saturday , September 25 , 1875 . MONDAY , SEPTEMBER 20 . Lodge 1502 , Israel , Masonic Hall , Liverpool , at 6 . Everton Lodge of Instruction ( 823 ) , Masonic Hall , Liver , pool , at 7 . 30 .

TUESDAY , SEPTEMBER 21 . Lodge 178 , Antiquity , Royal Hotel , Wigan , at 6 . 30 . „ 007 , Alliance , Masonic Hall , Liverpool , at 6 . „ 1276 , Warren , Seacombe Hotel , Seacotnbe , at 6 . „ 1225 , Hindpool , Harrington Ho ., Barrow-in-Furness .

„ 1384 . Equity , Walker ' s Commercial Hotel , Widnes , at 6 . Merchants' Lodge of Instruction ( 241 ) , Masonic Hall , Liverpool , at 6 . Downshire Lodge of Instruction ( 594 ) , M . IT ., Liverpool .

WEDNESDAY , SEPTEMBER 22 . Lodge 32 , St . George ' s , Adelphi Hotel , Liverpool , at 4 . „ 220 , Harmon ) -, Garston Hotel , Garston , at 4 . 30 . „ 724 , Derby , Masonic Hall , Liverpool , at 6 . Chap . 10 5 , Callender , Public Hall , Rusholme .

St . John ' s Lodge of Instruction ( 6 73 ) , Masonic Hall , Liverpool , at 8 . Neptune Lodge of Instruction ( 1264 ) , Masonic Hall , Liverpool , at 8 . De Grey and Ripon Lodge of Instruction ( 1356 ) , 8 o , Nottli Hill-street , Toxtelh Park , Liverpool , at 7 . 30 .

THURSDAY , SEPTEMBER 23 . Lodge 594 , Downshire , Masonic Hall , Liverpool , at 6 . „ 1086 , Walton , St . Lawrence ' s Schools . Kirkdale , at 6 . Duke of Edinburgh Lodge of Instruction ( 1182 ) , 150 , Parklane , Liverpool , at 7 . Chap . 680 , Sefton , Masonic Hall , Liverpool , at 5 .

Masonic Meetings In Glasgow And Vicinity.

MASONIC MEETINGS IN GLASGOW AND VICINITY .

For the week ending Saturday , September 25 , 1875-All the Meetings take place at Eight o ' clock . MONDAY , SEPTEMBER 20 . Lodge 332 , Union , 170 , Buchanan-street . „ 556 , Clydesdale , 10 G , Rose Street , St . Mungo Encampment , Masonic Hail , 213 , Buchanan-st .

TUESDAY , SEPTEMBER 21 . Lodge 33 , St . John , 213 , Buchanan-street . „ 08 , Doric , 44 , Church-street , Port Glasgow .