Reports Of Masonic Meetings.

the First Degree yvith solemn prayer . Bros . Chippendall and Jackson having shoyvn proficiency as Entered Apprentices , retired , yvhen the lodge yvas opened in the Second Degree . Bro . Chippendall yvas then re-admitted and passed to the degree of Felloyv Craft , and afteryvards Bro . Jackson yvas also passed to the same degree . This being all the business , the lodsre yvas closed with thc

peculiarities of the Craft . KOWIE ( Cape of Good Hope ) . —Port Alfred Lodge ( No . 1468 ) . —The installation of officers for this lodge for the ensuing year yvas held in the lodge-room , Koyvie West , on the 24 th June , yvhen the folloyving were invested by Bro . A . N . Street , the W . Master , who yvas Tireviouslv installed hv Rro . P . M . larvis . and that veteran

P . M . Bro . R . Currin , of the Albany Lodge , No . 38 9 : — Bros . G . E . Jarvis , I . P . M . ; R . Currin , jun ., S . W . ; Aitchinsbn , J . W . ; Bezant , Treas . ; Wagner , Sec . ; Garde , S . D . ; Taylor , J . D . ; Higham , I . G . ; Hoyle , Tyler . After saluting the chair according to ancient custom , the lodge was closed in due form . HAMPTON . —LrVhannn Lodere CNo . 1326 *) . —

An emergency meeting of this prosperous lodge yvas held at the Red Lion Hotel , Hampton , on Thursday , August 10 th . Bro . E . Gilbert , W . M ., presided . He , in an able manner , passed Bros . W . T . Trchearn and W . Blakeley to the Second Degree . The ballot was unanimous in favour of the admission of all the candidates for initiation . There were present Bros . B . Sharp , P . M . ; F . Walters ,

P . G . J . D . Middlesex , P . M ., Sec ; J . W . Baldwin , P . M ., I . G . * , J . B . Shackleton , J . D . ; J . J . Marsh , J . R . Croft , D . Steinhauer , J . T . Adams , G . Harrison , and others . The only visitor was Bro . E . Hopyvood , P . M . 141 , W . M . 1512 . There yvas not any banquet or refreshment . MORECAMBE . — Morecambe Lodge ( No . isfii * ) . —The monthly meeting of this lodge was held in

the Masonic Room , Morecambc-street , on the 4 th inst ., Bro . H . Longman , W . M . 1051 , occupying the chair of K . S . in the unavoidable absence of Bro . Capt . Garnett , "W . M The lodge having been opened in the First Degree yvith solemn prayer , Bro . Robert Wilkinson gave proof of his oroficiencv as an Entered Apprentice , and yvas entrusted

and retired . The lodge having been opened in the Second Degree , Bro . Wilkinson yvas rc-admitted and passed to the Degree of Felloyv Craft . The lodge yvas then closed doyvn to the First Degree , and the usual proclamations having been made , and hearty good yvishes tendered by the visiting brethren , the lodge closed in peace , love , and harmony .

Royal Arch.

Royal Arch .

SOUTHEND . —Priory Chapter ( No . 1000 ) . — The regular convocation of this chapter was held at the Middleton Hotel , Southend , on Wednesday , the 9 th inst . Present : Comps . Rev . S . R . Wigram , I . P . Z ., G . ist Assist . Soj ., as Z . ; A . Lucking , H . ; J . C . Johnstone , P . Z . 20 ( I . C ) , as J . ; ( the M . E . Z ., Dr . E . E . Phillips , and 1 . A . Wardell . I ., beintr unavoidably absent ) : S . I .

Weston , Treas . ; W . Pisscy , Scribe N . ; Jas . Willing , jun ., Prin . Soj . ; F . Cahow , Thos . Williams , E . Jutld , Hales , and E . Eltham . Visitor : Comp . Capt . De L . Anderson . Thc chapter having been opened , and the minutes of the previous meeting read and confirmed , the ballot yvas taken for several brethren for exaltation , of whom there yvere present Bros . W . B . Belliss and H .

Sullivan , yvho were exalted by the acting M . E . Z . in his usual faultless style . Comp . A . Lucking delivered the lectures of the 2 nd and 3 rd chairs . Comp . A . Lucking then , pursuant to notice of motion , proposed that the days of meeting be altered from the 2 nd to the 3 rd Wednesday in thc months of May , August , November and February , yvhich beinar seconded , and put to the meeting ,

was carried unanimously . The chapter was then closed , and the companions adjourned to refreshment . The usual toasts were g iven and duly honoured , the Janitor's toast bringing thc proceedings to a close . HAMPTON . —Lebanon Chapter ( No . 1326 ) . — The regular meeting of this well-established chapter took nlaee at the Red Lion Hotel . Hamoton . on Thursday .

August loth . Comp . B . Sharp , P . Z ., as M . E . Z . ; F . Walters , P . Z ., P . G . First A . S . Middlesex , as II . ; and J . tV Baldwin , H . 73 , as J ., opened the chapter . The companions yvere admitted . The minutes of the last regular convocation yvere read and unanimously confirmed . A Board of Installed Principals was formed . Comp . F . Walters , P . Z ., & c , installed Comp . E . Hopwood as J .

I he board yvas closed , and the companions were re-admitted . Comp . F . Walters , P . Z ., proposed that the best thanks of the chapter were due and be given to Comp . Edyvin Gilbert , S . N ., for his liberality in presenting the chapter with a beautiful tyventy-guinea syvord of superb yvorkmanship , a set of life lines , a magnificent trowel , a

handsome chisel , and an expensively bound Bible , yvhich Comp . E . Hopwood , J ., seconded , and it was carried unanimously . Some candidates yvere proposed for initiation , and tlie chapter yvas closed . There yvere present also Comps . J . B . Shackleton , D . C . ; J . R . Crolt , and others . Visitor : J . W . Baldwin , H . 73 , & c .

INSTRUCTION . DOMATIC CHAPTER ( No . 177 )* —A ve r >* enjoyable evening was spent by a large number of companions of this chapter on Wednesday week , at Air-street , Piccadilly , Comps . Wheeler filling the office of Z .-. Bull . H .: Dicketts . T .: and

Haslett , P . S . The usual ceremony was ably worked , after yvhich Comp . John Boyd gave thc explanation of the R . A . jewel , and the business of the evening yvas brought to a conclusion by the companions assisting Comp . Boyd to work a portion of the sections . We believe there yvas no member of the parent chapter present , but No . 145 yvas represented by no less than seven of its members .

Scotland.

Scotland .

GLASGOW . —Lodge Scotia ( No . 178 ) . —A meeting of this lodge yvas held on Wednesday evening , the nth inst ., in the Masonic Hall , 12 , Trongate , Bro . Wm . Hart , W . M ., presiding ; Bros . J . Matheson , P . M . ; W . Higgins , D . M . ; J . Logan , S . M . ; P . Hepburn , S . W . ; A . Mercer , J . W . ; W . King , sen ., Treas . ; H . Killin , Sec . ; and others . Visitors : R . Prout , W . M . 4 ; G .

Holmes , S . W . 4 ; John Morgan , W . M . 219 : D . Ronald , W . M . 275 ; Dr . Mclnnes , S . W . 27 ; W . Ferguson , P . M . 543 ( " Freemason " ); G . Muir , P . D . M . 103 ; J . Henry , ' j . W . 5 81 ; R . Mathieson , Kingston , U . S . America ; and others . On the lodge being opened Mr . J . Murray yvas initiated by the W . M ., for Lodge Glasgow Kilwinning , No . 4 . Bro . Prout , W . M . 4 , returned

thanks to the Master and members of Lodge Scotia for the obligement . Thereafter Bros . Dougan and Dunmoodie yvere passed Fellow Cratts by Bro . Matheson , P . M . GLASGOW . —Lodge St . George ( No . 333 ) — The usual monthly meeting of this lodge yvas held in St . Mark's Hall , on Wednesday evening , the 9 th inst ., Bro . A . Thomson , W . M ., in the chair ; Bros . John Wir . ton ,

I . P . M . ; James Findlay , S . M . ; J . Tyvcedie , acting S . W ; J . B . Hardie , acting J . W . ; A . Mclntyre , Sec . ; and others , The lodge having been opened on thc E . A . Degree- the Secretary read minutes of last meeting , wh ' ch yv ^ re ipproved of . Mr . John Gibson yvas initiated into Freemasonry hy Bro . James Findlay , S . W . There being no further business the lodge yvas closed in due form .

GLASGOW . — Lodge Athole ( No . 413 ) . —The monthly meeting of this lodge yvas held in St . Mark's Hall , 213 , Buchanan-street , on Tuesday evening , Sth inst ., Bro . J . Louttit , W . M ., presiding ; Daniel Leeds , S . W . ; Andrew Holms , J . W . Thc W . M . yvas supported on the dais by Bros . John Miller , P . M ., P . G . Dir . of Mus . ; W . Neilson , D . M . ; J . Baikie , S . M . ; Peter Agnew ,

Treas . ; J . Booth , W . M . Lodge Thistle , 87 ; W . Ferguson , I . P . M . Lodge Royal Arch , 116 ; and W . Ferguson ' I . P . M . Lodge St . John , 543 . On thc lodge being opened , thc minutes of last meeting yvere read and confirmed . Bro . J . Craig vas elected a joining member , and obligated by the W . M . Bro . T . S . Brown was passed by Bro . Louttit , W . M .. on behalf of Lodere Clvde . No . 108 . and afteryvards

a brother yvas raised to the Sublime Degree of Master Mason by Bro . Miller , P . M ., P . G . Dir . of Mus . GLASGOW . —Lodge St . Vincont ( No . 333 ) . — A meeting of this lodge yvas held in the hall , 162 , Kentroad , on Thursday evening , the 10 th inst ., Bro . R . Macdougall , W . M ., presiding ; Best , J . VV ., acting S . W . ; Paxton , acting J . W . ; and a full attendance of members .

T he principal business before the meeting was to consider the advisability of removing to more commodious premises , in terms of a motion made at last meeting by Bro . M . Stark , P . D . M . On the motion being put it yvas carried unanimously , and a committee yvas then appointed to meet and make arrangements with Bro . Macdougall , the W . M .. yvho has converted a tenement into , 1 hall , opposite

Kclvingrovc-street , in Dumbarton-road , yvhich yvill be one of the finest Masonic halls in the province , the side-room accommodation being everything that could be desired , all the seats and chairs being got up in th : most elaborate and fashionable style . The lod je yvas then closed , yvhen all yvere invited to inspect the new hall , yvhich offer yvas accented .

GLASGOW . —Lodge Plantation ( No . 5 81 ) . — A largely attended meeting of this young and prosperous lodge ivas held on Monday evening , the 7 th inst ., in the Masonic Hall , Craigiehall-strect , Plantation , Bro . Thomas Stobo , W . M ., in the chair ; J . M . Oliver , S . W . . -Go , acting S . W . ; J . Henry , J . W . ; VV . Ferguson , D . M . ; Alex . Gow , S . M . ; VV . Taylor , Treas . ; R . Allan , Sec . ;

A . Imric , S . D . ; T . Paterson , I . G . ; and Gumming , Tyler . Bro . A . Lindsay yvas passed by Bro . Oliver , S . VV . 360 , in his usuil careful manner . The lodge was then opened in the Third Degree , yvhen Bros . Capt . D . Young , T . Lindsay , and James Smith yvere raised lo the Sublime Degree of Master Mason by Bro . VV . Ferguson , D . M ., P . M . 543 .

Multum In Parbo; Or Masonic Notes And Queries.

Multum in Parbo ; or Masonic Notes and Queries .

BllANOT , rill-. IsUIAN Ciller , A FllEEMASON . In a foot-note to page 237 of " A Narrative of the Anti-Masonic Excitement in the Western Part of the State of Neyv York , during the years 1826 , " 7 , ' 8 , and a Part of 1829 , " by Henry Brown , Esq ., Counsellor at Layv , Batavia , N . Y ., Printed by Adams and M'Cleary , 1829 , it is stated — " At the battle of the Cedars , about thirty miles from

Montreal , on the St . Lawrence , Capt . M'Kinstry , of Col . Patterson's regiment of Continental troops , was tyvice wounded , and taken prisoner by the Indians . His intrepidity as a partizan officer had excited the fears and unforgiving resentment of the savages , who determined to

put him to death . Already had the victim been bound to the tree , and surrounded by the faggots intended for his immolation . Hope had fled , and in the agony of despair he uttered the last mystic appeal of a Mason , yvhen , as if Heaven had interposed for his preservation , the warrior Brandt understood and saved him . Brandt had been

educated in Europe , and yvas there made a Mason . Capt . M'Kinley died in June , 1822 . "— " TyveddeTs Middlesbrough Miscellany . "

METROPOLITAN WORKING MEN ' CLUBS . — Lord Salisbury has consented , at the request of the Working Men ' s Club and Institute Union , to permit the London Workmen ' s Clubs affiliated to that society to hold their annual fete in Hatfield Park on Monday next , and inspect the art treasures of Hatfield House .

Multum In Parbo; Or Masonic Notes And Queries.

BRITISH ARCIIJEOLOGICAI . ASSOCIATION . — On the 14 th inst . this association commenced its 33 rd annual congress , under the patronage and presidency of the Prince of Wales and Bro . the Earl of Mount Ed gcumbe yvho has been entertaining some of its leading members ' Lord Houghton , the Marquis cf Hertford , Mr . Planchc ' and others , during the last tyvo or three days at Mount

Edgcumbe . 1 he programme of the proceedings of thc Congress has just been issued , and all that yve can do today is to give an outline of the arrangements of the week . On Monday Lord Mount Edgcumbe , as president , yvas to receive the members and other visitors at his ancient family seat of Cothele , yvhithcr they were to be conveyed at an early hour by steamer from their rallyinsr point .

Plymouth . The company having inspected the chief rooms of Cothele , were to assemble in the ancient hall , yvhere Lord Mount Fdgcumbe yvould give a short account of Cothele and its historic monuments and associations , the architectural features of thc house being described in detail by Mr . E . Brock , F . S . A ., one of the honorary secretaries of the association . The comoanv yvere then tr >

visit the memorial chapel in the grounds ( the scene of a romantic and yvcll-knoyvn legend ) and return in the steamer to Saltash for Bodmin , yvhere they yvere to dine , the Mayor and Corporation receiving them in due form , and Lord Mount Edgcumbe yvas to deliver his inaugural address , other papers being read by the Rev . W . Iago , B . A .. " On the Antinuities nf Bodmin . " and hv F . 1 !

Planche ( " Somerset Herald " ) " On the Ancient Earls ol Comyvall . " Tuesday is to be devoted to an expedition to Tintagel and Lantcglos ; and Wednesday to another to Restormel , Llanhydrcck , Lostwithiel , and St . Neot ' s . On Thursday the Association yvill visit Launceston , yvhere they yvill be received by the Mayor , returninir in the evenimr to Bodmin . On Fridav

the Association will go on by train to Truro , where they yvill be entertained by an exhibition of antiquities at the Royal Institution of Cormvall . Saturday is to be devoted to an excursion to Penzance , the Land ' s End , and St . Buryan's Church , yvith visits to sundry monoliths and underground structures in the neighbourhood . On each evenimr of the yveek there yvill be a conversazione cither at

Bodmin , Truro , or Penzance . F ' or the following yveek the programme is not as yet quite settled ; but in all probability the Monday and Tuesday yvill be fully occupied by expeditions to St . Just , Chywoonc Castle , and St . Michael ' s Mount , yvhere Sir John St . Aubyn , M . P ., has promised to receive and entertain them . If the fine weather shoufd continue , in all probability some other visits to the

cromlechs , inscribed stones , and ancient churches of that district yvill be arranged . It is intended at each evening conversazione that at least one paper shall be read on a subject of local antiquarian interest , and ladies are especially invited to these meetings . Upyvards of a hundred antiquarian gentlemen and ladies have already joined the Congress , so that the honorary secretaries have no lack

of yvork before them . A programme is to be issued every day to each visitor , containing full and precise directions , in order to prevent thc occurrence of mistakes . Thc Great Western and South-VVestern Raihvays have given every facility to those yvho join the Congress by alloyving the holders of tourist tickets , on presenting their Congress ticket , also to break their journey at the various intermediate stations .

HISTORICAL FALLACIES . —Mr . J . Creagli writes to the "Times" : " Mr . Ashley ( as reported in the "Times" ) is said to have stated in the House of Commons : — ' Thc ruling Turk has not , in fact , changed since the time yvhen the streets of Alexandria yvere streyvu with thc books of thc Alexandra Library , and yvhen the Caliph Omar exclaimed , " If these books are in favour of t' c Koran thev are

unnecessary , and if they are contrary to the Koran they ? re mischievous ; and so burn them all . " The Turk has not changed in his vieyvs of thc Koran from that day to this , Such accusations against the founders and propagators of the Prophet ' s religion are , I represent , without historical foundation , and they are altogether contrary to the testimony of the most learned yvriters . The Library at

Alexandria yvas destroyed by fanatic Christians nearl y 330 years before the capture of that city by Amrou and the Arabs ; while the only evidence for attributing this yvanton destruction to the Moslem conquerors of Egypt is the report of a stranger who yvrotc 600 years after the event yvhich hc professes to describe . The Mussulman reli gion positively forbids the burnine of any bonk containing even the name

of God ; and it permits all historical , scientific , or philosophical compositions , whethtr the yvork of Jeyvs or Christians , to be applied to the service of useful investigation . Many profane treatises , including the celebrated Geography of Ptolemy , yvere translated in ' . o Arabic for the use of Mahomedans : and it is to the shamefullv . traduned

forerunners of these ' benighted Turks ' that yve are indebted for thc application of those geometrical principles and astronomical observations displaying the figure and dimensions of the terrestrial globe , and ' yvhich Europe ( in the yvords of the Rev . Dr . Robertson ) in more enli ghtened times , has been proud to adopt and to imitate . ' "

The dignity of a Baronet of tlie United Kingdom to Sir Richard Temple , of The Nash , in the parish of Kcmpsey , in the county of Worcester , K . C . S . I ., Lieutenant-Governor of the Bengal Provinces of Fort William , is gazetted . The heat in Spain is fearful , and exceeds any recorded since 1800 . In Madrid there are hundreds of

persons sleeping on the roofs of houses and in balconies . In Seville people sleep in open streets . The temperature marks 101 in shady rooms . Madrid is wholly desertedancl its streets arc silent . A telegram adds that the heat in Antlalucia has heen at 113 Fahrenheit in thc shade (!) and forty field labourers have died at Seville of sunstroke or appoplexy . The vines are failing owing to the scorching heat .